Bobby Robson: It's All Coming Up Roses on Tyneside
Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
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Gutier hero
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NAME-CALLING comes with the territory on Tyneside.
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Ashley's name is still mud
Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
NAME-calling comes with the territory on Tyneside.
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Blooming marvellous - Sir Bobby compost goes on sale
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Compost made from the thousands of floral tributes to Sir Bobby Robson goes on sale on North Tyneside.
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David Lacey: Mike Ashley's latest folly is vulgar
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Changing the name of St James' Park shows how little the Newcastle owner understands about football So what's in a name ? Quite a lot when it comes to football grounds. For a supporter the name of a stadium or its location, which sometimes serves as a name, is etched as deep on the soul as the team that plays there. Memories of the Kop, the North Bank, the Shed, the Chicken Run or whatever are precious...
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Gateshead host Brentford as ambitious club seeks return to glory days
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
NEWCASTLE United may have collared the unwanted moniker of "crisis club" of the north-east, but their little Tyneside cousins Gateshead could still teach them a thing
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What a relief
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Ban Bullying at Work campaign cancelled. Tomorrow would have been the anniversary of the National Ban Bullying at Work campaign which used to be organised by the Andrea Adams Trust, however it has been cancelled this year because of an unfortunate lack of sponsorship (really more employers ought to have supported this former charity). South Tyneside Independent [...]
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Local leaders debate
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Nice idea David….but…. A pre general election debate in South Tyneside would be great but what would be the point of involving either Cllr. Jane Branley or Cllr. Jimmy Capstick unless the Independent Alliance or the Progressives were intent on fighting the next general election? The idea came from Cleadon Village and East Boldon Conservative councillor David [...]
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Now Chelsea are @ it! Blues join Newcastle in stadium naming rights sale as Stamford Bridge is put up for grabs
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Chelsea are preparing to sell the naming rights for Stamford Bridge. Undeterred by the fury among fans on Tyneside after Newcastle owner Mike Ashley revealed that St James' Park will be called sportsdirect.com@St James’ Park until the end of the season, Chelsea's new chief executive Ron Gourlay has unveiled a similar plan.
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Bogus goods worth £100,000 seized
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Counterfeit clothing and handbags are seized and three people arrested in raids on two Tyneside houses.
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Friday 6 November 2009
Carlton Brand's blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Councillors this week have selected the next chief executive - Andrew Kerr who is currently the CEO at North Tyneside Council. This is subject to approval at full council next week. With the other corporate directors, I had the pleasure of talking with Andrew as part of the selection process. He is very inspirational and showed a real depth of knowledge about the issues we face in Wiltshire and the...
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Chelsea look at selling stadium naming rights
tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Chelsea are preparing to sell the naming rights for Stamford Bridge despite anger on Tyneside after Newcastle revealed that St James' Park will be called sportsdirect.com@St James’ Park until the end of the season. read more
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Cllr. Khan under attack
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Ahmed Khan “overbearing and bullying” South Tyneside Independent Alliance councillor Ahmed Khan was yesterday cleared of an assault charge at South Shields Magistrate’s Court following an incident outside of South Shields Town Hall on June 17th this year involving local Bangladeshi community representative Lalon Amin. The trial was ended when District Judge Roger Elsey found he [...]...
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Urban abandonment - not just Detroit?
THE CITY PROJECT (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Inspired by Jo Guldi's post Bulldozing Your Neighbours: Development Plans in the Rust Belt , her longer piece at the Commonweal Institute and a general buzz around this topic in the US, I want to do some thinking about urban depopulation - in the UK. The urban population is expanding. Cities now contain over 50% of the world's population, and 90% of UK residents live in urban areas . Nationally it's...
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Man arrested after brothel raid
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A 59-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of running a brothel following a police raid in a Tyneside town.