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On this day: The North East Archive

The North East Archive

• Beware the Ides of March

  NEVER mind the Ides of March - Newcastle's new manager should beware the end of August. read more

• Letters from abroad

  John Tyson has written from Australia to tell me about the wretched time he spent as a boy in what he refers to as the Old Orphanage at Gainford, known officially as St Peter's School. read more

• Letters to the editor

  REGIONAL GOVERNMENT read more

• St James' chairman yet to endear himself to fans

  THE man who stood face-to-face with Sir Bobby Robson yesterday morning to tell him he was being 'relieved of his position' at St James' Park has, at best, enjoyed a mixed relationship with the Newcastle United fans. read more

• Libraries close as staff strike

  Library doors remained closed across a county at the weekend as staff staged a threatened strike. read more

• Conservatives announce Hartlepool candidate

  The Conservative Party Candidate for the forthcoming Hartlepool by-election is to be Jeremy Middleton, a North-East based company director and management consultant who has worked extensively with public and private organisations in the region. read more

• Old pals go head to head

  Goal hero Ryan Valentine may have earned a deserved point by grabbing Darlington's equaliser but he wasn't entirely satisfied with his afternoon's work against Cambridge United yesterday. read more

• Airports cope with bank holiday rush

  AIRPORTS in the North-East successfully coped with the Bank Holday weekend rush of passengers. read more

• Drink-driver who killed passenger is jailed

  A drink-driver who killed his teenage passenger when he smashed his car into a taxi after a night out has been jailed. read more

• A love story from the horrors of war

  Jim Kelly,the last surviving member of the crew who were with Canadian airman Andrew Mynarski on his final mission died earlier this year, aged. Nathalie Bibeau, a researcher for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, who interviewed him for a documentary, recounts their meeting. read more

• Councillor cleared by probe call for review of complaints procedure

  A COUNCILLOR who has been the subject of an investigation into his conduct has called for an overhaul of the complaints process. read more

• Teenager Aliu sets new mark

  THE NORTH-EAST'S top under-15 sprinter, Yusuf Aliu, was in record-breaking form in Saturday's Tartan Games at Gateshead International Stadium. read more

• Sharon Griffiths Meets...

  Many more women than men are now taking up archaeology but far from being glamorous, it's actually a backbreaking occupation. read more

• Is the time right for the talisman Shearer to take over?

  "All I ever wanted to do was play for Newcastle. I'd stand on the terraces dreaming of the day I would walk out on that hallowed turf." read more

• All not well at United, Solano

  FORMER favourite Nolberto Solano has lifted the lid on some of the dressing room tensions that are threatening to undermine Newcastle's season. read more

• Carry on Kenneth

  Actor Stephen Matthews is taking to the stage as his idol Kenneth Williams. He talks to Steve Pratt. read more

• Carry on Kenneth

  Actor Stephen Matthews is taking to the stage as his idol Kenneth Williams. He talks to Steve Pratt. read more

• Tykes in with a shout

  England captain, Michael Vaughan, kept alive Yorkshire Phoenix's hopes of promotion in the totesport League yesterday when his calmly constructed half-century helped to bring victory over Derbyshire Scorpions by five wickets in the rain-affected match at Derby. read more

• Hundreds raised in memory of tragic boy

  A GOOD friend raised hundreds of pounds in a charity bungee jump yesterday in memory of a 15-year-old boy with epilepsy who died in his bed. read more

• Dog is firebomb hero

  A FIRE dog has been praised after it was called in to sniff out suspected petrol bombers. read more

On this day: The North East Archive