Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) back issues from March 2008:
Teaming up for cancer campaign; your Life CANCER survivor Ric Miskimmon has joined forces with England striker Peter Crouch to encourage men to be more vigilant of a potentially fatal condition. LIZ LAMB finds out more.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: LIZ LAMB FOOTBALL fan Ric Miskimmon never imagined he would be hit by a life threatening illness at the age of just 27. But four years ago he discovered he had testicular cancer. The 30-year-old had been attending his friend Joe Burke's wedding ...
Why i love my mam Part 1.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Cast your vote and choose a winner! See ...
Drunk injuries.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... TWO drunk men taking shortcuts home were in hospital today undergoing surgery. One was impaled on a spike while the other had fingers ripped off. The first incident was in Merton ...
GREAT LEAP FOR HAPPY COUPLE.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A ROMANTIC leap of faith paid off for one happy couple when a proposal won the hearts of shoppers. Joanne Cantesm won the chance to make a dramatic proposal to her partner Jonathan Coulson, in front of hundreds of shoppers in Metro Centre's Leap Year competition. ...
Vote for our winner; ELDON SQUARE SHOPPING.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THIS is the first of three fantastic supplements featuring all the entries we have received for the Why I Love My Mam competition. Thousands of entries have been sent in and we have divided them between three supplements, with three sets of prizes to give away! This ...
Two injured horror accidents.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LISA HUTCHINSON and VINCE GLEDHILL SHORTCUTS ended in disaster when two drunken men needed emergency surgery in hospital. One was impaled on a metal spike after he tried to scale a wall with five foot spikes on top and the other had two fingers ripped off ...
Strong winds batter region.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A CHIMNEY on a flat collapsed in high winds early today. The brick structure was blown off by gusts which battered the region through the night. Today a section of Stanhope Road, South Shields, remained closed off for safety reasons. Police were called at ...
Crew rescue.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MAN was taken to hospital last night after smashing his car into a wall. Paul Sheehy, 36, was trapped in his Rover 25 on Front Street, Seaton Burn, North ...
CLAWED MONET! Rat's creative side revealed on art gallery website.(Features)(Website overview)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LIZ WALKER NIBBLING on an avocado, pet rat Tony Blair has not been raiding the fridge - he is busy creating his latest masterpiece. His canvas may be foliage, fabrics and electrical cables, but the talented rodent is causing a stir in the art world after ...
Shipshape and proper; fashion your Life We're all at sea with this week's fashion, as EMMA GORDON reports.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: EMMA GORDON Alex Davison, 17, from Whickham, is an A Level fashion student who was keen to be made over with this spring's hottest trend. The nautical look is in all the high street stores this season and it is a look which is really easy to create. ...
Asda worker arrested in probe.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN shop assistant has been arrested in a supermarket theft probe. Shocked staff at Asda's Hollywood Avenue store, Newcastle, watched as the suspect was led away by police in handcuffs on Tuesday. The arrest follows an internal inquiry into the disappearance of ...
Gamble may yet pay off.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A GAMBLING addict suing betting giant William Hill for pounds 2m will have to wait to hear if he has made legal history. Graham Calvert claims he asked the bookmaker in 2006 to close his account and ban him from telephone betting. The 28-year-old, of ...
Arrows are found.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... MISSING bows and arrows have been recovered after they were stolen from a parked car in a Wallsend street. A member of the public contacted police after the items were ...
Grim search.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... POLICE are expected to open more of a former Jersey care home today to reveal the building where a child's skull was found and more than 160 victims claim they were abused. Officers yesterday allowed a news team to see the stairwell in the north west corner of Haut de la Garenne ...
WONDERFUL BREAKS IN SCOTLAND; your Life travel Evening Chronicle Reader Travel EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THIS is your chance to be at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in August. Just imagine being there, seated on the ancient and historic esplanade of Edinburgh Castle - a truly matchless setting - enjoying this magical event at first hand. Massed pipes and drums, dancers and display teams from ...
PM sets out stall.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... PRIME Minister Gordon Brown will today set out Labour's stall in the runup to crucial local elections and his own bid for a second term in power. He will detail a threeyear programme of delivery, urging activists to use the arguments on the doorstep in the scrap for votes. ...
QUEEN MOTHER'S SCOTLAND; your Life travel Evening Chronicle Reader Travel.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... See the wonderful Scottish scenery that was much loved by the late Queen Mother and celebrate her 100 Scottish years on this interest-packed four-day tour. This break also offers you the rare opportunity to travel right to the far Northern tip of Scotland too. This great value, two-centre ...
Friend's appeal.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE best friend of missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has made a tearful televised plea for the nine-year-old's safe return. Megan Aldridge, also nine, was captured on CCTV footage walking home with Shannon on the afternoon she disappeared, but said she last saw her friend as ...
Prince to end tour of duty.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE Prince of Wales and Prince William will greet Prince Harry today on his return from Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirmed. The 23-year-old Household Cavalry officer, who has been secretly fighting the Taliban in Helmand Province, is on a troop transport plane bound ...
Stabbing victim dies in hospital; Two men appeared in court over street attack.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LIZ WALKER A MAN stabbed in a street attack has died. Paul Gilbert was left fighting for his life in intensive care after suffering a stomach wound on Wednesday, February 13. He was attacked in Welbeck Road, Byker, Newcastle. He then staggered ...
WORLD Tonight: No charges for singer.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SINGER Amy Winehouse will not face charges in connection with an alleged conspiracy to pervert the course of justice involving her ...
WORLD Tonight: Verbal abuse.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... AN increasing number of people are suffering from "work rage", often reverting to shouting at colleagues, according to a ...
WORLD Tonight: Bard questions.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A JEWISH school tumbled down national league tables after pupils refused to answer questions on Shakespeare because they believe he was anti-Semitic. ...
WORLD Tonight: Recovering.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell, pictured, is recuperating after being discharged from hospital following surgery. ...
WORLD Tonight: Hillary ashes.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE ashes of Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary have been scattered into the sea by his family in a private ceremony ...
WORLD Tonight: Barack claims.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BARACK Obama accused rival Hillary Clinton of trying to scare up votes with a new ad as the former first lady ...
WORLD Tonight: Pension fears.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE scale of the UK's pensions crisis is worse than originally feared, with retirement provision facing a "perfect storm", a thinktank warned. ...
Gang jailed over murder.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A DRINK-fuelled gang who killed a disabled man for a bet have been jailed for life. Brent Martin, 23, who had learning difficulties, was punched, kicked, stamped on and headbutted by William Hughes, 22, Marcus Miller, 16, and Stephen Bonallie, 17, who bet each other pounds 5 ...
Head north so you can lap up the luxury by the loch; your travel Life MIKE URWIN takes the high road to the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... TAKE the beautiful coastal route north from Newcastle, bypassing Edinburgh, to the eastern coast of Loch Lomond and you'll find a stunning resort on the banks of one of Scotland's most famous stretches of water. The Waterfront is a recently established series of luxury lodges ...
Bogus builders.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... POLICE tackling bogus builders want to hear from anyone who has been approached by workmen asking to carry out work on driveways. Three men have been arrested and charged. Michael Cleary, 23, from Romford and Joseph John Maloney, 27, from Surrey were remanded ...
Bird-biting yob avoids prison for sick attack; DRUNK LOUT SEVERED PIGEON'S HEAD USING HIS TEETH.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VINCE GLEDHILL SAVAGE Christopher Davidson got a sick kick from biting a pigeon's head off as a pal recorded its death on his mobile phone. The horrifying recording was shown to magistrates at Bedlington Court, Northumberland, where Davidson, 18, who also ...
Sport superstars of the future.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... FORMER Prime Minister Tony Blair has unveiled his vision to create future sports stars. The ex-premier was in then North East yesterday to officially launch the Tony Blair Sports Foundation. As reported in last night's Chronicle Mr Blair has revealed plans to get ...
Evening Chronicle United's cash crisis; COMMENT.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE final accounts of Newcastle United make for intriguing reading and give an insight into just how much the club was in debt. Failures on and off the pitch have cost the club dear with compensation packages to managers, lost income from non-participation in Europe, ...
dig this; your Life gardens.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... IT SEEMS like an awful long way to go until we'll be eating salady things from the garden again, but in reality we need to be planning ahead now. Many of us, myself included, tend to forget that peppers (or capsicums to give them their posh name) take a lot longer to germinate and grow ...
OPENING UP TOON'S BOOKS; Financial struggles behind Ashley takeover revealed in accounts.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ADAM JUPP Chief Reporter THE state of Newcastle United's finances is today laid bare. Accounts prepared for the first time by the club's new regime reveal: Director Douglas Hall was given a golden handshake of pounds 1.1m when he left the club; ...
Oliver-effect is boosting sales; your Life gardens.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NOT since the war years has vegetable growing been so popular, as gardeners turn their talents to producing more of their own food for better flavour and better health. Sales of vegetable seeds continue to outstrip those of flowers. Last year there was a 7% increase in the sales ...
ACCOUNTS SHOW TOON CASH CRISIS.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... FOOTBALL finance expert Richard Slack says the latest Newcastle United accounts show the crisis the club was facing under the previous regime. The Northumbria University lecturer said: "The main thing jumping out is there was some attempt to refinance which saw a couple of ...
Best of the bunch; your Life gardens IRIS RETICULATA.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... This gorgeous little rockery iris, growing only around a foot high, produces beautiful flowers in shades of blue with yellow markings before the thread-like leaves appear in spring. Bulbs should be planted in late autumn in a sunny, well-drained spot such as a rockery or raised bed, or in ...
THREE WAYS TO. . . your Life gardens PRESERVE HERBS.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... 1. Chop them up and place them into ice-cube trays with a little water, to be used when you need them. 2. Make herb-flavoured oils by placing some healthy-looking sprigs into a jar of good olive oil ...
Good enough to eat; your Life gardens CHILLI PEPPERS.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... If you want to grow something that's going to spice up your food and brighten up your greenhouse later in the year try sowing some chilli peppers indoors. They need a sunny spot and high temperatures, so are best grown in a greenhouse under the same conditions as tomatoes or cucumbers. ...
Babylon, Beale and bloodbaths; TV critic.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: LIZ LAMB DOPEY Ian Beale has always been a bit of a muppet. Even as a teenager he never had common sense. Now he is a grown up his stupidity continues (I use the term grown up very loosely). In Eastenders he was getting himself all flustered over ...
TRIL ALL SET TO CHECKOUT.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THREE work colleagues are retiring after clocking up more than 74 years' service between them. Helen Murray, 60, started her career in retail 26 years ago at Hinton's in Durham before it was taken over by Presto. When the store moved into Millburngate, Durham, and was ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BBC1 Match of the Day (10.20pm) Highlights of this afternoon's Premier League matches, including Arsenal v Aston Villa and Manchester City against Wigan Athletic. BBC2 The Culture Show (7.10pm) Mark Kermode organises a ...
I drank as I'dhad a scare; COUNCILLOR'S EXPLANATION FOR DRINK-DRIVE SHAME.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By PETER YOUNG Political Editor A CITY councillor banned for drinkdriving was on his way to take part in TV's Question Time programme when he was stopped by police. Liberal Democrat Tony Rounthwaite says he'd had a couple of drinks before leaving the house ...
Welcome start.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... FAMILIES on Tyneside will benefit from six new children's centres. The Sure Start centres which have just been approved by Government will open later this year offering support to families with young children. The new centres will cover Dinnington, Denton, ...
Cash boost for academy.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE Government has approved the funding agreement for a North East academy. Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and Schools Minister Andrew Adonis yesterday announced the official goahead for an all-age school, in Blyth, Northumberland. ...
Plea for Kenya.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A CHARITY is hosting an African themed dinner to raise money for people living with violence and poverty in Kenya. The Kenya Acorn Project, which was set-up by Muriel Armstrong, from Dudley, North Tyneside, is holding the fundraising event at the Marriott ...
Wife's threat after affair.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN threatened to smash the windows of her cheating husband's mother's home. But Veronica Hardy's words to her estranged husband, Paul, were heard by police. Hardy, of Windsor Avenue, Shipcote, Gateshead, made the call on Thursday and was caught shortly after. ...
Dean shamed.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A UNIVERSITY has sacked a former dean after two cases of plagiarism. Tony Antoniou stepped down as dean of Durham University's business school last September following allegations that he plagiarised work for a research article and for part of his doctoral degree. ...
Peace breach.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MAN became aggressive with police who answered a distress call. Officers went to a house in Deckham, Gateshead, on December 13 because of concern for a woman who had rang up. Richard Gordon answered the door and inside officers found the house smashed up. ...
Beach protest.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... DOG owners banned from taking their pets on to a Northumberland beach from today are planning a protest. Some have threatened to defy the banning order at Newbiggin, which carries the threat of a pounds 75 fine. Denis Murphy, MP for Wansbeck, has promised to support ...
Czech sex abuser to be sent home; Fugitive will spend time behind bars.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ALASTAIR CRAIG A FUGITIVE child molester from the Czech Republic who hid on Tyneside for five years will be sent back to serve his sentence. Stefan Terkely went on the run after being convicted of a sexual assault on an eight-year-old more than a decade ...
Knife Killer mistook fun fight for attack.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... TWISTED killer John Foley plunged a knife into the back of a dad who was having a fun fight with his friend. Father-of-two Michael Hill was rolling around on the floor in a play fight with John Adamson during a house party. But Foley, pictured, mistook the larking ...
Cheap meat anger.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... SHOPPERS have given cheap chicken the bird. A new RSPCA poll shows that the recent campaign on the plight of chickens reared in the UK each year - highlighted in programmes presented by Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - has changed the buying habits of people in our ...
Pick of the day; Sunday.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... BBC1 Lark Rise to Candleford (8.00pm) A new schoolmaster named Mr Delafield arrives in Candleford, becoming popular in Lark Rise by providing evening classes for older boys. BBC2 Tropic of Capricorn (8.00pm) Simon Reeve follows the ...
Geordie flyers flock to Dubai; New airline may start more trips.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GARETH DEIGHAN SINCE first taking off six months ago, airline Emirates has carried 70,000 people from Newcastle International Airport. On September 1, Emirates first gave people in the North East the chance to fly to destinations around the world, via ...
Raise cash by running.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... JOGGERS can step up to the challenge of running for Sport Relief this month. Durham County Council's countryside rangers are organising the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile on Sunday, March 16, at Aykley Heads. Hundreds of local runners are expected to take part in the ...
Bobby hopes to visit Gazza; Former England boss is keen for reunion with his friend.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By TOM MCTAGUE SIR Bobby Robson is hoping to visit Paul Gascoigne in hospital next week. He has been keen to see his friend, who is receiving psychiatric treatment. Former Toon star Gazza is staying at the psychiatric intensive care unit at ...
Yob is back in jail again.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A ROWDY yob is behind bars again for breaking an injunction banning him from an estate. Glen Adam Smith, 20, was jailed for six months for breaching an injunction for the third time forbidding him from entering Milvain Close in Deckham, Gateshead. While staying at ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Music and Lyrics (Sky Movies Premiere, 8.00pm).(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Premiere. Romantic comedy, starring Hugh Grant as a washed-up pop idol who teams up with dippy plant ...
HIGHLIGHTS.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Live Super League (Sky Sports 1, 5.30pm) Wigan Warriors v Bradford Bulls (Kick-off 6.00pm). Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson introduce coverage of this evening's Super League XIII encounter at the JJB Stadium. Live Rugby Union (Sky Sports 2, 2.30pm) ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Accepted (Sky Movies Premiere, 10.00pm).(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Justin Long stars as a high school dropout who, upon being denied a place at his chosen colleges, resolves to set up ...
HIGHLIGHTS.(Features)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Live Super Sunday (Sky Sports 1, 3.30pm) Everton v Portsmouth (Kick-off 4.00pm). Coverage of the Premier League fixture at Goodison Park, where three crucial points in the chase for a European place are at stake Live Football League (Sky Sports ...
Mobster wins a cut in jail term; RINGLEADER OF TERROR ATTACK HAS JAIL SENTENCE SLASHED.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ADAM JUPP Chief Reporter MASKED, armed and high on booze and drugs, they staged two sickening raids. Sidney Storey, Kevin Bennett and Scott Ormston were part of a gang of five who acted like a "mob of gangsters"when they smashed into a house in Losh ...
Tidy - up teams target squalor.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... GROT spots are being targeted in a drive to clean up neighbourhoods. Police officers will team up with housing officers, firefighters and residents during the campaign in Chester-le-Street. The teams will hold a series of walkabouts to identify problems and address ...