Recently added articles from Plymouth Evening Herald, The:

Jewellers' new store

Aug 26, 2008; TRISTAN NICHOLS ... Herald Reporter A LONG standing family business is to expand outside Plymouth forthe first time in its 50-year history. High-fashion crystal jewellery, accessories, home style andcollectibles brand Swarovski is to open in Truro in a new, purpose-designed boutique thanks to ...

Pub reopens after pounds50k revamp

Aug 26, 2008 ... One of Plymouth's oldest pubs has reopened its doors after amajor pounds50,000 refurbishment project. The two-week project saw The Fisherman's Arms, on Lambhay Streeton the Barbican, undergo a complete interior revamp. New wood floors throughout complement the redecoration and ...

Business units go on show

Aug 26, 2008 ... Local entrepreneurs are being given the opportunity to cast theirprofessional eye over West Devon's newest commercial units. On Friday, September 12 West Devon Borough Council is holding anopen day at the flagship Okehampton Business Centre, part of theOpportunity Okehampton ...

Feeling the crunch? It's not all bleak

Aug 26, 2008 ... Credit crunch - two words that have been difficult to escape inrecent weeks as the UK economy faces its most uncertain period forsome years. Rising fuel prices, increases in the cost of household energybills and higher food bills make it a testing and equally worryingtime for ...

Danger area

Aug 26, 2008 ... How sad I was to see the diving boards on the Hoe poorlymaintained and actually boarded up to prevent people from usingthem. These diving boards have been there for as long as I canremember and enjoyed by many, including myself. Why these diving boards are in the state they are in ...

Excellent job

Aug 26, 2008 ... The fireworks were splendid and so well organised, but I wouldlike to say well done to all the council refuse collectors forcleaning all the rubbish up and emptying ...

Too pricey

Aug 26, 2008 ... Caught a bus today - a one-way ticket for an adult and child,from the city centre just a couple of miles to Plymstock. Got ...

College expansion plans held up by parking wrangle ; A parking "nightmare" is holding up a school's plans for a temporary building to house an influx of new pupils.

Aug 26, 2008; KEITH ROSSITER Political Reporter ... A parking "nightmare" is holding up a school's plans for atemporary building to house an influx of new pupils. The two-storey extension at Stoke Damerel Community College wouldbe built on a staff car park and will provide extra dining,classroom and toilet space. Planning ...

Hospital hits back at level of complaints ; Derriford bosses have defended the hospital after a report revealed that it had received one of the highest number of written complaints in the country.

Aug 26, 2008; DIANA PRINCE Health Reporter ... Derriford bosses have defended the hospital after a reportrevealed that it had received one of the highest number of writtencomplaints in the country. Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, which manages Derriford and theRoyal Eye Infirmary, received 938 written complaints in the ...

Public funding for prejudice?

Aug 26, 2008 ... Mr iftikhar Ahmad of the London School of Islamics (His Say,Thursday) feels the State should pay for Muslim schools. Perhaps MrAhmad should stop and consider that this country is a Christian one,and that a perfectly good system of schools already exists here, funded by the ...

Beloved bear

Aug 26, 2008 ... On sunday, August 17, my eight-month old daughter lost her'Snuggles' somewhere between North Hill and the city centre. Myhusband is sure our daughter had it at the bus stop nearWilkinson's, so we think she has lost it on the bus, which was anumber 41. Citybus do not have it. Mr ...

No time for faint hearts

Aug 26, 2008 ... Football supporters are a notoriously fickle breed: one minute ona tumultuous high after their team has won, the next in the depthsof despair after a defeat or even a draw. It is part of the currencyof being a fan, and goes with the territory of following theBeautiful Game, at whatever ...

Legalising drugs would slash crime

Aug 26, 2008 ... In his informative and persuasive article (August 15), KeithRossiter said that, "Over the years, anyone who called for the drugsban to be lifted was dismissed as a dangerous crank." As someone who has been banging on over the past 10 years -through these very pages - about the need ...

City entrepreneur tightens his belt ; Plymouth businessman John Steven has put another of his companies into administration in a bid to "tighten up" his empire.

Aug 26, 2008; TRISTAN NICHOLS Herald Reporter ... Plymouth businessman John Steven has put another of his companiesinto administration in a bid to "tighten up" his empire. Mr Steven, who just three months ago announced he was putting hisgastro-pub chain into administration, has blamed the generaldownturn in trading and the current ...

Why the delay?

Aug 26, 2008 ... I feel I have to write after reading the article (Monday) byDiana Prince, 'PCT achieves a pounds5million underspend'. I had a heart attack on July 12 and spent 10 days at Derriford.On arriving home I am visited by a nice cardiac nurse who informs methat I should start exercising a ...

C'est bon! Paris beckons Gemma ; A city actress has won a coveted place at a top French theatre school.

Aug 26, 2008; ELEANOR RADFORD Herald Reporter ... A city actress has won a coveted place at a top French theatreschool. Gemma Conidis, aged 24, from St Judes, has won a two-yearplacement on a professional theatre training course at theinternational Jacques Lecoq theatre school in Paris. The internationally acclaimed school ...

Sailing in to train for round-the-world race

Aug 26, 2008 ... Two of Britain's most famous sailors have chosen Plymouth as thelocation for a two-week training programme ahead of their entry in around-the-world race. Mike Golding (Ecover) and Dee Caffari (Aviva) will take part inan intensive testing programme on their Open 60 class yachts, ...

Sport stars of the future celebrate Beijing success

Aug 26, 2008 ... Sporting youngsters took time out from training to celebrate TeamGB's stunning medal successes at the Beijing Olympics. The children were part of a Plymouth City Council SportDevelopment Unit summer camp at Brickfields sports centre. The venue was funded by Sport England, the ...

Walton: Argyle will get better ; Midfielder Simon Walton believes he is starting to find his feet at Plymouth Argyle.

Aug 26, 2008 ... Midfielder Simon Walton believes he is starting to find his feetat Plymouth Argyle. The 20-year-old signed from Queens Park Rangers only three daysbefore the start of the season for a transfer fee which couldincrease up to pounds750,000. Despite arriving on the eve of the ...

Bikini, sunglasses, and a gold medal

Aug 26, 2008 ... I really must complain to the BBC. How long has Baywatch been anOlympic sport? I have watched with pride the yachting, hurdling,rowing and running. Sat there scratching, I wondered at how much blood, sweat andtears went into the training, equipment and dedication for sometruly ...