Northumberland Gazette (Alnwick, England) back issues from January 2006:
Glimmer of hope for family of missing mum.
Jan 05, 2006 ... THE anxious family of a missing mother have been given a glimmer of hope. Mum-of-two Wendy Fairbairn disappeared from her home at Waterside House, near Alnmouth on the morning of December 10. Last Wednesday, an unconfirmed sighting of the 45-year-old in Edinburgh was ...
Joe the first.
Jan 05, 2006 ... A NEW year and a new arrival was welcomed to Alnwick this week as the first baby of 2006 was born at Hillcrest Maternity Unit. Proud parents Wendy and Gordon Dixon of Ulgham celebrated the birth of Joe William at ...
Patient choice for hospital care.
Jan 05, 2006 ... PATIENTS in North Northumberland are being put in the "driving seat" and can now choose when and where they want to be treated. Patients needing to be referred for a first hospital appointment can now decide, from a choice of four or more hospitals or clinics, where and when ...
I'm a quitter - and that's now official!
Jan 05, 2006 ... SO Christmas and New Year went by without a cigarette passing my lips and I feel I'm finally able to shake myself free of the shackles of the deadly weed. I'm guessing that thousands of people across the North East will now be suffering as I did back in September as they try to ...
Launching continues despite losing cash.
Jan 05, 2006 ... BOAT launching at Beadnell is to continue despite the service running at a loss of more than [pounds sterling]23,000 last year. Berwick Borough Council will operate the service on a reduced scale next season in order to reduce the deficit to under [pounds sterling]12,500. ...
New Year honour lift for RAF rescue hero.
Jan 05, 2006 ... A HERO airman responsible for saving hundreds of lives has been honoured for years of "outstanding professionalism". Master Aircrew Ron Webb, from Embleton, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours List for a distinguished career within the Search and Rescue Force. ...
Taken to court over half an inch.
Jan 05, 2006 ... AN aggrieved publican is taking on the law in an ongoing dispute over half an inch spacing on his van number-plate. AN aggrieved publican is taking on the law in an ongoing dispute over half an inch spacing on his van number-plate. Peter Mailer, owner of the Black ...
Village left a surprise windfall.
Jan 05, 2006 ... A GENEROUS benefactor has left a surprise [pounds sterling]20,000 in her will for Alnmouth village to create a tranquil garden in her memory. Dr Joy Edelman often frequented her holiday home in the quaint village of Alnmouth to escape the hustle and bustle of city life and her ...
League boss backs new ground.
Jan 05, 2006 ... ALNWICK Town's bid to win a new ground has been backed by its league boss. Mike Amos, chairman of the Arngrove Northern League, has voiced the organisation's support for the planned sports complex at Greensfield, which would secure brand new facilities, including a clubhouse, ...
Cuthbert's chapel preserved for future generations.
Jan 05, 2006 ... A CHAPEL dedicated to one of Northumberland's most important Christian figures has undergone a [pounds sterling]40,000 refurbishment. St Cuthbert's Chapel on Inner Farne, which was built in the saint's memory in the 14th century, has been re-roofed by owners the National Trust. ...
Let the force be with you, say councillors.
Jan 05, 2006 ... A PROPOSED super-force consisting of Durham, Northumbria and Cleveland Police is "scandalous", claims a councillor. The proposed amalgamation of the three forces into one is part of a Home Office attempt to fight terrorism and serious crime. Forces were told to ...
Good time to pack it in.
Jan 05, 2006 ... ANTI-smoke campaigners are urging smokers to stub out their habit for good in the New Year. Fresh, the campaign for a smoke free North East, is calling on all those smokers who want to quit to seek help from the NHS. Ailsa Rutter, Fresh director, said: "Deciding to ...
Pilot's plea for air ambulance support.
Jan 05, 2006 ... AN ALNWICK man who is a pilot with the Great North Air Ambulance Service has made a plea for public support. Jim Polwarth, 45, of Swansfield Park Road, has flown helicopters with GNAAS for over a year. Since taking the job, he has witnessed the grounding of two of the ...
Pedal power raises a grand total for air care.
Jan 05, 2006 ... A DUO'S effort in cycling the length of Great Britain has helped raise over [pounds sterling]16,000 for the Great North Air Ambulance Service. Hedley Heron, a member of Simonside Country Fair committee, and Nick Swinburne rode from Land's End to John O'Groats last year. ...
Vision of the future for life in the valley.
Jan 05, 2006 ... PEOPLE in the Coquet Valley will have the opportunity next week to have a say on projects planned for the area. A community workshop to discuss schemes proposed by Rothbury Coquetdale Vision will be held in the village hall, Alwinton, on Wednesday, January 11, at 6.30pm. ...
Lauren crawls into record books.
Jan 05, 2006 ... AN ELEVEN-year -old swimmer has been tipped for the top after smashing a 19-year-old record. Lauren Aisbitt, of Alnwick Dolphins, knocked 47 seconds off the previous club best for swimmers her age in the 400 metre freestyle, when competing in a recent gala. Lauren, ...
Hot-shot Swordy strikes to throw off the Marske.
Jan 05, 2006 ... Alnwick Town 1 Marske United 0 ALNWICK sent Marske home empty handed on Monday, when they claimed all three points, courtesy of a James Swordy penalty in the 53rd minute. This was a keenly contested game in which Markse had a couple of opportunities to open the ...
Town fall foul of rule and pay the penalty.
Jan 05, 2006 ... ALNWICK Town has been dealt a New Year blow - a three point deduction and [pounds sterling]100 fine. The St James Park club, currently third bottom in Arngrove Northern League Division Two, has been penalised for fielding an unregistered player. Town introduced Craig ...
Alnwick Sea Angling Club.
Jan 05, 2006 ... Fish on hoiliday for Christmas TWO matches took place over the festive period for the Alnwick Sea Angling Club, the first being the Mick Hayes Memorial Match. Conditions were perfect for angling with a good sea for a few days before the event, but the fish were still ...
Pioneer Pete lands second.
Jan 05, 2006 ... PETER Grey, Alnwick Harriers' 48-year-old veteran runner, was the club's sole competitor at the popular Morpeth Harriers AC road race, therefore he was the club's first-foot on the road racing circuit for 2006. The event is held on New Year's Day and is normally raced over a ...
All the pressure without the points.
Jan 05, 2006 ... Berwick Colts 14 Alnwick Colts 3 ALNWICK managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in a fiercely contested game at Scremerston on Boxing Day. They led 3-0 for 60 minutes of the match only to be overhauled in the last quarter by a more streetwise Berwick XV. ...
Pack power gets Sandal trudging off.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Alnwick 25 Sandal 20 WITH only seconds remaining and the scores level Alnwick turned on a superb power play to snatch victory from a Sandal side who had played a lot of fine open rugby. The decisive score came from a penalty line-out just outside the Sandal 22 line. ...
Terrific Town turn the tables on Ryton.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Ryton 1 Alnwick Town 4 ALNWICK continued their good run of form of late at Ryton, lying third in the table, where they put in a magnificent team performance to claim victory and importantly earn another three points. Goals from Laing, Swordy and Bertram in the first ...
Pigeons.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Alnwick Championship Club Folkestone Show, 159 birds entered Class - Cocks: 1 M Straughan; 2 J Brown; 3 Mr and Mrs Robinson. Hens: 1 Peter Dawson; 2 R Murphy; 3 M Straughan. This show was licence by SVS. Ref: ...
Hockey.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Strong foes in first game Alnwick I 0 Berwick I 3 ALNWICK'S first game of the new year was a local derby against Berwick at Longhirst. Alnwick anticipated a hard game and were under no illusions about the Berwick strike force. It was Berwick who made the ...
Back with a cracker.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Alnwick IV 24 Ponteland Pythons 7 IT was back to league action after a long Christmas break, with a journey to Ponteland on a cold, wet day But the trip paid off. With a good start in the first half, the forwards made good ground and Ian Donkin provided an excellent ...
United give it their all.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Ashington Colliers 5 Alnmouth United 0 ALNMOUTH bowed out of this season's Minor Cup with a terrific display against their Northern Alliance opponents. The scoreline didn't reflect Alnmouth's excellent effort and commitment. Manager, Keith Dawson was ...
Boys inch through.
Jan 12, 2006 ... U15 League Cup Semi Final Embleton 6 Amble 5 EMBLETON U15s battled through to the final of the league cup in an nail-biting encounter on Sunday. The game started at a frantic pace and it was Amble who took the lead after five minutes through a dubious ...
Slow but sure.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Red Row Farm 2 Alnwick Town Jnrs 3 TOM Convery started in goal for Alnwick as Mitchell's late arrival saw him left on the bench, and in fact Alnwick as a whole were slow out the blocks. Red House took an early lead following a free-kick. However, this kick-started ...
Boss Ryan full of praise for display.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Morpeth Riverside 0 Swarland Reserves 4 SWARLAND Reserves started the new year with an impressive away victory but it was the manner of the performance that impressed manager Ryan Jobson. SWARLAND Reserves started the new year with an impressive away victory but it ...
Harrowing.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Rothbury 1 Berwick Harrow 6 GOALS after nine and 20 and 30 minutes saw Harrow in front before Mark Bruce pulled a goal back for Rothbury after 32 minutes. Harrow netted another before half-time and, although Rothbury rallied during ...
Keeper on the ball.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Springhill 1 Hedgeley Rovers 0 IN a close-fought game Springhill took the lead after four minutes when Paul Johnson netted from the penalty ...
Missed chances cost Welfare victory.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Red Row Welfare 2 Highfields United 2 IN very heavy conditions Red Row went behind in the 10th minute when Ponton hit a shot from 30 yards into the top corner. Red Row scored almost from the restart when Charlton's cross was turned in by Gav Keen for a simple goal. ...
Karl on the spot for glory.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Shilbottle CW 3 Stobswood Welfare 2 SHILBOTTLE were a little fortunate to take all the points in this close encounter at a rain sodden Welfare ground. The game opened with a bang as Shilbottle's Jamie Black broke clear after only two minutes' play to lob the Stobswood ...
Harrier David blitzes the field.
Jan 12, 2006 ... ALNWICK Harrier David Kirkland achieved the club's best ever individual result in a league fixture on Saturday. Alnwick's fastest man finished first in a field of nearly 200 runners in the cross country race at Sunderland over a minute ahead of the second-placed runner. ...
School Sport.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Lindisfarne Middle School Year 5 and 6 pupils from ...
Lindisfarne Middle School.
Jan 12, 2006 ... Athletics Lindisfarne Middle School won both the area and the inter area sports hall athletics competitions ...
Convent mourns loss of Sisters.
Jan 12, 2006 ... TWO much-loved members of the Sisters of Mercy Convent in Alnwick have died. Sister Mary Mercy died on New Year's Day at Scarborough Hospital and Sister Mary Patrick Murphy passed away on December 29. Both were 83. Sister Mary Mercy served as a Sister of Mercy for 62 ...
Artist gets the wind up power firm.
Jan 12, 2006 ... DEVELOPERS behind plans to build the North East's most powerful wind farm at Middlemoor have rubbished an artist's impressions of what the site would look like. Npower Renewables said the image from architectural impressionist Phil Russell is inaccurate and will mislead the ...
"Insanity" of energy testing.
Jan 12, 2006 ... DEVELOPERS investigating the potential of siting a wind farm near Edlingham are wasting their time, according to an objector. Dr Anthony Henfrey, of Callaly, believes the site at Lamb Hill is entirely unsuitable for turbines. EHN UK wants to erect a 47 metre test mast ...
Robert's the face of the force.
Jan 12, 2006 ... THE new public face of Amble police has vowed to make the town's force more approachable to residents. Community beat manager Robert Kilburn came to Amble in November, with his role to be the public's initial person to call. He covers Amble town and also Low and High ...
Dualling must wait at least ten years.
Jan 12, 2006 ... CAMPAIGNERS fighting to get the A1 dualled in north Northumberland have vowed to continue, despite news that improvement will not be carried out within the next decade. The work was not put forward by the interim regional transport boards as a prioity for Government funding ...
School fight goes to High Court.
Jan 12, 2006 ... CAMPAIGNERS in the Wooler area fighting to save middle schools are set to go to London next month to contest a decision to scrap them. Parents For Legal Action Ltd (PFLA) will go to the High Court on February 10 for a judicial review to challenge Northumberland County Council's ...
How will we ever compete at top?
Jan 12, 2006 ... A HADSTON man whose daughter can not compete in school athletics because she is too young is up in arms. Alan Simpson, of Woodside Crescent, had hoped the successful London bid for the Olympics in 2012 would result in greater emphasis on junior sport. But to his ...
Garden of love.
Jan 12, 2006 ... A SINGLE red rose hidden alongside a bottle of the finest champagne in the romantic setting of The Alnwick Garden was enough for one blushing bride to be to answer yes. Simon Risbey, 31, was determined to set the perfect scene for him to get down on one knee and ask his ...
New leader in recycling table.
Jan 12, 2006 ... IT'S all change in Alnwick district's recycling tables, with Allerburn Lea knocking Lindisfarne off the top spot. The Alnwick estate has a recycling rate of 31.29 per cent, which puts it just ahead of four others, all within one per cent of each other in the second set of ...
Three teenagers badly hurt in crash.
Jan 12, 2006 ... A 19-YEAR-OLD man is in a critical condition in hospital after a four-car pile-up at Red Row. A 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl suffered serious injuries in the crash on the A1068 at 4.05pm on Tuesday. A silver Volkswagen Bora heading south turned right onto ...
Nuclear fears refuelled.
Jan 12, 2006 ... FEARS that a Northumberland beauty spot could be transformed into an atomic plant site have been refuelled. Last week, One NorthEast (ONE) issued a [pounds sterling]50,000 document inviting tenders to put forward a business plan for nuclear development in the region. ...
Stop carping and start swimming.
Jan 12, 2006 ... A WARKWORTH granny has urged locals to use Amble swimming pool more instead of moaning about lack of sports provision in the town. Retired Barbara Cuthbert, of the Butts, goes twice a week to the Granary pool and at Alnwick's Willowburn Sport and Leisure Centre. She ...
OAP strikes a blow for rural services.
Jan 12, 2006 ... A PENSIONER who received a helping hand after collapsing at his rural home has joined MP Alan Beith in striking another blow at controversial proposals to revamp health provision in the district. Ambulance bosses were handed a 3,000-name petition last Friday by Mr Beith ...
Pit project put on back burner.
Jan 12, 2006 ... A CONTROVERSIAL [pounds sterling]20m colliery restoration has been put back after plans for the work were withdrawn. The long-running Whittle Colliery saga has entered another stage after owner Nigel Smith pulled proposals for its redevelopment. The site, near Newton ...
Farewell to artists inspired by Alnwick.
Jan 12, 2006 ... A RENOWNED artist who produced work for Alnwick Castle and Garden has died. Brian Lancaster died at his home in Gloucestershire on Christmas Eve, following a short spell with a heart complaint. He was 74. Brian produced numerous watercolour works of Alnwick. ...
Pedestrian plan stopped in it stracks - for now.
Jan 19, 2006 ... A PROPOSAL to make part of Alnwick town centre more pedestrian friendly has been put on hold. The possibility of creating a pedestrian friendly shopping area in Bondgate Within by stopping through traffic travelling between the junction with Fenkle Street and the access point to ...
Project touches base with young people.
Jan 19, 2006 ... YOUNG people in Amble can get information in their own community from next week. Amble Drop-In Project opens its 2nd Base youth information project for 13 to 25-year-olds on Thursday. The centre will provide information about health, sexual health, contraception, ...
Cameras could focus on village boy racers.
Jan 19, 2006 ... CCTV cameras are to help tackle boy racers in Seahouses. Police said the images could be used to catch culprits, but as yet there has been insufficient evidence. North Sunderland Parish Council last week called for the system to help stamp out the problem which is ...
Crash victim's hunt for good Samaritan.
Jan 19, 2006 ... AN Acklington woman who had a miraculous escape in a car accident is desperately seeking a good Samaritan who came to her aid. Barbara King, 57, of Field House Close, was trapped in her vehicle after it skidded on mud, spun off the road and somersaulted into a field. ...
A1dual fight goes on.
Jan 19, 2006 ... SUPPORTERS of plans to dual the A1 in north Northumberland are to keep the pressure on transport chiefs, despite a major setback. Campaigners are to bid for Government cash next year. It follows news that proposals to widen the road between Felton and Morpth and at ...
Name and shame foul dog owners.
Jan 19, 2006 ... INCREASED dog fouling on Amble pier has prompted calls for a canine ban. A town resident, who does not want to be named, is so fed up by the amount of dirt which is left that she has sent in a poem to the Gazette. The 53-year-old believes something must be done, and ...
Positive approach to a negative problem.
Jan 19, 2006 ... PHOTOGRAPHER Duncan Elson has come up with a positive solution to a negative problem. Duncan, of Rothbury, is planning his retirement after over 35 years of photographing the people, pets and places of the North East. Until five years ago all photographs were shot on ...
No rturn for car parking.
Jan 19, 2006 ... CAR parking will not return to Alnwick Market Place at the request of the local authority. Alnwick District Council's operations scrutiny and overview committee investigated the possibility of reinstating the square to its former use but recommended it should not be pursued. ...
Mayor hits out at lack of information.
Jan 19, 2006 ... ALNWICK'S Tourist Information Centre has been slammed for closing over the festive period. As the town promotes itself as a year-round attraction, town councillors have condemned the service for being closed during the festive period. The Tourist Information Centre ...
No crisis from free bus travel for OAPs.
Jan 19, 2006 ... THE transport crisis that has hit Tyne and Wear hard will not be repeated in north Northumberland, reassure councillors. The introduction of a new Government initiative that offers pensioners free concessionary bus travel has triggered fears in Newcastle and Sunderland that ...
Club's plea for more effort.
Jan 19, 2006 ... ALNWICK Rugby Club is appealing for new blood amid concerns it has problems motivating players. Players, former players, and club officials held a meeting at Greensfield on Tuesday and a former club captain said concerns were raised about the club's ability to gear players up ...
Veteran's medal mishap.
Jan 19, 2006 ... A WAR veteran who has wrongly worn two general services medals (GSM) for the past 12 years has told how it was an innocent mistake. Ex-Staff Sgt Alan Dobison, 65, appeared in the Gazette in November wearing two GSMs at the Remembrance Day parade in Seahouses. The ...
Gum crusade in funding bid.
Jan 19, 2006 ... A CAMPAIGN to promote responsible disposal of chewing gum will be launched in Alnwick district, should a funding bid come off. The announcement comes after the bid to rid the pavements tripped up when the gum-removing machine broke down shortly after a clean-up had started. ...