Melton Times & Citizen (Melton Mowbray, England) back issues from December 2006:
MENINGITIS WARNING.
Dec 04, 2006 ... PARENTS of youngsters aged two and under in Melton are being advised to vaccinate their children against a strain of meningitis. The advice comes after a two-year-old girl in the town contracted pneumococcal meningitis. She is understood to be making a recovery in hospital from ...
PUB LAUNCHES WEEKLY CAR BOOT.
Dec 04, 2006 ... A PUB hopes to encourage a community spirit by holding a regular market on its under-used car park. The Burmese Cat, in Hartopp Road, Melton, wants to fill the space with dozens of stalls selling crafts and food every Sunday. New publicans Brian and Janet Tranter also ...
BATTLING RACHEL INSPIRES [pounds sterling]90,000 EFFORT.
Dec 04, 2006 ... THE family of a five-year-old with leukaemia has raised more than [pounds sterling]90,000 for a cancer charity. Rachel Smith's uncle, Martin Smith, organised two fundraising bike rides at Belvoir Castle, which received massive support. The youngster, from ..., was ...
GREEN LIGHT FOR TRAFFIC BUSTING SCHEME.
Dec 04, 2006 ... A GREEN light has been given to bold plans to transform Melton's congestion-clogged road junctions. Last month highways officials unveiled initial plans to upgrade Norman Way's junctions with Wilton Road and Scalford Road, identified as the cause of most of the town's jams. ...
TREVONNE PANTO'S A REAL TREAT.
Dec 04, 2006 ... IF you like song, dance and pantomime then there's a treat in store at Melton Theatre thanks to Trevonne Stage School's 28th annual production. Its adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk was entertaining from the off with a strong principal cast, excellent sets and costumes and ...
PROTESTERS PUT 02 TO THE TEST.
Dec 05, 2006 ... CAMPAIGNERS are bracing themselves for a decision on plans for a controversial mobile phone mast. Melton residents have been locked in discussions with communications giant O2, which wants to site a 15m mast in Asfordby Road. Although the company was ...
MELTON MARINE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.
Dec 07, 2006 ... A MARINE from Melton has been killed in a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Jonathan Wigley, who was 21, was serving with Zulu Company 45 Commando Royal Marines. He died following the battle in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. Another serviceman was injured but is ...
HOW COULD WE LET THIS HAPPEN.
Dec 07, 2006 ... A TRAGIC picture emerged this week of the life and death of a homeless Melton man whose body was found in an outside toilet. Andrew McDaid (36) was found at the back of a house in Rudbeck Avenue last Tuesday, prompting an outpouring of grief from local residents. ...
BRAVE RACHEL'S FUND TOPS [pounds sterling]90,000.
Dec 07, 2006 ... A FIVE-year-old's battle with leukaemia has inspired her family to raise more than [pounds sterling]90,000 for charity. Rachel Smith, from South Croxton, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in February of last year - six days before her fourth birthday. ...
TEACHER WHO COMMITTED BENEFIT FRAUD ESCAPES JAIL.
Dec 07, 2006 ... A TEACHER who falsely claimed more than [pounds sterling]21,000 in benefits has escaped a prison sentence. Leicester Crown Court heard how Susan Lees (50) pocketed the cash between May 1999 and March 2005 as she struggled to pay off mounting debts. She claimed to be ...
4,500 REGISTER WITH NEW NHS DENTISTS.
Dec 07, 2006 ... MORE than 4,500 people have registered with the new NHS dental practice in Melton which treated its first patients this week. One dental suite is already operational with four more suites plus a hygienist's room on the way. All five dental suites will be complete and ...
PROUD PHIL TAKES THE HONOURS.
Dec 07, 2006 ... SOME of the finest livestock and produce England has to offer was on display at Tuesday's annual Melton Christmas Show and Sale. The farming fraternity and fascinated spectators packed Melton Cattle Market to see rosettes awarded in classes of cattle, sheep, pigs, food and ...
FAIR SHARE CAMPAIGN GOES TO WESTMINSTER.
Dec 07, 2006 ... THE campaign to get a fair share for council tax payers will go up a gear next week when County Hall bosses head for Westminster. David Parsons, leader of Leicestershire County Council, will meet MPs to highlight how services will suffer from a lack of cash. Mr ...
BEST OF BRITISH.
Dec 07, 2006 ... THE Olympic dreams of Melton archer Fiona Heaver were enhanced when she became only the third person ever to retain the British junior title. The 15-year-old once again beat her peers to become the British Junior Ladies' Indoor champion for the second straight year at ...
EUROPEAN TRIP FOR PAUL.
Dec 07, 2006 ... YOUNG football star Paul Anderson came agonisingly close to his competitive Liverpool debut when he travelled to Istanbul for a Champions League tie. Having booked their place in the knockout stages of the elite European competition, the Anfield club rested several senior ...
ANTONY POWERS TO CLASSIC CROWN.
Dec 07, 2006 ... MELTON motorcyclist Antony Hart was among the silverware after winning a British title in the autumn. The 26-year-old picked up his trophy from former World Superbike rider Jamie Whitham at an awards ceremony in Daventry last week after clinching the British Post Classic 125 ...
SPORT SNEAK SHOOT-OUT WIN.
Dec 07, 2006 ... Jelson Homes Senior Cup THURNBY RANGERS O HOLWELL SPORTS 0 HOLWELL maintained their fine cup form on Saturday when they beat the holders on a penalty shoot-out to reach the quarter-finals. Goalkeeper Paul Burton put in a man-of-the-match performance, not ...
SIBUN BOOKS PLACE IN NEXT ROUND.
Dec 07, 2006 ... Harrod UK Men's Trophy MELTON FIRST XI 4 COALVILLE 2 MELTON controlled vast periods of the first half, but couldn't get the goals to wrap the game up quickly. Jason Creed opened the scoring and Gareth Hacking doubled the lead from point-blank range. ...
ALEX HELPS ATHLETIC BACK TO THE TOP.
Dec 07, 2006 ... Grantham Under 14s League BINGHAM 2 WALTHAM ATHLETIC 5 WALTHAM returned to the top after a superb team performance. They took advantage of a sloping pitch to lead 4-0 at half-time with two goals from man-of-the-match Alex Cragg, Harry Stannard and Connor ...
RAGDALE HALL MAKES IT HAPPEN.
Dec 08, 2006 ... THE Melton Times' [pounds sterling]10,000 community chest Make It Happen, sponsored by Ragdale Hall Health Hydro, was opened to an expectant crowd on Thursday night. It was smiles all round as 19 community, voluntary and sports groups across the borough were given a substantial ...
RAGDALE HALL MAKES IT HAPPEN.
Dec 08, 2006 ... THE Melton Times' [pounds sterling]10,000 community chest Make It Happen, sponsored by Ragdale Hall Health Hydro, was opened to an expectant crowd on Thursday night. It was smiles all round as 19 community, voluntary and sports groups across the borough were given a substantial ...
TRIBUTES TO MARINE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.
Dec 08, 2006 ... TRIBUTES have been paid to a Melton-born Royal Marine killed when British forces attacked Taliban positions in Afghanistan. Jonathan Wigley (21), of Zulu Company 45 Commando, was wounded during a fierce 10-hour battle on the outskirts of the town of Garmsir in the southern ...
BURST WATER MAIN CAUSES CHAOS.
Dec 08, 2006 ... A BURST water main forced the closure of Saxby Road on Thursday and left homes flooded weeks before Christmas. The worst affected property belongs to Andy Skinner and Julia Hyde who woke at 5am to a fountain of water outside their home. Father-of-three, Mr Skinner, ...
FORMER RACEHORSE IN RIVER DRAMA.
Dec 08, 2006 ... A FORMER racehorse fought for his life after falling into the River Wreake on Friday morning. A specialist rescue team battled for more than an hour to rescue thoroughbred Yorkie as his tearful owner Sam Stapleford looked on.The drama unfolded near a field at the end of a public ...
FIRE AT SARSON CENTRE.
Dec 08, 2006 ... FIREFIGHTERS and police were called to King Edward VII School in Melton at Friday lunchtime. Linda Cox, spokesman at the Burton Road School, ...
ONE IN SEVEN OVER THE LIMIT.
Dec 11, 2006 ... SOME 23 motorists were arrested for drink driving on the county's roads just four days into a Leicestershire Constabulary campaign. Police stopped and breathalysed 197 drivers over the weekend following last Friday's launch of a month-long Christmas drink drive campaign. ...
BUTLIN VOWS TO BOUNCE BACK FROM DEFEAT.
Dec 11, 2006 ... MELTON boxer Paul Butlin was quick to begin re-match talk despite a bruising defeat to promising talent Chris Burton. The 30-year-old was stopped in the final round of their four-round heavyweight clash at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. The ebullient Butlin was twice knocked to the ...
UNLICENSED TAXI WARNING.
Dec 11, 2006 ... GET home safely this Christmas - that's the message from Melton Council which has launched a campaign stressing the importance of using a licensed taxi. A spokesman said: "Rather than drink drive, people quite rightly and responsibly opt for a taxi as a reliable form of ...
FEARS OVER AIRPORT EXPANSION.
Dec 12, 2006 ... CAMPAIGNERS have aired major concerns about an airport's plans to double the number of night flights by 2016. The newly-named East Midlands Airport - Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, published its master plan on Friday (Dec 8) - setting out its future development plans up to 2030. ...
PURSE BELL TO BEAT THIEVES.
Dec 12, 2006 ... CHRISTMAS shoppers are being given purse bells to guard against thieves. The bells, which can be attached to purses and wallets, alert shoppers if someone is trying to steal them. The aim of the initiative is to deter thieves who often target elderly female shoppers ...
FEARS PUPILS WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL ACROSS TOWN.
Dec 13, 2006 ... FEARS have been raised large numbers of Melton secondary school pupils will have to travel across town under the preferred option for change to schools. County councillor for Melton north Matthew O'Callaghan said about 43 per cent of pupils currently attended John Ferneley. ...
BYPASSED.
Dec 14, 2006 ... ANGER has greeted the news Loughborough is likely to get an inner relief road by 2010 - six years before the earliest arrival of the Melton bypass. A full application for the [pounds sterling]15.4m project, which some Loughborough residents are opposing, will be discussed by ...
THE QUEEN HONOURS OUR RICHARD MBE.
Dec 14, 2006 ... FOLLOWING nearly two decades of sporting excellence, the moment of triumph finally arrived for Scalford swimming champion Richard Hudson when he was made an MBE by the Queen this week. Down's sufferer Richard travelled to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday with father John and ...
IS IT THE LAST POST?
Dec 14, 2006 ... ELDERLY villagers across the borough are expected to be hit hardest if plans to close about 3,000 post offices are confirmed today. Weekend reports in the national media said the Government would announce the closures today in order to slash mounting losses made by Royal Mail. ...
KEEPING CHILDREN OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
Dec 14, 2006 ... A NEW interactive children's safety education centre in Syston will have benefited more than 800 pupils by Christmas. Warning Zone involves Year Six pupils (aged 10 and 11) in various interactive scenarios tackling issues such as railway trespass, building sites, electricity, ...
RECORD BREAKER.
Dec 14, 2006 ... RUNNER Nicola Clay has capped a wonderful season by winning a big half-marathon and breaking a record set by an international runner. The Stilton Strider was the first lady home among almost 750 finishers at the Keyworth Turkey Trot on Sunday and set several new bests. ...
BUTLIN EYES REMATCH.
Dec 14, 2006 ... MELTON boxer Paul Butlin was quick to begin rematch talk despite a bruising defeat to the promising Chris Burton. The 30-year-old was stopped in the fourth and final round of their heavyweight clash at Wolverhampton Civic Hall. The ebullient Butlin was twice knocked to the ...
IN-FORM FIONA RAISES THE BAR.
Dec 14, 2006 ... MELTON Archery Club junior Fiona Heaver maintained her impressive form by setting new county and East Midlands records on Sunday. Competing at the second part of the Countesthorpe Triple at Braunstone, the 15-year-old shot 275 out of a possible 300 in the Worcester round to ...
PATRICK PUTS AMATEURS INTO SEMIS.
Dec 14, 2006 ... Under 14s Cup Quarter-Final ASFORDBY AMATEURS 4 NETHERHALL DIAMONDS 2 FOUR-goal hero Patrick Reading helped the last non-Division One side left in the cup to produce another upset. Reading put Amateurs ahead after seven minutes, breaking through the ...
SECONDS DENY PROMOTION CHASERS.
Dec 14, 2006 ... East Midlands Premier MELTON SECOND XI 2 RUGBY SECOND XI 2 PROMOTION-chasing Rugby looked destined to defeat Melton, but poor defending and panic passing left them sharing the points. Melton set the early pace with Brooks and Guy too quick for Rugby's ...
VETERANS BOOK FINAL PLACE.
Dec 14, 2006 ... County Vets Cup Semi-final MELTON VETS 36 SYSTON VETS 3 MELTON came through strongly in this derby clash to set up a cup final date with Leicester Forest on December 23. Syston started the stronger with only Twydale's hard tackling stemming the tide and ...
MELTON TRIO ENJOY SUCCESS.
Dec 14, 2006 ... MELTON ABC sent three fighters to Northampton Ex-Services Club's dinner show. David Keely made a great start against T. Wick of Cambridge Police, rocking his opponent with fast and accurate hands. The second round continued the same with great head movement from ...
FOXES LOOK TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
Dec 14, 2006 ... A MELTON junior football club has enlisted a new experienced coach to help its first-ever grassroots development programme succeed. Melton Foxes Junior Football Club has brought in FA Level Two Coach Andrew Randall to help with the new programme after impressing with his work at ...
HOLWELL'S HOME WOES GO ON.
Dec 14, 2006 ... Senior League Premier Division HOLWELL SPORTS 1 RATBY SPORTS 1 HOLWELL fought out a disappointing draw with fellow strugglers Ratby on Saturday. This was a game they really needed to win to pull away from the relegation zone, but despite Ratby having a ...
TRIBUTE TO SPORTS MAD JOCK.
Dec 15, 2006 ... A SON and daughter have paid tribute to their popular sports-loving father Ben Kerr, known as Jock, who died in Melton in June. Mr Kerr's son, Albie (54), said Loughborough Crematorium was full for the funeral last Tuesday (December 12). Sport was a major passion in ...
RON TO RETIRE UNDEFEATED.
Dec 15, 2006 ... HE'S served the Syston and East Goscote communities for the last 20 years and fought many battles along the way but now councillor Ron Jenkins is bringing down the curtain on his political career. Mr Jenkins (69) has been an East Goscote parish councillor since 1983. He was ...
MAN ATTACKED IN MELTON.
Dec 18, 2006 ... A BAKER is recovering in hospital after he was subjected to a brutal street attack on Saturday. Spencer Day (28) was set upon at about 2am just yards from where he works at Dickinson and Morris' pork pie shop in Melton. Police cordoned off the scene of the Nottingham ...
More to follow if pork pie seat is a hit.
Dec 19, 2006 ... IT'S not just pie in the sky - Melton really is getting a seat in the shape of its most famous delicacy. A pork pie seat will soon grace the town centre, and at a vastly reduced cost to figures quoted when the idea was first mooted. The novelty, aimed at attracting ...
BRUTAL ATTACK ON BAKER.
Dec 20, 2006 ... A BAKER is recovering in hospital after he was subjected to a brutal street attack on Saturday. Spencer Day (28) was set upon at about 2.15am just yards from where he works at Dickinson and Morris' pork pie shop in Melton. Police cordoned off the scene of the ...
A HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.
Dec 21, 2006 ... JUST three weeks ago Gary Richardson was homeless and faced a bleak Christmas in a tent on a riverbank. But, thanks to the Royal British Legion, he is settling into a new flat and is no longer one of the borough's shocking statistics. "Without their help I would still ...
MORE TO FOLLOW IF PORK PIE SEAT PROVES A HIT.
Dec 21, 2006 ... IT'S not just pie in the sky - Melton really is getting a seat in the shape of its most famous delicacy. A pork pie seat will soon grace the town centre, and at a vastly reduced cost to figures quoted when the idea was first mooted. The novelty, aimed at attracting ...
SKATERS JUMP FOR JOY AT [pounds sterling]80K GRANT.
Dec 21, 2006 ... SANTA came early for Melton skaters this week after hearing their bid for [pounds sterling]80,000 towards a skatepark had been successful. It means after years of fundraising the group now has the money it needs to turn the dream of a new facility in the town's Play Close park ...
JUNGLE JASON DROPS IN.(Theater review)
Dec 21, 2006 ... POP star, reality TV hero and actor Jason Donovan is dropping in to town today in support of stage talent. The star of ITV's latest series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, is patron of Polka Dot Productions, the company behind Aladdin, featuring at Melton Theatre until ...
NATIONAL AWARD FOR YOUR PAPER.
Dec 21, 2006 ... THE Melton Times has been named as the community newspaper of the year at the Weekly Newspaper Awards 2006. The national awards are run by the Newspaper Society and your favourite weekly scooped the Newspaper Community Award (paid-for weekly newspapers). The paper ...
COUPLE'S MENINGITIS WARNING.
Dec 21, 2006 ... THE parents of a baby girl struck down with a strain of meningitis have urged other parents to be aware and vaccinate their children. Asfordby couple Emma Dunn and Paul Worthington are praying their baby daughter, Demi, will make a good recovery from pneumococcal meningitis, ...
DOGS STOLEN FROM VILLAGE KENNELS.
Dec 21, 2006 ... A MAN was left deeply upset after thieves stole two dogs from kennels at his home in Hose last week. Tony Carter, who lives in Colston Bassett Lane, discovered the animals were gone when he got home last Wednesday just after 5pm. "I popped out at about 2.30pm to get ...
[pounds sterling]60K MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
Dec 21, 2006 ... DOZENS of community groups have extra cause for Christmas cheer after being handed a total of [pounds sterling]60,000 in grant funding. Melton Council announced who is to get a slice of the cash on Monday after being inundated with applications to its Making a Difference ...
STAYING UP.
Dec 21, 2006 ... MELTON swimmers have upstaged illustrious rivals by dramatically avoiding relegation from the top flight in a last-gasp finale. Survival in Speedo National League East Midlands Division One was a marked success for Melton Swimming Club who won promotion there for the first time ...
GB OUTING FOR JEFFREY.
Dec 21, 2006 ... MELTON'S Jeffrey Jarvis had mixed fortunes when he represented Britain at the third INAS-FID European Open Table Tennis Tournament in Portugal. In the team event with Manchester's Adam Thompson, they finished third in the group against Spain and France. In the Open ...
JO NETS MONSTER HAUL.
Dec 21, 2006 ... ANGLER Joanne Hattershun exceeded her own aims when she landed a catfish weighing a whopping 136lb while on holiday in Spain. Joanne, from Doctor's Lane, Melton, set out hoping to catch a fish around the 60lb mark. But she continued to fish beyond her target, claiming ...
MORGAN SEALS PRECIOUS WIN.
Dec 21, 2006 ... Senior League Premier Division ANSTEY NOMADS 1 HOLWELL SPORTS 2 THIS was a much better display from Holwell as they picked up three valuable points on Saturday. They were on top for much of the match and with Graham Keast and Lee Waters ...
BATTLING FIRSTS TAKE THE POINTS.
Dec 21, 2006 ... Midlands 2 East MELTON RFC FIRST XV 24 NORTHAMPTON OS 12 MELTON turned around a half-time deficit in dramatic style for the second time this season. Forced to start without their injured captain Tris Sexton, Melton looked second best for much of the first ...
COWLING SENDS RANGERS TOP.
Dec 21, 2006 ... Leics Under 15s Division A ST ANDREW'S 1 MOWBRAY RANGERS 6 MOWBRAY went top with an emphatic win. Mark Cowling's double put Rangers two up inside 10 minutes. The tireless Craig McJanet was thwarted by the keeper, but Liam Prenderville calmly placed the ...
CURTIS HAT-TRICK WRAPS UP REVENGE WIN.
Dec 21, 2006 ... TOWCESTER 7 MELTON UNDER 16s 27 MELTON avenged past results inflicted on the rest of their junior sides with a decent win to end Towcester's unbeaten home record. The hosts scored first with a converted try after an error at full-back and wing when the ...
FESTIVE TRAIN PAIN.
Dec 22, 2006 ... TRAIN strikes over the New Year period in Melton are threatening to wreak havoc with people's plans. Central Trains announced last week that strikes planned by senior conductors of the RMT union will go ahead for three days over the Christmas holiday period. After ...