Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) back issues from February 2008:
pounds 4.5 MILLION! HUNT IS ON FOR THE MYSTERY WINNER OF.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Les Reid THE search is on for a punter in Coventry or Warwickshire who won nearly pounds 5 million on the Lottery a month ago. Someone scooped the jackpot at a local shop on January 5, and hasn't yet claimed the prize. The pounds 4.5 million is one of the ...
Jackpots that will never be spent; LOTTO: Contact details idea not practical, says newsagent.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Les Reid THE mystery would-be multi-millionaire joins an elite list of Lotto winners from Coventry and Warwickshire. But it's not the first time a lifechanging jackpot has gone unclaimed. In 2006, Lottery organiser Camelot was forced to hand ...
... AND COULD IT HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU?(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... "PEOPLE buy tickets but don't always check them. I do the lottery in a syndicate and it's sometimes a fortnight before we get round to checking the tickets." Robert Vaughan, aged 43, of Hampton Magna. "HE OR she has probably just forgotten to check their ticket ...
Top Tory meets business leaders.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... SHADOW cabinet member Alan Duncan made a whistle-stop tour of Coventry and Warwickshire yesterday. He visited post offices at Bedworth and at Baddesley Ensor, near Atherstone, before joining business bosses for lunch at the Chamber's headquarters at Binley Business Park in ...
Bad weather text alerts for parents.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... PARENTS in Warwickshire are being encouraged to sign up to a free text alert system which will let them know if bad weather has shut their child's school. The scheme has been developed in response to the ...
Blaze in workshop.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FIREFIGHTERS were called to a brake-fitters' workshop in Warwickshire after a piece of machinery caught fire. Two crews from the town used dry powder to ...
Roger's all set for a breath of fresh air; MEET THE WINNER OF AN AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT IN OUR FANTASTIC COMPETITION.(Competition/Offers)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Warren Manger RETIRED engineer Roger Wood declared himself a huge fan of the Coventry Telegraph competitions after winning an air conditioning unit yesterday. Roger, of Anchorway Road, Green Lane, normally does his gambling on the stocks and shares market ...
WIN this super sat-nav BY 8pm TONIGHT! MEET THE WINNER OF AN AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT IN OUR FANTASTIC COMPETITION Heart of England www.21stecentury.coop We're at the heart of the community.(Competition/Offers)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Stores at: Atherstone, Long Street Bedworth, High Street Coventry, Corporation Street Hinckley, Castle Street Kenilworth, Warwick Road Nuneaton, Abbey Street Leamington, Warwick Street Rugby, Sheep ...
A year ago, I didn't think I'd still be here.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Catherine Vonledebur HEALTH REPORTER MALCOLM and Susan Martin walk hand in hand in the grounds of Coventry's Bablake School on a beautiful crisp January morning. The sky is blue and the sun is shining. There is a slight breeze. A year ago school ...
Bablake helped me to thank the hospital medics; Heartwarming story of one man's battle with a rare form of cancer.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE couple met at a pub in the Warwickshire village of Bishop's Tachbrook where Susan was in the same darts team as Malcolm's mother. They married in 1977 at All Saints Church in Leamington. Malcolm said: "I was a farm worker all my life. I am born and bred in Leek ...
Torrential rain causes localised flooding.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... HIGH winds and a torrential mid-morning downpour battered Coventry and Warwickshire yesterday. There was some isolated flooding, including the Cawston bridge on the A4071 between the Rugby turn off from the A45 and Bilton. But emergency services reported no major ...
Man's ordeal as gang bursts in; ROBBERY: Intruders menace victim in his own home.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Stone CRIME REPORTER THREE men forced their way into a home in a quiet residential street in Coventry and demanded cash. They knocked at the door of the house in Hartington Crescent, Earlsdon, on Wednesday evening and when it was opened they barged in ...
Two injured after car hit wild animal.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TWO men were hurt when their car swerved off the road and down an embankment after hitting and killing a badger. The teenagers - who come from Meriden - ...
Road closed.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A BLUE Citroen car and a black Peugeot car were involved in a crash at 2pm in Radford Road in Coventry yesterday near to the junction with ...
New life granted to historic building; PLANNING: City councillors give go-ahead for scheme, despite reservations.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Helen Thomas PLANS to renovate a historic building near Coventry Cathedral and build an office block behind it have been approved by councillors. They gave the plans the go-ahead despite concerns about losing green space. The council's planning ...
Tax hike AND service cuts on the way; COUNTY COUNCIL: Officers draw up list of suggestions to make savings of pounds 6m.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Fiona Scott, POLITICAL EDITOR COUNCIL TAX payers in Warwickshire are likely to be hit with a double whammy of above-inflation rises and service cuts this year. Tories running the council are aiming for about a 3.9 per cent rise in council tax at the ...
Celebration mass.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ORGANISERS of a 70th anniversary celebration at Christ the King Infant School are reminding former pupils and staff about a special mass. ...
Coffee morning invite.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ALL Saints Church in Avenue Road, Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, will be holding a ...
OAP duped by conman.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A PARTIALLY-SIGHTED pensioner was conned out of cash by a man claiming to be from the "water board". The bogus worker snatched pounds 60 from the 83-year-old after tricking his way into her home in Townsend Lane, Long Lawford, near Rugby. The victim was unable to see ...
Campaigner's tragic death remembered.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY marks the 13th anniversary since animal rights campaigner Jill Phipps (below) was killed. The 31-year-old died on February 1, 1995, after being crushed by a lorry outside Coventry Airport as she protested against the transportation of live veal calves. ...
Witness plea after bakery fire.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BURGLARS are believed to have started a fire at a Nuneaton bakery. Police in the town are appealing for witnesses following the burglary and a fire at the Round Towers Bakery in Arbury Road, on Wednesday night. Officers were contacted by the fire brigade, who were ...
Knifeman demands car keys.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ROBBERS stole a car at a Rugby supermarket after forcing its owner to hand over the keys at knifepoint. The victim was approached 8.45pm on Wednesday in the Sainsbury's car park, in Dunchurch Road, by a man who had got out of a blue BMW car. After waving a blade, the ...
Conway gets suspension; The World Today.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... DISGRACED MP Derek Conway was suspended from the Commons for 10 days and ordered to repay up to pounds 13,161 improperly paid to his son Freddie. MPs endorsed the recommendations of the Standards and Privileges Committee without a vote, after a 35 minute debate.Mr Conway was not ...
Kids don't need to be patriotic; The World Today EDUCATION: British identity should not be on syllabus.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tim Ross CHILDREN should not be taught to be patriotic at school, researchers said today. The Government has called for history lessons to help children develop a sense of their British identity and a love of their country. But academics at the ...
NEW FACE; The World Today.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... NEW FACE ... Andrew Lloyd Webber has unveiled his new Maria - an actress he planted in TV soap Hollyoaks. Summer Strallen, 23, has been playing Summer Shaw in the Channel 4 serial since October. Fans of the soap have seen her relentlessly pursue her dreams of West End ...
Children under fire; The World Today.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ONE in 12 victims of gun-related murder last year was a child, new figures show. Home Office figures for 2006/07 showed that five of the 59 people shot dead were aged under 16, compared with none the year before. The grim statistic will add to ...
Join the Jets for 'tail gate party'.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE Cassidy Jets are inviting fellow American Football fans to watch the Super Bowl final at a special party at the Isle Casino on Sunday. The players along with members of the Coventry Cassidy Blaze ice-hockey team will be watching the New York Giants take on the New England ...
M69 to undergo repairs.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... MAJOR repair work is scheduled to start on the M69 near Nuneaton. The Highways Agency is due to start an 11-week programme of repairs next Friday. The work, estimated to cost nearly pounds 6 million, involves resurfacing a 4.1-mile (6.6km) stretch of the north and ...
Kids want to walk, mums don't! SURVEY FINDINGS: Parents ignoring children's wishes over how to get to school.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Les Reid PARENTS in Warwickshire are ignoring their children's wishes by driving them to school rather than allowing them to walk or cycle, a survey reveals. County council chiefs are now controversially urging parents clogging up roads to listen to their ...
Student on short-list.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A STUDENT FROM Warwick University has reached the last 20 in a competition to find the country's most business savvy student. Chris Wickson is on the 20-strong ...
Yesterdays, tomorrow.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... VOLUNTEERS are needed tomorrow for a north Warwickshire project to record people's memories of the area. The workshop takes place at the borough ...
Thieves raid two homes.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... THIEVES escaped with a haul of items after raiding two homes in Studley. A 32-inch Samsung television, an HP laptop computer, a digital camera and a set of keys were taken from a house in Crooks Lane between 10.30am and ...
Terror raid at city petrol station; Gunmen steal cash from safe.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Stone, CRIME REPORTER MASKED gunmen forced terrified staff at a Coventry petrol station to hand over cash from a safe. The two robbers, wearing balaclavas, burst into the Total garage in Foleshill Road, next to the Blue Ribbon roundabout, between 6am ...
Blood donor sessions.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BLOOD donors in Nuneaton can book their appointments at two sessions next week. Donors can go to Stockingford Pavilion in Ansley Road, on Tuesday, February 5, between 1.30pm and 3.30pm and 4.30pm and 7.30pm. ...
Church is ready to celebrate.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A COVENTRY Baptist church is launching a year of centenary celebrations with a list of exhibitions, reunions and guest speakers. Although the actual anniversary is not until September, members of Foleshill Baptist Church - which moved from Webster Street to Broad Street - have ...
Action plan to cut speed near school; ROAD SAFETY: pounds 50,000 of improvements are proposed.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Steve Evans SAFETY improvements costing pounds 50,000 are being proposed outside a north Warwickshire school. County council chiefs have completed a review of problems in Witherley Road, Atherstone, and say the speed limit should be slashed from 40mph to ...
Tackling rugby fans.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... RUGBY fans across Nuneaton and Bedworth are being urged to drink responsibly during the Six Nations Tournament, which kicks off this weekend, with England set to take on Wales on Saturday. Kit Leck, manager of ...
Letter: Your Say - So many ways to help children.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elizabeth Elgar LEADING children's charity NCH needs your help. We are looking for residents who want to make a real difference to children and young people in the West Midlands. We are always looking for support, be it volunteering, fundraising or backing ...
Letter: Your Say - Run up and give disabled a break.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karolina Chmielewska If any readers plan to run the London Marathon this April, I to invite them to run for Vitalise, which provides breaks for disabled adults, children and carers at five UK Centres. Many disabled people and their carers cannot afford a ...
Letter: Your Say - To The Point.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mr Kay I AM writing regarding the rather controversial letter by William Bell regarding speed limits and older drivers (Your Say, January 16). I totally agree with his comments that old people have "all the time in the world". I work hard all day long and ...
Letter: Your Say - To The Point.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Cochrane WHAT a promising start to 2008 for our local NHS Hospital Trust, the return of Dr Raj Mattu and the removal of pounds 50million of hospital debts. Dr Raj Mattu has finally been returned to work after almost six years. The cost to Dr Mattu has ...
Letter: Your Say - To The Point.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ian Harris LESLIE ASH the actress gets a settlement of pounds 5million because of a hospital infection. I feel sure that any ordinary men or women in the ...
Letter: Your Say - To The Point.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: J Bidley TO help eliminate some of the litter, etc, being dumped on our roads, would it not be an idea for counties to place litter bins in laybys? I have noticed that in the few places bins are provided the areas are a lot cleaner. As well as the A46 Toll ...
Daily Poem; TALKING 'BOUT MY GENERATION.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Faye Stringer TALKING 'BOUT MY GENERATION Girls start spitting in the street, Evil eyes from whoever we meet, Never good manners from children these days, Everyone is horrible in many ways, Rubbish and litter all over the floor, A ...
Reader Pictures.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... AVRIL BLAIN, of Lythalls Lane, Coventry, sent in these pictures of a sunrise and a sunset over the old Coventry ...
Letter: Your Say - Drop-off area needs changes.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: J Welsh I READ with interest R Henderson's views regarding the drop-off zone at University Hospital at Walsgrave being blocked with vehicles (Your Say, January 26). Recently I have spent a great deal of time visiting a relative at the hospital and I too have ...
Letter: Your Say - Biofuel is not a viable solution.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Wright UNFORTUNATELY it is rather naive to imagine that biofuels are some kind of magic bullet, which will solve the problem of global warming while allowing ever-increasing levels of consumption. Some small-scale biofuel projects (eg coppicing) ...
Letter: Your Say - Fight on in Jill's memory.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Janet Cummings I PAY respect to Jill Phipps, who tragically lost her life while protesting against the export of live animals from Coventry airport on February 1, 1995. She showed true guts and compassion in her fight to stop suffering to all animals. ...
Letter: Your Say - Hard to choose greatest player.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kevin Halls I'VE really enjoyed reading through the list of the all time favourite players who have played for the Sky Blues; to pick out one legend has been difficult, because we have had some great players. I've been a city fan since the Jimmy Hill era, ...
Letter: Your Say - Holocaust event a ray of hope.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Richard Dickson THIS year's event in Coventry to mark Holocaust Memorial Day epitomised all that is good about the city. If we respect those who have suffered in the past and are willing to learn from them, there can be hope that we may all live in peace now and in the ...
Letter: Your Say - Bring down the canopy.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: I Clark RE: Canopy. Please take the horrible thing down. It just gives a feeling of claustrophobia to what used to be an open Broadgate. I was very surprised to read that St Martins Property says it has never discussed the canopy. When it first ...
Letter: Your Say - Bring down the canopy.(Letters)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: J Young . . . IF the Cathedral Lanes landlord, St Martins Property reads the letters in the Telegraph, it would know how unpopular the canopy is ...
Flasher exposes himself to girl.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A FLASHER dropped his trousers and exposed himself to a 17-year-old girl as she walked to a bus stop in Exhall on Wednesday evening. The girl was walking along the Coventry Road at about 7pm when she was confronted by a man with his trousers halfway down his legs, performing an ...
Demolition job opposed; COMMUNITY ANGER: Resistance to plans to flatten school and build academy.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Warren Manger PLANS to demolish Sidney Stringer School and replace it with a city academy have met furious opposition from community chiefs in Hillfields. The proposed academy would open at the school in Cox Street in 2010 before moving to its purpose built ...
Course gives mums a special boost; PARENTING: School's family nurturing programme is hailed as a great success.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Helen Thomas MUMS and carers of children at a Coventry school have gained more confidence after completing a 10-week parenting course. They received certificates after finishing The Family Link Nurturing Programme for Parents at Hawkesbury Fields School, in ...
Ex-pupils meet up.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FORMER pupils of a Coventry school are being invited to a monthly get together. Members of Coventry Junior Technical School Old Pupils Association (1919-1954) meet at 10am on the ...
On This Day.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... 1865: The Bill to abolish slavery in the US was signed. 1884: The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, was published. 1901: Actor Clark Gable was born in Ohio. One ...
Fans pay tribute to panto star Beadle; LOSS: TV personality's sense of fun and charity work is recalled.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sian Powell FANS of the late Jeremy Beadle have paid tribute to the TV star who starred in panto at Bedworth Civic Hall. The 59-year-old played Buttons in Cinderella at Bedworth Civic Hall in 2005 and 2006. As the Telegraph reported yesterday, the star of ...
Cash gift for students' trip.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A GROUP of students from Warwickshire College who are planning a trip to Moshi in Tanzania, to work on a community project, have received a cash ...
Flippin' treat.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... PENSIONERS meeting at Coundon Care Centre Charity on Monday will be treated to pancakes to ...
Man facing jail over sex with girl, 15; Custodial sentence 'seems inevitable', judge tells him.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sinead Keller A MARRIED father-to-be is facing a jail sentence after he was found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Joseph Holcroft, of Silverdale Close, Aldermans Green, Coventry, had denied four counts of sexual activity with ...
DJ Moyles in ratings success.(News)
Feb 01, 2008 ... RADIO 1 DJ Chris Moyles (right) has narrowed the ratings gap with Radio 2 rival Terry Wogan in the battle of the breakfast shows. Wogan remains the nation's favourite with 7.73 million listeners, but Moyles is now just 420,000 listeners behind with 7.31 million - his biggest ...
WIN ... essential step-by-step guide to bringing up baby.(Competition/Offers)
Feb 01, 2008 ... HAYNES are famous for their car manuals, easy and practical set-by-step guides to looking after your motor. And now they have branched out with the Haynes Baby Manual: Conception to Two Years. First published in 2003, the book was an instant hit and has now been ...
Little earners clean up!(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... BRITAIN'S kids are raking in almost pounds 700 million a year for chores and errands - and most of the money is coming from mum and dad. But is it right a pay your children to do the dishes or wash the car? Experts warn that parents should be careful how they splash ...
Is your child a Telegraph star? Telegraph COOLEST KIDS TYSALL'S PHOTOGRAPHY.(Features)
Feb 01, 2008 ... DOES your youngster have what it takes to be a Telegraph model? We are looking for two children aged between five and nine to become the faces of the Telegraph for a year. Our winners - one boy and one girl - will take part in modelling assignments and become the ...