Yorkshire Post back issues from May 2004:
Top Yorkshire lawyer calls for urgent changes Barristers in fees row may boycott cases
May 01, 2004 ... Olwen Dudgeon Legal Correspondent THE Government needs to make urgent changes in a new legal aidpayment scheme, if it is going to persuade angry barristers to stopboycotting defence work in the most serious criminal cases, a seniorQC has warned in Yorkshire ....
Taste of S Africa for visitors to festival of food
May 01, 2004 ... Brian Dooks A TASTE of South Africa will be on offer at the Dales Festival ofFood and Drink this weekend. But the Biltong - a dried meat product made in North Yorkshire -uses quality beefsteak from Nidderdale. Gary Quinn and his partner, Thomo Leteane, from Botswana, ...
On the road again, gritty Jane's 5-week fund-raising cycle journey
May 01, 2004 ... Maggie Stratton AFTER the pain and distress Jane Tomlinson suffered in the LondonMarathon, few imagined she could go through with a 2,500-mile tandemride across Europe. But today she arrives in Rome and on Monday will set off from StPeter's Square on the five-week ride home ...
Musicians celebrate life of gifted Yorkshire player
May 01, 2004 ... Brian Dooks MUSICIANS from across the region are to join in a musicalcelebration of the life of a former member of the National Children'sOrchestra who died while studying music at Manchester University. The family and friends of Joanne Almack, 20, will gather on May 8at the ...
Rum day for a man of action
May 01, 2004 ... Major George "Bolo" Young MC is the oldest surviving seniorofficer who went ashore on D-Day with The Green Howards, and willoccupy a special place in the veterans' commemorations. He told hisremarkable story to Andrew Vine. "BOLO" Young very nearly did not make it onto Gold Beach ...
Invaders who turned the tide of war
May 01, 2004 ... In just over a month's time, world leaders and thousands ofveterans will gather in Normandy to commemorate the 60th anniversaryof the D-Day landings, the invasion that was to lead to theliberation of Europe from Hitler's tyranny. Today, we start a three-part series in which Chief ...
Experts work on relic of medieval industry
May 01, 2004 ... David Garner ONE of the best-preserved relics of the late medieval Cheshiresalt industry has crossed the Pennines to benefit from some Yorkshireknow-how. Experts at York Archaeological Trust have been commissioned tocarry out conservation work on a 7.5 metre-long ...
One-eyed car thief caused horror crash
May 01, 2004 ... Olwen Dudgeon A ONE-eyed driver caused an horrific crash on the A1 while behindthe wheel of a Land Rover Discovery he had just stolen from a ridingstables. Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday that Adrian Forster, who wasalready banned, was being followed by the vehicle's irate ...
Disabled woman, 66, accuses airline of bias
May 01, 2004 ... David Garner DISABLED pensioner Margaret Humpleby is accusing low-cost airlineJet2 of discrimination after it refused to take her electricwheelchair on a flight to the sun. Mrs Humpleby was planning to visit her brother in Spain and askedher nephew Michael Addison to make an ...
Betrayal by 'a fine, decent' charmer
May 01, 2004 ... How did Tim Farrant, the solicitor who seemed to have everything,lose it all and end up as a chauffeur for his former friends andclients? Mark Branagan reports WORKAHOLIC Tim Farrant was the last person anyone suspected wouldbetray the family firm he helped build up for 20 ...
Move to break drug-crime tie
May 01, 2004 ... Dave Clarke HOME Secretary David Blunkett has extended an intervention schemewhich aims to break the cycle of drug-related crime in Yorkshire. The programme aims to identify addicts who are arrested forburglary, theft and muggings at an early stage and help them to ...
Para team limbers up to pull a storm for charity
May 01, 2004 ... Brian Dooks THEY look graceful in the sky. But on the ground a Tornado F3 is a23-tonne deadweight and pulling one caused even the ParachuteRegiment to grunt. In their first rehearsal for the Great Tornado PullingCompetition, at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire on July 31, 15 ...
Rolling back years of celebrity with star photographer
May 01, 2004 ... Mark Branagan When photographer Terry O'Neill embarked on the road to fame hewas the first to professionally photograph the Rolling Stones. But in the days when "pop bands" were not really regarded as news,Fleet Street did not like the look of the thick-lipped ...
Minister offers hope over dental care
May 01, 2004 ... Mike Waites, Health Correspondent PEOPLE desperately seeking a dentist in Scarborough were yesterdayoffered fresh hope in a package of measures backed by the Government. Health Minister Rosie Winterton visited the town to speak to NHSchiefs and dental staff in the wake ...
Bank Holiday set for sunny start
May 01, 2004 ... James Reed YORKSHIRE should enjoy a sunny start to the Bank Holiday weekendtoday although it is unlikely to last through until Monday. The better weather is matched with good news on the railways withno major engineering work planned and relatively few roadworks. Last ...
Just two weeks, a farewell to a father he never knew
May 01, 2004 ... Dave Mark WRAPPED up against the cold in a thick woollen blanket, andcradled in his mother's arms, a two-week-old baby yesterday attendedthe funeral of the father he will never know.Tiny Jeffrey was born just days after his father, Jeffrey Bennett,was allegedly beaten to ...
Boss of troubled service goes after long sick leave
May 01, 2004 ... Mike Waites Health Correspondent THE boss of West Yorkshire's crisis-hit ambulance service has left 16 months after he went onsick leave, it was confirmed last night. Trevor Molton, 48, had been chief executive of the West YorkshireMetropolitan Ambulance ...
Solicitor jailed for swindling the elderly and sick
May 01, 2004 ... Mark Branagan A SWINDLING solicitor who stole thousands of pounds from dyingclients and their families was jailed for two-and-a-half yearsyesterday - and branded a disgrace to the profession. Tim Farrant's victims included the elderly and sick, widows andwidowers, the ...
Echoes of war for veteran who hit beach
May 03, 2004 ... John Milton was only 21 and had never experienced combat when heled 30 men into battle on D-Day. He talked to Chief Reporter Andrew Vine John Milton was only 21 and had never experienced combat when heled 30 men into battle on D-Day. He talked to Chief ...
Heroism of the only soldier to win VC that day
May 03, 2004 ... Andrew Vine VETERANS of The Green Howards who gather at the village of Creponto remember their fallen comrades will also pay homage to the onlysoldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on D-Day. Colour Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis, of D Company, 6 ...
Soldier's story heard in rapt silence at Normandy 'vigil'
May 03, 2004 ... Andrew Vine NORMANDY has never forgotten the courage and sacrifice of thetroops who landed on D-Day. After four years of often brutal occupation by German troops, thepeople of the region welcomed the British, American and Canadiansoldiers as liberators and friends whose ...
Younger pilgrims go the Spielberg way
May 03, 2004 ... Andrew Vine THE battlefields of Normandy are drawing increasing numbers ofBritish visitors as the anniversary of D-Day approaches. A whole new generation of tourists is proving to be fascinated bythe story of D-Day and its aftermath, and tours that were once filledwith ...
Shrine image visits Yorkshire
May 03, 2004 ... Andrew Robinson A CARVED wooden image of Our Lady of Walsingham - from theChristian shrine in north Norfolk known as England's Nazareth - is tovisit Leeds for the first time. It is only the second time the image has left the Anglican shrinein the village of Walsingham ....
Care-at-home nurses cut hospital stays by elderly
May 03, 2004 ... Jane Charnley EMERGENCY hospital admiss-ions of elderly patients have been cutin a part of Yorkshire that has tried a US scheme giving nurses moreresponsibility. The Evercare healthcare project was launched in April last year inAiredale, one of nine areas in the United ...
Ancient monument threat to city's plan for new jobs in business park
May 03, 2004 ... Mark Branagan JOBS could be threatened in Hull under blanket moves by EnglishHeritage to designate as an ancient monument the whole site of thecity's former 16th century garrison.It is feared that the attempts to protect the archaeology of thesite could backfire on the ...
Runners turn out in force to aid charities
May 03, 2004 ... Dave Clarke SHEFFIELD'S half-marathon and fun run was one of the busiest onrecord, with nearly 3,500 taking part to raise funds for charity. Crowds of well-wishers turned out to cheer on the runners - manyin fancy dress - along the three-kilometre route from ...
Residents set to put up the bars People living in historic area want to gate it off after rise in boozy bad behaviour
May 03, 2004 ... Mark Branagan Crime-weary residents of a historic city centre street could beallowed to live behind locked gates at weekends after their once-quiet homes ended up in the middle of a pub-crawling circuit forvandals, louts, and courting couples. People living in Prince Street ...
In full flight, the big golden hunter searching for fresh prey
May 03, 2004 ... An eagle spreads its wings above North Yorkshire. Photograph: Gerard Binks. Words: Frederic Manby. Eagles are at the top of the avian food chain. They are biggerthan most hunting birds and have vision 2.5 times as powerful as thehuman eye. Their sight gave us the ...
Punjab pledge for people in legal disputes
May 03, 2004 ... Anila Baig BRADFORD Pakistanis embroiled in time-consuming and complex legaldisputes abroad will soon have a new unit in the city to addresstheir problems. Leading members of the Pakistani community attended a meeting heldin Bradford to discuss the proposals for the Special ...
Court records are released on murderers
May 03, 2004 ... Grace Hammond Gruesome details of murders committed by women in the early 20thcentury were made available to the public yesterday. Official court documents relating to 17 murderers were released bythe Home Office at the National Archives in Kew, west London. All the ...
European watchmen pick Yorkshire city to celebrate birthplace of tradition
May 03, 2004 ... Brian Dooks RIPON Hornblower Alan Oliver has one last important duty toperform before he retires at the end of May after sounding the hornin the city Market Square almost every night for over 20 years. He is to host more than 70 Night and Tower Watchmen from 11European ...
Girl, 15, blown into street as gas blast rips through home
May 03, 2004 ... Chris Bond A MOTHER and daughter had a "miraculous" escape when a gasexplosion reduced their house to rubble at the weekend. Eye witnesses said the 15-year-old girl was blown 30ft out of anattic bedroom and on to the street by the force of the explosion, butsuffered only ...
Emotional tribute for D-Day
May 01, 2004 ... Andrew Vine Chief Reporter YORKSHIRE will host an emotionally-charged commemoration of the60th anniversary of D-Day next month, attended by veterans fromaround the country. The Royal Armouries, in Leeds, will stage what is expected to beone of the country's largest ...
Gnomes get cover-up
May 01, 2004 ... Dave Clarke THE long arm of the law has forced a former Army sergeant to putthe covers on his collection of full-frontal garden gnomes. Tony Watson was told the 2ft-high ornaments were too cheeky todisplay in front of his terrace home in Barnsley. A police officer ...
Champion of disabled picked to join Lords
May 01, 2004 ... Brendan Carlin Political Editor A Yorkshire woman who has spent her life putting other disabledpeople above her own physical challenges is named as a People's Peertoday. Nicky Chapman - who was born with brittle bone disease - willbecome a member of the House of ...
Yorkshire fail to make point until last pair
May 01, 2004 ... Chris Waters Trent Bridge AFTER two days of practising in the indoor nets, playing TrivialPursuit in the dressing room and listening to what one Yorkshireplayer described as "Darren Lehmann and Ian Harvey boring the pantsoff everyone with stories of representing Australia ...
Rhinos left stunned by superb Saints
May 01, 2004 ... St Helens 56 Leeds Rhinos 10 John Ledger HAMMERED, humbled and humiliated. High-flying Leeds Rhinos werebrought down to earth with an almighty bump as their unbeaten startto the Tetley's Super League season was ended in dramatic style lastnight. All the ...
Leeds staring into the abyss
May 01, 2004 ... Matt Reeder THREE years ago Eddie Gray was helping prepare Leeds United for aChampions League semi-final encounter with Valencia; tomorrow he willbe in charge of a side which could well be relegated to Division One. The decline from heroes to zeroes has been swift for all at ...
European reunion A historic day for the Continent
May 01, 2004 ... AMID all the concern over migration and the European constitution,it has been easy to overlook the enormous historical significance ofthe expansion of the European Union. Indeed, this event has beenplanned for so long that there was a danger of all concerned losingenthusiasm for the ...
A sanctuary for wildlife
May 01, 2004 ... Robert Benson Agricultural Correspondent A PAIR of swans nesting peacefully on an island in the middle of afarm pond in East Yorkshire - also home to 12 different varieties ofduck - is just a taste of what is to come. Plans are afoot to turn the farm into a ...
Allies with faith in their cause
May 01, 2004 ... Richard Hopwood BEFORE their summit in Washington last month, there was noshortage of pundits ready to write the death notices for the cosyfriendship between Tony Blair and George Bush. It was all falling apart on the ground in Iraq, there were seriousdisagreements between ...
Best's worst sends out wrong message
May 01, 2004 ... Chris Waters WRITING as one who believes that there is no place in cricket forchildish posturing, I cannot agree with those who contend that TinoBest, the West Indies' fast bowler, is a breath of fresh air in theinternational game. Best's antics during England's tour of the ...
Sideways view of hunting
May 01, 2004 ... SHOWING pair Katie Bloom and Jane Collins have completed the firstpart of their own sporting tour during the hunting season riding side-saddle. As well as their showing in the summer, both are subscribers toMiddleton Hunt and avid readers of R S Surtees and lovers of ...
Sit down if you're staying up - Millers look to future
May 01, 2004 ... The times are changing and Rotherham United are determined not tobe left behind. Ian Appleyard reports. THEY are talking about the dawn of a new era at Millmoor. After nearly a century of pushing and shoving, today's gameagainst Burnley will be the last time that Rotherham ...
Leeds left to rue sacking O'Leary
May 01, 2004 ... David O'Leary, the man sacked by Leeds United, has taken AstonVilla to the brink of Champions League football. Matt Reeder askswhether United were right to dispose of his services.THE luck of the Irish? Or the determination of a manager oncespurned? Whatever the inspiration ...
Jackson close to exceeding high expectations at Town
May 01, 2004 ... Matt Reeder PETER JACKSON never expected to be in a promotion-hunting positionso soon after returning to Huddersfield Town. At the start of the campaign he was warning against too muchexpectation; after all, how could he achieve anything special whenthe club was still in a ...
Calm Taylor staving off Tigers' nerves
May 01, 2004 ... Matt Reeder WITH their promotion party put on hold following last week's drawwith neighbours Huddersfield, Peter Taylor's Hull City travel toYeovil this afternoon knowing a point at play-off chasing Yeovil willall-but secure Division Two football next season. Failure to pick ...
Blades' fate now in hands of others
May 01, 2004 ... Ian Appleyard Sheffield United 1 Ipswich Town 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED need favours if they are to qualify for the FirstDivision play-offs. In failing to beat promotion rivals Ipswich Townlast night, the Blades have lost control of their own destiny. Two wins from ...
Leeds staring into the abyss
May 01, 2004 ... THREE years ago Eddie Gray was helping prepare Leeds United for aChampions League semi-final encounter with Valencia; tomorrow he willbe in charge of a side which could well be relegated to Division One. The decline from heroes to zeroes has been swift for all at EllandRoad ....
Rhinos left stunned by superb Saints
May 01, 2004 ... St Helens 56 Leeds Rhinos 10 John Ledger HAMMERED, humbled and humiliated. High-flying Leeds Rhinos werebrought down to earth with an almighty bump as their unbeaten startto the Tetley's Super League season was ended in dramatic style lastnight. St Helens ...
Dunbar capture to lift Leeds
May 01, 2004 ... Sam Wheeler Leeds Tykes' hopes of qualifying for the Heineken Cup rely onLeicester losing at home to Rotherham but the club had something tocheer yesterday with the signing of flanker Jon Dunbar fromNewcastle. Dunbar, 24, is not a player who will put thousands on the gates ...
Let's work together, urges NFU
May 01, 2004 ... Robert Benson Agricultural Correspondent FARMERS, processors and retailers within the food supply chain areurged to work together following EU enlargement to secure new marketsand establish export links. A ground-breaking research paper by the National Farmers ...
The new land of opportunity
May 01, 2004 ... Country Land and Business Association chief economist, ProfessorAllan Buckwell, argues that an enlarged EU will provide newopportunities for rural development in the region. YORKSHIRE'S rural economy may have cause to celebrate today whenthe European Union (EU) welcomes ten new ...
County police claim success
May 01, 2004 ... David Garner POLICE in North Yorkshire are hailing the success of theirOperation Delivery crime crackdown which has seen a reduction inburglary and vehicle crime in the past six months. They claim that higher profile policing is one of the reasons whythe county has ...
Student who chased thief attacks police response
May 03, 2004 ... Andrew Robinson A STUDENT who caught a handbag thief after a lengthy chase isfuming because her 999 call was not treated as an emergency. Natasha Baranelli chased the thief for over a quarter of a milethrough Leeds streets until he could run no further and had to ...
Anxiety mounts over epic cycle ride Cancer sufferer says it's a struggle to sit up
May 03, 2004 ... Chris Bond TERMINAL cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson admitted she was"extremely anxious" last night on the eve of her hardest and mostambitious challenge yet. The mother-of-three from Rothwell, Leeds, said she was "strugglingto sit up" and very nervous at the prospect of ...
Technology makes it possible for fans to take a role in performances of opera
May 03, 2004 ... Chris Benfield VIRTUAL reality is now real enough to enable music students, buffsand wannabes, to Enter Stage Left and take over any part in an OperaNorth production of The Magic Flute - on-stage or in the orchestra. A "digital platform" for just that experience has been ...
We want to keep voting in booths, say shoppers
May 03, 2004 ... Jane Charnley A CROSS-PARTY protest against all-postal voting in the Yorkshireregion because of the risk of fraud won support in West Yorkshire onSaturday. Campaigners from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Greenparties rallied in Shipley to voice opposition to the ...
Alert for owners across region Police fear new knife assaults on horses
May 03, 2004 ... Dave Clarke HORSE owners are being put on alert this summer after a spate ofattacks in Yorkshire and the Peak District. Police in Sheffield are asking them to be more vigilant and tostep up security both for the animals and equestrian property. Last year officers from ...
Nottingham urged to share Robin Hood legend
May 03, 2004 ... Mark Branagan THE academic whose lifelong research led to South Yorkshire'splanned international airport being named after Robin Hood says it istime for Nottinghamshire to stop laying exclusive claim to thelegend. Nottingham born and bred David Greenwood has concluded Robin ...
Brass band plays its way to sixth success
May 03, 2004 ... Brian Dooks THE Yorkshire Building Society Brass Band won the EuropeanChampionships for the sixth consecutive year under their musicaldirector David King in Glasgow at the weekend. Its performance, which included a world premiere of PhilipSparke's Music of the Spheres, means ...
Miners and their families bring traditional gala back to life
May 03, 2004 ... Dave Clarke KING Coal is dead - long live King Coal. Twenty years on from the strike, miners' union leaders tried tobreathe new life into an endangered industry by reinstating one ofits oldest institutions. In 1984 there were 56 pits in the bustling Yorkshire ...
'Not enough is being done to help children catch up' Coalfield teachers in plea for pupils
May 03, 2004 ... James Reed Education Correspondent TEACHERS from coalfield areas are to tell the Government notenough is being done to help their pupils to catch up with moreaffluent children. Education Secretary Charles Clarke is due to be the main speakerat a special conference in ...
Clean-air drive may mean No-Jags Prescott
May 03, 2004 ... Jane Charnley DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott, also known as Two Jags, maybe forced to downsize his motor of choice to a battery-run Toyota. Yesterday the Cabinet Office confirmed that it wanted Ministers touse more environmentally-friendly, electronic cars. It ...
Financial legacy of the Thatcher years
May 03, 2004 ... Jane Charnley HOUSE prices went through the roof during Margaret Thatcher's termin office - and the price of a pint more than trebled. It is exactly 25 years today since the Iron Lady came to power. Then the average home cost [Pounds]19,300. By the time of ...