Author misses out.North-east author David Almond last night missed out on winning the prestigious Whitbread Book of The Year award. The award was won by Mark Haddon for his novel The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time, a tale of a 15-year-old-boy with Asperger's syndrome As·per·ger's syndrome n. A pervasive developmental disorder, usually of childhood, characterized by impairments in social interactions and repetitive behavior patterns. , a form of autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. . Mr Almond's novel The Fire-Eaters won the Whitbread Children's Book Award, worth pounds 5,000, having also won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize last month. Mast bid A BID to erect a 16-metre mobile phone mast designed to look like a tree on a site off the A1 goes before Gateshead councillors today. T-Mobile wants to site the mast in a field and would, say planners, be "highly visible" from the A1. They are recommending refusal. Sculpture lights FLOODLIGHTING is to be installed to illuminate the 50ft-high Spirit of the Staithes stainless steel sculpture which was erected on Blyth Quayside quay·side n. The area adjacent to a quay or wharf or a system of quays, especially in a port city. quayside quay n → Kai m last year. Your Culture DUE to a production problem some readers did not receive their Culture magazine with yesterday's Journal. Those readers will find the magazine enclosed with today's paper. We apologise for this error. |
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