- Young 'lack attention for Dickens'
- Slump sees 'lipstick effect' buying
- Tory MPs rebel against wind farms
- Barton's Terry tweets under review
- Queen's Jubilee eve village worship
- Miliband in call over NHS reforms
- Excess alcohol 'raises cancer risk'
- Labour chiefs in Doughty tribute
- Man released in missing woman probe
- Man arrested over teacher murder
- CCTV shows man 'jump' from ship
- Police control rival demonstrations
- William begins Falklands RAF tour
- Fire crews tackle Mayfair blaze
- Lottery couple defend benefit claim
- Navy 'sends submarine to Falklands'
- Towns regeneration contest launched
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- House price confidence 'improves'
- Britain braced for widespread snow
News
Seven-day catch-up: January 29-February 4
WELCOME to our regular Sunday morning round-up of the stories that have been making the news in South Tyneside this week.
War hero to be honoured Down Under
SOUTH Tyneside war hero John Simpson Kirkpatrick is to be honoured in Australia.
Second man charged over £10,000 cigarette robbery
A SECOND man has been remanded in custody after £10,000 of cigarettes was taken in a raid on a Tesco delivery truck, outside the Tesco store in Prince Edward Road, South Shields, on Tuesday.
Anti-racism group backs John Terry decision
A NORTH East-based anti-racism campaign group has backed the Football Association’s decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.
‘Wrong signals’ over councillors’ pensions
TOWN hall pensions for South Tyneside councillors could be sending out “the wrong signals,” it was claimed today.
Sport
Newcastle’s Demba Ba backed to pick up his old goalscoring habits by boss Pardew
DEMBA Ba has been backed to pick up where he left off at Newcastle United when he returns against Aston Villa tomorrow.
Transfer Rumours Update: Saturday, February 4
BARCELONA, Arsenal, Everton and Aston Villa are among the teams making the headlines today.
Newcastle United’s Ryan Taylor hails ‘dizzying’ Premier League success
RYAN Taylor admits Newcastle United’s success so far this season has been “dizzying”.
Newcastle United’s Gabriel Obertan promises more goals after Blackburn cracker
GABRIEL Obertan’s confident he can bring more goals to Newcastle after finally opening his United account.
Newcastle boss Pardew hails Villa’s Magpie legend Shay Given
SHAY Given frustrated Newcastle United at Villa Park earlier this season – and Alan Pardew expects the goalkeeper to again be at his best tomorrow.
Video
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NOTHING beats a Big Night Out with your mates – and you can win not one but TWO every week with The Shields Gazette.
Lifestyle
Wor Kate loses out to Dan Brown and James Pattison
THE romantic novels of Dame Catherine Cookson have been replaced by thrillers in the list of most-borrowed titles from UK libraries.
Album review: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
THE 25-year old New Yorker rode an unprecedented wave of hype last year, with her singles, including the stunning Video Games, sending online communities into pandemonium.
Album review: Dan Sartain - Too Tough To Live
THIS is the sixth album by Birmingham, Alabama, native Dan Sartain, who’s best-known for his blues and rockabilly sound.
Album review: Django Django - Django Django
THIS arty quartet are one of the most hotly-tipped new bands of 2012, with this debut arriving three years after their formation.
60s star pulls out of Shields show
SIXTIES star Gerry Marsden has pulled out of a South Tyneside gig.
Community
Would you Adam and Eve this tale?
AS much as we may think we know where we live, places like Shields really do become a different country when you delve into their licensing past.
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Hats the way it was back then!
THIS is a smashing photograph, albeit I find it rather a bitter-sweet one.
The pages of history
THE sense of relief was overwhelming, I remember. I had misplaced my copy of Le Grand Meaulnes, Alain-Fournier’s classic novel of youthful rite of passage.
What do you know about the Villa boys?
AFTER more than 70 years, it could be the small chap in the front, if he’s still with us, who holds the key to the puzzle of this picture.
A chance to meet old school friends
IF it was possible to have a scratch ‘n’ sniff version of Cookson Country, this page would sizzle with the tang of vinegar and the hot savoury aroma of chips.
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Sunday 05 February 2012
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