Bath Chronicle, The back issues from January 2009:
Volvo's coupe-inspired lines ; Volvo is giving a glimpse of its new S60 four-door saloon by releasing pictures prior to the concept version going on show in January.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Volvo is giving a glimpse of its new S60 four-door saloon byreleasing pictures prior to the concept version going on show inJanuary. The S60 concept will be trotted out at the Detroit Motor Show,and the coupe-like lines of the car should see it shoulder some ofthe opposition ...
The colour of money ; With used car values under increasing pressure, many British drivers are now asking: what value do optional extras add at sell- on time?
Jan 01, 2009 ... With used car values under increasing pressure, many Britishdrivers are now asking: what value do optional extras add at sell-on time? It's a very pertinent question, as second-hand cars could geteven harder to offload in 2009. So, is it worth investing in non-factory options to ...
Alternative accommodation ; The credit crunch is seeing more and more festive partygoers putting caravans to good use, says Safeguard, a leading UK motorhome and caravan insurer.
Jan 01, 2009 ... The credit crunch is seeing more and more festive partygoersputting caravans to good use, says Safeguard, a leading UK motorhomeand caravan insurer. The firm has has seen a significant increase in people wanting totake caravans or motorhomes away over the New Year period. The ...
It's only eco-logical ; Jumping onto the eco-bandwagon couldn't be easier, as Proton has so ably demonstrated.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Jumping onto the eco-bandwagon couldn't be easier, as Proton hasso ably demonstrated. The Malaysian marque hasn't trotted out a succession of hydrogen,electric, or even solar-power cars, like some of the motoring massmarket's players. No, what we have is a straightforward, ...
Chrysler marks 25 years of glory ; The Renault Espace, launched in 1984, is often credited with the title of the world's first people carrier, or MPV.
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Renault Espace, launched in 1984, is often credited with thetitle of the world's first people carrier, or MPV. And it's a little-known fact that the Espace's design was firstconceived in the 1970s by British car stylist Fergus Pollock, whowas working at the time for Chrysler UK ...
Record auction ; Citroen UK achieved a record result in a special live online closed sale at British Car Auctions' (BCA) Measham, Derbyshire, centre, recently.
Jan 01, 2009 ... Citroen UK achieved a record result in a special live onlineclosed sale at British Car Auctions' (BCA) Measham, Derbyshire,centre, recently. In one of the biggest manufacturer sales of used vehicles everstaged by BCA, Citroen offered, and found buyers for, 406 cars andcommercial ...
Simply the best ; It's amazing what a credit crunch can do for a car. Belt-tightening has boosted sales in the supermini sector, leaving luxury marques lagging behind.
Jan 01, 2009 ... It's amazing what a credit crunch can do for a car. Belt-tightening has boosted sales in the supermini sector, leaving luxurymarques lagging behind. But look at the Hyundai SIII Coupe - what has long been thecheapest route into a decent-sized coupe has suddenly become justabout ...
New version of roadster out in may ; A new version of BMW's successful roadster, the Z4, will go on sale in Britain in May.
Jan 01, 2009 ... A new version of BMW's successful roadster, the Z4, will go onsale in Britain in May. An all-new model, it comes fitted with a few motor industryinnovations. Chief among them is a two-piece, powered retractable hard-toproof, that can be raised or lowered in 20 seconds. The ...
Happy new year for avensis ; The new Toyota Avensis, out in the UK today, is set to outshine its leading rivals in terms of residual values and costing less to run.
Jan 01, 2009 ... The new Toyota Avensis, out in the UK today, is set to outshineits leading rivals in terms of residual values and costing less torun. Figures from price-data firm CAP show the new Avensis out-performing both the Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Insignia over threeyears/60,000 miles' ...
Greta awaits outcome of poetry awards
Jan 01, 2009 ... Poet Greta Stoddart is trying not to think about the announcementnext week of the category winners for the prestigious Costa BookAwards 2008. Greta, a lecturer in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University,received the nomination in the Poetry category of the awards, forher second ...
Success comes to author after 30 years
Jan 01, 2009 ... A Bath author has been rewarded for more than 30 years ofpersistence with the news that two of his novels are to bepublished. Brian Sellars, a Sheffield native now resident in Bath, admits heis thrilled to see the novels - the first called The WhisperingBell, a work of historical ...
Nothing to hide in new programme
Jan 01, 2009 ... Comedy, nudity, puppet and pantomime - all are to be found in thenew programme of events at the Rondo Theatre Larkhall. And justabout everything in between. But there is a more serious start to the year in mid January whenRogue Theatre performs Pathway to the Red Sun. Inspired by ...
Win the 20 books on the Costa shortlist for 2008
Jan 01, 2009 ... Win the entire Costa Book Awards 2008 shortlist - worth pounds350- and add some of this year's most enjoyable books to yourbookshelf. There's nothing quite like putting your feet up with a great bookand a delicious cup of coffee. That's why we've teamed up with Costa, the ...
Rosie Upton's top 5 roots records
Jan 01, 2009 ... Eliza Carthy ALBUM: Dreams Of Breathing Under Water WHY: This is without doubt Eliza's most exciting and distinctivealbum to date. Her voice, always lovely, with maturity is betterthan ever, but it is her vivid imagination and skill as a songwriter/storyteller and the ...
Dan biggane's 6 of the best
Jan 01, 2009 ... Gaslight Anthem ALBUM: The '59 Sound WHY: The second album from the New Jersey-based four piece isthe most uplifting record of the year. Like Springsteen before, dripping sweat, blood and tears,Gaslight take the tales ofregular urban survivors and give them ...
Plum of a walk for the new year
Jan 01, 2009 ... Mells, tucked away along a maze of country lanes in thecountryside between Frome and Radstock, is a delightful place. Back in the 1940s, one guidebook writer was fulsome in his praiseof the place. "Lovely it was to find that the ages have not spoiledit" wrote Arthur Mee. "If our ...
Directions
Jan 01, 2009 ... Distance: 5 miles Time: 2 or 3 hours Start: village Shop in Mells (GR 730490) Maps: OS Landranger 183 or OS Explorer 142 Terrain: gently undulating; nothing too strenuous Contact: via vilewalks@yahoo.co.uk Getting there: Leave the A363 Frome ...
Winslet shines in movie with the darkest of hearts
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Reader (15) STARRING: Kate Winslet, David Kross, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz,Volker Bruch, Hannah Herzsprung and Lena Olin. DIRECTOR: Stephen Daldry The collective guilt of Germany's 'second generation', strugglingto come to terms with their parents' role in the ...
Little theatre with a big heart celebrates 70 years in Bath
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Little Theatre Cinema in Bath - the UK's oldest survivingindependent cinema still in family ownership - celebrates 70 yearsof screening feature films in 2009. The Little started life as a community theatre for theunderprivileged of Bath, expanding in to its cinema role in ...
The wonder of woolworth's
Jan 01, 2009 ... Woolworth's may be gone but it's unlikely to be forgotten -particularly by those who grew up treading its bare floorboards,buying its cheap cover versions of hit parade singles or buying itslined writing paper. If you remember the 1930s you may have had a lobster salad for 6dat ...
Thomas surrenders record
Jan 01, 2009 ... Golf Colin Lee's round of six under net par saw him defeatpreviously unbeaten Chris Thomas and take over at the top ofDivision 2 in the Bath Approach seniors competition. A birdie on the ninth put Thomas in front, but he was unable tomatch Lee over the back nine. The round of ...
Gillings wins boa award
Jan 01, 2009 ... Snowboarding Zoe Gillings has collected the British OlympicAssociation Athlete of the Year (Snowsport) award for the secondyear running. The Bathampton snowboarder, 23, has made an incredible return toworld-class form following a career-threatening injury in 2005 whereshe was ...
Foresters blow chance
Jan 01, 2009 ... Foresters Arms blew their chance to move level on points withWhite Hart Combe at the top of the Robson Taylor Chippenham SundayLeague Division 1 table after they were beaten 3-2 by Cooper Avon. Danny Harrison and James Ponsford gave Cooper a 2-0 half-timelead. Leigh ...
Athletic too strong for lowly down
Jan 01, 2009 ... Somerset League Timsbury Athletic ended 2008 in the same way asthey had begun it - with a comfortable victory - this time at theexpense of Somerset County League Premier Division basement boys OddDown Reserves. Athletic were 4-1 away winners last Saturday on an icy surfacethat ...
Cracking day for Bradford
Jan 01, 2009 ... Swimming Bradford on Avon Swimming Club triumphed in the annualChristmas Cracker gala at Horfield Leisure Centre. Following an invitation from Bristol North Swimming Club,Bradford were up against seven clubs from Bristol andGloucestershire in the eight-lane pool. Many ...
Victory in cold turkey affair
Jan 01, 2009 ... There are two particularly appealing aspects to football onBoxing Day. The first is it gives everybody a chance to show off theirpresents. Children hesitantly wobbling to the ground on in-lineskates; fathers sporting new jerseys and itchy shirts; the socksfrom Uncle Jim; the waft ...
Let's wish for Douglas haul
Jan 01, 2009 ... While most of us were delighted with an excellent three pointsagainst Dorchester on Boxing Day, I left Twerton Park a littleuncertain about the performance. The pattern of the game was odd, with City sitting back for muchof the second half. A team with more striking power than ...
Tillson plotting Weston double
Jan 01, 2009 ... Teambath head coach Andy Tillson is intent on keeping former team-mate Andy Gurney waiting for his first win as Weston-super-Mare bossahead of the two sides' second meeting in a week at Twerton Parkthis afternoon (3pm). The University of Bath outfit returned to the Blue Square ...
Derby win puts Larks top
Jan 01, 2009 ... Toolstation Division 1 Larkhall Athletic reclaimed pole positionin the Toolstation Division 1 table after beating local rivals OddDown in the first Western League meeting between the sides in 15years. The Larks' groundstaff had worked miracles to get the Boxing Daygame on and, ...
Rovers halt Bitton's charge
Jan 01, 2009 ... Premier Bitton's four-match winning run in the ToolstationPremier Division came to an end last Saturday when Welton Roversreturned home from the Recreation Ground with a surprise 1-0 winunder their belts. The hosts had the best chance of the first half when top scorerMark ...
Pirie is crowned champion
Jan 01, 2009 ... Lansdown Golf Club members have finished their festivecelebrations, with three groups holding their annual events over theChristmas holidays. On the Saturday before Christmas, the Weekenders, led by MikePassmore, held their final round of the year followed by lunch andprize ...
Whalley ends year with triumph
Jan 01, 2009 ... Rob Whalley ended 2008 in style with an emphatic victory in thetraditional Chester Round The Walls event. The Bath international survived the tricky steps and narrowwalkways on the historic route around the city to coast home almosta minute clear of former champion Bashir ...
Hero's final resting place is restored
Jan 01, 2009 ... The tombstone of a Victoria Cross-winning soldier in a Bathcemetery has been restored, thanks to the generosity of an amateurhistorian. Stephen Jackson, 58, has paid hundreds of pounds to have thememorial stone of Colonel William Francis Waller in LocksbrookCemetery ...
Sixth-form woodworkers make memorial as good as new
Jan 01, 2009 ... A primary school's war memorial has been restored as part of asixth-form design project. St Stephen's Primary's plaque commemorating former pupils whodied fighting in the First World War had been lying broken in acupboard for many years. But it has now been displayed once ...
Pupils' battlefields trip brings home war horror
Jan 01, 2009 ... Children from Bath have travelled to France and Belgium to learnmore about their relatives who fought in the First World War. Staff and pupils from Culverhay School visited war memorials andbattlefields after researching their family connections to theconflict. The group of ...
Housing campaigner's new ruling victory
Jan 01, 2009 ... A housing campaigner who has notched up a string of victoriesover officialdom has won a ruling against the spending watchdog heasked to investigate council spending. Over the years, housing tenant Alexander Johnston has launchedcomplaint after complaint against Bath and North East ...
...But business is booming for online firm
Jan 01, 2009 ... Sales may be down by anything up to 13 per cent on the HighStreet but an online sex toy retailer based in Bath has seen a pre-Christmas boom in business. Locksbrook Road-based LoveHoney. co.uk saw an 87 per centincrease in sales in December compared to the same month in ...
Prize for rotten painting
Jan 01, 2009 ... A portrait of the Sex Pistols star Johnny Rotten has been chosenby the public as the favourite artwork at an exhibition in Corsham. Artist Paul Cummings has painted The Queen in the past. But it was his portrait of the man perhaps best-known for theirreverent God Save The Queen ...
Exercise for over-55s
Jan 01, 2009 ... Oldfield park: The Hillside Hall Music and Movement Group willrestart after the Christmas and New Year break on Tuesday at 2pm atHillside Hall in Cotswold Road, Oldfield Park. It features a variety of gentle exercises, suitable for the over-55s. For more information phone ...
Long queue for sale bargains
Jan 01, 2009 ... More than 100 people queued for huge bargains at a Bath store'sChristmas sale. And for the couple at the head of the line, it was a case of ifat first you don't succeed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Justin Clifford and Cheryl Tippett from Twerton were sodetermined to get their ...
Three Bath stores saved from closure
Jan 01, 2009 ... Three community stores in the Bath area have been saved fromclosure after the collapse of their former owner. Nearby Stores, which ran shops in Avon Street and Twerton HighStreet, went into administration shortly before Christmas. Both its Bath stores and a third in Tyning Road ...
Chilly start to year-end sales
Jan 01, 2009 ... It wasn't exactly sales fever. But shoppers brought a touch of warmth to the chilly high streetin Bath this week. Bargain hunters appeared to be waiting for prices to be cut evenfurther before parting with their cash - or had made a killing inthe pre-Christmas ...
Last few days for woolies
Jan 01, 2009 ... Bath's Woolworths store closes down for good on Monday. The branch at Moorland Road will be in the last batch of storesto close after the chain went into administration at the end ofNovember. By today, most of the shelves were now completely bare and everyitem still on sale ...
New plan for Raymond blanc restaurant
Jan 01, 2009 ... Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc is hoping to impress planners inBath with his latest recipe for a restaurant in the city. The star is hoping to transform the Quaker-owned Friends MeetingHouse in York Street into a 140-seater mid market restaurant. Initial plans were submitted in ...
Anti-binge drinking campaign 'needs to be rethought'
Jan 01, 2009 ... Campaigns to try to curb binge drinking are not working as wellas they should do because more and more young people are living forthe here and now. Research carried out by a team of academics at the University ofBath into Britain's binge drinking culture suggests that youngpeople ...
How bureaucracy threatens my Bath life - yet again
Jan 01, 2009 ... Editor's note: The following lengthy letter, which we received acouple of weeks ago, is another of those rare ones where we haveforgotten all about our 250-word limit because we felt the writerhad something important to say. We waited until we had a bit of space to use it ...
Student volunteers bring much to the city
Jan 01, 2009 ... I would like to offer festive thanks to student volunteers andtheir host organisations. As the university term has come to an end can I just take theopportunity to thank the legions of Bath Spa students (some 200since the start of term) who have undertaken voluntary work in ...
Did you attend this school in widcombe?
Jan 01, 2009 ... I wonder if any of your readers remember (or attended) theschool, which was run by the Misses Norris between 1943 and 1957 inthe Widcombe Hill ...
Transport plan could help pollution battle
Jan 01, 2009 ... In all the vigorous debate that is taking place in your columnsabout the Bath Transportation Package, there is one central factthat is rarely mentioned. It is that levels of air pollution in many parts of the city aredangerously high, and this has serious implications for the ...
The historical reasons for woolworths' demise
Jan 01, 2009 ... Mike Mapstone has accurately put his finger on many of theproblems that has brought about the present situation at Woolworths(Chronicle Letters, December 11 ) but the real problem goes muchdeeper than he has suggested. The Moorland Road branch (No 918) opened in January 1956 ...
Firm's pounds14k green backing
Jan 01, 2009 ... Environmental schemes in the Wessex Water region have been givena total of pounds14,000 of funding over the past year. The firm gave the money to 37 projects within its region throughthe Watermark award scheme. Now in its 15th year, the scheme has supported more than ...
Council call centre review
Jan 01, 2009 ... A review of the way people report problems to Bath and North EastSomerset Council is to be organised. A watchdog panel is to look at how improvements could be made tothe Council Connect service, which handles queries on subjects fromrubbish collection to road repairs and libraries ...
Recycle electrical goods plea
Jan 01, 2009 ... More than 6,000 tonnes of electrical or electronic equipment ayear are being recycled in the Bath area. And council chiefs are keen to keep up the good work as peoplereplace items over Christmas. Such equipment - which can include items from irons to kettles -can be recycled ...
Plea to save kitten's sight
Jan 01, 2009 ... Bath Cats and Dogs Home is appealing for support to fund acritical operation on a stray kitten in the shelter. Abbey, who is one of a litter of seven, was brought into the homein July. She has recently been diagnosed with cataracts and must betreated urgently to avoid losing ...
Marathon support for homelessness charity
Jan 01, 2009 ... Organisers of this year's half marathon have pledged theirsupport for a Bath-based homelessness charity. Staff at Running High, which organises the annual event, havechosen Julian House as its Featured Appeal of the Year. The main race charity is the Forever Friends Appeal's ...
Residents must be able to see brt plans - and councillors need to visit
Jan 01, 2009 ... The planning application for the BRT is likely to be submittedsome time in the week of January 5. Street representatives in the Newbridge area have asked councilofficers for hard copies of the plans to be made available in theneighbourhood but we have been told that this is not ...
Why life believes that abortion is wrong
Jan 01, 2009 ... In The Bath Chronicle Christmas week issue under the heading'views differ on abortion/Mother Theresa', Charles Plummer is quiteright - we do not accept that abortion should be available as areproductive choice for women. There are 200,00 abortions annually in our country under ...
Volunteers praised over festive lunch for 160
Jan 01, 2009 ... Around 160 people enjoyed a brighter Christmas thanks to a groupofvolunteers. Open Christmas, run by Bath's Churches Together group, providescompanionship and a festive lunch for people who would otherwisespend Christmas Day alone. The event, which is held at Kingswood ...
'Julian House saved my life'
Jan 01, 2009 ... When 35-year-old Noel was diagnosed with a blood-borne infectiousdisease he was determined to make a full recovery. And now the Julian House client has been cleared of hepatitis Cand is making a new life for himself. Noel, who has lived in Bath all his life, was on heroin from ...
Let's salute Bath's people of 2008
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Bath Chronicle is proud today to unveil the winners of ourfirst People of the Year awards. Spread over the next eight pages you will see our choice of theevents, organisations and most important of all, the people, whohave made their mark on Bath and the surrounding towns and ...
Local band of the year
Jan 01, 2009 ... Winners The Volt The Volt were winners of the MTV Get Seen Get Heard talent searchin June. Almost 200,000 votes were originally cast when MTV UK askedbands and musicians all over the country to upload videos of theirlive performances from last year's Oxjam festival to be ...
Theatre show of the year
Jan 01, 2009 ... Winner His Dark Materials The Theatre Royal's Young People's Theatre performed the NationalTheatre's adaptation of Philip Pullman's play in April to packedhouses in the main auditorium. Runners-up Festen A difficult play about child abuse was performed ...
Arts person of the year
Jan 01, 2009 ... Winner Ann Garner Ann founded the Next Stage Theatre Company 15 years ago topresent plays not normally tackled by amateurs. She was the drivingforce behind the company taking over what has now become the hugelysuccessful Mission Theatre in Bath, took the group to New York ...
Sports team of the year
Jan 01, 2009 ... Winner Bath Rugby It has been a year to remember for BathRugby, which ended a decade-long wait for silverware with May'sEuropean Challenge Cup triumph. Playing a brand of enthrallingrugby, the Blue, Black and Whites challenged strongly for theGuinness Premiership title last season, ...
Sportsperson of the year
Jan 01, 2009 ... Winner Ben Rushgrove Sprinter overcame a foot injury to win asilver medal in the T36 100m on his Paralympics debut in Beijing.Based at the University of Bath, Rushgrove has cerebral palsy and isprofoundly deaf. An inspiration for many youngsters in the cityowing to his countless ...