Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) back issues from May 2008:
The care you gave my little girl was the inspiration for my Zambian school.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SANDY McKENZIE CARE provided for a youngster at a Cleveland centre 18 years ago inspired the setting up of a similar unit in Zambia. And this week the woman who set up the unit in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, paid a return visit to the Cleveland Unit. ...
Everyone laughs because I am always full of beans and bouncing; get a better life.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARIE LEVY ABSEILING, half marathons and midnight walks - it's all in a day's work for Natalie Longford. The 25-year-old has discovered the benefits of an active lifestyle since joining the fundraising team at Zoe's Place Baby Hospice in Normanby. ...
Times for surgeries.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... SPEND part of Saturday consulting a Redcar and Cleveland councillor at one of several ward surgeries: Brotton, Brian Hogg, Richard Rudland, Peter Scott at Carlin How Community Centre, 10am-11am; Loftus, Eric ...
Chinese treat is on menu; Platinum celebration for couple.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NAOMI CORRIGAN A COUPLE from Stockton celebrated 70 years of marriage together with a special treat - their favourite Chinese takeaway! Ernie and Edna Howells celebrated their Platinum Wedding Anniversary yesterday with their favourite Chinese dishes. ...
A PLACE IN FINAL; One step away for schools SCHOOLS AWARDS in association with NORTHUMBRIAN WATER.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANGELA RAINEY TEESSIDE schools have come top of the class by reaching the final of a prestigious competition. Entries into the Evening Gazette's School Awards 2008, which is run with our sister paper in Newcastle, The Journal, have flooded in since the ...
WE'VE GOT IT FIGURED; It all adds up to maths success for pupils.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MIKE MORGAN A CRACK team from a Guisborough school has triumphed in a Tees Valley Maths Challenge. Young people from across the region tested their maths skills in the competition. Schools from Stockton, Middlesbrough, Redcar and East Cleveland, ...
IN BRIEF: Down-to-earth history talk.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... NORTHALLERTON and District Local History Society's next public talk is by member John Lart at the Sacred Heart Church Hall, on Thirsk Road, at 7pm, on Tuesday, May 13. He will present the latest research into the enigmatic earthworks ...
IN BRIEF: Cancer support.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... SOUTH Tees Lung Cancer Support Group is meeting on Wednesday, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm in the academic centre at The James Cook University Hospital. The support group is open to lung cancer patients, their relatives and ...
IN BRIEF: Store fundraiser.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AS PART of the world's largest humanitarian organisation, the British Red Cross will be in ...
This is going to be a'happening' year for us.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SANDY McKENZIE TWO key projects for West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust are set to get under way. Bellway Homes is due to start building around 400 new homes in Central Whinney Banks - now called Acklam Green. And work on a new community centre is also ...
Lock doors warning after raids.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... HOMEOWNERS in Middesbrough are warned to be on their guard following a number of burglaries at Egmont Road and Saltwells Crescent. Between April 17 and 23, burglars entered homes through unlocked doors and windows. A DVD player was also stolen ...
The special twins now so sadly separated.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MIKE MORGAN A TEESSIDE town has been saddened by the death of a well-known twin. For decades, tall and identically dressed John and James Bird were familiar sights on Guisborough's Westgate - known and liked by many. They both latterly ...
Give us a hand! Plea to keep hospice vans on road.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARIE LEVY TEESSIDE Hospice has been forced to take some of its vans off the road because of a lack of volunteers. Last year the charity's 10 shops raised around pounds 200,000 selling furniture collected by the vans but recently the service has had to be ...
Attack led to loss of memory.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A MAN has suffered memory loss after a brutal attack which needed 40 stitches to his head. The 27-year-old was walking his dog in Pallister Park, Middlesbrough between 10.55 and 11.30pm on Friday when he was approached from behind and struck on the head. The attack ...
Where learning is fab and fun; Outstanding report puts school in country's top 6%.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JOANNA DESIRA PUPILS and staff are celebrating after being given top marks by Government inspectors. Yarm Primary School was described as "outstanding" in an Ofsted report. Lead inspector Margaret Farrow was so impressed she did not identify ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... BBC1 The Invisibles (9.00pm) Warren Clarke and Anthony Head lead the cast of this comedy drama series as old mates Syd and Maurice, who have spent years living it up on the Costa del Crime, but are now returning to Blighty, where there may not be as much sun but ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Harlem Nights (Sky Movies Comedy, 11.45pm).(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Gangster comedy set in the 1930s, following a Harlem nightclub owner and his adopted son as they defy a notorious mobster paying ...
PICK OF THE DAY; Live Premier League Darts (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm).(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Coverage of the 14th and final meeting of the round-robin phase at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, featuring James Wade v John Part, Phil Taylor v Peter Manley, Raymond van Barneveld v Terry Jenkins and Adrian Lewis v Wayne Mardle. The top four positions will be decided after this ...
CATCH THE ACTION.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Live European Tour Golf (Sky Sports 1, 3.30pm) The Open de Espana. Further coverage of the opening day's play at the Real Club de Golf de Sevilla. Charl Schwartzel claimed last year's title. Live Snooker (Eurosport, 7.00pm) Coverage of the first session of ...
Family Life: Men only; Fashion PLUS Beauty.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD MEN, get your feet out! These trendy summer sandals from Next ...
Family Life: Jewellery box; Fashion PLUS Beauty.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD FASHION with a conscience spills into accessories too. Check out this simple bracelet, ...
Family Life; Fashion PLUS Beauty.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD JENNY Harbron, 29, from Stockton, was shopping in Wellington Square, Stockton, when our fashion spies caught up with her to ask her about her style. What are you wearing? My shoes were pounds 25 from ...
Family Life: Beauty spot; Fashion PLUS Beauty.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD THINK big when it comes to batting those eyelashes. Avon's Supershock mascara, pounds 8, promises ...
Family Life: Beauty tip; Fashion PLUS Beauty.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD To apply liquid eyeliner successfully, use a pointed liner brush to draw a clean, even line. Many women close their ...
Family Life: Style file; Fashion PLUS Beauty.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD SHOPPERS are loaded with guilt these days - where their products come from, what they're made of and who manufactured them. But this month you can unburden yourself safe in the knowledge that style does have a ...
Heavenly home; in association with fish4homes.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Dream Home - Page 6 Interiors Page 2&3 ...
get it right for a comfy night.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... IF like me you value your sleep then it is essential to have a boudoir that will encourage you to sleep each night. Many things affect the way we sleep including routine, the mattress we sleep on and even the use of the space around you. It is easiest to sleep when ...
Property clinic.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Q. My bathroom features a separate shower cubicle, which takes up a lot of room. What design advice could you give me to maximise the feeling of space? MICHELLE says: Having a separate shower in your bathroom can be a bonus, but when it comes to creating space it can cause ...
converted chapel is truly divine; dream home in association with tbi.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... A HOME that's just heavenly. That's one way of describing The Chapel, an intriguing property in Bishopton near Stockton. The owners bought the converted Weslyan chapel six years ago, spotting it just as it had gone up for sale. "We needed to find ...
focus on bedside tables.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... BEDSIDE tables have to be one of the most useful pieces of furniture in the house but one that can be taken for granted. Be ashamed if it's just an unattractive, cluttered dumping ground, coated with coffee mug stains and wobbly piles of magazines. This is seriously ...
gardening.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... WITH the weather a little warmer - and another bank holiday on the way - many of us will be spending more time in the garden. So why not think about adding some light to the scene to create atmosphere. A little goes a long way at night, so don't over-light the area ...
sorted! diy.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: Suzanne Bain LAST week we looked at how you prepare to tile a floor, and this week it's the tiling itself. By now you should have prepared your sub-floor, measured up, chosen your tiles, adhesive and grout, and be ready to start. The obvious ...
Nunthorpe pounds 399,950.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... THIS five-bedroom bungalow is up for sale on Ormesby Bank, Nunthorpe. The Middlesbrough home is priced at pounds 399,950. Accommodation includes spacious entrance hall, 16ft lounge, separate dining room and fitted kitchen with dining space ....
Normanby pounds 339,950.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... THIS luxury property, above, is up for sale in Normanby, Middlesbrough. With an asking price of pounds 339,590 is the bungalow in The Mount. Accommodation includes lounge, dining room, ...
Stokesley pounds 190,000.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... THIS semi-detached property is up for sale in Stokesley. With a guide price of pounds 190,000 is the bungalow in Northfield Drive. Accommodation includes lounge, conservatory, ...
Saltburn pounds 175,000.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... IN Saltburn this two-bedroom bungalow is for sale on Wilton Bank. Priced at pounds 175,000 accommodation includes lounge, kitchen, two bedrooms and a ...
Hartburn pounds 330,000.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... INVITING offers over pounds 330,000 is this dorma bungalow in Darlington Road, Hartburn, Stockton. The ground floor comprises living room with original open fire, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room and master bedroom which has a dressing area and double French doors leading out ...
new arrivals cause a boom in market; rental choice.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... A TEESSIDE estate agency says the market is on the up for rental of exclusive properties. Homes and Finance in Yarm has seen a major increase in the number of people opting to rent large and character properties in the Tees Valley. And across the entire market, the ...
the winners are chosen; new homes.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... AN "outstanding" scheme of 18 townhouses built in a woodland setting close to Gateshead has won the 2008 The Journal/Evening Gazette 21st Century Living Awards. DARE (Northern) won the overall award for its "brave, bold and truly impressive" townhouse scheme at Axwell Gardens, ...
a versatile way of living.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... development file LOCATION: Coulby Newham DEVELOPER: Bryant Homes. HOUSE TYPES: Three-bedroom bungalows, townhouses and three and four-bedroom detached homes. SCHOOLS: St Augustine's RC Primary, Sunnyside Primary, St Gerard's RC Primary School, ...
suiting every taste.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... development file DEVELOPMENT: Trinity Square LOCATION: Hartlepool DEVELOPER: Yuill Homes HOUSE TYPES: One, two and three-bedroom homes SCHOOLS: A selection in the local area. SHOPS: Local stores and full range in ...
a popular address; Property news.(Features)
May 01, 2008 ... YUILL Homes says its St Cuthbert's Mews development in Middlesbrough is fast becoming a property hotspot. Thanks to the area's renaissance, St Cuthbert's Mews is becoming a popular place to live, attracting both local and national buyers. The homebuilder says the ...
Property news.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... TEESSIDE homebuyers can get a head start on a place of their own, thanks to a new purchase package on offer from housebuilders Barratt. Headstart allows buyers to defer 15% of the purchase price for up to ten years - so you pay a move-in price of 85%, and in addition, Barratt ...
The mortgage column.(Features)(Column)
May 01, 2008 ... Short Term Fixed Rate Abbey has a fixed rate mortgage of 5.99% until August 2, 2010 reverting to lender's standard variable rate for rest of the term, currently 7.34%. Long Term Fixed Rate Nationwide Building Society has a five-year fixed rate mortgage of ...
SMASHED; Family left distraught as stabbed dad's grave is attacked.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By DAVE ROBSON THE family of a man stabbed to death on a Teesside street have been left reeling in disbelief after his headstone was smashed to pieces. Grangetown man Lee Hannan's distraught relatives, who had put his ornate headstone in place less than three ...
Outcry over hostels.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By RON LIVINGSTONE PRIVATE bail hostels are being opened in residential areas - including one on Teesside - it emerged today. One unsupervised hostel has already opened in Thornaby in January this year and others are planned for Stockton, Middlesbrough, ...
Alves in cash row.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... RECORD signing Afonso Alves is facing a pounds 5.9m compensation demand from AZ Alkmaar. They claim the Brazilian signed an agreement to join them if he left Heerenveen. ...
Suicide shocked nurse.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A NURSE was left "shocked and saddened" by the death of a mentally ill patient who hanged himself in hospital, an inquest heard. Gary Parnell, the named nurse in charge of the care of Jonathan Ferguson, 25, said he did not recall his patient ever making any reference to harming ...
You've got to hand it to them; Bad luck comes in threes for family.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KAREN FAUGHEY AN ACCIDENT-PRONE family has proved that bad luck does indeed come in threes - after three of them suffered hand injuries at three-day intervals. Caroline Lavender, from Billingham, said it is simply "one thing after another" when it comes to ...
Four men arrested.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... POLICE have arrested four men in connection with an armed raid on a Teesside supermarket. Officers today made a further appeal for information as inquiries continued into the robbery at the Somerfield store, in Healaugh Park, Yarm. The raiders escaped with what police describe ...
Police hunt this attacker.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... POLICE today released CCTV images of a suspect wanted in connection with an attack in which a man received an electric shock. The 33-year-old victim was walking to work in Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, when he was approached by a man armed with some sort of electric weapon. ...
Kirsty was shocked and heartbroken at the loss of her little angel...but the events that followed will haunt her forever.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARIE LEVY A GRIEVING young mum has told how she suffered further heartache by the way a hospital treated her baby daughter's body. Nineteen-year-old Kirsty Jameson lost her "beautiful little angel", Kaitlyn Jameson-Parker, to a meningitis-related ...
Raise a glass.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... FRIENDS and family of a popular Boro fan who died suddenly will be raising a glass in his memory - on the same day his beloved team play Portsmouth. Riverside regular Chris Goodsir-Cullen died of a heart attack earlier this year aged 48. The season-ticket holder was born and ...
Immigrant spared jail after deception.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... SYMPATHY for the UK family of an illegal immigrant who got a job using a false passport has saved him from prison. Abdourahamane Barry, 20, began working for ATJ Industrial Services on November 3, 2006 using a counterfeit French passport. The document carried the bogus name of ...
Stylish trip for fan duo.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... TWO young Boro fans have jetted off to Italy on a dream holiday. Robbie Hanratty and Ben Gee won the all-expenses-paid trip after their names were picked at random from 10,500 fans who took part in the Boro's online "Top Idol" poll voting for next season's home shirt. ...
Fine of pounds 500 for text threats.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A MAN who used text messages to harass his former partner has been fined. Simon Detchon, 35, of Middle Cottage, Malton, appeared before Teesside Crown Court and pleaded guilty to harassing Elizabeth Kimberley, 45, of Redcar. The court heard how 'a series of events' ...
Thomas is found safe.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... VULNERABLE missing man Thomas Gillan, 46, right, thought to be hitch-hiking north ...
IN BRIEF: Sex assault man sought.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... A MAN who sexually assaulted another man in Northallerton is sought by North Yorkshire Police. The middle-aged victim was walking along the bridleway at an area known locally as Castle Hills when he was approached by the man who sexually assaulted him at about 8.30pm on Monday. ...
IN BRIEF: Face-to-face.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THREE Redcar and Cleveland Council ward surgeries are scheduled for tomorrow: Dormanstown, Vilma Collins, Cliff Houlding and Ray Goddard at Park ...
IN BRIEF: King of the jungle.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... THE Kids Praise Theatre Workshop presents The Lion Meets The King at Middlesbrough Theatre, The Avenue, on Saturday ...
IN BRIEF: Relatives appeal.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... RELATIVES or friends of Hazel Clark, 83, who died of natural causes in Castle Court ...
IN BRIEF: Get collecting.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... AN ANTIQUES fair will be held from 9am-3.30pm on Monday by Leven Antique and ...
Cher tells of her time with 'shy' Cruise.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... CHER says she dated Hollywood star Tom Cruise when he was just a "shy boy". The singer-actress discussed the relationship on an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show taped on Saturday in Las Vegas before a crowd of 4,000 people, according to Harpo Productions. The episode, which ...
BRITONS IN BUS SMASH; Nine tourists die in Egypt horror.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... BRITISH tourists were believed to be among the injured in a coach crash in Egypt which killed at least nine people and injured 28 early today. The Britons were among around 40 people on the bus which overturned and caught fire in the Sinai peninsula. The Foreign ...
Labour face poll backlash.(News)
May 01, 2008 ... GORDON BROWN faces his first major electoral test as Prime Minister today as voters go to the polls in the 2008 local elections. Labour is braced for a backlash, amid anger at the abolition of the 10p tax rate and a poor run in the polls, which could cost them up to 200 council ...