VAT Exemption Petition Knocked Back By No. 10The Mountain Rescue (MR) for England and Wales is donation funded and staffed by volunteers. They receive no remuneration for their efforts, but are rewarded with a large tax bill."We are constantly met

Luke Hunt and Franco Cookson have succeeded on their long-term project of free climbing the girdle of Whitestone Cliff, North Yorkshire at a grade of HXS 6b.The 14 pitch adventure is described as a "brilliant and serious route, weaving a

A Rada lawmaker, Taras Chornovil, says in his interview with The Stolychni Novyny the recent appointment by Viktor Yanukovych of Mykola Azarov to head his campaign staff is "a slap in the face" of Rinat Akhmetov, Azarov's bitter enemy, and

Addressing journalists in Kirovohrad July 3, Premier Yulia Tymoshenko said she regrets having accepted in BYUT Viktor Lozynsky after his defection from the Party of Regions in 2007. Lozynsky has been accused of murder and is on the run.

The leader of the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych is not supportive of holding a snap parliamentary election prior to the presidential one, saying both elections should be simultaneous, Ukrayinska Pravda reports.

Serhy Tihipko, one of the presidential contenders, says that younger politicians, not Yushchenko, Tymoshenko and Yanukovych, will be the main runners in the forthcoming presidential election. Tihipko was speaking to journalists in Lviv July 2, ZIK reports.

Yanukovych comments after the abortive vote on the Regions ultimatum to raise subsistence level are just nonsense. He has no moral right to offer his comments as, after so much hubbub by the Regions about the importance of raising the

More parents should be encouraged to get involved in their children's educations both at home and as volunteers in schools York's Executive Member for Children's Services has told a senior government advisor.

Westfield Ward Committee is holding an Older People's Health Afternoon next month to give residents tips on staying healthy this summer.

Staff at Oaklands Sport Centre are celebrating after the centre was rated as one of the best in the country.

Aspiring young film makers from across the city are hoping to hear their name read out as a winner at this year's 'Yoscars' ceremony.

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British tennis's hurt is now lengthened to 72 years.

Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu finished only sixth in her 400 metres race at the Bislett Games in Oslo.

Jamie and his American partner Liezel Huber capitulated in their mixed doubles semifinal.

Greatness was out in force as Rod Laver Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe watched Roger Federer dismantle Tommy Haas.

Real Madrid linked with move for Chelsea defender Ashley Cole while Carlo Ancelotti refuses to sell Didier Drogba to Inter.