Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) back issues from August 2009:
COX: I DON'T FEEL EXTRA PRESSURE.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: ROB TANNER AFTER topping the goalscoring charts last season at Swindon Town, there will be a weight of expectation on Albion's new striker Simon Cox to repeat his feats and help power Albion back to the Premier League. The 22-year-old scored 32 times last ...
Bulls' high hopes for Akwuegbu.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: MAT KENDRICK HEREFORD United are hoping former Nigerian international striker Benedict Akwuegbu will be the man to fire them back to League One at the first attempt. Bulls boss John Trewick has taken the 34-year-old on trial during the Edgar Street club's ...
Clough happy with building job so far.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: LISA SMITH IT may be only seven months since Nigel Clough took over as the fans' choice of manager at Pride Park but already he has the weight of expectation on his shoulders. Supporters in the East Midlands feel having a Clough at the helm will bring them ...
Pick of the day.
Aug 02, 2009 ... The Street (9.00pm) Joseph Mawle plays a racist chef forced to confront his hatred of ethnic minorities when a friend asks him to take the credit for saving a Polish child from a fire. The Trouble with Girls (9.00pm) The first of two documentaries following young women working ...
A MURDERED Midland landlord shot [...]; EXCLUSIVE.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: BEN GOLDBY A MURDERED Midland landlord shot outside his own pub was a famous sportsman in India, the Sunday Mercury can reveal. Father-of-four Suvinder Singh Batth was gunned down at Gavin's Sports Bar in Bilston, West Midlands, just after midnight ...
Tourist tells of bomb horror in Majorca.
Aug 02, 2009 ... A HOLIDAYMAKER from the Black Country has told how she was caught up in the terrifying bomb blast that rocked Majorca. School office manager Sue Cockhill, from Wednesfield, and draughtsman husband Howard were staying just yards from the scene of the explosion in Palma Nova. ...
EXPATS CROOK ON THE RUN; Brits swindled out of millions.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: ADAM ASPINALL A FRAUDSTER who swindled millions of pounds from British expats, including a Midland couple, has gone on the run in France. Warren Templeton, 54, was dubbed a "mini-Bernard Madoff" for conning victims out of life savings by promising huge returns ...
Captain Blood goes into space.
Aug 02, 2009 ... CLASSIC Errol Flynn swashbuckler Captain Blood is being re-made - as a science fiction movie. The 1935 film that starred heart-throb Flynn as a sea captain convict-eof treason and shipped out to the Caribbean as a slave, is to be updated. Instead of galleons, ...
TODAY'S TOP TIPS.
Aug 02, 2009 ... CHESTER: 2.20 Prompter, 2.55 Diamond Laura, 3.30 Hoh Hoh Hoh, 4.05 I Confess, 4.35 Destinys Dream, 5.10 Carter. MARKET RASEN: 2.00 Thistle, 2.30 Sacrilege, 3.05 Dead Or Alive, 3.40 Shiwawa, 4.15 ...
SPORT ON TV.
Aug 02, 2009 ... THE pick of the viewing for armchair sports fans during the coming week ... n TODAY CRICKET: Fourth day of the third Ashes Test, England v Australia Sky Sports 1 1000. SOCCER: Emirates Cup, Atletico Madrid v Paris St Germain and Arsenal v Rangers - Sky Sports 2 1330; European ...
S COTLAND Yard has caved [...]; TONY LARNER Columnist Lorne Jackson has been laid low by Swine Flu so today the Mercury's Content Editor offers personal points of view.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: TONY LARNER SCOTLAND Yard has caved in and lifted a ban on officers wearing Union flag badges in support of British troops. The Met police had told cops to ditch the tie-pins after receiving a complaint from one member of the public who found them ...
H WEATHERMEN have predicted a [...]; TONY LARNER Columnist Lorne Jackson has been laid low by Swine Flu so today the Mercury's Content Editor offers personal points of view.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: TONY LARNER H WEATHERMEN have predicted a wash-out for the rest of the summer - after earlier telling us we're in for a heatwave. Yet the hopelessly confused meteorologists, ...
EVICTED Big Brother housemate Sree [...]; TONY LARNER Columnist Lorne Jackson has been laid low by Swine Flu so today the Mercury's Content Editor offers personal points of view.
Aug 02, 2009 ... EVICTED Big Brother housemate Sree Dasari was reportedly rushed to hospital last week after slashing his wrists. HApparently - and this is no joke - he'd been watching the dire Channel 4 programme before making his 'cry for help'. The Indian student has now recovered ...
SO sad to see childhood [...]; TONY LARNER Columnist Lorne Jackson has been laid low by Swine Flu so today the Mercury's Content Editor offers personal points of view.
Aug 02, 2009 ... SO sad to see childhood games from yesteryear are dying out. HNew research has shown today's kids are not into outdoor fun like skipping, hopscotch, conkers, or tree climbing. Instead, they're more interested in their computers and TVs, or hanging about on street corners doing ...
H DELIGHTED at the news [...]; TONY LARNER Columnist Lorne Jackson has been laid low by Swine Flu so today the Mercury's Content Editor offers personal points of view.
Aug 02, 2009 ... H DELIGHTED at the news that Esther Rantzen is to stand as MP at the next General Election. She interviewed so many barking eccentrics while fronting That's Life that she will ...
Lembit of alright; TONY LARNER Columnist Lorne Jackson has been laid low by Swine Flu so today the Mercury's Content Editor offers personal points of view.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: TONY LARNER H QUESTION: Lembit Opik - how? That most liberal of Lib Dems has been pictured with his latest stunning girlfriend, underwear model Katie Green (right). Previous conquests have included a Cheeky Girl and sexy weather presenter Sian Lloyd. ...
Class ceiling.
Aug 02, 2009 ... w WHEN John Major entered Downing Street he spoke about his dream of a classless society. It was a noble aim for the working class son of a circus acrobat - who was turned down for a job as a bus conductor. Yet the Major aspiration was never realised and ...
How Mr Blobby turned into Mr Brimingham; Bullied at school for being fat, he is now the city's biggest male model, and appears in TV commercials and glossy fashion magazines. ANUJI VARMA meets the man they call Mr Birmingham.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: ANUJI VARMA AS A teenager chubby Hare Dhami found himself a target of bullies at his Midland school. Dreading each day, he would try to disappear into the background at Dartmouth High School, in Great Barr, Birmingham, to avoid their cruel jibes. ...
Your Stars.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: Patrick Arundell However sociable things have been recently, if you've had people around to your abode, you may have become more conscious of its perceived shortcomings, or at least the things you would like to upgrade. If ideas have been generated, the desire to act ...
Stroppy teen's left me in lurch.
Aug 02, 2009 ... QFOR five years, I've slaved away ensuring my children didn't suffer after their father left us. I desperately need the break I've scrimped and saved for. Now, my 17 year-old son has backed out. I'll get no refund on his room and his 15 year-old sister was counting ...
I want to ditch jobless hubby; ask anna The answer to your problems.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: anna QI DECIDED I want to leave my husband soon after he lost his job. Yes, he earned a lot and I work part-time, so our lifestyle became extremely comfortable, but I'm no money-grubber. His job entailed being away from home a lot, leaving me to get on with ...
Civil ceremony.
Aug 02, 2009 ... QHAVING agreed to be a "bridesmaid" at a Civil Partnership ceremony for two gay friends, I'm not really sure what this entails. Are there Civil Partnership etiquette rules? JENNIFER, Coventry AYOUR only ...
Win a fantastic Reader from Sony.
Aug 02, 2009 ... WIN a Reader from Sony - and a complete collection of books to read on it! This is YOUR chance to win one of FIVE Sony Readers, the hand-held gadget on to which you can download books, then read them onscreen. What's more, each of our prizes will come loaded with more ...
Lucinda: real life love and joy.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: PC LUCINDA WILLIAMS, The Assembly, Leamington Spa ***** STATESIDE Songbird Lucinda Williams says she has trouble writing rock songs, and could do with a dozen more. She's wrong. This was a raucous rock and roll barnstormer delivered by a singer and ...
FRANKMUSIK Complete Me (Island)[...].
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: JD FRANKMUSIK Complete Me (Island) w LONDONER Vincent Frank offers up a shimmeringly seductive selection of 80s-infused, synth-driven pop in a promising debut. The ladies have been dominant in electro-land recently with La Roux, Ladyhawke and Little Boots ...
album of the week.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: PC VARIOUS ARTISTS Funny People (Concord) w IT'S not often that the soundtrack to an Adam Sandler comedy movie will throw up surprises but a sneak preview of Funny People reveals hidden nuggets of pop gold. Largely acoustic, the setlist is ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS Kerrang! -The Album [...].(Sound recording review)
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: PC VARIOUS ARTISTS Kerrang! - The Album '09 (Rhino) FORGET the miserable weather. Summer's here and it's time for head-banging in the streets. The latest Kerrang kompilation is bursting with 42 rock riffs ranging from Green Day's radio-friendly Know Your ...
bevan's heaven with bev bevan.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: bev bevan CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD Give Me Just A Little More Time / In Session (Edsel) ON a double-CD it's Chairmen of the Board's first two albums, plus solo albums from band members General Johnson and Harrison Kennedy. Give Me Just A Little More ...
THE CHARTS.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: HMV Birmingham TOP 10 ALBUMS 1. MICHAEL JACKSON : ESSENTIAL 2. FLORENCE & THE MACHINE : LUNGS 3. A-HA : FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN 4. PAOLO NUTINI : SUNNY SIDE UP 5. LADY GAGA : THE FAME 6. BLACK EYED PEAS : THE END 7. LA ROUX : LA ROUX 8. MICHAEL JACKSON : MOTOWN YEARS 9 ....
DANDY WARHOLS The Dandy Warhols [...].
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: JD DANDY WARHOLS The Dandy Warhols Are Sound (Beat The World) FROM the bad pun of their name to their constant referencing of the Velvet Underground, hubris has perhaps always been the Dandys' greatest talent. True to form, this is an alternate mix of earlier ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Chartbusters (Sanctuary).(Sound recording review)
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: PC VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Chartbusters (Sanctuary) REMEMBER when reggae was new to the UK and the nation was dancing to the sound of the Trojan beat? They've dusted off Volumes 1 to 6 of this series and released them on CD for the first time. Vol 1 is your ...
MARTINA McBRIDE Shine (RCA).
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: JD MARTINA McBRIDE Shine (RCA) w AMERICAN country singer McBride releases her ninth album, which is almost exactly like the other eight. Her voice is pure, unadulterated modern Nashville, laden with vibrato and southern twang, while her songs are every bit as ...
JACK BRUCE & ROBIN TROWER.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: PC JACK BRUCE & ROBIN TROWER Seven Moons Live (Ruf) w AHEAD of their bill-topping stint at the Memories of Woodstock festival, Jack Bruce, Robin Trower and Gary Husband seek to prove that the supergroup power trio still has its place in the 21st century. With ...
I am happy to win ugly.Di Matteo; RESUMES COME FIRST FOR ALBION BOSS.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: CHRIS LEPKOWSKI RESULTS FIRST: Roberto di Matteo prizes winning over quality ROBERTO Di Matteo doesn't really care much for whether his Albion side play pretty football, Route One stuff or mix the two up, as long as they win matches. Albion fans were used to ...
DEFOE DELIGHT AT FRESH CROUCH LINK UP.
Aug 02, 2009 ... TOTTENHAM striker Jermain Defoe is relishing the prospect of once again playing alongside Peter Crouch. Defoe and Crouch previously partnered each other while at Portsmouth and have also taken thier understanding on to the international stage with England. Spurs ...
Steve's our big match winner.. Sunday Mercury GREATEST EVER MIDLANDS XI.
Aug 02, 2009 ... COFFEE bar boss Steve Hiatt has been named winner of the Sunday Mercury's Greatest Ever Midland Team competition. Villa fan Steve, 41, who runs Bar Expresso in Stratford Road, Hall Green, was overjoyed to have won. His prize includes VIP matchday treatment in the ...
Surely Gordon's the No.1 choice.
Aug 02, 2009 ... I LOOKED no further down the teamsheet after seeing your 'experts' choice of goalkeeper for their final Greatest Ever Midlands Team. I think you would find that most Midland footy fans would put on their neutral caps and pick possibly the finest goalkeeper the world has ever ...
Flat out on a bike.
Aug 02, 2009 ... THERE are few greater pleasures than sitting in a luxurious restaurant, tucking into great food - and feeling you have deserved it. And so, as we sat on a candlelit balcony overlooking the canals of Ghent, I felt a warm glow of self-satisfaction as I tucked into a four-course ...
IT'S ALL WHITE NOW!
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: ANUJI VARMA IF THERE'S one colour trend that's taken the red carpet by storm this summer, it's bright white. Celebrities have ditched the little black dresses and updated their look with the showstopping shade. Cameron Diaz, Danni Minogue and Daisy ...
Ashes weather is bananas.
Aug 02, 2009 ... PLAY was abandoned without a ball being bowled on the third day of the third npower Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Umpires Rudi Koertzen and Aleem Dar called things off shortly after 2.30pm yesterday, after heavy afternoon rain left the outfield cov-erein huge puddles. More wet ...
Full-time cop at care home; Children ran away 1,630 times in 5 years.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: JEANETTE OLDHAM A POLICE officer was stationed at a troubled care home for kids after cops were called out to runaways an astonishing 1,630 times in five years. The West Mercia force placed a sergeant full-time at Uplands Children's Home near Bromsgrove, ...
pub quiz.
Aug 02, 2009 ... pot luck 1. In which sport are competitors not allowed to play left-handed? 2. What is the nickname of the city of Chicago? 3. On a standard Monopoly board, what square lies diagonally opposite Go? 4. What is the capital of Iceland? 5. How many players are there in a baseball team? 6. What ...
David's down on the farm.
Aug 02, 2009 ... ANYONE who's seen David Mitchell on QI will realise he's a bit of a know-it-all. So it comes as no surprise to learn that when he was a boy, he was obsessed with history and enjoyed dressing up as an 18th century French nobleman. He studied the subject at university, ...
TALENT TREATS.
Aug 02, 2009 ... AFTER tackling news programmes, Clive Anderson now takes a look at The Funny Side Of other TV genres, starting with talent shows. He looks at the ...
AMY CHECKS IN.
Aug 02, 2009 ... AMY Nuttall, last seen as bitchy Chloe in Emmerdale, joins the hotel staff as new receptionist Mel. She wears considerably less make-up than Chloe and her ...
CRIME DRAMAS.
Aug 02, 2009 ... NATALIE Pinkham, last seen skating off Dancing On Ice, travels the country to find the true stories behind dramatic crimes. In this week's first episode, there's ...
OUTDOORS 7 TO WATCH.
Aug 02, 2009 ... WAINWRIGHT WALKS, BBC2, Tuesday, 10pm: Julia Bradbury continues her walk from Coast To Coast, following in the footsteps of Alfred Wainwright. Her route across northern England takes her from the Irish to the North Sea in a 190-mile walk through the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and ...
7 TO WATCH SPORT.
Aug 02, 2009 ... wSUNDAY: Live US Seniors Tour Golf (Sky Sports 2, 8pm). The fourth and final day of the US Senior Open takes place at the Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana. After his incredible performance at the Open Championship last month, it would be no surprise to see Tom Watson ...
7 things you never knew about...
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: DAVID MITCHELL 1 Born July, 14, 1974 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, David's parents were hotel managers. At the age of two the family moved to Oxford. As a pupil at the fee-paying Abingdon School, he won the part of Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh. 2 He studied history ...
Pick of the day.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Total Wipeout (7.30pm) A world record-breaking rower, an Ironman competitor and a former semi-pro footballer take part in demanding games. BBC Proms 2009 (7.00pm) The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain appears at the Royal Albert Hall under principal conductor Vasily ...
SHE is Britain's official Goddess [...]; JEWELLER TRIXIE IS MUD WRESTLING CHAMPION.
Aug 02, 2009 ... Byline: BEN GOLDBY SHE is Britain's official Goddess of Mud Wrestling. Trixie Belle, a 25 year-old jewellery designer from Birmingham, has scooped the title in a tournament which attracted women from all round the country to new age landmark Glastonbury Tor. ...
Hero soldier's funeral.
Aug 02, 2009 ... HUNDREDS of mourners paid their respects at the funeral of the youngest soldier killed in Afghanistan, who died trying to save his wounded comrades. Friends, family and colleagues of Rifleman William Aldridge, 18, packed St Peter's Church in his ...
Blaze shuts rail line.
Aug 02, 2009 ... A RAILWAY line was closed overnight after a fire at a Black Country timber yard left debris on the tracks. The empty Masons Timber Yard building in Willenhall collapsed onto the line between Walsall and Wolverhampton after the blaze started on Friday evening. ...
BAGGIES' KRUL LUCK; Stand-in Newcastle keeper frustrat tes Albion attack.
Aug 09, 2009 ... Martis 39 mins WEST BROM 1 NEWCASTLE 1 Duff 55 mins ROBERTO Di Matteo praised Newcastle's substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul after his dramatic performance denied Albion a victory in his first competitive game at The Hawthorns. The Baggies were forced to ...
Saddlers get things off to Bright start.
Aug 09, 2009 ... Byline: PAUL MARSTON BRIGHTON 0 WALSALL 1 WALSALL made the perfect start to the new season when they survived heavy second half pressure from Brighton to win a difficult opening League One game against one of the promotion favourites. A 30th minute own ...
Emile's got the Fior-Ce.
Aug 09, 2009 ... POWERHOUSE centre-forward Emile Heskey was the matchwinner as Aston Villa brought their pre-season to a close with a 1-0 win over Italian Serie A side Fiorentina at Villa Park yesterday. The England striker, pictured, was on target in the 14th minute to earn victory for Martin ...
Cloughie edges out Ferguson; DERBY COUNTY 2 PETERBOROUGH 1.
Aug 09, 2009 ... DERBY manager Nigel Clough was happy to give the home supporters an opening day victory to cheer in what he thought was a great advertisement for the Coca Cola Championship. He said: "It's nice to send the supporters home with a win on the first day which is something they have ...
STYLISH VILLA SHOW NO FIOR; Heskey's super strike seals Italian job No.2.
Aug 09, 2009 ... Byline: BILL HOWELL Villa rounded off their pre-season with a second defeat of top ranked Serie A opposition inside six days with a 1-0 victory over Fiorentina. Satisfied manager Martin O'Neill said: "We scored a brilliant goal and played some great stuff." ...
Pearson is already eyeing promotion; LEICESTER 2 SWANSEA 1.
Aug 09, 2009 ... NIGEL Pearson believes his Leicester side can mount a promotion challenge after seeing the Foxes make a winning return to the Coca-Cola Championship. Leicester came from 1-0 down to beat Swansea 2-1 at the Walkers Stadium. The Leicester manager said: "We expect big ...
Royals denied win by 10-man Forest; READING 0 NOTT'M FOREST 0.
Aug 09, 2009 ... JIMMY Kebe spurned the best chance to give Brendan Rodgers a debut win as Reading were held by the 10 men of Nottingham Forest in their CocaCola Championship clash. Winger Kebe stabbed wide from inside the sixyard box as Rodgers failed to inspire the Royals to a first win at the ...
ECK WAITS ON BID FOR GIJON ACE; pounds 3m Michel impresses in stalemate: BIRMINGHAM 0 SPORTING GIJON 0.
Aug 09, 2009 ... Byline: COLIN TATTUM ALEX McLeish admitted that he didn't know whether he would be able to launch a bid for Gijon star Michel after this friendly ended in stalemate. The midfielder strolled elegantly around St Andrew's yesterday in Blues final warm-up before the ...
Richards is spot on to seal a point; PORT VALE 1 ROCHDALE 1.
Aug 09, 2009 ... Byline: ANTHONY MUNDAY NEW Vale manager Micky Adams was pleased to get off the mark with a point against one of the teams he expects to be in the promotion chase. Adams had pulled no punches in assessing the squad he inherited and placed six players on the transfer ...
Joss shines for Shrews; SHREWSBURY 3 BURTON ALBION 1.
Aug 09, 2009 ... YOUNG West Brom midfielder Joss Labadie produced a man of the match performance and grabbed a goal to get Shrewsbury's season off to a flying start against football league new boys Burton Albion. The 19-year-old is on his second loan spell with the Shrews and gave the sort of ...
Pugh brace secures draw; MORECAMBE 2 HEREFORD 2.
Aug 09, 2009 ... WINGER Marc Pugh scored twice as the Bulls grabbed a late draw at Christie Park. Hereford goalkeeper Adam Bartlett produced a couple of good saves in the early stages to deny Ian Craney and Phil Jevons. But Herford, who had largely given as good as they got in the ...
Hayles gets Robins rockin' CHELTENHAM 2 GRIMSBY 1.
Aug 09, 2009 ... CHELTENHAM substitute Barry Hayles, fresh from a stint of jury service, showed no mercy for Grimsby with a clinical winner at the Abbey Business Stadium. The former Fulham man also had a hand in Lee Ridley's equaliser as the Robins fought back from a goal down to steal the ...