Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) back issues from February 2009:
THIEVING BOSS FLEECED CHARITY OF pounds 100,000; Woman jailed after thefts forced organisation to close.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Emma Stone CRIME REPORTER A WOMAN who systematically plundered nearly pounds 100,000 from a charity set up to help victims of domestic abuse, has been jailed. Cavelle Lynch forged 128 cheques during her time as manager at the Osaba Family Centre in Victoria ...
Coleman looks for late deal; Sky Blues boss ready to swoop before deadline.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Andy Turner COVENTRY CITY manager Chris Coleman is hopeful of making another signing before the transfer window slams shut at 5pm. The Sky Blues boss is trying to rush through a loan deal in time to beat today's deadline, having already brought in four new ...
Mifsud left out in cold.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... CHRIS COLEMAN will freeze Michael Mifsud out of Coventry City's first team if he fails to sign for another club by the close of business today. The Sky Blues boss has lost patience with the wantaway striker, who was left out of the squad on Saturday in the hope that he was about ...
I expect Robbie to stay, says Rafa.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... RAFAEL BENITEZ believes Liverpool are back in the title race and that Robbie Keane will still be at the club when the transfer window closes today. The Anfield boss saw his side beat Chelsea for the second time this season to leapfrog the visitors into second spot in the ...
We're streets ahead.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... SHOPPERS joined in the celebrations as Nuneaton was hailed as having the best street market in Britain. Mayor Gerald Smith held aloft the trophy awarded by the National Association of British Market Authorities and declared: "This is a very special day for the town. ...
WORKERS FACE JOB THREAT AT FREEMAN & PROCTOR; Firm founded 60 years ago in administration.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Mike Malyon NUNEATON REPORTER ONE of Nuneaton's best established engineering companies is going into administration. Freeman and Proctor, which was founded 60 years ago, made the announcement to its workforce towards the end of last week. Before ...
Giant Tesco bid prompts fury; DEVELOPMENT: Only six councillors attended the vote.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Les Reid POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT AN ANGRY community is calling for the Government to hold a public inquiry into plans to build Coventry's largest Tesco superstore and a shopping mall on their doorsteps. Cannon Park residents say the fight goes on amid fury ...
Praise blooms for sensory garden.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A SENSORY garden inspired by groups of blind people to preserve and enhance Polesworth Abbey has won a civic award. The garden, located in the medieval cloister of the Abbey, won in the Environmental Improvements category at the Civic Awards ceremony. Historian Carl ...
Thieving boss fleeced charity.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A WOMAN who systematically plundered nearly pounds 100,000 from a charity set up to help victims of domestic abuse, has been jailed. Cavelle Lynch forged 128 cheques during her time as manager at the Osaba Family Centre in Victoria Street, Hillfields, Coventry. The ...
OUT OF THIS WORLD! Adam has a close encounter with a UFO.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Duncan Gibbons LORRY driver Adam Neale believes he saw some kind of spacecraft above the night sky in Coventry. Adam spotted two mysterious orange lights moving slowly and silently above the south of the city. And then one of them shot off at an ...
Wear red for good cause.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... HEART attacks kill one person every six minutes in the UK, and heart and circulatory disease claim around 200,000 lives every year, according to the British Heart Foundation, which has designated February as National Heart Month. Nearly 190 people across the UK lose their father ...
Puzzled over cross words.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... CROSSWORD lovers in Warwickshire were shocked to discover a veiled insult to Leamington in The Daily Telegraph. Answers to four clues written in italics formed a phrase that seemed to ridicule the spa town's night-life in the broadsheet's quick crossword on Monday January ...
Small firms feel crunch.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... SMALLER firms are axing jobs at the fastest rate in almost 20 years in the wake of the deepening recession, according to a new report. The CBI said employment, new orders and output among manufacturers in the ...
Sound system is a hit; Heart of England.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... IT was music to Christine Leeth's ears when she got a call to say she had won a new micro sound system. The 57-year-old, of Radford, Coventry, has entered all the Telegraph competitions run in association with the Co-op, for her daughter Michelle who's recently moved into her ...
Jill will never be forgotten; TRIBUTES: Campaigners remember tragic animal rights activist.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Cara Simpson FLORAL tributes have been laid in memory of a Coventry animal rights activist who died after she was crushed by a lorry at Coventry Airport 14 years ago. Jill Phipps was run over on February 1, 1995 while protesting against the live export of ...
Wii oldies are now embracing the new; CAMPAIGN: Young volunteers help the elderly have fun with games technology.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Mike Malyon ELDERLY people in Nuneaton have joined the Wii revolution. They are being given instructions in how to get fit and play games by using the Nintendo interactive computer machine. Funding has been given to the reVOLve Youth Volunteering ...
On yer bike with pounds 5,000 grant for child Crusaders.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BIKE-MAD youngsters in Nuneaton have been given a pounds 5,000 grant to help them become more competitive. The Stockingford Crusaders are involved in BMX meetings throughout the Midlands and are being backed by the Grassroots Warwickshire scheme administered by the Heart of ...
Tighter child safeguards at hospital in wake of Baby P.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... COVENTRY'S University Hospital has added staff to its children's emergency department in the wake of the Baby P case. An extra emergency consultant has been appointed to see youngsters and offer advice to other staff. More doctors will work at weekends when the ...
Broadband for every home bid.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... EVERY UK home will have broadband internet access by 2012 under government plans. Lord Carter's Digital Britain report proposed to scrap BT's obligation to ensure every home has access to a telephone line and replace it with a requirement to provide broadband. This universal ...
Man hurt in smash.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MIDDLE-AGED man had to be taken to hospital after a car crash in Leamington. The accident was at 10.30pm on Thursday in Clarendon ...
Around the globe in just one week; UNIVERSITY: Students explore diversity with food and music.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Mary Griffin SUMO wrestling, body painting and limbo dancing all came to Coventry in a celebration of cultural diversity. Students brought together cultures from across the world for One World Week at Warwick University last week. The week was ...
Youngsters can make a mint at museum.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... CHILDREN are being invited to mint their own money during the half-term holiday in Warwickshire Staff at the St John's House Museum, in Warwick, are urging children to go mad with mosaics and crazy with coins as part of the Heritage Education Lookout! scheme. Those who have ever ...
City benefit cheats face the courts; HEARING: Pair claimed money unfairly.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Duncan Gibbons TWO benefit cheats from Coventry have been prosecuted for claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money they were not entitled to. One of the men even continued to claim benefits after buying two properties which he rented out to tenants. ...
Corrie's Ray is back at school.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... FORMER Coronation Street actor Ray Fearon found himself back in the classroom when he turned up to reveal the magic of the Bard to Warwickshire youngsters The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant, who played Nathan Harding in the ITV soap, has played many roles for the Royal Shakespeare ...
On This Day.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... 1650: Nell Gwynn, orange seller who became mistress of Charles II, was born in London. 1709: The real Robinson Crusoe, Alexander Selkirk, was rescued after spending five years on an uninhabited island. 1852: Britain's first 'Gents' opened in Fleet Street, followed on ...
Kids and booze: Have your say.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... PARENTS, teenagers and carers in Warwickshire are being asked to have their say on young people and alcohol. Startling medical guidance published by Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson recommended that young people up to the age of 15 should avoid alcohol altogether. ...
Daily Poem.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Bob Ashmore The Old Year said to the New. Is it true, he managed to say, Wiping his brow and also a tear away, That I have finally made it, I never thought I should, I started off quite spritely, And managed to do some good, But enemies of earth, Pollution, ...
Letter: Crocodile tears wasted on us.(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... WHAT a hypocrite Coun Mutton is with his crocodile tears about the amount of money wasted by this city council on holding an away day seminar at the Ricoh. (Hard to swallow, January 27). I recall raising these same concerns when the Labour Party was in control and ...
Reader Picture.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... READER Joan Moon, of Daventry Road, Cheylesmore, Coventry, takes time out from her holiday in Petra, Jordan, to catch up ...
Letter: Can you help?(Letters)
Feb 02, 2009 ... I AM writing in the hope that someone out there can help me find an old friend. My husband Terry will be 60 in April, and I would like to find Paul Ashley, married to Penny and formerly of Burbage. They were engineering apprentices together at Dunlop, Coventry, in ...
Cancer survivor's pounds 1,200 thankyou; CHARITY: Dad celebrates 40th birthday by raising cash to help others.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Michelle Darby A COVENTRY man who survived colon cancer has managed to raise a whopping pounds 1273 for Cancer Research with the help of Coventry Rugby Club and Coventry Blaze. Jason Bratt from Cheylesmore was only 38 when he was diagnosed with the ...
Lorry driver injured in M-way crash.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MAN escaped serious injury when his lorry careered down a motorway embankment in Warwickshire. The incident happened yesterday on the southbound carriageway of the M6 near junction 2 in Rugby at about 6am. An ambulance and an incident support officer were sent to ...
How to be a smash hit with spuds; ++ GO GREEN ++.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Mary Griffin, ENVIRONMENT REPORTER IF you're anything like the average Midlander, you eat a whopping 600 potatoes a year. But have you ever seen spuds growing? Did you know some potato plants flower? And have you ever dumped the predicable King Edward and ...
Digging deep into world of the potato.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mary Griffin THE potato might not strike you as a thriller. But green fingered enthusiasts at Garden Organic's "potato extravaganza" were genuinely excited. In the grand potato marquee I found myself surrounded by folk elbowing their way to the ...
I don't know why, but I just loved Big Brother.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Maureen Spring WHILE the row rumbles on over whether Ulrika should have won celebrity Big Brother, I'm left with nothing to watch at 9pm when I'm eating crisps and drinking my last coffee of the day. It had become something of a ritual - dressing gown on, ...
The forgotten Olympic stars; HISTORY: Rugby players won silver in 1900.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Warren Manger SOME of Coventry and Warwickshire's earliest Olympic heroes are set to get the recognition they deserve. Dozens of forgotten heroes from past Olympic and Paralympic Games have been unearthed for a hall of fame. They include three ...
Have your say on town road plans.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... RUGBY residents are being invited to shape the way the town centre copes with traffic. Local authority bosses want to hear opinions about three options for changing the town's transport network. The Warwickshire Local Transport Plan 2006 highlighted a need for a ...
Write reasons.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... SECOND hand books are needed for a sale in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Fashion store Bon Marche is to host the sale next Saturday, ...
New youth centre steps out in style; UNVEILED: Dancing stars help mayor open neighbourhood hub.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Michael Corley THE KOMBAT Breakers have made a real song and dance about the unveiling of a community centre in Foleshill. The agile breakdance troupe were star performers at the official opening of the new neighbourhood hub on the Pridmore estate, in ...
Sir Alan backs training campaign; The World Today.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BUSINESSMAN and television star Sir Alan Sugar will today front a campaign aimed at boosting the number of apprentices. Sir Alan, whose profile has soared following his successful BBC TV show The Apprentice, is appearing as part of a government scheme backing apprenticeships. ...
Woman tried to save father; The World Today.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A WOMAN who tried to save a man who was fatally stabbed in front of his three-year-old daughter was today urged to come forward by police. Detectives investigating the killing of John Nii Kacsu Abbey, in Croydon, said she tried to resuscitate the boxer and may have information ...
Brown 'inflaming' strike - union boss; The World Today.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE Prime Minister was today accused of "inflaming" the increasingly bitter dispute over foreign labour after he condemned the outbreak of wild-cat strikes as "indefensible". Paul Kenny, General ...
Interest rates set to hit record low; The World Today.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... INTEREST rates are set to edge closer to zero this week. Analysts believe the Bank of England will cut the cost of borrowing to a new all-time low of 1 per cent on Thursday as it faces up to the raft of dire figures ...
Choose your top kit - and WIN a 42-inch TV; WASH & GO AND SCORE ETHIOPIA LINK FOR BRILLIANT COMPETITION.(Competition/Offers)
Feb 02, 2009 ... SCORE ETHIOPIA, the football based charitable campaign backed by shampoo Wash & Go, has reached fever pitch and is now at its final stage with primary schools across Coventry needing your help! The original 2-in-1 favourite asked footy fanatics to come up with their most ...
Authors whittled down.(News)(Awards list)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A FURTHER 24 authors have bitten the dust in a competition to find the best books in Coventry. Thousands have been voting for their favourite reads as part of the annual Coventry Inspiration Book Awards. Each week the two writers with the least votes in each of the 12 ...
Model meeting.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE Coventry Model Boat Club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday at Coundon ...
Give blood.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... DONORS can give blood at Saunders Hall Working Men's Club in ...
Locals share thoughts on new centre; REGENERATION: Focus on plan for community hub.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Michael Corley BRAINSTORMING sessions have been held by Canley residents in a bid to finetune plans for a state-oftha-z-a-zrt community hub. The long-awaited centre near Mitchell Avenue will include a public library, doctors' surgery, and neighbourhood ...
Mum's anger.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MOTHER has told of her disgust after her daughter was banned from representing her school at sport - because she's too old. Shannon Sloyan, 11, has ...
Boy among casualty toll in three-car accident.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... FOUR casualties, including a young boy, were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a three-car crash in Coventry Road, Warwick, at about 12.30pm yesterday. Two people, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s, were freed from the wreckage by firefighters. The ...
Just magic as showman is honoured; NOSTALGIA: Great entertainer recalled.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Michael Corley A WORLD-RENOWNED magician from Warwickshire is to be celebrated with an exhibition in his home town. Organisers are urging anyone who has memories of the The Amazing Chang to contact them ahead of a show which is to be staged at Leamington's ...
Tempest gets a blast of sunshine; THEATRE: International influence will take Shakespeare to new audiences.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Marion McMullen ENTERTAINMENT WRITER A BLAST of South African colour and sunshine is bringing new life to the Bard's work. Royal Shakespeare Company associate artist Antony Sher is returning to the Stratford stage this month to play Prospero in The Tempest ....
Garden is a labour of love.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A MAJOR revamp of an Elizabethan garden at Kenilworth Castle is nearly finished. Anyone wanting a sneak preview has only a few days left to wander round the garden before it's closed again to be finished. Visitors have been able to see how the planting has taken place ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BBC1 Panorama (8.30pm) John Sweeney questions whether the super-rich should be allowed to deposit their money in tax havens such as Liechtenstein, Jersey and the Cayman Islands while less well-off members of the public struggle in the current economic climate. ...
Networking company is thriving.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A NEWLY formed online networking company is on its way to national success after starting out in Coventry. ThePurplepod matches companies to professional consultants, trainers and speakers free of charge and has set up base at the University of Warwick Science Park's Binley ...
Peugeot example for States; Boss on air to tell of success in finding ex-workers jobs.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington Business Reporter COVENTRY and Warwickshire's success in helping former Peugeot staff find employment is being used as an example by the US automotive industry of how it can deal with its own similar problems. The chairman of the Peugeot ...
Coventry masterplan in Brum.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE NEW masterplan for Coventry city centre is proving a success - in Birmingham. Coventry City Council is holding a showcase event in the second city to spread the message of the amount of development under way and planned for Coventry. The event on Thursday has ...
Employers are still looking to recruit; CITY SHOW: One-stop shop provides job-seekers with support and advice.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington BUSINESS REPORTER EMPLOYERS across the county will be getting together in Coventry in two weeks for a big recruitment drive. Coventry's Get a Better Job Day is returning to the city on Thursday, February 12, when job hunters will be given a ...
Relief at ban on overnight parking.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... LORRY drivers who have repeatedly dumped their rubbish and human waste on paths at a popular business location have been banned from stopping in the area. Frustrated companies at Cross Point, including Toys R Us, contacted Coventry Best for Business (B4B) for help in stopping ...
Advice on how to beat slump.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... SMALL and medium-sized companies across the West Midlands are being invited to find out how UK Trade and Investment can help them beat the economic downturn by boosting their export business. With business slowing in the UK, a series of free Keys to Export Success seminars is ...
Taking a female approach to PR.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... TWO Warwickshire women are joining forces to launch their new business and help local companies meet the challenges of the economic downturn. After meeting on their school run, Jane Ashmore and Rebecca Bantoft - both from Rugby - realised their respective businesses had a common ...
Change of direction therapeutic for Kim; WITH even more news of job losses this week, what do you do when redundancy looms? More and more people are opting for radically different careers - often retraining to do something totally removed from their previous job. Business reporter JENNY WADDINGTON meets a Coventry mum who turned her nightmare scenario into something positive.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: JENNY WADDINGTON WHEN the credit crunch and redundancy came knocking on the door of her employer, Kim Martin did not take it lying down - she found herself an exciting new career that saw a pipedream turn into reality. Now Kim, aged 49, is a qualified clinical ...
Recession hits hard for motor industry.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... LEADING car firms have been hit hard by the recession with cuts in production and widespread job losses. Honda has shut its UK plant for four months because of the drop in motor sales. It also sold its Formula One team in December last year as a result of the global ...
Confidence plummets.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... CONSUMER confidence has plunged to its second lowest level, with a marked drop among young people, researchers have said. The GfK NOP index, which charts consumer sentiment, fell four points in the last month to minus 37, below its levels during recessions of the past three ...
Hundreds pay a visit to wages roadshow; CAMPAIGN: Most vulnerable workers armed with information will be able to take action.(Business)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington BUSINESS REPORTER A ROADSHOW which boosts workers' awareness of the increased national minimum wage received an impressive welcome in Coventry. The national roadshow, currently touring the country as part of a new campaign entitled "It's ...