Plymouth Evening Herald, The back issues from July 2008:
Bad neighbour
Jul 01, 2008 ... I, and my fellow-residents in the private properties adjoiningthe new Riverside Primary School, read your glowing article aboutthe new Riverside Primary School with interest. Unquestionably, thefacilities are splendid but we only wish that the parents that haveadopted our private roads ...
Business contest seeks supporters
Jul 01, 2008; ... Business Reporter BUSINESSES across the South West are being called on to supportnext year's 'You're Hired!' competition. This year's contest - a business competition for city teenagersmodelled on TV's The Apprentice - was hailed as a massive success byorganisers, but they ...
Generosity
Jul 01, 2008 ... I would like to thank the people of Plymouth for their generouscontributions towards the pounds2,737.75 raised for the ArmyBenevolent Fund from ...
Police close in on city's fagins ; Police say they have identified 'honeypot' locations around the city - and twisted, Fagin-like characters who lure in runaway children.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Police say they have identified 'honeypot' locations around thecity - and twisted, Fagin-like characters who lure in runawaychildren. Devon and Cornwall police have now launched Operation Fagin - ayear long awareness campaign - to tackle the dangers posed tochildren who run away ...
Youth theatre shows the shape of fangs to come
Jul 01, 2008 ... The mythic figure of the vampire is one of the most enduring andprolific of all the 19th century archetypes. More important than the Don Juans, Wandering Jews or LittleNells, writers such as Byron, Shelley, Keats and Oscar Wilde haveused the myth to explain and express various ...
Get involved
Jul 01, 2008 ... I was interested in the letter from George Charalambous about Babock's acquisition of International Nuclear Solutions as well asDML and the possible implications for Plymouth. He and other dockyard-watchers may be interested in theDockyard's ...
Can books retain their popularity?
Jul 01, 2008; ... The invention of the computer has revolutionised the world andopened up huge amounts of information which would not have otherwisebeen available to the general public. But it could mean children are putting aside their books to watchtelevision, surf the internet or use games ...
The attraction of tragedy
Jul 01, 2008; ... Shelves in book stores are groaning under the weight ofautobiographies of otherwise ordinary people who have triumphed overtragedy. Under banners such as 'pained lives', whole sections are givenover to the stories of the survivors of child abuse and otherpersonal ...
July 1
Jul 01, 2008 ... Today 7.00am HMS Cornwall (Type 22 Frigate), HNLMS De Zeven Provincien(Dutch Destroyer), Sound to sea. 7.30am HMS Cumberland (Type 22 Frigate), HMS Northumberland(Type 23 Frigate), Sound to sea; HMS St Albans (Type 23 Frigate),sea to Sound o/c sea. 9.30am HMS ...
Failed asylum seeker jailed for using false passport ; A failed asylum seeker who used a forged passport to try to establish a false identity has been jailed for eight months by a judge in Plymouth.
Jul 01, 2008; ... A failed asylum seeker who used a forged passport to try toestablish a false identity has been jailed for eight months by ajudge in Plymouth. Ibrahim Yousef Mohammed Al Ajabna, who was assisted by an Arabicinterpreter, appeared on Friday before Judge Francis Gilbert QC atPlymouth ...
When a child decides to run away
Jul 01, 2008; ... Teenagers run away from home every day in Devon and Cornwall. They often leave because they have fallen out with theirfamilies. Some young people end up on the doorsteps of homeless charitiessuch as the Shekinah Mission. Shekinah was not set up for children, but they do ...
Five get London honour for saving life of armed man ; Five Plymouth officers who saved the life of an armed man will travel to London for a star-studded ceremony after being nominated for a national bravery award.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Five Plymouth officers who saved the life of an armed man willtravel to London for a star-studded ceremony after being nominatedfor a national bravery award. Pcs Adrian Waldron, Glen Harrop, Ryan Canning, Shaun Harris andInspector Robert Fitzpatrick attended the incident at a ...
Keep it until it comes back in fashion
Jul 01, 2008 ... Fashion seems to be repeating itself. As the days and years goby, we all spend money on clothes we like to wear, and as theybecome less fashionable we either throw them away or give them tocharities. In hindsight if we kept those clothes, they would sooncome back into the world of ...
Go easy on the parsley, dear...
Jul 01, 2008 ... Well, the strawberry harvest has started in the FitzGeraldgarden, and didn't we enjoy it. Next week we hope the tomato will beready, if the frost doesn't get it. Over the coming weeks the springonion will ripen, and will be served on a thirty pound bed ofparsley which now stands at ...
Chancellor is urged to help 10p tax rate losers ; More must be done to compensate thousands of low-wage Plymouth households still left out of pocket as a result of the scrapping of the 10p tax rate say a cross-party group of MPs.
Jul 01, 2008; ... More must be done to compensate thousands of low-wage Plymouthhouseholds still left out of pocket as a result of the scrapping ofthe 10p tax rate say a cross-party group of MPs. Members of the influential Commons Treasury Select Committee alsosay the Chancellor must ensure the ...
Great, but sorry, it's Manchester
Jul 01, 2008 ... The all-black personalised plated Range Rover glided to a halt inthe parking space overlooking Tinside Pool, glittering in the summersunshine. The driver slipped off his sunglasses to take in the fullpanorama of Plymouth Sound and watched as one of the new superyachts slipped out ...
Real distress
Jul 01, 2008 ... I am writing following your articles suggesting our local schoolswere on a government hit list because they were failing. TheSecretary of State for Education did not use those words in hisletter to local authorities and the media take on it has causedreal distress to teachers and pupils ...
Who uses it?
Jul 01, 2008 ... Reference the letter from David Pengelly (Saturday), I fullyendorse his comments about Northern Connect. I work in the vicinity of one of the turnround points on theroute and since April I too have only seen one person using thetaxibus. The council are using a grant of ...
Voices of Cornwall
Jul 01, 2008 ... The Sue Hooper Charitable Foundation is presenting a celebrationof Cornish Voices at Trematon Hall in Saltash. The Saltash Ladies' Choir, Torpoint Ladies' Choir, KessenyanSingers, Rame Peninsula Male Voice Choir and Con Brio will behitting the stage in the Festival Performance ...
A healthy milestone
Jul 01, 2008 ... It was a watershed in Plymouth's social history, triggeringseismic changes which are still reverberating today. Itscontroversial introduction divided public opinion, promptingdoomsday forecasts from many involved in the pub and club trade andcomplaints for those who felt their personal ...
Superb display by top quartet
Jul 01, 2008 ... Elgar's glorious piano quintet proved the ideal conclusion tothis year's Dante Summer Festival. In the closing concert, entitled 'Made in England', therecouldn't have been a better piece of chamber music to sum up acentury or so of our country's music. The Dante ...
The voice is back
Jul 01, 2008 ... Classical-music audiences seem sadly to have given up on the heroworship which pianists like Liszt enjoyed back in the nineteenthcentury. The likes of The Three Tenors certainly changed things, andspawned a number of artists who combine the best of both worlds. Russell Watson is ...
Authority has let down taxpayers
Jul 01, 2008 ... Once again a decent community has been blighted by the illegaloccupation of public land by itinerant travellers. The residents ofRoborough and Woolwell deserve much better and have been let down bythe council. The lorryloads of rubbish, furniture and other itemsare evidence of what ...
Nursery collecting mobiles
Jul 01, 2008 ... A city nursery has joined a leading mobile phone recyclingcampaign to raise cash for new resources. Whitleigh Wise Owls Nursery is taking part in the nationalFones4Schools scheme. The school will receive pounds75 for every 50 phones collected,regardless of their age or ...
Book with a monkey mission
Jul 01, 2008 ... A book signing and reading will be attended by the author andillustrator of new children's book I am Monkey in Drake Circus. Author Rachael Hevesi and illustrator Liz Tyson will be atWaterstones in Drake Circus, Plymouth on July 5 providing funactivities for children visiting the ...
Council making itself redundant
Jul 01, 2008 ... I sometimes wonder what Plymouth City Council thinks it's for.With 40 per cent of its housing stock still below the Government'sDecent Homes minimum standard, instead of spending money on repairs,it plans to hive off responsibility to an 'arm's length' managementorganisation while ...
Lunch talks boost for art lovers
Jul 01, 2008 ... Plymouth city museum and art gallery is continuing its lunchtimetalks programme with a series of lectures throughout July. Art lovers will enjoy two talks on decorative art on Tuesday,July 8, when assistant Keeper of Art Alison Cooper will discuss themuseum's extensive ...
Church to hold open-air service
Jul 01, 2008 ... Higher St Budeaux Church is inviting people to an open-airservice and free fun day from 11am-3pm on Sunday July 13 on TheGreen, behind the former Blue Monkey pub. The ...
Runaways advice and information
Jul 01, 2008 ... For information on young runaways visit the website www.plymouth-young- runaways.co.uk RUNAWAY HELPLINE - a 24-hour confidential helpline for runawaysoperated by the charity Missing People, offering help and advice toyoung people who have run away from home or care, or who have ...
Grant change is a step forward
Jul 01, 2008 ... A change in the way grants are awarded should give a boost tocommunity projects, according to South Hams District Council. The authority's Community Grant Fund already supports projectsthat meet a council priority such as affordable housing, supportingthe economy, maintaining a ...
Woman is attacked
Jul 01, 2008 ... A woman was dragged to the floor and kicked in the head by amystery attacker in a Stoke residential street. Police are appealing for witnesses, and are particularly keen tospeak a woman dog-walker who intervened and pulled the assailantaway from the 31-year-old victim. The ...
Woman claims pregnancy 'blighted career'
Jul 01, 2008 ... A city sales executive claims double glazing bosses made herchoose between a career and motherhood. Alison Prowse-Piper, aged 36, who managed telephone marketing atAnglian Windows, says she was "amputated" and her pounds72,500-a-year salary halved after taking maternity leave twice ...
Case study: Jack samuels
Jul 01, 2008 ... Recovering lung cancer patient Jack Samuels smoked for fivedecades from the age of just 12. The Plympton grandfather of four was diagnosed with the diseasein December 2001. He said: "If you could only get everybody who smokes toexperience the first day of being told you have ...
Police will use unmarked vehicles
Jul 01, 2008 ... Motorists in Plymouth who drive dangerously or in an antisocialway may be caught out by police in unmarked cars. The officers will be out on patrol around the city, equipped withstate-of-the-art video recorders as part of Operation Vortex. The ongoing operation is relaunched ...
Armed robbery: Man, 19, charged
Jul 01, 2008 ... A 19-year-old man has appeared before Plymouth Magistrates' Courtcharged with taking part in an armed robbery at a city Co-op store. Robert John, of Dundas Street in Stoke, is accused of assistingtwo armed robbers in an incident when more than pounds600 was takenby two men armed ...
Tickets: Details
Jul 01, 2008 ... The fabulous Face of Plymouth Grand Final, featuring catwalkfashion and music from Britain's Got Talent stars FLAVA, will takeplace at Plymouth Pavilions on Friday, ...
Grant turns the tables
Jul 01, 2008 ... Members of the ELM Community Centre at Estover are celebratingafter winning a grant of pounds1,000 from mobile phone operator O2'sIt's Your Community fund. Devonport MP Alison Seabeck recommended the group apply for helpin buying 20 new lightweight tables to replace old, heavy ones ...
Police hunt for hooded flasher
Jul 01, 2008 ... Police are hunting a man who indecently exposed himself to afamily after throwing stones at the windows of their house to grabtheir attention. The family told police they heard taps on the window of theirhome in Babis Farm Court, Saltash at about 1.20am on Saturday. Those who ...
Pistols stolen in burglary
Jul 01, 2008 ... Thieves made off with two ornamental pistols following a burglaryat a flat in the city centre. The crooks struck between 4.30pm on June 15 and 9.50pm the sameday after forcing their way into ...
The names on the plaque
Jul 01, 2008 ... 1939-1945 ROYAL MARINES Marine Crook R.E.F., Cutler D.R., Daly E.S., D'Arcy E.J., Davis S.J.,Dobbs F.G., Dunkley H.L., Emanuel M., Emery A.C., Ewart R.,Fewtrell L., Fitzpatrick W., French P.H., Furmston N.S., GibbonsT.W., Gilbert C.S., Gossling P.J., Grabham C.W.G., ...
Wharf master reveals why he loves his role ; It's not unusual for a sailor to make a beeline for Devonport wharf master David Trigger when they set foot on dry land after a long spell at sea.
Jul 01, 2008 ... It's not unusual for a sailor to make a beeline for Devonportwharf master David Trigger when they set foot on dry land after along spell at sea. For despite having never met the 52-year-old, they feel a bondwith him. "Straight after they greet their families, they come over ...
Charity shop is in need of new stock
Jul 01, 2008 ... The devon Air Ambulance Trust's Mutley Plain charity shop hasbecome a victim of its own success. Its stock now sells out so quickly that it is now in urgent needof new donations - just to keep the shelves filled. The charityrelies heavily on its income from 10 charity shops to ...
Help David teach in China
Jul 01, 2008 ... A pupil at Coombe Dean School is appealing for help to fund ayear teaching outdoor pursuits in Hong Kong. David Halloran needs to ...
Church hosts free family fun day
Jul 01, 2008 ... St budeaux Parish Church will be holding a free fun day forchildren and adults on Sunday, July 13. There will be an open-air service, barbecue, bouncy ...
Drivers"green' guide
Jul 02, 2008 ... A new guide to greener motoring for company car drivers -available free of charge - has been issued by GE Capital Solutions,Fleet Services. The 16-page booklet called Your Guide to Eco Driving providespractical advice covering vehicle preparation, fuel choice, drivingstyle, ...
Fiat aims for fleet success
Jul 02, 2008 ... Small Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are a key focus for Fiat'ssales growth in the corporate sector during 2008 according to fleetand remarketing director Adam Pumfrey. Announcing its new dealer fleet specialist programme, Fiatbelieves hundreds of thousands of smaller companies, ...
Mayor's boost for charity ; Devon Air Ambulance has been given a lift from the outgoing Mayor of West Devon Borough Council.
Jul 02, 2008; ... Devon Air Ambulance has been given a lift from the outgoing Mayorof West Devon Borough Council. Dennis Bater presented a cheque for nearly pounds830 to hischosen charity. The money was raised during Mr Bater's year as mayor, including acollection taken at his civic service, ...
Writing gets bob's engine running
Jul 02, 2008 ... If i WEREN'T TALKING TO YOU, RIGHT NOW I'D BE ... Writing, drawing or welding. Welding keeps the latent pyromanialatent. OTHER THAN MY JOB AND MY WRITING, I'M GOOD AT ... Acquiring old cars and motorbikes. These days they find me. BUT I'M BAD AT ... Ironing. ...
Volunteer and hearing dog are both winners ; A liskeard woman and a Plymouth dog have both scooped awards for their work in helping deaf people.
Jul 02, 2008; ... A liskeard woman and a Plymouth dog have both scooped awards fortheir work in helping deaf people. The two awards were given out by TV presenter Esther Rantzen atcharity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's annual award ceremony. The Desmond Wilcox Volunteer of the Year Award was ...
Diamond day for couple who grew up in laira
Jul 02, 2008 ... A plymouth couple who grew up in the same area and saw romanceblossom have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. After living in close proximity in Laira and going to the sameprimary school, Doreen and Robert May are now living in Crownhilland are celebrating a 60 year ...
School's bags are a big green hit
Jul 02, 2008 ... Parents at a Plymouth school have hit on a crafty way to raisefunds and help the environment. Stuart Road Primary School Friends' Association members have beenmaking bags out of unwanted fabric to sell at the school gates for asuggested donation of pounds1.50 or ...
Smokescreen
Jul 02, 2008 ... In response to the anonymous letter criticising the powerboatracing as a waste of fuel, I would like to make a few comments aboutglobal warming and carbon footprint. Unfortunately the Government would like to think we all trustthem and believe everything they throw at us. In ...
A marathon of Mr men, spelling and pass-the-parcel
Jul 02, 2008 ... Children in Mount House School pre-prep department have raisedpounds1,000 for the charity Children With Leukaemia by taking partin the Mr Men marathon challenge. The challenge is based around the number 26, the number of milesin a marathon race, but in the Children's Marathon ...
In it for the long run
Jul 02, 2008 ... South West Headteacher of the Year Steve Baker did not rest onhis laurels after he was presented with a trophy in the teachingprofession's equivalent of the Oscars. He was crowned the best headteacher of a secondary school in theregion at a glitzy afternoon shindig held at ...
Let your fingers do the talking ; A new weekly signing group for children and parents has got off to a flying start in Plymstock.
Jul 02, 2008; ... A new weekly signing group for children and parents has got offto a flying start in Plymstock. Around a dozen toddlers and parents attended the first meeting,which is run by Makaton signer and mother Wendy Devine. Wendy's son Jacob, who turns four this month, was born ...
I'll treasure my memories always
Jul 02, 2008 ... My son Dan and I are about to move from Torpoint to a new parishin South Yorkshire, and I simply wanted to say, to all those withwhom we have lived and worked, a huge thank-you for all that youhave given and shared with us during our five years in Cornwall. It has been an enormous ...
Let's go fly a kite! ; The sky's the limit for the schoolchildren of Plymouth primary schools thanks to the joys of kite making and flying.
Jul 02, 2008; ... The sky's the limit for the schoolchildren of Plymouth primaryschools thanks to the joys of kite making and flying. Youngsters from St Joseph's Catholic School, Malborough PrimarySchool and Mount Wise Primary School all took part in thecompetition run by a joint initiative by ...
Plumbing nvq down the drain ; Young Plymouth plumber Ryan Elsworth has been left high and dry by the sudden closure of his training centre in the middle of his course.
Jul 02, 2008; ... Young Plymouth plumber Ryan Elsworth has been left high and dryby the sudden closure of his training centre in the middle of hiscourse. Ryan, 17, is one of dozens of youngsters who have suddenly beentold that they can no longer take their vocational courses at TCSTraining in ...
Tozer is tipped to soar with Magpies ; Former Pilgrims youth defender Ben Tozer has been tipped to fulfil his potential with Newcastle United in the Premier League this season.
Jul 02, 2008; ... Former Pilgrims youth defender Ben Tozer has been tipped tofulfil his potential with Newcastle United in the Premier Leaguethis season. Plymouth-born Tozer has won high praise on Tyneside since joiningthe Magpies in a potentially pounds1million-plus move from SwindonTown in ...
Ict support on offer to firms in Devonport
Jul 02, 2008; ... Business Reporter DEVONPORT businesses will be able to benefit from a programme toprovide the latest computer and website technology. The Devonport Regeneration Community Partnership's latest projectto support the business community in the area is the Devonport ICTSupport ...
Devils chief sets his side triple target ; Plymouth Devils chairman Mike Bowden is targeting a clean sweep of all three Conference League trophies this season.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Plymouth Devils chairman Mike Bowden is targeting a clean sweepof all three Conference League trophies this season. The city outfit already have one hand on the Conference Trophy,having thrashed Boston 63-28 in the first leg of the final. A comprehensive 58-34 victory over ...
NHS must pay
Jul 02, 2008 ... Re: the letter headed 'NHS is refusing to pay for care' (YourSay, Monday), in 1999 Pamela Coughlan, a disabled woman, was deniedfully-funded NHS care because she needed 'general' and not'specialist' nursing. She argued the NHS was wrong to transferresponsibility to Social ...
Junior cricket ; Going into the last month of the league season, it looks like four clubs will be competing for the Under 11 League title.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Going into the last month of the league season, it looks likefour clubs will be competing for the Under 11 League title. Palladium builders WEST DEVON YOUTH LEAGUE UNDER 11 Yelverton, Whitchurch Wayfarers, Plympton and Plymouth Peverellall go into their final games of the ...
Injury setbacks fail to halt hall ; Former Somerset hopeful Jason Hall hasn't let a double injury blow stop him from staging an impressive comeback - in Devon League cricket.
Jul 02, 2008; ... Former Somerset hopeful Jason Hall hasn't let a double injuryblow stop him from staging an impressive comeback - in Devon Leaguecricket. The new captain of A Division outfit Cornwood suffered a fracturein his back and then a serious leg injury which effectively put paidto a ...
Let him work
Jul 02, 2008 ... I felt I had to respond to your front-page story concerning DrJoe Motwani (June 26). I do not understand the politics of his exclusion from treatingcardiac patients who really need his help and assistance, as I have. I had a major coronary in 2001, which resulted in me needing ...