Northumberland Gazette, February 2nd
Well it's off to Alnwick for all the fun of the Gazette (incredibly I found a copy of last week's issue at work)....
Main Headline on the front page: STORE WARS - apparently Tesco are upset that Sainsbury's are planning to put in a planning application for a supermarket. So what ? Well Tesco were denied planning permission in 2003 by our dearest beloved Deputy PM, and of course the Gazette was writing about a very similar story back in 1997/8 (see Alnwick on Lion)
"Illegal Roadworks" are causing "chaos" in Shilbottle apparently - where contractors for Northumbrian Water are accused of blocking roads for hours, commandeering the village shop carpark and other unspeakable misdemeanours and without the proper pieces of paper.
There was a plane crash reported in the Ingram valley, which turned out to be nothing more than a controlled burning - but not until craft had been dispatched from RAF Boulmer, and fire appliances from both Wooler and Alnwick.
Jools Holland is apparently contracted to appear at the Alnwick Music Festival in July for a spot of "high energy boogie-woogie" in late July.... I hope the residents of Alnwick can cope!
Two youths arrested after a "vandalism spree" across Amble the previous weekend. A (presumably) different youth arrested for a burglary at the school in Amble. A mobile phone worth £169.99 (not £170 - oh no - approximately £169.99) stolen from a handbag, in - you guessed it - Amble. Plants stolen from a garden in (where else) Amble, and finally for Crimewatch Amble - damage to a car in Gordon Street.
There's apparently a recycling team league in Alnwick district - and only about 100 newspapers separated the top 3 places in the "Premier League" - now of course it could be that the residents of the other team areas are reducing and reusing, rather than recycling - however that's presumably more difficult to measure so they concentrate on recycling figures. In an unrelated incident a lorryload of waste paper jacknifed on the A1 blocking the road for a while (maybe the local residents should have dashed out to recycle the paper to improve their chances in the league next month)
Alan Castle's editorial column headlines with an item on the impending crisis in electricity generation, has a small part on youth disorder in Longhoughton, and the piece de resistance - Alan is delighted that his long running campaign for the return of white dog poo has reached Terry Wogan's ear, apparently both Alan and Lord Wogan have been digging around in poo to find out more and the most prominent theory is that it's to do with BSE regulations prohibiting bones being fed to dogs - although whether Alan or Lord Wogan originated the theory is not mentioned.
Apparently plans to rebuild and reopen Belford station are afoot - the once daily train in each direction from/to Chathill to/from Newcastle already has to go as far as Belford in order to turn around, so it makes sense. The chairman of the Belford Rail Users Group said "If they think we will go away in Belford they have another thing coming" (although presumably not a train).
Main Headline on the front page: STORE WARS - apparently Tesco are upset that Sainsbury's are planning to put in a planning application for a supermarket. So what ? Well Tesco were denied planning permission in 2003 by our dearest beloved Deputy PM, and of course the Gazette was writing about a very similar story back in 1997/8 (see Alnwick on Lion)
"Illegal Roadworks" are causing "chaos" in Shilbottle apparently - where contractors for Northumbrian Water are accused of blocking roads for hours, commandeering the village shop carpark and other unspeakable misdemeanours and without the proper pieces of paper.
There was a plane crash reported in the Ingram valley, which turned out to be nothing more than a controlled burning - but not until craft had been dispatched from RAF Boulmer, and fire appliances from both Wooler and Alnwick.
Jools Holland is apparently contracted to appear at the Alnwick Music Festival in July for a spot of "high energy boogie-woogie" in late July.... I hope the residents of Alnwick can cope!
Two youths arrested after a "vandalism spree" across Amble the previous weekend. A (presumably) different youth arrested for a burglary at the school in Amble. A mobile phone worth £169.99 (not £170 - oh no - approximately £169.99) stolen from a handbag, in - you guessed it - Amble. Plants stolen from a garden in (where else) Amble, and finally for Crimewatch Amble - damage to a car in Gordon Street.
There's apparently a recycling team league in Alnwick district - and only about 100 newspapers separated the top 3 places in the "Premier League" - now of course it could be that the residents of the other team areas are reducing and reusing, rather than recycling - however that's presumably more difficult to measure so they concentrate on recycling figures. In an unrelated incident a lorryload of waste paper jacknifed on the A1 blocking the road for a while (maybe the local residents should have dashed out to recycle the paper to improve their chances in the league next month)
Alan Castle's editorial column headlines with an item on the impending crisis in electricity generation, has a small part on youth disorder in Longhoughton, and the piece de resistance - Alan is delighted that his long running campaign for the return of white dog poo has reached Terry Wogan's ear, apparently both Alan and Lord Wogan have been digging around in poo to find out more and the most prominent theory is that it's to do with BSE regulations prohibiting bones being fed to dogs - although whether Alan or Lord Wogan originated the theory is not mentioned.
Apparently plans to rebuild and reopen Belford station are afoot - the once daily train in each direction from/to Chathill to/from Newcastle already has to go as far as Belford in order to turn around, so it makes sense. The chairman of the Belford Rail Users Group said "If they think we will go away in Belford they have another thing coming" (although presumably not a train).
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