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2:08pm Friday 10th February 2012
When Margaret McKinney’s son failed to return home one evening, she began a tortured 21-year search for his body, scouring fields and building sites with her bare hands for his remains. Emily Flanagan reports.
2:55pm Friday 10th February 2012
DID you really want to see Denise Welch sobbing her way through Loose Women this week?
2:09pm Friday 10th February 2012
THE Football Association will meet today to begin the task of finding a successor to Fabio Capello as England manager.
2:20pm Friday 10th February 2012
STEPHANIE FINNEGAN provides us with a graphic account of how ineffective the measures of the Government is making through the work programme to get people into work and off benefits (HAS, Feb 9).
5:52pm Wednesday 8th February 2012
Three years ago, Sarah Pittendrigh was a desperate single mother forced to declare herself bankrupt. She tells Lucy Richardson why being made redundant was the best thing that could have happened to her and how it has led to her remarrying her ex-husband.
3:57pm Tuesday 17th January 2012
Fitness and nutrition experts give Lisa Salmon advice on how mums can get back into shape.
6:01pm Thursday 2nd February 2012
Scott Wilson returns to old haunts and sets out to discover if Bishop Auckland’s Chang Thai restaurant can live up to its reputation.
4:18pm Wednesday 1st February 2012
Wharton Park, a 19th Century gift to the residents of Durham, has a rich and colourful history marked by saintly execution and wartime sacrifice.
From The Editor's Chair
Editor's view of the week's events.
Dad At Large
Peter Barron on the heartaches & belly laughs that go with being a father of four.
Mike Amos
Discursive and multi-faceted column
Backtrack
Sporting memories
Mum At Large
Ruth on the heartaches & belly laughs that go with being a mum.
Ray Mallon
A personal view of the week's events
Rob Merrick
Weekly political commentary.
Gadget Reviews
Best and worst from the world of gadgets
Video Game Reviews
PC, console and handheld
Motor Reviews
Weekly motoring reviews
Echo Memories
Weekly column taking a look at North-East History
Memories Blog
North-East history blog
Shoptalk
What hot and what's not on the high street.
Sharon's View
Opinion from the region's best known woman columnist who never sits on the fence
Peter Mullen
Topical weekly column from the Rector of St Michael's, Cornhill, in the City of London
Harry Mead
A personal view of the week's events
Theatre
A look at who's walking the boards in the North-East.
Tonight's TV
Steve's look at tonight's TV
In The Picture
Latest from the big and small screen
Movie Reviews
Weekly movie reviews
Soapwatch
Light-hearted delve into soapworld
PETER
BARRON
Peter
Barron, editor of The Northern Echo since January 1999, joined the
paper as a reporter in 1984. He spent a year as editor of the Hartlepool
Mail before rejoining The Northern Echo as editor. He is also a former
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FRASER KICKS OFF
Football chat with The Northern Echo's chief football writer, Paul Fraser. You can follow Paul and our other sports writers on twitter via our sport page.
ECHO MEMORIES
Chris Lloyd's Echo Memories is one of the most popular features in The Northern Echo, generating plenty of reader reaction every week. This blog aims to air as many as the letters and emails as possible, to encourage more memories and feedback, and to act as a first draft for a future column.
COCKFIELD
Nigel Dowson writes about his home town of Cockfield. Nigel, who was born and bred in Cockfield, owns Jigsaw Hair Salon in Darlington and has a passion for local history.
FASTFLOW IN NEPAL
Fastflow Chief Executive Neil Armstrong is off to Nepal in two weeks time to see what a difference his company’s £68,000 donation to WaterAid has made to the people of Birantnagar.
COUNTY DURHAM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
This blog will tell you about new funding streams available through the foundation's grant-making programmes, set up by local donors and through other partnerships including government funding.
FEEL GREAT FOR SPORT
Advice from Chartered and State Registered Physiotherapist, Paul Gough, who is known for his successful running of the physiotherapy department at Darlington Football Club for more than four years.
WENDY'S SLIMMING BLOG
Join Wendy on her weight loss journey as she looks to slim from 32st down to 10st with the help of Slimming World.
JUDITH'S DIVORCE BLOG
Reflections
on divorce, separation and associated topics by Judith Middleton,
Consultant at Macks Solcicitors. Judith qualified
as a solicitor in 1982 and is accredited as a family law specialist
by Resolution. She is also the Regional Press Officer for Resolution,
Tees Valley.
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