Evening Chronicle

Coasting Into the World of Cinema ; Star's Tv Company to Start Making Movies

ROBSON Green's TV company is making a move into movies, with filming to start on Monday. Coastal Productions, the Newcastle- based company behind TV dramas Wire in the Blood and Place of Execution, will film the moving story about a boy with leukaemia who wants to live out all his dreams before he dies. Starring Greta Scacchi, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox and Phyllida Law, Ways To Live Forever is based on the award-winning debut novel by Teesside writer Sally Nicholls.

Hope for the Future

YOU have got to hand to family and friends of Sophie Atay. The youngster recently underwent chemotherapy for the cancer neuroblastoma.

A Fan's Fears for the Future of Nufc ; Your Shout

I AM an avid Newcastle United fan and can recall almost six years to the day coming out of the San Siro stadium after Newcastle had been held to a draw by Inter Milan in the Champions League game. Coming out of their magnificent stadium allowing 15,000 Geordies, we were gutted that we had only drew. How times have changed. How sad these times really are. Now instead of Inter Milan I am looking forward to seeing the leap into the Premiership. We now play the likes of Scunthorpe who we can't be...

No Need for This Scaremongering ; Your Shout

I MUST express my disgust at the current global warming awareness advert being shown, with a small child of very tender years being subjected to a horror tale by a doting dad, depicting people and pets drowning, and homes disappearing under the rising seas. Climate change has occurred in the past.

Vent Your Spleen

Spooky Goings On

"Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves creating horror masks and spookie lanterns." The children planned to put their finished items to good use In a Halloween parade through the streets of Whitley Bay.

Commercial Break

IT'S Big Sale Time for the Church. This is the season when churches get out the folding tables, the crepe paper, cups, plates and small change and play at shops. They may erect a grotto for Santa Claus as they prepare to welcome their biggest congregation to the annual sale. Throughout the year groups of devoted women have been producing stuffed animals, padded coat hangers, countless jars of marmalade, chutney, lemon curd and cakes. All in time for the big day.

Reader's Poem

Do Any Readers Have a Projector? ; Your Shout

Comic Turns Laziness Into a Work of Art ; After Just Three Months As a Stand-Up Comic, Simon Buglass has Been Heckled by an Offended Animal Lover and Threatened by Bnp Supporters. Karen Wilson Speaks to the Aspiring Geordie Comedian About His Big Ambitions

AS A self-confessed "skint lazy waster", Simon Buglass has managed to turn his vice into a virtue by laying himself bare for his new stand-up comedy routine. The 29-year-old, from North Shields, only started doing standup three months ago, but already he's planning a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next Summer and is booked for the Leicester Comedy Festival in February.

Going Dutch for City Break ; It's Newcastle's Twin City and Can Be Reached in Just Threeand-a- Half Hours... Zoe Burn Took a Weekend Break in Groningen, to Find Out Just How the Two Compare

IF choosing a city break in The Netherlands, most people would automatically think Amsterdam. But my husband and I were asked to think outside the box and visit Newcastle's twin city of Groningen.

Groningen Factfile

Hawks Defend Home Territory ; Five Pages of Grassroots Sport Start Here: Pin Point Recruitment Nabc League

THERE was a truncated programme of fixtures owing to the Youth Divisional Cups, but it still threw up some interesting scorelines. At Under-11 in League Two, Berwick Rangers made the journey down to play Heaton Hawks, who sent their visitors packing with a 2-1 defeat.

Whitley Suffer First Defeat

ICE HOCKEY: Whitley Tomahawks tasted defeat for the first time this season in the English Under-16 North Division One when Coventry Blaze were the visitors to Hillheads. It looks to be the most competitive league for some time at this age group with six teams in the race for the title, even though the league campaign is still in its early stages.

It's Thriller ; Youngsters' Spooky Tribute to King of Pop

THESE Halloween dancers thrilled the audience with a performance of a Michael Jackson classic. The fitting tribute to the late king of pop saw scores of youngsters transformed into zombies for a showstopping performance of the iconic Thriller routine.

Pub Owner's Fight for Car Scam Cash

A MILLIONAIRE pub owner is fighting to claw back his cash after being ripped off by a car dealer. David Horgan, boss of the Sir John Fitzgerald pub chain and one of the North East's richest men, shelled out more than pounds 100,000 on a new Mercedes.

Idea Proves so Sweet

CHARITY fundraisers are being offered an easy opportunity to raise cash for a worthwhile cause. Instead of taking part in physically demanding challenges such as fun runs, walks or sponsored abseiling people can raise money by eating cake.

North's Holy Trail ; Leaders' Consortium Wants to Bring Pope to Region for First Time

A BISHOP and a University vice-chancellor are spearheading an invitation to the Pope to visit the North East. The Durham consortium of university and faith leaders hope Pope Benedict XVI will accept their invitation to make the first ever papal visit to the North East of England.

We've No Idea What's in Store ; Shops May Be Forced Out of Town

BUSINESSES are facing the prospect of having to move or close down to make way for a new superstore in the heart of Northumberland's biggest town. Between 10 and 15 existing businesses in Blyth town centre are in the way of the multi-million pound development to create a bigger supermarket for retail giant Morrisons.

Locals Fight Back

A NEW group is being launched to support residents who help a council crack down on troublemakers. Members of the witness support group, started by North Tyneside Council, are volunteers who have been witnesses or victims of anti- social behaviour themselves.