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January 17, 2008
Football fever
First and foremost I am not a Newcastle United supporter but no sports fan could have failed to have been interested in the tidal wave of excitement which has followed the announcement of Kevin Keegan's return to the club as manager.
I am just amazed by the interest that the club generates in Newcastle even to the point that a special late edition of the evening paper in the city sold 15,000 copies, many of which you may have seen being waved by delirious fans on various television channels last night.
I can't believe that any other paper could sell 15,000 copies at such short notice just on the back of a new football manager being appointed.
I have also just read that a couple named their newly born baby Kevin Keegan, after it was born just minutes after the announcement of his appointment as manager.
On the subject of baby names my son and his partner have decided on Lewis David Mackenzie Seal, which appears to have been met with approval by all sides of the family.
The news team at the Gazette were quickly off their blocks when we heard that a plane had crash landed earlier today at Heathrow Airport.
Already they have pulled in a good local follow up story to the incident, which has been posted on the website, and this will be further developed for next week's Gazette.
We already have a few other half decent stories in the bag for next week's paper and with content editor David Tilley currently on a training course our chief reporer Chris Longhurst is eager to make his mark as he runs the newsdesk for the next couple of days.
Posted by aseal at January 17, 2008 2:20 PM