Yorkshire Post back issues from January 2008:
Starring role: Billie Piper the bride
Jan 01, 2008 ... Famous names from the worlds of movies and television turned outyesterday for the wedding of Billie Piper and fellow actor LaurenceFox. The pair tied the knot in a 50-minute ceremony at the ParishChurch of St Mary's in Easebourne, West Sussex. Piper, 25, wore a low-cut ivory ...
Waitrose set to open overseas
Jan 01, 2008 ... Waitrose supermarkets are understood to be launching overseas inApril for the first time after the retailer signed a deal for 20sites across the United Arab Emirates. Britain's sixth biggest grocer has struck a deal with Dubai-based store operator Spinneys to open a chain of shops ...
Real Affinity optimism in new structure as loss climbs
Jan 01, 2008 ... MARKETING services company Real Affinity has seen its lossesdeepen but chairman John Ross is confident that the benefits ofrestructuring and management changes will lead to an upturn. The Bradford AIM-listed group said that turnover on continuingbusinesses increased to Pounds ...
Rocky ride as we home in on debts
Jan 01, 2008 ... AFTER 2007 you can forgive economists for being a littlecircumspect in their predictions for 2008. No-one foretold thatproblems in the US sub-prime mortgage market would herald a globalcredit crisis and the first run on a British bank for over 100years. Northern Rock became ...
EMI 'to launch cost cutting'
Jan 01, 2008 ... EMI's new private equity owners are planning strict rules onartist signings plus sweeping budget cutbacks at the music group, areport said. Terra Firma which took EMI private in a Pounds 2.4bn deal, plansa cost clampdown, which could see some of its ...
Band to help mark radio anniversary
Jan 01, 2008 ... IT IS a tune which has become lodged in the memories of countlessthousands of sports fans over the last six decades. The highly distinctive Out of the Blue is used as the theme tunefor the BBC radio's Sports Report programme and is normallyperformed by the Central Band of the ...
Phone mast planned for stately home
Jan 01, 2008 ... One of Yorkshire's most famous residences could become andunlikely setting for a mobile phone mast. Historic Harewood House, home of the Queen's cousin, the Earl ofHarewood, could find itself at the centre of controversy after itwas revealed plans have been submitted to place a ...
It's all dames together for record attempt
Jan 01, 2008 ... There is nothing like a dame ... and the stage was set yesterdayfor a Yorkshire attempt to gather the greatest number of panto damesin a single place to be accepted as a world record. There was no official entry in the Guinness Book of Recordsbefore the 32 dames - and a dog dressed ...
Airports strike in pensions clash called off
Jan 01, 2008 ... The first of a series of strikes by workers at seven airports,including Heathrow and Gatwick, was called off last night followinga breakthrough in peace talks over pensions. Thousands of firefighters, security and clerical workers were dueto walk out for 24 hours next Monday in ...
Army officers celebrate with 24-hour Afghan marathon
Jan 01, 2008 ... AS the majority of people back home see in the New Year in thetraditional way, by visiting friends and drinking too much, Armyofficers in Afghanistan are celebrating differently. Sixteen staff officers from the 52 Brigade Infantry Headquartersin Lashkar Gah embarked on a 24-hour ...
Explosive start for New Year
Jan 01, 2008 ... SPECTACULAR firework displays lit skies across the globe lastnight as revellers welcomed 2008. In the capital, pyrotechnic displays continued through theevening at the London Eye, with crowds of up to 350,000 gatheredalong the Thames for the midnight finale and also for ...
Chill from Siberia on way, forecaster warns
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Year's Eve revellers had a mild start to 2008 but by themiddle of this week the weather could turn much colder with thepossibility of ice and snow, forecasters warned yesterday. Piers Corbyn, from long-range forecasters WeatherAction, said:"The winds from Siberia are going to ...
Anger as some rail fares rise by more than 9%
Jan 01, 2008 ... RAIL campaigners today criticised new above-inflation fare risesfor train services across the UK as "unfair and unjustified". Passengers face paying more for season tickets, singles andreturns from tomorrow, with most train operators in Yorkshireincreasing fares by an average of ...
Gunman hunted after brave policewoman shot
Jan 01, 2008 ... A gunman was on the loose last night after a policewoman was shotby a robber fleeing after a violent raid on a pub. Dog handler Katie Johnson, 29, was blasted in the leg by ashotgun as she responded to a 999 call from the Hospital Inn atBamber Bridge, near Preston, at 8.15am ...
Radar system to help fight Yorkshire floods threat
Jan 01, 2008 ... Work will begin this year on a new radar system designed topredict surface water flooding - responsible for much of the damagein Yorkshire from June's torrential downpour. But the Environment Agency has warned that the system presents a"significant challenge" and could take years ...
Malaysia U-turn over Allah-row newspaper
Jan 01, 2008 ... A Catholic newspaper said yesterday that the Malaysian governmenthas reversed its decision to ban the publication over its use of theword Allah. The decision appears to have defused a row that strained racialharmony in the multi-ethnic country. In a surprising about-turn ...
Bhutan vote ushers new age of democracy
Jan 01, 2008 ... Thousands of Bhutanese have voted to elect a National Council,the final stage before democratic elections that will end nearly 100years of absolute monarchy in the secluded Himalayan country. The vote caps a whirlwind year of transformation for the tinykingdom since the monarch ...
UN takes over peacekeeping in Darfur, but with little hope of stopping violence
Jan 01, 2008 ... The African Union has handed over its Darfur peacekeeping missionto an understaffed joint UN force many believe will prove even worseat stemming the violence in Sudan. Only 9,000 of the planned 26,000 peacekeepers are in place andexperts believe it will have little immediate ...
History plagued by crime and terror
Jan 01, 2008 ... The post-election violence that has flared across Kenya stirsmemories of the country's chequered past. Since independence in 1963, it has faced many problems. Unemployment and poverty have stoked high crime rates, whilepolitical unrest has never been far from the ...
'Scores dead' as Kenya polls violence explodes
Jan 01, 2008 ... Thousands of protesters fought bloody battles with police aswaves of unrest swept Kenya yesterday at the election of PresidentMwai Kibaki. Scores of people were killed, prompting fears that the officialdeath toll of 125 was far too low, as demonstrators enraged at MrKibaki's ...
Two high achievers in sport to join town hall's select band of Legends
Jan 01, 2008 ... TWO more of Sheffield's best known personalities are to beinducted as city Legends, with brass plaques in their honourinstalled outside the town hall. Boxing trainer Brendan Ingle and climber Joe Simpson have beenchosen by a selection committee to feature alongside ...
Time to play as toys go for auction
Jan 01, 2008 ... WITH its psychedelic colours and the urban myths surrounding theorigins of its quirky characters, the Magic Roundabout was a TVfavourite for generations. A toy set based on the show is among the star lots in forthcomingsale at Tennants auctioneers in Leyburn, North Yorkshire with ...
A rose in memory of murdered Rachel
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE family of a woman brutally murdered as she walked home on NewYear's Eve five years ago have finally succeeded in their efforts tohave a rose named after her. Ray and his wife Wanda Moran spearheaded an appeal to raisePounds 15,000 for the rose - called after their daughter ...
Strongman powers up for a fresh challenge
Jan 01, 2008 ... IT took 19 years of hard graft in the gym for Andy Bolton tobuild the muscles required to lift 1,000lbs off the floor. That record-breaking deadlift - raising to waist level - came inMarch, won him $13,000, earned him a place in the history books andchanged his life forever. So he ...
McCanns 'have no plans to return to Portugal'
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE parents of Madeleine McCann "have no plans at present" toreturn to Portugal, their spokesman said yesterday amid speculationthat the couple are ready to fly back. Gerry and Kate McCann, both formal suspects in their daughter'sdisappearance, will only do so if Portuguese police ...
Family link found to peanut allergy
Jan 01, 2008 ... Infants whose family members eat lots of peanuts may be atgreater risk of developing allergies to them, new research suggests. Average weekly household peanut consumption was found to besignificantly higher in families of children under one-year-old wholater became peanut allergic, ...
Man owns up to theft of crashed plane gun
Jan 01, 2008 ... A west Belfast greenkeeper scavenged a machine gun from theAmerican Flying Fortress aircraft whose 1944 crash in North Belfastinspired the Closing of the Ring epic by Lord Richard Attenborough. The film starring Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine andMischa Barton, was premiered ...
Dressed to thrill Keira tops film costume poll
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE emerald green dress worn by Keira Knightley in Atonement hasbeen voted the best film costume of all time. The bias-cut, backless silk gown had fashion editors raving whenit first appeared on screen last year. Knightley's character, Cecilia Tallis, wore it during a ...
Sex slave horror as girls are lured to Britain
Jan 01, 2008 ... POLICE working to control the sex industry believe a sub-cultureof men who deliberately subject victims to repeated assaults hasdeveloped in Britain since the problem of exploitation becamewidespread. Thousands of women are tricked into coming to Britain from abroadwith the ...
Relatives of aviation pioneers sought
Jan 01, 2008 ... Bosses at a holiday airport are seeking the living relatives offamous flying heroes to help celebrate its 70th anniversary. Luton Airport was officially opened in July 1938 and has grown tobecome a major south-east England transport hub. Luton has launched a hunt for the ...
Widow views sea of tributes to match tragedy footballer
Jan 01, 2008 ... The grieving widow of tragic footballer Phil O'Donnell hasvisited the sea of tributes left for the Motherwell captain who diedafter collapsing during a match. Supporters have turned the main entrance of the club's Fir Parkinto a shrine to the 35-year-old, who died on ...
Rush-hour blamed for high CO2 emissions
Jan 01, 2008 ... Rush-hour congestion is resulting in vehicle carbon dioxide (CO2)emissions equivalent to nearly 2,700 plane trips from the UK toEurope, according to new study. The hold-ups mean Britain's 10.5 million car commuters areproducing an extra 80,817 tonnes of CO2 between 8am-9am and ...
Family on edge of disaster for New Year
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE waiting game will go on in the New Year for a couple whosehome is teetering precariously on an East Coast cliff edge. Over the last year Josephine and Colin Arnold have seen more thansix feet of land drop into the sea, bringing the cliff edge evercloser to what is left of ...
Campaigns cut motorcycle carnage
Jan 01, 2008 ... MOTORcycle accidents continue to rise - but the number of riderskilled or seriously injured nationally has fallen following safetycampaigns, including the targeting of so-called "born again bikers"in North Yorkshire and the East Riding. A number of initiatives have been launched ...
Nobody pays the Piper for wedding pictures
Jan 01, 2008 ... Billie Piper is that rare breed - a celebrity who has chosen notto sell her wedding to a glossy magazine. Ever since Posh and Becks pocketed Pounds 1m for the rights totheir lavish nuptials in 1999, a succession of showbiz stars havehawked their big day to the highest ...
Father of tragic quad bike girl, seven, could face court
Jan 01, 2008 ... The father of a seven-year-old girl who died after an accidentwhile riding a quad bike on a public road may face charges, policesaid. Officers said yesterday they were examining the "culpability" of"all parties" involved in the death of Elizabeth Cooke on BoxingDay. She ...
Family may sue hospital over death of little Brooke
Jan 01, 2008 ... A young family are threatening to sue a hospital after the deathof their two-week-old daughter. Brooke Herridge was born prematurely and her family claim shedied after a blunder when a line used to provide vital nutrients wasput in the wrong place. A report from the ...
Praise for girl who fought dog that killed baby
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE grandfather of a 13-month-old baby mauled to death by arottweiler yesterday praised the teenage aunt who tried to rescuehim from the jaws of the 10-stone dog. Archie-Lee Hirst suffered "horrendous injuries" when he wassnatched from the arms of his seven-year-old aunt in the ...
'End poverty fear' campaign to mark pension landmark
Jan 01, 2008 ... A leading pensioners' group yesterday announced plans to mark thecentenary of the state pension in 2008 by stepping up demands for anincrease in the weekly payment. The National Pensioners' Convention said the current payment ofPounds 87.30 for a single person and Pounds 139.60 ...
Most adults aiming to change jobs
Jan 01, 2008 ... It could be New Year, new start for thousands of workers, figuresindicated today. The figures showed that nearly three-quarters of adults thinkabout changing their chosen career at least once a year, and usuallyafter a holiday or break. Top reasons for changing job were to ...
Ukip leader attacks treaty 'dishonesty'
Jan 01, 2008 ... UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage used his New Year'smessage to accuse Gordon Brown of "dishonesty" over his refusal tocall a referendum on the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon. Mr Brown aims to ratify the treaty, which he signed earlier thismonth, by a vote in ...
Brown faces first ballot box test
Jan 01, 2008 ... Gordon Brown is braced for his first widespread test at the handsof the voters in mid-term polls covering over half the UKelectorate. Elections for London's Mayor and Assembly, metropolitan, unitaryand shire district authorities in England and Welsh councils will beclosely ...
Take-up of green energy grants tops Pounds 25m
Jan 01, 2008 ... Home-owners, schools and businesses have cashed in on Pounds 25mworth of government grants to install "green" energy, it wasannounced yesterday. Some 4,600 households have claimed a total of Pounds 7.5m fundingfrom the Low Carbon Buildings Programme to adopt small-scalerenewable ...
New Year signals start of long slog to next election
Jan 01, 2008 ... WHEN Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have eaten thelast of the turkey sandwiches, their thoughts will inevitably turnto a New Year that signals the start of a long slog to the nextelection. The Prime Minister has already said an election in 2008 is veryunlikely, ...
Pakistan poll set to be delayed despite pleas by Bhutto party
Jan 01, 2008 ... Pakistan's elections are likely to be delayed by several weeks,despite demands by Benazir Bhutto's party and other politicians thatthey go ahead as planned. The uncertainty was not helped by video footage of Ms Bhutto'skilling which raised new questions about the government's ...
Leeds fail to lure back Derry
Jan 01, 2008 ... AN attempt by Leeds United manager Dennis Wise to recall ShaunDerry from his loan spell at Crystal Palace to ease an injury crisishas been dashed. The shin injury suffered by Jonny Howson in the defeat at SwanseaCity means United are down to their last fit centre midfield ...
Shepherd will show no fear in the final
Jan 01, 2008 ... Rookie Kirk Shepherd insists he is already a winner even if hefails to become the sport's youngest world champion when he takes onJohn Part tonight. The 21-year-old sheet metal worker from Kent is on the brink ofcapping one of the most remarkable stories in the history of ...
Murray and Mirnyi quickly ease way through
Jan 01, 2008 ... BRITAIN'S Jamie Murray got his season off to the perfect startwith victory in the first round of the men's doubles at the QatarOpen in Doha. The Scot, 21, was playing alongside experienced Belorussian MaxMirnyi against the third-seeded Czech pair Frantisek Cermak andLukas ...
Yorkshire youngsters rewarded with place in squad
Jan 01, 2008 ... YORKSHIRE boys champion Adam Best, from Cleveland, andRotherham's Matthew Evans have been named in the England Under-21squad for 2008. Best, 18, and 20-year-old Evans, both in the Yorkshire team thatretained the English County championship in September, have beenmembers of ...
Windass plays down talk of play-offs
Jan 01, 2008 ... Stoke City v Hull City Championship AS thoughts of a play-off challenge continue to occupy the mindsof Hull City supporters if not the players, today's meeting withStoke City should act as a decent guide to the club's prospects thisseason. The Tigers start the New ...
Togwell targets Tykes run after Anderson exit
Jan 01, 2008 ... Scunthorpe United v Barnsley Robert Gledhill SAM TOGWELL is hoping 2008 can bring an extended run inBarnsley's side as they look to build on a highly encouraging firsthalf of the season. The Tykes have been something of a surprise package this termwith Simon Davey's ...
Laws to make late decision on Clarke recall
Jan 01, 2008 ... Sheffield Wednesday v Preston North End CHAMPIONSHIP LEON CLARKE could make a dramatic return to play for injury-hitSheffield Wednesday today after his move to Southend United hit alate snag. The striker has been on loan at Roots Hall for four months andwas ...
Same again, says Wise, as Leeds chase unlikely dream
Jan 01, 2008 ... Leeds United v Oldham Athletic league one DENNIS WISE has challenged his promotion-chasing Leeds Unitedside to repeat their scintillating form from the first half of theseason. United go into today's New Year's Day meeting with OldhamAthletic in third place ...
I am still a fighter, insists unruffled Robson
Jan 01, 2008 ... Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sheffield United BRYAN ROBSON will draw on the experience of the last time aclub's supporters turned on him as he attempts to kick-startSheffield United's faltering season. The former England international endured a torrid finale to 2007with the ...
When TV staggered into the bright light of daytime
Jan 01, 2008 ... LIKE yoghurt and peanut butter, chilli and cheesecake, breakfasttelevision was one of those commodities that took a long time tocross the Atlantic.But now, in the era of 24-hour rolling news, it seems downrightludicrous that there were ever wasted hours of air-time, when ...
100 years of romancing the readers
Jan 01, 2008 ... In the literary world, Mills and Boon has long been the blacksheep. Its books - to call them novels would be to raise them farabove their station - are lightweight, the plots recycled and theendings predictable and to read them is a waste of precious life. Pamela Hartshorne, who ...
Under pressure
Jan 01, 2008 ... MENTION of the work of RAF rescue crews conjures up images ofsailors being winched to safety from stricken craft in heavy seas.However, as a map on the wall of RAF Leconfield illustrates, theirskills are being called upon to help with a much wider variety ofincidents and with increased ...
In the squeeze
Jan 01, 2008 ... BY common consent, moving large numbers of people around thecountry by train has far less impact on the environment than inprivate cars. The benefit, which is especially persuasive at a time when globalwarming has come to great prominence, is related to rail transport'sgreater ...
Brown's fond farewell to 2007
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE Prime Minister will have shaken his head with disbelief lastnight as the final minutes of the year ticked away. In 2007, GordonBrown achieved his lifetime ambition after 10 years of relentlessscheming and plotting which finally saw his predecessor and one-time friend agree to make ...
Ian McMillan: Shedding a tear with a toast to Andy Stewart
Jan 01, 2008 ... Happy New Year! 2008, eh? How strange and new and exotic itsounds; it still, to me, sounds like a time from a science fictionfilm. Earth 2008: Ian McMillan checked in at the desk of LunaFlightfor his weekend trip to the moon; adjusting his silver spacesuit, hechewed pensively on a roast ...
Tom Richmond: Movers and shakers who could shape events in this New Year
Jan 01, 2008 ... A NEW year but who are the names who will be making the headlinesin 2008?YORKSHIRE POLITICS SAYEEDA WARSI Sayeeda Warsi's mercy mission to Sudan to secure, with Lord Ahmedof Rotherham, the release of teacher Gillian Gibbons will have far-reaching repercussions for ...
New Year's Day football: Barnsley level late, Bradford and Rotherham win
Jan 01, 2008 ... ALL the latest scores and results from the first football actionof the New Year. BOTH sets of fans had little to cheer in a dour goalless draw atMolineaux. Chances were at a premium as both Wolves and Sheffield Unitedstruggled to shake off their new year hangover, with the ...
Full time: Leeds United 1 Oldham 3
Jan 01, 2008 ... FORTRESS Elland Road crumbled in spectacular fashion as Leedsshipped three goals in 12 minutes at home to Oldham. United's proud home record of being undefeated in 10 months endedon the first day of 2008 as Oldhan manager John Sheridan was able toenjoy a happy return to his old ...
Full time: Stoke City 1 Hull City 1
Jan 01, 2008 ... HULL City fought hard to pull back a point after going behindagainst the run of play at the Britannia Stadium. Former Hull defender Leon Cort glanced home his fourth goal ofthe season in the 33rd minute to give in-form Stoke a narrow half-time lead after a dominant opening spell by ...
Full time: Sheffield Wednesday 2 Preston 1
Jan 01, 2008 ... SUPER-SUB Francis Jeffers lifted the gloom over Hillsborough witha late penalty to earn Sheffield Wednesday all three points. Jeffers, making his second appearance off the substitutes' benchsince damaging ankle ligaments in October, held his nerve to put hisspot kick into the ...