Aberdeen Evening Express back issues from August 2007:
Poker ace An Aberdeen card sharp has scooped a jackpot of more than pounds20,000 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Aug 01, 2007 ... An Aberdeen card sharp has scooped a jackpot of more thanpounds20,000 at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Steven Lynch, won 45,422 (pounds22,099) at the annual event,after winning a place on the trip to the gambling mecca by competingin an online poker ...
Takeover blow to shop fans
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Popular Aberdeen music store which went bust has been left off alist of branches to reopen. Music and book retailer HMV has struck a deal to buy the Foppbrand and revive six of its stores. But the Aberdeen Union Street shop is one of the 75 to remainclosed. HMV has ...
Dogged by a rashly made pet promise
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tomorrow is D-Day ... Dog Day. The first day of the rest of ourlives, or the last day of any sort of family freedom, depending onyour perspective. I made the parental mistake of promising our son a dog for histenth birthday. He was five at the time ... I thought he'd forget. But ...
Talk about losing faith
Aug 01, 2007 ... Ok. Now for the serious bit. Our four-year-old daughter had a nasty fall while we were stayingwith friends in England this week. She smashed her teeth, coughed up blood, and went floppy on theway to casualty. Any parent can imagine the panic. So why did the ...
Floating lanterns for bomb victims
Aug 01, 2007 ... Hundreds of peace lanterns will be floated down the River Dee inAberdeen to remember the victims of atomic bomb attacks. The event is being organised by Aberdeen Campaign for NuclearDisarmament (CND) to remember the 200,000 men, women and children whowere killed when atomic bombs ...
Comic book capers for super-hero kids
Aug 01, 2007 ... Youngsters have been enjoying super-hero fun at a North-east artworkshop. Creating imaginary alter egos, the teens designed comic books andprinted logos on to T-shirts. And artist Sarah Gallie, who led the creative day at Inverurie,said she was impressed by the ...
Vandalised car feared risk to young children Residents of a North-east village have hit out at the police for not removing an abandoned car.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Residents of a North-east village have hit out at the police fornot removing an abandoned car. Angry residents said the Peugeot 206 had been dumped by the roada week ago, with only a slight dent in the drivers door. But now, one week on, the car has been moved and vandalised ...
First minister to meet farmers at agricultural show
Aug 01, 2007 ... First Minister Alex Salmond is to meet farmers at the TurriffShow. He has invited all National Farmers Union Scotland's members tomeet him at the union's stand at the famous annual show on Monday. And Richard Lochhead, cabinet secretary for rural affairs and ...
Park hosts fun event for family
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Family fun day is being held at a city park. The newly-reformed Northfield Community Council is hosting theevent. It will be held at the grassy area between Quarry Road andKettleshill Crescent which will soon be renamed the Allan Douglaspark. Allan, a ...
Couple bid to convert old house
Aug 01, 2007 ... An Aberdeen couple are planning to convert a 200-year-old buildinginto a house. David and Susan Sherrard wish to convert Humane Vitae House, inBraemar on Deeside. The Chapel Brae property has been unused for some years. The building dates back to 1790 and once ...
Kids drive me to drink
Aug 01, 2007 ... In America they've had a contest to invent a car that drivesitself. Hopefully it will become a reality soon because I'm fed up beingan unpaid taxi driver. And ...
Laughing keeps you thin - so why am I so fat?
Aug 01, 2007 ... I'm Seriously worried. I've just discovered that laughter andgiggling for just 15 minutes a day can burn enough calories to shedup to five pounds of fat a year. And having a big belly laugh apparently uses about the same energyas walking more than half a mile. I like a ...
200 wind turbines in north-east... And more on the way They stand on hillsides like an alien army, ready to march on towns.
Aug 01, 2007 ... They stand on hillsides like an alien army, ready to march ontowns. To some they are full of menace - striking birds from the sky,driving people from their homes. But to others they are our saviour: A source of clean, renewableenergy. Like it or not, the march of ...
Get set for another neck and neck race
Aug 01, 2007 ... Huntly and Buckie Thistle will both play a leading role in thesaga of the Highland League title race this year. In the second ofour look at the Aberdeenshire sides, Andy Groundwater caught up withHuntly gaffer Dave Cormie, and Sean Wallace spoke to Buckie bossDuncan Shearer. Q ...
Golfing plans to the fore in tourism boost
Aug 01, 2007 ... It's fantastic to see plans for yet another top-quality golfcourse in the North-east. Our own Open winner Paul Lawrie is involved in the latestproposal for a pounds115 million development at the Blairs Estatenear Banchory Devenick. With Donald Trump's plans for Menie Estate ...
Monster run An Intrepid Aberdeen man is bidding to save a sports club by running a marathon.
Aug 01, 2007 ... An Intrepid Aberdeen man is bidding to save a sports club byrunning a marathon. Richie Masson, 30, wants to rescue the Friday night sports club inFersands where he has worked for three years. After six years, the popular club for children in the Woodsidearea will not ...
Evelyn delighted to cook up pounds500 win A Former Pittodrie worker is the latest winner to scoop pounds500 in the Evening Express Bingo competition.
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Former Pittodrie worker is the latest winner to scoop pounds500in the Evening Express Bingo competition. Evelyn Philip helped to feed the thousands of hungry Dons fans atevery Aberdeen home game until she retired last year. And she was delighted - although a bit stunned - ...
Mum runs up pounds1,700 for charity
Aug 01, 2007 ... Big-hearted Linda Barclay of has raised more than pounds1,000 tohelp cancer patients. The 49-year-old mum-of-two raised the cash by running in the Baker Hughes 10K event. Linda raised pounds837 in sponsorship. Then her bosses atScottish Hydro Electric matched the money ...
Mill owner reinvents the wheel as part of big refit It Is among the oldest buildings in the North-east.
Aug 01, 2007 ... It Is among the oldest buildings in the North-east. Auldmill of Craigston near Turriff dates back as far as 1450. According to research by its new owner coastguard Phil McIvor it pre-dates neighbouring Craigston Castle by 154 years. And its water-powered wheel hasn't ...
Mcallister to face Docherty
Aug 01, 2007 ... Boxing: Lee McAllister will fight fellow Scot Craig Docherty forthe vacant WBU lightweight world title at the Beach Ballroom onSaturday, October 6. A former Commonwealth and British super featherweight championDocherty has a pro record of 20 wins, 3 losses and one ...
Hidden gateway found near castle
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Gateway that had lain hidden under the ground for centuries hasbeen uncovered near a North-east castle. Gardeners at Leith Hall, near Kennethmont in Aberdeenshire, keptstriking their mowers on a buried rock that had gradually surfacedon the lawns. The National Trust for ...
Scouts launch 100th anniversary souvenir
Aug 01, 2007 ... North-east Scouts have posted a first - with a unique centenarysouvenir. The Banff and Buchan group is the only one in the country toproduce a first-day cover envelope to mark the centenary of LordBaden-Powell's first camp in 1907. The anniversary is being marked by ...
M&m can be sweet as main marksmen Jimmy Calderwood must pair Darren Mackie in attack with Lee Miller in Saturday's SPL opener against Dundee United.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Jimmy Calderwood must pair Darren Mackie in attack with Lee Millerin Saturday's SPL opener against Dundee United. The Dons boss is still agonising over his starting team for theeagerly awaited New Firm derby at Tannadice. I'm still not sure who he'll go with in defence or who ...
Stability at Tynecastle
Aug 01, 2007 ... At long last, it finally seems as if there's going to be some sortof stability at Hearts. Vladimir Romanov has confirmed that management duo AnatolyKorobochka and ...
Fans must behave at Pittodrie
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Aberdeen fans must heed the warning about their futurebehaviour of risk harming their own club. The SPL now has the power to impose serious sanctions onindividual clubs if their supporters are found guilty of sectarian,racist or other unwanted conduct. The Dons have ...
Good luck Lee
Aug 01, 2007 ... All the best to Lee McAllister in his forthcoming WBU lightweighttitle fight with Craig Doherty. The Aberdeen Assassin comes up against the Glasgow ...
New talent from across globe to descend on city International talent is in town to join young North-east performers for the Aberdeen International Youth Festival launching today.
Aug 01, 2007 ... International talent is in town to join young North-eastperformers for the Aberdeen International Youth Festival launchingtoday. An opening party and ceilidh is to be held at the Music Hall inAberdeen tonight to mark the start of the bumper feast of shows. And a colourful ...
'He's been so brave, he's my wee soldier and my hero' When Kieran McAllister celebrates his fourth birthday, there will be no cake, no chocolate biscuits, no crisps or ice cream.
Aug 01, 2007 ... When Kieran McAllister celebrates his fourth birthday, there willbe no cake, no chocolate biscuits, no crisps or ice cream. But there will be huge sighs of relief and whispered prayers ofthanks from the brave wee boy's family. Most thankful of all will be his doting mum, ...
SFA vow to punish the cheats
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Sfa will use video evidence to punish divers and cheats thisseason. SFA chief executive Gordon Smith has confirmed that divers will bepunished retrospectively by video evidence when the new season kicksoff on Saturday. MANCHESTER United have sold striker Giuseppe Rossi, ...
Former schools could be turned into new homes Three former schools could soon be turned into housing.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Three former schools could soon be turned into housing. Aberdeenshire Council has confirmed it has accepted an offer forthe old Port Erroll primary school in Cruden Bay. And it said it was considering offers for two other schools - inNew Byth, near Turriff, and Braeside, ...
Stats show disease is on the rise The potentially deadly disease tuberculosis is on the rise in the North-east, new figures have revealed.
Aug 01, 2007 ... The potentially deadly disease tuberculosis is on the rise in theNorth-east, new figures have revealed. Nhs Grampian statistics given in a freedom of information requestshow that it has treated 95 people for TB since 2004. And there have already been 22 cases so far this ...
Man charged after car ends up on beach A Man has been charged after a car came off an Aberdeen road and landed on the beach.
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Man has been charged after a car came off an Aberdeen road andlanded on the beach. Grampian Police said a 33-year-old had been spoken to and chargedin connection with the incident. A woman passenger had to be cut free from the wreckage of theblack Rover which came to a halt ...
'If you want the best food to knacker your guts, this is it' A High-fat snack invented in the North-east has been named as one of the most unhealthy foods ever.
Aug 01, 2007 ... A High-fat snack invented in the North-east has been named as oneof the most unhealthy foods ever. The deep-fried Mars bar, first conjured up in a Stonehaven chipshop in 1995, has made it into a supermarket's top-10 of worst foodsalongside Spam, Pot Noodles and fried ...
What's the unhealthiest food you eat?
Aug 01, 2007 ... Well I'm on Weight Watchers but I've had two rowies this week! What I think is healthy turns out to be bad, it's confusing. Theresa Taylor, 49,full-time grandma, Stockethill I like carry-outs, everything from Chinese to kebabs. I don't justeat them because they're easy, I like ...
Pupils keep record on new offices
Aug 01, 2007 ... Youngsters are keeping track of a multi-million pound buildingproject in the North-east. Engineering company Acergy has invited Elrick Primary pupils toview the progress of their new office campus in Westhill. Several pupils recently visited the site and are keeping track ...
Off the buses as davie parks up for final time
Aug 01, 2007 ... He's an official superstar. Davie Donald - the veteran bus driverpassengers love to love. After an astonishing 44 years on the buses in Aberdeen, Davie'sweel-kent, smiling face will disappear from behind the wheel thisweek. Tomorrow he parks his First bus at the King Street ...
Granite City girls hit peak form in grangemouth
Aug 01, 2007 ... Aberdeen Aac youngsters Ellie Buchan and Kate Murdoch are hittingpeak form in the lead-up to the Scottish championships later thismonth. The teenagers won special awards as the top track performers intheir respective age groups at the Scottish Young Athlete's Leaguefinal at ...
Amber to make CD for charity
Aug 01, 2007 ... Competition winner Amber Majeed is to share a prize of studiorecording time with Kidney Research UK. The 10-year-old singer scooped top prize at this year's Echt Showin an Echt Factor singing competition. The Inverurie schoolgirl won a session in Banchory's ...
Firm scoops award for fundraising
Aug 01, 2007 ... An Aberdeen-based firm has won a national fundraising award. Faber Maunsell has won Best Donor Acquisition award at theNational Institute of Fundraising Awards. The firm's Payroll Giving scheme allows employees to donate tocharity straight from their pay. A CITY street ...
Jamie's joy as hitman bags five Young Old Machar ran out comfortable winners in a night of goals at Champion Street.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Young Old Machar ran out comfortable winners in a night of goalsat Champion Street. Old Machar put nine past Torry Loonz, while Cove Madrid hit sevenagainst Bruntland Road Porto. There was also a closely-fought win for Byron United againstAshlee Albion. But the star ...
Ceremonies for scouts' 100th year
Aug 01, 2007 ... Scouts across the North-east were today marking the movement's100th birthday. Ceremonies were being held at 8am including a pancake breakfastat Duthie Park, a balloon release at Aberdeen beach and an earlymorning trip to Clachnaben The World Scout Flag will be flown ...
Safety of bridge in spotlight
Aug 01, 2007 ... Concern that a bridge over the River Don could be a safetyhazard has been raised by councillors. Members of Marr Area committee are to press for an early start toredevelopment work on the bridge near Alford. The granite and metal bridge built in 1898 carries traffic ...
Nightclub bought by music firm
Aug 01, 2007 ... Aberdeen's Moshulu nightclub has been bought by music firm MamaGroup. The deal gives a second Scottish site after Glasgow for the London-based company. A spokesman for Mama, which has also just bought a venue inBrighton and exchanged contracts for a site in Cambridge, would ...
Committee says no to homes plan
Aug 01, 2007 ... New homes planned for a site near a busy North-east town have beengiven the thumbs down. A proposal for 11 houses with garages by Glenview Developments atInchmarlo has been rejected by members of Aberdeenshire Council'sMarr area committee at Alford. The site east of Bridge ...
Tree-cutting technology on display
Aug 01, 2007 ... Forget Transformers - the Forestry Commission Scotland has somereal monster machines this summer. Aberdeen residents are invited to watch some large scalemachinery at work in Aberdeenshire's forests next Tuesday. The machinery is used as part of regular forest ...
Change to home sale thrown out
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Bid to allow a house to be sold separately from a connectingbusiness has been turned down. Owner Bruce Goodison asked members of the Marr Area committee toremove the occupancy condition on his home - Craigbeg at Potarch -so he could sell the property linked to his Mother ...
Why we're paying the price of climate change
Aug 01, 2007 ... Shoppers in the North-east are bracing themselves for supermarketprice hikes as food shortages hit home. And experts say potential rises could come in the autumn as theforces of nature, economics and politics combine to end an era ofcheap food in Britain. Major world and ...
pounds5m road scheme will take until October 2008 The upgrading of a dual carriageway is finally set to begin - but it is going to take 14 months to finish.
Aug 01, 2007 ... The upgrading of a dual carriageway is finally set to begin - but it is going to take 14 months to finish. The pounds5 million dualling of Wellington Road starts next week. Aberdeen City Council today said road closures would only be usedon Sundays or late ...
Chance to adopt a dolphin at family event
Aug 01, 2007 ... An Adopt a dolphin fun day will be held this Sunday at Spey Bay. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) is inviting families to take part in dolphin-themed games and activities at theWDCS Wildlife Centre. Adopt a Dolphin Field Officer Charlie Phillips will ...
'Mutilation' claim in death trial
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Murder trial jury heard the alleged victim suffered so manywounds doctors could not count them. Deryck Kerr is accused of murdering Andrew Williamson at 120dWalker Road, Torry, Aberdeen. He allegedly punched and kicked, jumped and stamped on him and hithim with knives or ...
Couple fail in bid to brighten up home
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Bid to bring some sunshine to a North-east home has been turneddown by councillors. Strathbogie couple Robin and Joanne Wilson lodged a planningapplication to build a sun lounge on the side of their house. The Aberdeenshire authority has scrapped the plans saying the ...
Great marks for uni
Aug 01, 2007 ... The University of Aberdeen has been ranked as one of the topuniversities in Scotland. It was ranked highly in a new university league table, publishedfor the first time this week. The interactive Good Universities Guide places Aberdeen as thefourth best institution in ...
Pensioner targeted by mugger
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Mugger targeted a pensioner in the city. The 79-year-old woman had her bag snatched as she walked alongAberdeen's Stockethill Way. Police are hunting for the man responsible for the theft whichhappened around 10.30am yesterday. The thief was ...
New proposal to conserve North Sea cod stocks
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Executive is in talks about a new fishing industry-ledinitiative aimed at conserving North Sea fish stocks, it emergedtoday. Environment secretary Richard Lochhead said he was looking at avoluntary scheme of "real time closures" where stocks of small codare found. The ...
Decision on hall 'house' deferred
Aug 01, 2007 ... Plans for a summer house near a historic hall have been held up. A decision on the application for the Lonach Hall grounds has beendeferred by councillors who claimed the building would spoil theappearance of the listed building. The Lonach Hall Community Association launched a ...
Rape trial told of 1-in-1,000 million DNA test result Dna matching that of a man on trial for a double rape was found on one of his alleged victims, a court heard.
Aug 01, 2007 ... Dna matching that of a man on trial for a double rape was found onone of his alleged victims, a court heard. And a forensic expert said there was a one in 1,000 million chanceof finding another match. The evidence came after a city gran broke down in the dock as shetold how ...
Ryan recommends kid keeper
Aug 01, 2007 ... Aberdeen have taken young English keeper John Bateman on trial, thanks to former player Ryan Esson. The 18-year-old stopper impressed in the closing stages of the pre-season friendly victory over Inverurie Locos. Dons boss Jimmy Calderwood will make a decision about his ...
Locos keeper crisis
Aug 01, 2007 ... Inverurie Locos could be forced to field teenage keeper Kyle Reidin Saturday's Highland League opener against Deveronvale. First choice stopper Paul Jarvie is suspended for the opening twomatches of the season, while back-up Stewart Gray is struggling witha back injury suffered ...
Man quizzed over death
Aug 01, 2007 ... Police were questioning a second man arrested by detectivesinvestigating the murder of former British champion heavyweight boxerJames Oyebola. Scotland Yard said the ...
Lotto man notches up double win
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Forgetful Lottery player whose memory lapse led to two wins inthe same draw was "overwhelmed" by the first "double", a familyfriend said today. Derek Ladner bought a ticket with the numbers 3, 9, 10, 12, 46 and47 - but forgot that he ...
PE teacher dies in raft trip tragedy
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Teacher has been killed in a rafting accident during a studentrugby trip to Australia, his school announced today. Ian Robinson, a PE teacher at Merchant Taylors' School in Crosby,Liverpool, died during a white water rafting excursion ...
Superstore cells plan revealed
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Government is considering plans for cells in supermarkets andat major sporting stadiums to deal with shoplifters and footballhooligans. Mobile jails could also be used to deal with protesters at majordefence ...
Police hold men over shop raid
Aug 01, 2007 ... Six men have been arrested following an armed robbery at ajewellers in west London, police have confirmed. Two men wielding hammers entered a jewellers in Turnham GreenTerrace at 1.55pm yesterday ...
'ITV refused to clear up death scene'
Aug 01, 2007 ... Itv refused a request to make clear that a documentary did notshow the moment of an Alzheimer's sufferer's death, the filmmakerbehind it claimed today. Paul Watson said he was being made a "scapegoat" in the row overTV fakes and that his 11-year project had been "wrecked" by the ...
BA hit with pounds121m fine for fixing fuel charges British Airways was today hit with a record pounds121.5 million fine after it admitted colluding over fuel surcharges on long-haul flights.
Aug 01, 2007 ... British Airways was today hit with a record pounds121.5 millionfine after it admitted colluding over fuel surcharges on long-haulflights. Ba faces a second fine from the US Department of Justice, whichwill be announced later today. The airline said the combined sum was likely ...