Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England) back issues from June 2006:
Charity champs.
Jun 01, 2006 ... GENEROUS Sunderland fans have made the Stadium of Light the city's charity hot spot. And the competition among tin rattlers is so high that the council may have to hold a lottery for places. Officers at Sunderland City Council say so many good causes and charities ...
BAN THEM.
Jun 01, 2006 ... EXTREME knives which rip apart lives should be banned amid growing concerns that killer weapons can easily be bought across the counter. Families of victims stabbed to death today called for a change in the law which would prevent Sunderland shops from selling some blades. ...
Super slim - the mum who was too fat to cradle her baby.
Jun 01, 2006 ... MUM Nicola Leatherbarrow lost an amazing eight-and-a-half stones after she was too overweight to cradle her new-born baby. The 35-year-old is half the woman she used to be after being inspired to lose weight for the sake of her two children. Nicola - who was bullied ...
Gray completes Burnley switch.
Jun 01, 2006 ... STRIKER Andy Gray today completed his move to Burnley in an [pounds sterling]800,000 deal. The 28-year-old, bought by Sunderland last August for [pounds sterling]1.1m has been on loan to Burnley since March with a view to a permanent move. That was rubber stamped ...
Quinn: No quick takeover.
Jun 01, 2006 ... Reports claiming Niall Quinn will take over Sunderland within the next week are wide of the mark. There have been suggestions that the Irishman will take charge of the club inside the next seven days but that is not going to be the case. The Echo can confirm that the ...
Sonia signs for Sunderland.
Jun 01, 2006 ... SONIA O'SULLIVAN is hoping Sunderland will be the scene of her sporting comeback as she prepares for the Great Women's Run on Wearside later this month. Ireland's greatest-ever sportswoman was in the city today to announce her intention of taking part in the 10km race. ...
Lawrence leads Cats' kit launch.
Jun 02, 2006 ... LIAM Lawrence will be back in Sunderland next week to front the official launch of the club's new away strip. The Black Cats winger will be at the Stadium of Light store on Thursday, June 8 as the light blue strips go on sale for the first time. Sunderland fans will ...
Sunderland spingboard for Sonia.
Jun 02, 2006 ... RUNNING legend Sonia O'Sullivan is confident that Sunderland will be the scene of a successful sporting comeback for her later this month. The 36-year-old told the Echo that she is confident her niggling hamstring injury has finally healed. And she plans to use the ...
DYING FOR ANOTHER CIGARETTE.
Jun 02, 2006 ... THESE defiant patients were caught lighting up at Sunderland Royal Hospital - on the day it received an award for its smoking ban. Up to 15 smokers were spotted puffing away next to a "no smoking" sign, just yards from the hospital's main entrance , and an angry visitor captured ...
617 deadly weapons binned.
Jun 02, 2006 ... A STAGGERING 100 per cent of Echo readers believe there should be tighter controls on the sale of knives. The poll result comes as hundreds of knives have been handed in to police stations during the first week of a knife amnesty. People across the region surrendered ...
Double murder suspect set to escape death penalty.
Jun 02, 2006 ... DOUBLE murder suspect Michael McCrea looks certain to escape the death penalty. McCrea, 47, is accused of strangling his driver and the driver's girlfriend in Singapore in 2002. He was due to face a five-day trial later this month in the Far East. Prosecutors have ...
Husband's tribute to city stroke team.
Jun 02, 2006 ... IRISH bowls player Alma Purdy ended up in Sunderland Royal Hospital after suffering a major stroke while on tour. Her husband George was so impressed by the care she received, he created this special tribute to staff and sent each of them a copy. Retired policeman ...
Slim's chance.
Jun 02, 2006 ... IS this the day for Amarillo? He was the greatest gambler that ever lived - and his namesake could come up trumps in the race of a lifetime. Amarillo Slim, the Houghton-trained greyhound named after the famous 1970s poker player, will shoot it out in the final of the ...
WE'LL HOUND DRUG USERS OUT.
Jun 03, 2006 ... HUNDREDS of weekend drinkers in Sunderland have been checked for drugs, as police step up their war on city centre crime. Officers yesterday drafted in trained dogs to carry out searches of pubs, sniffing out revellers carrying illegal substances. Teams of police ...
GRIEVING WIFE DIES HOURS AFTER HUSBAND.
Jun 03, 2006 ... A DEVOTED wife died just six hours after her husband when she collapsed on his hospital deathbed. Vince Scott, 63, passed away at Sunderland Royal Hospital after a long battle with throat cancer and emphysema. Just minutes after he died, his wife Beryl, 63, collapsed ...
I'M GLAD THAT'S ALL OVER.
Jun 03, 2006 ... ANDY GRAY has spoken of his relief at putting his nightmare spell at Sunderland behind him with the rubber-stamping of his move to Burnley this week. The 28-year-old officially became a full-time member of the Clarets squad on Thursday when his loan deal was converted into a ...
Fight on to keep duo.
Jun 05, 2006 ... SUNDERLAND are struggling to hang on to Grant Leadbitter and Dan Smith - the only two homegrown players to step up into the Premiership squad last season. Both Leadbitter and Smith are out of contract this summer and have failed so far to reach agreement with the club over new ...
RED CARD.
Jun 05, 2006 ... KILLJOY housing bosses have ordered England nut William Hodgson to tear down the flags from his World Cup Wonderland. William and his three sons have spent the last three weeks decorating the front of their home with banners. But they were stunned when housing chiefs ...
Sun cream warning.
Jun 05, 2006 ... SLAPPING on too much sun cream could put your health at risk, experts warned today. For years, skin cancer campaigners have urged sunbathers to apply protective lotion long before stepping outside. But researchers in West Boldon are warning that some sun exposure is ...
Stepping out - a brave, little star.
Jun 05, 2006 ... A BRAVE schoolgirl who beat the odds to survive a rare form of cancer will perform in front of thousands of holidaymakers at Butlins this week. Five-year-old Anneliece Butler will take centre stage in a cabaret show at the holiday camp in Skegness in front of an audience of ...
Another day at the office for George.
Jun 06, 2006 ... GEORGE Robson first stepped through the doors of the Grey Horse pub as a nine-year-old boy, eager to play with his schoolpal's train set. But more than 60 years on, he has formed a life-long bond with the place he fondly refers to as his "office". George, 74, has ...
RUN DEATH - MEDICS 'DELAYED'.
Jun 06, 2006 ... PARAMEDICS took 45 minutes to reach a dying teacher who collapsed during the Great North Run, an inquest heard. Deputy head Phil Lewis, 52, collapsed less than three miles from the finish. But it was four hours before his wife learned of his death. Fitness ...
Grace and flavour!
Jun 06, 2006 ... A LITTLE boy who never tasted food for the first three years of his life could soon be enjoying a family meal. Jack Munneke is fed milk three times a day through a special tube attached to his stomach after an illness left him refusing to eat. But his parents are now ...
Missing walker's wife 'fears worst'.
Jun 06, 2006 ... THE wife of a walker who went missing in the Lake District today said she was preparing herself "for the worst" after rescuers called off their search. Laura Finley has been left devastated following the disappearance of husband Peter during a walking trip with friends. ...
Parking restrictions on the way.
Jun 06, 2006 ... RESTRICTED parking outside Sunderland Royal Hospital is set to delight residents - but cause misery for hundreds of staff, visitors and patients. After a series of complaints from fed-up residents, council leaders launched a [pounds sterling]100,000 study to solve the city's ...
Elliott: I'm fighting fit.
Jun 06, 2006 ... STEPHEN Elliott is determined to make Championship defences pay for his top-flight frustrations. The Republic of Ireland striker was hoping to establish himself on the big stage last season after the Wearsiders won promotion to the Premiership. But in a campaign ...
Bob in Dublin talks.
Jun 07, 2006 ... SUNDERLAND are pushing ahead with plans to sell the football club to Niall Quinn and his consortium of investors as swiftly as possible, the Echo can reveal today. Yesterday, Bob Murray and his board of directors flew out to Dublin for a high-level meeting with the would-be ...
Robbers' cousin in bridge protest.
Jun 07, 2006 ... A RELATION of two brothers jailed for armed robbery climbed on top of a bridge to protest against their imprisonment. Metro services were brought to a standstill after Mark Herron, 39, attempted to hang a banner off the Railway Bridge in support of his jailed cousins. ...
The pride of Wearside.
Jun 07, 2006 ... THREE Sunderland ambassadors now have the city's highest honour - its freedom. The trio of Ram Banerjee OBE, Sir Tom Cowie OBE and Denise Robertson, were granted the Honorary Freedom of the City in an hour-long ceremony at Sunderland Civic Centre. Watched by more ...
Runner unaware of heart problem.
Jun 07, 2006 ... A DEPUTY headteacher who died during the Great North Run had advanced heart disease but didn't know it, an inquest has heard. Phil Lewis, from Chester-le-Street, was competing in his 24th Great North Run last September when he collapsed and died. His wife Rose, 50, ...
Ministers pledge cash for education shake-up.
Jun 07, 2006 ... THE Government has approved a multi-million-pound vision to transform secondary education on Wearside. Ministers have backed the first stage of Sunderland City Council' Building Schools for the Future plans to create three privately sponsored academies and rebuild five other ...
Jordan proves he can really do business.
Jun 07, 2006 ... A CEREBRAL palsy sufferer who came up with an idea to keep cheaper aids for disabled youngsters has earned himself the prestigious title of a Biz Idol. Jordan Raiye, 13, was the only person to gain top marks in his presentation at the Biz Idol semi-finals and clinch his place in ...
Barrymore's Sunderland comeback.
Jun 07, 2006 ... CONTROVERSIAL entertainer Michael Barrymore is to play Scrooge at the Sunderland Empire this Christmas, it was revealed today. Barrymore, who was runner up in this year's Celebrity Big Brother TV show, returns to the stage in the title role of the record-breaking London ...
London trains on track by December.
Jun 08, 2006 ... TRAINS to London will be running from Sunderland as early as December, it was revealed today. Grand Central, the company behind the direct rail route from the city, released a statement confirming it plans a December 10 start. The statement, released to the Echo, ...
Anger at Barrymore's Empire appearance.
Jun 08, 2006 ... THE grieving father of Stuart Lubbock - the man who died in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool - today attacked a decision to cast the disgraced star in the Sunderland Empire's Christmas show. The theatre has announced the 54-year-old former TV presenter will take the title role ...
Pay-docking row halts exam marking.
Jun 08, 2006 ... UNIVERSITY lecturers' leaders on Wearside are still refusing to mark exam papers despite a national deal being struck on pay. Lecturers' leaders have accepted a new offer and have suspended a boycott on grading coursework and assignments, which threatened to stop thousands of ...
Council blunder delays inquiry into city's future.
Jun 08, 2006 ... AN inquiry to shape the city for the next 15 years was postponed after council officials forgot to put a public notice in the Echo. A multi-agency debate was scheduled to start on Tuesday to thrash out the future development of the city centre. But it was halted at ...
O'Neill ready for return.
Jun 08, 2006 ... MARTIN O'NEILL is looking forward to feeling the adrenaline rush of football when he returns to management. The former Celtic boss - who left the Glasgow giants last year to spend more time with his sick wife Geraldine - is believed to be high on Niall Quinn's wanted list to ...
Old factory takeover will bring new jobs.
Jun 09, 2006 ... MORE than 400 jobs are on their way to Wearside, to breathe new life into a forgotten electronics plant. Durham-based Tanfield Group plc, which manufactures electric vehicles, will take over the former LG Electronics site in Washington. The 250,000sq ft factory ...
Pupils stabbed in gangs' street battle.
Jun 09, 2006 ... TWO schoolboys were stabbed after getting caught up in a lunchtime street battle involving dozens of youths. Peter Ward, 15, was stabbed twice in the head with a penknife, during the mass brawl in Beechwood Street, near Eden Vale. His 15-year-old friend, who did not ...
Police zero in on World Cup bother.
Jun 09, 2006 ... POLICE are arresting 29 drunken louts every day as they prepare to launch a crackdown on World Cup troublemakers. A major policing operation gets under way tomorrow as thousands flock to the city centre for England's first match of the tournament. Extra officers will ...
December 10 start for rail link.
Jun 09, 2006 ... THE first direct train from London will arrive in Sunderland before the end of the year, it was revealed today. After a long Echo campaign, Grand Central Railway has set the date of December 10 for the train service straight to the capital to start. The city ...
Grandad lay dead in flat for 12 hours.
Jun 09, 2006 ... A FAMILY have criticised council officials after a blunder left their disabled father dead in his flat for 12 hours. Jim Yeoman, 66, was discovered slumped in an armchair by his son and young granddaughter after a neighbour raised the alarm. Mr Yoeman, a ...
Phyl 'saw all century's momentous events'.
Jun 09, 2006 ... SCORES of mourners turned out to pay their last respects to Sunderland's most senior citizen, lifelong Black Cats fan Phyl Willis, at her funeral yesterday. Not even the stately 1912 Rolls Royce hearse, which carried her coffin to Christ Church, in Great Lumley, could match her ...
Peter's World Cup mission.
Jun 09, 2006 ... SUNDERLAND'S Peter Daykin will be flying the flag for England fans in Germany. The 30-year-old from Thornhill, is off to the World Cup to begin his role with a Football Supporters' Association (FSF) team of volunteers. The tournament begins tonight and Peter will ...
Son's tribute to run death dad.
Jun 10, 2006 ... THE son of a much-loved teacher who died during the Great North Run will complete it this year in his memory. Phil Lewis, 52, of Chester-le-Street, was one of four men to die of heart failure during the half-marathon last September, collapsing near the finish of the race. ...
Dopey cannabis farmer jailed.
Jun 10, 2006 ... A DEBT-RIDDEN failed businessman's [pounds sterling]10,000 cannabis farm was busted after police caught him sat on a doorstep smoking a joint. Dope grower David Crute, 48, had converted his attic into a makeshift cannabis factory. He had also sabotaged his fuse box ...
Judge jails city heroin addicts.
Jun 10, 2006 ... TWO drug addicts helped run a sleazy heroin 'shooting gallery' in a set of Sunderland flats. Graham Liddle, 36, and John Young, 35, both of Roker Avenue, allowed other addicts to inject drugs in the bedsit rooms of their block of shared flats. Police launched an ...
Angry protesters lobby NHS chief.
Jun 10, 2006 ... ANGRY patients lobbied NHS boss Sir Ian Carruthers in a protest during the opening of a [pounds sterling]6million Wearside health centre. Campaigners are furious that their doctors' practice, Encompass Healthcare in Washington, is to be put out to tender, fearing their GPs may ...
England fan's amazing World Cup tribute.
Jun 10, 2006 ... DIEHARD Three Lions' fan Robert Smithson has turned his house into a giant cross of St George. As millions cheer on David Beckham and his star-studded team today for the start of England's World Cup campaign, dad-of-two Robert is flying the flag again. It's a ...
Fans want O'Neill.
Jun 10, 2006 ... MARTIN O'NEILL is the man that almost all Sunderland fans would like to see leading the Black Cats forward next season, the Echo's Survey 05/06 confirms today. The former Leicester City and Celtic boss (right) was the overwhelming choice of supporters when it came to answering ...
Fans want Phillips back on Wearside.
Jun 10, 2006 ... KEVIN PHILLIPS is the player that most Sunderland fans want to see signed by whoever takes over as manager of the club this summer. The Black Cats legend, currently at Aston Villa, polled comfortably more votes than anyone else when we asked the question: "Assuming Sunderland ...
No Quinn bid yet.
Jun 12, 2006 ... CONTRARY to confident reports elsewhere, a formal bid to takeover Sunderland was NOT received by the club today. A report from outside Wearside this morning insisted this was D-Day for Niall Quinn's consortium and that the money-men from Ireland were submitting their official ...
PARALYSED BY A SNEEZE.
Jun 12, 2006 ... A MUM who suffers from a rare condition that leaves her paralysed when she sneezes has been told only dangerous brain surgery could cure her. Despite two operations any sudden movement, such as a sneeze or cough, can leave Julie Burrell in agony. The 38-year-old is a ...
Body identified as missing fell walker.
Jun 12, 2006 ... FIGHTING back tears, the wife of missing Wearside walker Peter Finley today confirmed a body found in the Lake District was his. Rescue workers searched tirelessly for Peter 55, after he disappeared on May 21 when he set out alone to go for a hike near Ambleside. A ...
Faithful companion to the end.
Jun 12, 2006 ... INSEPARABLE for years, cancer patient John Armstrong was granted his last wish to see his beloved dog Rip before he died. The pair had never been parted before John was taken into hospital after suffering a stroke. But doctors discovered he had cancer and said the 71-year-old ...
Height of stupidity.
Jun 12, 2006 ... A SERIAL pest brought chaos to the city centre after he climbed on top of the Wear Railway Bridge for the second time in a week. Metro and train services were disrupted, while firefighters, paramedics and the RNLI were on stand-by as police negotiators attempted to reason with ...
SHORT SHRIFT.
Jun 12, 2006 ... SUN-SMART teachers have slapped a playground ban on short sleeves to protect children from skin cancer. Parents of youngsters at a County Durham infants school now have to sign consent forms to allow them to take their jumpers off outside. It's part of a string of ...
ILL TEACHERS' PRIVATE CARE.
Jun 13, 2006 ... SICK teachers are being given private health care treatment to save cash and speed up their return to classes. Backaches, stress and breathing problems have been blamed for the rising sicknote culture at Sunderland City Council, which saw 129,000 days lost last year, costing an ...
Anger at cleric's release from jail.
Jun 13, 2006 ... FAMILIES of people killed in the Bali terrorist attacks have slammed the imminent release of a man convicted for his role in the bombings. Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has served just 26 months of his 30-month prison sentence after he was convicted of conspiracy in relation to the blast ...
Sisters dream of a 'Little Sunderland'.
Jun 13, 2006 ... YEAH but no but - funny girls Beth and Emma Kilcoyne are aiming to be as big as Little Britain when their new show hits TV screens. Sir Paul McCartney is already a fan of the Sunderland comediennes, who have been filming in Seaham for their first TV show for BBC3, the channel ...
Nursery staff give Tyler a fighting chance.
Jun 13, 2006 ... LITTLE Tyler Hunter could owe his life to staff at a Sunderland nursery who found a lump - that turned out to be a cancerous tumour. Now his family have been told the two-year-old will have to undergo life-saving surgery in just a few days to remove his kidney. ...
Twins spell double trouble on pitch.
Jun 13, 2006 ... IT'S double trouble for Wearside's football bad boys after these identical twin girls qualified as referees. At just 14, Sarah and Stephanie Eadon have earned their cards as match officials, sailing through a 10-week course. And the accolade means a full house for the Eadon ...
Quinn unlikely to move for Keane.
Jun 13, 2006 ... THE consortium looking to buy Sunderland are unlikely to ask Roy Keane to become the club's manager. His retirement from playing sparked one report today that he is a candidate for the manager's job at the Stadium of Light. According to the Daily Mail, members of the ...
Downing: My debt to Cats.
Jun 13, 2006 ... STEWART Downing says he wouldn't be at the World Cup now if it wasn't for Mick McCarthy and Sunderland. The 21-year-old Boro winger admits that it was his brief but spectacular loan spell at the Stadium of Light in 2003 which launched him from the fringes to the first team on ...