Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) back issues from August 2008:
FESTIVAL FOR BIKERS WILL COST pounds 1.4m; That's the bill for policing the event...and it's coming out of council tax.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Stone A BIG bikers' gathering will cost council tax payers a staggering pounds 1.4 million. That's the cost of policing the festival, the Bulldog Bash, in Warwickshire. Most of the huge bill will go to pay for thousands of extra police man-hours and ...
Joy over sight drug funding decision; HEALTH: Campaigners welcome new stance on treatment in city as 'absolutely wonderful'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Catherine Vonledebur SIGHT-SAVING drug Lucentis will be funded in Coventry following the success of a legal battle by three campaigners in Warwickshire. The trio all suffer from "wet" age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and could go blind in months. ...
The move follows MP's call.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE decision in Coventry follows a call by Coventry North-west MP Geoffrey Robinson for the city's PCT to follow Warwickshire PCT and make the drug available. The MP said: "I'm disgusted that any PCT should spend public money on fighting a case through the High Courts to deny ...
Support group.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IN January, Coventry Macular Disease Support group held its first meeting. It ...
I was almost hit by a car in my back garden; ACCIDENT: Pensioner Bob Banston was putting out the rubbish when there was an 'almighty bang'.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Michael Corley A PENSIONER has told how he was "seconds from death" after a car came hurtling towards him while he was in his garden. Fortunately for great grandad Bob Banston, the car came to a stop by wedging itself in the alleyway between his bungalow ...
Charity rallies support.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... COVENTRY supporters of charity Animal Aid will be in the Bull Yard in the city centre tomorrow publicising their work. They will have a stall ...
Derby tempting at 14-1 for title; . . . in association with www.betrescue.com.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jonathan Shepherd WITH the football season almost upon us, antepost betting markets have witnessed some furious activity this week. Birmingham have been installed as Betfred's 7/1 shot to bounce straight back to the Premier League as champions, although QPR ...
Bees swoop for Andersen.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By David Rowe COVENTRY Bees are in advanced negotiations to bring Denmark's World Cup winning captain Hans Andersen to Brandon. Andersen has been in dispute with current club Peterborough due to a huge backlog of unpaid wages from the troubled Showground club, ...
Coleman's work in progress... In association with Holiday Inn Coventry M6 J2.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Andy Turner CHRIS COLEMAN admits that he is still shaping his Coventry City squad as he looks ahead to the new Championship season. With nine days to go before the big kick-off against Norwich, the Sky Blues boss is eager to do some more business in the ...
MOVE TO TACKLE TEEN PREGNANCY; Safe-sex advisers drafted in to work with young people.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sian Powell TWO new sexual health workers are to tackle alarming rates of teenage pregnancies in Nuneaton and Bedworth. One teenager a day becomes pregnant in Warwickshire, according to statistics from the county council. The worrying trend is ...
The staggering cost of policing Bulldog Bash; BIKERS: pounds 1.4m operation to keep event trouble-free.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Stone CRIME REPORTER A BIG bikers' gathering will cost council tax payers a staggering pounds 1.4 million. That's the cost of policing the festival, the Bulldog Bash, in Warwickshire. Most of the huge bill will go to pay for thousands of extra police ...
MP celebrates pensions milestone.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PENSIONS minister and North Warwickshire MP Mike O'Brien has celebrated the centenary of the first state pensions. The first state means-tested pensions were given to people aged 70 and over on August 1, 1908. At the time, the most people could get as a pension was ...
Museum exhibits on tour.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PREHISTORIC fossils and rocks will be on display in Bedworth next week as museum exhibits go "on tour" during the school summer holiday. Staff from Warwickshire County Council's heritage education service will mount exhibitions for children and families every Tuesday at ...
PEAK PRACTICE; CHALLENGE: Hospital consultant Peter successfully scales the Swiss Alps for charity.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sian Powell GEORGE Eliot Hospital consultant Dr Peter Handslip has successfully scaled four peaks in the Swiss Alps in aid of charity. The longest serving medical consultant at the Nuneaton hospital has climbed around 14,939 metres, to help raise awareness ...
Elsie scales Ben Nevis to help care home.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PEAK-bagging Elsie Wilson has helped raise pounds 250 for the Nuneaton care home where she works. Elsie, a care assistant at Caldwell Grange in Donnithorne Avenue, Nuneaton, completed the challenging 1,344 metre climb of Ben Nevis in just nine hours. Caldwell Grange ...
Man in intensive care after attack.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TWO people have been arrested following an incident in Nuneaton during which a man suffered serious head injuries. A 38-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, both from Nuneaton, have been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. The pair have been ...
Public backs store petition; COMMUNITY: Site planning is back to square one.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Barbara Goulden COVENTRY teenager Richard Walls has received massive support for the petition he launched against a supermarket opening in the middle of Cheylesmore. He has already won a potentially powerful ally in deputy council leader Kevin Foster. ...
Jaguar Band in concert.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE JAGUAR Band will perform in the beautiful grounds of Allesley Hall on Sunday as part of the Coventry's Bands in Parks season. The concert at the hall in Allesley ...
Sing your hearts out.(Sport)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MUSIC lovers can sing their hearts out with like-minded folk at the Harp Place Annexe in Sandy Lane, Radford on Thursday evening. The friendly Young at Heart Singing ...
New knees give new lease of life for Isabel.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BIONIC pensioner Isabel Milnes had both her knees replaced and rebuilt with titanium - and is amazing her physiotherapist with her fitness levels. The 68-year-old north Warwickshire woman says her new lease of life is down to the gentle work-outs at her local council-run leisure ...
Festival tribute to tragic dad Alan; COMMUNITY: Event organisers want to help keep manslaughter victim's memory alive.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Steve Evans MORE than 1,000 people are expected to support a community festival in Nuneaton' this weekend - and remember manslaughter victim Alan Fessey. Organisers of Sunday's annual Camp Hill Community Festival are organising a fivea-side soccer ...
Garden party will see vicar in stocks.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A VICAR at a church near Nuneaton is expected to end up in the stocks at this weekend's annual fundraising garden party. The Rev John Plant, rector of Cadeby Parish Church, will put himself in the firing line as parishioners hurl wet sponges. The garden party, in the ...
Ready your wellies.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... WELLY-wanging will herald a new era next week for a recreation ground near Nuneaton. The novelty event will be among the celebrations when the new-look Mancetter Recreation Ground, in ...
There's only one word for it... 'outrageous' ++ FUEL BILLS PRICE HIKE ++.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: TINA JUNDAY ANGER over rising fuel bills grew again yesterday as British Gas owners announced huge profits the day after the company hiked its prices. Centrica reported pounds 5 million-a-day profits on the back of a whopping rise of 35 per cent in gas bills ....
The World Today: Further threat to Post Offices; CLOSURES: Government must renew contract to safeguard future.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Lucy Lynch EDUCATION REPORTER A FURTHER 3,000 post offices could close unless the Government renews the organisation's card account contract, union leaders warned. The Communication Workers Union called on ministers to end uncertainty over the card ...
The World Today: Body in suitcase.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE dismembered body of a 17-year-old British girl was found in a suitcase in Brazil. She was named as Cara Maria Burke. The Foreign Office said in a statement: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Goiania in Brazil. "The body was ...
The World Today: Remains dug up.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BURNT and cut remains from at least five children have been found at Haut de la Garenne in Jersey, police have revealed. But because of difficulties in dating bones and teeth belonging to the unidentified children, aged between four and 11, a murder inquiry is unlikely to ...
The World Today: Bus decapitation.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A BUS passenger stabbed the man sitting next to him dozens of times before decapitating him. Canadian police said the attack happened as the bus was en route from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba. They refused to give further details of what they described as ...
The World Today: DRINK UP... The Prince of Wales.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... DRINK UP ... The Prince of Wales sampled a new environmentally-friendly beer - after travelling to a brewery by helicopter. Charles and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk, to look at the brewery's attempts to reduce its carbon footprint. ...
Teenage gang attack man, 43; CRIME: Victim's rucksack grabbed in street mugging.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Stone CRIME REPORTER A GANG of young thieves shoved a Coventry man over before kicking him and mugging him as he lay on the ground. The group of five 14 to 16-year-olds pounced on the victim as he walked along Torrington Avenue, Tile Hill, opposite the ...
Crash woman airlifted to hospital.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN was airlifted to University Hospital, Coventry, after an accident on the M42. The car she was in was in a collision with a heavy goods vehicle. West Midlands Ambulance was called to the northbound carriageway between junctions 10 and 11, shortly before 7.25am ...
Letter: Help raise profile of meningitis.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sue Davie ON behalf of the Meningitis Trust, I thank supporters who took on the Gobi Desert Challenge to raise funds for our work and hope their story will encourage your readers to take on a personal challenge for us. The team of supporters, named Commando ...
Letter: To The Point.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Deane IT seems that virtually every week one of the energy companies announces more increases in gas and electricity prices. The privatisation of our gas, electricity and water was supposed to bring down prices - another lie that ...
Letter: To The Point.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... I ARRANGED to meet friends at The Lounge in the city centre and it was after 5.30pm, I parked at the back of the bar on Sheriffs Orchard, off Greyfriars Road. Within minutes, I had been reported by one of the businesses and a private firm had clamped my car demanding a pounds 94 ...
Letter: To The Point.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mr J Harper AFTER 20 minutes going from Browns Lane to Coundon Wedge I eventually found the entrance to the Jaguar/Daimler Heritage Site. The official website and map says it's on Browns Lane but does not tell ...
Letter: We smell the fuel every day.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: P Campbell IN RESPONSE to G Hammond's letter about Coventry Airport (Your Say, July 24), I do not believe expansion is justified at this small airstrip. Birmingham, which is very close, has been given the green light to expand and will have an extended ...
Letter: Keep up good work, Janet.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Yvone McCombes READING G Watson's letter (Your Say, July 29) about Janet Cummings, I was disappointed about the criticism of an animal lover for celebrating saving badgers. The comments about the food chain and how badgers will eat mice etc were not relevant ...
Letter: Dave Cameron.(Letters)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jackie McCarthy SO Dave Cameron's Tories are to create more apprenticeships for the young? Don't make me laugh, it was the Tories who took away the apprenticeships before. U may fool young voters into ...
Daily Poem.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: A J Ward CAN the seaside donkey rider become master of the hounds? Can the tabloider enjoy a hoof and bone mag? Would the supermarket shirt wearer feel comfortable in a wax jacket? Could the grouse shooter swap the double barrel for a ...
Reader Picture.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SEAN WALTER sent in this photo of little Kayla Alana Walter with Big Brother's Rebecca Shiner, known as Bex. ...
Text Talk; OUR EASY NUMBER... 80010.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Please remember to include your full name and your area and town or city ....
Ikea store is axing night operations; CHANGE: Workers to be offered jobs on day shift.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington THE Ikea store in Coventry is to axe its night shift from next month. Workers were told this week that they would have to switch to the day shift. The announcement comes seven months after the superstore opened in Croft Road ....
'Minder' role for former soap star.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TV CHANNEL Five has confirmed details of its revived version of classic hit TV show Minder, which will star Shane Ritchie as wheeler-dealer Arthur Daley's nephew. Former EastEnders actor ...
Juggler helps to put plea over pensioners' plight.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PENSIONERS in Coventry are using the 100th anniversary of the state pension today to demand the government do more to look after the elderly. Coventry Pensioners Convention is angry that one in four pensioners are now living below the government's mythical poverty line of ...
We've been having fun in the sun; SPARK IN THE PARK: Hundreds of youngsters enjoy free games and activities as part of project run by churches and involving more than 100 volunteers.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Chown HUNDREDS of youngsters have been enjoying fun in the sun at Coventry's War Memorial Park this week. Spark in the Park was organised by the churches of Coventry. Organiser Sarah Harrison, aged 29, who works at Queens Road Baptist ...
Exhibition charts Sir Basil's work.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MONTH-LONG exhibition celebrating the career of Sir Basil Spence, the architect who designed Coventry's iconic cathedral, opens in the city today. Sir Basil became a household name after winning ...
Tributes for one of city's unsung heroes; OBITUARY: Coventry union leader George Anderson dies, aged 74.(News)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tina Junday WELL KNOWN Coventry union leader George Anderson has died at the age of 74. He fell down the stairs of his home in Styvechale, Coventry, and died in University Hospital on July 24 after suffering head injuries. He worked at press ...
Cheerleaders backflip their way to America.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... COVENTRY cheerleaders held on to their British championship title for the third year. High rise pyramids from the Coventry Cheerleading Athletes impressed judges in the finals at the weekend. The team of ...
Walkers pitch in to raise cash.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A CHARITY walk around the pitch at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry has boosted four charities to the tune of pounds 1,500. BBC Coventry and Warwickshire presenter Bob Brolly, Coventry City director Joe Elliott and Sky Blues Sam were among 100 people who did ...
Fear of heights won't stop Jane; HEALTH: Plucky woman plans parachute jump after her dad is diagnosed with cancer.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Sinead Keller DAREDEVIL Jane Taylor is taking the plunge to raise awareness of prostate cancer. Jane, 38, of Stubb's Grove, Stoke Heath, Coventry, is petrified of heights - but is aiming to make her parachute jump on August 16. She was ...
Chance to join St Trinian's.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... COVENTRY'S City College needs more performers for its musical version of St Trinian's. The performing arts summer school is holding sessions in dance, singing and drama in preparation for a show on August 15. ...
On This Day.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... 10BC: Roman Emperor Claudius I was born in Lyons. 1778: The first savings bank opened, in Hamburg. 1834: Slavery was abolished in all ...
Just the ticket for a headache! FRUSTRATION: Travel firm apologises over Pam's four-month battle to cancel a holiday.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Barbara Goulden RETIRED telephonist Pamela Jackson was amazed when she received three airline tickets for a holiday she hadn't paid for and had cancelled nearly four months ago. Mrs Jackson, who lives in Lavender Avenue, Coundon, Coventry, had originally ...
All the fun of the fair in Longford.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THIS year's Longford Fair is the seventh time the family community event has taken place. The fun starts at noon on Saturday, August 9, and runs until 5pm. Attractions include art and crafts, quad bikes and donkey rides. Stage events include a tribute to ...
Dot's cats are in the picture; BOOK: Artistic students bring writer's feline characters to life as part of their university degree course.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tina Junday WRITER Dorothy Kilmurry drafted in creative students to illustrate her book about cats. The art students, from Coventry University, brought the feline characters to life for Dorothy's book Bootsie Needs Counselling. The divorced ...
Five take the plunge.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... VOLUNTEERS from Wyken Adventure Centre in Coventry - Lorraine Brookes, Sam Hobday, Maria Morris, ...
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Free swimming is saved; COUNCIL: Coventry Sports Trust wins bid to run city's public pools and will honour Passport to Leisure.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Fiona Scott POLITICAL EDITOR A THREAT to end free swimming sessions for thousands of people in Coventry people has been averted. Coventry Sports Trust has beaten off competition from three private firms to run the city's public pools. The ...
Kully helps knit a record.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... WHEN Kulvinder Sahota read about a Warwickshire woman's attempt to knit the longest pink scarf in the world she couldn't wait to help out. Jenny Chant appealed for knitters in the Telegraph two months ago and has had a great response. Kulvinder, who has worked at the ...
pounds 500 donated to centre for homeless.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... COVENTRY'S Bridge Drop In cafe for the homeless and disadvantaged has received a pounds 500 donation from Coutts - bankers to the Queen. The Bridge is part of the Jesus Centre in Lamb Street where volunteers offer breakfasts, showers and ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Would I Lie to You? (BBC1 9.00pm) Michael Aspel, Dara O'Briain and David Mitchell attempt to hoodwink their opponents Big Brother host Davina McCall, Jason Manford and Lee Mack with absurd facts and plausible lies about themselves. Presented by Angus Deayton. The ...
Back from X-ile; Cinema.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: TARA CAIN THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (15) STARS: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet. DIRECTOR: Chris Carter. IF absence makes the heart grow fonder then we should be ready to fall in love again with FBI ...
Superhero costumes and props up for grabs; THE GREEK FILES Our self-confessed sci-fi geek's blog. Catch up with more of David Bentley's blogs at www.coventrytelegraph.net.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HUNDREDS of authentic movie props and memorabilia will go under the hammer today in an online auction - including genuine superhero costumes worn in the movies. Tobey Maguire's mask from Spider-Man is expected to fetch up to EUR55,000 (pounds 27,500). The original ...
X factor never went away for X-Files duo; Cinema.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: TARA CAIN IS the truth still out there? After six years away from the world of the paranormal, alien invasions and spooky phenomena it seems that now the answer is a resounding yes, with FBI agents Mulder and Scully back in business with a new X-Files movie. ...
WIN X-Files film goodies; ODEON FANATICAL ABOUT FILM.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TO tie in with the release of The X-Files we have a great selection of goodies to be won. We have three sets of film-related goodies to be won - a heat changing mug, a mini-projector keyring, a baseball cap and a T-shirt. All you have to do for a chance of winning is ...