Plymouth Evening Herald, The back issues from June 2008:
Cricket scorecards
Jun 02, 2008 ... Francis clark DEVON LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION Plymouth 87-8 (L Minett 21, D Burke 21no; J Tipper 3-15, T Legodi2-15), Exeter 91-1 (M Hood 38no). Exeter (19pts) bt Plymouth (0) by9 wkts. Torquay 150-9 dec (U Malvi 49, J Thompson 36; A Suppiah 4-48, CLiderle 3-17), Exmouth 100 (A ...
Plymouth's fine run is brought to a halt ; Plymouth's winning run came to an abrupt end as they slumped to a nine-wicket defeat at home to Exeter.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Plymouth's winning run came to an abrupt end as they slumped to anine-wicket defeat at home to Exeter. Premier division Former Tavistock seamer Tshepo Legodi (2-15) was among the wickettakers for Exeter as Plymouth were bundled out for 87. Exeter skipper Jon Tipper ...
Scorecard
Jun 02, 2008 ... Plymouth C Whittaker c Lammonby b Tipper 5 C Barr b Legodi 12 M Thompson b Tipper 1 J Bryant lbw b Legodi 1 K Willcock c Hood b Tipper 0 J Nicholls c Holman b Gribble 3 L Minett b Bird 21 D Burke not out 21 P Thompson ...
Struggling civil's cause helped by arrival of rain ; Plymouth Civil Service won't have been too upset when the rain came and washed out their game at Clyst St George.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Plymouth Civil Service won't have been too upset when the raincame and washed out their game at Clyst St George. B DIVISION Clyst had posted a respectable 147 for six in difficultconditions with the bulk of the runs going to skipper Graham White(37), Alex Blest (31no) and ...
Rain rules pairs meet out at arena
Jun 02, 2008 ... Plymouth Devils speedway supremo Mike Bowden is itching to gethis troops back into action after rain scuppered a pairs competitionat St Boniface Arena on Friday night. The city outfit are hosting Boston in the first leg of theConference Trophy final this Friday night - weather ...
Devon overwhelm Cornish in trophy ; Devon are two wins away from Lord's after beating Cornwall by 85 runs yesterday to book a place in the Minor Counties Trophy last- eight.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Devon are two wins away from Lord's after beating Cornwall by 85runs yesterday to book a place in the Minor Counties Trophy last-eight. David Lye top scored at St Just with 52 for Devon, in a 50-overtotal of 229 for nine before Neil Hancock claimed four wickets in17 balls to ...
Fell set for Beijing call ; Tavistock modern pentathlete Heather Fell virtually booked her ticket on the Great Britain Olympic team's flight to Beijing with fourth place in the World Championships.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Tavistock modern pentathlete Heather Fell virtually booked herticket on the Great Britain Olympic team's flight to Beijing with fourth place in the World Championships. Fell's final position also helped Britain to a team silver medalin Budapest on Saturday. She finished a ...
Final dive costs daley a medal in nanjing series ; Diving sensation Tom Daley just missed out on the medals in the final FINA World Diving Series in Nanjing, China on Saturday.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Diving sensation Tom Daley just missed out on the medals in the final FINA World Diving Series in Nanjing, China on Saturday. The 14-year-old 'missed' one of his dives to put himself out ofthe silver medal position - a place he had held for most of thecontest. His slip in the ...
Cornwall are crushed in county shield showpiece ; Cornwall's first trip to Twickenham in seven years ended in disappointment as they were well beaten by Northumberland in the County Shield final.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Cornwall's first trip to Twickenham in seven years ended indisappointment as they were well beaten by Northumberland in theCounty Shield final. Cornwall ...11 northumberland ...25 The Duchy, with three former Plymouth Albion players - StevePerry, Mark Scrivener and Marek ...
Inexperience tells as Tykes see off Devon ; Devon's reign as county champions was brought to an end by an impressive Yorkshire side at Twickenham yesterday.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Devon's reign as county champions was brought to an end by animpressive Yorkshire side at Twickenham yesterday. The Green and Whites, winners of three of the last four titles,had no answer to the Tykes' pace and physicality and were out-scored four tries to one in front of a large ...
Marriott is devastated after defeat to Yorkshire
Jun 02, 2008; ... Kyle marriott has spoken of his 'massive disappointment' that hecould not skipper Devon to victory in yesterday's CountyChampionship. The 21-year-old Plymouth Albion back-row forward was hoping tobecome only the second Devon player in 50 years to lift the crown,following in the ...
Dawe: Defeat can fuel future tilts at county title
Jun 02, 2008 ... Graham dawe has told Devon's young players to rememberyesterday's defeat at Twickenham and use it as motivation for thefuture. Devon, playing in their fifth successive County Championshipfinal, found Yorkshire too strong for them and went down 33-13 atTwickenham. Dawe was ...
Care firm expands by buying home
Jun 02, 2008 ... A south East Cornwall business specialising in the care ofvulnerable people with dementia and physical frailty has bought aneighbouring residential home and land. Torcare Limited has bought the Four Seasons nursing home nextdoor to its main home in Torpoint as part of an expansion ...
Agency in a flap over quality of rock talent ; Some of the South West's best rock and pop acts had the chance to impress music moguls when a Plymouth theatrical agency held a showcase event.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Some of the South West's best rock and pop acts had the chance toimpress music moguls when a Plymouth theatrical agency held ashowcase event. Rock Chicken Artistes also used the concert, at Annabel's on theBarbican, to raise more than pounds1,000 for the Chestnut Appealprostate ...
Students get big chance in Egypt
Jun 02, 2008 ... Sports therapy students from City College Plymouth are off toEgypt for a three-month work placement at the Novotel Hotel inNa'ama Bay. Kyle Micallef, aged 21, from Malta, and Lauren Noonan, aged 20,from Cornwall, are in their first year of a foundation degree insports ...
Youngsters learn motor skills
Jun 02, 2008 ... Five young people from Devonport took part in a 10-week course atNorth Prospect Garage, giving them a foundation level qualificationrecognised by the Institute of Motor Industries. The Devonport Regeneration Community Partnership allowed fundingfor the youngsters to attend the ...
Attacked by gang of teenagers ; Detectives are hunting a gang of young thugs - made up of teenage girls and boys - who attacked two young men, robbing one of his mobile phone and wallet.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Detectives are hunting a gang of young thugs - made up of teenagegirls and boys - who attacked two young men, robbing one of hismobile phone and wallet. The two victims - aged 18 and 17 - had just left the Co-operative store close to Whitleigh Green at around 10pm on Sunday,May ...
Band will wow its home fans
Jun 02, 2008 ... City metal band Redemption Unnamed will play The Junction inMutley Plain on Wednesday. The talented five-piece - who signed to Sikotick Records lastyear - will wow The Junction crowd at 9pm on Wednesday evening. The band has finished its debut album, plus a video for the ...
ROK site perfect venue for training
Jun 02, 2008 ... Firefighters have been given an ideal venue to carry out trainingexercises after builders Rok let them use a new industrialdevelopment site at Marsh Mills. A special operations unit from Exeter has been using the site -near the roundabout - for training drills before Rok demolishes ...
School is aiming to forge link with PCT ; Health bosses in Plymouth have pledged their support for a city community college to adopt "trust school status".
Jun 02, 2008 ... Health bosses in Plymouth have pledged their support for a citycommunity college to adopt "trust school status". Stoke Damerel Community College wants Plymouth Primary Care Trustto become one of its 'partners' in the pioneering initiative toenlist outside bodies' help in running ...
Firm upbeat despite economic turbulence
Jun 02, 2008; ... Business Reporter THE finance director of Plymouth's Sutton Harbour Group haschampioned her company's success over the past year - despite a few"economic difficulties". Natasha Gadsdon told The Herald that these difficulties - mainlythe tough property market and the hikes in ...
Saltram grounds get a spruce-up ; Employees from firms across Plymouth gave the grounds of Saltram House a welcome make-over.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Employees from firms across Plymouth gave the grounds of SaltramHouse a welcome make-over. Teams of workers from Royal Mail, Ginsters, HSBC, Plymouth Sound,Western Mortgage Services and Plymouth City Council spent a day outof their offices to help spruce up the National Trust ...
Georgina is really a cut above
Jun 02, 2008 ... Stylish stylist Georgina Lapthorne has clipped, snipped andcoiffed her way to a title at a prestigious awards evening inPlymouth. The rising star from the Envy salon in Plymstock beat 14 rivalsto win the Crazy Cut category at the Hair Presentation Eveningorganised by the Academy ...
Detectives leader knew plot so well
Jun 02, 2008 ... I have rarely seen any frontman work an audience so well asPigeon Detectives lead singer/songwriter Matt Bowman did at thePavilions. So rarely, in fact, I can remember the last time - andthat was the legendary Green Day performance at the Pavilions aspart of the American Idiot tour four ...
Seckou date is coup for the b-bar
Jun 02, 2008 ... The B-bar on The Barbican has come up with a massive coup bysigning up world famous musician Seckou Keita and his band nextWednesday. The Seckou Keita Quartet (even though there are now five of them)hail from Senegal, Italy, Egypt and The Gambia. It is led by Seckouwith his ...
Lydford gorge path reopened to public
Jun 02, 2008 ... The river path through Lydford Gorge, situated on the edge ofDartmoor, has reopened. Visitors can once again enjoy this demandingbut delightful stretch along the River Lyd, and complete a fullthree-mile circuit of the gorge. Adrian Shaw, head warden for the National Trust at ...
Shipbuilding skills pledge
Jun 02, 2008 ... Managers at the Babcock Marine Appledore shipbuilding site aremaking the 'skills pledge' - a voluntary, public commitment toraising skill levels, led by the Learning and ...
Boy, 14, on ABH charge
Jun 02, 2008 ... A boy of 14 has appeared in custody before Plymouth Youth Courtcharged with attacking a man with a broken bottle, causing himactual bodily harm, in Devonport on May 24. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was told bymagistrates his case would eventually be heard in ...
Appeal after teenagers are attacked
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police are investigating two assaults on young men in Plymptonwhich they believe may be linked. The first involved a 15-year-old who was found unconscious by a17-year-old and his friend in Hemerdon Heights at around 9pm on May17. After rousing him, they learned he had been ...
Company accused of greed over flats proposal ; The developer behind a move to build 36 flats on the site of a drainage company depot opposite Central Park has been accused of 'greed'.
Jun 02, 2008; ... The developer behind a move to build 36 flats on the site of adrainage company depot opposite Central Park has been accused of'greed'. The high-density development on the Beeclear Drainage site inCentral Park Avenue would be equivalent to 150 homes to a hectare. And the 36 ...
Trainees save face with some beauty treatments
Jun 02, 2008 ... Trainee electricians from Cornwall College Saltash found outabout the 'current' trend for male grooming when they receivedfacial treatments from beauty therapy students. The lads from the construction department had their facescleansed, toned, analysed, exfoliated, massaged and ...
So happy to be in Plymouth ; A new study suggests Plymouth is the fifth happiest place in which to live in the UK.
Jun 02, 2008; ... A new study suggests Plymouth is the fifth happiest place inwhich to live in the UK. The study, commissioned by O2, claimed there are seven keyfactors to having a happy home. These included being aged 45 or over, being married, having twoor more children, earning between ...
pounds1 million for families of young cancer patients
Jun 02, 2008 ... Families of young cancer patients in the Plymouth area beingcared for at Derriford Hospital are to benefit from pounds1 millionraised by the HBOS Foundation. Set up in 2002, the charity runs an annual Million poundsChallenge to help a good cause, selected by staff as HBOS Bank ....
Happy to give his time for nothing ; The satisfaction of seeing someone else achieve their life goal is reward enough to make some people work for absolutely nothing.
Jun 02, 2008; ... The satisfaction of seeing someone else achieve their life goalis reward enough to make some people work for absolutely nothing. For 10 years, Oliver Marner, aged 36, from Lipson, hasvolunteered with the Duke of Edinburgh awards scheme, which seesteams going on expeditions across ...
Wood fuel proposal held up by planners ; Plans to build a power plant fuelled with waste wood on an industrial estate in the north of Plymouth have been put on hold by councillors.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Plans to build a power plant fuelled with waste wood on anindustrial estate in the north of Plymouth have been put on hold bycouncillors. The Una group, which owns the Devon Enterprise Facility atBelliver Way, Roborough, wants to build a 3MW generator which willalso supply ...
Meeting to discuss 'trust school' plan ; Teachers have launched a campaign against plans to turn three Plymouth community colleges into academies or trusts - which unions say will hand over control of the schools to private bodies.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Teachers have launched a campaign against plans to turn threePlymouth community colleges into academies or trusts - which unionssay will hand over control of the schools to private bodies. Unions the NUT, the NASUWT and the ATL have organised a publicmeeting for Wednesday after ...
Youngsters rewarded for being good citizens
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police have awarded seven young people with certificates forbeing good citizens after they handed in stolen goods and a knife. Children as young as seven have been honoured for returning astolen handbag and another bag containing a knife and 15 missing carbadges. Four of the ...
Warning over cinema thefts ; Movie-goers at Plymouth's Vue cinema are being warned to watch out for a slithery sneak-thief.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Movie-goers at Plymouth's Vue cinema are being warned to watchout for a slithery sneak-thief. Staff believe a thin thief is sliding along the floor behindoccupied seats and stealing customers' belongings. Herald chief sports writer Bill Richards' wife Helen was a recentvictim ...
Driver 'could be killed' by bridge yobs ; Police have warned yobs not to throw objects from footbridges onto the A38 as they could kill someone.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Police have warned yobs not to throw objects from footbridgesonto the A38 as they could kill someone. The warning comes after two drivers complained about youthsthrowing items from the bridge near the Weston Mill bypass onThursday night. One woman's windscreen was hit by a ...
Lottery funds will save landmark building
Jun 02, 2008 ... Residents in Kingsand and Cawsand are celebrating after winningpounds50,000 in National Lottery money to save a landmark buildingand clock tower at the heart of their community. The Maker with Rame Institute, in the centre of Kingsand, is usedfor a host of community activities but ...
Joey bounces back to full health thanks to his surrogate 'mum'
Jun 02, 2008 ... Joey the baby wallaby was devastated when his mum died. But now he is full of beans once again thanks to a new surrogatemum, in the form of a 41-year-old male zoo worker. Stephen Pilcher is now Joey's 'mum' and carries the eight month-old marsupial in a rucksack strapped onto ...
Hospital has cash deficit
Jun 02, 2008 ... Finance bosses at Derriford Hospital have reported a deficit,just one month into the new financial year. A report for last Friday's board meeting said Plymouth HospitalsNHS Trust had recorded a deficit of pounds411,000 for the month ofApril. Finance director John Yarnold told ...
Carers' informal meeting
Jun 02, 2008 ... An informal meeting for learning disability carers will be heldin Ivybridge Town Hall on Wednesday at 10.30am. Zoe Anderson, from the Special ...
William heads to Devon for Navy role
Jun 02, 2008 ... Prince William will begin his Royal Navy career in Devon today inthe latest stage of his preparations to become head of the armedforces. He will train at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouthat the start of a two-month posting taking in all aspects of theSenior ...
Fire crews called after gas leak at exchange
Jun 02, 2008 ... Staff were evacuated from a telephone exchange in the city centreafter a gas leak set off an automatic alarm. Four fire crews spent hours at the BT building in Eastlake Walk,behind the Drake Circus shopping centre, yesterday. Specialist firefighters donned gas-tight suits to ...
Falklands veteran will open school
Jun 02, 2008 ... Falklands veteran Simon Weston will tomorrow officially launchthe first new school in Plymouth for almost 20 years. Riverside Community Primary in Barne Barton has been built at acost of pounds5.2million to replace the Barne Barton and Bull Pointprimary schools. The school is ...
Spend more
Jun 02, 2008 ... Following on from minister John Hutton's shameless hypocrisy intrying to save his own local post office from the closure programmebeing implemented by his department, we find Linda Gilroy, in whatlooks to me like a hastily put-together leaflet, suggesting sympathyfor the victims in her ...
Is it that hard to get things right?
Jun 02, 2008 ... I've thrown quite a few bouquets at Derriford Hospital in mytime, but today it's going to be brickbats, I'm afraid. I've hadthree appointments recently in oncology and each time I had to waitthree hours to be seen. My son, who came with me on the first visit,even had time to go and give ...
Only harshness will cure crime
Jun 02, 2008 ... The statements made by Frances Crook, of the Howard League forPenal Reform, sum up exactly why society is descending into alawless abyss. In response to a Government commitment to award automatic longjail sentences to youths who carry knives, she says it is morelikely to create ...
Poor welcome
Jun 02, 2008 ... I would like to endorse the views expressed by J Bailey (May 24).I often have occasion to meet and greet visitors to the city, and amashamed of Bretonside bus station. The people who work there dotheir best, but the whole place is filthy, neglected and the hauntof drunks. What a first ...
Honest action
Jun 02, 2008 ... I would like to say a very big thank you to the kind and honestperson who handed my son's PSP (PlayStation Portable), to the busdriver, after leaving it on the number 29 bus on Thursday, May 22:also to all involved, from the bus driver to the lady who informedus that it had been handed ...
Knife crime: We are all responsible
Jun 02, 2008 ... The killing of seventeen-year-old Amar Aslam over the BankHoliday weekend has prompted calls for action over knife crime, ashe became another of too many recent victims. Home Office Minister Tony McNulty MP said that we all share theresponsibility to tackle this tide of violence; ...
Shame on you
Jun 02, 2008 ... How sad to read your report (May 28) that Plymouth's historiclandmark Grand Hotel is to be turned into flats. Surely it should not have been beyond the wit and power ofPlymouth City Council to ensure its resurrection as an hotel? Ifbought by the council and offered undoubtedly and ...
Waste of time
Jun 02, 2008 ... Re sainsbury's proposed development of Warfelton Playing Field inSaltash. On the evening of May 21, I went to the Sainsbury'sexhibition in the college. It was a waste of my time. I thought Sainsbury's had made very little effort puttingtogether four display boards with words and ...
Bring them to justice
Jun 02, 2008 ... One of the saddest things about the catalogue of crimes whichafflict today's world is that ordinary people can often feelpowerless to combat them. Law-abiding citizens wonder how they canmake a difference in turning the tide of burglaries, drug-dealing,thefts and violence which seems to ...
Teenager given 6-month curfew for assaults
Jun 02, 2008 ... A plymouth student who launched unprovoked attacks on other youngmen after drinking has been ordered to stay at home every night forthe next six months. Judge John Neligan told trainee plumber Nicky Weight his problemswere rooted in alcohol, and he wanted to stop him going out, ...
Assault after birthday drinks ; A plymouth man has undergone emergency brain surgery after he was viciously attacked by robbers while returning home from birthday drinks.
Jun 02, 2008; ... A plymouth man has undergone emergency brain surgery after he wasviciously attacked by robbers while returning home from birthdaydrinks. The family of the lorry driver face an anxious wait to seewhether he will suffer permanent brain damage following the attackin ...
Cheques taken to pay for holiday
Jun 02, 2008 ... A man who stole cheques and bank details from his landlord andanother lodger, and went on holiday to Greece with part of theproceeds, has been given a suspended jail sentence. Plymouth Crown Court heard Nicholas Robert Batten had admittedseven charges of money transfer by deception ...
Man taken ill while on wreck dive
Jun 02, 2008 ... A diver was taken to the Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC)in Plymouth after becoming unwell while exploring the wreck of HMSScylla in Whitsand Bay. The man, who had been with the diveboat Morning Glory, was takento shore by the Plymouth lifeboat at about 3.30pm on ...
Most wanted ; These are 10 of Plymouth's most wanted 'bail bandits', who are today publicly exposed in a bid to track them down and bring them to justice.
Jun 02, 2008; ... These are 10 of Plymouth's most wanted 'bail bandits', who aretoday publicly exposed in a bid to track them down and bring them tojustice. All have failed to appear in court and answer to a range ofcharges from drink driving to serious sexual assaults. Two of the most wanted ...
Hospital cuts nurse shortage ; Staffing bosses at Derriford Hospital say the shortage of nurses is now 'a lot better' and the number of vacancies is reducing.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Staffing bosses at Derriford Hospital say the shortage of nursesis now 'a lot better' and the number of vacancies is reducing. Human resources director Christine Lloyd-Jennings told thePlymouth Hospitals NHS Trust board the situation was improving and amassive recruitment drive had ...
Ex-miners' leader giving talk in city
Jun 02, 2008 ... Former miners' leader Arthur Scargill is coming to Plymouth totalk about Britain's economic and political problems. The South West branch of the Socialist Labour Party, which ...
600 sign post office petition
Jun 02, 2008 ... Campaigners in Plymouth city centre collected 600 signatures injust two hours on a petition to keep the city's post offices open. Oliver Colville, Conservative prospective parliamentary candidatefor the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency, and half a dozensupporters, said ...
Lifelong city resident is 100 years young ; A plymouth woman has celebrated her centenary with a family party at home in Beacon Park.
Jun 02, 2008; ... A plymouth woman has celebrated her centenary with a family partyat home in Beacon Park. Gladys Denley reached her momentous milestone on May 17 and aftera lifetime spanning the reigns of five monarchs, Gladys said she was"thrilled" to receive her card from the Queen. Gladys ...
Shipping
Jun 02, 2008 ... Today 7.30pm RFA Lyme Bay (Landing Ship Dock), D Buoy to sea. 7.45am HMS Lancaster (Type 23 Frigate), base to sea. 8.00am HNLMS Johan De Witt ( Dutch Amphibious Assault Ship), CBuoy to ...