Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) back issues from November 2008:
They have exercise classes for the over-50s, but they are far too slow for me! THERE'S NOTHING THIS SUPERGRAN CAN'T DO.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SOPHIE DOUGHTY SUPERGRAN Ada Cantwell is running rings round the young 'uns at her local gym. The super-fit grandma says regular exercise classes and spells on the treadmill have left her looking at least 20 years younger than her age, of 85. ...
Ada's plan for fitness at 85.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... ADA keeps herself in shape with a strict exercise plan and a balanced diet. Her weekly routine is as follows: Monday; Double class made-up of 45 minutes' aerobics and 45 minutes' spinning at Birtley Leisure Centre. ...
Internet abuse is worrying trend; Reporter Katy Simpson looks at what is being done to tackle the darker side of the internet after an offensive video about teenager Hayley Adamson was posted on YouTube.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: Katy Simpson IT IS a videosharing website designed for entertainment and laughter. But YouTube has been abused by someone posting a disturbing video of Hayley Adamson, who was knocked down and killed by a police car in May. The images showed ...
Crossing the line.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... COUNCIL bosses responsible for putting up parking restrictions have surpassed themselves. Seething residents woke up to find that Newcastle City Council's new parking bays lining two Jesmond roads had caused a major problem - the road is not actually wide enough. ...
Remember When: Teacher who got Kinnear on the pitch.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: RAY MARSHALL AN INTERESTING school picture turned up this week - and it wasn't from our area and didn't even feature a Geordie. It was of a class of Kingsway School, near Watford, from 1957, and featured the present Newcastle manager, Joe Kinnear, as a young ...
Remember When: Pier into future proved wrong.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: RAY MARSHALL CHECKING through old Chronicles of the 1960s, I came across a story that could have changed the face of Newcastle and Gateshead. In 1965 a proposal was put forward to unite the Tyneside local authorities by building a gigantic pier near the Tyne ...
Remember When: Music man passes away.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: RAY MARSHALL SADLY, the death of well-known local musician Alan Nicholson has been announced. Alan was 80 and still played up until a few ...
Academy's charity vision.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... STUDENTS who go to the North East's first all-age academy will be taught leadership skills and be involved in charity work alongside their normal classes. This is the vision education chiefs behind Blyth's Bede Academy presented to more than 250 parents and students who attended ...
AIRPORT'S WRANGLE FOR CHIEF'S pounds 6M; High Court battle to claw back ex-boss's bonus.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ADAM JUPP Chief Reporter A FORMER airport boss is set for a High Court showdown with his old employers over a multi-million pound bonus row. Newcastle International Airport will lock horns with ex-chief executive John Parkin later this month, in a hearing ...
Man's costly alarm prank.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A HACKED-OFF worker cost his former bosses thousands of pounds by setting off a fire alarm in a packed building. Around 500 staff members had to be evacuated when the alarm went off at the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) building at Balliol Business Park, Longbenton. ...
Market leaders.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A FARMERS' market in Morpeth won't be able to put up some of its stalls in the Town Hall as usual this weekend. Morpeth Town Hall is currently being used as an emergency centre for the flood recovery programme. All stalls for the farmers' market will be put up in ...
Feed my family or I will kill you; THUG MADE THREAT.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By B KENNEDY A CONVICTED gunman threatened to kill a caravan park boss because he would not give him a free hamburger. Alexander Lakey, who was jailed in 1998 after shooting two people, had been on holiday with his family. He approached manager ...
FRANCIS WOOD: PROBABLY THE WAY.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHURCH MATTER I WELCOME that slogan: "There is probably no God," which is due to appear on the side of London's bendy busses. It makes you think. It challenges you on your own beliefs. The last time I heard that kind of thing was at school when the teacher ...
FRANCIS WOOD: QUOTE OF THE WEEK.(News)(Quotation)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHURCH MATTER THANKS to the magazine of the Wesley Methodist Church in Low Fell for this quote. "To understand a ...
FRANCIS WOOD: ALL HUMAN LIFE WAS HERE.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHURCH MATTER I once visited a meeting of the local Humanist Group at the Lit and Phil Rooms in Newcastle. I found it remarkably like a Church meeting. They have garden parties and bring and buy sales. They too are interested in Amnesty affairs and peace ...
I'M GLAD THESE EVIL MEN WILL BE KILLED; BALI BOMBER EXECUTIONS.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By LISA HUTCHINSON CHILLS ran down the spines of a grieving family as they heard the news that Ian Findley's killers will be executed this month. Every day since October 12, 2002, the Findley family have never stopped thinking about the horrific Bali terrorist ...
School closure.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A SCHOOL will be closed on Monday so repair work can be carried out. Greenfields School, in Victoria Road East, Hebburn, South Tyneside, will be closed for the day due to ongoing repairs to a burst heating pipe. The ...
Snap happy.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... DURHAM Photographic Society has announced the results of two competitions. The George Samuel Trophy for the best colour slide went to Tom Noble, with David Everett and Bill Craigs runners up. The Colour Trophy for the best set of three ...
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Cash should be spent at home.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: MICK BRADY GORDON Brown's government openly brags about how their first priority is to protect the British taxpayer. What a load of baloney. That's why he and Blair refused to bail out Swan Hunter. In the next breath he gives pounds 825m pounds to India, the ...
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Cash should be spent at home.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: AP WHY on earth is Gordon Brown, pictured, giving hundreds of millions to the Indian Government? Thousands of British jobs are at risk as we go deeper into recession, many jobs have already been lost to Indian call centres, yet our Prime Minister is giving ...
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Parking row erupts at Sage.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2008 ... We went to a concert at the Sage, Gateshead, on September 27 2008 and parked in Mill Road car park. We bought a parking ticket and displayed it as requested. On return home we realised that we had received a parking fine stating we had not displayed a ticket. The ...
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Clarify the benefits of compost.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: BRIAN TAYLOR I AGREE with Sue Robertson, the home composting adviser for Newcastle, that it is a good idea to compost grass cuttings and dead leaves. I do, however, query her statement that household waste and the above items being ...
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Heating cash goes into bank.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: GR I READ with great interest the letter on help for pensioners' heating bills by AD of Byker (Your Shout, October 28). The writer pointed out that the temperature in the bedroom every morning was very low and they were forced to put a quilt on the bed at ...
Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Vandals to blame for toilet disrepair.(Letters)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: R COATES I WAS reading the Chronicle and saw a letter about the toilets in Newcastle's Central Station, pictured, being the dirtiest in Britain. I disagree with KB of Gateshead. It's not National Express's fault, it's the people that use these toilets. ...
VENT YOUR SPLEEN.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: SS I CAN'T believe that Eastenders has won a television award. Who votes for this rubbish? COULD I, through your letters page, say a big thank you to the kind ladies and gentlemen who gave aid to my daughter when she had a fall on Northumberland Street, ...
Reader's poem; SMOKEY.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Smokey is a grey cat with a white button nose it is fluffy and fat it's as lovely as a rose It snuggles up in a ball purring loud and cute all you have to do is call it will be there in a shoot It's ears go down it looks like a sheep never has a frown he's my little clown Always lies on ...
Village up for sale; REMEMBER WHEN.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... DELVING into our photographic archive, this picture shows the fountain at Whittingham, Northumberland, in June 1932. It was commissioned a quarter of a century earlier in the memory of Athole, the third Earl of Ravensworth, by his wife ...
Someone must know how I crashed my car; MYSTERY ACCIDENT: Steven O'Neil's car after it hit the central barrier on the A184 in March 2006 Brain-damaged dad's appeal.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ROB PATTINSON PULLED from this mangled wreck, Steven O'Neil was left on a life support machine for four weeks. The damage he suffered to his brain was so severe he can't even remember the first year of his daughter Bobby Jo's life. Now Steven ...
Feet first for school pupils.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... PUPILS from four County Durham schools are getting into the zone. The children from Consett Infant, Consett Junior, Beechdale Nursery and St Patrick's RCVA Primary schools have worked together to set up their very own walking zone, which they're launching on Wednesday. ...
Nurse tutors off to Far East.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... TWO nursing lecturers from our region are jetting off to China to share their teaching styles with students. Julie Tweedlie and David Armstrong, senior lecturers at Northumbria University's school of health studies, will spend a fortnight working at Shanghai University. ...
A genie for the mega-rich; He has dined in some of the world's best restaurants, met every member of the Royal family and counts Kevin Keegan as a friend. LIZ LAMB meets Dean Maddison, the best hotel concierge outside London.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: LIZ LAMB HE HAS never been defeated by a request from the rich and famous. So when Christina Onassis demanded to know where the hottest place in Europe was so she could take her daughter for a walk on the beach, Dean Maddison quickly got to work. ...
travel: Luxury at a low cost; GORDON BARR goes on a trip to London and discovers a hotel that has everything you could possibly want in terms of luxury but at great value in these days of the credit crunch.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: GORDON BARR TOP-QUALITY London hotels don't have to break the bank - The Hoxton in Shoreditch is proof of that. When it opened two years ago, it represented a welcome wake-up call for London's hotel guests. From that moment there was no longer any ...
travel: Pearl venue is a real gem.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... TO CAP our stay in London, we went for dinner at Pearl Restaurant and Bar in High Holborn. Set within an elegant marble dining room adorned with over a million hand-strung pearls, it has to be one of the most glamorous dining rooms in the capital, and is a firm favourite with ...
gardens: When shrubs need shifting.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... IF YOUR borders looked overcrowded in the summer or you need to move a badlyplaced shrub to a better spot, there's still time to do it in autumn while the ground is soft enough to dig and before the hard frosts come. The best time to transplant shrubs is while they are dormant, ...
gardens: THREE WAYS TO...(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... CREATE AN EASIER LAWN 1. Avoid obstacles in the lawn such as trees, individual shrubs and play equipment. 2. Set ornaments on a hard surface base, flush with the grass so that the mower can cut over the edge. Build a brick edge around flowerbeds the same ...
gardens: WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Continue to plant barerooted roses, trees and bushes. Plant tulip and lily bulbs. Check the position of houseplants to ensure they are not exposed to cold draughts. Cut back asparagus to ground level when the ...
gardens: Best of the bunch; PHYSALIS ALKEKENGI (CHINESE LANTERN).(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The rows of 2in (5cm) long, bright-orange lanterns hanging down the stems in autumn are unmistakable on this underrated, under-used perennial. The papery husks around the fruits become bright orange as they mature and when the leaves turn yellow and start to fall, they are ...
Own Brand of humour; TV CRITIC.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: LIZ LAMB HE IS the bad boy of the moment and you just can't get away from the Brand, pictured. The crazy-haired comic and his rather unfortunate ways have been blazoned across the front pages of the newspapers, been commented on by the Prime Minister and made ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... BBC1 Merlin (7.30pm) Arthur rescues a man and his beautiful daughter from bandits and offers them refuge in Camelot - unaware the girl poses a threat to his life. Guest starring Kenneth Cranham. BBC2 Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One ...
Sunday: Pick of the day.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... BBC1 Stephen Fry in America (9.00pm) The writer travels the entire length of the country, starting at the Canadian border in the mountains of Montana, and ending in El Paso. BBC2 Top Gear (8.00pm) New series. Jeremy Clarkson and ...
FILM OF THE DAY; No Reservations (Sky Movies Premiere, 8.00pm).(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Premiere. A chef's carefully ordered life is thrown into upheaval when she becomes guardian to ...
Sunday: FILM OF THE DAY; The Corruptor (Sky Movies Action/Thriller, 11.00pm).(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A tough-talking New York cop is assigned to keep the peace in Chinatown - just as war breaks out among rival ...
Coffee time: The news quiz.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... 1 Where did a minor earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale hit, prompting calls from worried residents to West Mercia police, but no reports of damage or injuries? 2 Gales and torrential rain turned which test of fitness into a survival fight for thousands of runners? ...
Coffee time: Screen test.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... 1 What sort of animals are Ren and Stimpy? 2 On whose novel of the same name was Riders based? 3 Shunt, Dead Metal, Matilda, Sir Killalot and Sergeant Bush featured in which metal mayhem series? 4 Complete the title of this 1984 spy series ... ...
Coffee time: Pop posers.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... 1 Vocal duo Hilary Lester and Renato Pagliari had a 1982 UK No. 1 under what name ...? 2 ... And with which single? 3 Which UK band won the 1992 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution To British Music? 4 Grant Nicholas and Mark Richardson are members of ...
Hebburn finally up and running; NEW COUNTY TYNESIDE JUNIOR LEAGUE GRASSROOTS SPORT: We bring you the junior reports and pictures plus more Sunday League action.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... HEBBURN Argyle finally opened their account for the season when they shared the spoils with sixth-placed Cleveland Hall Under-16s. It ended up at 2-2 and Hebburn were only denied maximum points after Paul Ashton pounced for both of the Cleveland Hall goals. The ...
Heat is on as top two both win; APOLLO DOORS SMALL SIDED LEAGUE GRASSROOTS SPORT: We bring you the junior reports and pictures plus more Sunday League action.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE top two in the Under-9 Division both reaped maximum points to keep their title quests alive. Wrekenton Nou Camp remain one point clear of Whickham Panthers following their 3-0 win over Gateshead Sapipa. The Nou Camp have won four and drawn the other of their five ...
Flying Station still on track; MORPETH SUNDAY LGE GRASSROOTS SPORT: We bring you the junior reports and pictures plus more Sunday League action.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... BEDLINGTON Station won 2-1 at Ellington to go through in the ACS Dobfar Cup, and in doing so maintained their 100% start to the season. Traveller's Rest, Choppington picked up their fifth consecutive win in Division One with a 6-1 victory at Ashington Booze Brothers. ...
Hall on cloud nine as winning run continues; APOLLO DOORS GATESHEAD YOUTH LEAGUE GRASSROOTS SPORT: We bring you the junior reports and pictures plus more Sunday League action.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... IT REMAINS as tight as ever at the top of the Under-11 Division and it looks like being a fiercely contested season. Louis Reynolds and Cameron Hope doubles saw leaders Cleveland Hall Yellows crush second-bottom Catchgate to make it nine wins of nine. Just three ...
Close calls in girls' Cup clashes; SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL GRASSROOTS SPORT: We bring you the junior reports and pictures plus more Sunday League action.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE Under-13 Girls Minute Maid County Cup has proved to be a nail-biting competition. Two of the seven groups have finished in a three-way tie, with goal difference having to be used to separate the teams. In Group Two, Chantry prevailed over Gosforth Central and ...
Warriors take victory in thriller; CHASE SOUTH TYNESIDE YOUTH LEAGUES.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... IN THE under-10s Premier League, Hebburn Warriors and South Tyneside Spirit served up some great entertainment, Hebburn winning 4-3. Todd got on the score sheet for the victors, along with a brilliant hat-trick from Maddison. Spirit's goals were shared between McDonald, ...
Tyne pitch in to secure a win.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... TYNE MET took on Durham Sixth Form on the 3G pitch used by UniBond First Division side Durham City. The visitors started in positive fashion and opened the scoring on 10 minutes when Bogie won a tackle in the midfield before finding Mishner with a pass over the defence. ...
Hat-trick hero Key to victory; NEWCASTLE CENTRAL LEAGUE.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... BYKER Key Club maintained their 100% record with a hardfought 3-1 away win at Osbornes Bar. The hosts pushed the title challengers all the way, but fell to a Paul McCutcheon hat-trick. Jason Thompson got the only goal in the game for Osbornes Bar. Current ...
Social occasion as holders are beaten; NORTH EAST SUNDAY LEAGUE GRASSROOTS SPORT: All the action and reports from the region's Sunday league football action.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE League's three representatives in the Justsport NFA Sunday Cup made it a hat-trick of victories. Last season's finalists were both knocked out in the first round, as Springbank Social defeated holders Ashington RAOB 2-0, and Blakelaw Social won by the same score against Red ...
Storm-ing win as Dunston hit double figures; GATESHEAD AND DISTRICT SUNDAY LEAGUE GRASSROOTS SPORT: All the action and reports from the region's Sunday league football action.(Sport)
Nov 01, 2008 ... DUNSTON Social travelled to in-form Stormont Main without a recognised goalkeeper and derailed the newly-promoted team's progress with a formidable 10-0 win. Alan Pegram was in blistering form with a fourgoal salvo in the first half. Chris Douglas rounded off the ...
Four-goal Alan still ends up on the losing side; CONSETT SUNDAY LEAGUE.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... ALAN ROBINSON struck an impressive four goals for Beamish and yet still ended up on the losing side in their Division One clash with Black Horse. Beamish lost out 6-4 at home, with free-scoring Black Horse taking the points with a double from Michael Hurst and others from Scott ...
Sluice on Premier course; CRAMLINGTON AND DISTRICT LEAGUE.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... LAST season's Division Two champions Seaton Sluice are well on course for promotion to the Premier Division after a resounding 9-1 thrashing of Benedictine. Scott Dodds' hat-trick was followed by further strikes from Mark Fenwick (2), Alan Rivett, Simon Reay, Liam Vaughan and ...
Blyth spirit on show in Cup; SYNERGY BLYTH AND WANSBECK LEAGUE.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... BLYTH and Wansbeck teams in the NFA Sunday Cup did the league proud. Only a youthful RAOB side lost to a very strong Springbank side 2-0. The other three teams progressed to the next round, with Blyth Town Sunday beating Hexham Ex Sev 5-0. Burradon and ...
THIS WEEKEND'S LOCAL FIXTURES.(Features)
Nov 01, 2008 ... NORTH EAST SUNDAY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVSION: Fox and Hounds v Fawdon Park, Worswick Street v Grainger Park, Rosehill v Whitley Lodge Snooker, North Tyne v Independent, New Rising Sun v Dog and Parrot, Hazelrigg Victory v Lord Clyde, Wheatshief v Tyneview Park. B DIVISION: St ...
Trader attack.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A SHOPKEEPER was attacked by hammer-wielding robbers. Two men burst into Archbold Wines, in North Shields, and demanded cash. Manager Michael Arch-bold was hit on the back of the head as he tried to push the shop's panic ...
Family sorrow.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... FAMILY and friends said a tearful goodbye to Christopher Stott after he crept out of his home and shot himself in the garden shed. Dad-of-two Christopher, 28, from Kenton, was buried at Newcastle's West Road Cemetery. His ...
CAR-AZY; PARKING BAYS DON'T LEAVE SPACE FOR PASSING CARS.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A COUNCIL is driving motorists around the bend. Parking bays have appeared on roads this week as part of a residents' parking scheme around Queens Terrace and Grosvenor Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle. But there was one problem transport planners at Newcastle City Council ...
Take That tickets break records.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE Take That tour, which kicks off in the north east, has become the fastest-selling event in UK history. More than 600,000 tickets were snapped up in under five hours yesterday, organisers said. The band's 2009 stadium tour, The Circus - Live, smashed UK box office ...
Shopkeeper attacked in off-licence raid; HAMMER-WIELDING ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH CASH FROM TILL.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVID OLD A SHOPKEEPER was attacked by hammer-wielding robbers. Two men burst into Arch-bold Wines, in North Shields, yesterday morning and demanded cash. Manager Michael Arch-bold was hit on the back of the head as he tried to push the shop's ...
Hurt in pile-up.(News)
Nov 01, 2008 ... TWO drivers are in hospital with serious injuries following a four-vehicle collision. The smash happened on a stretch of the A197 between Ashington and Pegswood, in Northumberland, at about 10.20pm on Thursday. Two of the drivers suffered ...