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... HISTORY 1727 The artist Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, Suffolk. 1796 Edward Jenner made his first vaccination against smallpox, and laid the foundation for immunology. 1948 Israel was established as a Jewish state following the partition of Palestine ...

Published: Tuesday 14 May 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 43 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Dora joins the railway

... locomotive Sister Dora has arrived at Grosmont. It is named after Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, a nurse during an epidemic of smallpox in the West Midlands in the 19th century. It joined a fleet of other engines for the railway's gala at the weekend. ...

Published: Monday 30 April 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 69 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Vaccine ‘error’

... Vaccine ‘error’ THE wrong vaccine may have been bought to protect Britain from a terrorist smallpox attack, a United States expert claimed today. Ministers faced calls for an independent inquiry after Steve Prior warned the Lister vaccine does not work ...

Published: Tuesday 30 July 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 76 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

DEATH OF THE ICE-

... sort of abduction. With Steve Burton and Joel Gretsch. LIVE FLOOR SHOW. Dara O’Briain introduces a stand-up comedy showcase. SMALLPOX 2002: SILENT WEAPON. A disturbing docudrama which looks at how a single act of bioterrorism could lead to the death of 60 ...

Published: Friday 17 January 2003
Newspaper: Whitby Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

Sunday film choice STAGECOACH TO DANCER’S ROCK (1962): This fine Western focuses on a group of travellers ..

... Western focuses on a group of travellers dumped in the wilderness by a paranoid stagecoach driver who believes one of them has smallpox. They then face a desperate battle for survival. Martin Landau and Warren Stevens star. (Channel 5,1.10 pm) SPLASH! (1984): ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 2001
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 204 | Page: 33 | Tags: none

Harrogate Association of Women Graduates

... absorbing account of this remarkable man whose real name was John Metcalfe. Born in the early 18th century and blinded by smallpox in childhood, he lived a colourful life. Although sightless, he was a robust and vigorous man of high intelligence. He possessed ...

Published: Friday 22 February 2002
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 218 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18

... targetted for a different sort of abduction. 10.25 LIVE FLOOR SHOW. Dara O Briain introduces a stand-up comedy showcase 11.25 SMALLPOX 2002: SILENT WEAPON. A disturbing and thought-provoking docudrama which looks at how a single act of bioterronsm could lead ...

Published: Thursday 16 January 2003
Newspaper: Bridlington Free Press
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 208 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

B]B] 1.00 CBBC: Yoho Ahoy! (R) 1.10 SNOOKER: THE MASTERS. Ray Stubbs, Steve Davis and John Parrott present live ..

... Sussex pond puddings, spotted dick, based on a recipe used on Nelson'’s flagship HMS Victory, and a tangy lemon sponge. 9.00 SMALLPOX 2002: SILENT WEAPON. Details in Today’s Choice. 10.30 NEWSNIGHT. Round-up of the day’s events. 11.20 SNOOKER: THE MASTERS ...

Published: Tuesday 05 February 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 225 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

JOHNNY VAUGHAN

... The queen of cuisine prepares a selection of traditional British desserts, including spotted dick and a tangy lemon sponge. SMALLPOX 2002: SILENT WEAPON. Docudrama examining what could happen in the event of a bioterrorist releasing a deadly virus in some ...

Published: Wednesday 30 January 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 590 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

NEWS in brief Vaccine row over donation THE Government today denied that the award of a £32 million contract to

... NEWS in brief Vaccine row over donation THE Government today denied that the award of a £32 million contract to produce smallpox vaccine was linked to donations to Labour by the owner of the company involved. Paul Drayson, owner of PowderJect, had donated ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 302 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NEWS in brief Crackdown on truancy THE Government was today launching another crackdown on truancy as figures ..

... named, were travelling between Limassol and the western town of Paphos. Terror jabs THE Government is preparing for a mass smallpox vaccination in the event of a bio-terrorist attack. Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson outlined the Government’s plans ...

Published: Wednesday 09 October 2002
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 321 | Page: 8 | Tags: none