The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England) back issues from November 2006:
WRIGHT SET TO START.
Nov 01, 2006 ... BARNSLEY STRIKER Tommy Wright could be given a surprise start tonight for Barnsley at Derby County. Manager Andy Ritchie said: "I'm thinking of taking the battering ram approach." Centre forwards Wright and Marc Richards would give Barnsley considerable ...
Shotgun trio must serve full sentence.
Nov 01, 2006 ... THREE men jailed for a shotgun attack in Hoyland have failed in their appeal against their sentences. Robert Tony Fowler, aged 39, of Tomlinson Road, Barnsley, Richard Cutts, 32, of Church Street, Jump, Barnsley, and Kevin Martin Greenfield, 46, also of Church Street, were all ...
New head for Methodists.
Nov 01, 2006 ... BARNSLEY'S Methodist churches have a new superintendent minister. The Rev Pam Butler, born in Cheshire, joins the circuit from Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, where she has been involved in a rapidly-growing ecumenical project for the past seven years. Her background is ...
Woman fined over dumped waste.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A BARNSLEY woman who let children take her waste away is [pounds sterling]150 out of pocket. Waste belonging to Bernadette Brannan, of Stotfold Drive, Thurnscoe, was found dumped on nearby Willow Road. Ms Brannan, aged 23, had nothing to say in her defence at Barnsley ...
Plucky Gregory in charity abseil.
Nov 01, 2006 ... MANCHESTER United fan Gregory Holmes might not have a head for heights. But that didn't stop the determined 13-year-old clambering on to the roof of the Theatre of Dreams and then abseiling 130ft down to the pitch to raise money for charity. The Penistone Grammar ...
Anger over alley romps.
Nov 01, 2006 ... ROWDY and amorous revellers are making life a misery for residents next to an alley in a Barnsley conservation area. Noisy youngsters are using a quiet snicket between Victoria Street and Victoria Road in Old Town to take drugs and have sex on their way home from nights on the ...
Hospice cash drive wins backing of film icon Billy.
Nov 01, 2006 ... IT is an iconic image. A scruffy Barnsley urchin, battling against an unsympathetic world and a dysfunctional family, who has had enough - and who puts two fingers up to all of them. Yet although everyone who has ever seen the movie Kes believes they remember the famous scene ...
WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSED.
Nov 01, 2006 ... ROTHERHAM UNITED ROTHERHAM United manager Alan Knill insists his players will not get carried away by the praise pouring into Millmoor this week. The Millers boss - set to be named League One Manager of the Month - says he has been emphasising this week the need to ...
Evacuees praised for 'staying calm' during cylinders explosion scare.
Nov 01, 2006 ... SCORES of people evacuated from their homes during an explosion scare have been praised by Rotherham Council officials. Around 150 people were asked to leave their homes in Masbrough after a fire was reported close to acetylene cylinders. Firefighters feared an ...
Victory in bus wrangle.
Nov 01, 2006 ... PUPILS are to get free transport to a Rotherham school following a safety ruling by highways experts. Parents at Treeton complained after their children were refused bus passes to travel to Aston Comprehensive. The three-mile journey was said to be outside the ...
VIP opening for newest child centre.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A NEW centre which will help young children get the best start in life gets its grand opening in Rotherham next week. The Arnold Centre in Herringthorpe is the latest of 12 Sure Start children's centres to open across the borough, with eight more planned over the next couple of ...
Card-sharp pupils join anti-bullying campaign.
Nov 01, 2006 ... ROTHERHAM United players took time off from training to help launch an anti-bullying campaign. Local schools and the Millers' Football in the Community team got together to help devise the campaign called 'It's Nice to be Nice'. Some of the club's stars agreed to go ...
Woman fined after rubbish was dumped.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A SOUTH Yorkshire woman who let children take her waste away is now [pounds sterling]150 out of pocket. Waste belonging to Bernadette Brannan, of Stotfold Drive, Thurnscoe, was found dumped on nearby Willow Road. Ms Brannan, aged 23, had nothing to say in her defence ...
A smart move by comic Sid!
Nov 01, 2006 ... COMEDIAN Sid Little, one half of the comedy duo Little and Large, helped Rotherham council wardens strut their stuff on the catwalk. Sid is currently working without partner Eddie, who is ill. He compered a special fashion show at Rotherham Civic Theatre to help choose the ...
Crackdown on the yobs.
Nov 01, 2006 ... GANGS of yobs hurling fireworks and eggs in Rotherham have been targeted by police in the last few days in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. During the blitz - part of the countywide Operation Mischief - a 14-year-old girl was found drunk, drugs seized, and [pounds ...
Copper gangs put kids at risk.
Nov 01, 2006 ... COPPER thieves were today slammed for putting Sheffield children's lives at risk by breaking into electricity substations to steal wiring. The warning comes as Sheffield was named the worst place in the country for the potentially deadly crime. Mother-of-two Juliet ...
Council hits at firm over 'poor work'.
Nov 01, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD Homes bosses are to strip one of the companies upgrading tens of thousands of council houses of much of its workload following concerns about poor performance. The organisation has decided to act following a string of complaints from tenants about work carried out ...
'Stub it out for medical visits' call.
Nov 01, 2006 ... PATIENTS in Sheffield are being told not to smoke in their own homes during visits by health workers. Sheffield Primary Care Trust says the move is to protect medical staff from the risk of passive smoking which can lead to lung cancer and heart disease. Rotherham ...
Helping yob families learn how to behave.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A PIONEERING project in which problem Sheffield families are rehoused in a special unit to change their yobbish behaviour has won praise from a top Government official. Louise Casey, in charge of Tony Blair's Respect programme which aims to combat anti-social behaviour, singled ...
Chinese counterfeit mastermind is jailed.
Nov 01, 2006 ... POLICE who smashed a multi-million pound fake goods racket in Sheffield today warned other counterfeiters: "We will lock you up, then take every penny you make from your criminal activity." Acting Det Sgt Adrian Ward, who spent months working on a case which saw two people ...
Ian picks a fine time to earn wads of money.
Nov 01, 2006 ... MUSIC fan Ian Hibberd was eagerly awaiting the chance to see veteran country star Kenny Rogers - but little did he know HE would become the unlikely star of the show. The 43-year-old today told of his amazement when the singer - whose hits include Lucille, Coward of the County ...
City centre homes fears.
Nov 01, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD'S city living boom is a cause for concern, according to Star readers. Last night we reported how council planning officials are to investigate the demand for future housing developments in the city centre amid fears that the current explosion in housing was being ...
Couple injured in bypass smash.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A YOUNG Sheffield couple were today being treated in hospital after their car careered off a busy road and smashed into an embankment. The pair, believed to be in their 20s, were cut free from the wreckage by firefighters and taken to Chesterfield Hospital following the crash on ...
2 schools to be axed.
Nov 01, 2006 ... TWO comprehensive schools are to shut as Sheffield begins to tackle falling pupil numbers across the city. Myers Grove and Wisewood secondaries will close in the summer of 2011, with a new replacement school to be built on the Myers site in Stannington. The Wisewood ...
'Open up mosques' plea by Muslim peer.
Nov 01, 2006 ... MOSQUES should open up their doors to the community for a "cup of tea and a samosa" to show the community has nothing to hide, a South Yorkshire peer has urged. Lord Ahmed of Rotherham said some people wrongly see Muslims as being an "alien community" due to misunderstanding. ...
Billowing smoke seen after flying sparks set metal factory on fire.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A PALL of black smoke was sent billowing across the Derbyshire countryside after a blaze took hold in a Dronfield metal factory. The fire at Dunstan & Wragg on Wreakes Lane, Dronfield broke out just after 8am yesterday. Fire crews from Chesterfield and Mansfield Road ...
Student horror at knife killing.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A STUDENT accused of murder spoke of his shock when his knife was used to stab another youth to death. Nathan Bonnick, aged 24, admitted handing over his folding lock-knife to his friend Lloyd Horner during a row on London Road, Sheffield. But, he claimed, he did not ...
Death of teen sparks new body piercing rules.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A SHEFFIELD mum whose son died after having his lip pierced has welcomed new regulations on tattoo and body piercing studios. Sheffield Council's Cabinet will next week set up new regulations for registering businesses involved in tattooing, acupuncture, piercing, electrolysis ...
Halloween fun.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Sheffield youngsters enjoyed the ...
Parking plan to ease Northern General chaos.
Nov 01, 2006 ... DOUBLE and single yellow lines are to be painted on streets around Sheffield's Northern General to try to solve the chaos caused by parking restrictions at the hospital. DOUBLE and single yellow lines are to be painted on streets around Sheffield's Northern General to try to ...
Budding talent looking to firms for help.
Nov 01, 2006 ... RUGBY LEAGUE SOUTH Yorkshire's best young rugby league players are looking for help from local businesses in boosting their game plan. Representative sides in five age groups between Under-12s to Under-18s need sponsorship. Darren Higgins, South Yorkshire ...
Chan the man as Wheelchair top the league.
Nov 01, 2006 ... TABLE TENNIS Arnie Chan, with starts of 12/12, heads the leading scorers list in Division Two of the Sheffield Table Tennis League. Sheffield Wheelchair top the division, courtesy of Chan's and Jamie Rawson's hat-tricks in recent fixtures against Cable and Cable B ....
Trio's Euro bid.
Nov 01, 2006 ... GOLF THREE South Yorkshire golfers set off today in their bid to gain a place on next year's European Tour. Oliver Whiteley and John Mellor, from Sheffeld, plus Doncaster's Graeme Clark will attend the Tour's second stage of the qualifying school which is in Spain. ...
Lewis in semi.
Nov 01, 2006 ... BOXING Steel City ABC's Lewis Taylor has reached the semi finals of the national boys' clubs championships. The 16-year-old from Dronfield won a close contest with Liverpool lad ...
Kerkow crashes.
Nov 01, 2006 ... BOWLS Australia's Kelvin Kerkow became the biggest seeding casualty in the engage International Open when he went down to Welsh qualifier Richard Morgan in yesterday's third day of first round action at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Kerkow, the ninth seed and Commonwealth ...
'Weaken team and I quit'.
Nov 01, 2006 ... SPEEDWAY TIGERS co-owner Neil Machin has threatened to quit the club if the Premier League is weakened next season. He wants to keep the bulk of the Sheffield squad which took the club to the runners-up spot in the Premier League and Premier Trophy. But ...
One lesson the children won't skip!
Nov 01, 2006 ... BOXING WHO says skipping is just for girls? Two tough boxers from Sheffield Boxing Centre took time off from training in the gym to show school-kids that skipping is great exercise - whichever gender you are. Central Area champion John Fewkes and promising ...
Karate girl's mission.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Georgia Devaney plans to bring a world title back to Sheffield. Her conquests already include a British kick-boxing title and she's reckoned to be one of martial arts most promising fighters. Away from her all action sport she is a 15-year-pupil at Handsworth ...
Works transformed in town centre revamp.
Nov 01, 2006 ... The site of a former clay works, built in the Derbyshire town of Swadlingcote by ceramics group Hepworth after the company was forced to move by the Great Sheffield Flood in 1864, has been transformed by Race Cottam Associates. The project is the latest fruit of a partnership ...
Recycling boss wants firms to join his green crusade.
Nov 01, 2006 ... RECYCLING businessman Jon West wants Sheffield companies to join his green crusade by supporting a tree planting initiative. Jon, who runs the printer cartridge recycling business, Cartridge World, is aiming to create an avenue of new trees in Concord Park during National Tree ...
Advertisers putting on a bold Front.
Nov 01, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD is not the obvious place to launch an advertising agency. Outside London it tends to be the cities with a big media reputation that are chosen. Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds have it all sewn up. But for Joe Chetcuti and Chris David, Sheffield was right ...
A show of enterprise to help entrepreneurs.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Successful entrepreneurs need a passion that makes them want to change the world, the determination to keep pushing their business, the nimbleness to sidestep the dinosaurs that stand in the way of their ambition and the willingness to seek out and listen to the advice of a good mentor. ...
Sewage plant 'now a haven'.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A South Yorkshire voluntary group has been highly commended in a Yorkshire Rural Community Council awards scheme for transforming a polluted former sewage treatment works in to a haven for relaxation and recuperation. Second Nature Life Support's Winthrop Park "nature therapy ...
Seal firm taking awards challenge.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Top Rotherham business AESSEAL has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, David Moody, and is aiming for further success in the annual Queen's Awards contest. The Bradmarsh Business Park-based mechanical seal manufacturer already has more ...
'We are voice of business'.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Rotherham Chamber of Commerce has passed another milestone and is aiming to do even better after a year in which it has received a series of accolades, including being named UK Chamber of the Year. Members attending the Chamber AGM were told the number of businesses it ...
Lawyers celebrating a schools marathon.
Nov 02, 2006 ... Sheffield law firm Nabarro Nathanson is celebrating completing what it describes as a unique legal marathon, involving the London Borough of Merton. A team from Nabarro's, led by projects partner Karen Andrews was called in to advise on the removal of two schools from a [pounds ...
University in laser project.
Nov 02, 2006 ... A new type of laser, to be developed by a consortium including Sheffield University, could cut the time it takes to discover new oil and gas fields. Sheffield and Glasgow Univ-ersities are teaming up with Shell Global Solutions, Compound Semiconductor Technologies Global and ...
Duo building for an eco-future.
Nov 02, 2006 ... Matt Robinson and Andy Mitchell are men on a mission to transform the building trade and cut greenhouse gas emissions in the process. The duo have set up their own business, called Sustainable Building Supplies, to help construction firms meet the need for more housing while ...
Folger makes the difference.
Nov 02, 2006 ... TABLE TENNIS IAN Folger's 3-1 victory in the final set of the night against Vulcan's Graham Slater, ensured a place in the second round of the Sheffield Table Tennis league's knockout cup for Hallam Grange B. The encounter was decided by Folger's hat-trick and ...
Pack stars to stay at Eagles.
Nov 02, 2006 ... RUGBY LEAGUE NEW deals have agreed to keep pack stars Andy Smith and Paul Pickering at Sheffield Eagles. Back rower Smith gives the experience the Eagles will need in National League One and hooker Pickering is one the most exciting young players outside the Super ...
College old boys to hang up their boots after 'farewell tour'.
Nov 02, 2006 ... RUGBY UNION TIME has finally caught up with the old boys of Castle College RUFC, formerly Granville College RUFC. After 40 years of muddy rucks and mauls and the sweaty delights of the scrum, the remaining stalwarts have decided it's time to hang up their rugby ...
Sheffield looking for a change of fortune.
Nov 02, 2006 ... RUGBY UNION SHEFFIELD RUFC are praying for an upturn in their league form this Saturday - and a more benevolent referee. The Bluebirds lost 17-15 in the Intermediate Cup last weekend, and are still smarting over some of the officiating. The Abbeydale club ...
Sharks keep up pressure.
Nov 02, 2006 ... BASKETBALL SHEFFIELD Sharks have a chance to keep the pressure on the top clubs tomorrow night when they take on bottom placed Worcester Wolves at the EISS. Sharks are four points off the pace behind Milton Keynes Lions but play the Wolves and then second from bottom ...
'I feel fat' says King as he takes on new boy.
Nov 02, 2006 ... BOXING HEAVYWEIGHT Paul King goes into a boxing contest tomorrow night feeling exactly that ...a heavy weight. Asked what his 6ft 4ins frame equals in pounds and stones, he replies: "Very fat." It's fair to say the Gleadless, Sheffield boxer isn't your ...
Europe's best in track date.
Nov 02, 2006 ... ICE SKATING ICESHEFFIELD has secured a major ice skating championship. More than 130 skaters from 24 countries will compete at the ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championship, from January 19-21. Sheffield councillor Robert MacDonald said: "We're ...
Second seed crashes out.
Nov 02, 2006 ... BOWLS THREE of the top eight seeds, including world No 2 Jason Greenslade, crashed out of the engage International Open bowls tournament in yesterday's second round action at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Second seed Greenslade was beaten by Australian Mark McMahon, ...
Adams takes up double role with Yorkshire.
Nov 02, 2006 ... CRICKET CHRIS Adams admits he is not guaranteed to repeat his Sussex success at Yorkshire but has vowed to do everything in his power to bring silverware to Headingley. The 36-year-old was unveiled as both Yorkshire skipper and head of professional cricket yesterday ...
Skin deep initiative for mums.
Nov 02, 2006 ... PARENTS from ethnic minorities are being invited to eczema study days in Sheffield to help them better understand their children's condition. Around 15 to 20 percent of all youngsters have the skin condition which varies from mild to severe and can include periods of flare-ups ...
Learn to love the robots?
Nov 02, 2006 ... A ROBOT revolution is underway - and the public must prepare for a future where androids occupy every aspect of human life, according to scientists at Sheffield University. Robots could soon be working in gardens, in the home, in space or even in the bedroom as lovers, according ...
Mum's electric shock.
Nov 02, 2006 ... HARD-working South Yorkshire mum Sally Dale was left fuming after energy bosses called in the bailiffs - over somebody else's [pounds sterling] 2,000 bill. Sally, aged 31, who lives alone with her two year old daughter Mia, has been left terrified after British Gas bosses got ...
Car crashes into youths.
Nov 02, 2006 ... A MIDDLE-aged woman plagued by anti-social behaviour in a leafy South Yorkshire suburb was arrested by police after she allegedly crashed her car into a group of youths. One 15-year-old male suffered a broken leg and a 14-year-old boy heavy bruising after the woman's silver ...
New homes plan is a step nearer.
Nov 02, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD'S largest housing scheme to demolish and rebuild hundreds of homes has taken a major step forward. Councillors have given the go-ahead for the first phase of a [pounds sterling]135m regeneration of the Scowerdons, Weakland and Newstead housing estates in south-east ...
Hundreds to miss out in [pounds sterling]9m payout.
Nov 02, 2006 ... HUNDREDS of women council workers are furious after discovering they will miss out equal pay compensation. Sheffield Council is to pay [pounds sterling]9 million to around 4,000 workers - mainly women - who have missed out on extra pay for decades. Carers, caterers, ...
MPs' protest on abortion limit plan.
Nov 02, 2006 ... SOUTH Yorkshire MPs helped defeat a Parliamentary bid to reduce the time limit for legal abortions. A proposed bill debated in the House of Commons which would have changed the legal limit from 24 to 21 weeks, fell at its first hurdle. The backbench bill needed the ...
Student fees protest.
Nov 02, 2006 ... SHEFFIELD University students are campaigning this week against possible increases in top up fees - introduced for the first time this term at [pounds sterling]3,000-a-head. The undergraduates fear moves are afoot by some of the elite Russell Group of universities - of which ...