Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) back issues from September 2008:
TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES; War hero reflects as he celebrates his special day.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MIKE MORGAN FORMER Desert Rat Arthur Carter has celebrated his 100th birthday in style. During The Second World War, Arthur was a member of the famous 7th Armoured Division, operating as a command tank driver from the Western Desert, to Italy, D-Day and ...
Lottery cash boost to Bank.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A MAJOR pounds 500,000 new access and conservation project for the Sutton Bank area has been given the green light thanks to Heritage Lottery funding. The Lime and Ice project focuses on the landscape in the southwest corner of the North York Moors National Park and the northern ...
Gallery guide.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... MIDDLESBROUGH'S Institute of Modern Art (mima) is offering two free guides on the Centre Square building, facilities and ...
Nurse is challenging stigma.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... PSYCHIATRIC nurse Lol Butterfield has released a book challenging attitudes towards mental health. The 47-year-old dad-of-two, pictured, from Guisborough has been active in mental health promotion for the past six years working in schools and tackling stigma in the media. ...
My dream wedding dress that cost just 5p.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By BARBARA ARGUMENT Chief Writer BRIDE Heather Saint was over the moon when she spotted her dream wedding dress on eBay. The fairytale frock in antique white lace and silk was exactly what she wanted. And canny Heather snapped up the stunning gown for a ...
IN BRIEF:-Get those feet tapping along.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... HOT on the heels of box office smash Mamma Mia! Darlington Civic Theatre is presenting Dancing Queen. The 1970s disco extravaganza celebrates hits of the likes of Abba, The Bee Gees and Village People and runs from tomorrow ...
IN BRIEF:-Charities link up.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THERE are 1.5million people in the UK with learning disabilities and more than 300 live in Hambleton and Richmondshire district. Now St John Ambulance ...
IN BRIEF:- Volunteers wanted.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A TEESSIDE support group will close its doors for good unless new committee members come forward. The existing committee for ME Support in Cleveland will be resigning at ...
No brakes and no armed bandits... but after 8,000 miles Martha had had enough.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ANINTREPID local businessman tackled mountain ranges without brakes and evaded armed bandits in his brave bid to finish the Mongol Rally. But when Jim Mann's 49-year-old Morris Minor finally gave up the ghost in a Mongolian desert - leaving him stranded alone for 10 hours - he ...
Police recover pounds 10k of drugs.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... GUISBOROUGH Neighbourhood Police Team found cocaine and cannabis with a street value of about pounds 10,000 at an address in Wilson Street. Inspector Kevin Scott, head of the team, said it was "a substantial find". "I thank the local community for the help and ...
IN BRIEF:- Inquest into chef's death.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AN INQUEST has been opened after a Middleborough man died at his home. Unemployed chef Kevin Dowson, 44, was pronounced dead at his home in ...
IN BRIEF:-Walking for funds.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AGE Concern Teesside is holding a Challenge Walk to raise funds. The Three Peaks in the Yorkshire Dales near ...
IN BRIEF:-Time to dance.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... STOCKTON Folk Dance Club will reopen at 8pm on Friday and on following Fridays in Elmwood ...
Kids are drafted in for clean-up op.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SIMON WALTON TEENAGE volunteers were brought in to blitz the rundown grounds of a school before pupils return for the new term. The clean-up came after an incident in July in which two youths from Pathways School, in Grangetown, hurled stones at pupils from ...
MAN MUGGED HIS FRIEND; Deaf man jailed for stealing from depressed drinking pal.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDREW PAIN A DEAF man has been jailed for mugging his depressed friend. Teesside Crown Court heard how 36-year-old Paul Coombs had befriended Matthew Embleton and the two drank together in Saltburn. Prosecutor Patricia Mancina said Mr Embleton, ...
Vandals begin to get the message.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A CLAMPDOWN on vandals in Hartlepool is being hailed a success after new figures revealed a big fall in criminal damage. Offences fell by 21% in July compared to the same period last year, and the Safer Hartlepool Partnership's It's Not Cool, It's Criminal anti-criminal damage ...
Just look at Lily now; Helmet treatment changed her life.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARIE LEVY AS LITTLE Lily bounds around her front room it is hard to believe she has spent the last five months wearing a helmet to reshape her tiny head. But the Linthorpe tot was born with plagiocephaly - also known as flat head syndrome - which left her ...
A race against time for run.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... TIME is running out for runners who want to register for a well-known Teesside event. The Ray Harrison Memorial 10k Road Race, staged by Billingham Marsh House Harriers, is held on a flat, fast course, between Billingham and Cowpen Bewley village. The Ray Harrison ...
IN BRIEF: Inquest opens into OAP death.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AN INQUEST has opened into the death of a pensioner at a Teesside nursing home. Joan Russell, 76, was pronounced dead by a doctor called to Mandale House Nursing Home, ...
IN BRIEF: Revealing nest find.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... UNIVERSITY of Teesside lecturer Dr Tony Nicholson found a hoard of letters, photos and personal effects in a huge bird's nest as he renovated an old ...
IN BRIEF: A dramatic reading.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... DRAMA enthusiasts at a Teesside group will be reading the appropriately-titled September Tide at their next meeting. The group will be meeting at Toft ...
IN BRIEF: Crime concerns.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A BEAT surgery will be held at Langdon Square, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, on Tuesday September 9, ...
Released prisoner sent to jail again.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A RELEASED prisoner who burgled a flat to buy drugs was jailed again for 30 months. Teesside Crown Court was told that Robert Burke, 26, failed to report in on licence after he was freed from jail, and he was seen inside the Middlesbrough property in the act of stealing a games ...
Scales of Justice.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AMONG the cases dealt with at Langbaurgh East Magistrates' Court on July 30 was: Alan Edward Fletcher, 38, of Howcroft Avenue, Redcar, banned from driving for two years, given a 12-month community order and ordered to pay pounds 60 costs for driving while disqualified, possessing a ...
UNDER THE HAMMER; Proud pictorial moments of Teesside workmanship.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By ANDY PASSANT AN AMAZING collection of photos documenting a Teesside company's most famous bridge-building projects is going under the hammer. Newcastle's Tyne Bridge was built by Dorman Long over a three-year period between 1925 and 1928. The ...
Family Life: Working mum.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOANNE WELFORD WHEN did going out become such a major operation? In the days BK (before kids, that is), I can never remember it being quite such a time-consuming affair - quick shower, decide what to wear, do makeup, go out. Easy peasy. Now though, ...
Family Life: Mine, all mine; How cash-savvy kids make pennies count.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD ARE your kids cash savvy? Do they save for a rainy day or does money trickle through their little fingers? MARIE TURBILL asks three Teesside families how they help their children count the pennies ...
Family Life: Small Talk.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD WE asked Year 4 pupils from Sedgefield Primary School what type of birthday party they enjoy most. Matthew Walker, nine: "Quad biking - I like driving cars but you can't drive them at my age." Sophie ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Bobby (Sky Movies Drama, 10.00pm).(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Ensemble drama, following the interweaving stories of guests and staff at a Los Angeles hotel on the night Robert Kennedy was killed. The various characters include ...
PICK OF THE DAY; Live US Open Tennis (Eurosport, 5.00pm).(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Serving up: Venus Williams, Live US Open Tennis Coverage of the eighth day of the final Grand Slam of the year at Flushing Meadows, featuring matches from the fourth round of both the men's and women's singles draws. There's little doubt about the biggest surprise at ...
CATCH THE ACTION.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Live Cricket (Sky Sports 2, 4.30pm) Hampshire Hawks v Durham Dynamos. Coverage of the Pro40 Division One encounter at the Rose Bowl. The Hawks won by four runs when the sides met earlier in the season. Live Speedway (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm) ...
MUM'S OP TRAUMA.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MARIE LEVY A TEESSIDE mum has been left unable to have more children after claiming mistakes were made during minor surgery and went undiagnosed for 10 days. Lynn McGuigan, of Ingleby Barwick, is taking legal action against the South Tees Hospitals NHS ...
Alert to farms after fuel thefts.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... FARMERS are warned by police to be on their guard against diesel thieves after a spate of fuel thefts from farm machinery. Recently, diesel has been stolen from combine harvesters and tractors throughout the Hambleton area. Inspector Paul Stephenson, of Hambleton ...
UP IN SMOKE; Worker leaps from blaze just in time.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By MIKE MORGAN A FARM worker had a lucky escape when the pounds 250,000 combine harvester he was driving exploded in flames in a freak weekend harvesting accident near Redcar. Farmer William Wardman, of Thrushwood Farm, Yearby, was supervising the gathering ...
IN BRIEF: Teen breaks leg in accident.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an serious accident at Teesside Retail Park on Saturday night in which a Middlesbrough teenage man broke his leg and received head injuries. The accident occurred on the service road opposite the Gala ...
IN BRIEF: Coffee and cakes.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ST Columba's Church in Billingham will hold a coffee ...
THE PROCESS BEGINS; Views invited as 'Giant' plan starts.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By SANDY McKENZIE CONSULTATIONS are under way on the planning application to build the first of the Teesside Giants - the huge Temenos sculpture. Middlesbrough Council's planning committee is likely to consider the application for planning consent for the ...
Show turns to real drama.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AN EVENT showcasing the heroic work done by our lifeboats turned into a real rescue at the weekend. Three tourists were saved by the Redcar RNLI inshore lifeboat yesterday when they became cut off by the incoming tide at a notorious point at the base of the cliffs at Saltburn. ...
The sky was no limit for John! Brother's tribute to NASA star.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By NAOMI CORRIGAN A POOR boy from Portrack who went on to work for NASA, dated Joan Baez and sent a monkey into space has died aged 78. John Hanley lived an extraordinary life, from his humble beginnings in Stockton to his celebrated career in the field of ...
MP's delight at post decision.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AN MP is looking forward to keeping in touch with constituents by post after Royal Mail promised delivery services would now continue. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP Ashok Kumar, welcomed the news that deliveries to remote addresses would not be axed. ...
Get crime statistics direct to your home.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... PEOPLE in Middlesbrough are being offered the chance to get up-to-date crime figures at their fingertips. The move is a bid to keep residents informed about progress being made in reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, as well as providing communities with information about ...
WORLD TODAY: Boy dies in stabbing.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was stabbed to death and his teenage sister injured after they were attacked by a group of youths outside their home, a family member said. Shaquille Maitland-Smith was knifed in the stomach just yards from his house in Hackney, east London, shortly before ...
WORLD TODAY: Russia faces 'tough action'.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... GORDON BROWN was to hold crisis talks with EU leaders today as they consider how to respond to Russian military action against Georgia. The Prime Minister has warned the Kremlin to expect a "determined" reaction, branding its behaviour "dangerous and ...
WORLD TODAY: Mirren's drug past.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... DAME HELEN MIRREN has admitted that she used to "love" cocaine. The actress, who won an Oscar last year for her role as the Queen, revealed that she took the drug until the early ...
WORLD TODAY: Cancer discovery.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A MAJOR discovery could open the door to "one-fits-all" cancer drugs that can tackle many different forms of the disease. Researchers have started to unmask an enzyme that plays a major role in the development of ...
WORLD TODAY: Drinking shock.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE number of young people ending up in hospital because of excessive drinking is much higher than previously thought. New statistics showed 53,844 under 25s were admitted to ...
US ready for storm.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... HURRICANE Gustav was expected to make landfall on the US Gulf coast today, three years after Katrina devastated New Orleans. Thousands of people have fled the city after its mayor warned "the storm of the century" was coming and it was "time to be scared". Roads out ...
KIRSTIE SEARCH; Fire teenager still missing.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... POLICE will today continue searching for missing teenager Kirstie Foster after the body of her mother and a man - believed to be her father - were found in their fire ravaged mansion. Detectives launched a murder investigation yesterday after a body was identified as Kirstie's ...
Credit crunch 'may fuel crime'.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... THE economic downturn will result in more crime and illegal immigration, and a rise in extremism, according to a leaked Government document. The Home Office is due to deliver the stark assessment to Gordon Brown amid fears that Britain is heading for recession. It ...
Hunt paused.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Police chiefs in Northern Ireland will decide today whether to resume a hunt following reports of a lion on the loose. A full-scale search ...
Neighbours, pubs, shops ... I love it all; Vicky's passionate about area In association with Our Property co uk Property Price Check.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Name: Vicky Spence Address: Longford Street, Middlesbrough. Age: 22 Occupation: Legal secretary How long have you lived in TS1? Three years. Do you own or rent your home? I rent from a private landlord. Who lives in your house? My daughter Grace, four, and ...
What the estate agent says.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By IAN McCLELLAND of Thirlwells estate agents and valuers EXCITING times lie ahead for TS1. We have seen demand for property fall quite significantly across Teesside over the past 10 months. But Middlesbrough town centre, I am pleased to say, seems ...
THE FACTS; TS1.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... LOCATION: Central Middlesbrough, including the town centre and the Gresham area which is subject to major redevelopment. HOUSE TYPES: Terraced street houses and apartments. SCHOOLS: Local primary schools include: Ayresome Primary, Sacred Heart RC Primary, Newport ...
What's on the market; In association with Our Property co uk Property Price Check.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... HOUSES for sale in TS1 include: In Crescent Road this mid-terrace house is up for sale at pounds 179,950. Accommodation includes three reception rooms, ground floor shower room, first- floor bathroom and five bedrooms. Outside there's a front garden, ...
IN BRIEF: Kids dig deep in community.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A GARDENING project for young people in East Middlesbrough helped develop skills and promote a positive image of youths in the community. Litter picking, weeding, planting and general tidying of gardens ...
IN BRIEF: Walker raises cash.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ALISON Keenan, manager of the Mind Shop, at Westgate, Guisborough, has completed her sponsored hike up Scafell Pike, the highest peak in England. So far, she has ...
IN BRIEF: Inquest is adjourned.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... AN INQUEST has been opened into the death of a Billingham man in Butterwick Hospice. Pipe fitter James Donald Hall, 55, of ...
Best of British; Janet makes shop a hub of community.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: By RON LIVINGSTONE YOU'LL find more than charity when you step through the door of a Teesside British Red Cross shop. Inside the branch of the charity chain in Wellington Square, Stockton, shop manager Janet Peters is not just managing a successful retail ...
Drop in for a real taste of home.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A MEAL of locally grown produce will be prepared in Middlesbrough on Saturday. The free Middlesbrough Meal will be served in Centre Square, with ingredients donated by schools, community centres and individual growers. Competitions for the biggest marrow, largest vegetable or ...
Our say; Evening Gazette.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2008 ... MIDDLESBROUGH'S Temenos sculpture is a perfect example of Teesside's bold, brave and big ambitions to build a better future. Forming part of the world's largest public art project - the Tees Valley Giants - it puts us in a premier position in the global culture league. ...
Letter: Your Say - Criticising the critics.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: DENNIS LANE I READ with interest Mayor Mallon's criticisms of the critics. As one of the critics I wish to make it clear I love my town, I want the best for my town and I was born in this town 75 years ago. I think that entitles me to be a critic. If there ...
Letter: Your Say - THE recent article.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: BRIAN HUBBARD THE recent article (Play The Game) states that funding can only be spent on the projects mentioned - I don't believe anyone has said otherwise. My letter stated that instead of the council pouring money into these projects, they could decide to ...
Letter: Your Say - Mining memories.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: CRAIG HORNBY COUNCILLOR George Dunning is right when he says there is no iconic piece to commemorate the Eston miners (Iconic Act Of Remembrance, 11.08.08). Since my film was launched in early 2004, a number of mining features have appeared in Eston thanks to ...
Your Views; AS the new season of TV's hit X Factor show gets into its stride with auditions, do you like the really good singers best or the bad ones?(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Jamie Pankhurst, a 19-year-old student, of Middlesbrough, said: "I love watching people make fools of themselves." Lucy Waterfield, 18, of Linthorpe, a shop assistant and student, said: "I prefer the bad acts and seeing how far people will go to be famous." Finance ...
Remember When.(Features)
Sep 01, 2008 ... RECORD WINNER: Alan Vickers, a buyer from Upton's of Middlesbrough, won a video cassette recorder in the Bissell 660 Lucky Sweeper Order draw at the Birmingham International Spring Fair in February 1982. Alan, who was a furniture and small electrical appliances buyer, is pictured left ...