Hull Daily Mail (UK) back issues from October 2006:
Important insights into everyday life
Oct 02, 2006 ... Postcards provide another insight into the past. Here, caught for ever, are the simplest of scenes, glimpses of amoment in the everyday life of a village or town. A batch of early 20th century postcards, recently loaned me byBrian Mizon, of Beverley, offered a wonderful ...
Dylan's point of no return
Oct 02, 2006 ... Seventeen whiskies finally silenced Dylan Thomas' melodic voice. The Welsh poet died in a New York bar in 1953 after a mammothdrinking session. Tape recordings of Thomas reading his works exist, but tomorrownight the stage presence of this famed writer will be recreated ...
'If I was 27 again I'd fight same battles'
Oct 02, 2006 ... Though retired from the cauldron of Commons debate, Roy Hattersleyremains committed to the views that first spurred him into politics. And despite the cynicism that shrouds Westminster's activities,the former cabinet minister and deputy leader of the Labour Party,said he would ...
Help with loneliness of being a new mum
Oct 02, 2006 ... A Mother who struggled with loneliness after the birth of herchild is encouraging others to seek help. Helen Laughton, from Hessle, gave birth to Adam almost two yearsago. But, because he was 10-weeks premature, he had to spend more thana month in hospital. During ...
Grant to help over-50s keep hearts healthy
Oct 02, 2006 ... A Hull project worker has been given a grant to improve residents'health. Jacqueline Dobson, of Age Concern in Porter Street, city centre,has received a grant of pounds1,873 to help people over 50 improvetheir health and wellbeing, and encourage them to become physicallyactive ...
Grace under pressure ...
Oct 02, 2006 ... Kids' parties, at least the DIY ones, bring out the best and theworst in us. In a room full of screaming seven-year-olds and tea-drinkingrelatives, we're the epitome of a smiling and agreeable host. But behind the buttered baps in the kitchen, this faade faltersand we become ...
Top execs go back to floor
Oct 02, 2006 ... Top council executives are deserting their desks in County Hall,Beverley, to go back to the shop floor. East Riding Council's leading officials will be carrying outduties such as emptying wheelie bins and helping with school dinners. Members of the corporate management team are ...
MPs put notorious road in spotlight
Oct 02, 2006 ... Two East Riding MPs are taking the campaign for improvements tothe notorious A1079 road to Westminster. Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart and East Yorkshire MPGreg Knight have launched a petition to put the accident blackspot inthe national spotlight. The MPs and ...
Record ticket sales for literature festival
Oct 02, 2006 ... Beverley: Ticket sales for events at Beverley Literature Festival2006 are running at record levels. Organisers are delighted by the response to the 10-day festivalwhich starts on Thursday. It will feature a variety of renowned writers and performers,including Pulitzer ...
Firefighters walk to help little ava
Oct 02, 2006 ... Firefighters will walk through the night to help raise money for ababy who was born with brain damage. Ava Sims Teskey-King almost died when she was born with herumbilical cord wrapped around her neck and body. She suffered birth asphyxiation, which means not enough ...
pounds22m revamp at dangerous junction is finished
Oct 02, 2006 ... Melton: Work on the pounds22m project to improve an A63 trafficlight junction has been completed. The new safer, streamlined layout at Melton has opened tomotorists. Engineers have removed the crossroads and traffic lights, allowingtraffic to pass straight ...
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Oct 02, 2006 ... My Utmost sympathies go out to the family of Lee Conman. I am sorry to say this was an incident waiting to happen and feelthe police have a case to answer. It has been well documented that the row of shops where thetragedy occurred have long been plagued by youths with nothing ...
No chocolates, but some sweet praise for writers
Oct 02, 2006 ... There are no chocolates or cakes to talk about this week, butplenty of people have been saying good things about the Mail. Perhaps it's just as well really that we're not stuffing ourselveswith sweets. Several members of the Feedback team were feeling slightly worsefor wear ...
Give us a break, please!
Oct 02, 2006 ... We Puzzled a few people the other week. The Feedback desk fielded several calls after a mix-up with theSaturday Coffee Break page. Now the reason for the confusion is far too convoluted to go into,but we would like to offer our apologies and hope it didn't spoilyour ...
Future looks even sweeter
Oct 02, 2006 ... Rock is the hardest sweet in the confectionery business. But famous manufacturer John Bull Rock has gone soft with apounds500,000 extension to its premises. The firm has built a Candy Kingdom soft play area at itsmanufacturing plant and visitor centre in Carnaby, ...
Food for thought at festival
Oct 02, 2006 ... The East Riding's newest festival certainly provided food forthought. With the market for local produce booming, the region's first foodfestival was an opportunity to celebrate one of our economy's mostvital sectors. In today's fast-paced world it may seem easier to push a ...
Cars are real problem on our roads today
Oct 02, 2006 ... Brian Parker (Mail, September 28) obviously notes with some gleethe proposal that the "crime" of cycling without a bell be subject toa maximum fine of pounds2,500 or, for persistent offenders, up to twoyears in prison. Yes that's right, two years in prison for not having a bell ...
Smokers ruined my trip to home city
Oct 02, 2006 ... Last week I was in Hull to visit relatives in the city where I wasborn. The city has developed very well over the 22 years since Ilived there and I really enjoyed visiting The Deep and the MuseumsQuarter. Unfortunately, my last day was spoiled by having to sit in arestaurant with ...
A trendy new look for old favourite
Oct 02, 2006 ... A Legendary gentlemen's club is to have a pounds500,000 makeover. The Marlborough Club in The Weir, Hessle, has been run by formerHull City player Ken Wagstaff for the past 14 years. But Mr Wagstaff sold it a month ago to new owners, who are to turnit into a trendy bar and ...
Map reveals the very different look of a town at war
Oct 02, 2006 ... The secrets of Hornsea's turbulent past have been revealed in anew map. Historian Ian Wright has captured the town's role in history byproducing a map showing the upheaval faced by the resort during theSecond World War. Rather than a shopping centre and beach-front ...
Successful students awarded share of pounds50,000
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hull: Hard-working students have been rewarded after performingwell in their GCSEs and A-levels. Pupils from schools and colleges across the city were awarded ashare of pounds50,000, which was donated by more than 20 citycompanies and charities. The awards are run by Hull ...
'It will be nice to be home again'
Oct 02, 2006 ... Liam Mower has handed over his ballet shoes and boxing glovesafter taking his final bow in the West End production of BillyElliot. Fourteen-year-old Liam received a series of standing ovationsafter an emotional final performance of the box office hit musical at the Victoria ...
Father Jailed Over Indecent Images
Oct 02, 2006 ... Elloughton: A man caught with hoard of indecent images of childrenhas been jailed for a year. Police found 1,653 images of children as young as three at thehome of Anthony Orrey, 53, in Main Street, Elloughton. They included a photograph of an eight-year-old girl bound to ...
Whitley bay end Ferriby cup hope
Oct 02, 2006 ... North Ferriby United's FA Cup campaign ended with a whimper asthey were outplayed on their own Church Road pitch by Northern Leagueoutfit Whitley Bay on a perfect afternoon for football. "I can have no complaints after the way we performed," admittedmanager Brian ...
We're serving up a bright future
Oct 02, 2006 ... One of the East Riding's most important industries is to enjoy amajor lift thanks to the success of the region's first food festival. The county's expanding food industry is expected to benefit from arush of new custom inspired by the celebration of local produce. More than ...
A fantastic rise to fame
Oct 02, 2006 ... Former Daddy Fantastic singer Pete Bennett, who was diagnosed withTourette's syndrome when he was 14, won 61 per cent of the vote inthis year's final of reality TV show Big Brother. He was the bookmakers' favourite to win the pounds100,000 prizefrom the start ...
'Pete's no-show is a big let-down for all us fans'
Oct 02, 2006 ... It Would have been a dream come true. Tracey Tilson was thrilled at the chance to meet Big Brotherwinner Pete Bennett in the flesh, after eagerly following his rise tostardom. She is one of hundreds of Hull fans left disappointed after Petepulled out of appearing in the city ...
Ionians secure
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hull Ionians came away from Orrell with their first victory of theseason from a match that they could and should have won by a muchbigger margin. Ionians dominated the scoring in the first-half and were 19-0ahead at the interval. Both sides went into the game without a ...
Beverley fightback proves in vain at kendal
Oct 02, 2006 ... There proved little joy for Beverley after they went ten pointsdown after only eight minutes against a fancied Kendal side. Yet they fought their way back to 13-7 with a nicely-worked try byChris Infield, superbly converted by Mike Kilgannon, and then had agolden opportunity to ...
Hull finish in style to rock Brighton
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hull Rufc appear to have found the perfect blend after their bigvictory against New Brighton that saw them score four tries in thefinal 11 minutes. The coaching staff of Terry Garnett and Maea David had plenty tosmile about. They had seen their side throw the ball about for ...
Driffield hold on for nail-biting triumph
Oct 02, 2006 ... Driffield returned from their away game at Horden with two morevaluable league points after a nail-biting finish. Driffield's backs provided four tries against Horden's oneforwards' try and one try gifted by Driffield's poor defence. Richard Anderson ran in the first try on six ...
Hornsea graft to pick up first home success
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hornsea's first home league game of the season saw them pick uptwo hard-earned league points with a tough battle against a well-drilled Bramley side, which saw the Hollismen move up a place inYorkshire Division Four. Hornsea opened the scoring after just three minutes through ...
Forwards difference for the Hullensians
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hullensians forwards totally dominated the opening exchanges andtook a 3-0 lead with a Tom Biglin penalty when Sheffield handled atthe ruck. Following a backs move, Tom McCarthy kicked ahead and the ballbounced kindly for Jason Conroy to go over for a try. A fine sidestepping ...
Hessle crash to third league defeat at cas
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hessle went down to their third league defeat when they werebeaten at home by Castleford in a game that never really flowed dueto the high number of penalties. Trailing by 11 points with 10 minutes remaining, Hessle were givena lifeline when Keith Savage scored a try, but ...
'Please let me have life-saving operation'
Oct 02, 2006 ... E Yorks: A mother denied a potentially life-saving operation todaybegged hospital managers to change their minds. Gillian Waters had been due to have a gastric bypass operation,but it was cancelled and she was taken off the waiting list. Mrs Waters nearly died in a road ...
Macedonia again for England
Oct 02, 2006 ... It doesn't seem like two minutes ago England were struggling tovictory in Macedonia in their European Championships qualifier. Now they face the same team on Saturday at home in what is a toughweek for Steve McClaren's ...
Fears Annual Flu Vaccine Will Be Delayed
Oct 02, 2006 ... E Yorks: The annual flu vaccine could be delayed because ofmanufacturing problems. The vaccine is given free by GPs to people considered vulnerable,including the elderly, diabetics and asthmatics. But some manufacturers have delayed their deliveries because theyhad to change ...
Why I am still at the cutting edge of retail
Oct 02, 2006 ... When Jonathan Elvidge unleashed his new Red5 business, he told theMail he wanted to make it a national brand. Just a year later, the man who founded the Gadget Shop is withindays of achieving his ambition. Beverley-born Mr Elvidge, 42, opened the first Red5 gift andgadget ...
Car crash mother: Stomach surgery is my last hope
Oct 02, 2006 ... A Mother denied a potentially life-saving operation today beggedhealth trust managers to change their minds. Gillian Waters had been due to have a gastric bypass operation,but it was cancelled and she was taken off the waiting list. The mother of two almost died 15 years ago in ...
Mum'S Plea For Life-Saving Stomach Operation
Oct 02, 2006 ... Attended a group for people who have had weight-loss surgery, whoare supporting her. The group is organising a petition on her behalfand is asking for help from MPs. Margaret Thomas, who helps run the Hull Support Group for WeightLoss Surgery, said: "She desperately needs to lose ...
Dockers send pats packing
Oct 02, 2006 ... When Anthony Houghton of Wigan St Patricks crossed the line withjust 44 seconds gone, it looked as though Hull Dockers were in for atorrid time. The clash of the top two in the Premier Division table was eagerlyanticipated and there were looks of trepidation early on from ...
Skirlaugh hit top form to demolish raiders
Oct 02, 2006 ... Oulton Raiders may have been crowned European champions lastweekend but they were knocked off their pedestal by a rampantSkirlaugh at Saltend. Not only did the Villagers beat the current National Conferencechampions they didn't allow them to score. There was nothing to hide ...
Wests again pay for poor completion rates
Oct 02, 2006 ... Once again West Hull's failure to complete their sets was to leadto their downfall and ultimate defeat at Eastmoor Dragons. There was also the fact former professional Darren Robinsonweighed in with a hat-trick of tries. The former Rochdale and Oldham player did enough to see ...
Isberg are just lacking smartness
Oct 02, 2006 ... If You ask Hull Isberg coach Chris Kay why his team are notwinning he will not shy away from giving an answer - and the word heis using currently is smartness. Or rather the lack of it from his team as they experienced yetanother defeat this time at Normanton ...
Koulikov: We Were The Better Team
Oct 02, 2006 ... Slava Koulikov believes Stingrays' inability to turn chances intogoals cost them victory in the derby clash with Sheffield They created a barrowload of opportunities, hit the post, butfailed to make them count to lose 2-1 to their established EliteLeague ...
Turner strike is a perfect tonic
Oct 02, 2006 ... It Had all looked so sweet for the trio of prodigal sons. Messrs Taylor, Cort and Green had looked like producing thearchetypal smash and grab to provide three points for Crystal Palace. All until the man who was signed to replace Leon Cort popped upwith the most important of ...
What A Difference A Week Makes For Parky'S Battlers
Oct 02, 2006 ... What a difference a week makes in football. Seven days ago it wasall doom and gloom following what can only be described as a woefuldisplay against QPR. Last week at Loftus Road the players lacked any commitment andpassion, but Saturday's performance against Crystal Palace will ...
Cort: City Should Be Proud Of Efforts
Oct 02, 2006 ... Leon Cort admitted to mixed feelings on his return to Hull Cityafter he was denied match-winner status. The Crystal Palace defender had looked set to heap further miseryon his former side when scoring the opener in Saturday's 1-1 draw. But three months after leaving the KC ...
I Should Score Far More
Oct 02, 2006 ... On his goal: For my height I should really be scoring a few moregoals. I've got no idea where it hit me. It touched one part of meand ended up going over the line. I was so happy to get that goal andget a point for the team and fans. On the importance of his goal: I don't think ...
Good To See You Again, Fellas
Oct 02, 2006 ... The Peter Taylor factor drew Hull City's second biggest attendanceof the season as 18,099 fans filled the KC Stadium for the Tigers'crunch clash. Taylor was not the only ex-Tiger on show with Leon Cort and StuartGreen both receiving a warm reception. But Cort later unwisely ...
NO WORRIES
Oct 02, 2006 ... Peter Taylor believes Hull City will avoid a relegation scrapafter his Crystal Palace side were denied a win at the KC Stadium. The former City boss returned to the scene of his greatestachievements on Saturday only to see Michael Turner's injury-timeequaliser salvage a ...
COOKE: WE'LL BATTER BULLS
Oct 02, 2006 ... Paul Cooke believes Hull FC can draw confidence from theirbattling St Helens defeat and beat Bradford for a place in the GrandFinal. Reigning champions Bradford Bulls head for the final eliminator atthe KC Stadium on Friday. Although desperately disappointed after losing ...
Brilliant Stingrays topple leaders Panthers
Oct 02, 2006 ... Excel Hull Stingrays smash and grab raid on Elite League leadersNottingham Panthers has been marred by an injury to Simon Rizk. The team's enforcer suffered a dislocated AC shoulder joint in a45th-minute dust-up with Panthers' Mike Rees. Although both players were assessed ...
Cas down as widnes gear up for Robins
Oct 02, 2006 ... Castleford's relegation from Super League was confirmed whenWidnes earned the right to meet Hull Kingston Rovers in the LHFNational League One Grand Final. The Tigers' lifeline was finally snapped when Whitehaven, who areineligible for promotion, lost 24-20 to Widnes in the ...
Rule: Prove you're the best
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hull Fc commercial director James Rule believes Friday'selimination final against Bradford Bulls at the KC Stadium is a greatopportunity for the fans to show there are the best in the SuperLeague. Rule took off his tie and left the directors box on Friday at StHelens to join the ...
Smith: Glory is in our hands
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hull Kr forward Michael Smith believes the only ones who canprevent the players winning the Grand Final is themselves. Rovers take on Widnes on Sunday at the Halliwell Jones Stadiumaiming to book a place in Super League next year. Smith believes if the side play to their full ...
Ionians claim first victory
Oct 02, 2006 ... Hull Ionians came away from Orrell with their first victory of theseason from a match that they could and should have won by a muchbigger margin. Ionians dominated the scoring in the first-half and were 19-0ahead at the interval. Both sides went into the game without a ...
Punters made to wait in win claim
Oct 02, 2006 ... Punters left out of pocket after an odds mix-up are still waitingto hear the outcome of an inquiry. Four men from Hull placed bets on a rugby league game between StHelens and Catalans more than five weeks ago. Bookmaker William Hill admitted human error had caused odds forthe ...
We're serving up a bright future
Oct 02, 2006 ... One of the East Riding's most important industries is to enjoy amajor lift thanks to the success of the region's first food festival. The county's expanding food industry is expected to benefit from arush of new custom inspired by the celebration of local produce. More than ...
Davis: Tories must be willing to move with the times
Oct 02, 2006 ... E Yorks: Haltemprice and Howden MP David Davis has urged his partyto embrace change. Giving his first speech to the Conservative Party conference sincehe launched his unsuccessful leadership bid last year, he said theparty must widen the range of people who represent them ...
We're so proud to join the elite
Oct 02, 2006 ... A Hull special school is planning for the future after being namedamong the best schools in the country. Northcott Special School in Dulverton Close, east Hull, is thesecond city school to join the elite 10 per cent of schoolsnationwide to score the top grade in its Ofsted ...
Pupils Are Glowing With Confidence, Says Ofsted
Oct 02, 2006 ... Northcott received the top "outstanding" rating in 30 out of 32areas looked at by Ofsted. Inspectors said it was "an outstanding school which givesexcellent value for money". They said pupils really enjoyed coming to school and thrived in anatmosphere where staff had high ...
Breaking news: X-factor dream over
Oct 02, 2006 ... His X-factor dream may be over, but William Vinegrad is determinednot to give up on his love of singing. Despite not being chosen as a final contestant in the singingcompetition, William, from Brough says he will use the experiencepositively. Millions of viewers watched the ...
Breaking news: Casino sites revealed
Oct 02, 2006 ... Two areas of the city centre are being put forward as possiblesites for a major new casino complex. The Fruit Market and Albion Street areas are now the citycouncil's preferred locations if Hull wins a licence for a newgeneration of large casinos. However, the move puts a ...
Hull hockey club pick up prestigious recognition
Oct 03, 2006 ... Kingston upon Hull Hockey Club have become the first hockey clubin Hull to gain accreditation to England Hockey's Clubs First scheme,part of Sport England's Clubmark scheme. This national award recognises the work of good quality clubs whocan demonstrate high operating standards in ...