Diss Express (Diss, England) back issues from May 2008:
Television show inspires charity fundraiser.
May 01, 2008 ... A Deal Or No Deal-style fundraising event at the Apollo Club in Harleston has raised [pounds sterling]2,272.86 for children with cancer. Event organiser Philip Pearce said he got the idea from a red Christmas hamper delivered by his company, Blackburns, in Harleston. ...
Cows kill woman.
May 01, 2008 ... A woman has died after being trampled by a herd of cattle in north Suffolk. Sandra Pearce, 45, of Worlingham, died when she was stampeded by a herd of cattle as she walked her dogs near South Elmham Hall, near Harleston, on Sunday afternoon. A police spokesman said: ...
Trust maps out hospital's future.
May 02, 2008 ... Plans for the future of Hartismere Hospital are simple, according to Martin Royal, of Suffolk Primary Care Trust. The trust is clear - it wants to provide the services currently operating from the site in a new, purpose-built care centre, which would include up to ten beds. ...
Flynn strikes the right chord for contest.
May 02, 2008 ... Next month, most 16-year-olds will have their minds on their GCSEs, but one high school pupil has the added distraction of trying to become Guitar Idol 2008. Attleborough High School pupil Flynn Green is hoping his guitar skills will help him trounce the competition to win the ...
Charlotte wins carnival queen crown.
May 02, 2008 ... The Diss Carnival has a Queen after Charlotte Cox from Diss High School won the competition. Charlotte, 18, who is studying history, classics and drama at Diss High School, said it was thanks to her mum that she won the competition. She said: "Mum suggested it because ...
Pink shop creates a stink.
May 02, 2008 ... A lurid pink shop has sparked fury after the owners decided to protest over an order to brighten up. Abuse has been hurled at Christine Lathrope and her husband Dennis, of Amity's Florist in Mere Street, Diss, after they painted their shop fluorescent pink to raise money for ...
Workshop pops up.
May 02, 2008 ... A pop-up workshop will be held in Attleborough tomorrow as part of Norfolk County Council's Libraries Film Month. The workshop in ...
Duo engineer a place in contest.
May 02, 2008 ... Two Bressingham Primary School students have won the Diss heat of the Junior Engineers Knex Challenge. Elliot Sheppard and Thomas Bowden won their heat at Thurlow Nunn's Diss showroom. The young engineers worked in pairs and had an hour to solve an ...
Council still back park plan.
May 02, 2008 ... Further steps are being taken to improve Diss' Park, with a brief being sent out to landscape architects. The project aims to enhance and improve both the Park and the Mere, including a new play area, upgrading the pavilion and wetland planting around the water. Diss ...
Vandals smash historic church window.
May 02, 2008 ... A stained glass window depicting was smashed at Stradbroke church between midnight on Saturday and 11.30am on Monday. Margaret Streeter, the wife of rector Rev David Streeter, said: "Words ...
Residents take a step back in time.
May 02, 2008 ... A village celebrated its past while raising money for its memorial hall's future on Saturday. Mellis' past came alive in an exhibition of photographs from the village's history and old farm implements, as well as a guided history tour. Residents Peter Scott said the ...
Residents rally to stop windfarm.
May 02, 2008 ... Protesters were out in force just days after they heard a green energy firm had submitted plans to build a windfarm in Hempnall. Diss-based Enertrag UK Ltd firm wants to build seven turbines up to 125m tall, on land at Bussey's Loke and states it would supply energy for about ...
Video: Diss Mere.
May 02, 2008 ... Have a look at the delights of Diss Mere. A video of the ducks and fountain of Diss' delightful centrepiece. ...
Cottage destroyed by fire.
May 02, 2008 ... A blaze broke out in a two-storey cottage on Wednesday night. The fire at the Grade II listed property at Hoxne Road in Weybread, broke out around 11pm and gutted the building, ...
Bowls: Winter season celebrated.
May 02, 2008 ... Banham Short Mat Bowls Club celebrated the end of a successful winter season with their annual awards dinner at Chequers, Bressingham, on Friday. Club chairman Tony Blackburn thanked all those who had contributed towards the team's performances during the year. ...
Cricket: Difficult start for Mellis after surprise promotion.
May 02, 2008 ... North Suffolk Academy League, Sudbourne 50-0 Stradboke 49: Stradbroke's dream of a father and son XI progressed at Sudbourne, with three patriarchs in the same side as their offsprings. Much as they enjoyed it, and acquitted themselves well, it did not bring a positive result as ...
Rugby: Diss claim promotion in scintillating fashion.
May 02, 2008 ... Play-offs are meant to be tense and tight affairs but this clash was anything but. The rampant Blues smashed their opponents from the capital, with a half-century of points in the year of their 50th anniversary, to regain their place in London Two North after a three-year ...
Hockey: Harleston home in on promotion.
May 02, 2008 ... England Hockley League Qualifying Tournament, Hull 2 Harleston Magpies Men 6:Harleston followed up the previous week's draw with a convincing win in their second EHL play-off game. The result leaves Magpies second in the table, behind Cardiff. Magpies ...
Archery: Alec keeps his cool to claim World Championship silver.
May 02, 2008 ... Weybread archer Alec James fought off watching wildebeest and the sweltering sun to take silver at the World Field Archery Championship in Namibia. Representing England, James finished second behind German Arno Kaczmarek in the veteran (over 50s) male section of the barebow ...
Rugby: Pask's try wraps up Norfolk Cup for Diss U13s.
May 02, 2008 ... Norfolk Cup Final, Diss U13 17 West Norfolk 12: Diss were worthy winners of this trophy, having played all the attacking rugby against a well drilled and defensively astute West Norfolk side. The territorial advantage held by Diss might have led to a more emphatic ...
Youth football: Stratton trophy cabinet is overspilling.
May 02, 2008 ... IT has proved to be a season to remember for Long Stratton High School's football teams who have reached eight finals, winning seven of them. As part of the updating of the school entrance, a new trophy cabinet has been bought but this has proved too small to fit all the ...
Youth football: Gwillim's hat-trick puts Bressingham in cup final.
May 02, 2008 ... Bressingham U15 6 Bury Town 0: BRESSINGHAM booked a place in the League Cup final with this convincing win. Robbie Gwillim opened the scoring and Jack Taylor doubled the Bressingham lead soon after. Minutes from the break, Gwillim added another to the tally with a cool finish. ...
Motorsport: Findlay regains top scholar spot in champs.
May 02, 2008 ... EYE'S Garry Findlay bounced back to the top of the British Formula Ford Championship's Scholarship Class, thanks to some good results at the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire at the weekend. At the wheel of his Red Line Oil-backed Mygale, 18-year-old Findlay, scored one class win ...
Athletics: Hornsey leads the train chase.
May 02, 2008 ... Five Diss and District Athletics Club athletes travelled to Aylsham on Sunday to take part in the annual Chase the Train race along the 8.9 mile Bure Valley Railway line between Aylsham and Wroxham. Joe Hornsey was the first Diss athlete home in 1hr 04m 54s, followed by Helen ...
Petanque: Diss bounce back from slow start.
May 02, 2008 ... Le Diss Sportif put a poor start behind them to romp to their biggest win of the season in the Darby Rosettes Norfolk Petanque League last Thursday at Alpington Wheel of Fortune. Liz Rudling, Adam and Steven Penny were beaten convincingly in just seven ends but all three bounced ...
Football: Hempnall rue missed chances.
May 02, 2008 ... Dolphin Autos Anglian Combination League, Premier Division, North Walsham 2 Hempnall 0: Hempnall should have won this game last Thursday and Walsham must thank their keeper that they did not. The visitors made several changes with keeper Ben Cudden working, ...
Football: Cherries look to pick up Shield.
May 02, 2008 ... Yaxley Cherry Tree Veterans 4 One FC 2: Yaxley will face Great Yarmouth Postals in tonight's League Shield final at Diss Town, 8pm, after seeing off Norwich-based One FC in the semi-final. The Cherries opened the scoring, when John Field followed up to score from close range ...
Football: Fram must wait to hear on lifeline.
May 02, 2008 ... Metaltec Suffolk and Ipswich League, Senior Division, Westerfield United 0 Stonham Aspal 4: THIS win hoisted Stonham back into the top six. Neil Wooby headed the visitors into the lead early in the second half and three late goals made sure of the points. ...
Golf: Hall of Fame qualifier.
May 02, 2008 ... Diss golfer Peter Snell won the club's Seniors' April Medal and also qualified for the regional finals of the Hall of Fame Seniors' Golf Championships to be played at West Essex Golf Club in Chingford. ...
Pool: Advantage Crown B.
May 02, 2008 ... Stradbroke and District Independent Pool League: Dickleburgh Crown B got off to a great start in the first leg of the Knockout Cup final against Syleham Social Club, with wins from Sean Milton and Matthew Baker. The visitors halved the deficit through Derek Slade but ...
Football: Redgrave do cup double.
May 02, 2008 ... Players Aid Cup final, Redgrave Rangers 6 Bungay Town 0: Redgrave completed the cup double, with a convincing second-half display against Bungay. But the first half belonged to Bungay, as their hardworking style stopped Redgrave's normal flowing football. They could ...
Cricket: Diss CC get ready to make a quick start.
May 02, 2008 ... Diss CC are hoping to burst out of the blocks in their first game of the season at home to Brooke tomorrow, with their eyes set on promotion. The young team were in with a shout of going up from Lovewell Blake Norfolk Cricket Alliance Division One until the final weeks of last ...
Football: Promotion bid goes to final day.
May 02, 2008 ... Robert Taylor has vowed to throw everything at Hadleigh United tomorrow, as Diss Town's promotion push goes right to the wire. The Tangerines must win their final game of the season at third-place Hadleigh in the Ridgeons League First Division, to stand a chance of going up. ...
Football:Tangerines have to rely on rivals dropping points.
May 02, 2008 ... DISS TOWN'S promotion hopes slipped out of their hands after they dropped points against rivals Saffron Walden. Town led through an early goal by captain Steve Best, only to be pegged back ten minutes into the second half. Hadleigh United won away at Ely City and ...
Football: Debenham hit by three-point penalty.
May 02, 2008 ... DEBENHAM LC'S chose to have three points deducted this week rather than replay their Ridgeons League First Division match with March Town United. The Hornets beat March 2-0 at Maitlands, on March 29, but were forced to replay the game after fielding an ineligible player. ...
Football: Off-colour Hornets see push halted.
May 02, 2008 ... Ridgeons League First Division: March Town United 4 Debenham LC 1: All the pre-match talk of Debenham's promotion push proved to be humbug on Saturday. As the Hornets, playing in a black and white striped kit borrowed from their opponents due to a colour clash, displayed a soft ...
Football: Junior football course.
May 02, 2008 ... David Cobb will be holding a football course for five to 12-year-old boys and girls at Diss Town FC in the half-term holiday. The course will be held on Tuesday, May 27, and Wednesday, May 28, from 10am to 3pm. The charge is [pounds sterling]6 for either ...
Football:United left playing the waiting game.
May 02, 2008 ... BRIDGHAM UNITED are still waiting on other results to see if they will gain an unlikely promotion from Division Two. But regardless they can look back on a good season, which saw them secure their highest league positon after relegation from the top division in 2001. ...
Football: Rick Waghorn believes it was Glenn Roeder's contacts book which saved Norwich City.
May 02, 2008 ... IN fairness to Glenn Roeder he was at pains to not to point a finger at his immediate predecessor after the Canaries, finally, secured their place in the Championship next season. He was sure, said Roeder after Saturday's 3-0 win against QPR, that Peter Grant would be delighted ...
Football: Whatever the result Sunday, Ipswich Town fan Nick Wells thinks there's plenty to cheer.
May 02, 2008 ... Transistor radio? Check. Calculator? Check. Nails primed for chomping? Check. That's everything then, we're ready for another nerve-jangling final day of the season at Portman Road. After the tedious finishes of 15th and 14th in the last two campaigns, it is a ...
Football: Weekend fixtures.
May 02, 2008 ... Ridgeons League Fixtures Saturday - Premier Division: Walsham-le-Willows v Stanway Rovers. First Division: Debenham LC v Long Melford; Hadleigh Utd v Diss Tn. Dolphin Autos Anglian Combination League Saturday (2.30pm) - Premier ...
Storage beckons for town hall art.
May 02, 2008 ... Visitors to Eye Town Hall got to have one last look at its selection of portraits on Saturday before they were put into storage. The paintings included one of Sir Edward Kerrison, who donated the town hall to the people of Eye in 1854. Town councillor Penny McSheehy ...
Family's stark new venture.
May 02, 2008 ... For four generations, the Starke family have grown and processed herbs. Now, Victoria Starke is taking the family business a step further by selling fresh, frozen, chopped herbs and pesto through her new business Stark Naked, which has appeared on BBC1's ...
Shop returns as a diner.
May 02, 2008 ... A Diss shop owner has said supermarkets in the town influenced his decision to close his business and reopen it as a diner. Chris Hickling closed Reductions in Market Place in February to reopen it as the 28-seat Corner Diner, to complement his Chip Kings takeaway next door. ...
Asparagus farmers' labour fear.
May 02, 2008 ... Two asparagus farmers about to harvest this year's crop have spoken of their worries of a shortage of migrant workers in farming. Nationally, farmers have been concerned by Government restrictions on migrant labour which last year saw some fruit and vegetable crops left unpicked ...
Dozens swoop in to support Cuckoo Club.
May 02, 2008 ... Visitors took advantage of some glorious weather to flock to an open garden event at the weekend. Eleven Yaxley gardens were on show on Saturday and Sunday. Pauline Smith, of the Cuckoo Club, which organised the event said: "The visitors looking round the gardens ...
Children think class is magic.
May 02, 2008 ... The Reception class at Sir Robert Hitcham Primary School in Debenham is preparing to go on a magic carpet ride. All 26 children, class teacher Katie Butler and teaching assistants Melanie Legge and Heather Galley, will be looking at travelling around the world - using the tale ...
Play area makes great leap.
May 02, 2008 ... A run-down and vandalised play area in Roydon has been given a [pounds sterling]34,000 face-lift. The Appletree Lane play area used to be used as a hangout where teenagers gathered to smoke and drink. But South Norfolk Council has paid for new swings, a slide, a ...
Youngsters put history on film.
May 02, 2008 ... A group of young film makers is putting together a documentary about wartime memories of an American airforce base in Suffolk. Hoxne-based Create, a non-profit-making organisation, is putting together the film based on the Horham Airfield, with the help of the group at the Red ...
Greener ways to find out what not to waste.
May 02, 2008 ... Pupils from schools across the area were told "what not to waste" at Redgrave and Lopham Fen on Tuesday. A total of 120 high school pupils attended a day-long workshop about living in a more sustainable way, organised by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Suffolk and Norfolk waste ...
Cleaning up town's image with a fresh new outlook.
May 02, 2008 ... A Clean-up Diss campaign swept into action on Monday, in response to complaints about untidy shopping areas in the town. The campaign, organised by Diss Town Council in association with South Norfolk Council, has been launched to brighten up the town and promote the area to ...
Leaflets help to stay safe.
May 02, 2008 ... Norfolk County Council has launched a new scheme to help young children when they get lost. The scheme is designed to reach 72,000 children across the county with leaflets informing them what to do if they should find themselves lost. The scheme has been arranged in ...
Equestrian slides to victory.
May 02, 2008 ... A Diss equestrian slid into fourth place with her ice-dancing horse at the UK's first Icelandic Horse Competition - the Ice Tolt. Iris Ashman was pleased with her steed Colombus' performance in Basingstoke. ...
Boy's joy as dog is found.
May 02, 2008 ... After weeks of searching, a boy is delighted to have been reunited with his beloved dog Dylon Drummond, from East Harling, was playing hide and seek with his Staffordshire bull terrier at his grandmother's flat in London on April 1 when his pet, Gooner, was stolen. ...
Charity saddles up for change.
May 02, 2008 ... The Snetterton-based International League for the Protection of Horses (ILPH) has decided to change its name. The charity, which deals with cases of horse cruelty across the world, felt the name was too cumbersome and no longer reflected the breadth and depth of its activities. ...
Bad Girl Helen's good deed.
May 02, 2008 ... Bad Girls star Helen Fraser, will be auctioning memorabilia including a signed script from the television series, to raise money for the East Anglian Children's Hospice. The auction named Released! will be held at Wickham ...
Fancy that! Kids' chance to go green.
May 02, 2008 ... Diss Carnival will have a hint of green when it is relaunched in June. As part of the carnival parade celebrations on Sunday, June 22, primary school children are being invited to enter a Going Green fancy dress competition. Entry is open to children in school years ...
Hockey: Magpies U11s Girls make it three in a row.
May 02, 2008 ... HARLESTON MAGPIES U13s Girls made the worst possible start at the Dereham Tournament, losing 1-0 to Watton which probably cost them any chance of winning the competition. Magpies played much better after that defeat and were unlucky not to score in a 0-0 game against Norwich ...
Pigeons: Haistead breaks his season duck.
May 02, 2008 ... Paul Haistead won his first race of 2008 in the Diss and District Racing Pigeon Club on Saturday. On a perfect day for racing, 221 birds were sent from Diss, which were liberated off Eastbourne's Beachy Head spot at 7.15am. It proved to be another quick race, with the ...
Police believe cottages blaze was arson.
May 06, 2008 ... Police believe arsonists caused a blaze which destroyed one cottage and damaged the roof and top floor of another. Detectives are appealing for information about the fire at two derelict ...
Slideshow: Grand parade attracts thousands of visitors.
May 06, 2008 ... Morris dancers and the Royal Marines DCC Portsmouth cadet bands were among entertainers who attracted thousands of people at the Mendlesham Street Fayre on a sunny bank holiday Monday. The carnival parade proved very popular at the day-long event, which ...
Was there a star visitor at beer festival?
May 06, 2008 ... Village pubs in the Diss area appear to be coming major attractions for anyone wanting to spot celebrities. Johnny Depp, Chris Tarrant and Phil Tufnell have all popped into north Suffolk and south Norfolk locals for a ...
Burglars cut through fence.
May 06, 2008 ... Building equipment and tyres have been stolen from a yard in Mendlesham. Acetylene burner equipment, lorry tyres and a Brender-up tilt bed trailer, containing white wooden floorboards, were among the items stolen after thieves cut through the ...
Spike in county speeding.
May 07, 2008 ... The number of motorists caught speeding in Suffolk has nearly doubled over the past year. Suffolk Police caught more than 1,800 speeding motorists during a week long campaign, April 21-27, using fixed cameras and police officers. In the same week of last ...
Diss Express fair has just the job for you.
May 08, 2008 ... Employers and the potential staff will be given the chance to find out more about each other when the Diss Express holds its first jobs fair. Employers will be able to promote themselves and visitors will be able to see what jobs are available in this area. The event ...