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• North Yorkshire - Fair care plan for all

  INEQUALITIES in health care are to be tackled in an attempt to make services more accessible to all. read more

• Dentist cancer sufferer takes to road for research

  A DETERMINED dentist hopes to take to the road to help the fight against cancer. read more

• Balloon race aiding olympic dreams

  A BALLOON race should help a potential Olympic competitor achieve her dream. read more

• So who thinks King Alfred led the war?

  BRITONS whose freedom was saved by the allied airman in the Second World War need a lesson in history, according to a new survey. read more

• Durham - Show returns home to town hall

  THE Durham City Council-run annual garden produce show returned to the Town Hall, its venue of many years, last weekend. read more

• Ernie out after six decades

  Ernie Bewick has played six decades for Greenside but has vowed not to bat again! read more

• Cricket News

  NatWest Darlington and District League read more

• Purchase offer made for village chapel

  AN offer has been made to buy a village chapel in North Yorkshire, with a view to turning it into a house. read more

• Storm lights up the skies

  SPECTACULAR lightning flashes lit up the sky on Monday night during a violent storm that played havoc with power supplies. read more

• Local historian shows rare city photographs

  LOCAL historian Michael Richardson will be taking people on a journey into the past next month. read more

• city hopes rise with extension opening

  DEVELOPERS behind the extension to The Bridges shopping centre, in Sunderland, hope it will attract more investment to the city. read more

• Rocket man -put people at risk'

  EXPLOSIVES engineer Alan Bullock yesterday denied putting people at serious risk in his failed attempt to blast an amateur rocket into space. read more

• Parish council rejects phone mast application

  PLANS for a 75ft mobile telephone mast in the grounds of a community centre have been rejected by parish councillors for the second time. read more

• Changes likely for Moors

  Spennymoor manager Peter Mulcaster could wield the axe as his side search for their elusive first win of the season today. read more

• Shearer knockers are so sad says Wadsworth

  NEWCASTLE United yesterday dismissed fans who labelled Alan Shearer the most disliked player in football. read more

• Boss Bennett hoping for a change in Quakers' fortunes

  DARLINGTON boss Gary Bennett is hoping for a change of fortune as his side bid to get back to winning ways against Barnet today. read more

• Walsh returns to ease Robson's keeper crisis

  OLD BOY Gary Walsh yesterday answered a distress call from Middlesbrough after Mark Bosnich turned down a loan move to the Riverside Stadium. read more

• Darlington - On-line help for groups

  MORE than 40 organisations have now gone online through the Advertiser's easy to use CommuniGate scheme. read more

• Swimming News

  Competitive swimming restarts after the holiday break with the biggest event possible, the Olympic Games, writes ERIC WILKINSON. read more

• Angling News

  The Drennan Northern Division concluded in grand style producing carp galore for the ten teams of eight on the prolific Woodland Lakes, near Thirsk, writes JEFF HERBERT. read more

On this day: The North East Archive