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Snooker Ace Steve Takes a Break to Meet His City Fans

IT was pot luck for some lucky fans that they got to meet their favourite snooker ace in Estover. Six-time world champion Steve Davis gave snooker tips and played punters at a fun day organised by home improvements company Stormseal.

True Love Was Found by the Roadside

SOME marriages 'break down', but some stand the test of time, writes Zoe Bridger. Jack and Betty Pearce met when his lorry broke down on the way to Lee Moor. Seeing him stranded by the roadside years before the invention of mobile phones, Betty stopped to ask if he was OK.

Cityfile

THE FTSE 100 Index closed at its highest level since early January yesterday as investors were cheered by a raft of results from corporate heavyweights. Better than expected figures from the likes of BT, Rolls-Royce and BSkyB boosted the top flight while builders merchant Travis Perkins soared more than 13% in the FTSE 250.

Co-Op Members Whip Up Cash for Cancer

Team's Bid for Peaks

A TEAM of Plymouth consultants has committed to a tall order in aid of charity. Nine property consultants from Vickery Holman will take part in the Three Peaks Challenge next weekend, scrambling up Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon all within 24 hours.

Restaurants Support Bid to Boost City's 'Super Charity'

TOP city restaurants have pledged their support to good causes in Plymouth by encouraging customers to 'Dine & Donate'. The restaurateurs, including Chris and James Tanner and Edmond Davari, are among more than a dozen city restaurant businesses supporting the Drake Foundation, Plymouth's 'charity of charities'.

Opticians Help Chernobyl Kids

PLYMOUTH opticians have been offering free eye tests and glasses to victims of a devastating nuclear disaster in the former Soviet Union. In April 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, situated on the border of Ukraine and Belarus, killed 56 people and exposed an estimated 600,000 to radiation.

Sign Up to Pedal for a Medal This Year

THE 18th Pedal For A Medal charity cycle ride will take place in Plymouth on Sunday, September 13. The annual ride in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, which starts and finishes at Coypool park-and-ride in Plympton, is open to anyone in the city.

Frightened Freebie Freed From Six-Foot-Deep Well

A CHILDREN'S pony rescued from the bottom of a well is back on dry land. Freebie had to be winched to safety after getting wedged down a six-foot-deep well in his paddock near Plymstock.

Noel Rejects Interest From Europe to Return to Raiders

BRITISH forward James Noel has signed a new one-year deal with Plymouth Raiders. The 26-year-old Londoner is coach Gary Stronach's fifth of six key signings this summer.

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Rainfall Gloom

We fell for the assurances that it was safe and sensible to come to the West Country for a British summer holiday. A miserable disaster that we will never repeat. Ben, Lucy and Phil, Suzie and Jonathon, a cold caravan near Wembury We had a summer in April/May/June. Plenty of barbecues. What's there to moan about?

Widening Benefits of University Life ; Her Say... Aleshia Sampson, President of the University of Plymouth Students' Union

'WIDENING participation' is something the university and the UPSU take very seriously, whether that is through student and staff volunteering, community projects or education. The University of Plymouth College (UPC) network has been around for years, and now you can study a University of Plymouth degree at 18 colleges across the South West.

On This Day July 31

1485: Morte D'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory was published. 1635: British public inland postal services were established, with charges of two to eight pence. 1910: Wife-poisoner Dr Hawley Crippen was arrested on the SS Montrose as it was entering Quebec, the first criminal to be captured by the use of wireless telegraphy. 1919: The Weimar Republic was established in post-war Germany. 1950: Britain's first self-service store, Sainsbury's, opened in Croydon.

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Today's Birthdays

Issues Ignored ; 10 10 Your Say...

WITH reference to Keith Rossiter's recent article 'School rethink on hall design', the emotive card has been played and the fundamental issues ignored. Longcause School is not the local school for the Plympton St Maurice area. Its pupils are brought in by minibus and taxi and, at present, it has approximately 80 pupils, in the five-to-16 age range.

Barbican Days ; 10 10 Your Say...

REF the recent appeal for information about the Barbican from D Penberthy of the Isle of Wight, the building referred to, opposite the Three Crowns in Exchange Street, was used by E & B R Noyce for scrap metal, old newspapers, rags etcetera. In the same block was living accommodation where the Easton family resided. Next again was rear accommodation for Watson's the tobacconist, whose shop fronted on to Vauxhall Street. The sea mine that dropped on Secombe's the fruit and vegetable merchants'...

Harbour Gears Up for Finish of Fastnet Race

SUTTON Harbour is preparing for a special visit in a few weeks' time - in the shape of a fleet of yachts. The picturesque Barbican harbour is set to play host to the finish of the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race, a major event within the Plymouth Summer Festival.