Yorkshire Post back issues from September 2007:
Suspected cannibal put behind bars
Sep 01, 2007 ... A man suspected of murdering a fellow homeless person and eatinghis entrails is in psychiatric care at a special facility, anofficial said yesterday. A 19-year-old German man, identified only as Robert A, wasarrested on Tuesday at a Vienna apartment used as sleeping quartersby ...
Greek blazes under control as victims buried
Sep 01, 2007 ... Promises of aid have poured in from Greece and abroad asfirefighters managed to douse most of the massive fires that ravagedthe Greek countryside for a week and killed 64 people. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday said the fronts havebeen contained, and authorities would ...
Parents sue over Madeleine 'lies'
Sep 01, 2007 ... The lawyer for Madeleine McCann's parents accused sections of themedia of "inhumane" scandal-mongering yesterday as the couplelaunched a libel action against a Portuguese newspaper. Gerry McCann said he and his wife, Kate, were "deeply hurt" by afront-page story in Tal & Qual which ...
Move to protect estuary wildlife
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Government has moved to protect vulnerable wildlife andhabitats in the Humber, Dee, and Severn estuaries by seeking todesignate them Special Areas of Conservation (SAC). But it has not ruled out controversial proposals for a tidalbarrage across the River Severn which critics ...
Folk songs of traditional Yorkshire to be celebrated on group's heritage website
Sep 01, 2007 ... ASK the average person in the street to name a Yorkshire folk songand no doubt they will immediately come back with On Ilkla MoorBaht'At. But ask them to name another one, and it is likely they will lookblank for a few seconds before admitting they don't know any more. While ...
Junk music to help festival go with a bang
Sep 01, 2007 ... A MUSICIAN who makes instruments from scrap is banging the drumfor re-cycling. Clare Eyeington will lead percussion workshops at next weekend'sGuisborough Forest Festival in the North York Moors. She has beentaking her eco-message into schools across the region for the pasttwo ...
Rubbish gig for orchestra
Sep 01, 2007 ... The London Philharmonic Orchestra added another string to its bowwhen eight of its members made music out of rubbish. They performed Land of Hope and Glory in the unusual surroundingsof an east London rubbish tip. A violin was fashioned from artificial legs, a cello created ...
Consumers warned of new telephone banking scam
Sep 01, 2007 ... THE public was warned yesterday not to give bank details out tocold callers after a new telephone scam came to light. A number of consumers have been telephoned by people claiming tobe from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) who asked them for theirpersonal and financial information ...
Pervert joins wanted list
Sep 01, 2007 ... Details of a missing sex offender have been posted on a nationalcrime website. Stephen Burnell, right, who has been on the run for more than sixmonths, is the latest offender to be added to the Child Exploitationand Online Protection Centre's Most Wanted website in a new effort ...
BBC hits back at drama writer's racism claim
Sep 01, 2007 ... The BBC reacted swiftly yesterday after Cracker writer JimmyMcGovern accused the corporation of being "one of the most racistinstitutions in England" during a live interview on one of itsflagship radio stations. The TV Bafta award-winning screenwriter said while there were"lots ...
1966 legend Sir Geoff gives pupils a masterclass
Sep 01, 2007 ... HE is the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup finaland an England legend. But this weekend Sir Geoff Hurst is having a kickabout of adifferent kind in South Yorkshire with hundreds of budding youngfootballers from Doncaster. More than 400 schoolchildren are taking ...
Amnesty International blasts plan to extend taser gun use
Sep 01, 2007 ... A HUMAN rights charity has claimed Britain could be on a "slipperyslope" towards further arming of the police. Amnesty International says the wider deployment of taser stun gunsin 10 police forces - including West Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - isa move from policing by consent to ...
CCTV caught anti-vandalism campaigner throwing bricks
Sep 01, 2007 ... A father-of-two who campaigned for increased security on hisestate has been convicted of causing damage in order to further hiscause - caught on the closed circuit TV cameras he petitioned for. Liam Jordan had complained to the police and housing associationof repeated acts of ...
Teenage joyrider who killed toddler in horror crash jailed for 42 months
Sep 01, 2007 ... A schoolboy joyrider who killed a 19-month-old toddler afterlosing control of a stolen car was jailed for three-and-a-half yearsyesterday. Billy Donnelly was crushed by the Jeep Wrangler as he and his babybrother Luke were pushed in a buggy by their mother in London ...
Whites 'to become city minority by 2024'
Sep 01, 2007 ... White people are likely to become a minority in Britain's secondbiggest city within 20 years, university researchers have predicted. A team from the University of Manchester said the white populationof Birmingham was expected to fall below half of the city's total by2024. But the ...
Defra receives outbreak reports
Sep 01, 2007 ... Reports examining whether the recent foot and mouth diseaseoutbreak in Surrey could have stemmed from a nearby laboratory havebeen handed into the Government. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)said it expected to publish a report by the Health and ...
Redwood 'exposes Tory mess on tax'
Sep 01, 2007 ... A Tory former Cabinet Minister's claims that taxes on flightscould hit Britain's economy "blow a hole" in his party's tax plans,the Government claimed last night. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Andy Burnham said tax policy underDavid Cameron was a "mess" and the comments by John ...
Pressure grows for vote on EU treaty
Sep 01, 2007 ... Pressure mounted on Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday to holda referendum on the new European Union treaty as a Labour formerEurope Minister backed calls for a public mandate. Keith Vaz urged Mr Brown to allow a vote on the treaty, whichcritics claim is a replica of the ...
Boy, 17, stabbed to death 'after row'
Sep 01, 2007 ... A 17-year-old who was stabbed to death in the street may have losthis life after a row, police said last night. Officers are hunting a group of youths seen fleeing the scene inChesterford Road, Newham, east London. Neighbours said they heard shouting and swearing in the ...
Community spirit lives on as estate
Sep 01, 2007 ... Tommy and Betty Horner were among the first to move into theSaxton Gardens estate in Leeds when it opened 50 years ago. They have raised their family there, seen neighbours come and goand watched in recent years as more and more luxury flats havechanged the city's ...
'All options open' in drive to cut tip waste
Sep 01, 2007 ... THE amount of waste going to landfill in York and North Yorkshireis to be slashed - and this could mean building an incinerator. City of York and North Yorkshire County Councils received approvalfrom the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)yesterday for Pounds ...
Man fights 'rising tide of stupidity'
Sep 01, 2007 ... A CAMPAIGNING Yorkshireman is set to embark on a five-day, 1,200-mile UK tour in a small two-seater car - because he's convinced theworld is getting stupider every day. Andy Green decided enough was enough when a restaurant waiter toldhim that health and safety regulations meant he ...
Gambling industry gears up for legal overhaul
Sep 01, 2007 ... Casinos, bookmakers and online betting sites were gearing upyesterday for new gambling laws. The Gambling Act 2005 comes fully into force today, overhaulinglegislation dating back as far as 1845. It will protect children and vulnerable people, cut crime and keepgames fair, ...
Drinking and drug use among pupils 'declines'
Sep 01, 2007 ... Fewer schoolchildren are drinking or using drugs but the number ofyoung smokers remains unchanged, according to a new survey. The national poll for the Information Centre for health and socialcare (IC) found the number of pupils who said they had never drunkalcohol had risen from ...
Businessman in green belt promise after road outcry
Sep 01, 2007 ... A BUSINESSMAN who caused uproar in a quiet Yorkshire hamlet whenhe built a road on green belt land without permission promisedyesterday to restore the landscape to its original condition. Ken Brook-Chrispin, director of Bradford firm Seabrook Crisps,built a new track to bypass ...
Sixties pop star a picture of joy as portrait is revealed
Sep 01, 2007 ... A YORKSHIRE pop star came face to face with paintings of himselfafter being the model for a celebrity portrait competition. Sixties singer Dave Berry was the focus for professional andamateur artists entering the competition, which is a central part ofSheffield's Art in the Garden ...
Shortages may hit growth in organic products
Sep 01, 2007 ... Annual sales of organic products have hit a record Pounds 2bn -but home-grown supplies are struggling to meet growing demand, areport out today says. Spending on organic food and drink increased by 22 per cent in2006 compared to 2005. Vegetable boxes, mail ordering and other ...
Prison officers told pay deal must stand
Sep 01, 2007 ... Prison officers' leaders held "constructive" talks with theGovernment yesterday in a bid to resolve the bitter row over paywhich led to a wildcat strike in jails across England and Wales. Leaders of the Prison Officers' Association met with JusticeSecretary Jack Straw and prison ...
Freed inmates commit 56 crimes
Sep 01, 2007 ... Criminals released early from prison because of the overcrowdingcrisis have committed a further 48 offences since the controversialscheme was introduced, it was revealed yesterday. When added to the eight committed by those released in the firstfew days of the scheme, it brings the ...
Know your onions
Sep 01, 2007 ... Green-fingered youngsters Annabel Hartmann, four, and her six-year-old brother Ben get some advice from gardener Joe Maiden at avegetable harvesting day yesterday in Harlow Carr gardens, Harrogate. Not everyone has room for a kitchen garden the size of the RoyalHorticultural ...
Footprint lands motorist in prison
Sep 01, 2007 ... A motorist was jailed yesterday after forensic experts matched herfootprint to a brake pedal to prove she caused a crash that killed astockbroker. Anne Milton, 46, of Stanmore, Middlesex, initially denied drivinga car that veered across a motorway into the path of ...
Police launch hunt for 176mph biker
Sep 01, 2007 ... POLICE last night vowed to track down and prosecute a motorcyclistafter a video was posted on the internet showing him speeding at176mph on a notoriously dangerous Yorkshire road. The pictures appear to show the biker racing with anothermotorcycle rider on the A628 Woodhead Pass in ...
Citizen's arrest man in court
Sep 01, 2007 ... A FATHER who made a citizen's arrest on a yob who terrorised hisneighbourhood was arrested and hauled before the courts. Stuart Hicks, of Albion Terrace, Whitby, said Duncan Grimshaw hadsubjected the neighbourhood to vandalism, theft and abuse. But Mr Hicks found himself in the ...
Volunteers dig in to help reveal secrets of city's past
Sep 01, 2007 ... AMATEUR archaeologists have been putting their backs into thelargest dig in York city centre in a generation. The team of 50 volunteers have clocked up 1,000 hours workingalongside professionals at Hungate, which has been cleared to makeway for new offices, shops and ...
Justice 35 years after sex offence
Sep 01, 2007 ... A former railway guard who behaved sexually in front of aschoolboy on a train 35 years ago was jailed for six months today. Alan Harries, 67, who worked at Sutton railway station in southLondon, befriended the 12-year-old as he travelled to and fromschool. The victim was ...
City health trust chief moving on
Sep 01, 2007 ... A YORK hospital chief is leaving after four years in charge. York NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Jim Easton leaves inNovember to take up a new post as chief executive of the SouthCentral Strategic Health Authority, the body which oversees therunning of the NHS in Oxfordshire, ...
Independent schools 'A' grades three times better
Sep 01, 2007 ... STUDENTS at independent schools received three times as many A andA* grades in this summer's GCSEs than the average for pupils acrossEngland and Wales. Results show almost six out of 10 GCSEs sat at private schoolswere awarded a grade A or A*, compared to two out of 10 ...
Gallery puts focus on centuries
Sep 01, 2007 ... A NEW exhibition at York Art Gallery picks out some of thehighlights from its renowned collection of ceramics. Spotlight on Slipware brings together historic pieces from the York Museums Trust collection with works by influentialcontemporary potters who continue to use ...
Royals lead congregation of family and friends
Sep 01, 2007 ... THE congregation for the memorial service included Diana's family,friends, figures from the world of showbusiness to whom she had beenclose, and representatives of charities she supported. Prime Minister Gordon Brown was there to represent the Government,and seated on the same row ...
Warmth without pomp for People's Princess
Sep 01, 2007 ... THEY were just boys a decade ago as they followed their mother'scoffin through crowded streets to her funeral. They are grown men now, and yesterday they led a memorial servicefor her that reflected what she had been - warm and without pomp. All eyes were on Prince William and ...
Dismal summer likely to break rainfall record, Met Office says
Sep 01, 2007 ... This summer is likely to have been the wettest since UK rainfallrecords began in 1914, the Met Office said yesterday. Provisional rainfall figures up to August 28 show that 358.5mm ofrain fell in the UK, just above the previous record of 358.4mm in1956. If the figure is confirmed ...
Four still quizzed over gun murder of Rhys
Sep 01, 2007 ... Murder Squad detectives were continuing to question four peoplelast night on suspicion of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones inLiverpool. The four, all males, aged 24, 20, 17 and 16, were arrested in thecity yesterday morning as the officer leading the inquiry urged amystery ...
Legends honour Boycott
Sep 01, 2007 ... Stars of the cricket world past and present were out in force inLeeds last night to honour the 30th anniversary of Geoffrey Boycott's100th century. The great Yorkshire and England batsman famously reached thelandmark in a Test match against Australia at Headingley in ...
Vicious thugs weep in dock after 'stoning death' verdict
Sep 01, 2007 ... Five boys aged 12 to 14 burst into tears yesterday as they wereconvicted of "a completely unnecessary, pointless and random attack"after killing a man playing cricket with his son. Ernest Norton, 67, collapsed with a heart attack after being hitby stones and spat at in a leisure ...
Poaching probe after man dies as car overturns in field
Sep 01, 2007 ... POLICE are investigating whether a man who died when a caroverturned in a field was out poaching. Martin Williams, 37, was travelling in a silver Subaru Legacyestate car which was being driven in a field near Sicklinghall,between Harrogate and Wetherby, when the accident ...
Mother's tribute to Afghan blast victim
Sep 01, 2007 ... A BRITISH serviceman killed in an explosion in southernAfghanistan was last night named as Senior Aircraftman ChristopherBridge, from Sheffield. Mr Bridge, 20, of 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment, died in the blast inthe early hours of Thursday, the Ministry of Defence said. A ...
Stressed-out teachers take 90,000 sick days
Sep 01, 2007 ... STRESSED-OUT Yorkshire teachers took a staggering 90,000 days offsick in two years, figures show. Shocking new statistics reveal that around 1,400 teachers acrossthe region have been off work in the space of just 12 months withstress, anxiety or depression. Disruptive ...
Bishop calls for end to lurid claims about Diana's death
Sep 01, 2007 ... PRINCE Harry paid heartfelt tribute to "the best mother in theworld" at an emotional service of remembrance for Princess Diana onthe 10th anniversary of her death yesterday. Diana's youngest son said she should be remembered for bringinghappiness to those she met, in a moving ...
Warning over buying a home
Sep 01, 2007 ... Parents need to carefully consider the legal, tax and emotionalimplications of helping a child buy a house. Just under 40 per cent of people aged under 30 who bought theirfirst home last year are thought to have received some form offinancial assistance from their parents, ...
Warning as credit card companies look to increase range of charges
Sep 01, 2007 ... The cost of using a credit card is increasing as providers use arange of charges to make money from customers, a consumer groupwarned. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said last year that credit cardcompanies must cut the penalty fees they charged customers to amaximum of Pounds ...
'One in five mis-sold travel cover'
Sep 01, 2007 ... Nearly one in five people buyingtravel insurance witha holiday risk being mis-sold the cover, research showed this week. Around 17 per cent of people who bought insurance from a travelagent said they were not asked if they had a pre-existing medicalcondition, ...
Investors look to be keeping their nerve
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sales of investment funds saw strong increases during July asconsumers held their nerve despite stock market volatility. Individuals invested a total of Pounds 5.78bn in unit trusts andOEICs (open-ended investment companies) that are registered in the UKduring the month, up from ...
Ethical investing sheds its kaftan and sandals image
Sep 01, 2007 ... Conal Gregory looks at the opportunities to put your conscience into finance The days are long gone when ethical investing was the preserve ofjust the idealistic "good life" minority, ridiculed as savers wearingkaftans and sandals. Both those who guide investors and ...
C&C left feeling flat due to poor summer
Sep 01, 2007 ... Magners cider maker C&C yesterday confirmed the impact of the poorsummer weather as it predicted flat first-half sales. The company said sales volumes at its cider division would be 2per cent lower than last year, following a 7 per cent fall in Bulmersvolumes in Ireland and just 2 ...
Mining sector lifts sentiment
Sep 01, 2007 ... London's benchmark index closed the week comfortably in positiveterritory yesterday as the US Federal Reserve and President GeorgeBush teamed up to offer reassurance on America's sub-prime woes. The FTSE 100 Index closed up 91.3 points at 6303.3 as investorstook heart in US Federal ...
Wright talking Italian kitchens
Sep 01, 2007 ... A YORKSHIRE Dales company has been chosen by a top Italianmanufacturer to sell its exclusive range of kitchens in the North ofEngland. Michael Wright Furniture of Summerbridge, near Harrogate, haslanded the prestigious deal with Florence-based Effeti. "Effeti is synonymous ...
Advertising push boosts Rightmove
Sep 01, 2007 ... PROPERTY website Rightmove reported a 60 per cent rise in firsthalf profits yesterday and said it was confident about the future asagents increase advertising in order to overcome the slowing housingmarket. The UK's busiest property website said the number of advertisersrose by ...
Leeds and Hull make late moves
Sep 01, 2007 ... HULL CITY and Leeds United were the big Yorkshire spenders in theFootball League during the final few hours before the summer transferwindow closed last night. The Tigers were the only club in the county to fork out a seven-figure transfer fee after agreeing a club record Pounds 1m ...
Yorkshire welcome centre stage role
Sep 01, 2007 ... YORKSHIRE believe tomorrow's one-day international between Englandand India provides "the perfect opportunity" to show HeadingleyCarnegie in a positive light in the face of increasing competition tostage international matches. Stewart Regan, the county's chief executive, said it ...
Rhinos look to spoil party
Sep 01, 2007 ... Bradford Bulls v Leeds Rhinos BRADFORD coach Steve McNamara is urging his players to rise totheir biggest challenge of the season so far when they play LeedsRhinos for the fourth time in engage Super League XII tomorrow night. If preparing for a home match against their biggest ...
Result: Sheffield Wednesday 0 Bristol City 1
Sep 01, 2007 ... Sheffield Wednesday's woeful start to the season dragged on asthey lost 1-0 at home to Bristol City - making it four straightdefeats in the Championship. There were two new faces amongst the Hillsborough ranks onSaturday, winger Etienne Esajas and striker Akpo Sodje on the ...
Saturday results: Owls and Blades beaten again, Leeds get win number four
Sep 01, 2007 ... SHEFFIELD Wednesday are stuck at the bottom of the Championshipafter a fourth successive defeat. The Owls lost 1-0 at home to Bristol City to compound a horrificstart to the season. Brian Wilson scored the only goal of the match for City but it wasenough despite the ...
Result: Leeds United 1 Luton 0
Sep 01, 2007 ... TRESOR KANDOL'S first half goal was enough for Leeds United toclaim their best start to a league season in almost a quarter of acentury. The former Barnet forward struck just before the break tocapitalise on fine work by partner Jermaine Beckford and ensureUnited claimed a fourth ...
Result: Scunthorpe United 3 Sheffield United 2
Sep 01, 2007 ... YOUNG striker Billy Sharp made his first return to the club hehelped fire into the Championship but was left seeking his first goalfor the Blades after being replaced in the second half at GlanfordPark. Substitute Danny Webber was the Blades two-goal hero after comingon ...
Result: West Bromwich Albion 2 Barnsley 0
Sep 01, 2007 ... BARNSLEY'S slow atart to the season continued with defeat at WestBrom. Albion, who had gone close early on to breaking the deadlockthrough Kevin Phillips and Felipe Teixeira, took a deserved lead onthe half-hour and never looked back. Teixeira was picked out by Phillips and ...