Express & Echo (Exeter UK) back issues from October 2007:
Live music and classic film
Oct 01, 2007 ... Horror film fans will have the chance to experience a rare showingof the silent classic Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror tonight atExeter Phoenix. The earliest surviving screen adaption of Bram Stoker's novelDracula, the 1922 masterpiece is being shown as part of a ...
Bill's sparkling family musical
Oct 01, 2007 ... Anyone who enjoyed the recent BBC 1 series Any Dream Will Do willnot want to miss the new production of Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dreamcoat. The Bill Kenwright production opens tonight at the PlymouthTheatre Royal, and stars Craig Chalmers, one of the finalists fromthe ...
Intricate tale of relationship
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Drum Theatre in Plymouth will be hosting an intricate tale ofa relationship tonight. Stockholm follows Kali and Todd, an attractive and immaculatelyturned out couple, and reveals how their relationship unravels,treading a fine line between tenderness and cruelty, while ...
Undercover copper is a law unto himself
Oct 01, 2007 ... James Nesbitt is back for a new, three-part special of Murphy'sLaw, where he plays DS Tommy Murphy, a loner used to dealing with thedark side of life. "Unlike most undercover cops, Murphy is not a chameleon," saidNesbitt. "Instead of blending in, he sticks out because he's ...
Remake lacks any new ideas
Oct 01, 2007 ... Rob Zombie's remake of John Carpenter's Halloween (Exeter Odeonand Vue) follows the exploits of Michael Myers (Daeg Faerch) who slaughters half of his town, sparing his mother and ...
Woman's New York rampage
Oct 01, 2007 ... Neil Jordan's provocative thriller The Brave One (Exeter Vue andOdeon) probes the moral complexities of one woman's crusade forjustice on the streets of ...
Everything you need to know about family time
Oct 01, 2007 ... What: Family Time WHERE: Westbank Healthy Living Centre, Exminster SUITABLE FOR: Pre-school children and their ...
Space for the family to relax and have fun at friendly group
Oct 01, 2007 ... Whether it's reading a story in the book corner, getting messywith paints or playing with the colourful selection of toys, there issomething for every toddler who goes to Family Time at WestbankHealthy Living Centre in Exminster. Parents can relax and have a chat in the knowledge ...
Kids refuse to eat crusts
Oct 01, 2007 ... Every day, over 10.5 million crusts are thrown away - and the vastmajority of that huge bread mountain is discarded by kids. Parents who cut the crusts off for their fussy children arewasting around 40 per cent of the loaf - which is enough crust tocover more than 14 football ...
Margaret is a 'gem in community' say pals
Oct 01, 2007 ... For generations of children growing up in Topsham, one lady hashad an important role in their lives. Margaret Butt may have retired as headteacher at Topsham FirstSchool 10 years ago, but she is still busy organising activities sothat local youngsters have something interesting to ...
Dog day boosts charities
Oct 01, 2007 ... More than 1,000 people and hundreds of dogs attended the fourthHayne Dog Jamboree, near Moretonhampstead, and helped raise overpounds7,500 for charity. Good weather encouraged the record turnout. Over the past four years, the event has raised in excess ofpounds20,000 for ...
Star wars character to visit memorabilia shop
Oct 01, 2007 ... A character from the first Star Wars film is preparing to make aspecial appearance at an Exmouth store. Greedo, played by Paul Blake, was the bounty hunter shot by HansSolo (Harrison Ford) in the film. He will be visiting One Single Image, the film and televisionmemorabilia ...
Businesses committed to encouraging sport in inter-school contests
Oct 01, 2007 ... Competition is stiff and the stakes high as the latest AshfordsSchool Sports Championships gets under way. The idea behind the competition is to encourage competitive sportamong schools and pit academic institutions against each other forthe accolade of being the Champions of ...
Crediton
Oct 01, 2007 ... Head goes her FOURTEEN members of the Creedy Walkers led by Jenny Jarvis enjoyeda summer walk in the Otterton area which started in Otterton villagethen along the picturesque river Otter, turning from the South Westcoastal path for their return to Otterton. Their next walk in ...
Campaigner presses for town poll on referendum
Oct 01, 2007 ... An Exmouth resident has joined a voters' rebellion by calling fora poll on the new European Union treaty. A campaign is under way in the town for the Government to hold areferendum on whether to sign up to the revised Euro constitution. David Owen wants to follow the lead taken ...
Investing in people pays accountants
Oct 01, 2007 ... Exeter-based accountancy firm Bishop Fleming is helping to stemthe flow of university leavers out of the region, with over 70 percent of its graduate intake this year coming from the South West. Barbara Wood, director of HR, said: "Bishop Fleming was the UK'sfirst accountancy firm ...
Farmland cost at record high
Oct 01, 2007 ... The cost of farmland reached record levels during the first halfof the year as increased demand from investors and farmers pushed upprices, new figures have revealed. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said the averagecost of land soared by 22.6 per cent during the first ...
New Princesshay set to provide boost for shops across the city
Oct 01, 2007 ... Exeter's High Street and Guildhall shopping centre have reportedan increase in shoppers since the opening of the multi-million poundPrincesshay development. The number of shoppers using the Guildhall shopping centre in thepast week - the first week of Princesshay trading - is up by ...
City woman to teach in states
Oct 01, 2007 ... An Exeter woman has been asked to travel to America to teach at anew school for hairdressing. Michaele Dak, 38, has been hairdressing for over 15 years, workingall over the world. She said: "I am passionate about hairdressing and am now becomingmore involved in educating ...
Wine award for merchant
Oct 01, 2007 ... A devon wine merchant was shortlisted as Best Online Wine Merchant2007 and was awarded the prize for South West Wine Merchant of theYear 2007. Christopher Piper Wines, of Ottery St Mary, ranked alongsidemultiple retailer Majestic and Berry Brothers as being one of thebest online ...
Enjoyment of singing is better than any therapy You do not have to be a great vocalist to enjoy Forever Young, an informal singing group held in Exeter every Monday evening. Regulars of all abilities attend sessions, which give them a chance to socialise and to relax after a hard day's work, as well as trying their voices at a range of songs
Oct 01, 2007 ... You do not have to be a great vocalist to enjoy Forever Young, aninformal singing group held in Exeter every Monday evening. Regularsof all abilities attend sessions, which give them a chance tosocialise and to relax after a hard day's work, as well as tryingtheir voices at a range of ...
Liam nails a hat-trick to kill off nine-man Vikings
Oct 01, 2007 ... Sidmouth Town had two players sent off - including theirgoalkeeper - and failed to repeat last week's league victory atHeavitree Harriers when the two East Devon rivals met again in thesecond round of the Devon Premier Cup. The Exmouth team won 5-1 to send the Vikings packing and ...
Crescent emulate Pompey to book a place in the next round
Oct 01, 2007 ... Crescent emulated the feat of Portsmouth's Premiership win againstReading in the second round of the Devon Senior Cup to knock out theNo. 10 Club 7-4. It was a cracking tie. The Plymouth side were only 4-3 down atthe break but Crescent then enjoyed a real hot spot to take the ...
Robins win to climb to second
Oct 01, 2007 ... Budleigh Salterton, with six players back after last week's defeatat nearby East Budleigh, enjoyed a 4-0 win at home to Westexe Roversto regain second place in Senior 1. Two goals from Karl Richards and singles from Carl Everest andKirk Owen delighted manager Alex ...
Cheriton come from behind to seal passage to round two
Oct 01, 2007 ... Cheriton Fitzpaine came from two goals down at Hemyock to wintheir Devon Intermediate Cup second round tie 4-2. The Fitzers looked in trouble at half-time but then goals fromChris White, Adey Carr, Djidi Doumbia and Chris Acton stunned theirhosts. AFC Sidford won 4-0 at East ...
Uau leap up inter 1 table
Oct 01, 2007 ... Uau Exeter beat Feniton 3-1 to take a giant leap up the Inter 1table. Mike Ebdon scored Feniton's penalty. Axmouth won 4-2 at Alphington, who conceded four goals in theopening 20 minutes. Lympstone went three points clear at the top of Inter 2 after a 2-1 win at ...
Devle lined up for radio show
Oct 01, 2007 ... Exeter City legend John Devle will be the special guest ontonight's radio show Kellow's Bootlaces.Presenters Graham Kirk andBarry Fulls are urging anyone who has any stories or anecdotes aboutDelve to email them on graham1.kirk@virgin.net. A ...
Tisdale believes his side should have more points on the board
Oct 01, 2007 ... Paul Tisdale believes the Blue Square Premier is starting to takeshape - but claims his side are "four or five" points short of whatthey should have collected. The Grecians are currently in 10th place having registered 19points from their opening 12 games. While they have ...
City denied cash boost as Setanta pull plug
Oct 01, 2007 ... Exeter City's sporting director Julian Tagg says he understandsthe reasons why Setanta Sport have pulled the plug on screeningtomorrow night's Blue Square Premier match at Aldershot. The encounter was scheduled to be shown live until Setantaofficials ordered a last-minute switch to ...
Rogers is bidding to thrash out terms with midfielder hewlett
Oct 01, 2007 ... Tiverton Town boss Martyn Rogers admitted he is keen on signingMatthew Hewlett, after he scored in the Yellows' 3-0 win overBuckland Athletic. The former Torquay United midfielder made it 2-0 to Tivvy in thefriendly at Ladysmead by converting Carl Cliff-Brown's pull back tocap an ...
Mike delivers grim warning
Oct 01, 2007 ... Grays chief Mike Woodward has threatened to take the club back tothe Essex Senior League if supporters continue to abuse him. The Blues' chairman has become increasingly frustrated with a"poisonous" element of the club's support and insists he won'tcontinue to take the ...
Devon given a lesson by Kent
Oct 01, 2007 ... It may have taken 25 years but Kent finally got their revengeyesterday. The last time Devon's under-18 side faced Kent, it was in the 1982FA County Youth Cup final, and they inflicted a painful defeat on theteam from the South East. But is was a different story on Saturday as ...
Curtis expresses surprise after scooping two FA awards
Oct 01, 2007 ... Ladysmead groundsman Gordon Curtis says simply 'knowing what he isdoing' was key to him scooping two top FA awards. The Tiverton Town green keeper was named best groundsman up toConference level as well as Southern League groundsman of the yearand admitted he was shocked to clinch ...
Rovers lift hoodoo to win in Wiltshire
Oct 01, 2007 ... Willand Rovers finally laid their Melksham hoodoo to rest with anexcellent 2-0 victory in Wiltshire on Saturday. Rovers had never beaten the hosts but despite being caught intraffic and arriving 20 minutes before kick-off, a David Steelepenalty and Sam Williams' eighth goal of the ...
Basic errors costly for Crediton
Oct 01, 2007 ... Crediton coach Rich Daw said basic errors are costing his team,after Tavistock inflicted their fourth defeat of the season. The visitors ran out 38-5 winners at Blagdon, but Daw suggested itwould have been a different story had his men taken their chances. He said: "We did good ...
Late rally cannot save Alphas from an early league cup exit
Oct 01, 2007 ... Alphington's Throgmorton Cup campaign came to an early end asAppledore came away from the Chronicles with a 4-3 victory despite afine late rally from the Alphas. "Appledore are one of the best sides in the league and are veryorganised and at stages they ripped us apart," admitted ...
Rangers suffer emphatic defeat
Oct 01, 2007 ... Cullompton's record of being the only undefeated side in thePremier Division came to a crushing end as they went down 7-0 toElburton Villa at Speeds Meadow. "We were very unlucky to be 2-0 down at half-time and were stillin the game but in the second half we capitulated and caved ...
Bucks stand in Kirton's way in the cup
Oct 01, 2007 ... Crediton United will have a welcome break from their battle tomove away from the bottom of Division One East in the South WestPeninsula League when they entertain Premier Division outfitBuckland Athletic in the first round of the Throgmorton Cup at Lord'sMeadow tonight ...
Blythe laments lack of bonus
Oct 01, 2007 ... Sam Blythe admits Exeter Chiefs cannot afford not to collect bonuspoints if they are going to challenge for the title this year. The Sandy Park outfit couldn't get a fourth try in their 27-6defeat of Bedford as they slipped a place to third, behind Doncasterand two points behind ...
First half points haul sees sid to win against east Devon foes
Oct 01, 2007 ... Sidmouth produced a commanding first half performance to beatWithycombe 23-12 at Blackmore Field, but coach Andy Matchett wasstill not completely satisfied. Sid cruised into a 20-0 lead by half-time but only added threemore points to their tally in the second half, when Matchett ...
Tops suffer loss
Oct 01, 2007 ... Topsham were blown away 63-3 by Torrington as the North Devonoutfit ran riot. Trevor Harris' men started the game playing down the hill butcould not take advantage as Torrie scored two tries in the firsthalf. And ...
Cully recover for fourth win
Oct 01, 2007 ... Cullompton bounced back from a poor start to protect their 100 percent start to the season with a 26-5 win over Okehampton. Brett Luxton's men scored early on with a catch-and-drive trytouched down by Ali Mason. But Charlie Mahon's league leaders hit back with four tries to ...
Barrett named in united team
Oct 01, 2007 ... Kevin Barrett should continue his return to action tonight bystarting for Exeter United in their clash at Launceston (7.30). The scrum-half injured his knee against Redruth in the first pre-season outing but played a few minutes from the bench at Moseley. If he proves his ...
Cockles still on track after talk
Oct 01, 2007 ... Exmouth coach Nick Southern revealed how a frank exchange of viewsat half-time paved the way for their dramatic 16-14 victory overBrixham. The win extends the Cockles' perfect start to the season and,after four games, they sit two points clear at the top of the tablewith South ...
Defence holds the key as chiefs win despite bedford's fine show
Oct 01, 2007 ... After the attacking flair against Rotherham two weeks ago, ExeterChiefs showed their resolve in defence to come away with the pointsagainst Bedford. They defended for long spells throughout an opening period thatsaw Bedford take the game to them. To turn around 13-0 ahead ...
Saints claim a late bonus
Oct 01, 2007 ... Northampton claimed the bonus point with the last play of thematch as they beat Plymouth Albion 34-15. They were only 13-12 ahead at the break as Bruce Reihana's try wascancelled out by scores from Arran Cruickshanks and Liam Gibson forthe visitors. Paul Diggin went over ...
One answer to city housing shortage
Oct 01, 2007 ... There is one good thing to come from the Exeter unitary bid andthat is that at least we will be able to vote for the citycouncillors who are coming up for election next May. This will be the real opportunity for the residents of Exeter toput in place capable individuals who will ...
Change needed in paying water bills
Oct 01, 2007 ... For six years, we have run our tea shop in Cullompton and we arepaying pounds40 a week for our water bills. On complaining to South West Water that we could not possibly beusing this obscene amount of money in water, we were told our billswere arranged in conjunction with Mid Devon ...
Council must take action over failings
Oct 01, 2007 ... I read with interest your article regarding the halting of thesale of new homes in Exeter by Persimmon because of play areadisputes, New homes sales halted, Echo, September 26. I would like to know why these big boy builders can come along andbuy up parcels of land in our lovely ...
Happy memories revived by story
Oct 01, 2007 ... Regarding City street that feels more like a village, Up YourStreet, Echo, September 26, as the daughter of the 91-year-old, VeraPayne, and having been taken to live in Hoopern Street as a newborn,I can say, too, that it was a great place to grow up. The fields were our ...
Wedding dress appeal for charity
Oct 01, 2007 ... I was the bride who earlier this year donned my wedding attirewith my attendants to raise pounds1008.25p for Exeter LeukaemiaFund in a sponsored walk from St Thomas to Exeter High Street. I am writing to ask if there is anybody or a company that couldreally help me ...
Act now before someone is killed!
Oct 01, 2007 ... Having moved to Exeter a year ago, I have observed, withincreasing anxiety, the potentially lethal mixture of preoccupiedpedestrians, homicidal buses and vulnerable cyclists in Exeter HighStreet. Bedford Street is little better. Though magnificently broad,there is no designated ...
There's no plan B, we must act now!
Oct 01, 2007 ... Although it's certainly wasteful to send bottles to landfillrather than recycle them, No green bottles, Echo, September 27, thereare countless other unnecessary areas of waste that could be reducedwith little no hardship to anyone. For example, on Thursday morning, a lovely sunny ...
Taxes wasted on illegal immigrants
Oct 01, 2007 ... Regarding the story Tenfold rise in police interpreter spending,Echo, September 27, this is a further example of how our taxes arebeing frittered away, catering for people who most likely shouldn'tbe here. The criminal element should be shipped out straight away. Our laws ...
Treat religions with respect they merit
Oct 01, 2007 ... I hope Mike Parsons, We'll soon be too afraid to speak, Points ofview, September 27, will pause and consider this. Many Christiansfind the rampant commercialisation surrounding one of their holiesttimes of the year to be offensive. Yes, I mean the day thatChristians celebrate the birth ...
Brian sewell had a day to remember
Oct 01, 2007 ... In response to the views expressed by J Noble concerning theBrian Sewell talk at Exeter Phoenix on September 23, Should thiscity be renamed 'Hixeter'? Points of view, September 27, I would liketo point out the room concerned, the Voodoo Lounge, has been used fordozens of successful ...
Grant aid for tennis prodigy
Oct 01, 2007 ... A devon tennis prodigy has been awarded pounds250 to help furtherhis sporting career. Connor Champ is just eight but is already competing in under-10tournaments around the country. Now he has been awarded pounds250 by sweetmaker Ernest Jackson, ofCrediton, where ...
Shop donates festive box
Oct 01, 2007 ... Supermarket firm Waitrose has donated a Christmas hamper worthpounds150 to help raise funds for the Rose ...
Images of Exeter from almost 100 years ago to go on display online
Oct 01, 2007 ... These extraordinary images of Exeter, taken almost a century ago,provide a fascinating snapshot of the city around the time of theFirst World War. They form part of a huge collection compiled by the ExeterPictorial Record Society being exhibited online by the ...
Stop moaning and use the barnfield
Oct 01, 2007 ... I refer to the letters in the Echo recently bemoaning the factthat Exeter does not have a theatre in the centre of the city. The Exeter Barnfield Theatre is, in fact, not only owned by thecity council but is just a few minutes walk from the new Princesshaydevelopment. I do ...
You can help us to help 100s of others
Oct 01, 2007 ... The 2006 Poppy Appeal received wonderful support from the public,raising pounds26m. This year it starts on October 27 and provides themain source of funds to maintain the legion's many schemes in whichover 300,000 people are helped every year. Since 1921, the Royal British Legion's ...
Inadequacies of theatres exposed
Oct 01, 2007 ... Kate Alan's letter regarding the Barnfield Theatre, Points ofview, September 27, has one or two points that need clarifying. She gives the impression of suggesting, that it has been "anentertainment establishment" since the 1890s. She fails to include the periods when it was ...
Debenhams would make ideal theatre
Oct 01, 2007 ... I note with interest that Land Securities, owner of the oldDebenhams building, will not be knocking it down as some believe butwill be converting it for alternative use. These plans involve setting aside a significant part for leisureand pleasure use. May I suggest that the ...
City's pretensions are preposterous
Oct 01, 2007 ... Watching the BBC TV local news one evening, I saw an impassionedplea by Exeter businessmen for the completion of five or six projectswhich they said were essential for the continued prosperity of thecity and would create 10,000 new jobs. I can't recall what all of them were, but ...
Restaurant is staying put
Oct 01, 2007 ... A popular Indian restaurant in Exeter has confirmed that it isstaying put. Loyal customers have helped to persuade Jamil Miah, who ownsChadni Restaurant, in Heavitree Road, to buy the premises, which isrun by his brother Naz. Naz said: "We listened to our customers and ...