Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England) back issues from July 2006:
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Shop serves charity boost.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A blind charity's minibus appeal is being given a helping hand by 90 budding young actors. Proceeds from The Catherine Vandome Theatre School's forthcoming production of The Little Shop of Horrors will be going to Penwortham-based Galloway's Society for the Blind. ...
Stars take to stage at city's theatres.
Jul 01, 2006 ... West End shows, Shakespeare, old favourites such as the Hoghton Weavers and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Jim Davidson make up the new season at Preston's Guild Hall and Charter Theatre. Theatre bosses hope the brand new autumn and winter line-up will bring ...
Michael scoops the 'Ultimate' accolade.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A Lancashire martial arts expert has won the final of a smash hit reality TV series in America. Michael Bisping, 26, from Clitheroe, took the honours in The Ultimate Fighter Three in Las Vegas. He was one of 16 contestants to take part in the series, successfully ...
Charity run for cancer patient fund.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Runners and joggers are being encouraged to take part in the Rosemere Cancer Foundation's annual 10km run. The charity is now urging people to get their running shoes on and raise vital funds for local cancer patients. The run will take place at 11am on Sunday July 23 ...
Stars turn out to help the carers.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Carer from Chorley have joined others from around the north west for a holiday in Blackpool. Organised by The Princess Royal Trust for Carers Chorley-based northern office, they were joined by celebrities from the world of sport and entertainment. Among the stars who ...
County council to take back control of the region's roads.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Changes to the way Lancashire's roads are run come into effect today. The county council is taking back a large portion of its highway responsibilities from the district councils - a move which has not been popular. County Coun Tony Martin, cabinet member for ...
Time to pull your socks up and get running.
Jul 01, 2006 ... It's time to go the extra mile for Sport Relief on Saturday July 15. Lancaster University is holding this year's Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile event in Lancaster. The run starts from 11am and promises to be a fun day for all the ...
Honour for soldier's Iraq service.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A Lancaster soldier who served in war-torn Iraq has been honoured and presented with a medal. Private Kevin Kelly, 29, from the Ridge estate was among 500 soldiers from the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment to receive Op Telic campaign medals in front of proud families and ...
Phone box hooligans caught on film.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Vandals wanted for smashing up a phone box have been caught on camera. The youths caused [pounds sterling]250 of damage after they ripped the door off and threw it onto Plungington Road in Preston. Det Chief Insp Tracy Launder said: "I want anyone who recognises ...
Library is as pretty as a picture...
Jul 01, 2006 ... Talented children living in Ribbleton, Preston, have been working hard to spruce up the entrance to their local library. The youngsters have been working with project worker Michelle Howard to paint the walls and windows of the foyer at Ribbleton Library. The ...
Charity music and fireworks will bring Tower alive.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A Lancashire landmark will be alive with the sound of music next weekend. Hoghton Tower, near Preston, is the venue for the annual Symphony at the Tower concert organised to raise money for St Catherine's Hospice which cares for terminally ill people from across the area. ...
9,000 bans on the classroom yobs.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Thousands of unruly schoolchildren in Lancashire were suspended from school - many youngsters more than once - during the past year, new figures reveal. The Government released figures show the county has the fourth highest amount of temporary exclusions in the country. ...
Pensioner is rescued after climbing cliff.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A pensioner was rescued from cliffs at Silverdale, near Carnforth, after climbing up to avoid the incoming tide. The 84-year-old was helped down by a member of the public before emergency services arrived. Arnside Coastguard was called out after the ...
Student dies at end-of-term party.(Obituary)
Jul 01, 2006 ... A student has died after taking part in a tug-of-war event at a university festival. Salmi Campillo Peralta, 26, was a Lancaster University student and collapsed in front of pals at the event, which had been previously dubbed the "legendary end of year extravaganza Gradstock". ...
the faces of terror.
Jul 01, 2006 ... ARMED raiders have been warned to expect lengthy jail sentences after pleading guilty to a [pounds sterling]130,000 bank raid. The gang stormed the Lloyds TSB on Blackpool Road at Lane Ends, Ashton, in April. At Preston Crown Court, one of the robbers admitted firing ...
The Battle of the Somme remembered.
Jul 01, 2006 ... For one Longridge great-grandmother, Saturday July 1 has a particular importance. The first day of The Battle of the Somme - the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army - saw the start of a campaign which almost cost the life of Margaret Eccles' father. Mrs ...
Paedophile jailed.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A Lancashire paedophile has been jailed for a minimum of six years after pleading guilty to a catalogue of "terrifying" sex attacks. Paul O'Brien, 40, from Chorley, confessed to 17 offences and was given an indeterminate sentence at Bolton Crown Court. He will not be ...
Just like watching Brazil.
Jul 01, 2006 ... It will be just like watching Brazil when Preston play away next season. The club have unveiled their new change strip and it bears a striking resemblance to the famous kit of the World Champions. North End have chosen yellow shirts and blue shorts. And ...
Selectors face tricky decision over captaincy.
Jul 01, 2006 ... England's selectors face a tricky decision to determine who is best suited to replace Michael Vaughan as captain for the remainder of the summer. Vaughan will have a fourth operation on his troublesome right knee on Monday, ruling him out for four to six months. ...
Hurdle star tipped for 2012 Olympics.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Preston's star hurdler Danielle Rooney has big ambitions - the 15-year-old has set her sights on the London Olympics in 2012. And Rooney's dreams remain firmly intact as she now adds a top national sprinting award to her recent successes on the track. ...
Helen beaten by her GB mile team-mate.
Jul 01, 2006 ... A group of Preston Harriers middle distance runners travelled down to Solihull to compete in the latest round of the British Milers Club Nike Grand Prix last Saturday. Helen Clitheroe - in her first 1,500m of the season - was just beaten into first place by her Great Britain ...
Impressive run in the Park.
Jul 01, 2006 ... The Wesham men and veterans won the third race in the Inter Club series over a four-mile course through Blackpool's Stanley Park with a tremendous turnout of 52 runners. Charlie Pass and Alex Rowe led the way for the men with sixth and seventh positions. Steve Myerscough, Lee ...
Unsworth takes to the countryside.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Blackpool & Fylde's ladies captain Gemma Unsworth tackled the gruelling Countryside Tour of Horwich and Rivington, which involved no less than five events over a six-day period. The series started with a 6K race over paths and trails followed by a five-mile multi-terrain race ...
Staircase run's tower too far...
Jul 01, 2006 ... North Fylde's fell running championship continued with three runners contesting the 4.1-mile Aggies Staircase fell race around Darwen Tower. Ali Welsh (35th, 34.14) was first back, followed by Tony Codling (53rd, 36.36) and Dave Wood (86th, 40.51). In the Penny Lane ...
Sherwood scrape to win at St Gregory's.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Sherwood A scraped a much-needed win against St Gregory's B 4-3 in the Premier Division of the Preston and District Pool League. Steve Pye took his ninth win of the season against Scott Moores. Elsewhere, St Gregory's A pulled off a great 5-2 win ...
Beckham quits as England crash out (with photo gallery).
Jul 02, 2006 ... A tearful David Beckham has quit as England captain following their World Cup exit after five-and-a-half years at the helm. The Real Madrid star announced his decision barely 12 hours after England had been dumped out of the competition on penalties by Portugal. ...
TV's Syed to speak at Preston dinner.
Jul 03, 2006 ... An entrepreneur who provoked the wrath of Sir Alan Sugar will be in Preston later this week. Syed Ahmed, who appeared on the BBC series The Apprentice, is to speak to the largest gathering of Asian businessmen this year, at Preston Guild Hall on Friday. The ...
BAE rocked by Airbus valuation.
Jul 03, 2006 ... BAE Systems was today coming to terms with the surprise verdict on the worth of its 20% stake in European planemaker Airbus. The defence and aerospace giant will be paid [pounds sterling]1.9bn for the holding, much less than City analysts had been hoping for. The ...
BNFL profits rise to [pounds sterling]208m.
Jul 03, 2006 ... British Nuclear Fuels said its businesses were well placed for life in the private sector after underlying profits rose by 23% to [pounds sterling]208m today. The annual figures were posted as BNFL completes the sale of its US-based Westinghouse division and prepares for the ...
Firms weigh up bid for Morrisons.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A consortium of private equity firms was today reported to be weighing up a [pounds sterling]6bn bid for supermarket group Morrisons. The consortium, made up of Texas Pacific, CVC and Permira, has ...
1,500 knives are surrendered in amnesty.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Police in Lancashire have hailed the national knife amnesty a success after 1,525 weapons were handed in. During the course of the five-week campaign, members of the public were urged to surrender knives, swords, machetes, and other bladed instruments with no questions asked. ...
Major blow for river vision.
Jul 03, 2006 ... The [pounds sterling]800m Riverworks project has been dealt a major blow, it has emerged. A bid for Lottery funding to help further the River Ribble barrage project has failed. Preston Council had applied for cash from the Big Lottery Living Landmarks Fund to pay for ...
Paedophile jailed for sex attacks.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A Lancashire paedophile has been jailed for a minimum of six years after pleading guilty to a catalogue of "terrifying" sex attacks. Paul O'Brien, 40, from Chorley, confessed to 17 offences and was given an indeterminate sentence at Bolton Crown Court. He will not be ...
Neighbours are school's good friends.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Everybody needs good neighbours and one Lancashire primary school is thanking theirs. Children at Christ Church Primary School, in Carnforth, near Morecambe, will be enjoying play time even more after house builder David Wilson Homes donated [pounds sterling]1,000 to develop ...
Staff silent in tribute to victims.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Staff at Lancaster City Council will be holding two minutes' silence at noon on Friday - the first anniversary of the London bombings. Staff will gather at both the Garden of Remembrance, Lancaster Town Hall and the sunken Gardens at Morecambe Town Hall at noon, to coincide ...
Toddlers make cash their goal.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A little bit of money makes a goal of a difference as Oak Mount Day Nursery in Bamber Bridge held a World Cup sponsored event. The week long event was aimed at raising funds for NSPCC and had a World Cup theme. The children enjoyed various activities, including ...
HMV set for shares buyback.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Music and DVD retailer HMV is expected to announce plans to return [pounds sterling]200m to shareholders this week, it was reported today. It is thought the group will use its annual results ...
Firms weigh up bid for Morrisons.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A consortium of private equity firms was today reported to be weighing up a [pounds sterling]6bn bid for supermarket group Morrisons. The consortium, made up of Texas Pacific, CVC and Permira, has yet to make ...
UK's top firms beat their rivals.
Jul 03, 2006 ... The UK's top companies are outperforming their European counterparts in creating wealth, the Government claimed today. The Department for Trade and Industry said wealth creation by large companies in the UK had increased by 10% ...
Mail staff stress.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Union leaders called today for an urgent meeting with Royal Mail after claiming that managers were at breaking point because of ...
'Fired' entrepreneur is business dinner speaker.
Jul 03, 2006 ... AN ENTREPRENEUR who provoked the wrath of Sir Alan Sugar will be in Preston later this week. Syed Ahmed, who appeared on the BBC series The Apprentice, is to speak to the largest gathering of Asian businessmen this year, at Preston Guild Hall on Friday. The ...
Mountain challenge nets [pounds sterling]10,000.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A group of walkers has raised more than [pounds sterling]10,000 for the Starlight Children's Foundation. More than 120 Blockbuster staff, including three from Preston's store, pulled together to climb Mount Snowdon in North Wales. Snowdon is the highest mountain in ...
PNE's Paul rewards pupils.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Pupils at a Preston school were delighted when a 'mystery guest' turned out to be Deepdale midfielder Paul McKenna. The Preston North End stalwart went to St Pius X Prep School to give 35 children in year two awards for academic and sporting achievements. He signed a ...
Supermarkets may be library 'outlets'.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Television shopping channel-style techniques could be adopted by Lancashire libraries in a bid to boost reading. Readers may soon be ordering books over the internet - and receiving them at home or other local outlets the following day. The use of supermarket ...
Police orders 'breach human rights'.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Preston's top cop has poured scorn on a Home Office minister's call for police to dish out more orders banning youths from gathering in groups. Dispersal orders have already been used several times across Preston to target areas where street youths have been causing anti-social ...
Tots in sponsored walk.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Thirty tiny tots took part in a sponsored walk in Preston to raise money for a children's charity. Kids from Ribbleton's Children's Centre walked around Grange Park, Ribbleton, in aid of Barnardo's Big Toddle. The children, aged from one to five-years-old, did a lap ...
Show is cancelled at the last minute.
Jul 03, 2006 ... When will the show go on? That is the question theatre-goers in Morecambe after plans to stage the first performance in nearly 30 years outside the resort's historic Winter Gardens was called off at the last minute. Theatre company Freerange had planned to stage its performance ...
Bypass scheme failure.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Three controversial bypass schemes have not reduced nearby traffic to the levels promised, a study by green groups said today. And traffic on the bypasses is growing much faster than the Government forecast, ...
Fans suffer World Cup agony again.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Penalty pain left its stinging mark on one of the most relaxed parts of Lancashire at the weekend. Hundreds of England fans packed into the bars Guy's Thatched Hamlet, in Bilsborrow, near Preston, to see their team crash out of the World Cup on penalties to Portugal in the ...
Boat and caravans destroyed.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Twenty firefighters battled for over an hour after a barn packed with asbestos caught fire in Churchtown, near Garstang. A boat and two caravans which were kept in the building at Tarnacre House Farm on Tarnacre Lane in the village were destroyed by the blaze in the early hours ...
Rugby boss son killed.
Jul 03, 2006 ... The son of a former Wigan Rugby chairman has died after a car smashed into him and a friend as they walked home from a night out. Twenty-one-year-old Ben Robinson, son of former Wigan Rugby chairman Jack Robinson, was hit by a white Vauxhall ...
Youths quizzed after riverside building torched.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Four youths are being questioned by police after a changing block at a Preston recreation ground was torched. They were arrested after the fire at the facilities on the banks of the River Ribble, off London Road, which left one room completely gutted and the rest of the building ...
Police to get more time to quiz terror suspects.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Anti-terror police today welcomed the verdict of MPs that their powers to detain suspects without charge would have to be extended further. An inquiry by the home affairs select committee concluded that the 28-day limit approved by MPs in November would prove inadequate. ...
Cig ban for under 18s.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Under-18s could be banned from buying cigarettes under proposals being put to the public today in a bid to cut cancer deaths. A consultation is being launched by the Department of Health seeking views on whether the ...
TV spook investigator wants tales.
Jul 03, 2006 ... TV presenter Jason Karl is planning to produce a book on Lancashire's ghost zones. He is well known as a face of paranormal television and has presented countless television programmes focusing on the strange and the unusual. Jason will be helped by the owner of the ...
Forklift truck blaze drama.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A man was taken to hospital after the fork lift truck he was driving at a Preston firm burst into flames. The fire then set alight to a car which was parked nearby and destroyed both vehicles before firefighters arrived. Two crews from Fulwood were called to the ...
[pounds sterling]6m scanner for cancer patients.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Cancer patients in Lancashire will soon have access to a new [pounds sterling]6m hi-tech scanner. The unit uses the most advanced imaging technology available and can detect cancer anomalies better than other more widely used scanners. The PETCT (Positron Emission ...
Farm plans to be considered by council.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A store and livestock building could be added to a Preston farm. Preston City Council ...
Councillor takes council tax stand.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A long-serving councillor has made a public stand about the scrapping of a Town Hall service by sensationally paying his council tax at a packed meeting. Coun Terry Cartwright, who represents the Deepdale ward in Preston, is angry at the closure of the cashiers desk at the ...
Hair extensions leave student in agony.
Jul 03, 2006 ... When Carmel Scullion paid [pounds sterling]200 for hair extensions, she was expecting to get glamorous long locks. Instead, just a day later, her scalp began to itch, then became so painful she couldn't sleep and some of her hair fell out. The third year law student ...
How good is your drinking water? (with video).
Jul 03, 2006 ... Whether you are drinking it, cooking with it or just washing your dishes with it, everyone wants to know the water coming out of our taps is clean. A Government report into Lancashire's water says it is the best it has been for 15 years, DAVID COATES found out how it happens. ...
Soldiers on parade in Iraq and Lancaster.
Jul 03, 2006 ... A new era has dawned for soldiers from Lancashire's proud Army regiment across the world. Ceremonies to mark the formation of The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment involving troops from the county took place in Basra in Iraq, Osnabruck in Germany and a procession through Lancaster on ...
Monday's paper round-up.
Jul 03, 2006 ... England's failure in Germany is the talk of Monday's newpapers. THE SUN: England were thrown into panic last night when Frank Lampard suffered an injury scare in training. Also: Angry England stars have told FIFA chief Sepp Blatter to stop slating them. DAILY MIRROR: ...
The heat is on for North End players.
Jul 03, 2006 ... Preston's players were due a roasting when they reported back for work on Monday in stifling temperatures. New boss Paul Simpson warmly welcomed his squad to Springfields on the first day of pre-season training with the thermometer touching 30 degrees. Summer signing ...
Lonners return delights Simmo.
Jul 03, 2006 ... One player bursting to return for full training on Monday was keeper Andrew Lonergan, back to fitness after two serious knee injuries. The 22-year-old last played for North End 17 months ago - in the 2-1 win at QPR on February 12, 2005. A cruciate knee ligament injury ...
