Leamington Spa Courier (Leamington Spa, England) back issues from April 2006:
Victory at town hall.
Apr 03, 2006 ... Beauchamp Sinfonietta will perform 'the fifth' and a premier of the latest work by renowned conductor George Hurst at Leamington town hall on Sunday (3pm). Beethoven's stirring Fifth Symphony, used by the BBC during the second world war as the 'victory' code for broadcasts to ...
Jazz babies.
Apr 03, 2006 ... Babies are no less welcome than adults at a new dance school which has just opened in Leamington. Jaykays Dance Company is providing a new challenge to people of all ages to take to the floor in a range of styles that includes street dance, ballet, tap, modern and jazz. ...
Charlie's a darling.
Apr 03, 2006 ... A capacity Spa Centre audience thoroughly enjoyed another superb performance by Charlie Landsborough and his five-piece band. Charlie is a very talented singer/songwriter of country-style music and has gained success and recognition after a series of best-selling albums. ...
Businessman bans fete.
Apr 03, 2006 ... A multi-millionaire businessman has banned Ashorne village fete from being held on his 26-acre grounds. The event has traditionally been taken place in Ashorne House gardens behind the village hall but this year owners David Darling and Kat Bowen, who agreed to hold the event ...
Boy appears in court on rape charge.
Apr 03, 2006 ... A 15-year-old boy has appeared before Leamington magistrates after being charged with the rape of a 11-year-old girl in the toilets of Sainsbury's at the Shires retail park. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with four counts of sexual assault, ...
Where is Father Tony?
Apr 04, 2006 ... Absentee Catholic leader Father Tony Jones had not returned to his parish this week - and the church is now refusing to comment on the mystery. The 55-year-old has been away almost since he took up his post in November at St Peter's church in Dormer Place, Leamington. ...
Court lists.
Apr 04, 2006 ... The following cases have been dealt with by magistrates in Leamington. Michael Robert Adams, 64, of Surrey Court, Warwick was disqualified from driving for two months, fined [pounds sterling]350 and ordered to pay [pounds sterling]40 costs for driving without insurance. ...
Making Lillington lovely.
Apr 04, 2006 ... Lillington allotments are to be restored to their former glory with the work of convicted criminals. A group of workers, currently serving community orders, began transforming the site this week following a public vote as part of National Clean-Up Week. In February ...
Parade parking palaver.
Apr 04, 2006 ... Police said this week there will be no let up in a bid to stop motorists parking illegally in Leamington town centre. Huge numbers of drivers are still ignoring rules introduced last year, a Warwickshire County Council-commissioned study found. It has led to new ...
Sledgehammer horror.
Apr 04, 2006 ... Sledgehammer-wielding thieves smashed their way into a Southam petrol station early on Sunday after failing to break into a supermarket. One of three men seen in a blue vehicle tried to break through the front door of Budgens in Oxford Street at around 1am. We'd like ...
Pool - it's back!
Apr 04, 2006 ... Pool is back on the map - that's the message from the Leamington & District Thursday League. Run by an all-new committee, the competition is being promoted with the aim of restoring it to its former glory, when there were six divisions. More than 100 signing-on ...
Wonderful waterpolo.
Apr 04, 2006 ... Warwick launched their new Midland League Division Two campaign with an encouraging 6-65 draw against strong Camp Hill Edwardians. After finishing third last season and making the play-offs the previous year, Warwick are aiming for automatic promotion this time. We'd ...
Tennis trophy news.
Apr 04, 2006 ... The annual Woodward Trophy mixed doubles handicap at Crackley Lane has seen some close finals, but this year was the closest of all. Kenilworth's junior club secretary Anne Holmes and head coach James Roe teamed up to beat Melanie Jennings and Tom Holmes (Anne's son) 6-5, 3-6, ...
Leam kids are ace.
Apr 04, 2006 ... Leamington's young swim squads have been warming up for the start of the junior season in impressive style. A resounding win at the Rugby novice gala was followed up by a strong second place against much sterner opposition at the Stratford friendly junior gala. The ...
Point to point - all the dirt.
Apr 04, 2006 ... There is no doubt the big race of the weekend is at Aintree, but there should be some good point-to-point action between the flags at Mollington. Four winners from the last fixture at are set to line up in tomorrow's Bicester with Whaddon Chase meeting. Bolide du ...
SOCCER: Brakes denied a victory.
Apr 05, 2006 ... Biddulph Victoria 1 Leamington 1: The Vics came into this match on the back of winning the March Team of the Month award, but it took a strike from John Paul Jones three minutes from time to snatch an equaliser and deny Brakes a victory which they just about deserved on the balance of ...
RACING: Sparse crowd for the flat.
Apr 05, 2006 ... A chilling wind greeted the sparse crowd at Warwick's opening flat meeting last Tuesday, but there were plenty of incidents to keep everyone glued to the action, writes David Hucker. In the opener, the Racing UK Selling Stakes for juveniles, Granny Peel looked like making just ...
GOLF: Curtis nearly achieves double.
Apr 05, 2006 ... Bill Curtis came close to achieving a remarkable double as Newbold Comyn Golf Club completed the winter season with its singles and pairs matchplay finals. Curtis defeated reigning club champion Andy Rigg 3&2 to claim individual honours and reached the decider of the pairs ...
CRICKET: Peebles takes the honours.
Apr 05, 2006 ... Gregg Peebles picked up two prizes as Kenilworth members reviewed the 2005 season at their annual dinner on Saturday. His overall efforts earned him the Pratt Cup for the most improved player and he added the Umpires' Cup for best performance for figures of 21-6-8-52 against ...
Clampdown on taxi drivers in Leamington.
Apr 05, 2006 ... Unscrupulous taxi drivers face being driven out of town by an organisation formed this week to ensure customers get a fair deal. Warwick District Hackney Drivers' Association stickers will be put on 'black cabs' to show its standards are being followed. The group was ...
Ofsted report published on Harbury School.
Apr 05, 2006 ... Consistently good and occasionally outstanding is the verdict of two inspections at Harbury Primary School. In its first visit under a stringent new regime, Ofsted inspectors visited the school in January, giving staff less than a week's notice. The only faults ...
Blaze at Warwick Hospital.
Apr 05, 2006 ... Patients and staff were evacuated from Warwick Hospital accident and emergency wing after a fire caused by a nurses' toaster on Monday. Firefighters from Warwick and Leamington used a hose and breathing equipment to put out the blaze after a member of staff raised the alarm at ...
Jack case progresses.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Crucial evidence in the Jack Macleod river death probe is set to be handed to the Crown Prosecution Service by detectives. The Whitnash 17-year-old's family now face an anxious wait of at least five weeks to find out if a murder suspect will be charged. The report ...
Warwick Hospital: Have your say in our blog.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Are you concerned about the future of Warwick Hospital? Have your say in our new blog. There are no plans to cut services at Warwick Hospital according to a statement sent by a senior health official to one of the Lakin Road site's longest-serving fundraisers this week. ...
Last local garage could close.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Leamington's last independent petrol station may soon be forced out of business at the hands of multi-billion pound oil company Shell. Family-run Comptons garage, on Rugby Road in Cubbington, has been operating for the past 70 years, but over the past two months it claims it ...
Cinema heavy sought.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Police are hoping to learn the identity of a man who dragged a 12-year-old boy out of a Leamington cinema by the collar on Sunday. The man approached two youngsters towards the end of Shaggy Dog at its 4.30pm showing in screen two at the Apollo Cinema and told them to leave as ...
Recycling on the rocks.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Warwickshire people will no longer be able to recycle all of their plastic after a collapse in the market for the material meant it was no longer economical. Since 2005, the county had introduced collection of carrier bags, food containers and bottle lids at its Leamington site ...
FOOTBALL: RCW news.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Racing Club Warwick 1 Boldmere 0 Oldbury United 0 Racing Club Warwick 2 Racing lifted the gloom of a longest run without a win under the current management with six Alliance points in four days ahead of Saturday's derby showdown with Leamington. New boy ...
FOOTBALL: Nil all for Whitnash.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Whitnash Town rose above an injury crisis which deprived Danny Walden of seven first team regulars to claim a battling 0-0 Coventry Alliance Premier draw at Woodlands on Saturday. The Acre Close men remain two points off their top four target after this result. But after ...
FOOTBALL: Sunday, Sunday.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Radford Semele lifted the Prestige Skoda Sunday League Division Three Cup with a three-goal salvo inside 15 second half minutes and 5-2 defeat of Bubbenhall. Andy Lovelock, Matthew Anderson, David Burns and Jack Rovell late-on all added to Paul Wilkinson's opener, but Bubbenhall ...
FOOTBALL: Curly's still happy.
Apr 06, 2006 ... Southam United head into tomorrow's home game with Dudley Sports in high spirits after one of the most satisfying weeks at Banbury Road since Curly O'Callaghan and Paul Brassington took charge. Saints took a point from a hugely impressive goalless draw at runaway leaders ...
AIRPORT INQUIRY: Decision announced.
Apr 07, 2006 ... Coventry Airport has been found to have acted unlawfully in building its Thomsonfly terminal - but it will be allowed to stay. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott made the ruling today (Friday) following a six-month inquiry held last year. The airport's managers had ...
Health trust leaflet 'a waste of money'.
Apr 07, 2006 ... Plans to create a new leaflet about health services in south Warwickshire have been called a "wicked waste of money" as NHS debts continue to rise. The Help booklet is being put together by the Primary Care Trust, which oversees GPs and hospitals. It highlights some ...
Should there be a statue for darts champion?
Apr 07, 2006 ... Scaled-down proposals to honour world women's darts champion Trina Gulliver in her home town are under consideration. Southan town councillor Mike Stanley originally hoped to put up a 12m to 18m high statue to the six times BDO trophy winner on a roundabout on the town's bypass ....
Police banned from using bicycles.
Apr 07, 2006 ... Front-line crime-fighters they may be - but police in Whitnash won't be going pedal-powered until they've passed cycling proficiency tests. Red tape has entangled three mountain bikes thought to be ideal for patrolling the town's network of residential streets and playing ...
Ginnie's tonic.
Apr 10, 2006 ... The generosity of a Leamington veterinary nurse has given Ginnie the nine-month-old kitten a new lease of life - two weeks after a lack of pet insurance left her in agony. Ginnie is now doing well at the Whitnash home of Karoline Brooks, on duty at a Coventry emergency clinic ...
A Bard day's night.
Apr 10, 2006 ... Stratford's RSC lifts the curtain on its year-long Complete Works celebration with a jam-packed day of special events on April 23 - the anniversary of both the Bard's birth and death. The Complete Works Festival, which runs from April 2006 to April 2007, includes productions by ...
Young friends recreate crash.
Apr 10, 2006 ... A close-knit group of young friends shattered by a car accident which robbed them of one of their number reconstructed the final hours before tragedy struck at an inquest on Friday. Craig Ean Thomas, 18, of Three Cornered Close, Cubbington, died after the Kia Picanto he was a ...
Would you Adam and Eve it?
Apr 10, 2006 ... Leamington author Jacky Walker tells a unique tale of murder and intrigue in her debut novel Adam and Eve. Readers are told what has happened and who the villain is, but are left to discover the hows and whys as the mystery unravels. We'd like to hear your views on ...
Double your money.
Apr 10, 2006 ... Old Town may have a second cash machine, if plans submitted to Warwick District Council are approved. The Bank of Ireland has applied to install a new cash point at Leamington post office in Priory Terrace. We'd like to hear your views on this story. You can send us ...
TENNIS: See you in court!
Apr 10, 2006 ... Courts across the district will be open to the public this month in a bid to attract a new crop of players. The Warwick and Kenilworth clubs are among those taking part in national Play Tennis Day, with special events tomorrow and on Saturday week respectively ...
SWIMMING: Our kids come in second for local glory.
Apr 10, 2006 ... Leamington's juniors opened their Nuneaton and District Junior League campaign with a good second place against stiff opposition. They produced a string of good performances in Halesowen's unusual 33-metre pool on Saturday, scoring 13 top-three places in 19 relays. ...
ARCHERY: Naomi does it again!
Apr 10, 2006 ... Naomi Folkard topped the ladies' recurve leaderboard at the pre-season tournament on Sunday. Leamington's international star scored 1,281 in the event at Meriden, for county archers of first class or above. Folkard won the ladies' recurve with 1,281, followed by ...
FOOTBALL: Come and try for six-a-side.
Apr 10, 2006 ... Entries are now invited for the 2006 Lillington Rangers FC six-a-side tournament, which takes place at Ajax Park, Hampton Road, Warwick, on June 24 and 25. Boys and girls from under-sevens to under-16s will be taking part in the event, among the largest of its kind in the area ....
SHOWJUMPING: Smith terrific.
Apr 11, 2006 ... Defending champion Robert Smith rode his unconventional yet unbeatable grey, Kalusha, to a second consecutive title - a feat no one had achieved before - at the British Open Showjumping Championship in Sheffield on Sunday. British number three Smith, who lives in Shrewley, ...
TABLE TENNIS: Kelly tipped for Olympic stardom.
Apr 11, 2006 ... Lillington's Kelly Sibley has been identified as one of five young players who the English Table Tennis Association believe can make an impact on the London 2012 Olympics. The youngest member of the England squad at 17, recently in action at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, ...
FOOTBALL: Whitnash strike gold again.
Apr 11, 2006 ... Whitnash Town's Danny Walden was full of praise for his injury-riddled squad after a superb 2-1 weekend win at clear Coventry Alliance Premier Division leaders Witherley United. The Acre Close men missed seven regulars, but seized the initiative with a Jim Canning strike on ...
FOOTBALL: Local clash of titans ends in glory for Brakes.
Apr 11, 2006 ... Leamington 2 Racing Club Warwick 1 Josh Blake and Jon Adams goals gave Leamington a derby double over their closest geographical rivals on Saturday - but Racing will be desperately disappointed not to have gained some reward from the lion's share of possession and chances in a ...
No changes at sex offenders' hostel.
Apr 11, 2006 ... No changes will be made to the Warwickshire Probation Service's admissions policy after it was revealed that registered sex offenders were living close to a Leamington school. The Courier reported last month that the government wanted to lift a quota which limits the number of ...
Peace Festival plans announced.
Apr 11, 2006 ... Britain's brightest and longest-running free outdoor festival will once again link Leamington to the rest of the world this summer. Last year, the Peace Festival saw more than 8,000 people attend in sweltering heat - the largest turnout in the event's 28-year history. ...
Brothers attack Warwick man.
Apr 11, 2006 ... Two brothers have been jailed for carrying out a sadistic attack on a Warwick man after robbing him and breaking into his family home. Dale Pheasey was forced to smoke cannabis, burned with a heated knife and savaged by a Staffordshire bull terrier, Warwick Crown Court was told ....
Green-eyed ex has to pay for outburst.
Apr 11, 2006 ... A jealous ex-boyfriend has been ordered to pay [pounds sterling]2,500 compensation after breaking a man's cheekbone in an attack described as "pure violence". John Duncan, 20, attacked Neil Salvin at a party after he heard the 21-year-old had been sleeping with his ...
Local Plan consideration.
Apr 11, 2006 ... Detailed proposals for every part of land use across Warwick district are being considered at Leamington town hall for the Local Plan inquiry. The public inquiry will give individuals and organisations who commented on the Local Plan an opportunity to tell an independent ...
Cemetery in grave danger.
Apr 12, 2006 ... A small piece of Leamington's history could be lost with plans to sell Leam Terrace cemetery within the next few weeks. The burial ground has been in the town for more than 160 years and has survived several changes of ownership and a number of planning applications. ...
Eric's new position.
Apr 12, 2006 ... Eric Wood has retired as county education officer to take over from Greta Needham as clerk of Warwickshire Police Authority. He will head up the administrative and policy team that supports the authority and work closely with its chairman, Philip Blundell. Mrs Needham has moved ...
Crime in Whitnash.
Apr 12, 2006 ... Police are trying to trace two men seen driving near the scene of an arson attack in Whitnash on April 6. Their dark coloured car, possibly a Peugeot, was seen driving very slowly around Ashford Gardens shortly before 10.48pm when the fire was reported. Both men were wearing ...
David - super green man with a super green plan.
Apr 12, 2006 ... Leamington man David Palmer believes he has an answer to the problem of replacing Warwickshire's landfill sites - which could save taxpayers millions of pounds. The Avenue Road resident has become evangelical about the method, which saves money for the taxpayer and eliminates ...
Jak's got top mates.
Apr 12, 2006 ... Allotment holders in Leamington have rallied round to support a friend whose summer house was razed to the ground by arsonists. St Mary's allotments chairman Jak Sheridan was left devastated when the [pounds sterling]3,000 riverside fixture was burnt to cinders. ...
RU: It's not over yet, say Leamington.
Apr 12, 2006 ... Old Laurentians 24 Leamington 23 We may be down, but we're not downbeat - that was the message ringing around Moorefields on Saturday evening. With relegation from Powergen Midlands Two West confirmed, team manager Kit Forrest was keen to hear the players' ...
RU: Disappointment for Ks.
Apr 12, 2006 ... Newbold 18 Kenilworth 15 Missing regulars and some ineffective backs play helped sentence Kenilworth to a rare Powergen Midlands Two West defeat on Saturday. Four key players were already ruled out when full-back and leading try scorer Andy Whitehall was ...
RU: Victory for Coventry - ignominy for OLs.
Apr 12, 2006 ... Old Coventrians 17 Old Leamingtonians 11 This defeat - their 17th in 21 league starts - sentenced sorry Leamingtonians to relegation from Midlands Three West (South). They went into the match knowing that only a win could extend any remaining hope of ...
GOLF: Barrie and Marion take over the show.
Apr 12, 2006 ... Barrie Hastie has taken over from John Brady as Stoneleigh Deer Park club captain. Marion Sullivan takes up the ladies' reins from Sue Langford. The new senior and junior captains are John Sidey and Jack Stephens respectively. The season at Stoneleigh began with an ...
Puddifoots sentenced.
Apr 13, 2006 ... A Cubbington woman who had drunken sex with an underage boy and her husband who took secret photographs of the act have both been given suspended prison sentences. The couple, Penelope and Andrew Puddifoot, now of Cubbington Road, were ordered to register as sex offenders for ...
Bonfire bandits.
Apr 13, 2006 ... "Moronic" vandals who ripped down riverside fencing in Wellesbourne for a bonfire endangered children's lives, according to residents. Railings were pulled down along the river in Church Walk, near the Whitebridge, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Vandals also ...
Bird flu panic.
Apr 13, 2006 ... Bird flu contingency plans have been tried and tested in Warwickshire following the discovery of a dead swan with the H5N1 strain of the virus in Scotland last week. The county's trading standards department has practised a step-by-step proceedure which would involve opening a ...