The People (London, England) back issues from July 2008:
EUBANK GIVES KIDS AWAY.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... EXCLUSIVE: Ex-boxer has two of his four children adopted in U.S. PAGES 4&5 Look great on the beach with Gok Wan PLUS++PLUS++ 101 beauty goodie bags to win Worth pounds 75 each PLUS++PLUS++ 20% off hot new self-tan products ...
1027 DOCTORS GOING SPARE; EXCLUSIVE AS NHS FACES SUMMER OF STAFF SHORTAGES NHS crisis means medics do odd jobs.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By NIGEL NELSON Political Editor MORE than 1,000 hospital doctors are working as waiters, cleaners and dishwashers - despite a dire SHORTAGE of NHS medics. They are among 1,199 medically qualified refugees who are in Britain legally after fleeing their ...
I trained as a heart surgeon yet I have to drive a taxi; CASE STUDY: Mirza Ahmed.(News)(Case study)
Jul 06, 2008 ... SURGEON Mirza Ahmed is typical of refugee doctors unable to practise in Britain - and works as a pounds 210-a-week taxi driver. Dr Ahmed, 32, left Pakistan five years ago because his religious beliefs put his life in danger. He has not been able to find a medical job so he has ...
Gord's food bill summit.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... GORDON Brown flies to Japan today in a bid to lower world food prices. The PM and other leaders will discuss deals to increase farm output in developing countries. ...
Widow's plea on knife kids.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... THE widow of a 47-year-old dad killed by three teenagers has begged people not to glamorise knife crime. Helen Newlove, 46, said: "I don't think we'll ever solve the ...
Farewell to brave Sarah.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... HUNDREDS are expected at the funeral of the first British woman soldier killed in Afghanistan. Cpl Sarah Bryant, 26, will be buried tomorrow with full military honours at the ...
'Sick' mayor kills himself.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... AN ex-mayor killed himself over fears he had a brain tumour - only for doctors to find he was all-clear. Retired steelman Harry Evans, 78, was "convinced" he was ill. But an inquest heard he ...
First Class People.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... MY sister Erica controls Type 1 diabetes with injections and exercise. She's so fit that she's proof diabetics aren't doomed to ill health. Lindsay Burns, Market Harborough, Leics Say a BIG thank you to someone. Send their name, age, picture with your ...
ROO BRITANNIA; Don't worry Murray, fear not Tiger Tim.. at long last a Brit,* Laura Robson, wins Wimbledon.(Sport)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By TOM LATCHEM, Lawn Tennis Correspondent TEENAGE tennis sensation Laura Robson yesterday became the first Brit to claim the Wimbledon girl's singles title for 24 years. After years of disappointment with home-grown hopefuls like Tim Henman and Andy Murray, we ...
Eubank dropped his kids at my doorstep 2yrs ago and he's hardly seen them since; EXCLUSIVE HOW BOXING LEGEND HANDED OVER HIS 2 SONS.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By JAMES MILLBANK Adoptive mum says ECCENTRIC boxing legend Chris Eubank has secretly GIVEN AWAY his two teenage sons, The People can reveal. The ex-world middleweight hero handed over Christopher Junior and Sebastian to an American woman for ...
Wheeze ALL getting allergies; FROM AVOCADOS TO MITES, BRITS FACE A REACTION...(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: MATT BLAKE and LUKE PRENDERGAST BRITAIN is in the grip of an allergy epidemic. The number of people who end up in hospital because of allergic reactions has TREBLED in the past decade to more than 3,000 a year. And the number of Brits with life-threatening problems has ...
Strangler in search for free lawyer.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By FIONA MAY SUFFOLK Strangler Steve Wright is desperately seeking a lawyer to work for FREE to clear him of murdering five prostitutes. Forklift driver Wright, 50, thinks it is his last chance after an Appeal Court judge refused him leave to appeal against ...
SMILEY PEOPLE.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... RETIRED milkman Stuart Murray, 69, now sells his own ...
Store giants in cash grab.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... SUPERMARKETS passed on pounds 200million more to Britain's shoppers in price rises than the stores were charged by suppliers, says a new report. Food manufacturers charged the store giants pounds ...
Claw blimey, puss.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... EMMA Watson's cat Smudge has produced four ...
SHAMEFUL; EXCLUSIVE Fury at Maddie smear Sick claim in cop's book.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID JEFFS Assistant Editor MADELEINE McCann's parents last night angrily denied shameful allegations from a disgraced former Portuguese cop linking them to her death. Ex-Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral, who was leading the Maddie inquiry until he was ...
TEENS LOOKING TO BE IN FAMILY.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By JACLYN ADU-SARKODE, 12, NATALEIGH TAYLOR, 15, ALYSHA LONERGAN, 11, and SAMSAM FARAH, 15 Reporters working for the kids' news agency Headliners THE tragic death toll of mob-related violence in London prompts the question: Why do many young people join gangs? ...
WE DON'T MURDER OUR NEIGHBOURS.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By GLOIRE AMMANY, 18 Escaped a war zone to move into London I COME from the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa and arrived in Britain three years ago when I was 15. I really enjoy living in London because it has the same vibrant atmosphere as ...
MY TORMENT AT 'HARRY' PAL ROB'S HEARTLESS KILLING.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By LOUIS EBDON Lost thrre close friends including murdered Harry Potter star I HAVE lost three people close to me in the past year - including a friend killed by a knife thug. One passed away in a car accident and another died from a heart attack. ...
1000 GANGS RULE UK STREETS; Girls of 11 on rampage as mobs terrorise estates Experts back US scheme that cut crime by a quarter PEOPLE INVESTIGATES.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By TOM CARLIN GREEN AND PLEASANT GANGLAND MORE than 1,000 teenage gangs hellbent on murder, mayhem and terror are roaming Britain's streets today, a shock People investigation can reveal. Households in towns and cities across the country are living ...
Force these monsters to fight in Iraq.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By FIONA MAY A GRIEVING mother last night called for teenage gangsters to be forced into the Army and packed off to fight in Iraq. Nicola Dyer spoke out just 24 hours after 16-year-old stepson Shakilus Townsend was killed by three knife thugs. The ...
Crime squad for hols Brits.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... A SPECIAL squad may be set up for Brits and other foreigners hit by crime in Spain's No1 resort. The unit - made up of cops, interpreters and tour chiefs - ...
Time on his hands.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... GRANDAD Keith Giddings, 65, has SIX HUNDRED ...
BIGGS BACK IN COURT; EXCLUSIVE Ronnie on show after 7 yrs Plea for new sentence cut.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... RONNIE Biggs will arrive in court in a wheelchair this week as his lawyers fight to win his early release. The Great Train Robber, 78, has asked to sit in on the hearing. It will be one of his few appear ances in public since he was locked up seven years ago after ...
BEACH DUMB.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By JOSH LAYTON VERY nice! Hollywood funnyman Jim Carrey makes a right Borat of himself by wearing a mankini while on the beach with his fiancee Jenny McCarthy. The wacky Dumb and Dumber star, 46, strutted out in Malibu, California, in the ...
INDUSTRY LEADERS CAN STILL DO MORE; THE PEOPLE FUEL campaign Victory in our fuel-poverty battle.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... SOME of the energy giants are still holding out on our demands for them to give the best deals to their worst-off customers. We also urged them to adopt a minimum standard across the industry ensuring all low income households get maximum benefit. NPOWER and SCOTTISH ...
POWER TO THE PEOPLE; EXCLUSIVE THE PEOPLE FUEL campaign Victory in our fuel-poverty battle pounds 40 vouchers help 1.9m pensioners.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By NIGEL NELSON Political Editor POOR pensioners are in line for pounds 40 off energy bills by Christmas in a massive victory for The People's fuel poverty campaign. They will get Government vouchers that the Big Six power companies will be urged to accept. ...
HOW THE BIG SIX ENERGY COMPANIES RATE; THE PEOPLE FUEL campaign Victory in our fuel-poverty battle.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... COST ABOVE/BELOW CHEAPEST DEAL British Gas Essentials R EDF Energy Assist pounds 152 below Scottish and Southern Energyplus pounds 140 below Scottish Power Carefree R Npower Spreading Warmth pounds 169 below E.on Staywarm ...
'Fake' police dog traps 2.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... COP Leanne Murphy caught two teen suspects by grabbing a passer-by's labrador - and pretending it was a police dog. PC Leanne, 24, borrowed the pooch as police chased the pair after a break-in and ...
SMILEY PEOPLE.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... MULTIPLE sclerosis sufferer Michael Booker, 65, hopes to raise pounds 10,000 ...
175m pints go up in smoke.(News)
Jul 06, 2008 ... PUB-goers knocked back 175million fewer pints in the past year because of the smoking ban. Jake Shepherd, of market analysts AC Nielsen, said: "The winter months were particularly bad. ...
ViP: J-LO OH NO.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind GOOD to see new mum JENNIFER LOPEZ is a normal woman ...
ViP: Dim Dani's a gold digger.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind THE intellectually challenged DANIELLE LLOYD came up with a chat-up line to cap it all this week. When she bumped into a member of ...
ViP: EMINEM'S pounds 12K 'HIT'.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind EMINEM is facing an unwanted rap - after an alleged flare-up in a strip club's loo. The star, 35, is being sued for pounds 12,500 over claims he hit a fan. Miad Jarbou says he was at a urinal when Eminem - real name ...
ViP: JAM TOT UNITED.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind NEWLYWED singer JAMELIA wants to breed a football team. The pop beauty and WAG married Bristol City star DARREN BYFIELD, 31, three weeks ago - and she's already ready to add to her family. Jamelia has two children TEJA, ...
ViP: DENISE VAN OUTEN.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind DENISE VAN OUTEN admits she longs to have kids - but is NOT sure they will be with LEE MEAD. The ex-Big Breakfast babe, 34, has been loved up with Lee, 26, since they met ...
ViP: DUFFY IN A HUFFY.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind SEXY singer DUFFY caused a stir yesterday by rubbishing her Welsh home town. She branded it a place "where pipe dreams are quashed to prevent you being disappointed". Duffy, 24, told listeners to a US radio station that ...
ViP: LiGGER HAPPY.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind GAVIN and Stacey star MATT HORNE was ...
ViP: PHAZ NO NERD.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind PHARRELL WILLIAMS can spot a N.E.R.D. a mile off. US rapper Phaz, 35 - who performed at last week's British Grand Prix party in London - rumbled an autograph hunter who he suspected wanted to sell his signature. The ...
ViP: SARAH'S GOING SOLO; Girls Aloud star's shock decision.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind GIRLS ALOUD singer SARAH HARDING is swapping her Prada bags for a rucksack. Sarah, 26, has revealed that she is going to travel the world to take a break from her hectic lifestyle. The slim blue-eyed blonde, who last ...
ViP: DOHERTY HELPS STING'S GIRL.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind STING's teenage daughter COCO is making sweet music with druggie rocker PETE DOHERTY. We can't help thinking dad is pleased that it's just music the pair are getting to grips with - not each other. Coco, 17, bumped into ...
ViP: ViSPY.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind WHICH squeaky clean TV ...
ViP: HOME A-LOWE!(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind LOVED-UP pair MARK RONSON and DAISY LOWE are planning to move in together ... after dating for just FOUR months. The pair hit it off at the Brits back in February and model Daisy, 19, has already moved her things into 32-year-old Mark's home. ...
ViP: DiSCO DiVA.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind WEST Ham star ANTON FERDINAND's ...
ViP: WAG'S WATCH.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind ALEX CURRAN ...
ViP: TiP FOR TOP (AGAIN).(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By Alice Walker & Katie Hind DON'T miss Grammy ...
Battle lines are drawn as newcomers upset oldies.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By ALICE WALKER 'WHAT a difference a week makes. Last week the housemates were ready to kill each other, but by Friday they seemed, on the surface, like one big happy family. Although it looks like the ceasefire could be pretty shortlived after the arrival of ...
SKIP TOP MIKEY!(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... BLIND Mikey goes to the hop of the class as he impresses the housemates with his skipping skills. In a gutsy display the sightless Scot twirled away with Rachel's help in the garden. But when he bumped into Rex's sunlounger the Welsh babe steered him to an ...
SARA'S WILD DRUG DAYS AGED JUST 16; EXCLUSIVE SHOW'S AUSSIE BABE WENT OFF RAILS.. AND DAD'S NEVER FORGIVEN HER Coke, LSD and cannabis binges Bitter rift with family not healed Lost virginity at 17 to bad lad.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: By ALICE WALKER NEW Big Brother stunner Sara Folino is hiding a dark secret - she was kicked out of home after getting hooked on drugs at just 16. The gobby Aussie is said to have "got wrecked" on cannabis, LSD, ecstasy and cocaine after falling in with a wild ...
FREAK OF THE BB WEEK.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Jon Wise JON on who is larger than life and who's a real pain 1 BELINDA She is one crazy woman - just what the house needs to liven it up. 2 KATHREYA Sorry, but you're not my No 1 after all the tears. Stop and I'll love you ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law; LETTER OF THE WEEK wins pounds 50, the others pounds 10.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Carol Ford YET another teenager has been knifed to death in what now seems to be a weekly event and everyone is asking what can be done. Nothing will change until the punishment fits the crime. While the law only prescribes a maximum sentence, our ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Colin Fenn IT was good news to read your story lastweek that heavy drinkers who stupidly try to drive while well over the limit will find it tough to get their licences back. But when will action be ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Christopher Taylor MANY people rightfully think that a car in the hands of a drunk can be as lethal as a loaded gun. So harsh punishments, like forced ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Conner Price I HOPE the unions demanding more money realise that if they get large increases it will only fuel inflation leading to the terrible cycle of the 70s where one man's pay rise was another man's price ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: David Webster IS it such a bad thing that 20,000 pubs are in danger of closure, as you reported last week? The damage alcohol does to the human body, both mentally and physically, is enormous. Add to that the strain on our ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Shona Lloyd I WAS very impressed with your report about gran Pauline Newholme. Her total of 69 marathons at the age of 69 had me open-mouthed. Not only that, she has ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Jason David IS this what the National Health Service has come to when a boy of five has to be driven 50 miles to get his broken arm treated because ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: H Rigazio IT is about time Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed to end the postcode lottery affecting ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Hannah Bryan I FIND it very disturbing that five babies in ONE hospital have the superbug MRSA. The Royal ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Lorraine Middler I AM not a great fan of disgraced TV star John Leslie but I have to admit that the recent rape allegation against him is disgraceful. Surely the man deserves to rebuild his life in the best way he can. For a woman to come ...
Letter: 'you say' - Killer kids must be taught to fear law.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Matt Deacon WHY is it when the British footy team flops, there is always much soul-searching about the national game? But when another Brit ...
Letter: 'you say' - PEACHES AND PAIRS.(Letters)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: Joanne Aitch ROCK chick Peaches Geldof looked a mirror image of her late mother, Paula, in your photos last week. But I hope the similarity ends there. ...
THE PEOPLE WINS PRAISE FOR FUEL POVERTY BATTLE.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... There has been massive support for our campaign to fight fuel poverty ... WELL done to The People for winning help for 1.9million struggling pensioners. Everything possible should be done to help people who may have to choose between heating or eating. Now, thanks to ...
JOKE OF THE WEEK.(Features)
Jul 06, 2008 ... Byline: loaded QUESTION: Who empties all the rubbish in Hollywood? ANSWER: Dustbin Hoffman. That joke wins Jerry Royer, of East Ham, east London, pounds 25 ...
'we say' THE PEOPLE: Doc waste is sick joke.(Leaders)
Jul 06, 2008 ... FOR trained doctors to be scratching a living as skivvies when the NHS is so short of them is a national disgrace. Yet there are more than a thousand refugee doctors working as cleaners, shop assistants and dishwashers when all they really want to do is heal the sick. ...