Europe Intelligence Wire articles from August 2008

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from August 2008

Blaze forces hotel evacuation.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The blaze was discovered at about 9am, at the Carlton Park Hotel, Moorgate Road in Rotherham. Four fire crews were called to the scene and fought the flames from above the building's huge, sloping roof,...

Motorway network chaos.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) It happened on the northbound carriageway close to junction 34 at Blyth at around 1.45pm yesterday. One of the vehicles ended up on the southbound carriageway, closing the motorway in both directions....

CREDIT CRUNCH: How to spot the problem and what to do.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) a First alert is not being able to make ends meet. a If you find the amount of money remaining each month after making fixed payments is shrinking and is unable to cover your cost of living. WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT:...

CREDIT CRUNCH: How the family cope with life in a car.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) a Laura has four boxes of washing powder, at her sister's, brother's, mum's and Richard's mum's houses, to keep the family's clothes clean. a Laura and Richard are worried about how they...

CREDIT CRUNCH: Hardworking family forced to live in car.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Four-month pregnant Laura Whitney, aged 28, her partner Richard Webster, 32, and children Jessica, seven, and Jack, two, have spent the last fortnight crammed into a Vauxhall Vectra after being forced from their...

Man killed in horror crash.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The victim, who has not yet been named but was aged in his 30s, was behind the wheel of a blue Vauxhall Vectra which ran out of control and smashed into a wall and fence before ploughing into a bus shelter and...

Cousin is released in fall inquiry.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Richard Taylor, aged 30, of Hawley Street in Sheffield city centre, was quizzed by police after ringing 999 for an ambulance when his 26-year-old cousin Mark Taylor fell on his front door step.He and his...

Downpours cause chaos.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) It was so bad in places South Yorkshire Police closed a number of roads when they began to flood.Deep Lane in Ecclesfield was one of those affected yesterday lunchtime when it flooded under a bridge.At the same...

Muscles, moves and man mania as Strike send Meadowhall wild - VIDEO.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) These two lads have never worked harder since finding fame on TV's Britain's Got Talent.The Star caught up with Doncaster lad Danny Ball, aged 22, and Liam Richards, 19, from Waterthorpe, Sheffield, as...

Finally it's sorted - deal is struck over St Luke's move.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) After months of wrangling and rows, Sheffield Council and St Luke's issued a joint statement confirming plans to relocate to the site of the former Bluestones Infant School, Park Grange Drive, which backs on...

The truth is out there a those UFOs were Chinese lanterns at a wedding.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The lights - which sparked theories of a UFO invasion - were spotted by hundreds of people on Saturday night.But no one - including police - could explain what they were.Now Sylvia Critchlow, aged 63, of...

Life for knife killer in 'moving house' row.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Tracy Shaw, aged 40, showed no emotion as she was found guilty of murdering Victor Spence at his home on Barnby Dun Road, Doncaster, in the early hours of March 1.It took just 90 minutes for the jury to find her...

Allotments at Meadow site.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The council did not discuss whether to pay for a further ecological survey for the proposed Kaye Meadow allotment site when it met this week, as reported on Wednesday, July 30.Coun Mark Whitehouse said: "An...

Family's trust fund in Charlie's memory.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Charlie's Trust will work towards the advancement of education opportunities for children and young people in South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire.Its first objective is to raise GBP250,000 to help...

Boxing boss tells judge to retract 'slur'.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Dennis Hobson Junior claims Judge Robert Moore QC made 'unfair' comments about him and his business interests when two men were jailed for their part in the theft of scrap metal worth GBP500,000.Mr...

Post office debate call is thrown out.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Campaigners handed in a petition with 4,380 signatures opposing Royal Mail's plans to close post offices across South Yorkshire.The Green Party called for a emergency debate but the Lib Dems refused because...

Team's blood, sweat and tears for event.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The 17 person team will join hundreds of runners from across South Yorkshire in the Star Donor Run during the games taking place in Sheffield from August 7 to 11.The games bring together hundreds of people from...

Forking out for charity games.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Chengdu Blades are visiting the city for two charity games against Sheffield United on August 6 and Sheffield FC on August 9.Dormer Tools, which was established in Sheffield but is now a global organisation and...

Bikers caught by walkers.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) They were invited to help officers catch bikers riding illegally in Renishaw, Killamarsh and Eckington.Those who volunteered to take part were given a telephone number to ring if they spotted anyone riding where...

Kids fun down at the market.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Every Tuesday during August there will be face painting, balloon artists and other entertainment from 11am to 3pm in the indoor market.Kids can also have their photo taken with some favourite TV...

Asian party tour city.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) A number of ambassadors and High Commissioners visited at the invitation of Meg, a Foreign Office minister.They were welcomed at the Town Hall by the Lord Mayor, Coun Jane Bird. They visited the new teaching...

Speeding crackdown.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Officers are increasing the number of speed checks they do and will be targeting roads where there have been speed-related collisions and where residents have complained of excessive speeding.Chief...

Green light signals stadium hopes.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The decision was made yesterday at a meeting packed with around 300 members of the public.Plans for the former Dema Glass site also include a new Tesco store, office space and a hotel.They were given the green...

Fears growing for missing youngster.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Police say they are growing increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of 14-year-old Jodie Arnold.Jodie, from Wombwell, was last seen at around 11am on Monday boarding the number 226 bus from Wombwell High...

Shaken and stirred as students prepare food and drink at college.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The youngsters from Fir Vale blended delicious drinks - non-alcoholic of course - at the Castle campus as part of their food technology course.While working in the kitchens the GCSE students also cooked a...

Back in time at Abbeydale Hamlet.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The activities of yesteryear will include floral displays, weaving, spinning and drying, and lace making.There is also a scarecrow competition - and visitors are being urged to bring their own entry.The summer...

Cash aid for hospital play.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The city centre branch of Nat West bank presented a cheque for GBP2,250 to the hospital's League of Friends.The money will be used to help develop the new play area in the main reception, which is undergoing...

Ella lands a place on TV roadie show - VIDEO.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) But it's not put off Sheffield girl Ella Baldwin, who is hopes to prove she can cut the mustard with indie band The Wombats, after landing a place on a new TV show hunting for the best roadies to tour with...

'I was left left for dead, brain damaged and semi-blinded by thugs'.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) But today 28-year-old Lun Min Chen is a shadow of his former self.The Chinese takeaway owner who fled communist Beijing 'for something calmer and better' has been left brain damaged, semi-blind and...

Disabled old folk who are trapped in their home.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) With the government closing state-run old people's homes, councils must do more and more to help out domestically. But while many older people have welcomed the change, some have hit an obstacle which...

Drivers accused of abuse.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Neighbours in Fulwood handed in an 85-name petition to councillors to complain about bus drivers at the Barncliffe Road terminus.Residents are annoyed many of the bus drivers on First's 40 service and...

Bikers caught by walkers.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) They were invited to help officers catch bikers riding illegally in Renishaw, Killamarsh and Eckington.Those who volunteered to take part were given a telephone number to ring if they spotted anyone riding where...

Blaze forces hotel evacuation.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The blaze was discovered at about 9am, at the Carlton Park Hotel, Moorgate Road in Rotherham. Four fire crews were called to the scene and fought the flames from above the building's huge, sloping roof, using a...

Motorway network chaos.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) It happened on the northbound carriageway close to junction 34 at Blyth at around 1.45pm yesterday. One of the vehicles ended up on the southbound carriageway, closing the motorway in both directions....

CREDIT CRUNCH: How to spot the problem and what to do.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) a First alert is not being able to make ends meet. a If you find the amount of money remaining each month after making fixed payments is shrinking and is unable to cover your cost of living. WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT:...

CREDIT CRUNCH: How the family cope with life in a car.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Richard Marsden a Laura has four boxes of washing powder, at her sister's, brother's, mum's and Richard's mum's houses, to keep the family's clothes clean. a Laura and Richard are worried about how...

CREDIT CRUNCH: Hardworking family forced to live in car.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Richard Marsden Four-month pregnant Laura Whitney, aged 28, her partner Richard Webster, 32, and children Jessica, seven, and Jack, two, have spent the last fortnight crammed into a Vauxhall Vectra...

Man killed in horror crash.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The victim, who has not yet been named but was aged in his 30s, was behind the wheel of a blue Vauxhall Vectra which ran out of control and smashed into a wall and fence before ploughing into a bus shelter and...

Cousin is released in fall inquiry.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Claire Lewis Richard Taylor, aged 30, of Hawley Street in Sheffield city centre, was quizzed by police after ringing 999 for an ambulance when his 26-year-old cousin Mark Taylor fell on his front...

Ella lands a place on TV roadie show - VIDEO.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Sarah Dunn But it's not put off Sheffield girl Ella Baldwin, who is hopes to prove she can cut the mustard with indie band The Wombats, after landing a place on a new TV show hunting for the best...

Shaken and stirred as students prepare food and drink at college.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The youngsters from Fir Vale blended delicious drinks - non-alcoholic of course - at the Castle campus as part of their food technology course.While working in the kitchens the GCSE students also cooked a...

Disabled old folk who are trapped in their home.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) With the government closing state-run old people's homes, councils must do more and more to help out domestically. But while many older people have welcomed the change, some have hit an obstacle which threatens...

Drivers accused of abuse.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Neighbours in Fulwood handed in an 85-name petition to councillors to complain about bus drivers at the Barncliffe Road terminus.Residents are annoyed many of the bus drivers on First's 40 service and...

Post office debate call is thrown out.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Campaigners handed in a petition with 4,380 signatures opposing Royal Mail's plans to close post offices across South Yorkshire.The Green Party called for a emergency debate but the Lib Dems refused because the...

'I was left left for dead, brain damaged and semi-blinded by thugs'.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Gail Robinson But today 28-year-old Lun Min Chen is a shadow of his former self.The Chinese takeaway owner who fled communist Beijing 'for something calmer and better' has been left brain damaged,...

Back in time at Abbeydale Hamlet.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The activities of yesteryear will include floral displays, weaving, spinning and drying, and lace making.There is also a scarecrow competition - and visitors are being urged to bring their own entry.The summer...

Cash aid for hospital play.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The city centre branch of Nat West bank presented a cheque for AGBP2,250 to the hospital's League of Friends.The money will be used to help develop the new play area in the main reception, which is undergoing a...

Green light signals stadium hopes.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Polly Rippon The decision was made yesterday at a meeting packed with around 300 members of the public.Plans for the former Dema Glass site also include a new Tesco store, office space and a...

Speeding crackdown.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Claire Lewis Officers are increasing the number of speed checks they do and will be targeting roads where there have been speed-related collisions and where residents have complained of excessive...

Kids fun down at the market.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Every Tuesday during August there will be face painting, balloon artists and other entertainment from 11am to 3pm in the indoor market.Kids can also have their photo taken with some favourite TV...

Team's blood, sweat and tears for event.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Kate Lahive The 17 person team will join hundreds of runners from across South Yorkshire in the Star Donor Run during the games taking place in Sheffield from August 7 to 11.The games bring together...

Bikers caught by walkers.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Claire Lewis They were invited to help officers catch bikers riding illegally in Renishaw, Killamarsh and Eckington.Those who volunteered to take part were given a telephone number to ring if they...

Fears growing for missing youngster.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Gail Robinson Police say they are growing increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of 14-year-old Jodie Arnold.Jodie, from Wombwell, was last seen at around 11am on Monday boarding the number 226...

Asian party tour city.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) A number of ambassadors and High Commissioners visited at the invitation of Meg, a Foreign Office minister.They were welcomed at the Town Hall by the Lord Mayor, Coun Jane Bird. They visited the new teaching...

Forking out for charity games.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Chengdu Blades are visiting the city for two charity games against Sheffield United on August 6 and Sheffield FC on August 9.Dormer Tools, which was established in Sheffield but is now a global organisation and...

Forward-thinking AGBP4m investment.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Bob Rae The regional development agency is pumping AGBP4 million into South Yorkshire Investment Fund to allow it to keep investing in local business until the end of the year.The Fund a" set up to...

Life for knife killer in 'moving house' row.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Polly Rippon Tracy Shaw, aged 40, showed no emotion as she was found guilty of murdering Victor Spence at his home on Barnby Dun Road, Doncaster, in the early hours of March 1.It took just 90 minutes...

Smart move for expansion.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Bob Rae A total of 68,000 Sheffield residents have been using Council smartcards in libraries and leisure facilities since 2004.In the past, the Council has handled the issuing and administration of...

Emma's Delicious food for thought.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Bob Rae Emma Killilea, who has a severe wheat and gluten intolerance, became so fed up with the poor quality of wheat and gluten free food that she sold her house, went back to university to do a...

Finally it's sorted - deal is struck over St Luke's move.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Lucy Ashton After months of wrangling and rows, Sheffield Council and St Luke's issued a joint statement confirming plans to relocate to the site of the former Bluestones Infant School, Park Grange...

Muscles, moves and man mania as Strike send Meadowhall wild - VIDEO.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Nick Ward These two lads have never worked harder since finding fame on TV's Britain's Got Talent.The Star caught up with Doncaster lad Danny Ball, aged 22, and Liam Richards, 19, from Waterthorpe,...

Downpours cause chaos.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Claire Lewis It was so bad in places South Yorkshire Police closed a number of roads when they began to flood.Deep Lane in Ecclesfield was one of those affected yesterday lunchtime when it flooded...

Family's trust fund in Charlie's memory.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Charlie's Trust will work towards the advancement of education opportunities for children and young people in South Yorkshire and North East Derbyshire.Its first objective is to raise AGBP250,000 to help build a...

Allotments at Meadow site.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) The council did not discuss whether to pay for a further ecological survey for the proposed Kaye Meadow allotment site when it met this week, as reported on Wednesday, July 30.Coun Mark Whitehouse said: "An...

Boxing boss tells judge to retract 'slur'.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Claire Lewis Dennis Hobson Junior claims Judge Robert Moore QC made 'unfair' comments about him and his business interests when two men were jailed for their part in the theft of scrap metal worth...

The truth is out there a those UFOs were Chinese lanterns at a wedding.
August 1, 2008... (From The Star (Sheffield)) Byline: Nick Ward The lights - which sparked theories of a UFO invasion - were spotted by hundreds of people on Saturday night.But no one - including police - could explain what they were.Now Sylvia...

18th bolthole.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) By: Fearghal O'Connor The narrow road winds its way through the Portuguese countryside away from the coast. The buzz of the Algarve's nearby beaches seems a long way off as you wind your way through tiny...

A lesson in good business.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School offers lifelong learning. Sometimes, there is a preconception that a "business school" is a place filled with ambitious twenty-somethings looking to gain enough...

A Scot, sharp shock.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) Gordon Brown's summer holiday is in Southwold, a quiet Suffolk seaside town, and a sharp contrast to Tony Blair's Caribbean jaunts. But his respite will be brief after a disastrous byelection loss in Glasgow...

Aerial view of Dublin airport.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) Compared to Aer Lingus and Ryanair, Cityjet is something of a marginal player at Dublin airport Yet CEO Geoffery O'Byrne-Whitestill feels very strongly about how the airport is developing. He is the chairman of...

Ailing Czech industry.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) Having increased in value by nearly 14% since the start of the year, the Czech koruna in that time would have got any investor returns amounting to double what they would have made in gold. While this has been...

Aiming for the top.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) Ireland could lead Europe's broadband league, according to Ice Broadbands executive chairman Fran Rooney, who has urged local authorities to take steps to put an end to the broadband issues affecting the...

All that twitters.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) A little over a year ago, I badly dented my cutting-edge cred by admitting ignorance when confronted by an eager techie acquaintance who, bursting with enthusiasm, asked, "are you on Twitter?" This being one of...

An unsafe bet.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) A new report highlights the lack of modern legislation regulating Ireland's booming gaming sector, writes Louise Hodgson. In 1972, the World Series of Poker, which was in its second year at the time, had...

Another Day Another Falling Dollar.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) How much further will the dollar fall? Or has it already fallen so far that it will now start to move back to a higher level? For travellers to the United States from Europe or Asia, US prices are...

Banks at the bottom?
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) Have bank shares bottomed at last? Only the brave would say so, but hope is dawning. When Royal Bank of Scotland dived to 149p, the skies seemed to be caving in, taking its market value down to Stg 24bn - after...

Better financial regulation.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) There could easily be a tendency among Irish people in their late 30s and younger to look at the current downturn with reactions ranging from confusion to panic. After all, anybody who has lived with 15 years of...

Arnotts gets go-ahead for big city centre development.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) The deal... An Bord Pleanala has granted Arnotts approval for its proposed EUR750m Northern Quarter development in Dublin's city centre. Bounded by Henry Street, O'Connell Street, Abbey Street and Liffey...

Bayer on the ball.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) By: Mark Godfrey. Few executives have a view like Liam Condon. When the Bayer Healthcare China managing director looks out of his 11th-floor offices in Beijing's Fortune Plaza, he gazes across the city's...

Beyond 'so-80s' platitudes.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) Our current economic problems have if revived dark memories of the last occasion when we had severe economic difficulties - the 1980s. There have been many soothing reassurances that things won't be as bad this...

Bounce = suckers' rally?
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) By: Proinsias O'Mahony. After falling for six consecutive weeks, the S&P 500 finally enjoyed some decent gains in the latter half of July, largely on the back of rapidly falling oil prices and some...

Bulgaria's funding cut.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) The European Commission announced in July that it is suspending EUR500m in EU funding to Bulgaria because of concerns about corruption, organised crime and the mismanagement of EU money. Employing what the BBC...

Casting a greener light.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) Tralee native Tony McGettigan is making waves in Silicon Valley and if his highly innovative Luxim Technologies makes inroads into the $5bn lighting market, he could see his company setting up a manufacturing...

Constant need for plan B.
August 1, 2008... (From Business and Finance) By: Ailish Smith. We were told there was no plan B for Lisbon. I'm not sure that everyone believed that statement. Surely, for something as important as the future of an entire continent, there had to be a...