Hull Daily Mail from Hull, Humberside, England • 3

HULL DAILY MAIL THURSDAY MARCH 15 1990 3 Glider flight for his 90th birthday By STEVE ANDERSON County to take down 'new' sign WGC manager Les who retired from Humberside Police 12 years ago The celebrations at Wellington Oak are expected to be attended by about 35 relatives including Mr Ronald two sons his daughter nine grandchildren and two of his 14 Mr Cooper snr who lives with his wife Drus-cilla in Bedale Court Market Weighton retired 23 years ago after a coopering in Hull Bazoft death stuns Cran BEVERLEY MP Jim Cran today condemned the execution of journalist Farzad Bazoft He said the decision to carry out the death sentence despite worldwide pleas for clemency would have grave implications for future relations with Iraq Mr Cran said: am appalled at this news with all the pressure exerted by the British government and the European Community I did not expect the Iraqis would carry out the sentence is astounding to think that this sort of thing can happen in a modern society think the British Government must do something to show that this sort of behaviour is totally unacceptable perhaps by withdrawing our ambassador or even severing diplomatic links altogether sanctions tend not to work but I think our trade with Iraq is bound to suffer anyway as British businessmen become reluctant to travel Mr Cran said he thought the Government had done everything in its power to try to save Mr Bazoft Foreign Secretary even indicated his willingness to travel to Iraq at short notice to plea for Mr life I do not think anything more could have been he added A spokesman for Hull Mosque and Islamic Centre said he thought the Muslim community in the city would be shocked by Mr death think anybody will support this it is a very bad thing to have happened Robbery alleged By RICHARD SPENCER SKY-HIGH celebrations are in store for a Market Weighton pensioner next month Mr Ronald Cooper 90 on April 5 will become the oldest person to fly at Wolds Gliding Club And his son Les will be behind the controls for the flight-of-a-lifetime planned to take place before a family get-together embracing four generations Club officials believe he will be up to 10 years older than any previous guest passenger when he goes up and in three time will certainly be our oldest said sewage is pumped raw into rivers and the he said Mr Steven Childs Public Relations manager for I Yorkshire Water said there were at least 30 outfalls on the East Yorkshire coast and that sewage from Hull was piped into the Humber after being we are concerned about the suggestion in the he said would have to study it very carefully to see if it had any implications for Environment Secretary Chris Patten last week an- I nounced a £35 billion sew- age clean-up programme Although sludge dumping will end by 1998 he failed to give date for a halt to raw sewage disposal at sea However he has pledged this practice will end rf A'v siders to write to the Boundary Commission to protest at the interim findings Majority He claims it overlooked its guidelines by ignoring the majority of residents which it admitted wanted to the county offence that this has caused to the people of Hull and the people of East Yorkshire will not be satisfied until the old county is he said And he added he wanted an enquiry into how the Commission examined submissions saying he wanted assurances that those who wrote in support of Humberside were not just county council employees HUMBERSIDE is no longer to welcome motorists to newest because of anti-Humberside County Council leader Coun Terry Ger-aghty has ordered the removal of the controversial message beneath Humberside road signs on the borders The move comes only a week after the Boundary Commission revealed the interim conclusions to its study on the future which recommended it should stay But Coun Geraghty claimed the timing was a coincidence saying the cost of replacing signs which had been defaced was becoming too much The road signs have been singled out for particular attack as Cel The of the Hockney family which includes 15 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Pictured with the grand okf lady are Mrs Liza Hockney Mr Arthur Hockney Mrs Edith Hemsbrough and Mrs Betty Derbyshire Mebratina her 102nd birthday ia Mrs Minnie Hockney with a party at leyElms Sutton where Mrs Hockney now lives With her are just some Shock report links AIDS with sewage East Yorkshire Action Group campaigner Mr Trevor Pearson said they should never have been put up pointing out the county was only as new as the others created at the time of local government reorganisation in 1974 they think that by taking them down they are going to appease the anti-Humberside campaigners they are he said But Coun Geraghty said he had no intention of appeasing his opponents have been damaged due to vandals and hooligans upper class hooligans and to replace them is not worth the he said are not going to throw away money just for them to do Mr Pearson is appealing for anti-Humber- Married to Margaret in 1959 he has two sons and two daughters Two years ago Mr Marr then national chairman of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen was awarded the CBE He has just stood down from the post but will continue to serve on the Mission's national council Mr Marr takes over as High Sheriff from Grimsby farmer Mr John Spilman He hopes to have his declaration ceremony in Hull City Council Chamber on his birthday April 7 REPORTER County gets a new Sheriff HEALTH chiefs and environmentalists in Hull have issued warnings about sewage dumping after a shock report sparked fears that swimmers could catch AIDS from seawater New research revealed in the House of Commons showed that the HIV virus previously thought to die outside the human body can live in sewage for almost three days Campaigners say this could lead to swimmers being infected through cuts and sores where there is offshore dumping as in Humberside Director of Community Medicine Dr James Dunlop said the report could have for the way Britain deals- -with- its By MAIL sewage The research carried out by Thames chief virologist Dr John Slade showed the virus could live in untreated sewage for 28 days and even in sea water for a day and a half Friends of the Earth marine biologist Mr Patrick Gowen told the House of Commons Environment Committee: HIV is present entry would be found through shingle cuts to the feet sand scuffs and to the sunburn sores of Campaigners in Humberside were particularly concerned because of the disposal of raw or lightly screened sewage from Yorkshire- Water directly into the Humber and the North Sea Hull Friends of the Earth co-ordinator Gill Sha-piand said the report should be the final straw to the policy on sewage dumping is the final evidence that we cannot afford to play around with it any she said Dr Dunlop said he was surprised to hear of the report because he had always believed the virus did not survive than a few outside the body Worrying it is true it is very worrying particularly because so much of MR ALAN Marr chairman of trawler owners Marr Ltd has been appointed High Sheriff to serve Humberside for the coming year At a Privy Council meeting in London the Queen used a traditional gold bodkin to Mr name Mr Marr (56) of Siggles-thome has lived in Humberside since the age of 1 6 He was educated at Ros-sall School Fleetwood and Bootham School York and served two years in the Royal Army Service Corps A MAN accused of robbing a 16-year-ld girl of a handbag and indecently assaulting her has been committed for trial at Beverley Crown Court Mr Gregory Matthew Harding (18) of Saddleworth Close Brans-holme appeared before Hull Stipendiary Magistrate Mr Neville White charged with committing the offences on December 21 last year Mr Harding was granted coBdtLanaltaaii rArvV ffnt'i.