Yorkshire Post back issues from February 2007:
Britain urges whaling ban
Feb 01, 2007 ... BRITAIN is leading a campaign to encourage more countries tooppose whaling. Details of the move, which is backed by Prime Minister Tony Blairand naturalist Sir David Attenborough, are contained in a document tobe sent to the leaders of ...
Bird flu kills first victim in Nigeria
Feb 01, 2007 ... Bird flu has claimed its first human victim in Nigeria, killing ayoung woman due to graduate from university and be married this year,officials said yesterday. The death on January 17 of the woman in Lagos, a teeming citywhere chickens and other poultry are kept in close quarters ...
Miami tones down event for Castro's death
Feb 01, 2007 ... A Miami-organised event scheduled to take place at a US footballstadium when Cuban president Fidel Castro dies will be toned downfollowing outrage from some members of the Cuban-American community. Miami Mayor Manny Diaz said the event planned at the Orange Bowlwas part of the ...
US troops killed in Iraq
Feb 01, 2007 ... A US soldier was killed in fighting north of Baghdad, while threeother troops died in combat west of the capital, in the space of 24-hours. The Task Force Lightning soldier died and another was wounded incombat operations in the mainly Sunni Salahuddin province. Two soldiers ...
Family could see video of friendly fire attack
Feb 01, 2007 ... A secret videotape purporting to show American planes opening fireon a convoy of British tanks in Iraq may be shown to the bereavedfamily of a soldier killed in the incident. The tape, thought to be a flight data recording taken from one ofthe two A-10 tankbuster planes that twice ...
Kiss leads to Israeli cabinet reshuffle
Feb 01, 2007 ... Former Minister convicted of sexual misconduct at party AN Israeli court yesterday convicted former Justice Minister HaimRamon of forcibly kissing a young female soldier, a stunning censureof a top official that could reshape the Israeli Cabinet. Ramon, who faces up to three ...
Childhood cuddles from father may have led to woman's asbestos death
Feb 01, 2007 ... A 68-year-old woman died from exposure to asbestos after cominginto contact with the deadly dust as she cuddled her father as achild. Pensioner Jean Greenwood had been in good health until late 2005when she tragically succumbed to the industrial lung diseasemesothelioma despite ...
'Miracle' preacher in court
Feb 01, 2007 ... A preacher who claims to help infertile couples have miraclebabies by prayer will face an extradition hearing next month. Kenya is seeking to have Pastor Gilbert Deya, 54, extradited so hecan be tried on six allegations of child kidnap dating from between1999 and 2004. Deya ...
John Lewis top of the shops with customers
Feb 01, 2007 ... Lizzie Murphy JOHN Lewis has been crowned Britain's top retailer in a newcustomer satisfaction survey. The store and its sister company, Waitrose, take the gold andsilver in the survey by Which? magazine, which rated customersatisfaction on 50 of the UK's best-known ...
Shelf-stacking days over for [Pounds]1m winner
Feb 01, 2007 ... A supermarket shelf-stacker has quit work and is planning ashopping spree in New York after hitting the National Lotteryjackpot. Celestina Setterlund, a mother-of-three from Newport, South Wales,said her life has been changed forever after she won[Pounds]1,173,269 with six ...
Ikea 'best for breakfast'
Feb 01, 2007 ... Ikea's budget English breakfast beats the four biggest supermarketchains on price, Which? found. The Swedish chain's plate of six cooked items costs just 95p -even cheaper than Asda's [Pounds]1.50. Sainsbury's was praised for the high quality bacon and sausagesincluded in ...
Supermarket bans monkfish
Feb 01, 2007 ... A supermarket chain is dropping monkfish from its UK stores toprotect stocks. Asda said it was concerned about the impact of some monkfishcatching methods on the marine eco-system. It will ban the fish from all its shop shelves by February 19. Asda called on top name ...
EC hits at banking charges across Europe
Feb 01, 2007 ... Bank customers across Europe could see charges driven downfollowing the publication of a critical report into the sector by theEuropean Commission. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes found evidence ofartificially high fees and anti-competitive practices during an 18-month ...
Organic shopping adds [Pounds]5 to a basket
Feb 01, 2007 ... Swapping a basket of supermarket own-brand groceries for organicadds around [Pounds]5 to the cost, researchers found. It rises by nearly [Pounds]10 when supermarket economy items areupgraded to pesticide free, according to Which? magazine. A whole raw chicken costs on average ...
Shared homes plan aims to help first-time buyers
Feb 01, 2007 ... Joanne Ginley STRUGGLING first-time buyers have been given a boost as Leeds isamong several areas nationwide to benefit from a scheme aimed atgiving them a foothold on the property ladder. The First Time Buyers Initiative is aimed at helping 15,000 house-hunters into ...
Mortgage lenders take back 17,000 homes
Feb 01, 2007 ... Debt the new middle class dieseas Debts take their toll as repossessions soar by a massive 65 percent - with more rises predicted MORTGAGE repossessions rose to 17,000 last year as one in 690householders lost their homes. The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said ...
Yorkshire scientists focus on sun worshippers' cancer risk
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mike Waites SCIENTISTS in Yorkshire are launching an international search intobehaviour among sun worshippers which leaves some more susceptible toa common cancer. More than 69,000 new cases of skin cancer are reported each yearin the UK. Cases of melanoma, the most common ...
Breathing polluted air 'may kill you'
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mike Waites Health Correspondent BREATHING polluted city air can lead to far more heart disease anddeath than anyone suspected, a major study has revealed The research, involving thousands of post-menopausal women in theUnited States, found the risk of dying from a ...
Record rise in primaries failed by Ofsted
Feb 01, 2007 ... Ministers were warned last night their education reforms havestalled as figures showed a record rise in the number of schoolsfailed by Ofsted. By the end of December, inspectors had put 171 primary schools inspecial measures, Ofsted's lowest category, which carries a threat ...
School leaving age at 18 backed by Chancellor
Feb 01, 2007 ... Chancellor Gordon Brown has backed plans to raise the age forleaving education or training to 18.The support came as he set out a six-point proposal to tackle the"crisis of the unskilled" and to a growing gap between boys andgirls. Part of the plan involves new incentives ...
UK joins Microsoft education project
Feb 01, 2007 ... The UK is one of a dozen countries which will take part in aMicrosoft-sponsored schools programme, the company's founder, BillGates, announced yesterday. The initiative will supply technology, personnel and planning toschools it is hoped will become models for the ...
Ruins of bombed cinema win listed status
Feb 01, 2007 ... Alexandra Wood IT'S been described as one of the most powerful reminders ofwartime Britain, an evocative place now only peopled by ghosts of thepast. When the bomb struck one night in 1941, the National PictureTheatre, on Hull's Beverley Road, was packed with an ...
City university opens doors to sixth-formers as barriers fall
Feb 01, 2007 ... Pupils get taste of study plus [Pounds]300 James Reed and John Roberts SIXTH-formers in West Yorkshire will have the chance to study atuniversity and earn [Pounds]300 towards their future education in anew scheme thought to be the first of its type in the country. The ...
Watchdog raps NHS over complaints system
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mike Waites Health Correspondent A WATCHDOG today condemns "serious inadequacies" in the way NHStrusts deal with complaints from patients. Around 100,000 complaints are made against the NHS each year butas many as 8,000 are sent to the Healthcare Commission for review ...
Crisis puts future treatments 'at risk'
Feb 01, 2007 ... Julie Hemmings PATIENTS across York and North Yorkshire may lose out on medicaladvances and new treatments if health chiefs cannot balance thebooks. Chief executive of York and North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust(PCT) Janet Soo-Chung yesterday warned the trust's financial ...
Now Jet2 launches package holiday business
Feb 01, 2007 ... David Parkin Business Editor YORKSHIRE-BASED airline Jet2 has become the first low-costoperator to offer its own package holidays. It has joined forces with the On Holiday Group to launchJet2holiday.com which will combine low-cost flights withaccommodation in three ...
Blair silent on honours 'cover-up'
Feb 01, 2007 ... Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to answer questions about thecash-for-honours affair in the Commons yesterday amid renewedopposition accusations of a Watergate-style cover up. Mr Blair insisted he could say nothing because of the ongoingpolice investigation, despite goading at ...
Cameron tells Premier: It's time to go
Feb 01, 2007 ... Tony Blair should quit as Prime Minister now "in the nationalinterest", Conservative leader David Cameron told MPs in a packedHouse of Commons. Aides said yesterday it was the first time Mr Cameron had directlytold Mr Blair at Prime Minister's Questions that it was time for ...
FREE FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL FOR BA BOSSES REJECTED
Feb 01, 2007 ... Plans to offer senior British Airways directors unlimited freefirst class travel on flights anywhere in the world were rejectedtoday by the airline's senior management. The firm came under attack from trade union leaders after it wasrevealed that a new policy allowing ...
Boxer held by police in drugs probe
Feb 01, 2007 ... Former boxing world champion Scott Harrison has been arrested ondrugs charges. Harrison, 29, was arrested on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow citycentre along with a 35-year-old man on Tuesday night. The troubled fighter is being held in police custody ahead of acourt ...
Petition plea to No 10 on danger road
Feb 01, 2007 ... A 400-name petition calling for improvements to a notoriouslydangerous East Yorkshire road is being presented to 10 DowningStreet. Conservative MPs Graham Stuart and Greg Knight hope the petitionwill result in improvements to the A1079, which runs throughBeverley, Market ...
Terror kidnap plot New targets
Feb 01, 2007 ... Residents in shock after police swoop Nine held in raids after six-month surveillance Nishika Patel A CYBERCAFE, an Islamic bookshop and a general store were allraided in Birmingham over a suspected terror plot to kidnap a Muslimsoldier. Police swooped on four ...
Call for dearer alcohol to protect health
Feb 01, 2007 ... Tax on alcohol should be increased in order to protect publichealth, a leading medical expert said yesterday. Professor Ian Gilmore, president of the Royal College ofPhysicians, said higher taxes were particularly needed on strongcider, other high strength drinks and booze aimed ...
Warning of [Pounds]10bn in tax rises to meet Brown's finance rules
Feb 01, 2007 ... This year's spending round will be the toughest since Labour cameto power, as Chancellor Gordon Brown needs to find [Pounds]10bnworth of spending cuts over the next five years to meet his fiscalrules, according to a report by a respected economic thinktank. And Mr Brown's first ...
Preacher of hate Hamza may face US court
Feb 01, 2007 ... JAILED radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza could face terror chargesin the US after his attempt to overturn his UK convictions wasrejected. Hamza, 48, was jailed for seven years in February last year forsoliciting murder and inciting racial hatred. London's City of Westminster ...
Archbishop values diversity in face of 1970s multiculturalism
Feb 01, 2007 ... Rob Waugh THE Archbishop of York has launched an attack on the "saris,samosas and steel bands" approach to multiculturalism in Britain in aspeech calling for a global fight against racism. Quoting from an article in the Times Educational Supplement, DrJohn Sentamu said there ...
Terror kidnap plot Questions of culture
Feb 01, 2007 ... Muslim troops fly flag for UK armed forces Presence shows Islam is not the enemy MUSLIMS make up a small but significant part of Britain's armedforces. Although the numbers are tiny - less than 0.2 per cent of thetotal - they provide visible support for the assertion ...
Churches change language to stop Poles feeling apart
Feb 01, 2007 ... Mark Branagan THE word of God may be the same everywhere, but growing numbers ofYorkshire churches are holding services in Polish to cater for EastEuropean workers arriving in their parishes. Roman Catholic parishes in Malton, Selby, Hull, York and Leeds areholding regular ...
Beautiful South say farewell with joke statement
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Beautiful South are splitting up after 19 years, theyannounced yesterday. The band - formed by ex-Housemartins singer Paul Heaton - releasedthe news in a jokey statement. "The Beautiful South have split up due to musical similarities,"it said. "The band would like to ...
Shower-row chief constable to retire in May
Feb 01, 2007 ... Julie Hemmings A POLICE chief who hit the headlines when a revamped en-suiteshower in her office cost more than [Pounds]28,000 has announced herretirement. North Yorkshire Chief Constable Della Cannings will step down inMay. Ms Cannings came under fire last year when ...
Dreams of teenager died as band split
Feb 01, 2007 ... Shunned guitarist who took his own life thought group was about tomake the Big League Andrew Robinson LIKE so many teenagers before him, Ben Smith formed a band withhis friends and dreamed of being a rock 'n' roll star. But the self-taught bass guitarist believed his ...
Royal link eco-home given approval
Feb 01, 2007 ... An eco-friendly house rumoured to be earmarked as the first homefor Prince William and girlfriend Kate Middleton has been givenplanning permission. Plans for the six-bedroom property in Herefordshire were submittedby the Prince of Wales' Duchy of Cornwall and given the green ...
Girl 'seduced after she sought help for bullying'
Feb 01, 2007 ... A MARRIED secondary teacher seduced an underage girl after sheturned to him for help because she was being bullied, a court heard. Bridlington science teacher Steven Edwards, who is accused ofhaving illicit affairs with four schoolgirls, is alleged to have hada two-and-a-half year ...
January ends on high note as second warmest ever
Feb 01, 2007 ... This January will be the second hottest on record for the UK aftertemperatures reached "ridiculously warm" heights, forecasters saidyesterday. The month averaged 5.9C, a 2.5C jump above the long-term average.The mild weather leaves January just a fraction off the record ...
'Widespread disruption' as civil servants stage walk-out
Feb 01, 2007 ... Courts were disrupted, driving tests cancelled and museums closedbecause of a strike by tens of thousands of civil servants yesterday,with threats of further action to follow. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said the 24-hourwalkout caused "widespread disruption", ...
Child sex attacker may never be freed from jail
Feb 01, 2007 ... A convicted sex offender who molested a young girl four yearsafter he should have been deported from the UK was told yesterdaythat he may never be released from prison. Sadiq Mohammed, 31, was jailed for four years in 2000 forindecently assaulting a 55-year-old woman and ...
Two years for officer who lied to protect lover
Feb 01, 2007 ... Policeman told lawyers informer was not a pusher to get drugscharge reducedOlwen Dudgeon A POLICE officer's career is in ruins after he was jailed for twoyears for lying to get a drugs charge reduced for a woman informantwith whom he was having an affair. Gary ...
'Work and learn' scheme to put schools in soccer clubs
Feb 01, 2007 ... James Reed Education Correspondent A NEW breed of schools bringing work and learning together couldbe opened on the sites of Yorkshire's businesses, entertainmentvenues and sports arenas as part of efforts to encourage moreteenagers to stay in education. Three ...
Kidnap and beheading plot
Feb 01, 2007 ... Muslim soldier target of new terror tactic Victim to be filmed before execution Nine arrested after swoop on homes Nishika Patel EXTREMISTS planned to torture and behead a British Muslim soldierafter snatching him from the streets of Britain in a ...
Are supermarkets milking the farmers for all they can get?
Feb 01, 2007 ... David Curry is Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon.IT'S Tesco. Of course it is Tesco. When anyone talks aboutsupermarket power, they mean Tesco - the superpower amongsupermarkets. The figures are so big they soar beyond comprehension:[Pounds]41.8bn of global sales; ...
Why the Tories need to get tough
Feb 01, 2007 ... Jonathan Scott is a former Kirklees councillor and the founder ofthe Tory think tank, Conservative Vision. IN May, the voters of England will elect their localrepresentatives in councils up and down the country, and theConservative Party will learn whether David Cameron's new ...
Single-minded approach to raising a family
Feb 01, 2007 ... Jayne Dowle I am not a single parent. But I often feel like one. My husband'sjob as a sound engineer can take him away for weeks on end. I'm on myown then with Jack, four, and Lizzie, 16 months, two cats, a house tokeep and a living to earn. I'm lucky though, because I can ...
Nothing will take gloss off Trophy win for Rovers
Feb 01, 2007 ... Ian Appleyard ON FOOTBALL ian.appleyard@ypn.co.uk AMID the rubble of a pathetic season for Yorkshire clubs in cupcompetition, a whiff of success is blowing in the air. It may 'only' be the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, and it may 'only'be regarded as a ...
Consumers face tough times
Feb 01, 2007 ... Fear is now Brown's legacy WHILE the latest developments in the cash-for- honoursinvestigation have again focused attention on what Tony Blair'slegacy as Prime Minister will be, it is the record of his DowningStreet neighbour which may yet prove the more significant to ...
Body of evidence shows nip and tuck is the shape of things to come
Feb 01, 2007 ... Are Britons getting too keen on cosmetic treatment? Sarah Freemanreports. In an ideal world, we would all eat five portions of fruit and vega day, exercise on a regular basis and drink alcohol always inmoderation.We'd also be comfortable in our own skins, feel no need topressure ...
'I will never get justice for Stephen. Never. But I want my children and grandchildren to know what I fought for'
Feb 01, 2007 ... Doreen Lawrence is still fighting for justice 14 years after herson Stephen was murdered in a crime that shocked the nation. Shetalks to Tom Richmond.THE pain can still be heard in Doreen Lawrence's softly-spokenvoice as she discusses her son's murder. It will never ease ....
Vaughan hopes are still intact
Feb 01, 2007 ... England play waiting game over captain's fitness Richard Gibson England remain hopeful that captain Michael Vaughan may be fit totake part in their last two Commonwealth Bank Series group matches,against Australia and New Zealand. Vaughan failed to make it back for ...
Hammers strike it lucky with Upson at third attempt
Feb 01, 2007 ... Robert Gledhill WEST HAM took a [Pounds]7.5m transfer deadline day gamble onBirmingham City's want-away centre-back Matthew Upson in their bidfor Premiership survival. The Hammers were successful with their third attempt to signUpson, agreeing an initial [Pounds]6m deal ...
Titans begin search for new coach after Bester heads for exit
Feb 01, 2007 ... Sam Wheeler ANDRE BESTER has resigned as head coach of Guinness Premiershiphopefuls Rotherham Titans, although he will stay on until the end ofthe season. In a statement, the club confirmed his imminent departure, saying:"We wish to thank Andre for his efforts over the past ...
Hull get boost from Horne
Feb 01, 2007 ... John Ledger GREAT Britain scrum-half Richard Horne has dealt Hull some sorely-needed good news ahead of the start of the new Super League season bydeclaring himself fit for the opening fixture at home to CatalansDragons on Sunday week. Horne is still having treatment on the ...
Ashton trying to work his attacking vision into a pragmatic approach
Feb 01, 2007 ... Have England recruited the right man in their quest to retain theWorld Cup? Sam Wheeler puts the spotlight on Brian Ashton ahead ofSaturday's Six Nations opener. "ULTIMATELY, I don't care how we win," said Brian Ashton lastweek. So much for the reputation of England's new head ...
Thefts of wires halt walkers
Feb 01, 2007 ... TWO footbridges on the Five Weirs Walk in Sheffield have had to beclosed after thieves stole metal cables from safety railings. The Cobweb and Bailey Bridges have been created as part of a 7.5km(4.7 mile) walk which is due to be formally opened later this month,to mark the 20th ...
Markets on the move
Feb 01, 2007 ... SHEFFIELD'S markets are to be replaced with a purpose-builtcomplex for 250 stalls on The Moor, it has been confirmed. Planners have approved a scheme for the complex, which will covermore than 20 acres and include seven new shops fronting on to TheMoor, a 650-space car park, and ...
Police join forces to nab rogue bikers
Feb 01, 2007 ... Paul Whitehouse POLICE in Penistone and Deepcar have conducted a joint operationagainst illegal motorcyclists using Wharncliffe Woods in Grenoside. Fifteen officers, from the safer neighbourhood teams in each area,were involved in the work which also involved two colleagues ...
Soccer club drops floodlighting from sports development plan
Feb 01, 2007 ... Paul Whitehouse SHEFFIELD United has scaled back proposals for new sportsfacilities in a city suburb for a second time because of concernsraised by residents and politicians. The football club wants to create a community development centreon the former Yorkshire Water site ...