Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) back issues from June 2009:
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WE'RE GOING TO BULLDOZE YOUR HOME: COUNCIL SHOCKS OLGA, 76; Threat left pensioner distraught...but it was a MISTAKE.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Cara Simpson A PENSIONER was stunned when she was told the home she'd lived in all her life was going to be bulldozed. Olga Lucas was told the house she was born in, in Wilsons Lane, Longford, Coventry, had to go under plans for new housing. The ...
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Keiren gets Shay's seal of approval; Keeper Westwood's rise to the top is a given, says Republic star: Leon looks the part, says Trap.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andy Turner SHAY GIVEN believes that Keiren Westwood is 'undoubtedly' the future Republic of Ireland No.1. The Manchester City keeper was full of praise for the Coventry City favourite, who played his first 45 minutes of international football in Friday's 1-1 ...
Bears need more of the same.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Brian Halford ASHLEY GILES knows that Warwickshire must keep building momentum if they are to fully recover from their slow start in the Twenty20. Defeats in their first two games was the opposite of the strong launchpad for which the Bears' director of ...
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WE'RE GOING TO BULLDOZE YOUR HOME; COUNCIL SHOCKS OLGA, 76.
Jun 01, 2009 ... By Cara Simpson WE'RE GOING TO BULLDOZE YOUR HOME: COUNCIL SHOCKS OLGA, 76 A PENSIONER was stunned when she was told the home she'd lived in all her life was going to be bulldozed. Olga Lucas was told the house she was born in, in Wilsons Lane, Longford, Coventry, had to go ...
Engineering a school link.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A RUGBY secondary school is one of ten around the country teaming up with engineering company Morgan Est to encourage 12- and 13-year-olds to consider a career in engineering. Ashlawn School in Ashlawn Road, ...
Six crews fight blaze.
Jun 01, 2009 ... FIREFIGHTERS battled a blaze which broke out at a long hut in Nuneaton on Saturday night. The fire quickly spread after starting in the building in Corporation Street, shortly after 9pm. Two firefighting crews from the town tried to bring the fire under control using ...
Helpers wanted to get needy on track.
Jun 01, 2009 ... MORE volunteers are needed for a driving scheme to help older people and stroke victims in the city. Active supports isolated people aged 60 or over or those over 50 who have had a stroke to help them get out and about. Volunteers need to have a driving licence and ...
The night and day of the iguana on holiday.
Jun 01, 2009 ... WITH summer fast approaching many of us are looking forward to our holidays but Pig the iguana is already three weeks into his. The two-year-old green iguana is spending four months at the Godiva Reptile Centre, in Momus Boulevard, Binley, after his owner, who lives in ...
Contents.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Contents 4 ..... Emergency/useful numbers 6 .....Local and national weather 8 ... ... ... ... ..... Letters and opinion 12 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Business ...
InsideYour.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Experts standby on swine flu hotline Veteran's D-Day landing memories Mum finds ...
Sunshine blitz on drink-drivers; CAMPAIGN: Officers in roadside checks during summer.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Emma Stone DRIVERS tempted to get behind the wheel in Coventry after having a drink this summer are to be targeted by police. West Midlands Police is launching its annual drink and drug driving campaign today. During the month-long campaign, ...
OLGA'S ARMY! BLUNDER: Neighbours backed pensioner when her home was threatened.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Cara Simpson A COUNCIL bungle left 76-yearold Olga Lucas fearing her home would be flattened. Retired secretary Olga was stunned when she saw plans showing her Longford house was in an area earmarked for a major housing development. Coventry city ...
Jag's pounds 4,000 scholarships.
Jun 01, 2009 ... JAGUAR Land Rover and Coventry University are offering three scholarships in memory of the firm's former chief executive. The scholarships, each worth pounds 4,000 a year, will honour Geoff Polites, JLR's chief executive from 2005 to 2008. He died in 2008 at 60 ....
Students put on alert by police.
Jun 01, 2009 ... POLICE are urging students in Coventry to be wary of thieves during the exam period. Officers say the number of thefts of items such as laptops, mobile phones and mp3 players surge at this time of year as more people use communal study areas and libraries in preparation for ...
Fun in the sun on offer to the young.
Jun 01, 2009 ... DAYS out, sport, a disco and a barbecue are among activities on offer to 11 to 14-yearolds in Leamington in July. The series of ...
Hospital uses visitors to aid patients' recovery.
Jun 01, 2009 ... WARWICK Hospital has unveiled a new way of making its patients feel better - extending its visiting hours. From today the visiting times will run from 2.30pm to 7pm, except on the maternity and paediatrics wards which will remain unchanged. But children will be banned ...
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Spider horror in mum's shopping; SHOCK: Family's lucky escape from dangerous arachnid lurking in bag of food.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Cara Simpson MUM of five Donna Hopkins got an unwelcome freebie from her local Coventry supermarket - a dangerous spider which was found lurking in a bag of peppers. Her 15-year-old daughter Coral had a lucky escape, as she had carried the shopping bag in ...
Fun down on farm.
Jun 01, 2009 ... THOUSANDS of people are set to flock to a farm show in Warwickshire next week. The 66th Kenilworth Show features showjumping, a polo ...
Call to city dads for TV show.
Jun 01, 2009 ... TV COMPANY Testimony Films is making a groundbreaking new series about fatherhood - and they want to hear from the dads of Coventry. Whatever your age, they want to talk to you about your own experiences of fatherhood, the struggle of bringing up your own children and how all of ...
The bullets started flying when we were just a couple of hundred yards from land.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michael Corley TO salute the 65th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, the Telegraph will feature the incredible stories of Coventry and Warwickshire's D-Day veterans every day this week. Risking life, limb and liberty, their invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6, ...
Enjoy the amazing spectacle of the EdinburghTattoo.
Jun 01, 2009 ... EDINBURGH TATTOO, RAIL & STEAM FOUR DAYS DEPARTING AUGUST 12, 2009 PRICE FROM pounds 239 NOW in its 60th year, the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo has been performed to sell-out audiences from all over the world. From the dazzling esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, Scotland's 2009 ...
Last chance to make the trip.
Jun 01, 2009 ... THIS year's D-Day commemorations come 65 years after the Allied forces invaded France to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny and could mark the last chance for many veterans to make the trip to Normandy. Many of those who took part in the invasion are disappointed that the Queen ...
Your view.
Jun 01, 2009 ... KEVIN MCBRIDE, of Drapers Field Estate, Radford, ...
There is now help available for carers; Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2009 ... I HELPED to look after both my father and my mother when they suffered from dementia, so I know only too well the challenges of caring for someone you love. As well as the emotional impact of watching my parents suffer from such a distressing disease, I found it a real struggle ...
Pen points.
Jun 01, 2009 ... REGARDING the salaries paid by the council, can they please explain how the salary for the chief executive went from pounds 145,000 up to pounds 175,000, a rise of pounds 30,000 before he was given time to prove he was capable of handling the job? If he is not capable, that means a bigger ...
Horace & Doris.
Jun 01, 2009 ... 'And don't jog too far, I'm getting ...
Have your say.
Jun 01, 2009 ... WRITE: to Letters Editor, Telegraph, Corporation Street, Coventry CV1 1FP. PHONE: Monday to Saturday, 10am- 3.30pm Freephone: 0800 138 2546 Alternative: 0870 837 2152 Outside UK: 0044 870 837 2152 E- MAIL: letters@ coventrytelegraph. net TEXT: 80010 PLEASE keep your letters ...
So much for a strong voice; Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2009 ... I HAVE read Coun Lobbett's election leaflet and I'm furious. So he is a strong voice for Bedworth North is he! If so, where is he when Bedworth people are again being treated like second class citizens by his cronies in the Tory council? I refer, of course, to the decision to ...
Look beyond expenses row; Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2009 ... THE current MPs' expenses scandal is in danger of obscuring the importance of the EU elections. They represent a chance to register a protest vote against the transfer of power to Brussels. Our membership fee for the EU amounts to pounds 40 million a day, money that ...
Poets' corner.
Jun 01, 2009 ... GODIVA'S APPRENTICE I asked my new apprentice to take on this task for me, "Check out the alterations on our hotel property", Well it seems she's done a real good job, Made sure all work had run its course, Though perhaps I ...
...and what about sparrowhawks? Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2009 ... IN REPLY to Tony Chippendale regarding "destructive" pet cats, Tony, please reply with an intelligent answer. What do you suggest we do with Sparrowhawks (three kills a day when feeding ...
It's natural behaviour for a cat; Letters.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2009 ... I'M afraid Tony Chippendale's letter regarding cats and birds displays a typically confused and contradictory towny attitude towards the natural world. He claims that cats disturb the "natural balance" and he suggests a course of action which is almost as bizarre as his attempt ...
Good Evans could star in Ricoh Arena spectacular; SHOW DATE HOPE: Britain's Got Talent semi-finalists involved in several 'hush-hush' projects.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Warren Manger SINGING sensations Good Evans are hoping to mark their return to Coventry with a spectacular homecoming show. Just days after flying the flag for the city in the semi-final of Britain's Got Talent the famous five are already plotting their ...
The families with a grave concern for the environment; HOW would you feel about digging your loved one's grave? Or being laid to rest in a bamboo coffin? As people want to cut the cost - and carbon footprint - of funerals green burials are becoming more and more popular. We went to Britain's oldest private green burial ground near Rugby to find out more.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mary Griffin AT first glance Greenhaven looks like any patch of Warwickshire countryside. The sign points you down a narrow lane that leads you past a field of gambling spring lambs and at the end stands a swathe of saplings. I'm starting to wonder ...
Nationwide's profits fall; business briefing.
Jun 01, 2009 ... THE UK's biggest building society today said profits had been squeezed by bad debts and a hefty bill under the Government's savings protection scheme. Nationwide's pre-tax profits for the year to April were ...
Ring up to log on for a newsletter; business briefing.
Jun 01, 2009 ... BUSINESS Link West Midlands is encouraging companies across the region to log on to a free e-newsletter launched this week. The new monthly online publication One Source is ...
Helping to spread the tax burden; FINANCE: Support for firms struggling to pay the Treasury bills.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jenny Waddington FIVE hundred businesses in Coventry have received support with their tax bills, totalling pounds 11 million. In its first six months, HM Revenue and Customs' Business Payment Support Service has agreed to arrangements for 11,660 firms across ...
Survey shows worries.
Jun 01, 2009 ... BUSINESSES in Coventry and Warwickshire believe that managing customer expectations and attracting the right calibre of staff are two of the major challenges facing them today, according to a survey by chartered accountants and business advisers, Burgis & Bullock. ...
Out of Africa and into a job with law firm.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A STRATFORD lawyer, who has just returned from helping orphans in Africa, is the second recruit in four months to join Needham and James' growing employment law team. Victoria Tester, who specialises in claims for discrimination and has been involved in high value claims at the ...
World visitors; business briefing.
Jun 01, 2009 ... THE world will be coming to Birmingham this month with the biggest convention in the UK for 20 years being staged at the National Exhibition ...
Meet magistrates; business briefing.
Jun 01, 2009 ... SMALL businesses are being given the opportunity to meet with local magistrates, to find out what they do and how they can affect their business. The Warwickshire and Coventry region of the Federation of ...
Help in store; business briefing.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A SHOP opens today in Leamington to help people weather the credit crunch. Sell Stuff 4 U will give people the ...
In Memoriam.(Obituary)
Jun 01, 2009 ... BLATHERWICK Paul Silent tears still gently fall that others do not see for a loving Son who meant the world to me. Love you forever and a day. - Love Mum. CALLAGHAN Eileen Second anniversary you are sadly missed and will always be remembered in my prayers. Uncle Tim ....
Deaths.
Jun 01, 2009 ... BONAS Judith Muriel Passed away peacefully in hospital on May 26, 2009, aged 80 years. Much loved mum of Julie and Nigel, Trevor and Linda, devoted grandma to Grant, Leigh and Eleanor. Now reunited with husband Derek. Funeral Service and cremation to take place at Charter ...
My furniture claim was not extravagant; EXPENSES: MP defends amount received for second home.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Les Reid JEREMY WRIGHT MP has defended his expenses claim for nearly pounds 3,000 of furniture for his "second home" - including pounds 499 on a leather armchair and stool. The chair and stool set was bought from a Kenilworth store, and he said he drove it in ...
Workers' makeover is child's play.
Jun 01, 2009 ... CHILDREN at the Jack and Jill playgroup will be able to enjoy the good weather while sitting outside on brightly-coloured benches under parasols, thanks to volunteers from Barclays bank. A team of 15 staff from the company's base on the Westwood Business Park, in ...
Acknowledgements.
Jun 01, 2009 ... CALLAGHER Ann Reg and family would like to thank all relatives and friends who attended the Funeral of Ann. Also many thanks for the beautiful floral tributes and donations to Scope for Coventry and Warwickshire. Special thanks to all the ...
In Memoriam.(Obituary)
Jun 01, 2009 ... REGAN John In memory of a dear husband and dad, we think of you in silence, we talk about you too, we have beautiful memories, but we wish we still had you. Loving wife Phyllis, sons John, Gerard, Noel and Paul, Trisha, Susan and Heather (in Austrailia). REGAN John Patrick ...
WEALTH WARNING - PERSONAL LOAN SCANDAL; ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Payment Protection Insurance - is this the biggest "Bank Robbery" in history? Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) policies are designed to cover the cost of loan or credit card repayments in the event that the customer is off sick from work or has become unemployed. ...
Centre ready for swine flu pandemic; ON ALERT: Workers ready to man phone lines as emergency plans are brought into action.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Warren Manger HEALTH experts in Coventry are on standby to man a specialist swine flu hotline if a global pandemic is declared. The call centre, which is currently run by Coventry City Council, was put on alert after the city's emergency flu plan was brought ...
Young artists to get a hand.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A VILLAGE between Coventry and Rugby is to have a new art gallery, opening on June 27. The Old Forge Art Gallery in Main Street, Stretton- Under-Fosse, will have a range of arts including sculptures, abstracts and oil paintings. It will be open to the public four ...
Weekend of fun at city church.
Jun 01, 2009 ... FAMILIES will be kept entertained next weekend with a three-day spring festival organised by a Coventry church. St Martin-in-the- Fields Church, in Green Lane, Finham, is hosting the event which begins on Friday, at 10am, with a floral and wedding dress display from the 1940s ...
Epic murder tale overcomes its flaws; TheatreReview.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Marion McMullen JULIUS CAESAR: Courtyard Theatre, Stratford, until October 2. Running time 3hrs. ROME burns as political unrest leads to mob rule and violence on the streets. There's murder around every corner and no-one is safe ... even Caesar. ...
Doctors' concerns over new surgery; CONTROVERSY: Fears private practice could undercut NHS services.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Warren Manger A CONTROVERSIAL new privately-run GP surgery opens it doors in Coventry today. The new Stoke Aldermoor GP Practice will give up to 6,000 patients longer access to doctors during the evenings and weekends. But city doctors are angry ...
MEP to meet voters to boost Euro ballot.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A PUBLIC meeting will be held in Warwickshire to raise the profile of the forthcoming European elections. Mike Nattrass, UK Independence Party MEP for the West Midlands, is restanding as a UKIP candidate and will meet potential ...
Kids add a splash of colour to care home's garden.
Jun 01, 2009 ... THE GARDENING club at Mount Nod Primary School visited an old people's home to add a touch of colour to the home's garden. A group of 10 seven and nine-yearolds from Mount Nod Primary School in Greenleaf Close, Mount Nod, paid a visit to St Jude's Rest Home in Unicorn Lane, ...
Animal lovers urged to get pets vaccinated.
Jun 01, 2009 ... VETS are today warning of a "ticking timebomb in killer animal diseases" as one in five pet owners is cutting back on veterinary expenses. It has been predicted "disease hot-spots" will spread throughout areas of the country where animals have not been inoculated, said a ...
Pick of the day.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Inside Sport (11.25pm) Gabby Logan talks to Padraig Harrington at Turnberry in Scotland, where the three-time Major winner will be attempting to make it three Open Championship wins in a row next month. Who's Watching You? (9.00pm) Richard Bilton meets people making individual ...