Posted on 12 January 2011.
RESEARCH will take a back seat when an acclaimed academic comes from Down Under for the Wear-Tyne derby. Gavin Kitching is normally 10,400 miles away, in his role as Professor of Politics at the University of South Wales in Sydney, Australia. The internationally-renowned political scientist has written books on revolutionary philosophers, economic history and Third [...]
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Posted on 03 January 2011.
First New Year baby in Sunderland was Georgia Ann Henry, pictured here with parents Allan Henry and Hannah Wood. SURPRISE arrivals gave parents double cause for New Year celebrations as their newborns were delivered on Wearside. The first 24 hours of 2011 were busy for Sunderland Royal Hospital’s maternity unit, with nine births on the [...]
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Posted on 04 May 2010.
The novels are not consciously auto-biographical. But they certainly gave me a way of writing about a region I knew intimately, for I was born on the Durham coalfield in 1947 and grew up in the mining village of Fencehouses. Also, like Bob Henderson, I am an academic, having worked in universities for over thirty [...]
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Posted on 08 January 2010.
Published Date: 07 January 2010 By Fiona Thompson Theatre bosses have already started taking ticket bookings for their next pantomime as they celebrate their most successful festive show. The Gala, in Durham, has just finished its second in-house panto, Dick Whittington, which has broken a record as the venue’s most financially successful show of [...]
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Posted on 05 November 2009.
By Danielle Beeton Singer Shaun Foster-Conley has been swamped by fan mail since becoming a star of the small screen. The 36-year-old, who lives in Fence Houses and is originally from Red House, Sunderland, has also been constantly stopped in the street since his first appearance on the hit show Benidorm last month. Shaun, who [...]
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Posted on 21 October 2009.
A singer who made his name in the clubs of Sunderland is set to become a star of the small screen tonight. Entertainer Shaun Foster-Conley will appear in ITV’s award-winning show Benidorm and is set to appear in three more episodes. The 36-year-old, who performs at the popular resort for up to seven months in [...]
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Posted on 13 October 2009.
FINDING yourself one on one in a cage with someone who wants to cause you severe pain would be most people’s worst nightmare. But in that cage – and with that someone – is where arguably the North East’s most successful martial artist feels most at home. Four months ago, Ross Pearson swept all before [...]
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Posted on 13 August 2009.
Still hair at 81! Dec 10 2004 By Matt Casey, The Evening Chronicle At the grand old age of 81 barber Alf Roxby is still cutting it. And while grandad Alf is probably the oldest crimper in the country, he is also one of the cheapest. Customers never complain about his prices. The pensioners’ rate [...]
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Posted on 18 September 2008.
Aug 25 2007 Evening Chronicle For three decades Donald McBride has been a stalwart of Newcastle’s Live Theatre, meeting many famous faces along the way. Here he talks to GRAHAM ROBSON IT was apt that actor Donald McBride won a part in the award-winning film Billy Elliot, based as it was on a story [...]
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Posted on 24 August 2008.
Grant Leadbitter Born: January 7, 1986, Fence Houses. International honours: Represented England at Under-16, U17, U18 and U19 level. First team debut: v Huddersfield Town, home (League Cup, September 23, 2003). Premiership debut: v Charlton Athletic, away (December 10, 2005). Appearances this season: 8 (2 as sub). Also played for: Rotherham United (7 games on [...]
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