Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK) back issues from July 2006:
Who can deliver a meal from Britain?
Jul 04, 2006 ... You urge us to buy local food, and for many years I have boughtlocally-produced meat, eggs, milk and butter. Now I am retired and we feel too elderly to take holidays awayfrom home. I thought that a well-known cooked meals provider, who recentlyadvertised in the WMN, could ...
4x4 tax rise will hit farmers
Jul 04, 2006 ... An extra pounds40 on the road fund licence will mean nothing tothose who live in suburbia and can afford those lovely large cars sothat they are able to say "mine is larger than yours!" However, like many other farmers, we have 4X4 vehicles which weneed for towing such things as ...
Creator invoked in unworthy causes
Jul 04, 2006 ... For me, the difficulty with creationism isn't so much the concept,more the perceived creator behind it. Creation myths are nothing special. Every culture had at leastone to explain the existence of the universe. Different creationstories were attributed by the ancient Egyptians ...
We must recover our trust in God
Jul 04, 2006 ... As one looks back on the social changes in Great Britain of thepast 40 years, one realises how important to our understanding of itall are two different interpretations of what history is about. Recently, the Prime Minister referred to events demonstrating"progress and reaction". ...
Evidence for theory of evolution is scant
Jul 04, 2006 ... The letter by Heather Martin (Keep creationism out of theclassroom, WMN, May 29) is an example of something I have observedbefore. Evolutionists, instead of presenting clear evidence andarguing logically, tend to abuse or pour scorn on those who disagreewith them. Richard Dawkins is a ...
Crisis lies in water wastage not supply
Jul 04, 2006 ... We are told that the House of Lords considers the water supplyproblem so serious that it would sanction an increase in charges tothe customer to pay for the repair of water mains where anything upto 25 per cent of volume is lost. Can we therefore confidentlyexpect that any organisation ...
Controls are working without badger cull
Jul 04, 2006 ... Having been on the old Badger TB Consultive Panel, it seems to methat the Defra consultation on whether to allow a mass badger cull tocontrol cattle TB has taken on a surreal quality worthy of a madhatter's tea party. The official view based on the Krebs trial cull is that it ...
Water donations
Jul 04, 2006 ... On June 21 International charity WaterAid celebrated its 25thbirthday, during which time we have helped over 8.5 million peoplegain access to clean water, toilets and hygiene education. None of this would have been possible without the public's generosity, and WaterAid would like ...
Blue skies marred by vapour trails
Jul 04, 2006 ... With all the wonderful clear blue skies we have been enjoying, onething is blatantly apparent. I am sitting beside a lake doing my bit for charity by sellingraffle tickets for prizes, but looking up at the seagulls swoopingover the lake I notice that the blue sky is gradually ...
Dartmoor is not best training territory
Jul 04, 2006 ... Your correspondent Noreen Lane (WMN, June 17) criticises me forsuggesting that military live firing should have no place in theDartmoor National Park, and implies that the military could notfunction if they were denied this training ground. Personally, I am not anti-army, nor even ...
Football religion
Jul 04, 2006 ... Why pick on Cornwall's parish churches for flying St George'sCross on their steeples ("Flag fliers should be more sensitive", June15) when practically every Cornish pub is festooned with them? England's dire performance in the early World Cup games calls forsome serious grovelling ...
I'll break the law to challenge hunting act
Jul 04, 2006 ... I read your article headed "Pro-hunt campaigner vows to break dogban" (June 17). I would like to explain why I decided to break the Hunting Act atthe League Against Cruel Sports' Baronsdown sanctuary. I have been through the law with the Government in fine detail andit is ...
Windpower can never be relied on
Jul 04, 2006 ... On June 13 you published two letters concerning wind power, one infavour and one against. Ivan Dixon wrote that in many countries wind power will replacenuclear power. Sorry, Mr Dixon, but this is not so, can never be andwill never be. Coal, gas and nuclear power stations ...
Lack of respect for Vintage vehicles
Jul 04, 2006 ... Recently i organised a rally around South Devon for The BritishHotchkiss Society - a single car club for enthusiasts of theHotchkiss car, a rare and extremely well-built car manufactured inFrance between 1904 and 1956. We had with us cars ranging in agefrom 1904 to 1951. The 1904 is ...
Diana secrets
Jul 04, 2006 ... Millions of people across the globe continue to idolise Diana,Princess of Wales, and many of us will be grateful to Sue Reid, ofthe Daily Mail, and her team for thoroughly checking this dreadfuland sad story. Not until the Establishment can show there were no secret andvicious ...
Dolphins subjected to sickening harassment
Jul 04, 2006 ... I am a frequent visitor to Cornwall - attracted, like many others,by the scenery, the sea and the wildlife. I was delighted last week to see basking sharks offshore, and alsosome dolphins in the Camel Estuary. Sadly, I also witnessed an incident that sickened me. Of the ...
Access decisions favour landowners
Jul 04, 2006 ... On Monday, June 19 you published the opinion of the president ofthe Country Land and Business Association on the subject of coastalaccess, in which he referred to the closeness of the position of theramblers and Countryside Agency staff. Perhaps because I lack the advantages of an ...
Psychiatric drugs put children at risk
Jul 04, 2006 ... The use of fish oils is an inexpensive, non-invasive andproductive alternative to the expensive, enforced and unworkablelabelling, drugging and other "solutions" of psychiatry, a professionthat has invaded our once successful education systems and turnedthem into behavioural ...
Tolerance of mental illness is overdue
Jul 04, 2006 ... I am writing in after reading a letter on how society puts astigma on mental illness. I would like to comment on how it does. My view is that with the terrible underfunding of all of oursupport services and units, more and more people who need support andcare are thrown back ...
Harley came to fame in easy rider
Jul 04, 2006 ... Your article "Riders ready to follow the Road King" (June 17),highlighted the introduction of the Harley "tractor" to the Devon andCornwall police force. It was stated that the Harley Davidson was made famous by MarlonBrando, in the film Wild Ones. However, I think you mean ...
New association for ex-navy 'greenies'
Jul 04, 2006 ... January 1 saw the 60th anniversary of the formation of the RoyalNaval Electrical Branch. Since then, the Navy has seen thousands ofmen train and work in the various aspects under the umbrella of"electrics" on board ships and shore establishments, be it lighting,fans, motors, radio, ...
Runners can aid diabetes research
Jul 04, 2006 ... Some of your readers will have places in this year's BUPA GreatNorth Run on October 1. I would like to ask those runners who havenot yet decided which charity they wish to run for, to considerrunning for Diabetes UK. Around 2.1 million people in the UK are diagnosed with ...
So just what does Cameron stand for?
Jul 04, 2006 ... In response to the comment by Torbay councillor Derek Mills (June15) that my letter (June 7), based on Bohemian Rhapsody, was a littleunfair to David Cameron, I observe that despite the Conservativeleader only being in office for a short time he has managed to makestatements on what New ...
There can only be one pentecost
Jul 04, 2006 ... H d Branton now posits two outpourings of the Holy Spirit, twoPentecosts. But this idea is uncorroborated by the Holy Bible andfails to recognise the incomparable significance of the giving of theSpirit, by which Christians are born again unto life eternal, andthis on the sole basis of ...
Police authority lacks accountability
Jul 04, 2006 ... The recent letter from Roy Morrish, of Barnstaple merits a reply.He obviously has a poor opinion of members of the Devon and CornwallPolice Authority, but I suspect it is not an opinion founded onattendance of the authority's meetings. I can't speak for other members, but I can say ...
Predators vie to kill songbirds
Jul 04, 2006 ... How pleased I am to see that a survey has been done by SongbirdSurvival. I did not know there was such a charity. How delighted Iam to see the blame for the loss, in many cases almost non-existence, of little birds. Please don't blame "modern farming practices". The ...
God will restore world to perfection
Jul 04, 2006 ... I read the article on "Saving the World" in a week of May 31edition of the WMN, and it's refreshing to know that there are someindividuals who view the many problems on our planet seriously. All too often people adopt an apathetic attitude, push it allunder the carpet with the ...
Own two homes and you're the scapegoat
Jul 04, 2006 ... Poor Councillor Martin (May 5). In a country which says itbelieves in free speech he has discovered there are those who thinkthat they, or certain groups, are above criticism, rather likecertain members of the Government. You must not criticise pensioners, who are all poor ...
Missile agreement with France is risky
Jul 04, 2006 ... You report in News in Brief (WMN, June 22) that Gordon Brown "isexpected to throw his weight behind replacing Britain's ageingnuclear deterrent". Readers should appreciate just what thisseemingly innocuous statement could mean. Our present nuclear deterrent is the Trident D5 ...
Takeaways are not cause of trouble
Jul 04, 2006 ... I'm writing in response to the article about Jimbos and JFC inTruro being refused a late opening licence. I cannot understand the reasoning behind it; I live in Truro nearthe town centre and experience noise and minor vandalism from drunkenpeople leaving pubs and clubs. This ...
Those who provide for future are penalised
Jul 04, 2006 ... Who has upset Harvey Thane (letters, June 13)? Is he accosting theConservative Party or really, its members? For me, Conservatism is about individual control and for greaterself-motivated achievement yet with an invaluable safety net for theunable. It is not about selfish ...
Tories can win - if they avoid dissension
Jul 04, 2006 ... I was intrigued to read that the Laotian rock rat, a prehistoriccreature believed to have been extinct for around 11 million years,has been found alive and well in Laos. This news should bring comfort to the Conservative Party, since itfeels like we have been labouring under New ...
Prevent problems by dna-screening would-be parents
Jul 04, 2006 ... The news that embryo DNA can now be screened for many moreinherited diseases, before selecting which ones to implant duringIVF, is receiving a mixed reception because some fear it is a steptowards "designer babies". To satisfy both camps, surely the sameDNA screening could be better ...
Spread a little happiness and reap rewards
Jul 04, 2006 ... I agree with Martin Hesp and Noel Edmonds (WMN, June 16) - it ismuch more rewarding to accentuate the positive and eliminate thenegative. I have faced a variety of changes in my life and all theseexperiences have given me the confidence to deal with optimism withwhatever the ...
Carers in campaign against injustice
Jul 04, 2006 ... I am a full-time carer, but consider I am a carer with a smallc. Only carers with a capital C get recognised and paid. Some organisations are trying to fight the Government regardingthe carers' allowance, which you can apply for if you are under 60.Once you get it you can use it ...
Blair takes us down third world road
Jul 04, 2006 ... What a terrible divided society Tony Blair has created in his timein charge of this once-great country of ours. We have had stories of Tessa Jowell's offshore accounts and JohnPrescott's two Jags and Dorneywood. Even more recently we had MissJowell pleading for more money for ...
Take it easy with Somerset cider...
Jul 04, 2006 ... Martin Hesp may well have been soaking up the atmosphere ofAthelney (June 24), and possibly also the contents of the Tom Mogg.He should have visited the Tom Mogg of yore when he would have heardtell of the day a farmer kept ahead of a certain gentleman sporting aTR3: "Arrr, I ...
Let proper punishment fit evil crime
Jul 04, 2006 ... So a child molester could and probably will get let off the hookonce again, to do it again, in five years' time. Are we surprised? Not really, some quirk in our laws seems to make it possible for thisto happen. When will some judge or magistrate stand up and be counted anddeal ...
Bill of rights has much inits favour
Jul 04, 2006 ... At last trendy young Tory leader David Cameron has come up with asensible solution to the controversial Human Rights Act - ditch it. Mr Cameron instead argues for a US-style Bill of Rights Act basedon British common sense. And about time too. Labour's human rights legislation ...
New centre is nothing short of a monstrosity
Jul 04, 2006 ... While i applaud the tasteful regeneration that has occurred overrecent years in many parts of Plymouth, I have watched withincreasing trepidation the current rebuilding of the city centre. Can someone clarify what the ghastly monstrosity of a building issupposed to signify that has ...
Stop this regional plan for police
Jul 04, 2006 ... It is said that regional reorganisation plans being organised bythe Government for police forces are necessary to counter terrorismand organised crime, a suspect statement that can be viewed as acover to backdoor implementation of European ambitions. A more effective approach ...
We have to regain governing control
Jul 04, 2006 ... Your report (WMN, May 6) that "less than half of Europeansconsider EU membership to be a 'good thing'" is significantly lessthan the full picture. Had you studied the Euro-barometer poll in greater detail youwould have discovered the following as regards views both in the EUand ...
Holloway aims to follow the Watford way
Jul 04, 2006 ... Plymouth Argyle manager Ian Holloway wants the Pilgrims to emulateWatford and become a side to reckon with in the Coca-ColaChampionship. The Hertfordshire outfit were tipped to have a hard time in theChampionship last season by some commentators but, under managerAdrian Boothroyd ...
Richardson back with Exeter
Jul 04, 2006 ... Defender Jon Richardson is back at St James' Park as Exeter Citymanager Paul Tisdale starts the process of augmenting his playingsquad for the new Nationwide Conference season. Richardson will be one of three players on trial with the Grecianswhen pre-season training commences this ...
'Good' Samaritan continues to wash up surprises
Jul 04, 2006 ... Fine jewellery, elegant furniture and long-lost paintings by OldMasters are among the array of items offered up for valuation by theexperts of the BBC's perennially popular Antiques Roadshow. Such is the enduring appeal of the programme that whenever itarrives in town, hordes of ...
Last scrap of treasured 'evidence'
Jul 04, 2006 ... Joy Payne, of Talskiddy, not far from where the Samaritan came togrief, has what is probably the last surviving piece of cloth fromthe ship's cargo of silk, cotton and calico. The scrap of patternedcotton was kept safe in a box by her father, Jim Ellery, who died in2001, aged 101. Mr ...
Residents given pounds3m in unclaimed benefits
Jul 04, 2006 ... Three million pounds of unclaimed benefits has been given back topeople in a Westcountry city. Plymouth City Council has helped more than 3,000 people collectthe money through previously unclaimed benefits and credits. An extra pounds6.3 million pounds has been claimed in total ...
Ambitious venture to transform beauty spot
Jul 04, 2006 ... The latest plans for a pounds6.4 million heritage project in theTamar Valley were unveiled on Friday. The project will help transform the Tamar Valley - an area ofoutstanding natural beauty - into an accessible reserve with museums,public bridlepaths, visitor centres and nature ...
Record challenge for climber George, 21
Jul 04, 2006 ... An intrepid climbing enthusiast from the Westcountry is to takepart in a record-breaking attempt to climb 48 mountain peaks inAmerica in just 28 days. George Tyson, 21 and from Wadebridge, will be joining an all-British team of six as it attempts to climb the highest peak in ...
Two rescued as motorcycle blaze spreads rapidly
Jul 04, 2006 ... A routine maintenance check on a motorcycle ended in disasterafter it caught fire and flames quickly spread. The blaze engulfed two motorcycles, burning out a small store andfire escape route, and melting the roof of an adjoining garagedirectly over an occupied basement ...
Bowden confident despite defeats
Jul 04, 2006 ... Plymouth Devils chairman Mike Bowden believes his side can win theConference League despite seeing them lose twice on Sunday - theirfirst defeats of the season. The Devils went down 52-43 against Buxton in the afternoon beforesuccumbing to Stoke, 45-44, a few hours later ....
The day the war was laid to rest
Jul 04, 2006 ... New photographic evidence has revealed that a wartime Nazifuneral, which has been shrouded in mystery for 65 years, did takeplace on Westcountry soil. In the February of 1941, local newspapers reported that hundredsof residents attended the funeral of four German airmen after ...
Life storms to Pendennis success
Jul 04, 2006 ... Totnes all rounder Nick Life was an easy winner of the Pendennisclub's round of the South West Enduro Championship at Shortlanesend,near Truro at the weekend. He was the only one in a 140-strong field to complete 12 laps of aseven-mile circuit in St Clement's Wood where the going ...
Sailors conquer four unclimbed arctic peaks
Jul 04, 2006 ... It may have been the sizzling start to summer back here in theWestcountry, but a team of Royal Navy sailors have just bravedtemperatures of -47 Celsius as they conquered four previouslyunclimbed peaks in the Arctic. The six-strong Westcountry-based team, Lieutenant Commander ...
New plan to save homes from closure
Jul 04, 2006 ... Two care homes in Mid Devon may have been reprieved from closureafter private companies said they were interested in buying them. Representatives from the two companies have outlined theirproposals for running Barnhaven in Bampton and Orchard Lea inTiverton to councillors and local ...
'Caring' staff must be kept
Jul 04, 2006 ... For stewart Hookins the important thing is not who owns Barnhavencare home, but ensuring that it remains open, and with the samestaff. Mr Hookins' mother Audrey, who is 87 and very frail, is a residentat the county council-owned home in Cullompton. He has nothing butpraise for ...
Fight back against gulls
Jul 04, 2006 ... Your article about Sylvia Buckler being attacked by seagulls showsyet again that we need to manage the situation. The gull populationis growing at an alarming rate, they have no predators, and arefertile from the age of three, producing two or three chicks eachyear for about 25 ...
TV series to show reality of A and E department
Jul 04, 2006 ... The drama of real life in a Westcountry hospital's accident andemergency department features in a six-part documentary TV seriesstarting this month. For six months, filmmaker Andrew Brown followed the highs and lowsof life in the busy department at Taunton's Musgrove Park ...
Town's art gallery achieves a hat trick
Jul 04, 2006 ... Falmouth Art Gallery has become the first art gallery or museum inBritain to be shortlisted three years running for the Family FriendlyAwards. The panel of judges, looking for the most family friendly museumor gallery in the country, listed Falmouth Art Gallery because of itswork ...
Home insulation grants to be targeted at most vulnerable
Jul 04, 2006 ... A new grant scheme in North Devon aims to ensure that homes in thearea will be healthier to live in and cheaper to heat. The grant scheme is run by Healthier Homes North Devon, a jointventure between North Devon District Council, the Devon EnergyEfficiency Advice Centre and local ...
Tasty win for talented chef in Buy Local competition
Jul 04, 2006 ... A young chef is the toast of North Cornwall this week afterwinning an annual cookery competition designed to encourage people tobuy local. George Cleave, from Wadebridge School in North Cornwall, won thefood challenge which set Year 10 pupils from five schools in thenorth of the ...
Campaign to devise brand for tourism
Jul 04, 2006 ... A major new marketing campaign has been launched by businesses inWest Cornwall to attract more visitors to the area. They have joined forces to create a brand identity to link themall under one professional logo and set of values. Its aim is to give them a common theme so that ...
Hotel proposal is 'too modern' for residents
Jul 04, 2006 ... Plans to build a hotel on the East Devon seafront are beingopposed by residents, who insist the design is too modern tocomplement the neighbouring period properties. Norwegian brothers Andrew and Phillip Torjussen, joint owners ofthe Fortfield Hotel at Sidmouth, have submitted ...
Ordination celebration
Jul 04, 2006 ... James hutchings was ordained a deacon in Exeter Cathedral onSunday, before becoming curate at St James ...
Financial backing to recruit media staff
Jul 04, 2006 ... A cornish production company has won funding to recruit extralocal staff to work on its latest cross-media venture. Penryn-based Oscha Digital Media Publishing, has taken on fivelocal arts graduates after getting financial backing worthpounds250,000 from Finance Cornwall. The ...