Jul
2006
Articles from 4th Jul 2006
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New pattern for our times
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
As an exhibition of Sixties fashion opens at the V&A and one of the high street's most influential fashion outlets celebrates its 40th birthday, Jane Hall looks back at the decade that changed what we wore. Read
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The very finest revenge of all
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
As far as I am concerned revenge is a boomerang. You throw it, it hits the target, you feel elation and then it turns and comes back to clobber you. Read
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Black Dyke Band
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
When: Saturday Read
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1924 FA Cup final fans were all at sea
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Tony Henderson on catching the boat to the big match. Read
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A woman who loves a good story
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Story-teller Ruhi Darakhshani tells David Whetstone about a book with no happy ending. Read
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Riveting look at life of a legend
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Bette Davis - The Girl Who Walked Home Alone by Charlotte Chandler (Simon and Schuster, £17.99) Read
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Our area is up with the world's finest
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Pupils set off yesterday on a fact-finding tour as part of their drive to help win a third world heritage site for the North-East. Read
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Deadlock after bus drivers go on strike
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Bus company bosses and striking drivers were deadlocked last night after a 24-hour walkout affecting more than 90,000 passengers. Read
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Minister tackles red tape
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Students have welcomed plans to streamline the way they apply for grants and loans, but they say debt levels will rise when increased top-up fees come in. Read
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Challenge is on for youngsters
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Pupils from 10 schools were due to take part in a business challenge today. Read
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Whole classes to be searched for knives
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Teachers will be allowed to search entire classes for knives under proposals being put forward by Education Secretary Alan Johnson. Read
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Finals loom for learning and skills winners
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
The final of the region's Celebration of Learning and Skills Awards will take place later this month, with judges hailing the highest ever standard of entries. Read
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Spy in the kitchen is just too much
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A creeping tide of legislation is spreading slowly over the land. Read
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Case that didn't even merit police caution
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A schoolgirl was brought before the court last week. Read
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Landmark ruling for parents
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal passed almost unnoticed last week, and yet its effects will be far reaching. Read
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Ghastly tennis match of conflict
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Last week I found myself thinking again and again of the young Israeli soldier, terrified and alone in the hands of his captors. Read
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Celebrity with a generous heart
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Most celebrities are not what they seem. They smile, they kiss babies, they say how they adore their fans and do diddly swat for anyone but themselves. Read
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A benefactor is revealed
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A woman writes to the letters page of a national newspaper. Read
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New crisis for football club with no players
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A famous amateur football club which is battling for survival is making a desperate plea - for an entire team of players to sign up. Read
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Waste digest firm to get £3m
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A company which turns household waste into a compost-like material in six days has been given almost £3m of Government funds. Read
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Let closure battle begin
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Parents and pupils at one of the country's most improved schools turned out in force last night to fight closure plans. Read
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Move to bring healthier eating to the workplace
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Dieticians are turning their attention to the workplace, after a campaign started by chef Jamie Oliver to make sure healthy food is available in schools. Read
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Quiet start
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
The first day of controversial changes to rural ambulance services in Northumberland was described as "quiet" by health chiefs yesterday. Read
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Ambulance chiefs hit back at critics
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Ambulance bosses last night defended changes to the way 999 cover is provided in rural County Durham. Read
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The bucket and spade brigade
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Creative youngsters have been brushing up on their construction skills in the run-up to this year's North-East Sandcastle Challenge. Read
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Fight for water voles
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A project to monitor water vole distribution in the North-East has been launched in a bid to help safeguard their future. Read
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Crash victim's gift of life to others
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
The family of a schoolboy who died in a car crash revealed last night that his donated organs are helping four other people to live. Read
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Geordie accent gives way to a tropical lilt
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A geordie woman woke up after suffering a stroke and discovered she was speaking with a Jamaican accent. Read
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Mast plan refusal call
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Plans by Hutchinson 3G to erect a 20m-high mobile phone mast at the Manners Meats premises on Ponteland's Meadowfield industrial estate are being recommended for refusal by Castle Morpeth Council planning officers. Read
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Half human, half shrub
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A star attraction at this weekend's forest festival in Chopwell Wood will be Heir of Insanity, a fantasy forest troupe of acrobats which includes Simon Schofield, who set up the Ugly Juggling Company on Tyneside. Read
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Study to shape turbine plans
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
The fate of moorlands earmarked for wind farms could be settled by a pioneering study. Read
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Eric goes from DIY store to Dark Ages
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Dressed in medieval gear, Eric Methven reckons he was born centuries too late. Read
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Minister `no idea of rural problems'
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Housing Minister Yvette Cooper has been accused of being out of touch with the problems of young couples seeking affordable homes in rural parts of the North. Read
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Mergers `to cost 39,000 salaries'
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A senior police chief has warned the cost of force mergers across the country will be equivalent to 39,000 officers' salaries. Read
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More than 200 call in `non-emergencies'
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A controversial 101 non-emergency number launched in the North to ease pressure on the 999 system has received more than 200 calls on its first day. Read
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Ex-jockey accused
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon was charged yesterday as part of an investigation into alleged horse racing corruption, police said. Read
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British nurses move to head of jobs queue
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Thousands of international nurses will be prevented from getting jobs in the UK to give "homegrown" students better employment opportunities, the Government announced yesterday. Read
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Girl traumatised by jet crash
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A schoolgirl traumatised after witnessing a crashing jumbo jet heading straight for her home was awarded £27,500 yesterday in settlement of her High Court damages claim. Read
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Deaths spark troops review
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Armed Forces chiefs are carrying out a review of the British task force in Afghanistan following the deaths of two more soldiers over the weekend, it was disclosed yesterday. Read
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`A licence to hit people and flee'
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Angry scenes erupted in a court yesterday after a man who was driving a van which killed a 17-year-old girl was given a 100-hour community service order and banned for a year. Read
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Shearer's singing debut hits the mark
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer may be feeling a touch red faced after a clip of him singing in his car appeared on the internet. Read
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Officers are thanked for blowing whistle on thugs
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Police officers across the North-East have been thanked by taxi drivers and pub owners after violence flared after England crashed out of the World Cup on Saturday. Read
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`He has a big job on his hands'
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
At one time about 100 were waiting on the Stadium of Light steps for Niall Quinn to emerge, but many had returned to work after lunch. There were still three dozen to welcome him by the time he appeared to warm applause at 2pm. Read
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Quinn aims to fire up passion of Sunderland
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Niall Quinn breezed into the Stadium of Light yesterday and told Sunderland supporters: "Come and join us on the magic carpet." Read
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Carver drops tribunal case
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Former Newcastle United coach John Carver has withdrawn his tribunal claim against the club. Read
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Backers of the Wearside dream are finally revealed
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
After months of fevered speculation, the seven wealthy investors who form Niall Quinn's consortium taking on Sunderland FC were revealed last night. Read
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Knife man's cash raid
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A knife-wielding robber escaped on a bicycle after stealing cash from a betting shop. Read
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Incidence has doubled every 20 years since 1945
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
* Diabetes is a condition in which the amount of glucose in the blood, which comes from digestion of starchy foods like bread and potatoes, is too high because the body cannot use it properly. Read
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Hours from slipping into a coma
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Elizabeth Blanchard was hours away from slipping into a coma when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of five. Read
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Health fears spark call for stricter foreign beef controls
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Farmers have called for stricter controls on imports of foreign beef, over fears it may contain growth hormones which could trigger breast and other cancers. Read
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Hopes are high for a cure for diabetes
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
A team of North-East scientists have unveiled research they hope could be a springboard to an eventual cure for diabetes. Read
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Silent glamour
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Hundreds of Tories last night celebrated their trendy new image with a £400-a-head summer party on a "Riviera glamour" theme. Leader David Cameron, still smarting from last week's by-election embarrassment, refused to answer questions as he arrived at the event in the gardens of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Read
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Pension protest
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Nearly two-thirds of workers are against increasing the state pension age. Around 63% of people said they did not support the Government's plan to help fund a more generous state scheme, according to stakeholder pension provider B&CE Benefit Schemes. Read
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Kylie speaks out
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Pop princess Kylie Minogue has spoken for the first time of her terror on learning she had breast cancer. The 38-year-old told interviewer Cat Deeley that her first instinct was to run away. `Kylie in Her Own Words', is due to be shown on Sky One on July 16 at 9pm. Read
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Temperatures soar
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
The Met Office yesterday raised its Heat-Health alert to "level three" after threshold temperatures were met for two days in a row. The Met Office said it was the first time it had issued a level three alert. Forecasters said temperatures would begin to drop on Wednesday as thundery showers moved in. Read
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Keira's a golden girl
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Keira Knightley showed a lot of front at the European premiere of the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel last night. The 21-year-old actress wore a gold Gucci dress slashed to the waist. The European premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was held in London's Leicester Square. Read
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Bad school report
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Half the secondary schools built in the last five years are badly designed, the Government's own advisers have warned. Nine out of the 10 worst were built using PFI, the report from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment said. Read
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Military merger
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Up to 800 civilian and military jobs will be axed under a proposed merger of two major defence agencies, the Government announced yesterday. Defence Secretary Des Browne pledged that compulsory redundancies would be avoided where possible. Read
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Escaping the weather
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
An estimated 11 million Britons could own a second home abroad within five years, and more than two-thirds of people would like to buy a property abroad, to escape the British weather, say foreign exchange specialist HIFX. Read
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24-hour deadline
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
Palestine militants yesterday gave Israel 24 hours to start releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, implying they will kill an abducted Israeli soldier today if their demands are not met. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected any negotiations. Read
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30 killed in train crash
Jul 04 2006 | News Archive
An underground train derailed and overturned inside a tunnel in the Spanish city of Valencia yesterday, killing more than 30 passengers and injuring another 30. The crash was probably caused by high speed and one of the carriage's wheels may have broken off, regional authorities said. The accident occurred as the train was approaching Jesus station on a curved section of the track. It was the second accident on the line in less than a year. Read
