Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) back issues from July 2008:
Everyone a winner in this sector; Focus on the Third Sector Community profits from charity firms.(Features)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SUE SCOTT WHEN David Cameron called earlier this year for charities to be allowed to compete on an equal footing with commercial enterprises in supplying the public sector, Chris Beety allowed himself a wry smile. Because that's precisely what Community Ventures ...
PSG's work and advice has only just got started; Focus on the Third Sector.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE Tees Valley Professional Services Group (PSG) is the silent partner behind many of Teesside's regeneration success stories. The organisation's membership provides advice to voluntary and community groups working on social and economic regeneration schemes throughout the ...
Franchise target for charity; Focus on the Third Sector.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AROMA coffee house outlets run by The North East Centre for Independent Living (NECIL) are an example of successful Third Sector entrepreneurship in the Tees Valley. NECIL was set up eight years ago by people with disabilities as a not-for-profit organisation which uses its ...
Leadership strategy a clear idea; Focus on the Third Sector.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TEESSIDE's experience in the Third Sector has helped the region score a first when it comes to developing leadership in voluntary and community organisations. VONNE, the regional infrastructure body for the sector, has produced the UK's first regional third sector leadership ...
Turn down the music ... or it'll cost you; advice The humble staff stereo could be a ticking time bomb for small businesses that don't hold a licence to play music on their premises, warns JEZ DAVISON.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: JEZ DAVISON AMY WINEHOUSE doesn't need any help getting herself into trouble, but she could land your business in court - and up to your neck in fines. And it's all because the Performing Rights Society is coming down hard on firms who flout the little known ...
Cycling is 'too macho' in UK; Environment.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... INTRODUCING safer cycle ways could have a major impact on the number of women who take the bike instead of the car. Richard Grassick, chair of Darlington Cycling Campaign, says safety concerns and the Lycra-hugging male image associated with keen cyclists in the UK put women ...
Two-wheel battle for safe passage; Environment.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: GLORIA McSHANE GOOD for you, your bank balance and the environment. That's the ideal - but cycling commuters in one Tees Valley town say hostile drivers, incomplete cycle paths and traffic systems that favour four wheels over two put us a long way behind Amsterdam ....
Strategy backed; A shapshot of environmental news from around the world...(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... PLANS for a 10-fold increase in renewable energy in the UK will provide thousands of jobs, help tackle climate change and secure power supplies, the Government said. The strategy, which includes plans for ...
Biofuel boost; A shapshot of environmental news from around the world...(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE world's first industrial-scale facility to produce biofuels from municipal solid waste will be built in the western Canadian city of Edmonton. The EUR70mCDN (pounds 35m) biofuels plant will ...
Certificate launch; A shapshot of environmental news from around the world...(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A CERTIFICATE scheme, which aims to show consumers that companies are taking genuine green steps, has been launched by The Carbon Trust. The organisation said the certificate would require businesses to measure, ...
Everest clean-up; A shapshot of environmental news from around the world...(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CHINA is planning a major clean-up operation for Mount Everest next year and may limit the number of climbers and other visitors, Tibet's environmental protection chief Zhang Yongze said. ...
Whaling call; A shapshot of environmental news from around the world...(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CONSERVATIONISTS called on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to change its focus towards protecting whales instead of "managing" how many are killed each year. At the IWC conference in Santiago, Chile, ...
Extra lift for air ambulance; TeesPride.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KAREN McLAUCHLAN A NEW mortgage launched by Darlington Building Society could inject thousands of pounds of funding into the Great North Air Ambulance Service. For each person signing up for the product, a two-year discounted deal at 5.99%, who proceeds to ...
When the glass is always morethan half full... Interview of the week.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: JEZ DAVISON THERE'S more than a streak of the Scottish presbyterian about James Dickson - independent-minded, principled, and from Langholm, the Brulines CEO has built a fortune on saving other people money. JEZ DAVISON met him. JAMES DICKSON is not a happy ...
Comment; Interview of the week.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: JEZ DAVISON IN a volatile marketplace dominated by greedy speculators, JEZ DAVISON asks: How much longer before the oil bubble goes pop? THE sound of the oil boom is building to a crescendo. While some analysts predict it will deafen us for a while longer, ...
People.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... LLOYDS TSB has appointed Yarm man Simon Featherstone, pictured right, as managing director of its commercial finance division. With more than 20 years' experience in the financial services industry, Simon was charged with managing the bank's network of business centres across the country ...
Market extension for the hair expert; Small.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AN award-winning hair extension specialist is cutting into the beauty services market to fast-track the growth of her business. Mum-of-one Victoria Lynch established Stockton-based Additional Lengths in 2003 as an international import and export business selling hair extensions ...
Small firms being left behind; The issue.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The future is bright ..... the future is green. With Britain under pressure from Brussels to improve its carbon footprint, the Government is looking to business to develop innovative ways of reducing energy consumption. Although industry is willing to take up the ...
THIRD WAY ADDS VALUE; Model for the 21st Century.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... IT IS IMPORTANT enough to have its own department within the Cabinet Office and its own Minister. It will attract pounds 18m over the next four years in already earmarked investment, but it already turns over pounds 27bn annually and contributes pounds 8.4bn to the GDP. ...
Market report.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... BLUE chip stocks slipped back into the red today as yesterday's rally proved short-lived. The FTSE 100 Index - which rose almost 2% in the previous session - gave back much of its gains in early trading to stand 51 points lower. The falls on London's benchmark index ...
Cash is priority for staff.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TEESSIDE stands divided over the importance of a final salary pension, according to a nebusiness poll. Around 48% of respondents said they would turn down a job if they weren't offered a defined benefits scheme as part of the package. Local bosses say today's ...
Positive margins for Northgate.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... "CHALLENGING economic conditions" have slowed growth at vehicle rental firm Northgate, which announced annual results today. The Darlington-based vehicle rental firm said pre-tax profits were up 5% to pounds 79.5m in the year to April 30 - a marked slowdown on the "exceptional" ...
Firms feel the pinch.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By JEZ DAVISON ESCALATING energy and raw material costs are forcing Teesside companies to impose higher surcharges on their products and services. Firms said cost-saving initiatives were not enough to fully absorb spiraling energy, fuel and raw materials. But ...
Share news isn't all bad.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SHARE prices tumbled yesterday as two major players with interests on Teesside revised their guidance to the City. Darlington-based care homes operator Southern Cross suffered a severe mark down in its share price after issuing a profits warning. Although the company said ...
TRAGIC DAD GIVEN WRONG BLOOD.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By KAREN FAUGHEY A PENSIONER was given the wrong type of blood during an emergency operation at a Teesside hospital and later died, an inquest heard. Ronald Havelock, 69, from Eston, had suffered a burst aneurysm and was undergoing surgery at James Cook ...
OAP is hit and killed by train.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AN ELDERLY man has died under the wheels of a train on Teesside. The man, believed to be aged about 90, was struck by a passenger train near Marske shortly before 6pm last night. He was declared dead at the scene by the Great North Air Ambulance onboard doctor. ...
Boro in injury claim.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... BORO have admitted liability in a multi-million pound damages claim made by a young footballer whose career was cut short by a horrific injury. Former Manchester United youth player Ben Collett is pursuing the claim following the injury sustained when he was tackled by Boro's ...
Tragic brothers named.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TWO brothers who were found dead at home have been named by police. The bodies of John Lightfoot, 52, and his 43-year-old brother Graeme were discovered at their home in Elliott Street, Hartlepool, in the early hours of Saturday. Cleveland Police today said the ...
Kitchen fire.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... FIRE crews were called to a kitchen fire in Straker Street, Hartlepool, at about 1.15am today. ...
Elderly woman knocks down shopper in hit and run ... on a disability scooter; All revved up ...(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDY PASSANT A DISABILITY scooter rider made off after knocking down a supermarket shopper in a low speed hit-and-run. The victim's ordeal began after she popped in to the Tesco store at Coulby Newham. The woman was at the checkout when she was ...
IN BRIEF: Barn gutted in blaze at farm.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A BARN and 10 tonnes of straw were destroyed in a farm blaze. Sparks from a grinder are believed to have started the accidental blaze at the farm in Marsh House Lane, Greatham, at 12.18pm ...
IN BRIEF: Sorry to sisters.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... IN a report regarding the result of Russell Aylott's tribunal in yesterday's Gazette, it was stated that his younger daughter Megan suffers from bi-polar ...
LAST TRIP WAS ILL-CONCEIVED; But no one to blame, says dad EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARIE LEVY A TEESSIDE father today said no one was to blame for the tragic boat disaster that killed three members of his family. Brothers John and Andrew Carrick, and Andrew's partner, Jill Russell, died after their boat capsized in massive waves outside ...
Victoria, 23, has applied for 50 building jobs but is hitting a brick wall...(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SAM BEATTIE DETERMINED Victoria Barr says she's hitting a brick wall every time she tries to break into the building trade - simply because she's a lass. The former hairdresser from Redcar has applied for around 50 labouring jobs. But she's ...
IN BTIEF: It's a gem of a charity idea.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MARIE Curie Cancer Care is calling on Teessiders to recycle their unwanted and broken jewellery. People can help fund Marie Curie nurses in the region by donating old gold, silver or costume jewellery and watches including broken necklaces, odd earrings or spare beads to the ...
IN BTIEF: Smooth operators.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TRADERS from the Northern Dales Farmers Market will be a Redcar High Street feature on the first Thursday of each month until September, offering a range of locally produced ...
IN BTIEF: Book early.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TICKETS are available now for a reunion of the Bon-Ami Singles Club, to be held at the Corus Sports and Social Centre, South Avenue, Dormanstown, on Friday, October 24 at ...
Lucky numbers bring Hospice joy.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE winning tickets for the Butterwick Hospice Spring Draw were: First prize of pounds 3,000 in ASDA vouchers - number 077447; Second prize of pounds 200 in ASDA vouchers - number ...
WORLD TODAY: Police 'to end probe'.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MADELEINE McCann's parents were today awaiting official confirmation that Portuguese police are dropping the investigation into her disappearance. According to reports in the Portuguese media, detectives have taken the decision due to lack of evidence. A spokeswoman for Kate and ...
WORLD TODAY: Fat link to mum's diet.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... PREGNANT or breastfeeding mothers who live on a diet of junk food could be condemning their children to lifelong obesity and ill-health, experts warned today. A study suggests a mother's poor diet can do long-lasting and irreversible damage to her child. The effects ...
WORLD TODAY: Barton to learn fate.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SHAMED Premiership footballer Joey Barton, pictured, was to be sentenced today after admitting attacking a former team mate. Barton, already serving six months for affray and assault, confessed to attacking Ousmane Dabo. The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to assault occasioning ...
WORLD TODAY: Booze shock.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE 24-hour licensing laws have cost council taxpayers pounds 100m and failed to reduce alcohol-fuelled disorder, it was reported today. Seven out of ...
WORLD TODAY: Cig ban aids quitters.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... TODAY marks the first anniversary of the introduction of the smoking ban in England. Thousands of smokers have quit ...
TV star in heartbreak appeal.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... BIRDS Of A Feather star Linda Robson today made an emotional appeal for tougher penalties for carrying knives after the death of teenager Ben Kinsella over the weekend. The TV actress said the grief of the family of the 16-year-old, who was stabbed to death early on Sunday ...
IN FREEFALL; House prices down for 8th month Biggest drop in growth since 1990.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... HOUSE prices fell for the eighth month in a row during June, while annual growth fell at its fastest rate since the 1990s crash, figures showed today. The average cost of a home in the UK slid by 0.9% during the month to stand at pounds ...
Changes for savers.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling was to announce new measures today aimed at protecting savers. Banking system changes were proposed after the near collapse of Northern Rock in September. Mr Darling could reveal a rise in the threshold of guaranteed deposits and may make banks pay ...
Killers are deported.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... MORE than a dozen killers and nearly 140 sex offenders have been deported from Britain since the start of the year, the Home Office said today. Immigration minister Liam Byrne said the ...
Brit dies in plunge.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A BRITISH holidaymaker fell to his death from a hotel window in Mallorca. The 20-year-old student, named as Mark David Day, was staying at the Majorca ...
Clinic on the cards; Addict centre planned.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARIE LEVY A NEW clinic for drug addicts could be built in the Redcar area as part of plans to improve GP services, local doctors revealed today. Redcar and Cleveland Primary Care Trust has secured funding for a new health centre in Eston and three GP ...
Teen very ill after crash.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGE passenger remains very ill in James Cook University Hospital today after a car crash in North Yorkshire ...
Wind farm decision is 'unlawful', judge told.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A COUNCIL fighting controversial plans for a wind farm off Redcar today criticised as "unlawful" the failure of the Government to hold a public inquiry. Redcar and Cleveland Council lawyers fighting the case at the High Court in London told a top judge that Secretary of State ...
It's the wheel thing as stunt riders hit town.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... GRAVITY-DEFYING stunts captivated the crowds during a cycling gala on Teesside. BMX and mountain bike stunt teams flew up ramps and over obstacles as part of Teescycle 2008. The gala, the first of its kind to be held on Teesside, took place in Middlesbrough's Central ...
DRIVER JAILED; Motorist was more than twice limit.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By GARETH LIGHTFOOT A DRINK-DRIVER who ploughed his car into a fisherman's "pride and joy" tractor on the Tees coast has been jailed. Lee Brunton sped and ran a red light in his new Rover car around Redcar Lane and Lord Street, Redcar, about 11.15pm on March ...
In memory of brave mum Jacky; Best friend's fundraising tribute.(News)(Obituary)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARIE LEVY A HUGE fundraising drive has been launched in memory of a Stokesley mum who died just four months after discovering she had seven brain tumours. Jacky Drabble, 45, had no idea how ill she was when she went to see her doctor in January. ...
Hospice patients inspired Claire.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A HOSPICE boss used the courage of her patients as inspiration as she pushed through the pain barrier to complete a marathon for the charity. Claire Kelly, pictured, director of nursing and care services at Hartlepool and District Hospice, completed the Edinburgh Marathon, ...
Tune in for family life with owls.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... BIRD LOVERS can log on to the North York Moors National Park Authority's website to watch the antics of a local pair of barn owls and their four owlets. A webcam has been installed at their established nest box and images from the camera are uploaded to the website at regular ...
Hosptial aids recovery with quiet mealtimes.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... PATIENTS are being given the chance to eat their meals in peace in a bid to boost their health. James Cook University Hospital has launched a protected meal times scheme banning unnecessary interruptions at mealtimes. Research has shown that people who are disturbed ...
Q Which of these four people is a binge drinker? A ALL of them (According to Government guidelines).(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... SHOCKING statistics show one in four Teessiders binge drink but does that include you? Health reporter Marie Levy investigates. BINGE drinking conjures up images of young people slumped in the gutter or staggering home after a night out. But women only have to consume ...
GOVERNMENT guidelines on drinking.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... GOVERNMENT guidelines on drinking mean that you have to consume less than maybe you thought to be considered a binge drinker. Bernie Jenkins, 54, a pub owner and father-of-four lives in the Longlands area of Middlesbrough with his wife Davina and kids Tom, 18, Sarah, 16, and ...
Boss is 'loopy' for his cause.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... AN ARTS association boss went loopy at the weekend - but it was all for a good cause. Philip Thomson, chairman of the Saltburn Community and Arts Association, set out on Saturday to raise sponsorship funding for the group's pounds 300,000 capital and maintenance programme by ...
IN BRIEF: Artistic student scoops award.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A GIFTED Teesside art student has scooped a major award - and the chance to work for a top design agency. Katie Ramsdale, 17, pictured, a pupil at Cleveland College of Art and Design, came second in the Art of Nurture competition, an arts initiative developed to help talented ...
IN BRIEF: Chintz chat.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... GUISBOROUGH and District branch of the Embroiderers Guild is holding its monthly meeting at Sunnyfield House, Westgate, on Saturday at 1.45pm. Speaker is Annwyn ...
IN BRIEF: Railway on show.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... A MINIATURE railway will be among the attractions at the Layfield Primary School summer fair, from 3.30pm on July 11. It takes ...
IN BRIEF: Pick your pride.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... NOMINATIONS have opened for the Pride of Britain Awards which will broadcast on ...
IN BRIEF: Fair for free.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... ST Peter's Church in Thornaby is holding a summer fair on ...