Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK) back issues from October 2007:
Buckle expects better from lacklustre gulls
Oct 01, 2007 ... Torquay United manager Paul Buckle was furious with his side'sfirst-half display despite winning their Blue Square Premierencounter with Droylsden 2-1 at Plainmoor. The Gulls produced a lacklustre showing in the opening 45minutes, and came into the dressing room at half-time a goal ...
Phillips snatches win to keep Torquay on top
Oct 01, 2007 ... Torquay United left it late again, but the Gulls remain at thetop of the Blue Square Premier after Lee Phillips' last-minuteheader secured three more points against Droylsden at Plainmoor thisweekend. The Gulls were one down with just over ten minutes left on theclock before Tim ...
Injury to Terry adds to woes for grant
Oct 01, 2007; ... Avram Grant avoided a home defeat in his first Barclays PremierLeague home game as Chelsea held out for a 0-0 draw against Fulhamon Saturday, but his Stamford Bridge managerial tenure continued tobe far from smooth. Not only were the home crowd chanting loudly for former ...
Loss of skiverton scuppers Glovers
Oct 01, 2007 ... Luton tomorrow, Leeds United on Saturday - and Swansea, Carlisleand Bristol Rovers to come before the end of the month. Yeovil Townboss Russell Slade knows he is facing the toughest month since hebecame manager of the Glovers, and he could be without his talismanas well as half a dozen ...
'We have to work harder'
Oct 01, 2007 ... Russell Slade admitted that it was "a bad day" as his teamslipped to their biggest defeat since he took over. "It was a very disappointing day," the Yeovil manager admitted."Things went wrong at key moments which meant we were on the wrongend of a 3-0 scoreline. The 3-0 flattered ...
Callington end losing sequence
Oct 01, 2007 ... The supporters of Carlsberg South West Peninsula League DivisionOne West sides Callington and St Austell at last had something tocelebrate, as their favourites recorded their first victories of theseason in the first round of the Throgmorton Cup. Brett Easterbrook fired ...
Saltash pay tribute in fine style
Oct 01, 2007 ... Saltash United had their largest crowd of the season at KimberleyStadium for the club's tribute to their manager Tim Halford, whocollapsed and died just over a week ago. The 45-year-old was an extremely popular man both in football andaway from the game, and the emotion displayed ...
A toast to baked beans
Oct 01, 2007 ... After the relaxation of the summer holidays, going back touniversity, coupled with exam stress, and - gasp! - even having tocook for yourself, can all seem a bit too much like hard work. But cooking a healthy home-made meal is nowhere near as difficultas it sounds and, given that ...
Decisions puzzle all blacks
Oct 01, 2007 ... Referees at this level should know what they're doing becauseresults in the Leagues' top flight can have major repercussions forclubs. I may be doing an injustice to Adrian Hartwell - the manofficiating in this National One match between the Cornish AllBlacks and Moseley at ...
Robbed Reds await their fate following eventful day at Cambridge
Oct 01, 2007; ... Redruth Director of Rugby, David Penberthy, was last nightcompiling a detailed report for the National Clubs' Associationafter Saturday's National League Two game with Cambridge wasabandoned at half-time. With the Reds trailing 30-0 at the interval, a torrid afternoongot even ...
Misfiring Argyle are lucky to grab draw
Oct 01, 2007 ... Plymouth Argyle have played four home games in the Coca-ColaChampionship this season and have drawn the lot. They have rightlyconsidered themselves unlucky not to have won some of that quartetof fixtures, but that was not the case on Saturday. The Home Park outfit and Wolverhampton ...
Dazzling debut as Harris touches down a hat-trick
Oct 01, 2007; ... Mounts Bay unearthed a dazzling new talent and bagged anothermaximum-points haul in their splendid 29-19 win over visitingRosslyn Park at the Mennaye Field. Teenage winger Billy Harris scored three tries on debut,revealing a combination of pace and power packed into a slight ...
Pallid Pilgrims fail to build on capital promise
Oct 01, 2007 ... There are two ways of viewing Plymouth Argyle's performance inlast Wednesday's Carling Cup defeat at West Ham United. The glass half-full merchants might say that the Pilgrims didvery well to hold their own against an experienced Barclays PremierLeague side, who had resisted the ...
'I think the lads looked tired'
Oct 01, 2007 ... Ian Holloway did not try to pretend that his Plymouth Argyle sidehad done themselves justice at Home Park on Saturday. The Pilgrimsdid not lose to Wolverhampton Wanderers, but the Coca-ColaChampionship fixture's final scoreline of 1-1 did not reflect thebalance of ...
Pirates at last click into gear
Oct 01, 2007; ... Having somewhat coughed and spluttered their way through theopening weeks of the season, it appears at long last the CornishPirates are finally beginning to click into gear. Saturday's 48-28 success at Newbury ensured a third successivewin for Jim McKay's side, who at times this ...
Champion of early music
Oct 01, 2007 ... Albert Fuller, who has died aged 81, was an influential harpsichordist, conductor, teacher, author and the founder of twoimportant early music organisations, the Aston Magna Foundationfor Music and the Humanities and the Helicon Foundation. In the 1960s and 1970s, when the ...
Sheep trade relief at return of store marts
Oct 01, 2007; ... Full livestock markets cannot return too quickly for thebeleaguered Westcountry sheep industry, with farmers throughout theregion watching their 2007 lambs grow ever heavier. With restrictions being eased on and store markets returning fromThursday, flock managers up and down the ...
Ploughing alert on scheme land
Oct 01, 2007 ... Arable farmers in the Westcountry with Countryside Stewardship orHigher Level Scheme agreements should read their agreementscarefully before ploughing up grassland for autumn cropping. The warning comes from agricultural consultant Claire Kingston,of Laurence Gould Partnership. ...
Game trust changes its name and image
Oct 01, 2007; ... With the increasing pressures being placed on our wildlife andthe countryside, conservation has become the new watchword. With this in mind the Game Conservancy Trust, one of the mostrespected research charities in this country, has changed its nameto reflect the relevance of its ...
Climate challenge is still full of energy
Oct 01, 2007 ... Milverton's carbon footprint is 11,000 tonnes a year. As a figurewithout context, it's difficult to know exactly what that means forthe small Somerset village. But when you consider that it's the same as releasing 11 millioncarbon-filled giant balloons - each one metre in diameter ...
Farmers fail to make most of their grassland
Oct 01, 2007 ... More than half of all livestock farmers fail to recognise theeconomic cost of poor-quality grassland to their businesses, or thebenefits to be gained from improving it, according to Mole ValleyFarmers. Graham Ragg, the company's arable and fertiliser sales manager,said: "Grass ...
Pull yourself together, do
Oct 01, 2007 ... Have a terrible habit of being unsympathetic to people whenthey're ill. I'm even unsympathetic when their children are ill.It's terrible. I'm not sure why I'm like this; it must be somethingto do with my upbringing, and possibly the fact that I'm not oftenbrought to my knees. The ...
Russian veterans to visit South West
Oct 01, 2007; ... Fifteen Russian war veterans will visit a Westcountry town inNovember, the only such visit to British shores. The Russian Arctic Convoy veterans, all now in their eighties andnineties, will visit Exmouth, Exeter and Plymouth in a visit whichhas been organised by the Exmouth branch ...
Tuna trips venture is hailed a success
Oct 01, 2007; ... Tuna pole fishermen will this week return to Newlyn after athree-month venture to bring high-quality, line-caught tuna to theWestcountry fish markets. It is probably the last trip teams aboard Nova Spero, Charismaand Ben Loyal will spend on tuna until next summer. With two ...
Local stars of fishing awards ceremony
Oct 01, 2007 ... A band of Westcountry fishing folk and tradesmen travelled toLondon on Friday to see how they fared in this year's Fishing NewsAwards. Those in the limelight were Matthew Evans, skipper of Plymouthbeam trawler Cheryl of Ladram, Jim Portus, leader of the SouthWestern Fish ...
Crucial bass talks today
Oct 01, 2007 ... A crucial meeting between Fisheries minister Jonathan Shaw, bassanglers and commercial bass fishermen will take place today to helpdecide whether the minimum landing size (MLS) for bass should risefrom 36cm to 40cm. The proposed measure was given the go-ahead more than 12 ...
Alcohol sold to 15-year-old in 'sting' operation
Oct 01, 2007 ... One-third of businesses unlawfully sold alcohol to a 15-year-oldduring a police sting in Devon. During the operation in Cullompton, organised by police and DevonTrading Standards, nine off-licences were visited, and employeesfrom three sold alcohol to the young volunteer. The ...
Voters angry at council's move to call off election
Oct 01, 2007 ... Voters have called into question proposals by Exeter City Councilto call off next year's local elections because of the transition toa new unitary authority. Under the electoral cycle, elections were due to be held for 14seats - more than a third of the council - in May 2008. But ...
Angry campaigning fathers daub former little chef roof
Oct 01, 2007 ... Campaigners for "fathers' rights" have claimed responsibility fordaubing graffiti on a disused roadside Devon restaurant. The former Little Chef on the A38 Devon Expressway, near ExeterRacecourse, has been painted with a slogan about the family lawcourts, which covers both the ...
Imaginary beach finds global fame
Oct 01, 2007 ... Tourists might not be able to visit the mythical beach ofPorthemmet in person - but 41,000 people have logged on to thewebsite which extols the virtues of "the best beach in Cornwall". Of course this is the cyberbeach created by a former pupil ofTruro School, exposed as a hoax last ...
Chiefs stretch winning run
Oct 01, 2007; ... Exeter Chiefs made it five wins out of five in National DivisionOne with what was eventually a pretty comfortable home victory overold rivals Bedford Blues. However, in a season where every point is likely to be crucial tothe destination of the title, there was plenty of ...
New look brings little joy as St Ives leave it too late
Oct 01, 2007 ... New-look St Ives left too much to do in the second half of theirTribute South West One 21-11 defeat away to Berkshire sideRedingensians. More than half of the players in the St Ives side were appearingfor the first time this season - and wing Rod Cutter was on hisdebut for the ...
Trim looks for more application
Oct 01, 2007 ... Sidmouth skipper Steve Trim admitted he was disappointed not towin more comfortably than 23-12 in the Tribute Western Counties Westderby clash against lowly Withycombe. Sidmouth were 20-0 up at half-time, but could only add a penaltyand conceded two tries, one of which annoyed Trim ...
Cullompton bulldoze plucky okehampton to continue making the pace
Oct 01, 2007 ... Cullompton continued their winning streak at the top of theCornwall and Devon division with a 26-5 victory at Okehampton. Okehampton led briefly thanks to an Ali Mason try, but by half-time it was 5-5 thanks to an answering score from Cullompton wingHugo Holmes. Cullompton ...
Albion unfazed with threat set by Saints
Oct 01, 2007; ... As far as misleading scorelines go, Saturday's final result atFranklin's Gardens was a fine example of how points totals in no wayreflect the balance of a match. The hosts, Northampton Saints - unbeaten and sitting top ofNational Division One - were undoubtedly the better team and ...
Point proven by Chadwick
Oct 01, 2007; ... Nick Chadwick was Plymouth Argyle's saviour on Saturday with anequaliser which earned the Pilgrims a point against WolverhamptonWanderers, but he was quick to admit that it had not been a goodday's work by the men in green. After the 1-1 Coca-Cola Championship draw at Home Park, ...
Underperforming Ireland join Wales on way home
Oct 01, 2007; ... After England secured their quarter-final place in the World Cupon Friday, there was bad news for Wales and Ireland who were bothsent out of the competition over the weekend. Wales were beaten on Saturday by Fiji 34-38, while Irelandslumped to a 15-30 defeat by Argentina ...
Sail training ships on pictorial voyage
Oct 01, 2007 ... A stunning collection of photographic diaries charting thehistory of the Falmouth Sail Training Ships has gone on publicdisplay. For more than 60 years, the ships have been used to pass on thejoy of sailing to young people. More than 400 original images are included in the ...
pounds34m repair bill for council's buildings
Oct 01, 2007 ... A westcountry resort will have to find pounds34 million to repairits crumbling landmarks. Torbay needs more than pounds10m just to renovate its piers,harbour and illuminations. The huge backlog includes more than pounds5m for Haldon pier,pounds3m for Princess pier, pounds1m ...
Aerial platform 'vital' in fighting blaze at house
Oct 01, 2007 ... An aerial platform was called into action as a severe fire rippedthrough a family home. Fire crews said the vehicle had proved vital in tackling theblaze at the burning house in Torquay on Friday. A family of four escaped from their semi-detached property moments before the ...
Flying start for anti-litter group
Oct 01, 2007; ... A fast-growing army of volunteers is preparing to do battle withthe increasing problem of litter on Westcountry streets. The Lanson Initiative to Tackle Environmental Refuse (Litter) wasformed after a North Cornwall district councillor found whilecampaigning for election earlier ...
Award in memory of school cook presented
Oct 01, 2007 ... A special award in memory of a dedicated Devon school cook hasbeen won by a kitchen manager from Tiverton. Jill Barnard, kitchen manager at Millwater Special School,Honiton, died aged 46 in 2005 after a short illness, leaving adaughter and three teenage sons. Devon County Council ...
Independent body to monitor exams
Oct 01, 2007; ... A new independent exam regulator will be created to monitor examstandards and help improve the system, the Government says. Ed Balls, Children, Schools and Families Secretary, announcedlast week that the body would be responsible for securingqualification standards, ensuring ...
'Renaissance' event at school
Oct 01, 2007 ... A school bought by parents to save it from closure will hold arenaissance ceremony on Friday from 11.45am. Bendarroch School inAylesbeare, near Exeter, was bought by Paul and Anna Slade, whoinvested in its refurbishment and the maintenance of a traditionalteaching ...
Woman hurt in dustcart collision
Oct 01, 2007 ... A woman was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after hercar was in a head-on collision with a dustcart lorry. She wasdriving her Ford Ka on the A3052 in Clyst St Mary, near Exeter, whenthe accident happened on Friday at about 1.20pm. A fire crew fromTopsham and the rescue ...
Touring 'diary room' to question schoolchildren
Oct 01, 2007 ... Ministers are turning to Big Brother-style tactics to find outwhat children want from their education. Schools Secretary Ed Balls wants up to 60 pupils a day to visit areality TV-style "diary room" and share with him their feelingsabout how their lives can be improved. Once inside ...
Most private schools opt for 'harder' igcses
Oct 01, 2007 ... Nine out of ten elite private schools have dropped GCSEs in atleast one subject in favour of harder O-level-style exams, a surveyhas found. The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference found growingsupport among its 250 member schools, which include Eton, Harrow andWinchester, ...
Community centre caters for adult education
Oct 01, 2007 ... A new adult learning community centre has opened in Camelford,North Cornwall. The pounds400,000 purpose-built centre was funded by a grant fromthe Learning and Skills Council and will provide three classroomsand a social area for adult learners. Built on the site of Sir James ...
Truro's upbeat exit
Oct 01, 2007; ... Truro City manager Dave Leonard believes that his side have setthe benchmark for their season despite being knocked out the FA Cup by Bath City in front of 1,400 fans at Treyew Road on Saturday. Chris Holland scored the Romans' second-minute winning goal inthe second qualifying ...
Devils look past buxton defeat to real action in play-offs
Oct 01, 2007 ... Plymouth Devils ended their Conference League fixtures with ameaningless defeat at Buxton Hitmen last night. The result - a 53-42 win for the Derbyshire outfit - makes not ajot of difference to the play-off picture, which sees the Devilstake on Oxford in a first-leg clash at St ...
Shoots help to keep nature in balance
Oct 01, 2007 ... Flock of goldfinches drifts from the edge of the field as weapproach. A cuckoo - now a rarity and officially on the at-riskregister - calls from somewhere in the tree canopy. Clouds ofwoodland butterflies flit across the sunlight that dances throughthe foliage and the slots made by roe ...
More lives at risk if cutbacks are made
Oct 01, 2007 ... You don't have to be brain of Britain to know that cuts in thefire service will lead to more and more fatalities. The infernowhich demolished a hotel in Newquay is proof of that. The Fire Brigades Union rightly points out that the lack ofmanpower and equipment could well have ...
Don't take pets lightly
Oct 01, 2007 ... It was a relief to read Pat Hillyer's views on her concerns aboutpuppy and pussy farming, and I entirely agree with her. I too have been watching all those adverts for puppies andkittens, even collecting some, and I feel very angry when I see theexcuses offered for ridding ...
Make road safer, says hotelier
Oct 01, 2007 ... A hotelier has launched a campaign to improve safety on anotorious road in Torquay. Belgrave Road has seen more than seven accidents, one fatal, inthe past 18 months. Now. Mark Jenkins owner of the Kistor andInglewood Hotels in Belgrave Road, wants double yellow lines and a20mph ...
Town split over Tesco development
Oct 01, 2007; ... A south Devon fishing port is divided over whether to invitesupermarket giant Tesco to open a store in its town. Brixham will be home to a new 27,000 square foot food store provided a consultation with local people goes to plan. The store is expected to create around 200 ...
Delightful gardens well worth visit
Oct 01, 2007 ... Rhs garden Rosemoor is always beautiful, but its interest isincreased by various events during winter. A welly walk, woodlandcrafts day, pumpkin day and big draw, craft fair, food fair andwinter pruning sessions are all part of ongoing events. In factthey are so popular that booking is ...
Gold could break the 1,000 barrier
Oct 01, 2007; ... Global financial turmoil recently pushed the price of gold to itshighest level for almost 28 years at 735 an ounce, a 15 per centincrease on the start of the year. Now some experts say it couldsoar to 1,000. Gold is traditionally a safe haven for nervous investors, but ...
How to make the most of your home's rising value
Oct 01, 2007 ... The cost of buying the average home in the South West has risenmore than four times faster than the wage of the average employee inthe region over the past decade, says the recent TUC analysis ofofficial statistics, which showed that house prices have gone up 4.8times faster than ...
New tax under a green banner
Oct 01, 2007 ... Devon County Council appears to have been studying New Labour'staxation tactics a little too keenly. It is now considering chargingdrivers to park at their workplace in the supposed interests ofreducing congestion and pollution. All this, as you would expect, is being hailed by the ...
Handy weapon in fishing war
Oct 01, 2007 ... Ike sissenwine did not pull his punches. Commissioned, alongwith another outside expert, to write a report for the EuropeanCommission on the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, the former presidentof the International Council of the Seas let rip. "It is difficultto imagine how an ...
Twists and turns all the way in classy tale
Oct 01, 2007 ... You can really see in this lavish production why AgathaChristie's murder mysteries are so popular nearly 90 years after herfirst novel was published. Great characters, obscure motives andmasses of red herrings kept the reader, and the viewer on theirtoes. At the start of a new ...
Murder hunt as boy found in pond
Oct 01, 2007 ... Police launched a murder inquiry after the body of a teenage boywas recovered from a pond. The boy, thought to be aged 16 and fromthe Bilston area of the West Midlands, was found by police divers atwater in The Lunt. Three men in their early 20s have been arrestedin connection with the ...
Diversity 'monster' is common sense
Oct 01, 2007; ... Police diversity training is a "self-feeding monster" thatthreatens to stifle progress in combating prejudice, it was claimedyesterday. Dr John Coxhead said formal training in police forces, publicbodies and companies, is increasingly divorced from reality. The academic, an ...
Legal age for tobacco sales has gone up from 16 to 18
Oct 01, 2007 ... A new law making it illegal for under-18s to buy tobacco comesinto force today. The legal age for buying tobacco rises from 16 to 18, bringing itinto line with alcohol. Health campaigners welcomed the move, saying it would be easierfor retailers and customers to follow the ...
Tea delivery by zebra wagon and a ride in a llama cart
Oct 01, 2007 ... Pictures of a tiny tiger meeting a bear cub and a zebra-drawncarriage dating back to 1914 are among the shots of London Zoo in aphotograph archive which can now be seen online. Other highlights of the Zoological Society of London's album,which dates back to the 19th century, ...