Newmarket Journal (Newmarket, England) back issues from April 2008:
Line-up complete for race concerts.
Apr 01, 2008 ... CHART-topping band The Feeling and eighties favourites Madness complete the line-up for this year's summer concerts at Newmarket's July Course. Brit award nominees The Feeling were among the artists who performed at last summer's Diana tribute concert organised by Princes ...
Resurgent Jockeys go in search of victory.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MUCH-improved Newmarket Town will be looking to extend their recent good run of form when they entertain Harwich and Parkeston tonight. The Ridgeons Premier League side have taken seven points from their last four games - after a run of seven successive defeats - to lift them ...
Chance to have your say on hot topic.
Apr 02, 2008 ... NEWMARKET residents are being encouraged to have their say on the quality of the town's surrounding environment. A special briefing is being held from tomorrow until Sunday for people to share their opinions on the state of the town's street scene. Cllr Tony Simmons, ...
Angel double inspires Town.
Apr 02, 2008 ... NEWMARKET Town continued their mini-revival last night as they thrashed Harwich and Parkeston 4-0 in the Ridgeons Premier League. A brace from Mark Angel, who has scored five in five games, and strikes from John Olive and Alex Watson sealed a comfortable win at the Town Ground ...
Hall look for first win in four.
Apr 02, 2008 ... MILDENHALL Town travel to Histon Reserves in the Ridgeons Premier League tonight looking to put Saturday's 3-0 defeat at the hands of local rivals Soham firmly behind them. The Recreation Way outfit have taken just one point from their last three games, failing to score a ...
School gets boost in bid to go green.
Apr 02, 2008 ... DITTON Lodge Primary School is set to become one of the greenest schools in the country when new solar panels are installed. The Newmarket school is through to the latest round of the Co-operative Group's [pounds sterling]1 million national Green Energy for Schools scheme, which ...
Residents' fears as trees face axe.
Apr 03, 2008 ... CONCERNED residents have spoken out over plans to cut down 18 trees in Newmarket's Fordham Road. It is thought that some of the trees on the Arborfield Estate have preservation orders on them, prompting concerns from residents in neighbouring St Albans. "I am ...
Former taxi driver admits jail attack.
Apr 03, 2008 ... AN OUSDEN man, who attacked a prison officer with a table leg, has been jailed indefinitely. Kingsley Morrisey, 57, had been serving a six-year sentence at Highpoint Prison in Stradishall when the assault occurred in the segregation unit on March 18 last year. ...
Concern greets plans to close sub-post offices.
Apr 03, 2008 ... PLANS to close sub-post offices in Barton Mills, Cowlinge and Exning Road, Newmarket, have left owners worried about their futures. The three offices have all been named by the Post Office as branches it wants to shut by August. But the plans have sparked concern ...
Council fined by watchdog.
Apr 03, 2008 ... A COUNCIL has had its knuckles rapped for allowing a councillor's son to build houses on a wildlife site. Local Government Ombudsman Tony Redmond said the decision by Forest Heath Council's planning committee gave "an appearance of bias and favouritism" towards developer James ...
Town man charged following death crash.
Apr 03, 2008 ... A NEWMARKET man has been charged in connection with the death of a popular footballer following a road crash in the town's Fordham Road. Philip Milbank, 33, of Fordham Road, was charged yesterday with causing the death of Dullingham man Steve Hockley by dangerous driving. He ...
Bookies' favourite Clare looks a good bet for big race.
Apr 03, 2008 ... ACCOUNTANT Clare Twemlow is hoping she can ride to victory on Grand National day at Aintree on Saturday and land a [pounds sterling]50,000 bonus for a Newmarket-based charity. The 29 year old has already raised [pounds sterling]5,000 for Direct Aid for Africa (DAFA) by being ...
Threatened horse show is handed double lifeline.
Apr 03, 2008 ... A HORSE show that was facing the axe has been given the lifeline it needs to ensure it will go ahead this summer. Six weeks ago, Kerry and Collen Salmon, of Willow Stables, Soham, made an appeal in the Journal for a plot of land to hold their show on after the original ...
New proposals could spell the end of council.
Apr 03, 2008 ... SUFFOLK County Council wants to take over all local government services across the county. And if its view is accepted by the Boundary Committee, district councils like Forest Heath, which covers the Newmarket and Mildenhall areas, will be abolished. County council ...
Barn fire was arson.
Apr 03, 2008 ... FIREFIGHTERS tackled a barn fire in Lode on Saturday night. The blaze, at Saxon Farm in Longmeadow Road, started shortly after 10pm and destroyed 15 tonnes of straw in the open-sided barn, which measured about 20m by 30m. Fire crews from Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, ...
Council gives restaurant plans the green light despite fears.
Apr 03, 2008 ... PERMISSION has been granted for a former pub in Exning to become a Chinese restaurant. Plans to transform the ground floor of the former Jolly Butchers pub in Oxford Street into a restaurant were approved last week by Forest Heath Council's planning committee. This ...
Queen of the track.
Apr 03, 2008 ... CYCLE queen Victoria Pendleton was on top of the world after the British team won 11 out of 14 gold medals at last week's World Cycling Championships in Manchester. Described by some commentators as the greatest British sporting team achievement since the 1966 World Cup, the ...
Trainer 'excited' by move to HQ.
Apr 03, 2008 ... OXFORDSHIRE trainer Gerard Butler said he was "very excited" about his forthcoming move to Newmarket where he will succeed Jane Chapple-Hyam at Cadland House stables. Butler, 41, who has been based at Blewbury for the past 10 years, said it had always been his ambition to train ...
Dayia fancied for success at Aintree.
Apr 03, 2008 ... FEARLESS former jump jockey Jeff Pearce can round Grand National day off on a high note by sending his bargain buy Dayia out to win the John Smith's Champion Standard Open National Hunt Flat race. Pearce is no stranger to the Aintree winners' enclosure having saddled the ...
Jockeys revival on track.
Apr 03, 2008 ... NEWMARKET Town picked up four points from two games against Harwich & Parkeston - leaving manager Karl Johnson disappointed not to have collected all six. Two crucial refereeing decisions in the first meeting at Dovercourt on Saturday left Johnson unhappy at the official's ...
Derby win boosts Soham's title hopes.
Apr 03, 2008 ... LEAGUE leaders Soham returned to winning ways with a good all-round team performance to clinch three points from Saturday's local derby. Mildenhall Town 0, Soham Town Rangers 3 (Ridgeons League, Premier Division) After taking only a single point from their last three ...
Depleted Fordham beaten as penalty turns tie.
Apr 03, 2008 ... DEPLETED Fordham went down 3-1 at Eaton Socon in Saturday's Kershaw Premier Division match although this was a much improved performance by the local side. The reserve players who came into the team performed well and it was a penalty that turned the tide in the home side's ...
Rugby: Promotion in sight after massive win.
Apr 03, 2008 ... A THUMPING victory over Lakenham saw Newmarket move into second place in Division Two of Eastern Counties and put their battle for promotion back into their own hands. The gloss was taken off the day when skipper Martin Hughes was taken to hospital with broken ribs and bruising ...
Speedway: Fen Tigers crash to heavy defeat.
Apr 03, 2008 ... A COMBINATION of bad luck and poor gating saw Mildenhall Fen Tigers crash to one of their worst-ever home defeats in their first match of the season at West Row, writes Graham Clark. Mildenhall Fen Tigers 29, Berwick Bandits 61 After three straight defeats in the ...
Council takes up mast battle.
Apr 04, 2008 ... TOWN councillors have agreed to write to a Newmarket school urging it to start a petition against a mobile phone mast which has been put up close by. The council is trying to get the mast, which was put up in Exning Road close to the town's new leisure centre and Newmarket ...
Plans would undermine town's reputation, MP.
Apr 04, 2008 ... PLANS for a new aircraft stacking system zone for Stansted, which would see planes circling to the south of Newmarket, could threaten the town's bloodstock industry, an MP has warned. Jim Paice, who represents South East Cambridgeshire, wants the stacking area to be over the sea ...
Hall edge past Histon.
Apr 04, 2008 ... MILDENHALL Town reclaimed fourth spot in the Ridgeons Premier League with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Histon Reserves on Wednesday night. The result, secured thanks to strikes from forward Owen Paynter and winger Stephen Spriggs, was Town's first win in four attempts. It ...
Restaurant's seating bid thrown out.
Apr 06, 2008 ... PROPOSALS to let more diners eat al fresco in Newmarket have been thrown out. Forest Heath Council's planning committee rejected proposals by Pizza Express to seat up to 20 customers on the corner of Sun Lane. Council officers had recommended the plans be turned down ...
Ridgeons unveils expansion plans.
Apr 07, 2008 ... A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme to upgrade the Ridgeons site in Herringswell is expected to create up to 10 new jobs. Under the proposals, the Kennett Road site will get state-of-the-art milling, handling and extraction equipment in a brand new 28,000sq ft building. ...
Tigers' star suffers broken pelvis.
Apr 07, 2008 ... INJURIES to Tigers' heat leader Casper Wortmann and Birmingham's Phil Morris marred yesterday's Premier Trophy speedway encounter at West Row. The result was declared as a 32-42 win to the visitors after Birmingham reserve Jack Hargreaves caused a three-man pile up in heat 13. ...
Curse of the A14 strikes again.
Apr 08, 2008 ... MOTORISTS were hit with long delays on the A14 this morning after two separate pile-ups in the space of 10 minutes. In the first accident, a black Saab 903, a blue or grey Rover 216 and a white Ford Transit all collided on the westbound carriageway near Higham at 8.10am. ...
Jockeys visit faltering Haverhill.
Apr 08, 2008 ... NEWMARKET Town take on Haverhill Rangers in the Ridgeons Premier League tonight as they look to continue their unlikely fight against relegation. After winning three of their last five games, including a 4-0 thrashing of Harwich and Parkeston last time out, the Jockeys head into ...
Health body clears last of [pounds sterling]30m debt.
Apr 08, 2008 ... THE health trust which runs Newmarket Hospital has declared itself debt-free after paying off more than [pounds sterling]30 million. Suffolk Primary Care Trust paid off [pounds sterling]18.9 million in 2007-8 and paid back the last [pounds sterling]12 million of "historic" debt ...
Bag campaign big success.
Apr 09, 2008 ... A CAMPAIGN to reduce the use of plastic bags in Newmarket is off to a flying start. The town's eco-friendly action group ReNew gave away re-useable hessian bags outside Waitrose and Tesco and asked customers to sign forms pledging to avoid using carrier bags. Chris ...
Guineas project close to starting.
Apr 09, 2008 ... WORK to develop the Guineas shopping centre in Newmarket could finally start this summer. It was hoped construction would begin at the start of this year after the [pounds sterling]4 million development was approved by Forest Heath Council's planning committee at the end of last ...
Migration theme of new exhibition now showing.
Apr 10, 2008 ... AN art exhibition with a difference got under way on Monday at Palace House Mews, Palace House, Newmarket. The exhibition called Migration has been put on by a local group made entirely of people aged 49 or older called 49 and Rising. Jean Page, member of the group, ...
New play area comes to fruition after 18 months.
Apr 10, 2008 ... YOUNGSTERS in Fordham have something to cheer about after a new play area was opened in the village. It comes after plans for a new site, including a shelter, mini-skatepark and a kickwall for football, basketball and cricket, were drawn up 18 months ago. Hugh ...
Fresh hope for brave Joshua.
Apr 10, 2008 ... A GRANDMOTHER from Newmarket is raising money to help save her grandson's sight. Jan Wilson, of George Lambton Avenue, is appealing for donations to enable her grandson to fly to America for vital treatment. Eight year old Joshua, who lives in Surrey with his parents, ...
'Racing' watches for sale.
Apr 10, 2008 ... TWO pocket watches, which could have belonged to the nephew of Newmarket jockey Fred Archer go under the hammer next week. One, pictured above, is an 18-carat gold timepiece dating back to 1903 in the colours of trainer Lord Falmouth and could reach up to [pounds sterling]5,000 ...
Bike trail could be open by summer.
Apr 10, 2008 ... A PROJECT to rejuvenate the BMX bike trail at Studlands Park, Newmarket, will get under way at the end of April. Sue McAllister, Newmarket Community Partnership project officer, said: "We are going to have the new trail built professionally and it will accommodate all levels of ...
Red Devils boss wheels and deals for Newmarket charity.
Apr 10, 2008 ... MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson turned city broker to help a Newmarket charity raise more than [pounds sterling]150,000. And members of the Newmarket branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society made sure the final total topped [pounds sterling]160,000 to buy a special ...
Man, 37, handed one-year road ban.
Apr 10, 2008 ... A NEWMARKET man, who drove his car while one-and-a-half times the legal drink-drive limit, has been banned from the road for 12 months. Ian Archer, 37, was stopped by police outside his Exeter Road home on March 30 due to a faulty brake light on his Audi estate. When ...
Card theft man escapes prison.
Apr 10, 2008 ... A NEWMARKET man, who raided a work colleague's bank account after stealing her debit cards, has narrowly escaped going to prison. Marc Sinclair, of Centre Drive, was handed a 16-week jail sentence suspended for 12 months after admitting two charges of theft at Bury St Edmunds ...
Ex-chef 'sent home to die'.
Apr 10, 2008 ... A FORMER chef at a Newmarket Indian restaurant, who is in urgent need of a kidney transplant, is being condemned to death by a Home Office decision to deport him, a friend has claimed. Failed asylum seeker Tajel Uddin, who was arrested by immigration officers in front of diners ...
Woman hid stolen clothes in bedroom.
Apr 10, 2008 ... A 20-YEAR-old woman has been ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work after admitting handling stolen goods from a Newmarket sports shop. Bury St Edmunds Magistrates Court heard on Tuesday that Victoria Drinkwater, of New Cut, Newmarket, had hidden [pounds sterling]4,500 ...
I may quit, says club coach.
Apr 10, 2008 ... NEWMARKET Astley Club boxing coach Mark O'Reilly has threatened to throw in the towel after one of his boxers lost the Eastern Counties senior ABA title in controversial circumstances. Pender Smith, 19, was judged to have been beaten in Friday's 75kg final by Joe Burnett when a ...
Striker makes it to 50.
Apr 10, 2008 ... BURWELL Swifts Reserves striker Tom Thatcher has notched up a half-century of goals this season. Thatcher reached the 50 milestone in Saturday's final of the Reg Haigh/Arthur Peck Cup final played at the ...
Jarvis set for debut.
Apr 10, 2008 ... BURWELL driver Oliver Jarvis is set to make his German Touring Car Masters (DTM) debut at the Hockenheim circuit on Sunday. Jarvis, 24, will line up on the 19-car grid for the Audi Sport Team Phoenix outfit in a 2007 Audi A4. The team is looking forward to the new ...
Phoenix Tower to get Cecil off to a flyer.
Apr 10, 2008 ... TEN times champion trainer Henry Cecil can get his 2008 campaign off to a flyer with Phoenix Tower in the Listed Doncaster Mile on the Yorkshire track on Saturday. The four year old has had his problems, racing only three times in two seasons but, on each occasion, he has won in ...
Bell strikes to pick up points for Town.
Apr 10, 2008 ... TUESDAY night's local derby was settled by a single first-half goal as Newmarket's end-of-season revival continued. Newmarket midfielder Steven Bell netted just after the half-hour mark with a long-range effort that dipped over home goalkeeper Jamie Smith and cannoned in off the ...
Libam stike seals points for title chasers.
Apr 10, 2008 ... STRIKER Charles Libam scored his 50th goal for Soham from the penalty spot to give his side three more points in their battle for the league title. Having ended a three-match run without a victory in some style at Mildenhall last weekend, Soham welcomed Stanway Rovers for the ...
Goal hero Flitton inspires Ely.
Apr 10, 2008 ... ELY City full-back Russell Flitton scored his first hat-trick in senior football to take his side to the brink of the Premier Division. With five games left to play, the Robins look assured of promotion, and a victory at Halstead on Saturday would leave other challengers needing ...
Swifts bow out in cup semi-final.
Apr 10, 2008 ... BURWELL Swifts Reserves failed at the semi-final stage in the Reg Haig/Arthur Peck Cup after coming back from two down only to concede late in extra-time. Swifts started well but fell behind after 10 minutes when a corner caught the wind and was poked in from close range. ...
Fordham's poor run continues.
Apr 10, 2008 ... FORDHAM'S recent disappointing run continued with this defeat in Cambridge on Saturday. In a game full of incident, Fordham played most of the second half with 10 players after an injury to Andrew Short. They had two penalties awarded against them and were 2-0 down ...
Carman hits four for in-form Burwell.
Apr 10, 2008 ... THE Swifts cruised to another victory in BIS Division 4B after a close game in the first half. Man-of-the-match Glenn Carman was the match winner, scoring four times in a game that brings Swifts to within two points of the top with two games in hand over Hemingford who they play ...
Speedway: Injury-hit meeting abandoned.
Apr 10, 2008 ... INJURIES to Mildenhall Fen Tigers' heat leader Casper Wortmann and Birmingham's Phil Morris marred Sunday's Premier Trophy speedway encounter at West Row. The result was declared as a 32-42 win to the visitors and the rest of the meeting was abandoned after Birmingham reserve ...
Cost-cutting council in recycling row.
Apr 11, 2008 ... AN ASHLEY woman claims a council is not doing enough to help residents recycle. Diana Clements, of Dalham Road, is angry at East Cambridgeshire Council's decision to cut the number of free waste sacks given to householders from 10 to four in a bid to cut costs. Mrs ...
Ex-milkman spent [pounds sterling]2,500 of stolen cash on drugs.
Apr 11, 2008 ... A FORMER milkman, who siphoned off more than [pounds sterling]2,500 from his milkround to fund an "out of control" drug habit, has escaped a prison sentence. Steven Green, now a stud worker at Snailwell, pocketed the cash before atttempting to cover up the theft by telling ...
Ten-man Wroxham do leaders a favour.
Apr 11, 2008 ... SOHAM Town's title hopes were given a major boost last night when defending champions Wroxham defeated Needham Market in the Ridgeons Premier League. It was the visitors who took the lead after 15 minutes when Alex Notman fired home following a good cross from the left. ...
Runners get ready for marathon challenge.
Apr 12, 2008 ... AS RUNNERS up and down the country prepare for tomorrow's London Marathon, Journal reporter Graham Clark caught up with some of the local competitors who will be taking part ... Prison officer Ian Blatchford will be among the thousands of runners lining up to complete the ...
Expert backs town's bid for special status.
Apr 13, 2008 ... AN EXPERT in sporting heritage thinks Newmarket could have a strong chance of being granted special recognition from the UN. Jason Wood, of Heritage Consultancy Services, joined members from the town's most famous horseracing institutions to talk about why the town should get ...
Demise of council a step closer.
Apr 14, 2008 ... COUNCILLORS have agreed a proposal which could mean the end of their council. Members of Forest Heath Council decided to support proposals for just two main councils for the whole of Suffolk, replacing the existing seven districts and boroughs as well as the county council. ...
Protesters support campaign against flats.
Apr 14, 2008 ... MEMBERS of the Save Historic Newmarket group were out in force today continuing their opposition to a development of flats in the town's Bury Road. Lawyer Rachel Hood, whose husband is Derby winning trainer John Gosden, launched the group in protest when more than 50 trees in ...
Carter at the double for leaders Soham.
Apr 14, 2008 ... A COMFORTABLE 3-1 win over Lowestoft maintained Soham's seven point gap at the top of the Ridgeons Premier League, but there was disappointment for Newmarket. Two first-half goals from Scott Carter and a third from Scott Johnson just after the restart sealed the points for Ian ...
Race for title takes on extra edge.
Apr 14, 2008 ... SOHAM Town are set to go head-to-head with title rivals Needham Market for a place in the Ryman League. Nigel Spurling, secretary of the Ridgeons League, has confirmed that only one of the clubs can move up to a step four league next season. With both Needham and ...