Daily Post (Liverpool, England) back issues from April 2008:
VICTIMS OF THE HOUSING CRISIS; 50 sacked as Wales' last clay brick factory faces axe Home building slump and soaring energy costs blamed.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KELLY FENNA WALES'S last clay brick factory is stopping production amid a national house building slump. Fifty jobs are being axed at ...
WALES: Gardener looking to the fuchsia.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By CARL BUTLER A GARDENER who has built up a dazzling array of fuchsias at the Welsh College of Horticulture (WCH) has been rewarded for his dedication and hard work. Richard Markey, of Mynydd Isa, received a certificate from the National Council for the ...
WALES: Welsh prison numbers reach all-time high.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM LISTER THE number of inmates being locked up in Welsh jails has reached record levels, it was confirmed last night. Figures released by theMinistry of Justice showthe country's prison population has reached 2,762 and more than 1,000 prisoners have been ...
WALES: 'Critical conditions' of court system.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID BARRETT THE legal system is suffering from a shortage of judges, IT problems and a pounds 200 million backlog in repairs to court buildings, the most senior judge in England and Wales warned yesterday. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth ...
WALES: pounds 13m rail plan to run more train.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ERYL CRUMP WORK to improve reliability on the Cambrian Line has been started by Network Rail. The pounds 13m scheme between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth, Machynlleth and Pwllheli will allow an hourly service, increasing the number of passenger trains from 38 ...
WALES: Hotline role for solicitor.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A WREXHAM solicitor is staffing a new helpline for medical accident victims. Jennifer Lowe, who works with Walker Smith Way's specialist clinical negligence team in Wrexham, will work two days a month on the new Action against Medical Accidents ...
WALES: I'm ready to sign up; ORGAN WAITING LIST UP BY 53%.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SINGER Charlotte Church has announced that she will join the organ donation register after learning of a family friend's battle for survival. She became involved in the issue after speaking to the parents of 20-month-old Finlay Careless, who has liver disease and is due to go on ...
WALES: I've been waiting 6 years for kidney; And it's made my life hell.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By TOM BODDEN Welsh Affairs Correspondent A DESPERATELY-ILL patient has been stuck on a kidney transplant waiting list for six years due to the chronic shortage in donor organs. As singer Charlotte Church declares she will carry a donor card, Robert Jones says ...
WALES: Violent ex-soldier gets 16 months.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ERYL CRUMP AN EX-SOLDIER who punched a man so hard his jaw was broken in two places was jailed for 16 months yesterday. Ryan Watson was sitting on a bench in Station Road, Colwyn Bay when he was approached from behind and punched, a judge at Caernarfon ...
WALES: Jealous man punched his partner in face.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GARETH HUGHES A MAN who became jealous when he saw his long-term partner talking to two men in a bar thumped her in the face when she arrived home. Cherie Williams was hit in the teeth and her chin and eye were bruised in the attack, which left her shocked ....
WALES: THE BIG PICTURE ... Bangor Pier by ROBERT PARRY JONES.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... The tops of the Carneddau range under snow make a magnificent backdrop to this late-winter view looking across the Menai ...
WALES: 'Good progress' over county education crisis; New confidence in schools and leaders, say inspectors.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KELLY FENNA SCHOOL inspectors who slammed the running of education in Denbighshire yesterday said the council was making "good progress." A damning report by Estyn last year labelled the management of services as ineffective, leading to former council ...
WALES: Joy rider wearing socks on his hands.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ELWYN ROBERTS TWO Wrexham men joy riding in a stolen pounds 25,000 BMW car in Liverpool wore gloves and socks on their hands to stop themselves leaving fingerprints. The BMW 5 Series was stolen during a burglary at the home of the owner, a retired man aged ...
WALES: SANDS in call for volunteer.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... GWYNEDD and Ynys Mon SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity) Local Support Group for bereaved parents and families ...
WALES: Fifty jobs will go as Wales' last clay brickworks closes; Bosses blame national slump in housing.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KELLY FENNA WORKERS at the last remaining clay brick factory in Wales were last night told their jobs would be axed amid a national housing slump. Material at Hanson's Caernarfon brick works in Gwynedd will be "mothballed" while bosses hope for a surge in ...
WALES: Abusive villager is barred for two years.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GARETH HUGHES A MAN who made life hell for a couple living nearby has been banned from his home village for two years. Magistrates yesterday made the restraining order against John Trafford after hearing how Alan and Andrea Bond were scared to visit the ...
WALES: Plumber grew drug at home.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A PLUMBER who has done work for North Wales Police was found to have a cannabis factory at his home, a court heard yesterday. When police executed a search warrant at Dyffryn Teg, Rhuallt, near St Asaph, they found young cannabis plants which could have produced between 14oz and ...
WALES: High flier shares birthday with RAF; CARL JOINS RED ARROWS FOR FLYPAST HONOUR.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ERYL CRUMP A NORTH Walesman will be flying high later today when the world famous Red Arrows aerobatic team take part in a special fly-past over London. The fly-past will mark the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force. The Red Arrows will fly ...
WALES: Lib Dems query prescriptions.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DANIEL DAVIES GPs have been increasingly asked to prescribe over-the-counter medicines since prescription costs were scrapped in Wales last year, a survey by the Liberal Democrats said yesterday. Of the 133 surgeries that responded, 52% said the nature of ...
WALES: 'Fairer deal' on hospital parking.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DANIEL DAVIES FREE parking becomes available at hospitals in Wales today. About 120 of Wales's 130 hospitals will remove parking fees immediately, and patients, staff and visitors will only have to pay at four sites by May 2011. The trust ...
WALES: Steam trip is put back until July.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A STEAM-HAULED special train set for next weekend has been postponed. The Welsh Mountaineer excursion from Manchester to Blaenau Ffestiniog hauled by two historic steam locomotives, on April 5, would have been the first steam train along the scenic Conwy ...
WALES: Wales NHS patients 'waiting extra month for same treatment' MPs call for probe as English hospital puts blame on Assembly government.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By OWEN HUGHES PATIENTS from North Wales continue to face a longer wait than English patients for identical treatments at the same English hospitals, health chiefs admitted yesterday. But hospital bosses in Merseyside laid the blame squarely at the door of ...
WALES: 'Inhumane' to force N.Wales patients south.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... FORCING North Wales neurology patients to travel to Swansea for treatment could trigger a domino effect of specialist health services shifting to South Wales, a report has concluded. The study compiled by eminent former senior health professionals has warned that moving ...
WALES: Man gets second fine for outburst.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DEREK BELLIS A MOTORIST booked by a traffic warden was given a further fine - for being rude to him. Thomas Pope bought a newspaper from a shop in Conwy town centre at 8.20am, leaving his van outside. He came out to find a council parking ...
WALES: Call centre for late hours GP.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... PATIENTS needing medical treatment from out-of-hours GPs will have to explain their symptoms to call centre staff before doctors are sent out. From today, Wrexham and Flintshire Local Health Boards will join forces to cover a population of around 289,000 people. The ...
WALES: Mum finds new evidence over Mark death fall.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ERYL CRUMP THE mum of a North Wales man who fell to his death from a Turkish hotel balcony believes she has found new evidence about the incident. Mark Tate, 18, of Ffordd Ysgubor Goch, Caernarfon, was on holiday in Marmaris last June when he fell from a ...
WALES: Baby murder charge reduced.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AN ANGLESEY nanny accused of murdering the 13-month-old baby son of two police officers had her charge reduced to manslaughter. Isaac Rowlinson, the son of Detective Paul Rowlinson and Pc Lisa Rowlinson, died on July 23. Linda Wise, 46, of Gaerwen, Anglesey, was ...
WALES: Keep an eye out for girls forced into marriage.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... SCHOOLS across Wales will be asked to look out for unexplained absences of girls they think are at risk of forced marriage, it was revealed yesterday. Teachers and welfare officers should raise the alarm if pupils suddenly disappear from the classroom without warning, Social ...
WALES: Months to live, but Gail will give all to finance majorettes.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ERYL CRUMP A WOMAN given just months to live has had her leg tattooed to commemorate her favourite majorette troop. Gail Hughes, 42, of Maes Berllan, Penmaenmawr has breast cancer and wants to raise cash for the Penmaenmawr Solitaire troupe before she ...
WALES: Hefty driving ban for rugby fan.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GARETH HUGHES WALES' Grand Slam success had a down side for a Flintshire man when his celebrations led him to appear before magistrates in Prestatyn yesterday. The court heard that after watching the final game of the Six Nations tournament David Mark ...
WALES: Animal ban for horrific neglect; Farmer's case 'among worst ever in county'.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ERYL CRUMP A 73-YEAR-OLD farmer was spared jail yesterday for neglecting his livestock - but was handed an indefinite ban on keeping cattle, sheep and pigs. The ban will come into effect in three months' time, giving Arfon Jones an opportunity to dispose ...
WALES: Fans celebrate The Prisoner's 40th birthday at Portmeirion.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ERYL CRUMP FANS of the cult series The Prisoner will flock to the series' film location in North Wales later this week. They will celebrate star Patrick McGoohan's 80th birthday and the show's 40th anniversary at Portmeirion next weekend. ...
WALES: Disabled... but she still had burglar's skills; Woman is jailed for three and a half years for raid on house.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ELWYN ROBERTS A DISABLED woman described in court as "a very able house burglar" was jailed for three and a half years yesterday. Marie Louise Sharratt, of Butterton Road, Rhyl, will spend her 42nd birthday today behind bars for raiding a property in Rhyl ...
WALES: Injured driver appears in court.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GARETH HUGHES A WOMAN seriously injured in a collision in which her passenger was also badly injured appeared in court yesterday charged with dangerous driving. It is alleged that Claire Best should have realised that the brakes on her Vauxhall Corsa were ...
LEISURE TIME: news QUIZ.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... 1. Which actor has been named as the bestdressed man in Britain? 2. Motorists outside London can now be fined for parking based on evidence from what? 3. According to a new poll, what is just as stressful as moving house or breaking up with a partner? 4 ....
WALES: Ospreys arrive back home from Africa.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... EXPERTS have welcomed the news that Wales' only pair of breeding ospreys have returned home from Africa. They had had a 'perilous' journey flying some 2,175 miles from west Africa to their nest at Glasfryn near Porthmadog. The endangered ospreys pair have arrived back ...
WALES: Celebrity order finale for Robert the rocker star; MASTER CRAFTSMAN ENDS WITH SPECIAL COMMISSION.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GARETH HUGHES AN ELDERLY craftsman whose rocking-horses have brought joy to scores of children is riding off into the sunset with a special celebrity commission. Robert Vale, 83, is currently putting the finishing touches to a horse ordered by top chef ...
WALES: Eisteddfod Uwchmynydd Aberdaron.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE long standing annual Uwchmynydd Eisteddfod attracted competitors of a high standard from a wide area. RESULTS Solo under six: Eban Parry, Aberdaron. Solo under eight: Cai Dwyryd Hughes, Porthmadog. Solo under 10: Leah Lloyd Pugh, Botwnnog. Solo under 12: Betsan ...
WALES: Cheap oil for village.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... VILLAGERS in Llandyrnog, near Denbigh, have saved thousands of pounds over the past 12 months by forming a syndicate to buy central heating oil in bulk. More than ...
WALES: Talk about belonging.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE lunchtime meeting at Parkfields, Mold, on Wednesday at 12.30pm, will hear speaker Rev Aled Edwards, Chief ...
VIEWPOINT: CAPITAL EYE.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: TOM BODDEN IT was still Easter in the National Assembly and two-thirds of the way through a three-week holiday recess, found me trawling through some of the dustier corners of the government's website. I do this so you don't have to. Eight clicks of the mouse later, and ...
Letter: Time is on women's side.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Robert Ian Williams WHETHER the Church in Wales votes for or against women bishops this week, is of little importance. For even if the vote is a negative one, time is on the side of the women, who will eventually constitute at least half of the active clergy ....
Letter: Historic role.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Roger Taylor AS an Anglican I heartily support the opposition of Canon Peter Jones to the ordination of women as Bishops in the Church of Wales (Daily Post, March 28). As a society we are paying an appalling price for our failure to recognise that men and ...
Letter: Victory for good sense.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jim Henderson THE scrapping of the A494 plans is I believe, an enormous victory for common sense, and for people power, and great credit should go to the coalition committee who worked so tirelessly for the cause. Also the many people such as AMs and ...
Letter: Homes scandal.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Huw Prys Jones THE Daily Post is to be applauded for highlighting the extent to which the rights of local people are being eroded in the allocation of social housing (Daily Post, March 29). This is a scandal that cannot and must not be tolerated. Local people ...
Letter: Rest areas.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Christine Humphreys WHEN reading the Daily Post on Friday I was deeply saddened to learn of another tragic death on our roads in North Wales following a collision between a car and a lorry on the A5025 near Amlwch. We don't yet know what has happened in this ...
ON THIS DAY IN ...(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... 1873 Sergei Rachmaninov, last of the great Russian Romantic composers, was born in Oneg. 1875 Edgar Wallace, thriller writer and journalist, was born in London. In his career he wrote more than 170 books, along with plays and hundreds of short stories. 1918 The Royal ...
DAILY POST YOUR VOICE IN WALES: Bricks are latest sign of downturn.(Leaders)
Apr 01, 2008 ... WHY, when the UK is said to be facing an unprecedented housing shortage, does the axe have to fall on Wales' last remaining clay brick factory, Hanson's in Caernarfon? Clearly it is nothing to do with the product - the world's most versatile building material dating back some ...
Did HM Stanley really hate his native N.Wales? Tim Jeal - whose biography Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer was published in paperback on March 6 - describes Stanley's troubled Welsh roots.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tim Jeal A YEAR ago, I was rebuked by a Welsh radio host for sympathising with Stanley. "How can a Welshman masquerading as an American be worth anything?" Then he halted the interview, stopping me explaining that Stanley's childhood had been so terrible that ...
Army life is still a worthy career option.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: david BANKS THE National Union of Teachers (NUT) didn't say at last week's conference what it would rather have pupils choose as careers if they are to be denied information about the army. Many soldiers are, admittedly, recruited from areas where there is ...
Heathrow's Terminal.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: david BANKS COMFORTABLY tucked up in my holiday home at the weekend I could watch the chaos at Heathrow's Terminal 5 with a degree of smugness. Even allowing for dodgy map reading we arrived in the Peak District in the time it was ...
Cyclists set wheels in motion for sport.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: david BANKS BRITAIN enjoyed a stunning sporting success last week, and for once it was not ignored by the media just because it happened to be in cycling. The GB team easily outstripped all opposition in the medal tables at the World Cycling Championships, ...
britain ROUND-UP: 19,000 T5 bags held in storage.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE chief executive of British Airways last night issued a fresh apology to travellers caught up in the Heathrow Terminal 5 fiasco but insisted the new facility would be a success. Willie Walsh said BA was holding 19,000 bags in temporary storage - rather than 28,000 as the ...
britain ROUND-UP: Victims named.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE two remaining victims of yesterday's plane crash in Farnborough, Kent, have been named as Christopher Allarton, 25, and Michael Chapman, 57, the private jet's co-pilot. Crash investigators have begun examining the wreckage at the scene. No "black box" flight data ...
britain ROUND-UP: New inquest?(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ONE of the Government's chief legal advisers is considering whether a second inquest should be held into the death of a man whose body was found at the home of entertainer Michael Barrymore. Officials said Attorney General Baroness Scotland had received a new report from ...
britain ROUND-UP: Marines killed.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TWO Royal Marines have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday. The soldiers, serving with 40 ...
Miliband urges early release of poll results.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BRITAIN yesterday called for the results of Zimbabwe's elections to be released without undue delay, as opposition activists voiced fears that President Robert Mugabe was seeking to preserve his position by rigging the count. Results have trickled out at a slow pace since ...
No evidence of Diana murder.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOHN BINGHAM and HELEN WILLIAM THE coroner at the Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest told the jury yesterday there was "no evidence" that she was murdered by MI6 at the behest of the Duke of Edinburgh. Opening his summing up to the jury after the six-month ...
world ROUND-UP: Killing suspects in release plea.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE three suspects being held in connection with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher will make a final appeal to be freed today in Italy's highest court. Judges in Rome will hear arguments requesting the release of US student Amanda Knox, her former Italian boyfriend ...
world ROUND-UP: Torch landing.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE Olympic torch touched down in Beijing amid high security yesterday before a round-the-world relay, expected to be a lightning rod for protests against China's policies and human rights practices. The arrival was ...
world ROUND-UP: New attacks.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BAGHDAD'S fortified Green Zone came under renewed attack yesterday, less than 24 hours after anti-Western Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr told his forces to stand down after a week of clashes with government security forces. ...
world ROUND-UP: Dassin dies, 96.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AMERICAN film director Jules Dassin has died in Athens aged 96, it was announced last night. Dassin, who made more than 20 films including Topkapi and ...
New questions for McCann friends.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By THEO USHERWOOD PORTUGUESE police are to visit Britain next week to re-interview the friends of Kate and Gerry McCann. Officers are expected to arrive in Britain on April 7, but they will not interview the couple, whose four-year-old daughter Madeleine ...
DINING DIRECTORY; YOUR GUIDE TO GOING OUT food&drink.(Features)(Directory)
Apr 01, 2008 ... CONWY RHOS ON SEA GOLF CLUB Enjoy a traditional Sunday carvery with a selection of four prime, locally sourced meats and produce. Tasty vegetarian options available. Three courses for pounds 10.95 (optional). Set in the beautiful scenic surroundings of Rhos on Sea overlooking ...
Flavours of Japan; YOUR GUIDE TO GOING OUT food&drink Debra Greenhouse at a fair trade shop full of eastern promise.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... FAIR Trader Sunnie Bell is developing her Bethesda giftware store into one of the first Japanese-themed shops in North Wales. And delighted customers who call in are likely to be offered a refreshing cup of Japanese tea. The unusual and exotic product range she stocks at her ...