Europe Intelligence Wire articles from March 2012, page 5

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'Greedy' motorists could stop me from seeing my patients.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) Byline: Simon Faulkner simon.faulkner@gsmg.co.uk A HOME carer fears "greedy" panic-buying at the petrol pumps could prevent her from visiting her elderly patients. June Peters, 58, of Swinhope, near...

Around the churches.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) GRIMSBY GRIMSBY MINSTER: 8 Holy Eucharist, 10.30 Parish Eucharist (beginning with the Palm Sunday Procession outside the West Door), 6 Said Evensong with Hymns. ST HUGH'S: 9.30 Palm Sunday Procession and...

Pier is open for 18s - but only if they book.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) THE pier's new over-18 policy will only apply if a ticket is bought 24 hours in advance. As reported, the pier - now called the Pavilion and Tides Bar and Restaurant - had a number of licence conditions...

What do we want? Our A-levels back!
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) Byline: Matthew Dannatt Education Reporter matthew.dannatt@gsmg.co.uk "GIVE us our A-levels back!" That was the cry from angry students as they staged a protest over the Grimsby Institute's decision to...

Slashed at last!
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) Byline: Simon Faulkner simon.faulkner@gsmg.co.uk AFTER years of campaigning, the day is finally here for the Humber Bridge tolls to drop. Motorists, businesses and politicians have welcomed the cut to...

Youngsters have fun on tap at dance festival.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) TIME TO DANCE: Get your dancing shoes on... it's festival time! Once again, hundreds of youngsters are to perform in Cleethorpes Dance Festival at the Memorial Hall. The classes began yesterday, and continue...

Jailed for attacking a former friend with knife in bookies.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) Byline: Peter Craig peter.craig@gsmg.co.uk A DRUG addict bought a kitchen knife the day before slashing a former friend's face and chest in a Grimsby bookmakers. Jonathon Tams, 38, of Tennyson House,...

Factory workers are 'still waiting'.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) KERRY Foods - which is in consultation with staff to close its Grimsby plant - has announced plans to shut down another. As reported, all 337 positions at the GBP15 million frozen food factory on Europarc...

'Too little, too late'.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) Byline: Caroline Wheeler and Laura Stuart-Cook newsdesk@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk THE Government's apology to former fishermen marks the second time that errors have been identified in the running of the...

Attempted burglary at town fuel station.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) THIEVES attempted to break into a Grimsby fuel station. Humberside Police were called by a member of the public who saw two men walking along Scartho Road acting suspiciously. Officers attended and...

'Fishermen finally have something to show for all their hard work'.
March 31, 2012... (From Grimsby Evening Telegraph) Byline: Caroline Wheeler and Laura Stuart-Cook newsdesk@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk THOUSANDS of former trawlermen who lost their livelihoods in the Cod Wars have finally won their battle for compensation after...

Courses aim to bring theatre into community.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) NEW drama courses are being held in Knowle to take theatre out into the community. The Park, on Daventry Road, is supporting a project to introduce drama courses to encourage people to discover drama techniques and...

What Katy did next is near perfect.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) There have been concerns about shops closing at Broadwalk Shopping Centre in Knowle. However, it is not all gloom, as Suzanne Savill discovers when she visits Katy Westbury in the shop that she recently opened....

The chef.(Recipe)
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Anyone who watched the cult classic that is the Great British Bake Off this year will know that taking on focaccia is a battle not to be underestimated. Or rather, taking on focaccia to be cooked to the...

Light and refreshing spring soup.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Mark Taylor A bowl of soup, when made with seasonal ingredients, is as satisfying in spring and summer as in the depths of a cold winter After last year's debut dedicated to stews, it comes as no real...

From the cellar: with Ned Halley.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) It's the wine-tasting season. Six months after the grape harvest was brought in across Europe, and a year on from the vintage in the southern hemisphere, the new 2011 wines are starting to line up on the shelves....

Campervan cooking.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) With British Summer Time finally upon us and the Government urging us all to holiday at home to celebrate the Jubilee and the Olympics, it's time to savour the great British seaside. So says Martin Dorey, bubbly...

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Pull off the dead outer leaves of phormiums and divide overcrowded clumps. Cover strawberry crops with tunnel cloches, opening the sides every day to allow pollinating insects to do their work. Sow sweet peas...

GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT... Sowing lettuce.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) It's one of the easiest veg to grow and can provide you with salad leaves for virtually the whole year. Now is the time to start sowing a short row of lettuce every other week to ensure a regular supply of salad...

BEST OF THE BUNCH - Euphorbia.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) These hardy perennials are a brilliant choice for year-round interest but it isn't the flowers that make them significant, but the eye-catching bracts which appear in late spring or early summer. While...

Bed-time weeding.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) At this time of year, I realise how much gardeners are just like the seeds they sow. Just as our seedlings are emerging into the light, and getting roots into the earth, there we are, rolling up our sleeves and...

The hottest June.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) When June Bailey began working as a volunteer for the Centre for Sustainable Energy fifteen years ago, people often rejected offers of free light bulbs, She tells Suzanne Savill how attitudes have changed - and how...

Bristol's wild April fools.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) City dwellers might consider that the proper place for wildlife is in the countryside, yet the boundaries between town and country are blurred - and in fact our city spaces provide an increasiS ngly important haven...

In association with: South Bristol NHS Community Hospital Advertisement feature.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Senior nurse Michelle Whittle describes her job and the services available at the Urgent Care Centre - one of the first sections to open in the new hospital in Hengrove The Urgent Care Centre will replace the South...

You're never to young to yoga.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Jon Kent The main participants in Joanne Cox's yoga classes don't know a sun salutation from a tree pose. But they certainly enjoy themselves. Suzanne Savill sees a baby yoga class in action. Pictures:...

Treatment of the week.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) What? Traditional Thai massage. Where? At the studio of Thai massage practitioner Fiona Smith, who is based in Easton. She trained in traditional Thai massage near Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand, and now...

Club pitches latest redevelopment designs to cricket board.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Ian Onions Political Editor i.onions@bepp.co.uk REPRESENTATIVES from the England and Wales Cricket Board visited Bristol this week to see revised plans to redevelop the county cricket ground in Ashley...

Care home watchdog improving.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) THE watchdog that failed residents of a Bristol care home has improved - but there is more work to be done, a report says. A committee of MPs said the Care Quality Commission had got better since the scandal at...

Man missing without medication.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) POLICE are trying to trace a Bristol man who has gone missing. Mark Stephens, 27, was last seen in Salisbury on Monday afternoon. His family are concerned for his welfare because he left home without his...

Prominent doctor fails to overturn his ban on contacting former wife.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Daniel Evans d.evans@bepp.co.uk A FORMER Bristol Medical School lecturer and renowned researcher has failed to get a restraining order against him lifted. Cardiac physiology specialist Dr Allan Levi...

Da Vinci works now on show.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) A COLLECTION of sketches by one of the world's greatest artists was going on show to the public at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery for the first time today. The drawings by Renaissance genius Leonardo Da...

Help me save popular rides, says donkeys owner.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) DONKEY rides on Clevedon seafront could become a thing of the past if their owner cannot find them new pastureland for grazing. Matthew Taylor has run Clevedon Donkeys from the Salthouse Fields for around 15...

Tory in court for failing to pay council tax bill.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Heather Pickstock h.pickstock@bepp.co.uk A LEADING Conservative councillor has been taken to court for failing to pay council tax. It has emerged that Tory councillor Carl Francis-Pester, who is also...

A problem shared ... sickness allowance.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) ? I HAVE heard that changes are in the pipeline for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). I have been off sick for almost a year now and receive ESA. I hope to get back to work in the future but need more...

Minister praises science work during visit to MoD base.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Michael Ribbeck Business Editor m.ribbeck@bepp.co.uk A GOVERNMENT minister has publicly praised the work done by scientists and researchers at the giant MoD base in Abbey wood. Defence minister Peter...

Flash, bang... What a picture.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) VISITORS to the ss Great Britain will be able to dress up like its original passengers and have their pictures taken in a Victorian photographic studio. The award-winning attraction has set up a special exhibition...

Car salesman jailed for thefts to pay off his gambling debts.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Marc Rath m.rath@bepp.co.uk A CAR salesman has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after ripping customers off to help pay his mounting gambling debts. Fraudster Timothy Smale conned customers -...

Chloe Sarkozi.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) WHO at 14 has already been through more experiences than is good for a child of her age. Yet she has come through them and with help has managed to tackle her drinking and as a consequence her behaviour. In...

We need a leader to take city forward.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) THERE is no question that if Bristol is to claim a place at the top table of British cities we need an elected mayor. Never mind what Bristol city council leader Barbara Janke may claim, the coming mayoral...

Government is short-sighted.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) THE Tories' proposals for a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol is scandalous. It's just another way of getting money out of the British people and especially the poor as the rich will not care what price it...

It seems nothing changes here.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) LOOKING through some old press cuttings, I came across a letter of mine that you published in May 1999. Now here, 13 years later, this area of the country seems almost unchanged on the professional football scene....

People would surely use them.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) I SAY that Barry Cash of Bishopston is "rich" in his comments on opening closed railway stations. 'Butcher' Beeching shut them on a "whim" because he was told to. How do you know that now in the 21st century if...

Logic just does not come into it.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) THE Evening Post reported that almost 90 "brown field" sites in Bristol have been earmarked as possible parcels of land for building a total of nearly eight thousands homes. What happens is that central...

Give Good Friday its correct name.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) THE report (Evening Post, February 16) of the rescheduling of the Notts Forest v City match from Easter Friday (April 6) has bamboozled me. April 6 is Good Friday. Easter Friday (April 13) like Easter Monday is...

Helping to put record straight.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) THE excellent news in your report that the old station at Temple Meads now owned by Bristol City Council should be qualified by my observation that the three illustrations should be corrected on pages two and three...

This is the wrong site to develop.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) DEMOLITION may have started at the Chesterfield site but the local opposition still continues. Should Nuffield Health, as a private Health Care Charity really be spending its charitable funds and patients'...

Cinema is truly out of this world.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) WHAT a magical place the Curzon Cinema is in Clevedon. I can still remember the many happy times I had watching the great movies there as a boy. I was told recently it is the oldest cinema in Europe. Not the...

Dazed confused & Tim Davey.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) RETURNING home early evening during the sweltering week past I fair flopped down on to the settee, as is my wont. En route to moving rapidly from standing up, to, effectively, falling down, at the end of a working...

From bossa novas to spiky jazz.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) APRIL brings yet another plethora of jazzmen descending from afar to the Bristol and Bath areas. Many eras of jazz are represented, from early New Orleans through Django Reinhardt and Benny Goodman style, right up...

A very British approach mimics American genius.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) JOHNATHAN Richman and the Modern Lovers - go buy one of his albums now. You may never have heard of the quirky American singer - unless you remember the strange fellow who sang the songs between scenes in There's...

Rapper poet's debut play abounds with energy.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) KATE Tempest is one of Britain's most exciting new talents. A ferocious, electrifying rapper and poet, her band, Sound of Rum, has toured the country and the festival circuit since 2008 delivering performances that...

Three decades on, they've mellowed quite a bit.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) NORTHERN Ireland in 1977 was a bleak and potentially dangerous place to live so it's probably no surprise that most bands coming from that part of the UK steered well clear of any reference to the social and...

Scots folk duo are in a class of their own.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) THERE was never really any doubt that this was going to be a great gig. Touring together as a duo for more than quarter of a century, Edinburgh-based accordion player Phil Cunningham and Shetland fiddler Aly...

Growing role for local fare.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Event/ Preview WITH an estimated 10,000 people expected through the door and more than a hundred of the region's best producers and chefs in attendance, there can be no better advert for the South West's vibrant...

Your daily stars.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: with Claire Petulengro Admirers who usually watch you from afar find you more attractive right now and you will find that you are able to pick and choose your relationships. At last, I hear you say. Give...

Carpenter scores as England thrash Georgia.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) ? Bristol centre Nick Carpenter grabbed one of England Under-18s' eight tries as they thrashed Georgia 58-8 in their FIRA tournament opener in Madrid. Carpenter went over for the fifth try for John Fletcher's...

Trump's title defence ended by Lee.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Neil Goulding epsport@bepp.co.uk JUDD Trump couldn't hide his disappointment after his Bank of Beijing China Open title defence was ended yesterday. Bristol potter Trump was beaten 5-3 by Wiltshire...

Kirby: Philander's an unbelievable signing.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Steve Cottons.cotton@bepp.co.uk STEVE Kirby is relishing the prospect of leading the Somerset bowling attack alongside Vernon Philander - and has acknowledged how important it is for the county to start...

Welcome To Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop [...].
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Welcome To Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop Of Dreams Jenny Colgan Rosie thought she had everything - a fledgling career in nursing, a pharmacist boyfriend and a house they had bought together. A phone call sends her to...

The Dark Winter.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) David Mark The first novel from former crime reporter David Mark is a gripping yarn set in snowy Hull, two weeks before Christmas. Hearing screams from a church, off-duty gentle giant Detective Sergeant Aector...

Bristol book of the week.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Bristol & Bath - A Dog Walker's Guide Nigel Vile is renowned for his walking guides, ranging from pub walks to walks for children. Now he has produced a book of dog walks around the Bristol and Bath areas,...

Pandemonium.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Lauren Oliver The second novel in a trilogy after Delirium, about a futuristic world devoid of love, is Pandemonium. Lena, a shy and slightly eccentric teenager, is on the run after escaping the clutches of the...

The Good Father.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Noah Hawley Workaholic American film and TV producer Noah Hawley has produced three novels as well as worked on shows such as Bones and My Generation, and written the screenplay for the 2006 film Lies and Alibis....

A truly beautiful island vista.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Fishing trips, idyllic beaches, just some of the treats in store in the Cape Verde islands, as Peter Thompson discovered As the angry Atlantic Ocean waves crashed into our tiny boat, I could not help but notice...

Pyramid selling - the proper way.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Dr Penny Walters had been working as a university lecturer. Then she went to Egypt on holiday. She tells Suzanne Savill how her fascination for the land of the Pharaohs has changed her life. Pictures: Dan Regan...

I WAS TIED UP AND BATTERED.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: EXCLUSIV E Rachel Gardner and Louis Emanuel epnews@bepp.co.uk A WOMAN has described how she was tied up with duct tape, beaten with a dumbbell and left with horrific injuries in a completely unprovoked...

Tell us your story.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Tell us your story Our reporters have every part of Bristol and its surrounding areas covered. If you've got a story to tell, please get in touch. Ring the newsdesk on 0117 934 3254 or email epnews@bepp.co.uk. Or...

Keinan has the experience to put football into its real perspective.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Andy Stockhausen a.stockhausen@bepp.co.uk FIGHTING relegation with Bristol City holds no fears for new loan signing Dekel Keinan. After all, the central defender spent his formative years growing up...

In Memoriam.(Obituary)
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) ASHLEY Elsie Twelve years today you left me. Another year has come and gone but memories of our by gone days forever linger on. Jim ASHLEY Elsie Gone but not forgotten. Sister Valerie, Brian, Craig and Kim...

Deaths/Bereavements.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) ASHFIELD Kelly. Deepest sympathy to our Chris and family. Rest in peace Kel. Love Louise, Ian, Lillie, and Louie xxx ASHFIELD Kelly. Our deepest sympathy to our Chris and family. Thinking of you all. Love Sean,...

Mike Shipway.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) BORN: July 11, 1952 DIED: March 21 OCCUPATION: HGV mechanic PARTNER: Sharon FAMILY: Three children, four stepchildren, six grandchildren MIKE Shipway was a family man who leaves behind three children, four...

Daisy Elizabeth and Jack William Banyard.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) BORN: St Michael's Hospital. WEIGHT: Daisy was 5lb 3oz and Jack 4lb 8oz PARENTS: Natalie Banyard (nee Hale), entertainment editor at the Evening Post, and Ben Banyard, senior account manager at Communisis, live in...

Lions' second-hand book store's doing a roaring trade helping charities.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) THOUSANDS of second-hand books are helping to raise money for charity through a shop being run by Lions Club members in Thornbury. Members of the club used to sell books from a trailer on Saturday mornings in...

Funding means football club can upgrade facilities.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) A FOOTBALL club will be able to update its outdated changing rooms thanks to a GBP50,000 grant from Sport England. Players at Worle FC learnt this week they had been successful in securing the funding from Sport...

Successful school marked out as a national leader.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Heather Pickstockh.pickstock@bepp.co.uk A NORTH Somerset school is one of around 200 across the country to be granted a new specialist status. Backwell School will become a National Teaching School as...

Filton centre will be market leader.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) WITH the flurry of announcements in the Budget some may have overlooked the GBP60 million being invested by the Government into a new world-class aerodynamics centre to be completed by next year. It will pull...

Bad old days? Or the best ones?
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) WELL Bristol City Council must be very proud, for according to your report ("We're The Best City In Europe", Evening Post, 23rd March) an influential business publication FDI has named Bristol as Europe's best...

Vox Pop ?
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Vox Pop Would you have a personalised number plate? ?? Yes, but I sold mine when I stopped using my car. I had it for 10 years. Ken Naish, 77, Harbourside ? Yes, we bought it as a surprise for my husband - it...

Short points.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) ? WE are delighted that Filton Town council have finally applied a charge to both boules and cycle speedway track use in Filton. For many years these sports have been protected from charging due to serving...

Walk is brave step for bereaved families.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Vicki Mathias Health correspondent v.mathias@bepp.co.uk BRISTOL families who have suffered the devastating effects of meningitis have launched a walk to raise money for research into the disease. Nick...

'Why it's vital for city to have an elected mayor'.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) Byline: Michael Ribbeckm.ribbeck@bepp.co.uk ONE of Bristol's leading businessmen has claimed it is vital for the city to have an elected mayor if it is to have any hope of "being great once again". Michael...

Welcome to BR12 TOL.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) A KINGSWOOD businessman has got his hands on a personalised number plate which will make him the envy of proud Bristolians across the city. Imran Ahmed has bought the "BR12TOL" registration - the closest you...

Cycle team's fundraising journey.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) A BRISTOL filmmaker will today set off on a journey from John O'Groats to Land's End to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. James Beale will be joined by three friends as they spend 14 days in the saddle....

Events to celebrate area's links with Olympics.
March 31, 2012... (From Bristol Evening Post) ? A FREE programme of activities celebrating South West links with the Olympics and Paralympics is being distributed to schools in the Bristol area. It has been developed by students from Bath Spa University...