TWO years after Health Secretary Alan Milburn called for paramedics to inject heart attack victims with life-saving drugs paramedics have yet to treat a single North-East victim. In February 2001 the Darlington MP said he wanted to see paramedics giving
POLICE believe a conman may have stalked a frail pensioner who died hours after becoming his victim. George Sharpe, 82, collapsed and died from a heart attack on Wednesday night - only three hours after the bogus council worker struck at his home in Faraday
EDUCATION - I read with interest that the Government's campaign to attract graduates with a "good" degree into teacher training has resulted in 110 applicants. The campaign apparently cost £14m. No doubt in Tone-speak this represents sound value for money
THE North-East man who is chief of a remote African village is in line for a business award after setting up a travel company to send volunteers to developing countries. John Lawler, 28, is one of six finalists in the North-East Business of the Year award
WHAT'S happened to Liverpool? It may only be January but, once again, the Reds can already kiss goodbye to winning the Premiership title for the first time. Former Newcastle midfielder Dietmar Hamann insists Liverpool can still claw themselves back into
Cheeky Geordie chappies Ant and Dec tricked a bunch of journalists into a secret location where they became extras in the launch of their new TV show The invitation to the launch of the new series of Ant And Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway said to meet
A WOMAN who discovered skin samples from her stillborn baby were taken without consent will join other parents in court later this month in their fight for compensation. Zoe Holman, from Darlington, contacted South Durham NHS Trust hotline almost two
What better way to begin celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Wesley than at a Methodist church with 300 members? IT'S a big year for the Methodists, 300 years on June 17 since the birth of John Wesley, the founder. We haven't heard
SHAY GIVEN has called for Newcastle United to shed the "Entertainers'' tag on their travels in a bid to avoid any more away-day horror shows. The Magpies have conceded 50 goals in 33 games in all competitions this season following their disastrous 3-2
A rival bidder could be poised to gazump Morrisons' attempt to buy Safeway with a move coming as early as next Friday, a City analyst said last night. Morrisons announced with a fanfare on Thursday its £2.9bn offer for the flagging supermarket chain but
LEE BOWYER might have been facing boyhood idols West Ham today - not making his debut for them - if Sir Bobby Robson's plans had panned out the way the Newcastle boss had hoped. It has emerged that the Magpies were indeed among the posse of clubs who
MICK Kent's year-round involvement with rugby has strengthened with the news that Teesside Steelers Rugby League Club will play in a new National League Three next summer. The former Darlington Mowden Park captain is now player-coach at Consett during
THE Minister for Work, Nick Brown, opened a job centre in one of the region's leading hospitals yesterday. The Royal Victoria Infirmary's (RVI) Jobshop aims to give job seekers access to up to 1,700 health sector vacancies a year. Mr Brown said: "I am
