Yorkshire Post back issues from September 2005:
Test could identify cancer patients' best care option
Sep 01, 2005 ... Mike Waites Health correspondent A SIMPLE test developed in Yorkshire to predict how well a commoncancer responds to radiotherapy could enable doctors to tailor thebest treatment to patients. In a study published today, scientists at the Cancer Research UKClinical ...
The suffering continues
Sep 01, 2005 ... Fresh trauma for Iraq IT IS a symptom of how jittery the people of Iraq have become thatthe rumour of yet another suicide attack should have triggered such apanic among Shias marching across a bridge in a religious processionthat so many were killed in the ensuing stampede ....
Sweet taste of success in catching the food cheats
Sep 01, 2005 ... A group of Yorkshire scientists is pioneering new techniques whichwill give all of us some food for thought. Chris Benfield reports. Order your favourite brand of coffee from your office machine andyou might not be getting what you pay for. And that's not the only risk in ...
Forensic insights on the carers who kill
Sep 01, 2005 ... Decades as an expert witness mean Robert Forrest has studied manycases of murder caused by overdose of drugs or other toxicsubstances, including notorious instances of murder of patients bynurses, doctors or other carers. He talks to Sheena Hastings. HE balks at calling himself an ...
Deluged Vaughan rains praise on county
Sep 01, 2005 ... Chris Waters at Headingley IF the violent storm that washed out Michael Vaughan's benefitgame at Headingley last night was repeated at The Oval in seven days,the Ashes series would be as good as England's. From skies that might have been borrowed from the pages ofRevelations ...
Bakke exits to join O'Leary
Sep 01, 2005 ... Leeds midfielder completes loan switch to Aston Villa Ian Appleyard EIRIK BAKKE last night quit Leeds United for a reunion with hisformer manager David O'Leary at Aston Villa. The Norwegian midfielder, pictured right, will spend the next fourmonths on loan at the ...
Clubs can exploit loophole with emergency loans
Sep 01, 2005 ... Ian Appleyard ON FOOTBALL ANOTHER transfer deadline day is over and suddenly the world offootball seems a duller place. Clubs are banned from spending money on new players for the nextfour months and an air of stability has briefly returned to the game. The top ...
Brown could rejoin Blades
Sep 01, 2005 ... Ian Appleyard FORMER Sheffield United midfielder Michael Brown could be on theverge of a dramatic return to Bramall Lane. Although Neil Warnock failed to sign a new striker ahead ofyesterday's transfer deadline, the Blades manager admitted he waskeeping an "ace up his ...
Judge Bulls next year, says Hobbs
Sep 01, 2005 ... Ex-Bradford prop feels Leeds and Odsal outfit can benefit fromPeacock's switch SAM WHEELER SUPER LEAGUE LOSING Jamie Peacock may not be the calamity for Bradford Bullsmany are predicting, according to former Bradford and Great Britainprop David Hobbs. On the other ...
Bulls put brave face on loss of Peacock
Sep 01, 2005 ... Sam Wheeler JAMIE PEACOCK'S expected switch from Bradford to Leeds moved astep closer yesterday when the Bulls confirmed the Great Britainforward would be leaving Odsal at the end of the season. Super League clubs are officially allowed to speak to players fromtoday and ...
Young buck Biggs eager for consistent place
Sep 01, 2005 ... Sam Wheeler EVEN when he was lighting up the Premiership with three tries inhis first five starts at the beginning of last season, Tom Biggs feltas though he was just filling in for the various senior players whowere unavailable through injury. Although he was a regular in ...
Looking no further than Harlequins for the National One title
Sep 01, 2005 ... Sam Wheeler With Lions and All Blacks of recent vintage in their ranks andmost of last season's squad intact, Harlequins look set to make aswift return to the top flight. Andrew Mehrtens, Will Greenwood, Ugo Monye and George Harder willbring some glamour to National One and ...
Halifax looking to build on glory
Sep 01, 2005 ... Union is going through a period of strength in Yorkshire but canour clubs continue to prosper? Bill Bridge NATIONAL LEAGUE TWO WITH the exception of Wakefield, there have been no majorcasualties in Yorkshire rugby union since leagues became establishedbut one other ...
Public library to close for repairs
Sep 01, 2005 ... Paul Whitehouse A SHEFFIELD library is to close for almost two months to allowworkers to carry out the first refurbishment in its 42-year history. Newfield Green Library opened in 1963 but has never been updatedand a programme of work starts on September 5. Changes ...
Graffiti team arrest gang
Sep 01, 2005 ... Lucy Harvey SIX teenage members of a alleged graffiti gang were last night inpolice custody in Doncaster. The group are allegedly responsible for defacing property acrossDoncaster, Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham, Cleethorpes in NorthLincolnshire and ...
The white rose ramblers return
Sep 01, 2005 ... Alexandra Wood IT'S been a heck of a feat, but after nearly 600 miles of foot-slogging around Yorkshire, a couple yesterday completed theirremarkable trek. Roger Sewell and his wife, Chris, set off to walk the county'sancient boundaries on July 15. After 36 days on ...
Transport chiefs may force bus
Sep 01, 2005 ... Paul Whitehouse PUBLIC transport bosses were due to make a key decision today onwhether to force bus operators to improve the quality of the servicesthey offer on a network of key routes across South Yorkshire. The county's Passenger Transport Authority, which is ...
Standing on the shoulders of Giants
Sep 01, 2005 ... Mark Branagan When rugby players took the field at a Yorkshire air base theywere giants indeed to children watching on the touchline. Huddersfield Giants rugby league club have spent two days awayfrom home preparing for their vital Super League match against LondonBroncos ...
Arsonist is jailed for life over pub blazes
Sep 01, 2005 ... Olwen Dudgeon A JUDGE jailed an arsonist for life yesterday after hearing hestarted fires in four pubs on the same night. Judge Stephen Ashurst told Michael Palmer that he had to impose anindeterminate sentence on him because of his potential risk to thepublic in the future ...
Rural patients handed reprieve as threat of hospital cuts lifted
Sep 01, 2005 ... Paul Jeeves SOME of England's most isolated rural communities will continue tohave access to vital services at a Yorkshire hospital after a reviewspared key facilities from the axe. .Tens of thousands of patients would have been faced withtravelling up to 40 miles more for ...
Facelift brings back the sparkle
Sep 01, 2005 ... Alexandra Wood THE sparkle is being put back into two jewels in Hull's crown.Workmen are putting the finishing touches to a [Pounds]500,000 revampof Hull City Hall and Hull New Theatre, in what is the biggest schemeof its kind in 15 years. While the theatre's auditorium has ...
'Further strike' threat at firm
Sep 01, 2005 ... Union officials say they are still open to talks with managementin dispute over pay at boiler factory Alexandra Wood STRIKING workers at a Hull boiler factory are threatening tointroduce further industrial action in a dispute over pay. As members of the Amicus union ...
Theatre bids farewell to props on eBay
Sep 01, 2005 ... Mark Branagan The stage is set for an Internet auction with a difference as SirAlan Ayckbourn's Scarborough theatre sells old props to raise fundson eBay. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, SirAlan's team is having a clear out of some of the ...
Extreme views challenge hope of close integration
Sep 01, 2005 ... The articles now withdrawn by the Islamic Tarbiyah Academy presenta clear and unequivocal dislike of much of the Western way of life.Rob Waugh reports on the extreme views propagated in the heart ofYorkshire. ANTI-Semitic, anti-Western, anti-gay ... the targets of MuftiZubair ...
Islamic centre drops attacks on West
Sep 01, 2005 ... Scathing criticism of 'non-believers' cut from website Rob Waugh A CONTROVERSIAL Islamic community centre has removed a series ofanti-Western articles from its website after concerns about theircontent were raised by the Yorkshire Post. The Islamic Tarbiyah Academy in ...
GPs rate highly in national tables
Sep 01, 2005 ... Average practice gets 91 per cent of points for care Mike Waites Health Correspondent PATIENTS can see how well their GPs are performing with thepublication of national tables yesterday which it was claimed showfamily doctors offer much higher standards of care than expected ....
Heiress death: Man in court
Sep 01, 2005 ... Alexandra Wood THE former boyfriend of heiress Suzy Healey appeared in courtyesterday charged with her murder. Richard George Holtby appeared at Hull Crown Court accused of themurder of Ms Healey, daughter of Malcolm Healey, one of the country'srichest men. The body ...
Young get chance to soar at university fun day
Sep 01, 2005 ... Brian Dooks YOUNG people interested in a career in space exploration will gethelp from the University of York to launch their first rocket onSaturday. One hundred years since Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativityrevolutionised our understanding of the universe, the ...
Rail woman demoted over pregnancy wins legal fight
Sep 01, 2005 ... Greg Wright Deputy Business Editor A DUTY manager of a railway station who was demoted when herbosses discovered she was pregnant has won a landmark case for sexdiscrimination and unfair dismissal. Hannah Quinn was told she couldn't continue in her role as dutymanager ...
Playground dedicated to memory of brave PC
Sep 01, 2005 ... Joanne Ginley GENERATION after generation will glance at the memorial plaque asthey race through the gate of a playground dedicated to PC IanBroadhurst, ensuring his bravery will never be forgotten. Yesterday the murdered policeman's eight-year-old nephew BennBroadhurst was ...
Inquests chance after poisoner nurse dies
Sep 01, 2005 ... Mike Waites Health correspondent FULL inquests could be held into four deaths at a West Yorkshirehospital linked to a senior nurse, it was announced yesterday. The move follows the death of Anne Grigg-Booth who was facingcourt charged with murdering three of her ...
Heatwave ends in torrential downpours
Sep 01, 2005 ... Rob Waugh ONE of the hottest days of the year gave way to torrentialdownpours in large parts of Yorkshire last night. Michael Vaughan's sold-out benefit match at Headingley, in Leeds,was washed out to the disappointment of 15,000 ticketholders who hadhoped to see England ...
Alarm over birth defect 'anomalies'
Sep 01, 2005 ... Pesticide link to medical problems - claim Chris Benfield CAMPAIGNERS demanded an inquiry last night after independentresearch suggested the number of babies born with defects in parts ofYorkshire is more than four times the national average. In the survey, affluent ...
Heads 'swindled their schools'
Sep 01, 2005 ... Pupils left without pens or pencils due to [Pounds]30,000 plothatched in pub, court told Emma Dunlop TWO high-flying Yorkshire head teachers allegedly fleeced over[Pounds]30,000 from school funds - leaving one primary unable toafford pens and pencils. Howard White, ...
Immigration now out of control, says think tank
Sep 01, 2005 ... James Reed IMMIGRATION into Britain was branded "out of control" yesterdayafter a Right-wing think tank claimed two million people were beingadded to the population every 10 years. Migrationwatch UK insisted the Government's own figures showed theYorkshire and Humber ...
ProZone's pioneering equipment giving a big lift to the Springboks' preparation
Sep 01, 2005 ... Ian Briggs TECHNOLOGY developed by a Yorkshire-based sports analysis companyis being used by the South Africa rugby union team to help it keepahead of the game. Springboks coach Jake Whyte called for ProZone's equipment to beinstalled at four stadiums the team uses in the ...
Hungry Bayford still on the trail
Sep 01, 2005 ... Oil group lookingfor more acquisitions Kathryn Moore A YORKSHIRE-BASED oil and fuel distribution business has increasedprofits by 115 per cent after a successful year which has seen thecompany acquire three new businesses. Bayford, based at Bowcliffe Hall at ...
No advert revival, says Johnston
Sep 01, 2005 ... Ros Snowdon Deputy City Editor JOHNSTON PRESS, owner of the Yorkshire Post, delivered a strongincrease in half year profits yesterday, but warned there was no signof a pick-up in advertising sales for the rest of the year. The group posted a 9.3 per cent increase in ...
Matalan moves into recovery mode
Sep 01, 2005 ... Clothing retailer sees slowing in sales drop Ros Snowdon Deputy City Editor TROUBLED budget clothes retailer Matalan, which is facing stiffcompetition from the likes of Asda and Tesco, said it was back ontrack yesterday following a better recent performance. Ros ...
Parents' fear for Yorkshire student
Sep 02, 2005 ... Emma Dunlop THE frantic parents of a Sheffield woman trapped in the NewOrleans Superdome fear for her safety. Jennifer Sachs, 21, a student from Ecclesall, Sheffield, is nowstranded inside the venue, where conditions are deteriorating. "The conditions Jenny is having ...
Prince's love of architecture is set to flourish on visit to market town
Sep 02, 2005 ... Mark Branagan THE Prince of Wales will be able to indulge his interest inarchitecture when he and the Duchess of Cornwall pay the firstofficial Royal visit to Richmond since 1902. They will delight crowds in the North Yorkshire market town onSeptember 14 as part of the ...
Balancing the scales of justice
Sep 02, 2005 ... Victims policy is window dressing IT HAS been contended for many years that the balance of Britishjustice has been tipped in favour of the criminal rather than thevictim. Many in the legal profession believe this to be the case. And sodid Tony Blair who, in his 1997 ...
Legacy of advice from cancer's frontline
Sep 02, 2005 ... Deborah Hutton was the former health editor of Vogue. She used themonths of her illness to write a book of tips for the friends andfamily of cancer patients. Sheena Hastings reports. BY all accounts Deborah Hutton was one of those people we leastexpect to become ill, never mind to ...
Big day approaches for gay couples
Sep 02, 2005 ... The first gay wedding company has opened in the North of Englandand it hopes to see its first happy couples tie the knot by the endof the year. Sarah Freeman reports. As a master of grand statements and a lover of extravagance, EltonJohn is unlikely to have a low-key ...
High time for action, Mr Blair
Sep 02, 2005 ... THAT withering Northern put-down "He's all mouth and trousers" hascome to mind repeatedly over recent weeks as the Government hasrelentlessly cranked up the rhetoric to convince us that it willbelatedly get tough with Islamic extremists. The saying is usually delivered as a ...
Luca leads Yorkshire pack
Sep 02, 2005 ... BILL BRIDGE THEY turned out in their thousands in the hope of watching aYorkshire rider win yesterday's third stage of the Tour of Britainbetween Leeds and Sheffield and were delighted when Russell Downingclosed the gap on the four-man leading bunch with just threekilometres to ...
No end to transfer activity
Sep 02, 2005 ... Clubs already set to exploit emergency loan loophole Ian Appleyard MANAGERS up-and-down the Football League are already plottingtheir next raids on the transfer market. Although the closure of the transfer window means there can be nopermanent deals until January 1, ...
British football side to play in Olympics
Sep 02, 2005 ... Richard Sutcliffe THE man in charge of England's brightest young footballers hasgiven a cautious welcome to FIFA president Sepp Blatter'sconfirmation a Great Britain football team will compete in the 2012Olympics. Blatter has, crucially, stressed Britain's participation will ...
Kear intent on building elite dynasty
Sep 02, 2005 ... Challenge Cup-winning coach John Kear explains to Sam Wheeler whyhe will not let Hull rest on their laurels. JOHN Kear is the undisputed master of the Challenge Cup upset,having won the competition with Castleford, Sheffield, Wigan and nowHull, but he is aware that none of the ...
Morley makes Bradford move
Sep 02, 2005 ... As Jamie Peacock agrees a four-year deal with Leeds, Bulls coachNoble swoops for another Great Britain star RICHARD SUTCLIFFE CHRIS CAISLEY believes the healthy mutual respect between BrianNoble and Adrian Morley helped Bradford Bulls beat off stiffcompetition from other ...
M1 hold-ups ahead as bridge replaced
Sep 02, 2005 ... Paul Whitehouse MOTORISTS using the M1 in South Yorkshire face disruption forabout three months as engineers work to replace a pedestrian bridgethat is too old to be repaired. The motorway will be totally closed overnight from Saturday toSunday, September 10-11, while the ...
Two years for too-fast driver
Sep 02, 2005 ... Olwen Dudgeon A MOTORIST who killed his friend when he smashed into the parapetof a bridge while driving too fast was yesterday jailed for twoyears. Dale Andrew Downie was giving Christopher Barlow, 19, a lift inhis black VW Golf when the accident occurred at Catter Bridge ...
Trader attacks resort seawall proposals
Sep 02, 2005 ... Mark Branagan PLANS for new sea defences along Scarborough's Golden Mile havebeen condemned as "a wall too far" by one of the resort's longest-serving traders. Scarborough Council is considering building a 4ft high wall alongthe foreshore in response to warnings by ...
St Leger's home takes big step forward
Sep 02, 2005 ... Emma Dunlop PLANS for a [Pounds]55m overhaul of Doncaster racecourse shouldput it among the top five in the country, the town's mayor saidyesterday. For the past few years Doncaster Council, which owns theracecourse - home of the famous St Leger - has been planning the ...
Puzzle of glider's Spanish mountain death plunge
Sep 02, 2005 ... Alexandra Wood MYSTERY still surrounds the death of a pilot whose glider crashedinto a mountain range in Spain five years ago. Derek Holland, 62, was found dead at the controls of the aircraftafter it fell onto the north-west side of the Guardarrama range twodays into a ...
Rare weapons find new home in city museum
Sep 02, 2005 ... Joanne Ginley One of the world's finest collections of working military firearmswas yesterday rehoused at the Royal Armouries museum in Leeds. The 14,000-item Pattern Room Collection includes weapons up to 150-years-old, some of which are very rare. More unusual items ...
Head in swindles trial 'cut corners'
Sep 02, 2005 ... Fraud accused 'persuasive' Emma Dunlop A HEAD teacher who allegedly swindled thousands of pounds from aYorkshire primary school has been described by a colleague as someonewho "didn't always stick to the rules". .Howard White, 54, former head of East Dene primary ...
Heroine backs Yorkshire cycle race
Sep 02, 2005 ... Brian Dooks CHARITY fundraiser Jane Tomlinson, whose marathon running andtriathlons have raised more than [Pounds]1m for cancer research, issupporting this weekend's Great Milk (stout) Ride in Nidderdale. Her son, Stephen, eight, will blow the starting horn to see around500 ...
Mining giant Oddball gets set to welcome heritage lovers
Sep 02, 2005 ... Andrew Robinson A mammoth 60-year-old piece of mining machinery is one ofYorkshire's most unusual visitor attractions. Known as a walking dragline and nicknamed Oddball, it was oncecapable of shifting 20,000 tons of opencast coal a day with its 215ftjib and bucket that could ...
Sunny hopes for paintings in park
Sep 02, 2005 ... Lucy Harvey ARTIST Kidane Mariam, of Chesterfield, will be among thousandspraying for good weather for Sheffield's second Art in The Gardensevent where exhibitors display their work in the city's BotanicalGardens. More than 4,000 paintings will be on show tomorrow and on ...
Tracking down the history of railway women
Sep 02, 2005 ... Brian Dooks WOMEN have worked on the railways since at least 1832, but whenthe first female guard to be employed by British Rail did someresearch she found they were barely mentioned in the history books. Now they have a book of their own thanks to Helen Wojtczak, ...
Halifax attacked over rate cuts
Sep 02, 2005 ... Millions of savers hit as interest paid on majority of accounts iscut by more than inflation level Kathryn Moore HIGH street bank Halifax came under fire yesterday after itslashed rates for savers by more than the amount of last month'sinterest rate cut by the Bank of ...
Flash floods will happen again, says agency chief
Sep 02, 2005 ... Paul Jeeves FLASH floods that devastated North Yorkshire will happen again asclimate change poses the biggest threat of natural disaster in moderntimes, the Environment Agency chairman has warned. Sir John Harman issued the stark message yesterday after hevisited North ...
'Lives at risk' in fire calls overhaul
Sep 02, 2005 ... Union fears more delays William Green Political Correspondent lives will be put in danger, by Government plans to axe localfire control rooms in favour of regional centres, union chiefs warnedlast night. The warning from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) came ...
Shot PC's widow backs 'a say in court'
Sep 02, 2005 ... James Reed and Olwen Dudgeon Legal Correspondent THE widow of murdered policeman Ian Broadhurst has backed moves togive victims' relatives the chance to have their say in court. Eilisa Broadhurst said yesterday that families like hers were leftfrustrated by the lack of ...