A fight for survival

12:31pm Thursday 9th July 2009

impending closures of the Dow and Croda chemical plants on Teesside is terrible news for the 200 employees directly affected and our thoughts are with them.

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The Price of success

10:10am Wednesday 8th July 2009

WHEN Sean Price became Chief Constable of Cleveland six years ago, he inherited a force in crisis.

Rebuilding bridges

10:21am Tuesday 7th July 2009

WHEN Barack Obama became President of the United States, he inspired an unprecedented sense of hope around the world.

Time for a pay freeze

9:54am Monday 6th July 2009

THERE has been a predictable response to suggestions that a public sector pay freeze will help Britain out of the recession.

Weakening our voice

8:43am Saturday 4th July 2009

THE theme of Baroness Warsi’s address to yesterday’s North-East Economic Forum did not come as any surprise.

Keeping flu in context

8:38am Friday 3rd July 2009

THERE is a fine balance to be found in the way the media reports the spread of swine flu. It is important not to alarm people – but it would also be wrong to underestimate the impact of the pandemic.

Government of U-turns

9:21am Thursday 2nd July 2009

THIS is becoming a Government of Uturns.

It's hard to keep it fresh

12:17pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

IN his interview with The Northern Echo following the announcement that he is to stand down as Darlington MP, Alan Milburn had a word of advice for Gordon Brown.

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We’ve heard it all before

10:13am Tuesday 30th June 2009

GORDON BROWN’S new agenda for Government announced yesterday looked like Labour’s manifesto for the next General Election in all but name.

Unease over second jobs

10:48am Monday 29th June 2009

IN the wake of the firestorm over their expenses, there is more discomfort to come for MPs this week when new rules open them up to greater scrutiny of their “extracurricular”

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