Plymouth Evening Herald, The back issues from February 2008:
Guest house bills were left unpaid
Feb 01, 2008 ... Do you recognise this man or this woman, pictured left and right? They were spotted entering a number of guest houses and hotels inthe Plymouth area in late 2007. However, the man - who was said to have a Scottish accent - andthe ...
Can you identify this man?
Feb 01, 2008 ... Police are trying to identify this man, left, who they believewas assaulted by a group of men. He was spotted on CCTV in Union Street at 4.35am on December 2. If you ...
Teenager threatened with knife
Feb 01, 2008 ... Police are hunting a knife-wielding thug who threatened ateenager close to a city hotel. The 17-year-old victim was walking through a subway near theCopthorne Hotel in Western Approach at around 8.15pm on January 20. He saw a man and a woman sitting on a nearby wall on his ...
Police identity appeal
Feb 01, 2008 ... Can you help identify this man? Police say he entered the Co-operative store in the Barbican ataround 6.15pm on December 12. After he left staff noticed two 12 ...
Are you in the picture?
Feb 01, 2008 ... Has this woman, right, or her friend lost a camera recently. The camera was found in the Toys R Us car park on January 17. On the camera were a number of pictures, such as the one shown. PCSO Victoria Elliott said other pictures included weddings,family gatherings ...
Thug hit a female bus driver
Feb 01, 2008 ... A thug struck a female bus driver in an unprovoked attack. The 46-year-old driver pulled her bus up at a stop in ChurchRoad, Saltash at around 8.15am on January 25 when she saw the manhesitate at the doors. He eventually boarded the bus, walked up to her and hit herbefore ...
Have you seen missing items?
Feb 01, 2008 ... Police are keen to identify these four young men, pictured left,after a number of items went missing. A 16-year-old was in the Subway sandwich bar in Derry's Cross onNovember 2 with a bag containing a Nintendo DS Lite console and twogames, an iPod Video player 30GB and a Zuji Z1 ...
College show boosts charity
Feb 01, 2008; ... A variety show at City College Plymouth has gone down a treatover the past couple of days - and has also raised plenty of cashfor charity. In Remembrance, produced and directed by Plymouth student ClaireSquance, took place at the Goschen Centre in Devonport last nightand on ...
Snowdrop expert to give a guided walk and talk
Feb 01, 2008 ... Snowdrop expert Matt Bishop will be giving a guided walk and talkabout his favourite flowers at Buckland Monachorum near Yelvertonnext week. Matt, who is head gardener at The Garden House, has developed acollection of more than 200 varieties of snowdrop. He reckons it ...
'One of the best jobs in the world'
Feb 01, 2008 ... You have an unusual background for an English lawyer? I came here to England in 1977. My father was a high-rankingcolonel in the Shah's army before the Iranian revolution. After 37years, he chose to retire and the plan was to bring the children toEngland. We would go to school here ...
Dedicated PC al wins gold star
Feb 01, 2008; ... An efford policeman has won January's Gold Star Award after beingnominated by residents on his beat. PC Al Roberts has been beat manager in Efford since May lastyear, and has thrown himself into tackling the area's sometimesnotorious anti-social behaviour problem caused by young ...
Breakfast showcases training facilities
Feb 01, 2008 ... Devonport mp Alison Seabeck has long been a supporter of theBrake Farm Community Centre project. So she was delighted to host a business breakfast at the centre,which opened a year ago and offers a variety of trainingopportunities. The trustees asked Mrs Seabeck to help ...
Project to boost literacy
Feb 01, 2008; ... Young readers may soon be able to meet their favourite writers ina virtual world as part of a pioneering project to boost literacy inPlymouth. Technology and education experts are joining forces to create anew learning area in the burgeoning internet community, Second ...
Demolition of church given green light
Feb 01, 2008; ... Demolition of a Whitleigh church to make way for houses, flatsand a new place of worship has been given the go ahead by citycouncillors. Plymouth City Council's planning committee has given the greenlight to plans to knock down the 1950s St Chad's Church on ...
Countdown is on to our quiz
Feb 01, 2008 ... There are only two more days to go to the launch of The GreatPlymouth Pub Quiz, so it's time to get your thinking caps well andtruly on. Brought to you by The Herald, this free, fantastic and funcontest launches on Monday. It is the perfect antidote to the winterblues, but better ...
Assault charge case sent to crown court
Feb 01, 2008 ... A man from the Plympton area of Plymouth charged with assaultinganother man, causing him actual bodily harm, has had his case sentto Crown court for trial. Patrick Sean Stewart, aged 31, of Branson ...
Aspiring restaurateurs sought for show
Feb 01, 2008 ... Aspiring chefs are being sought to take part in the next seriesof BBC show The Restaurant. Producers are currently looking for couples from the Plymoutharea who think they could take on the challenge ...
Suspended jail term for fraud
Feb 01, 2008; ... A plymouth man who pocketed nearly pounds34,000 in benefits hewasn't entitled to has walked free from court. Michael Joll, aged 57, of Beaumont Road, St Judes, was given a 12-month prison sentence suspended for two years when he appeared atPlymouth Crown Court ...
Coach trip to Slimbridge
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Plymouth group of the Royal Society for the Protection ofBirds is offering seats on a coach trip to the ...
Honour for RNLI volunteer Jane
Feb 01, 2008 ... A royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteer has beenhonoured for her services to the Rame Peninsula Branch. Jane Davis, a long standing volunteer member, was awarded theRNLI's bronze badge. Other volunteers say Jane has been a "tower of strength" in thebranch since she ...
Mural goes on display
Feb 01, 2008; ... One hundred people were given special access to a South EastCornwall estate for the first public showing of a private collectionof drawings, sketches and paintings by the late Robert Lenkiewicz. Peregrine Nicholas Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans, threw open thegates of the Port ...
Police urge 'Ben' to come forward
Feb 01, 2008; ... Police are trying to trace a Plymouth man called Ben who theybelieve may hold vital information regarding a serious crime. "Ben" travelled to Bodmin in 2007 in an attempt to find a womancalled Trudy. Investigators say they believe he wanted to provide informationand spoke to ...
Five illegal migrants a week arrested in west
Feb 01, 2008 ... Immigration chiefs say they are arresting five illegal immigrantcases a week in Devon and Cornwall - but cannot say how many ofthese are children, writes Crime Reporter Carl Eve. Following the news that a Nigerian family of seven - includingStoke Damerel Community College student ...
Police want news on a dinghy trailer theft
Feb 01, 2008 ... Police are appealing for help after the theft of a dinghy trailerfrom Torpoint Marina. The trailer, worth about pounds800, was stolen between January 15and yesterday. The custom-made trailer, ...
Students will visit detainees
Feb 01, 2008; ... City teenagers who fought the deportation of a Nigerian familyare planning a flying visit to the detention centre where they arebeing held before being sent back to Africa. Pupils from Stoke Damerel Community College have mounted a hugesupport campaign in a bid to keep mum-of-six ...
Cannabis smell was clue to catch dealer
Feb 01, 2008 ... A drug dealer who was caught in the street because he smelledstrongly of cannabis has been jailed for 12 months. Ryan Galbraith, aged 22, was stopped by officers leaving a housethey were watching, Plymouth Crown Court heard. He was found to be carrying pounds240 in cash ....
Revolutionary production by the wranglers
Feb 01, 2008; ... Talented young actors from Plymouth's Wranglers Youth Theatregroup are preparing to bring the sights and sounds of 19th-centuryFrance to the city. The popular 'junior' theatre company is getting ready to put onthe 'schools version' of the classic West End musical ...
MP's warning on 'jobs for family'
Feb 01, 2008; ... A plymouth MP whose husband works in her Westminster office hascalled for a tightening of the rules governing employing familymembers to prevent abuses. Linda Gilroy, MP for Plymouth Sutton, expressed her anger at thescandal sparked by Tory MP Derek Conway over payments to his ...
Case sent to higher court
Feb 01, 2008 ... A plymouth man jointly charged with stealing a pounds20,000caravan has had his case committed to the Crown court for trial. Darren Kitt, aged 29, of Embankment Road, is alleged to havejointly stolen the caravan from a locked compound on November 27last year. Magistrates gave ...
BT will take on marina wi-fi service
Feb 01, 2008 ... Communications giant BT has announced that it has acquired marinaWi-Fi network operator Square Mile Marina which will see it deliverhigh-speed wireless internet services to two marinas in Plymouth. Square Mile Marina, established in 2007, was previously owned bythe successful ...
Boat firm wins pounds2m contract
Feb 01, 2008 ... A plymouth boat builder has won a pounds2million contract tobuild a training ship for the Marine Society & Sea Cadets. The charity awarded Mount Batten-based Bridgend Boat Company thecontract after a competitive tender process which saw it up againstaround 20 other ...
Site search is still on
Feb 01, 2008 ... A city manufacturer is still looking for a new, smaller sitewhere it can invest in technology. HellermannTyton, currently based at Pennycross, announced inSeptember that it would be restructuring its operations in ...
Breakfast date with disaster!
Feb 01, 2008 ... An international logistics expert is to speak to business leadersin Plymouth about how he deals with international crises. Mike Goodhand, head of the international logistics department ofthe British Red Cross, will be outlining parallels between thecharity's disaster relief ...
Free wage law advice
Feb 01, 2008 ... Businesses in Plymouth are being urged to get themselves up tospeed with employment rights, including the national minimum wage,following the launch of an awareness campaign by the Government. Business Link is recommending that employers who are unsure aboutthe new ...
Wallowing around in internet delights
Feb 01, 2008 ... Modern technology has transformed our world exponentially, fromsurgery to instant communication. Just think what we can do through the internet alone. Universalinformation is available at the touch of a few buttons, and browsingamong the sites reveals an array of amazing things ...
The musical that continues to defy the critics
Feb 01, 2008 ... Les Miserables has become known as the musical that defied thecritics. There was hardly a word heard or printed in its favour when itopened for a short season at London's Barbican Theatre in October1985. Andrew Lloyd Webber hated it. But the public thought otherwise, and ...
Mum just can't get used to mark's success
Feb 01, 2008; ... Mark Ronson may be in the running for three Brit Awards - but hedoesn't think he'll win any of them. The producer, DJ and band leader will find out whether he'smanaged to snatch any of the coveted music business gongs less thana week after he kicks off his first ever UK tour at ...
Barbican venue offers food, comedy and great live music
Feb 01, 2008 ... Ever since the B Bar in the Barbican Theatre had its swankyrefurb and installed a Thai eaterie a few months ago, it has beenbuilding up its trade, with more and more passers-by dropping in fornoodles and nibbles, teas and coffees, or something a littlestronger from the bar. Now ...
Big awards night attracts over 1,200
Feb 01, 2008 ... This year's South West Drum & Bass Awards, held in Newquay at theBarracuda Club on January 26, was a very well attended affair thatattracted over 1,200 people from across the South West and beyond.Over 10,000 votes were cast across 10 categories, and the resultsrepresented the opinions ...
Everyone loves an old-fashioned thriller
Feb 01, 2008 ... Francis Durbridge may have written his play A Touch of Danger in1987, but there's no sign of thrillers going out of fashion, thinksactor Neil Stacey. Neil stars in a new touring production of the play, which opensat the Theatre Royal Plymouth on Monday. "I remember as a ...
Moodys rack up four decades
Feb 01, 2008; ... In these days when bands seem to come and go with alarmingregularity, it's incredible to think of any bunch of musicianssticking together for 40 years. But the core players of The Moody Blues have not only stayed thedistance for that long, but retained a fan-base that would be ...
Grand old dude is still making great sounds
Feb 01, 2008; ... Seventies rock legend Ian Hunter is coming to The Hub. Thelegendary Mott The Hoople singer and songwriter is playing a rareacoustic show at the city centre venue on Tuesday, February 26. With his distinctive corkscrew hairstyle and omnipresent darkglasses, Hunter was a Seventies ...
'A pessimist's guide to the universe'
Feb 01, 2008 ... Writer Chris Goode was idly searching for something on theinternet one day when he came across a website dedicated to allthings hippopotamus - Hippo World. "I was looking for something completely different and I foundthis site called Hippo World," says Chris. "I ended up ...
Getting married? I'll fix it...
Feb 01, 2008; ... I thought I'd start this week be telling you what a fine old timeI had hosting the fundraiser for The Man in the Red Scarf at theAncestral pile of Lord St Germans (I had piles once but since theoperation I've been fine!). It was a great evening, with many of Plymouth's great and ...
2008's hot tips come to town
Feb 01, 2008; ... They look like Oasis and sound like The Libertines. So it's nowonder The Courteeners - and their full-throttle guitar racket -have been heavily tipped to be the band everyone is talking about in2008. Led by moody-looking singer Liam Fray, an opinionated so-and-sowith an Arctic ...
Continuing to move in their own way
Feb 01, 2008; ... Announced earlier this week, Brighton alt pop quartet The Kooksare an exciting and welcome addition to the Plymouth Pavilionsspring roster, especially as they will be showcasing tracks fromtheir brand new second album, due out in April. The band arrives here on May 3 as part of ...
From Ontario to Plymouth, the latest musical journey for devin
Feb 01, 2008 ... The name probably doesn't mean a lot to you, but chances are ifyou have been to the Quay Club any time over the last two years, youwould have run into Devin, as he was the front man/manager of saidvenue. Now he is the subject of my fourth and final look at some of theDJs that ...
Football fixtures
Feb 01, 2008 ... (3.00 unless stated) Premier League: Birmingham v Derby, Blackburn v Everton, Fulham vAston Villa, Liverpool v Sunderland (5.15), Man City v Arsenal(12.45), Newcastle v Middlesbrough, Portsmouth v Chelsea, Reading vBolton, Tottenham v Man Utd, Wigan v West Ham Football League ...
Parkway look for inspiration
Feb 01, 2008 ... Premier division PLYMOUTH Parkway will have to show a vast improvement on lastWednesday's performance when they entertain league leaders Dartmouthat Bolitho Park (2.45pm). Parkway's season is beginning to slip away from them and onevictory in their last nine outings is not a ...
Rugby fixtures
Feb 01, 2008 ... Edf energy NATIONAL TROPHY, FIFTH ROUND Bedford v Sedgley Park Pertemps Bees v ALBION Doncaster v Northampton Esher v Blaydon Exeter v Coventry Launceston v Blackheath Nottingham v London Welsh Rotherham v Manchester TRIBUTE ...
Ashes expecting tough test away at lanreath
Feb 01, 2008 ... Premier division SALTASH United will be aware of the size of the task that awaitsthem when they travel to Lanreath. Manager Martin Burgess and most of his side were present atKimberley Stadium to watch their first team struggle to beatLanreath in the Cornwall Senior Cup and ...
OPMs hand James start in Vase clash
Feb 01, 2008 ... Former Plymouth Albion first-teamer Elliott James makes the OPMsstarting line-up for tomorrow's EDF Junior Vase clash withTewkesbury at King George V Playing Fields (2pm). The game, billed as one of the biggest in the club's history,would see OPMs two matches shy of a Twickenham ...
Cup final spot up for grabs at Millbay park
Feb 01, 2008 ... Top fixture tomorrow is at Millbay Park where Plymouth Parkway(A) and Plymouth Civil Service clash in an Active Alarms StaffordWilliams Premier Cup semi-final. Parkway will be looking to put last week's dismal performance - when they were knocked out of the George Gillin Trophy by ...
Services to target their 'must win' matches
Feb 01, 2008 ... Devonport Services are targeting their next four matches to pullthemselves away from the relegation zone - starting with visitorsHayle at the Rectory tomorrow (2.30pm). Services slipped into the bottom two after losing 19-10 at fellowstrugglers Withycombe last Saturday - the city ...
Techs facing tough tie in Cornwall
Feb 01, 2008 ... Devon Two outfit Old Techs go into tomorrow's Lockie Cup secondround clash with Liskeard-Looe as the definite underdogs. While Techs haven't yet clicked in the league, Liskeard-Looe arefuriously chasing rivals and leaders Saltash in Cornwall One. Techs captain Sean ...
Ashes take on old foes in cup 'replay'
Feb 01, 2008 ... Saltash have a sense of deja vu tomorrow when they take onPerranporth at Moorlands Lane in the quarter-finals of the CornwallClubs Cup (2pm). Cornwall One leaders Saltash defeated Perranporth 25-8 in theleague last week and will be hoping for a similar result in the ...
Freeman believes old boys can escape the drop zone
Feb 01, 2008 ... A visit from one of the division's frontrunners a week after aheavy defeat is hardly the fixture struggling Devonport High SchoolOld Boys would have wished for tomorrow. But the coach Mike Freeman insists his bottom-placed outfitremain optimistic of giving in-form Exeter Saracens a ...
Sharon and Darren negus
Feb 01, 2008 ... A plymouth couple have married for the second time afterrealising they should never have divorced in the first place.Sharon and Darren Negus, who were originally married on May 14,1994, at the Parish Church of St Budeaux, tied the knot for thesecond time on December 14 last year. After ...
Nutrition chiefs reject criticism
Feb 01, 2008; ... Nutrition bosses at Derriford Hospital have hit back atConservative claims that patients are leaving malnourished - andsay a huge amount of work goes into ensuring patients have the rightfood and diet. Patients being admitted to Derriford are screened formalnutrition under a new ...
Hospital menu
Feb 01, 2008 ... Breakfast Continental breakfast - fruit juice, fruit, cereal, toast andpreserves. LUNCH Roast chicken breast. Chef's fish pie. Vegetable cottage pie served with roast or creamed potatoes,cauliflower florets and mixed veg. Roast pork ...
Aidan o'Riley
Feb 01, 2008 ... Name Aidan James O'Riley BORN January 4, 2008 BIRTH WEIGHT 7lb 2oz PARENTS Gina Michelle (nee Tabb) and Gavin Edward O'Riley PLYMOUTH couple Gavin and Gina O'Riley are celebrating the birthof their first child, Aidan James.Aidan, ...
'Drugs haul is a drop in the ocean'
Feb 01, 2008; ... Police have seized cannabis worth pounds90,000 in one of thelargest hauls of its kind ever to have been made in Plymouth. Four people were arrested after a stop-check of four cars in theBroadway Car Park in Plymstock at midday on Wednesday. A total of 56kilos of cannabis resin was ...
Catalogue of offences
Feb 01, 2008 ... A lipson man has been sent to a young offenders' institution forfour months after pleading guilty to a charge of aggravated vehicle-taking. Simon Robinson, aged 20, of Chudleigh Road, also pleaded guiltyto causing pounds90-worth of criminal damage to a chest freezer atthe Iceland ...
Stabbed on way to work
Feb 01, 2008; ... A plymouth man has spoken of the moment a cyclist stabbed him ashe let him pass on a pavement in Derriford. Barry Johns, pictured, a heavy-duty cleaner at UniversityCollege Plymouth St Mark and St John, was walking to work at thetime of the incident, which happened yesterday at ...
Rugby player recovering after crash
Feb 01, 2008 ... Well-known city rugby player Richard Hewitt (pictured) isrecovering in hospital after being impaled by a metal railing in acar crash. Mr Hewitt, aged 21, of Plymouth, was rushed to Derriford Hospitalwith serious injuries on Sunday night after losing control of hisRenault Clio on ...