Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) back issues from March 2009:
CITY'S EQUAL PAY BILL COULD BE pounds 30 MILLION.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Les Reid, POLITICAL REPORTER COVENTRY council taxpayers could be clobbered with a staggering pounds 30 million bill to settle controversial equal pay claims for council workers. Council bosses want to borrow pounds 30 million this year, which reveals for ...
New weapon in guns fight; CRIME: Ballistics hub a major boost for firearm investigations.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Emma Stone CRIME REPORTER THE BATTLE against gun crime received a major boost today as a new service providing crucial firearms information was officially opened in the West Midlands by home secretary Jacqui Smith. The National Ballistics Intelligence ...
Meningitis case 'hard to spot'.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A CASE of meningitis which left a Warwickshire baby with brain damage may have been impossible for her GP to spot, a court has heard. Sara Smith was taken to see Dr Christopher Dickson in January, 1994, and was diagnosed with a viral infection. The next day the ...
Care home plan.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A NEW care home for the elderly is earmarked on the site of a private hospital in Nuneaton. An application has been ...
Fabulous Fox leads City march; +++ BIG MATCH ANALYSIS +++ Defender's super strike fuels fans' Cup hopes.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Andy Turner Norwich City 1 Coventry City 2 "WE'RE on the march with Coleman's army, we're all going to Wem-b-ley," sang the Sky Blue faithful at Carrow Road, just one of the dusted-off old ditties from 22 years ago. But while the ...
Foster the video star for United.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... BEN FOSTER proudly shows off the Carling Cup after his man-of-the-match display at Wembley yesterday helped Manchester United beat Tottenham 4-1 on penalties. The 25-year-old Leamington-born goalkeeper saved Jamie O'Hara's spot-kick, the first of the shoot-out, and David ...
Coleman: The Cup can wait; Boss wants Sky Blues to focus on midweek match.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Andy Turner CHRIS COLEMAN has told his Coventry City players to avoid getting caught up in FA Cup fever before Wednesday's league game against Sheffield United. Sky Blues fans queued for hours - some all night - to snap up the last remaining tickets on ...
Thommo fury as Blaze crash.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Cassidy COVENTRY Blaze coach Paul Thompson was left fuming at match referee Michael Hicks after Sheffield Steelers clinched the championship at the Skydome in controversial circumstances last night. Two much-disputed goals were the difference between the sides as the visitors ...
England aiming to secure draw.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... ENGLAND are resigned to saving a match they originally targeted as a must-win as they head into the final day of the penultimate Test against West Indies Pre-tour expectations of victory in the series evaporated on the fourth day at Kensington Oval as the home side stacked up 749 for nine ...
SCHOOLS KICK OUT 100 PUPILS A YEAR; Fears that expelled youngsters could be drawn in to crime.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Lucy Lynch EDUCATION REPORTER SCHOOLS in Warwickshire are expelling more than 100 pupils a year, the Telegraph can reveal. The expulsion figures are high despite a drive by council education bosses to keep badly behaved pupils in the classroom. ...
SIGHT-SAVERS! OPTICIANS: Team pulls out all the stops to help pensioner get urgent treatment.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Helen Thomas A ROUTINE eye check-up turned in to a drama for Coventry pensioner Marjorie O'Callaghan. The optician checking her eyes noticed that something was very wrong ... Knowing the 81-year-old needed help and fast, he and his colleagues ...
Firm's scare tactics come under fire.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A DOUBLE glazing sales firm's leaflet delivered to homes in Coventry was today dismissed as "scaremongering" by police. Senior officers are angry at the pamphlet's claims that violent crime and burglary in the city are on the increase. The four-page leaflet also warns ...
Centre's a hit.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... MENTAL health charity Coventry Mind has re-opened its city centre drop-in centre after a major facelift. The centre in Windsor Street, Spon End, was revamped to tailor it ...
WIN ...tickets to Race Retro; INTERNATIONAL, HISTORIC MOTORSPORT SHOW race retro.(Competition/Offers)
Mar 02, 2009 ... WE'VE teamed up with Race Retro to offer you the chance to win one of nine pairs of tickets! Race Retro, the international, historic motorsport show, is in pole position to kicks off a new season of motorsport as it races into Stoneleigh Park from March 13-15. Paying ...
Police want Bash scrapped.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Michael Corley A POLICE chief has said he would like to see this year's Bulldog Bash festival scrapped because of security fears. Warwickshire Police chiefs spent pounds 1.4 million patrolling the huge gathering near Stratford because of fears there would ...
pounds 40m extra for city revamp; EXCLUSIVE PLANS: Funding from AWM will be catalyst for unique, modern vision.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington BUSINESS REPORTER AN ADDITIONAL pounds 40million cash boost will be announced later today for the radical multi-billion pound transformation of Coventry. The Coventry Telegraph has learnt that regional development agency Advantage West ...
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Coventry.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... NEWS of the pounds 40 million funding from Advantage West Midlands to recreate Coventry has been welcomed by council leaders. Coun Ken Taylor, leader of Coventry City Council, said: "I am delighted by the strategic support and investment from AWM, which will ensure we realise ...
Criminal system flawed - expert.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Public confidence in the criminal justice system is being undermined by the Government's early release scheme, a former Lord Chief Justice has warned. Lord Woolf complained that, while the judges were sending criminals into prison by the front door, the ...
Muscling in on the illegal mussel fishers.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... PROTECTING birds of prey and a shellfish threatened by illegal pearl fishing are top priorities in the fight against wildlife crime this year, the Environment Department (Defra) said. The almost-extinct freshwater pearl mussel and species ...
Home-selling process under the spotlight.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE Office of Fair Trading launched a market study into the home-buying and selling process to ensure it is working well for consumers. The trading watchdog said it would look at the level of ...
Save pounds pounds pounds s on a Champagne trip on the Orient Express.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Special reader offer ... book before March 20 and save more than pounds 70* NATIONAL TRUST BODNANT GARDENS & CONWY CASTLE ON BOARD THE ORIENT EXPRESS - DEPARTING FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009 SIT down to a glass of Champagne Bellini and a three-course brunch served on the outward journey to North ...
Easter holidays could be moved; CONSULTATION: Schools bosses ask parents to have their say.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Lucy Lynch EDUCATION REPORTER THE EASTER school holidays could be abandoned in 2011 in favour of an earlier twoweek spring break because Easter will be its latest since 1943. Education bosses are asking people's views on when the school holidays should be ...
Reaching for the stars.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... STAFF reached for the stars as they turned silver for the day to bring a bit of sparkle to the lives of older people. Age Concern charity shop, Walsgrave Road, joined forces with Help the Aged on Friday to launch the Silver Stars fundraiser. The event is the first of ...
Damage to car has driven me POTTY! WRANGLE: Motorist wants council to pay after he drove over 'crater' in road.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Duncah Gibbons ANGRY motorist Mark Alford is counting the cost after a huge pothole broke the family car. The 35-year-old was driving to work when his Ford Mondeo struck a metre-long crater in Siskin Parkway East, near Coventry airport. The ...
The bumpiest roads in the city.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... MOTORISTS say one of the bumpiest roads in the city is Charter Avenue, in Cannon Park, where large sections of asphalt have worn away. Dozens of potholes have appeared on ...
Community team is on the move.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A NEIGHBOURHOOD Management team in Coventry will be in a new home on Monday, March 9. The North East group is moving to the new Moat House Leisure and Neighbourhood Centre, Winston Avenue, Henley Green, from ...
Facelift boost for community.(Sport)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A COVENTRY community centre has been given funding for a minimakeover. Ideas for suitable colour schemes and eye-catching signs are needed for the Stoke Heath Community ...
Letter: To The Point.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: S Whale HAVE a lways resisted the urge to criticise Ian Harris. I don't mind people who write regularly but find readers who do so frequently (as Mr Harris) mildly irritating. I find his letters simple and simplistic when he has views on anything which I find ...
Letter: To The Point.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: M Bailey WE have the Holyhead pub in the Holyhead Road, Coventry. Why is it pronounced Hollyhead? ...
Daily Poem.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Doreen Yates DAISY I'LL always love the daisy So perfect in its form Pure white its beautiful petals Its centre so golden and warm My beloved ...
Letter: Bishop, enough is enough!(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: V Roberts AS A survivor of the November 1940 Coventry Blitz, I felt incensed after reading that the new Bishop of Coventry has had the audacity to apologise to the people of Dresden (yet again) on our behalf for the bombing of their city. He is far too young ...
Letter: Say no to Rugby slaughterhouse.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Richard Mountford IT IS depressing that an application has been made for a new slaughterhouse on the outskirts of Rugby. I would advise everyone to object to the application as an abattoir brings with it noise, smell, traffic, plus some potentially undesirable ...
Letter: I WAS disgusted to hear.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Janet Cummings I WAS disgusted to hear that planning permission for a slaughterhouse was being sought from Rugby Borough Council to be built near to Onley Prison along the Daventry Road. Onley, Dunchurch and surrounding areas, including Rugby, will obviously ...
Letter: Care of mymum was despicable.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Peter Jones I AM shocked and disgusted at the treatment that my 90-year-old mother, who suffers with Alzheimer's, received at University Hospital, Coventry, after being admitted for an emergency hernia operation. A series of distressing and unacceptable ...
Letter: It isn't all doom and gloom.(Letters)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Joan Young BANKS collapsing, kids having kids, planes crashing, fires raging - not a very good start to 2009. But it's not all doom and gloom. Bertie Bassett, aged 80, finally made an honest woman of his girlfriend. It wasn't just about love; ...
Pic of the Past.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... WAS is really 22 years ago? It's early March 1987 and the Sky Blues fans snake around Highfield Road waiting to buy tickets for the FA Cup semi final against Leeds. The team won, and the rest as ...
BT pay for couple's faulty line; CLIMBDOWN: Bill waived for fault requiring three BT call-out engineers.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Cara Simpson AN ELDERLY couple have won a long-running battle with BT over a pounds 300 bill for fixing a fault thanks to the Telegraph. Jean and Leslie Pointon, who live on the outskirts of Kenilworth, refused to pay for work they claim was BT's ...
On This day.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... MARCH 2 1791: The optical telegraph (semaphore machine) was unveiled in Paris. 1836: Texas was proclaimed a republic, independent of Mexico. 1882: Robert MacLean tried unsuccessfully to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor. 1930: Novelist DH ...
Couple's fair way to help; GO GREEN - Looking back at the humble beginnings and the huge growth of Fairtrade which started as a few crafts sold in a house in Kenilworth.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Mary Griffin, ENVIRONMENT REPORTER WHEN their friends went to work with the poor in Bangladesh, Kath and Alec Shortley wanted to find a way to help from home. They started selling Bangladeshi crafts from their house in Kenilworth before opening England's ...
Fishy tale of phone recycled by a cod...(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Mary Griffin I LOVE silly stories about animals and this week fishy tales abound. It seems the Macropinna microstoma (or deep-sea barreleye fish) literally has eyes in the back of its head. It's hard to picture, but the face of this little fishy is ...
It's a Sky Blues sell-out! Thousands queue to snap up last tickets for big FA Cup clash FA CUP COUNTDOWN +++.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Tina Junday THOUSANDS of Sky Blues fans queued overnight to grab the remaining tickets for Saturday's big FA Cup game against Chelsea. The last 10,000 tickets for the quarter-final sold out on Saturday as ticket office bosses extended opening hours to ...
Don't bank on cash, Sir Fred! The World Today POLITICS: Harman's strong message for ex-bank chief ...(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Joe Churcher SIR FRED GOODWIN will not get his pounds 650,000-plus pension even if he is legally entitled to it, Commons leader Harriet Harman vowed today in the strongest Government attack yet on the former banking chief. In what appeared to be a strong ...
More time to quiz suspects; The World Today.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... DETECTIVES investigating an attempted lorry robbery which resulted in one man being stabbed to death have been granted more time to question two people, police said today. Dean Skidmore, 36, died after he was wounded at the Station Road Industrial Estate in Coleshill, on ...
Losers say 'no' to quiz rematch; The World Today.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE losing finalists in this year's University Challenge today said they did not want a rematch despite claims that a member of the winning team may have broken the rules as he was no longer a student. The BBC has launched an investigation into reports that Sam Kay, part of the ...
Questions over snow chaos; The World Today.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A LACK of preparation and co-ordination hampered efforts to keep transport running in London during the heavy snows at the beginning of February, a report claimed today. The report from the London Assembly Transport Committee questioned whether London Mayor Boris Johnson could ...
Blaze at flats; The World Today.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... FIREFIGHTERS battled a blaze at a high-rise block of flats in Rugby. The fire started in the bedroom of a sixth-storey flat at about 7.40pm on ...
Spring - and this woman's thoughts turn to pruning!(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: Maureen Spring WHY is it, on this lovely nearlyspring morning, when all around me looks clean, and bright, do I suddenly feel sort of dull? I've just walked through my village to fetch a morning paper with, I have to say, quite a spring in my step what with ...
Firm fined for flouting advert ban.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A CAR valeting company has been hit with a fine after illegally erecting ads next to a Warwickshire road. Bosses at Ella Image were ordered to pay pounds 1,900 after they were found guilty of persistently flouting strict planning laws. Warwick District Council's ...
Councillor gets on message; TECHNOLOGY: Instant response to queries via internet.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Jane Stirland PEOPLE in Earlsdon will soon be able to talk to their local councillor via the internet. Coun Allan Andrews, who represents the area on Coventry City Council, is launching the city's first "instant message" surgery. It will mean ...
Scientists refute brain training claims.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... CLAIMS that electronic brain training devices help to significantly boost memory were disputed by scientists, it was revealed today. The experts examined the claims made by manufacturers of a number of popular devices for consumer magazine Which? They found no ...
Don't get caught by phishing.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A SCAM known as phishing is being probed by Warwickshire's trading standards team after it received dozens of complaints from the public. According to county council investigators a growing number of people are being bombarded with e-mails from conmen claiming that "Western ...
Bachelors offer a bit of variety.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... VETERAN performers The Bachelors are heading to Coventry to celebrate 50 years in showbusiness. The group, who enjoyed chart success with songs like Charmaine, Diane and I Believe, will be topping the bill ...
THE BLITZ HEROES OF COVENTRY; NOSTALGIA SPECIAL: Wartime medic wants to meet his team who helped to pull people from the rubble after bombing raids flattened the city.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Jane Stirland RETIRED Coventry doctor William Navin, who served with the Home Guard in Coventry during the Second World War, is hoping to meet his wartime buddies again. Dr Navin, aged 95, who lives in the city's Cannon Hill area, was medical officer for ...
Family urges witnesses to come forward.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE FAMILY of a man left brain damaged by an unprovoked assault are calling again on witnesses to help bring his attackers to justice. Detectives believe two women who were seen in the area at the time of the beating near Fat Birds Cafe, in Warwick Street, Leamington, could hold ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Who Do You Think You Are? (9pm) Actor Kevin Whately researches his family history, including his grandmother's career as a singer, her father's business empire and a connection to Oliver Cromwell. Last in the series. BBC1 Grow Your Own Drugs (8.30pm) ...
Positive move on carbon challenge; in association with FSB.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington BUSINESS REPORTER COVENTRY and Warwickshire's desire to be 'carbon pioneers' has been boosted this week, with the launch of a new awards scheme aimed at showcasing 'innovative' ways to tackle climate change. Organised by Business in the ...
Downturn gathering momentum; in association with FSB.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE pace of the downturn in manufacturing across the West Midlands is accelerating in the first quarter of this year and shows no signs of easing, according to a survey by EEF - the manufacturers' organisation. EEF warns that the sector faces a significant squeeze for the rest ...
Investment experts told 'we will get over slump'.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... EXPERTS from across the Midlands attended the highly regarded Biannual Investment Conference in Birmingham. The Birmingham office of Brewin Dolphin, the UK's largest portfolio manager, hosted the event at the city's Council House. The flagship event attracted more ...
Accountancy firm take on health contract.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A LEADING national healthcare group has called on a Coventry firm of accountants to guide it through a far-reaching restructuring of the business. Prime Chartered Accountants, based in Warwick Road, had worked previously with The Opus Healthcare Group, which specialises in the ...
University's pounds 3.6m gift to economics; FUNDING: Department at Coventry will focus on economic wellbeing of UK.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: By Jenny Waddington BUSINESS REPORTER THE UNIVERSITY of Warwick has scooped pounds 3.6 million funding to create a new centre which will focus on the economic wellbeing of the UK. The cash boost was awarded to the Coventry university's department of economics ...
Wright help to save jobs.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... A MIDLANDS law firm has played a key role in securing a pounds 30 million deal to save Denby Pottery - saving hundreds of jobs. Wright Hassall acted for private equity firm Valco Capital Partners which funded the management buyout led by the managing director, Gary Biggs. ...
From warehouse boy to entrepreneur boss; FRANCHISES: Darren climbs business ladder after starting on bottom rung.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... Byline: JENNY WADDINGTON IN the current economic climate, investing in a franchise could be a much safer and viable alternative than starting a business from scratch. According to Lloyds TSB, franchising contributes pounds 10.8 billion to the UK economy and most ...
Property show lures Martineau.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... BIRMINGHAM-BASED law firm Martineau has joined the Coventry delegation at the MIPIM property show next month. It is the first time the Colmore Square firm has joined the delegation which is led by Coventry City Council but made up of 16 private sector partners from all aspects ...
Natural way to help staff.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... THE offer of private healthcare as part of an employment package is nothing new, but a Warwickshire naturopath is encouraging companies to adopt a more holistic approach to staff welfare. Sara Southgate has launched a new range of natural medicine based healthcare packages to ...
Select way to get the best advice on the web.(News)
Mar 02, 2009 ... ENTREPRENEURS and companies across Coventry now have access to the biggest pool of quality business advice and expertise ever assembled following the launch of an online database. After a successful pilot scheme, Business Link in the West Midlands has this week unveiled 'Select ...