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‘We have to stem this tide’

‘We have to stem this tide’

12:29pm Thursday 9th July 2009

With the future of steelmaking on Teesside shrouded in uncertainty, questions over the future of the £10bn chemical industry were raised last night after the closure of two key plants. Deborah Johnson reports.

‘We’re not making babies’

INFERTILITY BREAKTHROUGH: Professor Karim Nayernia,  of Newcastle University, who has developed a technique to create human sperm using embryonic stem cells

10:16am Wednesday 8th July 2009

A manhunt for the classroom

MALE INFLUENCE: Stuart Ellis teaches Fountains Primary School pupils

10:23am Tuesday 7th July 2009

We desperately need more male primary school teachers and thanks to the recession, more men are now applying for the job.

Giving young people a future

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Prince’s Trust volunteers working in the community

9:59am Monday 6th July 2009

David Beavis, North-East director of The Prince’s Trust, explains why young people need the organisation more than ever.

Pride and prejudice

IN THE CHAIR: Eric Heaviside, the new Provincial Grand Master of Durham

10:13am Saturday 4th July 2009

Today, Durham Freemasons hold a family gala at Raby Castle. Chris Lloyd meets the county’s new Provincial Grand Master.

Sad tale of the unlucky 13

SHIP SANK: A relative one of Teesside’s Italian community who died on the SS Arandora Star when it was torpedoed during the Second World War, takes a look at a plaque which has been put up in Middlesbrough Town Hall in memory of those who died

8:43am Friday 3rd July 2009

THE night of June 10, 1940, will forever be remembered as the time the heart of the Italian community in Teesside was ripped out. Under the cloak of darkness 13 men were rounded up after wartime leader Winston Churchill ordered that all male Italians living in Britain aged 18 to 70 should be arrested.

Express Exit

BACK WITH GOVERNMENT: Passengers onboard a National Express train wait to depart from London’s King’s Cross Station

9:26am Thursday 2nd July 2009

The East Coast Main Line franchise, which is currently operated by National Express, could be taken back into public ownership. Stuart Arnold answers some key questions about what it all means for the passengers.

A just cause to leave his post

IN OPPOSITION: Ashok Kumar MP signs a Post Office petition watched by Sir Stuart Bell MP, in Middlesbrough town centre

12:15pm Wednesday 1st July 2009

Dr Ashok Kumar MP explains why he plans to resign from the Government he has supported loyally for 12 years if plans to partprivatise Royal Mail go ahead.

Cutting out the middle men

NO FIT STATE: A police officer tries to communicate with a young man who has had too much to drink

10:15am Tuesday 30th June 2009

Health Editor Barry Nelson talks to police about their efforts to reduce under-age drinking – including targeting the people who sell alcohol to children or buy it for them

'It's time to move on'

A PERSONAL DECISION: Alan Milburn, who is standing down as Darlington’s MP

11:01am Monday 29th June 2009

Darlington MP and former Health Secretary Alan Milburn is standing down at the next election. In an exclusive interview with Peter Barron, Editor of The Northern Echo, he explains why.


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