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[] | 2016-08-26T16:49:20 | null | 2016-08-26T16:55:32 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ffinal-bhs-stores-to-close-this-weekend-1-8091616.json | http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/mastheads/NLYP-masthead-share-img.png | en | null | Final BHS stores to close this weekend | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | The last remaning BHS stores are set to close this weekend, with the doomed retailer set to disappear from the high street entirely by Sunday.
Administrators to the department store chain are set to shut 22 stores on Sunday - including the last remaining Yorkshire stores in Doncaster and York - bringing an end to 88 years of British retail history.
Duff & Phelps and FRP Advisory have already overseen 141 closures over recent weeks, including BHS’s flagship Oxford Street store in London’s West End.
The department store’s collapse in April has affected 11,000 jobs, 22,000 pensions, sparked a lengthy parliamentary inquiry and left its high-profile former owners potentially facing a criminal investigation.
Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green has borne the brunt of the public fallout, having been branded the “unacceptable face of capitalism” by furious MPs.
Sir Philip has come under fire for taking more than £400 million in dividends from the chain, leaving it with a £571 million pension deficit and for selling it to a man with no retail experience.
John Hannett, general secretary of the shopworkers’ union Usdaw, said: “Wherever the blame lies for the demise of this once great British retailer, it certainly is not with the staff who are paying a high price for corporate decisions that have led us to where we are today.
“There remains some very serious questions that need to be answered, by former owners of the business, about how a company with decades of history and experience in retail has now come to this very sorry end.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/final-bhs-stores-to-close-this-weekend-1-8091616 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/8103b798f848a37deae69a45b904505dcca2672fc46cfe672162359c1ab2dbce.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T06:50:41 | null | 2016-08-27T06:06:40 | Visit now for the latest Huddersfield Town AFC football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fhuddersfield-town%2Fhuddersfield-town-v-wolves-tareiq-holmes-dennis-is-ready-for-the-challenge-of-winning-town-spot-1-8092042.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8092040.1472251448!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Huddersfield Town v Wolves: Tareiq Holmes-Dennis is ready for the challenge of winning Town spot | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can
IF there is one thing that David Wagner prizes above all else, it is footballers who are prepared to step out of their comfort zone.
Thankfully, since his Huddersfield Town players started out their seasonal exploration on a bonding trip to a remote island in Sweden in June, there has been an abundance of evidence that the club’s class of 2016-17 are fortified with reservoirs of resolve to do just that.
Tareiq Holmes-Dennis pictured in his new surroundings at Huddersfield Towns Canalside training site (Picture: Huddersfield Town AFC).
It has been shown almost on a weekly basis of late, given Town’s character-laden start to the campaign.
Wagner can rest assured that his latest addition, in the shape of Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, also appears to be made of the right stuff in the mentality stakes.
The 20-year-old was not present during Town’s summer trip to Scandinavia, when players were forced to collectively problem-solve to provide themselves with essentials such as food, water, shelter and fire, with all traditional creature comforts banned.
But at an early juncture of his career, no one can accuse him of having taken the easy route.
It explains why the Londoner had no second thoughts when it came to agreeing to loan moves many miles away from home at Plymouth Argyle and Oldham Athletic – fully embracing those challenges to enhance further his career, which has now taken him to Huddersfield.
Taking the right choices has always been key to Holmes-Dennis, who appeared on a life documentary video on You Tube last year where he spoke about the importance of making sacrifices to pursue your cherished dream.
It was footage that Wagner would have valued, there being a pretty good chance that Town’s meticulous head coach has seen it.
Bromley-raised Holmes-Dennis, who joined Town earlier this week from Charlton, the club he watched as a child and joined at the age of eight, said: “Living away from home is a good test and you get used to it, while I also have some family in Huddersfield, which is a bonus.
“But being in different parts of the country is a good mental challenge.
“It has been a tough journey for me. But going out on loan at 18, I learned a lot and needed that to get some men’s football as early as possible and step out of the youth-team game.
“That benefited me a lot and I learned a lot about myself as a person and a player.
“It is about going in and just being yourself. When I have been on loan, sometimes you think it might be difficult to fit in. But you just have to be humble and that makes it easy to get on with people.
“Football careers are not very long. You get 15 years – some maybe a bit longer – so you need to do as much as you can and work as hard as you can to get the most out of the time when you are playing.
“You have to show dedication. It makes it easier in your thinking going forward to get to certain places if you work hard. So it was not hard coming to Huddersfield.
“My parents and grandparents have all helped me massively going forward and, without them, I don’t think I would be as far as where I am. They are excited for me with this move, especially my mum.
“We have a tight relationship and it will be hard for her knowing I am living up here permanently. But she will come up.”
While family provided wise counsel when it came to Holmes-Dennis’s decision to head up north, he admits that some persuasive words from Town’s loanee from Chelsea, Kasey Palmer, whom he knows well, also helped tip the scales when making his decision.
The footballing ethos of Wagner and Huddersfield was also a selling point, their eye-catching early-season form not lost upon Holmes-Dennis.
He continued: “After a game on the weekend, I always go on the app and look at all the results and saw Huddersfield were doing well.
“It is a club going in the right direction and they play the right style of play and I feel they are suited to me.
“Kasey also told me that it is a good club and that he enjoys it here and that the lads are a good bunch in the changing room and that there is a good vibe around the place and training is good.
“That influenced me as well.”
After settling into his new surroundings, the next step for Holmes-Dennis is to try to break into the first team, which will not be easy necessarily, with Chris Lowe quickly emerging as a crowd favourite following his move from Kaiserslautern in the close-season.
Not that Holmes-Dennis is cowed by the challenge, which he feels can bring the best out of both players – comments that will have head coach Wagner nodding his head in agreement.
For his part, Wagner is unequivocal about the fact that his new signing has come in to instantly battle with Lowe for the left-back berth following Jason Davidson’s loan exit to Dutch outfit FC Groningen.
Holmes-Dennis, who has signed a three-year deal with the option of a fourth at the John Smith’s Stadium, said: “I am just looking to work as hard as I can and get in the team as soon as possible.
“He (Lowe) is a good player and it will be good competition and it will push me to do the best I can and the best he can.
“The manager has just said, ‘be patient’ and when I do get a chance, take it.
“But it is a long season and I am on a long contract and I have to do what I can to get into the team.
“It will be a good test and challenge.
“I played some Championship games last season and really enjoyed it.
“It will be nice to get as many games as I can, improve as a player and challenge myself.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/huddersfield-town/huddersfield-town-v-wolves-tareiq-holmes-dennis-is-ready-for-the-challenge-of-winning-town-spot-1-8092042 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/647a63f69615b0fdb7ca4fd9a6136dde4eb941d7743604c565eedccf458dbc5f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T18:50:34 | null | 2016-08-26T19:20:25 | Visit now for the latest Hull FC rugby league news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fhull-fc%2Fhull-fc-v-warrington-wolves-joe-westerman-sleeps-well-after-all-clear-1-8091814.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091813.1472235608!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Hull FC v Warrington Wolves: Joe Westerman sleeps well after all-clear | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Joe Westerman will be aiming to complete some unfinished business after getting the all-clear to play in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Challenge Cup final.
The Castleford-born loose forward was in the Hull team that lost 16-0 to Wigan at Wembley in 2013 and so will be aiming to make amends with his new club Warrington at the expense of his old team-mates.
However, Westerman was forced to endure an anxious few days after an ankle injury sustained in the Wolves’ 14-11 Super League win over Castleford last Saturday threatened to wreck his ever-present record with Tony Smith’s men.
“It was horrible,” Westerman said pitchside following Warrington’s final training session at Wembley yesterday afternoon. “My head was in bits all weekend, I didn’t sleep much.
“But I had a fitness test (Thursday) and it was fine. I’d not done much all week, just to make sure I’d be able to run on Thursday.
“There is no better feeling than to get through the session and feel good.
“Thursday night was the best sleep I’ve had in a week. I slept like a baby knowing I’m fine to play.
“The next little bit is to finish the dream and win it.
“Losing three years ago was terrible and the Hull lads will be feeling the same. As a group we’re confident.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc/hull-fc-v-warrington-wolves-joe-westerman-sleeps-well-after-all-clear-1-8091814 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/8a59241830b83e3cf6800fef02ecb1d6740fcc0f60959b081c7c4c245a99a48e.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:14:31 | null | 2016-08-26T00:05:26 | Visit now for the latest Rotherham United football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Frotherham-united%2Frotherham-united-boss-alan-stubbs-braced-for-deadline-pandemonium-1-8089856.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089855.1472163694!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Rotherham United boss Alan Stubbs braced for deadline ‘pandemonium’ | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | ROTHERHAM UNITED manager Alan Stubbs has acknowledged that the Millers’ start to the season has been a slow-burner, but is confident that substantive improvement will follow.
The Millers have picked up just one win in their opening four league matches, with a plethora of new signings – seven of whom have arrived this month – taking time to integrate.
All told, the club have brought in 11 players so far this close season and are seeking to top off a hectic spell of recruitment with the addition of a new striker before Wednesday’s deadline.
Stubbs remains confident that his squad will gel in the weeks ahead, with some short-term pain likely to be offset by a longer-term dividend.
He said: “In terms of our improvement, I think that will happen as the season goes on.
“It is not going to happen over the next week; I think it has to be a gradual thing. We have had a tough start.
“There are signs, but we are not the finished article yet. When you have made the amount of signings we have, it was always going to take a little bit of time for players to gel and settle in.
“But I am quite pleased to a certain extent that we have already managed to get our first win as it took us a little bit longer last year.”
Stubbs admits he is bracing himself for what he expects to be “pandemonium” ahead of Wednesday night with the Millers’ chief envisaging a frenetic spate of activity across the country.
With the vast bulk of his business done, Stubbs’s sights on the incoming front revolve around landing another forward and he is “very hopeful” of concluding a deal – although it will not be rumoured target Adam Armstrong.
He said: “Managers will focus on Saturday’s games and then it will be pandemonium for four days.
“(But) I am very hopeful of having a new striker in by Wednesday night.
“It has to be the right person. When you are spending money, you want the player to blend in with what we are trying to instil here.
“He has to be the right age, it has to be a player who has potential, it has to be a player who has value.
“I am hopeful we will get a striker across the line who fits that criteria.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/rotherham-united/rotherham-united-boss-alan-stubbs-braced-for-deadline-pandemonium-1-8089856 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/964dd90522d8791d777391d30884bf2144e4f0197731228c880daefee7ff2891.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:52:15 | null | 2016-08-30T20:23:05 | Visit now for the latest Middlesbrough FC football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fmiddlesbrough-fc%2Fmiddlesbrough-win-race-to-sign-arsenal-defender-calum-chambers-1-8096832.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096831.1472584964!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Middlesbrough win race to sign Arsenal defender Calum Chambers | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Middlesbrough have confirmed the signing of Calum Chambers from Arsenal on a season-long loan.
The promising defender, 21, becomes the latest addition to Aitor Karanka’s squad having been dropped following Arsenal’s 4-3 defeat by Liverpool in their opening fixture of the season.
Spaniard Karanka built his reputation as a central defender, and he told their official club website: “I’m really pleased.
“It’s a position where we’ve been working towards bringing the right player in.
“We haven’t been in a hurry because Calum was the player we were waiting for, and he’s going to help us a lot.
“I’d like to say ‘Thank you’ to him because we know he had another offer, but he wanted to come here. That’s important and we’re looking forward to working with him.”
Chambers, who joined Arsenal from Southampton for £16million in 2014, said: “(I’m) excited about the season ahead and can’t wait to get going.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough-fc/middlesbrough-win-race-to-sign-arsenal-defender-calum-chambers-1-8096832 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/c619652d0273928cab62c498a1e02e02de26bff48257815a1ed12279aefd5793.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:51:40 | null | 2016-08-29T09:01:30 | Visit now for the latest Yorkshire cricket news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fyorkshire%2Fjason-gillespie-to-stand-down-as-yorkshire-ccc-coach-at-end-of-2016-season-1-8093941.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093938.1472457699!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Jason Gillespie to stand down as Yorkshire CCC coach at end of 2016 season | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | JASON GILLESPIE has resigned as Yorkshire’s first team coach.
The former Australia fast bowler is to leave the club at the end of the season.
Jason Gillespie with Martyn Moxon at Headingley back in 2012.
The news is a body blow to the county champions, whom Gillespie has led to back-to-back Championships.
READ/WATCH MORE - Timeline and slideshow of Jason Gillespie’s time at Yorkshire
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However, it is not entirely unexpected, with Gillespie’s wife and four children having recently returned to Australia, and with his future having been a regular source of speculation.
Martyn Moxon will not begin the search for a new head coach until the end of the current season Yorkshire CCC statement
Gillespie has been linked with a number of international coaching jobs during his five seasons in charge, and he already doubles up as coach of the Big Bash franchise Adelaide Strikers.
Yorkshire had hoped that he would stay for at least another year, but after the club lost to Surrey in the Royal London Cup semi-final yesterday, Gillespie communicated his decision to the Yorkshire board.
Yorkshire say they will start the search for a new head coach at the end of the season, who will work under director of cricket Martyn Moxon.
In a statement issued today, the club said: “Yorkshire County Cricket Club can confirm that Jason Gillespie will leave his position as head coach at the end of the 2016 season.
Yorkshire's head coach, Jason Gillespie, pictured with Jonny Bairstow during Sunday's Royal London Cup semi-final defeat at Headingley. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA.
“The club would like to place on record its thanks to Jason, who led Yorkshire from the Second Division to consecutive Championship titles, along the way suffering just five defeats in 76 Championship fixtures since his appointment in November 2011.
“His wife Anna and their four children have recently returned to Australia and, with the 41-year-old’s existing commitments to coaching the Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s Big Bash, Jason feels the close season is an appropriate time to part company.
“Martyn Moxon will not begin the search for a new head coach until the end of the current season, and the club will provide further updates when the time is appropriate.”
Gillespie has the chance to go out on a high, with the club well-placed to secure a hat-trick of Championships.
Yorkshire go into Wednesday’s match against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl in second place in Division One, five points behind leaders Middlesex with four games to play. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/yorkshire/jason-gillespie-to-stand-down-as-yorkshire-ccc-coach-at-end-of-2016-season-1-8093941 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/80b026bfe9fbcdcf81066b5445a558c11a542399ef8d523abdd43f00fcf7b80e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:20 | null | 2016-08-26T00:56:30 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fkirstie-donnelly-go-for-gold-on-careers-to-halt-region-s-brain-drain-1-8089350.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089346.1472140617!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Kirstie Donnelly: Go for gold on careers to halt region’s ‘brain drain’ | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THIS has been a real summer of success. Coming second in the Olympic medal table, behind only the US (despite having a far smaller population), has certainly put a smile on my face, and possibly yours too.
Post-Olympics, one thing that’s been doing the rounds this week has been a table comparing how Britain’s regions did. Apparently, had they all been competing as autonomous teams, Yorkshire would have come home in 17th place on the medal table.
We love to compare and compete around Britain, whether it’s to say we have the best schools, the tastiest tea shop (Bettys obviously), the best musicians, writers or artists, or the most beautiful scenery.
But one ‘league table’ I think we need to spend more time looking at is around career opportunity. In research that we published this week following a nationwide survey of more than 3,200 14-19 year olds, we found that, depending on where they live, Britain’s young people are not getting the same advantages when choosing a career.
Yorkshire and the Humber wasn’t at the bottom of the table but, to use an Olympic term, it isn’t ‘podiuming’ either.
Teens from this area are aware of less than one in five of the potential jobs available to them in the UK, meaning they are failing to consider a large number of high-skilled and well-paid jobs but over-selecting jobs in sectors that simply won’t have the vacancies when they leave education, such as doctors and software programmers.
Meanwhile, only 14 per cent of young people are likely to find out about their future career from a careers advisor.
Perhaps it’s unsurprising then that so many of Yorkshire’s best and brightest are upping sticks and leaving. A Policy Exchange report from 2014 found that up to 55 per cent of graduates from the UK’s largest universities decide to leave Yorkshire and the Humber in a bid to further their careers.
This was backed up in our research, which found that, of six cities surveyed, young people from Leeds were least likely to want to live in the city in which they grew up in the future.
There’s nothing wrong of course with people wanting to move around and experience new places, but ‘brain drain’ is a real threat to Yorkshire. These are talented young people, who could contribute significantly to the success of local employers. Yet their expectation is that they have a better chance at a good career if they move elsewhere.
But the fact is that’s not necessarily the case. Overall, jobs growth might be expected to be higher in the south and in London, but that’s not to say Yorkshire isn’t going to see new and good jobs emerge in the coming years, especially if the Northern Powerhouse agenda is delivered.
We know from our research that a fantastic range of career opportunities are available to young people, from nursing to sales. The problem is that young people just don’t know about these roles (or simply aren’t considering them).
It’s a cliché to say knowledge is power, but it’s true. Watching the Olympics, I am always struck by the number of obscure sports that people are involved in; in order to know you’ll be good as a pole-vaulter, you have to be aware of pole-vaulting as a sport in the first place.
Yorkshire’s teens need to be given relevant and timely information underpinned by labour market analysis about what jobs are forecast to be available locally, so that they know not only what they can do, but that they don’t have to relocate in order to do them.
Through the devolution agenda, the Government has promised a package of measures for the North which includes new and improved infrastructure, increased funding for the development of regional industries and more autonomy over local decision-making.
However, without the young skilled workforce on board, this investment could ultimately fall short of its aim.
That’s why we at City & Guilds think it is more important than ever to level the playing field in terms of careers advice by providing a nationwide programme that incorporates access to employers and local and national jobs market information, so that young people know that they are training for jobs that will actually exist. Yorkshire’s teens deserve the same life chances as those born a few hundred miles away.
Like our Olympic success, we don’t expect this problem to be resolved overnight. It might seem like a distant memory now, but 20 years ago we returned home with only one gold medal from the Atlanta Olympic Games.
Getting from then to now – 47 gold medals and Team GB’s best result since 1908 – has not been easy. Obviously, it’s mostly down to the athletes’ abilities and commitment, but this has been backed up by a considerable amount of funding, but a system overhaul and a real commitment to change things for the better. It will take a similar amount of commitment and focus to get careers advice where we ultimately want it to be, so that a young person in Yorkshire has a chance of a gold medal career.
Kirstie Donnelly is managing director of City & Guilds UK. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/kirstie-donnelly-go-for-gold-on-careers-to-halt-region-s-brain-drain-1-8089350 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/305610955d4e7a6ce0fa7e9c389fa2ffe1147e9973cb43da62f920d4e0192f1c.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:52:31 | null | 2016-08-31T10:07:49 | Visit now for the latest political news, analysis and opinion - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Ftheresa-may-to-meet-cabinet-ministers-for-brexit-discussions-1-8097333.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8097331.1472634779!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Theresa May to meet cabinet ministers for Brexit discussions | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THERESA May is set to meet with her senior Cabinet ministers to discuss department-by-department Brexit action plans.
Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting is due to take place at the Prime Minister’s country retreat Chequers and working on the UK’s divorce from Brussels will be at the top of the agenda.
Mrs May has tasked her colleagues with setting out the opportunities that leaving the European Union (EU) will create in each of their portfolios.
The Cabinet will meet to discuss Brexit as it appears increasingly likely that Mrs May will not seek Parliament’s approval before formally triggering Article 50, which will kick off a two-year period of exit negotiations between the UK and the EU.
Downing Street has said MPs will be given “a say” on the process for the UK’s departure from the EU.
However, a spokesman declined several opportunities to say whether Parliament will be given a formal vote on the triggering of Article 50 when pressed by reporters on Tuesday.
Number 10 has insisted there is “no legal obligation” for Mrs May to consult Parliament before invoking the Article.
The comments leave open the possibility that negotiations could be launched without the approval of MPs being sought and Parliament could debate the issue without a formal vote taking place.
Downing Street has also confirmed that Mrs May will not hold a second referendum or an early general election to give voters the chance to sign off on any deal struck between the UK and the EU.
Mrs May is also expected to use the Cabinet meeting to compare Tory party unity with the turmoil within the Labour Party, despite reports of an ongoing feud between the ministers in charge of the main Brexit departments: Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis.
The UK’s future outside the EU will be a key issue during the Prime Minister’s first full week back at work following her summer holiday in Switzerland as she travels to the G20 summit in China at the weekend.
The summit will represent Mrs May’s first international trip outside Europe as Prime Minister and she is expected to use it to highlight post-Brexit opportunities to other world leaders.
The Cabinet meeting at Chequers has prompted the SNP to accuse the Government of showing “breathtaking complacency”.
The party’s European affairs spokesman Stephen Gethins said: “It is over two months since the result of the Brexit referendum and ministers are only now being asked to come up with their ideas about how it might work at a ‘country house away day’.
“This is breathtaking complacency from a government that got us all into this mess in the first place.”
Anna Soubry, a former business minister and a prominent campaigner to stay in in the EU, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: “It is for the Brexiteers - the British people now have voted for us to leave the European Union, these are the people who now have to deliver on it.
“So the three Brexiteers - David Davis, Liam Fox, Boris Johnson - they are the ones who have to show us what progress they have made, what Brexit is beginning to look like, what successes or failures or difficulties they have had.
“It is for the Brexiteers now to deliver for the British people because they have spoken, we are going to leave the European Union, we now need to know what that looks like.”
Ms Soubry also called for Britain to keep its access to the single market and the free movement of people.
She said: “For me, the priorities are first of all access to the single market. It is absolutely critical for British business, and that means for the benefit of people across the United Kingdom, that our country still has access to that single market.
“Particularly important, obviously, for the financial services industry and I’m particularly concerned for our automotive industry which has flourished in our country - we should be hugely proud of it - and they want certainty on tariffs.
“Access to the single market, free of tariffs, free of custom duties. The ability to do what we do now very well, which is to trade without barriers - that, I believe, should continue.
“I am concerned though about any plans to curb immigration.”
Ms Soubry added: “I believe in the free movement of labour from the EU. It has benefited our country, especially business.”
But former chancellor Lord Lawson told the programme: “The British people voted clearly to leave the European Union.
“And they voted in part, but an important part, to abandon, to get away from, the doctrine of the free movement of people.”
He said this has to be implemented, and it is not the job of the Brexiteers alone but “the responsibility of the Government” as a whole.
He said Britain should not “waste time trying to negotiate elaborately” a special trade deal with the EU and that Article 50 should be triggered as quickly as possible.
He added: “Afterall, a long period of uncertainty is bad for the economy, bad for British business, and therefore the sooner this is sorted out the better.”
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"Martin Lewis"
] | 2016-08-27T06:49:53 | null | 2016-08-27T06:00:00 | Visit now for the latest business news and features - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fbusiness%2Fmartin-lewis-vodafone-customers-hit-by-billing-errors-1-8091368.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091367.1472222805!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Martin Lewis: Vodafone customers hit by billing errors | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Every one of Vodafone’s 20 million UK mobile customers needs to spend five minutes reading this. There’s a chance you have overpaid by hundreds of pounds, and at the extreme may even have had your credit score hurt. As this email I got from Anna shows, it could be lucrative…
“Thank you for encouraging Vodafone customers to check their bills. I noticed I was overcharged £330. After contacting it, I’m going to be credited with £575 as it found I was overcharged more than once.”
What’s the problem?
Last year Vodafone moved to a new billing platform, and thousands have reported problems, including direct debits incorrectly set up, people being put on the wrong tariff and credit agencies wrongly being told that customers have missed payments. After investigating, my team found this was mirrored by stats from official channels too:
Ofcom data shows it’s had more than three times as many complaints about Vodafone than any other network and pay-monthly complaints about it doubled over 2015.
When I launched this campaign in June the Communications Ombudsman warned it had seen an increasing number of complaints over the last nine months.
And, indeed, Vodafone itself admits problems, saying: “We would like to apologise to any customers who have been affected by our recent customer service issues … many of the recent issues relate to the move of our legacy billing and services platforms into one state-of-the-art system”. Yes, you did read that right, it is saying, ahem, ‘state-of-the-art system’.
This isn’t the first time I’ve come across near systemic billing errors. Most often in the past they’ve been by energy firms such as Npower, Scottish Power and Co-op. And, when it does happen, the most important thing to do is to check your bills and bank statements.
How to check if you’re affected. Check your Vodafone bill ASAP.
The common problems are: a) Being put on a different tariff to the one you asked for and b) Being charged double or triple what you should have been.
Like Anna who Facebooked me: “I was overcharged every month for four months and had to call four times each time to get it sorted. Will be leaving them when I can!”
Even if your bill is correct, check your bank statements too. The common problems here are: a) Direct debits being incorrectly set up, with customers then chased for late payment and b) Payments being taken after you’ve cancelled.
Mary emailed me saying: “I cancelled my Vodafone contract in 2015, but they’ve now sent debt collectors saying I owe money as I didn’t cancel properly. Please advise, I am a pensioner. I know I cancelled it.”
Plus if you’ve cancelled your account with Vodafone, check you’re not still paying, even if you received confirmation of the cancellation.
Found a problem...Check your credit score too.
Unfortunately, on the back of problems some people have found credit reference agencies have been told they’ve missed payments. This can have a massive impact if you’re applying for a mortgage or credit card in future. So if one of the errors above have happened to you, it’s worth checking your credit reference files. For how, see www.mse.me/creditscore.
What to do if there’s a problem.
1)Work out what redress you want. This isn’t about compensation. The most important thing is to be put back into the position that you would have been in had the issues not happened. That should mean a refund of any overcharges and any expenses directly incurred as a result, eg, bank charges resulting from a fault.
If your credit score’s been affected, the most important thing is to ask Vodafone to delete its entry on your credit file. If it won’t, you can go to the Financial Ombudsman. You can also add a ‘notice of correction’, so lenders can see what the issue was, explaining that it wasn’t your fault. But whatever you do, don’t be tempted to cancel your direct debit, as you could end up getting valid marks on your credit file for payments you do owe Vodafone – and those can’t be amended.
2)Contact Vodafone immediately. Once you know what you want, hopefully the issue can be sorted quickly. You can call it for free from your Vodafone mobile on 191, or call 0333 304 0191. Or use its online chat (www.vodafone.co.uk/vodafone-uk/forms/complaints). That way, you can save a transcript of what’s been sent for evidence should you need it. Alternatively, fill out its web form at www.vodafone.co.uk/contact-form/index.
3)If that doesn’t work, there’s a free online tool to lodge a formal complaint. To make a formal complaint, go via www.mse.me/vodafonewarning, where working with complaint system Resolver there’s a special tool to automate the complaint. As TateyW tweeted me: “@martinslewis After several phone calls and webchats with no success, got £80 back from Vodafone after using Resolver.”
4)If that still doesn’t work, or it’s been more than eight weeks, escalate your complaint to the Communications Ombudsman. It’s an independent and free scheme that covers most telecoms firms, and around 60 per cent of complaints about Vodafone escalated to it in the nine months up to June were upheld (the automated system above does this for you).
If the Ombudsman upholds your complaint, Vodafone will have 28 days to comply with its decision. If it rejects you, your last option is to go to court, though remember the Ombudsman probably sided with Vodafone for good reason.
Do tweet me at @martinslewis to let me know how you do. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/martin-lewis-vodafone-customers-hit-by-billing-errors-1-8091368 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/d887100985002f4d00cfbd164db92027225d98f95478f4082421c63887e1d7a0.json |
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"Robert Gledhill"
] | 2016-08-29T06:51:49 | null | 2016-08-29T06:10:21 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fhuddersfield-town-1-wolves-0-david-wagner-s-town-are-aiming-to-turn-back-the-clock-1-8093667.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093666.1472416213!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Huddersfield Town 1 Wolves 0: David Wagner’s Town are aiming to turn back the clock | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | JIMMY GLAZZARD scored six goals in the opening five games of the season 64 years ago and Huddersfield went on to clinch promotion from the old Second Division.
They won four and drew the other and it is a record matched by Town’s current vintage, who are top of the Championship for the first time since Steve Bruce was in charge shortly before the turn of the Millennium.
Town had to show plenty of resilience against a Wolves side who arrived unbeaten under former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga but, as in the previous home match against Barnsley, they finished strongly to claim the win after being put under the cosh in the second half.
No one was more delighted than match-winner Rajiv Van La Parra, whose relationship with the Wolves fans was somewhat fractious before he joined Town on loan last season ahead of completing a £750,000 move.
He was baited throughout by the almost 2,000-strong Wolves contingent so it was no surprise when he cupped his hand to his ear in their direction after netting what proved to be the early winner.
The Dutch winger emerged to say of his sixth-minute strike: “I saw Nahki (Wells) going through and having a shot, which I thought was going in. I was almost celebrating, but then I saw the ball come off the post so I ran in, hit it with my left and I think it went in off the hand of the defender.”
Of his gesture, he added: “It came in the heat of the moment – it was emotional. It was really special for me with it being my first goal for Huddersfield Town rather than scoring against Wolves. The only thing that had been missing since I came here was a goal.”
Van La Parra always analyses his performances on video and is his own worst critic, but not on this occasion.
“Sometimes you have to enjoy what you have done on the pitch. I am often really hard on myself but sometimes you have to enjoy the moment,” he said.
“It was not difficult to play against them. Wolverhampton gave me the chance to play in England so I am thankful for that. I only look back on the good moments at Wolves. I think they will do well this season.”
His goal capped an intense first-half performance from Town as their tempo starved Wolves of possession for much of the opening 40 minutes – head coach German David Wagner hailing it as the best half they had played under him.
Wolves posted notice of intent when Joe Mason netted in the 45th minute only to be flagged offside and they tore into Town after the break.
It was easy to see why Wagner immediately raced off and jumped into the arms of goalkeeper Danny Ward at the final whistle after the Liverpool loanee had first denied marauding full-back Matt Doherty at his near post before going down to his left to paw away a fierce close-range header from Iceland striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson from a corner.
Substitute Joao Teixeira also struck the outside of a post after being set up by Wolves’ £2m buy from Town, Conor Coady, leading Zenga to claim: “Unlucky? Yes we were because, in my opinion, we didn’t deserve to lose the game. We had clear chances to score and I don’t remember one chance for Huddersfield.
“We had one goal valid at the end of the first half, which was just on the limit. Two great saves from the ’keeper followed and one shot hit the post so we have reason to be disappointed.
“In the second half, there was only one team on the pitch. I don’t remember our ’keeper making a save in the second half or them creating a chance.”
That was true of the second period until the 80th minute when Town put on the after-burners, something they were physically unable to do last season as Wagner introduced his ‘gegenpressen’ style of play.
No wonder some Town players sat on the pitch at the final whistle after putting in an effort that was matched by the response of the fans, including Rio Games gold medal cyclist Ed Clancy, when they knew their side had their backs against the wall.
The international break has come at the right time for Town to recharge their batteries ahead of the derby at Leeds United a week on Saturday.
But now that he has two players fighting for every position, Wagner will use the time to play a friendly behind closed doors at Liverpool to keep some of his under-used players fresh.
Not that anyone feels left out, says Van La Parra. “The strength of the squad is that everyone wants to work hard,” he said. “In the pre-season we spoke a lot with each other and the manager and he said make sure there is no limit for this season.
“We can become everything we want if we work hard for one another. Now, with the results so far everyone has started believing in us.
“The manager has got all the details on the opposition right. He is really good at speaking to players and making them comfortable even if they are not playing. Everyone feels they are part of the team thanks to the manager.”
Huddersfield Town: Ward, Smith, Hudson, Schindler, Lowe; Mooy, Hogg; Palmer (Payne 57); Kachunga, Wells (Bunn 61), Van La Parra (Scannell 88). Unused substitutes: Coleman, Whitehead, Cranie, Hefele.
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Ikeme, Coady, Iorfa, Batth, Doherty; Price; Mason, Edwards (Oniangue 73), Saville (Costa 61), Wallace (Teixeira 46); Bodvarsson. Unused substitutes: Lonergan, Henry, Borthwick-Jackson, Hause.
Referee: S Martin (Staffs). | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/huddersfield-town-1-wolves-0-david-wagner-s-town-are-aiming-to-turn-back-the-clock-1-8093667 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/35b1fc46156a6d2ca9e3d4bc2d473aa30f9dcf430a17071b45143eef06afa045.json |
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"James Reed",
"Political Editor"
] | 2016-08-28T16:51:04 | null | 2016-08-28T16:32:48 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fclegg-joins-cross-party-group-backing-positive-eu-relations-1-8093366.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093365.1472398349!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Clegg joins cross-party group backing positive EU relations | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | SHEFFIELD HALLAM MP Nick Clegg is among the supporters of a new group calling for co-operation with Europe following the UK’s departure from the European Union.
Open Britain, which officially launches later this week, will not call for a second referendum but will make the case for continuing to work closely with the EU and the benefits of immigration.
The organisation has developed out of Britain Stronger in Europe, the failed official Remain campaign from this year’s referendum on EU membership.
Mr Clegg, the former deputy prime minister, has been joined by politicians from both Labour and the Conservatives in backing Open Britain.
In a joint article, Conservative Anna Soubry, Labour’s Pat McFadden and Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb called for a balanced response to concerns about immigration raised in the referendum campaign.
They said: “June 23 was a moment of change. The strength of feeling is clear. Free movement of people cannot continue as it has done. It has to be reformed.
“This was not an expression of prejudice but rather a desire for managed migration and concern that rapid immigration can put pressure on public services and local communities.
“Britain must be open to talent, but with more ability to act if excessive competition in labour markets hurts our economy.”
Writing in The Sunday Times, they added: “Calls for reform must sit with a positive argument about the benefits that immigration brings.
“If we interpret the referendum result as a vote for a more insular and less inclusive country, or one in which the only way to advance working people’s living standards is to turn our face against the world, we will have converted a defeat into a tragedy.”
Open Britain is the latest group to emerge from the fallout of the June referendum.
Leave.EU, the organisation backed by millionaire Arron Banks which campaigned in the referendum in addition to the official Vote Leave group, has continued its operations arguing it will maintain the pressure on those negotiating Britain’s exit from the EU.
Remain supporters have also launched Vote Leave Watch to hold Leave supporters to promises they made during the referendum campaign.
Open Britain will be launched on Friday. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/clegg-joins-cross-party-group-backing-positive-eu-relations-1-8093366 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/0c1a24723dc29d60cbad5e0b0c4a48af944d76f6353dd3172c154a98e14dc5c0.json |
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"Tom Richmond"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:25 | null | 2016-08-26T15:59:55 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Ftom-richmond-devolution-will-only-succeed-if-there-s-proper-public-accountability-1-8091416.json | http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/mastheads/NLYP-masthead-share-img.png | en | null | Tom Richmond: Devolution will only succeed if there’s proper public accountability | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | DON’T our politicians ever learn?
One of the primary reasons why Britain voted to leave the European Union on June 23 was because of a monumental democratic deficit, namely the amount of power wielded by unelected commissioners, bureaucrats and so on. Sovereignty, Britain decided, was sacrosanct.
Yet this is precisely what will happen locally if the Government decides to ditch the concept of metro-mayors – the leadership model where city-regions or wider areas have their own Boris Johnson or Sadiq Khan-like figure at the helm.
If this concept is jettisoned simply because civic, political and business leaders in West, North and East Yorkshire can’t agree the time of day because urban and rural areas have differing priorities, it is likely that Ministers will give greater decision-making powers to the network of combined authorities and local enterprise partnerships that have grown like Topsy in recent times.
However there is just one fundamental flaw with this approach – these are EU-like bodies where the electorate and local taxpayers have very little say about the policy agenda or the individuals tasked with championing issues like economic investment, skills and transport.
The defence by the powers-that-be is that these bodies include council leaders who are elected individuals. Yes – but that is the very point.
Take West Yorkshire by way of an example (and no more). Its combined authority is headed by Peter Box who is the longstanding leader of Wakefield Council which, to its credit, has put itself at the forefront of the region’s regeneration agenda.
Yet he is only in this position because he continues to be re-elected by voters in Wakefield’s Altofts and Whitwood ward because of his record as a local councillor over the years. In May, Coun Box was re-elected with 1,994 votes. Yet the population of West Yorkshire as a whole is 2.2 million – and counting. If combined authorities, LEPs and so on are to assume more powers because the metro-mayor concept is dead in the water, there must be a far clearer – and stronger – link between responsibility and accountability to avoid a repeat of the mistakes made by the EU.
THERE’S no finer place to watch county cricket in the world than Scarborough on a sun-kissed summer’s day – even the squawking seagulls circling above the timeless North Marine Road ground added to the atmosphere.
There was just one drawback – the A64 back to York and Leeds. Late on Wednesday, a fairly quiet time compared to weekends and bank holidays, this road – featured in two previous columns – was nose-to-tail for an age on the Malton bypass where the dual carriageway reverts back to a single lane. The same again nearer York.
If this was the south of England, the whole route would have been dualled by now. Yet, 38 years after Malton’s bypass opened, Yorkshire is stuck in the slow lane. However, if there were better transport links to the coast (it was reportedly standing room only in suffocating heat on the trains), resorts like Scarborough could welcome even more tourists – and investors. I’ve asked it before and I ask it again – who is going to take responsibility for, arguably, Yorkshire’s most important road improvement project?
IF it wasn’t for the fact that Jeremy Corbyn is in cahoots with the militant rail unions, and was economical with the truth about his seating arrangements on the ‘ram-packed’ Virgin East Coast rail service from London to York and Newcastle, I’d have a modicum of sympathy for the under-fire Labour leader.
After all, Mr Corbyn uses the railways far more frequently than the tax exile Sir Richard Branson who wasted no time putting the boot in – even though he no longer lives on these shores.
Come on Sir Richard... why don’t you spend a week’s holiday travelling Britain on the subsidised rail companies that carry your business empire’s name and see whether you think the seating and staff arrangements are acceptable – or not?
I bet Sir Richard wouldn’t tolerate having to sit in a vestibule, or using a blocked toilet or making do with a non-existent tea and coffee service – all failings I, and many others, have had to put up with since the East Coast route came under the auspices of the Virgin banner.
COUNCIL chiefs in York seem to be of the view that fewer shop signs on the pavement will make the Roman city more attractive to shoppers and tourists alike. I disagree. The main problem, talking to local residents, is the cost of clearing up after stag-dos, hen parties and inebriated racegoers as York becomes a party capital rather than a heritage city. A few A-Boards promoting independent traders appears to be the least of York’s problems.
HELP. A trip to the local Post Office left me in despair. Trying to send a parcel to Canada, I requested ‘air mail’. “Why?” said the assistant. “Because it’s going overseas,” I pointed out. “I thought Canada was in Cornwall,” came the depressing reply from behind the counter.
GEOFFREY Boycott clearly hopes his greatest fan, Theresa May, will give him the official recognition that he craves. “Send me to the House of Lords, I’ll soon wake them up. They won’t sit there nodding off when I’m there,” the retired cricketer is quoted as saying.
POOR John Inverdale – the bungling BBC broadcaster could not do right from wrong at Rio. Yet Brendan Foster seemed to escape scot-free when he said Mo Farah should become the first British athlete to be knighted after completing the long distance double at successive Olympics. He seems to have clearly forgotten middle distance runner Dame Kelly Holmes who was honoured after her two golds at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
DICKIE Bird, the legendary umpire, was in fine fettle at cricket’s iconic Welcome to Yorkshire Scarborough Festival. Joe Root, he says, is the best Yorkshire batsman since Sir Len Hutton. And Barnsley’s finest regaled all and sundry about the time he was blanked by his dinner table companion at a national sports celebration for the entirety of the whole evening. The lack of manners was too much for dear Dickie when Mr Rude got up to leave. “Who are you?” inquired the Yorkshireman, knowing full well that this graceless guest was none other than Jose Mourinho. Just a shame Dickie didn’t raise the umpire’s finger...
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"Dave Craven"
] | 2016-08-28T14:51:24 | null | 2016-08-28T15:36:59 | Visit now for the latest Hull FC rugby league news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fhull-fc%2Fvideo-welmbely-win-highlight-of-my-career-mark-minichiello-1-8093296.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093294.1472395000!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Video: Welmbely win highlight of my career - Mark Minichiello | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can
AUSTRALIAN Mark Minichiello described the Wembley win as the highlight of his career.
At 35, the second-row has vast experience having played more than 200 games in the NRL and represented Italy in the 2013 World Cup.
Hull FC players celebrate. Picture : Jonathan Gawthorpe
But nothing compared to lifting the Challenge Cup after the win over Warrington Wolves - his first trophy as a professional.
“This is the highlight of my career by far; 15 years at the top level trying to achieve something like this and it’s finally come true,” said Minichiello.
“It’s an unbelievable feeling and the supporters were unbelievable for us, too.
“They deserve to celebrate this - the first time Hull has won at Wembley - and hopefully the club can now go on and win many more.”
The former Gold Coast Titans star said he has rarely had to strive harder eke out a win as Hull did, coming back from 10-0 down on the hour to win 12-10 in searing conditions.
“It was a draining game,” he admitted.
“It was very hot out there and it felt like we had no energy the entire game.
“I don’t know whether it was the emotion of it, the speed of the game, the heat... it was all factored in.
“You just had to dig deep and get through it. It was one of the toughest games I’ve played in and I was out on my feet.
“It needed a special group of guys to get the job done.”
Read more
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[] | 2016-08-31T08:52:24 | null | 2016-08-31T09:35:33 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fchallenge-to-decision-not-to-prosecute-sir-cliff-richard-in-abuse-case-1-8097233.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8097232.1472632511!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Challenge to decision not to prosecute Sir Cliff Richard in abuse case | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THE decision not to press charges in the abuse case against Sir Cliff Richard is being reviewed.
The singer was the subject of a long-running South Yorkshire Police investigation which centred on sexual assault accusations dating between 1958 and 1983 made by four men.
Officers investigating allegations of historical sex offences were filmed searching his apartment in Berkshire in 2014, leading to him being publicly named as the subject of the probe.
The 75-year-old was never arrested or charged and his case was discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in June on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
But at the beginning of August an application under the victims’ right to review scheme was lodged by an accuser - challenging the decision by the CPS not to pursue a case against Sir Cliff.
The process allows an alleged victim, within three months of the original decision, to call for it to be reviewed.
It is understood a lawyer will look at the evidence before deciding to uphold or overturn the original decision made by the CPS.
A spokesman for the CPS confirmed they have received an application under the victims’ right to review scheme over the decision made in relation to the star.
He added: “It is ongoing.”
After the investigation was brought to a close in June, Sir Cliff said he was “thrilled”.
“I have always maintained my innocence, co-operated fully with the investigation, and cannot understand why it has taken so long to get to this point,” he said.
“Nevertheless, I am obviously thrilled that the vile accusations and the resulting investigation have finally been brought to a close.”
The singer, actor and TV star has enjoyed a remarkable career spanning 57 years.
Britain’s greatest solo hit-maker, his output of hundreds of singles and albums is unlikely to be equalled, let alone surpassed.
Sir Cliff’s greatest hits include chart-toppers such as The Young Ones, Living Doll, Summer Holiday, We Don’t Talk Anymore and 1988 Christmas number one Mistletoe And Wine.
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"Georgina Morris"
] | 2016-08-28T10:51:00 | null | 2016-08-28T11:14:16 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwalker-dies-on-moor-in-north-yorkshire-1-8093015.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093010.1472378824!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Walker dies on moor in North Yorkshire | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A 59-year-old woman died while walking the Pennine Way yesterday afternoon.
The woman was south of Water Sinks on Malham Moor when she collapsed and fell unconscious.
The Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) were alerted just before 4pm while one team of volunteers was responding to another call for help near Ingleton.
A spokesman said: “A small group of CRO members, who were with the team’s display trailer at Malham Show, arrived on scene very soon after the air ambulance and road ambulance.
“Sadly, resuscitation was unsuccessful. Once Police approval had been received, the deceased was carried by stretcher to the road ambulance, with the assistance of her family.”
Meanwhile, the team called out to Storrs Common near Ingleton came to the aid of a 54-year-old woman who had injured her ankle.
The woman tripped and fell while walking the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail.
She was carried by stretcher to the road and helped into the family car so she could be taken to hospital. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/walker-dies-on-moor-in-north-yorkshire-1-8093015 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/a259f7082b323d9b631370b4bb313b87eeaa990a0655a494de72fdb7da45127f.json |
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"Louise Jones"
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SOLDIERS and residents in an ancient city in Burma have begun cleaning up after a powerful earthquake killed at least four people and damaged scores of historic buildings.
An earth quake which was registered a 6.8 on the Richter Magnitude Scale struck the area on Wednesday, where up to 185 brick pagodas were damaged during the natural hazard.
Military personnel clear debris at a temple that was damaged by a strong earthquake in Bagan, Myanmar. Picture: AP Photo/Hkun Lat.
Police officer Htay Win in Pakokku, about 45 miles from the epicentre, said one person there had been killed and one injured. Further on the Wednesday, Dr Myo Thant, general secretary of the Myanmar Earthquake Committee, said other areas were apparently not badly affected.
Local government officials inspected the area which the earth quake struck and are in the midst of holding meetings about the damage.
The tremor was centred about 15 miles west of Chauk, just south of Bagan.
Bagan, also known as Pagan, is one of Burma’s top tourist attractions, drawing visitors from all over the world who can view a panorama of temples stretching to the horizon flanked by the Irrawaddy River.
Maria Gomez, a Portuguese tourist, said she was walking to the river to watch the sunset when: “we felt the earth moving. Everybody was very scared and everybody was shouting. Only after maybe 30 seconds we realised what was happening.”
Bagan is home to more than 2,200 structures, a myriad of pagodas and temples which are said to have been constructed from the 10th to the 14th centuries. Many are in disrepair while others have been restored in recent years, aided by the UN cultural agency Unesco, however the sudden occurrence of this earth quake .
Zaw Naing, a caretaker at one of the city’s pagodas who paints and sells his work to tourists, said he was saddened by the damage - but also worried the quake could endanger the livelihood of many who live there.
“I’m very worried ... there will be less tourists to Bagan,” he said. “I have three children to take care of.”
As he spoke, soldiers and residents who work in the area could be seen picking up broken red bricks with their bare hands and stuffing them into sacks. Others swept walkways leading to temples that had been engulfed in huge clouds of dust when the tremor struck; the landmark tips perched on the top of some of the pagodas had collapsed.
“The person was killed by falling bricks from a building,” he said.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement reported two other deaths in nearby Thitapwe village.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was “saddened” by the loss of life and damage from the earthquake and expressed his condolences to the “people and government” of Burma.
He said the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs was in contact with authorities in Burma and, along with its partners, stands ready to support the government and local organisations.
Vincent Panzani, a staff member in Pakokku for the aid agency Save the Children, said several of his colleagues from the area described the earthquake as the strongest they have experienced.
“We felt quite heavy shaking for about 10 seconds and started to evacuate the building when there was another strong tremor,” he said in comments sent by email. “Most of the reports of damage have been to the pagodas in the area with dozens impacted.”
Worried residents of Rangoon, the country’s main city, rushed out of tall buildings, and objects toppled from tables and from Buddhist shrines in homes. However, there were no reports of serious damage in the city.
The last major quake in the area - which is often affected by smaller tremors - occurred in April about 180 miles (300km) further north, and measured magnitude 6.9. It caused no reported casualties and only minor damage.
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[] | 2016-08-27T00:50:01 | null | 2016-08-27T00:51:11 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fyp-comment-autism-delays-are-a-betrayl-of-jo-cox-1-8091384.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091383.1472223097!/image/image.jpg | en | null | YP Comment: Autism delays are a betrayl of Jo Cox | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | IT was, prophetically, the late Jo Cox MP who first exposed the unforgivable length of time that it now takes to diagnose youngsters suffering from traits of autism.
“Here is a crisis now so acute that some desperate parents are paying for help that by right they should be able to access on the NHS,” she told Parliament in March.
Then Mrs Cox was aghast that it was taking more than three years for children to receive specific support to help them, and their families, with behavioural challenges. Nearly six months later, it gives us no pleasure to reveal how local families are still waiting up to 1,053 days – the best part of three years – for a basic assessment, never mind a programme of care.
To put this in context, official guidelines suggest the wait should be no more than three months. As the number of people on the waiting list grows by the week, no wonder families are in despair over an apparent lack of urgency; for example health chiefs in Leeds say they will be “working more efficiently” in a bid to meet national targets by next March.
Try telling that to people like Vicki Reedman who has already been waiting since June 2015 for her six-year-old son Lucas, who has awareness issues, to be properly assessed. Such families are enduring a living nightmare because the NHS is not only bereft of the resources, but basic empathy and humanity towards those requiring its support and expertise.
Perhaps those concerned should re-acquaint themselves with Mrs Cox’s heart-rending speech when she disclosed how the diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, and subsequent support, had changed the life of a young man in her Batley & Spen constituency: “He said he wished he had been diagnosed sooner because, in his words “I always knew I was different, now I know why’.” Let’s hope that there are MPs prepared to take up the cudgels on behalf of their much missed colleague – and stand up for some of the most vulnerable members of society.
A64 upgrade is a national priority
IT WOULD be churlish not to welcome the extra £20m being made available for new train stations – it is official recognition that Britain’s railways do have untapped potential.
However it’s also important that this announcement does not fall into the category of Bank Holiday gimmick. On one of the busiest weekends of the year, £20m would not cover the cost of a feasibility study into dualling the A64 from York to Scarborough.
This is important – anecdotal evidence points to a surge in ‘staycation’ bookings in Scarborough, and nearby resorts, thanks – in no small part – to those forward-looking councils who have worked with hoteliers and tourism leaders to improve accommodation, visitor attractions and so on.
Yet there will still be people deterred from venturing to the coast because the A64 simply can’t cope with the volume of traffic. This is not new – there have been calls to widen the whole stretch of road since Malton’s bypass opened 38 years ago.
It’s also not straightforward – the route comes under the auspices of a multitude of local authorities and agencies. And then there’s the cost – Yorkshire’s councils, with the best will in the world, simply don’t have the brass to commit to a scheme on this scale. For this reason, local leaders need to start convincing Ministers that this project is now a national priority.
Olympic legacies: Join Team GB for the day
AS SPORTING success stories go, they don’t come any bigger than Britain’s unprecedented medal haul at the Rio Olympics when this country’s competitors exceeded all expectations.
Yet, while Team GB’s champions were quick to credit the National Lottery for providing support and world class coaches, this legacy will only fulfil its potential if more families follow the Olympic creed and strive to be ‘faster, higher, stronger’ when it comes to their own lifestyles.
This is why today’s pioneering I Am Team GB programme of events is so important. Even ITV is briefly going off the air in order to encourage people to visit their local sports club and try out some of the Olympic sports which so captivated the country. The potential benefits to the nation’s health and wellbeing were best summed up by Alistair Brownlee after the Leeds triathlete successfully defended his Olympic title. Imploring others to start running, cycling or swimming, he said: “You never know where it might take you.” Now that Team GB is open to allcomers, there’s no reason why others can’t pick up the baton. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-comment-autism-delays-are-a-betrayl-of-jo-cox-1-8091384 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/031ffbc59f1b2dd3ab8570124f54f8823ca63861642b6919de5e149352af37a6.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T08:51:41 | null | 2016-08-29T09:06:17 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ftransfer-gossip-monday-aug-29-blades-prospect-wanted-by-man-utd-hull-finally-in-market-boro-s-rhodes-linked-to-owls-move-1-8093949.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093948.1472457957!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Transfer gossip (Monday, Aug 29): Blades prospect wanted by Man Utd | Hull finally in market | Boro’s Rhodes linked to Owls move | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | YOUNG Sheffield United forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin has emerged as a shock transfer target for Manchester United, who are considering a £1m move according to reports.
The 19-year-old saw a move fall through to Everton earlier this summer and now United, who need players to bolster their youth ranks as they participate in the Premier League International Cup this season, have identified Calvert-Lewin as a target.
Aston Villa have reportedly made a £14m move for Hull City striker Abel Hernandez, with the Tigers having identified Bristol City frontman Jonathan Kodjia as his replacement.
Uruguay striker Hernandez is Villa manager Roberto di Matteo’s big target ahead of Wednesday night’s transfer deadline, with the Midlanders willing to offer £14m plus add-ons up to £17m.
Kodjia has emerged as a possible contingency plan for Hull, willing to offer £10m plus add-ons, although Derby are also keen on the frontman.
Hull are desperate to do some business to boost their wafer-thin squad and are set to complete the signing of Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall for £5m, with the Scot having agreed personal terms at the weekend.
The East Yorkshire outfit have also reportedly agreed a £1m fee with Manchester United for striker Will Keane and are also in talks with Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason in a £10m deal.
According to reports in Holland, Hull are also closing in on AZ Alkmaar midfielder Markus Henriksen, with Derby’s Jeff Hendrick also strongly linked.
Meanwhile, Villa are leading the chase to sign Middlesbrough winger Albert Adomah, who was not involved in Boro’s draw at West Brom on Sunday, with head coach Aitor Karanka set to give the green light to his departure.
The future of Jordan Rhodes is also clouded with uncertainty, with the forward on the radar of several Championship clubs including Norwich City, Wolves and Sheffield Wednesday.
On the incoming front, Boro have been tipped to resurrect their interest in Hull defender Harry Maguire, despite seeing previous offers rejected by City.
Barnsley defender Alfie Mawson is set to undergo a medical at Swansea City on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old is close to completing a transfer from Oakwell to the Liberty Stadium with personal terms almost agreed. The fee is understood to be worth up to £5m. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-gossip-monday-aug-29-blades-prospect-wanted-by-man-utd-hull-finally-in-market-boro-s-rhodes-linked-to-owls-move-1-8093949 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/7eb7ff1c4d8f84e68c12cccbec42524a3fd7b0705679bfae288f44c2cdb483e4.json |
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"Chris Waters"
] | 2016-08-27T00:50:45 | null | 2016-08-27T00:02:55 | Visit now for the latest cricket news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fchris-waters-edgbaston-leads-the-way-as-it-serves-up-a-feast-of-delights-on-t20-finals-day-1-8091970.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091969.1472255176!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Chris Waters: Edgbaston leads the way as it serves up a feast of delights on T20 Finals Day | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THE result may not have gone Yorkshire’s way, with the team losing to Durham in the semi-finals, but the overall T20 Finals Day experience was an enjoyable one at Edgbaston last week.
I certainly enjoyed it from a journalistic point of view; indeed, the facilities at Edgbaston, and the way that the press was catered for, was the best I have experienced in 16 years’ covering the sport.
Personally speaking, there are three things I need when I go to cover a match – somewhere to park, good working conditions (ie functioning wi-fi) and, most important of all, plenty of free food.
And, my, were we spoiled in that latter regard as Finals Day passed in a blur of more gastronomic treats than you could shake a wagging tongue at.
It was literally like a banquet out at the back of the press box, with several journalists unable to squeeze through the door afterwards, whereas they had positively glided in before start of play.
I jest, but the only way of coping with the reality of the weighing scales the following morning was to get blind drunk and try to forget about it.
On a serious note, Warwickshire County Cricket Club put on yet another superb show, despite unseasonably poor weather which, mercifully, did not detract too much from the cricket.
Many counties could learn a great deal from Warwickshire, not least in terms of matters such as parking, which could not have been more simple or efficiently handled, in stark contrast to the ‘jobsworth’ culture that you find at some venues.
It helps when you have a massive car park, of course, and I personally find Edgbaston to have the best facilities, press-wise, of any ground in the country, including Lord’s, and it would be remiss not to applaud Warwickshire for their efforts.
It would be remiss, too, not to applaud the players of Yorkshire, Notts, Durham and the eventual champions, Northants, for putting on an equally splendid show, with both semi-finals and the final living up to expectations.
There was some excellent cricket played and a number of top-quality international players on view – not least the Durham and England pace bowler Mark Wood, who took a T20 career-best 4-25 effectively to decide the semi-final against Yorkshire.
To watch Wood tie his international team-mate Joe Root up in knots was to watch one of the great spells of white-ball pace bowling.
At one stage, Root could not lay a bat on the 90mph bullets, and there was no disgrace in that against some inspired bowling.
Like journalism and ‘jobsworth’ car park attendants, the T20 Blast is much-maligned, and yet one cannot argue with the quality of the Finals Day showpiece.
The 14-match group stage, I would wager, is a bit too long, but Finals Day – no short affair itself – is always a great occasion.
Amid all the talk of city-based T20 cricket, there was irony aplenty in the success of Northants, who continually punch above their weight and who would not be hosting a city franchise.
Big-name signings are all well and good – ditto international players forced to dip in and out due to the hectic schedule – but there is much to be said for continuity and the well-honed skills that Northants showed en route to the title. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/chris-waters-edgbaston-leads-the-way-as-it-serves-up-a-feast-of-delights-on-t20-finals-day-1-8091970 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/6631f93a1f1a507176c8c5570984b172656f04207ece0e49ec0bb3a9e216b548.json |
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"Mark Casci Business Editor"
] | 2016-08-26T13:08:08 | null | 2016-08-25T14:42:50 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpennine-stone-in-new-deal-with-house-builders-persimmon-1-8088762.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8088761.1472132554!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Pennine Stone in new deal with house builders Persimmon | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Doncaster-based Pennine Stone has signed a new contract with national housebuilder Persimmon Homes to supply it with products until the end of next year.
Pennine Stone has been supplying Persimmon with its cast stone since 2003, during which time it has established itself as one of the top cast stone manufacturers in the country.
The new deal will see Pennine Stone become the housebuilder’s sole supplier of TecCast and GRC products until the end of 2017.
Based at a state-of-the-art facility in Carcroft near Doncaster, the company provides cast stone to all of the Persimmon Group’s regions across the country, which between them covers developments in 390 locations.
Persimmon, headquartered in York, is Yorkshire’s largest PLCs and one of the UK’s top home builders.
Richard Walsh, Managing Director at Pennine Stone, said: “Persimmon is one of our key clients and has been using our cast stone services from day one.
“The continued strength of our partnership is a testament to the quality, service and price that we offer all of our clients, and we are very proud of the fact that our growth as a company has been achieved as a result of repeat business from our ever increasing customer base.”
Ian Hardy, Persimmon’s Group Buyer, said: “We have worked in partnership with Pennine Stone for many years and look forward to building on this relationship in the future.”
Pennine Stone is part of the international Haddonstone group, and was established as a company in its own right in 2002. The company employs around 110 members of staff and produces approximately 2000 stones a day. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/pennine-stone-in-new-deal-with-house-builders-persimmon-1-8088762 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/a57385b251c5ad3c3991d6e678e50c6e93dca85d67d9bf9bdaf576563721f17e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:08 | null | 2016-08-26T01:06:13 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fyp-comment-gcses-and-test-of-exam-policy-1-8089418.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089416.1472141202!/image/image.jpg | en | null | YP Comment: GCSEs and test of exam policy | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | IRRESPECTIVE OF statistical subtleties, the latest tranche of GCSE results is broadly in line with previous years – two thirds of pupils meeting the Government’s benchmark and one third of students failing to achieve the bare minimum.
Making comparisons is never an exact science – some age cohorts are more academic than others. There are other variables, like the quality of teaching and number of youngsters resitting English and maths exams. And this is before more fundamental changes to the curriculum – and marking of exams – which come into effect shortly. No wonder so many teachers despair of the constant upheavals.
Yet school standards and skills could not be more critical to Yorkshire’s future prosperity. For far too long, this region has propped up the Government’s academic attainment levels, and the state of flux over devolution must not detract from the need to ensure that every youngster receives the world class education to which they should be entitled. If more students are to make the most of the opportunities that should be created in these parts if the Government’s industrial strategy for the regions becomes a reality, even more rigour will somehow need to be applied.
However, while the increase in pupils studying computers, science and engineering is encouraging, it is equally disturbing that the decline in modern languages continues to gather pace. Why is this – and what can be done to reverse this trend? For, while it could be argued that languages like Spanish and Mandarin could now have as much relevance as more traditional courses in French and German, the linguistic skills of teenagers around the world continues to put this country to shame. Given his uncanny ability to reach out to younger people, perhaps this is one area where Boris Johnson, the multi-lingual Foreign Secretary, can exert some positive influence over education policy.
National interest
AS the newly-appointed Immigration Minister, Robert Goodwill – the Scarborough and Whitby MP – has one of the most invidious jobs in the Government. He has been put in charge of the one policy which proved to be the Achilles heel of Theresa May when she was in charge of the Home Office, and which would have been exposed by her critics if the Tory leadership contest had run its full course.
Yet it is also an opportunity, at a time when net long-term migration to the UK remains close to record levels and more than three times the Government’s target, for Mr Goodwill to formulate a policy which operates in the national economic interest. It will not be easy – Mrs May has still to set out her definition of ‘Brexit’ – and the concessions that may or may not have to be made on EU freedom of movement laws in return for access to the single market.
Either way, the enforcement of border policies needs to operate alongside a robust assessment of the UK’s human resources to ensure that access is not denied to those people who can make a lasting difference to this country, whether it be entrepreneurs, world-class academics to work in this region’s universities or overseas nurses and doctors to ensure that the NHS can continue to function on a daily basis. Rather than pandering to the out of step xenophobes who would already have pulled up by the drawbridge, Ministers will need to be far more sure-footed – and pragmatic – in the months to come.
Sea of concerns
LIKE this country’s air ambulances and hospices the Royal National Lifeboat Institution – another of the unsung emergency services – fulfils an invaluable role and has come to be regarded as one of the UK’s most cherished charities. However it is still something of a surprise that its lifeboats and lifeguards, the very people responsible for protecting the public at seaside resorts, are so dependent on the benevolence of wellwishers.
Hasn’t the time come for the great work being done in these three fields to be underpinned by further Government funding? Many taxpayers would, in all probability, like to see far more money go to the lifeboats, air ambulances and hospices than some of the more obscure organisations which do qualify for charitable funding.
Following a tragic week in which so many lives have been lost off Britain’s coast, there are two pressing priorities ahead of one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year – families heed warnings about the perils of the sea and that the deployment of lifeguards, and others, is always determined by public safety needs rather than cost considerations. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-comment-gcses-and-test-of-exam-policy-1-8089418 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/6401c2af2b10e0f88f6afaf62e4932c1319d391f11d78d782bc3899a4c149771.json |
[
"Georgina Morris"
] | 2016-08-30T16:51:53 | null | 2016-08-30T12:09:52 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmissing-man-is-found-in-calderdale-1-8095671.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8095668.1472563034!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Missing man is found in Calderdale | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A missing West Yorkshire man has been found following a police appeal.
Samuel Reid, 25, of Illingworth, was last seen at 00.20am this morning on Nursery Lane, Ovenden.
Police had asked for the public’s help in finding him earlier today.
A spokesman said: “Samuel has now been found safe and well in the Calderdale area.
“Members of the media and public are thanked for their assistance.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/missing-man-is-found-in-calderdale-1-8095671 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/bdffef66cf8f026b3a4c8feedee2c11c3d01ee2065e49d387aa42e9658a03461.json |
[
"Lindsay Pantry"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:33 | null | 2016-08-26T01:49:23 | Visit now for the latest education news, analysis and opinion - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fgovernment-urged-to-hand-academy-powers-to-councils-1-8089096.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8055324.1472136629!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Government urged to hand academy powers to councils | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | COUNCILS are urging the education secretary to hand power and resources given to academies back to local authorities to prevent taxpayer funds “disappearing into the back pockets” of bosses.
Calls from the Local Government Association (LGA) follow a series of abuses of the school finance system, including the Kings Science Academy fraud scandal in Bradford in which £150,000 was transferred to personal bank accounts.
The LGA has raised questions over the ability of the Education Funding Authority, the Department for Education (DfE) agency responsible for monitoring academy accounts, to guarantee value for money and spot abuses.
It wants Education Secretary Justine Greening to ensure councils can monitor academy finances, saying by handing over the necessary power and resources to councils, it would allow parents to be confident their children are not missing out.
The former headteacher of the flagship free school, Sajid Hussain Raza, 43, has been told he could face jail when he is sentenced alongside his sister Shabana Hussain, 40, who was a teacher, and finance director Daud Khan, 44, next month.
The three were convicted on August 1 of making payments into personal bank accounts from Department for Education grants intended to help set up the free school in Bradford in 2011 following a trial at Leeds Crown Court. They were said to have obtained around £150,000. The trial heard Raza used some of the money to make mortgage repayments on rental properties he owned to alleviate his financial problems.
The school, which has since become part of the Dixons Academies Trust and is now called Dixons Kings Academy, was one of the first free schools to open and was praised by Prime Minister David Cameron on his visit in March 2012.
Following the result of the six-week trial, ministers faced calls for a public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the case from the National Union of Teachers. General secretary Kevin Courtney said it was clear that “insufficient due diligence” was carried out on the individuals establishing the school, and he questioned why the DfE failed to ensure police investigated fraud allegations until after the matter leaked into the public domain.
The LGA, which represents more than 370 councils across England and Wales, opposed the plans of Mr Cameron’s administration to force all schools in England to become academies by 2022. A U-turn followed, with the DfE noting ministers still hoped a large number of schools would move to the academy system - in which they are taken out of local authority control - and the plan becoming an “aspiration” rather than compulsory.
Richard Watts, chairman of the LGA’s children and young people board, said: “We are told that academies and free schools are subject to more financial scrutiny than council-maintained schools, yet we keep hearing that millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money, which has been earmarked to make sure our children get a good education, is disappearing into the back pockets of those in charge.”
He added: “The National Audit Office has raised serious concerns about the ability of the DfE to effectively monitor academy trusts’ spending, even before the planned expansion of the academy programme, and we don’t believe it can possibly have effective oversight of spending in more than 20,000 schools. Centralising control of schools isn’t working; oversight needs to be devolved down to local councils.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/education/government-urged-to-hand-academy-powers-to-councils-1-8089096 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/5ac946ba1c6419aea2a2770d12760a00a7877ceb274192a9f478b2b2f44e885d.json |
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"Dave Craven"
] | 2016-08-29T06:51:45 | null | 2016-08-29T06:00:58 | Visit now for the latest Hull FC rugby league news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fhull-fc%2Fhull-fc-12-warrington-wolves-10-hull-end-long-wait-in-thrilling-wembley-showdown-1-8093749.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093747.1472421080!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Hull FC 12 Warrington Wolves 10: Hull end long wait in thrilling Wembley showdown | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | HAVING waited more than a century and a half for a maiden win at Wembley, actually achieving it was clearly never going to be easy.
However, the fact Hull FC had to work so hard for that previously elusive victory at the famous stadium in an utterly absorbing Ladbrokes Challenge Cup final made it all the more fitting on Saturday.
Hull's players celebrate at full time. (Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe)
For so long, it seemed all their previous heartaches would cruelly return to haunt them once more.
They were 10-0 down on the hour mark; never mind you’ll never win at Wembley, it seemed the Black and Whites could not even score there.
Having lost 16-0 on their last appearance against Wigan Warriors in 2013, there was the very real possibility that the current Super League leaders, supposedly chasing a treble let’s not forget, would endure the utter embarrassment of being kept pointless for consecutive 80 minutes on the biggest stage.
As predicted by some, it was Warrington’s game-breakers coming to the fore – the electric hooker Daryl Clark found more and more space, the maverick Australian Chris Sandow skipped around tormenting the Hull defence while Ben Currie strode around purposefully looking every inch the England player he will surely become this autumn.
All somehow ignored the stifling conditions that saw so many exhausted players struggle to get out of second gear.
Some of Hull’s stars were making uncharacteristic errors – Mahe Fonua bizarrely kicking on the second tackle, Sika Manu fumbling on the first – and it was all a little unsettling for their thousands of fans who had descended on Wembley once more.
However, Lee Radford has assembled a squad with players full of character, a trait that can go such a long way in times of need.
Furthermore, the head coach has instilled belief in them and, in the heat of such an intense battle, that belief remained whilst others doubted it.
Granted, they needed a change of momentum, something to give them a foothold in the game.
The sight of Kurt Gidley, Warrington’s veteran Australian half-back who brings such control to their game, departing in the 59th minute with blood pouring from a head wound, was pleasing for Hull.
Warrington certainly seemed to lose their way thereafter and they missed the bulk of Ben Westwood, too, who also suffered injury.
But it was Marc Sneyd’s 40/20 kick, a skill that is so difficult but so crucial in the modern game, that gave Hull the requisite lift to transform this contest.
The resulting next set ended in a kick of another kind, a lofted chip to Fonua, the giant centre who lurked in the right corner and rose above the diminutive Sandow to claim and score.
Sneyd, the leading goalkicker in Super League, curled in the conversion from wide out in the 62nd minute and, suddenly, for all their travails, they were in touching distance of glory.
Steve Michaels thought he had scored when latching onto another probing Sneyd kick but the Warrington full-back Stefan Ratchford just got their before him to clear.
Sneyd was buoyant now, though, and when he headed in that direction for a third time in the 73rd minute, Fonua rose once more and palmed the ball back to his supporting half-back who then had Jamie Shaul on his shoulder to scramble over beneath the posts.
Again, how fitting. Shaul, the lifelong Hull fan who four years ago was working as a bricklayer, continuing his dream season with a match-wining try right in front of their delirious supporters.
“When I put that ball down, wow, it was the most important try I’ve ever scored,” recalled the 24-year-old.
“It will stay with me forever. I was screaming my lungs off for the ball when the play went out.
“I wanted that ball and nobody else was getting it. I knew if I could get it under the sticks then Marc would nail the kick.”
Shaul had also produced a stunning play of his own in the 36th minute when Sandow intercepted Frank Pritchard’s pass from near halfway and the full-back somehow made up 20m to drag the Australian down.
Admittedly, Russell scored at the next play for Gidley to make it 6-0 and Currie scored a fine try in the 54th minute after Clark’s searing break.
But even after Hull took the lead, of course, there was still more drama to come.
With barely 90 seconds remaining, Currie admitted he thought he had scored when brushing off Mark Minichiello and Sneyd. Most people in the 76,235 crowd thought he had, too.
However, no one had countered for Danny Houghton, the Hull-born hooker who it sometimes seems was born to tackle.
He somehow got across to make his 52nd of the afternoon and, agonisingly, Currie lost possession stretching for the line.
If Sneyd’s contribution was the turning point, this was the definitive one, a remarkable act that will be re-played in Wembley montages forever.
That said, Gidley will wonder how he missed a penalty in the 42nd minute that was probably as close as Wembley has seen to a Don Fox moment since 1968.
That would have stretched their lead to 12-0 but it was not to be.
This was Hull’s day. At last.
Hull FC: Shaul; Michaels, Fonua, Yeaman, Talanoa; Tuimavave, Sneyd; Watts, Houghton, Taylor, Manu, Minichiello, Ellis. Substitutes: Washbrook, Pritchard, Green, Bowden.
Warrington Wolves: Ratchford; Russell, T King, Atkins, R Evans; Gidley, Sandow; Hill, Clark, Sims, Currie, Hughes, Westerman. Substitutes: Dwyer, Westwood, Bailey, G King.
Referee: Gareth Hewer (Whitehaven). | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc/hull-fc-12-warrington-wolves-10-hull-end-long-wait-in-thrilling-wembley-showdown-1-8093749 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/d2190d9e3a1d1d9ad3762efc280e0cd858f91d99dd3673d00728a0e828cfbed7.json |
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"Sir Bernard Ingham"
] | 2016-08-31T00:51:52 | null | 2016-08-31T00:40:51 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fbernard-ingham-labour-s-long-lonely-wait-for-end-to-corbyn-madness-1-8096402.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096401.1472571667!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Bernard Ingham: Labour’s long, lonely wait for end to Corbyn madness | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | AS Frank Sinatra so plaintively put it: “It’s a long, long time from May to December but the days grow short when you reach September.”
For serious members of the Labour Party it’s been an interminably long time getting even to September and from now on the days will never be short enough for them as their current leader stumbles – and occasionally sits on the floor – en route to his expected re-election in a fortnight’s time.
They fervently wish the days they had to spend with Jeremy Corbyn would be precious few. But it looks as if they are stuck with him thanks to the naivete of Ed Miliband’s £3 membership fee and the political zealotry of Corbyn’s Trot supporters.
Worse still, as the days dwindle down, it is now clear that Owen Smith, Corbyn’s rival, offers no real alternative. Being owt for tuppence, as they used to say in Hebden Bridge, his politics are often indistinguishable from Corbyn’s. He thinks the way to power is Left foot first and, curiously, defying the people over Brexit.
Smith’s prime need is to sort himself out before seeking to impose himself on the nation.
All this means that Labour is stuck in a Hard Left time warp that presents far worse problems than when Neil Kinnock began to clear out the party’s Augean stable, starting with the repulsive Derek Hatton in Liverpool.
For one thing, there is no moderate leader in sight – or at least no moderate with guts, command and charisma – to take on Corbyn. And there may be precious few moderates left if Corbyn bows, as he will, to John McDonnell’s urge to de-select the majority of the Parliamentary Labour Party who have opposed him.
Most of the party’s main financiers – the unions – are behind Corbyn and you can be sure that the iron hand of the Hard Left will rule so long as Len McCluskey leads Unite.
He and his union cronies want a nationalised, union-dominated, financially free (with other people’s money) socialist society where everyone knows his place behind Corbyn – and, of course, McCluskey. Union and party activism will be the only means to social mobility.
The only possible break point is over defence. Corbyn’s dangerous pacifism – his curious belief, given the state of the planet, that all men on earth can live peaceably together – will have no chance where it interferes with the unions’ determination to maintain employment through Trident.
My guess is that Corbyn will bow the knee while making it clear his finger will never be on the nuclear trigger.
So, where do we go from here, assuming Corbyn is re-elected with a substantial majority?
Are we witnessing the Labour Party slowly dying from Corbyn poisoning?
Will the Labour Party split, leaving a militant army less worried about office than wrecking the country and a New Social Democrat party that will struggle because it is neither one thing nor the other? You can’t make capitalism work towards a more equal society if you don’t believe in it.
The last defection from the Labour Party produced little more than a Gang of Four, a few by-election wonders and the Liberal Party confused into irrelevance.
More to the point, the new dominatrix in No 10 – Theresa May – is bent on a social revolution that would, if it were anywhere near successful, render a new Social Democrat Party redundant.
Is there anything left for the old Labour Party but to become a boil – a Corbyncle? – on Britain’s backside?
The truth is that it has never known what it stands for since Margaret Thatcher made it electable again by forcing change. But between them the agents of change – Tony Blair and Gordon Brown – comprehensively blew their chance to take command of British politics. And in offending the purists they produced an incompetent Left response in Ed Miliband who was but a staging post to Corbyn.
My guess is that, like most politicians, the moderates will play the waiting game that Sinatra had no time for. But it’s a long, long time from 2016 to 2020 waiting for something to turn up before Corbyn is expected to be thrashed in a general election.
They would help themselves, their party, British politics and the nation’s governance if they formulated an appeal to the country with a fighting chance of success – and fought like hell to stem the militant tide in their constituencies.
The nation might then want to spend more than a few precious days with them. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/bernard-ingham-labour-s-long-lonely-wait-for-end-to-corbyn-madness-1-8096402 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/cbac6718293c55655de14fda4ff3c26cf6f78354026fc8aef4f05b14fc0bb234.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:52:43 | null | 2016-08-31T09:35:33 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fdecision-not-to-prosecute-sir-cliff-richard-is-to-be-reviewed-1-8097233.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8097232.1472635121!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Decision not to prosecute Sir Cliff Richard is to be reviewed | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THE decision not to press charges in the abuse case against Sir Cliff Richard is being reviewed.
The singer was the subject of a long-running South Yorkshire Police investigation which centred on sexual assault accusations dating between 1958 and 1983 made by four men.
Officers investigating allegations of historical sex offences were filmed searching his apartment in Berkshire in 2014, leading to him being publicly named as the subject of the probe.
The 75-year-old was never arrested or charged and his case was discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in June on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
But at the beginning of August an application under the victims’ right to review scheme was lodged by an accuser - challenging the decision by the CPS not to pursue a case against Sir Cliff.
The process allows an alleged victim, within three months of the original decision, to call for it to be reviewed.
It is understood a lawyer will look at the evidence before deciding to uphold or overturn the original decision made by the CPS.
A spokesman for the CPS confirmed they have received an application under the victims’ right to review scheme over the decision made in relation to the star.
He added: “It is ongoing.”
After the investigation was brought to a close in June, Sir Cliff said he was “thrilled”.
“I have always maintained my innocence, co-operated fully with the investigation, and cannot understand why it has taken so long to get to this point,” he said.
“Nevertheless, I am obviously thrilled that the vile accusations and the resulting investigation have finally been brought to a close.”
The singer, actor and TV star has enjoyed a remarkable career spanning 57 years.
Britain’s greatest solo hit-maker, his output of hundreds of singles and albums is unlikely to be equalled, let alone surpassed.
Sir Cliff’s greatest hits include chart-toppers such as The Young Ones, Living Doll, Summer Holiday, We Don’t Talk Anymore and 1988 Christmas number one Mistletoe And Wine.
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[] | 2016-08-29T20:51:49 | null | 2016-08-29T19:00:57 | Visit now for the latest Wakefield Trinity rugby news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fwakefield-trinity%2Fwakefield-trinity-winger-richard-owen-remains-in-hospital-after-operation-on-his-arm-1-8094879.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094878.1472495918!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Wakefield Trinity: Winger Richard Owen remains in hospital after operation on his arm | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | TWO OF the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats players injured in a traffic accident last week have been released from hospital, but winger Richard Owen has been detained following surgery.
Owen was injured, along with forward Chris Annakin and captain Danny Kirmond, when the car they were travelling in hit a tree on Heath Common, near the club’s Belle Vue ground, on Friday afternoon.
Club chairman Michael Carter said: “Richie is still in hospital.
“He has had an operation on an arm, but he should be out of hospital in the next two or three days.”
Carter added: “I think Chris was in line to make his comeback [from a knee injury suffered last month] against Castleford on Friday, but it has blown that one.
“He is out of hospital and he has not had an operation as such, but he has had his hip put back into place and he’s had some work done on his ankle as well.
“There’s no prognosis at the moment how long any of them will be out of action for.
“Kirmo is out of hospital as well. He has got a deep cut to his ankle and it looks like it may have caused some damage to a tendon, but they’re not sure how severe.”
Carter is away from the club until Wednesday, but has been in touch with police investigating the accident, as well as Trinity coach Chris Chester.
“I’m liaising with the police and trying to find out exactly what happened,” he said. “By the end of the week we should have an exact idea of what went on.
“I have spoken to Chezzy and all the other boys have returned to training. Training has gone as well as can be expected. Chezzy is hopeful we’ll have two or three players back and we will have 17 players on Friday, one way or another.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/wakefield-trinity/wakefield-trinity-winger-richard-owen-remains-in-hospital-after-operation-on-his-arm-1-8094879 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/110e76a15e980bfeec4eccacdc0a3a7fc3cefe5a32a25b1e1d3cebcc433d5374.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T06:52:43 | null | 2016-08-31T06:00:54 | Visit now for the latest Bradford City football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fbradford-city%2Fbradford-1-stoke-under-23s-0-will-city-s-trophy-victory-prove-a-blessing-or-a-curse-1-8096922.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096920.1472593585!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Bradford 1 Stoke Under-23s 0: Will City’s Trophy victory prove a blessing or a curse? | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | WELCOME to a world with no draws, very few fans and so many teenagers that the Valley Parade pitch had the look of a Friday night down the local bus shelter. Without the obligatory litre bottle of cider.
Last night saw the new-look Checkatrade Trophy, a dog’s dinner of a competition if ever there was one, launched to a largely uninterested public as Valley Parade hosted its smallest attendance in more than 35 years.
Stoke City – or, more pertinently, their Under-23s team plus Charlie Adam – were the visitors for the first of three games in Group C for Bradford City following a revamp that, judging by the banks of empty seats all around the country, is going to prove a hard sell.
A paltry crowd of 1,444 was present to see the Bantams triumph thanks to a first-half goal from Timothee Dieng.
With Bury beating Morecambe 4-1 in the group’s other fixture, Stuart McCall’s side are in pole position to qualify for the knockout stage by claiming a place in the top two.
Whether that is a blessing or curse is open to debate, as a competition that began life 34 years ago as the Associate Members’ Cup suddenly looks an almighty mess.
Okay, the early rounds in past seasons might have been watched by small crowds. But, come the Northern Area semi-final and with the whiff of Wembley in the nostrils, the competition came alive – as the 60,000 Barnsley and Oxford United fans who watched an engrossing final last April will surely attest.
The presence of what are effectively Academy teams means it is difficult to envisage the Checkatrade Trophy coming alive at all – and especially if one, or even two, of the 16 invitees make it all the way to the final.
Cash, as ever, is behind the changes that also include all drawn games in the group stages being decided on a penalty shoot-out.
A prize fund that has been increased by 300 per cent to £1.95m persuaded the clubs to vote through the revamp, but supporters are nowhere near as happy as the accountants.
Football League bosses deny this is a precursor to top- flight B-teams being welcomed into the fold in future years, but the suspicion remains, which is why the build-up to last night’s first round of games was dominated by talk of boycotts and protests.
Ninety nine Stoke fans – part of Bradford’s lowest crowd since 1,249 watched Hereford’s visit in 1981 – made the trip to support a side featuring nine teenagers, plus Adam and 24-year-old defender Marc Muniesa.
A handful attempted a rendition of Delilah, the club’s anthem, during the first half but, by full-time, the travellers must have been wondering why, why, why had they made the long trip.
The reason was Dieng glancing in a well-struck free-kick by Reece Webb-Foster seven minutes before half-time that settled a low-key encounter.
Adding to the frustration of the hardy band of Potters was the winner having come towards the end of a first half in which Rouven Sattelmaier, a contemporary of Manuel Neuer at Bayern Munich earlier in his career, had denied Thibaud Verlinden, Charlie Adam and two efforts from Oliver Shenton.
After the break, the pace dropped and Stoke were reduced to 10 men when Lewis Banks was dismissed for a second booking to ensure the Bantams started the new-look Trophy with a win.
Let’s hope, however, that this is the first and final year of this barmy experiment. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/bradford-city/bradford-1-stoke-under-23s-0-will-city-s-trophy-victory-prove-a-blessing-or-a-curse-1-8096922 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/9bbfdd257a31eea4e6d6bca745b7cf688394a57fd19d4d68471d7146b39f452d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:51:57 | null | 2016-08-30T16:17:29 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fyp-letters-put-nhs-patients-before-criminals-like-yorkshire-ripper-1-8096335.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096334.1472570231!/image/image.jpg | en | null | YP Letters: Put NHS patients before criminals like Yorkshire Ripper | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | From: Mrs BJ Cussons, Curly Hill, Ilkley.
I AM always impressed at how ‘experts’ can quote statistics at the drop of a hat.
Can someone tell us what was the budget for medicines at the start of the NHS and what it is today?
The NHS can never provide a bottomless pit, nor should it. How much would become available if we re-introduced some discipline into our society?
Day after day your paper is full of stories of people who having committed crimes on many occasions, causing huge expenses at getting them to Court, and are then given a derisory sentence.
They should receive physical punishment in their own interest and that of the long-suffering public.
In addition any individual who has committed murder, and is totally proven to have done so, should be hanged.
What virtue has there been to either the Yorkshire Ripper, or society, in keeping him alive at a cost of £250,000 per year?
He chose his path; many good people are fighting illnesses which nature has inflicted upon them, and they need NHS help. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-put-nhs-patients-before-criminals-like-yorkshire-ripper-1-8096335 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/a492d0e78f2bf52a37eb27775b18e0c1c341e09e2d43f207ef815cbc67bdb9eb.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:52:33 | null | 2016-08-31T10:54:48 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpeople-doing-it-their-way-as-pop-songs-dominate-funeral-playlists-1-8097483.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8097703.1472640265!/image/image.jpg | en | null | People doing it their way... as pop songs dominate funeral playlists | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | POP SONGS are becoming the most popular music played at funerals, with people actually drawing up their own playlists.
Frank Sinatra’s My Way topped a funeral song chart compiled by Co-op Funeralcare, ahead of Time To Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman, and Over The Rainbow by Eva Cassidy.
A study among 300 Co-op funeral directors and 2,000 adults showed increasing numbers of people having a playlist ready for their funeral.
Two out of five of those polled said they wanted to “raise a laugh” at their funeral, explaining why Monty Python’s Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life remains one of the most popular songs, with one in 10 saying they would consider The Jam’s Going Underground.
Hymns are becoming less popular, although The Lord Is My Shepherd was the fifth most popular request this year.
Theme tunes from TV programmes such as Game Of Thrones could become more popular in the future, the Co-op predicted.
A list of the most popular funeral songs by pop artists included Robbie Williams, Westlife, Adele and Rihanna.
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[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:17 | null | 2016-08-26T15:47:19 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fyp-letters-to-get-results-you-need-to-fund-services-like-team-gb-1-8091370.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091369.1472222822!/image/image.jpg | en | null | YP Letters: To get results, you need to fund services - like Team GB | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | From: Jean Lorriman, Huddersfield Over Fifties Forum.
WHAT a fabulous Olympic Games for Team GB! We were 15th in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 so we can be justifiably proud of all our dedicated athletes.
Yet I am sure the athletes of 2008 were just as dedicated, so why were the results so outstanding for such a small island?
The answer is simple – money!
This has poured in from various sources, Government, lottery funding, private sector and funding reward systems. Much of this need stemmed from the toe-curling embarrassment in Atlanta in 1996.
Thus it has been addressed and we are bathed in success. Not so the predictions for the Rio Paralympics which are soon to follow – they seem to have been deemed a failure before they have begun.
I enjoy the Paralympics even more than the Olympics as people have overcome so much to become outstanding athletes. The answer is again money from sponsorships, government and lottery awards. On an even wider stage we see the same problem with our NHS as A&E units all over the country are combined or closed down. Councils are receiving less government money and services once taken for granted are being discarded leaving people – especially the elderly feeling helpless and disbanded.
Let’s hope that the kind of money channelled into the Rio games can be input into the Paralympics, the NHS and services for those who need them. Theresa May, you are planning a glorious reception for our magnificent athletes and rightly so. No doubt your thoughts are already being turned towards Tokyo and repeated success in the Japanese capital but this is four years hence and it is likely you will still be Prime Minister. So turn your attention now ìnto giving the money where it is so desperately needed!
From: Colin Barker, Wakefield Road, Pontefract.
ALISTAIR and Jonny Brownlee, how on earth have they done it? How have two lads from Yorkshire managed to progress to this level?
How did they start, what made them decide to enter this gruelling feat? I, for one, can’t wait for their second book on the triathlon.
Grammars block talent
From: R Maister, Priest Lane, Ripon.
I NOTE your heading (The Yorkshire Post, August 18), “Do grammar schools hold the key to opportunity for all?”
It must be realised, however, that selection for grammar schools immediately excludes our best potential engineers because the primary skill required for engineering –the ability to see how an object would look in different orientations – makes reading and spelling difficult, since, in reading one must only see letters in one orientation and must suppress the reversed images.
In France, there used to be selection for the Lycée with an arts orientation and selection for technical schools with engineering ability required. I do not know the situation now.
It is best to keep children in secondary schools where all options are catered for.
Grammar schools prevent opportunities for all.
Long road to seaside
From: Edward Grainger, Botany Way, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough.
THE Queen of the Yorkshire coast is difficult to reach.
Arthur Strickson, living as he does adjacent to the A170 Helmsley to Scarborough road, is well placed to comment on this largely single-carriageway road (The Yorkshire Post, August 18).
He correctly identifies it, along with the notorious A64 York to Scarborough, as something of a nightmare for or the motorist en route to the Yorkshire coast.
With the emphasis now on promoting our own resorts over foreign destinations, it is vital that highway links are upgraded and the sooner both the A170 and A64 are improved, the better for everyone.
As a frequent visitor to Scarborough to watch Yorkshire do battle at North Marine Road, the other route into the town from Guisborough and Whitby is not much better, which makes Scarborough less desirable to visit for those with motor cars who value their safety.
Candidates not fit to lead
From: Terry Wright, Bempton Lane, Flamborough, Bridlington.
FOLLOWING Jeremy Corbyn’s spat with Virgin East Coast, it is obvious this was a deliberate put up stunt by him and his team accompanying him. He obviously wants the railways to be re- nationalised, hence the fiasco of sitting on the floor when quite clearly there were plenty of seats available.
This was shown by the security video produced by Virgin, it was nothing more than a staged political stunt. He has not said where he will get the money from to renationalise and, when in state ownership, railways were typically a disaster – like most state-owned businesses.
As for the ongoing animosity between Mr Corbyn and Owen Smith, neither can be trusted to be PM. One is a republican, while the other disagrees with democracy regarding the referendum result on the EU. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-to-get-results-you-need-to-fund-services-like-team-gb-1-8091370 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/d249df936b648df102df402c9b6ca2ad1d329e9f181e14059aa6e9e9f1fbb1a3.json |
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"Bill Carmichael"
] | 2016-08-26T15:13:38 | null | 2016-08-26T00:58:12 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fbill-carmichael-jeremy-corbyn-is-derailed-by-his-own-spin-1-8089362.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089360.1472140715!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Bill Carmichael: Jeremy Corbyn is derailed by his own spin | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | I DO love a good silly season story, and this August has provided us with an absolute belter.
Inevitably dubbed ‘traingate’, it concerns a piece of crass political spin orchestrated by Jeremy Corbyn’s team with such spectacular incompetence that it blew up in their faces and provided the rest of us with no end of laughs.
Last week Corbyn was filmed by his supporters slumped on the floor of a carriage of a London to Newcastle train complaining he couldn’t get a seat because it was “ram packed”.
The Labour leader looked into the camera and told the viewer with grim seriousness that this illustrated why Britain’s railways had to be renationalised.
So far so good. The video, released to the Guardian newspaper, garnered many favourable headlines and showed Corbyn as a real man of the people subject to the same privations on public transport as we lesser mortals.
It was reported that he even declined a train guard’s offer to upgrade him to first class because it was against his principles. What an absolute working class hero!
But within a few days the whole narrative began to unravel. The train operator, Virgin Trains, pointed out there were plenty of seats available on the service and that there was absolutely no reason for Corbyn to sit on the floor.
Even worse for the Corbynistas, the company released incontrovertible evidence in the form of video footage to prove the point. It showed Corbyn walking past empty seats on his way to sit on the floor to film his video.
What followed will go down in the spin-doctors’ instruction manual as a classic example of how not to handle a media crisis. Lesson one; don’t keep changing your story every 30 minutes.
First Corbyn’s team insisted the train was completely full, then after Virgin’s video came to light they admitted there were spare seats but they were all reserved.
But as anyone who has ever travelled on a train would know, just because a seat is reserved for part of the journey doesn’t mean it is entirely unavailable. For example if the seat is reserved between York and Newcastle, you are perfectly entitled to sit in it between London and York.
Even this flimsy excuse was blown out of the water by a further train video showing Corbyn walking past empty, unreserved seats.
Oh dear! From then on Corbyn’s spin operation went into complete meltdown. One spokesperson even went so far as to suggest that the seats may have been occupied by dozens of very small, unaccompanied children who didn’t show up on the video.
Eventually, Corbyn retreated to a last line of defence – yes there were empty, unreserved seats available, but he couldn’t find two together so he could sit with his travelling companion.
The problem with this latest story is that it undermines the whole point of the stunt and proves Virgin entirely correct when they said there was no reason for Corbyn to sit on the floor. Seats were available and he was clearly doing so out of choice, not out of necessity.
Of course in the wider scheme of things this is all inconsequential – a silly story from the dog days of August given prominence because there is little else about. There are or course far more important things to worry about.
But it is significant in two ways. First, it shows a level of ineptitude on Corbyn’s team that is simply laughable. Is there no one on the campaign capable of booking a train seat? Did they not realise that trains carry on-board cameras that would inevitably expose their stunt for what it was?
Can you imagine for an instant these people running the country?
Second, it undermines what marketing folk would call Corbyn’s ‘unique selling point’ – his authenticity.
According to this argument yes, he may be inexperienced, a dull speaker and entirely unelectable – but he is a straightforward, unvarnished, honest man of the people and what you see is what you get.
What ‘traingate’ demonstrates is that far from being unique, Corbyn is as devious and calculating as any other two-bob politician.
He is perfectly prepared to indulge in the dark arts of political spin – he just isn’t very good at it. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/bill-carmichael-jeremy-corbyn-is-derailed-by-his-own-spin-1-8089362 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/9e21b02f54de77142d29854af87a096e08ab4a2bab9d282c861325da6f0b7203.json |
[
"Dave Craven"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:21 | null | 2016-08-26T05:21:33 | Visit now for the latest Hull FC rugby league news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fhull-fc%2Fchallenge-cup-final-it-s-been-a-whirlwind-year-on-my-return-admits-hull-fc-s-danny-washbrook-1-8089796.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089795.1472161476!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Challenge Cup Final: ‘It’s been a whirlwind year’ on my return, admits Hull FC’s Danny Washbrook | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | HULL FC’S Danny Washbrook admits he still cannot quite believe how much his rugby league fortunes have transformed in the space of just 12 months.
This time last year he was playing for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Qualifiers, with them having finished bottom of Super League.
Indeed, they only escaped relegation after beating Championship Bradford Bulls in a tense decider at Belle Vue.
However, former Hull team-mate Lee Radford re-signed him for his hometown club and the utility player is now chasing a treble of trophies.
Washbrook is set to play second-row off the bench in tomorrow’s Challenge Cup final for the Super League leaders against Warrington Wolves and he admitted: “It has been a bit of a turnaround.
“I was just saying to my dad last week after we beat Catalans to secure the top-four that it’s been a bit of a whirlwind year.
“Obviously, there was a chance of losing my job if we got beat in that ‘Million-Pound Game’ and then, 11 months later, we’re just one game away from the Grand Final and have a Challenge Cup final to look forward to as well.
“It has been a bit of a dream come true.”
Washbrook, who turns 31 next month, has been to Wembley before with Hull but on the losing side against St Helens seven years ago.
“I missed the 2005 Cup win in Cardiff as I was just young and had only played a couple of games that year,” he recalled.
“I managed to get in the Grand Final team the following year and then 2008 when we played Saints at Wembley so I have been there and experienced it.
“But, hopefully, this time will be a different result.”
Washbrook has proved a useful addition for Radford – he played 20 minutes at hooker in last week’s win – and has maintained his place in the squad despite stiff competition in his primary position of back-row.
With his versatility, he can also play half-back, loose-forward or even centre if called upon, which makes him a fine player to have among the replacements.
Twenty of his 26 appearances this time around have come off the bench and he has scored three tries in his first campaign back with the Black and Whites.
“I was coming to get my place in the team every week,” insisted the player, who left for Wakefield at the end of 2011 after 134 games during his first spell with the East Yorkshire club.
“Luckily for me, I managed to get my chance early and take it.
“I’ve only missed three games so far this year so it’s been a great year for me personally and, with the team, things could not have gone any better.”
The next few weeks will be definitive, though, as Hull seek to make the final crucial steps on all three fronts.
They have beaten Warrington – who have won the Cup three times under Tony Smith – on both occasions this term but each was a close encounter.
“They’re doing well in the league, up there with us, and we’ve had a couple of ding-dong battles this year so Saturday should be entertaining,” admitted Washbrook. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc/challenge-cup-final-it-s-been-a-whirlwind-year-on-my-return-admits-hull-fc-s-danny-washbrook-1-8089796 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/32654dd69c2c3798a219e55bcb287fd20ad4cac2f57ea7c818975617f8ca5df5.json |
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"Tom Richmond",
"Racing Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-31T04:52:17 | null | 2016-08-31T05:33:09 | Visit now for the latest horse racing news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fhorse-racing%2Fthe-last-samuri-could-be-heading-to-wetherby-1-8096869.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096867.1472589581!/image/image.jpg | en | null | The Last Samuri could be heading to Wetherby | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | KIM Bailey’s Grand National runner-up The Last Samuri could get his season under way in the Bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby.
Bailey won the Grade Two contest in 2013 with Harry Topper and is considering sending the eight-year-old north for his initial outing.
Another option is to return to Aintree for the Becher Chase.
“So far I’m very happy with him,” said Bailey. “It’s hard to find suitable races. The most obvious ones are going to be the Charlie Hall and the Becher Chase.
“I hate coming second, but it was a great run in the National.”
Harry Topper missed the whole of last season and has not been seen since February 2015. He may have the Welsh National as a target.
“It was the wettest winter we had for ages so it was unfortunate,” said Bailey about the mud-lover. “He’ll have a new jockey in David Bass and hopefully he’ll get to something like the Welsh National.”
Kevin Ryan believes conditions are likely to favour The Grey Gatsby in the Qipco Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on September 10.
The five-year-old needs fast ground to perform at his best and the going was yielding when he was sixth to Golden Horn in the 10-furlong showpiece last season.
The Grey Gatsby’s last victory came in the Irish Champion two years ago when he got the better of Australia.
Since then, he has been a regular at the top level without quite getting his head in front.
His latest effort came in the Juddmonte International when he was sixth to Postponed.
“He’s come out of his race at York really well,” said Hambleton-based Ryan, who confirmed that the horse’s swansong before retirement is likely to be the Breeders Cup in America. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/the-last-samuri-could-be-heading-to-wetherby-1-8096869 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/d3246d073defaf6da93f2d4b1f9d4cf781685e9d21a34f99c6bb63ef830b61c8.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:43 | null | 2016-08-25T22:48:24 | Visit now for the latest cricket news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fcounty-championship-lancashire-on-brink-of-defeat-as-mark-footitt-rips-them-apart-1-8089829.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089827.1472161689!/image/image.jpg | en | null | County Championship: Lancashire on brink of defeat as Mark Footitt rips them apart | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Left-armer Mark Footitt’s best figures of the season helped Surrey to the brink of a win over Lancashire.
On a flat pitch at the Kia Oval, Footitt took 5-49 – including 3-3 in 28 balls during the day’s final session – as Surrey’s attack caused headaches for the Red Rose middle order.
By the close Lancashire had toppled to 203-8, a paltry lead of 10 after losing six wickets in the final session.
In Division Two, Essex took a big step towards landing the title – and promotion – by beating second-placed Leicestershire by an innings and 10 runs inside three days at Grace Road.
Essex turned their overnight 368-8 into 423 – a first-innings lead of 185 – thanks to the efforts of Dan Lawrence (154) and Grahan Napier (31).
The hosts were then dismissed for 175 second time around, with Jamie Porter and former Leicestershire seamer Masters each taking four wickets, Porter’s match figures reading 8-99.
Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell scored his first championship hundred for 13 months on a drastically curtailed third day against Northamptonshire at New Road.
Only 17.2 overs were possible in the day as Worcestershire added 42 runs for the loss of two wickets in reaching 195-3 – still 356 in arrears.
Rain prevented Glamorgan and Sussex making much progress at Cardiff.
Glamorgan reached 149-2 – an overall lead of 118 – on a day when only 19.3 overs were bowled because of rain and bad light. With one day remaining, and Sussex seeking a win that will boost their hopes of overhauling leaders Essex, captains Jacques Rudolph and Luke Wright may agree on a target that Sussex could chase. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/county-championship-lancashire-on-brink-of-defeat-as-mark-footitt-rips-them-apart-1-8089829 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/708427b9c3b0e60d7bd2e5fada59a5701af5ef0855b6e8ba90cf244fa0d3ea53.json |
[
"Ismail Mulla",
"Business Reporter"
] | 2016-08-26T13:10:04 | null | 2016-08-24T15:16:38 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentrepreneur-aims-to-tackle-political-apathy-1-8086368.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8086367.1472048186!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Entrepreneur aims to tackle political apathy | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A digital entrepreneur is hoping to turn his life around with the launch of a new online polling platform.
Matthew Seavers is launching DemografiQ, a website that allows users to vote on political issues of the day.
Mr Seavers, who is from Shipley, says the inspiration for DemografiQ came two years ago when he hit “rock bottom”. Mr Seavers was arrested and convicted for cannabis production in 2014.
“It’s something I’m not proud of at all,” he recalls.
“I’d lost my previous business some years before. I was arrested and convicted two years ago for cannabis production and I was facing four to eight years in prison. It really made me take stock of my life and change.”
The web designer of eight years was handed a chance to turn his life around by the judicial system in July 2014.
“I received a suspended two-year sentence for which I was lucky to get 300 hours of community service,” he told The Yorkshire Post.
The community services was in itself “rewarding” as he looked to get his life back on track.
Mr Seavers said: “It changed my whole perception. For instance my view of the police and the justice system has completely changed. I feel that they gave me a chance.
“They could have come down a lot harder on me. I could have been in prison. My barrister said to me when I went in ‘you’re not coming out today’. It really made me take stock, it changed my views, it changed my attitude to everything.”
The ex-offender turned back to his passion of politics in order to make the most of his second chance.
He said: “One of the things that I thought about was when I was 16 up until my early 20s I was very politically involved. I used to follow it all the time, I used to vote and I used to express my opinion.”
However, as time wore on Mr Seavers says he became “cynical” and “insular”. Now the entrepreneur is hoping to rekindle his interest in politics and give others an opportunity to share their opinions.
“In essence what the aim of DemografiQ is is to find out what people think are the most important issues for them locally and nationally and for them to be able to freely voice their opinion on them,” he said.
DemografiQ will differ from traditional polling companies such as YouGov and Ipsos Mori, who poll sample sets. The website will also be user driven.
Over the next couple of years, Mr Seavers is aiming to build a user-base for DemografiQ.
He said: “To get the word out there quickly to as many people as possible I’m talking to the National Union of Students (NUS) because one important thing about DemografiQ is it’s from the age of 16 upwards.
“I’m also talking to the Local Government Association to try and attract local councillors to use it. I think it would be a good tool for local councillors to canvass opinion on things that are happening in their constituency.”
Mr Seavers hopes that his new platform will go some way to tackling political apathy in the UK and bridge the gap between Westminster and the public.
The web platform will be free to use but Mr Seavers plans on monetising it, further down the line, by licensing data to local government, quangos, education authorities and media organisations. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/entrepreneur-aims-to-tackle-political-apathy-1-8086368 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/19fd4c898baf65f59222016f896e6e438424d88ec37407cb3245c26c4378b806.json |
[
"Lindsay Pantry"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:50 | null | 2016-08-26T16:49:00 | Visit now for the latest political news, analysis and opinion - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fuk-too-low-and-too-slow-on-syrian-refugee-resettlement-1-8091579.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091578.1472226523!/image/image.jpg | en | null | UK ‘too low and too slow’ on Syrian refugee resettlement | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THE GOVERNMENT’S pledge to resettle 20,000 refugees from war-torn Syrian has been dubbed “too low and too slow” by charities after it was revealed that just over a tenth of the target had arrived so far.
Home Office figures show that between the start of October last year and the end of June, 2,646 people have arrived under the Syrian vulnerable persons resettlement scheme.
In Yorkshire and the Humber, 228 Syrians were resettled, 9 per cent of the UK’s total, and just 15 per cent of the 1,500 refugees the region had agreed to take last year as part of Government’s commitment to offer sanctuary to 20,000 people from Syria by 2020.
Former Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans for the resettlement initiative in September after a public outcry over the fate of those driven to attempt crossing the Mediterranean.
In the final three months of 2015, 1,085 were brought to the UK. The number then dipped to 517 in the first quarter of this year before more than doubling to 1,044 in the three months from April.
Refugee Council head of advocacy Dr Lisa Doyle said: “There is absolutely no reason why a country as welcoming and wealthy as Britain would be unable to fulfil its pledge to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020. After all, it’s only the equivalent of each constituency welcoming one family a year.”
Steve Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s refugee programme director, said: “The target of resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020 has always been too low and too slow.”
Those arriving under the programme have been resettled across 118 local authorities - up from 71 in the six months to March. Coventry has taken the highest number, with 125, followed by Gateshead with 107 and Edinburgh at 83. The data show there were 273 council areas where no Syrians had been resettled under the scheme in the nine months from October.
Earlier this month a Commons committee report warned of a “two-tier system” over participation in the initiative, which is voluntary for town halls.
Regionally, Scotland has taken by far the greatest share of refugees under the scheme, with 862, over the three quarters - or a third of the total number who have arrived.
David Simmonds, chairman of the Local Government Association’s asylum, refugee and migration task group, said: “Councils have an excellent track record in welcoming asylum seeking and refugee children and their families for many years and continue to work hard to support the Syrian resettlement scheme, alongside all the other schemes in current operation.
“They have no say over when people will be allowed to enter the UK, but stand ready to help when they do.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/uk-too-low-and-too-slow-on-syrian-refugee-resettlement-1-8091579 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/bebdc683b8cf9e3dc9d759de6b673cea5203cca260daa628e48e50699d01ddb3.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:51:28 | null | 2016-08-29T16:11:03 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fyp-letters-gold-medal-olympic-feelgood-factor-is-priceless-1-8094673.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094671.1472483443!/image/image.jpg | en | null | YP Letters: Gold medal Olympic ‘feelgood factor’ is priceless | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | From: Marilyn Shaw, Thornhill, Dewsbury.
WE are all entitled to an opinion, but I found Paul Kirby’s comments on the Olympics extremely disappointing (The Yorkshire Post, August 25). Following the bitterness of the Brexit campaign and the tragedy of lovely Jo Cox’s death, I, and many people I know, were in need of some positive news and a ‘feelgood factor’.
The happiness and spontaneity of not only the spectators who travelled to support the athletes, the athletes themselves and the joy of the people of Rio that was the much needed positivity we needed.
I do not begrudge one penny spent because it was inspirational to young people and I feel sure many of the athletes will visit schools to encourage future generations towards a healthy lifestyle in sport and athletics.
I agree money should be spent in schools and communities deprived of such facilities, but that does not mean we cannot have success in the Olympics also. Please let us enjoy positivity and be proud of the Olympic achievements.
Well done to all concerned and thank you.
From: David Quarrie, Lynden Way, York.
I THINK Paul Kirby’s view (The Yorkshire Post, August 25) is somewhat over the top. I can see and understand where he is coming from as regards how Lottery money is spent, but to say that the Team GB success benefits no one is very harsh.
The winning brought joy and patriotism to thousands, the ‘feelgood factor’ is also beneficial in a troubled and dangerous world. The way our women won hockey gold by defeating the world champions Holland does immense good for a “minor” sport.
It inspires many young ladies to take up the game, it creates a desire to be like these good role models. It helps to counter obesity, inactivity and laziness.
I have been heavily involved with club hockey since 1956 and I know how “my” sport has benefited from the Olympics.
From: Edward Grainger, Botany Way, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
ANTHONY Clavane and Grant Woodward (The Yorkshire Post, August 23) please take note: Yorkshire has another team besides Hull City in the Premiership football stakes – Middlesbrough.
Despite two local government boundary changes in 1968 and 1974, geographically at least the areas south of the River Tees are still part of Yorkshire, including my home town, Middlesbrough, where incidentally Yorkshire CCC played championship cricket at Acklam Park.
Alas no more. Axed like Harrogate, Sheffield and Bradford.
The Yorkshire Post has a map on the back page of the daily issue showing the full extent of the country from Tees to Humber, the tragedy from our River Tees perspective is that we have been left out and let down by politicians, but let no one be in any doubt we are Yorkshiremen and women, and will remain so. Let no one take that away from us.
Oh, by the way, in the Grant Woodward piece there is a mention of Chris Old, Yorkshire cricketer, and Don Revie of Leeds United fame. Both born and brought up in Middlesbrough!
Product of elite ‘ghetto’
From: ME Wright, Harrogate.
YOUR report on David Hoare’s crass “ghetto” outburst states that he attended Eton. Following this, he was commissioned officer in the army – not a common squaddie.
He then became a banker – presumably not the George Mainwaring sort, of Dad’s Army fame, (The Yorkshire Post, August 24).
Is it fair to claim that he himself is the product of an unremittingly up-market ghetto and largely out of touch with 99 per cent of the British people?
If so, how and why did he end up as unelected chairman of Ofsted?
On resigning, he graciously acknowledged that Ofsted “now has an excellent board in place.” Consisting of whom, I wonder?
They lord it over the children, parents and teachers of the vast majority of us. Names and backgrounds please, and perhaps a note of whether their children attend or attended state or cheque book schools.
Climate of bullying
From: Monica Gripaios, Hovingham, York.
I HAVE become increasingly frustrated by the tone of the pro-fracking lobby, who imply that anyone remotely concerned about climate change and a viable future for their grandchildren is some sort of nutcase.
I accept that there are two sides to every argument, but wonder why the fracking lobby act like a playground bully? A few years ago there was an excellent film made called The Age of Stupid set in the future when the planet was dying. the central character looked back and his main argument was this: we knew we had to act to avert climate change, we knew it was happening and yet we chose to do nothing. Why?
Farage’s folly
From: Peter Hyde, Driffield.
ALTHOUGH I was more than delighted that Nigel Farage did a great job in getting us out of the EU, he has alas chickened out as leader of Ukip and has now become a ‘celeb for hire’.
He’s been in the US backing Donald Trump. I am afraid Nigel is great on rhetoric but lacking in substance. Fears of a global conflict will be increased should Trump become President of the United States. What an unthinking loud mouth he is.
Loss of trust
From: NV Elliott, South Cave.
IF Jeremy Corbyn can tell such obvious ‘untruths’ (lies), how can I believe anything else he states? | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-gold-medal-olympic-feelgood-factor-is-priceless-1-8094673 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ecea6e05214270d438a2b99a5cbc04b9115080ddded56a726dee3ed329c81d06.json |
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"Georgina Morris"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:39 | null | 2016-08-30T11:13:35 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ffirefighters-work-through-night-as-two-barns-gutted-by-fire-1-8095514.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8095512.1472552091!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Firefighters work through night as two barns gutted by fire | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | This was the scene that met firefighters called to tackle a blaze involving two barns yesterday evening.
Three crews from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service were initially sent in to deal with the barn fire just off the A165 at Ganstead, East Yorkshire.
Crews remained at the scene overnight after the blaze was brought under control.
A fourth engine from East Hull was later dispatched to help bring the fire under control.
A spokesman said the barns were being used to store straw bales.
The number of crews at the site was reduced at around 9pm but some firefighters remained at the scene overnight. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/firefighters-work-through-night-as-two-barns-gutted-by-fire-1-8095514 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/485474c5a3d19f1269b95a922fd2290c14f0a9e499ca185db08911650e32c190.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:51:23 | null | 2016-08-28T17:10:22 | Visit now for the latest cricket news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Froyal-london-cup-yorkshire-v-surrey-misery-for-yorkshire-as-they-miss-out-on-lord-s-final-yet-again-in-headingley-defeat-1-8093417.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093574.1472409030!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Royal London Cup: Yorkshire v Surrey - Misery for Yorkshire as they miss out on Lord’s final yet again in Headingley defeat | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Three wickets in nine balls at a cost of two runs for Stuart Meaker tore the heart out of Yorkshire’s batting at Headingley and sent Surrey through to the final of the Royal London One-Day Cup at Lord’s.
A century for man-of-the-match Steven Davies and 90 from Ben Foakes left Yorkshire Vikings chasing a 256 target and although they recovered well after Meaker’s dramatic intervention, thanks to a brave 68 from Tim Bresnan, the task was just beyond them and they were bowled out for 236 to lose by 19 runs with seven balls remaining.
Yorkshire captain Alex Lees is bowled out by Surrey's Gareth Batty for 26. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA.
Surrey now have the chance to avenge last season’s final defeat by Gloucestershire but for Yorkshire it was the second consecutive year that they have stumbled at the last-four stage.
It also continued a depressing run of semi-final reverses in List A cricket for Yorkshire, who have now lost 17 times out of 20 on such occasions since 1979.
Captain Alex Lees admitted - combined with defeat in last week’s T20 Blast semi-final to Durham Jets - Yorkshire hadn’t been good enough to progress in either game.
“I think we are all gutted to lose because we have played some great white ball cricket this season,” said Lees. “But when it has mattered in two semi-finals over the past week we have not been good enough.
Yorkshire's Tim Bresnan (second left) is congratulated by Jack Brooks (second right) and Jonny Bairstow (right) after taking the wicket of Surrey's Kumar Sangakkara. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com
“I thought it was a reachable target and we needed some contributions from the top five and this didn’t happen. All credit to the Surrey bowlers who kept going.”
Lees was also quick to praise the efforts of Bresnan, adding: “He has won three or four games single-handed for us and has been exceptional both with the bat and ball. His big contribution almost got us there. When we look back it will have been a positive season but you still don’t want to lose two semi-finals.”
Yorkshire lost Adam Lyth to Jade Dernbach in their third over and after skipper, Alex Lees, had played some solid strokes in reaching 26 he was bowled driving at his opposite number, Gareth Batty.
At 74-2 in 19 overs, however, Yorkshire were still handily placed until Meaker, bowling from the football end, began his lethal burst.
Jonny Bairstow, released by England for the match, drove gently to Dominic Sibley at mid-wicket; Gary Ballance was caught behind trying to flick over the top of the slips and Jack Leaning dragged into his leg-stump.
The slide to 81-5 was halted by Bresnan and 20-year-old all-rounder, Matthew Waite, who enjoyed a fine match in which he earlier captured three wickets and then scored 38 in an enterprising stand of 80 in 16 overs with his senior partner.
Waite survived a confident appeal for a catch off Batty’s bowling but in the next over from Sam Curran he drove into Batty’s hands at mid-on. Bresnan and Will Rhodes kept the hopes of the 4,836 crowd alive with a busy stand of 46 which ended at 207 in the 45th over when Rhodes played to backward point and set off for a single but was beaten by Tom Curran’s direct hit on the stumps at the bowler’s end.
Bresnan and Azeem Rafiq continued to battle hard, but when Tom Curran sent back both Rafiq and Steven Patterson in the 48th over to make it 236-9 the task was just beyond Yorkshire and the match ended when Bresnan drove Dernbach to Sibley at long-off, his 68 coming off 82 balls with two fours and a six.
Put in to bat, Surrey found themselves on eight for two by the third over, with Kumar Sangakkara one of the wickets to fall, but the early setbacks did not unsettle Davies whose 104 followed consecutive Championship scores of 117, 52 and 56 against Yorkshire this season.
Jack Brooks, in his first List A match of the summer, struck in the day’s second over as Dibley shaped to play to leg but missed and was lbw. Sangakkara was quick of the mark, cutting Bresnan for four, but in the same over the Sri Lankan drove loosely to Rafiq in the covers.
Davies, however, made smooth progress with some splendidly timed shots through the covers, taking boundaries off consecutive balls from Brooks, and he hit 34 of the first 48 runs scored.
But at 61-2 in 14 overs, Waite joined the attack and his first delivery was flicked casually to long leg by Burns for Patterson to hold a good catch dropping to his knees.
It should have been an even more memorable over for Waite but three balls later Davies, on 43, drove back past the bowler’s hands and the chance went begging.
Had Davies gone then, Surrey would have been in big trouble but they were rescued by Davies’ and Foakes’ partnership of 130, the visitors’ highest for the fourth wicket in List A cricket against Yorkshire and beating the 110 by Monty Lynch and Andrew Needham at Bradford in 1985.
Davies, having reached his half-century from 57 deliveries, continued to time the ball to perfection, hooking Bresnan for four and on-driving Rafiq for six while Foakes moved smartly to his own 50 from 51 balls, the stand entering three figures in 21 overs.
A single to Davies off Patterson took him to his century off 112 balls with ten fours and a six, but four runs later he hit a low full toss from Waite straight to Rhodes on the mid-wicket boundary.
Surrey were 191-4 in the 39th over and they lost much of their momentum in the last dozen overs or so, Sam Curran going for 16 when he was bowled by Waite in a futile and ungainly attempt to scoop the ball round the corner.
Waite’s figures of three for 48 were Yorkshire’s best of the day and at the end of his stint he received warm and prolonged applause from the appreciative crowd.
Foakes struck Bresnan high over long on for six but was denied a century when a ramp shot went wrong and he was caught by Brooks for 90 from 100 balls with seven fours to go alongside his big hit.
Surrey debutant, Ollie Pope, was run out for 20 off the last ball of an innings which never quite blossomed as much as it might of done, although it may never have bloomed at all but for Davies and Foakes.
As it happened (the last 10 overs) ...
49.5 overs - WICKET - GAME OVER - Bresnan hits high full tos down the throat of Sibley at long-off from the bowling of Jake Dernbach - Bresnan dismissed for 68. Surrey win by 19 runs
48 overs: WICKET - Yorkshire 234-9 - Steve Patterson goes first ball, ball stopped on him and he just looped a catch up to Sangakarra at mid on.
47. 3 overs: WICKET - Yorkshire 231-8 - Rafiq hits full toss down to long on where he is caught by Burns off Tom Curran - Steven Patterson joins Bresnan who is 64 no
47 overs: Yorkshire 229-7 - Another good over Yorkshire, good running once again - Bresnan 64 no; Rafiq 5 no. 27 needed off 18 balls
46 overs: Yorkshire 222 -7 - Good over for Yorkshire, 143 runs including big six over long on from Bresnan and some cracking running between the wickets; Bresnan 62 no; Rafiq 2 no
45 overs: Yorkshire 209- 7 - Two runs off the last ball brings up 50 for Bresnan, who is joined at the crease by Azeem Rafiq - Bresnan, 51 no; Rafiq 0 no 44.5 overs: WICKET Yorkshire 207-7 - Rhodes run out from direct hit by ???? at backward point. Rhodes hesitated slightly before setting off and it proved costly
44 overs: Yorkshire 202-6 - Bresnan 47 no; Rhodes 21 no - 54 needed off 36 balls. Surrey bowling nice and tight, making it difficult for both Bresnan and Rhodes to get them away.
43 overs: Yorkshire 193-6 - Bresnan 44 no; Rhodes 15 no - 63 off 41 needed
42 overs: Yorkshire 188-6 - Bresnan 42 no; Rhodes 12 no- 68 needed off 48 balls
41 overs: Yorkshire 179-6 - Bresnan 37 no; Rhodes 10 no - 77 needed
40 overs: Yorkshire 173-6 - Bresnan 36 no; Rhodes 4no - 83 runs needed | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/royal-london-cup-yorkshire-v-surrey-misery-for-yorkshire-as-they-miss-out-on-lord-s-final-yet-again-in-headingley-defeat-1-8093417 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/a647fb403010bfbb7eb59364e0e0f9c775e221641906fc475cdd5b3166e64b91.json |
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"Ed White"
] | 2016-08-27T00:50:42 | null | 2016-08-27T00:15:56 | Visit now for the latest Sheffield United football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fsheffield-united%2Fsheffield-united-v-oxford-united-blades-will-turn-the-corner-insists-james-wilson-1-8092033.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8092032.1472250985!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Sheffield United v Oxford United: Blades will turn the corner, insists James Wilson | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Summer recruit James Wilson admits Sheffield United’s calamitous start to the campaign has made for frustration in the Blades’ ranks but feels a first win of the campaign is around the corner.
United have had their worst start to a season for 21 years after losing three of their opening four matches in League One.
Only a point at home to Rochdale has broken the cycle of defeats and promotion-seeking Blades lie bottom of England’s third tier.
Welsh international Wilson joined from Oldham in the summer and has seen enough to believe United can turn around their patchy form under manager Chris Wilder – starting against Oxford United at home today.
“It’s only four games in, there’s no reason why we still can’t achieve everything we want to,” Wilson told The Yorkshire Post.
“It’s just about making sure we get back to doing things properly and doing the basics well.
“We have had dangerous spells in every game. If we can get those spells to happen for longer periods, then we’ll do really well.
“We still have a lot of stuff that we have to work on. It’s been frustrating, but I definitely think we can pick up results.”
Wilder knows all about today’s visitors to Bramall Lane after guiding Oxford back into the Football League during a six-year stint at the Kassam Stadium before taking over at Northampton Town in 2014.
Wilder confirmed Mark McNulty will miss the game after picking up a hamstring strain, but Leon Clarke has shaken off an injury concern.
Oxford have won just one of their four league matches since clinching automatic promotion from League Two last season.
The two sides have not met in the league since 1999, but United have twice knocked Oxford out of the FA Cup 3-0 this decade. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/sheffield-united-v-oxford-united-blades-will-turn-the-corner-insists-james-wilson-1-8092033 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/38074aeaaaaa510f9985a8cfcd512ad973eb6cfed16b8ee2d21fb4ce370513b7.json |
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"Georgina Morris"
] | 2016-08-26T14:49:53 | null | 2016-08-26T15:32:05 | Visit now for the latest crime news and features - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fman-could-have-vital-information-on-bradford-sex-attack-1-8091301.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091300.1472221908!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Man could have vital information on Bradford sex attack | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Detectives investigating a sexual assault in Bradford believe this man may have vital information.
Today they issued an appeal to trace him as part of ongoing enquiries into the assault on a 21-year-old woman.
It took place in Forster Square at 1.30am on Saturday, August 13.
Anyone who recognises the man is asked to contact the Bradford District Safeguarding Unit on 101, quoting crime reference 13160348001.
A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with the incident and remanded in custody. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/man-could-have-vital-information-on-bradford-sex-attack-1-8091301 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/a475cfb842b563b49ca2570eee23ddef2e557743d6cf4f57b77b941a132bc78c.json |
[
"Richard Sutcliffe"
] | 2016-08-30T18:52:12 | null | 2016-08-30T15:03:31 | Visit now for the latest Hull City football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fhull-city%2Fhull-city-s-triple-raid-to-land-david-marshall-ryan-mason-and-will-keane-1-8096118.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096116.1472573498!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Hull City’s triple raid to land David Marshall, Ryan Mason and Will Keane | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | HULL CITY’S protracted summer recruitment search has finally paid dividends with the capture of Cardiff City goalkeeper David Marshall and Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason for a record fee,
The sum they will pay Tottenham for the 25-year-old midfielder remains undisclosed, but is believed to be £10m and it is a new record.
Mason will further strengthen their squad following the earlier signing of goalkeeper David Marshall from Cardiff, and becomes the latest to leave White Hart Lane for East Yorkshire, following Tom Huddlestone, Jake Livermore and Michael Dawson.
For City, Marshall’s arrival brings to an end a seven-month wait to make a signing - comfortably the longest in the country.
A Scotland international, the 31-year-old has signed a three-year deal at the KCOM Stadium after joining in a £5m transfer.
“Having spoken to the people up here, I didn’t need any convincing,” said Marshall. “It’s all about having that new, fresh challenge to look forward to.
“I feel that this is a club that is going places, especially when you look at the start they have made to the Premier League season.
“There are only four or five goalkeepers in this division who can categorically say that they are their club’s number one (goalkeeper).
“Of course I anticipate a battle for the jersey. You can’t take anything for granted and I’m here to fight for a place.”
First choice goalkeeper Allan McGregor is on the long-term injury list so Marshall will battle it out with Eldin Jakupovic to face Burnley when the Premier League resumes on September 10.
Mason’s arrival for a medical follows Sunderland’s late attempt to hijack the deal, The 24 year-old, capped by England as recently as 18 months ago, has been on City’s radar for some time with former manager Steve Bruce revealing the club’s interest back in early July.
He has signed a three-year contract after costing the club in excess of the £10million paid to recruit Abel Hernandez in 2014, and told their official website of his arrival: “I can’t wait to get started and I see this as a massive opportunity for me.
“I’m delighted and excited to be here.”
Hull later confirmed their third arrival of the day - striker Will Keane from Manchester United.
The 23-year-old, who worked with Phelan during the latter’s time as assistant manager, has signed a three-year contract having also arrived for an undisclosed fee.
“I’m delighted to move here,” he told Hull’s official website.
“It’s a fresh start and a new challenge for me, so I’m really looking forward to getting things underway.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/hull-city/hull-city-s-triple-raid-to-land-david-marshall-ryan-mason-and-will-keane-1-8096118 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/c0e470e41eb913929ebd4ea906550ef3ac230478a0f36d881c80e1585f1e10ea.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:25 | null | 2016-08-29T11:22:30 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Firresponsible-lenders-trapping-people-in-debts-they-can-t-afford-1-8094191.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094190.1472466134!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Irresponsible lenders ‘trapping people in debts they can’t afford’ | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | PAYDAY LENDERS have been accused of “irresponsible behaviour” which is trapping people with loans they cannot afford as calls were made for the financial watchdog to increase its regulation on the industry.
Citizens Advice found that some companies were still failing to carry out basic checks to make sure borrowers can afford to pay back loans.
Results published today of a survey of more than 400 people who had attempted to use payday loans revealed that one in four had not, or could not remember, being asked questions about their financial situation or ability to repay a loan.
A separate study of Citizens Advice staff and volunteers showed that 27 per cent said inadequate credit checks were the main cause of problems to the people they help.
The research found that fewer problems had been reported since a cap on payday loan interest rates was introduced in January 2015.
But amid evidence that so-called alternative lenders extended their reach to middle income families during the economic downturn, Citizen’s Advice has claimed more needs to be done to tackle rogue lenders.
Its chief executive, Gillian Guy, said: “Irresponsible behaviour by some payday lenders is trapping people with loans they can’t afford.
“New measures and guidelines from the Financial Conduct Authority have helped to clean up the market and the number of people turning to us for help has dropped significantly.
“But it’s clear some payday loan firms are flouting the FCA’s guidance and selling people loans costing hundreds of pounds that they struggle to pay back.
“The time has come for the FCA to turn its guidance into rules, forcing every single payday lender to carry out rigorous financial checks on potential borrowers to prevent people falling into deepening debt.”
Citizens Advice helped one 33-year-old man who was granted a payday loan following checks despite suffering from depression and alcoholism, having no permanent address, being previously declared bankrupt and having only benefit income.
The report finds that half of these borrowers are still getting into difficulty paying back their loans. Those surveyed said it was easy to get a payday loan, using online and phone applications, with few requiring credit checks.
The study also highlighted new methods being used to collect payments from people’s accounts.
Citizens Advice found cases where a payday lender asked people to share their internet banking details so a lender could directly access their account and adjust funds without advance permission from the borrower.
Initatives have been launched in Yorkshire in recent years to tackle rogue money lenders.
A service designed to divert people away from expensive payday lenders was launched in Sheffield last year in what was thought to be the first of its kind nationally.
The brokerage service, Sheffield Money, works with families with financial issues to put them in touch with reputable firms.
And a charter was launched in York – one of the North of England’s most affluent cities – in 2013 to highlight the perils of dealing with loan sharks while council staff were given training to spot potential cases. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/irresponsible-lenders-trapping-people-in-debts-they-can-t-afford-1-8094191 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/a29b58a22773fd571d2efd5a32d1f02292af16ac7e9aa6e3e14c88479de01e89.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:15 | null | 2016-08-29T11:18:37 | Visit now for the latest education news, analysis and opinion - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fhave-thousands-of-yorkshire-parents-been-wrongfully-fined-over-holidays-1-8094169.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094168.1472465897!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Have thousands of Yorkshire parents been wrongfully fined over holidays? | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THOUSANDS of parents in Yorkshire should challenge their fines for taking their children on term time holidays if they can prove they still attended school regularly, a campaigner has claimed.
Jon Platt, whose court case attracted national attention after he successfully refused to pay a fine for taking his daughter on holiday, is now urging others to follow his example.
In the last three years more than 40,00 fines have been issued by eight Yorkshire councils to parents for unauthorised absences, according to figures obtained by Mr Platt himself. He has submitted Freedom of Information requests to councils across the country.
Figures reveal that in some areas - including Kirklees, North Yorkshire, Sheffield and Doncaster there has been a sharp drop in the number of fines administered since May, when the High Court upheld a magistrates’ decision that Mr Platt should not be prosecuted because his daughter had satisfactory attendance.
But the figures also reveal there has been a huge number of fines issued to Yorkshire parents since the Government tightened its guidelines in 2013.
Figures show that in total 42,147 fines have been issued between 2013/14 and 2015/16. In 2014/15 16,784 fines were issued but 1,690 were withdrawn In 2015/16 councils issued 15,526 fines of which 1,457 were withdrawn.
Mr Platt also criticised Leeds City Council because the figures it provided showed the vast majority of fines issued were specifically for parents going on holiday. Mr Platt said: “In reality this is what most councils are doing but the way Leeds have presented the figures confirms they are specifically issuing fines for children going on unauthorised holidays - but an unauthorised absence is not a criminal offence.
“If these parents in Yorkshire have children who regularly attended school then they should challenge their fines.”
Leeds’ director of children’s services Nigel Richardson said: “We always encourage parents to think twice before booking holidays during term time as children with poor attendance tend to achieve less well.”
“Neither we nor our schools have any choice but to abide by the law, which changed in September 2013. We have a responsibility to ensure that any fin we issue is in line with our code of conduct and we follow statutory guidance from the government.
“We will continue to support schools and parents to ensure cildren attend school regularly and benefit from taking a full and active part in daily school life.”
Mr Platt is urging the Government to rethink its position on fines being issued for unauthorised absences.
He said he has contacted the new Education Secretary Justine Greening about the issue since his High Court victory and her appointment.
Several councils have said they are awaiting guidance from the Government following the court ruling.
And earlier this year Russell Hobby, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers suggested that the fines system was “too blunt and instrument which was driving a wedge between schools and families.”
However after Mr Platt’s legal victory in May, which is now set to be challenged in the Supreme Court, Schools Minister Nick Gibb wrote to schools effectively urging them to ignore the judgement.
He said: “The High Court’s judgment did not establish a hard and fast rule that a pupil’s attendance above 90 per cent is regarded as ‘regular’ attendance. Instead, a decision will have to depend on the individual facts of each case.” And he added: “We understand that some parents who have already been given penalty notices and have paid the penalty are asking local authorities to withdraw the notices...However, the view of the Department is that the decision in the Isle of Wight case does not require local authorities to do this, and I would expect applications of this kind to be refused in the ordinary course of events.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/education/have-thousands-of-yorkshire-parents-been-wrongfully-fined-over-holidays-1-8094169 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/da6f416eac79a68eb99c3898e0fd6667f2f0343f6dbded35194773b97a0bda30.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T00:51:10 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:01 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fhuge-disparity-in-youth-unemployment-across-yorkshire-1-8094268.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094266.1472469006!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Huge disparity in youth unemployment across Yorkshire | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Stark variations in youth unemployment levels across Yorkshire and the Humber could impact local economic growth, according to a new report.
The study by EY, in association with the EY Foundation, found there was huge disparity in the numbers of young people being employed across the region in 2015.
Bradford was identified as having the highest rate of youth unemployment in the region, with 26 per cent of people out of work, while York had the lowest rate, with 11.4 per cent.
Sheffield had a youth unemployment rate of 19.4 per cent and Hull 17.1 per cent. The figure for Leeds was 13.8 per cent.
According to the report, this could have an impact on the region and wider UK’s aspiration to achieve ‘inclusive growth’, particularly at a time when the UK’s future supply of labour and skills is at the forefront of many employers’ minds after the Brexit vote in June.
The report revealed that the average youth unemployment rate in the Yorkshire region was 15 per cent. The East of England had the lowest level of youth unemployment at 11.2 per cent, whereas the North East had the highest rate at 18.3 per cent.
But even though York had one of the lowest rates, the figure has almost tripled since 2004 when its youth unemployment rate was 4.2 per cent. A similar shift has been seen in Bradford, with the rate more than doubling from 11.3 per cent in 2004 to one of the highest rates in the country.
Looking at the other end of the spectrum, Yorkshire and the Humber was the region with the highest proportion of young workers in the UK at 14.2 per cent. In particular, young people made up almost 20 per cent of employment in agriculture and fishing – close to double the UK average.
Financial and business services also employed proportionately more young people in Yorkshire and Humber than in any other region.
Stuart Watson, senior partner at EY, said: “Looking at this region as a whole, what stands out is that overall levels of youth unemployment are improving but pockets are still reporting much higher youth unemployment rates than the average with some cities affected more than others.
“These regional differences underline the importance of a coordinated response from Government and business to tackle the issues locally.”
The biggest fall in UK youth employment levels between 2004 and 2015 were in the manufacturing sector (28 per cent).
Meanwhile, the two sectors that currently employ the highest proportions of young people – relative to their total employment – are set to grow.
The report forecasts that between 2015 and 2030 the UK’s employment in distribution, hotels and restaurants will grow by an average of 0.4 per cent a year, matching the forecast growth of the UK’s total employment.
Conversely, the sectors young people are most likely to have difficulty finding employment opportunities in are mining and utilities and manufacturing.
Maryanne Matthews, chief executive of independent UK charity EY Foundation, said: “Maturing workforces, demands for new skills in a knowledge economy, and a projected growth in the number of high-skilled jobs over the next few years, means that the need for employers to diversify talent has become a business imperative.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/huge-disparity-in-youth-unemployment-across-yorkshire-1-8094268 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/bd4994525cb090823fd195659c9156582f6d1e6aa94e5d8e4749e1ff635ac830.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:02:20 | null | 2016-07-25T12:27:13 | Visit now for the latest theatre news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fwhat-s-on%2Ftheatre%2Fgreat-british-take-off-sue-perkins-says-tonight-s-nude-dating-show-is-fine-by-her-1-8031966.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8031965.1469446006!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Great British Take-off: Sue Perkins says tonight’s nude dating show is fine by her | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Broadcaster Anna Richardson has said girlfriend Sue Perkins is fully behind her new naked dating series.
Channel 4’s Naked Attraction, hosted by Richardson, will see a single man and woman choose a date from a selection of six naked people.
Richardson said: “Sue, bless her, just sort of rolls her eyes and said ‘I wouldn’t expect anything less from you.’
“She’s so used to me doing bonkers things that, you know, we’re both open-minded people so she’s fully supportive.”
Talking about the show, which is broadcast tonight, Richardson said it can feel “liberating” to be naked.
“I don’t have much body confidence. I’m a really average looking girl with a straightforward size 12 bod, with all its nicks and scars and all the rest of it.
“But there is something liberating about taking your kit off on a beach and it’s wonderful.”
Viewers will discover what individuals find attractive about a naked body as the show progresses.
The six potential dates will be whittled down and the single man and woman will then select their final match before heading out on a date to see if their initial primal instinct was right.
Shropshire-born Richardson talked about how Naked Attraction can cut out the awkward small-talk of a first date.
She said: “I think we’ve all been in this this situation where you’ve met someone, you really like them, you really get on, you’re lucky enough to maybe end up at their place, you take your clothes off and then you look at them and you think ‘Really?’
“It kind of ruins the whole thing because you have such great expectations and this just takes all of that away.”
She continued: “They fancy each other in the first place and then they find out if they’ve got out anything in common.”
Richardson, whose TV credits include Channel 4’s Supersize vs Superskinny, had an 18-year relationship with director Charles Martin.
She met comedian Perkins, co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off, at a party and revealed they were dating in 2014.
On the subject of the Naked Attraction matches, the 45-year-old teased a couple of the outcomes.
“Some of them are still together,” she said.
“Some of them, as you would expect like with first dates, they end up going off on a date and maybe they simply found each other physically attractive, maybe nothing more.
“But with some of them, they’re still together and they’re like ‘We were so liberated by the whole experience of meeting in the buff and then going on a date. We actually really, really liked each other’.
“It’s a real mixed bag of who’s still together and who only lasted the show.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/great-british-take-off-sue-perkins-says-tonight-s-nude-dating-show-is-fine-by-her-1-8031966 | en | 2016-07-25T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/c871b8454cedca080241eccc305d02055f353ad1e3452032e0411411fa555314.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:07 | null | 2016-08-30T16:56:52 | Visit now for the latest cricket news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fcrickettalk-end-of-an-era-as-jason-gillespie-prepares-to-exit-yorkshire-ccc-1-8096457.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096453.1472572584!/image/image.jpg | en | null | CricketTalk: End of an era as Jason Gillespie prepares to exit Yorkshire CCC | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | AFTER five successful years at the helm, Yorkshire’s first-team coach, Jason Gillespie, this week revealed he would be leaving the club at the end of this season.
During his time at Headingley, he has overseen a period of tremendous success for the club, inheriting a team that had been relegated to Division Two of the County Championship before transforming them into an outfit capable of earning promotion back to the top tier at the first time of asking.
HHEADING HOME: Yorkshire first-team coach, Jason Gillespie. Picture: Simon Hulme
After finishing second in their first year back in Division One - pipped to the title they hadn’t won since in 2001 by Durham – they returned to the top of the tree two years in succession.
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Now, with four games remaining Yorkshire are still well-placed to make it three titles in a row and send Gillespie back home to South Australia on a perfect high.
The YP’s Chris Waters joins host Phil Harrison to discuss Gillespie’s departure, as well as reflecting on his time at the club and how his exit on Yorkshire CCC will impact on the club going forward. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/crickettalk-end-of-an-era-as-jason-gillespie-prepares-to-exit-yorkshire-ccc-1-8096457 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ebaf576aa956b1520c4de502e560535024e1de10fa57d17eca74b91fd112f20b.json |
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"Sport Reporter"
] | 2016-08-27T20:51:20 | null | 2016-08-27T21:25:05 | Visit now for the latest cricket news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fjoe-root-recovers-from-on-field-clash-to-guide-england-to-2-0-series-lead-over-pakistan-1-8092779.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8092778.1472329704!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Joe Root recovers from on-field clash to guide England to 2-0 series lead over Pakistan | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Yorkshire star Joe Root made a measured 89 to steer England to a four-wicket win in the second one-day international against Pakistan but admitted he was still feeling the effects of a run-in with Adil Rashid.
Root collided heavily with his Yorkshire team-mate in the Lord's outfield as both men converged on a catch in the deep during the tourists' innings of 251 all out.
Root clashed with Adil Rashid in the field (PA)
Root showed remarkable focus to cling on to the chance despite the hefty bump and needed treatment on his right ankle in the aftermath.
The physio returned on a couple of occasions during the England innings, which Root underpinned with a disciplined anchoring effort, but it did not distract him from the job at hand.
"Rash hit me pretty hard actually, it's surprising that such a little guy would make such a strong tackle...but no dramas, it's nothing serious," he said.
"It was a bit of a dramatic football sort of dive in the end. I've never seen him tackle me like that before, not even in the (five-a-side) warm-ups!
"I could see him in the corner of my eye, I'm pretty sure I put my arms out and shouted to say it was my catch but he mustn't have heard.
"He nearly headbutted my knee actually, so we got pretty lucky in that respect."
England are now 2-0 ahead with three to play in the Royal London series and look to have the measure of a touring side who have already been placed "on notice" by head coach Mickey Arthur, who feels they are playing old-fashioned 50-over cricket.
Assessing what was a low-key but ultimately comfortable outing at Lord's, Root said: "The way we're playing at the minute is brilliant - taking wickets regularly throughout the innings, scoring quite freely with the bat.
"Hopefully that can continue and we can keep gaining momentum with the wins we're getting this summer.
"I still think there's a lot of work to do if we want to be the best team in the world but we're going about it the right way. Hopefully in a few years' time, or a bit sooner, we'll be right up there." | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/joe-root-recovers-from-on-field-clash-to-guide-england-to-2-0-series-lead-over-pakistan-1-8092779 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/09ccbefd1fb4f41e1b94734ee62fc6702d5e0a2ce1a438d183d80b198ee3cc3c.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:51:38 | null | 2016-08-30T16:57:00 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fneil-mcnicholas-are-we-being-well-served-by-the-bbc-1-8096456.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096454.1472572923!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Neil McNicholas: Are we being well served by the BBC? | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | LET’S face it, the initial incentive and interest of most people watching the BBC “sitcom fest” would be to see how much the new characters resembled the old ones.
And that’s the thing really, such well-beloved comedies were down to the actors involved and then, of course, David Croft and Jimmy Perry, the writers. Once you remove either of those elements, you are going to be struggling to recreate what it was that made them so well-beloved.
And so, for example, we recently had Dad’s Army recreated for the big screen. I have to admit that I wasn’t sufficiently motivated to go and see it, but I think I could bet next month’s ration cards on the fact that the new incarnation didn’t come anywhere close to being as good as the television version simply because it was sans Arthur Lowe, John le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, et al.
I also imagine I would have been somewhat distracted, at least for the first 10 minutes, with the process of seeing how well – or otherwise – the new actors fitted the mental picture we all have of the original cast. And if they didn’t, then what was the point? The writers and producer might just as well have applied their talents to something completely different and not even called it Dad’s Army because what everyone expected was the Dad’s Army they loved.
And that was precisely the problem with Sunday’s offering of Are You Being Served? The original became a well-loved comedy because of contributions of the likes of John Inman, Mollie Sugden, and Frank Thornton, and the writing of David Croft (again) this time paired with Jeremy Lloyd.
They had obviously tried very hard to find actors who bore a passing resemblance to the originals and in recreating the set, but that’s where any similarities ended. Jason Watkins and Roy Barraclough made valiant efforts, but they were flogging a dead horse.
The original clearly had legs, as they say (mostly John Inman’s), and so it ran and ran; this one was lucky to reach the end of its 30 minute air time.
And, oh joys, we are in for more of the same in the days ahead in the form of Till Death Us Do Part and Keeping Up Appearances. Goodnight Sweetheart will be cheating because it will actually have Nicholas Lyndhurst in it. But the bottom line is: is it really going to be worth all the effort? I suspect not.
Sunday’s helping of Porridge (no pun intended, well maybe a little bit) was only marginally more successful, but only because there was no effort at all to recreate the old characters. There was a slight echo of Mr (Fulton) Mackay in the new character of Officer Meekie (and a similar name), and there were some definite reminders of some of Ronnie Barker’s inflections (or should that be in-Fletch-ions)?) from Kevin Bishop. Otherwise it was basically a brand new programme, albeit built on old foundations, and any similarities with persons living or dead were purely intentional.
More worrying is the current trend in Hollywood, Broadway, and on the West End, to keep digging up old corpses and trying to breathe new life into them. Is there no one around anymore who can come up with brand new ideas to give the likes of Les Mis and Phantom of the Opera a run for their money? Is the best they can do these days to rehash old productions, some of which were past their best-by date when they last saw the light of day and will probably not have improved any with time?
The thought occurs that if instead of having to fork out for a totally unjustified one-off television licence, we were connected to Broadcasting House by some sort of pay-as-you-go system like the cable and satellite channels use, and every time the Beeb screened repeats (or rehashes in this case) they had to refund a percentage of the money we had paid, I wonder how long either of those policies and practices would last? At the moment they are often being paid money for old rope, but sadly never enough of the latter with which to hang themselves.
This latest effort by the Beeb is being referred to in the media (and by the Beeb itself of course) as a “landmark sitcom season”. Landmark? I’d have said closer to landfill. A landmark is something that can be easily seen and recognised from a distance – probably the further away the better if Sunday’s offerings were anything to go by.
The Beeb would have been far better advised to have closed the doors to Grace Brothers for good.
Neil McNicholas is a parish priest in Yarm. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/neil-mcnicholas-are-we-being-well-served-by-the-bbc-1-8096456 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/8029b019e92e7ee30caa73de2344fc3d2d76fd83122a25d119f4e56cba5accb9.json |
[
"James Reed",
"Political Editor"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:52 | null | 2016-08-26T02:54:24 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcorbyn-sets-out-plan-to-reverse-arts-cuts-1-8089352.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8090044.1472195959!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Corbyn sets out plan to reverse arts cuts | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | JEREMY CORBYN will today promise to reverse cuts to the arts and put lottery funding into regional control.
The Labour leader will set out plans for an ‘arts pupil premium’ given to every primary school in England.
Mr Corbyn will pledge a future Labour government would defend the BBC licence fee and promise to it a legal requirement for all councils to deliver a “a comprehensive and efficient library service”.
Mr Corbyn will launch his arts strategy in Edinburgh as the city’s world famous festival approaches its end.
He will say: “Drawing on Britain’s rich cultural heritage, Labour under my leadership will commit to extending access and participation in the arts to all people and all communities across Britain.
“There is creativity in all of us but we need to give people the opportunities for this creativity to flourish.
“Central to Labour’s vision to rebuild and transform Britain must be a radical transformative vision for the arts. Labour will reverse Tory cuts to arts expenditure and set out a bold and inspiring policy programme for the arts building on our proud cultural heritage.”
Mr Corbyn will say he wants to turn dance and drama into independent subjects within the national curriculum and propose the creation of a ‘creative apprenticeship’/
Mr Corbyn’s arts policy is the latest in a series of announcements as part of his campaign to retain leadership of the Labour Party.
His critics have questioned the lack of policy in his first 12 months as leader and the sudden flurry of activity during the leadership election.
Last night he took part in the latest head to head debate with challenger Owen Smith.
Voting has already started in the contest. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/corbyn-sets-out-plan-to-reverse-arts-cuts-1-8089352 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/14b2053fc3318a6bfac95600babc21864b9aaf6df1c87962963e4a14a6aeb3ef.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T10:51:03 | null | 2016-08-28T10:37:33 | Visit now for the latest news and features on North Yorkshire, Moors & Coast - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Four-region%2Fnorth-yorkshire-moors-and-coast%2Fvictoria-top-five-tv-shows-filmed-in-yorkshire-1-8092981.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8092980.1472377035!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Victoria: Top five TV shows filmed in Yorkshire | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | You're almost there.We've just sent a confirmation email to . Check it out to confirm your registration.
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[
"Leon Wobschall"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:46 | null | 2016-08-26T11:00:19 | Visit now for the latest Hull City football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fhull-city%2Fhull-city-no-nearer-breaking-transfer-duck-1-8090421.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8090420.1472205602!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Hull City no nearer breaking transfer duck | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | HULL CITY interim boss Mike Phelan has confirmed that Hull City have offers in for two or three players, but are no nearer to breaking their transfer impasse.
The Tigers have incredibly yet to make their first senior summer signing, with the clock ticking with just five days to go until the transfer deadline.
A number of players have been linked, most notably Spurs midfielder Ryan Mason.
Phelan, whose side welcome his former club Manchester United tomorrow tea-time with just 13 senior players on the books, said: “It is the same old, same old. Nobody has yet come into the building, we have not yet signed any new players. “We are in talks with two or three new players and have set our stall out and are pursing those interests.
“But at the moment, nothing has been delivered. We have agreed a few fees, but haven’t got into discussions yet down the line as to what else it is going to cost on top of that.
“We have to pursue those and see where whether we can get them done by next Wednesday.
“We need as many as we possibly can get. We talked a few weeks ago about maybe six. Now that may be more or less. We have to pursue what we are interested.”
On the outgoing front, last season’s top-scorer Abel Hernandez has been linked with Aston Villa, with Harry Maguire also previously the subject of a failed bid from Middlesbrough, with Phelan confirming that there have been no further offers.
Phelan said: “At the moment, nothing has happened in those areas and I expect nothing to happen.
“We have quality players who we need to keep at this football club and I hope that they will still be here after Wednesday.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/hull-city/hull-city-no-nearer-breaking-transfer-duck-1-8090421 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/cbe9cb305b546a47905d68416f6014c8f3f297ca0f1f81b5ef398365609de901.json |
[
"Leon Wobschall"
] | 2016-08-29T10:51:47 | null | 2016-08-29T10:36:54 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fyorkshire-post-team-of-the-week-barnsley-chief-gets-nod-to-lead-our-heroes-1-8094059.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094057.1472463422!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire Post Team of the Week: Barnsley chief gets nod to lead our heroes | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | SHORT of a football fix on this Bank Holiday Monday? Here is the latest Yorkshire Post Team of the Weekend to feast your eyes upon:
Once again, there were a fair few candidates on a red-letter day for the South Yorkshire duo of Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers, in particular.
A sense of well-being, too, at Huddersfield Town and sheer relief at Sheffield United.
Here’s our line-up:
1: Danny Ward (Huddersfield Town)
David Wagner showed what he thought of Ward’s display by giving him a big hug at the final whistle after the 1-0 win over Wolves. Showed his pedigree in making some excellent saves to help turn Town’s great start to the season into a dream one.
2: Andy Yiadom (Barnsley)
Elevated to the starting line-up in place of the injured James Bree, the former Barnet player turned in a diligent, energetic display. Set up the Reds’ third with a lovely hanging cross which was finished clinically by Tom Bradshaw.
3: James Meredith (Bradford City)
Another lung-busting, all-action display from the full-back, who has started the season in impressive fashion.
4: Mark Hudson (Huddersfield Town)
A fair list of candidates. But the nod goes to the Town veteran, who turned in a solid and composed display alongside Chris Schindler. A nice partnership building.
5: Curtis Davies (Hull City)
Davies has been the proverbial rock this season and turned in a thoroughly redoubtable defensive performance that smacked of character, defiance and leadership. Continued his outstanding opening to the campaign.
6: Sam Clucas (Hull City).
The boyhood Red Devils fan kept Paul Pogba relatively quiet and continues to excel in an unaccustomed holding role in midfield. Tons of work, heart and energy again.
7: James Coppinger (Doncaster Rovers)
Rewound the clock with an effervescent and accomplished display, crowned with a goal. When ‘Copps’ shines, so do Rovers.
8: Stefan Scougall (Sheffield United)
The impish midfielder was bright and busy and showed traces of the Scougall of old. A welcome sight, that.
9: Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers)
A first hat-trick of his career is not to be sniffed at and the striker looked like he has got his mojo back. Clinical stuff.
10: Elias Kachunga (Huddersfield Town)
Another workaholic performance from the industrious Town frontman, who just never gives defenders a moment’s peace. Excellent first month in Championship football.
11: Ryan Kent (Barnsley)
Dined out at will in a rampant second-half when the Millers struggled to contain him and several others. Gloss was provided with an emphatic late finish to make it 4-0. Certainly made an impression with the Oakwell faithful following his move from Merseyside.
Manager: Paul Heckingbottom (Barnsley).
Fair cases also for David Wagner, Darren Ferguson and Mike Phelan. But the nod goes to Heckingbottom. Mastermined a resounding derby success with his Barnsley side running riot on the restart as Rotherham capitulated. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/yorkshire-post-team-of-the-week-barnsley-chief-gets-nod-to-lead-our-heroes-1-8094059 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/76da58457a277fe5e13b8bbe63779d2eff03ebaead8d65ed183c215c21eca50c.json |
[
"Lee Sobot"
] | 2016-08-27T16:50:49 | null | 2016-08-27T17:24:11 | Visit now for the latest Leeds United football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fleeds-united%2Fnottingham-forest-3-leeds-united-1-leeds-crash-to-defeat-at-city-ground-1-8092554.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8092553.1472315146!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Nottingham Forest 3 Leeds United 1: Leeds crash to defeat at City Ground | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | LEEDS UNITED’s failure to defend properly at corners again proved the club’s undoing in Saturday’s 3-1 loss at Championship hosts Nottingham Forest.
Forest took a 16th-minute lead after Leeds yet again failed to clear their lines, allowing Pajtim Kasami to fire the ball home into the top left corner.
United improved offensively after the break with Hadi Sacko blazing a fine chance over but United’s Achilles heel again proved their undoing when Damien Perquis flew through the air from another corner to head home and double Forest’s lead with 19 minutes left.
Kalvin Phillips then smashed home a sensational free-kick to give Leeds hope with seven minutes remaining but Forest finally killed the game off in the fifth minute of injury time through a clever finish from Oliver Burke from an acute angle.
Leeds began brightly with Pablo Hernandez threatening down the left wing and firing the game’s first shot wide after six minutes.
But Forest went close to taking the lead seven minutes later when a fine raking pass from Pajtim Kasami led to a corner from which Oliver Burke’s glancing header produced a decent low save from Rob Green.
United hit straight back with a corner of their own which wizzed across goal but it was a similar story at the other end two minutes as Forest took a 16th-minute lead.
Henri Lansbury’s left flank deliver was flicked on by danger man Oliver Burke and United yet again failed to clear their lines, allowing Kasami to stick out a leg and produce a deadly finish into the top left corner.
Leeds attempted to rally and Hadi Sacko’s right wing delivery forced ‘keeper Stephen Henderson into a juggling act before eventually collecting.
But Forest continued to offer by far the greater attacking threat with left winger Ben Osborn comfortably on top of his battle with Luke Ayling.
The best Leeds could offer was a 33rd-minute pea roller from Liam Bridcutt that sailed well wide.
Ronaldo Vieira was then booked for taking down Henri Lansbury on the edge of the area but Kasami’s free-kick was straight at Green.
Taylor was then in the right place at the right time to block a dangerous Kasami effort soon after.
At the other end, Forest continued to look equally shaky at defending corners but Hernandez’s 40th-minute delivery ended with Charlie Taylor smashing an ambitious volley well wide from 20 yards.
As the half time interval approached,
Hernandez then produced a fine pass to pick out Hadi Sacko in the area but the wide man was unable to capitalise and the ball was cleared.
But United then went their closest yet to scoring in first half stoppage time when Marcus Antonsson’s low effort was desperately scrambled away by Stephen Henderson.
Whites head coach Garry Monk made no changes during the break, and the restart began with another decent pass from Hernandez setting up a half chance for Chris Wood who blazed over from 20 yards.
Seven minutes later, good play from Lansbury presented a headed opportunity for Kasami but his effort lacked power and allowed Green to save.
But United then began to offer more of a threat and just shy of the hour mark, a Taylor cross caused problems before Sacko’s foul ended a threatening move.
Forest, though, went very close to doubling their lead just after the hour when United failed to clear a long throw and Osborn scrambled the ball narrowly wide.
Vieria was then very lucky to avoid a second yellow card for a rash challenge and Liam Bridcutt was booked for a similar offence soon after.
But United then squandered a fine chance after 67 minutes when Sacko showed great pace to break inside but then smashed a powerful effort over the bar.
Taylor then fizzed wide from a tight angle as Leeds continued to press but United’s main Achilles heel again proved their undoing when they conceded from yet another corner with 19 minutes remaining.
Lansbury was responsible for the right-sided delivery from which terrible marking allowed Perquis to fly through the air and head home from just four yards out.
The goal seemed to signal game over but after Antonsson had headed a half chance wide, United pulled a goal back in stunning fashion through substitute Phillips with seven minutes left.
There appeared little danger as United won a free-kick at least 25 yards out and wide on the left hand side but Phillips blasted the ball home with stunning power to the right hand side of Henderson’s net.
Forest began to panic and Liam Cooper almost leveled when heading wide from an 85th-minute corner as United aimed to salvage a draw.
A lovely move instigated by another substitute, Kemar Roofe, then led to Antonsson forcing a fine save from Henderson in the first minute of injury time.
As part of a frantic finish, Matty Cash then squandered a brilliant chance to bag Forest’s third when blazing over the bar from a counter attack and the miss almost proved costly as a 20-yard volley from Phillips dipped narrowly over.
But Forest ultimately killed the contest off in the fifth minute of injury time when Burke raced into the United area down the byline and cleverly squirmed home a clever finish across goal from a tight angle.
There was still time for United to squander another great chance when Roofe smashed the ball over from close range but the damage was done, as a third league loss from five games left United fourth bottom of the Championship going into the international break.
Leeds United: Green, Ayling, Cooper, Bartley, Taylor, Bridcutt, Vieira (Phillips 66), Hernandez (Mowatt 81), Sacko (Roofe 71), Antonsson, Wood. Subs not used: Silvestri, Coyle, Jansson, Doukara.
Nottingham Forest: Henderson, Pereira, Mancienne, Perquis (Mills 77), Lichaj, Cohen, Burke, Lansbury, Kasami, Osborn, Vellios (Cash 83). Subs not used: Smith, Traore, Veldwijk, Ward, Vaughan.
Referee: G Eltringham.
Attendance: 20,995 (1,925 Leeds).
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[] | 2016-08-28T10:51:08 | null | 2016-08-28T10:20:17 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ftransfer-gossip-sunday-aug-28-hull-chase-striker-as-deadline-looms-boro-winger-wanted-cherries-eye-leeds-defender-1-8092967.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8092966.1472375997!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Transfer gossip (Sunday, Aug 28): Hull chase striker as deadline looms | Boro winger wanted | Cherries eye Leeds defender | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | WITH time running out to make their first significant signing before the transfer window closes on Wednesday, Hull City are being linked with a £14m bid for Bristol city striker Jonathon Kodjia.
But if the Premier League side are successful in their move for the Robins striker, it may prompt them to sell Abel Hernandez to Aston Villa for what would be a Championship record £20m.
The Uruguayan international was top scorer with 19 goals last season for Hull under Steve Bruce as they made an immediate return to the Premier League.
Hull are also said to be lining up a £7m bid for Derby midfield man Jeff Hendrick, who is also wanted by Burnley.
Villa are also in the hunt for Middlesbrough winger Albert Adomah, who is in the final year of his contract.
The 28-year-old is also attracting interest from Southampton, Crystal Palace, Burnley, Newcastle United and Wolverhampton.
West Bromwich remain interested in £8m-rated Leeds United full-back Charlie Taylor and manager Tony Pulis watched him at Nottingham Forest on Saturday but Bournemouth are also considering whether to make a bid before the deadline.
West Ham, Burnley and Middlesbrough are also monitoring the 22-year-old’s situation with him in the final year of his contract.
Leeds, meanwhile, have had scouts watching ADO Den Haag’s Dutch central defender Tom Beugelsdijk, 26, who said he was flattered the Championship side see him as a good defender.
Huddersfield Town are taking a relaxed approach over interest in striker Nahki Wells and would want at least £6m before they would consider selling the Bermuda international, who is attracting the attention of several Premier League and Championship clubs.
Goal-shy Derby County continue to be linked with Wells but they remain interested in Sheffield Wednesday star Fernando Forestieri despite being rebuffed by the Owls.
The only other transfer activity expected at Town before Wednesday is a loan move to give midfield signing from Carlisle United Kyle Dempsey, 20, some game time.
Former Manchester United defender Wes Brown, released by Sunderland, could be a target of Sheffield United if the 36-year-old is unable to secure a deal at Blackburn where he has been training. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-gossip-sunday-aug-28-hull-chase-striker-as-deadline-looms-boro-winger-wanted-cherries-eye-leeds-defender-1-8092967 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/e2444756b5d2fb0a0378ddadd6d754ccf4bf99bc91c80c3b129e560de6388afb.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T06:51:56 | null | 2016-08-29T06:00:16 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fdoncaster-rovers-4-yeovil-1-andy-williams-hits-hat-trick-in-rovers-victory-1-8093678.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093676.1472416358!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Doncaster Rovers 4 Yeovil 1: Andy Williams hits hat-trick in Rovers victory | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Doncaster Rovers collected their third win on the spin as Andy Williams’s treble helped down Yeovil Town at the Keepmoat.
James Coppinger also struck as Rovers completed their first trio of league victories since February 2015.
Yeovil pulled a goal back through Ryan Hedges to make it 2-1, but then had Bevis Mugabi sent off for a second yellow card.
Rovers took the lead with 34 seconds gone. Andy Butler nodded down Coppinger’s corner and John Marquis laid the ball across for Williams to volley in.
It took until just before the interval for the visitors to test Marko Marosi. Ryan Hedges cut inside from the right and smashed a shot that Marosi saved well.
The second half saw Artur Krysiak produce a stunning one-handed save to thwart Marquis from point-blank range before a three-minute period shaped the game’s outcome.
Rovers widened their lead after 54 minutes when Tommy Rowe picked out Coppinger 15 yards and he volleyed home.
The advantage was quickly back to a single goal when Matty Blair’s careless back-header allowed the lurking Hedges to score, but centre-half Mugabi hauled down Williams and was sent off after being shown a second yellow card.
Rovers made the game safe with eight minutes to go when Coppinger set up Williams, who then completed his hat-trick in stoppage-time.
He rose unmarked to meet Rowe’s cross and head home from close range.
Doncaster Rovers: Marosi, Lund (Middleton 55), Wright, Butler, Evina, Houghton, Blair, Rowe, Coppinger (Mandeville 85), Marquis, Williams. Unused substitutes: Etheridge, Pugh, Fielding, Calder, Beestin.
Yeovil: Krysiak, Shephard, Mugabi, Smith, Butcher, Lawless, Hedges (Whitfield 75), Dawson, Dolan, Khan (Campbell 61), Eaves (McLeod 55). Unused substitutes: Maddison, Kopp, Sowunmi, Lea.
Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire). | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers-4-yeovil-1-andy-williams-hits-hat-trick-in-rovers-victory-1-8093678 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/f92ad2eec973d6617c890662ee1f5edf6e23b793cc1e9a07accd34a3781217f4.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:20 | null | 2016-08-15T08:55:46 | Visit now for the latest homes news and features - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fhomes%2Foff-the-shelf-mary-mungo-and-midge-whitby-and-a-c60-cassette-1-8059090.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8059086.1470752090!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Off the shelf: Mary, Mungo and Midge, Whitby and a C60 cassette | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | If you really want to flummox contestants in a pub quiz you could try asking them what Mary, Mungo and Midge, kitchen sink dramas, the Bloomsbury Group’s Vanessa Bell and Whitby coble boats have in common. The answer is that these pieces of the past are all connected to Mini Moderns, one of Britain’s coolest contemporary homeware brands.
Nostalgia plays a big part in the design process for the firm’s founding partners, Pudsey-born Mark Hampshire and Keith Stephenson, originally from Guisborough.
Keith Stephenson, right, and Mark Hampshire
Their childhoods are rooted in the 1960s and 70s and they came of age in the early 80s. Now based in London, their first commercial print on wallpaper was named “Do you live in a town?” – the opening line on the children’s cartoon Mary, Mungo and Midge. It was immediately snapped up by top interiors store Heal’s.
“We both loved Mary, Mungo and Midge because it was so urban. They lived in a block of flats and had adventures, which was different from most children’s programmes in the 1960s,” says Keith.
Their C-60 print featuring music cassettes emanates from their teenage years when compiling mix tapes was a must. The wallpaper was used for interiors at BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music. The contemporary paisleys in their Buddha of Suburbia collection were inspired by east London’s cultural mix and the 1990 book by Hanif Kureishi.
They describe their work as “pattern with a story” with influences ranging from mid-century modern design and vintage toys to literature, telly and childhood memories. Their prints are now applied to everything from wallpapers, fabrics and rugs to ceramics, candles and even radios.
Whitby, featuring Coble boats and choppy seas, came out in 2011 and is their best-selling design. Keith spent most of his childhood holidays in the town, while Mark built his sandcastles in nearby Filey. “We both love Whitby and we did think of buying a holiday home there but in the end it is just too far from London for a weekend retreat, so we bought a beach house in Dungeness instead,” says Mark. That barren stretch of the Kent coast also features in their designs as Hinterland.
The dynamic design duo show no sign of running out of ideas after ten years trading and the business is still growing. They have a legion of fans, John Lewis stocks their products, as do top independent stores and they sell from their own website.
A vital component of their success is their likeability and compatibility. A perceptive former manager recognised it immediately and it was she who introduced them. “Mark came to work as a strategist at the branding agency where I was creative director in 1997. Our manager sat him next to me and said: ‘I know you two will get on like a house on fire’. She was right,” says Keith.”
They have a lot in common. Both are from up north, their dads are both builders, they each railed against Thatcher, danced to the Smiths and studied in Newcastle. Mark studied English at the university, while Keith was at the Poly studying graphics and was a regular on The Tube, which was filmed up there. They even had some of the same friends, although they didn’t realise it back then.
“I went clubbing on Tuesday and he went on Thursdays so we never bumped into each other,” says Keith, whose previous jobs include designing for Red or Dead in the early days of the label.
They remained best friends when their careers went separate ways – Keith became a freelance design consultant and Mark stayed in the corporate world getting increasingly unhappy until a Belle and Sebastian gig pulled the trigger on his old career. They sang Legal Man, which ends with “Get out of the city and into the sunshine. Get out of the office and into the springtime.” “That was it. I said to Keith, ‘I’m handing in my notice and I’m having six months off’.”
That sabbatical was scuppered by a children’s book deal that the pair worked on together. After that they entered a competition to design a wallpaper for an interiors boutique. It was a smash and Mini Moderns was born in 2006.
Keith does the illustrations and they come up with the concepts together. “Mark is very creative and he is also in charge of colour. I don’t do colour because pattern repeats are quite technical and it’s easier to spot mistakes if you work in black and white,” says Keith.
Another key element of Mini Moderns’ longevity is sound business sense. They began with the one wallpaper design and grew gradually, only giving up their freelance work when they were certain the business was sustainable. While they produce their own wallpaper they license their designs to other manufacturers, including, most recently, Ulster Weavers. “Manufacturing is very expensive and specialist. I had a small designer maker business in the 1990s, which had some success making and selling to Harvey Nichols and Galleries Lafayette in Paris but I learned that I couldn’t scale it up and break even,” says Mark.
They are choosy about who they work with and are keen to be as ethical possible. One of their slogans is “Made in the UK by nice people.”
The next step is to export more and, although they were anti-Brexit, a weak pound may benefit their plans to find stockists in America and Australia, where they already have a cult following thanks to their online shop.
There are also new designs to launch, including the much-anticipated Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, which features a series of windows with scenes inspired by kitchen sink dramas, including Up the Junction, Georgy Girl and A Taste of Honey.
“The backdrop is colour but all the window scenes are in black and white because that’s how we watched them when we were teenagers,” says Keith. “On a portable telly in our bedrooms.”
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[] | 2016-08-30T16:51:47 | null | 2016-08-30T16:25:59 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fyp-letters-ban-drivers-from-our-green-lanes-1-8096360.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096359.1472570737!/image/image.jpg | en | null | YP Letters: Ban drivers from our green lanes | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | From: Michael Bartholomew, Chairman, the Yorkshire Dales Green Lanes Alliance.
IT is encouraging to see that a group has been set up to mobilise the public’s anger at the damage and nuisance caused by recreational 4x4s and motorbikes to the green lanes of the North York Moors (The Yorkshire Post, August 27).
Similar groups are springing up all over the country. The only permanent solution will be a change in the law: motor vehicular rights must be removed from unsealed green lanes, save for essential vehicles used by farmers and other people with a need for access.
Meanwhile, local authorities can do a great deal to mitigate the harm that recreational vehicles cause to these ancient and beautiful lanes.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has taken the lead by imposing 10 permanent traffic regulation orders, prohibiting non-essential motor vehicles. The 10 lanes have recovered their former beauty – Mastiles Lane at Kilnsey is an example – and are now a pleasure to traverse, on a horse, on a bicycle, or on foot.
But North Yorkshire County Council has been slow to follow the Dales example. There are a few temporary orders in place, but the council has yet to set out a systematic action plan. The council persists in the belief that unsealed green lanes, deep in the countryside, can be repaired – at great expense – and then re-opened to motorbikes and 4x4s. This belief is mistaken. Non-essential motors are fundamentally out of place on green lanes.
We can no longer drive our vehicles around the precincts of York Minster, or down Briggate in Leeds. We should value Yorkshire’s green lanes as highly as we value our cathedral precincts and city centre streets.
Green lanes are a precious legacy from the horse-drawn age. People who now drive 4x4s and ride motorbikes along them must be required to leave their motors where the Tarmac stops – and enjoy the lanes on a bike, a horse or ther own two feet.
Swimming is a vital skill
From: David Craggs, Shafton Gate, Rotherham.
I THOROUGHLY agree with John Appleyard’s letter ‘Unhealthy state of school sport and swimming’ (The Yorkshire Post, August 26) regarding the fact that a disturbing number of our primary school children are unable to swim. I’ll put it more strongly... it is a national scandal that any Government should be ashamed of.
In his letter he stated that almost 50 per cent of 11-years-olds cannot swim 25 yards. Just compare his with the situation in Wakefield all of 50 years ago.
The council at that time placed great emphasis on teaching the city’s children to swim, and the target was 100 per cent. This was almost reached, apart from those children who couldn’t achieve it due to a physical or mental disability.
I would personally like to see the number of school children who cannot swim at 11 stated on all Ofsted reports into the nation’s primary schools.
Let’s not forget one very important fact... a child may be outstanding at literacy and numeracy, but it would all count for nothing if they fell into the local canal and couldn’t get themselves out, or stay afloat long enough to be rescued.
Give cricket news priority
From: Hilary Andrews, Leeds.
THE football season seems to go on all year, but is always the first item on the sports news. Isn’t it about time that cricket was king during the summer months?
In particular our Yorkshire team who have done extremely well in all forms of the game this season despite providing half of the successful England team with our best players.
Give us cricket fans some coverage, please.
Mayors bring extra expense
From: Peter Hyde, Driffield.
YOUR columnist Tom Richmond goes to great lengths (The Yorkshire Post, August 27) to explain that local mayors would bring power closer to the people. I beg to differ. All local mayors do is bring yet another layer of administration to be funded by the taxpayer. They follow their individual whims and wishes. Invariably they build up another empire of admin staff.
Sorry Tom, I think you are wrong.
NHS critical
From: Dave Croucher, Pinfold Gardens, Doncaster.
THE Government would rather spend billions of pounds on white elephant HS2 and HS3 rail services than look after the health of the public, and you can be sure the greatest losses of NHS services will not be in London and the South. What this Government means by looking after the NHS is ‘looking after it as it disappears into history’.
Name check
From: Ian K Dodsworth, Ossett, West Yorkshsire.
WHAT a coincidence that the photograph of the fallow deer at dawn in the river on the Chatsworth estate (The Yorkshire Post, August 26) was taken on what turned out to be the hottest day, which saw temperatures peaking at Cavendish in Suffolk.
Cavendish is the family name of the Dukes of Devonshire; the family seat being at Chatsworth! | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-ban-drivers-from-our-green-lanes-1-8096360 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/2bfe4975f107861663245938f41e758c13e53a554af9e95fb12147ca74556e3c.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T06:50:51 | null | 2016-08-27T06:00:35 | Visit now for the latest Hull FC rugby league news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fhull-fc%2Fhull-fc-v-warrington-wolves-jamie-shaul-s-gratitude-to-radford-for-laying-stable-foundations-at-hull-1-8091930.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091929.1472243333!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Hull FC v Warrington Wolves: Jamie Shaul’s gratitude to Radford for laying stable foundations at Hull | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | WHEN Hull FC coach Lee Radford talks about building foundations for the future, erstwhile bricklayer full-back Jamie Shaul knows just what he means.
Indeed, in between terrorising Super League defences, the livewire No 1 often finds himself admiring some of his former work around his home city.
He could quite easily be still carrying hods now but, instead, will walk out at Wembley today carrying the hopes of half a city as one of the players everyone wants to see in the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup final.
“It wasn’t that long ago that I was laying bricks on a building site,” said Shaul, whose form has been so dynamic for the treble-chasers this year that there has been talk of an England call-up.
“I just feel very blessed that I get to do my childhood dream every week.
“I left the building trade when I was 20 so that’s around four years ago now.
“Sometimes I drive by houses and I say ‘I helped build that’ and now I’m on a different career path altogether.
“I still try and catch up with the lads I used to work with. A few will be going to Wembley and I still keep in touch with those guys at Christmas parties and things.
“Hopefully we can get this job done.”
Shaul, with his sheer pace and verve, has come of age this season after being given the chance to make the No 1 jersey his own by Radford.
Australian Jordan Rankin held the spot for much of last year but, following his return to the NRL, homegrown Shaul has flourished with 15 tries in 26 games.
“Last year was a very disappointing year for me and it wasn’t where I wanted to be in my career,” he admitted, when restricted to only 19 appearances.
“I just tried to train my hardest and when I did get the opportunity to play as well as I could.
“Jordan Rankin was playing out of his skin last year and there wasn’t really much I could do.
“Me and Radders sat down at the beginning of the year and we both agreed that I needed to be more consistent.
“I feel like I’m doing that now week-in, week-out.
“I’m probably doing a lot more extras and getting my body ready for the weekend. Recovering after a game is important.
“I always look back on last year before games and think to myself I don’t want to be in that situation again.”
It means, therefore, he makes his second appearance at Wembley in the form of his life.
Shaul’s first, when Hull lost against Wigan Warriors in 2013, was only his fifth senior game and he conceded it felt like a “blur.”
Back then, Radford – as assistant to Peter Gentle and knowing Shaul well from his work with the Under 20s – had battled to get the youngster a chance when it seemed he could end up on that building site permanently.
“Radders has had a massive impact on my career,” recalled Shaul, who made a scintillating debut on Easter Monday three years ago with a brilliant brace at Wakefield Trinity.
“During my first year full-time I couldn’t get a gig anywhere. I went to York on dual-registration and they didn’t want me.
“I was just fading away. Lee tried his hardest to get me in at different clubs on loan, but nothing was happening.
“He has really helped me the last few years. I don’t think I would have got the full-time deal when I was playing in the Under-20s if Radders wasn’t pushing my name forward to Peter Gentle.
“I’m very grateful for all of that. He got me that deal and you’d like to feel that if you’re playing well you’re repaying a favour.”
Shaul has certainly honed his game this season, clearly improving the defensive aspect of it and also trying to bring in some handling skills as well as simply being a threatening runner.
It will be fascinating to see the contrasting styles with Stefan Ratchford today, the elegant Wolves full-back whose formative years as a stand-off are visible in the way he brings added footballing threat to their backline at one.
Shaul has matured in more ways than one, though, compared to the raw rookie who slid around in the rain at Wembley three years ago.
He is a father, now, and he said: “My little lad will be there and it’s a new purpose in life for me.
“I always think about him before the game and I want to do him proud.
“My mam and dad will be there and that will be really special as well. Bringing the trophy home would be massive not just for my family, but for the city as well.
“To go down in history as the first Hull side to win at Wembley would be phenomenal.
“You can use the hoodoo as inspiration but we have a game plan as well that we need to stick to.”
Part of that game plan will be to create as much space as possible for Shaul on the edges to exploit his obvious line-breaking ability.
He has made more tackle busts than any other Hull player this season – his 87 is also the eighth best in Super League – while Warrington coach Tony Smith, mindful of the player’s damaging kick-returns, says his players need to get their kicking game spot-on.
The Black and Whites started the journey south on Thursday, waved off by hundreds of fans at the KCOM Stadium, but the anticipation levels had long since gone into overdrive.
“This week has been absolutely manic; I’m just absolutely champing at the bit to get out there now,” added Shaul.
“Wembley is always running through my head. People are always reminding me as well so it’s hard to get away from it.
“Hull is like a fishbowl and you are constantly getting reminded; people ask what you think and what the result is going to be.
“That’s obviously a hard question to answer but we’ll give it our best shot.”
And what of those England rumours?
Sam Tomkins and Zak Hardaker may be the recent incumbents and regarded as the best around, but there has been no better full-back than Shaul in 2016.
“I’ve been asked a few times about England but it’s never really on my mind,” he added. “People mention it but it’s not in my head. I’m just concentrating on Hull.”
It is just the attitude you want from your full-back. Safe as houses, in fact. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc/hull-fc-v-warrington-wolves-jamie-shaul-s-gratitude-to-radford-for-laying-stable-foundations-at-hull-1-8091930 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/037e18cca9b273274a6a372655c4fe64571d3b6baa8805153c13c533200dda6b.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T10:50:11 | null | 2016-08-27T11:20:30 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fsouth-yorkshire-woman-dies-after-motorbike-collides-with-lamppost-1-8092271.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8092270.1472293212!/image/image.jpg | en | null | South Yorkshire woman dies after motorbike collides with lamppost | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Police are appealing for witnesses following the death of the female motorbike rider who collided with a lamppost in Swinton earlier this week.
The incident happened at 11.40am on Tuesday 23.
South Yorkshire Police said that a black Honda motorbike was travelling along Piccadilly Road, Swinton, when it collided with a lamppost near to junction with Valley Road.
The 33-year-old woman riding the bike has been named as Gemma Louise Hall, from Swinton.
She was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries but sadly died in hospital on Thursday afternoon.
The bike was travelling towards Wentworth Road.
Police officers want to hear from anyone who saw what happened and also those who stopped at the scene to help, particularly the driver of a white car.
If you have any information about the collision or helped, call 101 quoting incident number 436 of August 23, 2016. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/south-yorkshire-woman-dies-after-motorbike-collides-with-lamppost-1-8092271 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/283fb691a336a13fa5d2044afa4cc10efb9a2f2a5ab4fb508cd5a0bf7e7886ed.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:49:46 | null | 2016-08-26T16:14:32 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fspecialist-search-teams-join-hunt-for-missing-leeds-pensioner-1-8091455.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091454.1472225242!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Specialist search teams join hunt for missing Leeds pensioner | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Specialist search teams have joined the hunt for a missing Leeds pensioner who has not been seen since Tuesday.
The last confirmed sighting of 73-year-old Ian Collinson was at about 12.30pm on Tuesday.
He was spotted on the bridge over the A1 near Hartley Wood, Micklefield, which is a short distance from his home.
Detective Inspector Steve Greenbank, of Leeds District CID, said: “We remain very concerned for Ian’s welfare given his age and health, but particularly given the amount of time that he has now been missing.
“We have been conducting extensive enquiries to trace him along with physical searches on the ground, and that work will be continuing.
“The focus of the searches has been based around the last confirmed sighting that we have of him but we are also following up other potential sightings.”
Officers have carried out a number of searches of the area under the direction of police search specialists and with support from volunteers from Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team.
The Yorkshire and the Humber Underwater Search and Marine Unit has been searching nearby Sheep Dike, while checks have also been made with hospitals and transport providers.
Det Insp Greenbank said: “Ian is clearly well known and well liked in the community and we are grateful to everyone who has rung in with information.
We are also grateful to everyone who has offered to help with searches, although at this stage we don’t require the public’s assistance with those.
“People can help us best is by getting in touch with any sightings of Ian or any information that could assist us in establishing his whereabouts.”
Mr Collinson, 73, is described as white, about 5ft 7in and slim, with short, white hair. He wears glasses and uses a walking stick and was wearing blue jeans.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Special Operations Room at Elland Road via 101 quoting log number 1908 of August 23. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/specialist-search-teams-join-hunt-for-missing-leeds-pensioner-1-8091455 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/6b36486c9dd844bd13f07b323e2ed44d6185b6bd17c35862f9892b5133e9d9f7.json |
[
"Dave Craven"
] | 2016-08-28T22:51:35 | null | 2016-08-28T22:44:18 | Visit now for the latest Hull FC rugby league news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fhull-fc%2Fchallenge-cup-this-one-is-for-absent-loved-ones-scott-taylor-1-8093732.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093727.1472420636!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Challenge Cup: This one is for absent loved ones - Scott Taylor | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | SCOTT TAYLOR revealed he thought of departed family in the energy-sapping last dramatic moments of the Challenge Cup final and how “it would have been the happiest day of their lives” for Hull to finally win at Wembley.
The Hull-born prop lifted the trophy with Wigan Warriors when they defeated FC in the 2013 showpiece.
Hull FC coach Lee Radford lifts the trophy as they celebrate winning the Challenge Cup Final match at Wembley Stadium, London. (Picture: PA)
But he repeated the feat with his childhood heroes against Warrington Wolves in Saturday’s epic match, as they desperately held on to a 12-10 lead in searing heat.
Taylor, 25, said: “It was good with Wigan, don’t get me wrong. I loved every minute of it, but I’ve been an FC fan all my life. It means everything to me to have all my family see this.
“What it meant to everyone here but also the people in my family who are not with us anymore. This would have been the happiest day of their lives and it hit me all like a ton of bricks in those last minutes.
“I just didn’t have anything to give. My tank was empty, but those thoughts really pulled me through.”
Players looked visibly jaded soon into the game, which was played in stifling conditions.
Taylor, in his first season with Hull since joining from Wigan, admitted: “It was really tough, one of the toughest games I’ve ever been a part of.
“I feel really drained at the minute and if we’d have lost that game someone would have had to carry me out of the changing room.
“Because we’ve won it I’ve got that little bit of extra in me now. I feel battered, bruised but we’ll really celebrate this for three or four days as it deserves it – we’ve won at Wembley. We’ve come here, done it and made history.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc/challenge-cup-this-one-is-for-absent-loved-ones-scott-taylor-1-8093732 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/9a824d5610ac40a161076e0a9f212812ce556be88ff73a56f8f9c4fdf1a9c803.json |
[
"David Overend"
] | 2016-08-26T13:04:41 | null | 2016-07-24T16:21:48 | Visit now for the latest gardening news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Fgardening%2Fgloom-busters-1-8027358.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8027357.1469114770!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Gloom busters | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | England is a green and pleasant land but it’s rarely a land of sunshine; after Brexit, some would say it’s now a land of doom and gloom but think positive.
People normally feel better, brighter when there’s some sunshine to enjoy. The same applies for the majority of plants –there aren’t many shrubs which bloom well without sunlight, but what few there are should be treasured.
Any flowering plant capable of thriving in shade or partial shade is worth its weight in gold.
But if you are prepared to have mainly foliage-inspired plantings, then the list suddenly expands.
So for those dark and sometimes dismal spots facing north and west or shadowed by a neighbour’s leylandii consider the likes of Elaeagnus, which are grown for their leaves rather than for their flowers.
E pungens ‘Maculata’ is a hardy evergreen with yellow-splashed foliage, while E ebbingei has the added attraction of having downy leaves. Both come with the added benefit of being hardy beasts.
Lonicera nitida (preferably ‘Baggesen’s Gold) is another sunny-foliaged shrub, easily grown, easily pruned and very hardy. Basically, it’s a shrubby honeysuckle, only forget about the flowers. In winter, it takes on a purplish hue.
Skimmia japonica is an old favourite with its lovely dark foliage and rich red berries. It does best in acidic soil.
Then there’s the truly lovely Viburnum davidii, which produces blue berries, and V tinus (pink buds followed by small white flowers) and various mahonias (mainly yellow flowers and holly-like leaves).
Box (buxus) is always welcome, as is one of the finest flowering shrubs for a shady site – the camellia, which, like Skimmia japonica, like an acidic soil. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/gardening/gloom-busters-1-8027358 | en | 2016-07-24T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/775792da5e74fec39d87c2d0a447e218dfd1c624b27530ce71b618f9895bc681.json |
[
"Tom Harle"
] | 2016-08-30T12:52:02 | null | 2016-08-30T12:22:23 | Visit now for the latest cricket news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fpoll-who-should-replace-jason-gillespie-as-head-coach-at-yorkshire-ccc-1-8095716.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8095711.1472557912!/image/image.jpg | en | null | POLL: Who should replace Jason Gillespie as head coach at Yorkshire CCC? | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Following Yorkshire’s One-Day Cup defeat to Surrey on Sunday, head coach Jason Gillespie announced he will leave at the end of the season.
Director of cricket Martyn Moxon will lead the search for a successor who can add to the silverware at Headingley since the Australian’s appointment in 2011.
Here we look at five candidates for the biggest job in county cricket:
1. Paul Farbrace
The early signs point towards the England assistant coach as the front-runner to succeed Gillespie as coach of the county champions.
Amongst Gillespie’s many sound decisions in the post was to appoint Farbrace as Second XI coach in 2011, a role which saw him work with Alex Lees, Yorkshire’s one-day captain, Jack Leaning and Adil Rashid for extended periods.
Anthony McGrath
He oversaw the transition into the Trevor Bayliss regime with consummate ease as interim coach, presiding over the New Zealand one-day series which many continue to hail as the moment England’s white-ball fortunes turned.
Despite being perhaps the outstanding candidate, Farbrace is reportedly unwilling to relocate back to the North and rebutted an approach from Surrey over the winter. Also, his only other head coach role in county cricket was unfortunately coloured by relegation – suffered by his Kent side in 2010.
That said, he is an excellent communicator known for a relaxed, open approach to coaching and would be well-equipped to inherit the expectation that comes with the Yorkshire job.
2. Anthony McGrath
Richard Dawson.
McGrath was as much a part of Headingley as the rugby stand for 20 years as a player and later a coach.
With two spells as Yorkshire captain under his belt, he knows all about the winning mentality embedded into the club.
The Bradford lad has successfully exported this, alongside Chris Silverwood, to Essex as assistant coach of a team that has enjoyed success in all formats this season.
His previous role as a player-mentor at Yorkshire means that he would have ongoing relationships with members of the squad that will be trusting and will often go beyond what happens out in the middle.
Chris Silverwood
McGrath only moved to Essex in February so it remains to be seen whether a return to Yorkshire would be preferable at this stage of his career.
3. Richard Dawson
A unruly mop of blond hair and spectacles are not the only likenesses that Doncaster’s Dawson shares with Jurgen Klopp; he is one of the best young coaches on the county circuit.
Having played for the county for five years as a spinner, Dawson took over from Farbrace as Yorkshire’s Second XI coach in 2014 but it has been with Gloucestershire that his coaching ability has come to the fore.
He led an unfancied team to silverware in the One-Day Cup at Lord’s last year and has overseen a great improvement in quality of the Twenty20 cricket played down at Bristol. This qualifies him well to harness the upturn in Yorkshire’s fortunes in the shortest forms of the game and the ECB have used him as one of their leading spin coaches.
His contacts at Yorkshire, having worked closely with both Martyn Moxon and Ian Dews, will do him absolutely no harm if he is keen on the vacancy.
Jason Gillespie with Richard Pyrah
4. Chris Silverwood
Silverwood served Yorkshire with distinction for 13 years as a seamer who was ideally suited to Headingley conditions but fell just short of international class.
The 41 year-old is a highly-rated coach these days and is on the brink of leading Essex to the Division Two title and promotion. He has been able to successfully blend the Chelmsford outfit’s experienced core with exciting youngsters like Daniel Lawrence and Jamie Porter.
Since the Pontefract-born coach joined the Essex set-up in 2010, Silverwood has also worked with the England Lions and Under-19 sides and clearly has a pedigree at breeding young talent- a key part of the remit of a prospective coach given the strength of Yorkshire’s academy.
If he gets the job, there could be an unlikely repeat of committed vegan Gillespie’s clash with Wensleydale Creamery; between teetotaller Silverwood and Black Sheep!
5. Richard Pyrah
After hanging up his boots at the end of last summer, Dewsbury man Pyrah has shown some zeal in pursuing a coaching career. He took charge of the Yorkshire Diamonds in the inaugural Women’s Super League and although the team finished second bottom, this is a sign of the faith the club hold in the man who made his name as a player for the White Rose in one-day cricket.
Pyrah will certainly have the blessing of Gillespie, having spent time observing the Adelaide Strikers in last winter’s Big Bash, where he also worked with Aaron Finch’s Melbourne Renegades.
Yorkshire’s outgoing coach has been on record to endorse Pyrah’s credentials: “I think Rich could be a coach down the line, yes. Moving into coaching is something he’s thinking of doing, so it will be good for him to have these experiences to look back on”.
It may be, though, that this vacancy has come too early for the 33-year-old and there are certainly candidates with more experience. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/poll-who-should-replace-jason-gillespie-as-head-coach-at-yorkshire-ccc-1-8095716 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/116f0171373bdb9495ed8f3ba33d249f00b42be603fb249a3be5811536f8c5ab.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:53 | null | 2016-08-25T15:57:22 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fprofits-on-the-rise-at-jimmy-choo-after-sterling-fall-1-8089110.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089109.1472137024!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Profits on the rise at Jimmy Choo after Sterling fall | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Designer shoe brand Jimmy Choo has said it stands to benefit from the collapse in sterling following the EU referendum.
The firm said the pound’s devaluation will lead to an “upside in business performance at a revenue and profit level”.
The firm made the announcement alongside results for the first half of the year, which saw operating profit up 42.6 per cent to £25.3 million.
It added: “Jimmy Choo is a global business, well placed to take advantage of market dynamics seen since the pound’s devaluation; 9.5 per cent of global revenue is derived in sterling while 28% of operating costs are denominated in sterling.”
Revenue came in at £173.1 million, up 9.2 per cent compared with the same period last year, driven by a strong performance in China and strong sales in its men’s ranges.
Boss Pierre Denis said: “We have made a good start to the second half and we remain optimistic about our prospects both for this year and for our performance in the future.”
However, the brand continues to struggle in the US, where sales were down 3.4 per cent.
“There has been softer luxury demand in the USA generally, compounded by a drop in sales to international tourists,” the company said.
The brand traces its roots to a bespoke shoemaker named Jimmy Choo, who was based in the East End of London in the early 1990s, who catered for the global jet set.
Last year saw the company struggle with sales after terrorist attacks in Europe weakened tourism levels, knocking the demand for luxury goods. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/profits-on-the-rise-at-jimmy-choo-after-sterling-fall-1-8089110 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/56ff2dcd9da3d89a03569306f3c988054668c7719d3d885f2e0a3f1055d4b2fe.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:57 | null | 2016-08-25T17:45:13 | Visit now for the latest crime news and features - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcrime%2Fnorth-yorkshire-police-hugely-disappointed-catholic-school-child-sex-claims-weren-t-heard-by-jury-1-8089512.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089511.1472143496!/image/image.jpg | en | null | North Yorkshire Police ‘hugely disappointed Catholic school child sex claims weren’t heard by jury’ | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A Yorkshire police force has said it is “hugely disappointing” that a number of historic child sexual abuse allegations made against a teacher at a leading private Catholic school were not put before a jury.
North Yorkshire Police today issued a statement in relation to the case of Paul Sheppard, a former teacher at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire who was last year acquitted of indecently assaulting a pupil.
The force said it had carried out a “complex investigation” into allegations made against Dr Sheppard and made “considerable efforts to present a strong case on a number of allegations” to prosecutors.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, four charges of indecent assault were made against the former teacher when the case was brought to trial at York Crown Court in 2015. Prosecutors said they believed “there was sufficient evidence to allow a jury to consider four charges of indecent assault”.
Prosecutors later applied to add three more charges of indecent assault, something a CPS spokeswoman said was not uncommon “ahead of trial as circumstances can change such as additional allegations being made”.
The spokeswoman said: “However, following representations from all parties, the judge offered a firm view that two of the original counts and the three new proposed counts should not be placed before the jury, on evidential grounds.
“Following the indication that the judge would not allow these counts to proceed, the prosecution team reviewed the counts and decided to withdraw them thus only proceeding with the remaining two counts.”
During the trial, one of the two remaining counts was withdrawn from the jury by the judge, and Dr Sheppard was found not guilty on the final count, a CPS spokeswoman said.
Dr Sheppard was employed by Ampleforth College as a temporary supply teacher for four months in the summer term of 1989, but left in July of that year in what has been described as “mutual consent” when his supply contract ended.
The Times alleged today that a North Yorkshire Police employee told witnesses that they did not need to give evidence in person at Dr Sheppard’s trial, because their written statements had been accepted by the defence, and that this was misleading to the victims.
The newspaper also claimed that two former pupils of the school had information about further alleged sexual offences, but were not interviewed by the police.
Assistant Chief Constable Lisa Winward, said: “This complex investigation spanned two years, and despite considerable police efforts to present a strong case on a number of allegations to the CPS, it was hugely disappointing that not all of these were heard in court.
“We have asked The Times to provide the police with the contact details of the two former pupils who have information, and we also urge them to come forward and speak to us.
“Until we know who they are, it is not possible to confirm whether or not they were known to the investigation at the time.
“If offences have been committed involving other pupils, we will investigate them thoroughly. If there is new evidence to consider, and new matters to investigate, then we will do so.
“In relation to the allegation that witnesses were misled when they were advised that they were no longer required to attend court, we have launched an internal investigation to establish who spoke to the witnesses regarding their statements.
“Our investigation will look at the timeline of the court proceedings and what was said, in order to establish whether they had been intentionally misled as the newspaper has reported.
“Child abuse is a very distressing crime, and anyone who has been the victim of abuse, no matter when it happened, should come forward to the police.
“In some non-recent cases we may not be able to pursue justice through the courts, for example when a perpetrator has died, but we can provide victims with support and advice which will help them to come to terms with what has happened, and help them address some of the psychological harm that sexual abuse causes.”
This case is already the subject of a review by senior officers at North Yorkshire Police as part of the ongoing Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
A spokesman for Ampleforth College confirmed that Dr Sheppard had been employed as a temporary supply teacher for four months in the summer term of 1989, and he had been appointed following references from “well-respected institutions” including Albert College and Brock University, which are both in Ontario, Canada.
He left in July 1989 by what has been described as “mutual consent” when his supply contract ended.
The Ampleforth spokesman maintained an investigation was launched by the school, although the inquiries “did not yield allegations of sexual impropriety”.
He added: “Ampleforth has publically accepted its responsibilities for past failings and once again would like to offer its sympathies, prayers and thoughts to all survivors and their families. Ampleforth remains committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of each and every pupil in its care.”
Ampleforth College, which reportedly charges parents more than £33,000-a-year for boarding pupils under the care of Benedictine monks, has been embroiled in previous child abuse scandals.
The Yorkshire Post revealed in 2005 that pupils suffered decades of abuse from at least six paedophiles following a decision by former Abbot Basil Hume not to call in police at the beginning of the scandal, which was not linked to Dr Sheppard.
The school now employs a specialist ex-police officer as a safeguarding co-ordinator who works closely with its independent safeguarding commission.
The CPS today defended the decision to bring charges against Dr Sheppard, and stressed there had been a 73 per cent success rate in prosecuting more than 5,000 people over child sex abuse allegations in 2014.
But a spokeswoman added: “The CPS does not determine guilt or innocence – that is for the court to decide.”
Dr Sheppard is believed to be abroad and cannot be reached for comment. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/north-yorkshire-police-hugely-disappointed-catholic-school-child-sex-claims-weren-t-heard-by-jury-1-8089512 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/e98f3681d781b10aa4f60940d87346447d147fb9b7e58b48e5692dc591b5a4f8.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T22:51:54 | null | 2016-08-29T22:17:52 | Visit now for the latest tennis news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ftennis%2Fus-open-presence-of-in-form-andy-murray-gives-boris-becker-concerns-over-novak-djokovic-s-no-1-status-1-8094980.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094978.1472505452!/image/image.jpg | en | null | US Open: Presence of in-form Andy Murray gives Boris Becker concerns over Novak Djokovic’s No 1 status | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | NOVAK DJOKOVIC’S coach Boris Becker admits the Serb’s supremacy is under threat from Andy Murray ahead of the start of the US Open.
Djokovic begins the defence of his title against Poland’s big-serving Jerzy Janowicz on Monday, knowing all eyes will be on both his fitness and form after a torrid two months.
The world No 1 endured surprise early exits at both Wimbledon and the Olympics this summer, before admitting on Friday that a wrist injury could also hamper his bid in New York.
Murray, meanwhile, has gone from strength to strength, winning both at SW19 and in Brazil, putting him as many observer’s favourite at Flushing Meadows to seal a fourth major triumph.
Djokovic may yet prove his doubters wrong but with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal also struggling with injury, it appears Murray’s time may finally have arrived.
“I see him really challenging Djokovic’s supremacy in the next few grand slams,” said Becker.
“The year 2016 seems to have been a bit of a change-of-guard type of year for men’s tennis.
“With Roger Federer missing out on Paris and New York and Rafael Nadal also grappling with fitness issues, the Big Four of tennis seems to have been reduced to the Big Two with Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray really developing a great rivalry.
“What I think has changed for Murray is that a maturity and stability has come into his life. The first big watershed was the London Olympics followed by the US Open win in 2012.
“However, he has not won as many grand slams as he would have liked since 2013. This Wimbledon and Olympic gold shows that he is now less pressured and more in control of the mental side of things.”
Djokovic came through an hour-long practice session unscathed on Sunday evening, 24 hours before his opening match, but the top seed did not look comfortable hitting inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
He regularly winced on the follow-through of his serve and at one stage smashed a ball into the air in apparent frustration.
“He has now admitted to carrying a wrist strain at Wimbledon,” Becker said.
“He was unwilling to bring it up since he was beaten fair and square there, but the wrist did trouble him there and is still a problem for him.
“However, he is the favourite and the defending champion so he is training hard to protect his silverware.”
Murray, in the opposite half of the draw to the 12-time grand slam winner, does not face Lukas Rosol until Tuesday and the Scot has downplayed the effect his rival’s injury could have on his own chances.
John McEnroe, however, believes Djokovic admitting that he is struggling can only inspire belief in his rivals.
“Maybe he’s playing rope-a-dope and it’s not that bad,” said McEnroe.
“Maybe it’s going to get better and he’s going to play at the level he did at the French Open and Australia and beat everyone again. It’s unpredictable. Only he knows.
“But rarely would you announce to the press, ‘Look, I can’t play’. I was shocked.
“Now all of a sudden it makes wheels start turning and I would think, for a lot of other players, that they may think they have a better shot now.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/tennis/us-open-presence-of-in-form-andy-murray-gives-boris-becker-concerns-over-novak-djokovic-s-no-1-status-1-8094980 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/3f4cfc3ea72c9d58fcd34b9e7bc7ff99277d5a6128add11fdd254ed559ab547d.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:29 | null | 2016-08-25T20:41:05 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpicture-of-moorland-murder-victim-is-released-by-police-1-8089749.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089748.1472154049!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Picture of moorland murder victim is released by police | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | POLICE HAVE released a photograph of a man who was found dead in moorlands in Sheffield, who is thought to have been murdered.
The body was discovered in moorlands near the A628 and Woodhead Tunnels on Monday, and police last night revealed they are treating the case as a murder investigation.
The man found dead has been named by police as Craig Nelson, also known as Craig Preston, 34, from Wath-Upon-Dearne, Rotherham.
A post-mortem examination found he died as a result of head injuries. Police believe his death is suspicious and have launched a murder inquiry.
Detective Chief Inspector Steve Handley, who is leading the inquiry, said: “We’re in the process of piecing together Craig’s movements in the days leading up to his death.
“Did you see him in the days before? Did you speak to him or know what his plans were?
“I would urge anyone who knew him, or had contact with him before his death, to come forward as any small piece of information could be crucial.
“I’d also like to hear from anyone who saw a vehicle, or anyone acting suspiciously, on the slip road off the A628 or the car park near Woodhead Tunnels at any time between 7am on Saturday August 20 and 11am on Monday August 22.
“We have a dedicated team of detectives working hard to find out what happened to Craig.
“We are providing support and regular updates to his family; they deserve to know what happened to him, so please come forward if you can help.”
There is currently a cordon in place at Mr Nelson’s address in Montgomery Square while police carry out their enquiries.
It is understood ramblers and day trippers who flocked to the area over the weekend may have vital information that could lead them to a killer.
Anyone with information should ring the police on 101, quoting incident number 819 of 23 August 2016.
Alternatively, they can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/picture-of-moorland-murder-victim-is-released-by-police-1-8089749 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/fd03df3d3221ceecc3e2fe32281781864748c87bcd321637257bedff30dff4b4.json |
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"John Roberts"
] | 2016-08-29T10:51:18 | null | 2016-08-29T09:49:41 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fcampaign-calls-for-shake-up-in-asthma-treatment-1-8093983.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8054698.1472460561!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Campaign calls for shake-up in asthma treatment | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A CHARITY has called for a major overhaul of asthma care after new research revealed that the condition is costing the UK at least £1.1bn each year.
Asthma UK also warned that there are at least 1,000 asthma related deaths in the country annually and that many patients’ basic needs were not being provided for.
The charity claimed that a different approach, which made the best use of new technologies, such as smart inhalers, was needed urgently to ease the burden on the NHS.
More than 270 people are admitted to hospital each day because of asthma attacks with at least three deaths daily, according to the most comprehensive study of the condition ever carried out in the UK.
The UK-wide research, led by the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research at Edinburgh University, found there were about 6.4m GP and nurse consultations for asthma each year.
Researchers estimated that at least £666m is spent annually on prescription costs in the UK alone.
On top of this, the country also spends £160m on GP consultations, £143m on disability claims and another £137m on hospital care for asthma sufferers.
The team said the findings confirmed the UK has one of the highest burdens of asthma in the world. The figures show more than 18m people in this country who are treated for the condition at some stage in their life.
Kay Boycott, the chief executive of Asthma UK, said: “Despite the fact we’re spending over a billion pounds a year on asthma, many people are still not receiving care that meets even the most basic clinical standards.
“It’s clear this has to change and a different approach is urgently needed.
“We strongly believe new technologies such as smart inhalers are the likely game changer that could reduce asthma attacks and ease the burden on the NHS.”
She said helping patients adapt their lifestyles could also have an impact on the cost and quality of suppport available.
She added: “Supporting people to better manage their asthma with new technologies would likely lead to healthier lifestyles, reducing the need for NHS appointments and admissions and freeing up care for those who need it most.”
Professor Aziz Sheikh, the director of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research at Edinburgh University, said: “Even with conservative assumptions, we find almost 100,000 people are admitted to hospital and there are at least 1,000 deaths from asthma each year in the UK.
“This is unacceptable for a condition that, for most people, can be managed effectively with the right support from their GP.
“Greater focus on primary care is needed if we are to cut rates of severe asthma attacks, hospitalisations and deaths.”
The research was drawn together from national health surveys. It also used information from anonymised administrative, health and social care records from across the UK. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/campaign-calls-for-shake-up-in-asthma-treatment-1-8093983 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ea9376f97fd2de3cc0ad20ba22c1977b87988d70c41b126be0b3bbf60ae96e2a.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T22:51:53 | null | 2016-08-29T23:00:58 | Visit now for the latest rugby league news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fwhitehaven-10-halifax-30-struggling-fax-turn-corner-with-convincing-road-win-1-8094998.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094997.1472508038!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Whitehaven 10 Halifax 30: Struggling Fax turn corner with convincing road win | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | HALIFAX ended a run of six straight defeats win a comprehensive 30-10 win over relegation threatened Whitehaven at The Recreation Ground.
Three first-half tries from Chester Butler, Ryan Boyle and Nick Rawsthorne along with Jacob Fairbank’s late effort sealed a hard-earned with for Richard Marshall’s side.
Marshall handed Luke Nelmes his debut for the Club – albeit from the bench – after impressing for the reserve grade side this year and becomes the fifth player to graduate from Martin Gonzalzes’ side.
After a slow opening start, Fax hit the front when Butler collected Ben Johnston’s pass, cut inside his man and finished well for his first senior try. Rawsthorne converted.
Back to back sets from ‘Haven soon followed, but the experienced Dave Allen through the ball into touch with Ryan Ince closing in on the line.
Halifax made them pay. Boyle collected the busy Johnston’s kick underneath the posts to take ‘Fax into double figures after 22 minutes. Rawsthorne goaled.
The coach-less Cumbrian side who recently parted company with James Coyle did get on the board before half time. Ed Chamberlain finished off a neat move to dive over in the left hand corner. Jouffret missed the tricky touchline conversion.
Rawsthorne, like Butler, ended the half with his first senior try. A short pass from Scott Murrell still left the former Brooksbank School student with work to do, but a super step and finish saw Nick crash over in the right corner. He converted his own try to give Halifax a 18-4 lead.
The hosts started the better in the second period and were rewarded when Grant Gore profited from indecision from the away defence to touchdown under the posts. Jouffret converted this time.
It took Halifax until 22 minutes from time to kill off the spirited Cumbrian side. A break from deep by Adam Tangata allowed Johnston to run clear before finding Fairbank, who spun over the line brilliantly to all but seal the win.
Tangata scored a late try with Rawsthorne kicking two goals to see Halifax return to winning ways ahead of next week’s home game against Oldham RLFC.
Whitehaven: Jouffret, Ince, Taylor, Parker, Chamberlain; Aiye, Gore; Walker, Carberry, Chapplehow, Fox, Allen, Forster. Substitutes: Newton, Davies, Riley, Perez.
Halifax: Greenwood, Heaton, Butler, Rawsthorne, Sharp; Murrell, Johnston; Cahalane, Moore, Boyle, Manning, Tangata, Fairbank. Substitutes: Kaye, Bennion, Morris, Nelmes. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/whitehaven-10-halifax-30-struggling-fax-turn-corner-with-convincing-road-win-1-8094998 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/eec2483c72c01b5a0be61bc7f34b5fb1b35a5cd8d88d400d2b472a02c6ac883d.json |
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"Georgina Morris"
] | 2016-08-29T10:51:28 | null | 2016-08-28T18:08:24 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farrested-man-released-after-fatal-collision-in-selby-1-8093509.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093508.1472464375!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Arrested man released after fatal collision in Selby | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A driver has been released on bail as police continue to investigate a fatal collision near Selby.
Police were called to the incident involving a Vauxhall Corsa on the A19 just south of Brayton at 8.30am yesterday.
Sadly, the pedestrian – a man in his 40s from the Selby area – died at the scene.
The driver, who is in his 20s and also from Selby, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
He was taken into custody for questioning and has now been released on bail pending further enquiries.
North Yorkshire Police is not yet in a position to confirm the victim’s identity.
Witnesses are asked to call 101, select option 2 and ask for Sean Grey, quoting incident number 12160155899. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/arrested-man-released-after-fatal-collision-in-selby-1-8093509 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/da1e951edc874d4cf02be128151a40fbf989c2a2204a7b0eb4f75652e51c07da.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:53:05 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:01 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fromantic-garden-design-chosen-for-hepworth-wakefield-1-8096052.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8097761.1472641457!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Romantic garden design chosen for Hepworth Wakefield | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | International garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith has been chosen to design what will be one of the UK’s largest free public gardens.
The eight-time Gold Medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show was selected to create a riverside garden by a panel at the Hepworth Wakefield.
The design will be modern, romantic, and “embued with overriding naturalism”, reflecting sculptor Barbara Hepworth’s “deep connection to the landscape.”
One of the highlights of the garden, which is around the size of two-and-a-half football pitches, will be a meadow sown with purple moor grass - found in Yorkshire marshes - as well as other more colourful and exotic species.
Mr Stuart-Smith said he was delighted to be chosen: “Public commissions like these are scarce in the UK.
“I am looking forward to working with the gallery to create a beautiful public space in this riverside setting that will be treasured by residents and visitors alike.”
Four shortlisted designs went on display in garden sheds outside the gallery last October.
Chair of The Hepworth Wakefield Trust David Liddiment said they’d had a “wonderful” response from the public and had taken their views into account, including leaving sculptures on display in the garden.
He added: ““We are absolutely thrilled to be working on this project with Tom Stuart-Smith, one of Britain’s top garden designers, to create a new public space for Wakefield which we believe will enhance the experience of visiting The Hepworth and crucially, attract tourism to the city, further boosting the local economy.
“I feel confident that Tom’s designs for the site will create a cohesive and inspiring landscape that will provide a free, year-round attraction for Wakefield.”
It comes as fundraisers announced a £250,000 gift from the Garfield Weston Foundation, one of the world’s largest charitable foundations, towards the £2.2m project.
The Hepworth’s director Simon Wallis said: “Our fundraising campaign for The Hepworth Riverside Gallery Garden is already underway and I’d like to warmly thank the Garfield Weston Foundation for their major gift. Their significant support has got the project off to a really positive start.”
He added: “Gardens and the Yorkshire landscape were a hugely important part of Barbara Hepworth’s creative life and they influenced her sculpture and its settings.
“It’s fitting, therefore, that we create a natural environment that would have inspired her, and that will have a rewarding all year round dialogue with our superb building and art collection.”
There will be beech hedges in the garden, to protect sensitive plants, and large and small trees scattered throughout.
Others on the shortlist for the garden design included Christopher Bradley Hole and Brita von Schoenaich, Cleve West, and Peter Wirtz.
More details about the garden will be released early next year. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/romantic-garden-design-chosen-for-hepworth-wakefield-1-8096052 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/9e1af0ecd2b2dc05619412ebad994f50ed3fa262b2fc6b0c08a7cea3068304ad.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T22:51:52 | null | 2016-08-29T22:07:32 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fnational-league-guiseley-battle-but-fall-to-solitary-tranmere-strike-1-8094967.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094966.1472507796!/image/image.jpg | en | null | National League: Guiseley battle but fall to solitary Tranmere strike | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | DESPITE a defiant display, Guiseley suffered their seventh loss in a row when going down 1-0 at National League promotion favourites Tranmere Rovers on Bank Holiday Monday.
The home side thought they had taken the lead when Connor Jennings was put through on goal before finishing well, but the assistant linesman had his flag up for offside.
Next it was Andrew Cook who fired a drive from 25 yards out, but Lions ‘keeper Dan Atkinson saved the effort and was then able to clear the rebound with his feet.
Guiseley were being compact in defence with Luke Porritt causing problems, but there were few chances being created by the visitors.
Tranmere took the lead just before half-time when James Norwood was found in the area and, on the angle, he produced a smart finish that left Atkinson helpless.
The second half started with Guiseley trying to initiate attacks, but Rovers’ defence was coping well with what the away side tried to do.
Guiseley had a decent chance when Javan Vidal controlled a pass well and saw his effort saved by Scott Davies.
But the away side could not create anymore chances meaning the Nethermoor side stay bottom on zero points.
Guiseley return to action on Saturday at home to fourth-bottom Braintree.
North Ferriby United dropped to 20th after a 1-0 loss at home to Barrow who moved 10th. Ferriby are back in action on Saturday at 13th-placed Eastleigh.
In National League North, Jack Emmett’s forceful finish gave Harrogate Town a colossal 1-0 win in the Yorkshire derby at FC Halifax Town.
Emmett fired home the only goal of the game midway through the second half to stretch Town’s unbeaten start to the 2016-17 campaign to seven matches.
But despite claiming the three points, Simon Weaver’s men dropped one place to third as Class of 92-owned Salford City went above them on goal difference.
Salford beat Curzon Ashton 2-0 to better Town’s goal difference by one and move into second place behind AFC Fylde – Town’s conquerors in the play-offs last season.
Emmett’s goal brought to life a dull encounter at the Shay Stadium, which had seen the teams cancel each other out in the first 45 minutes.
Town lost Warren Burrell through injury in the 38th minute of an otherwise uneventful half.
The second began in the same vein, too, until Emmett found time and space on the right wing and crashed home a shot off the underside of the crossbar
Halifax, who were in fifth place prior to the match and are fancied for an immediate return to the National Premier League, could not respond and targetman Tom Denton headed a late chance straight at Peter Crook.
The Shaymen are back in action next Saturday at 14th-placed Telford.
Leaders Fylde were 4-1 winners at Bradford Park Avenue for whom a strike from Chris Sharp strike was in vain.
Avenue sit 18th and return to action next Saturday at ninth-placed Brackley Town.
Harrogate Town host 13th-placed Curzon Ashton the same afternoon. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/national-league-guiseley-battle-but-fall-to-solitary-tranmere-strike-1-8094967 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/1860646ca717c0197dbb6c5f9852988dce39aa02c89fb6aa4a52a18ce34b4e9a.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T06:51:38 | null | 2016-08-29T06:06:09 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fsheffield-united-2-oxford-united-1-blades-victory-hands-chris-wilder-the-last-laugh-1-8093669.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093668.1472416238!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Sheffield United 2 Oxford United 1: Blades’ victory hands Chris Wilder the last laugh | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | away fans’ taunts of “You’re getting sacked in the morning” will have fallen on deaf ears as Chris Wilder got his first win in charge of Sheffield United.
The jibes rang out when Kane Hemmings put former Oxford United ahead, but Billy Sharp and James Wilson ensured the 48-year-old – former boss of the visitors – had the last laugh with second-half efforts in front of the Kop.
Wilder led the visitors back into the Football League during a six-year spell at the Kassam Stadium.
Oxford took the lead when Hemmings reacted first after Simon Moore had parried Liam Sercombe’s fierce drive.
However, United continued to push forward after the interval, as they had in the first half, with Stefan Scougall a central figure.
Sharp gave the Blades parity with 25 minutes remaining, which was no less than they deserved, and Wilson powered home the second Duffy soon after.
Jake Wright, former Oxford captain, had been drafted in to partner Wilson at centre-half while Leon Clarke was replaced by Matt Done.
United’s failure to dominate possession had allowed their opponents to establish a strong foothold in the game.
Oxford’s persistence reaped its reward in the 17th minute when Hemmings scored after Moore had blocked Sercombe’s initial shot.
United withdrew Chris Hussey at the interval, Jack O’Connell taking his place, while Oxford transposed Aaron Martin and Joe Skarz.
Josh Ruffels benefited from a huge slice of fortune minute when he deflected a cross towards his own goal, but the ball held up just long enough in the air for Simon Eastwood to adjust and gather.
Moore stopped captain John Lundstram extending Oxford’s lead and in the 65th minute United’s industry received its reward when Done feinted to shoot before crossing instead for Sharp to prod home at the far post.
Eight minutes after Sharp’s dramatic intervention, Wilson was the next United player to enjoy the adulation of the crowd when he headed home a free-kick, the the latest in a long line of fouls on Scougall.
Sheffield United: Moore, Hussey (O’Connell 46), Basham, Scougall (Fleck 80), Sharp (Clarke 86), Done, Wright, Coutts, Freeman, Wilson, Duffy. Unused substitutes: Ramsdale, Calvert-Lewin, Whiteman, Chapman.
Oxford United: Eastwood, Skarz (Martin 46), Lundstram, Sercombe, Thomas, Maguire, MacDonald (Rothwell 74), Ruffels, Hemmings (Taylor 67), Edwards, Dunkley. Unused substitutes: Crowley, Buchel, Roberts, Ledson.
Referee: Nicholas Kinseley (Essex). | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united-2-oxford-united-1-blades-victory-hands-chris-wilder-the-last-laugh-1-8093669 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/faa7953676ac4a09e849b5d689c6ade50971732e0f979198136ab8f4f8154de6.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:51:26 | null | 2016-08-28T16:25:46 | Visit now for the latest Middlesbrough FC football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fmiddlesbrough-fc%2Fwest-brom-0-middlesbrough-0-dire-contest-but-boro-still-unbeaten-in-premier-league-1-8093352.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093351.1472397926!/image/image.jpg | en | null | West Brom 0 Middlesbrough 0: Dire contest, but Boro still unbeaten in Premier League | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | West Brom and Middlesbrough laboured to a wretched 0-0 draw at The Hawthorns as the Baggies’ need for reinforcements grew.
In a game of few redeeming features it took Boro until 17 minutes from time to have their first shot on target with Albion equally toothless.
Baggies boss Tony Pulis wants five new players before Wednesday’s transfer deadline and the hosts’ failings were clear to see as they never broke down the resolute visitors.
Albion needed a performance after being dumped out of the EFL Cup on penalties by Northampton in midweek but never got going against the Premier League newboys, who now have a healthy return of five points from their first three games.
There was little excitement from the off but Antonio Barragan at least halted James McClean early on before the winger was thwarted by Brad Guzan after 11 minutes.
Darren Fletcher’s neat pass found the on-rushing McClean but Guzan smothered his six yard effort with the keeper relatively untroubled during a non-event of a first half.
Salomon Rondon headed two half chances well wide while Boro failed to create anything meaningful themselves with Alvaro Negredo isolated and anonymous.
Played at a pre-season pace neither side looked remotely like opening the scoring as West Brom’s need for more attacking threat was laid bare.
McClean was their brightest spark but £12million record buy Rondon was laboured and underlined why boss Pulis has been chasing new signings, including Southampton’s Jay Rodriguez.
In an attempt to break the monotony eight minutes before the break Brendan Galloway, making his Premier League debut for Albion after a loan move from Everton, forced Guzan into a low stop.
But it was a token effort which Gaston Ramirez matched when he swiped wildly wide within two minutes of the re-start.
The second half continued in the same uneventful, disappointing, vein as the first as the teams cancelled each other out to provide no excitement.
Craig Dawson’s header dropped a yard wide in a rare chance and Jonathan Leko replaced McClean after 65 minutes in the hope he would inject some pace and penetration to West Brom’s game which had failed to get out of first gear.
Middlesbrough had yet to register a shot on target but had looked more composed in possession despite failing to supply Valencia loanee Negredo with any decent service.
Leko lasted just five minutes before limping off injured to be replaced by Saido Berahino but Boro immediately threatened when Cristhian Stuani shot straight at Ben Foster with 17 minutes left.
The visitors finished the stronger, with Stewart Downing firing wide, but the Baggies almost got lucky with five minutes remaining when Ayala’s clattered off Guzan and bounced away. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough-fc/west-brom-0-middlesbrough-0-dire-contest-but-boro-still-unbeaten-in-premier-league-1-8093352 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/a7016280f6b21f320854efcea4e9c93e1177184e8b10ab95534d856731f36d64.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:04 | null | 2016-08-30T15:58:36 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fsheffield-united-close-in-on-sheffield-wednesday-striker-lavery-1-8096292.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096290.1472569095!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Sheffield United close in on Sheffield Wednesday striker Lavery | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | SHEFFIELD United have moved a step closer to signing Sheffield Wednesday centre forward Caolan Lavery with the two clubs having reportedly agreed a fee.
Lavery left Hillsborough in the summer but the Owls are still entitled to receive compensation for his development.
The 23-year-old spent part of last season on loan at Portsmouth and has also had loan spells at Southend United and Plymouth Argyle.
The Canadian-born footballer has been capped by both Canada under-17s and Northern Ireland’s under-19s and under-21s. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united-close-in-on-sheffield-wednesday-striker-lavery-1-8096292 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/c74e553375316a6a13993762fea79a85b7c20e2539be7aa3316484817bf1c80f.json |
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"Cameron Sanderson",
"Graduate Development Surveyor At Keyland Developments In Leeds"
] | 2016-08-26T13:09:19 | null | 2016-08-24T15:53:10 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fproperty-people-1-8086480.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8086477.1472050374!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Property People | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | What are the prospects for the property sector in Yorkshire and Humber?
So long as occupational demand remains strong then the restricted supply in the region means rents will continue to grow and investment will follow.
What is the best project you have been involved in?
The former Allerton House, on Harrogate Road, a Seabrook’s Crisps factory which had been redundant since 2004. I was involved in the obtaining of a planning permission and delivery through Nu construction of a 1,550 sq. m food retail store to Aldi.
What is your favourite building in the region?
St Paul’s House in Leeds, predominantly because of the success story of the man it was built for, Sir John Barran.
If you could change one thing to improve the property industry, what would it be?
I would like to see a devolution deal for the Leeds City Region.
Whom has inspired you?
My father - he has shared with me some of his vast surveying knowledge and business experience. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/property-people-1-8086480 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/428f155701c7502bb9711e95c6a0fa2224ca18f993e46160976b7e01c9c69ee8.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:51:32 | null | 2016-08-30T14:07:14 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fhow-yorkshire-academics-cleaning-technology-could-unlock-secrets-of-the-universe-1-8095974.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8095969.1472566471!/image/image.jpg | en | null | How Yorkshire academics’ “cleaning” technology could unlock secrets of the universe | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can
It is hailed as the most powerful physics experiment ever built, and recreates the conditions just after the Big Bang in an attempt to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe.
But despite the billions of pounds worth of investment in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), based at a laboratory near Geneva, in Switzerland, there’s always the risk of something going wrong.
Undated handout photo issued by CERN of a view of the beam tunnel at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN in Switzerland.
An errant beam of accelerated particles, fired in opposite directions with the help of hugely powerful magnets, could cause serious damage to the structure of the pioneering system, disastrously closing it down for months, if it veers away from its true path.
Devices known as collimators, made of two opposing jaws about 1.2 metres in length that sit near to the beam, are key to stopping this from happening by using a technique described as ‘cleaning’ the particles.
And now two academics from a Yorkshire university have been awarded funding worth hundreds of thousands of pounds to carry out work on a vital upgrade to LHC’s collimators in a scheme that could increase the amount of data its experiments can gather in their search for new particles.
Professor Roger Barlow, a leading particle physicist who heads the International Institute for Accelerator Applications at the University of Huddersfield, has been carrying out computer simulations of the LHC’s collimation system with academics from Manchester.
Image Name: IMG_3385.JPG-orig.JPG Image Caption: Large Hadron Collider collimator view along the beam path
When the UK’s Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) began to collaborate with CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) on the LHC’s luminosity upgrade, Professor Barlow was enlisted to develop programs and simulations that would help the development of new collimators.
He knew that an ideal candidate to lead the design and manufacture of a prototype collimator would be Dr Simon Fletcher, of the Engineering Control and Machine Performance Research Group that is part of the University of Huddersfield’s Centre for Precision Technology.
Known for applying novel techniques to real world problems, the Huddersfield base is one of only 16 national centres for innovative manufacturing in the UK.
Professor Barlow and Dr Fletcher have now been awarded a total of £639,336, made up of contributions from both STFC and CERN, to carry out work on the vital LHC upgrade and Dr Fletcher has now embarked on a three-year work package that will lead to the production of a new collimator prototype. According to Dr Barlow, it would be a “disaster” if the high amplitude particles being fired around the LHC impacted on its ‘cold mass’. “The whole LHC would be shut down for many months,” he said.
Professor Roger Barlow, Huddersfield University
Collimators have to be manufactured from material such as carbon fibre reinforced carbon composite that can absorb radiation since their role is to “tidy up” stray particles, and for this they have to be absolutely straight and parallel.
To ensure this, Dr Fletcher plans a switch from a passive to an active system for the LHC’s collimators.
“Simulations and operational experience show that the jaws can lose their straightness over long operating periods and during highly energetic impact events, which affects the performance and the efficiency.
“We are therefore proposing to add sensors that pick up any distortion and we will design and install some actuators that will then deform the jaws to make them straight again.”
A research assistant will be appointed to work with Dr Fletcher on the collimator design and the successful candidate will spend a large part of their time at CERN in Switzerland.
The prototype collimator will be designed and built at the University of Huddersfield using in-house machining and metrology facilities, along with specialist local advanced manufacturing firms.
The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, was built between 1998 and 2008.
It is operating beyond expectations in its second extended run and is providing more data than expected, experts said this year.
In December, early unconfirmed readings of an unusually high number of gamma rays during a collision were identified as possibly being produced by the decay of a new particle.
But additional research in the following months showed the data to be a random “statistical fluke,” said Dave Charlton, a Cern spokesman.
Studying similar types of rays eventually led to the tentative confirmation of the existence of the Higgs Boson particle, dubbed the “God particle”, in 2013. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/how-yorkshire-academics-cleaning-technology-could-unlock-secrets-of-the-universe-1-8095974 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/7ecc155c125ea7d5acc115e9d604478dbb45b7a62598526257a07b12b201da3c.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:00 | null | 2016-08-30T16:21:44 | Visit now for the latest opinion news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fopinion%2Fyp-letters-corbyn-is-right-over-westminster-bubble-and-rail-cartel-1-8096352.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096351.1472570484!/image/image.jpg | en | null | YP Letters: Corbyn is right over Westminster bubble and rail cartel | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | From: Roger Whitaker, Dale View, Hardwick Road, Pontefract.
I AM an eternal optimist. I live in Yvette Cooper’s constituency, but always vote Conservative.
However, I agree with Jeremy Corbyn on two issues.
Firstly, the need to burst the Westminster bubble.
Westminster is often described as the mother of Parliaments and of the democratic system, yet Jeremy Corbyn was voted leader by a majority of the Labour Party in accordance with its rules, but most of his MPs have refused to work with him.
The Liberal Democrats have said they will ignore the results of the EU referendum, while Owen Smith, the other contender for the Labour leadership and many other MPs of all parties, are calling for a second referendum. Can we therefore assume it is only democratic if the population agree with everything that MPs say and do?
Secondly, to not only re-nationalise the railways but all the other utilities. When these industries were denationalised, we were promised that prices for the commodities would be reduced and service improved, yet we seem to have exchanged a government monopoly for a private industry cartel whose profits rise year on year with none of the benefits promised.
The groups looking after the public interest are toothless and unable to do anything about it.
From: John Watson, Leyburn.
I HAVE never read such a pessimistic piece of journalism as the article by Lib Dem peer Dick Taverne (The Yorkshire Post, August 27). There was not one iota of cheer in the whole piece.
Nearly all the papers I have read lately are in a very optimistic mood about Brexit.
Is he saying that they are all wrong? There are even a few economists who were of the same opinion as Lord Taverne but who have since changed their minds.
Like most other readers of your paper, I don’t know what is going to happen but the outlook is looking a lot brighter than that forecast by the “doom-mongers” at the time of the referendum.
From: Jane Birkby, Brigg.
THE Whitehall Mandarins had better stop stalling and fighting for power amongst themselves on Brexit.
From: Eddie Peart, Broom Crescent, Rotherham.
HAS Jeremy Corbyn asked the train company to provide a video of an overcrowded train? I will if he does not. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/yp-letters-corbyn-is-right-over-westminster-bubble-and-rail-cartel-1-8096352 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/4bfbc4f138a0237a1c9001a96bc57a0db1666faa1a9af52303b551befe7056b2.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T00:51:52 | null | 2016-08-30T00:05:16 | Visit now for the latest non-league football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fnon-league%2Fbordman-s-brace-gets-ossett-albion-off-mark-but-farsley-are-held-1-8094965.json | http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/mastheads/NLYP-masthead-share-img.png | en | null | Bordman’s brace gets Ossett Albion off mark but Farsley are held | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | OSSETT ALBION finally bagged their first win of the new season – against their closest rivals – thanks to Bank Holiday Monday’s 2-0 win at Ossett Town in the EvoStik League First Division North.
Robert Bordman scored both goals for the visitors, opening the scoring after 22 minutes and then converting a penalty five minutes before the break.
Victory lifted Albion up to 19th with Town falling to 11th.
At the top of the division, Farsley Celtic’s perfect start was ended as they were held to a goalless draw at new boys Tadcaster Albion, who sit seventh. Farsley remain top but now only one point clear of Brighouse Town, who obliged 2-1 at Colwyn Bay.
Adam Field gave Brighouse a 12th-minute lead, which was doubled by Jamie Frost six minutes after the break. Luke Denson’s 65th-minute penalty then set up a grandstand finish. Prescot Cables are a point further back in third after romping in 5-0 at Burscough.
Honours were even at Goole AFC who bagged their first point of the season thanks to a 1-1 draw with Scarborough Athletic. Lee Morris put Goole ahead after 22 minutes, but Carl Stewart equalised for the visitors 19 minutes from time. Scarborough now sit 13th.
In the Premier, Frickley Athletic’s miserable start to the season continued – six games, six losses – as they were hammered 4-0 at Whitby Town for whom Dale Hopson converted two penalties. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/non-league/bordman-s-brace-gets-ossett-albion-off-mark-but-farsley-are-held-1-8094965 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/2bb9055c563e565909b010951e8b84183d213a51e9e4ad7071759ae17b1e83fe.json |
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"John Roberts"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:47 | null | 2016-08-26T00:40:10 | Visit now for the latest education news, analysis and opinion - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fday-of-gcse-success-stories-across-yorkshire-despite-record-drop-in-overall-grades-1-8089819.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089818.1472161520!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Day of GCSE success stories across Yorkshire despite record drop in overall grades | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THOUSANDS of students have celebrated GCSE success across Yorkshire despite a record drop in grades nationally.
Just over two-thirds of entries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (66.9 per cent) were awarded A*-C - deemed by schools to be a “good” pass.
Helena Anderson with results
This was a 2.1 percentage point drop on the previous year, representing the biggest 12-month dip since GCSEs started in 1988.
There has also been debate about whether 17-year-olds who got Ds in English and maths should be made to resit GCSEs after thousands more did this this year.
However across much of the region it was a day of celebration yesterday as schools and local councils reported record or improved results and inspiring success stories.
In both Barnsley and East Riding students achieved the best ever GCSE grades - based on the number of pupils achieving five good (A*to C) grades including English and maths.
Left to right: Jiya Cherian; Kirsty Goodchild at Skipton Girls High.
Barnsley Council said the proportion achieving this benchmark had risen to 55 per cent - up five per cent on last year while in the East Riding it rose from 56 per cent last year to 67 per cent in 2016. Elsewhere councillors in Hull, Leeds and York said grades had improved on last year. Sheffield Council said schools were on track to be similar and North Yorkshire said the performance of its schools placed the authority in the top 20 per cent of areas nationally.
Yorkshire has traditionally lagged behind most of the rest of the country for the proportion of pupils achieving five good GCSEs, including English and maths. Until now this has been the performance measure which schools and local authority areas are judged upon. But in this year’s GCSEs league tables schools will be assessed for the progress pupils make across eight subjects. The new Progress 8 figures for schools will be out in the Autumn.
Yesterday’s figures, published by the Joint Council for Qualifications, show that the gender gap increased by 0.5 per cent this summer, with 71.3 per cent of girls’ entries awarded at least a C grade, compared with 62.4 per cent of boys’.
But pupils across the region were celebrated outstanding successes. Among them were Kirsty Goodchild – who achieved 14 straight A* grades at Skipton Girls High. She said: “I am thrilled with my results and would like to thank my inspiring teachers and family for motivating me to work hard enough to achieve them.” At Ripon Grammar Maddie Charvill achieved 13A*s and Ben Pimley got 12 A*s. At Roundhay School in Leeds Catherine Thompson achieved 12 A*s while elsewhere in the city Sam Whitaker became Ralph Thoresby school’s most successful ever student with 10 A*s and another A.
At Sheffield Girls High Helena Anderson from Woodseats achieved 13A* grades.
For many students their exam marks not only represented academic success but their determination and strength in overcoming adversity.
Giggleswick School pupil Freddie Morse from Addingham Moorside, Ilkley, was rewarded with seven A*s among his nine GCSE’s having battled treatment for Leukaemia throughout his studies. This included a full year away from school to manage his chemotherapy, immunotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.
Freddie, who was at school to pick up his results yesterday said: “I am so pleased and I can’t quite believe it. What I’ve learned from this is to never say never, never give up. I’d like to thank every one of my teachers, all nine of them, who came out to my house to teach me when I couldn’t be at school. His mother Sarah, said: “We are so proud of Freddie and the School has been phenomenal.”
Elsewhere the Manor CE Academy, in York, praised pupils for combining hard work with volunteering. Joint head girls, Wanipa Ndhlovu and Jess Armes each gained 11 A*s and Lucy Phillips gained 10As*. Principal Brian Crosby said: “We have seen once again our young people developing academically and as fine young people. Wanipa was one of eight students who volunteered to be ambassadors for the Olympics in Rio and met the British athletes, while Jess and seven others volunteered to work in deprived areas of Malawi.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/education/day-of-gcse-success-stories-across-yorkshire-despite-record-drop-in-overall-grades-1-8089819 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/f61930cf1253ea788586195e4b5aca88c72a5c9f482b6f29e8eea4e34fe3c58a.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T02:51:57 | null | 2016-08-31T02:35:36 | Visit now for the latest education news, analysis and opinion - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fmachines-can-learn-how-systems-work-just-by-watching-them-say-sheffield-academics-1-8096561.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096560.1472575004!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Machines can learn how systems work just by watching them, say Sheffield academics | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | It’s one of the defining characteristics that separates mankind from machines.
But according to University of Sheffield researchers, it is now possible for artificial beings to learn how systems work simply by observing them and without being told what to look for.
Imagine you want a robot to paint like Picasso. Conventional machine learning algorithms would rate the robot’s paintings for how closely they resembled a Picasso. Dr Roderich Gross
Academics say the discovery made in an experiment with swarm robots could mean advances in the world of technology with machines able to predict, among other things, human behaviour.
It takes inspiration from the work of pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, who proposed a test, which a machine could pass if it behaved indistinguishably from a human.
The Sheffield study uses a similar test to reveal how any given system works. In it, two swarms of robots, one of which has learning ability, have their movements recorded.
The motion data is shown to ‘interrogators’, not humans as in the Turing test but computer programs that learn by themselves.
The learning robots that succeed in fooling an interrogator, by making it believe their motion data were genuine, receive a reward.
According to Dr Roderich Gross from the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Sheffield, the new approach mean humans no longer need to tell machines what to look for.
The discovery could be used to create algorithms that detect abnormalities in behaviour. This could prove useful for the health monitoring of livestock and maintaining machines, cars and airplanes.
Dr Gross said the advantage of the approach, called ‘Turing Learning’, is that humans no longer need to tell machines what to look for.
“Imagine you want a robot to paint like Picasso. Conventional machine learning algorithms would rate the robot’s paintings for how closely they resembled a Picasso.
“But someone would have to tell the algorithms what is considered similar to a Picasso to begin with. Turing Learning does not require such prior knowledge. It would simply reward the robot if it painted something that was considered genuine by the interrogators. Turing Learning would simultaneously learn how to interrogate and how to paint.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/education/machines-can-learn-how-systems-work-just-by-watching-them-say-sheffield-academics-1-8096561 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/0a941ce215d71445ea063c2680c111daf3c3a281f7703dca4eedfa9d4054f0eb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:01 | null | 2016-08-25T23:32:05 | Visit now for the latest education news, analysis and opinion - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Feducation%2Fgcse-day-joy-across-leeds-as-schools-post-record-results-1-8089861.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8089859.1472164305!/image/image.jpg | en | null | GCSE day joy across Leeds as schools post record results | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | THE LONG wait for GCSE results came to an end for 16-year-olds sparking scenes of celebration across the city as young people’s hard work was rewarded.
Leeds City Council reported an increase in the number of students getting good grades this year despite a drop nationally.
Jo Dobson
And schools around Leeds were hailing both collective and individual success stories.
Leeds Council said: “Early indications from the city’s secondary schools and academies, from around 89 per cent the year 11 cohort, suggest this year around 59 per cent of pupils have achieved five or more A*- C GCSEs including English and maths compared to 55.5 per cent last year. However it is important to note that due to national changes in the indicators used to monitor schools’ results the outcomes in 2016 are not directly comparable to 2015.”
At Ralph Thoresby School pupils celebrated their best ever results as 60 per cent of students secured good grades in both English and maths. Sam Whitaker discovered he had become the school’s most successful ever student with 10 A* and one A grade.
At Roundhay School star performers included Catherine Thompson with 12A*s, Shay Breen who picked up 10A*s and two As while twin brothers Rohan and Logan Reed picked up two dozen A*s and A between them. Across the school 39 students gained at least seven A* or A grades.
Boston Spa School also hailed its best GCSE results as more than two-thirds of pupils achieved five good GCSEs including English and maths – up more than ten per cent on last year. Fulneck School also broke records with one-third of all GCSE results resulting in an A* or A. The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) saw 16 students achieve 10 A* passes at GCSE. It also had students who excelled in both exams and on the sporting field.
For Jo Dobson, getting her GCSE results was a load off her mind after overcoming injury and a heavy training schedule to become national weightlifting champion midway through her exams.
She got an A*, six As and three Bs.
Her achievement is all the more remarkable as her preparation was disrupted by shoulder surgery at the end of 2015 and a training commitment of five days a week with the Leeds City Weightlifting Team.
England netballer Lexy Shipley and up-and-coming rowing cox Harin Wijayathunga are celebrating after sweeping the board with 10 A*s each in their GCSEs.
They are also both students at GSAL.
THE EFFORTS of pupils has been praised by Leeds City Council’s executive member for children and families Coun Lisa Mulherin. She said: “Everyone who has taken their GCSEs deserves congratulations for their effort and achievements. Exams are a difficult and stressful time but with the help and support of their families and schools, they have done themselves and the city proud.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/education/gcse-day-joy-across-leeds-as-schools-post-record-results-1-8089861 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/bcc9d4335b9be2b9e74f84ca4e4fffad598ad26fad9397edeceb191e3020917c.json |
[
"James Reed",
"Political Editor"
] | 2016-08-28T14:51:15 | null | 2016-08-28T15:28:06 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftory-mp-backs-healthcare-tax-1-8093275.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093274.1472394470!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Tory MP backs ‘healthcare tax’ | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | LABOUR HAS seized on calls from a former Conservative health minister for a new tax to pay for health and social care as evidence of the Government’s failure to properly fund the NHS.
Dan Poulter, himself a doctor, argued his experience working in hospitals had convinced him that a long term plan for health and social care was needed.
The Government has promised to increase NHS spending by £10bn a year by 2020, one of the Conservatives’ key pledges at last year’s General Election.
The increase in spending is part of wider reforms of the NHS which are supposed to free up further funds.
However some experts have questioned whether the efficiency savings can realistically be achieved.
Shadow Health Secretary Diane Abbott said: “Now even a former Tory Health Minister is admitting the Tories have systematically underfunded the NHS and the system is on the verge of collapse.
“It is clear that the Government has no plan for delivering on its promise to cut social care costs. Social care is disintegrating, with mounting misery for patients and families.
“This puts huge pressure on the NHS, both in terms of the elderly coming into A&E because they can’t get care in the community, and people occupying beds unnecessarily at the end of their treatment because there is no social care package.
“The Tories should be fixing the mess they have created and ensuring that the NHS has the money it needs, including looking at expenditure on PFI, agency staff and the inflated drugs bill.
“The Tories have betrayed the British people by failing to fund the NHS properly - and it is patients who are paying the price.”
Dr Poulter was a health minister for three years but stood down after last year’s General Election so he could continue to work part-time in the NHS.
He called for a new source of funding to be part of a wider plan to better connect the work of the NHS and the provision of social care.
Dr Poulter told The Observer: “On the hospital wards I often see people who are medically fit to go home, but who are forced to stay in hospital because of difficulties arranging their social care package or because of a lack of appropriate housing. Good healthcare cannot be delivered without properly funded social care.
“A long-term plan to ensure a properly funded and sustainable health and social care system is urgently required, and I believe a health and care tax - perhaps introduced through raising National Insurance - offers one of the simplest ways forward.”
Yorkshire hospitals spent more than £32m last year looking after people who were well enough to leave but did not have anywhere to go.
Patients were forced to remain in hospital despite being ready to leave on more than 100,000 occasions.
The Department of Health puts the daily cost of looking afer a person well enough to leave hospital at £303.
Dr Poulter’s comments came just days after it was revealed the NHS is drawing up plans to close services including A&E departments and district hospitals amid a dire funding crisis.
Experts warned there could be a “glut” of hospital services shut down as providers face a £23 billion national funding deficit.
An investigation commissioned by campaign group 38 Degrees uncovered 44 ‘sustainability and transformation plans’ being drawn up across England to meet significant cuts. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/tory-mp-backs-healthcare-tax-1-8093275 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/3000da509a90c44e09260983c1aafbef7ae539ce54193a1b41cdfed7d90057a2.json |
[
"Richard Sutcliffe"
] | 2016-08-30T04:51:59 | null | 2016-08-30T05:25:44 | Visit now for the latest Bradford City football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fbradford-city%2Fcheckatrade-trophy-what-happened-to-mantra-of-real-football-for-real-fans-1-8094973.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8094972.1472505380!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Checkatrade Trophy: What happened to mantra of ‘Real football for real fans’? | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | PICTURE the scene. The date is April 2, 2017, and the venue Wembley. The 34th final of a competition that started life as the Associate Members Cup is almost upon us.
Twelve months earlier, a little under 60,000 fans had descended on the national stadium to watch Barnsley win what proved to be a thrilling showpiece occasion, but this time things are very different.
For a start, Olympic Way is very quiet. So, too, are the pubs that surround the stadium with estimates putting the likely attendance for that afternoon’s final of the Checkatrade Trophy at less than a quarter of the crowd that had seen Paul Heckingbottom’s side prevail against Oxford United.
Sounds far-fetched? Not if said final is between two of the Under-23s teams from the Premier League or Championship which are taking part this season following a revamp that the Football League insist is designed to refresh the competition, but the wider football public suspiciously views as a precursor to welcoming the B-teams of the elite to join the fold permanently.
Blackburn Rovers versus Reading is hardly the most enticing first-team fixture but if the two clubs’ Academy squads were to meet in the April 2 final then even the finest marketing minds would surely find tickets a hard sell. Ditto, the youngsters of Wolves or Derby triumphing in the last four to set up a meeting with their peers from Norwich or West Brom.
“Real football for real fans,” is how the League was marketing itself not so long ago, but this new format – which includes abandoning regionalised draws after round two – is anything but. No wonder the talk ahead of tonight’s opening ties in the group stage is of boycotts and protests, as opposed to taking the first steps along the road to Wembley.
For those taking part, it is very much a case of stepping into the unknown with Bradford City and Sheffield United, Yorkshire’s two clubs due to take on an Academy side, having little idea as to the make-up of the opposition or even who will be in the opposing dugout.
The Bantams host Stoke’s Under-23s in a group that also includes Bury and Morecambe, while the Blades also face under-age opposition in the form of Leicester City at Bramall Lane.
Blades assistant manager Alan Knill said: “We are not sure what type of team Leicester are going to put out, but we are taking it seriously.
“We have got the first win under our belts (after beating Oxford United last Saturday) and it is something we can, hopefully, build on. That is why we are taking the same attitude into this one.”
Chris Wilder is still pondering the make-up of his starting XI in a competition that carries a financial penalty for those clubs in Leagues One and Two who fail to include at least six regulars.
Leon Clarke missed the win over the U’s with a foot injury, but he could return tonight for United, who will also host Walsall on October 4 in Group H before travelling to Grimsby Town on November 8.
Doncaster Rovers complete the trio of Yorkshire sides in action tonight, though Darren Ferguson’s men will be on more familiar ground due to taking on fellow League Two club Mansfield Town in a group that also contains Derby’s Under-23s and Port Vale.
The top two from each group go through to the regionalised second round, which is scheduled to take place in early December. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/bradford-city/checkatrade-trophy-what-happened-to-mantra-of-real-football-for-real-fans-1-8094973 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/09307b4973fd9d8a196b7f4c7a8ebd988cda15418ca1f3a4058be44ddc224bd1.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:51:30 | null | 2016-08-30T14:36:46 | Visit now for the latest business news and features - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fbusiness%2Fhow-britain-after-brexit-could-benefit-from-the-eu-s-apple-tax-ruling-1-8096055.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096054.1472564184!/image/image.jpg | en | null | How Britain after Brexit could benefit from the EU’s Apple tax ruling | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A POST-BREXIT Britain could benefit from a landmark EU ruling that has seen US tech giant Apple slapped with a 13 billion euro (£11.1 billion) tax bill.
Experts believe that an EU-free Britain could be able to attract companies such as Apple with its own tax deals, unfettered by Brussels antitrust rulings.
Neil Wilson, markets analyst at ETX Capital, said: “The European Commission seems to be treading very close to interfering with the tax rules of member states, effectively telling Ireland how much tax it ought to levy. It’s also increasingly becoming a supra-national tax judge.
“Britain could benefit. If Ireland cannot offer sweetheart deals within the EU, the City of London can perhaps offer something more appealing outside the bloc.”
Asked whether the Prime Minister believed the Commission decision amounted to good news for the UK post-Brexit, as it would make EU states less able to use competitive tax policies to attract inward investment, a Downing Street spokesman said: “In terms of offering a low-tax environment, the UK already does that.
“Our Corporation Tax is one of the lowest in the world. We are committed to making the trading condition for companies in Britain as positive for them as it can be as long as it’s positive for the country as a whole.”
Asked whether the Government would like to see Apple relocate in the UK post-Brexit, a No 10 spokesman added: “The narrative from the Government has been well set out. Britain is open for business, we would welcome any company wishing to invest in Britain.”
He stressed that all companies registered in the UK are expected to “pay the tax they owe”.
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the maker of iPads and iPhones paid just 1% tax on its European profits in 2003 and 0.005% in 2014. The Brussels watchdog found the arrangements dating back to the early 1990s were illegal under state aid rules and gave Apple favourable treatment over other businesses.
However, Apple boss Tim Cook said the Commission’s decision would “strike a devastating blow to the sovereignty of EU member states over their own tax matters”.
The company’s chief financial officer, Luca Maestri, said the decision would be “devastating” for the European economy.
The tax affairs of a string of other firms, including Amazon, Google and McDonald’s, are also set to come under the EU microscope in the coming months.
Lewis Crofts, global chief correspondent at antitrust trade publication Mlex, added: “A post-Brexit Britain could be able to attract companies such as Apple with tax deals like the Irish one, and the European Commission would have no say.
“But only in a ‘hard-Brexit’ scenario. A half-way solution - similar to Norway’s or Switzerland’s - could see the UK subject to Brussels oversight without being at the table when the rules or decision are agreed.”
Mr Cook said that Apple is “committed to Ireland and we plan to continue investing there”.
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"Georgina Morris"
] | 2016-08-28T20:51:06 | null | 2016-08-28T12:38:49 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fteenager-dies-after-taking-drugs-at-leeds-festival-1-8093114.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093167.1472388776!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Teenager dies after taking drugs at Leeds Festival | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A 17-year-old has died after taking drugs at Leeds Festival.
Lewis Haunch, from Leigh, in Greater Manchester, underwent emergency treatment in hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after midnight.
Police were first alerted by staff from Leeds Festival shortly at around 4.45pm yesterday.
The boy had been taken to St James’ Hospital by ambulance in a critical condition.
As two teenagers remain in custody on suspicion of drugs offences, the police have warned other festivalgoers against taking drugs.
Leeds Festival’s Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Keith Gilert, said: “Our thoughts are naturally with the family of the young man at this time. They were made aware of the incident by officers as soon as possible and were assisted to attend the hospital as quickly as possible. We will continue to support them through this difficult time.
“I would though like to take this opportunity to remind anyone attending the festival that there is no safe way to take drugs. Taking any illegal drug carries a risk to health and we would always advise people against it, but I would ask that people are particularly conscious of the risks following this young man’s death.”
Investigations into his death and how he got the drugs are ongoing.
Early enquiries have indicated that he took the drugs immediately before collapsing.
One festival-goer said she believed she saw the teenager as he was being treated by medics.
Hayley Briggs said: “It was right outside the guest area and the guy just looked in a very bad way.
“He was being cradled by one of the first aiders before the ambulance arrived.”
Two 17-year-old boys have been arrested in the Greater Manchester area on suspicion of drugs offences and are currently in custody.
A report will be sent to the Coroner in due course.
Chf Supt Gilert added: “In partnership with the organisers, Festival Republic, we will continue to take action against those who risk the lives of others by supplying drugs.”
“Anyone who has any concerns for either themselves or others at the Festival should contact Festival site or security staff or seek medical assistance.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/teenager-dies-after-taking-drugs-at-leeds-festival-1-8093114 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/e940b12a84cb78fda5d5148b530eaf772fa8f543c1748341f9a881347feefccb.json |
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"Rob Gledhill"
] | 2016-08-27T16:50:47 | null | 2016-08-27T16:59:30 | Visit now for the latest Huddersfield Town AFC football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fhuddersfield-town%2Fhuddersfield-town-1-0-wolverhampton-wanderers-early-van-la-parra-strike-puts-terriers-on-top-of-championship-1-8092500.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8092499.1472313680!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Huddersfield Town 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Early Van La Parra strike puts Terriers on top of Championship | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | DUTCHMAN Rajiv Van La Parra repaid a large chunk of the £750,000 Huddersfield paid for his services from Wolves by netting the only goal of the game against his former club.
It kept Town on top of the Championship and ended the unbeaten run of Wolves under former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga.
The majority of the near 20,000 crowd gave Van La Parra a standing ovation when he was replaced by Sean Scannell in the 88th minute.
Town head coach David Wagner made two changes from the starting line-up against Barnsley.
Match-winner Jonathan Hogg replaced Dean Whitehead in midfield and Scannell, who injured a hip against the Reds but was fit enough for the bench, was replaced by Chelsea loanee Kasey Palmer.
Wolves included Iceland striker Jon Dadi Bodvarsson but kept new loan signings Benfica's Helder Costa and Manchester United's Cameron Borthwick-Jackson on the bench as they made six changes from their League Cup win against Cambridge.
Conor Coady, whom Town sold to Wolves for £2m two years ago, was restored to midfield after playing full-back for the visitors in midweek.
Rajiv Van La Parra's early touches were greeted by boos from the Wolves fans but the Dutch winger cupped his hand against his ear at them after putting Town ahead against his former club in the sixth minute.
Palmer played the ball through down the right and Nahki Wells, hassled by two defenders, poked his shot past Carl Ikeme only to see the ball strike the foot of the post before Van La Parra smashed home the rebound.
George Saville whistled a couple of shots off target from outside the area but Wolves had very little possession in the opening quarter as Town protected the ball.
Town almost made it 2-0 when Tommy Smith took a return pass down the right and saw his fierce low cross diverted wide by Palmer.
Wells had a half-chance for Town before Wolves had a period of pressure, which culminated in Joe Mason netting but from an offside position in the 45th minute.
Town were unchanged for the second half as Wolves introduced Joao Teixeira for Jed Wallace and reverted to 4-4-4-1, having moved two up front after going behind.
Danny Ward made his first significant save at his near post from full-back Matt Doherty after a sweeping move from fired-up Wolves in the 52nd minute.
In response, Town brought on Jack Payne for Palmer.
Coady intercepted and burst down the right before squaring for Teixeira to hit the outside of the post with a shot from outside the area.
Costa replaced Saville for Wolves and Harry Bunn came on for Wells in the last half-hour, Elias Kachunga taking the main striking role for Town.
Wolves continued to press but Ward made a great save down to his left from Bodvarsson's powerful downward header from a 68th minute corner.
Lowe did well to get a block on Costa and Mark Hudson's strong challenge on Mason as the ball broke only resulted in a corner being conceded as Wolves claimed for a penalty.
Prince Oniangue was Wolves' third change as he replaced Dave Edwards.
Price took a booking as Kachunga threatened to break clear for Town.
Town had been under the cosh for most of the half but they again showed their fitness by finishing strongly, although Oniangue hooked wide from inside the area in the 89th minute as Wolves threw men forward ahead of five minutes of stoppage time.
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[] | 2016-08-26T13:00:02 | null | 2016-07-25T19:43:46 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fferry-firm-demands-action-over-huge-delays-at-dover-1-8033090.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8030109.1469354767!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Ferry firm demands action over huge delays at Dover | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A FERRY company has urged UK and French authorities to ensure there is no repeat of the huge delays at Dover.
Some people were forced to wait for 15 hours on gridlocked roads to reach the Kent port over the weekend.
Helen Deeble, chief executive of P&O Ferries, said holidaymakers were delayed for “completely unacceptable lengths of time” and insisted the situation “must never be allowed to happen again”.
She said: “Increased security checks at the border are completely understandable but the French authorities must provide adequate numbers of staff to ensure that these checks can be processed quickly and efficiently.
“The failure to do so at the weekend was the primary cause of the delays.”
Ms Deeble insisted that P&O Ferries did “everything we could to keep passengers moving” with extra sailings and more staff.
“We would nevertheless like to apologise to the passengers whose holidays were affected and assure them that we will be talking to the British and French authorities this week to ensure that there is no repetition of this disruption,” she added.
Holidaymakers faced hours on gridlocked roads near Dover as some spent the night in their cars as they tried to get to the port.
Delays for travellers heading towards the Channel crossing have eased but motorists have been warned to expect some disruption for weeks to come.
Jean-Marc Puissesseau, president of the Cote d’Opale Chamber of Commerce, which runs the port of Calais, insisted he would complain to the French authorities about the failure to prepare for increased border checks.
Mr Puissesseau said: “I am very ashamed of this situation. I am so sorry for the British passengers starting their holiday with so long a wait because of control.”
“When we know that there will be big traffic, as it was yesterday because it was starting holidays, it should be organised.
“And if the French police is obliged now to control because of all the terrorism we are facing, I can understand it but what I cannot understand is that they don’t put enough policemen to control.”
A number of Yorkshire people were affected by the problems at Dover at the weekend.
Emily Knaggs, 30, from Rothwell, Leeds, told The Yorkshire Post she and her friend Amy Roberts had taken an hour to travel a mile on the approach to Dover and eventually spent nine hours queueing outside the port.
She said: “We spent the last three hours looking at the back of a lorry. It’s so frustrating.”
Another traveller, Rachael Mellor, 52, of Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, said she waited in the approaches to Dover for 19 hours before catching a ferry early on Sunday morning.
Ms Mellor, a keen cyclist and member of Holmfirth Cycling Club, was heading to Chantilly for the Tour de France. She said: “I rode from the queue to the local shop four miles away to fetch water, biscuits and gluten-free food for people struggling in cars around us – some people were getting desperate.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ferry-firm-demands-action-over-huge-delays-at-dover-1-8033090 | en | 2016-07-25T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/6a0c10d07f002befc6b5263fe1e5dda04dca65d94e06ff2b3b1cf2fbc12d5412.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T02:51:55 | null | 2016-08-29T00:05:54 | Visit now for the latest cricket news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fyorkshire-leagues-thornes-singing-in-the-rain-as-they-capture-first-premier-title-1-8093699.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093695.1472417150!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire leagues: Thornes singing in the rain as they capture first Premier title | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Wakefield Thornes became the first champions of Yorkshire South Premier on yet another wet Saturday that saw games abandoned all over the county.
It was not the way they would have wanted to clinch the title but there can be no doubting they are worthy champions, with four more wins than any other side, only two defeats and 40 points ahead of nearest rivals Appleby Frodingham with three games to go.
Thornes looked on course for another victory when Jared Warner (53) and Akila Isanka (42) put on 70 for the fifth wicket on their way to 193-5 in 33 overs.
Mahmood Rasool picked up two Sheffield Collegiate wickets as the visitors struggled on 6-2 when the game was abandoned.
Doncaster had plenty of reason to curse the weather because they were denied what looked likely to be a victory that would have taken them out of the bottom two.
Luke Townsend (6-34) and Will Street (3-23) shot out Cleethorpes for 120 and Doncaster looked comfortable on 40-1 when the umpires ended the game.
That left them two points behind Treeton whom they meet today. Treeton were on 124-4 at Aston Hall when rain forced them off, Chris Cobb top-scoring with 40.
Mark Cummins (40) and Tom Knight (69) put on 96 in Wickersley’s 188-4 at already relegated Rotherham, while Bilal Anjam (46) was the main contributor to Sheffield & Phoenix United’s 168-7 at Appleby Frodingham.
A century stand between Zohaib Ahmed (88no) and Nathan Firn (51) was the highlight of Barnsley’s 182-5 at Whitley Hall.
Harrogate were the only side to complete their Yorkshire Premier North fixture, beating Sheriff Hutton Bridge by seven wickets and extending their lead at the top to 12 points.
The visitors’ 141 total was reduced by Duckworth Lewis and Matthew Good (45) and Dion Sanson (28no) clinched Harrogate’s victory in 17.2 overs.
Daniel Woods (5-33) and Tom Pringle (4-27) restricted Acomb to 147, and despite losing their first two wickets without scoring, second-placed York were heading for victory with Liam McKendry (43no) and Chris Booth (41no) going well when it was halted.
Yorkshire Academy’s James Logan (5-27) picked up his sixth five-wicket haul and took his tally to 66 in the league, and with Matthew Fisher (4-15) shot out Castleford for 95. David Wainwright, who had top scored with 39, took 3-9 as Academy struggled to 54-4 before the rain intervened.
Driffield captain Danny Broumpton (58no) salvaged his side from 8-4 and, in stands of 71 with Sam Drury (34) and 112 unbeaten with Mark Goddard (57no), took them to 206-7 but was thwarted by the weather with Hull on 72-2.
A half-century from Jake Murphy and quickfire 30 not out from Collis King were the highlights of Dunnington’s 163-6.
An unbeaten century from Adam Waite helped Bradford Premier leaders Pudsey St Lawrence pick up two extra bonus points so they go into the final two games four ahead of Hanging Heaton.
Waite put on 174 with fellow opener Mark Robertshaw (88) and with the help of James Smith (42no) took his side to 246-2 against Cleckheaton, who were 62-1 when it was abandoned.
Hanging Heaton had relegation-threatened Morleyon 160-7 when the rain came.
Bradford & Bingley won the only match to finish, beating Scholes by two wickets. Chasing 151, Bees were 145-5 in which Jack Edgar made 80. But James Stansfield picked up three wickets in six balls on his way to 6-41 before Scott Etherington saw the home side to victory.
Joe Greaves made 42 not out in Pudsey Congs’ 89-4, all four wickets falling to East Bierley’s Tuseif Arshad.
For the second week running the weather claimed the whole of the Huddersfield Premiership but both leading sides in the Aire-Wharfe League claimed wins.
Ishtikhar Hussain took 7-32 as Beckwithshaw skittled Horsforth for 64 on the way to an eight-wicket win. James Davies (5-34) and Jamie Pickering (54no) led Otley to victory against Kirkstall.
Steeton raised hopes they might escape the drop with an eight-run win over fellow strugglers Collingham despite Toby Jacklin’s 5-37 spell. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cricket/yorkshire-leagues-thornes-singing-in-the-rain-as-they-capture-first-premier-title-1-8093699 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/b0e7b6355ad60f3561cf5fad4099d4c6a98a8bf9fc44fa873d79796fa5e8a7e5.json |
[
"Dave Craven"
] | 2016-08-27T06:50:50 | null | 2016-08-27T07:15:38 | Visit now for the latest Hull FC rugby league news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-league%2Fhull-fc%2Fweekend-interview-ifs-buts-and-maybes-that-haunt-lee-crookes-1-8091843.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091842.1472252941!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Weekend Interview: Ifs, buts and maybes that haunt Lee Crookes | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | IF things had been just a little different, Lee Crooks could have won three times at Wembley with Hull FC and spared everyone the same number of decades misery.
If only he had been selected from the start in 1982, if only they had not worn those embarrassing suits the following year, if only he had not missed those four goals against Wigan in 1985...
Unfortunately, life, and sport, does not work like that and so it stands his beloved club journey south once more today looking to win there for the first time at the ninth attempt.
Crooks, the ball-handling forward who would later become the world’s most expensive player, avoided their most famous Challenge Cup final defeat against city rivals Hull KR as he was just taking his first steps in the professional game.
“Even if we beat Warrington on Saturday, they’ll still keep going on about 1980 across the road so you can’t win can you?” he joked, when asked if it would be nice to finally silence Rovers’ persistent ‘You’ll never win at Wembley’ chant.
“But I do think we just need to get this monkey off our back for the club, more than anything.
“We’ve been going over 150 years now, are a great club but have still never won at Wembley. It needs to be sorted. And I think this is the team to sort it.”
Lee Radford’s side are not massive favourites – far from it – like Hull were in 1983 when shocked by comparative minnows Featherstone Rovers but you see Crooks’ point; they are a superb team, top of Super League, seemingly reaching the peak of their powers with an improved mentality, too.
“I watch this side every week and come to games filled with confidence – that hasn’t always been the case before,” said former Great Britain international Crooks, who now commentates for the club radio station and speaks to hospitality guests on match nights.
“It’s just about whether they turn up. That’s all I’m bothered about.
“If they turn up with the right attitude at Wembley I can see them going into the club’s folklore.”
Hull have won the Challenge Cup three times but, instead of at its traditional home, did so in Halifax near the start of last century, Elland Road in 1982 and Cardiff in 2005.
The ‘82 game was, of course, a replay at Leeds United’s ground after Sammy Lloyd’s missed kick left their Wembley date with Widnes level 14-14.
Hull-born Crooks, a fine kicker himself, had started on the bench and wasn’t considered for the task by coach Arthur Bunting.
“There’s so many ifs and buts,” recalled the 52-year-old.
“Sammy’s adamant that kick went over; to this day, he still says it did.
“Would we have won there if I’d have started the game? I don’t know.
“Arthur was honest with me. He purely thought Sammy had more experience and would probably handle the kicking better.
“And I was cacking myself on the bench. When I ran on the pitch just felt like sponge. But I got into the game really quickly, put Dane (O’Hara) over for a try and played well in the Premiership final the week after to get my place in the replay where I scored and, this time, we did win.
“Probably the most disappointing was ‘83.
“The way we approached the game was not what it should have been. We deserved what we got.
“It was a little to do with the players but more the club itself.
“I’m not being disrespectful to anyone but we went there in lime green suits and white shoes. Now...that tells its own story.
“It put us in the wrong frame of mind as I think everyone, apart from Featherstone’s players, thought we were going to win.
“To be fair, they came straight out and got stuck into us and before we could get a grip on the match it was over.
“We should have won comfortably – if we’d have approached in the right frame of mind.”
Which is where he feels this Hull side, with inspirational captain Gareth Ellis, homegrown prop Scott Taylor – currently drawing comparisons with Crooks – and prolific half-back Marc Sneyd, will be different.
“The games we’ve got beaten in at Wembley have all been about psychological issues not tactical or technical,” he said.
“We’ve not had the right attitude or we’ve been naive but I’ve more confidence in this side.
“Radders drives these players; they have a unity and bond now, a self-belief they are a good team, and the fans love seeing it all especially when Scott Taylor does something great or one of the other local lads.
“Ask any of the players, Radders is a hard taskmaster; he can be in your face and horrible.
“I’d have thrived on that as I’d always want to prove him wrong but that’s how Radders played the game and that’s how he coaches.
“The one team in the competition as good as us is Warrington but I still think we’re better. What frightens me more than anything else is the occasion as I’ve seen that just totally ruin people so many times.
“I don’t know what it is. Honestly, I don’t. But people who are great players can go out there and freeze.”
His own son Ben suffered that nightmare for Peter Gentle’s Hull in their last Wembley outing, the abysmal 16-0 defeat to Wigan three years ago.
Admittedly, it was his first game back after a foot injury and Crooks senior recalled: “He was fully fit but wasn’t match fit.
“He’d not played for six weeks. The tactics on the day didn’t help that situation either.
“They had him defending at centre but running back for kicks.
“He switched with the winger Jason Crookes as they didn’t think Crookes could handle the high ball.
“Then (Wigan coach) Shaun Wane just peppered him. I thought Liam Farrell was ‘our Ben’s’ love child. He kept running on him and he was knackered.
“It was a gamble to play him but Radders shouldn’t have any such problems on Saturday. He’s picking from strength, a great position to be in.
“This team is a lot better than ‘13 and from one to 17 are all playing very, very well.
“You’ve people like Jamie Shaul, Sneyd, Liam Watts, Danny Houghton and Taylor all in England contention and Hull have not had that for a long time.
“Then there’s Ellis and Mark Minichiello who are absolutely phenomenal every week, upping the ante when we need it.
“Daz Clark gets Warrington going. Hull need to tie him down at dummy-half.
“I think it’ll be one hell of a game and Hull must come up with their best performance yet. If they don’t they won’t win.”
And there will be more ifs, buts and maybes, the only thing certain being that song will be sung again.
The Lee Crooks story...
1963: Born Sept 18, Hull.
1980: Makes Hull debut, first of 220 games for the club.
1982: Plays in 14-14 Challenge Cup final draw with Widnes, scoring in replay win at Elland Road. At just 19, becomes youngest ever Great Britain Test forward, first of 19 caps. On losing side at Wembley as Hull stunned 14-12 defeat by Featherstone Rovers.
1983: Part of the Hull side that wins the league – the last to do so – but suffers a third successive final defeat.
1985: Heartache again as Hull lose epic Challenge Cup final 28-24 against Brett Kenny-inspired Wigan.
1987: Joins Leeds for world record fee of £150,000.
1988: Wins Yorkshire Cup against Castleford, only silverware with Leeds.
1990: Signs for Castleford, losing 1992 Challenge Cup final to Wigan.
1997: Retires from playing. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/hull-fc/weekend-interview-ifs-buts-and-maybes-that-haunt-lee-crookes-1-8091843 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/33924a1467333a7aa0c7be4ede860cae3237a9d5c00760392ce0336b7e579a2c.json |
[
"Kate Proctor",
"Westminster Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T16:49:52 | null | 2016-08-26T16:05:25 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fin-the-constituency-rebuilding-after-the-floods-dominates-whittaker-s-agenda-1-8091443.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8091442.1472223908!/image/image.jpg | en | null | In The Constituency: Rebuilding after the floods dominates Whittaker’s agenda | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | In the final of the series, Calder Valley MP Craig Whittaker reflects on the impact of last winter’s floods
FLOOD money has arrived from Government but it must be well spent by local authorities and on time, West Yorkshire MP Craig Whittaker has warned.
The Calder Valley MP said he will be making sure that millions of pounds handed over by Whitehall departments since Yorkshire’s devastating winter floods go on rehabilitating the community, protecting livelihoods and getting transport networks back up to scratch.
More than 2,500 homes and 1,600 businesses were hit by extreme flooding over Christmas 2015 and into the New Year and pictures of Hebden Bridge’s Market Street under several feet of water dominated the press.
“The devastating events of Boxing Day 2015 will never be forgotten here in the Calder Valley and the impact will continue to be felt across many local communities for years to come. The floods brought untold misery and suffering to a record number of people in our constituency with 2,700 homes and 1,600 businesses directly flooded and many more indirectly affected,” said Mr Whittaker, who has been MP for the area since 2010.
While most MPs spend their year combining work in Westminster, campaigns and case work, the 53-year-old said the last eight months have been dominated solely by trying to respond to the fallout from flooding for constituents.
He said: “The initial support provided by the Government came through in record time and the response from the community was absolutely fantastic.
“The way in which people rallied around to help those in need was tremendous to see and showed exactly why our area is such a great place to live.”
In the height of summer it feels as though normality is slowly returning to the Calder Valley, but he said there is still a lot of work to do.
Earlier this year £35m was handed over by the Government to defend the length of the valley against rising water.
A further £24.9m was given for repairs to highways and infrastructure.
Mr Whittaker said: “We now need to ensure that the Environment Agency (EA) uses these funds to deliver plans for the whole of the Calder Valley which encompass physical flood defences and address the issues relating to upland management and long-term sustainability.”
What is your favourite view?
“I’m lucky to have lived in both the upper and lower valleys and to have enjoyed the spectacular views they both offer. If pressed to choose one, I’d say the view from Pecket Well, Hebden Bridge.”
Where is your favourite place to eat?
“There really are so many incredibly good places to eat in the Calder Valley it’s impossible to narrow it down to one favourite!
“The place I visit most regularly however is the Millers Bar in Brighouse.”
Your favourite day out?
“A walk to Walshaw from Hardcastle Craggs takes some beating.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/in-the-constituency-rebuilding-after-the-floods-dominates-whittaker-s-agenda-1-8091443 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/5a243626abfa1e0b98b4325a2c091ef72985211096f20ae96bf1e5b6ef2280d2.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T00:51:35 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fflooding-fears-as-crucial-report-delayed-1-8094629.json | http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/mastheads/NLYP-masthead-share-img.png | en | null | Flooding fears as crucial report delayed | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A MAJOR report into preventing flooding has been delayed prompting fears over the Government’s commitment to protecting the region.
Senior council leaders have written to the new Prime Minister seeking assurances following the delay of the publication of the Flood Resilience Review which was expected in July.
The review was announced after last winter’s catastrophic floods which affected York, Leeds and the Calder Valley and was intended to assess how the country could be better protected from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather. There are added concerns a delay towards autumn would leave less time to make any short-term changes ahead of the winter season.
This is the latest blow for the thousands hit by flooding after the Government scrapped the role of flood tsars this summer.
Leeds MP Rachel Reeves accused the Government of ‘dithering and delay’.
She said: “The Government has badly let down my constituents and many others across the country who are struggling to get new insurance quotes and rebuild their lives after the devastating floods.
“The Environment Secretary needs to get a grip on the situation and ensure the review is published as soon as possible.”
Leeds Council leader Judith Blake and Calderdale Council leader Tim Swift have both written a joint letter Theresa May about the progress of the review.
The letter says: “We are keen to understand the current status of the National Flood Resilience Review. This review was critical to understanding how we can better protect our communities and businesses from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather events.”
Coun Blake told The Yorkshire Post any delay was a concern, especially for residents and businesses in Leeds affected by Storm Eva.
She is also requesting urgent talks to press for confirmation of previously promised funding for a flood defence scheme for Leeds where around 2,000 homes and 500 businesses were affected on Boxing Day.
She added: “We saw government cancel funding for flood defences proposed in 2011 and we can’t let that happen again.”
Coun Swift said the review would help plan for the winter but was also critical for long-term planning.
“We are concerned about the delay and whether the new Government is as committed as the previous one,” he said.
The Yorkshire Post understands it is unlikely the report will be published in August due to the political changes after the Brexit vote and the departure of David Cameron.
Although its findings were expected in July, The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said they always officially said it would be published in the summer which could mean up to the end of September.
Wakefield MP Mary Creagh, chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee, is also writing to the Government over the delay. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/flooding-fears-as-crucial-report-delayed-1-8094629 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/05560e3ed97460a09273b3bc9b127b7761094be3efb39ae48cc12889e356c3ec.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:52:14 | null | 2016-08-30T22:49:44 | Visit now for the latest football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fcheckatrade-trophy-round-up-doncaster-triumph-thanks-to-first-goals-from-duo-1-8096928.json | http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/mastheads/NLYP-masthead-share-img.png | en | null | Checkatrade Trophy round-up: Doncaster triumph thanks to first goals from duo | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | YOUNGSTERS Alfie Beestin and Riccardo Calder both scored their first professional goals as Doncaster Rovers opened up their Checkatrade Trophy campaign with victory at Mansfield.
Eighteen-year-old Beestin and loanee Calder both struck in the second half to enable Rovers to top Northern Group E after the opening matches despite manager Darren Ferguson resting several key players after the club’s 4-1 demolition of Yeovil on Saturday.
Only Joe Wright, Cedric Evina, Jordan Houghton, Matty Blair and Andy Williams were retained for the trip.
Williams missed a tap-in from a yard just after the hour before Ferguson’s men turned the screw.
Eleven minutes later, Beestin, who joined from Tadcaster Albion earlier this month, fired into the bottom corner from 20 yards to give the visitors the lead.
Four minutes from time Liam Mandeville raced away before pulling the ball back for Calder, who tapped in his first goal since joining the club from Aston Villa on loan.
Leicester City’s youngsters proved nerveless in a penalty shoot-out to defeat Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.
Visiting goalkeeper Max Bramley saved from John Fleck to earn Leicester an extra point after the teams had finished deadlocked at 0-0 after an entertaining 90 minutes of Northern Group H action.
Many Blades fans boycotted the fixture against the Premier League champions’ youngsters in protest at the new competition structure, with the official attendance announced as 3,632 –with 177 away fans.
United’s best opening fell to on-loan Middlesbrough winger Harry Chapman, who was denied well by Foxes substitute goalkeeper Bramley, who had replaced Ben Hamer.
United captain Billy Sharp somehow poked wide of Leicester’s goal in the first half, and Bramley also did well to deny the lively young Blades substitute David Brooks from opening the scoring.
But there was little Bramley could do about Mark Duffy’s shot with seconds left on the clock, which was blocked by a Leicester defender and looped right as Bramley dived left.
The young goalkeeper breathed a sigh of relief when the ball bounced just wide and then saved Fleck’s spot-kick to set up his side’s bonus point.
Scunthorpe won 2-1 against Premier League Middlesbrough’s Under-23 side in front of a crowd of 1,200. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/checkatrade-trophy-round-up-doncaster-triumph-thanks-to-first-goals-from-duo-1-8096928 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/1c54ae2247929ddee3a636aff489ef93dc4bd66eaf3a568ce6b0507d8f51bbbe.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:23 | null | 2016-08-16T18:36:26 | Visit now for the latest facts, figures and analysis on Yorkshire - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fanalysis%2Flove-is-in-the-air-at-the-olympics-but-are-public-proposals-going-too-far-1-8072476.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8072475.1471368965!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Love is in the air at the Olympics, but are public proposals going too far? | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | After a spate of wedding proposals at the Olympics in Rio in recent days, Chris Bond asks why a growing number of people are popping the question in public?
Asking somebody to marry you is one of the most intimate moments of your life.
Traditionally the setting might be a back garden, a favourite spot somewhere in the country, or (if you’re particularly keen to impress) a romantic location abroad.
Either way it’s something private shared between two people and then later on with family and friends. But not any longer it would seem. The rise of social media and the popularity of YouTube videos has led to people looking for ever more elaborate, and public, ways to make the ultimate romantic gesture.
And they don’t come much more public than in front of a huge global TV audience at the Olympic Games. This is exactly what Chinese diver Qin Kai did when he got down on one knee and asked his teammate and girlfriend He Zi to take an altogether different kind of plunge and marry him, just moments after she was awarded her silver medal in the 3m springboard event.
Zi appeared shocked, and covered her mouth before Qin placed the ring on her finger and gave a “thumbs up” to the spectators.
It wasn’t the first marriage proposal of the Games, though, coming days after Brazilian women’s rugby sevens player Isadora Cerullo was proposed to by her girlfriend.
Nor was it the last, with Tom Bosworth, a race walker for Team GB, tweeting a photo of him proposing to his boyfriend Harry Dineley on Copacabana Beach with the caption: “He said YES!!!”
The former Leeds Beckett University student finished sixth in the 20km event and is the third competitor at Rio to get engaged. But while Bosworth’s proposal was warmly greeted on social media, the Chinese diver Kai’s poolside declaration has been criticised for hijacking Zi’s big moment.
It has also prompted a discussion over whether or not public proposals are appropriate. There are many people who would be mortified if they found themselves in the spotlight like this. But there’s a growing trend of making big romantic gestures, whether it’s at the top of the Eiffel Tower or live on TV.
As well as being a life-changing moment, asking someone to marry you can also be stressful and awkward – throw in a load of onlookers and it can become even more daunting.
Cat Williams, an author and relationship expert, says public proposals have grown increasingly popular in the past few years. “It does seem to have become something of a phenomenon. “I spend a lot of time talking about the impact of social media and smartphones and it’s all about sharing and I think we’re seeing a similar thing with wedding proposals. What in the past was a very private and personal moment can now be shared with everyone.”
She believes it’s a generational thing. “The idea of being in the spotlight and sharing personal moments is normal to younger people because they’ve grown up with it,” she says. “If it’s done for the right reasons then great, but it can quickly end up being done for the wrong reasons with people feeling pressured into doing something to fit in.”
Wedding consultant Jo Bryant says it’s important to pick the right situation, where both people feel comfortable. But there are pitfalls. “It’s a risky business because there’s the chance of someone saying ‘no’ or getting embarrassed. You have to consider the person you’re proposing to.”
But is all a bit showy, or just a chance to share in a special moment? “Romance means different things to different people so if you’re the kind of person who likes to make public gestures then it will seem romantic, but if everyone started doing it I think we’d get bored of it pretty quickly.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/love-is-in-the-air-at-the-olympics-but-are-public-proposals-going-too-far-1-8072476 | en | 2016-08-16T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/5f05559a417a38a802882304693febe7ac93e6be54f0b26b78f725b8d51314b6.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:11:36 | null | 2016-08-24T17:17:47 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbantams-top-the-table-with-new-mobile-app-1-8086733.json | http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/mastheads/NLYP-masthead-share-img.png | en | null | Bantams top the table with new mobile app | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Bradford City will be the first club to benefit from a landmark deal between The English Football League and intechnologyWiFi to provide official club mobile applications and stadium WiFi networks to clubs across the football league.
Both services will be provided to the club at no cost. The new mobile app will give Bantams fans a one stop, 24/7, 365-days-a-year digital match-day experience, allowing them to read the latest news, interact on social media, check commentary and results, place a bet live, in-play on the latest action (facilitated by Sky Bet) and share content with fellow fans, wherever they are.
Further down the line, the mobile app will be accompanied by a WiFi network at the Northern Commercials Stadium, allowing fans to connect even on a busy match day.
The WiFi network will be completed and go live later in the season.
The new official mobile app for Bradford City is available now and can be downloaded at www.officialbradfordcityapp.com.
The mobile app will provide a range of new revenue streams for the club, through digital advertising for sponsors and the provision of the betting platform.
Following a revenue share agreement in place with The English Football League’s league sponsor, Sky Bet, every bet placed by fans will see the club take a share.
Work has started to install the WiFi network at the Northern Commercials Stadium, allowing fans to use the app in the stadium, without data charges or slow connection speeds.
The stadium WiFi network will power the mobile application within the stadium on match-days, allowing fans to use the app at the ground, even when congested 3G or 4G traffic usually makes it impossible.
Harrogate-based intechnologyWiFi will be able to call upon state-of-the-art equipment in the design of WiFi networks equipped for the significant burden of thousands of users at the same time.
Shaun Harvey, chief executive of The English Football League, said: “EFL Digital’s ground breaking deal with intechnologyWiFi represents a significant opportunity for clubs like Bradford City to engage and connect with fans in a way that they have not been able to do previously, and with zero additional investment.
“Instant access to exciting and unique content will improve fans’ digital experience on match days and non-match days and the introduction of new profitable revenue streams will ensure that clubs will receive a direct financial benefit.”
Michael Shackleton, commercial manager at Bradford City, said: “The football club are excited to bring the mobile app to all City supporters. The club sees this as a major step forward as we look to engage with our supporters through this really dynamic digital platform. The app, coupled with the stadium WiFi, will give added match day experience. It’s the ideal destination for all current information about Bradford City.”
Natalie Duffield, CEO at intechnologyWiFi, added: “Bradford City fans are set to enjoy a revolution to their match-day experience, whether inside or outside the stadium, through the power of our innovative mobile application and stadium WiFi network solution.
“What’s more, by using the app and placing bets on their team, Bantams fans will be actively making money for their club. It’s a win–win all round.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/bantams-top-the-table-with-new-mobile-app-1-8086733 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/fa8af6d8835666b30e6c71a2c3b184fbbe94571eaf8fc746ad1422aa16ee95b1.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T06:51:53 | null | 2016-08-29T06:13:54 | Visit now for the latest Sheffield Wednesday football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fsheffield-wednesday%2Fbrentford-1-shefield-wednesday-1-carlos-carvalhal-hails-owls-heart-and-soul-1-8093675.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8093674.1472416337!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Brentford 1 Shefield Wednesday 1: Carlos Carvalhal hails Owls’ ‘heart and soul’ | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Frustrated Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal hailed his side’s spirit after they grabbed a late draw.
Sam Huchinson’s stoppage-time header salvaged a draw for the Owls in a game that looked like slipping away from them after goalkeeper Kieren Westwood’s howler.
He dithered on the ball and Brentford striker Lasse Vibe blocked his clearance to roll the ball into the empty net and give the London club a lead that looked unlikely after a first half dominated by Wednesday.
But Hutchinson earned a deserved late point when he headed home Barry Bannan’s near-post free-kick finally to beat inspirational goalkeeper Daniel Bentley.
Both sides finished with 10 men after the Owls had David Jones sent off with Brentford’s Vibe also seeing red moments before Hutchinson struck.
Carvalhal said: “I am not at all happy with a point. How can I be happy with a point when I counted at least seven clear chances in the first half?
“We have created enough chances in the last two games to win (by) three or four, but the way we created them with artistic play and good football was a positive thing for me.
“Even with 10 players we still created some unbelievable chances and I don’t know how we didn’t score. Then they score from a mistake and we have to accept that because it is part of football.”
But the Portuguese insisted that, despite the draw, he felt like his side had won the game for their commitment right up to the final whistle.
“It feels like we’ve lost the game, but we’ve also won the game because of the heart and soul we showed. They are the values of Yorkshire and the people of Sheffield. We showed a big heart and big soul and it earned us a point.”
Bees’ chief Dean Smith was furious with his side’s first-half display and said: “That was as bad as we have played in the first half. We were very poor, made basic mistakes all over the pitch and we were lucky they didn’t bring their finishing boots. They played round us far too easily because we didn’t press them high up. We told them to get in their faces and once we did, we looked a different proposition.”
Brentford: Bentley, Colin, Dean, Egan, Elder, Yennaris, Woods, Vibe, Sawyers (Bjelland 83), Macleod (Saunders 77), Hogan. Unused substitutes: McEachran, Kerschbaumer, Clarke, Ledesma, Kurasik.
Sheffield Wednesday: Westwood, Palmer (Abdi 76), Lees, Hutchinson, Pudil, Bannan, Lee, Jones, Forestieri, Lucas Joao (Nuhiu 69), Fletcher (Hooper 66). Unused substitutes: Wildsmith, Hunt, Buckley, Sasso.
Referee: P Bankes (Merseyside).
Man of the match: Fernando Forestieri. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/brentford-1-shefield-wednesday-1-carlos-carvalhal-hails-owls-heart-and-soul-1-8093675 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/baa03315a8a4a3ae462495eb76c0c00656cada3415bb8079a0b9aab534cefaad.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:51:56 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Get the latest breaking news from the Yorkshire Post - politics, education, health, crime, showbiz, environment and more. Visit now. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fyorkshire-flooding-fears-as-crucial-report-is-delayed-1-8094629.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8095186.1472554017!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Yorkshire flooding fears as crucial report is delayed | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | A MAJOR report into preventing flooding has been delayed prompting fears over the Government’s commitment to protecting the region.
Senior council leaders have written to Prime Minister Theresa May seeking assurances following the delay of the publication of the Flood Resilience Review, which was expected in July.
Flooding in Leeds last December. Picture: Bruce Rollinson
The review was announced after last winter’s catastrophic floods which affected York, Leeds and the Calder Valley and was intended to assess how the region could be better protected from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather. There are added concerns a delay towards autumn would leave less time to make any short-term changes ahead of the winter season. It is the latest blow for the thousands of victims hit by flooding after the Government scrapped the role of flood tsars this summer.
Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves accused the Government of “dithering and delay”, and said: “The Government has badly let down my constituents and many others across the country who are struggling to get new insurance quotes and rebuild their lives after the devastating floods. The Environment Secretary needs to get a grip on the situation and ensure the review is published as soon as possible.”
Leeds Council leader Judith Blake and Calderdale Council leader Tim Swift have both written a joint letter to Mrs May about the progress of the review.
The letter says: “We are keen to understand the current status of the National Flood Resilience Review. This review was critical to understanding how we can better protect our communities and businesses from future flooding and increasingly extreme weather events.”
Coun Blake told The Yorkshire Post that any delay was a concern, especially for residents and businesses in Leeds affected by Storm Eva. She is also requesting urgent talks to press for confirmation of previously promised funding for a flood defence scheme for Leeds where about 2,000 homes and 500 businesses were affected on Boxing Day.
She added: “We saw the Government cancel funding for flood defences proposed in 2011, and we can’t let that happen again.”
Coun Swift said the review was critical for long-term planning, adding: “We are concerned about the delay and whether the new Government is as committed as the previous one.”
The Yorkshire Post understands the delays in the report’s publication are due to the political changes after the Brexit vote and the departure of David Cameron. Although its findings were expected in July, The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it had always said the report would be published in the summer - which could mean up to the end of September.
Wakefield MP Mary Creagh, the chairwoman of the Environmental Audit Committee, is also writing to the Government over the delay. | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/yorkshire-flooding-fears-as-crucial-report-is-delayed-1-8094629 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/1bd3f8e882330669973e1e50eeda24bf848609d40ca0c5b64fb0d1464da40f65.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:10 | null | 2016-08-30T19:31:54 | Visit now for the latest Doncaster Rovers football news - direct from the Yorkshire Post and updated throughout the day. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fdoncaster-rovers%2Fdoncaster-rovers-sign-experienced-frazer-richardson-1-8096721.json | http://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/webimage/1.8096720.1472581962!/image/image.jpg | en | null | Doncaster Rovers sign experienced Frazer Richardson | null | null | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | Frazer Richardson has added another Yorkshire club to his collection after signing for League Two outfit Doncaster Rovers.
The 33-year-old defender was a free agent having left Rotherham United in the summer, and has agreed a two-month contract.
His former clubs include Leeds United and Middlesbrough, plus he had spells at Stoke City, Charlton Athletic, Southampton and Ipswich Town.
Richardson, who will wear the No 25 shirt, said: “Obviously I haven’t done a pre-season but I’ve been doing a bit of training – and I have to say a big thank you to Phil Parkinson who let me train with Bolton for a couple of weeks – so I’ve got a bit of football work in to the legs but since the season started I haven’t had too much football but I’ve been keeping myself right so I’m good to go!
“Things haven’t worked out how we quite hoped in the summer for various reasons but Darren (Ferguson) gave me a ring and wanted to bring me in for a couple of months and I jumped at the chance to be quite honest – I’m looking at this as a really good opportunity for myself.
“Doncaster; there’s a really good set up here, a great bunch of lads and Darren and his backroom staff are a good management team.
“I’m really looking forward to it to be honest. As soon as I got the call it was a ‘no-brainer’ so I’m really looking forward to it.” | http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers/doncaster-rovers-sign-experienced-frazer-richardson-1-8096721 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/2382249c6407f0678950a09b3cdde47bf4fe44b952b20da2673adbf3a376bada.json |
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