IN many ways, the transfer window was the story of Newcastle United in microcosm. Things started well enough, but nosedived thanks to a lack of investment and ended in a maelstrom of anger and strife. The positive things achieved in the early stages
HULL CITY were working beyond last night’s transfer deadline in an attempt to complete Hatem Ben Arfa’s season-long loan from Newcastle United. The 11pm deadline passed without Hull officials having completed the necessary paperwork to confirm
SO what was the summer-long fixation with Fabio Borini all about then? Goodness only knows, but Gus Poyet’s unfathomable refusal to give up on the Liverpool striker when it was increasingly apparent that he did not want to return to Wearside means
SUNDERLAND completed a South American deadline-day double with the capture of Ricardo Alvarez and Sebastian Coates, but the transfer window closed with long-term target Fabio Borini still a Liverpool player. Argentinian midfielder Alvarez signed
MIDDLESBROUGH goalkeeper Jason Steele has joined Blackburn Rovers on a season-long, while Aitor Karanka has brought in Chelsea’s England Under-19 keeper Jamal Blackman as his replacement. Steele was told he could leave after falling behind
LUKE JAMES is happy he did all he could to force through a move to Peterborough United after his departure from Hartlepool United was confirmed in the final hours of the transfer window. Having submitted two separate transfer requests last month
CONCERNS have been raised for the well-being of an 'extremely vulnerable' 58-year-old man who has been reported missing from home in Middlesbrough. Malcolm Wanless, who is 58, was last seen in the Marton Road area of the town at 6.40pm on Monday
CONCERNS have been raised over plans for a 395-bed student village on the outskirts of Durham City.Residents in the Neville’s Cross area said the development of townhouses, flats and studios would lead to an ‘influx’ of young people
A NORTH-East fire service is proposing to cut staff and review services to fill a £3.6m funding gap.Spennymoor Fire Station could be operated by part-time firefighters under the plans being considered by County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue
Sunderland have completed the signing of Ricardo Alvarez on a season-long loan deal from Italian giants Inter Milan. The 26-year old Argentina international midfielder arrives on Wearside for the 2014/15 campaign, becoming the ninth signing this
SUNDERLAND have completed the signing of Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates on a season-long loan. The 23-year-old Uruguay international becomes the Black Cats’ eighth signing of the summer. Coates arrived in England in 2011 from Nacional
BY a quirk of fate that I still don't quite understand, we found ourselves without childcare duties on a Wednesday night recently.A night out on a school night beckoned and we were out of the door without a clue where we were going. We felt guilty
A HUNT has been launched for a man suspected of firing a weapon at a family home.Officers were called to an address on Kensington Road in Stockton at around 10.30pm on Sunday, after a window was put out, believed to have been caused by a gunshot.No one
A JUDGE has delivered a scathing assessment of a legal wrangle over a family farm – and potentially given the green light to a huge new housing development on the site. Christopher Shepherd, along with his sister Joanne Long, had sought possession
TRIBUTES have been paid to a great-grandmother who died following a road crash on Friday (August 29). Dolores Hubbert, 81, has been described as a highly respected member of her community, a well-loved and dedicated wife and loving mother, grandmother
A RESTAURATEUR secretly filmed himself having sex with a teenage woman, a court was told. Gianfranco Fanelli used a watch with a built in camera to make the recordings, without the knowledge of the woman, who believed he was timing how long their
A PEDESTRIAN injured in a collision with a taxi in Newcastle at the weekend has died. The accident happened at 2.30am on Sunday, (August 31) on the northbound slip-road from the Swan House roundabout to New Bridge Street on the Central Motorway. The man
A MEMORIAL statue has been erected in a proud North-East regiment’s home city ahead of an official unveiling ceremony later this month (Sunday, September 14). The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) memorial, a larger-than-life bronze of a DLI bugler sounding
AN evening of thrilling horse-racing and show-stopping fashion has raised thousands of pounds for a lifesaving charity.Glamorous women from across the region donned their most colourful hats and fascinators and headed to Sedgefield Racecourse in County
FORMER Newcastle United goalkeeper Steve Harper has emerged as a surprise contender for the vacant managerial position at struggling League Two side Carlisle United.Having failed to win any of their opening five league games, Carlisle sacked former Middlesbrough
A GARDENER is offering to give away many of his gardening tools. Malcolm Johnson, 74, of Chester-le-Street, has two allotments in Cocken Lane, Great Lumley, near Chester-le-Street, one of which he has worked for many years.He is giving up the one, which
A RAILWAY signalman responsible for monitoring 16 unmanned level crossings was engaged on another call seconds before a tragic collision, an inquest heard today (Monday). Derek Emmerson, a signaller for 18 years, was manning the box at Malton when
NEW Middlesbrough striker Jelle Vossen has expressed his relief after finally completing his move to the Riverside Stadium. Vossen has arrived on Teesside on a season-long loan from Racing Club Genk and joins Dutch winger Yanic Wildschut, who completed
MORE than 200 new homes could be built on the edge of a village, under proposals being considered by council planners.The Church Commissioners had already applied for outline planning permission to build up to 50 homes on land off Station Road, at the
POLICE are investigating after a man was found dead in a car at the bottom of cliffs. The alarm was raised at 10am this morning (Monday, September 1) when the vehicle was spotted in the sea near the Grotto pub at Marsden, near South Shields.
A POPULAR festival of theatre is set to return to venues around Darlington next month. The Jabberwocky Market will make its third appearance in Darlington from October 2 for four days of performances, workshops, talks and activities for audiences of all
TRIBUTES have been paid to a great-grandmother who died in a road crash on Friday (August 29). Dolores Hubbert, 81, has been described as a highly respected member of her community, a well-loved and dedicated wife and loving mother, grandmother
A PERVERT who abused a girl more than 30 years ago is behind bars after his victim plucked up the courage to tell police of her ordeal. Justice finally caught up with Middlesbrough man Ian Donnelly, now 55, when he was jailed for more than eight
PAUL Collingwood’s best four-day haul since 2008 helped to wrap up the Nottinghamshire innings for 188, but when they looked like taking command Durham slipped from 51 without loss to 83 for five in their second innings. They lead by 148 but will
A MAN needed hospital treatment after being hit with a piece of wood during a disturbance.It happened just before 4.15pm on Sunday (August 31) at an address in Elm Place, Newbottle, near Houghton-le-Spring. Police arrived to find a 44-year-old man with
A PARISH council has almost halved in size after the chairman, two councillors and the clerk resigned within weeks.Joe France and Laraine Grigg stood down as independent councillors for Trimdon Foundry Parish Council at a meeting on Tuesday, August 12
EACH month, The Northern Echo highlights one of the many dogs looking for a home at the Dogs Trust, in Sadberge, near Darlington.Lurcher Nelson is 16-months-old and is still looking for a permanent family home – much to the disbelief of staff and
OWNERS of a symbol of Second World War history laid up after an oil leak last week say repair work is progressing at a 'steady pace' – but more engagements have had to be cancelled.The Mynarski Memorial Lancaster has been in a hangar at
VOTING for the revitalised Darlington in Bloom is underway to find the town’s best outside space. The annual competition was put at risk earlier this summer after the volunteer organisers struggled to get enough entries but Darlington Borough Council
UNDER privileged and troubled families are to get an additional helping hand as a government scheme expands to take in more affected children.The troubled family scheme, being co-ordinated by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, will now include under
A CHARTERED accountant and business adviser is expanding after unveiling a new associate.Waltons Clark Whitehill, in Hartlepool, says it wants two workers for its tax team to meet increased demand.The move comes as George Hardey, who joined the firm 15
CHARITY fundraisers really put their backs into it when they took part in a lorry pull.About 20 people signed up to drag the loaded truck, weighing more than four tons, across the car park of the New Durham Workingmen’s Club in Gilesgate, Durham
THE public is getting a rare chance to see the Royal Family as seen through the lens of one of Britain’s most renowned photographers. The late Patrick Lichfield – the professional name of the 5th Earl of Lichfield – was the first cousin once-removed
NORTH-EAST manufacturers are looking to create more jobs as they tackle increased work, despite the industry slowing its acceleration, a report has said.Manufacturers’ organisation EEF says North-East firms have some of the strongest orders and
AN afternoon of live music in the sunshine marked the end of another Blues in the Park season in Darlington.The free events have taken place at North Lodge Park over several Sundays throughout the summer and attracted scores of music-lovers to the park.A
NEW Middlesbrough signing Yanic Wildschut aims to emulate fellow Dutchman Bolo Zenden and be a hit on Teesside following his move from Heerenveen. Wildschut has signed a two-year deal at the Riverside Stadium with the option of a further year and
MIDDLESBROUGH have confirmed the signing of Belgian striker Jelle Vossen on a season-long loan from Genk. The deal is the Teessiders' second of deadline day, and follows hot on the heels of Yanic Wildschut's €800,000 arrival from Heerenveen.
CONTRACTORS have erected scaffolding around the outside of The Northern Echo offices as part of ongoing maintenance work on the 97-year-old building.The newspaper's offices, in Priestgate, Darlington, had been earmarked for a Debenhams development
A DRIVER who led police on a ten-mile chase said he was afraid to pull over in case he missed an appointment - 14 hours later.Ayoola Alamutu was just an hour away from his meeting in Newcastle when he was asked to stop on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire.Alamutu
YOUNG singers from the region will join a Brit Award-winning trio on stage later this month (Friday, September 19).Members of the Gala Theatre Stage School will sing alongside classical pop act Blake on stage for the In Harmony concert at the Gala Theatre
MONKS are enjoying the fruits of their labours after taking in the harvest at the UK’s most northerly commercial orchard.The orchard at Ampleforth Abbey, near Helmsley, looks set to generate more than ten tonnes of apples this September, from more
IMAGES have been released of a man and woman police want to speak to after a member of railway staff was verbally abused at Hartlepool station. British Transport Police are trying to track down the pair following the incident which took place at
A PREGNANT woman turned down the chance to be her best friend’s bridesmaid – only to go into labour on her way to the ceremony. Staff at the King’s Hotel, in Darlington, rushed outside with huge sheets and towels after hearing Amanda Hutchinson
THE North-East’s position as a dominant exporter will be affected if the UK withdraws from the EU, businesses have warned.A North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) survey said companies in the region are concerned about leaving the EU, with many calling
NEARLY £1m will be invested in projects to tackle loneliness amongst North Yorkshire’s increasingly elderly population.A range of innovative new projects have been launched by North Yorkshire County Council to tackle isolation and the impact
HUNDREDS of cyclists of all ages took part in a mass bike ride around the North-East countryside.Up to 700 people set off on the eighth Durham Big Ride from County Hall at 9.30am, today (Sunday, August 31).The routes of three, ten and 25 miles were completed
AROUND 300,000 people go missing in the UK every year. Not many people are aware of that statistic, but Noel Clarke was one of the few. “I wanted to do a film about it,” says the 38-year-old actor, director and producer who earned the Bafta Rising
IGNORING the old showbiz rule to never work with children or animals, the exotic cast list for new BBC1 drama Our Zoo includes penguins, black bears, monkeys and a camel. So while the end result – a six-part series about the origins of Chester Zoo
THERE are actors who submit themselves reluctantly for interview because it’s in their contract. Others, like Jon Hamm, embrace what some regard as an ordeal and give a little bit of themselves in conversation. He ends the round table interview by
A TALENTED cricket player was invited to spend the day at Loughborough University last week to experience national coaching. 12-year-old Finn Usher, of Barnard Castle, has played cricket since he was nine and was one of 80 youngsters invited to
Nibbling on the delicate meat from a giant spider crab claw, with the sun shining down and a chilled glass of bubbles, I could be anywhere: Spain, Portugal, Italy. I’m not. I’m in Salcombe, a hidden Devon foodie haven I can’t believe I haven’t
ANOTHER season once again whizzes past us, with the days getting notably shorter and the weather wetter. This year’s season for fruit and vegetables has been particularly good, especially for apples, tomatoes and French beans to name a few, mainly
FANS of The Archers will know that multi-generational living is working well for David and Ruth Archer and their kids, busy farmers whose lives have much improved since domestic goddess Jill, David’s mum, moved in with them. The arrangement works
GROWTH in manufacturing has eased back to more moderate levels, but firms remain confident about the economic outlook, a study has said. An EEF survey of nearly 300 companies revealed a continued positive picture with ongoing plans to invest in
OMID Djalili gives great cuddles. I know this because, after an hour spent giggling and listening intently in a cosy corner of a private members’ club as he recounts tales from his early life, I pluck up courage to ask for a hug. There’s a chapter
A MINING firm has sold a chemical transport division for £26.9m as it looks to increase its presence in the UK coal industry.Hargreaves Services, in Esh Winning, near Durham City, says Imperial Tankers has been bought by Suttons Group.Imperial,
A NEW Facebook trial is tagging stories on users’ news feeds that have come from satirical American news site the Onion, as [satire]. “We are running a small test,” Facebook said in a statement to tech news site Ars Technica, “because we received
YORK busker turned TV talent show star Beth McCarthy is getting used to being known as “Beth from The Voice”. She was at the Galtres Festival in North Yorkshire at the weekend with a group of friends and “everybody who walked past was ‘oh Beth from
HALLOWEEN may a couple of months away but we’re beginning to enter the season for pumpkins. We’ve frequently had this pumpkin cheesecake on the menu and it’s proved very popular. It’s so much easier to make cheesecake if you use a springform tin
A ROBBER stole a substantial amount of money following a raid on a cash delivery van in Hartlepool this morning (Monday, September 1). The incident happened at Asda, Marina Way, Hartlepool at around 4.50am. A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said
NO matter how fervently you believe, the fact is that the jury’s still out on the causes of climate change and whether it’s possible to do anything about it. Many tell us that it’s carbon-producing exhaust gasses, the burning of fossil fuels in general
How did the radio show come about? I got an email from the boss at Absolute asking for a meeting. We had a chat, and he asked me to do a pilot, he liked it and he offered me a show. So that was alright, wasn’t it? That’s about as easy as it
YORKSHIRE are in control of the Roses match after a healthy opening day with ball and bat against Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford yesterday. Jack Brooks, Ryan Sidebottom and Adil Rashid all claimed three wickets as the Red Rose, reduced to
AKTABANTAY sustained the hopes of trainer Hugo Palmer and owner Ibrahim Araci by claiming what had briefly looked an unlikely victory in the European Wealth Solario Stakes at Sandown. To lead on the line in a fourway head-bob was not exactly a
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA does not feel Andy Murray is the player he was and claims locker-room rivals are less fearful about facing the Scot. Their fourth-round meeting at the US Open today should provide a real measure of where Murray’s form is after
MIDDLESBROUGH have completed their first signing of transfer-deadline day with the arrival of winger Yanic Wildschut from Dutch side Heerenveen. Wildschut, who has signed a two-year deal on Teesside with the option of a further year, moves for
MARC MARQUEZ endured a race-long battle with Jorge Lorenzo from start to finish before claiming victory in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The Spaniard, 21, on his Repsol Honda, who started the race from pole position, dropped into second
Readers Durham Cricket League BURNMOOR and Tudhoe both produced champion performances – but only one can take the coveted title with Saturday’s head to head likely to be a straight contest for the crown. Their game at Esh Winning was meant
Dukes ECB North-East Regional Premier League SOUTH SHIELDS are just a win away from swopping places with gloomy Gateshead Fell as the promotion and relegation issues come to a conclusion in the Dukes North East Premier League. Shields, who
PAKISTAN succumbed to their lowest one-day score in five years as a pathetic 102 all out helped Sri Lanka claim a seven-wicket victory in the series decider in Dambulla. The tourists were badly let down by their batsmen as they were dismissed for
Darlington Building Society NYSD ECB Premier League WITH just three games remaining, Darlington can put the champagne on ice as they move closer to their first title win for 24 years. An easier than expected victory at Great Ayton gave them
SHILDON took a wrong turning on their way to Padiham for their FA preliminary round tie– but Mark Hudson put them in the right direction in an excellent win. The Railwaymen took over three and a half hours to reach Lancashire, because they took
TOTTENHAM 0 LIVERPOOL 3 LIVERPOOL debutant Mario Balotelli generated all the pre-match hype, but it was Raheem Sterling who provided the magic in yesterday’s Premier League clash with Tottenham. Sterling ignited the 3-0 rout at White Hart Lane
LEICESTER CITY 1 ARSENAL 1 BOSS Arsene Wenger urged Arsenal fans to trust him in the transfer market and insisted they must stop dreaming of an instant solution. Angry Gunners fans chanted for the manager to sign a striker at the end of their
SUNDERLAND are expected to sign Ricky Alvarez on a season-long loan deal after finally agreeing terms with the Inter Milan midfielder on Saturday night. And Gus Poyet is set to complete a second deal before tonight’s transfer deadline, with Liverpool
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (Virago £20, ebook £7.99) 4/5 stars METICULOUS Fingersmith and Tipping The Velvet writer Sarah Waters heads back a century for her sixth novel, the compelling and richly-written The Paying Guests. Opening up in
Happiness By Design by Paul Dolan (Allen Lane £20, ebook £8.03) 3/5 stars PROFESSOR of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics Paul Dolan takes a cool, scientific look at how we can organise our lives to put more joy into them. Happiness
1. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler 2. Wednesday’s Child, Peter Robinson 3. Laidlaw (Laidlaw Trilogy), William Mcllvanney 4. We Were Liars, E.Lockhart 5. Sycamore Row, John Grisham 6. The One Plus One, Jojo Moyes
You stood upon me! Believe me, I do not lie Try again next month. Paul Snaith, Darlington
They say it’s called sciatica, a pain that causes twinges It sometime starts above your bum and down your leg impinges They claim it’s caused by many things, like wearing heels and tottering Or working in the garden, as around the weeds
ARMS-aloft anthems with instantly-catchy choruses and refrains that beg to be howled back dominate Glaswegian band, Twin Atlantic’s second album, Great Divide, which is inspired by the band watching their own fans and from sharing stages with the likes
21 UP: New Generation (BBC1, 10.35pm) OLDER viewers will be aware that the black and white start of The ...Up series, with its eerie title music and excited voices of children at play, first started back in 1964, with Seven Up!, a remarkably forward-thinking
NINETEEN girls from across the region have won their way into the final of Miss Newcastle GB. This is the competition's first year and it will be taking place at the city's Assembly Rooms on Friday, August 29, with the after-party taking place
Thirty-five years of skilful teaching is Wolsingham Bill Boynes’ influence was very far-reaching His wife Muriel, too, a one-time headmistress of Lanehead school Bill was a legend he ruled the staff room with wit and teaching
WHEN I move on from the editor's chair, one of my proudest memories will be the sight and sound of a Lancaster bomber, from the Battle of Britain Memorial flight, thundering low over the statue of war hero Andrew Mynarski at Durham Tees Valley Airport.That
I WISH Nigel Boddy had done some research before writing his scaremongering letter (HAS, August 29) about the NHS. I sit on Darlington’s Health and Partnership Scrutiny Committee. The fact is that due to an acute shortages of specialist doctors
ACTOR and director Richard Attenborough, who has died at the age of 90 (Echo, Aug 25), has rightly been praised for his film work. However, I fondly remember him as a presenter of popular music on BBC radio. He told his listeners that he adored
READING Tony Kelly’s letter (HAS, Aug 26) I think he was speaking for himself, not for the majority of patriotic British people. Some of his points you have to agree with, but some take us back into the dark ages. What he would like to see
CONGRATULATIONS to Darlington Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society for putting on such a magnificent show of flowers in St Cuthbert’s Hall on August Bank Holiday. The hall was full of flowers, all up to national standards, a kaleidoscope of colour
I CONFESS to know absolutely nothing about the proposed closure of our Hartlepool hospital or any of the machinations involved because I was away at the time. On the face of it, the whole idea is inconceivable, a disgraceful thoughtless slur to
WHILE it is disappointing that only a third of over-65s in Yorkshire use social media (according to a report by clothing firm Chums) I am sure the proportion of “silver surfers” is much higher. The internet has been a boon for us older folk. We
I WAS amused to read the letter from Peter Jefferies (HAS, August 27) regarding those he calls “Armchair Generals” who write to Hear All Sides. I think it’s safe to say I was one of those generals Peter had in mind and I would like to thank him
IF Douglas Carswell, the Conservative MP for Clacton, had merely defected to Ukip it would have been yet another defection. I remember the defection of Stockton’s MP Bill Rodgers to the Social Democratic Party. It was some months in coming
THE recent reports of sexual and physical abuse of children in care are truly horrifying but are in complete contrast to my personal experience. In the 1950s, my three brothers and I spent most of our childhood in the care of Derbyshire Children
FOR far too long, the North has been hampered by second-class rail services and the opportunity to change that doesn’t come along very often. But with a shortlist of operators having been chosen for the refranchising of the Northern Rail and TransPennine
West Auckland Town 1 Darlington 1 Having waited three years to return to the FA Cup, it would’ve been a damn shame to exit the competition after only 90 minutes. So although Quakers were disappointed not to overcome West Auckland at the first
Goal: 1-0: Arthur (90, header from eight yards after a long throw in was flicked on) Bookings: Harewood (dissent 58); Brobbel (foul 89) Referee: Chris Sarginson (Stoke): In the main appeared to be consistent. Yet booked two Pools players
WITH three Premier League games under their belt, it would have looked a lot brighter for Sunderland going into the international break with five points to their name.It would represent real progress and a material improvement from the same stage last
MIDDLESBROUGH are hopeful of completing a loan deal for long-term target Jelle Vossen before tonight’s transfer deadline – and the striker may not be the only late arrival at the Riverside. Vossen it understood to have arrived in England yesterday
Goals: 0-1: Gayle (1, stroked home the rebound after Krul turned Chamakh’s low strike onto the base of his left-hand post) 1-1: Janmaat (37, dribbled into the area and stabbed home at the second attempt after his first shot had been blocked
Full-time: Newcastle United 3 Crystal Palace 3 NEWCASTLE UNITED have spent more than £35m on nine players this summer, so it should be a source of both pride and concern that the most effective addition to their squad so far has been an untried
Final Score: Middlesbrough 0 Reading 1 INTERNATIONAL breaks can be a hindrance so early in the season, but this one has come at exactly the right time for Middlesbrough. After an encouraging start to the new campaign, old habits have begun
NEWCASTLE UNITED will attempt to sign Toby Alderweireld on a season-long loan before the transfer window closes this evening, but they will have to beat off strong competition from Southampton for the Atletico Madrid defender. And on what is likely
THREE young players at Hartlepool United, three new contracts, three different Saturday scenarios. Michael Duckworth, head down, strong defensively and defended his area in the manner he did so astutely last season. Bradley Walker, signed a
AN investigation into e-cigarettes has discovered a potentially toxic chemical linked to lung disease within one of the e-liquids tested for sale in the North-East.The discovery, which will be shown Inside Out NE & Cumbria's current affairs programme
CONCERNS have been raised that aspiring North-East homeowners are being priced out of the property market as houses now cost five times the average wage.The TUC’s analysis of average salaries and house prices by local authority area shows that in
A BUSINESS leader has been appointed as Her Majesty’s new Lord Lieutenant for North Yorkshire. The chair of the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Barry Dodd, will take up the post in September. The current
A WELL loved football man had his dedication to the sport recognised when he was awarded a long service medal by the Football Association. Gordon Duck played as a professional for his hometown club Middlesbrough in the late 1940s before doing his
IT is agreed that the Northern Rail and TransPennine Express refranchising exercise will shape the region's rail services for years to come.But there is less consensus on whether the direction of travel so far signals a bright future or casts a shadow
NOW is the time for the Government to think big and invest in the North-East and North Yorkshire's rail network. The Northern Echo, with the support of business leaders, council chiefs and MPs, is calling on ministers to help the region help itself
A BULLYING boyfriend who cut his partner's head in a bottle attack has walked free from court.Richard Preston was given a suspended prison sentence despite a record of violence against the woman.Judge Tony Briggs told him that if he breaches the conditions
A SINGLE UK hub airport with spare capacity for new routes is vital to the North-East retaining its position as a key UK exporter, it has been claimed.The CBI says politicians must act decisively, arguing a single hub is imperative to long-term sustainable
A NORTH-EAST housebuilder has hailed a strong start to the year.Persimmon Homes says underlying pre-tax profits increased 57 per cent to £212.9m for the first half of 2014.It added legal completions were also up 28 per cent to 6,408 compared to
A DATA management firm has seen turnover increase after launching a new product.Active Documents, in Billingham, near Stockton, says its paperdata website has helped more regional and international companies evaluate their services.Bosses say it allows
