Bury Free Press (Bury St. Edmunds, England) back issues from February 2006:
Bid to rescue manor house.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Members of heritage bodies around Bury St Edmunds have created a steering group in a race against time to save the Manor House Museum. Representatives from The Bury Society, Friends of the Manor House, Bury Town Council and the Bury Town Trust hope to create a trust to run the ...
Wasted drugs cost [pounds sterling]1.75m.
Feb 01, 2006 ... The staggering cost of wasted medicines was demonstrated in Bury St Edmunds town centre this week. Health officials estimate un-used prescriptions cost Suffolk West Primary Care Trust (PCT) [pounds sterling]1.75 million every year. In a bid to reduce the shocking ...
School [pounds sterling]30,000 in debt.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Guildhall Feoffment Primary School, in Bury St Edmunds, is more than [pounds sterling]30,000 in debt. The 263-pupil school, in Bridewell Lane, was one of four primary schools in Suffolk shown to be struggling financially in a report by the Department of Education released his ...
Good news for historic buildings.
Feb 03, 2006 ... A vital register of important buildings in the Suffolk released on Monday by the county council shows more and more historic buildings are being rescued by repair work. Two thirds of the 290 buildings which have been on the five previous editions of the Buildings at Risk ...
Prayers said for Holocaust victims.
Feb 03, 2006 ... The Holocaust was commemorated in Bury St Edmunds last week in a tribute to the survivors and victims of the Nazi genocide. The service was led by Canon Peter Barham, of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, and held in the Abbey Gardens, next to the Holocaust Memorial Garden. ...
Man plucked to safety as flat is hit by blaze.
Feb 03, 2006 ... A firefighter pulled a man to safety from a flat fire. The man was hauled to safety after he became stuck at the window of his Beaumont Close flat in Bury St Edmunds last Friday. Sixteen firefighters tackled the blaze, which broke out at about 12.20pm. They had to use ...
And they call it puppy love...
Feb 03, 2006 ... A puppy was 'left for dead' in a bush in Rougham after disappearing from its home in Norton. It is feared thieves stole Bailey, a 12-week-old Jack Russell, before removing its collar and dumping it by the side of the road on Tuesday. Bailey's owner, Donna Hulstaert, ...
Civilians come under fire on the battlefield.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Members of the RAF Regiment's 2623 (East Anglian) Auxiliary Squadron are taking part in a gruelling two-week training course aimed at preparing them to deal with any situation. Reporter Anthony Carroll joined them for the day at RAF Barnham. Getting a pay rise usually ...
Beauty meets the geek...
Feb 03, 2006 ... Carrie Watson has been turning heads for years. So just imagine the effect the 21-year-old had on seven geeks when she lined up alongside six other beauties for the latest reality television show. Beauty And The Geek, which kicks off on E4 on Tuesday, sees seven ...
Festival feast.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Military splendour will open the 21st Bury St Edmunds Festival this year as the Band of the Grenadier Guards performs the traditional beating of the retreat. Classical concerts, open-air parties and sizzling lunchtime jazz are set to rock the town as part of the two-week ...
Motorsport: Get more out of your sport - volunteer.
Feb 03, 2006 ... They are described as being the best in the world. They are in ever-increasing demand yet becoming harder to obtain. I refer to marshals, the volunteer force that keep British motorsport the most active in the world. Marshals come in at all levels, from the paddock ...
Rugby: Second half fightback too late for Bury.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Bury St Edmunds 1st XV 12, Brentwood 1st XV 25 On this London 3NE showing, neither side should find themselves in the league below next season. The match started at a frantic pace with Bury, sponsored by Clydesdale Bank, asking the questions. However, luck ...
Running: Garrison result leaves Pacers in third.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Runners faced a tricky course at Colchester Garrison on Wednesday, to compete in the seventh race in the East Anglian Cross Country League. The race begins on the Garrison sports field, but within a few hundred yards the runners bottleneck and vie for position as they negotiate ...
Angling: Why the old days were not so golden after all.
Feb 03, 2006 ... I had an interesting chat the other day with an angler I have known for years but have not seen for a long time because, he informed me, he has not 'been out' for some time due to the poor way that venues have been fishing. He said how much he enjoyed the column (creep!) but ...
Swimming: Stowmarket in second place.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Stowmarket Swimming Club A and B teams competed in round two of the Winter League. Twenty members of Stowmarket A were in action at Lowestoft in the Division One gala, competing against Lowestoft A and B teams, Thetford, Great Yarmouth and Saxons. The Stowmarket and ...
Golf: Byford closes in on four mark.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Simon Byford, who works as a professional trainee in the golf shop at Swallow Suffolk, returned to his Bury St Edmunds club to win Division One of the men's January Midweek Stableford. The 23-year-old aims to enter the PGA's three-year course by reducing his handicap to the ...
Football: Breen hat-trick makes it 35 goals so far this season.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Rocklands 0, Thetford Athletic 5 Thetford Athletic, sponsored by Combat Paintball, entertained an in-form Rocklands in a league encounter. The home side took a fifth-minute lead when a great through-ball was latched onto by Matt Spencer. He rounded the keeper before ...
Football round-up: Under-par Blues' display off target.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Bury Town 1, King's Lynn Res 1 Bury Town's target of nine points from three successive home matches faltered at the first hurdle on Saturday. The Ram Meadow mid-table visitors upset the Ridgeons League Premier Division form book, deservedly earning a point again their ...
Darts: 11-dart triumph.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Tony Course is the Titan of tungsten after completing a nerve-jangling 11-dart leg. Course hit scores of 100, 121, 180 and 100 playing for Pot Black A against Mick Campbell of Bury Town FC on Friday. Following his leg-winning double top, Course received a rapturous ...
Speedway: Elite rider joins Fen Tigers' line-up.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Elite League star Ryan Sullivan is set to ride for the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in an historic meeting against Ipswich Witches. The Peterborough Panthers' Australian veteran is lined up to be a guest rider for the Fen Tigers in the two-legged clash -the first against the ...
Football: Town need to find best form.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Richard Wilkins is looking for a top display from his side when they entertain Harwich & Parkeston at Ram Meadow tomorrow (ko 3pm). Despite a Ridgeons League Premier Division midweek home 5-0 win against Halstead Town, Bury Town have struggled to find their best form. ...
Rugby: Breckland are champions.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Breckland Middle School celebrated winning the West Suffolk Rugby Tournament for Year 8 teams. The Brecklanders defeated Blackbourne Middle School 20-0 in the final of the 16-team competition hosted by Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club at their Haberden ground. In the ...
Football: Jopling - eight clubs interested.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Needham Market FC striker Stuart Jopling has revealed that eight clubs have expressed an interest in signing him Jopling agreed a financial package with Needham team boss Mark Morsley on Thursday and has received offers from clubs in both the Ridgeons League Premier Division and ...
'We've got lots to offer town'.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Renowned auction house Christie's has announced the opening of a new regional office in the heart of Bury St Edmunds. The company, which has become synonymous with fine art since its formation more than 200 years ago, will be based at The Stable Block, on Angel Corner. ...
General offers tactical advice.
Feb 03, 2006 ... Business leaders from across Suffolk made the trip to Hintlesham Hall, where they heard from one of the country's most distinguished soldiers. Major General Arthur Denaro talked to around 50 people about how the principles of leadership in battle could be translated into good ...
Football: Late goals help Bury to easy victory.
Feb 06, 2006 ... Bury Town eased past Harwich & Parkeston 5-1 on Saturday, courtesy of five different scorers. The home side were 2-0 up at half-time, following goals from Craig Parker and Paul Stokes. Chatters pulled a goal back for Harwich just after the break, but late strikes ...
Ex-MP's on her bike for charity.
Feb 06, 2006 ... Family tragedy has inspired former Conservative MP Edwina Currie to support a bike ride to Poland which aims to raise [pounds sterling]1 million for Marie Curie nurses. Mrs Currie was in Bury St Edmunds this week to challenge fund-raisers to ride 450km from Berlin to Warsaw, in ...
Bats wing in for winter...
Feb 06, 2006 ... An historic Suffolk stately home has revealed its very own version of Gotham City and Bruce Wayne's famous Bat Cave. But this time it is no Hollywood fantasy - vaults under the West Wing at Ickworth House, near Bury St Edmunds, are home to no fewer than 41 of the real-life ...
You can't beat a chip shop chip.
Feb 06, 2006 ... The heat is on to find our favourite fryer as National Chip Week launches on Monday, February 13. With more than 8,500 chip shops in Britain serving us 500,000 tonnes of potatoes every year, our mouthwatering mission to find the tip top chip in the Bury Free Press circulation ...
A pint and a stamp, please.
Feb 06, 2006 ... Pubgoers could soon be able to post a letter or buy a book of stamps with their pint, thanks to an innovative business idea. Sean Traynor, landlord of the Fox Inn, in Honington, had the idea of converting an outbuilding to take on the business of the village's sub-postmaster, ...
Work to start on offices.
Feb 06, 2006 ... Work is soon to start on one of the final developments on the Suffolk Business Park on Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds. Wrenbridge is developing Prospect Point, which consists of eight offices and four business units that will make up the final phase of the Suffolk Business Park. ...
Street wardens get extra six months.
Feb 07, 2006 ... Street wardens will continue to patrol Bury St Edmunds town centre for another six months after their contracts were extended. Three wardens were originally employed by Suffolk County Council on a trial basis for a period of three years, which comes to an end this month. ...
Council office plan under fire.
Feb 07, 2006 ... A controversial plan to move a council's operations from the heart of Bury St Edmunds is a step closer after a survey revealed only 38 people visited the site each day. St Edmundsbury Borough Council wants to shut its Angel Hill offices and move all of its services to the ...
Groups in race to save museum.
Feb 07, 2006 ... Members of heritage bodies in Bury St Edmunds have created a steering group in a race against time to save the Manor House Museum. Representatives from The Bury Society, Friends of the Manor House, Bury Town Council and the Bury Town Trust hope to create a trust to run the ...
Races on track to help charity.
Feb 07, 2006 ... The popularity of a massive fun run for cancer research has meant three additional races will be available in the region when Race For Life gets under way this summer. The annual Race For Life in Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds, has attracted so many entries that, with a maximum of ...
Nurse Tracey on hand to help patients.
Feb 07, 2006 ... The first specialist nurse caring for people with Parkinson's disease in West Suffolk will start work this month. Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist (PDNS) Tracey Ward has eight years' experience in the role, while based in Halstead, Essex. She said: "There are ...
Scheme helps the homeless.
Feb 08, 2006 ... Homeless youngsters can now seek help from an innovative scheme which places them in volunteers' homes around Bury St Edmunds. The YMCA, in Westgate Street, is launching the Nightstop scheme to provide emergency accommodation for homeless young people aged 16 and 17. ...
Weird and wonderful ties go on show.
Feb 08, 2006 ... Terrific ties were on show at Abbot's Green Primary School, on the Moreton Hall Estate, on Friday. Pupils at the Bury St Edmunds school created and modelled their own wacky ties to raise money for bowel cancer. They modelled their ...
A14 work 'cut my business by half'.
Feb 10, 2006 ... A popular business is teetering on the edge of survival as work on the new Rookery Crossroads continues to wreak havoc. Rougham Hall Nurseries has seen its turnover drop by 50 per cent during the past 15 months, with customers being unable to access the family business. ...
Chips are down for school meals.
Feb 10, 2006 ... The number of youngsters having school meals has fallen with pupils snubbing new, healthier food to eat at their local chip shop instead. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver led a one-man campaign to highlight the poor nutritional value of school meals last year. Steps had ...
Families' outrage as headstones said to be unsafe.
Feb 10, 2006 ... A council has come under fire after shocked visitors to Bury St Edmunds cemetery found a number of graves had been disturbed. St Edmundsbury Borough Council has slapped dozens of notices on headstones informing the owners the graves have failed health and safety tests. ...
Vivienne remembers the joys of life.
Feb 10, 2006 ... An accountant spent 10 life-changing days in Cambodia after travelling to see where money she helped to raise was spent. Vivienne Bush was part of a group of 10 who visited the country's infamous Killing Fields and learned about the Pol Pot era, when two to three million people ...
Driver so lucky as food lorry overturns.
Feb 10, 2006 ... A lorry driver had a lucky escape when his vehicle carrying 20 tonnes of cat and dog food overturned and ended up in a water-filled ditch on the A134 just after midnight on Tuesday. Martin Irving was trapped in his cab for an hour as firefighters worked to free him. ...
Abbey ending for toddler.
Feb 10, 2006 ... She can only count to 13, but little Abigail Frew could be the envy of all her toddler friends after a bank offered her a [pounds sterling]20,000 loan. The money - which could buy her 4,000 teddy bears at [pounds sterling]5 each - was offered to Abigail, who is aged two years ...
Bacon firm set to sizzle with a new [pounds sterling]16m factory.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Excitement is growing as a new [pounds sterling]16 million factory on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds nears completion. Work on Direct Table Foods' new site, on Saxham Business Park, has been in full-swing for the last six months, with an opening date pencilled in for sometime ...
Drivers hit by delays as town road works start.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Traffic chaos and delays have swept across Bury St Edmunds as roadworks being carried out by St Edmundsbury Borough Council have caused major delays to commuters and residents. While drivers have complained about long tailbacks, town centre residents have been angered by ...
John spies himself in 1920s photograph.
Feb 10, 2006 ... An eagle eyed 100-year-old has filled a photographic gap in his history after he spotted a picture of himself in a football team in the Bury Free Press. John Ashton's school album is complete after he recognised himself in a team photograph of King Edward VI Grammar School from ...
First-timers get set for the run of their life...
Feb 10, 2006 ... Four friends from Woolpit are off on the run of a lifetime when they take part in the London Marathon. Rachel and Andrew Terry and Kate and Ben Davis live in Wrights Way and are raising money for St John Ambulance and the British Orthopaedic Foundation. And while Ben ...
Angling: Do-gooders can cause real problems for all of us.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Here I sit, broken hearted, got no news so can't get started. Surely somebody, somewhere, is catching? So, in a moment of pique I feel in the mood to be controversial. Here goes. It may be that we can all be classed as do-gooders to one extent or another. If you ...
Martial arts: Medal haul for martial arts school.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Bury St Edmunds Kuk Sool Won school competed at the UK Championships, held in Birmingham, and won 63 medals. The squad of 21 adults and youngsters won 20 gold medals, 15 silver, 15 bronze and 13 copper, in the two-day ...
Running: In-form Partridge claims bronze medal.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Pat Partridge and Peter Golding, competed at the South of England Veteran Cross Country Championships at the weekend. The St Edmund Pacers' duo took part in the Over-50 category and earned an opportunity to compete at the National Cross Country Championships. ...
Point-to-point: Successful day for Turner yard.
Feb 10, 2006 ... The Waveney Harriers' rescheduled point-to-point at Higham, had small fields but produced good racing on excellent course conditions. Ampton-based trainer Joe Turner had a very successful day, with Newmarket jockey James Owen scoring two wins and a second while his ...
Rugby: Bury make first-half pressure count.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Colchester U-16s 20, Bury St Edmunds U-16s 30 Bury, sponsored by Serapid and Unique Building Supplies, had no intention of surrendering the trophy in this Suffolk Cup final. Haberden coach Ed Tonnar left regular goal kicker Smith on the bench as he opted for adventure ...
Brewers launch new glassware to celebrate special week.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Beer was biting back this week with the launch of an age-old partnership which has been challenged by the wine culture. Beer with Food week runs between April 2 and 8 and will promote the pleasure of supping a good ale with your meals. Spearheading the launch this ...
Motorsport: Newcomer Holmes leads class championship.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Patchy, but very thick fog proved a problem for the 59 crews who started the Oakington Stages Rally on Sunday, competing in round two of the BK Competition Tyres-Ward Construction AEMC Stage Rally Championship. Among the field were four from West Suffolk MC, with John ...
Cyclo-cross: Champion Davey wins again.
Feb 10, 2006 ... The final round of the Eastern Cyclo-Cross League - the Mildenhall Cross - was held at West Stow Country Park on Sunday. Senior champion Carl Davey (API/Metrow) won the event by more than a minute from nearest challengers Nathan Miller (Ipswich BC) and Ian Newby (Diss & District ...
Golf: Taylor and Kerr cruise to Winter League victory.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Barry Taylor and Stewart Kerr led almost from start to finish to achieve a comfortable victory in the Swallow Suffolk men's Winter League. They carded a creditable 37 points in the final round on Sunday, but the score did not count because they had already recorded four ...
Jodie's career gets a make-over.
Feb 10, 2006 ... The style pages of Vogue beckon for a Stowmarket hairdresser after a leading American style company signed her to their books. Jodie Chapman, who owns a salon in the town, has been recruited by Modern Organic Products to give hands-on training and presentations to other ...
Football round-up: Blues knock in five for second time.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Bury Town 5, Harwich & Parkeston 0 For the second successive game, Bury scored five goals without producing their best form. This Ridgeons League Premier Division victory completed a run of three home games in eight days at Ram Meadow, the Blues collecting seven of a ...
Football: Derby clash - it is Vase time.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Richard Wilkins knows that his team will have to be at their very best to progress in the FA Vase competition. Bury Town FC meet AFC Sudbury in an eagerly-anticipated fifth round tie at King's Marsh Stadium tomorrow (ko 3pm), and the stage is set for an epic fourth meeting ...
Rugby: Double delight for rugby club.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club is celebrating a double success following international call-ups for two of its young players. Eighteen-year-old Peter Clarke and 16-year-old Owen Giles (right) have been selected to take part in England training squads in their respective age groups. ...
Football: Town set to turn on Vase style.
Feb 10, 2006 ... Mildenhall Town FC travel to Hillingdon Borough tomorrow (ko 3pm), looking to make club history by reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Vase for the first time. The Recreation Way-based side's team manager Trevor Munns can boast a fully-fit squad, boosted by the signings of ...
FA Vase draw: Bury handed Crook Town test.
Feb 13, 2006 ... Bury Town have been drawn away to Crook Town in the quarter-finals of the FA Vase. Bury will travel to County Durham on March 4 for the tie, following their 2-0 away victory against AFC Sudbury on Saturday. Goals from Ian Miller and Andrew Wood, both in extra-time, ...
Safety fears for village's bend.
Feb 13, 2006 ... Concerned villagers fear it will take a serious accident on a dangerous bend before any real safety work is carried out. Since Christmas, four vehicles have plunged into a ditch by the sharp bend on the edge of Nowton. Although some improvement work has been carried ...
Call to give up a room for the night.
Feb 13, 2006 ... An innovative scheme is helping homeless teenagers by giving them shelter in volunteers' homes around Bury St Edmunds. The YMCA, in Westgate Street, has launched the Nightstop scheme to provide emergency accommodation for homeless young people aged 16 and 17. ...