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• 25-hour challenge raises £750

  A ROUND-the-clock games marathon in a social club in Crook raised more than £750 for a cancer charity. read more

• Centre help plea

  THE Hollybush Activity Centre is looking for 21 volunteers to serve on its management committee. read more

• Sisters chip in to celebrate pince's help

  TWO North-East sisters whose former fish and chip shop was the first business to be started by The Prince's Trust are featuring in a photographic exhibition. read more

• Nobody's Fool, Darlington Civic Theatre

  EVEN at 6ft 3in plus heels, the sight of writer-actor Simon Williams dressed as a woman draws little more than polite amusement. The "man forced to adopt women's garb" comedy plot is a familiar one - in this case, Williams is a stiff-shirted, lovelorn statistician with a stutter called Leonard, who has found fame as Myrtle the romantic novelist. read more

• 11/11/04

  TIME CHANGES: I WOKE up today about 7am. It was quite light, and I thought just who are these light mornings and darker evening for? read more

• Health award for school

  A COUNTY Durham school has earned a health award. read more

• Funds boost for future of water voles

  AN environmental project aimed at helping one of the nation's most endangered mammals has been awarded £47,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. read more

• Firework laws 'fail to halt misery'

  CAMPAIGNERS on Teesside have vowed to keep on the pressure for tougher anti-fireworks laws. read more

• Ghostly stories

  A SPOOKY storytelling session for adults will be held at Belmont Library, Cheveley Park Shopping Centre, Belmont, Durham, on Wednesday, from 2pm to 3.30pm. read more

• Angry MP urging rethink over health services review

  DURHAM City's MP Gerry Steinberg has taken up a fight on behalf of villagers in danger of losing healthcare services. read more

• Artful inspiration for Christmas gifts

  ANYONE struggling to find unusual Christmas presents is invited to Hartlepool Art Gallery for some unusual gifts. read more

• Football fan has prison sentence cut

  A PLUMBER who took part in violence against Turkish football fans in a car park has had his prison sentence cut. read more

• Court told of car hijack at gunpoint

  A policewoman has told how her car was hijacked with her young daughter still inside. read more

• GP's national exam success

  A NORTH-EAST doctor is celebrating after coming top in a nationwide medical exam. read more

• Beargen or bust for Pudsey

  PUDSEY Bear set off on an important mission to represent the people of Stockton yesterday. read more

• Providing aid for Romanians

  THE tenth anniversary of an appeal to take aid to Romania has seen the largest-ever consignment dispatched for eastern Europe. read more

• Town facing problem, warn former addicts

  TWO former heroin addicts are warning that the drugs problem in a small market town could spiral out of control if action is not taken. read more

• Pupils use flower power to help tame wilderness

  YOUNGSTERS are helping turn a derelict allotment into a green haven. read more

• How to beat the winter burglars

  POLICE in south Durham are urging homeowners to be vigilant in the protection of their homes throughout the winter months. read more

• Day of drama as performing arts youngsters showcase many talents

  A SCHOOL that is becoming a "fame academy'' showed off its pupils' talents yesterday. read more

On this day: The North East Archive