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It looks the art

A NEW sculpture has been unveiled at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.Read

Sugar chumps

ALAN SUGAR picks his Apprentice today. Not before time.Read

Quotes that missed mark

THEY’RE not over the moon, it is all over, but the things they say in football continue to amuse.Read

Howard’s way

WHAT was Alan Sugar trying to say when he fired nice guy Howard Ebison in The Apprentice?Read

Worth the work

I WOULD like to offer my services to McDonald’s if Doug Henderson steps down from whatever it is he does for them.Read

Catching criminals in the cradle is surely taking things too far

WHAT gift do you give a new-born baby? There could be a cuddly toy, as big as the infant, from the proud parents.Read

Greedy pair made a splash with their oar-some tale

CANOE’S that facing court action to recover £250,000 swindled from insurance claims?Read

Calendar girls have been over-exposed

THERE’S a reason why old women should wear woolly jumpers. No matter how you dress it up – or not – they just don’t look good with their kit off. Read

Best foot forward for Cheryl Cole

IN the past, she has assaulted a cloakroom attendant in a nightclub. She was called an “arrogant bully” by Ulrika Jonsson. Read

Who won the first World Cup?

NAME the North football team which beat Juventus. By 6-1. In a major competition.Read

Virtually funny

SCAM emails provide an unlimited amount of entertainment. Day by day they come and, day by day, they can be relied upon to provide amusement.Read

Critics blind to Venetian mess

THERE was a lot of claptrap about Middlesbrough and Venice last week.Read

Judge ‘n’ Jury

YOU have to applaud a crackdown on alcohol-related problems in Consett.Read

Police are not above the law

IMAGINE the scene in an ordinary family when the son or daughter has just announced their intention to join the police.Read

Graham Dolphin art is just the ticket

NORMALLY, I can be counted on to burst the bubbles of artists. But here is a scheme I actually like the sound of.Read

Tweed deserves no sympathy

THUG Jack Tweed can raise a glass to m’learned friends in the rarified world of magistrates’ courts.Read

Fishy name change is pollacks

SUPERMARKET Sainsbury’s seems to have dropped a pollack. Oops, sorry, I mean to say they dropped a colin.Read

Block heads ignore Cruddas Park locals

SAINSBURY’S are not alone is getting all uppity about names. Newcastle Council has found a new name for the 10 blocks of flats formerly known as Cruddas Park. Read