The Northern Echo back issues from February 2007:
Devilishly funny
Feb 01, 2007 ... NEW TO RENTThe Devil Wears Prada (PG, 105 mins, Twentieth CenturyFox Home Entertainment, Comedy/Drama, also available to buy DVD19.99) Stars: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, StanleyTucci, Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker.ANDY Sachs (Hathaway), a graduatefrom Northwestern University, ...
Kiss Trace
Feb 01, 2007; ... OLDER residents of Soapland will remember when Steve McDonald wasa callow youth with uncontrollable eyebrows. His eye pelmets wouldjump and jive like a caterpillar on acid and would've won StrictlyCome Ballroom if they'd entered.Having got his eyebrows on a leash,Steve makes a fatal ...
Horribly good
Feb 01, 2007; ... It's 'awful' and 'ruthless' but Terry Deary-inspired HorribleHistories are on their way to becoming legends of the stage.VIVHARDWICK talks to director John Paul Cherrington about the North-East-based words and 3D images involvedAWFUL Egyptians and RuthlessRomans originated in other parts ...
John's ghost
Feb 01, 2007; ... John Thaw is gone but not forgotten as Inspector Morse, revealsKevin Whately to STEVE PRATT. The North-East actor is back with threenew crime thrillers featuring his TV character Lewis, but Morse is ahard act to followNORTH-East actor Kevin Whately can't quite believehis eyes when he ...
CD RE-ISSUE
Feb 01, 2007; ... U2-18 SinglesWHEN Mary J Blighe decided to record U2's One itprobably seemed a good idea at the time. But the result wasoverblown, totally lacking the quiet intensity of the original.JohnnyCash's version, however, is an entirely different proposition.Back inMarch 1992, One was the third ...
NEWS AND REVIEWS
Feb 01, 2007; ... Field Music: Tones Of TownTHE Wearside band's second album is setto move the fledgling outfit into the mainstream, where they deserveto be. This record starts where it's predecessor, Write Your OwnHistory, left off. Packed full of optimistic layered instruments,laid-back harmonies and a ...
FOLK
Feb 01, 2007; ... A double page spread in last Monday's Independent newspaper and asix-minute slot on Radio Four's morning news programme, bothheralding the arrival of a new folk boom, were not without theirmerits. But, as usual, one couldn't help but detect a slightlycondescending edge to this mainstream ...
JAZZ
Feb 01, 2007; ... WHAT'S ON: Tonight the Noel Dennis Quartet is at Opus 4,Travellers Rest, Cockerton 01325-469756 and Gateshead's Sage hasCourtney Pine on Monday and Soren Nobo Trio plus Django Bates onWednesday 0191-443-3661.CD REVIEWS: Tubby Hayes/The Little Giant(Properbox 117) I've often enthused ...
CLASSICAL
Feb 01, 2007; ... WHAT'S ON: Northern Sinfonia director Bradley Creswick willperform an enchanting set of Vivaldi violin concertos at The SageGateshead tonight. Ring: 0191-443-4661REVIEWS: Mendelssohn - Bruch,Janine Jansen (Decca 475 8133) Janine Jansen takes on the warhorsesof the violin concerto ...
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Feb 01, 2007 ... WITH his single Starz In Their Eyes having reached Number 2 in thecharts, and a new album out this week, 2007 is already shaping up tobe a year to remember for Just Jack. A February UK headline tour hascompletely sold out and the sparkling wordsmith has announced asecond set of shows for ...
'I can't be an ageing rock chick'
Feb 01, 2007; ... WIL MARLOW talks to pop star Belinda Carlisle about her decisionto make a comeback after ten yearsIT'S ten years since she last had aUK chart hit, but Belinda Carlisle has made a tentative return torecording music with her latest album - the self-described "labour oflove" Voila!Don't ...
COUNTRY
Feb 01, 2007; ... Dr Hook: Hits and History CD/DVD (EMI Music)FORMED in Union City,New Jersey, in 1968, one of the most popular crossover pop/countrybands to deliver some of the most memorable songs over three decadesnamed themselves Dr Hook and the Medicine Show. Initially formed byDennis Locorriere and ...
COUNTRY DIARY
Feb 01, 2007; ... MOST plants in the countryside may have shut down for the winter,but mosses take advantage of mild wet days before spring arrives toput on a vigorous burst of fresh new growth.Mosses were among thefirst plants to colonise dry land, around 450 million years ago, andalthough they look ...
BIRDWATCH
Feb 01, 2007 ... ADULT black-throated divers in summer plumage have one of the moststunning appearances of all British birds. Their winter plumage andthat of juveniles is much less distinct but one striking feature ofswimming birds is the prominent white flank patch they display. Whena bird looks ...
Gammersgill and Turn Beck
Feb 01, 2007; ... WALKFACTSDISTANCE: 33/4 milesTIME: Allow 2 hoursMAP: OS ExplorerSheet OL30 Yorkshire Dales Northern & CentralSTART/PARKING: Carltonin Coverdale. Parking available at Carlton village hall (honestybox).REFRESHMENTS: Foresters Arms at Carlton. No facilities enroute.TERRAIN: Field paths lead ...
Double value of the older mum
Feb 01, 2007; ... ELLIE GENOWER talks to Harrogate-based Deena Payne about hercharacter having twins in Emmerdale and the advantages of being anolder mum in real lifeEMMERDALE actress Deena Payne may not have muchin common with her gossipy, shoulder pad-wearing alter ego Viv Hope.But like her character, ...
REVIEWS
Feb 01, 2007; ... Notes On A Scandal (15) Stars: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, BillNighy, Andrew Simpson 95 minsTHE amazing Judi Dench continues tosurprise. She turns nasty in this classy drama - Patrick Marber'sadaptation of Zoe Heller's Booker Prizenominated novel about secretsand lies at a decaying ...
Living the dream
Feb 01, 2007; ... She's the Lancashire lass who's always game for a laugh. LisaRiley shot to fame as Emmerdale's Mandy Dingle before presenting TV'sYou've Been Framed and starring in Fat Friends. Now she talks to VIVHARDWICK about a new stage play involving the small matter of poledancingLISA Riley and ...
Beyonce, Jennifer and Anika. . . the supreme singers
Feb 01, 2007; ... Diana Ross might joke about bringing her lawyers to a cinemashowing, but STEVE PRATT looks at the links between the real lifeSupremes and writer-director Bill Conlon's movie musical, Dreamgirls,which has an uncanny resemblance to a pop industry story we thoughtwe'd heard beforeTAKE three ...
North Edition in Brief
Feb 01, 2007 ... It's the second hottest JanuaryLAST month will be the secondhottest January on record for the UK after temperatures reached newheights, forecasters said yesterday. The month has averaged 5.9C - a2.5C jump above the long-term average.The mild weather leaves Januarya fraction off the ...
Hospital move
Feb 01, 2007 ... INPATIENT facilities for leukaemia patients at the UniversityHospital of North Durham could eventually be moved to a new unit atBishop Auckland General Hospital. Health ...
Stanley sniper
Feb 01, 2007 ... A SNIPER who targets cars with an airgun near a footbridge hasstruck 34 times in the past month.Last year, police said someonecould be ...
Car boot DVDs
Feb 01, 2007 ... OFFICIALS from the Federation Against Copyright Theft are toexamine more than 12,000 suspected pirate DVDs ...
Chief to retire
Feb 01, 2007 ... A HIGH-PROFILE police chief has made the surprise decision toretire. Della Cannings, the Chief Constable of North YorkshirePolice, made the announcement yesterday. Ms Cannings, ...
North Yorkshire in Brief
Feb 01, 2007 ... It's the second hottest JanuaryLAST month will be the secondhottest January on record for the UK after temperatures reached newheights, forecasters said yesterday. The month has averaged 5.9C - a2.5C jump above the long-term average.The mild weather leaves Januarya fraction off the ...
20,000 winner
Feb 01, 2007 ... A NEWTON Aycliffe man is celebrating after scooping 20,000 on a TVshow. Brett Martin won the cash on Channel 4's Deal or No Deal, inwhich contestants ...
Hospital move
Feb 01, 2007 ... INPATIENT services for leukaemia patients at Darlington MemorialHospital look likely to move to Bishop Auckland after health bossesbacked plans for a new unit at the town's general ...
Spennymoor pub
Feb 01, 2007 ... A PUBLICAN'S son is facing an assault charge after chasing twosuspected burglars from his family's pub ....
South-West Durham Edition in Brief
Feb 01, 2007 ... It's the second hottest JanuaryLAST month will be the secondhottest January on record for the UK after temperatures reached newheights, forecasters said yesterday. The month has averaged 5.9C - a2.5C jump above the long-term average.The mild weather leaves Januarya fraction off the ...
Extradition bid
Feb 01, 2007 ... A BUSINESSMAN is awaiting extradition to the US over alleged drugoffences. Brian Howes, 43, originally from Middlesbrough, wasremanded in custody when he appeared in court in Edinburgh. Mr ...
Boro row case
Feb 01, 2007 ... A DRIVER who mounted a kerb to drive into a family following a rowat a football match has escaped jail. Douglas Harrison ...
Hartlepool crime
Feb 01, 2007 ... SECURITY is to be beefed up at an industrial estate in a bid tocombat crime. A network of up to 13 ...
Tees Valley Edition in Brief
Feb 01, 2007 ... It's the second hottest JanuaryLAST month will be the secondhottest January on record for the UK after temperatures reached newheights, forecasters said yesterday. The month has averaged 5.9C - a2.5C jump above the long-term average.The mild weather leaves Januarya fraction off the ...
Darlington Edition in Brief
Feb 01, 2007 ... It's the second hottest JanuaryLAST month will be the secondhottest January on record for the UK after temperatures reached newheights, forecasters said yesterday. The month has averaged 5.9C - a2.5C jump above the long-term average.The mild weather leaves Januarya fraction off the ...
Hospital move
Feb 01, 2007 ... INPATIENT services for leukaemia patients at Darlington MemorialHospital look likely to move to after health bosses backed plans fora new unit at Bishop Auckland General ...
Parking protest
Feb 01, 2007 ... A DARLINGTON post office has delivered 200 letters of protest tothe town hall after councillors voted to stop customers from parkingin ...
Racial incidents
Feb 01, 2007 ... AN average of two racial incidents are reported by Darlingtonschools every week, the majority in primary schools ....
Bus crash passengers saved driver
Feb 01, 2007; ... A BRAVE bus passenger has told how he ignored his own injuries tosave the driver from the mangled wreckage of an horrific buscrash.George Burnip, 30, helped drag the driver out of the wreckageof the 723 bus, which was travelling from Darlington to Durham onTuesday, even though his own ...
Nine held over terror plot 'to kill a soldier'
Feb 01, 2007 ... NINE men were being held last night over an alleged terrorist plotto carry out an Iraqi-style kidnapping of a British Muslimsoldier.Eight were arrested in a series of dawn raids in Birmingham,with the ninth arrested late in the afternoon on a motorway in thecity.Security sources said the ...
Trafficking probe: council hired workers
Feb 01, 2007; ... CARE workers from a nursing agency at the centre of a policeinvestigation into people trafficking were supplied to a North-Eastcouncil, it was revealed last night.Durham County Council confirmedthat domiciliary care workers had been provided by the Middlesbroughcompany to residents in ...
The last word
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE Canadian town of Herouxville, in Quebec, has produced a"normal behaviour" list aimed at ...
On this day
Feb 01, 2007 ... 1865: The Bill to abolish slavery in the US was signed. 1872:DameClara Butt was born. She was the contralto who first performed thesong version of Land Of Hope And Glory. 1884:The first volume of theOxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, was published. 1896: Mimi's tinyhand was frozen for the ...
Hello Tata as Corus sold off
Feb 01, 2007; ... STEELMAKER Corus was last night in Indian hands after Tata Steelwon the race to take over the company.A three-month bidding warfinally ended when Tata had an offer at 608p a share accepted byBritain's Takeover Panel, valuing Corus at 5.75bn.The deal, in whichTata paid a third more than ...
Poisoning file sent to CPS
Feb 01, 2007 ... SCOTLAND Yard has sent a file to prosecutors on the death ofRussian former spy Alexander Litvinenko, the force announcedyesterday.Mr Litvinenko, a fierce critic of Russian PresidentVladimir Putin, was apparently poisoned with the radioactivesubstance Polonium-210 while in London last ...
World In Brief
Feb 01, 2007 ... Wife poisoned marine for cashAN American woman has been convictedof poisoning her Marine husband with arsenic in San Diego so shecould use his $250,000 (128,000) life insurance policy to throw wildparties and have her breasts enlarged. Prosecutors said CynthiaSommer, 33, wanted a more ...
Dame Judi to star in BBC drama
Feb 01, 2007 ... OSCAR nominee Dame Judi Dench is to star in a BBC costume dramabased on the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell, it was announcedyesterday.She will play Miss Matty Jenkyns in Cranford Chronicles, anew five-part serial for BBC1.Set in 1842, it is based on threeGaskell works ...
The name game
Feb 01, 2007; ... WORK out the anagram with the help of some factual and crypticclues - plus, to help, a second anagram at the end.This week, for achange, find the name of an historical figure from our ...
Research raises hope of 'cure' for vCJD
Feb 01, 2007 ... SCIENTISTS have reversed "mad cow disease" symptoms in mice,raising hopes of similar treatments for humans.The Medical ResearchCouncil (MRC) team managed to rid the rodents of memory andbehavioural problems associated with the cattle disease BSE and itshuman equivalent, variant CJD.VCJD ...
Harrison on drugs charges
Feb 01, 2007 ... FORMER boxing world champion Scott Harrison has been arrested ondrugs charges.Harrison, 29, was arrested in Glasgow city centre alongwith a 35-year-old man on Tuesday night.A police spokeswoman said:"We can confirm two men were arrested and detained in connection withalleged drugs ...
BA bosses' free flights axed
Feb 01, 2007 ... PLANS to offer senior British Airways directors unlimited freefirst-class travel on flights anywhere in the world were rejectedyesterday by the airline's senior management.The firm came underattack from trade union leaders after it was revealed that a newpolicy allowing nonexecutive ...
Businessman faces extradition
Feb 01, 2007 ... A BUSINESSMAN from the North-East has been remanded in custody toawait extradition to the US over alleged drugs offences.Brian Howes,43, originally from Middlesbrough, appeared before Edinburgh SheriffCourt following a worldwide police operation.Officers from ClevelandPolice worked ...
Home repossessions soar
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE number of households who saw their home repossessed soaredlast year to 17,000, it was revealed yesterday.The Council ofMortgage Lenders (CML) said the annual total was up 65 per cent on2005, working out at roughly one in every 690 homeowners.Despite thelarge annual rise, the figure ...
NHS patients' safety fears
Feb 01, 2007 ... PATIENT safety comes top of the list of concerns for people havingtheir NHS complaint reviewed.About 100,000 complaints are madeagainst the NHS every year, with roughly 8,000 sent for review by thehealth watchdog if a patient is dissatisfied with the outcome.AHealthcare Commission report ...
The Muslims who serve the Queen
Feb 01, 2007 ... MUSLIMS make up a small but significant part of Britain's ArmedForces.Although the numbers are tiny - less than 0.2 per cent of thetotal - they provide visible support for the assertion that the warsin Iraq and Afghanistan are not wars against Islam.Lance CorporalJabron Hashmi, who died ...
Is terrorist kidnapping new threat to Britain?
Feb 01, 2007 ... News yesterday of an alleged plot based in Birmingham to abductand kill a Muslim British soldier has revived harrowing memories ofhostages murdered in IraqTHE use of tactics thought to be involved inthe latest alleged plot would be a highly significant development,experts said ...
Record rise in the number of schools failed by watchdog
Feb 01, 2007 ... MINISTERS were warned last night that their education reforms havestalled as figures showed a record rise in the number of schoolsfailed by Ofsted.By the end of December, inspectors had put 171primary schools in special measures, Ofsted's lowest category, whichcarries a threat of failure ...
Cricketer Jimmy dies aged 86
Feb 01, 2007 ... A CRICKETER who played for his local club team alongside manyfamous Test stars has died aged 86.Jimmy Mitchell was a big-hittingbatsman for Barnard Castle when it was joined by several Englandplayers who were stationed at nearby Army camps in the Second WorldWar.Club secretary Newton ...
Sergeant: Moment I met killer Bradley
Feb 01, 2007 ... A POLICE officer told how she came face-to-face with killer DavidBradley when he dumped his arsenal of weapons in front ofher.Sergeant Karen Murtagh was at work in Newcastle's West Endstation when former soldier Bradley, 41, walked in.A front deskmember of staff had gone on a break when ...
Police officer dismissed by tribunal
Feb 01, 2007 ... A POLICE officer has been dismissed as complaints against a forcerise.The un-named North Yorkshire Police officer faced ten complaintsand was dismissed by a disciplinary tribunal.Between October 1 andDecember 1, last year, there were 107 complaints against the force,compared to 84 in the ...
Asbestos dust falls on pupils at school
Feb 01, 2007 ... FOURTEEN pupils and a teacher were decontaminated after a ceilingcollapsed, releasing asbestos dust.Ceiling tiles at Harrogate HighSchool were loosened after they were hit by a football yesterdayafternoon.The tiles fell, showering pupils and a teacher with thedust.Staff called the ...
London showing for textile art
Feb 01, 2007 ... A TEXTILE artist is preparing for an internationalexhibition.Julie Triston, of High Stables, Dipton, was invited todisplay her work at the Mall Galleries, in London, at an eventorganised by the Opus School of Textile Art.The exhibition, calledPrism 2007: Stitch! Draw? , runs from Tuesday ...
Appeal after man's body discovered
Feb 01, 2007 ... POLICE are trying to piece together the final days of a man whosebody was found in a hostel.Robert Pride-McLeod, 49, was found dead inthe hostel in Robert Street, Harrogate, on Sunday, January 21.He hadbeen in the Cheltenham and Mount Parade areas of Harrogate towncentre on the evening ...
'I've never seen anything like it, not even in nightmares'
Feb 01, 2007; ... George Burnip was injured and Lee Rogers believed they would beblown up at any second after a bus journey turned to disaster on theA167 near Darlington. Both men stayed in the wreckage to save thedriver. OWEN AMOS heard their amazing storyLIVES can change in asplit second, as it did for ...
Businesses join tidy-up campaign
Feb 01, 2007 ... DURHAM businesses have been rewarded for their efforts to helpkeep the city tidy.Firms that signed up for the annual Tidy BusinessStandards scheme received bronze certificates from Mayor JeffLodge.The scheme is run by Durham City Council with Encams, theenvironmental charity behind ...
European teenagers to take part in discussion of equality
Feb 01, 2007 ... TEENAGERS from across Europe are heading to County Durham todiscuss issues of equality later this month.Young people, aged 15 to18, from Teesdale Community Resources, Barnard Castle, will take partin the week-long project at Consett YMCA, along with 42 youngstersfrom France, Germany, ...