Europe Intelligence Wire articles from September 2008

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from September 2008

Bristol war hero who flew Lancaster bombers.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) War hero Alfred Mullins was an RAF flight engineer whom crews could rely on to get them home after bombing raids. Known as Alf, he would fly Lancaster bombers to safety through German gunfire while the pilot...

Super loaf earns bakery another award.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Award winning Hobbs House Bakery will add another accolade to its collection after one of its loaves was judged the best in a search for Britain's top organic products. The family-run business scooped the...

Not enough beds at southmead's super-hospital.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Massive house building is set to leave the proposed super-hospital in Southmead 250 beds short just a decade after it opens. Health chiefs admitted to Northavon MP Steve Webb there would be a shortfall when...

Xbox hacker alert from Bristol mum.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Bristol mother is warning other parents to beware of online hackers after someone used her son's XBox Live account while the family were on holiday. The hacker got into 12-year-old Robert Best's account...

Joy over GBP50,000 makeover for hall in Portishead.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Residents pressing for improvements to a rundown Portishead hall celebrated after learning it is to get a GBP50,000 makeover. People living in the West Hill area have been pressing North Somerset Council for...

Help us stage Nailsea's Victorian fair.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) An appeal for help to stage this year's Nailsea Victorian Street Fayre has been launched. Councillor Anne Kemp is organising the annual festive extravaganza, which takes place in the town on the first Friday...

Cyclist's arrest was unlawful.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) A Court has thrown out a case saying that the man in the dock was unlawfully arrested by police. Harvey Tadman, 42, was arrested after he tried to stop a motorist driving away from an accident. He was...

Keep it local, keep it Keynsham.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Traders and shoppers are getting behind a campaign to Keep it local: Keep it Keynsham. High Street shopkeepers said the campaign, being launched on September 13, would be a great boost for the town where...

Security only as good as the people in charge.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Bristol International Airport has recently massively expanded its security search area for passengers checking in - but what's the point if the staff are more interested in chatting with each other than actually...

My heart sinks with this incessant rain.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Has anyone else been suffering as a result of the bad weather this summer? We have supposedly just endured the wettest August for 100 years, and I have personally felt my heart sink every morning when I wake up...

Soapbox: The surliness of shop staff.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) What has happened to manners in this country? Are there any polite staff working behind a till in any shop in the UK? I was at Tesco in Brislington recently and approached a till to buy a newspaper. Two members...

Feedback: Hospital buildings.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) I Am writing about the article by Vicki Mathias on the state of the hospital workers' quarters at Southmead Hospital ("Workers are living in filth", Post, August 23). It strikes me that, as is well known,...

Brown dithers as decline goes on.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) I Have read several letters recently, the latest written by Tony Probert ("Let's not be fooled - they still don't care", Post, August 28), which have slated the Conservatives (who are not even in Government -...

Don't overlook the vital public toilets.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) I See in the Post plans for new street furniture, pavements and so on in the new area of Broadmead ("Retailers hope to cash in on Cabot Citcus", August 28), but as yet, no mention of public conveniences. ...

Kite fliers rise to the occasion.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Floating in the sunshine was a massive blue inflatable octopus next to multi-coloured manta rays, penguins and a gecko. Families gathered in their hundreds to picnic at the top of Ashton Court's green...

Customers are told to boil foul smelling water tigers could be kept at zoo attraction.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Saturday Oct 30: Thousands of residents are being advised to boil their tap water to rid it of a foul smell. Unfortunately, my water bill is around GBP300 per year; I don't know how they reach the lowly...

End of the road for bus men's 'holiday'.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Two adventurous travellers have returned home after a five-month tour of Europe and Asia on a big red double-decker bus. Dan Spokes and Matthew Lumber had an emotional reunion with family and friends at the...

Bristol to bath cycle track robberies reduced.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Police have reported a marked reduction in the number of robberies on the Bristol to Bath cycle path after five arrests and measures to make the route safer. Patrols were increased along the Easton stretch...

Police hit by GBP260k bill from GBPmulti-billion phone firms for key evidence.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) Mobile phone companies have charged police more than GBP250,000 to provide vital evidence to catch criminals. A request under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed the Avon and Somerset force was made...

Mystery over closure of Knowle post office.
September 1, 2008... (From Bristol Evening Post) The sudden closure of a post office in Knowle has left customers baffled. The Wells Road branch, at number 323, has been closed since Thursday without explanation. When contacted by the Evening Post,...

Novel came to author in her dreams.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) November. The dead month... the fields like vast lakes under a sullen sky." Cassandra Clark's novel begins amid the dripping gloom of medieval Holderness. As it unfolds, this strange tale - set in 1382 against...

Dave swarbrick is dying to play pocklington.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Dave Swarbrick is one of the few people to have read his own obituary. The folk violinist and singer - who appears at Pocklington Arts Centre this month - was proclaimed dead by the Daily Telegraph on April 30,...

Agency's support for health charter.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Hull: A city website design agency has pledged its support for workers with mental health problems. Eskimo Soup Creative in High Street, city centre, has joined the Mindful Employer Charter, a voluntary agreement...

Hull caravan firm cuts 30 jobs.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) About 30 jobs have been lost at Hull caravan manufacturer Cosalt Holiday Homes as part of an ongoing restructuring process. The cuts, from the firm's Stockholm Road site, were made around the middle of last month...

Prescott's Hull east successor confirmed.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Karl Turner has been confirmed as Labour's next parliamentary candidate in Hull East. The 37-year-old Hull-based barrister won a selection contest run by the constituency party earlier this year to replace John...

'We cannot risk more outbreaks'.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) A Leading pig farmer has come up with a plan to combat potential future outbreaks of a devastating animal disease. Livestock farmers were shocked to learn a government-run laboratory was responsible for the 2007...

Have say on one-way system.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Beverley: Councillors are urging residents to have their say on a trial one-way system in the town. Temporary one-way traffic was introduced in Lord Roberts Road in April, to enable re-paving to take place in...

Hull man's discovery is talk of the web.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) A surprising discovery made by a mystery Hull man on his new iPhone has become an Internet sensation. The man left a comment on a website devoted to Apple products - the manufacturer of the trendy mobile - after...

Hit-and-run driver jailed for two years.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) West Hull: A motorist who ploughed down a pedestrian and drove off has been jailed for two years. Matthew Luke Reveley, 20, of Oban Avenue, was driving to see a friend at Hull Royal Infirmary on March 15, when he...

Three years for serial burglar caught cowering in garden.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) A Burglar who was disturbed by an 83-year-old woman after breaking into her west Hull home has been jailed for three years. Shaun Bower, 30, of White Street, off Hawthorn Avenue, west Hull, stole more than...

Hull city fans keep the faith despite defeat.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Despite a 5-0 defeat by Wigan, Hull City fans at the KC Stadium remained upbeat, determined to enjoy the excitement of top-flight football. More than 24,000 fans packed into the ground on Saturday for the team's...

Revellers celebrate hard-won freedom in city's biggest open-air festival.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) One of the Hull's greatest sons was honoured with a huge open-air party this weekend. The Freedom Festival took place on Saturday over a marathon 10-and-a-half hours and included performances by bands, Bollywood...

Horne career back on track.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) He was the centre of the 'will he or won't he' debate for three weeks. But Richard Horne did play at Wembley - he was up to the challenge - and Richard Agar was right to take the gamble. Having withstood the...

Hull fc fans praise team's effort.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Hull Fc fans have hailed their team's "valiant" effort against St Helens in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley. Richard Agar's men ran the Saints closer than anyone expected in a courageous display. As with...

Police hunt killer after 'horrific' murder.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Detectives are hunting the killer of a man found brutally murdered in his home in Hull. The gruesome discovery was made at a house in Charing Close, off Louis Street, west Hull, late on Saturday afternoon. ...

Take part in big tidy to mark anniversary.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) East Riding: Residents are being urged to sign up to a month-long blitz on litter. East Riding Council wants people to take part in national The Big Tidy Up campaign, which is set to run throughout September. ...

Defenders of the faith roared on underdogs.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) The great thing about a Challenge Cup final is that anything can happen. That sentiment was echoed by Hull FC fans as they made their way to Wembley Stadium on Saturday. It didn't matter they were preparing...

Who was ashes woman?
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) A Hull FC fan was dragged off the pitch at Wembley after she apparently tried to scatter her father's ashes following the final whistle. An unknown woman ran on to the field just minutes after the full-time...

Out of gas.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Peter Cusack admits Hull FC simply ran out of energy and were unable to kill off St Helens having hit the front. The Black and Whites fought back from 10-0 down, with Danny Tickle's sweetly struck conversion...

Ferriby crowned premier champs.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) North Ferriby have been crowned Insurance Partnership East Yorkshire Cricket Alliance Premier Division champions after victory over Hutton Cranswick. Sutton are runners-up after Hill Top conceded their game. ...

Medforth haul boosts hornsea's championship hopes.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) With Thirsk suffering a shock home defeat at the hands of Acomb, Woodhouse Grange are favourites to lift the Premier Division title for the first time and the championship which they last won in 1997 after beating...

Sing backs FC for quick final return.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) The medal he desperately wanted eluded him in the penultimate game of his career. But Matt Sing was still full of pride at Hull FC's Challenge Cup final efforts, and having his played part in a Wembley final....

Watch us go!
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Racing towards a sea of thousands of Hull FC fans - Kirk Yeaman always knew he would make it. His sensational 85-yard try kick-started a brave Hull FC second-half fightback, which saw them lead 12-10 with just 15...

Wheeldon set for kr switch.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Hull Kr will look to open negotiations with a number of key targets this week - with Hull FC prop Scott Wheeldon top of the list. Rovers coach Justin Morgan is looking to add strength to his squad in 2009, and...

Deano: I am gutted i didn't get to start.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Dean Windass says he "nearly fell off his chair" after being told he wasn't in the Hull City starting line-up for Saturday's 5-0 defeat to Wigan. The 39-year-old fans' favourite is determined to earn his first...

City target striker trio.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Hull City were keeping their options open today as they stepped up their pursuit of GBP7m target Fraizer Campbell. The Tigers have until midnight to complete what would be a club record deal for the 20-year-old...

Stingrays pay high price for yorkshire cup defeats.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Excel Hull Stingrays have been left counting the cost of their Yorkshire Cup clashes with Sheffield Steelers. Defenceman Paul Moran is out for at least a fortnight after dislocating his shoulder in Stingrays'...

Breaking news: Man arrested in connection with Hull murder.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a man's body in west Hull. The gruesome discovery was made at a house in Charing Close off Louis Street, on Saturday. The...

MP backing soldier in British citizenship test row.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) East Yorks: Graham Stuart MP has taken up the case of a Zimbabwean soldier serving in the British Army who has been told he will not be allowed to fight until he passes a citizenship test. Mr Stuart, Conservative...

Have your say on Hull city's performance in a live webchat.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Join us at 1pm today on www.sporthull.co.uk for our live webchat, discussing all the issues surrounding Hull City's 5-0 defeat at home to Wigan on Saturday. The issues are wide-ranging, especially with the...

Breaking news: Six people arrested after east Hull flat fire.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) Six people have been arrested following a suspicious flat fire in east Hull. A 32-year-old woman, a 26-year-old woman, an 18-year-old man, a 21-year-old man, a 22-year-old man and 25-year-old man, all from Hull,...

Breaking news: West Hull 'horrific' killing victim named.
September 1, 2008... (From Hull Daily Mail) A Man found dead in his home in west Hull was this afternoon named by police. The body of Marc Steven Irwin, 36, of Charing Close, was discovered on Saturday afternoon. A post-mortem examination carried out...

Woman hit for refusing to give cigarette.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A woman was slapped about the head and face by a man for refusing to give him a cigarette. The victim was travelling on the number 14 Arriva bus service heading out of Leicester towards Braunstone Frith when...

Law mocked.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Fire crews and police officers demonstrated, in front of children at Countesthorpe College, the catastrophic effects of drink-driving to raise road-safety awareness (Mercury, August 13). Station manager Alan...

Can you get more sneaky?
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) On Friday the week before last, my husband and I returned from our weekly shopping at about 4pm. On checking everything was okay around the front garden, we decided to unpack the shopping and have a coffee. ...

Why no blitz?
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Are the police scared of the drunks who congregate around the London Road/Conduit Street area of Leicester? This is the only conclusion I can make after the police's very public statement that they were cutting...

Special guest at joyous celebration.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) We would like to thank the Lord Mayor, Mrs Manjula Sood, for attending the celebration on the auspicious occasion of the birth of Lord Krishna, on August 24, during the holy month of Shravan, at our community...

It's chaos at roundabout.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Not only did the kids return to school on August 28, but also the congestion and poor road protocols returned to the Pork Pie roundabout and the Lutterworth Road junction. Presumably, the woman who refused to...

Girl guides gather on the green.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Recent stories and photographs concerning Croft Union Chapel were appreciated by Joan Poultney, of Wigston. She was also interested in Olwen Hughes's sketch of the brick cottages on the Green at Croft, which...

Auction signalled the end of country house.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) My recent item about the demolition of Stoughton Grange, the country mansion that was the seat of the Powys-Keck family, interested a number of readers. The Grange and much of its extensive estate were sold to...

Searching for former student.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Tony Burke, of Ovington, Northumberland, wonders if readers of the Mercury can help in his search for a former undergraduate colleague. A 50-year reunion of student architects of the School of Architecture,...

Growing up in 40s aylestone.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Recent mention of Batten Street, Leicester, which was mistakenly believed to be the site of the Aylestone tram terminus, caught the eye of Mr Neville Jackson, of Hinckley. He writes: "I was born at 317...

Doctor in the house.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) "I, too, like Mrs Maisie Tompkins, remember the doctor's surgeries being in a normal house and the front room being used as a waiting room," says Mrs J Gourley, of Braunstone Frith. "When you arrived, you had...

Lidl consolation?
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) I went to the meeting at Aylestone Hall regarding Lidl. Answers to the forms suggest local people and shop owners mostly said "no", as they feared loss of their shop profits would occur. One person said no...

Tory sell-off.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) G Allen (Mailbox, August 19) wrote that the Government hasn't got a clue on the long-term damage it is creating by concreting our once green and pleasant land. I could not agree more with him on this point. He...

A big problem for evolutionists.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Like most people, I accepted evolution until I was prompted to ask questions after reading a paper about DNA. If Darwin was right, the fossil record would have been liberally littered throughout with...

Foiled by the river board.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Reading your article about producing hydro electricity on the River Soar (Mercury, August 27), I thought the following might be of interest. In the late 1940s, after my father-in-law had bought the old Mill...

Fabulous day.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Thank you, Leicester Mercury, for printing tokens for UK days out. I, and three other childminders, saved your tokens for Wicksteed Park and took our well-behaved children for a fabulous day out on August 12....

Challenging agenda for health publicity team.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) I read with interest Mr Smith's comments about the new marketing, communications and PR people being recruited by Leicester City Primary Care Trust (Mailbox, August 23). Leicester faces some of the biggest...

Good news as 999 service bounces back.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) The improvement in ambulance response times reported in this newspaper today is most encouraging. The last few years have been challenging ones for our ambulance service following major reorganisation. There was a...

How firms could cut water cost.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Time is running out for firms to join a free scheme which helps firms cut water waste. Envirowise, a Government-funded sustainable business group, is encouraging companies in Leicestershire to sign up to The...

Howzat for a great summer?
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Companies were today due to take part in a fund-raising tournament at the county cricket ground. Grace Road's hallowed turf is the venue for the RBS Leicestershire Corporate Cricket League play-offs. Six...

Lavendon still going for gold.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Powered access equipment specialist Lavendon says it is focused on winning contracts for some of the biggest construction projects in and around London. The Lutterworth firm, the European market leader in the...

Us distribution deal a gem.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A jewellery distribution firm has won orders worth GBP200,000 within weeks of signing a deal with a United States brand. Chamilia UK, owned and run by husband and wife team Mick and Lorna McQuillan, is already...

Investment for printing.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A printing firm has made major investments in a bid to improve its productivity. Taylor Bloxham, in Beaumont Leys, is due to install a new Heidelberg colour coating press in October, which is expected to boost...

Manufacturer is sold off to kelan circuits.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A firm set up by a husband and wife has been bought by an expanding North Yorkshire circuit board manufacturer. MI Watson (Electric), which was started by husband-and-wife team Ian and Stella Watson, in...

Building firm is facing job cuts.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A building firm which employs about 120 people in Leicestershire says it will probably have to cut jobs. North Midland Construction, which employs more than 1,000 nationally, said "around one per cent" of its...

Morning club.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A national business networking club with more than 10,000 members is setting up its first branch in Leicestershire. 4Networking has grown to 180 groups since it was launched last year in Somerset and has now...

Free sessions with lawyers.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Businesses are being offered free consultations with lawyers. The Law Society says firms wanting to cut costs to limit the impact of the credit crunch should make sure their plans are legally sound. The...

Residents putting brake on speeders.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Schoolchildren and a team of volunteers say they are spotting more than 20 motorists an hour speeding through three busy streets. For the past four weeks, residents in Kelmarsh Avenue, Horsewell Lane and West...

It's the art ofshopping.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) It's not just a shopping mall - the new Highcross centre is also an art gallery. Three specially-commissioned artworks have been installed at the centre. At the end of the main new shopping mall, a dramatic,...

Better bus service for shoppers.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Extra park-and-ride services are being put on for the opening of the city's new shopping centre. Park-and-ride will be available seven days a week from Meynell's Gorse, with a new Sunday service starting on...

Chance to learn some new skills.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Time is running out for creative learners to sign up for a range of evening and weekend courses taking place this autumn. Most of the courses running at the Richard Attenborough Centre, in Lancaster Road,...

Vulcan set to shine in air display.
September 1, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) The restored Leicestershire Vulcan bomber is set to be the star of the show at its first air display in its home county. The Cold War aircraft will be the main attraction at Cosby Victory Show on September 6...