Western Daily Press (Bristol UK) back issues from August 2007:
Butternut squash and sweet potato soup
Aug 01, 2007 ... 1 tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tsp hot curry powder 300g sweet potato, peeled, weighed and diced 250g butternut squash, peeled, weighed and diced 2 tbsp basil leaves, torn 750ml vegetable stock (2 stock ...
Goats' cheese, spinach and tomato quiche
Aug 01, 2007 ... 350g (12oz) prepared shortcrust pastry, thawed if frozen 225g (8oz) fresh spinach 25g (1oz) St Helen's Farm Goats Butter 1 onion, finely chopped 4 eggs 300ml (1/2 pint) St Helen's Farm Goats Milk 1 tsp mixed dried herbs Salt and ...
Downsizing isn't always an option
Aug 01, 2007 ... Read the thoughts of our columnist Katie Foxall Big families are very happy and produce well-rounded members ofsociety ARE big families really bad for the environment, as was recentlyreported by the Optimum Population Trust? Having more than two children is apparently ...
Animals are one of my pet hates
Aug 01, 2007 ... Read the latest from our teenage columnist Ed Williams I AM not an animal lover, but this week pet trauma hit our family. My brother adores all animals from chinchillas to chimpanzees and,two years ago, after much complaining about not having a pet, hefinally got ...
Why don't we dredge rivers?
Aug 01, 2007 ... We have long wondered why the Environment Agency, or the riverauthorities, are not using the old-fashioned way of dredging rivers. Surely if you remove a gallon bucket of silt and put it on thebanks to build them up, this would leave at least the space for agallon of water to ...
A very caring newspaper
Aug 01, 2007 ... I Enclose cheque for pounds25 towards your flood appeal. I wish it could be more - the many heartrending accounts ofpeople's suffering requires vast sums to help them properly. Please carry on with your caring newspaper - the only one I take. Your reports are ...
Cycle laws are as clear as mud
Aug 01, 2007 ... With all this mud and water around and cyclists going through itspraying it everywhere, including the rider and all the pedestrians,it brings to mind that there is a law (or was) that states a cyclemust have mudguards back and ...
Getting to grips with grammar
Aug 01, 2007 ... You reported on a top musician on page three of today's paper("Why an Italian mistress, now aged 272, has come between my wife andI Western Daily Press, July 26). Your headline attributes to him a gross error in English. If heused the words printed, it was most unkind of you to ...
Bosses expect sales rise and recruitment growth
Aug 01, 2007 ... West firms are showing increasing optimism for the strength oftheir order books for the next six months. The latest monthly confidence survey for West Business Watch showsthat the number of companies predicting rising sales has edged up to56 per cent - close to the highs of early ...
Wake-up call to plan for future disasters (july 27)
Aug 01, 2007 ... N The sad situation in Gloucestershire with many homes affected byflood water was not helped by the Minister who claimed that even ifadequate flood prevention measures had been put in place in time, thedeluge of rain would have still overcome them. Little consolation forthose people who ...
So many agencies but what can they do for us? West Business Watch, our monthly measure of boardroom opinion, looks at public sector support services and finds, despite some improvement, most firms are still baffled by who does what
Aug 01, 2007 ... West Business Watch, our monthly measure of boardroom opinion,looks at public sector support services and finds, despite someimprovement, most firms are still baffled by who does what Limited progress and continued frustration - that's the view ofWest directors on the key issue of ...
Is it time for you to go dairy-free? Growing numbers of people are turning to soya or goat's milk to combat allergies and intolerances. Susie Weldon investigates the benefits of a diet free from cow's milk
Aug 01, 2007 ... Growing numbers of people are turning to soya or goat's milk tocombat allergies and intolerances. Susie Weldon investigates thebenefits of a diet free from cow's milk Idon't know if you've noticed but there's been a quiet revolutionat the fresh milk counter of your local ...
Garage owner holds BT van hostage for six hours
Aug 01, 2007; ... The global telephone company that said 'it's good to talk' washeld to ransom yesterday by a Somerset garage owner who felt he wasnot being listened to by the telecoms giant. Petrol station owner Ian Davey, of Pawlett, near Bridgwater, wasso enraged after he said British Telecom ...
Flash arrest
Aug 01, 2007 ... Police have arrested a 40-year-old man after complaints that ajogger has been flashing at women in two market towns. The man has been arrested in ...
Dipping into the sensory world
Aug 01, 2007 ... Read the latest about Children's Hospice South West Mandy Robbins, director of care for Children's Hospice South West,gives us an insight into one of the new facilities at Charlton Farm -the sensory room MANY of the children visiting Charlton Farm have conditions whichaffect ...
Kate's essential tips for making your money go further
Aug 01, 2007 ... N First, work out your weekly outgoings. Make a list ofeverything, from housing costs to car expenses and even a contingencyfund for emergencies, Christmas and birthday presents. n Set yourself a budget for food, essential household items suchas washing powder, hair and beauty, ...
Late viscount's companion starts new life back home
Aug 01, 2007 ... After 35 years basking in the Tuscan sunshine living in one of Italy's most beautiful houses, Claire Ward has more reason than mostto despise the dark clouds over Gloucestershire in recent weeks. The former debutante mistress is said to have left her lavish Italian home for ...
Warning of soaring beef prices
Aug 01, 2007 ... Shoppers are being warned that the price of beef is about to gothrough the roof. The National Beef Association (NBA) said everyone must get usedto the idea that the days of cheap food were gone. Prices at home were being kept down by processors and retailersbut the NBA ...
CD fundraiser
Aug 01, 2007 ... Young musicians from St Andrew's Church, Wiveliscombe, Somerset,are sing- ing for someone else's supper - the street children ofGuatemala and ...
A priddy fair way to choose a placename
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Somerset village of Dunster, with its perfectly preservedmedieval street plan and its 200-odd listed buildings, is an exampleof a rare genre as the home of a toponymous product - one named afterthe place where it originated. Not in the adjectival sense, such as the Bath Bun or ...
Misleading information and very little help from council
Aug 01, 2007 ... I Waded in flooded houses off Siddington Road and Spitalgate inCirencester 10 days ago, trying to help, being deluged with sandbagrequests from people who had been told by Cotswold District Council(CDC) to go to builders' merchants - who had already sold out. At the same time CDC ...
Making a virtue out of thrift In debt and worried about repaying your overdraft or your credit card bills? If so, you're not alone - and you'd better read a new book by stylist Kate Battrick, who has some old fashioned advice. Susie Weldon reports
Aug 01, 2007 ... In debt and worried about repaying your overdraft or your creditcard bills? If so, you're not alone - and you'd better read a newbook by stylist Kate Battrick, who has some old fashioned advice.Susie Weldon reports It's the phrase that's most associated with British wartime ...
Stop flood plains misery As Gloucestershire residents hit by the floods battle to rebuild their lives, SUSAN ROAF opposes Government plans to build many more new homes on our vulnerable flood plains
Aug 01, 2007 ... As Gloucestershire residents hit by the floods battle to rebuildtheir lives, SUSAN ROAF opposes Government plans to build manymore new homes on our vulnerable flood plains Our common future will be increasingly dominated by the impacts ofclimate change, and for some more so than ...
Defra can't expect to be let off the leash
Aug 01, 2007 ... "SHODDY" is the latest description to be applied to the activitiesof the senior mandarins at Defra. To which one might, notunjustifiably, add "arrogant", "manipulative" and "devious". The withering assessment has been delivered by the cross-partyEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs ...
Is milk tide finally about to turn for the dairy farmers?
Aug 01, 2007 ... Interesting months lie ahead for the milk sector. Those cynicallydetached economists invited to explain its recent ill fortunes havealways come up with the same answer: there's been too much milkabout. Well, now there isn't. And all the signs are that there's going tobe even less ...
Mag for girls
Aug 01, 2007 ... Move over Cosmopolitan and Vogue - a Bristol primary school haslaunch- ed its own glossy girls' magazine packed with gossip, popinterviews and ...
Don't light fires
Aug 01, 2007 ... Empty school buildings could be targeted by arsonists this summer,warns Avon Fire & Rescue Service. Of the 1,000 fires in UK schools each year, more than half ...
Youngsters are glued to the screen
Aug 01, 2007 ... British children are spending record amounts of their free timegazing at a screen - the equivalent of four days a week during theholidays, according to new research. The study, by Dairy Farmers of Britain, found that some childrenwere spending up to 11 hours a day on weekends and ...
Chase the cheats out of football
Aug 01, 2007 ... Now that the Tour de France has finished with the call for allcheats to be banned from taking part, quite rightly, I look forwardto your paper initiating a campaign for all cheats taking part inthat most morally bankrupt of all sports, ...
It's not so, Norah
Aug 01, 2007 ... Having been involved with dairy farming for over 70 years, I wouldlike to say how misguided your correspondent Norah Pound is regardingthe lives of dairy cows. A cow from a well-managed herd would tell you that great carewould be taken in the selection of a sire for her calf to ...
Supermarket is the new centre of Town
Aug 01, 2007 ... Exit Cathedral City, enter Tesco Town. Keep up, Wells folk! Thisis the 21st century. Forget your old streets and houses, your quaint High Street. Let'smake the temple of materialism the centre of our city. Knock the current store down and build a bigger one - this timewith a ...
Landmark building in a glass of its own
Aug 01, 2007; ... Bristol will be able to boast another landmark building afterpounds20 million work to build a new glass-fronted foyer at theColston Hall is completed, those behind the project promised. Building work on the 18-month first phase of the revamp of thecity's famous concert hall got ...
Protect sheds
Aug 01, 2007 ... Police are urging residents in North Somerset to get "sheducated"and avoid being a victim of a break-in this summer. The warning comes after a ...
To have and to hold but not to holiday
Aug 01, 2007; ... Plucky Nancy Parry has revealed the secret to 60 years of blissfulmarriage - leaving hubby at home while she goes solo on adventure holidays. Intrepid Nancy, 85, has travelled across the globe fromthe Inca Highway in Peru to the crowded markets of Morocco over thepast 22 years, all ...
Head ruins Potter for pupils by reading out the last page
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Head teacher has ruined her pupils' summer holidays by readingthe last page of the new Harry Potter book during the end-of-schoolassembly. Carolyn Banfield left her 400 pupils almost in tears as she readaloud the ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Like many ...
Pauline's 60p bingo gamble wins pounds1m
Aug 01, 2007 ... A PENSIONER has become Britain's first pounds1 million bingowinner after staking just 60p on the game. Pauline Clarke, 62, was up against 15,000 other contestants on abingo website and scooped the jackpot in a tiebreak. The stunned mum of two had been playing the online ...
Man's best friend...?
Aug 01, 2007 ... No. 46,481 THERE is something depressingly familiar about the facts andfigures released by the RSPCA today. The charity has published its annual report on cases of animalcruelty in the West and it does not make for comfortable reading. Once again there has been an ...
Chefs for a day A group of students triumphed in their toughest assignment to date - to take over the kitchens at posh Calcot Manor and prepare a meal for parents and teachers. Susie Weldon reports
Aug 01, 2007 ... A group of students triumphed in their toughest assignment to date- to take over the kitchens at posh Calcot Manor and prepare a mealfor parents and teachers. Susie Weldon reports Tensions were running high in the kitchens at Calcot Manor nearTetbury when a group of 15- and ...
Charity gets walk boost
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Parkinson's Disease Society has raised more than pounds7,000in its first ever sponsored walk in Bristol. The event on the Downs was called the 110 Per Cent Walk,symbolising the extra effort that people living with Parkinson's haveto put in to complete everyday tasks that most ...
When the wheel in the heel isn't the real deal
Aug 01, 2007; ... Abristol company is leading the fight against fake Heely shoes being sold by criminal gangs to fund drugs and arms trafficking.Customs and Trading Standards officials have seized thousands ofimitation pairs during a recent clampdown. But an estimated 20,000 fake wheel-in-the-heel ...
Parachute trio on fatal flight could have jumped
Aug 01, 2007; ... Three parachutists could have jumped from a plane before itcrashed into a field, an inquest heard yesterday. The single-engined Cessna had enough height for them to exitbefore it went down after experiencing engine trouble shortly aftertake-off. In all, five parachutists ...
Cannabis to blame for killer's mental illness?
Aug 01, 2007; ... An expert who works with mental health patients has warned of thepotentially devastating effects of cannabis use following thestabbing of a popular young father. Carl James, 21, died of multiple wounds after being repeatedlystabbed in an unprovoked attack on the doorstep of his ...
Stab victim recovering
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Mugging victim is recovering in hospital after being stabbed inthe stomach as he walked through a Bristol park. The 34-year-old was attacked shortly before 1am on Monday as ...
Architects at a new profit level
Aug 01, 2007 ... Annual pre-tax profits at West architects Stride Treglown havemore than doubled to pounds926,606 on turnover up 9.3 per cent atpounds11.12 million. The Bristol practice, the region's largest, expanded during 2006to include an office in Manchester. Staff numbers grew by 25 ...
Spider shock
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Couple were shocked to find a venomous tarantula in theirgarden. Julie and Peter Gillett spotted the five-inch spider when itfell off one of their dogs ...
Norman bowls Jack over with potatoes
Aug 01, 2007 ... Former England cricketer Jack Russell wished he had taken histrusty keeper's gloves when he went for dinner with Sir NormanWisdom - because the comic legend started hurling potatoes down thetable. Sir Norman, 92, proved that he has not lost his zany touch as hestarted flinging ...
Mum loses hospital fight
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Mother who took the Government to court in a bid to block theopening of privatised hospital services in north Bristol was leftdisappointed yesterday. Judges at the Court of Appeal in London rejected Rebecca Fudge'scase and lamented the time and money spent in pursuing ...
Two boys arrested
Aug 01, 2007 ... Two boys have been arrested after complaints about alleged racistabuse, assaults and stone-throwing in South Gloucestershire. Police had complaints from men and women of Indian origin aboutracial harassment at houses near the ...
Taking on the cowboys
Aug 01, 2007 ... Plans to beef up powers for councils to tackle cowboy builders arebeing considered by the Government. Authorities only have six months from completion of ...
Cheerful Barry found love with rebekah
Aug 01, 2007 ... Popular Barry Davis will be remembered for his cheerful nature,especially among the Knowle community. Born at Southmead Hospital in 1969, just 30 minutes before histwin Amanda, Barry was a son to Valerie and Michael and a brother toPaul and Mark. He grew up in Broadfield ...
To those in need
Aug 01, 2007 ... Please find enclosed a cheque for pounds10 for the appeal. I hope it ...
Gardener in sweat over GB selection
Aug 01, 2007 ... Athletics by Kevin Fahey JASON GARDENER has been left sweating over his inclusion in theGreat Britain team for the World Championships. The Bath Bullet wasn't even included in the relay squad when thefirst wave of selections was announced for Osaka yesterday with thetwo 100m ...
Thanks for help
Aug 01, 2007 ... From two senior citizens who are grateful not to be in a floodedarea, please accept this small donation to your ...
Hovercraft in rescue action on mudflats
Aug 01, 2007; ... Hovercraft rescuers went into action to save three generations ofthe same family - including a diabetic grandad - from mudflats onSomerset's holiday coast yesterday. The Spirit of Lelaina, paid for by generous Western Daily Pressreaders, was called out at 2pm yesterday by the ...
Police hit back in row over mitch
Aug 01, 2007; ... Rescuers working during the Gloucestershire flooding crisis dideverything they could to save tragic teenager Mitchell Taylor, policesaid last night. The 19-year-old's body was discovered in flooded parkland nearTewkesbury Abbey on Saturday. Residents Vicki and Andy Haines ...
Cameron accused of smear tactics by Tory activist
Aug 01, 2007; ... David Cameron was yesterday accused of "smearing" a Conservativeactivist who spoke out against his leadership style. Tory councillor Ali Miraj became the latest in a series of partyfigures to go public with their reservations about Mr Cameron'sleadership, claiming he was too ...
Thanks to you... Help is at hand
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Western Daily Press flood appeal has topped the pounds30,000mark. Readers have continued to send in money to help the victims. Yesterday we reported how the appeal had already raised animpressive pounds20,447. But just a day later the figure had shot upto pounds30,259, ...
How to claim a share of bank aid
Aug 01, 2007 ... We are urging communities hit by the recent devastating floods in Gloucestershire to tell us what you need. Registered charities and community groups that have sufferedshould write in telling us specifically what they require and howmuch it will cost. Then the pounds10,000 ...
Queen offers her sympathy
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Queen sent a personal message to flood victims inGloucestershire yesterday extending her "deepest sympathy" to thoseaffected. Queen Elizabeth sent her best wishes to Henry Elwes, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, commending the emergency services andvolunteers' hard ...
Regan given a shot at tying down place
Aug 01, 2007; ... West trio Mark Regan, Shaun Perry and Steve Borthwick will startEngland's World Cup warm-up against Wales on Saturday. For veteran hooker Regan, who impressed on his return tointernational action during England's recent tour of South Africa, itwill be a chance to cement a place as ...
Busy Amy is in the last eight
Aug 01, 2007 ... Bowls By David Rhys Jones SOMERSET teenager Amy Stanton reached the quarter- finals of theEnglish women's two-wood singles championship at Royal Leamington Spayesterday - and gave the organisers a headache. The 18-year-old hopes to play three games in the two-wood ...
Girl was 'sold for sex in return for diesel'
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Teenage girl was sold for sex to lorry drivers in return fordrums of diesel, a court heard. David John Chaney, 58, of Gwent, is accused of procuring the girlto become a prostitute and living off the profits of prostitution. He has denied the charges and nine other counts at ...
Radcliffe won't rush
Aug 01, 2007 ... World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe has confirmed she isplanning to return to competition in the autumn. The 33-year-old, who gave birth to daughter Isla in January, hasnot been selected in the Norwich Union GB team for the worldchampionships in Osaka at the end of the ...
Boateng delighted to join spurs
Aug 01, 2007 ... Tottenham have completed the signing of Kevin-Prince Boateng fromHertha Berlin. Spurs, who have yet to disclose the amount paid or the length ofcontract, fought off competition from Sevilla for the 20-year-oldmidfielder. Regarded as one of the most talented youngsters in ...
Fergie makes room for tevez
Aug 01, 2007; ... Sir Alex Ferguson yesterday began clearing the decks for thearrival of Carlos Tevez by selling Giuseppe Rossi to Villarreal. During Manchester United's pre-season tour of the Far East,Ferguson had suggested the futures of both Rossi and Englandinternational Alan Smith were in ...