Author name: David Parkin

THREE months into his year as High Sheriff of West Yorkshire and Richard Jackson MBE admits he is busier than ever. As well as his voluntary role hosting High Court judges and welcoming royalty to the county, he is continuing his business projects. Richard’s Yorkshire Ventures business acquired the Raithwaite Hotel in Sandsend, near Whitby, […]

IT has been a busy but rewarding week with the high spot a day-long training session for Sky on presentation skills. No it wasn’t the Sky newsreaders who needed the benefit of my help but regional managers who work in the group’s home service division. We put together and I hosted the day called ‘Powerful

IN the last few weeks Leeds has hosted England Test Match cricket versus Pakistan at Headingley. Across the city international football was played at at Elland Road with England v Costa Rica plus boxer Josh Warrington won a world title in his home city front of 20,000 fans. Meanwhile last weekend millions of TV viewers

UP to now ITV2 show Love Island has passed me by but I did notice the interest it has generated among viewers and the media. It seemed to attract an audience that wasn’t just the crowd who watch other reality TV shows such as Geordie Shore, The Real Housewives of Cheshire and The Only Way

IF you’re going to pick a sporting hero then you are not going to be short of stories with Gazza. BBC football commentator Guy Mowbray admitted that his true sporting hero is Sir Ian Botham but he felt he should stick to his own sport when choosing a subject to talk about at the Lord’s

I WENT up before a judge this week. I know what you’re thinking: not before time. But be fair – I haven’t been in any bother since the tag came off. So fortunately the long arm of the law didn’t so much mean I had my collar felt as put a friendly arm around my

TWO David Parkins. What a prospect. I can hear women fainting across Britain. And beyond. But last night, about 8.15pm in a marquee near Harrogate, that is what mankind (and the ladies) were faced with. Up popped my visage on the big screens at the Variety Yorkshire Property Awards where I was presenting some video

YOU go away for a week and it all happens. The Home Secretary resigns, Sainsbury’s and Asda announce they want to merge and the brains trust at the Football Association want to sell Wembley to an American football club owner. It all seemed to be going on last week. You’ll be telling me next that

A TRIP to London last weekend underlined the gulf that now exists between certain parts of the capital and the rest of the country. Spend some time walking the streets of Knightsbridge, Mayfair or Kensington and you see plenty of examples of what now makes modern London. From Kazakh billionaires sipping Coca-cola at a pavement