The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England) back issues from January 2007:
PALACE STRIPS NAZ OF MBE.
Jan 02, 2007 ... SHEFFIELD'S former world boxing champion 'Prince' Naseem Hamed has been stripped of his MBE, it has been revealed. The honour was revoked following Hamed's 15-month prison sentence for dangerous driving. Hamed's former trainer Brendan Ingle said it would be a ...
'Hamster' fans help air ambulance.
Jan 02, 2007 ... THE Yorkshire Air Ambulance is celebrating the end of a record-breaking year after seeing a huge rise in its donations. The ambulance was called out to give life-saving treatment to TV star Richard Hammond when he was in a horrific crash. The popular Top Gear ...
Smoking banned at stations.
Jan 02, 2007 ... MIDLAND Mainline has introduced a blanket ban on smoking, including on platforms. The train company, which runs services from Sheffield to London, says staff areas as well as platforms will now be smoke-free. The operator banned smoking on its trains in 2002. ...
Civic leaders roll up sleeves to save lives.
Jan 02, 2007 ... CIVIC leaders in Sheffield will roll up their sleeves and get stuck into a new campaign next week to encourage people to give blood. Council chief executive Sir Bob Kerslake, council leader Jan Wilson and deputy leader Steve Jones will attend the Sheffield Donor Centre, Church ...
Record-breaking sales for stores.
Jan 02, 2007 ... SUPERMARKET chain Waitrose and department store chain John Lewis enjoyed a record-breaking Christmas after a last-minute surge in festive spending. Waitrose, which is part of the John Lewis Partnership and has a store on Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, saw total sales for the seven ...
Very nappy New Year for babies.
Jan 02, 2007 ... JUBILANT Sheffield mums celebrated their best-ever New Year with the arrival of these bouncing bundles of joy. Staff at the Jessop Wing maternity hospital in Sheffield had a busy start to 2007. Rachael Dixon, of Robin Lane, Beighton, celebrated the arrival of baby ...
Actor Ben sparks TV fame with strip scene.
Jan 02, 2007 ... FLAMING 'eck! Hot stuff Ben Parr is about to set TV soap Hollyoaks alight - as a fireman stripper. And he's carrying the showbiz family torch. For the South Yorkshire hunk is the son of St Elmo's Fire rock star John Parr. He makes his Hollyoaks debut on ...
Two more firms work on homes.
Jan 02, 2007 ... TWO new contractors have joined Sheffield Homes to help refurbish thousands of council properties across the city. Sheffield Homes had announced it planned to bring in an extra contractor, in addition to the five it already employs, but now two morehave been brought on board. ...
New support for parents.
Jan 02, 2007 ... NEW help for mums and dads all over Sheffield is on the way as part of plans to help them become more perfect parents. A blueprint to give families more support has been drawn up by childcare professionals and is expected to introduced across the city during 2007. ...
Residents evacuated after wall collapses.
Jan 02, 2007 ... RESIDENTS in more than 80 new apartments had to be evacuated from their homes today after high winds caused part of a block of flats to collapse. The gable end of an apartment block at Northfield Court in Crookes, Sheffield, was sent crashing to the ground by a strong gust of ...
NAZ STRIPPED OF HIS MBE.
Jan 02, 2007 ... SHEFFIELD'S former world boxing champion 'Prince' Naseem Hamed has been stripped of his MBE, it has been revealed. The honour was revoked following Hamed's 15-month prison sentence for dangerous driving. Hamed's former trainer Brendan Ingle said it would be a ...
Electronics firm sets new first.
Jan 02, 2007 ... Rotherham-based CPI Electronics is celebrating becoming the first company to benefit from a new business development programme for South Yorkshire, designed to help the company grow its client base and create more jobs. The scheme is the brainchild of Electronics Yorkshire, ...
Clubs target Millers pair.
Jan 02, 2007 ... ROTHERHAM United are bracing themselves for tempting offers for their "big two", Lee Williamson and Will Hoskins, after the transfer window opened yesterday. Barnsley have moved in first by tabling a [pounds sterling]200,000 offer for Williamson but the 24-year-old midfielder is ...
Steelers top two under spotlight.
Jan 02, 2007 ... ALL EYES will be on Sheffield Steelers' two top centremen tonight at Coventry Blaze (7.30) Star forward Dan Tessier is clearly still feeling the effects of a hand injury, which has prevented him from extending the type of influence his side so desperately needs from him. ...
Form side blown away by super Spireites.
Jan 02, 2007 ... What a difference a New Year makes! After a dismal showing at out- of-form Brentford on Saturday, Chesterfield eked out a performance from the top drawer to see off the section's form side Blackpool, who arrived at Saltergate with four wins in four and 16 points from 18. ...
Agony as Sharks go so close to summit.
Jan 02, 2007 ... Sheffield Sharks missed out on the chance of going top of the BBL after losing out in a thrilling 84-83 New Year's Day match at league leaders Guildford Heat last night. The Heat trailed for nearly the entire game until Dan Wardrope nailed a three-pointer with nine-seconds ...
Simply a day to forget for Simon.
Jan 02, 2007 ... Davey looks to the transfer market as Barnsley drop into the relegation zone after first game as permanent manager Simon Davey's first game as new Barnsley boss will be one of the last things he will want to remember in his management memoirs. His safety first side ...
Millers face a hard New Year.
Jan 02, 2007 ... AFTER a tough end to a difficult first half of the season, Rotherham United will be glad they have a little break and some time to re-group before their next match. By the time they kick a ball again (at home to Chesterfield on January 13) they will expect to have most of the ...
Rams close gap.
Jan 02, 2007 ... IPSWICH sub Gavin Williams grabbed a last-minute winner as Coca-Cola Championship leaders Birmingham suffered their first defeat in seven games. The defeat allowed Derby to keep up the pressure with a 2-1 win over fellow promotion challengers Preston. The Rams moved ...
Fergie happy with 7-point advantage.
Jan 02, 2007 ... MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was satisfied to start 2007 sitting seven points clear at the top of the Premiership despite being pegged back by Newcastle. The Red Devils led 2-1 and seemed certain to extend their winning run to four games at St James' Park until ...
Warnock jealous of striking power.
Jan 02, 2007 ... UNITED failed to cope with the strength of power of Middlesbrough strikers Yakubu and Mark Viduka in a disappointing defeat at the Riverside. The Boro duo scored all three goals between them and generally caused United massive problems throughout. There was hope of ...
Owls anger over Barmy decisions.
Jan 02, 2007 ... TWO controversial goals by Nick Barmby and a below-par show by Wednesday combined to create the upset of a Hillsborough win by struggling Hull. Home fans in the second-biggest crowd of the season were served up with sobering stuff to follow New Year revels and the 3-0 victory at ...
Three off as Rovers make winning start at new home.
Jan 02, 2007 ... THREE players were sent-off as Doncaster Rovers made a winning start to life at the Keepmoat Stadium. But the spate of second half dismissals didn't affect the outcome as Rovers got the New Year off on the right footing. Allaying fears that it could take them several ...
DAVIS 'can be Premier star'.
Jan 02, 2007 ... NEIL Warnock is backing Claude Davis to be a massive hit in the Premiership in 2007. Davis was not at his peak as Sheffield United went down to a disappointing 3-1 defeat at Middlesbrough yesterday, but Warnock feels the best is yet to come. The manager began his ...
Owls beaten by two offside goals says boss.
Jan 02, 2007 ... BRIAN Laws revealed today that video evidence shows that both Hull goals against the Owls should have been disallowed for offside. Controversy erupted at Hillsborough when Nick Barmby was put through to shoot the Tigers into an early lead and when the former England forward ...
Naz stripped of his MBE.
Jan 02, 2007 ... SHEFFIELD'S former world boxing champion 'Prince' Naseem Hamed has been stripped of his MBE, it has been revealed. The honour was revoked following Hamed's 15-month prison sentence for dangerous driving. Hamed's former trainer Brendan Ingle said it would be a ...
Record year for Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Jan 02, 2007 ... THE Yorkshire Air Ambulance is celebrating the end of a record-breaking year after seeing a huge rise in its donations. The ambulance was called out to give life-saving treatment to TV star Richard Hammond when he was in a horrific crash. The popular Top Gear ...
Rock star's son is hot stuff.
Jan 02, 2007 ... FLAMING 'eck! Hot stuff Ben Parr is about to set TV soap Hollyoaks alight - as a fireman stripper. And he's carrying the showbiz family torch. For the South Yorkshire hunk is the son of St Elmo's Fire rock star John Parr. He makes his Hollyoaks debut on ...
New Reds boss the top choice.
Jan 02, 2007 ... SIMON Davey was unanimously Barnsley's first choice to become permanent manager and the board decided to hand him the post BEFORE the derby defeat by Sheffield Wednesday. "No-one else was offered the job, I can absolutely guarantee, 100 per cent that is true," chairman Gordon ...
Tigers finalise Brummies dates.
Jan 03, 2007 ... SPEEDWAY by Nigel Pearson SHEFFIELD TIGERS have finalised their Premier Trophy dates with speedway's newest club. Birmingham Brummies will be making an emotional return to the sport at the city's Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium when they throw open the doors for the ...
Seniors show class to gain promotion.
Jan 03, 2007 ... TABLETENNIS In the recent County Table Tennis Championships at Derby, South Yorkshire seniors achieved promotion by winning the division 2A title, using a glut of Sheffield League players including Stocksbridge Rugby club's Andrew and Stephen Horsfield. The men's ...
Sheffield in champs bid.
Jan 03, 2007 ... SWIMMING SHEFFIELD is competing with seven cities to host the next World Swimming Championships for the disabled. If it is successful, the event, which takes place very four years, will be at Ponds Forge in 2010. Sheffield faces opposition from Athens ...
Witter is confident of keeping his world title.
Jan 03, 2007 ... BOXING by Bob Westerdale JUNIOR Witter's New Year resolution is to keep busy - and keep winning. Sheffield's light-welterweight world champion faces his first WBC defence in 17 days' time when he takes on Arturo Morua at Alexandra Palace. It will be the ...
Eagles chief calls up Marine for second row.
Jan 03, 2007 ... RUGBY LEAGUE by James Collins SHEFFIELD Eagles have recruited former Royal Marine and second row forward Ryan Hepworth, who made his debut in the friendly win at Doncaster Lakers. He left the Marines late last year and has being playing for amateurs Shaw Cross in the ...
Winter sun shines on Darfield Cricket Club's 150th birthday celebrations.
Jan 03, 2007 ... CRICKET By Les Payne THE sun shone, spectators were scattered around the boundary and polite applause greeted the batsmen emerging from the pavilion before the unmistakable sound of leather on willow. But this was New Year's Day not high summer as one of the area's ...
Warnock's move for Ferguson hits cash snag.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By James Shield SHEFFIELD United manager Neil Warnock is unlikely to have the financial means to sign Glasgow Rangers' Barry Ferguson, despite being granted the biggest transfer war chest of his career. Warnock has already earmarked a large chunk of his funds to try ...
Owls keeper stays on Mark.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By Paul Thompson SHEFFIELD Wednesday have landed Mark Crossley from Fulham for the rest of the season - but Wayne Andrews has been recalled by Coventry. It is a mixed result for Owls boss Brian Laws in his bid to extend the loans of both players. Fulham ...
Jack's festive gift for family.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By David Walsh A CHRISTMAS wish came true when South Yorkshire 'backpack' boy Jack Waller joined his family at the dinner table for the first time. For mum Diane Waller it was the best present she could ever have - even if all he ate was dry bread and a few chips. ...
Three hurt after fight in street.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By Gail Robinson A DRUNKEN brawl on a South Yorkshire street early on New Year's Day left two police officers injured and a woman needing 30 stitches after being bitten by a police dog. Violence flared in Hoyland, near Barnsley, just before 2am on Monday after police ...
Police appeal after fatal crash.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By Polly Rippon POLICE have renewed their appeal for witnesses to a fatal motorway smash on Christmas Day. Barrie Levy aged 62, from Leeds, died after his black MG hit the crash barrier and rebounded into the carriageway. The smash happened at around ...
Young mum battered as she walked in park.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By Lucy Ashton A YOUNG mother spent New Year in hospital having her face rebuilt after being beaten unconscious and stamped on while strolling in a Sheffield park with her family. Michelle Mulcay was horrifically beaten in front of her little girl and toddler nephew ...
Rail chiefs defend the latest fare increases.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By Tony Belshaw RAIL bosses in South York-shire today denied fares were being deliberately driven up to reduce overcrowding on the network. Many people returned to work today faced with forking out for above-inflation rail fare increases - for the fourth successive ...
Most haunted tag for fire museum.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By Richard Marsden SHEFFIELD Fire and Police Museum has been named one of the most haunted buildings in the county by ghost hunters who claim to have discovered paranormal activity. Ghostly goings-on have spooked staff at the museum at West Bar for more than two ...
Police hunt duo in supermarket raid.
Jan 03, 2007 ... MASKED robbers are believed to have travelled from Sheffield to carry out a pre-dawn raid at a Doncaster supermarket. They used a stolen car which was parked outside the Spar shop on Warmsworth Road, Balby, for at least 20 minutes before they burst in and surprised the two ...
Flats evacuated as wind causes collapse.
Jan 03, 2007 ... By Nick Ward and Tony Belshaw RESIDENTS in more than 80 new apartments spent last night in hotels after being evacuated from their homes when high winds caused part of a block of flats to collapse. The gable end of an apartment block at Northfield Court in Crookes, ...
Protest over school merger.
Jan 03, 2007 ... HUNDREDS of parents and pupils stepped up their campaign to save their community secondary school with a lunchtime rally and march in Sheffield city centre today. Protesters vowed to save Wisewood Secondary School after handing over a petition containing more than 2,100 names to ...
Catfish and chips, please!
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Jane Cartledge ANYONE for catfish and chips? Dozens of fish and chip shops across South Yorkshire could be selling Vietnamese catfish. The catfish, which are likely to originate from the fast-flowing, but often polluted waters in the Mekong river, are ...
City folk among rich and famous.
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Mike Russell NINE Sheffielders have joined Deal Or No Deal Star Noel Edmonds and current Doctor Who David Tennant in the 2007 edition of Who's Who. The newcomers from Steel City include the Reverend Dr Martyn Atkins, principal of the Methodist training centre Cliff ...
He's grandaddy cool!
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Kate Lahive A COOL grandad with a passion for ice skating travels an incredible 300 miles every week to indulge his hobby in Sheffield. John Verney makes the 100-mile round trip from Lincolnshire to iceSheffield three times a week. John, aged 70, of ...
'Wake-up' call to health chiefs over sleep woe.
Jan 04, 2007 ... EXCLUSIVE By Kate Lahive ADORING mum Wendy Richmond dare not tell her children she loves them - for fear of triggering a sleep disorder. Wendy, aged 53, from Pitsmoor in Sheffield, suffers the sleep problem narcolepsy and an associated disorder called ...
Suicide OAP hounded over unpaid debts.
Jan 04, 2007 ... A PENSIONER with a history of heart disease became so depressed after being hounded over debts that he shot himself at a Sheffield beauty spot, an inquest heard. Gilbert Coleman, aged 72, who had undergone a quadruple heart bypass, was plagued with calls from a financial company ...
Parents vow to fight over school's future.
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Mike Russell HUNDREDS of parents and pupils stepped up their campaign to save their community secondary school with a lunchtime rally and march in Sheffield city centre. Protesters vowed to save Wisewood Secondary School after handing over a petition containing ...
New Year honours for Sheffield duo.
Jan 04, 2007 ... A SHEFFIELD woman who became the UK's first black female chief executive in the sports sector was awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours list. Novlette Rennie, who was brought up in the city, now works in Birmingham for Sporting Equals, the UK's leading organisation for ...
Decision soon on money for lighting, roads.
Jan 04, 2007 ... COUNCIL bosses in Sheffield are due to find out in the next few weeks if they have landed a massive multi-million pound grant to replace the city's decaying street lamps and resurface its roads. Last year the Government approved a [pounds sterling]78 million bid to replace the ...
How could new flats collapse?
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Tony Belshaw RESIDENTS of a Sheffield block of flats where the gable end was ripped off by high wind spent a second night away from home last night. About 50 residents were today coming to terms with the collapse, after a gale sent the entire gable end of the roof ...
Casino boss in owls buyout talks.
Jan 04, 2007 ... EXCLUSIVE By Martin Smith SHEFFIELD Wednesday are to open takeover talks with a mystery multi-millionaire casino owner. Owls chairman Dave Allen will begin negotiations later this month when the unnamed foreign businessman will be offered the chance to buy ...
Eagles pair rehabilitating after same problem.
Jan 04, 2007 ... By James Collins Rugby League TWO of Sheffield Eagles' top try scorers have been hit by the same injury. Brendon Lindsay and James Ford scored 39 tries between them as the team won promotion last season. But it has been revealed that both ...
Ashworth rejects rivals to stay No 1 for Tigers.
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Nigel Pearson Speedway RICKY Ashworth has revealed the two main reasons behind him signing a new two-year deal to stay with Sheffield Tigers. The popular Mancunian, who started his senior career in 2002, is expected to line-up in the number one slot for ...
Some important dates ahead for dad-to-be Woods.
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Bob Westerdale Boxing CLINTON WOODS has a very important date in his 2007 diary - and it has nothing to do with his next World title defence. Sheffield's IBF light heavyweight champion and wife Natalia are expecting their second child, some time in late ...
Scantlebury puts title Heat on league leaders.
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Richard Fidler Basketball It may still be early in the season but Sheffield Sharks coach Peter Scantlebury has put the pressure on league leaders Guildford Heat by saying it is their title to lose. Scantlebury saw his team defeated for the second time ...
Wortley rugby club welcomes 'all-comers' and puts out a plea to the ladies.
Jan 04, 2007 ... Rugby Union IT IS one of the less well-known fixtures in South Yorkshire's sporting calendar - but also one of its most charming. Community-based Wortley RUFC - a club which is not part of any league - traditionally holds an 'all comers' game every New Year. ...
[pounds sterling]1m contract for airports.
Jan 04, 2007 ... SHEFFIELD conveyor manufacturer Geo Robson has completed contracts worth more than [pounds sterling]1 million at two of the UK's busiest airports. Robson has provided baggage handling equipment at Birmingham International for 18 years and has just completed two modernisation ...
Legendary football chief Sepp singles out city club.
Jan 04, 2007 ... The world's oldest football club has been rubbing shoulders with top footballing legends at a major global gathering, attracting attention from FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Sheffield FC chairman Richard Tims, manager Dave McCarthy and his assistant Lee Walshaw were among the ...
Accountants save recycling company.
Jan 04, 2007 ... By Bob Rae Industrial editor A Chesterfield company that specialises in designing and installing giant shredding machines for the metals recycling industry has been saved thanks to the work of coporate recovery experts at South Yorkshire accountants Hart Shaw. ...
Tigers recruit veteran John.
Jan 05, 2007 ... Rugby Union LEGENDARY rugby figure John Dudley has joined Sheffield Tigers. The veteran second row forward, a major influence during Rotherham RUFC's record-breaking rise from obscurity to the Premiership, will start on the bench for tomorrow's home clash against ...