Yorkshire Post back issues from June 2008:
Leeds 23 Wigan 16
Jun 01, 2008 ... CUP favourites edged past Wigan in a tense quarter-final atHeadingley Carnegie. New Zealand full-back Brent Webb celebrated his new three-yearcontract with his 35th try on his 44th appearance while Australianwinger Scott Donald grabbed his 17th of the season to clinch a ...
Hull shock Bradford to reach Challenge Cup semis
Jun 01, 2008 ... RICHARD AGAR was given a dream start to life as coach of Hull asthey pulled off a shock victory at Bradford in the CarnegieChallenge Cup quarter-finals. Hull join holders St Helens, who prevailed against Hull KR, LeedsRhinos and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the ...
'Empty your own bins' scheme dumped
Jun 02, 2008 ... CONTROVERSIAL plans to make people in part of North Yorkshireempty their own bins because they were too dangerous for councilbinmen have been dumped after an outcry from furious residents washighlighted by the Yorkshire Post. Craven Council had sent out a letter asking people to ...
Post Office refuses to set limit on branch closures
Jun 02, 2008 ... POST Office bosses have fuelled further uncertainty over thefuture of the post office network by refusing to tell MPs what theminimum number of branches should be. While the Government said it wants at least 11,500 branches, thePost Office has told a Commons committee it does not ...
US investor takes 20pc stake as Bradford and Bingley warns on profits
Jun 02, 2008 ... Embattled mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley warned over thisyear's profits today as it confirmed it had agreed to sell a 23%stake to private equity in a move to bolster its finances. The West Yorkshire-based buy-to-let lender announced a deal tosell a fifth of its shares to Texas ...
William to join navy's anti-drug patrols
Jun 02, 2008 ... Prince William is expected to join Royal Navy patrols searchingfor drug runners in Caribbean waters during an attachment with theservice. The future King could also find himself helping to providehumanitarian relief if a hurricane strikes the region during hisdeployment on the ...
Former Test stars to host night of grumpy fun
Jun 02, 2008 ... Two well-known former England Test cricketers are to appear at aNorth Yorkshire hotel in a presentation entitled Grumpy Old Bowlers. Derek Pringle, Angus Fraser and journalist Peter Hayter willvisit the Black Swan Hotel in Helmsley on Thursday, July 17 Pringle played Test ...
Young breakdancer wins talent show after change of heart
Jun 02, 2008 ... Teenage breakdance sensation George Sampson yesterday put hisBritain's Got Talent success down to a last-minute change of heartover his act. The 14-year-old dancer from Warrington said he originallyintended to perform to a Bee Gees classic in Saturday's final beforeswitching back ...
Blaze rips through cricket club pavilion
Jun 02, 2008 ... AN INVESTIGATION is underway after fire destroyed the 112-year-old pavilion at Harrogate Cricket Club, which has hosted manyYorkshire games and international matches against New Zealand, Indiaand the West Indies. Firefighters from North and West Yorkshire were called to ...
Bride turns into my fare lady as couple go by bus
Jun 02, 2008 ... MANY people try to do their bit for the environment - whether itbe recycling, using energy-saving lightbulbs or trying to take fewerflights. But not so many would be prepared to "go green" for one of themost important events of their lives - their wedding day. Pete Zanzottera ...
Yorkshire opera lover takes over Ayckbourn theatre
Jun 02, 2008 ... The successor to Sir Alan Ayckbourn as artistic director of theStephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough is to be Chris Monks - a manwith a reputation for inspiring a popular revolution in opera. Mr Monks, who takes up his new position next January, is afreelance theatre director and ...
Fixing roads 'key to safer motoring'
Jun 02, 2008 ... Fixing roads rather than fining drivers is the best way toimprove highway safety, according to a survey of more than 17,000 AAmembers. Almost three in four (72 per cent) of those polled thought roadand junction improvements would make roads safer. AA president ...
Body of missing alcoholic found in buried suitcase
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police have launched a murder investigation after discovering aman's body in a buried suitcase. The corpse was unearthed on Saturday near a footpath in northBournemouth after two days of searching the site, Dorset Policesaid. Detectives say the dead man is Richard Henry ...
Mentally-ill mother of stab death children detained
Jun 02, 2008 ... A woman, 35, has been detained under the Mental Health Act inrelation to the stabbing attack that killed two children and injureda baby, Scotland Yard said last night. The woman, believed to be the children's mother, had beenreceiving treatment for minor injuries in ...
Mystery of plunge victim's last movements
Jun 02, 2008 ... DETECTIVES are trying to piece together the final movements of a27-year-old man who was found at the bottom of a 15ft drop near apublic house in Halifax. Benjamin Lee Oxley, who is believed to have been drinking inHalifax throughout Thursday evening, was found in the Ward's ...
McCartney highlight of city's cultural year
Jun 02, 2008 ... Sir Paul McCartney took to the stage in his native Liverpool lastnight as part of the city's Capital of Culture festival. The 65-year-old began his set at Liverpool FC's Anfield Stadiumwith Hippy Hippy Shake, followed by Jet and Drive My Car. Dressed ina black, sixties-style suit, ...
Stab wife misused police position
Jun 02, 2008 ... Murdered special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri used her position inthe force to collect debts owed to her husband's escort agency, itemerged yesterday. The 29-year-old, whose husband Fadi Nasri faces a life sentencefor organising her murder, was disciplined by the ...
Over 80,000 diabetics risk sight loss over screening
Jun 02, 2008 ... MORE than 80,000 diabetics in the Yorkshire region risk goingblind because they are not been screened for a common eye condition,a leading health charity has warned. Diabetic retinopathy, which occurs when blood vessels in theretina of the eye become blocked, is the primary cause ...
Majority of migrants come from outside new EU
Jun 02, 2008 ... MORE than two million immigrants have moved to Britain in 16years, with just one in 12 coming from the new wave of EU memberstates in Eastern Europe, a think-tank has claimed. Migrationwatch has demanded an urgent rethink of Britain's borderpolicies after figures showed that the ...
Terminally-ill man wins his bet on staying alive
Jun 02, 2008 ... A terminally-ill man collected Pounds 5,000 yesterday - afterbetting he would stay alive. Jon Matthews, 58, from Milton Keynes, Bucks. bet he could beatdoctors' predictions and live. Eight months ago he was told "don't make any plans for Christmas"but bet Pounds 100 he would ...
Hostility may put off skilled foreign recruits
Jun 02, 2008 ... A climate of hostility towards immigration could hit the abilityof firms to attract the highly skilled migrant workers Britain needsto recruit in future years, according to a new report today. The Work Foundation said migrant workers from the European Unionand other countries will ...
Vicars need more feedback on sermons
Jun 02, 2008 ... Churchgoers should take a leaf out of Simon Cowell's book andoffer vicars a healthy dose of constructive criticism over theirperformance, a new Church of England guide suggests. A book by the church's official publishers calls for greaterfeedback from the congregation and the ...
Supermarket to ask under-25s for ID
Jun 02, 2008 ... A YORKSHIRE supermarket chain is increasing the age at which itasks people for identification to buy alcohol to 25. From today, anyone trying to buy alcohol at Morrisons who looksyounger than 25 will have to provide evidence of their age. Morrisons said the Task 25 scheme was ...
Woodland music gigs produce bridge benefit
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE sell-out success of open air concerts in Dalby forest hashelped to pay for a stylish Pounds 25,000 bridge. The Forestry Commission has built the 30 metre long curvingstructure to give pedestrians a new route from the car park into theCourtyard area, which it has redeveloped as ...
Chaos on Underground as ban on alcohol marked by party
Jun 02, 2008 ... The capital's underground network returned to normal yesterdayfollowing chaotic scenes on Saturday as revellers partied on theTube ahead of a midnight alocohol ban. Police made a total of 17 arrests and were forced to close sixstations on the Circle Line when high spirits got out ...
Darling rejects claims of Pounds 4bn tax bonanza
Jun 02, 2008 ... Chancellor Alistair Darling has rejected the argument that theGovernment has been given an unexpected Pounds 4bn tax bonanza onthe back of rising oil prices. He insisted that Government revenue had to be considered "in theround" and said that in a slowing economy it would get less ...
Youngsters see heavy drinking as normal
Jun 02, 2008 ... MANY children as young as nine think adults who binge drink arebehaving normally, according to a survey published today. A third of youngsters questioned by researchers said theybelieved five or more glasses of wine in one night was normal foradults. More than a quarter of ...
Ex-Lib Dem head expelled in strife-hit council
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE political strife surrounding Doncaster's elected mayor hastaken another twist after Patrick Wilson, the former leader of theLiberal Democrat group, was expelled from his party after acceptinga post in Martin Winter's new cabinet. It follows the removal of Mayor Winter from the ...
Parents who allow children to binge-drink face court threat
Jun 02, 2008 ... Parents who allow their children to drink alcohol in public facebeing prosecuted in a new drive by Ministers to get a grip ondrunken youths marauding in the streets. Youngsters who refuse to stop will also be criminalised andpolice will be given new powers to take booze away from ...
British stiff upper lip not such a bad idea, US study suggests
Jun 02, 2008 ... It is as British as cream tea, bulldogs and double-deck buses. But despite getting us through two world wars, the British stiffupper lip has recently begun to waver under constant bombardmentfrom American-style psychotherapy. But new evidence suggests that Britons might have ...
Eco-town campaign asks MP to accept one scheme 'dead'
Jun 02, 2008 ... Villagers campaigning to stop an eco-town being built on theirdoorstep yesterday asked their MP to finally accept the proposalswere dead and buried. John and Mary McCartney, who represent Eggborough on SelbyCouncil, said that they were close to winning their campaign to stopthe ...
Lifeboat involved in historic rescue returns to harbour after restoration
Jun 02, 2008 ... A LIFEBOAT involved in one of the most significant rescues in thehistory of the RNLI is seaworthy again and about to be rowed fromNewcastle to Whitby after being saved from dereliction. The William Riley of Leamington and Birmingham was built inLondon in 1909 at a cost of Pounds ...
Ministers 'must listen over planning quango'
Jun 02, 2008 ... The Government needs to listen to the public and not impose anexpensive new closed-shop quango to judge controversial planningapplications, a leading campaign group will say today. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) will call upon theGovernment to listen to the "serious ...
Life far too easy for pupils, says academic
Jun 02, 2008 ... SCHOOLCHILDREN today are mollycoddled and can lack the mentaltoughness needed to succeed according to a Yorkshire academic whobelieves that coping with stress is as important as academic abilitywhen it comes to passing exams. Peter Clough believes pupils could benefit from being ...
Police question teen over anti-gun campaigner's murder
Jun 02, 2008 ... ANTI-guns campaigner Pat Regan has been found stabbed to death ather Leeds home. Mrs Regan, the founder of the Mothers AgainstViolence Campaign, was found murdered at her home in MarlboroughGrange, Leeds at 7pm on Sunday.Police say a post-mortem is due to take place later ...
'Desperate battle' to convert terror law rebels
Jun 02, 2008 ... Ministers put on a brave face yesterday ahead of a major showdownover anti-terror legislation which could see Gordon Brown go down tohis first defeat in the House of Commons. As many as 50 Labour backbenchers are thought ready to revolt -easily enough to wipe out the Prime ...
Doubt cast on leadership qualities
Jun 02, 2008 ... Lord Levy believes Gordon Brown does not have the ability to"sell himself or project himself". The former music mogul turned Labour Party fundraiser-in-chiefyesterday undermined Mr Brown's premiership once again, this time infront of an audience at the Hay Literary festival in ...
No new Labour leader without poll, says Straw
Jun 02, 2008 ... A senior Cabinet Minister admitted yesterday it would be "unconstitutional" for Labour to foist another Prime Ministeron the country without a General Election. Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor Jack Straw suggested Labourwould be forced to go to the country should Gordon ...
Boy in court charged with Amar's murder
Jun 02, 2008 ... A 16-year-old boy was remanded in custody today charged with themurder of teenager Amar Aslam. The boy appeared at Dewsbury Magistrates' Court accused ofmurdering 17-year-old Amar, who was found dead in Crow Nest Park, inDewsbury, West Yorkshire, on May 25. The teenager also ...
Floods risk as downpour forecast for Yorkshire
Jun 02, 2008 ... Yorkshire was bracing itself for torrential rain tonight - withforecasters warning of a delugue on the scale of last year's floods. The Met Office have issued an early warning of heavy rain andpossibly some thunderstorms for this evening and overnight in SouthYorkshire and the ...
Grimsby boy, 5, recovering after dog attack
Jun 02, 2008 ... A FIVE-year-old boy is recovering from surgery to his face afterhe was attacked by a dog in the street. Police said the schoolboy was bitten above his top lip and on hisnose during the attack in Wells Street in Grimsby, north eastLincolnshire. He was taken to Diana Princess ...
Ripper attacker too ill to stand trial for killing mother
Jun 02, 2008 ... A paranoid schizophrenic accused of attacking Yorkshire RipperPeter Sutcliffe in Broadmoor hospital is too ill to stand trial forthe killing of his mother, the Old Bailey heard today. Patrick Sureda, 41, leapt at Sutcliffe, 61, in the dining hall ofthe top security hospital last ...
Murder accused Briton arrives at court
Jun 02, 2008 ... Briton Neil Entwistle arrived at court today charged withmurdering the American wife he met at York University, and theirbaby daughter. The first few days of the hearing are expected to be taken upwith legal arguments and jury selection. Entwistle, a 29-year-old former IT ...
Vodafone continues to ring up the right numbers despite changeover
Jun 02, 2008 ... Sunday Telegraph The announcement of Arun Sarin's departure as Vodafone boss camealongside a 10 per cent jump in underlying earnings to Pounds 13.2bn- higher than the City had forecast - and an 11 per cent increase inthe dividend. Mr Sarin has increased Vodafone's customer ...
Tesco 'in Pounds 1bn deal to buy RBS out of finance venture'
Jun 02, 2008 ... Supermarket Tesco was yesterday being linked to a Pounds 1bn dealto buy out Royal Bank of Scotland's share of their Tesco PersonalFinance joint venture. RBS, which is also considering the sale of its Churchill andDirect Line insurance arm, is said to have rebuffed an approach ...
HLW seals milestone McCombie merger
Jun 02, 2008 ... A LAW firm headed by a former Olympic athlete has today completeda merger which will enhance its service to small firms. The Leeds office of HLW Commercial Lawyers has sealed anothermilestone in its expansion by merging with McCombie & Co. McCombie & Co was founded in 1994 by ...
A third of staff stressed by the office
Jun 02, 2008 ... One in three office staff believe their working environment ismaking them feel stressed, a new report today says. A survey of 1,000 workers by law firm Eversheds showed manycomplained about a lack of natural light and the state of officeequipment, complaining of a negative impact ...
Manufacturers defy gloom with healthy growth rates
Jun 02, 2008 ... Manufacturing firms are continuing to defy the current economicgloom by reporting their 10th consecutive quarter of healthy growth,according to new research. The Engineering Employers Federation said an increase in domesticorders had boosted companies, while exports were also ...
Another blow at the top for struggling lender
Jun 02, 2008 ... BRADFORD & Bingley yesterday revealed that its chief executivehad resigned due to ill-health, less than a month after it surprisedshareholders by tapping them for more cash. The buy-to-let lender, which is in the process of raising Pounds300m from shareholders, confirmed that ...
Filtronic shares rise on bid speculation
Jun 02, 2008 ... Shares in Shipley-based wireless electronics group Filtronicleapt by more than 30 per cent after US private equity firm Carlyleconfirmed it was considering making an offer. Carlyle said in a statement: "The Carlyle Group notes the recentmovement in Filtronic share price. Carlyle ...
Bank shares dive amid Bradford and Bingley worries
Jun 02, 2008 ... Halifax Bank of Scotland led a sharp decline for blue-chip sharestoday as investors reacted to the latest blow to confidence in thebanking sector. Shares in HBOS fell by as much as 14%, while rival Alliance &Leicester declined 9% and Barclays and Lloyds TSB both shed morethan ...
Willett earns credit and banks Pounds 4,347 for initial showing
Jun 02, 2008 ... DROPPING from No 1 in the world to 790th could be enough tosignal the end of any sportsman's career. But for 20-year-old Danny Willett it represents the start of hislife in professional golf as he sets about clambering up the worldrankings and matching the heights he reached in ...
Roses latest: Yorkhire held to a draw
Jun 02, 2008 ... YORKSHIRE have been held to a draw in the County Championshipmatch against Roses rivals Lancashire at Headingley Carnegie. Pakistan star Mohammad Yousuf ended his brief stint in countycricket by cashing in with an undefeated double century. Sunday's wash-out effectively ruined ...
Severn Trent back in dock over false leakage reports
Jun 02, 2008 ... WATER company Severn Trent is facing its second multi-millionpound fine in less than two months after a Serious Fraud Officeprobe into false leakage data given to industry regulator Ofwat. The Birmingham-based company - which serves a population of morethan eight million people ...
Huddersfield Giants sack Sharp
Jun 02, 2008 ... STRUGGLING Super League club Huddersfield Giants have sacked headcoach Jon Sharp. The Giants became the third club to part with their managerinside a fortnight following the dismissals of Peter Sharp at HullFC and Paul Cullen at Warrington. Huddersfield sit third bottom in ...
Bill Bridge: Many clubs living well beyond their means
Jun 02, 2008 ... WITH the last kick in anger of the English football season comingin Port of Spain, Trinidad, in the opening minutes of this morningand there being no domestic participation in the forthcomingEuropean Championship, this might be an opportune moment to take alook at the national game ....
England opt for continuity in final Test
Jun 02, 2008 ... TIME was when England's selectors chopped and changed on a whim;now it is anyone's guess what a player must do to be dropped from -or break into - the Test side. In announcing an unchanged squad for Thursday's third and finalTest against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, England's new ...
In the fast lane
Jun 02, 2008 ... THERE was a time when a new 100 metres world record was hailed asan extraordinary feat of athletic endeavour that defined sportinggreatness and invincibility. Now the reputation of this once great corinthian sport is sodiminished that Usain Bolt's triumph will have passed most ...
Bernard Dineen: Pity the poor children in these tragic cases
Jun 02, 2008 ... NONE of us is likely to forget Victoria Climbie, the little girltortured and neglected by her great-aunt, along with the woman'slover.The mother has been holding forth about the need for socialworkers and others to work together to protect children, afterarriving here from ...
First class chaos
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE planned closure of hundreds of post offices provides tangibleevidence of the scale of this Government's ineptitude - and itsabiding failure to protect local services. When New Labour was in opposition, it relentlessly attacked Toryplans to close individual branches. It claimed ...
Defiant to the last, Prescott sets the record straight
Jun 02, 2008 ... LIKE him or loathe him, there have been few more colourfulcharacters in British politics over the past decade than JohnPrescott. Not everyone gets drenched with water by pop group Chumbawumba,throws a punch at egg-wielding members of the public, has an affairwith their diary ...
The battle goes on for the Velcade Three
Jun 02, 2008 ... Three Yorkshire women fighting against blood cancer arecampaigning to make a vital life-prolonging drug available to allpatients who need it.THE case of David Tetlow, a cancer patient denied a vital drugthat could give him a few more precious years of life, sparked awave of ...
Drinking in last chance saloon
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE now widely-held belief that this Government is drinking inthe last chance saloon will be reinforced by the impractical natureof its latest offensive on binge drinking. Gordon Brown is mistaken if he believes the prospect of another raft of criminal justice legislation ...
Rival venues slowly begin to threaten long-term outlook
Jun 02, 2008 ... NO one in their right mind would deem it satisfactory thatcricket and rugby were played simultaneously at Headingley onSaturday. While day two of Yorkshire's County Championship match againstLancashire proceeded on the cricket field, some 10,000 cheered LeedsRhinos to victory ...
Harmison gives timely reminder to England
Jun 02, 2008 ... LV County Chapionship A HAT-TRICK from Steve Harmison helped Durham to a seven-wicketvictory over Sussex in the LV County Championship Division One. Acting-captain Matt Prior produced a sparkling unbeaten 133, butSussex were bowled out for 212 with Harmison taking four wickets ...