1980 St. Pauls riot the "Western Daily Press". 16 of those arrested were prosecuted for riot, but all were either acquitted, had the charges dropped or were discharged after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Copycat riots in Southmead, a predominately white working-class council estate, occurred soon after the St Pauls disturbance. Later commentators suggested that poverty and the sus laws were more important causes of the riots than race. The House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee held a session in Bristol and Home Secretary William Whitelaw came to the city to hold meetings with the local authorities and representatives of the
St Pauls railway station (Halifax) an extra journey time of 30 minutes to get there. The branch and its two stations closed to passengers on 1 January 1917 as a wartime economy measure. However, they were reinstated after the war, but withdrawn again on 1 January 1927 due to the introduction of electric trams to Halifax. The branch closed to goods on 27 June 1960 along with the line from to . St Pauls railway station (Halifax) St Pauls railway station, also known as Halifax St Pauls, served the St. Paul's area of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England on the Halifax High Level Railway. It was