I'd given dad up for dead... he found me 44 years later.(Features)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  November 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ......later when his grandmother, who brought him up, told him his dad was dead. It was something he accepted with sadness but a...Clare Campbell, who told her she had been married to Ian's dad, and he was living in New Zealand. Ian, a baker from Blyth...far as Ian was concerned, his grandparents were his mum and ...

Interview Simon Coveney: I'm determined to succeed in politics, it's what...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  March 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ......wanted to be a politician. The handsome 26- year-old watched the rise of his beloved father...politicians were united in grief after the 62-year-old former cabinet minister fell to his...heard the tragic news on March 15 last year. He instinctively put his own feelings...of view, was done to try to ...

Holding back the years; When love conquers a 30-year age gap; Could you...

The Mirror (London, England);  October 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......never thought of James in a romantic way. He was just Hannah's dad. `Over the years I developed a crush on him. He'd say things...inside. I was terrified Hannah would find out I fancied her dad so I tried to hide my feelings. I don't know why James was...said I couldn't just leave home without telling my mum ...

Playing on for his dad; Football provides sanctuary for Springs in trying...

The Washington Times;  November 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......I'm playing because it's my job, and I know that's what my dad would want me to do. Springs, 32, is confident about that not...could either be here or be somewhere else with a new deal. My dad told me to train my butt off, come back healthy, play well...me, Springs said. [Cowboys owner] Jerry Jones really made ...

Hello there dad... it's been 39 years; REUNION WITH 'LOST 'DAUGHTER.(News)

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  October 5, 2003 ;     213 words ......Australia, where she lives with four year-old daughter Lauryn. Sandra, 39, lost touch with her dad after her parents divorced and...him again. 'I'd looked for my dad on Friends Reunited for a few...parents separated and she saw her dad for the last time. John said...

It was 40 years ago, but the day our dad died in pit fire feels just like...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Andrew said: A neighbour said my dad, Peter and I were like three...eye. Andrew used to make his dad's tea when he came home from...Andrew said: I thought, 'Oh no, dad didn't come home'. When I got...day, she didn't go out for a year. I am not surprised my father...Andrew Thomson, who was a ...

At last I know what my dad was like; Chance meeting ends 50-year hunt for...

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  September 14, 2007 ;     376 words ...Byline: By PETER TAYLOR WHEN Barry Addis's dad died suddenly at the age of just 45, he...pictures from the 1950s taken when his dad Bill, a former Royal Navy man, worked at...instructor. The school closed in September last year but its vibrant history is to be kept alive...people who could tell him all ...

JUST THREE YEARS FOR KILLING MY DAD; Little Jake's anger at prison...

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  April 7, 2004 ;     442 words ......cradles the picture of his beloved dad, Lee, who was killed by a drink...drive offences following last year's successful Evening Mail Justice...is struggling to accept his dad, who worked as a warehouse manager...26. He was also given a five-year driving ban. He was jailed by...Billings with a ...

MUM'S PLEA: BRING BACK MY BRENDAN; Dad grabs six-year-old heart-op...

The Mirror (London, England);  February 2, 2000 ;     350 words ......Angelic Brendan Vance was grabbed by his dad in the playground after being dropped...Vance, 39, could have shipped his six-year-old son over the Irish Sea. Five years...school the day he vanished with his dad. Worried Patricia said: What worries...

Mum died on one side, dad on the other... but I dug myself out alive;...

Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 2, 1997 ;     488 words ......Bertha Armstrong and their 16-year-old son were buried beneath...machine. Wesley, 62, and his 55-year-old wife were among 11 people...You have to go to keep your dad happy.' We all went up to Belmore...mum in her blue coat and my dad in his shiny shoes and his brown...was dead. Then I went to my ...

Dewey eyes a day to make dad proud; Youthful hero: Dewey idolised Va'aiga...

The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 29, 2007 ;     683 words ......The special one is the Scotland centre's dad, John, who tragically died ofmeningitis...to rugby as an impressionable boy. It was dad who used to take him to mini-rugby training...Andrews, where thefamily lived, and it was dad's constant encouragement that helped forge...

10-year ban on snake dad.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  April 18, 1997 ;     30 words ...A dad who housed 58 deadly snakes in his unlocked garage was banned from keeping danger animals for 10 years yesterday. Ian Ramsden, 34, was also fined a total of pounds 350 at Sutton, Surrey.

12-year-old worries about dad's drinking

Charleston Gazette;  July 25, 2001 ;     579 words ......also an alcoholic. I am afraid to ride in a car with them. My dad never acts drunk, but he can't be sober after all the beer I...own apartment, but she usually drinks until she passes out at Dad's place. They have a lot of company, and it seems like I never...better. Good luck, dear. You sound extremely grown ...

'He was just trying to scare his dad': Mother says 10-year-old struggling...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN);  May 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Brewer May 27--The 10-year-old boy who stabbed...didn't mean to hurt his dad, said Karie Koch...the boy and their 6-year-old twins with a pipe...My son thought his dad was going to do something...trying to scare his dad, Koch said. He didn...to deal with the 10-year-old, trying to ...

REUNITED; EXCLUSIVE Madonna's son meets real dad for first time in a year;...

The People (London, England);  November 4, 2007 ;     508 words ...Byline: By DEAN ROUSEWELL THE dad of Madonna's adopted African...the first time in more than a year when pop queen Madge retur...may not recognise him after a year apart. Yohane, 33, has not...left Malawi in October last year - and is not likely to see...to see my son again after a year. It ...