Yorkshire Post back issues from January 2007:
Nuclear stations close down
Jan 01, 2007 ... The world's two oldest commercial nuclear power stations closedyesterday. British Nuclear Group (BNG) closed Dungeness A in Kent andSizewell A in Suffolk. The reactors, which have been producing electricity for 40 years,are being decommissioned because they are less efficient than ...
Arrest after Conservative club calls police in toilets drug alert
Jan 01, 2007 ... Julie Hemmings POLICE were called to a Conservative club after reports thatyouths were suspected of "shooting up" in the 117-year-old building'stoilets. Officers removed a group of young men, one in handcuffs, from theclub in Huntriss Row, Scarborough - visited by past party ...
'Don't ignore emergency appeals'
Jan 01, 2007 ... The Archbishop of Canterbury has emphasised the need for people torespond to emergency appeals and not become "bored" by them. In his new year message, Dr Rowan Williams said it was true thatendless appeals lost their impact but the public must continue tohelp others. Helping ...
2007 The faces and issues for the year to come
Jan 01, 2007 ... What lies ahead in the next 12 months? Yorkshire Post experts givetheir verdict on the people and the prospects. UK POLITICS Mark Stuart SO often in the past, the cause of Scottish nationalism has provedto be a busted flush. However, this year sees the 300th ...
We wuz robbed - Everton top football's crime league
Jan 01, 2007 ... Robert Sutcliffe IT'S the league table that no-one wants to be top of - a guide toPremiership footballers who have fallen victim to burglaries. This year Everton Football Club has pipped Chelsea to the top ofthe league by two points. And Leeds mirror their position in ...
Rail union plea over plan for heavier, longer lorries
Jan 01, 2007 ... Grace Hammond Rail union leaders yesterday urged the Government not to increasethe size of lorries on Britain's roads, warning of the environmentaldamage the "monsters" would cause. Aslef said allowing bigger and heavier lorries to move freightaround the country would also ...
Girl tells of lucky escape after lightning strike hits her bed
Jan 01, 2007 ... A GIRL aged 15 says she is lucky to be alive after lightning hitthe roof of her home and was conducted through the metal headboard ofher bed. Sophie Wiltshire was asleep when lightning hit the family's five-bedroom house at about 12.20 yesterday morning. The lightning bolt ...
Vegetarian food 'better than diets'
Jan 01, 2007 ... People across the country making New Year resolutions to loseweight could have more success with a vegetarian diet than adoptingAtkins or Weight Watchers diets, it was claimed today. As millions of people embark on a New Year health and fitnessplan, the Vegetarian and Vegan ...
Parents may be paid in push to get pupils on their bikes
Jan 01, 2007 ... Plan to improve health and cut jams Parents could be paid to get their children to cycle to schoolrather than take the bus, under new plans to help tackle obesity. The Government said the proposals would improve school transport,cut congestion and encourage children to lead ...
Mother still positive as search goes on for missing daughter
Jan 01, 2007 ... Alexandra Wood THE MOTHER of a missing student has said she is continuing to staypositive about her daughter's disappearance. Catherine Bedford, 22, was reported missing by Bishop BurtonCollege on December 19, after failing to turn up for work at astables in Walkington, near ...
Blair street crimes crusade is a failure
Jan 01, 2007 ... Thefts of mobile phones and other electronic gadgets are now evenhigher than in 2001 when Prime Minister Tony Blair's launched hisstreet crime crackdown. Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland thefts of electronicgadgets rose nine per cent year-on-year. There was a 5.5 ...
Shamed minister Lord Lambton dies in Italy
Jan 01, 2007 ... Lord Lambton, a former defence minister who resigned after he wasphotographed smoking cannabis in bed with two prostitutes, has diedat his Italian home aged 84. News of his death on Saturday was revealed in the announcementscolumn of his local paper La Nazione. Last night ...
We like being drunk says Cabinet minister
Jan 01, 2007 ... A Cabinet minister acknowledged yesterday that Britons enjoygetting drunk too much to adopt a continental-style drinking culture. Hazel Blears, the Labour Party chair, appeared to doubt theGovernment's claims that 24-hour licensing would encourage moreresponsible drinking ...
Labour 'fails to hit its targets'
Jan 01, 2007 ... The Government was accused today of systematically failing tofulfil promises as the Conservatives claimed it had missed - or wouldmiss - 136 of its own targets. A Tory analysis of Labour's record in office compiled a list ofshortcomings which they said were contained in the ...
Scientists to study risks from uranium weapons
Jan 01, 2007 ... The effects of a toxic metal used for armour-piercing weapons inboth Gulf wars is to be studied by British scientists. Depleted uranium (DU) is nearly twice as dense as lead and highlyvalued for its ability to punch through armoured vehicles. But concerns have been raised ...
Treatment boost for blood-clot victims
Jan 01, 2007 ... Mike Waites Health Correspondent PATIENTS suffering from a potentially fatal blood disorder shouldget better treatment in hospital after expert guidelines were drawnup by doctors in Yorkshire. As many as five per cent of people die from deep vein thrombosis(DVT) if ...
21-day deadline - for three peaks
Jan 01, 2007 ... Andrew Robinson YORKSHIRE climber Steve Perry is preparing for his toughestchallenge yet - scaling Africa's three highest peaks in just 21 days. The welder from Todmorden has already climbed all 284 ofScotland's Munros (peaks over 3,000ft) in one winter season, but hislatest ...
Migrants fear - but Beckett hails EU arrivals
Jan 01, 2007 ... Job permit warnings in Romania and Bulgaria Britain stands to benefit from Romanian and Bulgarian membershipof the EU, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett insisted as the twocountries acceded today. Despite predictions of an-other wave of eastern Europeanimmigration and ...
US DEATH TOLL REACHES 3,000
Jan 01, 2007 ... The Pentagon last night announced the death of a Texan soldier,killed by small arms fire in Baghdad late last week, raising thenumber of US military deaths in Iraq to at least 3,000 since the warbegan. The grim ...
Video-age dictator died on camera - smiling at taunts and reciting prayer
Jan 01, 2007 ... Kate O'Hara ONE of the most notorious dictators of the late 20th century, hishands bound behind him, was led up the stairs of the gallows bymasked men in leather coats. A few seconds later, a trap door snapped open and, with a crash,the tyrant was dead. Saddam ...
Father pays tribute to courageous bomb victim
Jan 01, 2007 ... Julie Hemmings A BRITISH soldier who died after his vehicle was hit by a roadsidebomb in Iraq was described by his father as "a very courageous youngman". Sergeant Graham Hesketh, of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster'sRegiment, based at Catterick Garrison in North ...
Defence cuts 'risk lives of soldiers'
Jan 01, 2007 ... A former British Army commander accused Tony Blair of puttingsoldiers at "considerable and quite unnecessary risk". General Sir Michael Rose, who led troops in Bosnia, criticisedcuts in funding since Labour came to power. His criticism follows calls for extra support from the ...
Iraqis flock to Saddam's burial site in home town
Jan 01, 2007 ... Dictator taunted in final moments Kate O'Hara AT LEAST 2,000 Iraqis flocked to Saddam Hussein's home townyesterday, where the deposed Iraqi leader was buried in a religiouscompound 24 hours after his execution. Dozens of relatives and other mourners, some of them ...
Security tight for Royal church service
Jan 01, 2007 ... Grace Hammond Armed police stood guard as the Queen and members of the RoyalFamily attended a church service yesterday. Visitors arriving to see the Royals visit St Mary Magdalene Churchon the Queen's estate at Sandringham, Norfolk, were subjected to bodysearches as police ...
Fireworks and bells greet the new year
Jan 01, 2007 ... Kate O'Hara WHILE much of Britain's New Year celebrations were generally awash-out, the rest of the world welcomed in 2007 in spectacularstyle. Hundreds of thousands of revellers watched fireworks burst overSydney Harbour, while in Japan thousands scaled Mount Fuji to ...
Cure that hangover with toast and honey
Jan 01, 2007 ... A breakfast of toast and honey is the ideal New Year's Dayhangover cure, according to the Royal Society of Chemistry. Honey, or alternatively golden syrup, provides the body with theessential sodium, potassium and fructose it needs after a good nightout, say experts. Other ...
New Year revelry washed away by storms
Jan 01, 2007 ... Harsh weather dampens spirits as outdoor celebrations cancelled -and man swept away into sea Mike Waites and Julie Hemmings HUNDREDS of thousands of people faced disappointment last nightafter New Year celebrations were cancelled over safety concernscaused by stormy weather ....
Spain halts ETA talks after bombing
Jan 01, 2007 ... THE Spanish government has halted plans for negotiations with ETAafter a car bomb blamed on the Basque separatist group exploded atMadrid's international airport, injuring 26 people. Two people were still missing hours after Saturday's hugeexplosion, inside a multi-storey car ...
Top chefs dish up campaign boost
Jan 01, 2007 ... Cooks show support for 'grandaddy' of Yorkshire cheeses bycreating festive Wensleydale recipes for readers Lizzie Murphy TOP Yorkshire chefs are celebrating local produce by creating aspecial range of mouth-watering Wensleydale cheese dishes to supportour Uniquely Yorkshire ...
Britons among injured as blasts rock Bangkok
Jan 01, 2007 ... TWO Britons were among those being treated in hospital after beingcaught up in one of eight explosions which rocked the Thai capitalBangkok on New Year's Eve.At least two people were killed and more than 30 injured in theexplosions including six foreigners, one of whom lost a ...
Hunt for fishermen who are missing out on pensions
Jan 01, 2007 ... Thousands of fishermen who worked on fleets around the UK in the1960s and 1970s have not received the pensions they were entitled to,Norwich Union said today. The pensions provider launched a "Find the Fishermen" scheme totrack down 4,537 workers who have never claimed the money ...
Snow? Not mush chance
Jan 01, 2007 ... A LACK of snow did not stop winter racing in a North Yorkshireforest. Broxa, near Scarborough, played host to the Supadog Siberian HuskyRally at the weekend, with 100 teams of up to six dogs racing throughthe woodland. The dogs pulled their drivers - or "mushers" - on board ...
CCTV checked in search for clues to park shooting
Jan 01, 2007 ... Police were combing CCTV images yesterday in a bid to find out who"targeted" a 17-year-old boy gunned down as he cycled through a park. The teenager was shot three times in his back, stomach and leg inLongford Park, in Stretford, Greater Manchester, at 8.25pm on Friday. The ...
Frail pensioner murdered during break-in at his home
Jan 01, 2007 ... Killing stuns 83-year-old's family A frail elderly man has been murdered in a break-in at his home ata centre made famous by the late John Profumo, police said yesterday. Ferozur Rahman, 83, was found bleeding and unconscious by his 17-year-old grandson at his flat attached to ...
Police chief calls for zero-limit for drug drivers
Jan 01, 2007 ... Paul Whitehouse A YORKSHIRE police chief campaigning for tough new drug-drivingmeasures in the UK has condemned as "stupid" existing laws whichprotect users from prosecution. A drug-taking driver cannot be prosecuted for possession even whenthe drug is detected in their ...
Supporters flock to hanged dictator's grave
Jan 01, 2007 ... DEADLY WARNING: Saddam loyalists vow to take revenge Kate O'Hara SADDAM Hussein's supporters last night vowed to take revenge forhis execution as hundreds of Iraqis travelled to his burial site topay tribute. The former dictator, hanged for crimes against humanity, ...
Cameron casts Brown as Labour's 'dark side' in drive to woo workers
Jan 01, 2007 ... David Cameron moved to rebrand the Conservatives as the party ofworking people as he stepped up the Tory attack on Gordon Brown. The Tory leader used his New Year's message today to cast thelikely next Prime Minister as the "dark side" of Labour who will putup taxes again in ...
All smiles in the service sector as growth beckons
Jan 01, 2007 ... Greg Wright Deputy Business Editor BRITAIN'S service companies expect to have a bumper 2007, whichshould be good news for Yorkshire's economy. KPMG's European service sector business outlook survey suggeststhat many firms expect to increase profits and create jobs as ...
New Venuemasters chairman
Jan 01, 2007 ... The University of Leeds' commercial development manager, DavidMeli, has been appointed chairman of the organisation that representsthe commercial activities of universities throughout the UK -Venuemasters. Mr ...
They all had something to say... Quotes from the world of business
Jan 01, 2007 ... Business figures had plenty to say during 2006. Here are the pickof the quotes. "L'Oreal has displayed visionary leadership in wanting to be anauthentic advocate and supporter of our values." Body Shop founderDame Anita Roddick after agreeing to sell the cosmetics chain in adeal ...
Rising commodity prices set to bolster share index
Jan 01, 2007 ... Investors are pinning their hopes on another good year for theFTSE 100 Index in 2007, buoyed by fresh takeover activity and highercommodity prices. The Footsie powered to a new five-and-a-half year high of 6260before Christmas and most stockbrokers reckon it can make ...
Buying age rises to 18 in smoking clampdown
Jan 01, 2007 ... Call for increased fines on shops Mike Waites Health Correspondent TEENAGE smokers face a new crackdown with a rise in the legal agefor buying tobacco from 16 to 18, the Government said today. Campaigners immediately welcomed the move which will come intoforce ...
Confident outlook for conditions in the year ahead
Jan 01, 2007 ... So will 2007 be a year of boom or bust? Will interest ratescontinue to rise, forcing consumers to cut back on spending? And will the housing bubble finally burst? Deputy City Editor Ros Snowdonasks the experts for their predictions on the New Year. AFTER a year of determined ...
Ground for Rovers to anticipate success
Jan 01, 2007 ... Richard Sutcliffe and Robert Gledhill AS Doncaster Rovers prepare to play at their new [Pounds]32m homefor the first time, chairman John Ryan has insisted: "There has neverbeen a better time to be a Rovers fan." Huddersfield Town will be the inaugural footballing ...
Davey appointed despite Tykes' trouncing
Jan 01, 2007 ... Richard Hercock SIMON DAVEY was yesterday installed as Barnsley's new manager -less than 24 hours after his side's South Yorkshire derby flopagainst Sheffield Wednesday. Caretaker-manager Davey admitted after Saturday's 3-0 Oakwell defeat that it was the "worst ...
Can immigrants resist the corruption of the welfare state?
Jan 01, 2007 ... GODFREY BLOOM Godfrey Bloom is a United Kingdom Independence Party MEP forYorkshire and the Humber. IT is, of course, well known that you will usually find threeopinions when you get two economists together. Nothing re-enforces this belief more than speculation on the ...
A tyrant's death, and yet another grotesque blunder
Jan 01, 2007 ... Denis MacShane Denis MacShane is Labour MP for Rotherham and was a Foreign Officeminister until 2005. AFTER Napoleon ordered the killing of one of his opponents, he wastold: "Sire, this is worse than a crime. It is a mistake." The hanging of Saddam Hussein adds just ...
Britain opens the door to a worrying future
Jan 01, 2007 ... Bernard Dineen AS 2007 dawns, what are the prospects for the new year? To befrank, there is not much cause for optimism. The decline of the traditional two-parent family continuesremorselessly. For decades, Left-wing propagandists have portrayedmarriage as an oppressor of ...
Time to learn lessons from Ashes debacle
Jan 01, 2007 ... BILL BRIDGE WITH only the whitewash at stake in Australia - and there will notbe many who would lay out any money on that ignominy being avoided -it is perhaps time to reflect on the happenings in English cricketsince the end of last season and look ahead to what might be ...
Politicians spin out of control
Jan 01, 2007 ... Will 2007 be the year of the insult? DAVID Cameron offered a glimpse of the political year ahead byusing his New Year message to launch another broadside against GordonBrown, and proclaim the Tories as the party of the working-classes. These attacks are likely to become even ...
Plight of soldiers forced to battle against financial hardship
Jan 01, 2007 ... With casualties mounting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the pressure onthe Army Benevolent Fund has never been greater. Sarah Freemanreports. The fund set up to help those who served in the Falklands War isstill looking pretty healthy. The money raised from an appeal to aidsoldiers in ...
Ricky Gervais gets a weight off his mind
Jan 01, 2007 ... As Ricky Gervais prepares to perform to Yorkshire audiences, hetells James Rampton about fame, our worrying obsession with celebrityand why fat definitely isn't funny. Ricky Gervais has learnt a lot of things since he became famous. He's mastered the art of acceptance ...
England look to avoid repeat
Jan 01, 2007 ... Australia go into the Sydney Test targeting only the second 5-0whitewash in Ashes history. Chris Waters looks back to the first timeEngland were annihilated. PROHIBITION had just begun in the United States, Adolf Hitler hadrecently delivered his first major political speech, and ...
Panesar nets great deal of advice
Jan 01, 2007 ... Myles Hodgson Sydney Monty Panesar has made a strong defence of Kevin Pietersen byinsisting Australia have chosen the wrong player to accuse of failingto be a team man. Pietersen has been the focal point for Australia's attempts toundermine England with coach John ...
Who will be arriving in the transfer window?
Jan 01, 2007 ... Fans wait with bated breath as Yorkshire's managers prepare formad mid-season bargain huntSheffield United (Premiership, 15th) What do they need? With eight players being told they can leave,manager Neil Warnock is looking for a number of squad players as wellas two or ...
Southgate remaining defiant over survival
Jan 01, 2007 ... Mark Staniforth Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate has backed his players tohaul themselves away from the Barclays Premiership drop zone headinginto today's crucial home match with Sheffield United. Defeat at Blackburn on Saturday left Boro hovering just threepoints ...
Otley play into dour Chiefs' hands as wings are clipped
Jan 01, 2007 ... Otley 3 Exeter Chiefs 34 AFTER over 100 years playing on the perpetually muddy CountyGround, Exeter have developed a style of play which has not changedwith their recent move to more salubrious premises and their lack ofenterprise is reflected in their mid-table position ...
Forster looks on course for try record as Knights go top
Jan 01, 2007 ... Waterloo 0 Doncaster Knights 44 DONCASTER are back on top of the league after another clinicaldemolition job against one of the lower sides in the division. Waterloo were a spirited side on a muddy swamp of a pitch, but theKnights were on top in heavy rain and under ...
Titans win ugly to stay in contention for title
Jan 01, 2007 ... Tykes' unbeaten run ends in the mud Rotherham Titans 22 Leeds Tykes 19 Sam Wheeler at Earth Arena WHEN fire engines are pumping water off the pitch a couple ofhours before kick-off, one suspects that Barbarians-style runningrugby is probably not on the menu, ...
Cooking up debt - wanabee chefs are led astray by shows on TV
Jan 02, 2007 ... Cameron Cuisinier's dreams of a catering career in America led himto cookery school. Now he is unemployed, [Pounds]15,500 in debt - andhe is not alone. From TV chefs to reality shows like Gordon Ramsay's Hell'sKitchen, it is a hot time to be in the kitchen. Record numbers of ...
Holidaymaker found hanged
Jan 02, 2007 ... A British man on holiday in India has been found hanged. Stephen Bennett, from Cheltenham, was found in jungle outside thetown of Roha, south-east of Mumbai, on December 12. The 40-year-old, who lived alone, is thought to have flown out toIndia for a week-long holiday and was ...
Briton injured in bomb blast says: I'll be back
Jan 02, 2007 ... A Briton injured in one of a string of devastating bomb blasts inBangkok has said he was in the "wrong place at the wrong time" - andspoke of returning to the country, despite the attacks. Nine bombs exploded across the Thai capital on New Year's Eve andthe early hours of New ...
Fears for 102 on Indonesian plane missing after storm
Jan 02, 2007 ... An Indonesian plane carrying 102 people disappeared in stormyweather yesterday. Rescue teams were sent to search an area where military aviationofficials feared the Boeing 737-400 aircraft may have crashed. Transport Minister Hatta Radjasa said a radio communication ...
Daughter joins protest
Jan 02, 2007 ... The daughter of Saddam Hussein, Raghad, yesterday briefly attendeda protest in Jordan by some 500 people against her father'sexecution. The protest was staged by the Professional Associations, a bodythat groups unions for doctors, engineers and lawyers in west Amman.A junior ...
Saddam rarely complained, says nurse
Jan 02, 2007 ... An American military nurse who cared for Saddam Hussein in jailsaid the deposed dictator saved bread crusts to feed birds and rarelycomplained. Master Sgt Robert Ellis cared for the former Iraqi dictator fromJanuary 2004 until August 2005 at Camp Cropper, the compound ...