Loughborough Mail from Loughborough, Leicestershire, England • 1

LOUGHBOROUGH Where Is The Biggest Choice Of Tiles Haaklnv West Lou 1 I cujfhborQUi'h If 1 I I A I ouxllborouh (O I OV I i ft THURSDAY MAY 16th 1996 No 445 PART OF THE LEICESTER MAIL GROUP TEL: 0116 253 9539 CLASSIFIEDS: 251 5151 lOp WHERE SOLD A New World atyour fingertips Personal Computejs Printers For hometorviM business Laptops Scanners Multi-media Let us hold your hand through the computer jungle We also offer fall consultancy and 11 maintenance services COMPUTABASE Computi SU StvIco ComumabUi i i Challenge ahead 4 Green debate 5 Weekend TV Leisurefme 1 1 Prize time 14 Sport 36 A LOUGHBOROUGH charity event is under threat this week after the callous theft of most its stock the group is desperately in need of volunteers to run stalls and bring any kind of attraction to the event taking place on June 9 Anyone who thinks they can help PAWS with their event or who has rummage to give can contact them on 01509 50879 Postal strike on the cards? POSTAL services throughout Leicestershire could be disrupted this summer if post workers strike in protest at Royal proposed package of employee benefits The Employee Agenda package -which includes a commitment on job security ennanceo base pay ana a snorter working week in return for greater working flexibility has already been rejected by members of the Communi-canon worKers union wntcn opposea to Royal plans to scrap traditional working practices and Introduce team working This week they are being balotted on whether to take industrial action over the proposals which Royal Mai bosses daim make up the best ast of pay and working benefits ever offered to employees Andy Connely secretary or the Laio-ester branch of tne CWU told The MaR: members do not think the best deal been offered against team working and the CWU is not going to budge on this issue He added: ws don't went to cause disruption to the poetal service but after three years oftrytag toi an agreement on a shorter wondng and improved pay reached the end of the line all set for a special delivery A LOCAL postman cycled more than 80 miles to deliver a special invitation to most famous fisherman Mr Ian Blake took a letter from the Mayor of Loughborough inviting councillors in the Lincolnshire seaside town to attend a special Rainbows open day After cycling 84 miles the postie met the Jolly Fisherman at dock tower to hand over the invitation The Loughborough-based hospice is hoping councillors will attend a special July event which wilt raise By: CAROL BURNS their profile in Lincolnshire Mr Alan Higgs Rainbows Retail Manager told the Mail: yet we don't know the final amount but It will be more than £500 in Skegness kindly donated his overnight accommodation" Mr Blake above left was accompanied on his trip by Mr Chris Smith right who was raising money to enable a Rainbows patient to go on a dream holiday to Disneyland A meeting ot motorcyclists Animal welfare charity PAWS was banking on a big turnout for its giant rummage sale scheduled to take place on May 29 But the organ-siers have lost most of their saleable items after a break-in Thieves knocked through a wall to get at rummage which has taken the charity workers months to collect PAWS vice chairwoman Mrs Sandra King told the Mail: only discovered it on Thursday The garages are not very visible but somehow someone has pushed some of the wall down and taken most of the things we were saving for our fundraising rum-sale we can get more stuff to sell it will have to be Loughborough police are investigating the break-in which occured between 4pm on Tuesday May 7 and 11am on Thursday May 9 But the charity is adamant that thieves will not stop them holding their Gala Fun Day on June 9 Mrs King added: matter what we will go ahead with our gala non day We have worked very hard on it for a long She went on to say that COUNTY motorcyclists interested in combining their love of the open road with social events rideouts with fellow enthusiasts and even raising money for charity are invited to steer in the direction of a special meeting to be held this month Loughborough man Glyn Brookes is in the process of setting up a regional motorcycle club as a spin-off of the national Kawasaki Club The club will draw members from Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and an inau-ral meeting is to be 1 on Wednesday May 29 at the Bitter End pub Pinfold Gate Lo ough at 730pm Thereafter meetings will be held at the same venue on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month MENS SPEED0 SWIMWEAR SELECTED LINES -1 WEEK SPECIAL WERE £799 NOW ONLY £499 FASHIONS AT THE 14 COUHHIS ONLY £199 OR 3 FOR £5 A FASHIONABLE COTTON WALK SHORTS MENS -W-3044 -LADIES 816 ONLY £499 OR BUY 2 GET 1 FREE KIDS LEISUREWEARBEACHWEAR BAYWATCHACTION MANRUGRATS THE BIGGEST SELECTION IN THE UK AT THE LOWEST PRICES A GENUINE MANUFACTURERS RETAIL OUTLET OPBI 6 DAYS A WOK TUBS WID lO am 530pm THURS FRI lO am 8 pm SAT lOam 5 30 pm SUM T1 am 5 ACCESS SWITCH VISA 173 CHARNWOOD ROAD TEL 01509 505050 Tragic mum mystified by car horror By: ANDREA THOMPSON A 20-YEAR-OLD Loughborough student died after being involved in a high-speed crash on Friday Bradley Brown of Braddon Road was driving a stolen red Vauxhall Calibra which ploughed into a wall after going through a red light at the crossroads in Clarence Street Loughborough at 1118pm on Friday He suffered head and body injuries and died before he could be taken to treatment for a broken pelvis and dislocated hip at Medical Centre in Nottingham The car had been stolen from Mountsor-rel on Thursday This week the dead mother said it was a mystery how her son had come to be in the stolen vehicle Mrs Margaret Brown of Park Road Loughborough said did not know anyone in the car and I know why he got Two passengers injured in the incident are being treated in hospital Both are from Leicester but police had not released their identites when The Mail went to press on Monday The front-seat passenger broke both legs and is being treat at Leicester Royal Infirmary The rear-seat passenger a 20-year-old man from Beaumont Leys is receiving II LOUGHBOROUGH MAIL: 40779 COPIES WEEKLY (July-Dee LEICESTER MAIL GROUP: 239780 COPIES WEEKLY.