Yorkshire Post back issues from August 2004:
New students' president vows degree of change
Aug 02, 2004 ... The National Union of Students is dusting itself down after abruising battle over tuition fees. Education Correspondent James Reed met the young Yorkshire womantaking the helm. FOR most graduates, coming to the end of your university studiesoffers a chance to celebrate, or ...
Day of pride marked by civic parade
Aug 02, 2004 ... A PROCESSION by civic leaders from across the region in Leeds wasthe focal point of Yorkshire Day celebrations yesterday. David GarnerThe procession of more than 75 community representatives,including 30 Lord Mayors, Mayors and Mayoresses stepped out beneaththe White ...
Writing on the wall for graffiti
Aug 02, 2004 ... Crackdown on urban blight THE Romans daubed it on their walls but it only really caught onhere with the explosion of urban Hip-Hop culture back in the 1980s. Alexandra Wood and Lyn Barton Now environmental campaigners say the writing should be on thewall for graffiti, ...
Hair today, DNA tomorrow... university to test Viking locks
Aug 02, 2004 ... ONCE they would have been worn down the back like a long pigtail,and the copper wire wound around the hair would have glistened in thelight. The strands of intricately-braided hair - part of a collectioncredited as coming from a huge Viking-age burial mound in Efaefsk, inRussia ...
Pennine trains 'more punctual'
Aug 02, 2004 ... TRAIN passengers are enjoying the highest levels of punctuality onTransPennine Express services since before the Hatfield rail crash in2000, the operator has claimed. William Green Transport Correspondent TransPennine Express says nearly 80 per cent of trains ...
Joy for Tory dogged by smears
Aug 02, 2004 ... Would-be MP romps home in second deselection battle after 18months of whispers A WOULD-be Tory MP was celebrating this weekend after winning asecond deselection vote against her bitter enemies who wanted rid ofher. Robert Sutcliffe Sue Catling, prospective ...
Sacked whistleblower looks to tribunal
Aug 02, 2004 ... IMMIGRATION whistleblower Steve Moxon has vowed to take theGovernment to an employment tribunal after revealing that he had beensacked from his job for "embarrassing Ministers". Lyn Barton The Sheffield civil servant was originally suspended in Marchafter leaking details to ...
Son attacks [Pounds]255 payout offer for miner's lung death
Aug 02, 2004 ... THE son of a miner who died four years after losing a lung throughchest problems has branded a compensation offer of [Pounds]255.67 as"derisory''. Terry Smith, of North Dalton, near Driffield, said he wasdisgusted by the amount offered for his father Arthur, who died, aged64, ...
Out goes tradition - in come Mick and Ruth
Aug 02, 2004 ... Imaginary urban couple at heart of pub's controversial revamp HE enjoys rugby and real ale while she dreams of an proposal fromher live-in boyfriend and a house out of town. Sally Cope If Mick and Ruth sound like anyone you know, then an historicLeeds pub hopes to be ...
US billionaire joins fight over Gulf sickness
Aug 02, 2004 ... FORMER United States Presidential candidate Ross Perot will begiving evidence tomorrow as the independent inquiry into Gulf Warillnesses enters its third week. Alexandra Wood The Texan oil billionaire, known as a leading supporter ofveterans in the US, has funded research ...
US expert tells of lessons to learn from Soham
Aug 02, 2004 ... ANALYSIS of child murderer Ian Huntley's background history showedhe was a sexual predator, rather than a paedophile, according to anFBI criminal profiler. Olwen Dudgeon Legal Correspondent Peter Smerick, who spent 24 years as a special agent and was aninstructor in ...
New vicar who never wanted high office
Aug 02, 2004 ... The Archbishop of York, who has demoted himself, impressedchurchwardens at interview with his humility. Chris Benfield reportson his life of service David Hope's decision to "demote" himself from Archbishop of Yorkto vicar of a small parish is not a surprise to those who know ...
Bosses of old cotton mill win through to BBC final and chance of [Pounds]3m
Aug 02, 2004 ... Lyn Barton A water-powered cotton mill in North Yorkshire has beaten offcompetition to be given a chance of winning up to [Pounds]3m forvital repairs. Last night Gayle Mill in Wensleydale was announced as the winnerin the Northern round of the BBC's popular programme ...
Toenail on table shocks TV chief
Aug 02, 2004 ... John Woodcock Something's afoot at the BBC's new headquarters in Leeds .....thebizarre case of the offending toenail. It was discovered in the canteen by head of regional and localprogrammes, Tamsin O'Brien who sent a warning email to more than 150staff. "I have just ...
Jane Tomlinson rises above pain to compete gruelling event
Aug 02, 2004 ... Sally Cope If there was one person among the 8,000 taking part in the LondonTriathlon who summed up the dedication and determination it demanded,it was Jane Tomlinson. Completing the event in under three and a half hours, just beatingher own personal best, Jane defied the ...
Ultimate challenge booms across UK
Aug 02, 2004 ... This weekend's London Triathlon was the biggest in the world.Maggie Stratton reports on the its growing popularity. GRUELLING it may be. But the prospect of distance swims in cold,dark lakes, before peeling away neoprene to power off on a bike andfinally to make jellied legs run ...
Rural taxpayers 'subsidising people in the inner cities'
Aug 02, 2004 ... David Garner RURAL dwellers are shouldering a bigger council tax burden thanever, effectively subsidising people living in inner cities,according to a report out today. The study, commissioned by a coalition of 50 of England's mostrural local authorities including several ...
Retiring Archbishop of York 'to rejoin ranks' as vicar in Ilkley
Aug 02, 2004 ... Chris Benfield The Archbishop of York - the second most senior Church of Englandcleric - announced yesterday that he will retire next February andreturn to a parish ministry, as vicar of a church which head-huntedhim. An astonished congregation at St Margaret's Church, ...
Buyouts reflect stronger prospects across county
Aug 02, 2004 ... YORKSHIRE'S strong economic prospects are reflected in the growingnumber of larger management buyouts. Greg Wright The study by the Centre for Management Buyout Research indicatesthat the county's private equity market is undergoing a strongrecovery. The new report, ...
Deal clears the way for growth
Aug 02, 2004 ... AN ENVIRONMENTAL services company which helps revive derelict citycentres is set for growth after a secondary management buy-out. Greg Wright Executives at Webfell plan to expand the business after securingfunding for the deal from Enterprise Finance Europe, one of the ...
Scandinavian boost for ice cream firm
Aug 02, 2004 ... Cone-line investment helps win export deal A MULTI-MILLION pound investment has helped Richmond Ice Cream toland its first export order. Greg Wright Deputy Business Editor Richmond has spent [Pounds]7m on a new ice cream cone productionline at its factory in ...
The Archbishop steps down
Aug 02, 2004 ... Humility at the top RECEIVED wisdom decrees that churchmen who rise to the top oftheir organisation's hierarchy must possess a certain worldliness.There are, however, glaring exceptions, the late Cardinal Basil Hume,Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, being one of them; and ...
Premieres take star role in new season
Aug 02, 2004 ... Arts reporter Nick Ahad looks at the coming theatre season at twoof the region's major theatres. Theatregoers across Yorkshire can look forward to a bumper seasonof shows at the region's favourite theatres. The West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Bradford Alhambra Theatreboth ...
'It got to the point where I felt I was an actor playing the part of Marc Almond'
Aug 02, 2004 ... Marc Almond and his band Soft Cell were synonymous with '80s popmusic; now he's written a new book describing his life as a formerpop star. Chris Bond talked to him about Leeds, music and his obsession withmalt loaf. WE meet by chance in the hallway outside a ...
Let's give up arguing about a ban on smoking
Aug 02, 2004 ... IT saves you money. It saves your face from turning into aleathery old prune. And it could very possibly save your life. So whyis stopping smoking provoking such a polarised and unproductive row? Jayne Dowle Health Secretary John Reid, defender of council-estate mothers ...
Near miss so tough on magnificent McGrath
Aug 02, 2004 ... IT is a staggering fact that never in their history have Yorkshiresuccessfully chased a target of more than 331 to win a first-classmatch. That figure was achieved way back in 1910, when Middlesex were putto the sword at Lord's and Yorkshire had players such as WilfredRhodes and ...
Yorkshire fall short despite Kirby's cajoling
Aug 02, 2004 ... ONE of the joys of out-grounds is that they afford a wonderfulappreciation of the minutiae of cricket. Chris Waters Totesport League Southgate At the picturesque Walker Ground in Southgate, everyone is soclose to the boundary that barely a comment from the ...
Bulls double gives Hull belief in grand final quest
Aug 02, 2004 ... Noble rues Bradford's string of errors Hull 25 Bradford Bulls 14 HULL'S inexorable march on their best finish in Tetley's SuperLeague - and possibly a first appearance in the grand final -gathered apace with a historic and full deserved victory overBradford Bulls ...
New mosque aims to build bridges
Aug 02, 2004 ... A STEADY stream of visitors attended York mosque's first open dayyesterday as the city's Muslims reinforced their links with the widercommunity. David GarnerThe aim of the event at the mosque in Bull Lane was to promoteunderstanding and consolidate bonds which had been put ...
Pit museum plea to miners
Aug 02, 2004 ... WORK has begun transforming a former pit on the site of theNational Coal Mining Museum for England into a visitor attraction. Joanne Ginley As part of the project the museum wants to hear from ex-miners orothers who worked at Hope Pit from the end of the Second World ...
Rider hurt at vintage bike event
Aug 02, 2004 ... A MOTORBIKE rider from West Yorkshire suffered serious injurieswhen he was thrown from his vintage machine on a hill climb event inCumbria. Frederic Manby and Mike Waites John Tattersall, of Guiseley, near Leeds, lost control of his 1930Sunbeam motorcycle as he took ...
City on the up is missing Green opportunities, watchdog warns
Aug 02, 2004 ... SHEFFIELD is squandering its chances of becoming an inter-national eco-city of the future, according to environmentalwatchdogs. Lyn Barton The city is the scene of unprecedented regeneration but not enoughis being done to ensure developments have real Green principles ...
Colourful way to cut crime launched today
Aug 02, 2004 ... A crime prevention weapon that uses new technology to combatburglaries is launched in West Yorkshire today. Sally Cope SmartWater is a forensic fluid containing millions of microscopicparticles that make up an individual property identification code. The solution is ...
Bus tour will throw light on Spurn Point
Aug 02, 2004 ... Alexandra Wood ISOLATED Spurn Point should no longer be a mystery to thethousands who visit every summer with the start of a new audio tour -on the local bus. For the seven families who live all year on Spurn Point, a lonelyfinger of land jutting out into the North Sea, the ...
Councillors condemn spending on 'tarting up' historic gardens
Aug 02, 2004 ... Brian Dooks AS Harrogate represents Britain in a bid for floral glory inEurope, two councillors say a [Pounds]2.5m facelift for the town'sValley Gardens is unnecessary and should be scrapped. Conservatives Fred Willis and Jim Clark are at odds with their ownparty colleagues ...
Extra cash for project to help victims of domestic violence
Aug 02, 2004 ... Sally Cope VICTIMS of domestic violence are to receive more help after apioneering project in West Yorkshire announced it has gained[Pounds]120,000 extra cash. The Staying Put Project, in Bradford, has been awarded the moneyby the Legal Services Commission to prolong its ...
Your chance to salute four of The Few
Aug 03, 2004 ... BATTLE of Britain heroes are to attend the Yorkshire Air Show asit salutes the bravery of the generation that fought the Second WorldWar. Andrew Vine Chief Reporter Four of the fighter aces who helped to win the desperate air waragainst the Luftwaffe in 1940 will be ...
Fewer visitors at Princess Di's fountain 'may cut accidents'
Aug 03, 2004 ... Troubleshooters aiming to solve problems which have closed theDiana, Princess of Wales Fountain are considering limiting the numberof people allowed to visit the memorial, it emerged yesterday. Grace Hammond A Royal Parks report, drawn up after designers, engineers andhealth ...
Flying Scotsman back on track after repairs
Aug 03, 2004 ... THE historic Flying Scotsman steam engine was today expected toresume a cross-Yorkshire rail service after its latest technicalproblem was repaired. The National Railway Museum (NRM) in York said the 81-year-oldengine was ready once again to pull a special summer train ...
Kittiwake numbers fall after source of food fails
Aug 03, 2004 ... COUNTS of chicks in Yorkshire's most famous site for seabirds drewto a close yesterday with disturbing findings. Alexandra Wood Kittiwakes, small gulls which nest on Bempton Cliffs, just west ofFlamborough Head, have had their worst breeding season sincemonitoring began in ...
Boycott threat in academic wages dispute
Aug 03, 2004 ... Academics threatened a worldwide boycott of one of Britain's topuniversities today in the latest twist to a bitter pay dispute. Grace Hammond The Association of University teachers said it was prepared to"greylist" Nottingham University from September 20 over its refusalto ...
Minister accused as fire pay talks collapse
Aug 03, 2004 ... FIRE UNION bosses will today begin the process of ballotingmembers over industrial action after talks aimed at ending the long-running firefighters' pay dispute broke up last night withoutagreement. Simon McGee The Fire Brigades Union accused Local Government Minister ...
Couple who waited 20 years for a family hail son's birth
Aug 03, 2004 ... A FATHER wept tears of joy when nurses placed his baby son in hisarms - nearly 20 years after he and his wife started trying for afamily. Robert Sutcliffe Bradford shopkeeper Rajendra Shah, 46, and his wife Daksha, 39,were overjoyed after their longed-for son Rohan made his ...
Soldier killed at welcome home party by one punch
Aug 03, 2004 ... A YORKSHIRE soldier who served in Iraq died from a single punchthrown by his attacker, a court heard yesterday. Mark Branagan Richard Fox, 33 - son of Tory councillor and former Scarboroughpolice chief Tom Fox - died after being assaulted at a welcome homeparty for ...
Judge in disgrace decides to quit bench
Aug 03, 2004 ... DISGRACED judge David Messenger has been ordered to appear beforea disciplinary tribunal for alleged financial irregularities and hasresigned from the bench. Mark Branagan The 50-year-old solicitor's career has been in tatters since helost an appeal against conviction for ...
Memorial ceremony is French village's tribute to RAF heroes
Aug 03, 2004 ... THE shooting down of a Lancaster bomber over a small Frenchvillage in 1944 brought home the reality and the bravery of the RAF -and the French people were determined never to forget them. Joanne GinleyOn the 60th anniversary of the crash, which left all eight crewdead, ...
Sea anglers hit out at [Pounds]22 licence fee 'tax'
Aug 03, 2004 ... Yorkshire sea anglers yesterday attacked government moves tointroduce a [Pounds]22 annual licence fee for anyone who dips a hookin the ocean as a new tax. Ministers want to impose the charge to ensure that the millions ofpeople who take part in sea angling contribute to restoring ...
Tories put cost of regional assembly at [Pounds]42m
Aug 03, 2004 ... IF a regional assembly in Yorkshire ever went ahead it would costthe region's taxpayers around [Pounds]42m a year, the Tories claimedlast night. Simon McGee Political Correspondent Shadow Minister for the Regions, Bernard Jenkin, said thespiralling costs of ...
Students move in to help pull the Bantams back from the brink
Aug 03, 2004 ... A YORKSHIRE university is teaming up with financially-strugglingBradford City to help its recovery from near collapse. James Reed Education Correspondent Leeds Metropolitan University will work with the football club toimprove its community relations and will use its ...
Doctors' hours rule 'could hit care'
Aug 03, 2004 ... Hospitals may have to use foreign medics and locums lackingspecialist knowledge, BMA warns DOCTORS' leaders warned last night that new European restrictionson the hours worked by junior doctors could hit patient care. Andrew Vine Chief Reporter Restricting them ...
Union critic accused of punching official
Aug 03, 2004 ... Robert Sutcliffe A LEADING critic of senior officials in the National Union ofMineworkers has been suspended after being accused of punchinganother member following a heated row in pit toilets near Selby. Roy Vann, pictured, secretary of the Stillingfleet branch of theNUM, ...
British Gulf War Syndrome estimate 'too low'
Aug 03, 2004 ... Alexandra Wood THE number of British servicemen exposed to low-level chemicalcontamination when Saddam Hussein's weapons dumps were blown up afterthe first Gulf War was still an "open question" an inquiry heardyesterday. The independent Congressman for the American state of ...
Police sex attacker claim inquiry
Aug 03, 2004 ... Kate O'Hara Crime Correspondent A POLICE officer has been suspended after being accused of aserious sexual assault. Last night West Yorkshire Police confirmed they had suspended theofficer, aged 38, after he was arrested and released on police baillast ...
Mother in legal tussle after child's father dies
Aug 03, 2004 ... Alexandra Wood A GRIEVING mother has had to resort to legal action for the rightto have her late fiance officially recognised as the father of theirbaby son. Sally Amner was devastated to be told she could not register PaulKnights as the father of their son Benjamin, who was ...
'Makeover' plans lead to rift at historic church
Aug 03, 2004 ... Jane Charnley AN unholy row has broken out over controversial plans for radicalchanges to a 16th century parish church in a West Yorkshire townwhich include digging up the graves to make way for a modernextension. All Saints Church, a listed building in a conservation area ...
Killer Ian Huntley is sent noose in post
Aug 03, 2004 ... Kate O'Hara Crime Correspondent DOUBLE child murderer Ian Huntley, who is serving life atWakefield Prison, has been sent a noose through the post. The grisly package was picked up by prison officers. Last night sources at the jail also told the Yorkshire Post ...
KitKat bars to have a break from slogan that became a catchphrase
Aug 03, 2004 ... Julie Hemmings IT has been a national catchphrase for almost 50 years. But the demise of the Great British tea break has forced the makerof one of the world's most popular chocolate bars to take a freshapproach to its advertising. Nestle is about to launch a [Pounds]5m ...
'Don't keep us in dark on terrorist targets'
Aug 03, 2004 ... Tories demand answers from Blair on threat to Britain afterchilling discovery on 'al-Qaida computer' Kate O'Hara Crime Correspondent CHILLING details of planned terror strikes in Britain and theUnited States have been found on the computer of a top al-Qaidasuspect ....
We'll keep growing, vows L&H
Aug 03, 2004 ... David Parkin Business Editor LEEDS & Holbeck Building Society might have broken several recordswith its latest half year results, but can the mutual sustain suchgrowth? Yes, says chief executive Ian Ward, who believes its 32 per centrise in mortgage completions to a ...
[Pounds]28.2m per day profit as HSBC beats expectations
Aug 03, 2004 ... Eric Barkas HSBC chief executive Stephen Green declined to say yesterdaywhether the bank might bid for Abbey. He preferred to focus on first half figures which showed profitsup by more than half, smashing market expectations and boosting theshares, as the global bank ...
HBOS bid could see rerun of saga
Aug 03, 2004 ... It may be Morrisons all over again if bank goes for Abbey Eric Barkas City Editor IT'S not a re-run of Morrisons versus the rest in an attempt tobuy Safeway, says HBOS. Well, maybe. But HBOS's attempt to gatecrash the Abbey/ BancoSantander deal has certain ...
Millers losing battle to find new striker
Aug 03, 2004 ... Ian Appleyard ROTHERHAM UNITED manager Ronnie Moore is desperately searching fora new striker just FOUR days before the opening game of the Coca-Cola Championship. With Martin Butler ruled out for six months with hepatitis andglandular fever, Moore needs a striker to fill ...
Injured Lee out for three weeks
Aug 03, 2004 ... Ian Appleyard SHEFFIELD Wednesday defender Graeme Lee has been ruled out ofaction for the first three weeks of the season. Lee suffered a knee injury in last week's friendly againstBirmingham City and requires a minor operation. Owls manager Chris Turner is also ...
Bulls must charge from the back
Aug 03, 2004 ... John Ledger Ailing Bradford need to defy Super League history to retain hard-won title FALLEN champions Bradford Bulls are coming to terms with theknowledge that they must make Super League history if they are tostage a successful defence of the title over the next 10 ...
Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
Aug 03, 2004 ... Review Harrogate International Centre. THE most high-profile - and hyped - figure in jazz returned to theHarrogate International Festival on Sunday evening, two years afterhis debut there, and once again brought a near-capacity crowd to itsfeet. Andrew Vine ...