Europe Intelligence Wire articles from January 2006, page 9

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Ker Street duo equal top game.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Steve Marker and Fred Goldsmith equalled the season's top game in the Plymouth City Super League, when they put together a 25-dart 1001 doubles game for a very impressive 40.04 average. The landmark came...

Shaw finish helps Bakers Arms blow away Westgate.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Bakers Arms B were the biggest winners in Division One, handing out a 10-2 beating to Westgate Inn B. The victors were helped by astute finishing from Gary Shaw, who recorded checkouts of 104 and 108, while...

Brooks nets a treble as Argyle blow away Hatters.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Plymouth Argyle Ladies erased the memory of their shattering defeat at Clevedon last week by returning to winning ways with a devastating performance in a 6-1 hammering of in-form Luton Town Belles. The...

O'Sullivan strike secures victory.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Plymouth Marjon have made the best possible start to the second half of the Men's National South Division season thanks to a 1-0 home victory over University of Birmingham. Player-coach Clive O'Sullivan...

Harvey bags second silver of cross country season.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Joanne Harvey maintained her fine form to secure her second silver medal of 2006 after another encouraging run at the South of England Cross Country Championships at Bicton College. Ivybridge Community...

'Watch out for bikers' is campaign message.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) High-profile advert to cut number of motorcycle accidents A new advertising campaign aimed at reducing road traffic accidents involving motorcycles was launched yesterday. Representatives from Devon and...

Rock record breakers to appear in city.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Record-breaking rock group Arctic Monkeys are heading to Plymouth for a concert. The band - who have just smashed the record for the fastest selling debut album of all time - are heading to Plymouth...

Buzsaky on brink of earning recall.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Akos Buzsaky is set to be recalled to Argyle's starting line-up for the Championship clash against Southampton tonight. The Hungarian international will probably replace midfielder Tony Capaldi, who is...

Pulis remains wary of Saints threat.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Argyle manager Tony Pulis has certainly done his homework on Southampton. Not only did Pulis see Saints draw 0-0 with Crystal Palace at St Mary's Stadium last Wednesday, he witnessed their last-gasp 1-0 win...

School staff assault fear.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Nearly 100 staff were abused or attacked in Plymouth schools last year, new figures show. The city council revealed that 93 teachers, teaching assistants and others reported that they were insulted or...

Golden pair's love grew as they did.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) They first met as babies and now Plymstock couple George Couchman - known as Bryan - and wife Marilyn are celebrating 50 years of marriage. The couple's families used to know each other, and when Marilyn...

Spotlight on marine excellence.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Plymouth's role as a centre of excellence in marine science and technology will be showcased to top politicians and civil servants tonight in an exhibition at the House of Commons. Plymouth Sutton MP Linda...

We don't need a hero to save city.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) 'Shaping the Economic Future of Plymouth': it would have been difficult, in the last two weeks, to avoid the columns of press coverage regarding the great debate on the prospects for the local economy, the...

Fraud in region soars by two-thirds.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The total value of fraud cases reaching the courts in the South West rose by two-thirds last year, according to KPMG's Fraud Barometer. The research, which for the last 16 years has considered major fraud...

Children are given a view from the depths.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The National Marine Aquarium has signed a sponsorship deal with Derriford-based firm Keith Preston Joinery. The package will enable the learning team at the National Marine Aquarium to develop its Little...

Fears for future of rural rail services.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Rural train services in the area could be scrapped by the Government, it has been revealed. In a statement in Parliament, the Department for Transport has revealed that dozens of branch lines and secondary...

Rope descent to pit fall dog.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Rescuers last night launched an operation to save a dog which had plunged down a 60ft disused mineshaft in Plymouth. Volunteers from the Devon Cave Rescue Organisation (DCRO) lowered one of their members...

Last day to bid for MoD land.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) A deadline for bids to develop the former Royal Navy site at Mount Wise passed today. No further tenders for the 30-acre site will be accepted by Defence Estates, which is marketing the land for the...

Thanks, everyone.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Thank you, Plymouth Education Department, for all you have done for my daughter in the 10 and a half years we lived in the area. Thank you, the Hearing Support Centre for all the help in making sure my...

Berkshires unite.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The hunt is on to find all ex-members of the Royal Berkshire Regiment to attend a grand annul reunion weekend at Reading Brock Barracks on July 29-30. I am already in touch with 400 ex-Royal Berkshires, and...

Must we wait for someone to die?
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I am writing to you with a matter that hopefully you will deal with more seriously than did our local police. As my husband and I were driving past Prince Rock School in the direction of the city centre, we...

Field abandoned.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I was wondering if anyone knows who is responsible for the upkeep of Damerel's Field in Whitleigh (near the youth club). The field used to be an open space for the use of the community, but last year was taken...

Seize the chance.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) This letter is really aimed at Plymouth City Council in the hope that they can look towards the medium and long term rewards of acquiring and supporting HMS Plymouth as a fantastic centrepiece celebrating the...

A delightful stay.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to the staff at the Peninsular Hospital at Brest Road, Plymouth. Both day and night staff on G Ward were very friendly and attentive at all times; I wanted...

A wheel boost to the city.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) We know we are potentially a world-class city: think of our history, our setting and the way in which the urban landscape is being transformed. Now, it seems, we could get a world-class attraction. The...

High Hoe!
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Plymouth could have a 60-metre-high observation wheel on the Hoe, giving tourists and residents a bird's eye view of the city. The giant wheel would be more than twice the height of Smeaton's Tower, which...

DML staff to vote on pay.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Thousands of workers at Devonport Dockyard are this week due to vote on whether to accept a pay increase, averting strike action. Devonport Management Limited (DML) tabled the offer of 3.5 per cent on all...

'Our house feels empty - he used to fill this place'.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The parents of a young man who died following a tragic motorcycle accident last year have spoken about how they will never get over the death of their son. Geoffrey and Linda Harwood, of Meavy near...

Lead brief to go here.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) A man adjusting an aerial on the roof of a house in St Budeaux had to be helped down by firefighters. The man, thought to be in his late teens, got into difficulty after climbing on to the roof shortly...

Advice on choices that face students.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Parents of secondary school students weighing up options for work, training or study are being offered impartial advice to help them understand the choices they face. The advisory service Connexions is...

Pulis: I won't be held to ransom.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Plymouth Argyle manager Tony Pulis was today refusing to be held to ransom by money-grabbing agents and clubs as the minutes ticked away until the transfer deadline at midnight. Pulis was not prepared to...

Warning after fire on moor.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Officials warned today that one disarded cigarette could set off a life-threatening inferno in the Dartmoor National Park. Park spokesman John Weir said a lack of rain had left vegetation on the moor...

Two admit crimes on death night.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Two youths have admitted offences committed on the night a grandfather-of-two died last summer. Retired builder Terry Barrett, 56, died following a series of incidents involving youths outside his home in...

Police concern over missing man, 38.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Police are concerned for the welfare of a Plymouth man who has been missing from his home for nearly two weeks. Mark Nuza, aged 38, from Curtis Street, in Devonport, has not been seen since Wednesday...

Verdict is expected.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) A woman charged with bringing illegal immigrant nurses into the UK is expected to hear the outcome of her trial today. Melek Sharon Gokcay, 52, who ran a recruitment agency in Tamerton Foliot, is on trial...

Young need spiritual training.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I couldn't work out something I recently read about astrology being a cure for vandalism. Can the lines on our hands, tea and coffee residues left in our cups, or the position of the stars at our birth...

When will we wake up to ways of politicians?
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) How much more proof do the British electorate need before they realise that politicians as a breed are by and large two-faced hypocrites and incompetents, albeit that it is the entire political system by which...

Soon we'll have to rise again to defeat dictators.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) In his letter "Divided Europe is a formula for failure" (WMN, January 6) R G Holmes has a rather strange interpretation of history. Doesn't he know that Hitler was a Nazi dictator, that Mussolini was a fascist...

It's farmers who look after countryside.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The farming community has suffered at the hands of this government, which pays scant regard to the country way of life. I would point out to recent correspondent Mr Bell that it is the farmer who looks...

Are we living in the last days of freedom?
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Looking back on 2005, it appears to have been a bad year for freedom in general and Liberalism in particular. The police now have powers to hold suspects without charge in "terrorist" cases for up to 28...

Double standards on animal protection.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) He's not cute and cuddly; his eyes are too small and close together for any kind of charm. He's hard and he's grey and hairy, and he's reputed to have tusks and sharp teeth - and be very, very fierce indeed....

If you want lovely views, use less energy.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Your editorial of January 6 ("No more power for the wind firms") rejected compulsory purchase of land to site windfarms. I would be happy with this if, instead, there was compulsory purchase of the thousands of...

Brussels blameless in police mergers.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Should anyone think Lindsay Jenkins ("Blame Brussels for loss of local police" WMN, December 13) is writing with authority just because she can quote an EU regulation by its number they are mistaken. ED...

Europe will look on UK as cash cow.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Temporary President Tony Blair offered an extra annual payment of GBP800 million from the United Kingdom to the European Union budget towards structural investment, including sewerage treatment and transport...

Labour supports proposals for resort.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Torbay Liberal Democrat MP Adrian Sanders deserves the support of all local residents in his efforts to attract affordable homes for the many on waiting lists and to encourage our young people to stay in the...

Amateur experts are out of line in criticising roadworks.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I see that once again the politicians are lining up to criticise the people organising the work on the A38 near Ashburton and Buckfastleigh, and the WMN also jumps on the Anthony Steen/Simon Day/Tim Jones...

Euro 'donations' come at high price.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I was astonished to read the letter from M Bower entitled "Making progress - thanks to Brussels" (WMN, December 30). His main theme of praise lavished on the EU for awarding GBP400 million of Objective One...

Inheritance tax seems reasonable.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) First let me make it clear that I have never inherited any legacies and therefore could be considered biased. Hopefully our two sons will be fortunate enough to inherit our house and chattels. Part of our estate...

Denial of justice for 'death row Scot'.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I was interested in the article (WMN, December 21) by Mike Shapland, after the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams in California. I have been corresponding with Kenny Richey, the Death Row Scot, in...

Hazards of letting dogs run free.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I have often seen mention in your paper of the need for dog owners to keep their dogs under strict control when walking in the countryside. As a dog owner for many years I could not agree more, but would say...

Selfish objections to infilling at quay.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I write concerning an enforcement action by Kerrier District Council against an area of land infilling which has taken place at Gweek Quay, at the head of Helford River, during recent years. This area is...

Spitfire team follow in nick's footsteps.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) It was most interesting to read of the intentions of aircraft enthusiast Martin Phillips and his team to restore a Spitfire to airworthy condition. It is especially commendable as this year sees the 70th...

Wrong way of creating money.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The article headed "Pensioners seek curb on council spending" (WMN, January 3) about the GBP74,000 a year spent by Devon County Council on bottled water demonstrates so well why some of us must go to prison...

Statistics can't apply to passive smoking.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) In her letter attempting to refute my allegation that statistics on passive smoking are unobtainable, Kate Alley of ASH corroborates my assertion. (WMN, January 3) While she cites many reports of high-sounding...

Coastguard cut has long-term effects.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) With reference to your front page article on the fate of the head of the Coastguard Agency, Stephen Bligh (WMN, January 12) it is time we had a longer look down memory lane as far as the Coastguard Service is...

Counties will soon give way to regions.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Slowly, and with stealth, the annexing of this great country of ours to the European Union goes on. One of the items on the agenda of this Government to enact soon is the abolition of the shire names. ...

MP interferes with the people of Padstow at her peril.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I am infuriated by the action of the Labour MP for Hackney, Diane Abbott, for tabling a motion in the Commons against holding what is known as Darkie Days in Padstow. The event has made several changes to...

Majority opposed to beach plan.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Seldom have I seen such an irresponsible editorial as that regarding the Carlyon Bay beach development (WMN, January 14). To add injury to insult, it is also factually incorrect. We entirely agree that the...

Brown as premier is scary prospect.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Gordon Brown, in his pre-Budget report, stated that Government borrowing will reach GBP37 billion this financial year - GBP5 billion more than he forecast just nine months previously. According to my...

Lament for a stricken windmill.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I was mortified to see the photograph on the front page of the Western Morning News (January 14) of a broken windmill blade lying forlornly on the ground. These beautiful, elegant structures, which so...

Why are standards of service so bad?
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Why is service generally so bad in this country? Some managements are under the impression they are doing you a favour in providing a service, as opposed to the opposite, are rude, arrogant and aggressive, and...

Boars will thrive in the wild.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) We were in Port Isaac's Crow's Nest yarning over pints of Doom Bar ale when publican Tony told us a tale of trapping wild boar that escaped from a farm near Whitstable in the 1970s and reproduced from the...

Alice not in top ten English icons.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Notwithstanding that Mrs Reginald Hargreaves (1852-1934), aka Alice Liddell, lies in a churchyard at Lyndhurst, New Forest, I would not consider Alice in Wonderland to be an icon of England (WMN, January 10)....

Vast majority of pheasants are bred for commerce.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) While i do not want to stir up a raft of emotion, as a country person I would like to add some balance to the letter from Adrian Cooper regarding "wild birds" (WMN, January 17). Pheasants, like all our...

Failure to protect our fish stocks is folly.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The excitement caused by seeing dolphins at sea is one of the true joys of Nature. They are playful, trusting and intelligent, and we are failing lamentably to protect them. You do not need any more than...

Unsightly sign of times.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The erection of large advertising hoardings on farmland alongside main roads is a matter that has long been of concern to the Torridge District Group of the Campaign to Protect Rural England and we are asking...

Comparisons with Norway miss mark.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The abysmal failure of Britain's presidency of the EU has generated an abundance of letters and articles in the WMN. For once it seemed Europhiles and Eurosceptics could have agreed, albeit for different...

Designate may day as a national celebration.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I wonder if Mr Ward-Hayne thought deeply enough when he proposed that the Queen's Official Birthday be considered as a day to celebrate our national identity as Britons. To have any meaning at all the day...

Please run to help less mobile.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) I am writing from Exeter Community Transport Association (ECTA), a charity helping thousands of less mobile people in and around Exeter to regain independent mobility through our various schemes. Exeter...

What's happening to free bus travel?
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Two great pre-election bribes were presented by Tony and his chums. Firstly, a cash voucher for children to enable a savings fund to be opened. Vast numbers of mums and dads have taken no action,...

Chirpy Victoria's passion for words.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Balderdash and Piffle. Great words, great programme. Victoria Coren's enthusiastic romp through the Old English Dictionary in search of new definitions and explanations for some of our quirkier words and...

Wheel of fortune turns full circle for potteries.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Throughout its 250-year history, pottery making in the Bovey Tracey area has been a microcosm of national trends in the craft. Colin Bradley finds out more from a new book NOT long after Bovey Tracey opened its...

Town asked for views on improving air quality.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Residents in a market town blighted by traffic fumes are to be asked their views on how to improve its air quality. Members of the Mid Devon District Explorers Scout Unit are delivering more than 3,000...

Row over opposition to affordable homes.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) A row has erupted in a South Devon town after plans to pave the way for 11 new affordable homes were opposed by local councillors. Dartmouth Town Council members have been criticised for voting against the...

Museum wins lottery grant.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) A popular museum in a North Devon market town has received two grants to help it update its archiving system. Torrington museum has received a National Lottery grant of GBP4,925 to put the museum archive...

Breast screening service a success.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) A scheme to reduce the waiting time for hospital breast screening clinics in a Devon town has surpassed expectations. The South Devon Breast Screening Clinic has managed to deliver the service within the...

Community hopes to save vital care home.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) A Devon community is hoping to find a way of buying a care home from the council which is threatening its closure. Barnhaven in Bampton, close to the Somerset border, is one of four care homes which Devon...

Council is aiming to recycle more waste.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) A council plans to recycle more household waste. East Devon District Council has signed a new seven-year deal with the company, SITA, which will take over the responsibility of collecting domestic rubbish in...

Takeover talk lifts hmv shares.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Music and books retailer HMV sparked a scramble for its shares yesterday by revealing that it had received a takeover approach. More than GBP100 million was added to the value of HMV, which owns the...

New threshold proves a real barrier.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Progress by oil heavyweights BP and Royal Dutch Shell failed to lift the FTSE 100 Index to a new four-and-a-half year high yesterday. The pair, which together account for about a fifth of the Footsie, both...

Brothers recorded all aspects of town life.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) One hardly needed the powers of a prophet to divine that an exhibition devoted to the works of a celebrated family of Penzance photographers would not only prove to be extremely popular with townsfolk but also...

Corn tomorrow.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Bodmin Robartes Junior School: Scottish Country Dancing. 7.30-10pm. Callington New Road Car Park: Country market. 8.45-11.30am. Camborne The Donald Thomas Centre: Whist drive, every Monday and...

Dev tomorrow.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) Barnstaple Queen's Theatre: Little Women. Until Feb 4. Bigbury-on-Sea Korniloff: Monthly coffee morning. In aid of Brittle Bones Society. 10.30am-noon. Bovey Tracey The Devon Guild of Craftsmen: Art...

Tallow ruling increases costs of meat industry.
January 31, 2006... (From Western Daily Press) The Government has landed the meat industry in a mess with its decision to apply European waste disposal laws by reclassifying the animal by-product tallow as waste. Tallow, the fatty residue left over once...