Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph back issues from August 2009:
Film DIE HARD WITH A [...]
Aug 01, 2009 ... Film DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE 10.20pm, BBC1 John McClane returnsto duty following an explosion at a department store. Theperpetrator tells the police that unless McClane ...
TOP GEAR 8pm, BBC2 Repeats [...]
Aug 01, 2009 ... TOP GEAR 8pm, BBC2 Repeats of this daddy of all motor shows areall over the cable stations, so it's always possible to get your TopGear fix. But it's still with some degree of surprise and sadnessthat fans will note this is the last episode in the current series.But given the ...
COUNTRYFILE 8pm, BBC1 Some viewers [...]
Aug 01, 2009 ... COUNTRYFILE 8pm, BBC1 Some viewers were surprised when it wasannounced that this series was being moved from the mornings to aprimetime slot, but in retrospect, it makes perfect sense. Sundaynights have long been the home of cosy dramas set in picturesquerural areas, so why not give ...
BBC PROMS 2009 7.30pm, BBC2 [...]
Aug 01, 2009 ... BBC PROMS 2009 7.30pm, BBC2 The bosses at the Beeb obviouslythought Clive Anderson made a good enough job of hosting lastSaturday's Prom, because he's back again, dressed up to the nines,to front another concert. It ...
CASUALTY 8.55pm, BBC1 In the [...]
Aug 01, 2009 ... CASUALTY 8.55pm, BBC1 In the conclusion of the dramatic two-parter, and indeed the current series, Curtis's hopes of escapingthe police are jeopardised as he is overcome with devotion for newwife Alice. Personal crises must be put to one side in the ED as themedics treat stragglers from ...
TOTAL WIPEOUT 7.05pm, BBC1 It [...]
Aug 01, 2009 ... TOTAL WIPEOUT 7.05pm, BBC1 It sounds like the television-equivalent of Thorpe Park -- the rolling logs and bubble bath, butthese are two of the crazy obstacles facing the competitors tonight.A 34-year-old security officer from Bristol gets All Shook Up afterstruggling on ...
New owners are unveiled ; Britannia to reopen as theme pub on Fridays and Saturdays
Aug 01, 2009; ... LIFE begins at 40 for Messingham businessman Scott Slingsby, whohas bought the freehold of Scunthorpe's Britannia Hotel fromEnterprise Inns in a Pounds 300,000 deal. Scott and his wife Katie are now planning to plough a furtherPounds 500,000 into transforming the 102-year-old town ...
Win United tickets
Aug 01, 2009 ... LOOK out for your chance to win tickets for Scunthorpe United'shome games this season in Monday's Scunthorpe Telegraph. We have teamed up with ...
Winterton are walloped
Aug 03, 2009 ... WINTERTON Rangers crashed to a 12-1 defeat in a friendly at hometo Grimsby Town on Saturday. They could prove no match for manager Mike Newell's side who ranriot in the second half. A Barry Conlon hat-trick and a Nathan Jarman tap-in put theMariners in control in the first ...
Scunthorpe pool
Aug 03, 2009 ... RESULTS PREMIER DIVISION: Rileys Inc 5 Jolly Sailor 8; Rileys 8Cundy Rammits 4; Cundy Phoenix 7 Cottage Beck Bombers 5; Woolpack 5Cundy Assassins 8; Redbourn Club 6 Ashdown Survivors 6. DIVISIONONE: White Hart 6 Berkeley 6; Poacher 9 RAOB Vets 3; Lincoln Imp 1Cundy Cobras 12; Frod Road 5 ...
Please help us keep our bowls club alive ; Mayor promises to try and help
Aug 03, 2009; ... A BOWLS club may live to fight another day after a town councilsaid it would try to help with funds. Broughton Red Lion bowls club faces extinction if it cannot finda new home, as the club's current base at the Red Lion pub, in HighStreet in the town, is set to become a children's ...
Our steel helping tunnel to 'bloom'
Aug 03, 2009 ... MORE than 300,000 tonnes of steel a year from Scunthorpe ishelping turn the Eurotunnel from a financial disaster into a bloom-ing success. For the owners of Eurotunnel have revealed their main freightcustomer is the town's Corus steelworks. The company's trading report for ...
Win tickets to watch the Iron
Aug 03, 2009 ... THE Scunthorpe Telegraph has teamed up with Texaco, an officialpartner of The Football League Championship, to offer one luckyreader the opportunity to win a prize that will make them the envyof all their friends and family. Texaco are giving away a pair of Scunthorpe United ...
Moth and bat night
Aug 03, 2009 ... LINCOLNSHIRE Wildlife Trust will be holding a moth and bat nighton Saturday, August 22. Visitors who are interested in learning more about moths areasked to meet at Ness End Farm, Far Ings Road, and those interestedin bats are asked to meet at the National ...
Movie screening
Aug 03, 2009 ... BLOCKBUSTER movie Slumdog Millionaire will be screened at RoperyHall on Thursday, September 10. The part-exhilarating love story and parteye-catching journeyinto the underbelly of Mumbai is an action-packed 21st ...
UNDERAGE AND PREGNANT 8.30pm, BBC3 [...]
Aug 03, 2009 ... UNDERAGE AND PREGNANT 8.30pm, BBC3 If you're worried about yourteenage son or daughter having a child while still being a minorthemselves, make sure you plonk them down in front of the telly towatch this eye-opening series. In tonight's edition, young motherCaroline ...
THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS 9pm, [...]
Aug 03, 2009 ... THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS 9pm, BBC2 Traditionally known as thefairer sex, females are historically associated with the qualitiesof beauty, modesty, finesse and often, an accompanying demurenature. This two-part offering from the BBC shatters all ...
ADKINS: WE'LL GIVE IT OUR BEST SHOT
Aug 04, 2009 ... NIGEL ADKINS TELLS BOB STEELS WHY HIS UNITED SQUAD HAVE A BETTERCHANCE OF MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE SECOND TIER THIS TIME AROUND. SCUNTHORPE United boss Nigel Adkins is braced for his biggestchallenge so far as a manager. There has hardly been a dull moment since he took over ...
Film O 11.15pm, BBC 1 [...]
Aug 04, 2009 ... Film O 11.15pm, BBC 1 The only black student at an exclusive prepschool becomes the envy of his classmates. One manipulative studentis driven insane with jealousy ...
SIXTEEN: TOO YOUNG TO VOTE? [...]
Aug 04, 2009 ... SIXTEEN: TOO YOUNG TO VOTE? 9pm, BBC3 These days, there's notmuch you can do when you turn 16 that you couldn't do when you were15 or younger. Your 16th birthday used to be a right of passage ofsorts, for it meant you were legally allowed to buy cigarettes andhave sex. While tobacco laws ...
DESPERATE ROMANTICS 9pm, BBC2 Enter [...]
Aug 04, 2009 ... DESPERATE ROMANTICS 9pm, BBC2 Enter Ellie Ruskin -- young,attractive wife of famed art critic John Ruskin -- to compound thealreadyrocketing testosterone levels of the Brotherhood. Havingbagged Ruskin's patronage, anyone would think Millais would befalling over ...
THE TRUTH ABOUT CRIME 9pm, [...]
Aug 04, 2009 ... THE TRUTH ABOUT CRIME 9pm, BBC1 For some people, crime in Oxfordmeans Morse swanning around in his Jaguar, listening to classicalmusic and interviewing well-spoken suspects about the latest murderat the university. Presented by Nick Ross who, after his yearshosting Crimewatch knows a ...
Talbot snatch control of division seven title race ; But Mallard lie in wait as top of the table clash gains extra significance
Aug 04, 2009; ... TALBOT staged a great come-back against Cundy Guys and Dolls togo joint-top of division seven in the Scunthorpe Rileys Tuesday PoolLeague. Host skipper Wayne Gravel and his men saw their championshiphopes fade as the Cundy visitors led 4-2 after the singles. But the Talbot ...
Kitten hurled out of car is given home ; Happy end for Munchkin as number of dumped cats rises
Aug 04, 2009; ... A KITTEN which survived despite being hurled from a moving car inBrigg has been adopted by caring new owners. The RSPCA said seven-week-old Munchkin has been re-homed and isexpected to make a full recovery after being left for dead on aBrigg street last month. As reported, ...
HOOPER SET TO RETURN TO TAME THE WOLVES ; Iron star eyes a fitness boost in friendly
Aug 04, 2009; ... LEADING marksman Gary Hooper trained yesterday and hopes to getthe nod for Scunthorpe United's friendly tonight against PremierLeague new boys Wolves at Glanford Park. And then he will be hopingfor a place in the starting line-up for Saturday's Championshipopener at Cardiff. Hooper has ...
Get ready to go wild
Aug 05, 2009 ... LINCOLNSHIRE Wildlife Trust will be holding a moth and bat nighton Saturday, August 22. Visitors who are interested in learning more about moths areasked to meet at Ness End Farm, Far Ings Road, and those interestedin bats are asked to meet at the National Nature Reserve ...
TAKING THE FLAK 10pm, BBC2 [...]
Aug 05, 2009 ... TAKING THE FLAK 10pm, BBC2 Some may wonder how the Beeb is ableto get away with broadcasting comedy which pokes fun at the momentsof humour (if it can be called that) during a war situation. Maybeit is refreshing that the once-so-serious channel is now ...
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU [...]
Aug 05, 2009 ... WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? 9pm, BBC1 David Mitchell is the latestceleb to hunt for skeletons in the closet. He looks as if butterwouldn''t melt in his mouth, but not all of his family were angelsit seems. Mitchell is keen to discover the truth ...
ECONOMY GASTRONOMY 8pm, BBC2 Even [...]
Aug 05, 2009 ... ECONOMY GASTRONOMY 8pm, BBC2 Even before the credit crunch hit,chances are most of us weren''t dining on a daily diet of lobsterand caviar, but the current economic climate has left many peoplelooking for ways to reduce their food bills -- and that''s where topchefs Allegra McEvedy and ...
Film THE DROWNING POOL 11.15pm, [...]
Aug 05, 2009 ... Film THE DROWNING POOL 11.15pm, BBC1 Private detective Lew Harpertravels to New Orleans to help an old girlfriend who is beingblackmailed, only to uncover a ...
Caretaker job gets flood of enquiries ; Luxury apartments' live-in position sparks huge interest
Aug 05, 2009; ... PROPERTY chiefs have been swamped with applications for the jobof live-in caretaker at a new luxury apartment complex in Scunthorpetown centre. Forty people have applied for the role at the four-storey Lineacomplex, in Dunstall Street, with the successful candidate alsogetting ...
200 fans score free United match tickets
Aug 05, 2009 ... TWO hundred young football fans scored free tickets to watchScunthorpe United play its second pre-season game againstWolverhampton Wanderers last night. It comes less than a week after 200 young people were alsotreated to the match against Brighton on Saturday, August 1. The ...
In a flap about bats
Aug 05, 2009 ... NATURE enthusiasts will be in a flap at a special moth and batnight in North Lincolnshire later this month. Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust will be hosting the event onSaturday, August 22. Visitors interested in learning more about moths are asked tomeet at Ness End Farm, Far ...
Properties planned
Aug 05, 2009 ... HOUSE builder Keigar Homes is looking to create 12 new propertiesin Scunthorpe. The firm has applied for planning permission to develop on landat Brat Hill Farm, off Staindale Road in the town. The new homes will add to the 117 properties that are alreadybeing built by Keigar ...
Audi TT? Still totally terrific! ; About three years ago, Audi unleashed a new version of its evergreen TT model, which, says Iain Robertson, was enough for the prices of the old TT to slump slightly to even more affordable levels
Aug 06, 2009; ... EVER since my first experience with the Audi TT, in its pre-spoiler, pre-suspension modification form, I fell madly in love withits Porsche Speedster appearance and utterly beguiling interior,with alloy strips and trims everywhere. I then discovered it wasBang & Olufsen, the Danish hi-fi ...
A scrap-heap of new orders
Aug 06, 2009 ... T HE Government-backed Scrappage Scheme has proved popular withthe customers of one of Scunthorpe's oldest family businesses. FCross and Sons, in Normanby Road, have sold over 200 cars on thescheme so far. Sales controller Shane Bryan said: "We have donequite well with all three brands ...
Popularity in simplicity
Aug 06, 2009; ... FANS of classic two-seaters could be forgiven for thinking theMazda MX5 is little more than a spiritual successor to the LotusElan. After all, without the British model, it might not haveexisted at all. Since the little two-seater's debut, there have been threedistinct versions ...
Bike night set for thrilling return
Aug 06, 2009 ... ROBSPEED Motorcycles is returning to Cadwell Park, near Louth,for its second bike night. After a successful event at the venue last year, bike fans fromaround Lincolnshire and beyond will descend on one of the mostchallenging circuits on the British Superbike calendar ...
Lions of the road help restore pride to rivals Lions of
Aug 06, 2009 ... IN A move that would affect Mitsubishi as much as Subaru,broadening the appeal of a model that had addressed performanceaddicts' needs for perfection for so many years has proved to bepotentially disastrous. Impreza sales have plunged to new depths,bolstered by the disappearance of the ...
Push the ' green'' button
Aug 06, 2009 ... More and more cars are employing "green" technology as one of theanswers to the problem of climate change. Toyota pioneered this trend with the Prius; now there's a new andbetter version on sale, writes ROY WOODCOCK TEN years ago, I quite liked the sound of global warming. It ...
Worker's mole moan ; Den product 'just like ours'
Aug 06, 2009; ... THE success of Scunthorpe Dragon-slayer Sharon Wright has led toa complaint to the BBC. Last month Ms Wright stunned the judges on Dragons' Den when shepitched on the programme for investment in her business. The 39-year-old single mum has invented a device called MagnaMoleto ...
NEW TRICKS 9pm, BBC1 The [...]
Aug 06, 2009 ... NEW TRICKS 9pm, BBC1 The UCOS team may do a lot of moaning, buttwo of the team could really have something to complain about asthey get a taste of what life is like for normal coppers. The casebegins when some disturbingly realistic ...
Real action and real results ; Advertisement feature
Aug 06, 2009 ... LET'S do, keep doing and do some more ... Everyone wants to be good and do their bit, but where do we startand how do we find the time? The last year has seen a boom in theamount of people looking to volunteer. YouthNet, home of the UK's volunteering website ...
BINGE DRINKING -- MY BIG [...]
Aug 06, 2009 ... BINGE DRINKING -- MY BIG DECISION 9pm, BBC3 They may not belegally old enough to buy alcohol, but many 17-year-olds still enjoythe odd illicit tipple or two. However, selfconfessed binge drinkerJess has been taking it to extremes, often downing up to threeweeks' worth of units in the ...
THE FUNNY SIDE OF TV [...]
Aug 06, 2009 ... THE FUNNY SIDE OF TV TALENT 9.30pm, BBC2 Clive Anderson startedhis career as a performer with Cambridge University''s famousFootlights society, before becoming a barrister. He then found hisway back on to stage as part of the alternative comedy scene. So,the ...
Lloyds blames its bad debt on HBOS lending ; The World In brief
Aug 06, 2009 ... LLOYDS Banking Group blamed soaring bad debt charges of Pounds13.4-billion on reckless lending at HBOS. The 43 per cent taxpayer-owned bank said HBOS accounted for 80per cent of the damage from toxic debts in the first half of theyear, which was ...
QUICK QUIZ
Aug 06, 2009 ... 1 For which state does Australia bowler Brett Lee play hisdomestic cricket? 2 Xabi Alonso is set to join which club for areported Pounds 30 million? 3 After which former driver isMontreal's race circuit named? 4 ...
Smooth Move can save cash
Aug 07, 2009 ... W ITH the second-hand home market picking up, more buyers are nowmanaging to sell their properties and fulfil their dreams of movinginto a brand new home, says Scunthorpe and Grimsby developer BealHomes. Around 80 per cent of house hunters who visit Beal developmentshave a home ...
Make their day ; Do you know someone who deserves some pampering?
Aug 07, 2009; ... DO you know someone in need of pampering or a summer makeover? The Scunthorpe Telegraph and Saks Hairdressers have joined forcesto offer readers the chance to win a hair makeover. Felicity Hannan 34, manager of the High Street salon inScunthorpe was inspired to do the makeover ...
HOTEL BABYLON 9pm, BBC1 It [...]
Aug 07, 2009 ... HOTEL BABYLON 9pm, BBC1 It may be great fun to watch on a Fridayevening, but Hotel Babylon certainly makes staying in a luxury hotelseem more of a risk than the humble Travelodge! As holidayaccommodation goes, it's more fraught with problems than a campervan. And tonight's no different ....
CLASSIC GOLDIE 9pm, BBC2 The [...]
Aug 07, 2009 ... CLASSIC GOLDIE 9pm, BBC2 The countdown begins to the worldpremiere of Goldie's new composition for the BBC Proms, to beperformed at London's Royal Albert Hall. It's a huge challenge forGoldie to prepare a written score for an orchestra of ...
Fake TV chef is given porridge ; Prison for conman who claimed he'd worked with Oliver, Ramsay and Hom
Aug 07, 2009 ... A BOGUS celebrity chef from North Lincolnshire who conned his wayon to television by claiming to have worked with the industry'sbiggest names has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Conman Kenny Goldsmith, 40, of Low Street, Winterton, appeared onSaturday Kitchen and UKTV Food, ...
Party in the garden
Aug 07, 2009 ... A GARDEN party in aid of the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire AirAmbulance is being held on Sunday from 2pm to 5pm at Fieldside,Scotter Road, ...
Tesco plans face further opposition ; Number of concerns over expansion
Aug 08, 2009; ... Picture: Paul Torrie OBJECTIONS have been raised against supermarket giant Tesco'splan to expand its Barton-UponHumber store. Liz Bennett, managing director of the Ropewalk, Maltkiln Road,claims the access proposed to the new factory shop unit service yardwould have a ...
Film THE ENGLISH PATIENT 10.20pm, [...]
Aug 08, 2009 ... Film THE ENGLISH PATIENT 10.20pm, BBC1 The enigmatic, badlyburned survivor of a wartime plane crash recounts the story of hispassionate love affair with an Englishwoman to ...
World champions brushed aside by Toft Newton Trout Lexus team
Aug 08, 2009; ... TOFT NEWTON TROUT: The Toft Trout fishing team fished in theLexus qualifier at Chew Valley and got through in fourth position ona very hard day, the rod average being just 1.5 fish per man. They will be taking part in the final at Rutland in a few week'stime. The team was Martin ...
LOUIS THEROUX: THE CITY ADDICTED [...]
Aug 08, 2009 ... LOUIS THEROUX: THE CITY ADDICTED TO CRYSTAL METH 9pm, BBC2 Thinkof California and what immediately springs to mind? Probably sun,sea, the wealth of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. But certainly notpoverty. Then again, the streets of the Valley are ...
Driving the Iron up the Championship ; Fan of 40 years takes the wheel on United team coach
Aug 08, 2009; ... SCUNTHORPE United begin their season in the Championship today. And as the Iron squad made the long bus journey to Cardiff fortheir opening fixture, a fan of 40 years was at the wheel. Mick Turver, 60, of Eastwood Drive, Broughton, is acting as theteam's principal coach driver ...
Doumbe gone
Aug 08, 2009 ... DEFENDER Mathias Doumbe has terminated his contract at PlymouthArgyle by mutual consent. Doumbe has been training with League One side Millwall. Lions boss Kenny Jackett confirmed earlier this week that he hadmade an offer for the 29-year-old. But a deal has yet to be ...
Film
Aug 08, 2009 ... LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER 10.15pm, BBC1 The gun-toting treasureseeker is thrown into a furious battle against a mysteriousorganisation as she races against time to locate ...
GIRLS ALOUD: OUT OF CONTROL [...]
Aug 08, 2009 ... GIRLS ALOUD: OUT OF CONTROL 8pm, Sky1 Cheryl Cole is a judge onThe X Factor, Sarah Harding recently made her acting debut in theBBC drama Freefall and no doubt Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh andNadine Coyle will soon be revealing their own personal plans forworld domination too ....
BBC PROMS 2009 7pm, BBC2 [...]
Aug 08, 2009 ... BBC PROMS 2009 7pm, BBC2 The National Youth Orchestra of GreatBritain appears at the Royal Albert Hall under new principalconductor Vasily Petrenko, who made his Proms debut with the RoyalLiverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in ...
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE SHOW 11.45pm, [...]
Aug 08, 2009 ... THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE SHOW 11.45pm, BBC1 A new football season,packed with the usual trials and tribulations, gets under way todayas the BBC begins a new venture of its own, as Football Leaguecoverage returns for the first time in ...
Munchkin's on the mend after ordeal ; Kitten 'growing in confidence' after being thrown from car
Aug 10, 2009; ... A KITTEN that miraculously survived after being thrown from thewindow of a moving vehicle is recovering well. Munchkin - as he was named by staff at Old Courts VeterinaryCentre in Brigg, who treated him - is growing in confidence afterhis ordeal, according to his foster ...
HAYES: A BETTER PLAYER THAN LAST TIME ; Striker believes partnership can flourish in Championship
Aug 08, 2009; ... IT WILL be a case of as you were for Scunthorpe United's first-choice strike partnership when the new Championship season kicks offtoday. Paul Hayes expects to pick up from where he left off with fellowfront man Gary Hooper at Cardiff. The former Barnsley forward believes he ...