The girl who beat Aids

10:01am Tuesday 19th August 2008

After the success of Live Aid and the more recent Live 8, the plight of Africa and its Aids epidemic have again been pushed into the background.

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Golden moments

10:00am Tuesday 19th August 2008

PERHAPS we’re just riding on the crest of a golden wave at the moment, but doesn’t it look good to see Great Britain sitting third in the Olympics medals table?

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It’s all getting out of control

10:03am Tuesday 19th August 2008

HERE’S a tale for our times. Someone wrote to tell me that she has been running a little community support group for senior citizens in her village for 30 years.

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A close shave

10:13am Tuesday 19th August 2008

Would you let someone loose on your neck with a cut-throat razor? Owen Amos finds himself at the sharp end at a Darlington barber’s

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Colour me beautiful

10:16am Tuesday 19th August 2008

A good hair colour can transform both the appearance and condition of your hair from bland to brilliant

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Riparian yarns

10:18am Tuesday 19th August 2008

In a column replete with superlatives, there’s praise for one of the truly great pubs of the North

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Eat me

10:20am Tuesday 19th August 2008

Julius Caesar And The Druids: Revealed (five, 8pm); The Man Who Cycled The World (BBC1, 10.35pm); Money Makers: Beach Break Live (BBC3, 9pm)

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Team puts ‘great’ back into Britain

11:53am Monday 18th August 2008

THE problems of childhood obesity are well known. Our children watch too much television. They prefer playing video games to playing outside. They eat too much junk food.

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