 | It’s alright: here comes the sun | | 11:45am Tue 13 May 08 | | The region has just
basked in its
longest sunny spell
since 2006. But
why does sunshine make
life feel better? Owen
Amos speaks to experts
to find out |
| Dear Prime Minister | | 12:03pm Tuesday 13th May 2008 | | I DO sympathise. First Lord Levy had a go at
you. Then along came Cherie in her memoirs
- closely followed by John "two loos" Prescott. | | Reader comments (4) |
| Is anybody listening? | | 12:01pm Tuesday 13th May 2008 | | THREE months ago, a consultation period
was launched over plans to axe 2,500
local post offices across Britain, including
scores in this region. |
 | The long road home | | 12:07pm Tue 13 May 08 | | Chemistry professor and forensics expert Susan Parry explains how her second novel was delayed after she was struck down with a
debilitating illness which paralysed her from the neck down. She tells Julia Breen about her fight back from the rare condition |
 | The dog doesn't have its day | | 12:24pm Tue 13 May 08 | | MIKE Sarne didn't much
look like a pop singer,
even back in the still-startled
spring of 1962. |
| Gordon learns the hard way | | 10:18am Monday 12th May 2008 | | As Gordon Ramsay hits the
headlines over his remarks
that we should only eat
seasonal vegetables, Kate
Whiting finds out how hes
prepared to risk life and limb
in pursuit of the right
ingredients for his latest TV
cookery show
I HAVE already eaten about half of my
scrambled eggs when Gordon Ramsay jokes
that he cooked them with sea urchins. Were
sitting in his self-named restaurant at
Claridges in London surrounded by pastries
and pots of coffee and I suddenly feel quite
nauseous. |
| A record to be proud of | | 10:17am Monday 12th May 2008 | |
THE North-East is rightly proud of Nissan
Sunderland's achievements. The factory
has been the most efficient car plant
in Europe for more than a decade. |
| No need for the f-word | | 10:20am Monday 12th May 2008 | |
AT the risk of being branded the new Mary
Whitehouse, I find myself appalled at the
dumbing down of television - and by
Jonathan Ross in particular. |
| Coal: heart and soul | | 10:35am Monday 12th May 2008 | | What dangers did miners face? What was the bond system? And what do mines have to do with pigeon racing? Owen Amos talks to the author of a new book on Northern mines
A BOY emerges from the deep,
dark underground. He
clings to the chain that carries
him up the shaft, into
light, into air, and away
from the dank Tyneside pit. But the
chain slips through his hands. He slides
down the chain, back to black. His brother,
luckily, clings to the same chain, further
down. "I'm gannen to fall," the
younger brother says. "Slide down to
me," the older brother replies, reassuringly. |
| Coal: heart and soul | | 10:35am Monday 12th May 2008 | | What dangers did miners face? What was the bond system? And what do mines have to do with pigeon racing? Owen Amos talks to the author of a new book on Northern mines
A BOY emerges from the deep,
dark underground. He
clings to the chain that carries
him up the shaft, into
light, into air, and away
from the dank Tyneside pit. But the
chain slips through his hands. He slides
down the chain, back to black. His brother,
luckily, clings to the same chain, further
down. "I'm gannen to fall," the
younger brother says. "Slide down to
me," the older brother replies, reassuringly. |
More ... |
|
