Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph from Scunthorpe, Humberside, England • 1

BATTERIES TYRES EXHAUSTS For best prices from the people who care CALL SPEEDYFIT 01652 652396 Pari ot Smitti Parianson Group BRH3G WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IT IN THURSDAY DECEMBER 26 1996 27p FINAL EDITION Tel: (01724) 273 273 Tele Pedestrian injured Helicopter helps in search -By SARAH ARNOLD Queensway and Grange Lane South Scunthorpe No one was injured Scunthorpe fire fighters were called to swill away petrol from the Ashby Road at lam on Christmas Day after a minor collision between two vehicles No one is believed to have been injured Breathing apparatus was used by the fire service while tackling a cooker blaze in Belwood Drive Belton at 1149am on Christmas Day Fire fighters attending the scene of an accident in Barrow Road Barton at 9am yesterday morning made the ve hide safe by disconnecting the battery A MALE pedestrian was injured after he was in collision with a motor cycle in Bottesford on Christmas Eve The man who has not been named sustained minor injuries in the accident at the- junction of Hoad and Chancel Hoad at 2pm Humberside ambulance crews were called and the man was treated at Un-scene A spokesman for Scunthorpe police Sgt Mathew Hammond said: man is believed to have sustained superficial Two cars were in collision at 130pm on Christmas Day at tin- junction of think she wandered out of the front door as there have been lots of visitors today think we have ever had so she said was obviously let out mistakenly by a rela tive or a visitor our grounds are very well lit and she have come to any harm nurses acted promptly to the situation and we are delighted with the police response is a lively lady and very active was given a cup of tea to warm her up and the nursing staff put her straight to bed Sgt Neil Pattison of Scunthorpe police said the helicopter had assisted a ground opera tion in temperatures sev eral degrees below zero THE Humberside Police helicopter flew into action yesterday after a woman in her eighties disappeared from a Scunthorpe area residential home The woman who has not been named went missing from Haverholme at Appleby at 610pm in freezing temperatures prompt ing a Christmas Day search The helicopter was called to the scene in an operation which took 30 minutes The woman was found safe and well in the grounds Matron Pam Moody said it was believed a visitor may have acciden tally let the pensioner out of the home Boxing By DAVID ATKIN JUST champion Trevor Meikle belting up for his trip to South Africa He arrived on a £900 an hour helicopter trip from Battersea ti look at possible investments but it is not known whether or not the multi millionaire till has links with the town thev call Sunnv Scunny first-ever champion boxer has been given the Christmas present of a lifetime a contest in South Africa and the chance to meet the father he has not seen for 15 years a chance in a life time And while Sun City Trevor could meet the theme park's owner Sol Kerzner the former South African welter weight champ who vis ited Scunthorpe in 1985 speak on the phone now and then but this is a chance of a lifetime very excited'' Trevor who works in Scunthorpe as a furniture upholsterer said he had always wanted to box in South Africa because his mother Pam now separated from his near the millionaires playground not seen my dad for 15 years and to have the chance to go to South Africa meet him and fight is a dream come said Trevor Trevor Meikle last saw dad John in 1981 before his father moved to the Sun City region of Bophuthatswana Contact has been limited to the odd telephone call but that will all change in mid-January when Trevor the former Central Area welterweight champ jets out for a dream fight TEN tenners to be won in our special Boxing Day wordsearch competition See Page 10 Brownies boost appeal 11 WEI you are 7)s I 7iyc father was born in Cape Town 'It's my country and I want to see their way of life" he said also have relatives out there who I have never met so hopefully I will have time to see Unbeaten 1 a 1 pros i a 1 Schultz will provide the opposition for Trevor but to make sure the trip is real knockout he is going to keep something up his glove not going to tell my dad I'm lighting in South Africa until I get he said I get off the plane call him and give him a surprise He'll be able to come and watch me box John a gold miner has never seen his son fight and missed out on title win when a packed Baths Hall roared him to victory in February to become the first town boxer to claim a professional title Challenge He hopes to challenge for another belt after losing the championship in September but rt the moment Trevor is happy to look forward to South Africa like to thank my manager John Rushton for getting me this fight and my employers Lebus for letting me have tune oil to go mmnmaam LARGE SELECTION 3-PIECE SUITES I Good Part Exchange Allows Free Fabric Protector with every Suite 2 Years Interest Free Credit DINING ROOM CENTRE I JMFSSFHS UNITS A 4 HAIRS A 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