Yorkshire Post back issues from January 2006:
Arctic convoy veterans hit at film's KGB brothels 'slur'
Jan 02, 2006 ... As Cabinet papers throw fresh light on Britain at war, sea heroesridicule Russian movie-maker's 'sexual favours' claim Mark Branagan YORKSHIRE war veterans reacted with anger and disbelief yesterdayto news that Russia is to produce a film depicting the Allied sailorswho ...
School chiefs on collision course with parents
Jan 02, 2006 ... Mark Branagan Education chiefs are on a collision course with parents over movesto scrap free transport for thousands of A-Level pupils who livemiles away from college - that could leave some families having tofork out up to [Pounds]800-a-year in bus fares. Travel for ...
Region's colleges vie for students with varying regimes of new fees
Jan 02, 2006 ... James Reed YORKSHIRE universities are competing over the cost of courses asthey bid to recruit students who can choose how much they want to payfor the first time.Students starting degrees in September will be the first to facenew higher fees of up to [Pounds]3,000 with ...
University applications fall 5pc in face of fees
Jan 02, 2006 ... Minister expects figures to rise after first students have[Pounds]3,000 bills James Reed Education Correspondent MINISTERS are bracing themselves for a drop in university studentnumbers in 2006 as the deadline for applications ahead of the firstyear of higher tuition ...
Blades preserve past as club builds for the future
Jan 02, 2006 ... Emma Dunlop SHEFFIELD United has marked the culmination of Bramall Lane's150th anniversary year with the burial of a time capsule under thenew Corner Stand development. The Blades team - led by club president Bernard Proctor andchairman Derek Dooley - buried the capsule at a ...
Longer line boosts locos on Moors
Jan 02, 2006 ... Brian Dooks ONE of the most spectacular line-ups of locomotives to be seen onthe North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) will include the return ofthe streamlined A4 Pacific Sir Nigel Gresley in 2006. It will be joined by the LNWR Super 0-8-0 number 49395 - recentlyrestored at ...
Yorkshire acts tipped for year of success
Jan 02, 2006 ... Robert Sutcliffe TWO Yorkshire bands and a Leeds singer are being tipped to make itbig this year by industry experts. Some, like Sheffield-based Arctic Monkeys, had success in 2005 butare backed to go even better. The list by HMV includes 26-year-old Corinne Bailey ...
Children targetted in 'most obese city'
Jan 02, 2006 ... Dave Mark OVERWEIGHT children as young as 11 are being encouraged to joinslimming classes, in the latest push to help the younger generationshed excess pounds and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. The move is aimed at cutting down the levels of obesity inchildren in Hull, where ...
Tough-dieting boy, 12, spared staple surgery
Jan 02, 2006 ... Three-stone lighter Joe 'now much fitter' Paul Whitehouse A SCHOOLBOY who became so obese doctors feared he would need aradical stomach stapling operation has had the threat of surgerylifted following a year of hard dieting. Joe Hara's weight had crept up to about 22 ...
Brrracing start to year for the hardy
Jan 02, 2006 ... Robert Sutcliffe THE lure of icy water proved irresistible to dozens of hardyswimmers from Ilkley and Scarborough who queued to plunge into thewaters at White Wells and the North Sea yesterday. The 18th century bathhouse on the edge of Ilkley Moor is thoughtto have curative ...
Man, 76, dies in shop after row with youths
Jan 02, 2006 ... Emma Dunlop AN elderly man collapsed and died in a newsagents yesterdaymorning - only moments after arguing with a group of youths. Thomas Edward Palmer, 76, of Thurcroft, Rotherham, collapsed as hewalked into GT News in Green Arbour Road, Thurcroft, at about 5.45am.He is ...
Cells full in town's night of violence
Jan 02, 2006 ... Robert Sutcliffe VIOLENCE marred the start of the New Year in parts of the countrywhile in others the first test of the newly liberalised drinking lawsappeared to have passed without trouble. In Grimsby, police suffered a night of violence which left cellsfull and was said ...
Train firms accused of profiteering as passengers face above- inflation rises
Jan 02, 2006 ... Grace Hammond Rail passengers face above-inflation fare rises from today, withsome tickets going up by nearly 9 per cent. Train operators were accused of "shamelessly using their routemonopolies to maximise revenues and profits". Regulated fares, which cover season ...
Deadline looms for [Pounds]9.4m winner
Jan 02, 2006 ... Emma Dunlop A MYSTERY lottery ticket owner has until 5.30pm tonight to claimtheir winnings - or wave goodbye to a [Pounds]9.4m fortune. The deadline is almost up for an unclaimed ticket bought inDoncaster. Whoever owns the ticket is sitting on a life-changing fortune, ...
The Ultimate venture that packs a Punsch
Jan 02, 2006 ... Greg Wright FOR years, one of the highlights of Clive Newitt's trips toAustria had been the chance to knock back a bottle of Stroh Punsch. Sadly, the potent drink wasn't available in his home village ofMenston in West Yorkshire. So he decided to establish Ultimate ...
Steve aims to hit target with the secret of success
Jan 02, 2006 ... Greg Wright Deputy Business Editor TOP athlete Steve Backley will be doing some straight talking whenhe meets the region's entrepreneurs at the Venturefest Yorkshireawards dinner at York Racecourse. Javelin thrower Backley has replaced heptathlete Denise Lewis -who ...
Companies enter year looking strong
Jan 02, 2006 ... 2005 proved to be a surprisingly strong year for the stock marketdespite the weak economy, so what does 2006hold in store? Deputycity editor Ros Snowdon makes predictions. OVER the past year the UK economy has experienced its sharpestslowdown since the early 1990s as consumers ...
Taylor protects Barmby from holiday fatigue
Jan 02, 2006 ... Richard Sutcliffe PETER TAYLOR has revealed a desire not to tire Nick Barmby outover the Christmas and New Year period was behind the decision tokeep Hull City's top scorer on the bench until the closing stages atElland Road. The former England international had been the ...
Davies retains faith in Tykes
Jan 02, 2006 ... Sam Wheeler PHIL DAVIES is adamant Leeds Tykes can escape from theirpredicament at the foot of the Guinness Premiership, a predicamentthat was deepened by Saturday's 31-7 defeat at Gloucester.The loss at Kingsholm was Leeds's third in a row, following a four-match unbeaten ...
Leeds told to keep grafting and forget about the rest
Jan 02, 2006 ... Richard Sutcliffe at Elland Road Leeds United 2 Hull City 0 CHAMPIONSHIP KEVIN BLACKWELL believes 2005 was the year when Leeds Unitedfinally regained their pride after a bleak period in which the clubslumped from Champions League semi-finalists to ...
Students are graduating without honour
Jan 02, 2006 ... HOW to get a degree without actually working. First, choose asubject where "coursework" plays a large part in the result. Next, type in "essay crisis" into Google on the internet and youwill find hundreds of websites offering to do the work for you. Onereads: "Looking for an ...
From Wembley to Sydney in 2006
Jan 02, 2006 ... Bill Bridge SITTING at the fireside, glass close by, looking through theamazing programme of top-class sporting events ahead of us this NewYear the thought skipped across the mind: if one could chose 10 fromthe galaxy to attend which would they be? The range and the quality ...
A clear choice for 2006
Jan 02, 2006 ... Local services must be championed ONE day into the New Year, and it is already abundantly clear that"choice" is set to become the political watchword of 2006. Under David Cameron's inspired leadership thus far, theConservatives are finally moving towards a position whereby ...
Personally, I blame the grandparents...
Jan 02, 2006 ... Chris Berry THERE'S a new generation out there - many of whom are more adeptat using computers, DVDs, MP3s, iPods and mobile phones than I am (itwouldn't take much, I admit), and many who are better off now than itlooks like I am ever going to be, especially given current ...
Power failure - a decade of neglect
Jan 02, 2006 ... With gas and electricity prices rising, and dark talk of powercuts during what is predicted to be a freezing winter, what hashappened to Britain's energy policy? The Yorkshire Post mounts a week-long debate with a series ofspecial articles. Dan Lewis Dan Lewis is ...
The English language - our greatest national treasure
Jan 02, 2006 ... With Balderdash and Piffle, a new programme on the history of theEnglish language about to be screened, presenter Victoria Corenreveals why she is happy to be known as an obsessive wordsmith. When I was a child I made a list of my three favourite words.Ferret. Tinsel. Quagmire ....
Musical moments that rocked the world
Jan 02, 2006 ... According to Shakespeare, music is the food of love, according toMark Paytress, author of a new book, it can also change the world. Sarah Freeman reports. EACH generation has their own myth-making musical moments. For those who grew up in the 1960s it might be seeing ...
Wednesday secure double deal
Jan 02, 2006 ... Richard Hercock Sheffield Wednesday wasted no time in attempting to cure theirforward crisis last night by signing strike duo Deon Burton andMarcus Tudgay. The double signing came on the first day of the January transferwindow and their paperwork was rushed through the ...
Chelsea blow for Town captain
Jan 02, 2006 ... Worthington to miss FA Cup tie at Stamford Bridge Robert Gledhill at Oakwell Barnsley 2 Huddersfield Town 2 league one CAPTAIN Jon Worthington's commitment to the cause has cost him achance to lock horns with Premiership champions elect ...
Owls in double swoop as Eagles flies
Jan 02, 2006 ... Richard Hercock at Turf Moor Burnley 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2 championship CHRIS EAGLES signed off with the goal that helped halt SheffieldWednesday's slide down the Championship - then sparked what is likelyto be a transfer merry-go-round at ...
Warnock pride at Morgan's winner
Jan 02, 2006 ... Ian Appleyard SHEFFIELD UNITED manager Neil Warnock hailed Chris Morgan's last-gasp winning goal against Stoke City as a moment that would stay inthe mind forever. Morgan scored in stoppage time to ensure the Blades remained 11points clear of third-placed Leeds United and ...
Jagielka defuses Blades-gate row
Jan 02, 2006 ... Neighbours left smiling after they combine for late Bramall Lanewinner to seal undeserved win Ian Appleyard at Bramall Lane Sheffield United 2 Stoke City 1 championship CHRIS MORGAN has told Sheffield United team-mate Phil Jagielka toforget ...
Rugby league star 'Singe' leaves a lasting impression on the game
Jan 02, 2006 ... St John Ellis, the man who guided Doncaster to rugby leaguerespectability died on Saturday at the age of 41, John Ledger looksback at his career. THE sport of rugby league lost one of its more colourfulcharacters with the sudden death of St John Ellis on New Year's ...
Twickenham opportunity is enough to whet the Otley appetite
Jan 02, 2006 ... Sam Wheeler OTLEY travel to Bedford today for the first of their back-to-backgames against the Blues, with coach Peter Clegg refusing to be drawnon whether he would prefer to win this afternoon's league fixture orSaturday's home Powergen Trophy quarter-final. Victory at ...
Sinners Leeds pay the penalty
Jan 02, 2006 ... Tykes remain rooted to the bottom after Gloucester take advantageof errorsSam Wheeler at Kingsholm Gloucester 31 Leeds Tykes 7 guinness premiership HAVING defended with all the resilience of a damp tissue in theearly part of the season, ...
Coal offers hope of new gas supplies
Jan 02, 2006 ... New optimism as interested parties press case for clean energyfrom seams under region and off its coastline Chris Benfield A new era for coal, with Yorkshire at the centre of it, couldstart in 2006. A report due early this year is expected to lay out a plan ...
RL coach dies at 41 after collapsing during training
Jan 02, 2006 ... Rugby League coach St John Ellis has died of a suspected heartattack following a New Year's Eve training session.The former Castleford and Great Britain winger, who was thelongest-serving coach in the professional game, had just finishedtaking National League One club Doncaster ...
'Pick your hospital' reforms draw fire
Jan 02, 2006 ... Doctors condemn 'Stalinist' changes Kate O'Hara PATIENTS will be able to choose between four different hospitalsfrom today in a radical reform of the NHS, but the new system isbeing ushered in amid confusion, computer failures and top-levelcriticism. People needing ...
'No motive' for gun attack
Jan 02, 2006 ... Emma Dunlop A GUNMAN is being hunted in Sheffield after a man was shot severaltimes in an apparently motiveless attack on Friday night. South Yorkshire Police say the victim, in his early 20s, was shotwith what was believed to be a handgun as he walked along HatfieldHouse ...
Date for shot girl's funeral
Jan 02, 2006 ... Emma Dunlop A TEENAGE girl found shot dead in a South Yorkshire field is to belaid to rest in Sheffield later this week, her devastated family hasrevealed. Carolyn Lemm's body was found in a field off Woodsetts Road,Woodsetts, near Rotherham, next to the body of her ...
Why my really tired granddad drools OK
Jan 03, 2006 ... Ian McMillan Ian McMillan's column is written this week by his grandson,Thomas, aged one and a bit. MY granddad says he's sorry that he can't write his column thisweek - but he's really tired. Really really tired. All that stayingup late and eating mince pies and dips and ...
Switching on to all the energy options
Jan 03, 2006 ... Keeping Yorkshire's Lights On As part of the Yorkshire Post's week-long debate on Britain'sfuture energy policy, Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks offers theGovernment's perspective. MAKING sure our energy needs are secure over the coming decades,while also tackling climate ...
Putin's shiver through Europe
Jan 03, 2006 ... Britain must not be left out in cold IF any comfort can be drawn from the New Year stand-off betweenRussia and Ukraine over gas supplies, it is the fact that the crisishas accelerated the urgency - and importance - of Britain's ownenergy review that is currently underway ....
Show respect... and change the ugly face of sport
Jan 03, 2006 ... Bill Bridge OPPORTUNITY arose during a rare quiet hour over the holiday toponder those endless re-runs of the year's sport highlights. By thetime the 60 minutes had elapsed, the only certainty in mind was thatmore needs to be done to ensure that respect remains at the core ofall ...
Revealed: The hidden charges that hit your pocket
Jan 03, 2006 ... Cries of 'rip-off Britain' aren't uncommon when it comes to thecost of goods in the UK - but pricey services have also hit theheadlines, with many companies criticised for hitting customers withhidden charges. Grace Hammond reports. WE ALL know that in comparison to many European ...
Studying how learning works best for you
Jan 03, 2006 ... The key to exam success is being taught how to learn, according toformer teacher Simon Percival. Sharon Dale reports on hisrevolutionary revision techniques. Like me, and most other people I know, Simon Percival's revisionconsisted of reading over his books and making the odd ...
Barren Town to travel in hope
Jan 03, 2006 ... Coca-Cola LEAGUE ONE Cup trip to Chelsea will offer welcome relief after homediscomfort continues Richard Sutcliffe at Galpharm Stadium Huddersfield Town 0 Gillingham 0 PERHAPS it is better for Huddersfield Town that next ...
Tigers 'need to be streetwise'
Jan 03, 2006 ... Richard Sutcliffe PETER TAYLOR has called on his Hull City side to be more"streetwise" in 2006. The Tigers face a second Yorkshire derby in four days tonight. Hull impressed during the first half of the New Year's Eve defeatat Leeds United, but eventually lost 2-0 ...
Warnock sets sights on quartet
Jan 03, 2006 ... Ian Appleyard Hull City v Sheffield United The Championship SHEFFIELD United manager Neil Warnock has revealed that he wantsfour new players in the transfer window. The Blades may be eight points clear of third-placed Leeds in thechase for the second ...
Shelley's just glad to be back
Jan 03, 2006 ... Landmark appearance is 'just another game' for Leeds Tykes'srecord-breaking prop Sam Wheeler MIKE Shelley's 200th League appearance for Leeds Tykes will notcome in ideal circumstances, with the team six points adrift at thefoot of the Guinness Premiership, but the greatest ...
Mystery pit blast leaves 13 miners trapped
Jan 03, 2006 ... Rob Waugh Thirteen coal miners were still trapped underground in the UnitedStates last night after an explosion that might have been sparked bylightning. As the rescue operation began there was no report on the conditionof the miners who were blocked in by a wall of debris ...
African families spared malaria misery
Jan 03, 2006 ... Malaria is the biggest killer of children in Uganda but by workingwith some of the country's poorest communities African medicalcharity AMREF is fighting the deadly parasite. In the first of fourreports from Uganda Lizzie Murphy reports on how rural families areaffected by malaria and ...
Sculptor's natural talent to live on in [Pounds]22m home
Jan 03, 2006 ... Her work gained her an international reputation which few Englishartists have achieved and in the summer work is due to start on amuseum dedicated to Dame Barbara Hepworth. It will also house acity's art collection. Joanne Ginley reports.NATURE was a formative influence on ...
City aims to improve public transport by fast-tracking the bus services
Jan 03, 2006 ... Mark Branagan Bus trips where passengers spend much of the journey stuck intraffic could become a thing of the past under a pioneering scheme tofast- track vehicles through one of Yorkshire's most congestedcities.The [Pounds]3m scheme in York involves new parking ...
MP's anger at book 'ghetto terror' claims
Jan 03, 2006 ... Storm over suicide bombing allegationsKate O'Hara A BOOK that suggests political correctness is threatening Britishsociety by creating Muslim ghettoes was last night dismissed as "themad right-wing rantings of somebody who has had too many drinks thisChristmas" ....
Tolls rise may cloud bridge's 25th anniversary celebration
Jan 03, 2006 ... Dave Mark HUMBER Bridge chiefs who are planning a year of celebrations tomark its 25th anniversary will first have to convince the public ofthe need to raise tolls again.The Humber Bridge Board will hold a public inquiry next month todiscuss plans to increase tolls, at a ...
Man, 21, bailed in shop death probe
Jan 03, 2006 ... Joanne Ginley A MAN aged 21 arrested in connection with the death of a pensionerwho collapsed after an argument with a youth outside a shop has beenreleased on bail. Last night police said an initial post-mortem examination hadrevealed Thomas Palmer, 76, died as a result of ...
Adverts 'link' to binge drinking
Jan 03, 2006 ... Ministers urged to curb alcohol promotion Mark Branagan A CLEAR link exists between alcohol advertising and bingedrinking among teenagers, researchers said yesterday - prompting newcalls for the Government to restrict promotions by the drinksindustry. American ...
Alarming rise in use of weapons
Jan 03, 2006 ... Violence grows, but MP says burdened police cannot win Dave MarkVIOLENT crime is continuing to rise across the United Kingdom andthe use of guns and weaponry is becoming almost "commonplace",according to new Home Office figures. Politicians said last night that the ...
Rhyme and reason for rescue
Jan 03, 2006 ... MP and son-in-law behind enthusiasts' bid to buy the cottage of'peasant poet' John Clare Joanne Ginley BARRY Sheerman was introduced to the poetry of John Clare while hewas a schoolboy. Now almost 150 years after Clare's death the Labour MP forHuddersfield is behind ...
Jackpot winning punter loses [Pounds]9m
Jan 03, 2006 ... Chris Benfield A little scrap of paper which might have entitled somebody inSouth Yorkshire to a new life is worth nothing this morning.A National Lottery jackpot ticket sold in Doncaster was worth[Pounds]9.4m after the draw on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 and thatmoney, plus ...
European gas crisis is warning to Britain, energy experts say
Jan 03, 2006 ... Keeping Yorkshire's Lights On Kate O'Hara THE gas war raging between Russia and the Ukraine should serve asan important warning to Britain, energy experts say. As a senior British Minister admitted that the dispute couldaffect the UK supply, and French utility Gaz de ...
Horror as ice rink roof collapses
Jan 03, 2006 ... Skaters buried under debris may have been pressed against surfaceof ice in freezing weather Rob Waugh AT LEAST five people, including a child, were killed and ten ormore were missing last night after the roof of an ice rink insouthern Germany collapsed under the weight of ...
Health visitors used as truancy spies
Jan 03, 2006 ... Parents face fines in crackdown Exclusive Paul Whitehouse and James Reed HEALTH visitors are being used as spies to identify school truantsduring home visits in Yorkshire as part of tough measures to cutabsenteeism. The region has one of the worst truancy ...
Dig For Fire's smoke signals
Jan 03, 2006 ... Greg Wright Deputy Business Editor THE environmental charity best known for its Keep Britain Tidycampaigns - ENCAMS - has appointed Sheffield-based Dig For Fire todeliver an advertising drive to reduce smoking-related litter. The agency will encourage smokers to take ...