The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England) back issues from June 2006:
Aston hopes to extend Stringer loan spell.
Jun 01, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD Eagles are doing their sums and hoping to extend Super League prop forward Mitchell Stringer's loan spell at the club. The five-game deal with Salford Reds runs out in less that two weeks but chief executive Mark Aston won't rule out a move. The key could be a local ...
You're just a buch of big drips!
Jun 01, 2006 ... TIGERS co-owner Neil Machin has taken a verbal swipe at tonight's Owlerton visitors, King's Lynn - and accused them of adopting a 'superstar' attitude. Machin's anger was caused by Lynn's visit in the Pirtek Cup last month when several Stars riders were reluctant - to say the ...
Vaughan's comeback is short-lived.
Jun 01, 2006 ... ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan came down to earth with a bump on his County Championship comeback for Yorkshire against Hampshire at Headingley. Vaughan was straight into the action after Craig White had elected to bat first after winning the toss for a sixth consecutive time ...
Champs "tapped up" Steeler before swoop.
Jun 01, 2006 ... MARK Dutiaume was "tapped up" by Belfast Giants during last season as a precursor to their successful summer swoop on The Star Sheffield Steelers' most valuable asset. That was the claim from the South Yorkshire club today, following the 29-year-old centreman's transfer to the ...
Buster right on the money for title tilt.
Jun 01, 2006 ... JOHN Keeton plans to throw away his tag as a money-mad prize-fighter, tonight. The Sheffield cruiserweight, by his own admission, has frequently accepted bouts on the basis of the size of the purse rather than on his own readiness for battle. The 34-year-old ...
Blades stars must be fit for Premiership...
Jun 01, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD United's preparations for the Premiership season will begin in earnest on Wednesday July 5. That is the date Neil Warnock's players report back for pre-season training after their promotion-winning exploits last term. After two months of rest and relaxation, ...
New man Lunt tagged as the 'new Sheridan'.
Jun 01, 2006 ... WEDNESDAY'S latest signing Kenny Lunt could be on course for a friendly dispute with new team-mates Steve MacLean and Chris Brunt next season. For the Crewe midfield man arrives at Hillsborough with something of a reputation as a set-piece expert - which includes penalties. ...
Ex-Millers winger set to face England.
Jun 01, 2006 ... FORMER Rotherham United winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce is aiming to put the skids under England in their final warm-up game. The little winger was in the Jamaica starting line-up that went down 4-1 to World Cup qualifiers Ghana in Leicester on Tuesday. He went off after ...
DAVENPORT IN NEW LANE LINK.
Jun 01, 2006 ... ONE-TIME Sheffield United target Calum Davenport is on the verge of being released by Spurs. Martin Jol has reportedly told the former Coventry City centre-half he is free to leave White Hart Lane after launching a surprise [pounds sterling]2.5m bid for Portsmouth full-back ...
Lunt a winner says ex-team mate Bougherra.
Jun 01, 2006 ... KENNY Lunt's signing by Sheffield Wednesday gets the thumbs up from his fellow Hillsborough new boy Madjid Bougherra. Lunt revealed that his former Crewe team-mate contacted him to urge him to sign for the Owls. Bougherra had already completed his move, and a switch ...
Sven's pride in young Lions.
Jun 01, 2006 ... SVEN-GORAN Eriksson has reminded his trio of young lions they are going to Germany on merit. Theo Walcott made his England debut as a substitute in the win against Hungary on Tuesday. Aaron Lennon and Stewart Downing did not get on the pitch but the England boss ...
Ex-Miller may face England.
Jun 01, 2006 ... FORMER Rotherham United winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce is aiming to put the skids under England in their final warm-up game. The little winger was in the Jamaica starting line-up that went down 4-1 to World Cup qualifiers Ghana in Leicester on Tuesday. He went off after ...
Project turns greener for town folk.
Jun 01, 2006 ... A UNIQUE environmental project in Rotherham has turned a shade greener with the help of a local recycling company. The Herringthorpe Valley allotment project became the first in the area to grow organic fruit and veg for the local community to boost healthy eating. ...
Break-in threat as dogs abandoned.
Jun 01, 2006 ... ANGRY neighbours threatened to smash down the door of a house in Rotherham after they claimed five dogs had been abandoned for a week. The dogs - including two Rottweilers - were locked in the house in Morrison Avenue, Maltby without food or exercise after their owner suddenly ...
Emergency health groups on the move.
Jun 01, 2006 ... EMERGENCY family doctor and dental services for Rotherham and Barnsley are to move. The two organisations, which share premises in Armthorpe Road opposite Doncaster Royal Infirmary, are going to bigger and better buildings. Doncaster primary care trusts manages the ...
Barnsley duo get new deals deals.
Jun 01, 2006 ... CENTRE back Robert Atkinson and midfiedler Simon Heslop have pledged their future to Barnsley. Atkinson and Heslop have committed to two years at Oakwell while Ryan Laight and Thomas Harban have both signed one year contracts. Atkinson has been on loan at Conference ...
Church celebrates at the highest level.
Jun 01, 2006 ... ONE of the highest churches in the Barnsley area is celebrating its centenary this year. Green Moor Methodist Church, which stands 850 feet above sea level, is planning a series of special events to commemorate the anniversary. The village's first Methodist chapel was ...
'CRACK DEN' FLATS SHUT.
Jun 01, 2006 ... AN ENTIRE block of flats in Barnsley has been closed down under a crack house closure order aimed at ridding the area of drug dealers and junkies. The nine flats and three bedsits in Cudworth are now boarded-up and anyone who visits them faces arrest. Today residents ...
Print company settling into new base.
Jun 01, 2006 ... Evolution, now based at Duchess Road, will move to Slater's Atlas Way headquarters, which are being refurbished to enhance the faciltiies and provide space for new equipment. The new company, which works for a broad range of clients from manufacturing, corporate and public ...
Standard Life members' windfall.
Jun 01, 2006 ... Standard Life members agreed today to end 80 years as a mutually-owned company in a historic vote. More than 1.5 million members voted 98% in favour of plans for a stock market flotation at a special general meeting of the insurance and investment business. If ...
Pupils' in-flight food for thought.
Jun 01, 2006 ... PUPILS from two South Yorkshire schools have seen for themselves how much work goes into creating a simple in-flight lunch. Earlier this year hundreds of teenagers across the county took part in the Flying Food Challenge, working with food industry experts to create meals and ...
New baby down on the Peak farm is an Alpaca.
Jun 01, 2006 ... THERE was whisky all round on a Derbyshire farm when this cute baby Alpaca made his first appearance in the world. The woolly mammal - named Cragganmore after a Scottish whisky - is the first Alpaca to be born at Hollow Brook farm in Eyam. Lesley Howard established ...
Cash crisis may close black youth project.
Jun 01, 2006 ... A MENTORING scheme in Sheffield which has helped hundreds of troubled black youths back onto the straight and narrow could be forced to close due to a cash crisis. Organisers of Black Palm say their current funds will run out in three weeks' time and have launched an urgent ...
Government criticised over steel pensions.
Jun 01, 2006 ... A SOUTH Yorkshire MP has demanded the Government "does the decent thing" and finds the money to pay former steelworkers their full pension after their schemes collapsed. Former minister Denis MacShane said if the Government can bail out the Royal Mail they should do the same for ...
Funding boost for college campus.
Jun 01, 2006 ... PLANS to redevelop Sheffield College's Castle campus have received a [pounds sterling]19 million boost from the national further education funding body, the Learning and Skills Council. The grant will underpin the total [pounds sterling]36.6 million cost of the scheme which will ...
Community court plan by Lib Dems.
Jun 01, 2006 ... COMMUNITY courts where residents could have their say on crime and justice in their neighbourhoods are being proposed by Sheffield Lib Dems. The party wants to set up a Community Justice Centre in the heart of a neighbourhood to deal with the growing problem of anti-social ...
Students solve a murder mystery.
Jun 01, 2006 ... BUDDING young scientists became detectives for a day when they were challenged by Sheffield Hallam University to solve a Cluedo-style murder mystery. The 15 and 16-year-olds probed the suspicious death of a retired professor - an elderly diabetic found with an empty whisky glass ...
Shock over tax credits for families.
Jun 01, 2006 ... MORE than a third of struggling families in South Yorkshire who applied for the Government's child and working tax credits were overpaid due to blunders which have hit the system for the second year running. In total 49,400 of the 156,600 South Yorkshire claims during the year ...
High fives.
Jun 01, 2006 ... GIMME five! South Yorkshire musicians are set to release the county's fifth World Cup song as the build-up continues to the big kick-off. The latest effort is by Doncaster drummer Scott Christie, who has teamed up with Rotherham singer-songwriter Chris Baum to record ...
Firefighter's warning over gas cylinders.
Jun 01, 2006 ... A TOP Sheffield firefighter today warned of the dangers of using gas cylinders saying: "They are potential bombs". Darren Staniland, the manager of Mansfield Road fire station in Intake, spoke after 300 residents in Chesterfield were evacuated yesterday when a cylinder blew a ...
Threat before gas explosion.
Jun 01, 2006 ... POLICE were called to a north Derbyshire house hours before a huge explosion outside the property forced hundreds of neighbours to be evacuated. Officers were called to Parker Avenue, Calow, Chesterfield on Tuesday evening but left after saying they were satisfied with the ...
Woman died following weight-loss operation.
Jun 01, 2006 ... A SELF-CONFESSED South Yorkshire chocaholic desperate to lose weight so she could fit into designer clothes died days after undergoing obesity surgery, an inquest heard. Lynda Taylor, aged 33, from Rotherham, suffered a severe reaction to an abdominal infection after gastric ...
Pair 'lucky to survive road accident'.
Jun 01, 2006 ... TWO pedestrians were today lucky to be alive after being hit by a car which veered onto a pavement following an accident with a van. Police said the women, aged 25 and 32, who both suffered broken legs, could have been killed in the collision on Birley Moor Road, Intake, ...
MUM'S DRUGS HELL TO HELP SON.
Jun 01, 2006 ... A DESPERATE mum kicked her addict son out of their house after she collapsed trying cannabis - in a last ditch attempt to understand why he was hooked on the mind bending drug. The experiment backfired when the woman was left gasping for breath and needing urgent medical help ...
Town waterways will be tidied up.
Jun 02, 2006 ... THE RIVER Don and canal system in Rotherham is getting a major clean-up as the town prepares for a massive regeneration push. The huge operation will take place on the stretch of the river between Forge Island and the footbridge between the Transport Interchange and Bailey ...
The choice is yours...
Jun 02, 2006 ... PATIENTS from anywhere in the country will be able to demand treatment at South Yorkshire hospitals under changes giving people wider NHS choice. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals, Barnsley Hospital and the Rotherham Hospital NHS foundation trusts ...
Crash cyclist raising brain scanner cash.
Jun 02, 2006 ... A TOP cyclist described as a "walking miracle" after surviving a horrific road crash is raising funds for new state-of-the art brain scanners in Sheffield. Richard Robinson was a member of the British Cycling Federation team with a bright future ahead of him when he was knocked ...
Getting shirty over rip-off prices for kids' kits.
Jun 02, 2006 ... COME on England! But cheering on the team in the World Cup with the three lions on your chest will cost you a small fortune - even if you're a child. Retailers have been accused of are taking advantage of football fans by overpricing children's England World Cup ...
A good night's sleep - and young lives saved.
Jun 02, 2006 ... CHILDREN at risk of fatal sleep disorders will benefit from new equipment at Sheffield Children's Hospital. Thanks to the support of wellwishers the hospital has bought [pounds sterling]30,000 of kit to help youngsters who "forget to breathe" when they sleep. "We are ...
Delight as amnesty uncovers 250 knives.
Jun 02, 2006 ... Deadly weapons were handed in across South Yorkshire as part of a nationwide bid to cut the number of knife attacks. Almost 250 blades - ranging from small penknives to huge samurai swords - have been deposited at police stations across the county since the launch of the amnesty ...
Security guards robbed of cash.
Jun 02, 2006 ... SECURITY guards were threatened with a gun and sprayed in the face with an aerosol by a hooded robber who escaped with thousands of pounds from a north Derbyshire store. The two men were attacked as they delivered banknotes to a cash machine at the Co-op bank and food hall in ...
Five arrested in drug raid on pub.
Jun 02, 2006 ... THIS is the dramatic mom-ent police stormed a Sheff-ield city centre pub looking for drug dealers. Shoppers watched as up to 20 officers raided the Cannon pub in Castle Street yesterday lunchtime as part of an intelligence-led operation to drive out dealers. Insp ...
SCHOOL CLOSURE 'SCANDAL'.
Jun 02, 2006 ... A SHEFFIELD secondary school is to be demolished - just eight years after it was opened at a cost of more than [pounds sterling]5 million. Waltheof School on the Manor was rebuilt in 1998 three years after an arson attack razed the main campus building to the ground. ...
Danny waits on Wales call.
Jun 02, 2006 ... BARNSLEY play-off hero Daniel Nardiello wants to win caps for Wales. The 23-year-old revealed he had been approached to join the Welsh set-up by Brian Flynn, one of coach John Toshack's management team. "Brian Flynn spoke to me this season and asked me if I was ...
Miners win payout from legal firm.
Jun 02, 2006 ... A BARNSLEY firm of solicitors has been told to pay compensation to two former miners for giving them an "inadequate" service. Two coal miners had contributions to the NUM taken from their compensation for work-related injuries after winning their cases dealt with by Raleys ...
A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS.
Jun 02, 2006 ... KENDRAY could become a template for Nottingham, Birmingham, and even London when visitors arrive from around the country to see how the area has been transformed. Neighbourhood renewal experts and delegates will visit Barnsley next Wednesday and Thursday to find out more about ...
Protests fail to stop big warehouse plan.
Jun 02, 2006 ... CONTROVERSIAL plans for a huge 24-hour distribution warehouse in Hoyland have been given the thumbs up from councillors despite fierce objections from residents. More than 100 people sent letters opposing the 68ft high, 200,000 sq ft building which will be the first development ...
Public inquiry on bypass plan.
Jun 02, 2006 ... A PUBLIC inquiry will be held next year into plans for a [pounds sterling]112.5 million bypass which could mean traffic on the Barnsley side of the Pennines rising by over 50 per cent. Transport minister Dr Stephen Ladyman says the A57/A628 Mottram, Hollingworth and Tintwistle ...
Buy-out helps firm boost products.
Jun 02, 2006 ... Eyre Lane-basedChimo expanded its product range following its acquisition of William Yates cutlers and silversmiths whose trading name dates back 250 years and has also invested in a range of new equipment, including a 210 tonne press, with the Bank's support. The company is one ...
Town's enterprise reaps rich reward.
Jun 02, 2006 ... Rotherham has today been named the most enterprising place in Yorkshire and Humber. A panel of judges, led by Linda Pollard, board member of regional development agency Yorkshire Forward, has chosen the town to represent the region in the national finals of the Department of ...
CRIME BLITZ 150 ARRESTS.
Jun 02, 2006 ... MORE than 150 suspects have been arrested during a month-long blitz on crime across Rotherham. During five day-long operations in May drug crime, burglary, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime were all attacked by police. Rotherham was also heralded as one of the ...
Fans spark Ronnie sack.
Jun 02, 2006 ... FORMER Millers manager Ronnie Moore appears to have been a victim of 'fan power'. The former Rotherham United boss was said to be 'shocked' at his dismissal by Oldham Athletic yesterday. They have appointed former Owls' midfielder John Sheridan as manager. Oldham ...
Town is praised for enterprise.
Jun 02, 2006 ... IF you have enterprise, Rotherham is your place. The town was today named the most enterprising place in Yorkshire and the Humber region. Rotherham became the regional winner of the Department of Trade and Industry's Enterprising Britain competition after beating ...
Farrand at cross-roads of career.
Jun 02, 2006 ... GAVIN FARRAND has arrived at a cross-roads in his sporting life. The Star Sheffield Steelers winger is uncertain where or even if he will play next year ...or whether to jump ship in favour of boxing instead! Farrand was overlooked when it came to ice time in many ...
Scrum-half place still up for grabs.
Jun 02, 2006 ... THE battle for the scrum-half's shirt for Sheffield Eagles will be rejoined in the clash at Gateshead. All season Gavin Brown and Jon Presley have been fighting for the starting slot alongside stand-off Brendon Lindsay. Presley made the early running following his ...
Lee Westwood may be left out in the cold.
Jun 02, 2006 ... LEE Westwood has been one of the GB and Europe mainstays during the recent Ryder Cup success run against the Americans. However, the Worksop ace could be in danger of not even making the team for September's showdown at the K Club in Dublin. It seems unthinkable that ...
Li Tie won't cost Blades a penny!
Jun 02, 2006 ... LI TIE will not cost Neil Warnock a penny if, as expected, he completes a move to Sheffield United later this month. Contrary to reports in some sections of the media, the former Everton midfielder has yet to sign on the dotted line after being identified as the perfect ...
Lampard comes to Hargreaves' defence.
Jun 02, 2006 ... FRANK Lampard has urged Owen Hargreaves' critics to lay off the Bayern Munich midfielder. Hargreaves' place in the England set-up has not been met with overwhelming support and his contribution to the recent friendlies against Belarus and Hungary has only added to the ammunition ...
Burton back in big time for Jamaica.
Jun 02, 2006 ... DEON Burton's call-up to the Jamaica squad to face England tomorrow means a return to the big time for the player once described by Paul Sturrock as "a Premiership player who lost his way." At Old Trafford the striker will be back on a familiar stage. During his five ...
Tigers let point slip.
Jun 02, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD Tigers threw away the win points in a dramatic last-heat as King's Lynn became the first team for nearly two years to take anything away from Owlerton. In a tremendous performance the Norfolk Arena outfit led twice at the usually impregnable Sheffield racebowl before ...
Keeton's double title challenge crashes to Hobson flurry.
Jun 02, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD cruiserweight John Keeton's double title challenge came to a shuddering halt last night at Barnsley in the fourth round of a punishing bout with Mark Hobson. As British and Commonwealth champion Hobson, from Huddersfield, buried Keeton under a persistent rain of blows ...
Injury-ordeal Adams looks to the future.
Jun 02, 2006 ... WEDNESDAY midfield player Steve Adams is on course to put a "nightmare" year behind him and challenge for a regular first-team spot. The injury-hit 25-year-old is also unperturbed by the extra midfield competition provided by new signing Kenny Lunt and regards it as being ...
Rovers deal for Lane ace.
Jun 02, 2006 ... FORMER Sheffield United striker Bruce Dyer has joined Doncaster Rovers. The 31-year-old completed his move to the Earth Stadium after leaving Bramall Lane at the end of last season. United manager Neil Warnock signed the former Barnsley and Watford marksman during ...
Ennis in Euro Cup build-up.
Jun 03, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD'S Jessica Ennis has begun her build up to next month's European Cup. Commonwealth bronze winning heptathlete Ennis, from Nether Edge, takes to the track and field at the Bedford International Games on June 11. It will be her second competition of this ...
Eagles coach warns of Thunder backlash.
Jun 03, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD Eagles will face a "wounded animal" ready to lash out when they travel to Gateshead Thunder tomorrow, warns coach Gary Wilkinson. Gateshead went down to a shock home defeat to Barrow Raiders on Wednesday night - only days after a big win at Workington. The ...