Grander designs

9:18am Tuesday 9th October 2007

He's worked on the props for Action Man and worked for the cmpany where Alan Sugar sent his apprentices. How back in his native North-East, Gary Thwaites tells Ken Snowdon about one of his most challenging taskes - building a life-size car for Noddy.

Moving in a safer direction

9:18am Tuesday 9th October 2007

IT is 40 years since the introduction of breathtesting for drivers and statistics show that it has saved thousands of lives every year since then.

A mean insult to our war heroes

9:19am Tuesday 9th October 2007

OUR church here in the City of London houses the chapel to the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and I am their chaplain. I am proud to wear the regiment's insignia on my clerical scarf.

Table manners

9:19am Tuesday 9th October 2007

Closed for nine months, the former Duke of Wellington in Welbury reopens with new management and new name.

Pie in the sky

9:19am Tuesday 9th October 2007

The Plot To Kill JKF. The Cuban Connection (five, 8pm)

Westwood comes Morth

9:19am Tuesday 9th October 2007

Known for her wild, outrageous outfits, the cult designer Vivienne Westwood has made her mark in worldwide fashion. Now she has opened her first store in the North-East - but are we ready for it? Women's Editor Sarah Foster finds out.

'Never is the gulf between the sexes more obvious than when a wedding is afoot...'

9:19am Tuesday 9th October 2007

Ben Weston, 31, lives at Gateshead Quayside and is a presenter on Century FM. In seven months time, he is getting married at Witton Gilbert, Durham. In the second of a regular series from a groom's eye view, he bemoans the differences between men and women

Bohemian Dame

8:38am Monday 8th October 2007

Oscar-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren, still basking in the glory of The Queen, talks to Hannah Stephenson about her movies and her marriage, and why she likes taking her clothes off.

Spinning out of control

8:37am Monday 8th October 2007

GORDON Brown claimed to be the non-spinning Prime Minister when he came to power 100 days ago, but he has now been badly damaged by trying to spin his way into a snap election.

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A brush with the Fat Slags

8:38am Monday 8th October 2007

Juxtaposition is a terrible thing. It is designed to make editors look stupid and frequently does. We have to be especially careful to check that adjacent adverts and stories don't clash.

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