Yorkshire Post back issues from May 2007:
Intelligence blunders that left 7/7 bombers free to slaughter
May 01, 2007 ... THE leaders of the July 7 suicide bombers had close links to theterror gang which planned to cause carnage with a massive bomb madefrom fertiliser - but were allowed to slip through the net bysecurity forces. Covert surveillance by police and intelligence agencies caught 7/7 ...
Suicide ringleader not considered to be a risk
May 01, 2007 ... Police in West Yorkshire were asked to provide MI5 withintelligence on the 7/7 bombers but they were not tracked as thegroup was not said to be a risk. It is understood that security officials contacted West YorkshireSpecial Branch to ask them to check information on a car ...
You have betrayed your country and may never be freed - Judge
May 01, 2007 ... THE gang that planned to cause carnage with a massive fertiliserbomb were all jailed for life and told by the judge: "You havebetrayed this country that has given you every opportunity." Ringleader Omar Khyam, Waheed Mahmood, Jawad Akbar, Anthony Garciaand Salahuddin Amin, all ...
A hatred nurtured in quiet suburbs
May 01, 2007 ... THE fertiliser bomb plotters had much in common with the July 7suicide bombers - most were British citizens of Pakistani descent wholed apparently unremarkable lives in respectable suburbs. They were led by the cricket-mad Omar Khyam, 25, who had captainedhis school team in Sussex ....
Police dilemma on whether to swoop - or gain damning evidence
May 01, 2007 ... POLICE and intelligence officers faced a dilemma over arrestingthe terrorist cell - would they be able to make charges stick, orshould they run the risk of letting the plotters incriminatethemselves further? In the end, the security services decided on arrests, because theycould ...
Mother rich for a day after [Pounds]26,000 error
May 01, 2007 ... A WOMAN who found [Pounds]26,000 in her bank account went on ashopping spree but found herself regretting it when the bank demandedits money back. The 31-year-old of Moortown, Leeds, could not believe her luckwhen she tapped in her PIN number at a Royal Bank of Scotland ...
Trapped boy on school trip rescued feet first and unhurt from crevice
May 01, 2007 ... A 13-YEAR-old boy spent six hours hours trapped with his legwedged in a fissure at Brimham Rocks in Nidderdale yesterday. Ethan Bradley was on a school trip at the North Yorkshire beautyspot when his knee became caught in a hidey hole called The Oven,which is part of Crown ...
Blair hails Labour record on health
May 01, 2007 ... TONY Blair yesterday hailed New Labour's decade-long stewardshipof the NHS, as he sought to defend his own record in office and shoreup his party's support ahead of Thursday's crucial elections. On the eve of today's 10th anniversary of his 1997 landslidevictory, the Prime ...
Pensioner attacks NHS as free treatment starts
May 01, 2007 ... PENSIONER Leslie Howard yesterday received treatment at a privateYorkshire hospital to save his sight - and condemned NHS chiefs forrefusing to pay for the drug. Retired police officer Mr Howard had been told he would have tolose the sight in one eye before North Yorkshire and ...
Weather boost for show crowds
May 01, 2007 ... THE good weather helped attract thousands of visitors to the 80thHarrogate Spring Flower Show and ensured sellers had a brisk tradeover the four days. Although attendance at the Great Yorkshire Showground did notreach the 2004 record of 61,836, at 59,198 it was the highest ...
A champagne farewell for Yorkshire Feta
May 01, 2007 ... CHAMPAGNE glasses clinked in the sun yesterday as Dales cheesemakers and their customers toasted farewell to Yorkshire Feta - asits best-selling name was consigned to history by the European Union. Producers Shepherds Purse Cheeses of Newsham, near Thirsk, hadlost a 10-year battle ...
Yorkshire arrests in animal rights probe
May 01, 2007 ... TWO people from Yorkshire have been arrested in a huge policeoperation targeting animal rights extremists. More than 700 officers raided 32 properties across the UK, Belgiumand the Netherlands, arresting 32 people in total. Hampshire Police, who led the operation, said a ...
Gerrards' staff make switch to rival Brewin Dolphin Securities
May 01, 2007 ... STOCKBROKER and fund manager Brewin Dolphin Securities hasexpanded its regional office network by hiring staff from rivalGerrards' offices in York, Plymouth and Swansea, who all resignedlast week. The six staff at Gerrards' York office have joined Brewin Dolphin,which now has 36 ...
Hotels chain prepares for further expansion
May 01, 2007 ... THE Golden Tulip UK hotel chain, which is based in Ripon, plans tocreate 120 jobs in Yorkshire by opening two hotels over the next 18months. The Golden Tulip York and the Tulip Inn Doncaster are scheduled toopen in autumn 2008, as part of a [Pounds]40m expansion across theUK ....
Surgical Innovations targets US
May 01, 2007 ... MEDICAL devices company Surgical Innovations is to focus itsenergies on cracking the healthcare industry in the United States. Leeds-based Surgical has developed a medical device called theYelloPort abdominal access system, which allows surgeons to carry outkeyhole surgery ....
Fewer people are borrowing to buy a home
May 01, 2007 ... MORTGAGE approvals fell sharply in March, suggesting the housingmarket is finally cooling down in response to recent interest raterises. The market had been expecting another increase in rates from thecurrent 5.25 per cent following the news that inflation hit 3.1 percent in ...
How to make your big idea into a reality
May 01, 2007 ... If you've got a great idea for a business that needs backing thenhelp is at hand. THERE are just three weeks to go before entries close forYorkshire's Big Idea competition. It's the chance to win [Pounds]35,000 to bring a great businessidea to fruition. The ...
Soccer firm boosts younger players
May 01, 2007 ... A FORMER semi-professional football player has launched a "talentcentre" which aims to fill the gap between junior club football andprofessional academies. The venture is an off-shoot of Mark Senior's Pro Skills Soccerbusiness, an independent coaching company for youngsters, based ...
Punch is ready for ban
May 02, 2007 ... PUNCH Taverns, the UK's biggest pub group, said it is wellpositioned for the UK smoking ban which comes into effect in just twomonths' time. Reporting a 12 per cent rise in first half profits to [Pounds]130myesterday, the group said half of its 700 Yorkshire pubs had chosento ...
Discover Leisure, the lean machine
May 01, 2007 ... THE caravan and mobile home market is oversupplied. In suchcircumstances, you need to be fit and lean to do well. Discover Leisure - a relative newcomer to the sector, but one withbig ambitions - has been working out with its stock. "The industry can't sustain the present level ...
The Gospel according to George
May 01, 2007 ... Shadow Chancellor George Osborne visited Hazlewood Castle nearLeeds to meet Conservative activists and business leaders last week.Here are excerpts from an interview he gave with Deputy BusinessEditor Greg Wright. Greg Wright: What's the main message you want to give to ...
Vulcan SFM celebrates as it secures first major project
May 01, 2007 ... VULCAN SFM, the Sheffield Forgemasters subsidiary, has won a[Pounds]700,000 contract to produce components to help moor an oil-producing vessel in the North Sea. The contract will see Vulcan supply offshore oil-processingspecialist Bluewater with nine mooring-system components for ...
Blades captain issues challenge to finish survival job
May 01, 2007 ... CHRIS MORGAN has challenged Sheffield United to 'finish off thejob' of securing Premiership survival when they travel to Aston Villathis weekend. The Blades captain would like nothing more than to spend anotherseason trading blows with the best strikers in the world and avictory ...
Rugby union: Robinson to lead patched-up England
May 01, 2007 ... Jason Robinson will captain an England squad containing sevenuncapped players on the two-Test tour of South Africa. The Sale Sharks wing, who recently retired from club rugby, hasbeen appointed skipper for Tests against the Springboks inBloemfontein on May 26 and Pretoria seven ...
Blair's legacy
May 01, 2007 ... ON the eve of the 1997 General Election, Tony Blair warned votersthey only had 24 hours to save the National Health Service, in a lateeffort to propel voters to the polls. A decade ago today the votersheeded that call. Within hours of victory, Mr Blair was marching down a ...
Fallen idols... the football dream that turned into a nightmare
May 01, 2007 ... With Leeds United staring at life in League One, Richard Sutcliffeasks is there any way back for the club which six years ago waspreparing for a European Cup semi-final.AS the vibrant, fiesta city of Valencia became a cacophony oftooting horns, uncontained euphoria and noisy ...
'You have to believe there is a way back'
May 01, 2007 ... As the post-mortem starts into Leeds United's decline and fall,Sarah Freeman speaks to one of the club's most ardent fans. Gary Edwards remembers the hours he spent as a youngster watchingDon Revie's Leeds United side. Later, in 1975 he followed the team asthey reached the final of ...
[Pounds]17m deal to end chaos of changes to city bus services
May 01, 2007 ... A DEAL that should end the problem of Sheffield's biggest busoperator making controversial and unpopular changes to services inthe city without the approval of public transport chiefs will besigned today. Directors from First bus operator, South Yorkshire PassengerTransport ...
'Little Beirut' looks to new start
May 01, 2007 ... A holiday homes scheme costing [Pounds]120m, dogged bycontroversy but which resulted in the clean-up of one of theYorkshire Coast's worst eyesores, is nearing completion - drawing aline under nearly two decades of dereliction. The saga over the site of the former Butlin's camp ...
Author takes journey along road into a rather more elegant past
May 01, 2007 ... RACING IN East Yorkshire may be indelibly associated with Beverleybut back in the mid 18th century there was just as big a racecourseoff Anlaby Road. The track, which attracted "as many pickpockets as gentlemen" haslong since disappeared - along with many historic houses, ...
Death-crash plane had hidden fault with engine, inquest told
May 01, 2007 ... A LIGHT aircraft with a "chequered history" had a hidden faultunknown to its pilot or the engineering company which had justcompleted an annual inspection before it nosedived into the ground inNorth Yorkshire. Pilot Frank Walker attempted to return after the twin-engine ...
Tributes for diver killed by hit-and-run motorist
May 01, 2007 ... TRIBUTES have been paid to an award-winning high diver fromYorkshire who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Southampton. Student Gavin Brown, 22, originally from Bradford, suffered fatalinjuries when he was knocked down by a car later found abandoned inthe early hours of ...
Firms warned of action on waste
May 01, 2007 ... BUSINESSES have been warned they will face on-the-spot fines orbeing taken to court if they fail to dispose of their rubbishcorrectly. Traders in the Hollings Road and Whetley Hill areas of Bradfordhave been visited by Bradford Council's environmental enforcementteam as part of ...
Animal rights activists held after dawn raids
May 02, 2007 ... TWO people from Yorkshire have been arrested following a hugepolice operation targeting animal rights extremists. More than 700 officers raided 32 properties across the UK, Belgiumand the Netherlands, arresting 32 people in total. The operation, which was co-ordinated by police ...
Voting fraud crackdown branded unworkable
May 02, 2007 ... EXCLUSIVE: A crackdown on postal voting fraud was branded weak andunworkable last night, in a fierce attack by Yorkshire's most seniorreturning officer. Leeds City Council chief executive Paul Rogerson said - amidclaims of electoral wrongdoing in the city - that the handling ...
[Pounds]23,000 storm over farewell brochure by failed quango
May 02, 2007 ... A FAILED Government-backed quango has come under fire for spending[Pounds]23,250 of taxpayers' money on saying goodbye. Urban regeneration company Sheffield One has merged with yetanother local quango after critics accused it of failing to live upto its brief of revitalising the ...
Tests on dressing to beat superbug
May 02, 2007 ... A DRESSING that acts as a barrier to the potentially-fatalsuperbug MRSA is being trialled in Hull. Researchers from Hull York Medical School's Wound Care Instituteare appealing for patients to take part in the study which will testa new dressing called ACTICOAT. The ...
Anger as energy firm gets its wires crossed
May 02, 2007 ... ONE of Britain's leading energy suppliers has apologised tocustomers after they were repeatedly sent the wrong electricitybills. At least half the households in Woodman's Way, Beverley, say theyhave yet to receive a correct bill - four years after moving in. Some were told ...
Motorist denies he drove car in death smash
May 02, 2007 ... A MOTORIST accused of causing the death of his best friend in acar crash told police he was not the driver at the time the car hit alamppost and spun into a fence, a jury heard. Liam Pullen was found in shock wandering near his Citroen Saxowhich had rolled on to its side after the ...
Pair jailed for gun attack on sex-claim man
May 02, 2007 ... TWO men have been jailed for a total of 32 years after beingconvicted of the attempted murder of a man they blamed for a sexattack on a young girl. John Hardy, 46, of Rochdale Road, Greetland, near Halifax, andAlan Morrison, 45, of Cold Street, Haworth, were found guilty ...
Cunard passenger wins [Pounds]3,000 compensation
May 02, 2007 ... AN East Yorkshire woman whose anniversary cruise on the Queen Mary2 turned into a nightmare after she was injured has been awarded[Pounds]3,000 compensation. The woman, who is employed by a local council, was with herhusband aboard the Cunard cruise ship sailing from Southampton ...
Cruise ship bug 'ruined [Pounds]1,200 trip'
May 02, 2007 ... A DREAM cruise round the Caribbean turned into a nightmare for aYorkshire holidaymaker who contracted dysentery. Robert Ladle was celebrating his 60th birthday in January on a[Pounds]1,200 trip with wife Sheila, 59 - but he saw little of theCaribbean islands. Instead he was ...
Two hurt in pupils' lunchtime brawl
May 02, 2007 ... POLICE are investigating a lunchtime brawl involving more than 35grammar school pupils that ended with two needing hospital treatment. The fighting among Crossley Heath Grammar School pupils, severalof them in uniform, took place just yards from the school gates onSkircoat Moor, ...
Call for Ministers to act over hospital
May 02, 2007 ... MINISTERS were yesterday urged to intervene to save plans for achildren's hospital in the region. Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) said theGovernment must step in to address problems with the running ofhospital services in Leeds. Campaigners have attacked a ...
Town hall horse-traders to take reins
May 02, 2007 ... Swathes of Yorkshire could change hands in tomorrow's localelections. Political Editor Simon McGee looks at the town halls thathang on a knife edge. UNLIKE the neat, political lines of Britain's Parliamentarysystem, keeping up with which party or, increasingly often, ...
TV bursary launched in memory of Whiteley
May 02, 2007 ... A NEW TV researcher training programme is to be launched inYorkshire in memory of Countdown presenter Richard Whiteley. Channel 4 has joined forces with Screen Yorkshire to offer theRichard Whiteley Memorial Bursary, a nine-month scheme designed to"create a legacy relevant to ...
Fisherman spared demolitionbill for cliff house
May 02, 2007 ... A CLIFFTOP dweller who feared being lumbered with the cost ofdemolishing a crumbling house has had the bill paid by the localauthority. Fisherman Derek Crook is calling on East Riding Council to findthe money to help other householders facing the same plight. He said ...
Romans ready to charge at heritage event
May 02, 2007 ... HE is used to competing against the best at showjumping eventsacross the country. But this weekend Ben Cousins will be fighting off oppositiondating back 2,000 years, as he makes his debut as a Roman cavalrymanat Bolsover Castle. "Mastering the 2,000-year-old skills of a ...
Former MP slams U-turn on eye drug treatment
May 02, 2007 ... FORMER MP Alice Mahon last night accused health chiefs of "pullinga fast one" after it emerged they had performed a U-turn over vitaldrug treatment for patients with a degenerative eye disorder. Mrs Mahon believed she had won a victory in February when NHSbosses in Calderdale ...
Arson suspected after Bridlington blaze
May 02, 2007 ... ARSONISTS are being blamed for a fire which left a young familytrapped in their burning house and swept through a row of terracedhouses. A young couple and their three-year-old son had to be rescued byfirefighters from an upstairs bedroom when the blaze broke out at theback of ...
Judge demands action as stepfather arsonist jailed
May 02, 2007 ... A JUDGE demanded assurances yesterday that lessons had beenlearned after sentencing a serial fireraiser to life imprisonment forthe murder of his nine-year-old stepson. Aaron Smith died after his stepfather set fire to the bedroom hewas sleeping in with his younger brother ...
Minorplanet secures deal Down Under
May 02, 2007 ... LEEDS-based vehicle tracking company Minorplanet Systems will soonplay a role in cutting the death toll on Australia's roads. Yesterday, Minorplanet acquired the 49.9 per cent minorityinterest in Minorplanet's Australian subsidiary, Minorplanet AsiaPacific (MAP), which it does not ...
Rising demand sees Assay office on the move
May 02, 2007 ... THEY have hallmarked a Sultan's silver bed and placed the Duchy ofCornwall's insignia on gardening tools. Now the Sheffield Assay office, which has hallmarked and analysedmetals since Georgian times, is moving to a new home as demand forits services grows. The office has ...
Cattles chief set to say farewell
May 02, 2007 ... SEAN MAHON, chief executive of credit lender Cattles for the pastseven years, is to retire at the age of 61 in order to spend moretime with his family. Mr Mahon has overseen a strong period in the Batley-basedcompany's history. The group is aiming to deliver double-digit ...
Kelly eyes Leeds proposals
May 02, 2007 ... Exclusive GARY KELLY has been approached by two consortiums considering apossible takeover bid for Leeds United. The Republic of Ireland international will bring the curtain downon his playing career this summer after 16 seasons at Elland Road. Kelly was expected to ...
Sorcerer to run rule over apprentice
May 02, 2007 ... EXCLUSIVE: Legendary spin bowler Shane Warne last night revealedhe is relishing his first look at Yorkshire's brilliant young protegeAdil Rashid. Hampshire captain Warne, the world's greatest spinner, said he hadbeen excited by reports of Rashid's emergence and said he was ...
Cricket latest: Younus builds on Vaughan's platform
May 02, 2007 ... YOUNUS KHAN was unbeaten on 76 as Yorkshire progressed to 222-5 attea on the first day of the County Championship match againstHampshire at the Rose Bowl. The Pakistan batsman looked in splendid form in the Southamptonsunshine having earlier appeared culpable in the run-out of ...
Expensive gloss
May 02, 2007 ... IT is no coincidence that Sheffield One's spending of[Pounds]23,250 on a brochure about itself, just as it isdisappearing, has been made public in the run-up to tomorrow's localelections. Nothing is guaranteed to rile voters more than thesuggestion that taxpayers' money was spent ...
Factory schools
May 02, 2007 ... WHILE the Government has spent a lot of parliamentary timesqueezing through legislation changing how schools should be managedit has given rather less consideration to the culture it is fosteringwithin them, whoever is in charge. Any question posed to Ministers about their ...
Questions for security services
May 02, 2007 ... NOTHING ought to detract from the performance of the securityservices in foiling the horrific fertiliser bomb plot. Their success speaks of admirable professionalism, but the casehas thrown up issues connected to the 7/7 London bombings which mustbe clarified. Only an independent ...
'People are intimate with the countryside. It's one of the things I love about Britain'
May 02, 2007 ... American writer Bill Bryson has just been made president of theCampaign To Protect Rural England. He talks exclusively about why heloves and misses Yorkshire so much. Bill Bryson's first book, The Lost Continent, opens with thedeadpan: "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to." ...
Out to match Byas's men
May 02, 2007 ... If Yorkshire can beat Hampshire at the Rose Bowl and record athird successive victory, it would be their best start to aChampionship season since 1995. In that campaign 12 years ago, under the captaincy of David Byas,they dispatched Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Glamorgan but ...
Brophy ready to test his mettle
May 02, 2007 ... Hampshire v Yorkshire WHEN Gerard Brophy was smashed on the hand by a bouncer from SteveHarmison last week, it was not only a chance to demonstrate hishardiness, but also a useful marketing opportunity. Struck early in his innings, the Yorkshire wicketkeeper grittedhis teeth, ...
Hope still remains for McCall to make his return and take charge at Bradford
May 02, 2007 ... Exclusive BRADFORD CITY have not given up hope of making Stuart McCall theirnext manager despite being relegated to League Two. The Bantams made the former Scotland international their numberone target when Colin Todd was sacked in February. However, due to McCall being ...
Fear of exodus as Lakers head into administration
May 02, 2007 ... THE vultures have begun feeding on the carcass of Doncaster Lakerswith the financially-stricken Co-operative National League One clubfacing the prospect of losing many of their key players ahead ofSunday's home match against Whitehaven. Doncaster's players were told on Monday night ...