Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England) back issues from October 2007:
Caring for 'forgotten angels who give their time for free to help others'.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Who would work 24/7, with few breaks and no pay packet at the end of the month? The city's 15,000 carers, that's who. They may not have the sexiest job title, but a new report revealed these "forgotten" angels save the UK economy a staggering [pounds sterling]7 billion a year ....
Widow makes donation in memory of wife.(Obituary)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A GRATEFUL widower has donated more than0 [pounds sterling]500 to the charity that cared for his wife. Reg Hart presented a cheque to Hospital at Home in memory of his late wife Dorothy, who died of cancer aged 60 in August this year. The charity, which provides care ...
After 30 years, suddenly, Karen faced a fight for her life.
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE world was shocked when Pamela Anderson announced that she had caught Hepatitis C, a virus which can kill, from an infected tattoo needle. In the run-up to World Hepatitis Awareness day on October 1, Jemma Walton spoke to a woman who knows just what Pamela went through - ...
Anger at delay to bus pass extension.
Oct 01, 2007 ... HOPES of bringing forward free concessionary bus travel to 9am have been dashed - for the next 12 months at least. At present, the scheme begins at 9.30am, meaning pensioners must pay full fare before that time. Peterborough City Council had agreed to look into the ...
Charity fund-raisers are all coffee cup winners.
Oct 01, 2007 ... COFFEE drinkers in Peterborough raised a cuppa as part of the World's Biggest Coffee Morning. In the process, they raised thousands of pounds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Among those taking part were staff at GE Mobile Water, in Orton Southgate, where [pounds ...
Buying cigarettes ends for under-18s.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TEENAGE smokers across the city face a new law this morning banning anyone under the age of 18 from buying tobacco products. As from today, shops can only legally sell tobacco products to people aged 18 or over, rather than 16, in England and Wales. The new law ...
Video: Memorial golf day istee-rrific.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A GOLF tournament in memory of a popular city businessman has raised thousands of pounds for charity. Family and friends of Jon Waller, who tragically died in a helicopter crash earlier this year, organised the competition to raise money the Guide Dogs Association and the Clic ...
Warning after purses are stolen.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SHOPPERS in Stamford are being urged to take extra care after three purses were pinched in one day. Thieves dipped into handbags - and in one case took the bag - during last Friday lunchtime when the town was described as "extremely busy". The first theft happened in ...
Raiders take laptops.
Oct 01, 2007 ... OFFICERS are trying to trace to rare laptops which were stolen from a Peterborough home. The laptop computers, which have Japanese keyboards, were taken from a home in Bretton, on Wednesday, September 5. Now police are trying to find the Hewlett Packard NX900s and ...
Tulip summit could lose [pounds sterling]30,000.
Oct 01, 2007 ... NEXT May's World Tulip Summit in Spalding could operate at a loss of [pounds sterling]30,000 - but co-host South Holland District Council has promised to pay half. The authority will share the projected loss with the organiser Springfields Horticultural Society. ...
All things bright and beautiful at hall.
Oct 01, 2007 ... COLOURFUL blooms attracted hundreds of people and raised more than [pounds sterling]1,000 for charity. Sue Ryder Care, Thorpe Hall Hospice, in Longthorpe, held an Autumn Flower Festival which saw more than 300 visitors admire 32 imaginative displays bursting with colour. ...
Men arrested in robberies probe.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TWO men have been arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies in the region. The men, aged 47 and 24, were arrested after investigations into raids across Norfolk and the Fens, including one in Wisbech, on Sunday, September 16, when a couple in their 60s were ...
Church to host a quiz night.
Oct 01, 2007 ... PEOPLE can test their general knowledge skills at a quiz night in the city. Westgate Church, in Westgate, will hold the quiz on Saturday, October 27, at 7.30pm. ...
Plans for 24 new homes.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A DEVELOPER has submitted plans to build 24 new homes at the former highways depot in March. Hazelton Homes wants to create the small ...
Women's centre to offer more.
Oct 01, 2007 ... PETERBOROUGH Women's Centre will be offering even more services with the help of two new members of staff ,thanks to a pay-out from the National Lottery. Advice and support co-ordinator Hajra Sharif and reaching communities ICT co-ordinator Karen Toon have now joined the team. ...
Police appeal over bike thefts.
Oct 01, 2007 ... POLICE in Spalding are appealing for witnesses to two thefts of bicycles. The first bike was stolen between 8am and 2pm on Friday, September 21, from outside a property in St Thomas Road. The bike, a metallic blue silver coloured man's Barracuda, was left unattended ...
Drug dealer jailed after second sting.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A DRUG dealer caught in an undercover police operation has been sent back to jail for peddling crack cocaine and heroin on the city streets. Ian Gordon was given five years in 2003 after he dealt heroin to officers working on Operation Harrier. And he was still on ...
Lord Lieutenant's deputies named.
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire has appointed six deputies to help with his work around the county. Hugh Duberly will be joined by James Buxton, from Carlton, Jeremy Marshall, from Bourne, Susan Morris, from March, Professor John Wallwork, from Cambridge, Gillian Wild, ...
Youngsters are given a voice at the ballot box.
Oct 01, 2007 ... PUPILS at a city school have been given a voice. Gunthorpe Primary School has elected a new school council to get pupils involved with the democratic process. Last week pupils nominated who they wanted to stand on the council and put their vote in a ballot box. ...
A47 hit by delays after biker accident.
Oct 01, 2007 ... BREAKING NEWS 8AM: MOTORISTS were hit by long tailbacks this morning as emergency services dealt with an incident involving a motorcyclist. Details are sketchy, but it is thought the rider had come off his bike and had to be treated by paramedics at the scene of the ...
Home cameras to help stop the yobs.
Oct 01, 2007 ... RESIDENTS in the Greater Dogsthorpe area plagued by anti-social behaviour are being loaned CCTV cameras in an effort to catch the yobs blighting their lives on a daily basis. People living in the Greater Dogsthorpe area of Peterborough can now record the stone-throwing and ...
Glinton: 'We'll be swallowed up by housing plans'.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Only a year ago, Glinton was a picturesque Cambridgeshire village of 650 homes. Now the spectre of mass house-building hangs over this rural haven. First it was a 2,500-home estate, earmarked for a wedge of land between Glinton and Werrington. And now - in a second bombshell for ...
Trust to hold a nearly new sale.
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE National Childbirth Trust Stamford, Bourne and Deepings Branch is holding a nearly new sale of babies' and children's clothes, toys, books, videos/DVDs and equipment. The event will ...
Committee pays a silent tribute.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MEMBERS of a Peterborough City Council committee paid a silent tribute to former mayor Cliff Sneesby who died on Wednesday. The chairman of the environment and community safety scrutiny panel, ...
Man hurt in town centre collision.
Oct 01, 2007 ... ONE man was taken to hospital following a four vehicle collision on a town centre road. The cars hit each other in Lynn Road, in Wisbech, at 9pm on Friday The man was ...
Still no cash for Farepak savers.
Oct 01, 2007 ... ALMOST a year after the collapse of Farepak left city residents thousands of pounds out of pocket, victims today revealed they still haven't received a penny in compensation. Farepak - a Swindon-based hamper company - went into administration on October 13, devastating 128,000 ...
Emergency crews back phone identity scheme.
Oct 01, 2007 ... LINCOLNSHIRE Fire and Rescue are backing a campaign to use mobile phones to help identify victims of accidents. The campaign aims to encourage people to enter a phone number in their mobile's memory under the name of ICE - which stands for In Case of Emergency. By ...
Community out in force for street clean-up.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A weekend of action to tackle environmental problems in the Welland area of the city has proved to be a success. Teams from various organisations hit the Welland estate to try and tackle problems such as litter and graffiti in the Dogsthorpe estate. The events were ...
Car wash workers held after immigration raid.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SEVEN people were held on suspicion of being illegal immigrants in a joint police and immigration swoop on a city car wash. Shocked onlookers watched as the men - some in their early teens - tried to escape from the London Road premises by vaulting over walls and fences to get ...
Concern shop staff may be open to abuse.
Oct 01, 2007 ... RETAILERS are concerned that many 16 and 17-year-olds may not be aware of the new law - leaving shop workers open to abuse and threats. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) Annual Retail Crime Survey shows a 50 per cent increase in incidents of physical violence against shop ...
In pictures: War years revisited at railway event.
Oct 01, 2007 ... BRITISH wartime spirit was brought to Peterborough on Saturday and Sunday with a 1940s weekend at Nene Valley Railway. Visitors to the attraction were encouraged to dress in clothes from the era, while there were plenty of other events and activities taking place at Wansford, ...
Pair posing as repair men steal from pensioner.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A PAIR of thieves posing as washing machine repair men conned their way into a pensioner's home before stealing cash. The woman was at her house in West Road, Tallington, near Stamford, when the two men turned up. The men told the elderly woman they were repairing a ...
River search in police bid to arrest suspect.
Oct 01, 2007 ... POLICE used hi-tech equipment, helicopters and elite dog teams in the dramatic riverside arrest of a suspected armed robber. Officers spent an hour in near-freezing water tracking down the man who had had sped off as detectives tried to apprehend him in a road chase. ...
Depleted Borough suffer heavy defeat.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Bedford Athletic 41 Peterborough 12 (Midlands Division One) Borough suffered their third Midlands Division One league defeat as their depleted squad was crushed at Bedford. With at least eight of their regular first team players either injured or unavailable, Borough ...
Fergie is disappointed not to beat Darlington.
Oct 01, 2007 ... POSH boss Darren Ferguson insisted he was disappointed to leave Darlington with just a solitary point. The home side were top of the table before the start of this 1-1 draw and Posh only rescued a point courtesy of a last-gasp Craig Mackail-Smith goal. But Ferguson ...
Mackail-Smith delighted to earn late equaliser.
Oct 01, 2007 ... CRAIG Mackail-Smith was a tired, yet very happy, man at the end of his first 90 minute appearance of the season at Darlington. Mackail-Smith grabbed a dramatic 89th minute equaliser with a close-range overhead kick. The original plan was for the striker to play about ...
Manea cause cup shock at Thorney.
Oct 01, 2007 ... THORNEY came back down to earth with a bump on Saturday. Seven days after causing a PFA Senior Cup shock by dumping out 2006 finalists Crowland Town, the Jaguar Division One side found themselves on the receiving end of a cup giantkilling. Thorney crashed to a 4-1 ...
My Posh day: Bob Burrows of St Mary's Close.
Oct 01, 2007 ... CURRENT FORM: "I moved to Peterborough in 1964 and immediately started watching Posh. I had watched Barrow in Furness for many years so grew up on a diet of desperate Northern League football. "It was an instant love affair for me with the club. Derek Dougan and ...
Jalal determined to keep his place.
Oct 01, 2007 ... SHWAN Jalal will try and take advantage of Mark Tyler's misfortune to keep his place in the Posh first-team. Jalal was called up to start at Darlington after Tyler suffered a back spasm 30 minutes before kick-off. He had little direct action to deal with, but his handling of ...
Newman demands more effort as five-star Bees swarm all over Phantoms.
Oct 01, 2007 ... BRACKNELL 5 PHANTOMS 1 PHANTOMS left Bracknell smarting after a 5-1 defeat on Saturday which left coach Dwayne Newman demanding more effort from his players. As the Bees swarmed all over coach Dwayne Newman's side with goals from Andrew Hemmings, Peter Jasik, Michal ...
Gough breaks duck with foursome display.
Oct 01, 2007 ... PHANTOMS 7 TELFORD 5. BRENT Gough broke his season's duck with a four-goal haul as Phantoms came back from the dead for the second week running after another breathtaking fightback to tame the Tigers last night. After going down 5-1 to league champions Bracknell in ...
Posh make leaders look inferior - Darlington 1 Posh 1.
Oct 01, 2007 ... LIKE the Superhero some think he is, Craig Mackail-Smith swooped late to rescue Posh from a morale-sapping defeat at Darlington. Mackail-Smith, one half of the club's own dynamic duo, netted with a close-range overhead kick one minute from the end of normal time at the ...
Posh prove their desire.
Oct 01, 2007 ... DARREN Ferguson is adamant his players have now proved that they have the desire and commitment to fight their way to promotion from League Two. The Posh manager was speaking after his side claimed a 1-1 draw at 10-man Darlington with a last-gasp goal from striker Craig ...
Phantoms stage a stunning comeback.
Oct 01, 2007 ... PHANTOMS coach Dwayne Newman has praised the spirit of his side after watching them come back from the dead for the second week in a row. Last night, Newman's men came from 5-1 down against Telford Tigers at the Peterborough Arena to win, having performed similar heroics to ...
Tigers maul Kempston for their third win in a week.
Oct 01, 2007 ... UNIBOND LEAGUE Premier Division KEMPSTON 0 HOLBEACH 4 HOLBEACH have lifted the gloom by collecting three wins in a week. An FA Vase triumph and midweek league win were followed by the simplest of Premier Division successes on Saturday. Holbeach had ...
French double inspires Daniels.
Oct 01, 2007 ... FA CUP Second Qualifying Round. STAMFORD 3 GEDLING 1. STAMFORD boss Graham Drury has his sights set on a piece of club history - reaching the first round proper of the FA Cup. The Daniels moved smoothly into the third qualifying round by getting the better of little ...
Business booms despite job losses.
Oct 01, 2007 ... BUSINESS in Peterborough is booming despite more than 100 jobs being axed at a Peterborough furniture factory. The losses at Acco UK came as bosses shipped some of the company's manufacturing work out to China. But today, the chief executive for the Peterborough ...
Chance to promote your business.
Oct 01, 2007 ... BUSINESS people across the city are invited to get networking at an event next month. The Best Of Networking in Peterborough will be an opportunity for people to ...
Police funding crisis could force up council tax.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A [pounds sterling]2 a week rise in council tax could be the solution to an unprecedented police funding crisis. Householders in Stamford, The Deepings, Spalding and Bourne could see their council tax bills hiked up as Lincolnshire Police struggle to balance the books. ...
Exhibition is a great place to make contacts.
Oct 01, 2007 ... BOSSES of a Peterborough firm have told how their enterprise has been given a boost thanks to a high profile business exhibition. Signs Express (Peterborough) has attracted numerous new customers as a direct result of attending the city's annual Business Focus exhibition. ...
Award-winning firm lights up defence show.
Oct 01, 2007 ... AN INNOVATIVE Peterborough firm is helping to shed light on the defence industry. Blue I UK secured a deal to provide the lighting for the world's largest defence exhibition at the ExCel Centre, in the London Docklands. The firm designed and manufactured a system ...
Manufacturers need support to compete.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A PLEA for more investment in manufacturing has been made by the head of economic development in the East of England during a speech at the Labour Party conference. Chief executive of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) David Marlow says more support for manufacturers ...
Group has new vanguard.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A PETERBOROUGH security firm for businesses has just expanded its 13-strong fleet of vehicles. The BusinessWatch Group, based at the Orton Enterprise Centre, in Orton Southgate, has bought a specially designed van to be on 24-hour standby as a mobile incident support unit. ...
Fitting jobs for city firm apprentices.
Oct 01, 2007 ... AN ENGINEERING company in Peterborough has just taken on three apprentices - the first since the firm reverted to its old name a year ago. The trio are all 16 years old and were selected from 50 applicants to start apprenticeships at food equipment engineering company Baker ...
Sports legend is guest speaker at club dinner.
Oct 01, 2007 ... FOOTBALL legend Bruce Grobbelaar is to be the guest speaker at a celebrity dinner for Peterborough businesses. The event is being hosted by Yaxley Football Club which has lined up the former goalkeeper for its second celebrity dinner next month. President Jeff Lenton ...
Company acquisition may mean more jobs.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A LEADING Peterborough food firm is seeking to acquire a national company in a move that could create new jobs. Talks are under way to agree a deal between Produce World, of Yaxley, which currently employs 650 people, and Marshalls. Chief executive of Produce World ...
Pedal power pupils' health initiative.
Oct 02, 2007 ... PUPILS in Stamford will be cycling to lessons next week. Years 10 to 13 at the Queen Eleanor School, in Green Lane, and the New College, in Drift Road, will be doing their bit for the environment and promoting healthy exercise. The school and the college have been ...
Cash prizes on offer for runners.
Oct 02, 2007 ... PRIZES for runners of all abilities and ages have been announced for the Great Eastern Run. The first six male and female runners crossing the finishing line will receive a cash prize and a trophy for their efforts. The cash prizes, which are higher than those up for ...
Free imprints at kid's store.
Oct 02, 2007 ... KIDDICARE children's shop is offering a free imprint experience at its store, in Lincoln Road, Werrington, Peterborough. The Magic Custard representative will be at the Megastore on Sunday, to keep precious memories alive ...
Regiment plans centenary bash.
Oct 02, 2007 ... THE ROYAL Regiment of Artillery is preparing to start its centenary celebrations. The 1st Northamptonshire Battery Royal Field Artillery was formed on April 1, 1908, as part of the now famous Territorial Army. The Peterborough Battery, as the regiment became known, ...
Future looks bright for city's asylum centre.
Oct 02, 2007 ... AN action plan has been drawn up to ensure the long-term survival of Peterborough's nationally-acclaimed asylum and migration centre. New Link was established in March 2003, following a [pounds sterling]2.2 million Home Office grant. However, when funding expired in ...
Thieves lift fuel cans off truck.
Oct 02, 2007 ... THIEVES have stolen more than 50 litres of fuel after lifting cans from the back of a truck. Now police are appealing for witnesses to the theft of diesel from the vehicle, which was parked in St Mary's Avenue, in Pinchbeck, near Spalding. The theft happened ...
Thousands face more London Road misery.
Oct 02, 2007 ... A STRETCH of London Road was reduced to a single lane today, heralding the start of a six-month programme of roadworks on the city's southern thoroughfare. The closure of a northbound lane between the Peacock pub and the junction with Oundle Road is only the beginning of ...
Roadside checks after sex attack on woman.
Oct 02, 2007 ... A week after an extremely nasty sexual assault on a 25-year-old woman, police conducted roadside stop checks in a bid to identify any further potential witnesses. The woman was robbed of her handbag, knocked to the ground and sexually assaulted in the early hours of Sunday, ...
Pervert jailed for seven years for raping young girl.
Oct 02, 2007 ... A PERVERT has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of the rape of a young girl and a string of other sex offences. Guy Johnstone (62), of Ayr Close, Stamford, was found guilty of raping the girl when she was just 12 or 13 years old, between July 1984 and July 1986. ...