Yorkshire Post back issues from July 2005:
'Farce' as car thief does legal U-turn
Jul 01, 2005 ... Men accused of attack tell of seven-month ordeal Alexandra Wood TWO men who faced criminal charges for seven months when a carthief claimed to have been beaten up condemned the law as a farceyesterday after the allegations were finally dropped. Businessman John Sellers, ...
From where I Stand
Jul 01, 2005 ... Frank Sinatra impersonator Phil Fryer explains how he will befollowing in famous footsteps when he entertains the crowd beforetonight's Super League derby at Headingley. IT'S going to be a special night for me when I walk out on to thepitch at Headingley, and not just because I'll ...
Bus firms face the sack for badly-run services
Jul 01, 2005 ... William Green Political Correspondent FAILING bus companies could be sacked under plans being drawn upby Yorkshire transport chiefs to take greater control of privatisedservices to drive up standards. Complaints about rising fares, cuts and poor quality of ...
Talk groups put science in spotlight
Jul 01, 2005 ... James Reed Education Correspondent A DRIVE to rekindle children's interest in science being pioneeredin Yorkshire is set to become a feature of school life across theNorth of England. Junior Cafe Scientifique builds on an idea launched seven yearsago aimed at ...
Smith is forging ahead with grant aid
Jul 01, 2005 ... Julie Hemmings AS a teenager James Godbold wanted to work with hot metal. Heended up making instruments of torture. When he failed the interview to become a typesetter at his localMiddlesbrough paper, he fell into a career as a blacksmith. And in a 20-year career since ...
Pledge as Britain takes EU helm
Jul 01, 2005 ... Simon McGee Political Editor BRITAIN'S presidency of the European Union gets under way todaywith a promise of hard work to resolve differences over financing andto secure a "more rational budget" by the end of the year. Setting out Britain's goals for its six months at the ...
More cyclists are dying on Britain's roads
Jul 01, 2005 ... Simon McGee Political Editor CYCLIST deaths on Britain's roads surged by 18 per cent last year,according to official accident figures published yesterday. One hundred and thirty- four cyclists died last year, theDepartment of Transport's annual traffic accident report ...
Fraud-claims UDM pair stand down
Jul 01, 2005 ... Police inquiry into handling of compensation scheme results inofficials volunteering to relinquish positions Rob Waugh TWO senior officials at the heart of an inquiry into alleged fraudinvolving the multi-million pound miners' compensation scheme are to"stand down" pending ...
Right Royal cheer as Prince's pay rises [Pounds]1.3m
Jul 01, 2005 ... Income from personal property and investments soars by 11pc,accounts show Chris Benfield The Prince of Wales received an 11 per cent pay rise last year,totalling [Pounds]1.36m, latest figures show. Income from his personal property and investments portfolio, theDuchy ...
You name it... soccer club puts stadium name up for grabs
Jul 01, 2005 ... Joanne Ginley IT'S NOT exactly Old Trafford or St James' Park but for as littleas [Pounds]200 a football fan could sponsor the Pontefract CollieriesFC ground. The club has put its Skinner Lane ground name up for sale - givingeven the smallest investor a chance to buy their ...
Rescue package saves over 100 jobs at Yorkshire store group
Jul 01, 2005 ... Greg Wright Deputy Business Editor MORE than 100 jobs have been saved at a Yorkshire store groupafter the agreement of a rescue package. Readmans called in the administrators earlier this month afterrunning into financial difficulties. The business, which sells ...
Man who dumped body faces life term
Jul 01, 2005 ... Olwen Dudgeon A MAN faces a life sentence after being convicted of the murder ofhis lover whose body was found on the bank of a canal where he triedto dump it. Robert Richardson at first hid the body of Susan Cooper in acupboard at his flat. He only moved the corpse weeks ...
England expects...one-year wait for a toenails trim
Jul 01, 2005 ... Paul Jeeves A VETERAN sailor aged 101 has been put on a one year NHS waitinglist - to have his toenails cut.Raymond Perrett is thought to be the last surviving crew member tohave served on Lord Nelson's ship, HMS Victory, before it was dry-docked in the 1920s, and ...
One killed, five injured as train hits car on crossing
Jul 01, 2005 ... David Hogg and Kate O'Hara A YOUTH was killed when a passenger train collided with his car ona level crossing in East Yorkshire last night.The accident happened at 6.25pm at a small unmanned crossing atRawcliffe Bridge, between Goole and Thorne. The train,the 17.56 ...
Cot-deaths doctor 'has been made scapegoat'
Jul 01, 2005 ... Top medical journal defends expert Mike Waites, Health Correspondent, and Kate O'Hara CONTROVERSIAL paediatrician Professor Sir Roy Meadow is being madea "scapegoat" and should never have faced a General Medical Councilhearing, it is dramatically claimed ...
Taylor Woodrow offers car sharing to home buyers
Jul 01, 2005 ... Eric Barkas City Editor ORGANISED car sharing, as exemplified by CityCarClub, got a boostyesterday when Taylor Woodrow announced its new development wouldinclude an offer to residents of the Huddersfield company's concept. Tayrow, as it's known in the trade, is ...
Merged co-ops will have 350 stores
Jul 01, 2005 ... Grace Hammond Two regional co-ops yesterday announced plans to join forces andcreate the UK's fourth biggest co-operative society. West Midlands Co-op and Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op are toballot their members on a merger that would form a group with morethan 350 ...
Experts set out to clarify drug company leaflets
Jul 01, 2005 ... Greg Wright Deputy Business Editor ANYONE taking Viagra will soon find out if it does what it says onthe tin. But what about the side-effects? An alarming number of patients donot read leaflets accompanying prescribed drugs because they arefull of ...
East meeting West as designer aims to make a successful fashion statement
Jul 01, 2005 ... Ian Briggs A YORKSHIRE designer is bringing together cultures from the Eastand West to create daring fashions which she has dubbed "BritishAsian". Sajeda Hussain's fashion creations are aimed at people who want"to express individualism which reflects their own ...
Consultancy lands major contract for modernisation in Syria
Jul 01, 2005 ... Eric Barkas City Editor SYRIA, like other Islamic countries, has perfectly legitimatereasons for ignoring the West. But when it comes to modernisation and regeneration, it sometimeshas to sup with the proverbial long spoon. Step forward White Young Green, the ...
Hargreaves takes over coke plant
Jul 01, 2005 ... HQ may move into region David Parkin Business Editor THE UK's biggest independent importer of coal could be set to moveits headquarters from Co Durham to Yorkshire following a multi-million pound deal to buy the Monckton coke production plant ...
Clubs need to do the ground work to go up
Jul 01, 2005 ... John Ledger RICHARD LEWIS has warned the Rugby Football League will not behoodwinked into offering places in the new-look Super League to clubswhose applications are based on vague promises. The RFL are to implement a root and branch review of everyexisting and ...
A good hooker so vital for success
Jul 01, 2005 ... John Ledger rugby league THE subject of hookers continues to cause much disquiet atJurassic Junction, the theme park near my home where some of the starattractions remain unconvinced about the importance of the role inthe modern game. Tommysaurus, Joesaurus, ...
Meadow case must be heard
Jul 01, 2005 ... Lancet's ill-judged intervention SO MUCH for allowing justice to run its course. The GeneralMedical Council hearing of the case against Sir Roy Meadow has barelystarted yet already the medical journal The Lancet has intervened inan unprecedented and ill-judged way. It may ...
Midsummer night's scheme to bring Bard to life
Jul 01, 2005 ... This Sunday, hundreds of school- children across the country willsimultaneously perform versions of Shakespeare at professionaltheatres. It's an attempt at populism that the Bard would haveapplauded. Sheena Hastings reports. TEN thousand young actors, 400 schools, 100 theatres, ...
Anglicans turn on Israel
Jul 01, 2005 ... LAST week, the top body in the Anglican Communion decided toinstitute sanctions against a country in protest at its abuses ofhuman rights. I wonder if you can guess what country that was. Was it perhaps Saudi Arabia, where Christian worship is forbiddenand reading the Bible - even ...
Top flight would survive if Wigan were relegated
Jul 01, 2005 ... John Ledger SUPER League would not be devalued were Wigan Warriors to sufferthe indignity of relegation, the RFL's executive chairman RichardLewis has insisted. The Warriors appear to be spiralling into decline and could findthemselves within a couple of points of the ...
Rugby league in safe hands
Jul 01, 2005 ... RFLs chairman Richard Lewis exclusively reveals his future plansfor the sport John Ledger RICHARD LEWIS makes no secret of his love of a challenge. Having spent much of his junior and adult life as a player, coachand administrator within English tennis, he could not ...
The wait is worth it as the women take centre stage
Jul 01, 2005 ... Reginald Brace at Wimbledon The weather having decided to turn nasty after a sublimefortnight, the Centre Court crowd had to endure a long and drearyafternoon of inactivity before Maria Sharapova and Venus Williamsarrived to contest their eagerly awaited semi-final. ...
Watchdog awards hospital top marks for patient safety
Jul 01, 2005 ... Emma Dunlop A HEALTH watchdog has given Barnsley Hospital top marks, deemingit one of the cleanest and safest hospitals in the region. An independent report looked at how the hospital measured up whenit came to patient experiences. The report gave top marks for how itkept ...
Police appeal for witness to arson attack
Jul 01, 2005 ... Emma Dunlop POLICE in Sheffield say they think local people may hold the keyto finding who started a fire which badly damaged a health centre andan adjoining primary school. Westfield health centre is in temporary premises and ShortbrookSchool pupils are being bussed to ...
Town schools face axe in shake-up
Jul 01, 2005 ... Proposals unveiled for mergers and replacements in ambitious driveto improve educational achievement Paul Whitehouse EIGHT secondary schools could be scrapped over the next few yearsto make way for new Advanced Learning Centres under ambitious plansto improve a town's ...
Families branch out on Internet
Jul 01, 2005 ... Dave Mark A FOREST of family trees have put down roots in hull. The Council's History Services have made it even easier for peopleto trace their families and ancestors through the Internet. Surfers can now access a number of useful websites by logging onto "Gareth's ...
Children set to 'try' troublesome teenagers
Jul 01, 2005 ... Alexandra Wood THEY have been known to reduce even the most hardened child totears. And now Hull Council plans to set up the country's first youthjustice scheme - with children sitting as judge and jury to "try"troublesome teenagers in a bid to reduce youth ...
Hospital keeps its pledge on maternity services
Jul 01, 2005 ... Dave Mark HOSPITAL bosses in Bridlington have made good on a promise andfinally restored round-the-clock maternity care. They have brought back a 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-weekservice. There is now a midwife on-call at all times at BridlingtonHospital, although ...
Father's grief at prison cancer death
Jul 01, 2005 ... Man died alone and in agony after authorities and doctors failedto realise his body was riddled with tumours Dave Mark A GRIEVING father has told of his torment at knowing his son diedin agony and alone on the floor of a jail cell, riddled with cancerthat prison authorities ...
Public meeting to address concerns on hospital
Jul 01, 2005 ... Brian Dooks A PUBLIC meeting is to be held in Masham over the future ofNorthallerton's Friarage Hospital where [Pounds]21m is being spent onredevelopment. The South Tees Hospitals Trust and Hambleton and RichmondshirePrimary Care Trust began work 18 months ago on how best to ...
Business booming as more hop on buses
Jul 01, 2005 ... William Green BUSES are proving to be just the ticket in York with passengernumbers booming by nearly a fifth, according to an industry report. The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), which representsthe bus industry, said passengers rose by 18 per cent last year ...
Traffic pollution fears for city centre
Jul 01, 2005 ... Concerns grow as massive congestion forces motorists to avoid ringroad in desperate attempt to escape queues Paul Jeeves AIR pollution is worsening in the centre of one of Yorkshire'smost congested cities as motorists avoid a ring road aimed atreducing ...
Victim Joel back on his feet nine weeks after assault
Jul 01, 2005 ... Joanne Ginley JOEL McBrinn's parents were warned to expect the worst after their17-year-old son was left with horrific injuries following an attack. But nine weeks on Joel is continuing to make amazing progress andis back on his feet and walking unaided. He still has ...
Ring road delays add to city's air pollution
Jul 01, 2005 ... Paul Jeeves AIR pollution is worsening in the centre of one of Yorkshire'smost congested cities as motorists avoid a ring road aimed atreducing tailbacks. Drivers are opting to travel through the heart of York to avoidthe queues along a notorious stretch of the A1237 which ...
Mansion may become park visitor centre
Jul 01, 2005 ... Joanne Ginley A YEAR after controversial plans to convert the historic RoundhayPark Mansion in Leeds into council offices were ditched, councillorswill meet to discuss a new scheme which it is hoped will meet withpublic approval. Generations of Leeds families have patronised ...
Championship harmony for two members of the Singing Farmers
Jul 01, 2005 ... Robert Benson Agricultural Correspondent TWO members of the Singing Farmers group were in harmony yesterdaywhen they both took championship honours at Malton Show. Ken Jackson, of Stubbs Walden, near Doncaster, fielded a BlondeD'Aquitaine bull to take the top Any Other ...
Abbey ready to re-open in wake of flood
Jul 01, 2005 ... Brian Dooks RIEVAULX Abbey reopens to the public on Saturday, two weeks afterits visitor facilities were left under a layer of silt deposited bythe flash floods in Ryedale. Much of the site, including the abbey ruins, west of Helmsley, wasunaffected when the River Rye burst ...
Ambulance disinfection process puts crews and patients at risk
Jul 01, 2005 ... Lizzie Murphy TRADITIONAL disinfection processes in ambulances are leaving crewsand patients at risk from deadly superbugs, it was claimed today. But nationwide research shows that a new decontamination processwould create sterile ambulance interiors, using technology ...
Syphilis rates soar by 37pc across the UK
Jul 01, 2005 ... Kate O'Hara SYPHILIS cases have soared across the UK by 37 per cent, healthofficials said last night. The rise in number of people with the disease shot up from 1,641in 2003 to 2,252 last year. Sexually transmitted infections have risen by two per centgenerally - up ...
[Pounds]500,000 car theft gang jailed
Jul 01, 2005 ... Keys stolen in at least 80 burglaries as owners slept Amy Binns A GANG of thieves who stole high-performance cars worth more than[Pounds]500,000 from across Yorkshire were locked up for more than 24years yesterday. Judge Kerry Macgill told the gang of five that they ...
Postcard plea for surrogate mother from desperate pair
Jul 01, 2005 ... Julie Hemmings A NORTH Yorkshire couple hope a desperate plea will help them torealise their dream of becoming parents. "Do you enjoy being pregnant? Reasonable expenses paid" says themessage Lee Senior and Helen Gallagher have written on a postcardpinned on a Whitby bus ...
Vital support for Victorian 'jewel'
Jul 01, 2005 ... Emma Dunlop A STUNNING giant Victorian conservatory on a South Yorkshireestate is having to be shored up with special scaffolding because itis danger of collapsing.The beautiful glasshouse on Barnsley's Wentworth estate is badlyin need of restoration, but the millions of ...
Donor decision creates hope out of tragedy as boy, 10, dies
Jul 01, 2005 ... Alexandra Wood Ten-year-old Liam Bailey died in hospital five days after beingknocked off his bike. The Chiltern Primary School pupil, from Hull, who has a twinbrother Grant, was knocked from his BMX bike as he cycled towardsMcDonald's in St Andrew's Quay in the ...
Bennett eager to steal a march on injured Sullivan
Jul 01, 2005 ... Richard Sutcliffe NEIL SULLIVAN has been told the operation on his troublesomeshoulder injury has been a success and the Leeds United goalkeeper ishoping to be back in action later this month. The Scottish international was troubled by the injury in the finalweeks of last ...
Rhinos aware of Bulls threat
Jul 01, 2005 ... John Ledger FORGET all the talk about restoring lost pride. Ignore any claimsthat only the performance matters. Reject the notion that revenge isnot an issue. When the whistle sounds to signal the start of the biggest EngageSuper League derby of the season so far, only one ...
'Rescued' artist shows his talent
Jul 01, 2005 ... Brian Dooks THREE years ago Joash Woodrow was an unknown artist - a Yorkshirerecluse who had painted obsessively but never shown anyone his work. After his pictures were rescued from destruction in 2002 theYorkshire Post revealed that he could be on the verge of recognitionas ...
The 600 Group feels MG effect
Jul 01, 2005 ... But profits are on the increase Ros Snowdon Deputy City Editor THE collapse of MG Rover has had a massive impact on manufacturingconfidence according to The 600 Group, the UK's biggest machine toolmaker. The Leeds-based company said that the sector is easily ...
Woodland strategy gets to root of problem
Jul 02, 2005 ... Julie Hemmings FORESTRY bosses have unveiled new plans for how trees can help toreduce flooding, tackle the effects of climate change and improvepublic health into the bargain. The Forestry Commission, working with partners including theGovernment Office for Yorkshire and ...
Glamorous women really are going to the dogs
Jul 02, 2005 ... Lucy Harvey GLAMOROUS women will go to the dogs in Sheffield next week as partof a fundraising event in aid of the city's Children's Hospital. Organisers of the Ladies' Day at Owlerton greyhound stadium inPenistone Road, dubbed an "alternative Ascot", hope that the ...
Round-Britain rowers flipped over by 10ft wave off Yorkshire
Jul 02, 2005 ... Mark Branagan A round-Britain rowing team of Grenadier Guards had a lucky escapewhen their vessel was nearly swamped by a 10ft wave off the YorkshireCoast. The wave flipped the GB Row Challenge team vessel off Scarborough,almost capsizing the tiny boat and smashing two oars ....
Charity evening is family tribute to cameraman shot in Chechnya
Jul 02, 2005 ... In 2002 freelance cameraman Roddy Scott was killed on the Chechenborder while filming a rebel gun battle against Russian forces.Lizzie Murphy spoke to his grieving mother Christina, who hasorganised a charity event with TV journalist Kate Adie tonight tomark the third anniversary of his ...
Roger and out - village's Red Barrows call it a day
Jul 02, 2005 ... Mark Branagan Those magnificent men and their wheel barrows - who provided a bitof low level competition to the Red Arrows - are bowing out the worldof aerobatics. The Red Barrows mimic their moves without ever getting more than6ft off the ground. Locals in the village of ...
Nursery first in UK to offer overnight care for children
Jul 02, 2005 ... Dave Mark IT WAS hardly child's play. But after an 18-month struggle withred tape, a Hull nursery is to become the first in the UK to offerovernight accommodation for toddlers. The Happy Kidz Nursery will open 23 hours a day. From Monday,children aged from six weeks to eight ...
Houses make a comeback as schools build on old tradition
Jul 02, 2005 ... Flagship centres lead the way for revival James Reed Education Correspondent A TRADITION once thought to have had its day is making a comebackin some of Yorkshire's most forward-thinking schools. The house system was a feature of many schools, but for ...
'Accident waiting to occur'
Jul 02, 2005 ... Community was planning petition Dave Mark RESIDENTS in an East Yorkshire community outraged by the death ofa teenager on a "death trap" level crossing were on the verge ofpetitioning rail authorities for improved safety measures, it hasemerged. Lee Coates, 17, died ...
Row over undercover schools filming
Jul 01, 2005 ... James Reed Education Correspondent BAD behaviour filmed undercover in Yorkshire classrooms is tofeature in a TV documentary next week. Education Leeds was last night considering legal action over theChannel 4 programme after it emerged a supply teacher had ...
Hunting ban has impact on show numbers
Jul 01, 2005 ... Mark Branagan Organisers of yesterday's Malton Show had more than uncertainweather to contend with as fears resurfaced about the impact of thefox-hunting ban on the event's grass roots support. Yesterday's show, the 119th, attracted record entries but ownersof equestrian ...
'I climb to live, I don't climb to die'
Jul 01, 2005 ... Alan Hinkes has returned home after becoming the first Briton toconquer the world's 14 highest peaks. Chris Bond talked to him abouthis epic struggle, the moment he thought he would die, and his plansfor the future. IN 1955, a British expedition led by Charles Evans became ...