Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) back issues from December 2008:
AIDS NIGHTMARE: HUNDREDS OF CASES SWEEP COVENTRY; Shock figures show dramatic rise in number carrying deadly virus.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Catherine Vonledebur HEALTH REPORTER HIV CASES in Coventry have increased alarmingly over the past decade, shocking figures reveal today. In 1999, just 59 people were treated for the virus in the city - today there are 840. Twenty of them are children. ...
Sky Blues land Harriers.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... COVENTRY City have been handed a home tie against non-league Kidderminster Harriers in the third round of the FA Cup. The game against the Blue Square Premier side will take place at the Ricoh Arena on the first weekend in January. Chris Coleman's men will be hoping ...
Time to turn on your old magic; City boss Coleman's message to misfiring Mifsud.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Andy Turner COVENTRY CITY boss Chris Coleman is hoping Michael Mifsud can finally deliver an end product when the Sky Blues take on high-flying Reading tonight (8pm). The striker has proved to be a biggame player in the past, most notably when he scored a ...
ICC boss urges England return.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... INTERNATIONAL: Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat last night urged England to return to India for next month's two-Test series. The tour is in doubt following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai this week that killed 174 people. The squad arrived back in ...
Aids: Don't die of ignorance; WORLD AIDS DAY 2008 'Significant number' unaware they have contracted virus.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Catherine Vonledebur TWO people have died of HIV related illnesses at Coventry's University Hospital in just over a year. A man and a woman - both in their mid 30s - could not be saved because their conditions were so far advanced. Both had arrived in ...
Trust to rock the Kasbah; WORLD AIDS DAY 2008.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TODAY is World Aids Day, which has been running every December since 1988, and is dedicated to raising awareness of the condition. In the UK alone, more than 80,000 people are living with HIV and over 7,500 are diagnosed every year. Coventry's Terrence Higgins Trust ...
What it means to live with HIV/Aids; WORLD AIDS DAY 2008.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. IV infects and gradually destroys an infected person's immune system, reducing their protection against infection. Someone living with HIV may show no symptoms of HIV infection as their immune system manages to control it ....
11pc rise in cases across region; WORLD AIDS DAY 2008.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... IN 2007, there were 536 people newly diagnosed with HIV in the West Midlands and 3,267 people in need of HIV care in the region - an 11 per cent increase on 2006. This is above the national average. Nationally, an estimated 77,400 people were living with HIV in the UK in 2007, a ...
Rose planted to remember Pam; IN MEMORY: Friends gather to pay tribute to caring radiographer.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tina Junday AN APRICOT rose has been planted in the breast screening courtyard at Coventry's University Hospital in remembrance of a "much loved" radiographer who died of ovarian cancer. Pam Fletcher, a radiographer since the age of 21, joined the breast ...
Chinese politicians learn a lot from school visit.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SOME of the most powerful politicians in China visited the Westwood School in Coventry in search of ideas on improving their education system. The group of more than 50 included the minister for education Zhou Ji and state councillor Liu Yandong. A state councillor in China is ...
Anger over woodland 'drugs den' DANGER: Council accused of ignoring mess left by tramps and drug users.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Les Reid Political Reporter WOODLAND in Coventry is being used as a drugs and alcohol den, to the fury of families living nearby. They accuse the city council of neglecting the problem for years, despite clear dangers to children. The Sherbourne ...
Letter: No excuse for Iraq War.(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bill Haymes REALISTICALLY it's probably never going to happen that George Bush Jun and Tony Blair will appear before international courts to answer charges of war crimes for launching the Iraq War, which so far has caused many tens of thousands of civilian deaths, but ...
Letter: Where are all the litter wardens?(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joseph Oriel Vitols CAN I ask what the outcome was regarding the Review Group that Coventry City Council were thinking of setting up in respect of our pavements and grass verges? I ask this as where I live things seem to have gone from bad to worse, and the ...
Letter: Downturn hits poor hardest.(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sue Cockcroft MOST of us will feel the effects of the economic downturn, but the poorest people of the world will feel them hardest. The latest World Bank estimates suggest that as a result of the financial crisis, a further 40 million people will be pushed into poverty ...
Letter: Yellow card.(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: C. Bruce I WAS surprised to see Cllr. Roger Bailey supporting the traders of Broomfield Road in their justified complaints regarding the yellow lines on that street (Coventry Telegraph, November 19). The reason I was surprised was that the council ...
Letter: First-class post.(Letters)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mrs J. Foster I WISH people would stop complaining about Royal Mail. I have just received six Christmas cards for the family posted in the same envelope from Great Yarmouth. The postage cost 78p so I would imagine this was second class rate. The date on ...
Daily Poem.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Carol Breeze BABY P Fair haired little baby, With sad eyes of blue, Why did this horror, Happen to you? Little innocent victim, A small life, full of pain, So sorry that no one could hear you, So sad that nobody came. I think of my ...
TextTalk; OUR EASY NUMBER... 80010.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Please remember to include your full name and your area and town or city. ...
Reader Picture.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... David J. Krawczyk of The Wardens Avenue, Allesley Village, sent in this picture of foxes in his back garden. He said: "This time of the year they start to pair up, ...
SINGING STARS! PRIZE WINNERS: Coventry school raises the roof to win a national trophy.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington TALENTED pupils at a Coventry school hit all the right notes to achieve the highest accolade in a national singing programme. Youngsters at St John's Primary School in Allesley Park, are celebrating this week after scooping the platinum ...
TV's Sarah to host charity bash.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BBC news presenter Sarah Falkland is to host a Christmas bash for a Leamington charity which supports Darfur refugees. International aid organisation, Cord, is keen to sell as many tickets as possible for its Celebration of Christmas event. The concert, at the town's ...
We're recycling tools - and people! GO GREEN - City opens first regional support centre for national charity which provides essential resources for people in Africa to earn a living.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Mary Griffin, ENVIRONMENT REPORTER WE'VE all heard of recycling paper, cans and glass, but a team in Coventry is specialising in recycling people. Tools With A Mission, based in Binley, collects unwanted tools to send to Africa, giving people with few ...
'It's giving them the power to help themselves'.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... One of the initiatives supported by the charity is Mechanics for Africa, a training school in Zambia which takes in street children, feeds them, clothes them, teaches them a trade and sends them off with a mechanics kit - that could have originated from a Coventry home. The ...
Latest eco-menu might sound absolutely offal!(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mary Griffin MY war on waste has taken a new twist. I've turned to the ultimate recipe for food thrift - offal. We're talking animal hearts, lungs, intestines, and all the other bits that make school kids squirm. In the supermarket you ...
Jade will be taught by pros; EXPERT ADVICE: Aspiring teenage gourmand will learn from TV chefs Rachel Allen and Jun Tanaka.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TWO celebrity chefs have cooked up a real treat for Coventry teenager Jade Douglas. The ambitious 14-year-old is being given the rare opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade first-hand from television cooking sensations Rachel Allen and Jun Tanaka. When the ...
Latest research on babies - RUBBISH!(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Maureen Spring THE omens were not good. I'd been standing on the platform for ages freezing from feet to top of my head and really beginning to wonder why I'd given in to my friend's constant nagging (12 months of it to be precise) to persuade me to visit for a weekend ....
Old pupils meet at church hall.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE next meeting of the Coventry Junior Technical School Old Pupils' Association will be held on Tuesday, December 2. It is at St Martin in the Field church ...
'Lessons will be learned' TERROR: Smith pledges action after Mumbai attacks The World Today.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By PA Reporters BRITAIN must reassess its ability to respond to terrorists attacks in the wake of the massacre in Mumbai, the home secretary said yesterday. Jacqui Smith said security forces in the UK should review "what lessons need to be learnt" after ...
Greatest Day puts Take That on top; The World Today.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TAKE THAT held off the best the US R'n'B scene has to offer to claim the top spot in this week's singles chart. The Greatest Day presented the quartet - who play three concerts at Coventry's Ricoh Arena next summer - with one of their finest as it rose above Beyonce and TI ...
Experts forecast big base rate cut; The World Today.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE Bank of England is widely expected to cut interest rates by at least another 0.5 per cent this week as it tries to stave off a deep recession. The Monetary Policy Committee surprised markets last month by slashing the base rate by 1.5 per cent to a ...
Flats gas blast 'like a quake' The World Today.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A MAN is fighting for his life today after a gas explosion "like an earthquake" destroyed three flats. The man was rescued from the scene in Wigan, Lancashire, by emergency workers last night along with seven other injured residents. ...
Star's last tango; The World Today.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TV presenter Christine Bleakley has performed her last tango on Strictly Come Dancing after the judges unanimously agreed it was her turn to leave. Bleakley (pictured above with ...
Clegg's kids call; The World Today.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TIME off for new dads and free childcare could stop youngsters going off the rails, Nick Clegg has said. The Liberal Democrat leader, who said ...
Lighting up the night ...(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THOUSANDS packed into Rugby town centre to start the countdown to Christmas with a bang. Hordes of people of all ages ignored the dire winter weather yesterday to enjoy the town's ever-impressive Christmas lights switch-on. The symbolic event, which was this year ...
'Lack of leadership' hitting adult care; POLITICS: City Labour leader hits out after service drops to a two-star rating.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Les Reid POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE care of vulnerable adults and older people in Coventry has sparked a political row after the council's service was marked down by government watchdogs. The Telegraph reported on Thursday that the department responsible ...
Shoppers offered debt advice.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... SHOPPERS in Coventry were offered expert advice about the dangers of credit deals and how to cope with struggling debt problems. Trading Standards officers and the Citizens Advice Bureau joined forces in a campaign to show people how to become savvy shoppers. They set ...
Golden jubilee celebrations.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE golden jubilee of St Francis of Assisi church in Radford, Coventry, will be celebrated at a service of thanksgiving at the Links Road church on Saturday, January 24. The service will be led by the Very Rev John Irvine, dean of Coventry Cathedral. It will be ...
Carluccio's to cheer shoppers.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... FESTIVE food for thought will be on offer when a top Stratford bistro hosts a Christmas shopping evening. Free nibbles and 10 per cent discount on a range ...
Two teens in court over death of man with head injuries.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... TWO people appeared in court at the weekend charged with manslaughter. Michael McTigue, of King Edward Road, Coventry, appeared alongside a 17-year-old girl at the city's magistrates court on Saturday morning. The 19-year-old and the female defendant, who cannot be ...
Stink over broken sewage pipe; TWO-YEAR ROW: Businessman says problem has cost him pounds 200,000.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Duncan Gibbons A BROKEN sewage pipe has left a Coventry businessman pounds 200,000 out of pocket. Peter Ignjatovic claims Severn Trent damaged the pipe while installing a storm drain two years ago, causing raw sewage to regularly bubble up into his Coundon ...
Gallery painting boost.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A PAINTING dating back 100 years has been put on show at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry for a new exhibition. The historic piece by renowned artist Roger Fry was bought from a Scottish art gallery for pounds 1,800 using funds built up through years of public ...
Chuckles have cause to smile.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE Chuckle Brothers (left) were honoured with a Children's BAFTA tonight. The slapstick pair won the special award after more than three decades in children's entertainment. Paul and Barry Chuckle, real life brothers from Rotherham, collected the British Academy ...
Comtec buys out neighbouring firm J&AB; In association with www.fsb.org.uk/093.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A LEADING Midland businesswoman loves her neighbours so much she has bought their business. Isabella Moore, managing director of Leamington-based language services Comtec and a former president of the British Chambers of Commerce, has bought out J&AB Associates. J&AB ...
Top science park shares its secrets with entrepreneurs; PRIDE OF COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington ONE of the country's most successful science parks will be revealing the secrets of its success to budding entrepreneurs at a special event. The University of Warwick Science Park was established 24 years ago and has grown to be an ...
Accountants thrilled to be going paperless.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... AN ENVIRONMENTALLY conscious accountancy firm in Coventry has cut the need for paper at work. Staff at Mc Cranor Kirby Hill in Binley Road are well on their way to working in a paperless office after introducing an electronic computer management system. The ...
'Witajcie' to area's very first Polish deli.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... LEAMINGTON is saying 'witajcie' to the parade's first Polish delicatessen. Taste of Home has opened opposite the town hall and stocks traditional Polish meats, drinks, breads and newspapers. It is the second in the Taste of Home chain, following a successful first ...
Students promote city they love.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Lucy Lynch TEENAGERS had a taste of life working in the promotions and marketing world when they were given the task of telling the world what's great about Coventry. Teenagers from 12 Coventry secondary schools spent a day meeting city movers and shakers, ...
TELEGRAPH PEOPLE.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL, together with Advantage West Midlands, has set up an aerospace forum. The forum has just met for the first time at the Ricoh Arena and discussed the challenges and opportunities for the future locally of one of the most successful sectors of the UK ...
WAREHOUSE/INDUSTRIAL UNIT; COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... OFFERING a gross internal area of 3,560 sq ft, this modern warehouse/industrial unit on Binley Industrial Estate in Coventry is available to let on a new lease. Initial rental for Unit Y4, Clay Brookes Court, Herald Way, will be pounds 17,500 per annum exclusive. ...
OFFICES FOR SALE OR TO LET IN COVENTRY; COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THESE modern self contained offices at Ensign Business Centre, Westwood Way, Coventry, are for sale or available to let on a new lease. Rental will be pounds 26,500 per annum exclusive, while the long leasehold interest is pounds 360,000. Units 9, 10, 23 and 24 ...
TAKEAWAY BUSINESS; COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... OFFERING a total of 941 sq ft over three floors, this hot food takeaway business in Coventry city centre is for sale. The High Street property is held on a 10-year lease from March 2005 at a rental of pounds 17,500 per annum, while a premium of pounds 25,000 is sought for the ...
SINGLE-STOREY PREMISES IN NUNEATON; COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... OFFERING 3,323 sq ft overall plus a mezzanine, these single storey premises in Nuneaton are available to let on a new lease. Rental for Unit 2 in Central Avenue is pounds 7,500, with an initial rent-free period available for the ingoing tenant. ...
MODERN SHOP UNIT IN HINCKLEY TO LET; COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... OFFERING a floor area of 2,761 sq ft, this modern shop unit in Castle Street, Hinckley, is available to let on a new lease. Rental for the property, which is near the Britannia Shopping Centre, is pounds 32,500 per annum exclusive. ...
Exemption on empty properties welcome; COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.(Business)
Dec 01, 2008 ... THE chancellor's decision to help small businesses through the financial crisis with a one-year exemption on empty business property rates has been welcomed by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA). Plans to make properties with a rate able value of pounds 15,000 or ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Runaway Bride (Sky Movies Comedy, 8.00pm).(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... A disreputable journalist hopes to get his ailing career back on track by writing an article about a woman famed for her deepseated ...
PICK OF THE DAY; Live Football League (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm).(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Reading v Coventry City (Kick-off 8.00pm). This evening's Championship clash comes from the Madejski Stadium, as the teams meet for the first time in three seasons. Their two most recent matches yielded four points for the Royals during the 2005/06 campaign and helped them secure promotion ...
CATCH THE ACTION.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... IRB Rugby Sevens (Sky Sports 2, 7.00pm) Highlights from the opening round of the 2008/09 season, held at The Sevens in Dubai. New Zealand are the reigning overall champions and have won the title eight times in the nine years the series has been held, with Fiji winning the ...
Thieves preying on taxis; CRIME: Police warn cabbies.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington POLICE in Coventry are warning taxi drivers to protect their vehicles after a spate of thefts in the past week. Officers in the north-east of the city are urging taxi drivers to be extra vigilant and protect their valuables following a ...
Jesse brings his crusade to the Midlands; RIGHT ON... Rev Jesse Jackson addresses the congregation, and (inset) an enthusiastic supporter gets the message.(News)
Dec 01, 2008 ... CIVIL rights crusader Reverend Jesse Jackson brought his whistle-stop UK tour to the Midlands hot on the heels of America electing its first black president. The American preacher addressed hundreds of enthusiastic congregants at Mount Zion ...
Cricket: Giles backs Clarke to star.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Brian Halford RIKKI Clarke will soon be back to the international-standard cricketer he should be - assuming he puts in plenty of hard graft this winter, Ashley Giles said today. Warwickshire director of cricket Giles caused a few raised eyebrows in August ...
Cricket: Ashley Giles.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... WARWICKSHIRE will hold interviews this week with a view to appointing an assistant to director of cricket Ashley Giles before the weekend. Bears legends Dougie Brown ...
Bobby Dazzlers.(Features)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by Bob Brown SOCCER SIX 1. Who has become manager of Chester for the third time? 2. Of which nation is Joel Santana coach? 3. Which English club won the UEFA Cup in 1984? 4. For which team did Paul Rideout score the ...
Boxing: Bendall's title shot booster.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Matt Bozeat STEVE Bendall could get a chance to rule the world next year. Coventry's English middleweight champion is rated No.8 by the World Boxing Organisation and has asked manager Errol Johnson to press his claims for a crack at the title held by Kelly ...
Blaze destroy hapless Vipers; ICE HOCKEY: Thompson delighted as Deschatelets grabs a hat-trick.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Antony Hopker Coventry Blaze 9 Newcastle Vipers 2 CASSIDY Coventry Blaze got back to winning ways after a disappointing start to the weekend, trouncing Newcastle Vipers 9-2 at the Skydome yesterday. Sylvain Deschatelets got three ...
Golf: Poulter misses his chance.(Sport)
Dec 01, 2008 ... IAN Poulter reflected on what might have been after a weekend resurgence secured England a sixth place finish at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup yesterday. Poulter, 32, and team-mate Ross Fisher headed into the tournament confident they could mastermind a first World Cup ...