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Top Gear's drink-drive stunt attacked

Jul 03, 2008 ... Top Gear has been rapped by the BBC Trust for showing JeremyClarkson and James May drinking at the wheel. The show's presenters were seen sipping gin and tonics duringtheir attempt to become the first people to drive a car to theMagnetic North Pole. They used a heavily ...

Bitter soccer rivals unite to honour hero

Jul 03, 2008 ... HE NEVER wore a designer tracksuit or "bling" jewellery, but BenSwift Chambers was hailed yesterday as a true footballing hero. He died long before Best and Beckham were born and, as a teetotalChristian from Huddersfield, he might have baulked at some of theexcesses of the modern ...

Vivienne Westwood has designs on second shop

Jul 03, 2008 ... FASHION designer Dame Vivienne Westwood will open a boutique inYork later this year as part of a growing chain of stores toshowcase her work nationally. The veteran designer, famed across the globe for her oftenoutrageous clothing and accessories, is planning to unveil the ...

We can still win, insist Yorkshire yacht crew

Jul 03, 2008 ... AN epic 10-month round-the-world yacht race should draw to aclose tomorrow - with a team from Hull insisting they can still win. One of the key themes of William Wilberforce's anti-slaverycampaign will be ringing in the ears of the Hull & Humber yacht'screw when they leave Cork ...

Gumshoes on trail of overdue books

Jul 03, 2008 ... Private detectives are being used to track down overdue librarybooks. Norfolk County County says it has spent more than Pounds 80,000in the past three years on debt recovery. This included the use of private investigators to reclaim unpaidschool transport fees, locate owners ...

Cameron holds out lifeline hope

Jul 03, 2008 ... DAVID Cameron last night hinted that he would scrap chargingstamp duty on shares in a move to bolster failing pension funds. The Tory leader told an audience of almost 300 people in Selbythat he believed that abolishing the duty on shares would be abetter move than a straight ...

Evidence on Hain sent for charges decision

Jul 03, 2008 ... FORMER Labour Minister Peter Hain said he hoped to see his namecleared "as quickly as possible" yesterday after police handedprosecutors the results of their investigation into his party deputyleadership campaign. Scotland Yard delivered its evidence file to the CrownProsecution ...

Tory leader lends Davis support on flying visit

Jul 03, 2008 ... David Cameron yesterday paid a whistlestop visit to EastYorkshire to support his former shadow home secretary's by-electionbid - but admitted he disagreed with the decision to call it. The Conservative leader spent 30 minutes addressing sixth-formers at South Hunsley School, ...

Brown accused of 'grubby deal-making' over vote

Jul 03, 2008 ... Gordon Brown faced embarrassment yesterday as it emerged a LabourMP was told he would be "appropriately rewarded" for his support forthe Government's controversial anti-terror measures. The Prime Minister was accused of "grubby deal-making" afterChief Whip Geoff Hoon's remark to ...

Millions face Pounds 245 rise in car tax after Labour vote victory

Jul 03, 2008 ... MORE than two million families face paying up to Pounds 245 extrain car tax after the Government last night won a battle over itscontroversial plans to target the most polluting vehicles. All vehicles registered since 2001 will be affected by the taxrises after a Tory attempt to ...

Number of stab victims reaches record level

Jul 03, 2008 ... HOSPITALS in Yorkshire are treating record numbers of stabvictims as concerns grow over the number of young people injured byknives. Stark new figures reveal 575 people suffering stab wounds wereadmitted to hospital in the region in 2006/07 - an increase of morethan two thirds ...

Soldiers remember fallen comrades

Jul 03, 2008 ... After tours of both Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers from 5thRegiment Royal Artillery "The Yorkshire Gunners" march in memory oftheir dead yesterday back at their Catterick Garrison base. The troops paid their respects to comrades such as CorporalDarryl Gardiner, of the Royal ...

High oil prices 'to force down living standards for a year'

Jul 03, 2008 ... Britain faces a year or more of lower living standards as aresult of soaring oil prices, says the new deputy governor of theBank of England. Charlie Bean, formerly the Bank's chief economist, said oilprices - already at a record high - could keep rising for anothertwo ...

Water firm fined Pounds 35.8m for poor customer service

Jul 03, 2008 ... Water regulator Ofwat confirmed yesterday that it was finingSevern Trent Water a total of Pounds 35.8m for deliberatelyproviding false information and poor customer service. Ofwat proposed the fine - the biggest it has ever levied - inApril after ruling that customers had paid ...

Fears over seabird carnage in fish nets

Jul 03, 2008 ... HUNDREDS of seabirds have died this summer after becomingentangled in fishing nets cast for salmon and sea trout off theYorkshire coast, say bird enthusiasts - who fear the toll couldincrease when netting resumes today. The high numbers of bird casualties reported by the Royal ...

Singer denies driving at nearly twice drink limit

Jul 03, 2008 ... Actor and singer Darren Day has pleaded not guilty to drink-driving at almost twice the limit, a court heard yesterday. Cardiff Magistrates' Court was told the 39-year-old, who gave hisaddress as Pontefract Road, Barnsley, was pulled over by police inthe Welsh city at around ...

Cancer survivor numbers double since launch of NHS

Jul 03, 2008 ... The number of people surviving some of the most common types ofcancer has doubled since the National Health Service was launched 60years ago, figures suggest today. Patients with breast, colon and bowel cancer have a far greaterchance of surviving than when the NHS was ...

Model hopes for victim of anorexia

Jul 03, 2008 ... A woman nicknamed "Skeletor" as she fought anorexia is competingin a modelling competition after battling back to health. Rebecca Hands, 21, of Southend, Essex, weighed just four stone atthe height of her illness. She spent most of her school years "inand out" of hospital as she ...

500 arrested in Yorkshire-based drive against people traffickers

Jul 03, 2008 ... A NATIONAL crackdown on people traffickers organised fromYorkshire has resulted in more than 500 suspected offenders beingarrested and 167 victims rescued. Operation Pentameter Two was launched by the Sheffield-basedHuman Trafficking Centre (HTC) and lasted six months, taking in ...

'Failings' in health trust care led to patients killing twice

Jul 03, 2008 ... A mental health trust has been accused of signing a man's "deathwarrant" after two patients killed people in the same weekend. Independent reports on attacks by Thomas Wright, 55, and SeanPerry, 32, yesterday revealed failings in their medical care. Wright stabbed his wife 77 ...