Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) back issues from December 2007:
I'm no grass.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... HARDMAN David Glover today breaks his silence for the first time since being locked up for kidnapping and attacking a rival. The 39-year-old says he has swapped the gangland-style life he led in Newcastle's West End for a house in the country to be a dad to ...
your Life: Seeking a safe haven; A group of young women who were forced to flee to Tyneside to stay alive have helped make a film about their experiences as asylum seekers. MITYA UNDERWOOD finds out more.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: MITYA UNDERWOOD FLEEING your home country to escape violent torture or even death is hard enough. But doing it completely alone just adds to the trauma. There are no friendly faces to give comfort and no familiar places to seek refuge. Entering a new country ...
Flexing rules.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A COUNCIL crackdown is under way after "repeated infringements" of flexible working rules by workers were discovered. Checks found hundreds of workers are failing to clock out and in during the lunch break as required by the flexitime system at Newcastle City Council. ...
FINED FOR PARKING AT HOSPITAL; Ambulance driver gets ticket dropping off patients.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... AMBULANCE workers today told of their anger after a driver was slapped with a ticket for stopping outside a hospital. The Patient Transport Service ambulance was dropping off a sick patient when it was ticketed for not parking in a designated bay. Now drivers have ...
Truant's mum narrowly avoids jail.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A MUM who admitted failing to ensure her daughter attended school for the third time has been told she narrowly avoided jail. Christine Davison, 39, of Third Avenue, Chester-le-Street, admitted failing to ensure her daughter Sarah, 15, attended Roseberry Sports and Community ...
Loophole could save motorists; Temporary speed limit was imposed illegally, claims driver.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: By ADAM JUPP Chief Reporter MOTORISTS could have their fines and penalty points overturned due to an alleged blunder in setting a temporary speed limit. The A1 at Seaton Burn, Northumberland, was reduced to a 50mph zone as engineering work was carried out on ...
Dealer cash seized.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A JAILED drug dealer who pocketed pounds 45,000 from his crimes has had his cash confiscated. John Pickering, 48, of Cromwell Avenue, Winla-ton, Gateshead, was locked up for eight years after his conviction for drug dealing in March. Pickering, caught with a pounds ...
Law to fight strays.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... POLITICIANS in Bulgaria have brought in a law to combat stray dogs after the bloody death of a Tyneside woman. Ann Gordon, from Wallsend, died on Wednesday when she was attacked by a pack of dogs near her home in South East Bulgaria, where she moved two years ago. ...
LOG ON TODAY; ChronicleLive.co.uk.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... FOR many years the streets of Tyneside have echoed the street vendor cries of Ronnie Gill. Now Ronnie Gill is going global and is being heard around the world thanks to chroniclelive.co.uk ChronicleLive is giving you the chance to win one of 10 pounds 50 iTunes ...
Success is on a plate at nursery; PUPILS' MEALS NAMED AMONG BEST IN THE COUNTRY.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: By SARA NICHOL A NURSERY where youngsters tuck into lunches Jamie Oliver would be proud of has won an award for its cuisine. The TV chef campaigned across Britain for healthy school meals and, thanks to a gourmet chef, a nursery in Newburn, Newcastle, is ...
fashion: Surprise styling for mum; This week's reader makeover is a mother's thanks to her daughter for making her a grandmother. SUHAINE STEVENS has the details.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: SUHAINE STEVENS WHEN a letter from Glynis Gray landed on the fashion desk asking if we could surprise her daughter with a makeover to mark her having her first baby (and Glynis's first grandchild), how could we refuse? We met up with Emma Gray, 24, from ...
Nose attack.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... AN INNOCENT man had part of his nose bitten off when he was thought to have insulted his attacker's partner. Newcastle Crown Court heard Gavin Larkin, 33, had been outside the Gate, Newcastle, after a concert on June 25. While there, John O'Leary, 43, thought a ...
Medal to return.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A FOOTBALL championship medal won by Newcastle United is coming back to its spiritual home on Tyneside thanks to the generosity of a collector. Welsh businessman Neville Evans's collection includes 1,200 international caps, 2,000 shirts, more than 200 FA Cup winner medals and ...
Support firms.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A SENIOR Liberal Democrat is urging the Government to provide more support for North East companies. During a visit to the region, Lorely Burt, said there needs to be a policy which improves transport links, encourages research and develops and invests in skills and education. ...
Teacher's freedom bid.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... TWO Muslim peers were today beginning a private bid to free a British teacher jailed in Sudan for insulting Islam. Lord Ahmed, a Muslim Labour peer, and Baroness Warsi, a Muslim Conservative peer, were travelling to Sudan to meet President Bashir in a bid to end Gillian Gibbons' ...
travel: Blown away by the Windy City; Does Chicago live up to its reputation? LEE RYDER finds out.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: LEE RYDER GO LARGE or go home said the sign above one of the biggest burger joints in the Windy City. It summed up my whole stay in Chicago because it's BIG in every sense of the word. Food, sport, buildings, shops, scenery, cars, people - just ...
Clinton HQ bomb risk.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A DISTRAUGHT man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Clinton campaign office and demanded to speak to her during a six-hour hostage drama. After releasing at least four hostages unharmed late last night, 47-year-old Leeland Eisenberg walked out of the office ...
travel: Come fly with me.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... DIFFERENT people have different opinions about flying. Personally, since budget flights in and around Europe in the last decade have resulted in the gates of the continent open up and come to our doorstep on Tyneside I've always been a fan of jumping on a plane and spending a ...
McCanns' pals in focus.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... PORTUGUESE police are set to make a formal request to re-interview the friends of Kate and Gerry McCann over daughter Madeleine's disappearance, it was reported today. A Portuguese news channel reported that a team of detectives and the prosecutor would fly to Britain next week ...
travel: A super place to stay.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A VERY special trip, deserves a very special hotel. And after a transatlantic haul to Chicago it turned out there was no better place to hang my hat than at the art deco clad Conrad Hilton. The spacious Conrad is placed superbly on the world famous Magnificent Mile, with the ...
Rock bidder's pullout threat; American firm calls for Treasury talks.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: By GARETH DEIGHAN A POTENTIAL bidder for Northern Rock has threatened to pull out unless the Treasury agrees to immediate talks. Sources close to American firm JC Flowers said they have been trying to contact the Treasury all week, but so far they have been ...
DAREDEVIL DIES.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... EVEL Knievel, the hard-living US motorcycle daredevil who jumped over 13 buses at Wembley Stadium in the 1970s, has died. He was 69. His death was confirmed by his grandaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic ...
WORLD Tonight: Pay up for drugs bill.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... MORE than half of people over 50 would pay for drugs or treatments not available on the NHS, a new survey said today. A poll of 6,000 people carried out by Saga and Pop-ulus found 52% would be prepared to meet the cost of ...
WORLD Tonight: Suspect visits.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... THE fathers of two of the suspects held in connection with the murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher are expected to visit them in jail in Italy today, a day after a court refused their appeal to be released. Amanda Knox, 20, and ...
WORLD Tonight: King Chris.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... CHRISTOPHER Biggins, pictured, was celebrating his title of king of the jungle with family and friends today after the public voted him the ...
WORLD Tonight: Family buried.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A FUNERAL for a family-of-seven killed in a house fire in Northern Ireland was taking place today. Arthur McElhill, 39, will be buried in a ...
WORLD Tonight: Cancer drive.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson was today unveiling a plan to improve ...
WORLD Tonight: Spying fears.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... THE director-general of MI5, Jonathan Evans, has warned UK business leaders that China has been ...
Artist's work in the frame.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A WINDOW cleaner is climbing the ladder to artistic success. Self-employed Tom Dodds, 51, will prove he is as handy with a paint brush and canvas as he is with a cloth and windows when his work goes on display later this month. Although Tom spends his days keeping ...
travel: AMERICA AND CANADA FLYING FROM NEWCASTLE AND DURHAM TEES VALLEY; READER TRAVEL - HOLIDAY OF THE WEEK.(Competition/Offers)
Dec 01, 2007 ... TRAVELSCOPE Air Holidays are a specialist tour operator. They have taken passengers to America, Canada, and many other destinations far and wide, for over 20 years. They offer a wide selection of flights from local airports to the following destinations: New York, Boston, San ...
Ambulance driver gets parking fine outside hospital; Anger after staff are warned to use only designated bays.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: By JANE PICKEN Health Reporter AMBULANCE staff have hit out after a driver was given a parking ticket for stopping outside a hospital. A vehicle used by the Patient Transport Service (PTS) has been issued a ticket for not parking in a designated bay while ...
travel: SNAP HAPPY; Evening Chronicle Competition DFDS SEAWAYS JUST SAIL AWAY.(Competition/Offers)
Dec 01, 2007 ... EVERY month, one lucky family will win a minicruise break with DFDS Seaways. The wackier the photo, the better its chances of winning. You might be reading the back page in Germany or the travel features in Africa. Wherever you are, send your photographs to Snap Happy, Promotions ...
Boost for play area.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A FORMER pit village has scooped pounds 80,000 for a new play park in a televised vote. Langley Park in Der-wentside was chosen by viewers of ITV Tyne Tees regional news to win funding in the People's Millions contest. The village's scheme, named the Sir Bobby Rob-son ...
Worker stole money.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A CARAVAN park worker who stole more than pounds 7,000 to travel to Europe has been spared jail. Steven Regan, 22, was employed at the Whitley Bay Holiday Park. Newcastle Crown Court was told he was supposed to put the deposit from a customer into the company safe, ...
Evening Chronicle COMMENT: Parking problems.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2007 ... AN AMBULANCE handed a parking ticket for stopping outside a hospital? On the face of it, it seems you couldn't make it up. The ambulance, used by the Patient Transport Service, was targeted for not parking in a designated by while dropping off patients. Ambulance ...
gardens: Gifts you will grow to love.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... IT'S time to trawl the garden centres, DIY stores and gardening websites for that ideal Christmas gift for the green-fingered relative or friend - and there's no shortage of choice. Going green is big on the agenda as more people are looking towards organic gardening, ...
Evening Chronicle COMMENT: Going green.(Leaders)
Dec 01, 2007 ... RECYCLING rates are at an all-time high in the North East. While there is much work to be done to meet the green ...
gardens: GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT...(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... IT HAS a reputation for being difficult, but celery growing has been made easier with self-blanching varieties. It should be sown indoors at least eight weeks before the last frosts and then planted out between late May and mid-June, in well conditioned soil which has received the addition ...
Who is the man behind donations? From mystery political donor to the man in the headlines, ALASTAIR CRAIG looks at David Abrahams's extraordinary week.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: ALASTAIR CRAIG IF DAVID Abrahams keeps a cuttings scrapbook, he might want to invest in another. Because just when the headlines were getting bad, they got a whole lot worse. First the Tyneside tycoon admitted donating nearly pounds 400,000 to the ...
gardens: DIG THIS.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: PETER HORROCKS BY this weekend, the majority of the people of the region will be doing their usual imitation of headless chickens as they scurry here and there around the shops bleating, 'What am I going to get him/her for Christmas this year?' Well if the ...
FRESH ALLEGATIONS FLYING.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A POLICE investigation into Labour's disguised donations continues today amid fresh embarrassment and allegations surrounding senior figures in the party. Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the detective in charge of the inquiry he would welcome "the fullest possible ...
gardens: WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK...(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... CLEAR the last of the fallen leaves to add to the leafmould pile and prevent a build-up of pests. Move large deciduous shrubs when they are leafless and dormant, between now and mid-March. Cover brassicas with netting if pigeons are a problem. Plant any ...
Arrests in knife carjack robbery.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... TWO suspects have been arrested in connection with a knife-point robbery. Shop assistant Pauline Longstaff was told to keep her mouth shut and drive when a thug jumped into her car and threatened her with the six-inch blade as she sat in her car in Woodbine Road, Gateshead. ...
Drama explored a moral maze; TV CRITIC.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: LIZ LAMB BOY A, CH4 AS HARD-HITTING dramas go, Boy A was one of those that stays with you long after you have turned off the TV. It told the story of child killer Jack, who is released back into the community at the age of 24 with a new name and a ...
Health bosses quizzed.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A COMMUNITY hall was full as crowds of concerned residents turned out to question health bosses. More than 120 people flocked to Castleside, County Durham, to question health chiefs about the future of the threatened Shotley Bridge Hospital. The hospital's future was ...
Choc's away for charity champion.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... THIS is one hot chocolate Davina Horn is never likely to forget. Sitting in a paddling pool of runny brown chocolate, Davina, manager of Starbucks on Grainger Street, had the liquid poured over her to raise money for the Newcastle Cat and Dog shelter. The money raised ...
Hundreds of staff using flexi-time to skive off work; Office worker sacked after having haircut during work time.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: By PETER YOUNG Political Editor A CLAMPDOWN has been ordered after "repeated infringements" of flexible working rules by town hall staff were discovered. Checks show that hundreds of workers are failing to clock out as required during their lunchbreak at ...
Town's festive sparkle.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... HUNDREDS of people turned out to watch the Duchess of Northumberland switch on Alnwick's Christmas lights. The Duchess was joined in the town's Market Place by Father Christmas and his little helpers. There were also funfair stalls, a Salvation Army band and carol ...
Saturday: Pick of the day.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... BBC1 Match of the Day (10.30pm) Highlights of this afternoon's Premier League clashes, including Aston Villa v Arsenal and Chelsea against West Ham United. BBC2 The Company (9.40pm) Jack is stationed in Hungary, where an English ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... BBC1 Match of the Day (10.30pm) Highlights of this afternoon's Premier League clashes, including Aston Villa v Arsenal and Chelsea against West Ham United. BBC2 The Company (9.40pm) Jack is stationed in Hungary, where an English ...
Woman slipped and fell to death; Man saw wife plunge from cliff as she tried to turn.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: By GARETH DEIGHAN TRAGEDY struck as a suicidal woman plunged to her death, moments after changing her mind. Lindsey Leonard, 50, died on May 26 this year after falling from the cliffs at Marsden in South Shields, South Tyneside. At an inquest held ...
Drunks warned.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... POLICE have launched a month-long campaign to stop drunken revellers creating mayhem in pubs in the run-up to Christmas. Pub owners are being warned that if they breach the licensing laws or allow customers to get too drunk, action will be taken against them. The ...
Soap star backs charity.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... SOAP star Wendi Peters is backing an appeal to raise money for a cancer charity. Wendi, who played Cilla in Coronation Street, is supporting Yorkshire Building Society's Give a Gift Appeal in aid of Macmil-lan Cancer Support. The society's branch in North Shields is ...
Car arson fear.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... ARSONISTS are putting lives at risk by setting cars on fire. Police are stepping up patrols in West Boldon following a series of incidents this month, including eight vehicles having their tyres slashed and seven being set on fire. Three vehicles were also broken into. ...
pounds 5,000 reward to shop thugs.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... DETECTIVES are still hunting armed raiders who stole cash from a post office. A pounds 5,000 reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of the robbers who attacked staff and left them needing hospital treatment. Two masked men, one carrying a ...
A safe haven for abused cats.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... ANIMAL charity the RSPCA is celebrating the success of its first year at its North East rescue centre. Felledge Animal Centre, near Chester-le-Street, has helped rehabilitate and rehome around 260 cats and kittens brought to it by RSPCA inspectors and animal collection officers ...
If I'd been a police informant would I have got 10 years? HARDMAN WHO WAS BRANDED A SUPERGRASS SPEAKS OUT.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: By LISA HUTCHINSON HE'S been in 40 prisons and spent more years on the inside than out. Today hardman David Glover breaks his silence for the first time since being locked up for kidnapping and attacking a rival by yanking out his teeth and pulling off the ...
Award honours railway workers.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... TWO Newcastle rail workers have been shortlisted for a national award for improving travelling for the disabled. Dawn Hopkirk, a customer service assistant in the Disabled Persons Railcard Issuing Centre in Newcastle is one of the workers shortlisted. Dawn won praise ...
Help to capture robber.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... A THUG who mugged a 74-year-old woman is still being hunted by police. The pensioner, who does not want to be named, was in a stairwell which leads to Newcastle's Eldon Square sports complex at High Friars on Tuesday night. The robber threatened her and grabbed the ...
Lift man cut free.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... FIREFIGHTERS were called to free a man when he became trapped in a tower-block lift. Crews from Swalwell Fire Station were called to the Derwent Tower - known as the ...
Remember When: Full swing of the 60s & 70s; How top names performed at plethora of North venues.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: RAY MARSHALL IN the 60s and early 70s there was a vibrant nightclub scene in the North East This is borne out by an edition of the weekly Nightlife magazine, which was very popular at the time and kept everyone in touch with what was going on and who was singing where. ...
Sunday: Pick of the day.(Features)
Dec 01, 2007 ... BBC1 Antiques Roadshow (8.00pm) The team travel to Powis Castle in Wales and value a host of treasures including an original Dr Who script and a broken piece of pottery. BBC2 Long Way Down (9.00pm) The duo briefly go their separate ...
Remember When: ON THIS DAY.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: RAY MARSHALL BORN ON THIS DAY 1761: Madame Tussaud. French wax-modeller. 1895: Henry Williamson. British author, whose works include Tarka the Otter. 1930: Matt Monro (deceased). British singer, often compared to ...
He was strong as an ox, so why did he die? Parents' anguish over son's death on soccer pitch.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Byline: By SOPHIE DOUGHTY PARENTS of a super-fit football player who died during a Sunday League match have spoken of their heartache for the first time. Gary and Annette Bell are still struggling to come to terms with the death of their beloved Graeme, who died after ...
A service for loved ones.(News)
Dec 01, 2007 ... RELATIVES who have passed away from lung disease in the North East will be remembered during a special Christmas ceremony. The Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund is holding the Christmas Tree of Life event at St Peters Church in Monkseaton, Whitley Bay on Monday, December ...