Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) back issues from August 2008:
Paving courses.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A TYNESIDE housing organisation will give local residents handy paving tips in one of its free courses. The Gateshead Housing Company's course, given by B&Q, is on Tuesday, from 2pm to 3pm, providing practical advice and on the materials needed. Mark Johns, ...
Rocking the boat.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... ROCKS which will be used to build a pounds 1.7m coastal barrier will be shipped in. The barrier is to be constructed along the shoreline of Graham Sands and Southern Bay, South Tyneside, to protect against erosion from the sea for the next 50 years. The first ...
River rivalry.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... RIVALRY between Newcastle and Gateshead ensured a riverbank clean up was a success. Two teams from renovation firm Frank Haslam Milan (FHM) went head-to-head in a contest to clean up stretches on either side of the River Tyne. Along with volunteers from Your Homes ...
Mum in jail over truancy teens; IF YOU KEEP YOUR CHILDREN.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MATT CASEY A MOTHER who repeatedly let her children play truant was put behind bars. Christine Davison, 40, was jailed for six weeks by Consett magistrates when she appeared for sentence. Magistrates rejected a plea from her solicitor to suspend ...
LESSONS TO LEARN; OFF SCHOOL YOU COULD END UP IN COURT, AUTHORITY WARNS.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NICOLA JUNCAR Education Reporter PARENTS are being told to stop taking their children on holiday during term time - or face court. The warning may come as youngsters are enjoying the longsummer break, but it follows the publication of new Government figures ...
Solar solution.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SOARING fuel prices threatened the future of a much-loved community swimming pool. But cash from a Tynesidebased green firm saved the day. Jesmond Swimming Pool now boasts solar panels all over its roof, which are used to warm up water to heat the building. ...
Welcome visitors.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE number of visitors to a seaside village has increased more than 20 times since it was given back its beach. A year ago villagers in New-bigg-in-by-the-Sea were celebrating the completion of work to improve the seafront, including bringing in 500,000 tonnes of sand to restore ...
Garden tributes.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TWO gardeners have had a flowerbed in a village designed in their memory. Amanda Boyce and Brian Hardy both spent hundreds of hours tending to the floral displays in Rothbury, Northumberland. The parish council they worked for felt it would be a fitting tribute to ...
Grandad faces more back ops; Bed-collapse agony continues.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID OLD A PENSIONER left with a broken back when his holiday home bed collapsed beneath him faces further operations. Grandad John Tate, known as Jimmy, spent two weeks in hospital after a bed in a Blackpool caravan park collapsed underneath him, causing ...
Police plea as woman injured.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman was seriously hurt in a crash in rural Northumberland. It happened at 7.20pm on Wednesday night on the C90 road between the villages of Whittingham and Glanton, near Alnwick. Police said a 29-year-old local woman was ...
New play park open.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SUMMER fun is on the cards for Tyneside youngsters with the launch of a new play park. Children from Gateshead's Stoneygate estate teamed up with Mayor Maureen Chaplin and staff from The Gateshead Housing Company to officially open the park. The refurbishment of the ...
Embarking on a new adventure; Volunteer to work in Africa.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID OLD IT did not take long for Steve Jackson to start getting itchy feet. Less than two years after returning from a 24-month stint in Vietnam, the 37-year-old is preparing to head off to Africa to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS. Steve, ...
Church arrests.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TWO men have been arrested in connection with a lead theft from a Tyneside church. Police received reports of people on the roof of Westgate Road Baptist Church, Newcastle, at 12.50am on Wednesday. ...
Cancer appeal.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A CANCER charity is looking for volunteers to help raise vital funds. The Cancer Research UK shop on Silver Street, Durham City, is about to undergo a revamp, and during this time the charity is searching for volunteers to ...
Charity thief to pay it all back; GAMBLING ADDICT MUST RETURN pounds 3,000.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VINCE GLEDHILL A GAMBLING addict who fleeced a charity to feed her slot machine habit has escaped being put behind bars. Margaret Ayre was given a suspended prison sentence by Bedlington magistrates after they were told of her previous good character and ...
Cheers for my big-screen TV; Publican's Chronicle Cash win.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ALASTAIR CRAIG THE drinks are on Sean Berry - the latest Chronicle bidding winner. The publican is now the proud owner of a widescreen television. Sean, 41, saved up a whopping pounds 9,100 in Chronicle Cash for his 32-in Sony LCD system. ...
Jail for drug.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A MAN who smuggled heroin-substitute tablets into prison to pay his inmate son's drug debts has been jailed for six months. Ian Kearney did not know what he was carrying, Durham Crown Court was told. His son was an inmate at Frankland Prison, near Durham, when his ...
pounds 30,000 IN PRIZES TO BE WON; BID TO WIN.(Competition/Offers)
Aug 01, 2008 ... WE ARE giving you the chance to bid for fantastic prizes in a daily auction in each day's Chronicle until Saturday, September 13 HOW TO PLAY Each day we will print cash vouchers in your Chronicle. Your vouchers do not have to be from Chronicles from different days and will vary ...
pounds 1.2m pipe work starts.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HOMES and businesses across Tyneside are set for a pounds 1.2m boost to their gas supplies. Work has started on four major projects to renew gas mains in North Tyneside, Newcastle and Gateshead. It is being carried out by United Utilities on behalf of gas pipeline ...
Tax cheat's appeal fails; JUDGES REJECT JAILED FORMER HYPNOTIST'S BID FOR RELEASE.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By adam jupp Chief Reporter HE'S a mind-bending VAT rat, but jailed scamster Peter Glover couldn't convince a judge to free him early. Former Whitley Bay hypnotist Glover was jailed for five years for his part in a multi-million pound phone fraud. ...
PUB QUIZ; UNCOVERED.(Competition/Offers)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Woz and Co went to Gateshead to find another venue that was extremely well supported as is usual on our visits to this town. PUB: The Lambton Arms, Eighton Banks, Gateshead QUESTION MASTER: Rob DAY AND TIME OF QUIZ: Thursday, 9.30pm PRICE: ...
A century of caring for people in old age; It was 100 years ago today that state pensions were introduced in Britain. LIZ LAMB looks back at its history on Tyneside and speaks to two pensioners about their lives.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: LIZ LAMB IT'S something that is commonplace in Britain today. When you retire from work you receive a state pension to help towards paying household bills, buying food and other living costs. Thousands of pensioners rely solely on the money to survive, and ...
Hard-working nurse has celebrated 100.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FORMER nurse Nancy Portlock left school at 14 and worked in hospitals in Northumberland throughout her life. After her nurse training the great-grandmother got her first job at a hospital in Blyth aged 17. She spent the rest of her working life in hospitals, including ...
I retired at the age of 65. I had been with the Chronicle for 38 years.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FORMER RAF armourer Danny White is still fighting fit and celebrated his 101st birthday last month. Born in Benwell, Newcastle, in July, 1907, he attended St Joseph's School in 1912. When he left school he worked in insurance before getting a job at the Evening ...
Northern rocks; PROJECT CREATES IMAGES OF PREHISTORIC CARVINGS FOR THE WEB.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By AMY HUNT CARVED drawings by prehistoric artists found in the North East have been published online for the first time. More than 100 new examples of prehistoric art have been found scratched into rocks throughout Northumberland and Durham over the last ...
Booze busters.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... UNRULY youngsters will have their booze confiscated and be frog-marched home by a bobby. For the third year running, officers will be taking firm action to stamp out anti-social behaviour over the summer months in North Tyneside. As part of the We Asked, ...
Family appeal.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A CORONER is appealing to the public to trace a man's relatives. Ronald Simpson, 81, of Langleeford Road, Newbiggin Hall, Newcastle, died at his home address on July 20 this ...
Having a say over coast.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... FAMILIES around Northumberland can have their say on the future of a celebrated piece of coastline. Northumberland Wildlife Trust is taking its Druridge Bay Tour around 13 venues in the county to ask people for their views on how the nature haven is managed. Staff ...
Story of life.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... BOOKWORMS will have the chance to meet author Annabel Dore when she talks about her debut novel. The former singer is visiting Newcastle's Gosforth Library on August 5. She grew up in Gosforth and her book The Great North Road is named after ...
Police asking for your view on blades; FORCE IS KEEN TO GAUGE YOUR OPINIONS OVER KNIFE CRIME.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BRENDA HICKMAN POLICE are asking families for their views on knife crime. Surveys are being carried out across the force area to gauge opinion on tactics being used to curb knife-carrying. People in parts of Newcastle, Gateshead and South ...
Comedy cuts it at festival; ANGEL EYES REVELLERS AND STARS GIVE THUMBS UP TO NEW PLAY.(Features)(Theater review)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IT'S usually comedian Ross Noble who provides the laughs on stage. But he decided to take a back seat to watch a comedy written by two North East playwrights - and loved every minute of it. Ross, who grew up in Cramlington, was among nearly 800 people to watch Son of ...
Anthony joins the queue; ANGEL EYES.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... IT'S good to see that former Big Brother winner ANTHONY HUT-TON hasn't let 'fame' go to his head. Our spies caught him queuing up with everyone else to get into Perdu nightspot in ...
Director honour; ANGEL EYES.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... GEORDIE film director Bharat Nalluri will be back on Tyneside to celebrate the release of his new movie. Bharat will attend a special questions and answers screening of Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle on August 11. Best known for ...
STAR SPOTS; ANGEL EYES.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Former Sunderland and Newcastle striker MICHAEL BRIDGES at the Tesco garage, Billy Mill roundabout. The Whitley Bay-born player was filling up his Land Rover at around 7am. Bridges has just re-signed for Carlisle ...
You'll still find power in flower; fashion It has been one of the hottest looks for the summer but it's reign is not about to end yet. LIZ LAMB shows you how to look flirty in floral.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: LIZ LAMB THE trend for floral is not abating. It's everywhere. And with Gateshead Flower Show this weekend what better time to celebrate the trend for all things flowery and feminine. From the high street to the catwalk you just can't get away from ...
Do you want to believe? in association with transpennine express.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson on their latest X Files ...
Seeing is believing.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... VANTAGE POINT Cert 12, 86 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Action/Thriller, also available to buy DVD pounds 19.99/Blu-ray pounds 24.99 Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Eduardo Noriego, Edgar ...
Charm will move you.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HOW SHE MOVE (Cert 12, 87 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment, drama/romance, also available to buy on DVD, pounds 15.99) Starring: Rutina Wesley, Tre Armstrong, Dwain Murphy, Brennan Gademans, Cle Bennett, Kevin Duhaney. ***** Busting to some ...
Also released.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE Inspector Lynley Mysteries - The Complete 2nd Series (Cert 15, 352 mins, Acorn Media UK, DVD pounds 19.99, Drama/Thriller) Three-disc box set including four episodes of the BBC series, centred on well-to-do police inspector Lynley (Nathanial Parker) and his working class ...
The MINI Cooper D; IN ASSOCIATION WITH fish4.(Features)
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Grande level of peace of mind; STEVE HUGHES round up the week's motoring news in a nutshell.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE HUGHES THE move towards greater consumer protection for new car buyers has taken an important step forward with the introduction of a five-year warranty by major European motor manufacturer Fiat. It follows similar long-term guarantees by Asian companies ...
Cube boxes clever.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... NISSAN has unveiled its Denki Cube Concept, which the company says packages its latest electric vehicle technology in the boxy dimensions of the Cube city car. As one of the company's most popular products, the Nissan Cube has become a familiar sight on Japanese roads where it ...
We've got the power.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... WE continue to buy more highpowered cars than anyone else, which is why Renault is sending us its most sporting of Meganes. The French firm says the new Megane Renaultsport R26.R is just about as close to a road-legal racer as it is possible to get. Power comes from a two-litre ...
Funky Ford's new baby; First pictures.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRIS RUSSON TWELVE years after the Ford ka took the motoring world by storm with its funky looks, a new comer is ready to roll. It shares the same platform as the new Fiat 500 but it's Ford through, says CHRIS RUSSON ANEW baby Ford is on the way 12 years ...
Space to spare in Fabia.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: BY JOHN SCANTLEBURY IWAS buttonholed the other day by a lady urging me to write about a small car which could take her golf clubs. I could do better than that; I pointed over her shoulder to the Skoda Fabia Estate in the car park and examination proved the bag ...
So nearly a British icon; CLASSIC CARS with IAN JOHNSON This week: Triumph GT6.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE year 1973 saw the end of a seriously under-rated British sports car, the Triumph GT6. Based on the neat little Spitfire, the GT6 was a six-cylinder coupe of beautiful lines and a lot of punch. In many ways the GT6 was a natural progression of the Spitfire but the early model ...
Spanish eyes on the UK mar ket.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By VAL JESSOP THE "chiselled" look of the all-new SEAT Ibiza line-up was a perfect contrast for the curvaceous art deco gem behind. Both are the products of design gurus. One, the renowned former Lamborghini stylist Luc Donckerwolke. The other, the ...
Splash lacks flash styling; BILL McCARTHY takes to the road in the Suzuki Splash.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE Suzuki Splash is a bit like Dannii Minogue - it will have to live in the shadow of a successful sibling. I expected big things from the Splash because it is based on the very impressive Swift, but I had to study the price list twice to be sure that you can get a 1.5L three-door Swift ...
NICE and small price.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE future of motoring has been revealed and it is very NICE. A new electric car from China arrives at a time when alternative fuels are top of the agenda. The British-based NICE Car Company commissioned the car to be designed in Europe and built in China, and it is ...
Adding fuel to debate.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By STEVE HUGHES THE confusion surrounding alternative fuels and technology is leading new car buyers to miss a trick. A YouGov survey commissioned by MINI found that diesel-powered cars are thought to be way behind hybrid models for cleanliness. ...
Jazz hits the note; Honda's small car is big on cleaner, safer driving.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By STEVE HUGHES HONDA has revealed its all-new Jazz that goes on sale this autumn with a host of changes and improvements, including a pair of low-emission engines. The 90bhp 1.2-litre unit achieves 55mpg with improved CO2 emissions of 120g/km - a figure ...
Clean cars on the cheap.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MISERLY mothers and fathers are paying their children well below the going rate for washing the car, it was revealed today. As many as 64% of parents pay their offspring to wash vehicles and pay them an average of pounds 5, according to a survey for the Zurich ...
Plenty of room aboard; THE new Hyundai people carrier, the i800, is simply massive, says JOHN MURDOCH who has been driving it and found it a giant of a bargain.(Features)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN MURDOCH LONGER than a Mercedes S-Class and taller than an average van, the new Hyundai i800 people carrier is massive in every way - except for price . It is so large that when you exit from one side, you cannot see over it to see the passengers exiting ...
Peugeot's 4x4 could lead field; French put the flair into a super new Sports Utility Vehicle TONY LARNER drives the Peugeot 4007 GT 2.2 diesel This is his verdict.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: TONY LARNER PEUGEOT took a big step into the unknown by launching its first Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) last summer. But the French firm seems to have learned from the mistakes of other car companies by producing one of the best 4x4s on the market. The 4007 ...
Safe tips for your caravan; Openroad TM Benfield SUMMER is a time for taking to the road, and many holidaymakers turn to the caravan thanks to its ease of use, cost and no stalgic charm. DAVE ROBERTS, of the Benefield Renault and Nissan dealership on the Felling Bypass, looks at the checks to make before setting off.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... DAVE says: "First, when using a caravan for the first time, make sure that your car's towing capacity is able to pull its weight by checking the vehicle handbook or by subtracting the car's maximum weight from its maximum train weight. Even if your car's towing capacity is up to ...
Costs could be set to rise.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MOTORISTS could have to get used to higher car insurance premiums, the owner of Elephant.co.uk and Diamond said today. Admiral, which has more than 1.5 million UK customers, said there was a real prospect of premiums rising faster than claims for the first time in seven years ...
Heavy rain causes chaos.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... TORRENTIAL rain caused chaos across the region today. Storms brought havoc as roads were covered with surface water and Metro passengers faced misery as trains were halted between Benton and Shiremoor because of water on the track. This morning 30 people stood waiting ...
HOW COULD THEY? PAINT-SPRAY VANDALS' INSULT TO THE DEAD.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... WAR veterans' graves have been vandalised in a graffiti gang's wrecking spree. Headstones in the cemetery of St James' Parish Church, Benwell, Newcastle, have been targeted by the "West End Taggers" crew. Police have arrested two youths in connection with the ...
RETURN OF THE VIKINGS.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... THEY raided and pillaged the North East coast hundreds of years ago. But it was a more friendly breed of Viking which returned to the region for a historical festival. For three days, Holy Island was taken over by the Norse invaders to give visitors a glimpse of the ...
Mother and her unborn baby die in double tragedy; INQUEST TOLD HOW NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO SAVE THEM.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LAURA CAROE SHE should have been looking forward to the magical moment of a new baby. But nothing could be done to save the lives of mum-of three Ashley Roberts and her unborn child after she was rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties. ...
News In Brief: Walking for Sara charity.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... PERCY Park Rugby Club in North Shields will be the finishing point for a sponsored walk in aid of the Sara's Hope Foundation, a charity set-up by Ged and Julie Hoburn, The couple, from Whitley Bay, are in the process of raising money to open a respite ...
News In Brief: Bash success.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... AN AFRICAN-THEMED charity night organised by the mangers of a Newcastle restaurant raised pounds 3,500. Managers from Nando's held the night at Newcastle's Assembly Rooms, raising money for Fairbridge in the ...
News In Brief: Nursery fun.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... AN EXPANDING nursery is holding a family fun day for parents to find out more about its newest branch. Noah's Ark Nursery ...
News In Brief: Band aid.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A BRAIN injury charity is holding a fundraising night. Rehab UK Newcastle is holding a night of local ...
News In Brief: Croquet launch.(News)
Aug 01, 2008 ... A NEW croquet club has been launched in Durham City. Croquet Durham will be held on Thursdays and Saturdays at Aykley ...