Darlington band Fude has taken the crown for 2002 in the Battle of the Bands competition, hosted by the town's Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College this year. The event was organised by Student Association Managers Jonathan Bell and Faye Cowburn. MAN TRAPPED
NEWCASTLE Falcons are to hand former All Black centre Mark Mayerhofler his debut in tomorrow's Powergen Cup sixth-round tie at home to London Irish. Two more New Zealanders, hooker James Christian and flanker Craig Newby, will be on the bench, while the
A QUICK look at the Division Three table is all Hartlepool United's players need to put the disappointment of last week to bed, according to Mike Newell. Leaders Pool were thumped 4-0 at Rochdale last Saturday, but Newell is sure the defeat was a blip
Does a bit of tinsel add sparkle to the warmed-up leftovers TV bosses pass off as Christmas specials? Can anyone replace Del Boy as top Santa or will it be just another selection of repeats? ON Christmas Day last year, 20 million people - that's 73 per
THE Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf says that first-time burglars, who are not violent and not yet career criminals, should be given community sentences rather than jail terms. It is controversial - particularly as the Government wishes to be seen as "tough
Tony Blair put Britain's armed forces on a war footing yesterday, telling them to "make all the preparations necessary" for a conflict with Iraq. In his Christmas message to the services, the Prime Minister - who yesterday made a series of official visits
A specialist armed police unit is being set up in North Yorkshire to protect key potential targets from terrorists. Twenty more officers are to be recruited for the Counter Terrorist Unit, which is funded by £1.7m from the Government. The funding will
A TEES Valley Metro line, a new business park and more than 2,000 new jobs at Morton Palms are part of a vision of Darlington's future which was unveiled this week. Other ideas for the future include traffic-free town centre streets, a shopping complex
REVELLERS in Darlington town centre are being urged to be careful over the Christmas and New Year festivities following a series of assaults by a sex attacker. Two women were attacked within two-weeks, by what Darlington police have described as a serial
DEFENSIVE duo Ritchie Pitt and Dick Malone became the latest Legends of '73 to be immortalised in glass yesterday. The centre and right backs, respectively, made their names in the Sunderland team which charmed the nation by beating the then mighty Leeds
THERE are plenty of less arduous challenges Newcastle University Boat Club could have picked. A competition against a rival university team or a local tug boat on the Tyne, for example. But instead, the 20-strong university rowers opted to race a DFDS
IT MAY have been the brisk morning air, but when the Prime Minister and his wife arrived in Hartlepool they did not hang around to swap pleasantries with the awaiting protestors. Striding past the dozen or so members of Nuclear Free Future, Tony Blair
FORMER Darlington mayor Councillor Bill Dixon was swamped with presents, thanks to the overwhelming generosity of Christmas shoppers. The town's Giving Tree Appeal has come to a close after breaking all records. Darlington Borough Council's social services
ASPIRING actresses are invited to attend open auditions for the role of Tynesider Donna Mawson, one of the lead characters in the production of School for Seduction, by local company Ipso Facto, at Tyne Tees Television studios, in Newcastle, today, from
ASPIRING actresses are invited to attend open auditions for the role of Tynesider Donna Mawson, one of the lead characters in the production of School for Seduction, by local company Ipso Facto, at Tyne Tees Television studios, in Newcastle, today, from
FOOTBALL-mad youngsters will be given a treat courtesy of a sportswear firm. Newcastle United's kit sponsor Adidas, which is also sponsoring today's match with Fulham, has teamed up with the Newcastle United Learning Centre to reward pupils from Hadrian
A PROMISING airman who sparked a bomb scare at an airport has been given a formal "slap on the wrist" by the RAF. Kenneth Drummond, originally from Cowshill Green, Stockton, joked that he had explosives in his hand luggage as a British Midland flight
A GIRL who died in a road accident has left a legacy of joy for her special needs friends. Aleisha Ord was killed the day before her fourth birthday, when she was knocked down by a bus outside her grandmother's house in Murton, east Durham, in May last
A TEENAGER spent six weeks living in an unlicensed car in order to avoid his violent stepfather, a court heard yesterday. Matthew Swale told Harrogate magistrates that his stepfather often beat him and after enduring several attacks which left him bruised
Darlington band Fude has taken the crown for 2002 in the Battle of the Bands competition, hosted by the town's Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College this year. The event was organised by Student Association Managers Jonathan Bell and Faye Cowburn. MAN TRAPPED
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old man was allegedly assaulted and seriously injured in the early hours of yesterday. The man, from Warrington, was injured in an incident that took place shortly after midnight in Catterick Garrison
A TEENAGER whose twin sister died as a baby during an asthma attack presented a nebuliser to her local doctor's surgery yesterday. Reanne Miller, 15, of Redcar, is the youngest member of the Teesside Asthma Group, which has bought four nebulisers and
A CHRISTMAS appeal has surpassed last year's total and attracted hundreds of toys for needy youngsters. A bumper weekend at Gateshead's MetroCentre resulted in 80 gifts being donated to the centre's Light Up a Child's Life appeal, taking the overall number
A TEENAGER who murdered a former Welsh Guardsman as he sheltered from the winter cold on a seaside promenade will be sentenced next year. David Pallister, 18, was due to be sentenced for the killing of Richard Jones, 47, at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday
CELTIC captain Paul Lambert apologised on behalf of the club yesterday to fans for any "upset and embarrassment" caused by their Christmas party. Lambert read from a prepared statement written on behalf of the players in the wake of Tuesday's team night
DONATIONS made at Masham Sheep Fair have provided a £3,250 boost for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The proceeds were a welcome contribution towards the running costs of the helicopter, which relies on charitable donations. Director of Fundraising at YAA
CHILDREN on a cancer ward received some Christmas cheer yesterday. Newcastle Central MP Jim Cousins visited the Children and Adolescent Cancer Unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle, to hand out gifts. The event also marked Cancer Research
POLITICAL parties have welcomed a ruling by the Lord Chief Justice which will see thousands of burglars escape jail sentences - but the move has outraged crime victims. Lord Woolf has said that the average first time, non-violent domestic burglar should
SOCIAL services staff are being offered free flu jabs in a bid to maintain services. More than 1,200 Durham County Council social services staff are being encouraged to take advantage of the offer. The move is part of a drive being run in conjunction
SUPPORT is growing for plans to create a pioneering environmentally-friendly holiday complex just outside Richmond. Town mayor Councillor Stuart Parsons has voiced his approval after visiting the 24-hectare site at Aislabeck. The site is owned by the
PROTESTORS fighting plans to build a waste transfer and recycling plant near their homes are to complain to the Local Authority Ombudsman over the council's handling of the issue. People living in Stainton Grove, near Barnard Castle, have vowed to prove
COUNCIL chiefs have agreed emergency steps to overhaul their failing housing department, following a London meeting with the government's housing minister. Chester-le-Street District Council, in County Durham, has been warned it must take urgent action
MG Rover is to build a new model at a factory in India. The new small car will be built to Rover's design and engineering standards and will be sold throughout the UK and Europe later next year. Union leaders expressed surprise at the move and said they
PARISH officials have thanked a pub landlord for his generosity. Sunderland football fan Edwin Pickersgill was presented with a framed photograph of himself meeting team manager Howard Wilkinson. Mr Pickersgill, landlord of The Cross Keys, in Esh Village
CHILDREN at a Darlington school got the chance to set up their own businesses and make a profit last week. Pupils from Beaumont Hill School set up an enterprise per class, worked out their target audience, developed and advertised their products and sold
VOTERS in Stockton will not have to make the traditional trip to the polling station to cast their votes for the district and parish council elections in May. Stockton Borough Council has been chosen as one of 41 authorities across the country where all-postal
STUDENT Nathan Huntley from Redcar has been awarded the University of Teesside Mathematics award. Nathan received his prize at an evening held at Redcar and Cleveland College. Two other Teesside students, Christine Easton and Paul Johnston, were presented
SHEEP farmers in the region could be forced to quit if stringent tagging proposals are put in place, union leaders have warned. The NFU has accused bureaucrats in Brussels of ignoring advice from farmers over proposals to tighten legislation regarding
COUNTY Durham GPs are being urged to rethink their hospital referral patterns in a bid to ease pressure on the region's largest NHS trust. Bosses at the Newcastle Hospitals Trust say too many patients from North Durham are referred to their trust for
THERE'S something spooky going on this Christmas at Caldicotes Primary School, in Middlesbrough. Children at the school, in Spencerfield Crescent, were asked to come up with something that scares them as a theme to this year's play. The result is a play
AN inquest into the death of a former miner revealed he died from breathing difficulties caused by working underground for half a century. George Gordon Gibson, 77, from Cranleigh, Great Lumley, died of pneumonia, brought on by emphysema and pneumoconiosis
CHRISTMAS is a time for giving. At 8pm on Monday, there was a knock at the door. An energetic young man with blond highlights was bouncing on the front step. He effusively enthused about our Christmas lights - even though half the bulbs had blown - and
FROST-BOUND Newcastle must survive an early-morning inspection but if racing does get the green light, further success beckons for George Moore's rapidly-improving chaser Jungle Jinks (1.40). Jungle Jinks, bidding to complete a three-timer in the Babe
Does a bit of tinsel add sparkle to the warmed-up leftovers TV bosses pass off as Christmas specials? Can anyone replace Del Boy as top Santa or will it be just another selection of repeats? ON Christmas Day last year, 20 million people - that's 73 per
FATHER Vincent Marron, an extraordinary and a delightful man whose 60 years in the Catholic priesthood were concelebrated in July, has died. He was 85, and attributed his longevity to red wine. The At Your Service column had joined Fr Marron, fellow priests
A THOUSAND new jobs could be on their way to Teesside after a blossoming call centre group announced it was branching out. Garlands Call Centres is establishing a multi-million-pound operation in Middlesbrough's Centre North East building to complement
A YOUNG mother is lucky to be alive after a man knocked her down and made off in her car. Nichola Dobson, 35, was thrown on to the bonnet of her Vauxhall Zafira when the thief drove the car at her. Recovering at her Newcastle home, the mother-of-two said
AN amateur photographer has won an award for a picture of a brass band In Calgary, Canada. Rita Prince, chairwoman of Saltburn Photographic Society, won the group's Studio Tristan competition. She is well-known in the town for giving illustrated talks
CHERIE BLAIR: FOR any newspaper editor to say that Cherie Blair is attempting to stop the deportation of Peter Foster is so ludicrous that it is beyond belief. After the damage that this conman has done, I could imagine Mrs Blair at the airport jumping
AN elderly woman may have suffered a brain haemorrhage seconds before she was killed in a road accident, according to police. Lillian Louise Garbutt, 71, had pulled out of the Blue Bell pub car park in Newton Bewley, near Hartlepool, Teesside, when her
TRADERS in Redcar High Street have complained that some of their Christmas lights are anything but festive. The shopkeepers have complained that while the pedestrianised part of the High Street, near the new multi-million pound shopping precinct, is colourful
SUNDERLAND were last night linked with a £500,000 move for French defender Jerome Bonnissel when the transfer window opens next month. Bonnissel, who plays for Bordeaux, is out of contract in the summer and is likely to be sold by his club if they receive
ACTION to improve public transport in the Northern Ryedale area of North Yorkshire is being hampered by a lack of funding. A group set up to provide better services to dozens of remote villages around the market town of Pickering has plenty of ideas but
A BUS operator has pledged to provide complementary taxis for wheelchair-bound passengers if they do not provide buses with easy access. Go North East has introduced easy-access buses in Chester-le-Street for wheelchair users. And the company says that
A SHOP worker had a substance sprayed in his face by masked robbers during a raid on a chemist's shop. Two criminals forced the male assistant and two female colleagues into the back of Kime's Chemists in Bolckow Road, Grangetown, near Middlesbrough.
A SHOP worker had a substance sprayed in his face by masked robbers during a raid on a chemist's shop. Two criminals forced the male assistant and two female colleagues into the back of Kime's Chemists in Bolckow Road, Grangetown, near Middlesbrough.
A FUNERAL and memorial service has been held for farmer Ronnie Waugh following his death earlier this month. Mr Waugh, of St Luke's Road, Sunderland, was the brother of Bobby Waugh, who was blamed for starting the foot-and-mouth crisis. He had been ill
A POSTMAN accused of tampering with mail was sent for trial yesterday. Neil Dennis, 28, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of breaching his duties by intentionally opening postal packets intended for addresses in the Birkdales area of Knaresborough
Despite having spent several thousand pounds in an attempt to resolve drainage problems, Wolviston are still experiencing serious difficulties and today's fixture with Whitehaven has had to be switched to Cumbria. "Only recently, we spent another £1,000
IS it any wonder that clubs are choosing to either cancel Christmas parties or keep the details secret after Manchester United and Celtic became the latest sides to have the drunken antics of their players sprawled across the news pages during the festive
DARLINGTON last night completed the loan signing of Preston goalkeeper Andy Lonergan after it emerged Andy Collett faces up to a further month on the sidelines. Preston-born Lonergan, who has represented England at under-20 level, has arrived on a one-month
A WOULD-BE preacher who repeatedly sexually abused six young girls was jailed for 16 years yesterday. David Courtney, 61, of Mill Lane, Billingham, who claimed he had "found God in 1992", was appearing for sentence at Teesside Crown Court after being
YOUNG performers and backstage helpers are needed for a production being staged in Darlington. Local theatre company Amicus is seeking support for its upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast. The show will be staged at Darlington Arts Centre next
Thirty jobs are to be created at a caravan retailer as part of big expansion plans. Barrons' Darlington branch is to get £1.5m investment in a move which will double the firm's showroom size. The announcement comes on the back of the outlet's best season
TWO brothers were behind bars last night for the killing of a Teesside father-of-six who was stabbed to death outside his home. Mark Anthony Richardson, 39, was at home in Stockton on the evening of Sunday, April 21, looking after some of his children
If it's not burning turkey's or tangled Christmas lights, it's rampaging reindeer and runaway sleighs. Nick Morrison loooks at how to survive the festive season. MORE people are injured in the home over Christmas than at any other time of year. Probably
LAW firm Ward Hadaway has joined the national Business in the Community network to demonstrate its support for the adoption of socially responsible business practices. The development comes at a time when organisations are increasingly being held accountable
DARLINGTON Town Primary Schools' football team has won the Durham County five-a-side football championships. The youngsters won four and drew one of their matches against South Tyneside, Peterlee, Felling, Chester-le-Street and Derwentside. The competition's
A SEAFARERS' charity is reaping the benefits of a port's Christmas budget. Instead of using money to buy Christmas cards, the Port of Tyne decided to give the cash to the South Shields Mission to Seafarers. It presented the charity with a cheque for £500
A SERIES of projects is under way to protect homes and reduce the risk of flooding in the Northallerton area. Key at-risk areas in the town, as well as in neighbouring Romanby and Brompton, will be targeted over the next three years by the county council
SEIZED counterfeit goods are among sackfuls of presents which Santa will not be delivering this Christmas. The bags contain more than 1,600 CDs and DVDS and 200 videos, but they are all fake - pirate copies of blockbusters and popular hits flooding Teesside
Shareholders in engineering services group Dowding and Mills face a lean Christmas after the firm decided to cancel its dividend. The move means shareholders will not get an annual payout after the firm decided to saving money after a poor year. Dowding
A DARLINGTON charity received a Christmas boost when it was presented with a cheque for £500 and ten 15lb turkeys. A total of 27 employees of Newton Aycliffe shower enclosure manufacturer Roman decided to forego their company Christmas gifts of a turkey
Pupils from Woodhouse Close Junior School, Bishop Auckland, brought festive cheer to the town centre and raised money for the school by singing carols. A choir of mainly year six pupils sang outside the Four Clocks Project in Newgate Street, and in the
CREATING a Metro link to Washington has been named as a priority in plans for the region's transport system. Project Orpheus sets out proposals to extend the Metro system and is currently looking at ten potential routes, including one which would create
OFFICIALS at one of the region's theatres have denied that a Disney classic is replacing a commissioned drama. Yesterday, members of the Gala Stage School peformed songs before the first showing of an updated version of The Lion King in the giant-screen
A ROGUE builder who preyed on the elderly, including a 90-year-old woman, was jailed for two-and-a-half years yesterday. Most of the County Durham victims of Anthony Turner, 33, have since died, Teesside Crown Court heard. Philip Lancaster, prosecuting
A CYCLIST left fighting for his life after a collision with a car has died ten days after the accident. Joseph Anthony Donkin, 20, from the Oxclose area of Washington, Tyne and Wear, died on Thursday afternoon at Newcastle General Hospital. Mr Donkin
A GAME of cards ended in a knifing when a taunted teenager struck back, a court was told yesterday. Teesside Crown Court heard how Andrew Kilpatrick, who had invited friends to a game in his Redcar flat, was being teased because he was losing. Victoria
BEAT bobbies are being ordered to take a warming drink while pounding the beat - and not to head back to the station for refreshments. The breaks on the beat instruction is going out to officers patrolling Stockton town centre. Several High Street cafes
Reality television shows such as Big Brother and Fame Academy are influencing people into taking out enormous debt to fund a celebrity lifestyle, according to a report. Viewers are falling into a trap by watching members of the public transformed into
NEW pop star Cheryl Tweedy had an on-air row with DJ Paul "Goffy" Gough after he accused her of ignoring her North-East fans. Cheryl is a member of Girls Aloud - one of the bands formed on the television show Pop Stars - the Rivals. Goffy told listeners
A THEATRE company has announced it will perform a Shakespeare comedy in the grounds of a North-East museum next summer. The Castle Players will treat theatre lovers to a production of the Merry Wives of Windsor in the grounds of Bowes Museum, in Barnard
EXPERTS on keeping youngsters at school spoke at a meeting held in the region yesterday. A number of speakers who are successfully engaged in tackling the problem of school exclusions were invited to an extraordinary meeting of Sunderland's educational
JOSEPH-DESIRE JOB will be left to decide whether or not he is ready to make his comeback for Middlesbrough today. The skilful Cameroon international fractured his skull in a horrific clash of heads with West Brom's Darren Moore three weeks ago today.
YORKSHIRE Dales National Park bosses have confirmed offices including Bainbridge and all visitor centres will be closed during the holiday period on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. The centres will be open in between those dates while some
MORE than £200,000 is to be spent upgrading Stanley's telephone exchange so it can provide broadband Internet access. Nearby Consett can already handle broadband traffic - which allows people much faster access to the Internet than conventional connections
FUNDRAISERS pulled out all the stops when they embarked on a gruelling 42-mile walk for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. They trekked across the North York Moors from Osmotherley to Ravenscar and raised £7,000 to keep the helicopter airborne. Organised by
YOUNGSTERS in the villages of Beadlam and Nawton near Helmsley are asking for help to set up a dancing club. There are 20 children, ranging from three to 11, wanting to learn to dance, and they need a teacher said mother Debbie Mould. "They are very enthusiastic
RESIDENTS in Ryedale can breathe a sigh of relief this Christmas as a multi-million-pound flood defence scheme has proved a success. Residents and businesses in Malton, Norton and Old Morton have been assured by Environment Agency officials that the flood
YOUNG performers and backstage helpers are needed for a production being staged in Darlington. Local theatre company Amicus is seeking support for its upcoming production of Beauty and the Beast. The show will be staged at Darlington Arts Centre next
Sunnydale School, in Shildon, has rewarded outstanding academic and personal achievements by its pupils over the year. Prizewinners were those who gained the most merits in each form group, who achieved a 100 per cent attendance record or excelled in
Darlington were held to a goalless draw at home to Macclesfield on Saturday in a game which produced a red card for both sides. Barry Conlon was given his marching orders early in the second half for kicking the ball at David Eaton despite the incident
AN RAF officer heading home for Christmas was killed in a road accident only weeks after he graduated from training school. David Thwaites, 22, died when the car he was travelling in was involved in an accident near the Warcop Army base on the A66 in
THE National Blood Service is making a plea for donors in Darlington to help save lives over the festive season. There are a limited number of blood donor sessions over the Christmas holidays and new and regular donors are being encouraged to attend.
THE big Christmas getaway began last night as millions of people set off to visit family for Christmas. AA Roadwatch expects 18 million cars to hit the road this Christmas, with travel agents predicting that a record 1.5 million people will jet abroad
YOUNGSTERS yesterday staged a carol concert with a difference when they sang with their hands. Festive favourites Silent Night and White Christmas were conveyed in sign language. Year Five pupils at Richmond Primary School were taught the skill by pupil
MORE than 100 jobs are being created for local people after a major home furnishings store announced plans to open in Stockton. Dunelm, a Leicester firm, is to open a 40,000 sq ft superstore on the Portrack Lane retail estate next year. The chain's development
LOLLIPOP lady Karen Bainbridge is so dedicated to the children of her home town that she has never missed a single one of her 1,700 shifts. And now, she and her colleagues across east Cleveland have been thanked for their attendance record. During the
A FAMILY are hoping to raise as much money as possible for a North-East hospital which saved their daughter's life. Mother-of-two Vanessa Price was devastated when she was told she had cancer but was determined to survive for her children's sake. After
ALMOST £8.5m has been made available to schools across Cleveland. The Government cash will provide extra classrooms, improve conditions, provide disabled access and modernisation work. Education chiefs across the county have hailed the money as a major
ALMOST £8.5m has been made available to schools across Cleveland. The Government cash will provide extra classrooms, improve conditions, provide disabled access and modernisation work. Education chiefs across the county have hailed the money as a major
Brandon will be trying to keep the pressure on leaders Bedlington when they entertain bottom club Newcastle Blue Star today. Brandon are four points behind the champions with two games in hand, and manager Kenny Lindoe says: "It's important that we keep
SIR Bobby Robson last night cut through the air of optimism sweeping through Newcastle United when he ruled his side out of the Premiership title race. As Robson prepared for today's visit of former club Fulham, the Newcastle manager confessed his squad
Bishop Auckland will give midfielder Craig Robson his debut in their crucial away game at Eastwood Town today. Robson is on loan from Carlisle, and has been recommended to Bishops by Peter Beardsley, a close friend of manager Brian Honour. Bishops will
KEVIN Kilbane fears his hopes of a happy Hawthorns return today could be ruined by Danny Dichio's determination to show Sunderland what they are missing after selling him. Dichio, 28, faces Sunderland this afternoon for only the second time since his
WHEN Les Eyre upped sticks and retired to Spain, one of the principal benefactors was his assistant Declan Carroll, who successfully applied for his training licence and set up on his own at Warthill, near York. Carroll also inherited one or two of Eyre's
SANTA'S little helpers will be lending a hand to travellers using GNER trains over Christmas. The helpers - 37 extra staff - have been employed by the East Coast Mainline operator to guide passengers to trains and offer help with carrying luggage. They
A COURSE to help women break free from domestic violence has proved so successful it is being extended throughout County Durham. The Freedom Programme was developed in Merseyside and was introduced to the North-East in September. The 12-week course was
CUSTOMERS phoning a Teesside call centre yesterday were answered by native American Indians, John Travolta look-alikes and a host of Disney characters. About 550 staff at insurance company Churchill's head office, in Thornaby, got into the Christmas spirit
A NORTH-East asylum seeker who claimed to be related to Osama bin Laden and involved with suicide bombers has been deported to Morocco. Adnan Abdelah, 22, claimed he was a member of the Hamas military wing during his time in Palestine. He also boasted
A NORTH-East asylum seeker who claimed to be related to Osama bin Laden and involved with suicide bombers has been deported to Morocco. Adnan Abdelah, 22, claimed he was a member of the Hamas military wing during his time in Palestine. He also boasted
PEOPLE in Stockton have been warned to be on the lookout for a brand of Christmas tree candle that may pose a serious fire hazard. The warning comes after some of the candles were found in a shop in Stockton and it was estimated that about 400 boxes have
RELIGIOUS leaders have denounced a controversial work of art which includes a 12ft wide swastika. The swastika has become the centrepiece of an alternative art project which has won a £600 grant from the Government-backed Arts Council of England. But
RELIGIOUS leaders have denounced a controversial work of art which includes a 12ft wide swastika. The swastika has become the centrepiece of an alternative art project which has won a £600 grant from the Government-backed Arts Council of England. But
COUNCIL chiefs in Hartlepool have launched a clampdown on thieves who steal boilers from homes being renovated. They have introduced safety measures to ensure thieves think twice before trying to ransack homes under renovation. All boilers now carry security
A FUNERAL and memorial service has been held for farmer Ronnie Waugh following his death earlier this month. Mr Waugh, of St Luke's Road, Sunderland, was the brother of Bobby Waugh, who was blamed for starting the foot-and-mouth crisis. He had been ill
A CONSTRUCTION kit with a difference is being delivered on Teesside in time for Christmas. It costs more than £1m and, when pieced together in about two months time, will be the size of a 16-storey office block and weigh the equivalent of four railway
A CHARITY has expressed concern that North-East homeless people will miss out on the help available this Christmas. Advisors at Shelterline, run by the homeless people's charity Shelter, are bracing themselves for another flood of emergency calls over
CARING CENTRE: Staff from Asda took food for the Lazarus charity's Christmas lunch for the homeless and helped serve the meals. The firm also donated 500 goodie bags for a children's cinema trip organised by Lazarus. Other staff helped with the Southwick
About 90 elderly residents of City of York Council's Lovel House and Esplanade Court complexes held their Christmas party this week. The Lord Mayor of York, Councillor David Horton, attended the event, held in Beechwood Close Hotel, York. HOMES PLAN:
AN inquest into the death of a former miner revealed he died from breathing difficulties caused by working underground for half a century. George Gordon Gibson, 77, from Cranleigh, Great Lumley, died of pneumonia, brought on by emphysema and pneumoconiosis
