Europe Intelligence Wire articles from January 2003, page 6

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Aberness still focused on growth, despite loss.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Business Editor ABERNESS, the Aberdeen-based convenience store operator and Mace wholesaler, is to forge ahead with expansion plans - despite running up operating losses of more than GBP1million in its...

Ross County'S Three Signings.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Ross County have completed the signings of Calum McHattie, Mike Gardiner and Jordan Tait. Former Aberdeen defender McHattie and ex-Rangers striker Gardiner, both 17, are seen as important players...

New Society Row Over Cost Of Cancelled World Event.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) The Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society is facing another major row at its annual meeting on Sunday, the Press and Journal has learned. Internal wrangles over the Aberdeen-Angus World Forum, which was...

Right-To-Buy Proposals From Snp.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) The Snp yesterday tabled a series of amendments to the Agricultural Holdings Bill which would give secure farm tenant farmers an absolute right to buy their farms. Fergus Ewing, the Shadow Rural...

Battle To Bring Share Of GBP10bn Warships Work To Nigg.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Highland politicians last night vowed to press for new jobs at a Highland shipyard as the Government announced a GBP10billion contract to build two new aircraft carriers. In an announcement in the...

Council Told To Keep Its End Of Bargain.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Council house tenants in Aberdeenshire will be paying an average GBP105 extra a year in rent after March 31. The 5.6% rise agreed yesterday by councillors for 2003-04 means tenants will have to find...

Dad Welcomes Police-Handling Review Of Son'S Death.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) The father of a Skye man struck and killed by a taxi in 1999 has welcomed news that an independent review will evaluate Northern Constabulary's complaints-handling procedure. Kevin Gillies, a...

History park to be funded for extra year.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Archaeolink will continue to receive financial support for another year, but will not be receiving a "blank cheque" in the process, councillors decided yesterday. Aberdeenshire Council set up a...

All-Change Again At Tannadice After Hegarty Is Sacked.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Dundee United have sacked manager Paul Hegarty only three months after he took charge at Tannadice - and installed Ian McCall as his replacement. Club chairman Eddie Thompson made the move less...

Smith Is Stunned.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Ross County manager Alex Smith was stunned to learn of Dundee United's sacking of Paul Hegarty, Maurice Malpas and John Holt. Hegarty stepped in at Tannadice when Smith was sacked last November -...

Bisconti Misses Out On Move.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Aberdeen's Roberto Bisconti looks to have failed in an attempt to win a move to Nottingham Forest. The Belgian midfielder - one of the players Dons boss Steve Paterson wants to remove from the...

Joiner Who Nearly Lost Leg Has No Fear Of Tool.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A Joiner who narrowly avoided losing his leg in an accident involving a circular saw yesterday said he had no fear of picking the tool up again. Aberdeen man Martin Black suffered a deep gash in...

Police-Handling Review.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) The father of a Skye man struck and killed by a taxi in 1999 has welcomed news that an independent review will evaluate Northern Constabulary's complaints-handling procedure. Kevin Gillies, a...

Couple Celebrate 60th Anniversary.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Snowfalls just added to the sparkle for an Aberdeenshire couple, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary yesterday. Marking their diamond wedding day were 80-year-old Robert Ingram and wife...

Promotion For Police Officer.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A North-east police station has a new man at the helm. And Inspector Tom Marchbank says he is looking forward to "getting back to his roots" after taking up his promoted post in Fraserburgh. ...

United Fans Are Unfazed By Move.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) The leader of Dundee United's supporters says Paul Hegarty's sacking came as no surprise to long-suffering Arabs fans. Mike Barile claims the board had to ignore Hegarty's 29-year association...

Scotland Office Out On Limb In Salmon Row.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Scottish salmon farmers won breathing space last night in a looming trade war with competitors in Norway and Chile accused of dumping farmed fish on European markets at below the cost of production....

United'S Dismissal Of Hegarty Is Strange And Staggering.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) I Am shocked by the news of Paul Hegarty's sacking by Dundee United after only 14 games in charge. I find it a strange decision, to say the least. It is incredible that a guy can be allowed to...

McConnell warns over SNP fishing fleet plans.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Plans to rehabilitate Scotland's fisheries without scrapping boats were outlined by the SNP yesterday. However, First Minister Jack McConnell warned that any such move could leave fishermen with a...

Cheap Flights Package To Take Off Early.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Tour operator Globespan is to start its discount flights from Scotland to the Mediterranean a month earlier than it originally planned - and has added Glasgow to its schedule. The long-established...

Us Trade Ban Sinks Malt Export.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Whisky producer William Grant and Sons has decided against exporting one of its luxury malt whiskies to the US because it may be barred by trade sanctions. Although it is distilled in Scotland,...

Stalwart 'On Every Committee Known To Man' Dies.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A Former councillor and stalwart of the Stonehaven community has died. Violet McDonald, who was known as Vi, passed away at Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen on Wednesday. She was 92. Last night...

Clearing Teams Work Round The Clock To Keep Roads Free Of Snow.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Road-clearing operators have been working round-the-clock in an attempt to keep roads in the North-east open. Trunk road contractor BEAR Scotland said all of its resources were being utilised in a...

Travellers Stranded At Airport After Delays.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Blizzards caused chaos at Aberdeen Airport yesterday as many flights were delayed, diverted or cancelled. Passengers crowded the terminal last night waiting for news of their flights. Some had...

Amanda new champion of Scots finance.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Business Editor THE boss of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce is quitting the North-east and heading south to become chief executive of the organisation representing Scotland's financial...

Chamber chief to head Scots finance enterprise.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Business Editor THE boss of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce is quitting the North-east and heading south to become chief executive of the organisation representing Scotland's financial...

GBP120,000 For Kilt School.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A Project which trains people in the traditional craft of kilt-making has secured more than GBP120,000 to help it continue for the next two years. The Keith Kilt School will receive GBP60,522 from...

Jawbone Linked To Pictish Woman.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A Human jawbone discovered on a Stonehaven building site is likely to have belonged to a Pictish woman, a prominent archaeologist has revealed. Aberdeenshire Council's principal archaeological...

Royal Estate To Offer Safari Tours.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Tourists will be able to view the Queen's Balmoral Estate more extensively than before this summer, by taking a safari on its grounds. Visitors to Deeside will have a chance to take a seat in a...

Search For Former Dons Player Called Off.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Police in Belgium have called off the hunt for ex-Aberdeen FC player Rachid Belabed after he turned up safe and well. A missing-persons search was launched when the 22-year-old disappeared after...

Marlpool Pupils Take First Step Up University Ladder.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) The first step towards including special-needs children in higher education in Aberdeen was taken "exceptionally successfully" this week. The move came as pupils from Marlpool School in Bucksburn...

Support For City Fitness Club Bid.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Plans to build a new health and leisure club at Aberdeen harbour have been earmarked for approval despite objections from local residents. Homeowners near Regent Quay fear the premises at 51b -...

Little Lisa Ignores The Formalities.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Little Lisa Hay just couldn't wait to make an appearance. Her mother ended up giving birth on the living-room floor only five minutes after calling an ambulance to go to hospital. Maggie Hay,...

Man Rescued After Getting Trapped In Tank Full Of Lime.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Rescuers battled for three hours yesterday to save a Moray man amid fears he could be suffocated in a storage tank full of lime. Firefighters backed by paramedics braved fierce driving rain and...

Couple Mark Anniversary.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) Snowfalls just added to the sparkle for an Aberdeenshire couple, celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary yesterday. Marking their diamond wedding day were 80-year-old Robert Ingram and wife...

Mad March Big Hair Do.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A Glitzy event has been organised for those in the business of keeping Aberdonians looking glamorous. Hairdressers, beauty therapists and others will be given the red-carpet treatment at the Mad...

Museum Upgrade.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A Tiny museum detailing the history of crofting in the Far North is planning to use a new grant to expand its displays. Laidhay Preservation Trust has been awarded GBP5,700 by Caithness and Sutherland...

Hearing Aid Specialist Fined For Testing Gaffe.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A Hearing specialist has been fined after failing to carry out proper tests on a woman who bought a hearing aid from him. Alistair Goodman, 48, who runs Better Hearing Scotia in Aberdeen, also...

Homes plan for hospital site looks set to go ahead.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) A Housing development earmarked for the site of the Royal Cornhill Hospital looks set to go ahead after winning the backing of city planners. Stewart Milne Homes has submitted a GBP16millon plan...

Aberdeen Man Admits Giving Shelter To Runaway Girl.
January 31, 2003... (From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK)) An Aberdeen man who admitted sheltering a 15-year-old girl who had run away from a city children's home had his sentence deferred yesterday. Calum Buchan, 20, of flat 13, 2 Deer Road, Woodside,...

Double Yellow Peril.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Traffic police are parking speed camera vans on double yellow lines and in bus laybys as part of their purge on speeding motorists. Drivers have phoned the Evening Post to complain about the positioning of...

Four New Libraries For Bristol.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Plans have been revealed to build four new community libraries in Bristol. They will be built in a series of partnerships and land deals at Bedminster, Hartcliffe, Whitchurch and St Paul's - and should all...

Fiona Moves On To New Pastures With James.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Fiona Cooper may have been ditched during her search for love on primetime television, but she has now found the man of her dreams - thanks to the Evening Post. Millions of viewers watched last year as...

Fears For Teenager Who Failed To Arrive At Station.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Police investigating the disappearance of a teenage girl who was travelling by train to Bristol are viewing CCTV footage from several stations to try to find her. Officers say concern is growing for the...

Church: Chinn In New Row.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) The Mormon Church is in talks with Companies House over a move by controversial businessman Brian Chinn to rename two of his firms after the religious organisation. They claim the decision to change names...

Students' Anger Over Top-Up Fees.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Students jeered government minister Margaret Hodge over topup fees when she arrived at Bristol University's student union last night. More than 100 students braved icy winds to greet the minister with...

Chew Valley Explorer Bus Service Wins GBP400,000 Grant.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Bus service linking Bristol with the Mendips and Chew Valley is set to be extended after winning a Government grant of almost GBP400,000. The Chew Valley Explorer will get a grant totalling GBP396,000...

Sneezing Fit Blamed For Hit-Run Accident.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Man has admitted knocking over an elderly couple in a hit-and-run incident in Backwell. Paul Jolliffe, aged 24, blamed a sneezing fit for the accident in which John Pinnell and his wife, Mary, were...

Baring All - Legally.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Female dancers at a Bristol lap dancing club can legally bare all after their bosses won a second appeal over nudity. Club Creme in West Street, Old Market, won permission for dancers to remove their...

Prince Urges Firms To Show That They Care.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) The Prince of Wales has praised Bristol businesses for their community spirit and urged more companies to encourage employees to become actively involved in making the city a better place to live and work. ...

Post Office Armed Robbery Failure.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) An armed robber fled empty-handed from a Bedminster post office when staff raised the alarm. The man entered the office in Chessel Street with his face covered with a balaclava and armed with what looked...

Job Shop Meets Top Standard.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Knowle West Development Trust's One Stop Job Shop has won a national quality standard for its work. The job shop is the first organisation in the West of England to achieve the benchmark, called the...

Net Could Speed Up Home Moves.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Buying and selling houses in Bristol should be much quicker - thanks to the internet. The city council has made land searches and conveyancing facilities available online which means solicitors will be...

Blaze Sparks Row Between Rescuers.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) A War of words has broken out between striking firefighters in Bristol and their military stand-ins. Fire officers who left their picket lines early yesterday to help military personnel have accused the...

It'S Hard Work - But It'S So Rewarding As Well.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Like many who become parent governors, I joined up with the vaguely noble notion of putting something back into the school that had given so much to my children. I hoped that my experiences as a mum and as...

City Schools Need More Volunteers.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) School governors come from all walks of life and do not need to be experts in education to get involved. What is required is time, energy and enthusiasm, a willingness to accept responsibility and a desire...

The Friday Fancy.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) So you want to write the great British novel? Or for that matter, any novel so long as it makes money. And if it means moving to Edinburgh, posing as a single mum and writing in coffee houses because you...

Does The Council Really Care About South Bristol?
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Once again we discover that Bristol City Council intend to charge us far more than we have been previously led to believe. I refer, of course, to the proposed congestion charge for passing through The...

No Alternative.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) The solution to Bristol's transport mess can be summed-up in one word - regulation. For people to use their cars less and public transport (in Bristol that means buses, for now at least) more, means the...

This Tax On Student Learning Is Wrong.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Ten years ago, the thought of a future Labour government approving university fees would have been unthinkable, but today . . . well, anything is possible. Its latest idea to introduce a graduate tax is...

Reduction Needed.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) If the council (because it's useless) is going to impose GBP6 per day (GBP120 per month) on us for travelling across our own city, on top of the high levels of road licence, car insurance, tax, petrol tax and...

History Of Vw Can'T Be Ignored.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) I Write regarding the article "Why Beetle bugs me" by Harry Blanchard published in the Post's motoring supplement (January 24). Although I appreciate Mr Blanchard's views on the rather anachronistic...

So Much To Report In Just One Edition.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Seb Miller seems to want "proper policing", yet goes to great lengths to excuse criminal behaviour, in a recent edition of the Post. Speeding is not a trivial crime, it's an essential feature of incidents...

Soapbox: Student Fees.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) It seems ironic doesn't it? That the Government can't afford to subsidise its students' education, though are considering making a GBP200million bid for the Olympic Games and then pay out up to GBP5billion to...

Council Must Sort Out Our Roads.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) I See that the Post recently asked people to write in regarding potholes.Was this not done some time ago? However, nothing has been done by the council in North Somerset except fill up the potholes and cracks...

Simr Work.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) In response to Wendy Higgins of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection "Blair misses chance to curb experiments on animals" (Post, Open Lines, January 25) readers should be aware that her...

It'S Time To Ring The Changes When It Comes To Buying A Bag.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) On a chauvinistic note, I have always believed that no matter what size the handbag a lady carries, she will always fill it, bulging, to the brim. These days, though, it can be costly. Someone I know...

Thinking Literally Doesn'T Always Bring The Desired Results.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Rock band Queens of the Stone Age were recently in the news when a disgruntled group of hearing-disabled people turned up for one of their concerts and complained about being misled - having taken literally the...

It'S No Laughing Matter For Widows.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Burglary is no laughing matter. Equally, neither is the dreadful experience of being bereaved of a family member. Nevertheless, Latimer couldn't resist a grim smirk when receiving an e-mail circulated...

Bus Lane Scheme Held Up By Trees Protest.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Campaigners have won a victory in their fight to save six mature trees which could be axed to make way for a controversial 'showcase' bus route. Highway experts have promised to take a fresh look at the...

Council'S Quality Services Praised.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has congratulated Bath and North East Somerset Council for its work in achieving Best Value for the services it runs. The comment appears in a letter as a result of...

War Won'T Put Off Uk Travellers.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) The travel industry is confident that British holidaymakers will shrug off the effects of a new Gulf War. Conflict with Iraq was unlikely to be the factor with the biggest impact on the travel industry in...

Cost Of World Cup Forced Itv To Air Repeats.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) More than one in five programmes on ITV last year was a repeat, the channel has revealed. The proportion of programming that was repeats was 21.7 per cent - up from 17.3per cent the previous year. ITV...

Legal Channels.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Where's my granddaughter? Q. MY son was in a relationship three years ago and the girl he was with gave birth to a daughter. He has only seen her once or twice, but then the girl moved away. He doesn't...

See How New Store Will Look.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Residents will be able to see how a new supermarket planned for the run down Symes Avenue shopping centre in Hartcliffe will look next week. The supermarket, which will be the first Morrisons store in the...

Enough To Drive Parents Potty . . .
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Mention the phrase "pottytraining" around parents and watch them wince as painful memories wash over them like lukewarm wee cascading onto the dry-clean-only living room rug. Potty-training, they say, is a...

Mp Val Backs Peace Force.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Val Davey, the MP for Bristol West, has welcomed a new service which will help to recruit, train and deploy people to work as "peace keepers" around the world. She is supporting the setting up of the UK...

Clamp On The Money Lenders.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) The Government announced the biggest shake-up in the way lending businesses are licensed for nearly 30 years. The Department of Trade and Industry has set out proposals to increase the powers of the Office...

Drumming Up Recruits.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Kingswood band is on the hunt for new recruits. The Girls' and Boys' Life Brigade Bristol Battalion Band, one of the last drum and bugle bands in South Gloucestershire, needs more drummer girls and boys...

Students On Road To Share Love Of Music.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Talented students from one of Bristol's top private schools are on a mission to inspire children in city primary schools to become young musicians Sixth-formers at Bristol Cathedral School will share their...

It'S Puppy Love At Long Last.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Bristol couple have been reunited with a puppy they rescued from cruelty and certain death while on holiday in Greece. Robert and Shelley Edwards spent their holiday on the sundrenched island of Kos...

One In Four In City Lie About Job.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Quarter of people in Bristol lie about their jobs, according to a new survey. New figures released by Learndirect show that 26 per cent of staff in the city fib about their employment. According to...

Painting A Brighter Future For School Arts.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) Leaders of a major arts project have met with teachers from across Bristol to look at ways of unlocking the creative potential of schoolchildren. Teachers and organisers of the Creative Partnerships...

Only 51% Of Working Women Have Pension.
January 31, 2003... (From Bristol Evening Post) More than six out of 10 men but only half of all women in employment paid money into a pension scheme in 2000/01, a report shows. The National Statistics Report claimed that 61 per cent of male employees...