The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England) back issues from July 2006:
Whatever happened to hero of Wimbledon?
Jul 01, 2006 ... Last year he was winning at Wimbledon and representing his country in the prestigious Davis Cup, his world ranking rocketing from 600 to 260 in the space of a few months. Yesterday those memories seemed an eternity away as it was confirmed by the Lawn Tennis Association, the ...
We'll be there when it matters most - Eriksson.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Sven-Goran Eriksson says England have their best chance of World Cup glory since 1966, telling his players: "We'll be here on the last day on July 9." Eriksson was in confident mood ahead of today's quarter-final clash with Portugal in Gelsenkirchen and predicted the nation will ...
Mad' for France ... but I fear England!
Jul 01, 2006 ... OWLS Algerian international Madjid Bougherra is rooting for France in their World Cup quarter-final clash with Brazil tonight - and showing a healthy respect for England. The defender was born in the French city of Dijon and brought up there. His main language is ...
Blades ace Ifill checks out supermarket talent.
Jul 01, 2006 ... BLADES ace Paul Ifill pledged his support to Sport Relief by agreeing to coach a team of football fans in a charity football fund-raiser. The United winger gave his backing after being contacted by local supermarket workers. Meanwhile, United's football in the ...
FIFA set to investigate Argie-bargie.
Jul 01, 2006 ... FIFA's disciplinary committee are set to investigate the scenes of violence which marred Germany's quarter-final victory over Argentina. At least one German player was left lying on the grass after being kicked while there was also widespread punching and pushing following the ...
Owls release promotion hero Rocastle.
Jul 01, 2006 ... PLAY-OFF final hero Craig Rocastle has parted company with the Owls. The midfielder who was man-of-the-match in the Millennium Stadium promotion-clincher against Hartlepool just over a year ago has had his contract cancelled by mutual consent. It will help to clear ...
'England to reach semis'.
Jul 01, 2006 ... NEIL Warnock is backing 'Big Phil' Scolari to win the battle of the bosses in Gelsenkirchen but still reckons England will reach the World Cup semi-finals later this afternoon. The Sheffield United manager admits he prefers the volatile Brazilian's antics on the touchline to ...
Tories put brakes on car club.
Jul 01, 2006 ... PLANS for the first-ever car club in Sheffield have been attacked by the Tories, who say the plans are targeting the wrong people and don't spell out how the club would be funded. Sheffield Council has endorsed plans for a car club, which would allow people to rent a vehicle ...
Desperate family search for donor.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A DESPERATE search has been launched to find bone marrow donors to give a sick South Yorkshire teenager the chance of life. Stuart Briggs, aged 18, suffers the rare Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia - a condition which normally affects people in their 50s. A search for a ...
I popped in at Meadowhall and my beautiful baby popped out.
Jul 01, 2006 ... YOU can get all sorts at Meadowhall ... But very few people come home from the shopping centre with a brand new baby. Yet that's precisely what happened to Bobbie Dennis. Bobbie, aged 24, was a week overdue with her second child when she paid a visit to her ...
Shanni's family to sue over injuries.
Jul 01, 2006 ... THE father and grandmother of classroom slash victim Shanni Naylor are to take legal action against Sheffield Council for failing to protect her at school. Shanni, 13, needed 30 stitches after she was slashed in the face by a fellow pupil who had taken a razorblade into an ...
Chaos after blood spills from tanker.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A MAJOR environmental alert was sparked when 20 tonnes of animal blood spilled onto a Doncaster motorway. Tailbacks stretched for 15 miles following the closure of the A1(M) southbound after a tanker leaked across the carriageway near Skellow - but motorists weren't the only ...
Support by the truck load as company puts its weight behind national side.
Jul 01, 2006 ... WHEN it comes to supporting England, one South Yorkshire company is definitely pulling its weight. Durrans hauliers have spent hundreds of pounds turning four 44 ton tankers into giant moving St George flags bearing the slogan 'Come on England'. The Barnsley firm ...
Thefts banker jailed.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A RESPECTED bank business manager with an unblemished 33-year career stole [pounds sterling]160,000 from his employers after running up credit card debts of [pounds sterling]90,000. Alan Kirby, aged 52, stole cash amassed from false customer accounts he set up to offset massive ...
Club is to open after debts hell.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A BARNSLEY nightclub is to reopen with a new name after the Heaven and Hell chain which owns it was placed into insolvency. The club on Regent Street was thrown a lifeline after Blackburn-based owner Peter Clarke did a [pounds sterling]2.5 million deal with Scottish and ...
AES sets seal on awards success.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A second South Yorkshire engineering firm has beaten off the top names in industry to be named Britain's best manufacturer. Rotherham mechanical seal maker AES Engineering has followed in the footsteps of Sheffield-based Gripple to take the top prize in the Institution of ...
Telecommunications company tunes into [pounds sterling]1 million investment.
Jul 03, 2006 ... South Yorkshire Investment Fund has made its first [pounds sterling]1 million investment. The European Union Objective 1 regeneration programme-backed investment group is pumping the money into Sheffield-based telecommunications company Fonix, which distributes mobile 'phones ...
Storm of complaints as fields fenced off.
Jul 03, 2006 ... THEY'VE been using Castle Dyke playing field for generations but residents near the green space in Ecclesall, Sheffield say it has been taken away from them overnight. Horrified residents watched as workmen fenced off the popular green space off Broad Elms Lane, which has been ...
Gun threat heroes win police honour.
Jul 03, 2006 ... TWO Sheffield men who were threatened with a gun after confronting a drink-driver who smashed into five cars on a city street have been commended for their actions. Mark Searles and Peter Kelly, from Parson Cross, sprung into action when they saw a car driven erratically down a ...
MP learns of schoolchildren's campaign.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A SHEFFIELD MP went back to the classroom to hear from students about the need for more teachers worldwide. Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield Hallam, received a cutout paper 'teacher' from students at Sir Harold Jackson Primary School, Bradway. Pupils ...
Elected mayor plan for region.
Jul 03, 2006 ... SOUTH Yorkshire has been told by the Government "If you want extra powers, agree to an elected mayor." Local government minister Phil Woolas said the Sheffield city region would have radical powers over areas like transport and finance - even scope to raise extra taxes - but ...
Buyers splash [pounds sterling]2m in an hour.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A LANDMARK Sheffield apartments development, described as "the most stylish and unusual residential scheme in the city," got off to a storming start with [pounds sterling]2 million of deals done in less than an hour. Three out of four of the luxury homes created in phase one of ...
Our World Cup dream is over... it is now!
Jul 03, 2006 ... THIS is the moment the dream died. Fans at the Old Monk pub in Sheffield city centre were left with heads in hands after yet another World Cup penalty shoot-out went disastrously wrong for England's football stars. Cheers that rang out briefly when man of the match ...
Residents' dim view of lighting.
Jul 03, 2006 ... PLANS to put up floodlights at a Sheffield beauty spot have enraged residents who fear they will have to put up with glare in their own homes. Neighbours living next to Bole Hill recreation ground at Walkley Bank say the floodlights will shine light into their own homes. ...
Salon's pregnant pauses.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A BABY boom at a Sheffield hairdressers has left the manager in a spin - after seven of her staff fell pregnant at the same time. The women all work at the Regis hair salon in Meadowhall where Maria Charlsworth is manager. Maria, of Killamarsh, north Derbyshire, said: ...
Dad's body lay in hospital grounds.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A MISSING Sheffield man's body lay undiscovered for three days - even though it was lying in the grounds of the hospital where he was last seen alive. Raymond Sim, of Rowsley Street, Lowfield, was found on Saturday morning by a hospital worker in undergrowth at the bottom of an ...
Walkers take the lead to raise funds for animal sanctuary.
Jul 03, 2006 ... WALKIES! Dozens of dogs had the perfect day out when their owners took them for sponsored strolls through the South Yorkshire countryside. The event, organised to raise money for Thornberry Animal Sanctuary in North Anston was blessed with perfect summer weather. Dogs ...
Sports hall closure fury.
Jul 03, 2006 ... AN INTERNATIONAL standard sports hall built for the World Student Games is to be demolished as part of plans to turn a Sheffield comprehensive into a new City Academy. The hall on the Waltheof School campus on the Manor cost [pounds sterling]1.25m to build in 1991 and was ...
Eagles turn up heat for double.
Jul 03, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD completed the double over Barrow convincingly at Craven Park. In sweltering conditions on the South Cumbrian coast, it was the Eagles who coped better to run in six tries on an afternoon of scrappy rugby. The visitors started the stronger, and opened their ...
Tributes pour in for cricketer Fred, a true man of the people.
Jul 03, 2006 ... YORKSHIRE cricket today continues to mourn the loss of one of its greatest players. Fast bowling legend Fred Trueman - born in South Yorkshire and who started senior cricket at Sheffield United - passed away at the age of 75 on Saturday after losing his battle with lung cancer. ...
Why reckless Rooney has got to take reponsibility and learn to walk away from trouble.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Wayne Rooney has to take his share of the blame for England's World Cup exit. He let himself down and the team down and if he is Carvalho or the push on Cristiano Ronaldo the fact is it was stupid and reckless. The England boys have watched the other games. They have ...
Doom and despair that nothing can make better.
Jul 03, 2006 ... NOW what? What do we do with all this beer and flags and false hope? Wimbledon? Test cricket? Cheer up it's only football? Nothing will work. Even though we know it's trivial compared to real pain and suffering, nothing can fill the emptiness ...
Collins' regret as he quits the Owls.
Jul 03, 2006 ... PATRICK Collins today revealed a touch of regret as he finalised his move from the Owls to League Two club Darlington. "It's a good move for me; I'm back home in the North-east, but I'm disappointed to be leaving Sheffield," he said. "I still think I was good enough to be in the ...
Blades boss closes in on fourth signing.
Jul 03, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD United's summer recruitment drive continued to gather pace today as Neil Warnock closed-in on his fourth new signing since the club's promotion to the Premiership. The United manager spent hours locked in talks with an unnamed target before flying out to this morning's ...
I got it right.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Sven-Goran Eriksson has defended his World Cup squad selection and suggested Jermain Defoe was not good enough to make it. Eriksson hit back at accusations that he picked the wrong 23 players for the competition in Germany. He has been criticised for leaving Defoe at ...
Abusive tramp's threat to police.
Jul 03, 2006 ... AN abusive tramp with more than 400 convictions to his name has been jailed for being obnoxious to pedestrians and police. David Walker has made a total of 260 court appearances in his 58 years. His latest at Sheffield Crown Court followed a breach of an anti-social ...
School BB gun thugs guilty.
Jul 03, 2006 ... TWO yobs have been found guilty of a terrifying BB gun attack at a South Yorkshire primary school which left 17 youngsters injured. Children playing in the playground at Maltby Manor Junior School screamed hysterically as the two teenagers, aged 14 and 16, blasted them with ...
Millers on the brink of deal for striker.
Jul 03, 2006 ... ALAN Knill was closing in on his third signing today as he stepped up his summer recruitment. The Rotherham United boss has concluded talks with his latest target and hopes a deal will be finalised in the next 24 hours, possibly today. He did not name the player but ...
Dad's school support earns him award.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A BARNSLEY dad who combines a full-time job with hours of voluntary work at his daughter's school has been given a top award. Martyn Rollinson, a BT systems specialist for global services, also puts in at least one night every week at Darton High School. He manages to ...
Council 'plans to buy fleet of cars'.
Jul 03, 2006 ... UNION chiefs claim Barn-sley Council is planning to buy a fleet of vehicles to beat a workers' boycott on personal car use in a dispute over expenses. Unison branch chairman Kevin Swift slammed the plan - saying it was more costly than agreeing to their demands to keep the old ...
Anger over park shows.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A CONTROVERSIAL public events licence has been granted to Barnsley Council to allow the staging of galas and music on almost 70 playing fields and recreation grounds. The local authority says the licence will make it easier for community organisations to arrange sporting events, ...
Shuker ready to sign new Oakwell deal.
Jul 03, 2006 ... CHRIS Shuker will end speculation over his career and sign a new contract at Barnsley tomorrow. Oakwell boss Andy Ritchie expects the winger to formally agree a fresh deal ahead of the first day's pre-season training. The lure of a campaign in the Championship next ...
Pub arson suspect badly burnt.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A MAN accused of torching a South Yorkshire pub with his licencee fiancee suffered post traumatic shock disorder after he was horrendously burnt in the blaze, a court heard. Christopher Gray, aged 46, was treated at a specialist burns unit in West Yorkshire after the blaze at ...
Blaze landlady [pounds sterling]70,000 in debt.
Jul 04, 2006 ... A LANDLADY accused of torching her own pub to make a false insurance claim had amassed debts of more than [pounds sterling]70,000, a court heard. Anita Tingle admitted she was "not good with money" but said despite her huge debts she had been untroubled by them and was managing ...
Soccer fans on rampage.
Jul 04, 2006 ... FOOTBALL yobs went on the rampage in a South Yorkshire suburb after England crashed out of the World Cup following a penalty shootout. Serious violence flared less than an hour after the emotionally-charged defeat in Montgomery Square in Wath, with thugs fighting and throwing ...
Special school on the ball.
Jul 04, 2006 ... IT may all be over for England's footballing flops ... but the fun has just begun at a special school in Rotherham. Youngsters enjoyed their very own 'World Cup' at Kelford School in Rotherham to celebrate the opening of a new playground. Rotherham councillor Shaun ...
New Facey!
Jul 04, 2006 ... ROTHERHAM United boss Alan Knill made his third signing of the summer today - and promised more to come. The latest recruit is striker Delroy Facey who was at Tranmere Rovers last season. Facey, aged 26, began his career at Huddersfield and has also played for ...
MP's lorry plan prompts protest.
Jul 04, 2006 ... A BARNSLEY MP has been swamped with protests from lorry drivers objecting to calls for a seven tonne weight limit on the Woodhead Pass. Mick Clapham has proposed a ban on heavy lorries when the Mottram-Tintwistle bypass opens in 2009, to limit pollution and congestion from a ...
Four on bets scam charge.
Jul 04, 2006 ... FOUR people from Barnsley have been charged by police as part of a major investigation into an alleged international betting scam. Former South Yorkshire racing syndicate director Miles Rodgers was charged with conspiracy to defraud and an offence under the Proceeds of Crime ...
Colgan stays.
Jul 04, 2006 ... PLAY-OFF hero goalkeeper Nick Colgan is understood to have settled his differences with Barnsley. The Barnsley squad were training today at Oakwell for the first time since clinching promotion at the Millennium Stadium Cardiff and Irish international Colgan was expected at the ...
Barnsley return to top.
Jul 04, 2006 ... BARNSLEY are in pole position in the ECB Yorkshire League at the halfway stage in the season. They beat Hull by 16 runs at Shaw Lane to reclaim top spot ahead of York who lost to Scarborough. Simon Widdup, 87, Alex Morris, 69, and Joe Ellis, 52no, led the way for ...
Uni makes Steelers.
Jul 04, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD Steelers went back to school today, hoping to attract ice hockey starlets from all over the world. They have unveiled a partnership with the University of Sheffield, which will allow Canadian, American and other overseas players to study for a post-graduate management ...
It's Romario v Owls.
Jul 04, 2006 ... FORMER Brazil star Romario is to play against Sheffield Wednesday on their pre-season tour of America, it has been confirmed. He is in the United Soccer League First Division All Stars 18-man squad to face the Owls on July 19 in Cary, North Carolina. Romario, who ...
Spireites let nature take its course as they return to training.
Jul 04, 2006 ... CHESTERFIELD'S players have gone back to nature in their build-up to the new season. Training began at Holmebrook Valley Park, the Chesterfield-area country park and conservation area. Players are pictured exercising by the waterside and having a stroll during a ...
Murray vows to roar back after failure.
Jul 04, 2006 ... ANDY Murray insisted he would roar back better than ever after being dumped out of the Wimbledon fourth round by Marcos Baghdatis after a below-par performance on Centre Court. Murray believes he is still two years away from his peak and can learn plenty from matches like this ...
Ref says that Ronaldo did not influence Rooney decision.
Jul 04, 2006 ... REFEREE Horacio Elizondo insists Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo did not influence his decision to send off England striker Wayne Rooney in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final. Manchester United forward Rooney appeared to stamp on Ricardo Carvalho after an hour of the match, ...
Frings pays the penalty for punch.
Jul 04, 2006 ... GERMANY have had to make late tactical changes ahead of tonight's World Cup semi-final with Italy after FIFA banned midfielder Torsten Frings for throwing a punch at the end of his team's win over Argentina. Just as Francesco Totti was punished at Euro 2004 after TV images ...
Injured Lucas in no hurry to find new club.
Jul 04, 2006 ... OWLS keeper David Lucas is ready to bide his time as he looks for a new club. The injured keeper is already attracting interest from other clubs but he feels that it is too early for him to think of committing himself. He rejected Wednesday's offer of a six-month ...
COME IN NO 4.
Jul 04, 2006 ... NEIL Warnock is preparing to unveil his fourth signing of the summer in time for him to link up with his new teammates when they return to training tomorrow. The Sheffield United boss returned to the city last night after a board meeting in Paris, headed up by company chairman ...
Families Act will create problems.
Jul 04, 2006 ... The new Work and Families Act could cause huge headaches for small businesses, according to the Federation of Small Businesses. The Federation has called on the Government to tread very carefully when implementing the Act, which enables employees who act as carers for adults to ...
Daredevil accountants on the ball for gruelling charity challenge.
Jul 04, 2006 ... Football fans at independent South Yorkshire accountants Hart Shaw put themselves on the spot to help send staff and clients on a series of challenges for charity. Tom Preece, senior business consultant at Hart Shaw, is leading a team comprising corporate finance executive Bob ...
Young Liz is voted into record books.
Jul 04, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD politician Liz Naylor has made it into the town hall record books as the youngest ever female councillor in the city. Liz, who represents Richmond, is just 22 - making her Labour's youngest ever councillor and the city's youngest ever female councillor. By ...
Francis gears up for Mongolia in [pounds sterling]76 Polo.
Jul 04, 2006 ... FRANCIS Bamford has always had a taste for adventure - but his latest trip from London to Mongolia is his most ambitious yet. The 25-year-old University of Sheffield student is getting ready to drive thousands of miles across Germany, Scandinavia, the Arctic Circle and Russia to ...
Shoe fits in police's new crime system.
Jul 04, 2006 ... SOUTH Yorkshire criminals had better not put their foot in it - or they could be caught out by a brand new police database. The database collects over 600 impressions of footwear found at crime scenes all over the county - and now police will be taking footwear impressions from ...
Teenagers count their blessings with [pounds sterling]500,000 in new grants.
Jul 04, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD teenagers are planning a [pounds sterling]500,000 spending spree, thanks to new grants handed out by the Government. The money from the Youth Opportunity Fund and the Youth Capital Fund is designed to create more places to go and provide more things to do for young ...