Europe Intelligence Wire articles from April 2012, page 6

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Eden Hazard alerts Manchester duo: I want to play in England next year.
April 30, 2012... (From Guardian Unlimited) Eden Hazard has declared that he has decided to move to the Premier League next season after his latest starring performance for his French club, Lille. The 21-year-old Belgian midfielder scored the equalising...

MLS: 5 things we learned in week eight.
April 30, 2012... (From Guardian Unlimited) Lenhart and Chavez show San Jose are not just about Wondo Steven Lenhart needs no introduction to MLS fans - not that we haven't tried . If there were two of him, the collective noun would be a 'tangle'. He's like...

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers - live!
April 30, 2012... (From Guardian Unlimited) Tampa Bay Rays 4 - Texas Rangers 2, Top 7th: Beltre starts off the 7th with a fine play on Luke Scott's pop up, a back handed grab! Very nice. That picks up Holland, who is out for more here in the seventh inning....

NFL draft 2012: winners and losers.
April 30, 2012... (From Guardian Unlimited) While the NFL draft may not be as dramatic as the playoffs, it is every bit as crucial for the success of teams. It is no coincidence that teams which draft well regularly feature in the playoffs: The Baltimore...

Heat is off as the Eagles go through.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: JEFF KING Guildford Heat...... 69 Newcastle Eagles . 74 (Eagles win 167-125 on aggregate) AS expected, Newcastle Eagles completed the job in Guildford to advance to a play-off semi-final against...

Danger driver rammed cabbie.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: SOPHIE DOUGHTY DRUNK and filled with rage, danger driver David Rutherford rammed a taxi with his car as the cabbie's terrified passengers screamed with horror. Craig Turnbull could not believe...

T-shirt CV man earns daily bread.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: MICHAEL BROWN A GRADUATE who resorted to wearing his CV on his T-shirt to land his dream job has decided to launch his own business. Joe Busby was so fed up with getting nowhere on his...

Serial burglar has been jailed for three years.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A SERIAL burglar has been jailed for three years after stealing jewellery and driving off in a stolen car during separate house break-ins in Northumberland. Prolific offender James McPhail, 29, broke into...

'Please help Thomas to live without pain'.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: BROOKE CHANDLER MY story begins when my little boy, Thomas, now five, was just five weeks old. We were discharged from hospital after a traumatic emergency caesarean section, and doctors told us...

North Tyneside.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Geoffrey Lough, 29, Falstaff Road, North Shields. Admitted stealing a sat nav and binoculars from a car in Whitley Bay on March 21. Also pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and diamorphine and to carrying...

South Tyneside.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Gary Dadd, 25, Bede Burn Road, Jarrow. Found guilty in his absence of driving whilst using a mobile phone in Hebburn on December 7. Given three penalty points and ordered to pay pounds 300. Shaun Riggs, 45,...

Gateshead.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Anne-Louise Bell, 28, Tyne Walk, Throckley, Newcastle. Stole a fish tank valued at pounds 9 from Pets at Home, the Metrocentre, on February 19. Sentenced to 12 months' supervision. David Goodfellow, 39, Long...

Newcastle.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Philip Metcalfe, 45, Bentinck Terrace, Elswick, Newcastle. Stole wine valued at pounds 6.74 from Waitrose, Newcastle, on April 25. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to a six-month conditional discharge. Dean...

Getting his massage to employers.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: ANDREW GLOVER MASSEUR William McBride wants to use the power of his healing hands and help people recover from all kinds of injuries. Mr McBride from Benton, Newcastle, is a fully-qualified...

Weather dampens hopes of North.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) NORTHUMBERLAND'S MCCA Trophy hopes are in the lap of the gods after they suffered more frustration with the weather. Having lost the first of their four group games against Cheshire to the weather last...

Stokes' sights on Edgbaston return.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: MARK DOUGLAS BEN STOKES hopes to get the green light to rip into Warwickshire's all-star line-up this week. Rain washed out the entire four days of Durham's LV County Championship clash with...

Three's up for Sebastien.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) AUTO: Sebastien Loeb claimed his third win of the 2012 World Rally Championship campaign as he completed a dominant display at the Rally of Argentina. The reigning eight-time world champion secured his...

Bubble has not burst but a costly day out.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: LEE RYDER THE TOON Army turned up in great numbers and ready to nudge the Magpies closer to a Champions League place. Unfortunately Newcastle United did not turn up until it was too late. By...

Honours going East.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) NEWCASTLE East Griffins have been crowned champions of the Newcastle Eagles School of Excellence Central Venue League's Under-18 Division One. Their 6-2 record was enough to take the top prize without...

Seven up for Nadal as Ferrer is beaten.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) RAFAEL NADAL continued his almost total domination of the Barcelona Open by defeating David Ferrer in yesterday's final to win the tournament for a seventh time. The two Spaniards were meeting in the...

Wizard Ronnie turns on the style.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) CRUCIBLE wizard Ronnie O'Sullivan brought more toil and trouble for Mark Williams with a spellbinding display at the Betfred.com World Championship. O'Sullivan's young apprentice Judd Trump was also back...

Weekend proves damp squib for Diamonds.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: BARRY WALLACE IT WAS a disappointing and ultimately dismal weekend for Newcastle Diamonds. On Saturday they were beaten 50-43 at Berwick. They then suffered a postponement last night when...

Falcons told: Never mind the maths, just get the win.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: MARK SMITH NEWCASTLE Falcons have been told to win the game and worry about the maths later as they prepare for Saturday''s relegation decider at London Wasps. The Falcons travel down to Adams...

Geordies on the move.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: JOANNE BUTCHER GRANNIES, gaming geeks and even an ex-Toon player have showed their best moves in an online video. To celebrate International Dance Day, a team from Newcastle-based games design...

Search for missing lan stepped up.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: SARAH SCOTT COMMUNITY efforts to find a missing schoolboy stepped up a gear as a Facebook campaign for help was launched. A major search operation to find eight-year-old Ian Thomas Bell, of...

Chance to help with the Olympics.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) VOLUNTEERS are being offered support to help them help out at this summer's Olympic and Paralympic games. The Play Your Part bursary scheme has been set up by the established Community Foundation Tyne...

Joy as Millie goes home for the first time.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: HELEN RAE FOR months her tiny life hung in the balance, but now Millie Porri-Wright is finally home in the arms of her loving parents. Born weighing less than a bag of sugar, the six-month-old...

Firm is last word in shop front printing.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THE name of a Geordie business is poised to enter the English language as a new word. Shopjacket, a North Tyneside company which produces and fits printed panels to make empty shops look busy, has been...

Dunston striker's goal vow.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) DUNSTON UTS goal king Andrew Bulford has vowed to fire his side to FA Vase glory - and write his name in the record books. The 25-year-old has scored in every game the STL Northern League club have played...

Cassidy plans changes after Spartans end with defeat.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) BLYTH Spartans manager Tommy Cassidy was left unimpressed as his relegated side signed off with a finalday home defeat against Nuneaton Town. Blyth went down 3-2 at Croft Park to Town, who clinched the...

Race for the title is not Dun yet.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) AT 3pm on Saturday Billy Irwin thought the chances of Dunston UTS clinching the league championship were over. By 5pm he was urging his players to prepare for tonight's crunch game with Spennymoor Town at...

Poverty rethink needed says MP.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) WELFARE: ATTEMPTS to tackle poverty should focus more on children''s life chances rather than purely on their household income, Government adviser Frank Field urged today. The Labour MP, who was appointed by...

Fears grown for diabetic who hasn't come home.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: LIZ WALKER CONCERN is growing for the welfare of a diabetic woman who has gone missing from home. Police are appealing for help in tracing mum Helen Taylor who hasn't been seen since she was...

Mum's fake goods scam.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: KATIE DAVIES HARD-UP Stacey Elsdon buying discount designer car boot sale for her kids in Christmas. The 32-year-old mum-of-garage and car with clothes, and hair straighteners, which top...

Bogie is already looking to future.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: JEFF BOWRON GATESHEAD clinched only their third top-eight finish in the Conference National with a 3-0 final-day win over AFC Telford United at the International Stadium. Second-half goals from...

Hunt for arsonists.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) POLICE are hunting arsonists who set a flat alight. Officers received information about a fire at a flat at Bird's Nest Road in Walker at around 3.34am on Thursday. The blaze started in the ground-floor...

Port plan worrying Tyneside.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) LIVERPOOL Council is pushing ahead with a port plan set to challenge Tyneside. The Merseyside authority has written to shipping minister Mike Penning at the Department for Transport urging him to quickly...

Anger as council forced to pick up bill over academy school row.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) CITY leaders have accused the Government of a "secret tax on education" after they were forced to pick up a pounds 60,000 legal bill for a controversial school academy bid. Spending chiefs at Newcastle...

Cabaye and Dan to miss Chelsea?
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: LEE RYDER DANNY SIMPSON and Yohan Cabaye are both doubts ahead of Newcastle United's trip to Chelsea. The duo both endured knocks during the 4-0 thrashing at Wigan and were being assessed at...

All boss is saying.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: LEE RYDER GIVE Papiss a chance - that was the message to Newcastle United defenders today from Alan Pardew after their horror show in Wigan. The Toon boss today was looking through the wreckage...

We simply lost our heads, rues Alan.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: LEE RYDER ALAN PARDEW has admitted Newcastle United "lost their heads" at the DW Stadium. The shell-shocked Magpies went in at half-time 4-0 down against relegation haunted Wigan Athletic on a...

Big tasks ahead.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) BLACKBURN: Steve Kean admits his Rovers side need "two monumental performances" to stay in the Barclays Premier League after a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham. Rovers remain second bottom, three points shy of safety...

Hughes raps 'navie' team.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) QPR: Mark Hughes accused his QPR side of being "naive'' after falling 4-0 behind inside 25 minutes at Chelsea. The Blues went on to win 6-1, Fernando Torres hitting a hat-trick for the Londoners, who host...

Two injured in early morning street assault.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A MAN suffered a head injury after a frightening city centre attack. The 45-year-old was taken to hospital with the injuries, not thought to be life-threatening, following the assault on New Bridge...

Survivor of attack in trouble a year on.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: DAN WARBURTON MURDER target Karl Brown illegally ferried his pal around Tyneside after a three-week-old baby was hit with a brick. A schoolyard grudge left 27-year-old Brown with nine stab...

Help to get online.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA: PEOPLE who want to learn more about the world of computers and the internet are invited along to drop-in sessions held at the town's library. The free Introduction to Computers sessions...

Armed raider hunted.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) SUNDERLAND: POLICE are hunting an armed robber who targeted a working men's club. At 1.35pm on Saturday, a man went into Redhouse Working Men's Club in Rawmarsh Road in Sunderland armed with a hammer. ...

Clarity required on Harry snub.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A PROMINENT member of the England Supporters Club has demanded clarity from the Football Association over their decision to snub Harry Redknapp in favour of Roy Hodgson. The FA have named Hodgson as their...

Not like this surely? But it did for United?
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: John GIBSON IT WAS always going to happen of course, but not at Wigan. Not by four shuddering goals all before halftime. No, surely not. United had after all won six successive Premier League...

Squad set for a Turn-over in the summer claims Michael.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: JAMES HUNTER MICHAEL TURNER expects Martin O'Neill to bring in new blood over the summer to get Sunderland moving back in the right direction. The Black Cats' season has gone flat over the last...

Cats Wandering when next victory will come.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: JAMES HUNTER TWO goals scored but another two points dropped. Sunderland's seven-hour goal drought may be over but the Black Cats have waited even longer for a win - and they are still waiting....

BIRTHDAY MEMORIES.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) BIRTHDAY MEMORIES LEE (Gateshead). Birthday memories of a dear mam Rita. No cards to send, no gifts to give, just all our love as long as we live. From Sandra, Steve and family.xx LEE (Gateshead). Rita. Mam,...

IN MEMORIAM.(Obituary)
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) BROWN (Westerhope). Gillian (nee Ritson). Precious memories of Gillian who left us four years today. Someone very special is on our mind today, someone who meant everything in every single way. We miss you...

Penpal author helps to snare killers.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) CRIME author Bernard O'Mahoney has told how he used penpal letters to snare some of the North's most notorious killers. The 52-year-old Gateshead author used a host of pseudonyms to befriend vile...

War of words over teenage candidate.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: KATE PROCTOR A WAR of words has erupted over the age of a teenage council hopeful standing in the local election. At 19 years old, law student Carl Johnson is the youngest candidate ever to...

Bringing the bright lights to.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: KIM CARMICHAEL IT was lights, camera, action as a Tyneside street was transformed into a film set. Captured on their last day of filming, these shots show a TV crew bringing the sights and...

Kick-start fitness bid.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) WEST DENTON: A LADIES-ONLY kickboxing course is set to raise money for a national heart charity. The classes at All Saints College, led by kickboxing instructor and 2nd dan black belt holder Julie...

Davies putts name in the record books.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: BILL McGUIRK GATESHEAD Harriers' Open Medal Meeting joined forces with CP Sport for the second round of their Grand Prix at the International Stadium - and they were blessed with numerous CP...

Gardens contest.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THE search is on to find North Tyneside's bloomin' marvellous gardens. Residents, allotment holders, schools, community groups, places of worship and businesses are all invited to take part in North...

Peak performance.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: HUW SILK A CHARITY helping children with cancer is nearly pounds 7,000 better off after Tyneside walkers completed the Three Peaks Challenge. Staff at Tesco Bank, Longbenton, and their friends...

Vicar to stand for mayor if referendum vote says 'yes'.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) NEWCASTLE'S most popular vicar has he would stand in elections if voters opt for an elected mayor in next week's referendum. Reverend Glyn Evans is the vicar of St Andrew's Church in the city centre and...

A warm welcome for our medical heroes.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: SARAH SCOTT FAMILIES were reunited at an emotional homecoming for Tyneside medics serving in Afghanistan. Loved ones embraced as the TA doctors and nurses from 201 (Northern) Field Hospital...

Return Royals to the Germans.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) PERHAPS the clique of unenlightened, obsessive, overt supporters of the monarchy should recall that, in 1917, due to anti-German sentiment, George V - being at the head of a family with distinctive German...

Back plans for plain packaging.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) PLAIN tobacco packaging - your support wanted A consultation is underway about the possible introduction of standardised packaging for tobacco products - and your local councillors are urging people to make...

POEM OF THE DAY.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) MY HEART AND DREAMS Gillian Gwinnette Gillian Gwinnette Where are you now My sweet Gillian Gwinnette For I now lie all alone In a cold and lonely room And all I have left of you I hold close to me Is in both...

YOUR MEMORIES.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Share your favourite pictures! We would love to feature your favorite memories right here. THE PEOPLE'S theatre in Heaton is a much loved and much respected premier amateur theatre company in the North of...

Recalling racy days in limelight.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) AT the tender age of 10, Cindy Lightburn knew a life in the limelight was for her. Performing as one of Joyce Wright's "dancing babes" in the 1962 centenary celebrations of the Blaydon Races anthem,...

TODAY.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) 70s 1977 Red Adair's Texan oil rig experts managed to cap the 30,000-gallon Ekofist Bravo blow-out. They plugged what could have turned into a 900mph nightmare fountain of oil, gas and mud. 80s 1981...

TWEETS & POSTS.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A selection of your comments left on our website, Twitter and Facebook pages A STRETCH of road in Tyneside has been branded one of Britain's most dangerous by cyclists, with 18 crashes in the past five...

Armed forces are greatly admired.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THE joy of the families who welcomed loved ones home to Tyneside from service in Afghanistan is matched by the admiration felt in the wider community. The brave and uncompromising way in which these men...

" TODAY'S QUOTES.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) "I have a sharp tongue, so a lot of what I say can be construed as bitchiness. But it isn't... I think I am more witty than bitchy" - Joan Collins. "I think she is lucky to have me" - Bernie Ecclestone, 82,...

Spotlight back on Wor Jackie.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) IN the mid-eighties - together with my colleagues in Northumbria Police over-40s football team, some of whom were Sunderland supporters - I contributed to the Chronicle's project of dedicating a statue to...

YOU TELL US.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) AFTER wearing his CV on his T-shirt in an attempt to get a job, graduate Joe Busby will now launch his own business. We asked customers from Revolution in Newcastle what type of business they would open if...

KIM'S WORLD.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) I THINK there's something about a wedding that brings out the best in people. It's like we suddenly become happier, jollier and more glamorous versions of ourselves. So we were in good spirits last...

Closures raise car park issue.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) I UNDERSTAND that some roads around the ground will be closed all day during the match days for the Olympic Games. Can someone from the council tell me how we will be able to exit from the Eldon Garden...

REUNITED.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Send details to: Reunited, Feedback, Evening Chronicle, Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 1ED I WAS born and bred in East Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees. I joined the Royal Navy in 1948 and, after training...

Hunt for man after takeaway incident.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) POLICE have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with an incident in a fast food outlet in South Shields, South Tyneside. The incident happened some time between 2.40pm and...

The best birthday party in all the world.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: ANDREW WARBURTON A FAR-FLUNG family are finally back together on Tyneside for the first time since 1985. Brian Robertson and his wife Dorothy flew from Australia to surprise his sister Evelyn...

DANNY: WE'RE SORRY FANS!
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: LEE RYDER DANNY SIMPSON today issued a frank apology to the Toon Army after Newcastle United's walloping at Wigan. The Toon defender admitted United had been poor, but made the effort to come...

Alan on a scouting mission.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: LEE RYDER ALAN PARDEW shrugged off Newcastle United's defensive woes against Wigan - and jetted straight to Holland yesterday on a Euro scouting mission. Pardew is understood to have been...

Two dead in golf club shooting.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: SARAH SCOTT POLICE are still working to identify the man and woman found dead in a car at a County Durham golf club. The two bodies were discovered at Crook Golf Club. Police made the grim...

Tino's battle with ex.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: KATIE DAVIES TOON favourite Tino Asprilla has vowed to fight child maintenance claims from his ex-wife in a courtroom battle which he hopes will be over next month. The former Magpies hero has...

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS.(Correction notice)
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) AT the Evening Chronicle, we pride ourselves in journalism that is honest, accurate and fair. Our journalists adhere to the Editors Code of Practice, which sets the benchmark for high professional standards...

IN TODAY'S Evening Chronicle.
April 30, 2012... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) 8 Smarter for 10 12 My Life 20&21 Remember When 22 Feedback 25 What's On Editor Darren Thwaites 0191 201 6231 Newsdesk 0191 201 6446 Picture editor Nigel Dobson 0191 201 6125 Sports editor Kevin...