Popular business matriarch Mary dies at age of 104
ONE of the region’s best-known and respected businesswomen has died aged 104.
Final farewell to last mine blast rescuer
village will unite in grief today as they bid farewell to one of the community’s most respected men.
‘We were never Margaret Thatcher’s boot boys’
In what they describe as the worst 12 months of their careers, two former high-ranking Durham officers tell Marjorie McIntyre about the dark days of the miners’ strike and the ensuing bitterness between pit communities and the police.
A village under siege
For two weeks in August 1984, Easington was under a virtual state of siege as the first miner defied the strike and went back to work.
Campaigner against forced marriages to open North-East base
WHEN Jasvinder Sanghera fled her family home to escape a forced marriage she sought refuge in the North-East.
Family’s anger as resort is cleared
A FAMILY has pledged to take civil action against the bosses of a Spanish resort where two North-East sisters died in horrific circumstances.
Disability claimant was regular golfer
A WOMAN who secured disability benefit stating she could only walk a short distance with a stick was revealed to have regularly played golf over a five-mile hilly course.
Campbell’s girl begins rebuilding of Bluebird
A LANDMARK moment in the reconstruction of a legendary jet-powered craft was reached in the unlikely setting of a North-East industrial unit yesterday.
Dawn raids are opening salvo in police war on drugs
EARLY morning raids on properties yesterday heralded the launch of a countywide purge on street dealers selling hard drugs.
The eye test life-saver
A ROUTINE eye examination may have proved a life-saver for a 17-year-old apprentice electrician.
