Recently added articles from Yorkshire Post:
OAP stranded on moors for 22 hours
Nov 11, 2008 ... Molly Leonard left her home in Eston, Middlesbrough, on Sundaymorning, to visit a friend but failed to turn up at the house inMoorsholm on the edge of the North Yorks Moors.She was foundyesterday, 22 hours after leaving home, by a police helicopter crewwho spotted her white hatchback ...
Virgin Media overhaul will cost 2,200 jobs
Nov 11, 2008 ... The cable giant, which has a base in Sheffield as well as officesin West Yorkshire, said the job losses will start in the fourthquarter of next year, with the most taking place before the end of2010.It comes as part of a group-wide overhaul following a reviewthis year in the wake of the ...
Disapproving Iraqi murdered flatmate's girlfriend
Nov 11, 2008 ... Abobakir Jabari, 39, pleaded guilty at Sheffield Crown Courttoday to the violent murder of Polish teenager Lidia Motylska, whowas killed in an alleyway in the Lincoln Green area of Leeds onOctober 23 last year.The 39-year-old garrotted the petite 19-year-old from behind, using the cord ...
Jury sworn in for Karen Matthews case
Nov 11, 2008 ... Matthews, 33, appeared in the dock at Leeds Crown Court alongsideMichael Donovan, the uncle of her former partner, who faces the samecharges. Matthews, of Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, and Donovan, whowas dressed in a dark sweatshirt, spoke only to confirm theirnames.Potential jurors ...
Secret filming teacher 'acted in public interest'
Nov 11, 2008 ... Alex Dolan, who is appearing before a General Teaching Council(GTC) panel accused of unacceptable professional conduct, alsobelieved the Channel 4 programme would help pupils by exposingappalling classroom behaviour.During his opening remarks to thepanel, Ms Dolan's barrister, Clive ...
Snowboarder's death was accident
Nov 11, 2008; ... Businessman Phil Tate, 32, from Roundhay in Leeds, and partnerKristine Grimshaw, were following a guide on the Vallee Blanche,near Chamonix in the French Alps.Mr Tate, an investment director inLeeds, fell about 80ft and died from multiple injuries, an inquestin Leeds heard yesterday.The ...
TP sees recycling reap the rewards
Nov 11, 2008; ... TP Trading has taken more than 1,000 collections of wood fromBramall Construction that previously would have gone tolandfill.Instead, the business converts the excess wood into newgoods such as sheds, fence panels, patio furniture, picnic tablesand bird boxes.The Rotherham-based company ...
Car set alight at village station plagued by vandals
Nov 11, 2008; ... In the most serious incident, on Friday, a Toyota Yaris car wasset alight in the car park at Slaithwaite station at about 9.45pm.The car was gutted in the blaze and is a write-off. On Tuesday lastweek three vehicles were broken into in the station car park and afurther two were broken ...
Morrisons in the picture
Nov 11, 2008; ... The Bradford-based retailer awarded the contract to Retec afterprevious supplier Consolidated Vending Plc went intoadministration.Leicestershire-based Retec, which counts Tesco, Asdaand Sainsbury's among its clients, paid 450,000 in cash for thetrading assets associated with the ...
Small property companies: What the expert recommends
Nov 11, 2008 ... Adding some context to the picture, KPMG's head of restructuringin the North, said: "There are always management teams that willmake the wrong decisions and technological advancements that eatpeople."He added: "Now the answer is not just throwing lots of cheapmoney at businesses. They ...
Troubled future for small property companies
Nov 11, 2008; ... In an interview with the Yorkshire Post, the regional head ofrestructuring at KPMG also predicted more pain for the retail,motor, restaurant, caravan and haulage industries.Richard Flemingsaid: "It's so widespread, the problems that are looming."He urgeddirectors to focus on squeezing ...
Icelandic-owned stockbroker bought
Nov 11, 2008 ... Teathers, recently owned by Icelandic bank Landsbanki and knownas Landsbanki Securities also included corporate finance, marketmaking, institutional sales and research activities.Leeds privateequity firm Endless took over ...
Big fish poised to snap up smaller rivals
Nov 11, 2008; ... While the recession could make some businesses behave morecautiously others could see it as a chance to swallow up competitorsand increase their market share.Andrew Emmott, director of corporatefinance at investment manager Brewin Dolphin in Leeds, saidindustrial services firms and ...
Embassy specialists discover that Leeds means business
Nov 11, 2008 ... The publicly-funded marketing group wants to promote theYorkshire city's legal and financial services overseas and attractinward investment.LFSI, Leeds Legal, DLA Piper and insurer Bartlettsgave presentations to the visiting UK government representatives whoare stationed in countries ...
Schools get a move on
Nov 11, 2008; ... It required a giant operation by Business Moves Group Leeds as itrelocated or merged primary and secondary schools in Leeds andBradford, as well as in Lancashire. The firm said the summer work,which took place as part of the Government's public-private financeBuilding Schools for the ...
BAE worker killed at aircraft factory
Nov 11, 2008; ... The man, who has not been named, is believed to have beencarrying out maintenance work on a press at the BAE Systems plant inBrough when the accident happened on Monday afternoon. He hadcompleted the work but gone back inside the machine when it wasswitched on by a colleague who did not ...
Dairy supplier invests for expansion
Nov 11, 2008; ... Meadow Foods is installing an automated packing line and roboticpalletiser at its 16-acre site, in Holme-on-Spalding Moor. A companyspokeswoman said that the move will improve productivity at the busysite by 15 per cent and boost health and safety by cutting manualhandling requirements ....
Martin Johnson reinforces pack for Australia test
Nov 11, 2008 ... Click here to read a match report on England's win over thePacific Islands.Phil Vickery comes into the side at tight-head propin place of Matt Stevens, who drops to the bench, while Tom Palmerreplaces Nick Kennedy in the second row.Johnson has brought addedbulk on to the bench for ...
Police bail five questioned over teenager's death
Nov 11, 2008 ... Kyle, 18, died following an assault in the Woodhouse Lane area ofLeeds in the early hours of ...
Cessna destroyed in hangar blaze
Nov 11, 2008 ... A total of 12 firefighters and six fire engines tackled the blazeat Skydive Brid on the airfield at East Leys Farm, Grindale, whichdestroyed the Cessna light aircraft and parachuting equipment.Acafeteria and lecture facilities next door were also smoke-damagedas a result of the fire.Fire ...