Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK) back issues from February 2007:
Hidden worth of unpaid work
Feb 01, 2007 ... There are lots of ways to set yourself apart from the crowd andgive yourself the edge as you pursue that dream job - right? Simpleand easy though it sounds, the reality is that catching recruiters'attention and shining brightly is not, in fact, that straightforward.Anyone who's applied ...
Age concern attacks retirement 'hypocrisy'
Feb 01, 2007 ... Age Concern has accused the Government of "shocking hypocrisy",claiming that thousands of civil servants could be forced to leavework before they want to and saying it had uncovered informationshowing that several Government departments had retained a mandatoryretirement ...
Jobless total falls by more than 5,000
Feb 01, 2007 ... Unemployment levels are continuing to plummet and employment isstill on the increase, the latest figures from the Office forNational Statistics suggest. The claimant count, which measures the number of people claimingJobseekers' Allowance, went down by 5,500 in the last month ...
Cornish firm wins pounds15m Asda green energy contract
Feb 01, 2007 ... Wind energy consultancy Green Peninsula has scooped a pounds15million contract with supermarket chain Asda to help it create itsown green energy. The Cornish firm has been engaged to manage aflagship wind project in Scotland to help Asda generate its ownelectricity on-site at its ...
Law firm snaps up new recruit
Feb 01, 2007 ... Commercial law firm Bond Pearce has added skills to its bankingand insolvency team with the recruitment of Philip Withey. Formerly a senior associate in the structured and asset financegroup of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, he has returned tohis South West ...
Fraud in region has risen to record levels
Feb 01, 2007 ... The level of fraud being carried out in the South West has risenagain, new research suggests. Statistics from KPMG Forensic's FraudBarometer show that the fiscal value of cases coming to court in theSouth West and Wales rose by almost half in 2006 compared to 2005, topounds38 ...
Interlube agrees powerboat link-up
Feb 01, 2007 ... Automotive lubricants manufacturer Interlube Systems will sponsora Westcountry-based powerboat team during the 2007 season, it hasannounced. The Plymouth-based firm has linked up with the city's ChrisParsonage Racing to sponsor the team's transport vehicles for thecoming ...
Realistic pricing leads to busy hotel market
Feb 01, 2007 ... Demand for hotels and guesthouses on the English Riviera remainedstrong throughout the last quarter of 2006, a leading estate agenthas reported. Bettesworths, of Torquay, sold four neighbouringproperties in Paignton's central holiday letting area off theseafront, with the asking prices ...
Ice-cream parlour attracts passing trade
Feb 01, 2007 ... A freehold lock-up ice-cream parlour in a picturesque Cornishfishing village is for sale. Miller Commercial of Truro is seeking pounds99,000 plus stock atvaluation for the business premises in Polperro. The parlour stands prominently on the main pedestrian routeleading from ...
Work under way on industrial and office units
Feb 01, 2007 ... Work is well under way on a scheme in Cornwall which will providenew industrial premises and offices. Beaver Court at Saltash Parkway will offer a range of unit sizesfrom 1,000 to 20,000 sq ft on a six-acre site. Developer Beaver UK is working on the first two units of 8,000 ...
Units at old cider factory have access to valuable yard spaces
Feb 01, 2007 ... Two units are available to let at an old cider factory in Devon. Both premises also have access to yard areas which could beincluded in the deal. Units 1 and 2 at the Old Cider Factory on Lords Meadow TradingEstate in Crediton are being marketed by Haarer Goss. Unit 1 ...
Energy system sees advances
Feb 01, 2007 ... The technology has been around for two decades and yet today onlya small minority of British homes are cashing in on the Earth'snatural heat supply to run their domestic appliances and heat theirwater. Solar power technologies fall under two categories - one forheating water ...
Hotel has established reputation for quality
Feb 01, 2007 ... Ahotel on the north Cornwall coast is on the market with a pounds2million plus price tag. Christie and Co has been appointed to sellthe AA three-star Hotel Riviera in Newquay. It occupies a prominent position just off the approach road intothe town. The building originally ...
Beacon wins further funding for third year
Feb 01, 2007 ... Apioneering scheme which brings together the region's top firms inan effort to make them more successful is celebrating its secondbirthday with the knowledge that it is to run for another year atleast. Beacon South West has secured another year of funding from theSouth West ...
Key role in region for micro renewables
Feb 01, 2007 ... When the pioneering architect Bill Dunster designed the first zerocarbon development in the UK five years ago, no one could havepredicted quite how big its impact on mainstream housing developmentwould be. Just before Christmas, the Government gave eco-builders a prizefew could ...
Businesses wising up to the benefits of micros
Feb 01, 2007 ... If there is to be a buzzword or phrase that people apply to the"Noughties" when they look back in ten or more years' time toepitomise this decade, carbon footprint is well on its way to takingthe crown, along with "not fit for purpose". More than two decades after the hole in the ...
Changes required to lift city office market
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Plymouth office market has been affected in recent years bysporadic activity and long-term vacancies, and to assess the drivingfactors of this market and how to move demand forward over the comingyears, Vickery Holman has undertaken some market research. A questionnaire ...
Period terrace a prime investment
Feb 01, 2007 ... An investment portfolio of five imposing Plymouth city centreproperties is on the market. An asking price of pounds2.35 millionhas been set for the neighbouring buildings in a period terrace closeto the University of Plymouth's main campus. They are being offered on behalf of GE ...
'Green' kiln leads pounds1m development
Feb 01, 2007 ... Cornwall's first wood-burning kiln installation is beingconstructed at a long-established sawmill and timber business aspart of a pounds1 million development. Duchy Timber in Lostwithiel will soon have two kilns with acapacity to process 200 cubic metres of timber over a four-day ...
Riviera hotel for sale
Feb 01, 2007 ... An English Riviera hotel is for sale, with offers aroundpounds615,000 being sought. The Plymouth office of Colliers Robert Barry is marketing the 15-bedroom Coombe Court Hotel in Babbacombe, one of Torquay's mostfavoured areas. It has been the subject of major capital ...
Deal sought on development land
Feb 01, 2007 ... Offers are sought off a guide price of pounds1.4 million forpotential residential development land in West Cornwall. The 2.58-acre site of the now-redundant Charles Andrew Clinic atRedruth is being offered for sale through Miller Commercial on behalfof the NHS ...
Fat face store to boost town profile
Feb 01, 2007 ... The former Cundells delicatessen in Dartmouth has been let tofashion clothing company Fat Face. Marchand Petit marketed the property and Fat Face is now busyfitting out the premises at 12 The Quay, which it expects to be openfor business during February. This is seen as an ...
Jo brings creative flair to drama drive
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Westcountry's top independent TV production house has made itslaunch into drama by recruiting yet another top name from the Londonset. Plymouth-based Twofour has named Jo Wright as head of its newdrama division. The announcement was made at the same time as Twofour learnt ...
Going green can also generate an income
Feb 01, 2007 ... The South West has some of the best renewable resources in the UK.Solar panels, small scale wind turbines and micro-hydro power havethe potential to generate much of the electricity the UK needs. Infact, the Department of Trade and Industry's micro-generation reportstated that 40 per ...
Legal brief
Feb 01, 2007 ... Alittle knowledge is a dangerous thing, the saying goes - and thatwas certainly true of a case that I handled recently arising from a builder's work on Mrs X's farmhouse. All was going well and a payment was due to the builder. Shesent him a cheque by post, but when the builder ...
Seven steps to generating your own power
Feb 01, 2007 ... Evaluate. Have you got sun, wind or a stream? ...
Taylor sets his sights on retaining crown
Feb 01, 2007; ... Phil taylor will begin his challenge to regain darting supremacyfrom Raymond van Barneveld when the 2007 Holsten Premier League Dartskicks-off in Plymouth tonight. Taylor lost his Ladbrokes.com World Championship crown to theDutchman a month ago, letting a 3-0 lead slip at the ...
England hungry for success
Feb 01, 2007; ... England Saxons coach Dorian West believes there is a "real hunger"amongst his squad as they warmed-up for tomorrow night's clash withItaly A at Exeter's new Sandy Park Stadium (8pm). West and fellow coach Jim Mallinder have named a healthy mix ofyouth and experience in their ...
Hostels are needed for drug offenders
Feb 01, 2007 ... One reason why there is a shortage of prison cells is that nobodywants a new prison near them, or more accurately, those who visitprisoners. In some prisons a high percentage of inmates are Class A drugaddicts, and if they are not when they're locked up it's odds-on theywill ...
Destroyers' role in doubt
Feb 01, 2007 ... Your report (January 26) on the launch of the second Type 45destroyer, HMS Dauntless, correctly states that she is an air defenceship built around a sophisticated air defence system. This is the joint UK/French/Italian system known as PAAMS(Principal Anti-Air Missile System), which ...
Wildlife lovers heap special praise on delights found in region
Feb 01, 2007 ... Rainbow-splattered butterflies, shuffling puffins and acre uponacre of National Park. Even a cursory rundown of the Westcountry'swildlife population and natural assets is a mouthwatering prospect tothe nature enthusiast. Birdwatchers, walkers and flora and fauna enthusiasts have ...
Seven people arrested in two-day police operation
Feb 01, 2007 ... Seven people have been arrested in a two-day police operation inNorth Devon aimed at drug dealing and other crimes. About 20 officers took part in the operation - codenamed Zloty -in which drugs believed to be heroin were seized. In the operation on January 25 and 26, police ...
Cost of health is so painful
Feb 01, 2007 ... Patrick nicholls - Feb ROFESSOR Tim Crayford is the president of the Association ofDirectors of Public Health. He is also a doctor, which suggests thaton matters medical, he would be rather more use than me to anyone whofelt at all under the weather. Yet even humble country ...
Police force appoints new deputy chief constable
Feb 01, 2007 ... Avon and Somerset Police Authority has appointed Rob Beckley,Assistant Chief Constable crime and operations for the HertfordshireConstabulary, as its new deputy chief constable. Avon and Somerset Police Authority chairman Dr Moira Hamlin said:"I am delighted Robert has accepted the ...
'Towns must make use of countryside'
Feb 01, 2007; ... Market and coastal towns across the Westcountry will need to formstronger bonds with landowners in the countryside to ensure they canadapt as the effects of climate change and fuel shortages take agrip, it has been claimed. Julie Richardson, who works at the Dartington Hall Estate, ...
Course to focus on climate change
Feb 01, 2007 ... Leading lights in the environmental world will be in theWestcountry this month to speak during a course exploring the causesand consequences of climate change. Schumacher College, based on the Dartington Hall Estate, nearTotnes, is hosting the three-week climate change course, ...
Children to be taught slave songs
Feb 01, 2007 ... Hundreds of Somerset schoolchildren are to join voices for amoving celebration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition ofslavery. Somerset County Council's music service, Somerset Music, isstaging the One World, One Voice Choral Festival in Yeovil nextThursday and Friday, which ...
Trailer and tools stolen from farm
Feb 01, 2007 ... A trailer, tools and fuel were stolen from a farm in West Dorset.A silver aluminium Ifor Williams trailer, a red Honda sit-on mower, aquantity of diesel fuel and various tools were taken from the farmnear Yeovil. The items were taken between 5.30pm on Saturday and 9amon Sunday from a ...
Pining for some tree watching
Feb 01, 2007 ... If any tree reflects the sunset and seems to catch fire with acoppery glow on summer or winter nights when the sun is shining inits westward dipping it is the Scots Pine. I find its red bark anddeep green needles so perfect and so moving at this time of day thatI often go to my old ...
Environmental projects will help fish stocks thrive
Feb 01, 2007 ... Depleted fish stocks in a Westcountry river may soon be restored,thanks to plans to help species migrate upstream and return to thesea. Salmon and sea trout in the River Tavy, South Devon, will benefitfrom changes to be carried out by the Environment Agency. The agency is ...
Young woman with a passion for life and laughter, who had so much to live for
Feb 01, 2007 ... The FAMILY of a young woman who was killed in a car crash havepaid tribute to her "bubbly personality" and the way her presencecould light up a room. Justeen Barrow was a passenger in a car which collided into awall. The accident happened in March last year but the grief is ...
Farmer built up herd of pedigree guernseys
Feb 01, 2007 ... A west Cornwall farmer for 65 years, Ivor Eddy, who came from awell-known farming family, has died at Penzance aged 82. During his career he farmed at Trewidden, Penzance and then,following his marriage, at Amalebra farm, Nancledra and at Bojewyansnear St Buryan. For some ...
Night-time roadworks on a390
Feb 01, 2007 ... A long-running programme of night-time improvement work is tostart on one of Truro's busiest roads next week. From Monday, the A390 Highertown road between Sainsbury's andTreliske will be subject to lane restrictions and temporary trafficlights. Cornwall County Council's ...
Survey to assess affordable housing needs
Feb 01, 2007 ... Residents in part of the Westcountry are being encouraged to takepart in a study whichmay help to bridge a growing "affordability" gapfor people trying to get on the housing ladder. About 95,000 households across Dorset will receive surveys in thecoming few weeks, designed to help ...
Letters target mayor after council's prayer ban
Feb 01, 2007 ... A row over the banning of prayers at a Westcountry town councilhas boiled over, with the mayor receiving a flood of abusive letters. Pruw Boswell, Mayor of Totnes and a devout Roman Catholic, hasbeen shocked by the letters blaming her for ending the council'sChristian prayers at ...
Climate change group set up
Feb 01, 2007 ... Residents of a Mid Devon market town have formed an action groupin an attempt to educate people about the dangers of climate change. The Crediton Climate Action Group held its inaugural meeting inthe town's Congregational Church last week. About 30 people attended and agreed to ...
Napoli - we still need answers
Feb 01, 2007 ... Robin Middleton, the man in charge of the operation to deal withthe sinking cargo ship Napoli, mounts a vigorous defence in today'sWestern Morning News of the decisions he took which brought thedamaged vessel to the shallow waters off Branscombe beach. He makes some good points. ...
Controversial referendum to go ahead
Feb 01, 2007; ... Thousands of residents are to be asked to give their views ondevelopment of the banks of a picturesque river estuary. The first Exmouth referendum will take place even though themajority of people in the East Devon resort voted against it at apublic meeting. The result is ...
Goonhilly site reaches the final frontier
Feb 01, 2007 ... Before the days of the World Wide Web, there was Goonhilly - aname which meant Cornwall was at the epicentre of space agetechnology. In July 1962, the giant satellite dishes which had turned awindswept patch of Lizard moorland into an alien landscape helpedreach out across the ...
Tall ships take pride of place
Feb 01, 2007 ... An iconic picture of the start of the 1998 Cutty Sark Tall ShipRace in Falmouth is to take its place as part of an exhibitionsumming up the town and its people. Bosses of the National Maritime Museum are staging a Your Falmouthexhibit and are calling for other similar contributions ...
Jamie serves up yet another telly feast
Feb 01, 2007 ... He's done it again. Our pukka chef dishes up another fine,consistent entertainment that provided satisfying televisionnourishment. But I'm rather alarmed at how tired and worn this 31-year-oldlooked. Jamie Oliver has built up an amazing career in a short time,creating a ...
Why we had to beach napoli there
Feb 01, 2007 ... At first, the public's gaze was focused on the heroism of theRoyal Air Force as its helicopters plucked 26 men from a life raft intreacherous seas off the Westcountry coast. Then all eyes turned to the fate of the 62,000-tonne containership, MSC Napoli, which was holed but under ...
Further fall in deaths on region's roads
Feb 01, 2007; ... The number of people killed on Westcountry roads has decreased forthe second year running, it has been revealed. Latest figures show that there were 86 deaths on Devon andCornwall's roads in 2006, which was also the lowest joint tally since2003. However, while Devon saw ten ...
No revolution here please, we're British
Feb 01, 2007 ... Ilitary chiefs turn their guns on the government. Senior policeofficers fall in line, too. There are rumblings of discontent in the courts over ministerial pronouncements on sentencing policy. When these three pillars of society speak out, it is usually asign that something ...
MoD fights back over petition on Navy cuts
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Ministry of Defence has hit back at a petition sent to DowningStreet demanding an end to the "destruction of the Royal Navy". More than 9,000 people - including many from the Westcountry -have backed the demand for the defence budget to be "spent morewisely". The ...
Petition to call for official inquiry into milk pricing
Feb 01, 2007; ... When Tony Blair peers out of his window next Tuesday morning, hecould be forgiven for not quite believing his eyes. More than a dozen Westcountry dairy farmers dressed in cowcostumes will descend on the steps of Number 10 to demand aGovernment inquiry into milk pricing. A ...
EC talks on incident
Feb 01, 2007 ... The grounding of the Napoli is to be discussed at the EuropeanCommission today. Fuel oil and more than 2,000 containers are being removed from the62,000-tonne Napoli, which was grounded a mile off Sidmouth, Devon,the weekend before last. Today the Liberal Democrat MP for ...
Teenager killed in bike fall after he gave up helmet
Feb 01, 2007 ... A teenager died after falling from his BMX bike during a stunt -minutes after giving up his crash helmet to protect his eight-year-old brother, an inquest heard yesterday. Aiden Taylor, 13, died of massive head injuries after coming offhis beloved bike just 40 yards from his home ...
Traffic chaos as hundreds of civil servants strike
Feb 01, 2007 ... Hundreds of civil servants across the Westcountry, angry at jobcuts and pay disputes, were on strike yesterday, causing trafficchaos and administration nightmares. The national day of industrial action, planned by trade union Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), affected on ...
High price for historic fire bell
Feb 01, 2007 ... It might not be the biggest of items - but the Biggin Hill firebell has been sold for ten times more than was estimated. The historic Air Ministry fire bell is said to have saved Britainduring the Second World War. And on Tuesday it was sold for a whopping pounds5,760 at ...
Smit's vision to unlock pounds50m funding for Eden
Feb 01, 2007; ... The world's largest collection of keys could be the key itself tounlocking up to pounds50 million of fresh funding for Cornwall'sinspirational Eden Project. It is just one novel idea in the melting pot which may help theregion's leading visitor attraction to bag the top prize in ...
Hospital saves under-threat police patrols
Feb 01, 2007; ... Police officers will continue to patrol an Accident and Emergencydepartment at a beleaguered hospital in Cornwall. There had been fears the two officers at the Royal CornwallHospitals Trust, Treliske, Truro would be axed in a bid to battle apredicted deficit of pounds45 ...
Parking attendants 'lie in wait for parents'
Feb 01, 2007 ... Notorious parking attendants in a seaside resort have forced threeGirl Guide packs out of the town centre venue they've used for yearsby repeatedly targeting their parents. The three packs of Guides, Brownies and Rainbows, totalling 120girls aged five to 14, used to meet at a ...
Mortgage arrears lead to homeless fears
Feb 01, 2007 ... The number of Westcountry home-owners taken to court by mortgagelenders leapt by 18 per cent last year, prompting fears more familiesin the region could end up homeless. In Exeter, which saw the highest rise, repossession cases shot upby 37 per cent. The news comes days after ...
Five in hospital after collision
Feb 01, 2007 ... Five people were taken to hospital after a head-on crash involvingtwo cars and a lorry in South East Cornwall. Two of the casualties were airlifted to Derriford Hospital inPlymouth suffering from serious injuries, while three others weretaken by ambulance from the scene. The ...