Express & Echo (Exeter UK) back issues from March 2008:
Chris rallies chiefs fans
Mar 01, 2008 ... Chris Bentley has told his Exeter Chiefs teammates they must beatPertemps Bees in style today - for the home fans. Bentley, who returned to the club this season following a spellplaying in New Zealand, says the Chiefs have to make up for recentdisappointments - and that means ...
Extra week for triallist winger Alex
Mar 01, 2008 ... Exeter City boss Paul Tisdale has invited Watford winger AlexCampana to spend an extra week on trial with the club. The right-sided midfielder, who has played three times for AdieBoothroyd's Championship outfit, turned out in Monday night'sreserve team stalemate with Bristol ...
Church services
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Echo lists Sunday church services every Saturday. To add aservice to next week's list - for no charge - call Mary Youlden on01392 442230 or email myoulden@expressandecho. co.uk by 5pmThursday. Services tomorrow unless otherwise stated. Belmont Chapel, Western Way: services ...
Home comforts for vet Oliver
Mar 01, 2008 ... Oliver Carter has a handful of entries at Bishops Court nearOttery St Mary - his home ground - today. The veteran owner has A Nice Sort, First Thought, Gone Missingand Watch Me Doodle all entered tomorrow. Ottery-based Polly Gundry will be looking to add to her tally of14 ...
I remember paying just 5p to watch the Grecians
Mar 01, 2008 ... They are pounds36 at Tottenham Hotspur, pounds34 at Liverpool andpounds30 at Sunderland. It is truly amazing that anyone pays thosesort of admission prices to watch a game of football. Yet those prices are far from being the most expensive, you couldpay pounds44 at Manchester ...
Apprentices to boom again for a modern world
Mar 01, 2008 ... The apprentice is back in force as Britain positions itself tocompete with Asian economies such as China and India. But with the death of the old smokestack industries,apprenticeships now fit people for work in the modern world. Last month, Gordon Brown set out plans for a ...
Club shop is the business
Mar 01, 2008 ... I have watched games from new and unique vantage points over thelast week. I decided to take in the Farsley game from the big, poshFlybe.com Doble Cowshed Grandstand. I sat up the end next to the taxi-load of away supporters. It'sfunny how different the game looks from a ...
City promotion odds shorten
Mar 01, 2008 ... Exeter's surge towards the Conference play-off places, courtesyof a fine run during which they've recorded five wins and threedraws in their last eight outings, has resulted in their promotionodds being reduced further to 7/2 with Coral. Meanwhile, bookies' confidence in City has ...
Taylor up for monthly gong
Mar 01, 2008 ... Exeter City defender Matt Taylor is the latest Grecians player tobe nominated for the Blue Square player-of-the-month award. Richard Logan and former Grecian Jamie Mackie have ...
Welsh flavour always did improve the city recipe
Mar 01, 2008 ... Don your daffodil, saute your leeks and check the air pressure inyour inflatable sheep. Yes it's a Crockford Files St David's Dayspecial. So, eyes down for the Welsh Exeter City team of my dreams. It's adamn good side and proof that whether you love 'em or loathe 'em, weGrecians ...
Medal haul for Exe swimmers
Mar 01, 2008 ... Exeter City swimmers added to their medal tally at the thirdstage of the 2008 Devon Championships. Competing against stiff opposition from around the county, 19swimmers reached a total of 33 finals, with 11 combining to collect18 medals. Leading the way for the team was Annie ...
Two high breaks for don as polsloe whitewashed
Mar 01, 2008 ... Billiard division leaders Broadclyst were 4-0 winners away toPolsloe & Priory C, with Don Humphries on great form with breaks of71 and 33. The leaders have a four-point lead over City Transport in secondspot with a game in hand. Steve Canniford of Polsloe & Priory A compiled ...
Promising golfer Jessica gets an England call-up
Mar 01, 2008 ... Jessica Bradley's quickfire rise to golf stardom reached a newlevel this week when the Tiverton teenager earned her first Englandcall-up. Jessica has been named in the national girls' squad for theScottish Under-16 Open Strokeplay Championship to be held in April. The ...
Alphas managers leave
Mar 01, 2008 ... Outgoing Alphington boss Robbie Vaughan has admitted to being'gutted' that his Chronicles tenure didn't work out. Vaughan and joint-manager Paul Harris both left the South WestPeninsula League Division One East side on Thursday night afteroverseeing a run of four successive ...
Super mum with 150 children wins special mother's day bouquet
Mar 01, 2008 ... Mary Richardson has been mum to more than 150 children, makingher well and truly Devon's Mothering Sunday Super Mum. Mrs Richardson is one of the oldest foster parents in Devon andthe sprightly 76-year-old pensioner from Exmouth has helped bring upall those children over the past ...
Dog sniffs out two suspects
Mar 01, 2008 ... A police dog was instrumental in the arrest of two men in theearly hours of yesterday morning. A member of the public reported theft and damage of a number ofgarden ornaments in the Oakland Road area of Newton Abbot. The dog tracked a scent from the rear of the premises, ...
Star mother wins cool pounds250 in shopping vouchers
Mar 01, 2008 ... Mary Snell will be enjoying a Mother's Day to remember this yearafter winning pounds250 of shopping vouchers in an Echo- backedcompetition. Mrs Snell was nominated by her daughter Jacky Pike as a Star Mumin a contest organised by the Guildhall Shopping Centre as part oftheir 2008 ...
College's new buildings open
Mar 01, 2008 ... New pounds6m buildings at East Devon College will be officiallyopened on Thursday. Buildings at the college's Tiverton site house art, graphicsand media suites, drama and photography studios as well as a fullyequipped hairdressing salon and beauty treatment rooms. Local ...
Daughters thank mums publicly to back city charity
Mar 01, 2008 ... Daughters have been taking advantage of a unique way to say thankyou to their mums - by putting a petal message in a city centre shopwindow. The display in WH Smith, in Exeter's Guildhall Shopping Centre,has been organised by Hospiscare as a different way to honour mumson ...
Night work on new green paths in bid to avert road jams
Mar 01, 2008 ... A five-week programme of work to improve cyclist and pedestrianaccess on one of the city's biggest industrial estates begins nextweek. Roads engineers from Devon County Council will begin a project atMoor Lane, Sowton, from Monday night. The scheme is the latest in a spate of ...
Clothes and jewellery help make Fairtrade even more effective ; Fairtrade Fortnight is about raising awareness of products that help producers in developing countries. And, as well as food, drinks and flowers, people can also buy Fairtrade clothes, jewellery and accessories
Mar 01, 2008 ... Fairtrade Fortnight is about raising awareness of products thathelp producers in developing countries. And, as well as food, drinksand flowers, people can also buy Fairtrade clothes, jewellery andaccessories Shopaholics can rejoice in the knowledge that spending money onclothes ...
Grecians fans set to join in Fairtrade fun
Mar 01, 2008 ... Today 2.15pm, Fairtrade football promotion at Exeter City FootballClub, with Lord Mayor of Exeter. Team to wear Fairtrade T-shirtsduring warm-up and to kick 10 signed Fairtrade footballs, from Co-op, into the crowd. MONDAY 7.30pm, Exmouth Town Council, Town Hall, ...
Charity appeal for phone aid
Mar 01, 2008 ... A major recruitment campaign to get more volunteers to answerphones for a South West charity will be launched next week. ChildLine South West will be holding the week-long event atExeter Central Library from Monday to publicise the need for morepeople to answer calls on its ...
Tax hike leads to grants cut
Mar 01, 2008 ... Cuts to funding for community organisations in Mid Devon havebeen approved, despite a last-ditch attempt to block the them. Liberal Democrat opposition councillors voted against Mid DevonDistrict Council's 4.6 per cent increase in council tax at the fullcouncil meeting on Wednesday ...
Speedway quiz
Mar 01, 2008 ... Exeter Speedway Supporters' Club will be meeting at the Cat andFiddle pub, Clyst St Mary, next Wednesday at 7.30pm. The ...
Trust is to go wild in the city
Mar 01, 2008 ... The sound of water tumbling under the mill wheel paddles is mixedwith bird song. A swan glides regally up the leat, overtaken by afamily of ducks. These are the forerunners of the mass of birds, bugs andbutterflies that Devon Wildlife Trust plans to attract to its newheadquarters ...
Cornwall is crammed with so much to see
Mar 01, 2008 ... For an old girl in sight of her 60th birthday, the Cornish Bellechugged into Falmouth Harbour at such a lively pace that squawkingseagulls overhead wisely kept their distance. "This is the largest natural bay in the world after Sydney,"boomed the commentary above the engine roar. A ...
Morse in Oxford
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Macdonald Randolph Hotel is offering dinner and B&B onFridays only through March for pounds120 per person. The price includes pounds36 ...
Single out Paris
Mar 01, 2008 ... Friendship Travel is offering two nights' B&B in a double roomwith sole occupancy at the Ibis Monmartre in ...
Festival fave at the Phoenix
Mar 01, 2008 ... Reggae and ska giant Pama International performs at the ExeterPhoenix tonight as part of the city's Vibraphonic festival. The group features ex-members of iconic bands such as TheSpecials, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Pop Will Eat Itself, Lee ScratchPerry's band and Galliano. Pama ...
First UK tour for bluesman
Mar 01, 2008 ... Texas blues and rock guitarist Buddy Whittington and his bandwill play at Honiton Motel tonight. The longest-serving guitarist with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,who he joined in 1993, Buddy's name is now ranked alongside his predecessors Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor and Peter ...
Contemporary choral music
Mar 01, 2008 ... Crediton World Music Choir and Glorious Chorus from South Devonwill perform at Sandford Church, near Crediton, tonight to raisemoney for Water Aid. They will present a programme of contemporary choral music. Crediton World Music Choir, directed by Alise Ojay, will ...
A nice day for a wild white wedding
Mar 01, 2008 ... Preparations for Rosie and Max's wedding are well in hand, butwhen the groom's parents arrive, the bride-to-be is annoyed to learnhow wealthy they are in this week's edition of Wild at Heart. Things become further strained when Rosie takes issue with theway that Max's father, ...
Uma must work hard for laughs
Mar 01, 2008 ... Uma Thurman looks ill at ease in her comic role - she has to work incredibly hard for every half-hearted chuckle; so hard that we almost feel bad for not laughing ...
Killer uses internet for evil games
Mar 01, 2008 ... Untraceable (Exeter Vue) is a disturbing thriller about atechnical genius who uses the internet to torture his victims andthe specialist team charged with tracking down this ...
Sue's long service recognised
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Exeter and Torbay Group of the Institute of AdvancedMotorists (IAM) invited Mike Lyne, chairman of the National GroupsCommittee, to present Sue Butt with an IAM certificate ofappreciation at its latest meeting at the Devon Drivers' Centre,Westpoint. Sue has been secretary of the ...
School celebrates a century of learning ; Ladysmith School has come a long way since it first opened its doors in 1908. Pupils have held a special party to mark its centenary
Mar 01, 2008 ... Ladysmith School has come a long way since it first opened itsdoors in 1908. Pupils have held a special party to mark itscentenary Young Nostalgia readers were celebrating the past in styleyesterday - marking the centenary of their city school with aspecial party. Pupils ...
Rural life demonstration descends on the capital
Mar 01, 2008 ... Giving Tony Blair's government something to think about were 147coaches of people from the Devon countryside. The Echo went alongwith them to find out what was getting the rural community so hotunder the collar. There were around 25,000 protesters from Devon who joined ...
City strive to recapture their stunning away form
Mar 01, 2008 ... Eight wins in their opening 12 matches had seen Peter Fox and theteam reach the dizziest of heights. But since a 3-1 victory atBrighton's temporary Priestfield Stadium in October, the gold runhad dried up. Their latest result was a 2-1 loss to Swansea giving a total lossof 11 ...
Games up for grabs
Mar 01, 2008 ... A Nintendo 64 game, Extreme G, was selling for pounds35. ANintendo console with four games and a zapper gun was offered ...
Seven artists work on show
Mar 01, 2008 ... An exhibition of paintings by a group of artists starts today. Entitled Seven Artists, the display will run until April 12 atthe Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton. The group was formed in the 1970s by seven artists living on ...
Man found with heroin on him
Mar 01, 2008 ... A city man has been given a year's conditional discharge forpossessing heroin. Paul Minchella, 64, of Legion Way, Alphington, appeared beforeCentral Devon Magistrates' Court in Exeter on Thursday. Minchella, who was represented by Rachel Bentley, admittedpossessing a quantity ...
More salmon for the axe
Mar 01, 2008 ... Thousands of young salmon will be introduced to a Devon river aspart of a re-stocking programme by a Government agency. The fish will be put into the River Axe by the EnvironmentAgency as part of a programme to improve its salmon numbers. The move follows last year's ...
Never mind the fun, opening new centre will fit the bill nicely
Mar 01, 2008 ... Nature lovers are expecting to see a rare Buzzcock near Exeter'sQuayside this spring. It comes with a well-defined forehead, long, rather scraggly hairand what looks like a small beard. It's Latin tag is Humorous Satirist, but it is better known tomillions as the well-loved ...
Cycleway opening starts top weekend
Mar 01, 2008 ... The opening of a new pounds2.2m estuaryside cycleway and path hasmarked the start of a fun weekend in East Devon. A tape-cutting ceremony performed by local county councillorBrenda Taylor formally opened the Exe Estuary Trail between Exmouthand Lympstone yesterday. The 1.5 ...
Singers strike the latin note
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Mint Church resounded with more than 180 voices singing inLatin during a choral jazz workshop. The workshop was led by the jazz-trombonist, composer, conductorand singer Scott Stroman. Some of the participants, who were used to singing in Latin,read, while others enjoyed ...
TV chance for Lotto projects
Mar 01, 2008 ... Projects in Exeter that have been funded by the National Lotteryhave the chance to win pounds2,000 and appear on nationaltelevision. Nominated projects will compete for the chance to win the moneyand be recognised for their good work. The National Lottery Awards aim to ...
Risk of heart attack increases
Mar 01, 2008 ... Age-related macular degeneration doubles the risk of dying froma heart attack or stroke, according to research in the BritishJournal of Ophthalmology. Australian researchers started studying people with the conditionin 1992, when they assessed the general health and eye health ...
Those most at risk of going blind have NHS drugs thanks to SOS
Mar 01, 2008 ... The majority of patients needing costly sight-saving injectionsin Devon are now getting the treatment funded on the NHS, followinga long-running campaign by the Echo. Health bosses have revealed two-thirds of people appealing forNHS treatment of a degenerative eye disease are ...
Debenhams a top site for theatre
Mar 01, 2008 ... Adam Rank in his letter New venue would not solve problem,Points of view, February 18, states that Exeter can barely keep itsmain theatre open. Well, why not? Answer: because it is not centrally situated anddoes not attract all the top quality shows and stars. Yes, it is ...
Moving kindness at the hairdressers
Mar 01, 2008 ... I would like to draw to your attention the warm generosity of thestaff at Toni and Guy, Queen Street, Exeter. I am a long-standing and very satisfied customer of the salon. Unfortunately, in January this year, I received a diagnosis ofbreast cancer. I had an operation ...
Move your car council warns
Mar 01, 2008 ... Exeter residents are being warned to move their cars fromstreets where roadworks are scheduled. The plea follows problems in the city this week when Devon CountyCouncil contractors were prevented from carrying out roadworks infour streets in Polsloe because of parked ...
Wrong-lane buses add to congestion
Mar 01, 2008 ... Can anyone explain why buses on rural routes when returning tothe city centre via Heavitree Road almost always use the non-buslane? I am aware that they need to leave ...
Now ban children from pubs, please
Mar 01, 2008 ... Now the Government has finished patting itself on the back aboutstopping smoking in public places, pubs etc, perhaps our MPs couldnow turn their minds to the more important issue of children andbabies being allowed in pubs. If the Government is so concerned about under-age ...
Readers put me back on Inn track
Mar 01, 2008 ... I would like to thank those readers who responded to my letter seeking views etc of the New London Inn. I know that in fact theinn/hotel I was looking for was The White Lion, which was on the oldDebenhams site ...
We're challenging perception of youth
Mar 01, 2008 ... Too often, we hear all the negative stories about young people.Words such as "asbo" and "hoodie" have slipped into common usage andare being increasingly used to describe teenagers. If we are tobelieve everything we read, young people are a problem that needs tobe solved, a group that is ...
The city centre couldn't be better
Mar 01, 2008 ... With reference to Alan Jones's letter Get boy racers out of ourcity centre, Points of view, February 21, my wife and I go intotown at least twice a week, usually on Wednesday and Saturdaymorning and sometimes on Friday. We always find it most pleasant and easy to walk ...
When the ghastly shops are gone
Mar 01, 2008 ... I have written several times with my concerns about Exeter'sPrincesshay development. Honestly, I really tried to "give it a chance". I have visited it several times and patronised some of its shopsand cafes. I still deplore it; and write to encourage those who feel ...
Dancers on a roll with wheelchair fun
Mar 01, 2008 ... Wheelchair dancers performed choreographed routines to onlookersin the Guildhall shopping centre, Exeter. The Beacon Wheelchair Dancers were part of an event arranged byExeter Community Transport Association for Mobility Awareness Day.It aimed to give everyone a chance to ...
Widest tourist choice in west
Mar 01, 2008 ... The South West has nearly twice as much five-star guestaccommodation as any other region, according to new figures. A survey by VisitBritain also revealed the South West has morethan double the amount of self-catering accommodation in thenational quality assessment scheme than ...
Death treated as unexplained
Mar 01, 2008 ... Police are treating the sudden death of a Devon woman asunexplained. Officers were called to an address in Oak Road, Okehampton, atabout 4pm on Thursday. They found the body of a ...
The princess made magical impression
Mar 01, 2008 ... The Letter of the Month for February, which wins a bottle ofchampagne, is published below. If you've got fond memories of events in the Exeter area youwould like to share with Echo readers, we would be happy to receiveyour letters about them. Many thanks to all contributors ...
Thornpark feature right up our street
Mar 01, 2008 ... How pleasing it was to see the feature on Thornpark Rise, Exeter,Echo, February 27. I can only reinforce that, yes, it a nice streetto live in. My mother is still in Thornpark Rise and must be the personwho's lived there longest. She moved in to her house in 1952 whenbuilding ...
Karen's prize
Mar 01, 2008 ... The winner of an Echo text competition to win pounds150 ofDebenhams clothing, as well as the advice of a fashion expert tohelp choose outfits ...
Messages in a bottle scheme could mean saving patients' lives
Mar 01, 2008 ... Messages in a bottle could literally save thousands of lives inExeter. The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital yesterday launched a schemethat will help the emergency services find important medicalinformation when called to a patient's home. The bottles, in a scheme started by the ...