Geordies were the guinea pigs as big chocolate turned the UK into one of the largest confectionery markets in the world, writes Gary Finn.
August 2003
Protests as documents held back
Vikram Dodd and Gary Finn
The Hutton inquiry and journalists were last night on course for a clash after officials refused to release documents referred to during the first days of hearings.
March 2003
Public voices: public values
Senior occupational therapist, Bradford
Martin Groom.Salary: £500 a week
September 2001
Pop and new age beliefs 'have killed Christianity'
Shopping, pop music and the growth of new age beliefs have virtually killed off Christianity in Britain, the leader of the Catholic church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, told priests yesterday.
March 2000
Ladrokes drops ban on asthmatics joining staff
Ladbrokes has dropped a ban on recruiting asthma sufferers to work in its betting shops after the employment service stopped advertising the chain's vacancies.
Sword death 'may be an accident'
The death of a local councillor from samurai sword wounds may have been the result of a bizarre accident involving Nigel Jones, the Liberal Democrat MP for Cheltenham, a lawyer claimed yesterday.
MP describes sword killing
The desperate attempts by an MP and his assistant to fend off an attacker wielding a samurai sword were played out in court yesterday when Cheltenham MP Nigel Jones gave his first public account of the savage assault which ended his friend's life.