Lincolnshire Echo back issues from August 2007:
To the sea
Aug 01, 2007 ... By Jane Air Through fields of soft soft summer fruit And other crop yields on route With 'pick your own' on wooden signs Wind turbines are passing and waving in unison They stand tall and grand with their planet-saving plans All set in uniform lines ...
Think before you send ...
Aug 01, 2007 ... After writing an e-mail give yourself a brief cooling-off periodbefore hitting the send button. When replying to an e-mail ask yourself - do you want to justreply to the sender or reply to all? Hitting the wrong key can causeall sorts of ...
Oops! They knew how to put the 'E' into embarrassment
Aug 01, 2007 ... A business manager accidentally sent details of all his employees'salaries on a company group e-mail. Realising his error, he set thefire alarm off to clear the office before going round and deletingthe e-mail from every inbox. Following a sick day, an employee sent an e-mail to a ...
Spud you believe it - 'paper' potatoes!
Aug 01, 2007 ... Genetically modified potatoes could soon be grown by Lincolnshirefarmers if Europe backs the move. The EU Commission looks set to license a new potato with a highstarch content suitable for paper-making rather than food. The Amflora potato - made by German company BASF - has ...
MP demands aid for flood-hit farms
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Campaign has been launched to win Government assistance forfarmers in the wake of the floods that have devastated their crops. A Conservative MP has tabled a Commons motion calling on theGovernment to offer "assistance, financial or otherwise" to affectedfarmers. Graham ...
Appeal for portable loos
Aug 01, 2007 ... Firms with spare portable toilets are being called to help flood-hit areas of England. Gloucestershire County Council has put out an urgent appeal forloos. They are needed by workers helping to clear flood-hit homes andvulnerable people who have been affected by recent ...
Sign up for training cash
Aug 01, 2007 ... Construction companies in Lincolnshire are being urged to makebetter use of training grants. ConstructionSkills says there is a record pounds140m in its ...
Bird's top-flight job
Aug 01, 2007 ... Cherry Valley, the duck-producing company, has just appointed amanaging director with a very fitting name - Richard Bird. Mr Bird, who has worked for the company for 35 years, replacesBrian Whittle, who has left to pursue interests outside the industry. "I am looking forward to ...
Be an it master ...
Aug 01, 2007 ... New opportunities at Boston College are aimed at meetingLincolnshire's increasing need for highly qualified IT professionals. The Lincolnshire Careers and Guidance Service's Jobs Outlook to2010 identifies IT management as one of the top 10 skills likely tobe in ...
Siemens outlines areas where jobs will be axed
Aug 01, 2007 ... Siemens staff have today found out which sections of the businesswill be shedding staff when 190 redundancies are enforced later inthe year. But the cloud of uncertainty still hangs over employees at theengineering giant - because individuals targeted to be let go willnot be ...
Eating the med way!
Aug 01, 2007 ... Forget fad diets such as Atkins and the infamous cabbage soupdiet - eating like we would on holiday in the Mediterranean is theway to achieve a healthy weight and live longer. While feasting on colourful fruits and vegetables, wholegraincereals and fish washed down with a glass of ...
Why med diet is good for you
Aug 01, 2007 ... It is rich in coloured fruits and vegetables:Aim to eat aminimum of five portions of different coloured fruit and vegetableseach day. It contains plenty of oil rich fish: Choose from salmon, trout,mackerel, herrings, sardines or pilchards. It is rich in good ...
Are we driving business out of town?
Aug 01, 2007 ... Why bother wading through the traffic and the hordes of shopperswhen a trip to an out-of-town retail park will do just as well? These days you can almost do your entire month's shop just byjumping in the car and heading to your nearest retail park, withoutneeding to set foot in the ...
Stores find new homes away from the high street
Aug 01, 2007 ... Many high street stores have found new homes in Lincoln'sburgeoning out-of-town retail centres. Most notable are Next (pictured left) and TK Maxx, which are tworecent additions to the Valentine Road retail park, off Tritton Road.Just along the road and opposite Morrisons ...
Young performers provide the audience with memorable show
Aug 01, 2007 ... We continuously see on TV and read in the press all the negativethings regarding the young members of our society. Having attended the Lincoln Drill Hall on Friday evening, Ithought it only fair to say something positive for a change. Being regular visitors to Lincoln's ...
Should developers insure against flooding?
Aug 01, 2007 ... I Agree with Laurie Ellis regarding the controls which should beput in place to protect buyers of houses built on land susceptible toflooding (July 28) - let the buyer be made aware! I would add one suggestion - that the developers should be made toobtain a block insurance for all ...
Even flood protection may not be enough
Aug 01, 2007 ... I Am writing to reinforce my personal objection to the westerngrowth corridor development which I believe is still under proposal. This is even after we have seen the effects of what flooddevastation can do to people's lives. I am currently the vice chairman of the Upper Witham ...
Paramedics superb and discreet
Aug 01, 2007 ... We often hear or read about the faults of the LincolnshireAmbulance Service. I would like to praise them. On Sunday, July 29, a lady was takenill in my church in the middle of a Communion service. We called an ambulance, which arrived ...
Public to be consulted over new travellers' sites
Aug 01, 2007 ... People will be asked where sites for gypsies and travellers shouldbe provided in their communities. There are around 3,000 travellers in Lincolnshire and around aquarter to one third are living on unofficial pitches. Now, councils across Lincolnshire are carrying out surveys to ...
Contest to find county's koolest kid
Aug 01, 2007 ... Youngsters across can battle it out to be the Koolest Kid in thecounty. The Echo has launched its Kool Kids contest. It is based on our hugely successful Tots of the Year competition -and is designed to give older kids between three and nine a chance, Entry forms are ...
Man in court over post office armed robbery
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Man has appeared in court charged in connection with an armedrobbery at a post office. Two staff at the Trinity Street post office in Gainsborough wereheld at gunpoint by a man. It happened at 3.35pm on Monday, July 9 - and the lone raider,with a handgun, escaped with an ...
Bob sets his sights on England shooting glory
Aug 01, 2007 ... Hotshot sportsman Bob Richardson has the 2012 London Olympics inhis sights after winning back his place in the England shooting team. The retired prison officer from Gainsborough has hit his target asthe Clay Pigeon Shooting Association's 2007 veteran champion - justeight years ...
Care home expansion
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Care home complex on the site of a former RAF base is to beextended. Permission has been granted by West Lindsey District Council tobuild a new block at the Blenheim Care Centre, at Hemswell Cliff,nine miles east ...
Aviation reward given to fund-raiser Julia
Aug 01, 2007 ... Round-the-world aviator Polly Vacher got a surprise when shelanded at an airfield near Gainsborough. Mrs Vacher's visit to the Lincoln Aero Club base at the former RAFSturgate, near Upton, had been postponed for two days because ofincessant rainfall. But her latest ...
PO robbery charges
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Man has appeared in court charged in connection with an armedrobbery at a post office. Two staff at the Trinity Street post office in Gainsborough wereheld at gunpoint by a man carrying a handgun. It happened at 3.35pm on Monday, July 9 - and the lone raiderescaped with an ...
August book bargains
Aug 01, 2007 ... Bargain books are available at Gainsborough Library over theschool summer holidays. The Cobden Street building is hosting a book sale this monthfeaturing a large number of children's books. The selection of ...
Torpey believes city can follow iron's example
Aug 01, 2007 ... Steve Torpey is adamant Lincoln City can emulate ScunthorpeUnited's rise to the Championship, admitting the potential at SincilBank is massive. The Imps striker is set to come face to face with the Irontonight, just a little over a month after he left Glanford Park tojoin John ...
Coming soon to a field near you...?
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Major building programme to provide more campsites fortravellers could be getting under way in Lincolnshire. There are around 3,000 travellers in the county and between aquarter and a third are on unofficial locations. Nineteen possible sites have been identified in the south ...
Union tells of workers' anxiety
Aug 01, 2007 ... Workers at Siemens have today been told which areas of thebusiness will be targeted when 190 employees are made redundant laterthis year. Amicus representative Chris Grimshaw said he had been told thatthe jobs will be shed across the board and over all four Lincolnsites at ...
Scouts enjoy flypast treat
Aug 01, 2007 ... Scouts in Lincolnshire have joined nearly 30,000,000 youngsterscelebrating the 100th anniversary of a movement that has spanned theglobe. Members of the St Giles 14th Scout group recited their promisenext to RAF Waddington's famous gate guard, the Avro Vulcan, as thesun came up ...
Four lorries in pile-up
Aug 01, 2007 ... Two people were taken to hospital after a four-lorry pile-up inthe south of the county yesterday. The accident happened at around 6am on the A17 at Fossdyke Bridge,near Boston. A Daf tipper lorry from High Wycombe, a Renault box lorry fromNorwich, a Volvo articulated lorry ...
Get cute and pick up our top prizes
Aug 01, 2007 ... Cute youngsters from across the county will compete in the Echo'sfirst Kool Kids contest. The competition is based on the Echo's hugely successful Tots ofthe Year and works in a similar way - but gives a chance to olderchildren between three and nine. The three categories are ...
Then you're not too drugged-up to drive
Aug 01, 2007 ... Wacky journalist Hunter S Thompson's drug-fuelled road trip inhis book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is hardly an advert for safedriving. And now, motorists in Lincolnshire who take drugs and get behindthe wheel could find themselves being tested by police at ...
Pupils' art showcased
Aug 01, 2007 ... Artwork based on artifacts loaned from a city museum is beingshowcased by county pupils. The Art Loan Scheme Summer Exhibition is being launched at TheCollection museum today. The exhibition is a showcase of work created by pupils inspired byreal artwork they have borrowed ...
Now you can see your insides in hd
Aug 01, 2007 ... Patients with digestive complaints will benefit from better andfaster diagnoses with new state-of-the-art technology. The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has investedpounds100,000 to install the most advanced imaging equipmentavailable in the country at Lincoln County ...
Power to the people
Aug 01, 2007 ... One green-minded county villager's wind turbine is not onlyproducing electricity to power her own home - but is feeding powerinto the National Grid. Jane Kania spent thousands of pounds having a nine-metre windturbine installed in her back garden. And she says it is proving ...
Police hunt gunpoint kidnap duo
Aug 01, 2007 ... Police are hunting two men who held a driver at gunpoint beforestealing his car and setting fire to it. A 23-year-old man from the Hougham area, near Sleaford, wasdriving a silver Peugeot 206 on the A153 towards Sleaford in theWilsford area. He was waved down by a man waving ...
Other ways to be eco-friendly
Aug 01, 2007 ... Grow your own fruit and vegetables. Keep animals such as pigs and sheep for meat. Keep chickens for meat and eggs. Keep a goat for milk. Get solar panels installed to generate electricity if a windturbine ...
Interpol is called in as Stapleton goes on run
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Businessman from Lincolnshire is now an international fugitivefrom justice after failing to show up in an Irish court. Suspected fraudster Robert Stapleton has spent time in Ireland andSpain since leaving the county 22 years ago, and police now say hecould be anywhere. An ...
850 facing pay cut
Aug 01, 2007 ... Hundreds of people working for Lincolnshire's biggest employer arefacing a pay cut. Lincolnshire County Council has carried out a pay and gradingreview. If the new scheme is implemented, 850 people will have their jobs'downgraded'. They will be moved to a lower salary ...
What effects do different drugs have?
Aug 01, 2007 ... Gives the driver a false sense of confidence, leading to risk-taking behaviour. It can also distort vision, making it difficultto judge distances or co-ordinate reactions. Leads to hesitancy or over-reactions, distorts perceptions ofdistance and speed and reduces ...
Employees protected by 'freeze'
Aug 01, 2007 ... Under Government rules, no regular employee can have their salaryreduced due to a change in the classification of their position whichhas not been caused by the employee. This applies if the employee is reclassified to a level or aposition with a lower maximum salary than their ...
County business collapse started a 24-year trail
Aug 01, 2007 ... 1983: North Hykeham business Ultraleisure collapses. It is allegedin an arrest warrant at the time that Stapleton provided falseinvoices, suggesting he had won orders abroad, and used them to gainmillions in bank loans, underwritten by the Government. March 1985: Stapleton leaves ...
Criminals cheat courts of pounds6m in unpaid fines
Aug 01, 2007 ... Criminals in Lincolnshire owe nearly pounds6m in court fines,according to new figures. Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show thatthe amount of uncollected court fines in the county has risen frompounds5.85m in March 2006 to pounds5.86 in March 2007. The ...
RSPCA says cruelty cases are falling
Aug 01, 2007 ... Cases of animal cruelty are falling in Lincolnshire, according tonew RSPCA figures. The number of serious cases reported to the animal welfare charitydropped from 61 in 2005 to just 46 last year. RSPCA bosses say this is largely due to the Animal Welfare Act2006, which came ...
Horrific case of emaciated dog
Aug 01, 2007 ... The number of cruelty cases has fallen overall, but there havebeen some horrific examples this year. In May, the Echo reported that a dog owner had let his emaciatedpet become so thin it had to be put down. Kenneth Matthews was prosecuted after 13-year-old Luger, a ...
Police crackdown on drug-drivers
Aug 01, 2007 ... Drivers in Lincolnshire could be made to take tests to see if theyhave taken drugs. The tests will include asking the individual to stand on one leg,walk in a straight line and to place a finger accurately on theirnose. It is part of a campaign to crack down on ...
Council staff in line for pounds3.5m pay rise
Aug 01, 2007 ... Thousands of people working for Lincolnshire's biggest employerare in line to receive a pay rise totalling pounds3.5m. Lincolnshire County Council has carried out a pay and gradingreview to make sure staff are being paid properly for the work theydo. Following the review, ...
Fall in serious cases of animal cruelty
Aug 01, 2007 ... New laws giving animal welfare workers more power has led to adrop in serious cases of cruelty. The RSPCA in Lincolnshire had 61 serious complaints in 2005 - andjust 46 last year. It says this is due to the Animal Welfare Act 2006. It allows RSPCA inspectors to ...
Promise of a big scouting celebration
Aug 01, 2007 ... More than 30,000,000 youngsters are today celebrating the birth ofthe scouting movement. And scouts in Lincolnshire are also taking part in the worldwideevent. They are renewing their scouting vows this morning in a selectionof weird and wonderful places. Members of ...
JCB theft plea
Aug 01, 2007 ... Audacious thieves stole a JCB digger from a builder's yard. Police are appealing for witnesses to the theft of a JCB minidigger and trailer, which were taken from Tillbridge Lane, inSturton by Stow, some time last weekend. The ...
Teen stole sat-nav from police car
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Teenager stole a satellite navigation system left on display ina parked car - not realising the vehicle belonged to undercoverpolice. Robert Crane (19), of Staverton Crescent, off Woodfield Avenue,Birchwood, Lincoln, smashed the window of a Citroen Xsara on EpsomClose and ...
Fraud suspect is on the run
Aug 01, 2007 ... A businessman from Lincolnshire is now an international fugitiveafter failing to show up at an Irish court. An arrest warrant has been issued and Interpol is being informedafter suspected fraudster Robert Stapleton didn't turn up at a Dublincourt and surrender himself into ...
Welsh diva set for outdoor concert
Aug 02, 2007 ... Forces sweetheart Katherine Jenkins is to headline part two of theMidsummer Magic concerts at Lincoln Castle over August Bank Holidayweekend. The Welsh diva will take time out from recording her fifth albumto entertain a Lincoln crowd ahead of a trip to the Middle East ...
Shake up summer with five stages of music...
Aug 02, 2007 ... Headlined by the massively popular The Magic Numbers and featuringa rare festival performance by The Divine Comedy, Summer SundaeWeekender features an impressive line-up of well known names. But one of the most exciting things about the event is theinspiring schedule of ...
East to meet west
Aug 02, 2007 ... A Rare fusion of early English music and native music from Easternlands can be heard at the 12th Lincoln Early Music Festival. Inspired by explorer Sir Francis Drake's diary entry recording hisexperience of hearing a Javanese Gamelan while travelling with aconsort of viols, a ...
Fairytales brought to life for family theatre
Aug 02, 2007 ... A Magical and enchanting musical production makes its Lincolndebut next weekend. Jack and The Beanstalk and Hansel and Gretel is a children'sfairytale with a twist. The show, written by Lincoln-based teenager Laura Turner (19) andperformed by Chapterhouse Theatre Company, is ...
Revamping centre is worth the investment
Aug 02, 2007 ... Not everyone who lives in or around Birchwood is a criminal orvandal - some of us actually look after our area and take pride inkeeping it clean and tidy. I have lived there with my daughter for over 9 years and believeit is about time that some money was spent revamping ...
Be prepared for festival of style
Aug 02, 2007 ... Festival season is in full swing and although the bad weather hasdone little to dampen spirits, it has played havoc with festivalfashion. Fortunately, the forecast is looking up for the V Festivals andLeicester's Summer Sundae Weekender in August. So what should youpack to ensure ...
Look the part in the main arena...
Aug 02, 2007 ... 1 Orla Kiely dome tent, retro pattern, pounds59.99 from Millets 2 Floral welly boot pounds12 from Asda 3 Male scarf pounds8 from Burton 4 Tea ...
Leicester's summer sundae
Aug 02, 2007 ... If you fancy a spot of festival fun, It's not too late to gettickets for Leicester's Summer Sundae Weekender. The three-day festival takes place at De Montfort Hall inLeicester from Friday, August 10 to Sunday, August 12. The fun starts at 2pm on Friday and noon on Saturday and ...
Still going strong after 70 years
Aug 02, 2007 ... Seventy years ago today a bird decided to mess up Sylvia Smith'swedding dress. But she was told this was a sign of good luck and sure enough itturned out to be true. Mrs Smith has been happily married to husband Stan ever since andtoday the couple celebrate their platinum ...
TV tower trouble brewing as locals reject new design
Aug 02, 2007 ... Furious residents living near a giant TV mast say they won't standfor its owner knocking it down to build an even bigger one. Belmont Transmitting Station, off the B1225, close to Donington-on-Bain, near Louth, is already the tallest structure in theEuropean Union, standing at a ...
What is digital television?
Aug 02, 2007 ... Digital television is a telecommunication system for broadcastingand receiving moving pictures and sound. It works through digital signals, in contrast to analoguesignals used by traditional TV. DTV uses digital modulation data, which is digitally compressedand requires ...
What exactly are the rules for passing planning applications?
Aug 02, 2007 ... It was interesting to read that a garage in Harvey Street,Lincoln, was refused its planning application for flats (July 30)because the area are subject to flood risk. And yet previousplanning applications, regarding buildings to be converted to flatsand apartments within the vicinity ...