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 Mad Mel hits the Newcastle blues circuit
SMOKE DOESN’T get in your eyes any more, out on the jazz/blues/rock pub circuit – and mercy, lawd, for that! But something was definitely coming up cloudy.
Raw Spirit, off the leash (I said “leash, not “lash”) at a hard, driving Newcastle pub gig, had hit my male musical G-spot (yes, men have them) in so many ways. But how had they done it?
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PRIZES HAVE GONE to five youngsters for taking time to share their views on how to improve life in Sunderland.
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WORK BEGINS at the end of this month to prepare the site at Hetton Sports Complex for a new 25 metre pool due to open in Summer 2009.
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BIG TV SCREENS in public spaces are Sunderland council’s latest wheeze to beam key messages direct to citizens.
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KEY STAGE I RESULTS just in show Sunderland seven year olds are maintaining last year's performance improvements.
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Three thousand Six Hundred and Forty Seven Miles later - YES 3647 miles in 27 days.
Lawrence Laidlaw Business & Life Coach set out from Newcastle on the 1st of August
2007 to drive the coast of Britain in aid of ‘Clic Sergeant’ ( Children’s Cancer charity).
Rain, dangerous drivers and bizarre hotels were not the only adventures he faced.
Lawrence explained
‘On the way I have met some wonderful people who I will be keeping in touch with.
I should have expected rain as is typical of the British weather but there was a hell of a lot of it.
Life- media Online Ltd. ( www.sunderland-life.co.uk, www.newcastle-life.com, www.durham-life.co.uk, www.darlington-life.com, www.middlesbrough-life.co.uk )
intend to interview Lawrence as soon as he has rested to gain stories from his journey
and calculate how much has been raised, but in the meantime, we would just like to say
WELCOME BACK AND WELL DONE !!!!
You’re a Geordie Star
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ON AUGUST 1 LAWRENCE LAIDLOW set off on a mammoth trek to benefit the Clic Sargent children’s’ cancer charity.
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MUSICIANS, SINGERS, GUESTS are all invited to The Fox & Hounds, Market Place, Shildon, on Monday 3 September, from 8.30 pm.
This is the opening night of a hoped-for series of jam sessions. Entry free. |
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FOR DAYS NOW we’ve been hearing that the cops investigating the disappearance of little Madeleine McCann have been gathering evidence from the flat where she slept. |
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SUNDERLAND 11 year olds are celebrating their best ever results in the national Key Stage Two tests. |
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REDEVELOPMENT OF THE VAUX site is a step nearer with the publication of the planning inspector's report determining its future. |
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TWO AMERICAN STUDENTS are set to start studying at Sunderland University – part of a move to forge ever stronger links between Washington DC and Washington, Tyne & Wear. |
| SUNDERLAND CHILDREN'S CENTRES are backing the ‘safe play for children’ themes of National Playday (1 August). |
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HANDS UP! Mine. I’ve smoked pot. Everyone else is doing it – putting up their hands and owning up to that form of criminal activity (historic, of course), even cabinet ministers – so why not Mad Mel? |
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Concentrate Design (http://www.concentrate.org.uk) is launching an ingenious range of award-winning products that will help schoolchildren focus on their lessons by keeping them comfortable, well-hydrated and well-nourished. Mel Lewis investigates. |
Worried about cancer? Feel you may be at risk? Like to talk to an expert and have a health check on the spot?
So the Tories are giving up on grammar schools. Comprehensives are fine, they say. Less “socially divisive”. And as you were with academies. Another worthy project, right wingers now agree. |
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FOUR THOUSAND NEW JOBS are in the pipeline, thanks to a Sunderland City Council initiative in association with property developers Wilton and Clugston and One NorthEast. |
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| Cabbies on the box (Sunderland Echo)
These are the people behind the numbers. Seven cabbies from across Wearside and East Durham are appearing in TV trailers before and after films shown on Channel 4. WITH VIDEO |
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| Cut carbon, save cash is Sunderland’s new eco-friendly mission Against strong regional and national competition Sunderland City Council was selected in May 2006 to join the Carbon Trust's Local Authority Carbon Management programme. The resulting plan outlines how to reduce emissions and cut fuel costs.
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Bringing together bright ideas and business has suddenly become cheaper
Investor-link.biz (http://www.investor-link.biz) - the online showcase for
Inventors - is slashing its minimum advertising fee to just £20.
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| Regular Feature on Making Money Online (Internet Weekly Watch)
Tracking online conversations is becoming a key activity for most internet-savvy marketers and businesses. What’s more there is a direct correlation between the amount of online advertising and the ensuing online debate by consumers and users according to Adage.com. So promote online and get your customers talking.
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Business Promotion on the Internet PPC, SEO or Content?
The dynamics of wealth creation are changing. There was a time when typically it would take enterprise and capital to set up a business and create wealth over a period of years. Invariably, you needed good selling skills and were proficient at managing customer relationships. |
| Virtual help to find that new job and build a creditable CV
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Secrets and Lies Uncovered on The Street
Fiz gets Kirk’s tail wagging when she arranges a meeting and Cilla convinces him that she wants him back. He arrives at Fiz’s with flowers, a bottle of Cava and a big smile, which is wiped off his soppy little face when she tells him that she’s seeing someone else. Maria tries |
Libby and Darren’s Web Antics are Rumbled
Denise and Kevin return from their honeymoon and Libby’s desperate to keep Denise in the dark over her arrest. She almost gets away with it as well until PC Blake interrupts dinner to talk to Denise about Libby’s arrest. |
Josh and Amy Go on The Run
Josh is desperate to get back together with Amy, but even when her dad isn’t standing in his way, bossy Michaela is. Fed up with all her defenders, Amy decides to take drastic action and convinces Josh to go |
Len May Rest in Peace but will his Women?
Len’s dead and almost buried, yet Pearl and Edna are still fighting over their beloved man. Pearl arranges the funeral and excludes Edna from the proceedings. It all gets too much for Pearl and she drowns her sorrows |
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Students make the grade with support from ETEC (Sunderland) Ltd
SUCCESSFUL candidates have been awarded qualifications in community development work at a special ceremony in Sunderland. |
| This Week's Features |
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I have never been particularly lucky in love. Take for instance the time when, outside a nightclub, I got one of my stiletto heels stolen from off my foot. Although some of the more romantic among you... |
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Going round corners is the least of it in the 2008 motorcycle test … |
| Building Relationships in Clubs and Groups
Most everyone belongs to some kind of a club or group. Perhaps it is a civic group, or a service club, or a church group, or even a family group. How often have you attended a "meeting" of your group |
| Build Excellent Lifetime Relationships!
Do you realize relationships begin shortly after birth and are ongoing ways of life for every person on the planet? |
| Mad Mel savours Britishness at its best
It’s been a very British week. Where else in the developed world could you find an ad in a local rag for a ‘GIANT CAR BOOT FAIR at Harperley POW Camp, Fir Tree, Crook’ with a tacked-on message for crooks and informants: |
| Slot Car Racing Knows no Age Limits Slot car racing is a type of racing hobby that is not seen as much these days. Kids want electronic gadgets such as phones and MP3 players. They want computers and high-speed Internet connections. Whatever happened to the simple toys? Slot car racing is making a comeback, and it doesn't take lots of cash or skill to have enormous amounts of fun. |
| Car Insurance Cost Killing You
Car insurance is one of the most irritating of bills for the average family. It's getting more and more expensive to insure your car just as it is getting more and more expensive to run your car. |
| How to make money from antiques and collectibles You don’t need vast finance or an encyclopaedic brain to make money from antiques and collectables. What it takes is a little knowledge … quick reflexes … market savvy … a dealing mentality. |
| No Adult left Behind: 5 Big Benifits of Lifelong Learning Second is the enhanced self-esteem when you reach for new horizons, accept tough challenges and arrive at a whole new level. New learning is not a picnic but the joys of accomplishment are real. Your children are proud. Your neighbors are surprised and maybe just jealo:us enough to go out and do likewise. |
| Belly dancing for fitness and fun:
In recent years, the wiggling hips of Shakira..
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| How to Simplify the Process of Selling a Home
Selling a home need not be a bitter encounter. We should healthily treat it as a source of marketable commodity, a money-generating property, a real estate. We should see our property as not just a plain house or a shelter, but as a fortress! In selling a home, we should also let other people (especially prospective buyers) get the same home sweet home experience we had. |
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