Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) back issues from February 2009:
IT'S A CRACKER.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Dubs & Tyrone provide a fitting spectacle as ...
THERE'S LITTLE HOME COMFORT AT THE BOTTOM; DIVISION FOUR Division 4 round-up.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By COILIN DUFFY THERE were mixed results for the home teams in Division 4 of the National Football League yesterday with Sligo the only side managing a victory while Antrim and Wicklow drew at Casement Park. Elsewhere both Leitrim and Clare took wins over ...
UNDER PAR.. OVERJOYED; ALLIANZ DIV 1 IT'S AWAY DAY GLEE Reigning champions Derry get off to a flying start without some of their biggest names Mayo 0-10 Derry 1-09.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY EMMETT CASSIDY DERRY boss Damien Cassidy hailed his newcomers who helped the reigning Division One champions to a winning start yesterday. Derry travelled to James Stephens Park in Ballina without a host of established players. And the visitors' ...
JACK'S A HAPPY CAMPER; ALLIANZ DIV 1 KERRY IMPRESSIVE.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By PAT NOLAN KERRY manager Jack O'Connor praised his players' application after dismissing the Donegal challenge with surprising ease yesterday. The Kingdom have started the League poorly for a number of years, with this win their first on the opening day ...
Kingdom rule with iron fist; ALLIANZ DIV 1 KERRY IMPRESSIVE TIR CHONAILL BLOWN AWAY.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY PAT NOLAN Kerry 2-13 Donegal 0-11 KERRY clicked straight into gear for 2009 with an impressive opening quarter enough to see off Donegal in Tralee yesterday. Despite it being their first outing since the All-Ireland final defeat to ...
ARMAGH GET WEX REVENGE; DIVISION 2 WEXFORD 2-9 ARMAGH 4-16.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By BRENDAN FURLONG ARMAGH owed Wexford a pummelling just like this. Still smarting from the shock All-Ireland quarter-final defeat, the Ulster champions turned in a sparkling second half show to destroy the Model County at Wexford Park. And ...
SOME GOOD HUGHES FOR MOURNEMEN.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By JACKIE CAHILL Tipperary 1-09 Down 0-18 DANIEL Hughes was in superb form at full-forward as promotion favourites Down kicked off their NFL Division 3 campaign with a six-point victory against Tipperary at Semple Stadium yesterday. ...
Rebelettes a class above.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... DEFENDING champions Cork picked up where they left off last year as they opened the defence of their Bord Gais Energy National Ladies Football League crown with a comprehensive 2-12 to 0-4 victory against outclassed Kildare yesterday. The Rebelettes, All-Ireland champions for ...
STEPHEN GIVES 'EM THE OLD RAZZLE DAZZLE; TYRONE V DUBLIN O'NEILL CREATES FIREWORKS OF HIS OWN AT CROKER Tyrone 1-18 Dublin 1-16 Light fantastic O'Neill is a one-man firecracker.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY ORLA BANNON THE light show was majestic, the fireworks spectacular - but nothing lit up Croke Park as brightly as Stephen O'Neill. The GAA's 125th anniversary extravaganza on Saturday night was a brilliant fusion of the past, the present and the future. ...
..AND OWEN'S BACK WITH A BANG TOO.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By ORLA BANNON HE was almost like the forgotten man last year but like Stephen O'Neill, Owen Mulligan has announced he's back and back with a bang. Tyrone's favourite blond could not force his way into the All-Ireland winning team last year but began 2009 ...
GIL: THAT'LL DO FOR NOW.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... IT wasn't the result he wanted, but Pat Gilroy saw plenty of positives in Dublin's narrow defeat. He will expect to win a lot more games than he loses if his team continues to shoot 1-16 as they did in Saturday night's absorbing high quality Allianz league contest. ...
Monaghan Erne their corn and exorcise ghost; Fermanagh 1-10 Monaghan 2-12.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By GERRY McLAUGHLIN MONAGHAN boss Seamus McEneaney cut a contented figure at the end of his side's comfortable victory over Fermanagh in Enniskillen yesterday - the county's first win over their Ulster rivals during his four-year tenure. The Farney gaffer was ...
SAMMON NETS THE REWARD FROM LAKE; DIV 1 GOOD START FOR TRIBESMEN Ryan goal nicks points for Liam.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: BY JOHN FALLON Galway 2-10 Westmeath 0-11 NEWCOMER Jonathan Ryan fired home a stunning goal to turn this encounter in Galway's favour at Cusack Park in Mullingar. Westmeath, with the wind in their favour and an extra man, seemed poised ...
The Laois is tightened; DIV 2 ALL WHITE ON NIGHT FOR LILIES McGEENEY'S CHARGES PUT THE SQUEEZE ON O'MOORE.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By DARAGH O CONCHUIR Laois 1-08 Kildare 0-18 THE SIGHT of Laois supporters streaming out of O'Moore Park with five minutes remaining in this Division Two tie was slightly surreal given the time of year, but it was evidence of Kildare's total ...
WEE MEN'S BIG HEARTS TAKE SPOILS.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By JAMES ROGERS Louth 1-14 Limerick 0-06 LOUTH boss Eamon McEneaney is confident his side can push for promotion from Division Three this season after an impressive opening victory against Limerick in Drogheda. The Wee County boss was ...
ROSIES CRUISE PAST FAITHFUL; Roscommon 0-16 Offaly 0-07.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By PATRICK HICKEY HOTSHOTS Senan Kilbride and Ger Heneghan each bagged four points as Fergal O'Donnell's Roscommon handed out a nine point thumping to Offaly. Kilbride, Heneghan and the rest of the home attack were considerably helped by a five star ...
THE ROYALS ARE RUMBLED; Allianz JOY AT LAST ON LEESIDE Morgan's Rebels do their talking where it matters Cork 1-15 Meath 0-09.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE Cork footballers brought some badly-needed cheer to GAA on Leeside with a comprehensive victory over Meath in the NFL Division Two encounter played at Pairc Ui Chaoimh yesterday. With the county's hurling set - up continuing to be engulfed by controversy, Conor Counihan's ...
CATS HOLD OFF TRIBESMEN.. JUST.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By JOHN KNOX Kilkenny 2-17 Galway 1-18 (after extra-time) KILKENNY, the All-Ireland champions, were made to battle all the way before taking the honours in the Walsh Cup final in Freshford yesterday. In the end points in the ...
DUBS SHIELD WIN; Offaly 2-15 Dublin 1-20.(Sport)
Feb 02, 2009 ... ANTHONY Daly's Dublin withstood an Offaly rally to take the Walsh Shield title at Banagher. Alan McCrabbe (0-12) top-scored for the visitors who were deserving winners in a game where they held an edge throughout. Goals in either half from Brendan Murphy kept ...
4 years for teen following stabbing.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A TEENAGER who nearly killed his best friend when he knifed him at a party was locked up for four years. Liam Hardman, then 17, had been drinking all day and had taken some blue pills when he armed himself with two kitchen knives as friends enjoyed themselves at his home. ...
Tees charity set to reach out further.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A CHARITY which supports carers across the Tees Valley is set to branch out to help people in other parts of the country. Having just marked the first anniversary of its carers and patients centre at the University Hospital of North Tees, The George Hardwick Foundation today ...
Students join in recycling race.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... STUDENTS from Teesside colleges raced against the clock to produce original eco-friendly designs. The students from Stockton Riverside College and Middlesbrough College took part in a Six Hour Green Challenge to create new designs with discarded objects. The ...
RAPIST HORROR; Neighbours speak of shock over child abuse offence.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By NAOMI CORRIGAN NEIGHBOURS who lived on the same road as a child rapist spoke of their shock at the news. As reported, Steven Watts carried out a string of sickening sex assaults on a youngster while babysitting for her bingo-playing mother. The ...
ANGRY Gazettelive forum users hit out.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... ANGRY Gazettelive forum users hit out at the sentence handed to child rapist Watts. One said: "Six years for repeatedly raping a five-year-old? The same sentence was given for defrauding a life insurance policy. "I'm not saying the Darwins got an easy ride, but a ...
Fears for future; Branch must stay in village say residents.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By CHRIS HOLE NUNTHORPE residents are urging the Post Office to keep a branch in the village. The pleas come after the announcement that the Post Office on Guisborough Road is to close at the end of business next Tuesday. After running the combined ...
IN BRIEF: Dare you take the zip slide?(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE Percy Hedley Foundation is on the look out for brave Teessiders to ride a zip slide at the Transporter Bridge on September 6. Funds generated will go to the Tim Carter Appeal which will raise money for the Percy Hedley Foundation. The Foundation ...
IN BRIEF: Listening to worries.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... LIBERAL Democrats in the North-east have launched a region-wide small business survey. The views of 5,000 small businesses will be sought on the recession and the extent of the problems they feel they are likely to face in ...
IN BRIEF: Tickets all sold.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... TICKETS for the Mayor of Stockton's annual charity dinner dance have sold out. Cllr John Fletcher, and his wife, Cllr Suzanne Fletcher, are ...
In the swim; Pool reopens after pounds 300,000 refit.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By MIKE MORGAN SPRIGHTLY 83-year-old Bill Wood has lost count of the thousands of lengths he's swum up and down Guisborough Swimming Pool in the 41 years since it opened So he was the ideal person to cut the red ribbon at the official re-opening of the pool after its ...
Blitz aims to tackle the rogue bikers.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A TOUGH crackdown on rogue bikers has been launched by Cleveland Police. Residents are sick of off-road bikers blighting their Stockton communities. And in response to complaints from residents on Newtown, Hardwick and Roseworth, officers launched a four-day campaign ...
Don't lose out to the lottery ruse.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... YET another warning is being issued over a lottery scam. Ruth Hardy, from Northallerton, recently received notification that she had won an Australian lottery but was immediately suspicious when she noticed the letter was from a company based in Madrid, Spain. When ...
Gallery turns red for charity.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... MIMA has gone red to help launch Red Nose day on March 13. The Middlesbrough art gallery was one of a number of buildings in the North-east which was bathed in red one night last week to help get this year's Red Nose fundraising under way. The lights illuminating the ...
DAD SWORE AT KID'S TEACHER; Cash woes boiled over, court told.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By KAREN FAUGHEY AN ANGRY dad stormed into his daughter's school and swore at her teacher after she claimed she had been thrown out of class. Stockton man Simon Walsh, 32, was so upset by his 12-year-old daughter's claims that he went down to Grangefield ...
Order targets rowdy youths.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... ROWDY youths will get their marching orders in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. Neighbourhood police have been granted a dispersal order from Middlesbrough Council to cover the Marton Grove and Beechwood areas. While the orders are in place, powers will be given ...
Our memories for the future; Time capsule ensures college will live on.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By CHRIS HOLE STUDENTS at Bede Sixth Form made sure their college would not be forgotten by planting a time capsule at their new site. After merging last year with Stockton Riverside College, Bede Sixth Form will soon be moving into a new multi-million pound ...
Five decades of change.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A LOT could happen in the 50 years before the time capsule is opened. Over the last half century, we have seen people on the moon, our first female Prime Minister and several defining periods of popular culture. In 1959, the Vietnam War was just beginning, Fidel ...
Could you give loving Millie a new home?(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... ANIMAL charity SARA is looking to rehome a dog who had a tough start in life but deserves a bright future. Two-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier Millie, pictured, was taken on by Saltburn Animal Rescue Association after being found abandoned and wandering in traffic in ...
IN BRIEF: Chief hails new drop in crime.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... OVERALL crime in North Yorkshire has continued to fall with a drop of 1.5 per cent, say police. The figures for the period April 1 to December 31, 2008, show a reduction in reported crime of 582 offences compared to the same period in 2007 when there were 37,950 crimes recorded ....
IN BRIEF: Town up on screen.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... MORE than 200 people braved cold weather to watch a new film about Northallerton. The group gathered in the High Street to watch an open air screening of the film which chronicles the history of the town's ...
IN BRIEF: Car relief in store.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THOUSANDS of Teesside visitors will benefit from a major long-awaited park and ride scheme at Whitby. North Yorkshire County Council has welcomed ...
Family Life: Join our garden gang; Pupils are digging in for a greener future.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD THIS week we launch the first of our Family Life Challenges for 2009. Following the success of last year's Parents' Challenge, in which we followed 12 Teesside mums as they tried to change their families' habits in ...
Family Life: Working mum.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: JOANNE WELFORD FOLLOWING our Family Life investigation a couple of weeks' ago into fairy finances, it was fitting that the little lady should pay a visit to our house. She hasn't dropped in for a while, but the daughter, who has just turned six, has just lost ...
Family Life: Small Talk.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Compiled by MARIE TURBILL and JOANNE WELFORD THIS week our Small Talk panel comes from Archibald Primary School in Middlesbrough. We asked the school council members whether they had ever grown anything by themselves. Lucy Robinson, 10, Year 5: "I've grown ...
Family Life: Budget beating special; Be the first to bag a bargain with our great budget-beating shopping offers. You can save around pounds 35 each and every week by collecting vouchers in our regular Monday Family Life pages. As we publish the first of our fistful of savers, two of Family Life's Parents' Panel members tell us what they're doing to beat the recession blues.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: MARIE TURBIL reports SAVVY shopping has become a priority for the Wilkinson family. Dad Dean says he is now much more mindful of special offers, promotions and deals. "Since all this came in I really do look for special offers when out shopping," ...
Tranquillity reflected on river.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... TEESSIDE has some fantastic landmarks with which most of us are familiar during the day. But have you ever taken a good look at them at night? Gazette photographers have been waiting for the sun to go down to capture some of these iconic Teesside images. ...
DRUGS DAD LOCKED UP.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A DAD who said he sold drugs to protect his children has been jailed for four years. Brian McMenamin was caught with cocaine, Ecstasy and amphetamines in his car and his home, and police said it was packaged ready to be sold to street dealers. McMenamin, 26, feared ...
IN BRIEF: Billy performs for fundraiser.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE Friends of Smiths Dock Park War Memorial are holding a fundraiser on Friday, February 27 at the Parklands Pub, Skippers Lane, Normanby, 7pm-11pm, with entertainer Billy Norton. Tickets are pounds 1.50, available from the pub or from Friends chairman Liz Chambers on 01642 294349 or ...
IN BRIEF: Join our playgroup.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... THE Glebe Playgroup in Norton has vacancies for young children. The registered charity runs sessions at Glebe ...
IN BRIEF: Backing games bid.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... REDCAR and Cleveland Council's planning committee has recommended permission be granted for a floodlit ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BBC1 Panorama (8.30pm) John Sweeney questions whether the super-rich should be allowed to deposit their money in tax havens such as Liechtenstein, Jersey and the Cayman Islands while less well-off members of the public struggle in the current economic climate. ...
FILM OF THE DAY; Casino Royale (Sky Movies Action/Thriller, 9.00pm).(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The James Bond series gets a tough and gritty reboot, with Daniel Craig taking over as 007. The secret agent is on the trail of Le ...
PICK OF THE DAY; Live Football League (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm).(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... This evening's League Two encounter between Bradford City and Darlington comes from Valley Parade, as two of the promotion contenders face each other. The Quakers were celebrating an injury-time victory when the teams met at the Darlington Arena in October, which came courtesy of a rare ...
CATCH THE ACTION.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Live Cycling (Eurosport, 12.00pm) The second stage of the Tour of Qatar, a 134km journey from Khalifa Stadium to Al Khor Corniche. This was the first individual stage of the tour, and the riders were keen to open up an early advantage after yesterday's team ...
Your stars.(Features)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: Claire Petulengro AQUARIUS (Jan 21/Feb 19): An argument with a family member gets out of hand on Tuesday. The sooner you speak amicably to them, the sooner things will return to normal. Call my starline to hear which sign is talking marriage and babies. To ...
SNOW CHAOS; Man trapped under car in road accident Schools are closed Big travel delays.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Full picture: Pages 2 and 3 CAPTION(S): SNOW HAZARD: ...
Station strikes 'set to go on'.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... MORE than 60 Hartlepool Power Station workers continued wildcat strikes today, as national protests against jobs going to foreign workers gathered momentum. The walkout on Teesside, which included contract workers from Doosan Babcock and Interserve, came as workers turned out to ...
WINTER TAKES A GRIP; Man trapped under car in chaos on roads.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By JOANNA DESIRA, DAVE ROBSON and MARIE LEVY HEAVY snowfalls caused chaos across Teesside today as the worst national snowfall for 18 years hit the country. One man was trapped under his vehicle for 45 minutes after skidding off the A19 in the treacherous ...
Flat blaze leaves two in hospital.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... TWO people were taken to hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning suffering from smoke inhalation following a flat fire. The blaze started in a ground floor flat on Queen Street in Redcar. Of the five people in the building, two left unaided and three were saved ...
Heroes are on the ball when it comes to footy.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A NEW brand of football with added Latin American flare is making its mark on Teesside. And in one of the first games of it's kind, some past masters and Boro experts dusted off their trainers and limbered up, all in aid of cancer charity CLIC Sargent. Futsal is a ...
MAN DIES IN FIRE TRAGEDY.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By NAOMI CORRIGAN and JOANNA DESIRA A MAN has died in a fire at a flat in Hartlepool. Police were contacted at about 10.35pm last night and firefighters arrived to find the man in the upstairs flat. Attempts to resuscitate him failed. ...
Stab man stable in hospital.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A STAB victim remained in a "stable condition" at Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital today. Police were called to an address in Crescent Road, Middlesbrough, just after 7pm on Saturday night following reports of a fight. The 39-year-old man suffered a ...
It's a celebration; Tees kids enjoy a Chinese party.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: By JOANNE WELFORD GUNG hei fat choi - or should that be Happy New Year? The greeting comes from children at a Guisborough school who have enjoyed a taste of the Orient with their very own Chinese New Year celebration. Three, four and five year olds ...
IN BRIEF: Praise for help during crisis.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... BUSINESSES have been praised for rallying round an event aimed at giving a helping hand during the current economic crisis. A total of 65 businesses, with about 120 individuals, attended Redcar and Cleveland Council's Business Boost event - a four-hour drop in session at South ...
IN BRIEF: Spooky goings-on.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... GHOST hunters will lead a tour of Preston Hall Museum, Stockton next month. Local mediums will be joined by Richard Felix and Ian Lawman of Living TV's Most Haunted. The evening will run from 6pm until midnight and is being held in ...
IN BRIEF: Date for diary.(News)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A COFFEE morning will be held at Normanby Methodist Church on ...