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EVERYONE'S favourite Irish Mammy is back in Toon. For the Love of Mrs Brown is at the Journal Tyne Theatre until Saturday, having first played there in January this year. The creation of Brendan O'Carroll, who again takes up the title role, even he admits it's his best piece of work to date. "When I sat down to write For the Love of Mrs Brown, I was terrified. I thought, 'what am I doing?' "The other three were so successful so I hoped to try and get something that was as good so it...

TINY tots at a Birmingham nursery school have appeared in a film about climate change. Pupils at Selly Oak Nursery School, in Tiverton Road, Selly Oak, joined their teacher Amy Purnell as she spoke about how to save the planet. The short film, which is currently showing before feature films at The Electric Cinema, was made by Oxfam volunteers along with Adil Ray from BBC Asian Network, Birmingham band QUILA, Tom Lawes from The Electric and Dan Jones who edited the piece. Ms Purnell...

By SUE SCOTT BUDGET carrier Ryanair said yesterday its flights from Teesside would not be affected by a decision to ground twice as many planes as usual over the winter period in an effort to cut costs. "There has been a lot of speculation recently about airlines cutting routes or frequency from Durham Tees Valley Airport. We are not," said Ashley Casey, Dublin-based sales and marketing executive for Ryanair, which earlier this year said it would be cheaper to keep 20 planes on the ground...

By Anonymous Heathrow Airport's flagship terminal, hailed as the gateway to the 2012 London Olympics, will not be ready for the event, it has emerged. Airport operator BAA admitted that at best only part of Heathrow East - which will replace Terminals and 2 - will be open in time for the games. Last month, the Competition Commission called for BAA to end its monopoly over London's airports, advocating the sale of Stansted and Gatwick. A BAA spokeswoman said: "The delay in the transfer of...

A young man was taken to hospital after being attacked by a cow in a farmyard outside Newton Abbot yesterday. The air ambulance together with a land ambulance and rapid response vehicle attended the scene at Bickington just after 10.30am. The casualty, aged 20, suffered lower leg injuries after being kicked by the cow. An ambulance spokeswoman said the patient was 'conscious and breathing' at the scene before being taken by land ambulance to Torbay Hospital for treatment. The air...

Where to go, how to save, what to avoid DESTINATION OF THE WEEK THE CLUB-CLASS CABIN British Airways has quietly introduced a cut-price upgrade system for those flying in the cheap seats from Heathrow. The airline has long offered on-the-spot upgrades from Gatwick on European flights; currently 60, 80 or 100, depending on the length of the flight. Now, at the airline's main base, a one-way upgrade to Club Europe costs 100 for shorter flights such as Paris or Amsterdam, while the furthest...

We have a treat for Eva Cassidy fans. We have five copies of her latest album 'Somewhere' to give away. Released on Blix Records, it contains 12 previously unreleased songs and is the first 'all new' album for five years. Our competition coincides with the award-winning show Over the Rainbow at Torquay's Princess Theatre, on Sunday night. Faye Tozer of Steps fame stars in the leading role of Eva. It is the second time she will have visited Torquay for the role. Since its first...

An 18-carat gold sculpture depicting fashion model Kate Moss in a yoga pose has been installed at the British Museum as part of its "Statuephilia" exhibition. Marc Quinn's hollow statue, which is called "Siren" and is estimated to be worth about $2.7 million, has been placed in the museum's Nereid Gallery alongside classic Greek works such as the "Crouching Venus," the Times of London said. The Moss piece is believed to be the biggest gold statue made since Ancient Egyptian times. "I...

MUSICIANS will be playing the blues when they plug in their instruments at a Warwickshire restaurant. The BluesPower band, which features Phil Bond on keyboards, John Caswell on guitar, and Tim Ward on drums, will perform at The Bird in Hand, in Birmingham Road, Henley-in-Arden, near Warwick, on Thursday, October 16. The gig, which starts at 8.30pm, is free to diners. (c) 2008 Coventry Evening Telegraph. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.

Text of report by UK-based Zimbabwean news website Zimdaily.com on 1 October [Statement by David Mwenga, Air Zimbabwe Spokesman On Passengers Stranded at Gatwick Airport: "Air Zimbabwe Statement"] ZIMBABWE - On behalf of the airline I would like to express concern over a major inaccuracy in the on-line article, which, for us as business, is of utmost importance. Your article claims that Air Zimbabwe left 100 passengers stranded at Gatwick Airport, because it had to accommodate the...