Europe Intelligence Wire articles from May 2011, page 5

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Copper thieves.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) POLICE are hunting thieves who stole copper piping from a building's external gas supply. The crime happened some time between last Wednesday and Saturday at an address in Canterbury Close, North Seaton,...

Downing street date for group.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A NORTH East group enjoyed a special reception at Downing Street in recognition of its work in the community. Members of the Biddick Hall Community Focus Group, in South Shields, joined organisations and...

Readers appeal for photo information.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) READERS have asked us to turn detective and appealed for information regarding old photographs. Margaret Kirk (nee Wales) of Oliver Street, Stanley explained: "I've enclosed a photocopy to ask if any of...

Bridge over the communities.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) ARMSTRONG Bridge is one of Tyneside's most loved landmarks. And we've been through the archives to find past pictures of the bridge which was designed and built by Sir W.G. Armstrong & Co. Our...

REUNITED.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) NATIONAL Microchipping Month starts tomorrow and our Benton Shelter will be offering microchipping for dogs and cats every Saturday in June between 12.20 and 3.30pm for a small donation To have your pet...

Play fair with carers.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) IT has been reported that hundreds of thousands of older people in England who need social care are not getting any support from the state or private sector. I am a carer too, and have been for 12 years....

Stop this cruel 'sport'.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) POLLING by YouGov for the League Against Cruel Sports to coincide with National Shooting Week [May 28-June 5] has shown that 61% of the public think it's unacceptable to shoot animals for 'sport'. ...

READERS' POEMS.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) PLAY LIST Unpack the past, Take the present apart, Rebuild the future right from the start. Penny for your thoughts, If they''re so cheap, You did sow so will not reap. Count to ten from A to Z, What''s not...

Plea to councils.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THE report in Friday''s Chronicle that Nick Forbes the new Labour leader of Newcastle Council and Gateshead Council leader Mick Henry have highlighted several areas where joint working could reap benefits...

Who cares about USA?
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) If CHERYL Cole can rise from humble beginnings in Newcastle, and still have regards for her roots who gives a toss what the Americans think, their loss? Too much of British culture has been influenced by...

MP's call for greater action on energy.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: MICHAEL BROWN A CITY MP has backed environmental campaigners' calls to make council houses more eco-friendly. Newcastle Gateshead Friends of the Earth want amendments to the government's new...

Energy revolution for homes.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THE Energy Bill, introduced to Parliament last December, includes a "Green Deal" which the government claim will "revolutionise" the efficiency of British houses. The idea is that private firms will be able...

Get involved at enviro festival.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: STEVE EMSLEY AT this year's Green Festival on Saturday and Sunday in Leazes Park, Newcastle, why not take another step to go green and get involved in one of the groups undertaking activities in...

Go Green campaign in spotlight.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THE Go Green campaign has won another accolade after being commended in the Newspaper Awards. Now in it's fourth year, our campaign to encourage the North East to reduce, reuse and recycle, has won two...

Award for primary school.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) PUPILS at a Tyneside primary school have been praised for their efforts to cut their carbon footprint and create a sustainable school. The children have been recycling, composting, monitoring their energy...

An 'otterly' good idea.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) OTTERS are being given their own secret tunnel in an effort to help them cross a busy Tyneside road. Gateshead Council has installed the 98-feet-long, one-and-a-half-foot-wide pathway underneath the busy...

Woodland event.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) FIND OUT more about the history of the North East's woodlands at an event this Friday. The event, at Chopwell Wood, is organised by Groundwork North East with support from the Forestry Commission and Friends...

Muir milestone.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) AN ENVIRONMENTAL award scheme has honoured its 1,000th recipient in the North East. The John Muir Award is supported in the North East by a partnership involving Durham County Council and conservation...

The Geordie shore cast as children.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: ALASTAIR CRAIG THEY caused a national outcry in their first week on TV screens. But as these pictures show, the cast of reality TV show Geordie Shore weren't always the controversial characters...

Building a bright future.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) DIGNITARIES touched base on Tyneside to launch a building exhibition. Mayor of Gateshead, Coun Joe Mitchinson, enjoyed a ride in a cherry-picker featured at the Association of Building Engineers Northern...

Cadets back RAF veterans.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) AIR cadets teamed up to to show their appreciation for North East veterans. The youngsters from squadrons in Longbenton and Tynemouth joined current servicemen at the Rothbury House retirement home to...

Manaaber looks set to really step up.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) MANAABER was a real eyecatcher on her last run and should be followed in the EBF Play Blackjack At totesport.com Fillies' Handicap at Nottingham. Once-raced as a juvenile, when successful at Doncaster,...

Much to admire in Durham's Ben.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: STUART RAYNER GORDON MUCHALL described Ben Stokes as "the best young batsman I've ever seen" after yet another star turn from the all-rounder. On day one of the County Championship clash with...

I would walk.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton has claimed he would likely walk away from Formula One if he was ever forced to rein in his natural racing instinct. Hamilton's remarks follow a controversial Monaco Grand Prix...

Full package.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) GOLF: US Open champion Graeme McDowell has hailed new world No 1 Luke Donald as "the full package". Donald rose to top spot with victory in the BMW Championship at Wentworth two days ago, and his European...

Strauss hails his fighters after win.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) ANDREW STRAUSS toasted England's "extraordinary" victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test - and admitted it was one of the most dramatic finales of his career. Strauss' side defied the inhospitable...

Title delight for Osueke.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) NEWCASTLE superkid Lawrence Osueke has been crowned the North East light heavyweight champion. Osueke, a former ABA Senior title holder, took a unanimous points decision off Birtley's champion Derek...

Birtley's GB boost.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) BIRTLEY have received an unexpected double boost with two late selections in the GB squad for the European Junior Championships in Hungary on June 26. Callum French and Luke McCormack have been added to...

Jackson leads Bedford charge.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: BILL McGUIRK COMMONWEALTH Games champion Johanna Jackson led the region's medal charge at the Inter-Counties Championships in Bedford. Competing in the 3,000 metres walk, the Teessider had no...

I did it my way and got nicked.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) AS A Northern League player of considerable reputation Les Mutrie was both arrested by the police after a match and banned for impersonating Frank Sinatra. Now that's what I call a colourful career. First...

Mutrie didn't pay penalty for spot misses.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) LES MUTRIE missed two out of three penalties against Hull City in a three-match FA Cup battle of epic proportions. Yet such were his stunning overall performances Hull still paid a record fee to sign the...

'Soft Geordie' ended his career in Pool farce.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) HE began his Football League career as Bob Moncur's first signing at Carlisle United and ended it in farce at Hartlepool. Mutrie was viewed at Brunton Park as "a soft Geordie" when he had actually broken...

Mv muissus Sandra did her bit in feeding future England boss.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) WHEN Geordie Les Mutrie was Hull City's top gun, a young whippersnapper called Sid used to pop round to his club house overlooking Boothferry Park to tuck into a free meal. Mutrie's wife Sandra would make...

Boots flew at flying director.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A BEMUSED Les Mutrie was in Newcastle United's dressing-room at Benwell the day Ralph Callachan threw his muddy boots at Squadron Leader James Rush, a club director. "It was during the time Richard...

Cash for grabs.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A CASH fund has been launched to help community groups. The pounds 100,000 Big Society Community Investment Fund aims to support groups in North Tyneside with grants from pounds 50 to pounds 10,000. The...

Pupils clinch green award.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) ECO-FRIENDLY pupils have been praised for helping to reduce their carbon footprint. King Edward's Primary, in North Shields, has been awarded Keep Britain Tidy's Eco Schools Green Flag award. Since...

BUMPER BANK HOLIDAY.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: ROBERT WEATHERALL FAMILIES defied the mixed bank holiday weather to enjoy a host of fun days out across the North East. Visitors to Durham city centre experienced a taste of the 1940s during a...

Kids' spruce-up.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) DOZENS of green-fingered youngsters have been helping to brighten up the region. Along with parents and staff, 24 children from Field House Nursery, in Whitley Road, Benton, visited Benton Quarry Park to...

Charity auction.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A CHARITY night is being held for a animal charity. A Dinner and Auction night will be held at the Boardwalk in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, on Wednesday, July 20, in aid of Oldies Club - a charity which...

The death of Maurice Murphy.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A WORLD-famous trumpeter who grew up and started to play music in the North East has died. Maurice Murphy moved to County Durham with his family as a young boy at the outbreak of the Second World War. ...

The marriage of Clare Brolly & Philip O'Sullivan.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THE stylish but elegant Beamish Park Hotel provided the perfect backdrop for this couple's special day. Clare Brolly and Philip O'Sullivan, an accountant, wed on May 7 at 4pm at St Joseph's Church in...

The birth of Leila Churchley.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) SHE kept her parents waiting, but Leila Jasmine Churchley has been keeping her proud mam and dad on their toes since her arrival. The little girl was two weeks overdue before she eventually came in to...

Sports day.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) CHILDREN with cerebral palsy from across the region are invited to take part in two sports days. North Tyneside Council's sports development team, in partnership with the charity Cerebral Palsy Sport, is...

Zumba wonga.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) ZUMBA fans have shimmied their way to raising thousands of pounds for charity. Nearly 100 people turned out at Concordia Leisure Centre in Cramlington, Northumberland, at the weekend to try their hand at...

Car boot sale.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A CAR boot sale is being held to raise money for a community project. The event will be held at Chevyside School, in Newbiggin Hall, Newcastle, on June 14. Sellers need to be at the school by 9am and...

Tennis centre.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A NEW pounds 1m indoor tennis centre has officially opened in Tyneside. Lawn Tennis Association chief executive, Roger Draper, opened the facility at Churchill Community College, in Wallsend, North Tyneside....

Fair takings.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A SPRING fair and plant sale has raised nearly pounds 600 for a country show committee. The event, organised by Longframlington Show, made pounds 599, with double the attendance of previous years. Bedding...

There for us all despite so much heartache.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: VICKY ROBSON HER heart of gold has kept her griefstricken family going throughout the toughest of times. And now, grandmother-of-seven Elizabeth Diver has been nominated for our Mam of the Year...

Awards honour for adult learners.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) TWO adult learners are celebrating after winning national awards. Tim Simpson, 22, received the Baroness Eaton Young Adult Learner of the Year prize after being nominated by his employer Acorn Computer...

Drivers are under police scrutiny.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THOUGHTLESS drivers who park on pavements are facing a crackdown by police and council staff. Officers in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, are taking action after receiving complaints from pedestrians about...

New car tyre should come from council pot.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: ANDREW GLOVER A ROW over damage caused by a pothole has left a Tyneside couple going potty. Brenda Hume hit a pothole in February as she was on the way to visit her mother in a Westerhope nursing...

Sexy MPs website is online hit.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A CHEEKY website that lets voters choose the sexiest MP has become an online hit. Visitors to sexymp.co.uk are shown pictures of MPs and asked to rate the most attractive male and females. The website...

Lifesavers will benefit from store.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A LIFEBOAT charity has received a donation from a new supermarket. The Sainsbury's branch at the site of the former Broadway pub in Tynemouth, North Tyneside, has nominated Tynemouth RNLI lifeboat station...

War memorial hit by thieves will be restored.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: SONIA SHARMA A WAR memorial that has been blighted by vandals and thieves is to be restored to save it from further attacks. The monument on The Links, in Whitley Bay, honours soldiers who died...

Vision for two villages.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A VISION for the future of two villages has been drawn up. A new parish plan summary will be delivered to every door in Widdrington Station and Stobswood, in Northumberland, to inform residents how their...

Assault victim appeal.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A DRINKER was attacked outside a club in a late-night assault. Police have appealed for information after a man was left with serious injuries following the incident outside a South Tyneside nightclub. ...

Heard the one about the comic and the bike.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) ONE of the region's most successful comedians joined 300 bikers revving up for charity. Ross Noble invited hundreds of his Twitter followers to join him as he came to the end of his 'sit-down tour' of the...

Jailed husband kept court date a secret.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: SOPHIE DOUGHTY A BUSINESSMAN was sent to jail while his wife, who did not even know he was at court, was at hospital with his poorly son. Colin Yeaman, 51, was banned from running a company...

Woman victim of thief.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A PENSIONER'S purse was stolen by a pickpocket. The 76-year-old was at St Clare's Hospice shop in South Shields when a woman bumped in to her. She later realised her purse had been snatched from her...

Bankrupt boss 'gutted'.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A SCAFFOLDING firm boss who rammed the offices of a housing association he blamed for his business going bust has declared himself bankrupt. John Robertson, of York Avenue, Jarrow, was outraged when South...

Fifa boss denies football in crisis.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) DEFIANT Fifa president Sepp Blatter has denied football is in crisis and said there was no issue over the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. He made the comments at a dramatic solo news conference as...

Alert over killer cucumbers.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) SPANISH vegetables suspected of being contaminated with a potentially deadly bacteria are being recalled from shops in Austria and the Czech Republic to prevent the spread of a deadly outbreak. The death...

Serbia EU membership call.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) SERBIA'S president Boris Tadic said it is time for the European Union to do its part by boosting his nation's efforts to join the bloc, arguing the arrest of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic proves it is...

Rescuers release accident victims.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) FIREFIGHTERS were called to a County Durham village after reports of a crash in the early hours of the morning. Two crews from Spennymoor attended Bogma Avenue in Coxhoe at 12.15am yesterday after calls...

Farewell to parish.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THANKS have been given to a parish councillor who has stood down after years of serving his community. Tony Sandford was a member of Rothbury Parish Council for around 15 years. He was also a member of...

Take That fan jets in from Australia.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: RACHEL WEARMOUTH TAKE That superfan Ruth Pearson came all the way from Australia just to see her idols in concert. Despite shelling out more than pounds 1,500 for her flight, ticket and...

Noisy parties are silenced.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A STOCK of stereo equipment seized from noisy neighbours is to be recycled. Amplifiers, ghetto blasters, CD players and turn tables have been taken to the Recycling Village at Middlefields Industrial...

Town's history put on display.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A SPECIAL exhibition is helping to shed light on a town's past. Jarrow Library, in South Tyneside, is playing host to the photographic display, organised as part of the annual Jarrow Festival. The...

Door-to-door service for pets.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) PET owners living out of town can now get treatments closer to home with the launch of a mobile clinic. The mobile surgery, owned and run by Prince Bishop Veterinary Hospital in Leadgate, County Durham,...

Jail for thug after vicious beating.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: SOPHIE DOUGHTY A VIOLENT bully who beat his pregnant lover with a mobile phone is finally behind bars after launching a ferocious nightspot attack. Barry Jopling walked free from court two...

70 years fo proud service.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: RACHEL WEARMOUTH STANDING in front of their fire engines, the men of Birtley were proud to serve their community. First opened in 1938, the retained firefighters have served the community for over...

Victim knifed nine times.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) THE Chronicle revealed how Karl Brown, 26, Lingcrest, Beacon Lough, Gateshead, was knifed nine times in a frenzied street attack. He was left fighting for his life after his attacker repeatedly plunged a...

Youngsters taught the danger of knife crime.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A CRACKDOWN on knife crime has seen officers take the fight to the classroom. Top officers have staged a series of educational programmes to highlight the dangers of knives among impressionable youths. ...

A knife attack a day on our streets.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: DAN WARBURTON THE true scale of knife attacks on the streets of Tyneside can today be revealed. More than 320 crimes were recorded last year by officers from Northumbria Police in which a...

Working for change.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) KNIFE crime remains very much a day-to-day issue for society. Figures accessed by the Chronicle show more than one incident a day dealt with by police in the North East. The nature of some of these is...

New roof ablaze.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) FIREFIGHTERS were called to a flat on Tyneside after a blaze broke out in its roof. It happened at the property in Westoe Road, South Shields, South Tyneside, at around 6pm yesterday. It is believed...

Mounting fury at scrapping of ONE.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) CITY leaders are preparing to slam the Government for axing a multibillion pound regeneration agency. Labour-led Newcastle City Council is tomorrow night expected to pass a motion criticising the...

Sacked nurse set for return to work.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: ALASTAIR CRAIG HEALTH bosses look set to reinstate a nurse they sacked three years ago in a rare legal wrangle. An employment tribunal last month found that Yunus Bakhsh had the right to demand...

Literacy skills courses on offer.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) PARENTS and carers are invited to literacy skills courses at children's centres in County Durham. The free six-week literacy skills course will be available at Benfieldside Children's Centre, starting on...

Financial firm to open city office.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) A MULTI-MILLION-POUND trading firm has outlined plans to open a Tyneside branch. London-based firm Oak Futures has confirmed a bid for high-spec offices at Newcastle's Quayside. s The firm, which...

Trendy cigarettes aimed at women.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: KERRY WOOD CIGARETTE giant British American Tobacco is targeting North East women with a new socalled trendy fag. Dr Shonag Mackenzie, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Wansbeck...

Emma is trumped by the rulebook.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) TOP trumper Emma Bullock's card skills were trumped by the rulebook - as a technicality saw her drop out of a national competition. The schoolgirl travelled to London alongside other Top Trump-playing...

CHEICK WON'T CHANGE STYLE.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: STEVE BROWN CHEICK TIOTE'S disciplinary record WILL improve, Alan Pardew insists - but the Newcastle boss refuses to try to change the United midfielder. Pardew has described the Ivory Coast...

Pardew's on the hunt for quality.
May 31, 2011... (From Newcastle Evening Chronicle) Byline: STEVE BROWN ALAN PARDEW is committed to scouring the transfer market in the search for bargains akin to Cheick Tiote. But while Newcastle appear to have done so in sealing a cut-price pounds 4m...