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• Missing Miles walkers arrive

  THE plight of families with missing relatives was highlighted yesterday when a group of charity walkers stopped off in Hartlepool. read more

• Police blaze heroes get top honours

  TWO police officers who pulled a woman from a burning car, and a rookie PC who excelled in his first year in the force, have won top awards from Durham Constabulary. read more

• The peasants were not impressed

  WHILST briefly the SDP member for Newcastle East, Mr Michael Thomas would tell the story about the miner MP who waited several years before honouring the House with his maiden speech. Finally, since the colliery from which he had risen was facing imminent closure, the gentleman was moved to his feet. read more

• A line of Lycra, in praise of the Lord

  COXWOLD Sunday, and Solomon in all his glory may not have been arrayed like the colourful crowd - Lycra for like - assembled in St Michael's. It is the 75th annual Cyclists Touring Club service, the one at which the Kingdom of God was once likened unto the cyclists caf at Gargrave - the congregation had nodded, knowingly - the one they have to come back for. read more

• New hope in fight to save cigarette jobs

  CIGARETTE workers at a North-East cigarette factory have been given a glimmer of hope in their fight to save jobs. read more

• Black PC sues police

  A black policeman is suing the Cleveland force claiming he was publicly humiliated by fellow officers when a woman falsely accused him of rape. read more

• Cadbury close to wrapping up Orangina package deal

  CHOCOLATE and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes is close to snapping up the Orangina drink brand from French rival Pernod Ricard as part of a £419m deal. read more

• Judge blasts fine for child sex images

  A JUDGE yesterday criticised magistrates who imposed only a fine on a man who hoarded Internet images of men having sex with children as young as five. read more

• We say...

  WILLIAM Hague is right. The polls do not matter. In fact, this morning they are utterly meaningless. This morning, when you walk into the polling booths, Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat and all the other parties are level pegging on zero. There is no Labour landslide, there is no Conservative wipeout, there is no LibDem opposition, there is no loud call for European withdrawal from the UK Independence Party. read more

• Johnston puts faith in Ffrench connection

  WHEN Royston Ffrench notched up a grand total of 77 winners in 1998 it seemed he was a jockey destined for the very top. read more

• Court dispute over identity of mouse

  AN expert told a jury yesterday that he was convinced a clockwork mouse at the centre of a Crown Court trial is the same one that was stolen from a North-East museum in 1994. read more

• England resume rivalries under the floodlights

  THE Old Trafford Test may be remembered for its no balls and verbals as much as the feast of dramatic cricket. read more

• Durham stand to miss out again

  THE curse of the seventh-wicket stand returned to haunt Durham yesterday at the scene of its most harrowing appearance last season. read more

• Letters

  DARLINGTON STADIUM read more

• Blair and Hague delight faithful

  TONY Blair and William Hague returned to the region last night, spending the final hours of the election campaign issuing rallying cries to supporters on home ground. read more

• Greeks swept aside in England landslide

  IT was not quite a pre-election landslide but the dramatic swing in England's fortunes continued as Sven-Goran Eriksson proved, appropriately enough in Greece, that he retains the Midas touch. read more

• Moscow circus comes to town

  THE Moscow State Circus has arrived in the North-East for the first time in six years. read more

• Volunteers honoured at stadium party

  NINE volunteers were rewarded for their work last night at Sunderland's Stadium of Light. read more

• Feng shui and the art of parking

  THE secretary of a local branch of the Christian Union seems to have gone off his rocker. Simon Carpenter makes the front page of this week's Church Times with his suggestion that offices and factories should receive the laying on of hands. read more

• Champagne in defeat as 2,000th wicket tumbles

  THE result was sadly familiar, but Durham City's cricketers still celebrated with champagne after last Thursday's defeat at Eppleton - Gary Hulme had taken his 2,000th first team wicket for the club. read more

On this day: The North East Archive