Lincolnshire Echo back issues from May 2007:
Giftware the way to boost image and impress clients
May 09, 2007 ... Bosses keen to boost their firm's image or make a biggerimpression with clients, are turning to the promotional gifts marketfor help. And corporate and promotional items suppliers also offer firms awealth of solutions, when they are looking for long service orretirement ...
Taxing problem
May 09, 2007 ... Worried that splashing out on promotional gifts could land you inhot water with the taxman? Damon Brain, partner at Duncan & Toplis in Lincoln, has this advice: "Expenditure by a business on a gift is strictly treated asbeing disallowed for tax purposes. However, tax legislation ...
Head for scandinavia
May 09, 2007 ... Firms keen to find more potential overseas customers are beingurged to take a closer look at Norway and Finland. The East Midlands International Trade Association (emita), whichhas county members, is ...
Shay pulling strings for new enterprise
May 09, 2007 ... Puppet-mad Shay Stephenson is making all the right moves for anew enterprise, born with the help of the Prince's Trust. Shay has used a pounds1,000 loan and a pounds1,000 grant from thetrust to get her dream costume, props and puppet venture, ColourCreations, off the ...
Pub restaurant gets a touch of hope...
May 09, 2007 ... Restaurateur Toby Hope and his family have been on a spendingspree and snapped up a well-known pub restaurant. Now, Toby and his parents Michael and Valerie - who also own theWig & Mitre in Lincoln - are busy putting their hallmark on theBottle & Glass at Harby. Today the ...
Fish and micro chips
May 09, 2007 ... Teenager Nikki Hawkins has launched his own personal computerservice, thanks to a pounds3,500 boost from the Prince's Trust. Nikki (19), who was born in Skegness and went to the town'sgrammar school, has set up Hawkins ...
Milestone for builder
May 09, 2007 ... A Lincoln house builder is celebrating the sale of its 500th home. It was achieved when buyer Ron English snapped up one of LindumHomes' properties at Blenheim Square. Lindum has nearly ...
Beating emergencies
May 09, 2007 ... Traders were today urged to "be prepared" for emergencies bygetting their hands on a new Z card. It has been produced by Lincolnshire County Council, inpartnership with the Lincoln city and the ...
All change on the staffing front
May 09, 2007 ... Changing times at the Bottle & Glass have led to a staffing shake-up. So, just in case you were wondering who is cooking up yourfavourite meal, read on. Mr Hope has moved Caunton Beck senior chef Ben Hughes across tothe family's latest venue. And ...
Who are shay's favourite puppets?
May 09, 2007 ... Zazu - the bird in The Lion King. Shay loves his vibrant coloursand the way he comes to life. Hoggle - from The Labyrinth. Designed by Jim Henson. She loveshis really characterful face and his wrinkles! Falcor - from The Neverending Story - a massive, very ...
Mouth-watering recipes for this great British delicacy
May 09, 2007 ... Asparagus, horseradish and parmesan tart (serves 4) INGREDIENTS 500g asparagus spears 1 x 375g pack of ready-rolled puff pastry 4 egg yolks 200g crme fraiche 100ml double cream 2 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese 2 tbsp strong ...
Home-grown is far superior to foreign varieties
May 09, 2007 ... The British asparagus season is at its peak, so be quick and makethe most of the few weeks that are left to enjoy the local greensuperfood. While moaning about the British weather is inherent in ourculture, our cooler climate has its advantages in providing the idealconditions ...
Grow your own...
May 09, 2007 ... Although asparagus isn't difficult to grow, it takes two years toreap the rewards, a factor which puts off many home vegetablegrowers. Asparagus farmer Chris Kitchen, of Owmby-by-Spital, near MarketRasen, advises: "It's wonderfully easy to grow your own asparagus,but you need a ...
Partners in crime war
May 09, 2007 ... Hard-hit traders, business leaders and police officers plan to gettheir heads together and chew over a county-wide strategy to crackbusiness crime. Shopkeepers, office and factory managers are being encouraged toexplore a more "joined up" approach to thwarting thieves, ...
10-point plan to tackle business crime
May 09, 2007 ... In its "Forgotten Fifth" report, the Federation of SmallBusinesses recommends that: Police forces should adopt a national definition of crimes againstbusiness. Police forces should group existing categories of crime thattarget businesses under a 'business crime' ...
Big rewards
May 09, 2007 ... Lincoln Big Security Group won three accolades at the ActionAgainst Business Crime Conference earlier this year. They were: The Partnership Innovation Award for its translation cards whichhelp shops dealing with people from different cultural backgrounds. Highly commended in ...
Newark show hopes for better weather
May 09, 2007 ... Organisers of this weekend's major show in the farming calendarhave their fingers crossed for brilliant weather, after thunderstormshit last year's event. The Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society said entriesfor its livestock classes have been coming in thick and fast, ...
Famous faces turn out for the big day...
May 09, 2007 ... Faces to look out for at this year's Newark and NottinghamshireCounty show include local and regional celebrities. Judges, including BBC Midlands Today weather girl Sara Blizzardand Julia Blant of Ladies in Pigs, will be in the Cookery Theatre inthe George Stephenson Exhibition ...
John's record-breaking stint at turnbull's
May 09, 2007 ... You can chalk up an amazing number of achievements if you work forthe same firm for 40 years - although you might not want to thinkabout them too much! Over the past four decades John has sold 10,000 tons of cement andmoved 12 million bricks. He's also filled 100,000 orders ...
Driver John steers his way to four decades at firm
May 09, 2007 ... Forklift truck driver John Moxon is being whisked off on holidayby his bosses, after clocking up 40 years with a county firm. The 67-year-old and his wife Audrey are being treated to a breakin Cornwall by Turnbull Building & Plumbing Supplies who wanted togive John a special ...
Alert to crop problems
May 09, 2007 ... Potato growers are being offered a "one-stop" shop to alert themto potential crop problems. The British Potato Council's (BPC) Fight Against Blight serviceand Blightwatch - run by ADAS - operate concurrently now following amerger move. Users now only have to register once ...
Practical open evening
May 09, 2007 ... Livestock farmers have the chance to attend a practical openevening on Monday, May 21. The free event, starting at 6pm at Newark Cattle Market, is beinghosted by the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX). Chairman John Cross will talk about better returns for farmers.Sheep ...
Give young a chance to make things right
May 09, 2007 ... So, after 25 years we have a new city council team. I don't carewhat party they are, it can only be good news. Any party can be in power too long and become too cozy with the un-elected officers and complacent. After a decade they start to believe their own propaganda. In ...
Don't trivialise what is a serious matter
May 09, 2007 ... The recent spate of puns used in some of the Echo's articleheadlines is inappropriate. Puns are generally used to indicate a general sense of levity orhumour. I don't think there was much to feel lighthearted about in therecent article concerning the vile attack on chickens ...
Get rail service back on track
May 09, 2007 ... The Lincolnshire branch of Railfuture endorses the views expressedby David Mitchell (April 19) and Rowland Burdon (April 27) withregard to poor rail services. Given that the Lincoln to Newark Northgate service and connectionsto the East Coast Main Line are to be re-franchised, ...
Action stations as plane crash alert tests crews
May 09, 2007 ... A Plane crash exercise saw military personnel, firefighters andthe police spring into action to ensure public safety. But only high-ranking RAF and police officers knew yesterday'semergency alert was a practice drill. The scenario involved an imaginary E3 Awacs aircraft, which ...
Divers join in exercise
May 09, 2007 ... Lincolnshire Police are hosting a regional diving exercise atThurlby Lakes, near Lincoln, today. Police diving/underwater search units from Humberside,Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshireand West Yorkshire will gather just off the A46, south of ...
Bid to catch sight of 'rare bird'
May 09, 2007 ... Children can get a sneak peek at a bird which was thought to beextinct in Britain for more than 100 years. Avocets are now making their nests at Freiston Shore naturereserve, near Boston. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has arranged a fieldday on Sunday for ...
Builder scoops prize
May 09, 2007 ... A Developer building homes in Lincolnshire has won a health andsafety award. Barratt Homes' Lincolnshire division has been given the health andsafety award in a poll carried out by National Housebuilding Councilinspectors. This recognises its performance based on NHBS ...
Sarah's bringing hope to poverty-stricken kids
May 09, 2007 ... Caring Sarah Clarke was so distressed at children in Ecuador beingdenied vital healthcare that she has set up a charitable foundation. The 32-year-old social worker decided she wanted to help afterseeing the desperate situation in one of the South American ...
Wind farms won't wash with us, say campaigners
May 09, 2007 ... A Bid to build three new wind farms off the coast of Lincolnshireis facing opposition from conservationists. Energy giant Centrica wants to put up more off-shore turbines nextto two sites already being built a few kilometres from Skegness. Butthe company's proposals to run power ...
Fire control move warning
May 09, 2007 ... Firefighters from Lincolnshire have given an overwhelming thumbsdown to plans to scrap the county's fire control room and moveoperations to Leicestershire. A poll by the Fire Brigades' Union found 94 per cent of frontlinecrews in the region believe the move would damage their ...
Insurers throw banned drivers a legal lifeline
May 09, 2007 ... A New insurance firm is offering Lincolnshire motorists caught byspeed cameras the chance to beat their driving bans. Specialist on-line insurance company www.beatyourban.co.uk isoffering free legal advice, pounds1,000 towards legal fees and evenmoney for taxis or a chauffeur for ...
Taxi damaged
May 09, 2007 ... A Dispute over a taxi fare led to more than pounds700 worth ofdamage to a black cab, a court heard. Sean Patrick Brooks (21), of Campus Way, Lincoln, appeared beforemagistrates in Lincoln yesterday charged with criminal damage to ataxi on February 14 this year. He admitted the ...
Cleared
May 09, 2007 ... On February 24, 2006 I was taken to the staff room and told I wassuspended. A few days later I received a registered letter in the post fromBroughton House College in Brant Broughton. It was a window envelopeand you could clearly see the first line of the letter which read:'As ...
Accident rates rise not fall
May 09, 2007 ... An Echo investigation in December 2005 showed that cameras at 20of the 51 sites around the county saw no drop in the number ofaccidents or casualties. And at eight sites they even went up. One example was the speed camera at Haltoft End, near Freiston. Before its speed camera ...
Lady driver aims for pole position
May 09, 2007 ... Motorsport fan Rachel Swallow is steering her ambition to becomeone of the country's top female racing drivers. The 24-year-old from Wragby, near Lincoln, is aiming to make thestarting grid of Formula Woman - an F1-style drivers' championshipfor women. She will be put ...
Females with finish
May 09, 2007 ... The Formula Woman competition gives women the rare chance tocompete in a sport traditionally dominated by men. Previous female Formula 1 drivers have included Italians GiovannaAmati and more succesfully Lella Lombardi, the only female driver toscore a top six finish since the ...
Appeal for y factor
May 09, 2007 ... Firms in Lincoln are being offered the chance to put their name toone of the city's biggest youth events. Community charity the YMCA is inviting businesses to sponsor thisyear's Y Factor, a school singing competition based on the hit TVshow The X Factor. It now ...
Graver wants Imps to live Wembley dream
May 09, 2007 ... Lincoln City great Andy Graver is rooting for the Imps to reachthe play-off final - to make up for never playing at Wembley himself. The 79-year-old, who has been voted the club's number one leaguelegend of all time, is still a regular at Sincil Bank and is alreadyeyeing a grand ...
Leggate's a leading lady
May 09, 2007 ... Lincolnshire already has one woman driver competing in top levelBritish motorsport. Fiona Leggate (26), right, from Boston, drives in the BritishTouring Car Championship. Her father Malcolm was a saloon car driver for almost 20 years. Miss Leggate, a former showjumper, ...
Talbot hopes relegated side will stay together
May 09, 2007 ... Stewart Talbot has called on the club's potential new owners tokeep the Boston United squad intact. Following their relegation from the Football League on Saturday,the future of the crisis-torn Pilgrims remains shrouded inuncertainty. Boston are not yet guaranteed a place in ...
Police say booze stings are cutting rural crime
May 09, 2007 ... Police have hit back at critics who say they are wasting theirtime trying to catch out shops and pubs selling alcohol to teenagers. As reported in the Echo last week, Costcutter, in Heighington,near Lincoln, is to have its licence withdrawn for six weeks fromnext ...
Woman forged GP letter
May 09, 2007 ... Diabetic Tracey Rimmer has been given a suspended prison sentencefor forging a letter from her GP. Lincoln magistrates heard yesterday how Rimmer (35), of GibbesonStreet, Lincoln had been carrying out a community work order forbenefit fraud. Jim Clare, prosecuting, said she ...
Woman, 23, charged in stab case
May 09, 2007 ... A 23-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a Skegnessman. Carrie Anne Smith, of St Andrew's Drive, Skegness, was yesterdaycharged with the murder of 23-year-old Robert John Davidson, alsofrom St Andrew's Drive. Police were called to the address at about 5.55am on ...
Appeal for witnesses
May 09, 2007 ... Police are appealing for witnesses after a dog walker wasthreatened at knife-point by two men. The incident took place at about 12.20am on Saturday alongKeddington Avenue, Ermine. Brandishing a knife, the men, wearing masks, ...
Learner caught over drink limit
May 09, 2007 ... Learner driver Jonathan Hammond has been disqualified for drink-driving. Hammond (26), of Vulcan Crescent, North Hykeham, pleaded guiltyto driving under the influence of alcohol at Lincoln Magistrates'Court yesterday. He also pleaded guilty to driving otherwise than in ...
Power tools taken in shed raids
May 09, 2007 ... Thieves targeted 11 sheds in Lincoln in one night, stealingpower tools and bicycle equipment. The gang broke into five sheds in Boultham Park Road and six shedsat the Hall Drive, Boultham, allotments on Sunday night. As reported in the Echo last week, a gang broke into a ...
My escape from toxicfumes
May 09, 2007 ... Pensioner Elizabeth Read narrowly escaped death when an attack byvandals left gas seeping into her home. The widow was only saved from the toxic fumes when her daughtersmelt the danger. Mrs Read (79) says the latest attack - when yobs ripped a gas pipeoff her house - is part ...
Boxer abbi will give birth on the internet
May 09, 2007 ... Dog-loving couple Sian and John Bolton have taken the ratherunusual step of broadcasting their pet boxer giving birth live on awebsite. They will film their three-year-old bitch Abbi , having her litteron or around Sunday, May 27. Last year they did the same and 200 animal ...
Up security after spate of break-ins
May 09, 2007 ... Police are urging people to lock up their homes after a spate ofsneak-in burglaries over the Bank Holiday weekend. A laptop and PlayStation were stolen from a house in Newland,Lincoln, after a window was left unlocked at around 6.30pm on Sunday. Jewellery, war medals and money ...
Kiyonari ups the pace in the battle at the front
May 09, 2007 ... Greg Lavilla and Ryuichi Kiyonari took a win apiece at Oulton Parkin round four of the British Superbike championship. Leon Haslam was runner-up in both races, Kiyonari was third inrace one while Shane Byrne claimed the final podium position in racetwo. Neither of the two ...
Plater on form as he reigns in Spain
May 09, 2007 ... Steve Plater was in top form as he helped Team Kawasaki France toa tremendous victory in the second round of the FIM World Enduranceseries at Albacete in Spain The result moved his team to just one point away from the seriesleaders after two rounds. The six-hour race took ...
Addict stole for drugs
May 09, 2007 ... Heroin addict David Lawson was caught stealing a bottle of perfumewhich he planned to sell to buy drugs. Lawson (36), of Winn Street, Lincoln pleaded guilty to theftafter stealing the pounds34 bottle of perfume from Debenhams inLincoln on April 30 this ...
Tyre agony for twins
May 09, 2007 ... The lack of qualifying tyres affected the results for Lincolnriders Sam and Alex Lowes in round four of the Maxxis BritishSupersport championship at Oulton Park However, both Double Vision Racing riders shrugged their problemsaside and completed the 16-lap affair, Sam in 21st and ...
'Leak has stopped but gardens are a washout'
May 09, 2007 ... Villagers are slowly beginning to reclaim their swamp-like gardensafter a leaking water pipe was finally fixed. Householders in Spridlington, near Welton, are relieved AnglianWater has stopped a water leak that had been flooding their gardensfor nearly a year. But they are ...
Family farm turns into classroom
May 09, 2007 ... A Farm that has been in the same family for three generations hasgained a top award - and now it can be used as a countrysideclassroom. Grayingham Grange Farm, near Gainsborough, has won Defraaccreditation under a scheme to increase children's access tofarmland. Steve and ...
Man seen stealing
May 09, 2007 ... Unemployed Adrian Byers admitted stealing a guitar after beingseen taking it on CCTV cameras. Byers (36), of Waterloo Street, Lincoln, appeared beforemagistrates in Lincoln yesterday, charged with theft of a guitarworth pounds260 from Cash Converters in Lincoln. He pleaded ...
Villages lead the way in banning boozing on streets
May 09, 2007 ... After a spate of alcohol-related vandalism and anti-socialbehaviour, two parish councils decided to ban boozing in public. The ban operates in Heighington and Washingborough and councillorshave welcomed Lincolnshire Police's purchasing tests. Chairman of Heighington Parish ...
Doggy walk fund-raiser
May 09, 2007 ... Dog owners are being invited to take their pets out for a walk andraise money for charity at the same time. The Doris Banham Dog Rescue sanctuary is planning a sponsored dogwalk and fun day to raise money to help dogs that need new homesacross ...
15-year riddle of source of water
May 09, 2007 ... 1991 - A drain is dug out in front of the house and a drainagepipe put in. Residents now say the drain is too shallow and AnglianWater says that it could still be responsible for the flooding. June 2006 - The gardens in Cliff Road, Spridlington, begin tobecome very boggy. Anglian ...
Car stolen and dumped
May 09, 2007 ... Police are appealing for witnesses after a car was stolen anddumped in a ditch. The white D reg Mercedes was stolen from DVS Yard in Pasture Lanein Market Rasen on Sunday. A pushbike was left behind at the scene ...
Deadly prank
May 09, 2007 ... Every Night at 7pm, regular as clockwork, Elizabeth Read's homeechoes with the sound of yells, thumps and missiles hitting herwindows. She has endured this misery almost every night since Mother's Day,but now the thoughtless vandalism has taken an even more ...
Evans vows to lead fightback after ending Chester talk
May 09, 2007 ... Steve Evans believes he can lead Boston United back to theFootball League at the first attempt, declaring: "I'll be the bestmanager in the Conference." The Scot was widely tipped to join former League Two rivalsChester City, but has ruled out a switch to the north-west ...
Mayo wants end to agony
May 09, 2007 ... Paul Mayo is sure four years of play-off heartache will have beenworth it if Lincoln City can finally clinch promotion to League Onethis season. The versatile defender is looking forward to playing a key role inthe Imps' play-off semi-final with Bristol Rovers, starting with ...