Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) back issues from October 2007:
Skate park plan for plaza.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A BRAND new skate park is in the pipeline for youngsters. Blyth Valley Council's ruling cabinet has agreed to support the delivery of the skate park in Cram-lington as the first phase of a new pounds 500,000 youth plaza in Alexandra Park and to explore further funding options ...
Air your views on drugs.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... FAMILIES are being urged to have their say on how to tackle illegal drugs. A countrywide public consultation, Drugs: Our Community, Your Say, is under way and residents in North Tyneside are being asked to lodge their views before October 19. A spokesman from North ...
Outlining the future.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... SOUTH Shields residents can find out about the regeneration of their town centre at a meeting this week. The public can attend the next meeting of the Riverside Community ...
Ordeal of fall victim's family; Paralysed fitness fanatic tells of parents' pain.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By ROB PATTINSON HE'S LUCKY to be alive. But balcony fall victim Craig Willis has admitted the hardest part of his ordeal has been watching his family's pain. The 21-year-old fitness fanatic from Darras Hall, Ponteland, was left paralysed from the waist down ...
Blaze mum to quit habit.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... LUCKY-to-be-alive Sandra Wilson has an appointment with her doctor today to get patches to quit smoking. The heavy smoking mum sparked a blaze after falling asleep on Thursday night without properly stubbing out her cigarette. Sandra, 36, and son Sean, six, were woken ...
MP backs workers' holidays rise.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A NORTH East MP has welcomed new employment rights. As many as six million workers stand to benefit from extra statutory paid holidays. New regulations means an increase in the minimum holiday allowance by four extra days, entitling working people to a minimum of 24 ...
The Taliban attacked at first light and kept on going until evening.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By GARETH DEIGHAN THESE soldiers have arrived back on Tyneside after fighting on the front line in Afghanistan and Iraq. The young soldiers, all from the Second battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, were back for a short respite before travelling to Jordan ...
Vision of care for the future.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A MAJOR consultation exercise will be launched, steering the future of adult social care in the region. A new vision for how social care will be delivered to adults in Gateshead over the next 10 years is being developed but only with the help of those who actually use the ...
Progress report.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... MORE than 150 people attende an information day to learn about the regeneration of their community. The event was organised by North Tyneside Council to inform people about progress on the pounds 17m Battle Hill regeneration scheme. The project, which is ...
Helping to make a difference; Evening Chronicle COMMUNITY CHALLENGE ROK The Nation's Local Builder BARCLAYS Project aims to put something back into the community.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By TOM MULLEN IF your playground's seen better days, football pitch needs a makeover or church roof needs patching up then the Chronicle could be the answer to your prayers. Our fantastic Community Challenge project is here to help. Together with ...
Teams work.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... MORE than 80 young people took part in a five-a-side football tournament organised by community wardens. The event, at Monkton Stadium in Jarrow, attracted 12 teams of youngsters from across Tyneside. It was the Monkton Blues who won the tournament, defeating Primrose ...
History search.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... FAMILY history sessions are being hosted at a North East library for people who want to research their family tree but don't know where to start. Northumberland County Council libraries are working with the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society to host a series of ...
Charity recruit.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... NIGEL Merryweather is the new kid on the block at a children's charity. The Children's Foundation has appointed the 30-year-old as project development manager of their Whoops! Child Safety Project, based in Gladstone Terrace, Gateshead. Nigel will help staff deliver ...
Blaze pair recover; Pals left fighting for life pull through.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By LIZ WALKER THEIR families were warned to be prepared for the worst but now two pals injured in a chip pan blaze are on the road to recovery. Yan Winthorp, 21 and Garry Watts, 19, were left fighting for their lives after being rescued from the fire at a ...
Foster aid.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... COUPLES in the region were given the opportunity to see if they had the possibility to adopt a child or become long-term foster carers. Scores of people attended the BBC Family Wanted event at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle on Saturday. The drop-in extravaganza ...
Book mark!(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BOOKWORMS will soon be able to enjoy better browsing at a library. From October 15, Friday evening sessions at Widdrington Library in Northumberland will be switched to Friday mornings. An opening hours survey carried out in August and September revealed that over 80% ...
Major plans under threat.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ALARM bells are ringing about the future of multi-million pounds projects to regenerate South East Northumberland as its political reorganisation looms. Key projects which could be at risk are proposals aimed at breathing new life into areas of Blyth and Cramlington, councillors ...
DAY IN LIFE OF GEORDIE RICH GIRL; Lottery winner appears on American television programme.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By LISA HUTCHINSON LOTTERY winner Sarah Cockings is starring on American TV this week. The lucky 24-year-old won pounds 3.2m on April 30,2005, and she is showing the US a day in the life of a Geordie rich girl. The former Whitley Bay High School ...
Dealing with monthly pain; IN ASSOCIATION WITH NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Coping with condition that affects one in two million women in the UK Talking about ...
GUIDE TO LIFE; In association with the NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: JAYNE GOLDSTONE MY first recollection that something dreadful had happened in the world was the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated in America. That was in 1963, when I was three years of age. My family sat and watched the news on our old black and ...
High cost of work stress; In association with the NHS Absence due to stress in the public sector costs the UK economy pounds 4bn per year. So how can we cut those costs? YOUR HEALTH has the details.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... IT'S Monday morning and you are about to go into work. What are you looking forward to? Catching up with colleagues about their weekend? Discussing the Toon's latest exploits or what was on TV, before getting down to work? What would you think if what you had to look ...
Sufferer is turning her life around; In association with the NHS Endometriosis is a life-changing condition that affects more than two million women in the UK, EMMA FOSTER reports.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: EMMA FOSTER CLAIRE Hollywell always wanted a big family and successful career, but due to her condition this dream may never become reality. She is one of the two million women in the UK who suffer from endometriosis, a fairly common disease whose sufferers ...
Laughter's the best medicine; In association with the NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... AS the old adage goes laughter is the best medicine, and The Clown Doctors have been providing laughter and therapeutic play to seriously-ill youngsters in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Gateshead. With the help of staff, these special visitors have been brightening the wards ...
Great way to achieve goal; In association with the NHS FIGHTING FIT Green Healthy Living.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: STEVEN SWANSON IT'S becoming more and more popular, and it's no longer only for the rich and famous. Personal training is a great way to help you succeed with your gym work. Why have a personal trainer? They assess your individual abilities and needs; ...
Helping others deal with cancer; In association with the NHS As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, survivor Anne Dixon talks candidly to reporter VICKI NEWMAN about her battle against the illness.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... WHEN 43-year-old Anne Dixon found a lump on her breast she told herself it was just a cyst, but on visiting the doctor she found out it was much worse. With no history of cancer in her family, Anne was convinced that she wouldn't have it, but decided to get a doctor to take a ...
EXTRACTS OF ANNE'S DIARY; In association with NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... JANUARY 18, 2006: See Mr Browell, the surgeon, and the specialist breast nurse, Sister Carol Perry. I'm still convinced I am to be told the lump is a cyst and there is nothing to worry about. Then Mr Browell informs me: "I'm sorry Anne, you're lump is cancerous." My first response to the ...
HOW TO HELP BEAT KILLER DISEASE; In association with NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... WATCH your weight - being overweight can significantly increase the risk of breast and other cancers. A diet which features plenty of fruit and veg, which is low in fat and red meat is best. Alcohol - drinking can also increase the risk. Cut down and drink in moderation. ...
Student health tips.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... FORGET the socks, as students depart for Freshers' Week, mums are advised to pack them off with fruit, veg and a pack of vitamins. Anything that may help boost the health of the 14 % of students at universities in the North East who only eat a proper balanced meal1 once a week ...
WIN 1 OF 20 BEAUTY HAMPERS; Evening Chronicle Competition.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... YOUR Chronicle has joined forced with Elle Macpherson and Boots to give you the chance to win a fabulous hamper of Elle Macpherson The Body products. Elle believes that all women strive to feel sensual, be healthy and look radiant. Her luxurious, pampering bath and body care ...
Care is top of the tots; In association with NHS Praise has been heaped on a Tyneside maternity service for its work to ease the stress of childbirth. JANE PICKEN finds out more.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... IT'S perhaps no surprise that 88% of women get stressed out during childbirth, according to a recent study. But thanks to midwives and professionals at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust new mums are no longer feeling the pressure. According to a major study by the ...
IMPROVING MATERNITY CARE; In association with NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... IN 2006 the Department of Health commissioned a national survey of women's experience of maternity care, which it funded in partnership with the Information Centre for health and social care (IC) and the Healthcare Commission. The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) carried out the ...
DR SCOTT'S SURGERY; In association with NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... IT all seemed to happen so quickly. One day we were enjoying a (rather late) summer, the next the evenings were dark, we were looking for our warm coats and wondering if there was enough on the television to keep us entertained all night. Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD is a ...
Popular way to better health; In association with the NHS A visit to the doctor is sometimes not the only way to cure people of their ailments. GARETH DEIGHAN visits the owners of a well-being clinic who have been in the business for more than a decade.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: GARETH DEIGHAN PROUDLY showing exactly what can be done at Sanctuary House - a wellbeing clinic on Upper Norfolk Street, North Shields - founder Leigh Adams is pleased with her business. Though Leigh is a skin expert, the centre also has hairdressing and ...
Keeping control of the purse strings; In association with the NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... NAME: Tom Millen AGE: 55 JOB TITLE: Community Nurse (budget management). Returned to work after retirement and was a full-time team manager prior to this. WHERE DO YOU WORK? I work across the region but I'm based in Prudhoe, Northumberland. ...
Get your lips in the pink; In association with the NHS.(Features)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ADORNING your mobile and adding a sparkle to your lips is this season's way to raise funds for breast cancer. Fashion chain Dorothy Perkins will be selling lip gloss charms from this autumn, which come in two sumptuous shades and can be clipped on to any mobile phone. ...
ROAD RAGE; Hit and run crash driver strikes every four days.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... HIT and run drivers leave a victim dead or seriously injured on our roads every four days. A new Government report reveals 800 danger drivers fled the scene of a crash in the region last year. Six people were killed and 80 seriously injured. Alison Brown, 31, whose ...
ALL THE FUN OF THE RUN; GREAT NORTH RUN SPECIAL: CHARITY HEROES BATTLE THROUGH PAIN BARRIER TO COMPETE IN WORLD'S BIGGEST HALF-MARATHON.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By ALASTAIR CRAIG THEY came in their thousands as the sun shone on the 27th Great North Run. Athletes great and game gathered at the start line on Newcastle's Central Motorway yesterday for the world's biggest half-marathon. Former Toon manager ...
Trinity Mirror sells Racing Post.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... NEWSPAPER publisher Trinity Mirror, owner of the Chronicle and our sister papers The Journal and Sunday Sun, said today it has sold the Racing Post for pounds 170m. The deal with Irish investment firm FL Partners was accompanied by news Trinity Mirror will keep its titles in the ...
Met is accused.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... POLICE chiefs with the Met were in the dock today over the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting. The Metropolitan Police was on trial over alleged health and safety failures that led to him being mistaken for a terrorist and shot dead. Mr de Menezes was gunned down at ...
Election call.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE Tories will unveil populist plans to cut inheritance tax today as they lay down the gauntlet for a tough general election battle. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne will also risk angering the party's right flank by revealing that the radical move will be funded by hiking ...
007's minder dies at 80.(News)(Obituary)
Oct 01, 2007 ... LOIS Maxwell, who found fame playing the James Bond film character Miss Moneypenny, has died at the age of 80. The Canadian-born actress was described as "perfectly cast" in her role as the Secret Service secretary who had a thing for 007. She starred in 14 Bond ...
WORLD Tonight: Curb on knife sales.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... KNIVES must not be sold to anyone under 18 from today as part of measures introduced by the Government to tackle gun and knife ...
WORLD Tonight: Burma protest.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... BRITISH campaigners pushing for political change in Burma were taking part in further street protests today in an bid to keep up pressure on the country's oppressive ...
WORLD Tonight: F&M action.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ANIMALS were being culled at four farms which neighbour the site of the latest confirmed case of foot and mouth disease. The disease ...
WORLD Tonight: Lotto draw.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... TWO winners will share Saturday's pounds 4.1m Lotto jackpot. The winning numbers were 1, 9,10,11,16 and 49.The bonus ball was 37. In Lotto Hotpicks there was one winner of the pounds 130,000 top prize for ...
WORLD Tonight: Danger charge.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A MAN seriously injured in a high-speed collision caused by boxer Naseem Hamed was appearing in court today charged with dangerous driving ...
WORLD Tonight: Costlier fuel.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ROAD users woke up to fuel prices around the pounds 1-a-litre mark today after a 2p rise in fuel duty took effect. The increase took the average price of a litre of unleaded petrol to around 97.8p, with diesel averaging ...
WORLD Tonight: Two held over death of girl; Arrests after toddler's body found in pub.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By JOHNBROPHY TWO people are in police custody today after the body of a three-year-old girl was discovered in a pub. Police were called to the Scarborough Arms, in Upperthorpe, Sheffield, shortly before 12.30am yesterday. The death is being ...
Police play down phone tap probe; Investigation into alleged filming unlikely.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By BRENDA HICKMAN and NICK WHITTEN ALLEGATIONS of phone taps made by an ex-SAS man against former Newcastle United staff are unlikely to lead to a police probe. The revelations, which appeared in the News of the World, claimed security consultant Brian Tough ...
Cheryl tells of drugs woe.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... GIRLS Aloud star Cheryl Cole has spoken of her heartache at losing friend John Courtney to drugs. The Geordie pop babe has opened her heart about the lives she saw wrecked by heroin while growing-up on Tyneside. Heaton-born Cheryl, 23, was close friends with John, of ...
Seafront flats get go-ahead.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... SIX flats are to be built on a seafront after developers came up with improved plans. A proposal to turn a house in Bournemouth Gardens, Whitley Bay, into the flats was thrown out by North Tyneside Council's planning committee in July. At the time, members criticised ...
Passengers hit by plane fault.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... HUNDREDS of holidaymakers faced a 21-hour delay when their plane was stranded at Newcastle Airport. Flyjet's service to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh was due to leave the North East at noon yesterday but was held back because of a problem with the plane's tail. ...
Run is still so iconic; COMMENT.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... ONCE again they did the region proud. Around 50,000 people took part in the Great North Run, raising over pounds 10 million for charity. The welcome sight of Sir Bobby Rob-son starting the race, with thousands of serious runners joined by characters dressed in all ...
WI AYE, MAN; Newcastle to become Britain's first wireless city.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By NICK WHITTEN Industrial Reporter CENTURIES ago we led the industrial revolution. Now we are creating a wireless world. Newcastle will become the first wireless city in the UK on Thursday reinforcing our status as a Science City. A new Wi-Fi ...
A HI-TECH REVOLUTION.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... IMAGINE a washing machine you can switch on by text message. The wireless revolution is now sweeping through Newcastle's city centre. Thanks to Wi-Fi technology thousands of folk on Tyneside can connect to the internet anywhere in the city through computers, mobile ...
Hunt for missing bird of prey.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... A BIRD of prey has gone missing over Northumberland. The female goshawk was flying in the Stocksfield area when it vanished last week. Its worried owner has contacted police to report the bird's disappearance and members of the public are now being asked to keep ...
Plans snag.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... PLANS to bring a multi-million pound sports village to a district could be shelved. Final designs for the pounds 23m Consett Sports Village were due to be completed this summer but now the whole scheme could suffer a setback after a football club says it is staying put. ...
Ashley told to sort out his stores.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... TOON owner Mike Ashley is being pressured to tidy his stores by one of his biggest suppliers. The Newcastle United boss has been told to declutter his Sports World stores by German sports giant Adidas to prevent dragging the brand downmarket. Adidas chief executive ...
HOSPITAL TOLD SICK PATIENT TO DIAL 999; Woman, 86, taken ill minutes after being discharged.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By HELEN RAE RELATIVES of a frail pensioner were told to call 999 when she became ill outside the hospital from which she had been discharged minutes earlier. Today hospital management said an investigation would be carried out into the treatment of ...
Fightback is launched on the Tyne; Up to 700 jobs landed in deal.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: By NICK WHITTEN Industrial Reporter UP to 700 jobs could be created on the Tyne as shipyards try to clinch part of a multi-billion pound aircraft carrier deal. The contract would create 700 jobs at McNulty's Offshore in South Shields and A&P Tyne at Hebburn, ...
Cash boost in new schools project.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... MOVES to build new secondary schools on Tyneside have reached a milestone. Gateshead and South Tyneside councils are to appoint Inspiredspaces to be the private sector partner to form its Local Education Partnership. Inspiredspaces have developed proposals for the ...
TV probe on NHS surgery.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... CARE for fat people and smokers is being rationed by one in 10 NHS trusts, according to an investigation. ITV1's Tonight With Trevor McDonald carried out the probe and discovered 16 of the 152 trusts in England restricted surgery such as hip replacements for the obese and ...
Tobacco laws.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... TRADERS across the region have been preparing for new laws coming in today increasing the age for cigarettes sales. Trading standards officers are working with shopkeepers to enforce new legislation, which increases the age from 16 to 18. From today, it is illegal to ...
Fire damages empty house.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... AN investigation has been launched after a fire broke out in an empty house early today. Firefighters from High Hadenhold in County Durham were called to the quiet street in Chester-le-Street by police at 3.10am. They were alerted to the blaze after receiving reports ...
Rangers walking the streets.(News)
Oct 01, 2007 ... AN army of eco-f riendly rangers takes to the streets this week to encourage families to get active. As part of International Walk to School month, children in County Durham will be taking part in walks and events. During the sessions they will be encouraged to become ...