Recently added articles from Bristol Evening Post:
Air Malta to base a plane at Bristol international
Jun 30, 2005 ... Airline Air Malta has announced plans to base a plane at BristolInternational Airport as part of expansion plans for winter. It follows the successful launch of a dedicated summer charterprogramme flying to Egypt, Spain, Cyprus, Turkey, Austria and Greece. Over the winter Air ...
All's big on the Preston front!
Jun 29, 2005 ... James Preston warmed up for next week's English Schools' Track andField Championships with a double victory in the Under-15 shot anddiscus at the latest National Young Athletes' League fixture. The 13-year-old Bristol & West athlete may be a rookie in thesport but, at 6ft 3ins and ...
First gets VIP guests to ship - first class
Jun 29, 2005 ... Bristol's maritime masterpiece, designed by Isambard KingdomBrunel, is undergoing an GBP11 million restoration. The money has been spent on refurbishments inside and out the ssGreat Britain and the dockyard, including a new visitor centre andplates of glass covered with water so ...
School stars battling it out for monthly prize
Jun 29, 2005 ... The schools' season moved up a gear in June with the Avon andSouth West Championships. Both meetings gave youngsters the perfect chance to show theirpotential, with the possibility of winning a place in the countyteam for the English Schools' Championships. It ensured some ...
United pulls out of Somerfield bid
Jun 29, 2005 ... Supermarket chain Somerfield has announced that one of its suitorshas pulled out of the bidding process. United Co-operatives, which has 1,000 outlets in the north ofEngland, pulled out of the running after seven weeks evaluating itsposition. Whitchurch-based Somerfield said ...
Staff angered by praise for health trust cuts
Jun 29, 2005 ... North Bristol NHS Trust staff have been left shocked and angry tosee their crumbling organisation held up by the Government as apositive example of how to deal with debt ("Health trust singled outfor praise", Post, June 24). On seeing this Post report, we needed to read it several ...
Lorraine is back to help out school
Jun 29, 2005 ... A Director from developer Crest Nicholson has visited a school inSri Lanka that was devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami. The building firm raised GBP5,000 to help Trincomalee School,which is being rebuilt by a team of Italian firefighters. Crest Nicholson raised most of the ...
Savings drive by owner of post
Jun 29, 2005 ... Northcliffe Newspapers, owner of the Bristol Evening Post, islaunching an efficiency project focusing on ways to save at leastGBP20 million a year. The two-year initiative will look at policies, processes andstructures across all areas of the business. The new programme has ...
Union blasts plans for brigade HQ
Jun 29, 2005 ... Plans for a regional control centre handling all 999 fire calls inthe South West have spiralled out of control, claim union leaders. Under the Government's modernisation plans for fire services, 999calls to the country's 46 separate fire brigades will be controlledby regional ...
No pay - but it's such fun
Jun 28, 2005 ... Jonathan Brecknell and Darren Sheward gave up well-paid jobs toset up their own property development company, Urban Creation. CHLOERIGBY met them a year on. T Here's one word that comes up again and again when JonathanBrecknell and Darren Sheward talk about their first year ...
French flop puts heat on sword in title race
Jun 28, 2005 ... Stephen Sword's hopes of winning the 125/250cc world moto-crosstitle took a dive when he failed to finish either race in the FrenchGrand Prix at Jean D'Angley. Australian Andrew McFarlane regained the lead in the championshipand now leads Italians Antoni Cairoli and Alession ...
Failand can't halt colbeck run spree
Jun 28, 2005 ... Mike Colbeck's innings of 85 in Bear Flat II's 218 was good enoughto keep them on top of Division Va as Failand & Portbury III fell 59runs short at 159-8. Dan Franklin made 46 and Roger Carpenter took 4-38 in BackwellFlax Bourton II's 173 then Darren Gould made 76 and Dave Senior ...
Ambulance service merger plan is sensible
Jun 28, 2005 ... My predecessor as chair of Avon Ambulance Trust, David Giles,wrote recently to express his criticism of proposals to bringtogether the ambulance trusts of Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire(Open Lines, June 17). I and the chairs of the other trusts involved are members of ...
Set sail for home
Jun 28, 2005 ... Two hundred years ago - in October 1805 - England waited agog tohear whether Nelson's fleet had been victorious over the French andSpanish navies at Trafalgar. Unthinkable as it was, defeat for the Royal Navy meant thatBonaparte's ships would be able to transport troops to these ...
United pulls out of Somerfield bid
Jun 28, 2005 ... Supermarket chain Somerfield has announced that one of its suitorshas pulled out of the bidding process. United Co-operatives, which has 1,000 outlets in the north ofEngland, pulled out of the running after seven weeks evaluating itsposition. Whitchurch-based Somerfield said ...
Save home of Cary's mother
Jun 25, 2005 ... Residents have objected to an application to knock down a house inWestbury Park which was lived in by the mother of Bristol-bornHollywood icon Cary Grant. They say the proposed development will increase traffic, ruin thevisual aspect of the area and change its character from ...
Wait for lessons at GBP30m school
Jun 25, 2005 ... As building work begins on a GBP30 million school in Redland, ithas emerged that pupils will have to wait until 2007 for their firstlessons on the site. The new secondary and post-16 education ...
Let the sun shine inside
Jun 25, 2005 ... Whatever the weather, winter should be over in your home and youshould be preparing for the summer season. It's time to cast off dark, heavy colours and furnishings soyou're ready to welcome the sunshine in. After all, most people have winter and summer wardrobes of ...
Store backs fund-raiser for elderly
Jun 25, 2005 ... Tesco stores in the Bristol area will be hosting collections forAge Concern this weekend as part of a regional fund-raising effort. Volunteers from the organisation, which helps combat isolation andloneliness among elderly people across the UK, will be outside thesix Bristol ...
Police car accidents: Casualties on the up
Jun 25, 2005 ... The number of people injured in collisions with Avon and Somersetpolice cars has risen by 32 per cent, a Home Office report hasrevealed - though the force disputes the figures. According to the Government report, there were 82 casualties inthe year to April 2004 - up from 62 ...