The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England) back issues from April 2008:
Bosses in firing line.
Apr 01, 2008 ... STAFF at a Sheffield marketing firm had the chance to "pie" their managers as part of their fund-raising efforts for children's charity Help a Hallam Child. Managers at Ant Marketing agreed to let staff throw pies at them ...
Speed-up bid for repairs to council homes.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A NEW system for handling repairs to council houses is this week being rolled out across Sheffield on a trial basis. Apart from emergency repairs where people's health and safety are at risk - which are to be tackled within four hours - Sheffield Homes is offering its residents ...
Homes site sold off for just [pounds sterling]1.
Apr 01, 2008 ... ROTHERHAM Council is to sell a prime site in one of the town's posher suburbs for just [pounds sterling]1 - to help kids start a better life. The site in Hollowgate, just off upmarket Moorgate Road, has been earmarked for new homes for young people leaving care. The ...
Association on the move.
Apr 01, 2008 ... DERBYSHIRE Association for the Blind's mobile unit is on the move throughout April. The unit offers aids and equipment for visually impaired people and visits new locations each day. It will visit Bakewell's Granby Road car park on Thursday from 10am to 2pm, and next ...
Teacher nominated for journalism award.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SHEFFIELD schoolteacher found himself rubbing shoulders with sporting superstars when he was nominated for a top national journalism award. Ian McNeilly, who teaches English at Brantwood School in Nether Edge, also runs a website in his spare time, BritishBoxing.net which has ...
University research into hospital bugs.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A TEAM of Sheffield researchers are working on a way to identify and control killer hospital superbugs. The Hallam University team us investigating which bugs grow in intensive care units to develop a novel sampling regime that would indicate the threat of bugs such MRSA. ...
Pressure on parking firm over huge fines.
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE Sheffield parking company at the centre of controversy over a site it runs in Broomhill could be forced to stop handing out huge fines after losing a court case. Excel Parking Services, based at Omega Court on Cemetery Road in Sharrow, has been told its demands for a total ...
Artwork brightens up a Sheffield street.
Apr 01, 2008 ... COLOURFUL new artwork is gracing a busy Sheffield street thanks to a week-long project by a city-born artist. Street artist Tom Hine, now based in Bristol, came home to complete a commission for the First Step Trust on London Road, a project to give work opportunities to people ...
Rally challenge for mechanics in old banger.
Apr 01, 2008 ... TWO Sheffield mechanics are hoping they won't have to put their skills to the test - when they complete a 1,800-mile car rally in an old banger they bought for just [pounds sterling]125! Chris Hobson and David Grogut, workmates from Ryder Trucks in Attercliffe, will take part in ...
International glory calling for helpline.
Apr 01, 2008 ... STAFF at a Sheffield call centre are hoping to beat rivals from across the globe after being put forward as the only UK representative in the hunt for the World's Best Small Contact Centre. Sheffield Homes' helpline is up against companies ...
Youngsters help with allotment makeover.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SHEFFIELD allotment site has had a makeover thanks to a dedicated group of youngsters who gave up their time to complete the work. Young people taking part in the Prince's Trust Team Programme have helped to clear and re-lay the Windmill Lane allotment site in Firth Park. ...
Betts steps into row over rail depot plans.
Apr 01, 2008 ... PROTESTERS against the planned [pounds sterling]40 million rail depot in Sheffield have welcomed the intervention of MP Clive Betts. The politician, whose Attercliffe constituency includes the site at Woodhouse Junction, has written to Network Rail asking for concerns to be ...
Savaged postie's legal action bid.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SHEFFIELD postman is taking legal action against the owners of two dogs who savagely attacked him while on his rounds late last year. Paul Coleman, aged 40, of Richmond Avenue, Richmond, was delivering mail to houses on Birdwell Road in Grimesthorpe when he saw the dogs in a ...
Talented team perform quick-fire musical - GALLERY.
Apr 01, 2008 ... WHAT can you achieve in a week? Well quite a lot if you've got he talent, determination and the right amount of expert guidance. For example you could make a musical ... That's exactly what this enthusiastic lot did. In just one week they managed ...
Green future for lawyers.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Sheffield solicitors are joining forces to go 'green.' Top law firms DLA Piper and Irwin Mitchell have teamed up to stage an event on behalf of the Legal Sector Alliance, which brings together law firms and other organisations, working tog-ether to encourage the legal profession ...
Firms unite in new fuel plan.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Two leading British technology companies have agreed to collaborate on a project to put hydrogen-powered, green vehicles on to UK roads within months. ITM Power - whose research headquarters is in Sheffield - and one of the world's foremost automotive design, engineering and ...
Barnsley up with the best.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Barnsley has been named Europe's third most cost effective place to locate a business in a global study of business costs that looked at 136 towns and cities, including 14 in Europe. While Barnsley represented the UK as a restructuring location, Plymouth was chosen as an ...
Yorkshire 'Link' opens for business.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Business Link Yorkshire, the new organisation set up to take over the business support role of the region's county-based Business Links, has opened for business. The Barnsley-based organisation, set up at the behest of regional development agency Yorkshire Forward, has launched ...
Memories of flood recalled.
Apr 01, 2008 ... THERE will be a second chance to see a slide show of pictures from the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864 at a talk by local historian Malcolm Nunn. He will address a meeting of Wadsley ...
Workers keep abreast of support for charity.
Apr 01, 2008 ... WORKERS at a Sheffield sweet factory have offered their support in more ways than one to charities working at home and abroad. Women - and some men - from Cadbury Trebor Bassett collected more than 700 second hand bras as part of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance's Bag It Up campaign ...
Knifepoint robber hunt.
Apr 01, 2008 ... POLICE want to trace this man after a knifepoint robbery in the Firshill area of Sheffield. A man entered an off-licence in Barnsley Road and threatened the owner with a knife. He made off with money, cigarettes and alcohol following the robbery at around 6.30pm on Saturday ...
Blears defends Labour during election visit.
Apr 01, 2008 ... GOVERNMENT minister Hazel Blears defended Labour's record of improving public services as she visited Sheffield for the regional launch of the party's local election campaign. The Communities and Local Government Secretary also responded to criticism over huge council tax hikes, ...
Quarrying can continue.
Apr 01, 2008 ... CAMPAIGNERS in the Peak District are to hold a meeting next week to consider their next step in a battle to stop quarrying at a beauty spot. The Save Longstone Edge group meets next Tuesday at 7.30pm at Calver Village Hall. A High Court judge has given the go-ahead ...
Booze cases soar at A&E.
Apr 01, 2008 ... BOOZE-related emergency hospital admissions have soared in South Yorkshire hospitals following the introduction of 24-hour licensing laws, official figures have revealed. The number of people admitted to A&E wards with alcohol-related conditions jumped by a fifth across South ...
Protest at petrol station.
Apr 01, 2008 ... PROTESTERS are planning a demonstration outside a Sheffield petrol station today to highlight society's dependence on fossil fuels. Clowns will be descending on the Shell Garage on Ecclesall Road as part of an International Day of Action against Climate Change. ...
Recycling plant blaze.
Apr 01, 2008 ... FIVE fire crews were called in to tackle a blaze at a recycling plant in Chesterfield yesterday. The fire started on the first floor of Van Dalen UK Ltd, on Whitting Valley Road, Old Whittington, at around 1.30pm. Crews from Chesterfield, Staveley, Dronfield, Ripley ...
Robbers net takings at shop.
Apr 01, 2008 ... THREE men who raided a Sheffield shop, escaping with the takings, are being hunted by police. The trio have been on the run since Saturday night after bursting into the Spar store on Margetson Crescent, Parson Cross, demanding cash. They threatened staff with violence ...
'I wouldn't kill - I felt for family'.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SHEFFIELD man charged with murdering a city taxi driver told a court he would never kill anyone - because his own brother had been killed. Ashley Cohen, aged 25, of Clough Wood View, Oughtibridge, revealed he lost his own brother in 2003 and said he knew what the family of ...
TRAFFIC: Penistone Road delays.
Apr 01, 2008 ... DELAYS are possible on Penistone Road in Sheffield tomorrow as temporary traffic signals are put in place opposite Hillsborough Leisure Centre. The lights will be in operation during off-peak hours only while work to repair manholes is carried out. Malton Street in ...
Store boss gets soaked for charity.
Apr 01, 2008 ... STORE manager Mike Gaskell got soaked with soggy sponges - all in the name of charity. And when colleagues and customers got bored with that, they chucked the whole bucket of water over him! Matalan, on the Parkway, hosted the event to raise money for the NSPCC's ...
Price of water adds to bills misery.
Apr 01, 2008 ... AN INFLATION busting rise in the cost of water is set to pour more misery on struggling households in South Yorkshire from today. Yorkshire Water's prices are increasing by 7.5 per cent, more than twice the rate of inflation and higher even than the national average of six per ...
Music fans queue for Leeds Festival tickets.
Apr 01, 2008 ... POURING rain did not put off these young music fans who queued overnight in pouring rain to get their hand of tickets for the annual Leeds Festival. Sheltering under umbrellas and in sleeping bags, hardcore fans started to arrive at HMV at 3am today - five hours before the store ...
Father and son accused of murder.
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE trial of a father and son accused of stabbing to death a Moorends man last year is due to start in June. Before then, a judge at Sheffield Crown Court will decide if a third defendant will join them in the dock. Andrew Kenneth Morris, aged 28, of Bloomhill Court, ...
Sheffield Marine killed in Afghanistan -Tributes.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A YOUNG Royal Marine from Sheffield has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan. Marine David Marsh, aged 22, from Sheffield, and Lieutenant John Thornton, 23, both of 40 Commando Royal Marines, were conducting a patrol near Kajaki, in Helmand Province, shortly ...
Woman threatened with gun in masked raid.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A SHEFFIELD woman answered a knock at her door and was pushed aside and threatened with a gun by a gang of masked men. The woman answered the back door of her house in Edmund Road, Highfield, to find herself confronted by the men who demanded cash once inside. She ...
Boxer Scott Brookes, 20, dies after road accident.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A PROMISING young South Yorkshire boxing star has died in hospital after being hit by a taxi. Scott Brookes, aged 20, from Mexborough, was in Rotherham General Hospital following the collision on Rowms Lane, Swinton, at around 1.10am yesterday. Police this afternoon ...
Pressure on parking firm over huge fines.
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE Sheffield parking company at the centre of controversy over a site it runs in Broomhill could be forced to stop handing out huge fines after losing a court case. Excel Parking Services, based at Omega Court on Cemetery Road in Sharrow, has been told its demands for a total ...
Shock derby return for Blades loan ace.
Apr 01, 2008 ... SHEFFIELD UNITED's preparations for next week's derby with Sheffield Wednesday have gathered pace after it emerged that Lee Martin could be declared available for selection. Martin, the winger Kevin Blackwell's predecessor, Bryan Robson, signed on loan from Manchester United, ...
Owls bid to repay fans.
Apr 01, 2008 ... BRIAN Laws is targeting a result and performance of which fans can be proud as Wednesday face a crucial stage of their survival battle. Victory against fellow strugglers Coventry at Hillsborough tonight would lift the Owls four places in the Champion-ship table and above the Sky ...
Boxer critical after crash with taxi.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A PROMISING young South Yorkshire boxing star was this morning on a life support machine in hospital after being hit by a taxi. Scott Brookes, aged 20, from Mexborough, was in Rotherham General Hospital following the collision on Rowms Lane, Swinton, at around 1.10am yesterday. ...
Man in court over egg thefts.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A Cleethorpes man is to appear in court charged with stealing more than 7,000 wild birds' eggs. Richard Pearson, 41, is accused of stealing the rare eggs, some of which belonged to golden eagles, peregrine falcons and ospreys. Pearson, of Phelps Place, is also accused ...
Sheffield-born soldier killed in Afghanistan.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A Sheffield-born soldier has been named as one of two Royal Marines who were killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan. Marine David Marsh, 22, died along with his 40 Commando Royal Marines colleague Lieutenant John Thornton, 23, while conducting a patrol near Kajaki, in ...
Agency calling the next Leona Lewis and Lee Mead.
Apr 01, 2008 ... If you think you have model or movie star potential this could give you the break. Derbyshire based talent agency Directions Theatre Art are looking for non-professional acts between four and 84 years old to be presented at the American Model and Talent Convention (AMTC) in Euro ...
Driver hurt in police chase car crash.
Apr 01, 2008 ... A man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a car crashed into a wall during a police chase in Doncaster. The 38-year-old Barnsley man suffered whiplash injuries when his Peugeot 206 rolled on to its roof on the A635 Barnsley Road at its junction with Scawsby ...
[pounds sterling]50, 000 grant for community groups.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Sheffield City Council has allocated almost [pounds sterling]50,000 to 28 community groups across the city. The cash will be used to help the groups work with a variety of young and old people, the disabled and ...
Midnight trek help appeal.
Apr 02, 2008 ... BIG-HEARTED blokes are being sought to help out at a girls' night out for charity - as stewards on Sue Ryder Care's Midnight Walk for women. There are still places left for ladies interested in donning their lipstick and trainers and taking part in the 10-mile trek around ...
History guide for visitors.
Apr 02, 2008 ... A GUIDE has been launched to help visitors to Chesterfield find out about its history. The booklet takes people on an hour-long trail around the town centre, highlighting 29 places of interest and answering questions as diverse as why Victorian engineer George Stephenson's ...
Eviction warning over drugs link claims.
Apr 02, 2008 ... A SHEFFIELD council tenant has been warned she will be evicted if further evidence of drug-related crime is discovered at her home. Tanya Bailey, aged 26, of Lyons Road, Burngreave, has been slapped with a suspended eviction order after drugs were found at her property in ...
Hypnotists visit Beighton.
Apr 02, 2008 ... IF YOU'RE out and about in Beighton this weekend be careful whose eyes you look into. That's because 30 hypnotists from all around Britain will be in the village. And the purpose of their visit is to attend a training seminar to upgrade their hypnotherapy skills at ...
Coach swaps Sheffield for Swaziland.
Apr 02, 2008 ... RUGBY coach Steve Reynolds is hoping to convert a whole new generation of fanatics -by swapping Sheffield for Swaziland. Steve, a teacher at Birkdale School in Broomhill, has been granted a sabbatical from April to September to travel to the small landlocked country in South ...
Patients get the message over infection.
Apr 02, 2008 ... A NORTH Derbyshire hospital has introduced patients' packs giving tips on avoiding potentially life-threatening infections. The new packs - containing information to help prevent infection from bugs like MRSA and Clostridium Difficile - will be given to patients at Chesterfield ...
Appeal for doggy donors.
Apr 02, 2008 ... DOG owners are being asked to give poorly pooches a helping hand by volunteering their own four-legged friends as blood donors. Doggy donors are desperately needed throughout the UK to help animals who are ill or injured and need a transfusion. Sheffield dog owners ...
Staff reap the rewards for going smoke-free.
Apr 02, 2008 ... SMOKERS at a Sheffield firm have stubbed out their habit with the help of special sessions put on by the council and one of the city's health trusts. The campaign has successfully weaned seven workers at Veolia - the city's waste disposal contractor - off the evil weed. With the ...
New chief executive at helm.
Apr 02, 2008 ... IT'S all change at the top at Chesterfield Council, where chief executive David Shaw is retiring after 24 years in charge. Mr Shaw, one of the longest-serving council bosses in the country, was part of a remarkable tradition - in 70 years, only four people have held the job. ...
Youngsters learn the dangers of building sites.
Apr 02, 2008 ... THESE hard-headed youngsters have their wits about them, thanks to a talk about the dangers of playing on building sites. Pupils at Emmaus Catholic and Church of England Primary School in Wybourn, Sheffield, joined in workshops and interactive video sessions. Builders ...
Jake is winning battle for life.
Apr 02, 2008 ... BRIGHT-eyed baby Jake Wheatley looks a picture of health - but was born with heart problems so serious he needed 11 hours of surgery to survive. Doctors found the tiny tot had nine holes in his heart, and his two main cardiac arteries had grown the wrong way round putting ...
Parking firm reviews penalty fees after protest.
Apr 02, 2008 ... AN UNDER-fire Sheffield car park operator has promised to review its charges following concern over hefty penalties issued to motorists. Excel Parking Services has been criticised for issuing demands of up to [pounds sterling]100 if drivers have overstayed by just a few minutes ...
Playground opens in deprived area.
Apr 02, 2008 ... A NEW play area for children and toddlers in a deprived part of Sheffield will be opened officially tomorrow. The [pounds sterling]35,000 facility has been provided at Newfield Green shops, outside the library and tenants' hall, paid for by contributions from property developers ...
Pensioner's epic ride with free ticket.
Apr 02, 2008 ... CALL us canny, careful or just plain mean but we Sheffielders aren't renowned for spending cash unnecessarily. Take Christine Jackson, a Sheffield pensioner whose intention it is to take the ultimate free ride. Christine, aged 66, from Kelham Island is using her new ...
MP Angela Smith on way to top.
Apr 02, 2008 ... SHEFFIELD MP Angela Smith is swapping Parliament for mountain peaks in an initiative to promote a better understanding between sport and politicians. The Hillsborough MP is one of 15 Parliamentarians taking part in the second year of Sport England's Parliamentary Sports ...
Donors sign-up for bone marrow awareness.
Apr 02, 2008 ... STUDENTS from The University of Sheffield organised a bone marrow awareness week to sign up potential donors. The Sheffield Marrow group - which involves medical and other students - ran clinics to add more people to the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Register, and events including a ...
Energy saving advice.
Apr 02, 2008 ... ADVICE for Sheffield residents on how to cut energy costs is available at the next Healthy Wealthy and Warm Roadshow. The session at Shortbrook School Community Rooms, Westfield, includes free energy saving light bulbs, free refreshments and a buffet and taster sessions of ...
[pounds sterling]50,000 handouts for community projects.
Apr 02, 2008 ... DOZENS of community projects around Sheffield are receiving grants totalling [pounds sterling]50,000. Schemes benefiting are those helping young people, elderly, disabled, those with mental health problems and ethnic minorities. The handouts, from Sheffield Council's ...
Bosses praise former chair Tony Hams.
Apr 02, 2008 ... BOSSES at the Peak District National Park Authority have praised former chair Tony Hams after he stepped down at the end of his 10-year appointment. Mr Hams helped develop moorland research and restoration, tackling climate change and conserving rare habitats, and supported ...
Historic High Storrs School plans on display.
Apr 02, 2008 ... PLANS to refurbish one of Sheffield's most historic schools go on display for parents and pupils next week. High Storrs School moved from the city centre into its current building in the early 1930s. The school is Grade II listed and so cannot be demolished, as has ...