News archive from 11 October 2018
Police search for aeroplane crashed near Leven
Emergency services including two helicopters have launched a desperate search after an aeroplane crash landed in East Yorkshire . The aircraft, which was thought to be carrying two people, went down around a mile short of the runway at Beverley...
Ethnicity pay gap: Firms may be forced to reveal figures
Companies may be forced to reveal their ethnicity pay gap under plans unveiled by the Prime Minister to help minorities at work. Theresa May has launched a consultation on whether mandatory reporting will help address disparities between the pay and...
Countdown on for world's longest non-stop flight
The battle to offer the world's longest non-stop flight steps up a gear on Thursday, when a new Singapore-to-New York service takes off. Singapore Airlines is relaunching the service five years after it withdrew because it had become too expensive. It...
'Alarming' rise in under 21s falling victim to fraud
More and more youngsters under the age of 21 are falling victim to money scams, according to the anti-fraud organisation Cifas. In the first nine months of the year, it said, 3,527 young people had experienced identity fraud, an increase of 24% on...
The manufacturers fighting Trump's tariffs
Rick Huether's family has run a manufacturing company in Maryland since the 1940s. So he knows a bit about keeping blue-collar jobs in America. But now he, like many other manufacturers in the US, is worried. In March, President Donald Trump announced...
How light could help superfast mobile reach even further
The global race towards superfast "fifth generation" mobile internet, known as 5G, is entering a key phase. The trouble is no-one knows exactly which technologies will be best for offering such a service. But one telecoms firm may just have...
The one change you can make to help your insomnia, according to science
Most of us have struggled to sleep at some point, and it can have a major impact on our waking lives as we roam around like zombies. So, when someone says there may be one quick change you can make to help you travel to the land of nod, you are going...
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Jayne Dowle: Doctor Who takes a leap into the future for womankind thanks to Jodie Whittaker
I’M old enough to remember Doctor Who as a crusty old gentleman in a frock coat. The details are quite hazy; it could have been Patrick Troughton or Jon Pertwee. It certainly wasn’t a woman of intermediate age with a Yorkshire accent and a surprised...
Black holes and soft hair: why Stephen Hawking's final work is important
The information paradox is perhaps the most puzzling problem in fundamental theoretical physics today. It was discovered by Stephen Hawking 43 years ago, and until recently has puzzled many. Starting in 2015, Stephen, Andrew Strominger and I started...
Nigeria's 100-year-old death-row inmate seeking pardon
Death-row inmate Celestine Egbunuche has been dubbed Nigeria's "oldest prisoner" amid a campaign calling for his release. He is 100 years old and has spent 18 years in jail after being found guilty of organising a murder. Small and slightly...
Ayr Roads finish third overall in successful day at Tour de Trossachs
The Tour de Trossachs 28 -mile mountain time trial is a favourite end-of-season event for Scotland’s time trialists. Promoted by the Ivy Cycling Club, this classic event is run over a beautiful but demanding course that takes in a full circuit of The...
Nathan Hughes in dark over England future after delay in disciplinary case
Nathan Hughes must wait up to a week to find out if he can play any part in England’s autumn series after his disciplinary hearing for punching was postponed in mysterious circumstances. The Wasps No8 spent four hours in front of an independent...
Russian footballers detained by police after attack on civil servant
Russia internationals Aleksandr Kokorin and Pavel Mamaev have been detained by police and face possible prison sentences after allegedly attacking a man outside a cafe in Moscow. The attack was captured on CCTV cameras and shows a man, identified as...
The Yorkshire Post says: Dividing lines. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn’s austerity clash
EVEN though Brexit is the great political imponderable, the economic dividing lines between the Tories are plain after Theresa May told the Tory conference that austerity is “over”. It saw Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn test this assertion at Prime...
Realtime News
- 16:54 Nothing new in these policies
- 16:54 What it's really like at Jack's supermarket in Rubery
- 16:53 Council toughens up on Sutton spice dealers even if it leaves them...
- 16:53 Mayor of Berwick faces vote of no confidence
- 16:53 ESA underpayment: Who is entitled to backdated benefits?
- 16:53 Buckingham resident ‘privileged’ to have helped with building of...
- 16:52 Coroner highlights failures after death of student with sepsis
- 16:52 Mayor of Berwick faces vote of no confidence
- 16:52 Gourmet Burger Kitchen’s claims they sell ‘proper Indian’ food...
- 16:50 Theresa May has cover for a Brexit transition extension, and it may...
- 16:50 ‘The wolf of racial bias’: the admissions lawsuit rocking Harvard
- 16:48 Judy Blume's Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to be adapted for...
- 16:47 Part of Daventry Country Park playground to remain shut until next...
- 16:46 No.79 bus torched in Bilston arson attack
- 16:44 Case of four men accused of conspiracy to murder John Louden adjourned
- 16:44 Liam and Chloe families to wait at least a year for bomb blast inquest
- 16:42 Manchester United defender Luke Shaw signs new five-year deal
- 16:41 Watch as workers at High Peak factory take strike action in pay...
- 16:38 Learn more about town school at open day
- 16:37 Leeds takeaway fined for selling cheaper beef and claiming it was lamb
- 16:37 ‘Lunatic’ driver had son, 8, in car when he sped through Sheffield...
- 16:35 £100k of illegally salvaged metal taken from Sunderland-built First...
- 16:35 Victims in double stabbing in Melton among 3 men arrested by police
- 16:35 Sickening moment Land Rover smashes through HOSPITAL as masked men...
- 16:35 Three things police want to know in connection with the Wavertree...
- 16:35 ‘Lunatic’ driver had son, 8, in car when he sped through Sheffield...
- 16:33 Leeds takeaway fined for selling cheaper beef and claiming it was lamb
- 16:33 'Not enough progress' as Theresa May insists Brexit deal still...
- 16:33 Playgrounds officially opened
- 16:33 Husband reveals Dame Tessa Jowell’s last words were ‘love forever’...
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