THE charity Guide Dogs for the Blind says there is a shortage of volunteer puppy walkers in County Durham. Walkers care for and educate guide dog pups up to the age of a year, when they begin specialised training. Supervisor Kathryn Settrey said: "At
THE hardy souls who love to turn out for a day of point-to-point racing had been made to wait. Two years ago, the popular meeting at Witton Castle, near Bishop Auckland, had fallen victim to the foot-and-mouth crisis. Last year, bad weather meant it had
THE high quality of care provided by a Teesside NHS trust has been praised by the Mental Health Act Commission. It comes in a recent report published about the latest inspection of forensic mental health services provided by St Luke's Hospital, in Middlesbrough
SEDGEFIELD Borough Council has won high praise for a service which provides support to the elderly in times of crisis. The Sedgefield Home Assessment and Rehabilitation Partnership (Sharp) is a service which has assisted many people in staying at home
CHURCH leaders have demonstrated their commitment to a Weardale village by appointing a rector. The Reverend Malcolm Goodall has been priest-in- charge of St Mary's and St Stephen's Church, Wolsingham, for the past four years. In a ceremony in the village
A TEENAGE girl recovering from serious illness has been left devastated after thieves stole a laptop computer which has "priceless sentimental value". Police are hunting the burglars who broke into Alex Eland's home in Harding Terrace, Darlington, to
HARDY hill farmers braved blizzard conditions yesterday to take part in a show with a difference. The annual hay show, staged in the car park of a pub in Eastgate, Weardale, County Durham, attracted 85 entries from as far afield as Northumberland and
BBC presenter and archaeologist Professor Julian Richards is to visit York to explore the city's Viking links. As part of this year's Jorvik Viking Festival, Prof Rich-ards will give a lecture based on his acclaimed programme Blood of the Vikings, which
CHILDREN will today plead with councillors not to take away their lollipop patrol. Pupils from Our Lady and St Joseph's RC Primary School, in Leadgate, near Consett, will go into the council chamber to urge Durham county councillors not to axe the service
FORMER lorry driver David Robson is taking the plunge into a challenging career that could take him around the world as a deep-sea diver. The 29-year-old, from Ferryhill, is completing his commercial diving training with a ten-week residential course,
ROYAL Navy officers are to give the public an insight into the work they do around the globe. Two officers from the Royal Navy have invited local residents, politicians, media and business people from the Scarborough area to a talk at the Royal Hotel,
NOMINATIONS are flooding in for The Northern Echo Positive Young People Awards, sponsored by npower. The award ceremony will take place at Darlington's Civic Theatre on Wednesday, April 2, when youngsters will be honoured for a variety of achievements
IT is a treasure trove of memories, a vivid reminder of the golden days of one of Darlington's greatest employers. But the library, which is such a precious part of the town's railway heritage, was only saved from oblivion through pure luck. Doug Hardy
BED and breakfasts and tourist attractions across the region have been shortlisted for an awards ceremony in London later this year. The regional finalists in the Excellence in England Awards 2003 have been announced and the winner will be revealed at
A FULLY-EQUIPPED modern office is to be opened for the South Bank Residents' Association by bookmaker Reg Boyle. It will be used as a centre to organise social events and give people a forum to air their concerns about what is happening in the area. Mr
HUNDREDS of people opposed to a war with Iraq attended a public meeting and rally on Saturday. More than 300 filled the lecture theatre in Sunderland University's Bob Murray Library for the event, organised by the Sunderland Stop the War Coalition. Among
A FREE touring art exhibition based on the life of Anne Frank begins a two-week run at the University of Teesside today. Based on the diary of the girl who hid with her Jewish family in fear of the Nazis during the Second World War, the show was created
MORE than 1,000 travellers are expected to gather in the region this morning for the funeral of a man who died in police custody. Police are warning motorists to expect traffic disruption in Stockton, Teesside, during the procession for the funeral of
TOWN councillors have paid tribute to a community stalwart who has retired after 16 years' service. Strickland Carter, the town clerk of Easingwold, North Yorkshire, has decided to stand down from his post, and his decision has prompted tributes from
CHINESE New Year celebrations came to a north city at the weekend with a performance of the Lion Dance. The ceremony, performed outside Durham's Gala Theatre by Durham Hung Sing Choi Lee Fut Kung Fu Club, heralded the Year of the Ram. The lion, brought
VIEWING art in Middlesbrough will change over the next two years in preparation for a new gallery in the town centre. Instead of encouraging people to see the town's unique pieces at the Middlesbrough Art Gallery, in Linthorpe Road, and the Cleveland
AN illegal gun was discovered next to a caf proprietor found dead in his car with gunshot wounds, North Yorkshire East Coroner Michael Oakley told an inquest. He recorded a verdict of suicide on Jeremy David Snaith, 43 of Manders Terrace, Skelton Green
SAFETY campaigners fear there will be another serious accident on a notorious stretch of road unless something is done to slow down speeding drivers. Councillors have been pushing for traffic-calming measures in Durham Lane, in Eaglescliffe, for more
A CHILDCARE partnership has appointed a new manager to oversee its work. Geoff Dorrity has taken over as partnership and development team manager for Sunderland's Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (EYDCP). His responsibilities include
RESIDENTS have won their fight to stop more heavy lorries driving past their homes. A planning inspector has rejected an appeal by Clay Services Ltd and Ibstock Building Products Ltd against Durham County Council's refusal to grant planning permission
DOG owners in Chester-le-Street who let their pets foul in public are being warned they face a £50 fine. Chester-le-Street District Council, which enforces the law, is training more staff to enforce the rules on owners who fail to clear up after their
INFORMATION about available car parking spaces in Darlington could be transmitted around the town by April. A £160,000 variable messaging system is being set up to try to cut congestion and queues for car parks. Signs on the main routes into Darlington
A SPECIALLY-commissioned fanfare for computer and trumpet rang out in celebration as the first turf was cut for a £2.5m music research centre. The centre will provide York University's music department with an international-standard facility, built to
MORE than 150 local singers are to perform with professional musicians next month. The singers, from the Newcastle area, will take to the stage at Newcastle City Hall for the Sing Live event, on Saturday, March 8. They will perform songs from Les Miserables
PLANS to turn a former freezer shop in Darlington town centre into a pub are on hold. JD Wetherspoons wants to turn the building in Crown Street into a Lloyds No 1 bar. Renovation was to start in December, but Wetherspoons says it is on hold until a dispute
A SCHEME that takes books to housebound readers is appealing for more volunteers in County Durham. More than 40 Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) volunteers deliver 500 books and audio tapes each year to 120 people who cannot get out because of age
A computer and childcare centre for a city's Chinese community has been opened. Newcastle's Lord Mayor John Marshall performed the ceremony at the Chinese Centre, in Waterloo Street, as part of celebrations yesterday to mark the start of the Chinese year
The tranquillity of a small North-East church has been shattered by forensic evidence possibly linking the congregation to a horrific murder. Mark Summers reports from a Sunday service overshadowed by tragedy. IT was a typically English scene, as played
A SCHEME that takes books to housebound readers is appealing for more volunteers in County Durham. More than 40 Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) volunteers deliver 500 books and audio tapes each year to 120 people who cannot get out because of age
Roadworks begin today on the Central Motorway in Newcastle. It coincides with work Gateshead Borough Council is carrying out on the south side of the Tyne Bridge, and will mean that the southbound carriageway will have one lane closed between Jesmond
I FULLY agree with A Telford (HAS, Jan 20) about the blinkered, self-satisfied attitude of Darlington councillors and council officers to many local problems, some long-standing. The complacency which the Town Crier exudes beggars belief. From this propaganda
A NATIONAL park has agreed to invest in a new project which aims to teach young people skills in danger of dying out. Anyone between the age of 16 and 24 will be able to apply for an apprenticeship in countryside management being offered for the first
A DEVELOPMENT manager responsible for involving more pupils in school sport has been appointed. Alison Raw has been given the post of partnership development manager by Darlington Borough Council. She will be responsible for developing plans to get pupils
IN 1969, when Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind by taking small steps on the moon, the world looked on in disbelief. Thirty-four years on, the world has become blase about space travel. Only when something goes disastrously wrong are we made
A SHOPPING centre commercial has been recognised with an accolade in annual awards. The MetroCentre's current advert, entitled Explore and Discover MetroCentre, was named best broadcast promotion, winning the Saville Trophy at the Royal Television Awards
AN award which is being seen as the North's answer to the Turner Prize is launched today. The Comme Ca Art Prize North is an attempt to highlight the creative talents of artists exhibiting outside the capital. Open to contemporary visual artists living
EFFORTS to beat bullies and improve the lives of vulnerable children have earned a national accolade. Durham County Council's anti-bullying service was rewarded for its work in schools as part of a multi-agency approach to the problem. Investing in Children
EFFORTS to beat bullies and improve the lives of vulnerable children have earned a national accolade. Durham County Council's anti-bullying service was rewarded for its work in schools as part of a multi-agency approach to the problem. Investing in Children
A NUMBER of schools in Scarborough are searching for governors, despite a recent recruitment drive. No one has come forward as a result of a recent campaign, said a North Yorkshire education authority spokesman. Schools which need governors include Gladstone
Scarborough police officer Mick Tiffany has been presented with a long service award. The award, made by the High Sherrif of North Yorkshire, Mark Evans, mark-ed 22 years' service in the county force.
AUTHOR Terry Deary will join in a school recycling scheme's celebrations at the weekend. The writer of the popular Horrible Histories will meet youngsters from the Schools and Charities in Sunderland (Sacs) recycling project in the Museum and Winter Gardens
Q OK and taxi seem to be international words. What are their origins? - W Sewell, Bishop Auckland. A THE word taxi is short for taximeter-cab which took its name from a German invention patented in Hamburg in 1890 called the Taxamater-Fabrik. It was an
DOCTORS in part of the region are claiming this winter's uptake of flu vaccine is one of the highest in the country. Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust, in North Yorkshire, is in the top four out of the 297 primary care trusts in the country
PEOPLE living in scattered villages have been taught how to use computers. More than 300 people in rural east Cleveland have been taught basic computer skills thanks to Redcar and Cleveland College. The Laptops in East Cleveland project, developed by
OFF-licences caught selling alcohol to youngsters face closure as part of a police and council crackdown on drink-fuelled crime in Derwentside. Chief Inspector David Hogg, of Durham Police, warned licensees that his force will be operating a "three strikes
MIDDLESBROUGH are expected to confirm that controversial striker Alen Boksic is leaving the club with immediate effect - after costing them over £130,000 a game. The Croatia World Cup star announced at the weekend that he has negotiated his release from
SUNDERLAND'S long-suffering fans are accepting their side's apparent fate with unique equanimity. Rarely, if ever, will you see supporters of a seemingly-condemned team indulge in the type of gallows humour witnessed at the Stadium of Light on Saturday
Soccer boss Brian Clough has left hospital just three weeks after his life-saving liver transplant. Clough was told he had just weeks to live after his heavy drinking left him with chronic liver cancer. Doctors said his only option for the 67-year-old
THE Football Association yesterday distanced themselves from the Tyne-Tees derby call-off row, insisting any official complaint from Newcastle United must be dealt with by the Premier League. United manager Sir Bobby Robson has hinted that his club will
AS I look out from the back door, I give myself an imaginary pat on the back for being brave enough to flout the golden rule of garden design. I didn't wait the obligatory year after moving house before I started tinkering with the garden. I reckoned
A teenager mother and her boyfriend ware convicted yesterday of cruelty to her ten-week old baby who was found with multiple fractures. After a six day trial the jury took just 45 minutes to convict Rachael Simpson,19, and Andrew Spence,24, to whom she's
Q OK and taxi seem to be international words. What are their origins? - W Sewell, Bishop Auckland. ATHE word taxi is short for taximeter-cab which took its name from a German invention patented in Hamburg in 1890 called the Taxamater-Fabrik. It was an
A DAY of hard graft on Friday and 24 hours later Hartlepool United reaped the rewards. Boss Mike Newell, supporters, staff and youth teamers dug in to clear the Victoria Park pitch of snow to ensure Pool's game with Torquay went ahead And how they benefited
A 42-year-old man was stabbed twice with a screwdriver while trying to stop a teenager stealing his car from outside his house, police said. The victim was stabbed twice in the shoulder, with one thrust leaving a deep wound, after confronting the hooded
A FULLY-EQUIPPED modern office is to be opened for the South Bank Residents' Association by bookmaker Reg Boyle. It will be used as a centre to organise social events and give people a forum to air their concerns about what is happening in the area. Mr
VANDALS painted swear words and obscene images on children's artwork during a wrecking spree at a nursery. Workers from the nursery, in the Louisa Centre, in Stanley, County Durham, gave up their Sunday to clear up the damage to ensure the facility was
The North-East and North Yorkshire are expected to stay in the grip of this cold spell for two more days. Motorists again faced disruption with yet another heavy snowfall while many roads were again made hazardous by ice. Snow was also causing major problems
As the football season approaches its final straight and team honours edge ever closer, so to do players' individual awards. With Newcastle and Hartlepool doing the utmost to bring a brace of titles to the North-East, their players lead the way in the
Police hunting the killer of Milly Dowler today said they expected to know by the end of the week if they had found a match for mystery DNA found on the schoolgirl's clothing. The unidentified male DNA, discovered on an item of Milly's clothing recovered
GIVEN its tight nature on ground that generally doesn't get too testing, it's no surprise that Musselburgh is a course specialist's track. And Bodfari Signet, who goes particularly well at the East Lothian venue, is fancied to return to winning ways in
Following the success of the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet last year, the BBC has announced that the cast is to be reunited in a new series. The lads will be seen enjoying their latest adventures where the last series left off - on the Caribbean island
The tranquillity of a small North-East church has been shattered by forensic evidence possibly linking the congregation to a horrific murder. Mark Summers reports from a Sunday service overshadowed by tragedy. IT was a typically English scene, as played
THE computing department of a Teesside college is planning a project to raise awareness and basic skills in the use of electronic trading over the Internet. Funded by the Learning and Skills Council, the project, at Redcar and Cleveland College, will
DETECTIVES have named a North-East man who collapsed and died in suspicious circumstances outside a pool hall in Manchester. Michael Dean, 33, was found by door staff outside Suzi Q's, on Kirkmanshulme Lane, in the Belle Vue area of the city, at about
Health workers have spoken of their fears after it was revealed that a patient infected with the superbug MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureas) is being treated on a general ward. The patient, a man in his late 50s, is on ward ten of the
THE working partnership between police and paramedics takes another step forward today as ambulance crews move to a new base at Billingham Police Station, in Kingsway. The Ambulance Service already has its Teesside headquarters within the Cleveland Police
THE new landlords at a Tudhoe pub are aiming to return it to its former glory. Carole (known locally as Caz) and Trevor Howells have recently taken over the tenancy of the Black Horse pub in the village, and have brought with them several ideas to boost
FOOTBALLER Paul Gascoigne may be jetting off to end his footballing days in China, but he celebrated his last night on British soil in true Gazza-style. The midfielder was joined by friends, including former England cricketer Ian Botham, at the home of
ATHLETES from Teesside are gearing up to play for a place in next month's national boccia finals by taking on players from across the region at Gateshead International Stadium on Wednesday. Anthony Blyth, Karen Kelly and Don Smith will by flying the flag
IT was set up as a co-operative to brew cheap beer for the working classes in the dark days after the First World War. But now Tyneside's Federation Brewery is about to break into the world's biggest economy. The Gateshead brewer has started to export
IT was a bad weekend for football fan and pub landlord Graham Ford. Not only did his club, Sunderland, drop to the bottom of the Premiership, but he came last in his own pub's beer festival. After seeing his heroes slump against Charlton, Mr Ford, who
ALLOWANCES for fostered children in more than 80 per cent of North-East local authorities are below minimum acceptable levels, according to a survey published today. All local authorities give foster carers an allowance which should cover the costs of
Characters from County Durham's past will be brought to life at the weekend. Historian Winifred Stokes will talk about some of the firms and personalities she discovered while researching early joint stock companies in the county, when she gives a local
A GROUP of politics students from Guisborough's Prior Pursglove College are taking an education trip to the US later this month. The students will visit the White House, the Supreme Court and the US Congress Building during the trip to Washington DC.
FORMER lorry driver David Robson is taking the plunge into a challenging career that could take him around the world as a deep-sea diver. The 29-year-old, from Ferryhill, is completing his commercial diving training with a ten-week residential course,
NOMINATIONS are flooding in for The Northern Echo Positive Young People Awards, sponsored by npower. The award ceremony will take place at Darlington's Civic Theatre on Wednesday, April 2, when youngsters will be honoured for a variety of achievements
GUISBOROUGH Round Table's latest production, What A Wonderful World, will be performed at Laurence Jackson School over the half term holidays. The cast has been rehearsing since November for the musical show, which features songs from around the world
HUNDREDS of people opposed to a war with Iraq attended a public meeting and rally on Saturday. More than 300 filled the lecture theatre in Sunderland University's Bob Murray Library for the event, organised by the Sunderland Stop the War Coalition. Among
SUNDERLAND student Patrick Martin made up for the disappointment of having to drop out of the Northern Championships by helping Durham Schools retain their overall team title with a superb senior boys victory in the Inter Counties Schools Championships
A NUMBER of potential bidders are thought to be poised to make an offer to buy one of the region's premier companies. Rumours have been growing over the past week that Northumbrian Water - which employs 2,200 staff from its headquarters at Pity Me, on
YOUNGSTERS at a Hartlepool school are celebrating after securing a £600 grant. The money has allowed Hart Primary School to buy a table tennis table and nets to allow children to play on normal tables. The school, in Hart village, set up an after-school
HOPEFUL Kevin Kilbane wants Sunderland to turn into the Nasty Boys as they bid to claw themselves away from relegation. The 3-1 defeat at home to Charlton on Saturday saw the Black Cats drop to bottom in the Premiership. And Kilbane has called for all
A RACEHORSE trainer has underlined his commitment to North Yorkshire by submitting a bid to expand his stables at Middleham. Karl Burke left the relative security of Newmarket two years ago, taking a calculated risk by moving north. He admitted that,
COMMUNITY groups in Darlington could be missing out on millions of pounds of grants, according to a leading charity. The County Durham Foundation gives grants to groups and individuals who work in the community. It also runs national grant programmes,
TRANSPORTS links to swimming pools could be improved for people living in the Easingwold area. District councillors are working with rural transport officers to find new ways of getting residents of the town and its surrounding villages to leisure facilities
A DARLINGTON teenager has become the first county cross country champion at his school. Lewis Moses, 16, from Longfield School, won the championships for intermediate boys held at Bishop Auckland. Cross country co-ordinator for the school John Stephenson
YOUNGSTERS with an eye for a good picture have won a national competition to meet a television presenter. Eight pupils from Grove Primary School, Consett, won a contest organised by the Youth Hostels Association (YHA) to find the best young photographers
THE North-East will have its own radio soap opera from today. Five's A Crowd, on BBC Radio Newcastle, will run for three minutes a day, five times a week. Written by local authors and performed by local actors it is about a group of neighbours whose street
A FIVE-A-SIDE football veteran has hung up his boots after 44 years on the pitch. John Adams, 66, from Darlington, was advised to stop playing after twisting his knee during a match. His wife, Joan, also urged him to stop after he was told he might need
A PRIMARY school has launched a library system where pupils have their own individual bar-codes. Staff at the library, at Tang Hall Primary School, York, have spent months cataloguing more than 2,000 books. Headteacher Ken Taylor said: "Pupils are now
I FULLY agree with A Telford (HAS, Jan 20) about the blinkered, self-satisfied attitude of Darlington councillors and council officers to many local problems, some long-standing. The complacency which the Town Crier exudes beggars belief. From this propaganda
POLICE have reassured residents that officers will stay in Stanhope, despite rumours about the closure of their base. The village police station is being refurbished after its sale to the Community Association. The move sparked rumours that there would
TRAVELLING to hospital should become easier for people in Durham's rural communities thanks to a £740,000 boost for specialist transport services. The county council has made a successful bid for Rural Bus Challenge funding to help patients, visitors
A DEVELOPMENT manager responsible for involving more pupils in school sport has been appointed. Alison Raw has been given the post of partnership development manager by Darlington Borough Council. She will be responsible for developing plans to get pupils
A NORTH Yorkshire museum is finalising plans to make its silver jubilee year memorable. The Richmondshire Museum, in Ryders Wynd, Richmond, contains the James Herriot exhibition, which has attracted thousands of visitors over the years. The museum also
£430,000 has been set aside to develop the Cleveland Way over the next four years as part of a massive new walking route. The Nortrail project includes 30 miles of the North Yorkshire Heritage Coast and aims to create improvements and tourism benefits
£430,000 has been set aside to develop the Cleveland Way over the next four years as part of a massive new walking route. The Nortrail project includes 30 miles of the North Yorkshire Heritage Coast and aims to create improvements and tourism benefits
STRIKING firefighters were accused by their boss last night of refusing to leave a picket line to rescue a seriously injured motorist. A 50-year-old man suffered a heart attack while trapped in his car after a head-on crash on the A689, at Windlestone
A former watermill dating from 1864, which became a landmark pub in the Yorkshire Dales, could soon be turned into apartments - and a nearby property converted into a pub. The Watermill Inn, Low Wath Road, Pateley Bridge, is the subject of a planning
UP to 260 jobs could be created in a North-East town if proposals for a distribution centre to serve high street stores are approved. Mastercare Service and Distribution, which serves the Dixons and PC World chains, has applied for permission to build
Sadly, not on the endangered list THE return of Down To Earth demonstrated that this rural series, with Warren Clarke and Pauline Quirke as a couple enjoying the good life, has everything we've come to expect - and dread - from a series in the Sunday
NEW registration and licensing regulations set by the DVLA to tackle car crimes have been welcomed by one of the region's MPs. Motorists applying for a tax disc at a post office will now have to produce either the licence renewal reminder form issued
A PLAN to decide the future of popular green spaces in Newcastle is to go ahead, thanks to a £49,400 windfall. The National Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the money to the city council to help it draw up a blueprint for the future of the Ouseburn Parks
WORK has started on the last stage of a project to improve an unsightly area on Hartlepool's Headland. A green space is being created where there was previously a block of mainly empty, boarded-up houses. The 20 semi-detached houses, at one end of Earl
NEWCASTLE Falcons found a back row which might just keep them in the Zurich Premiership on Saturday, and it didn't include any new signings. It would be difficult to choose between Hugh Vyvyan, Andrew Mower and Epi Taione as man of the match as the Falcons
Darlington RA reached the fourth round of the Sunderland Shipowners' Cup with a late winner against high-flying Birtley Town at Brinkburn Road. There was never much between the sides but RA just had the edge after staging one of only two games to be played
Bishop Auckland manager Brian Honour admitted that a point was "disappointing" from the 2-2 draw with Bamber Bridge at Dean Street on Saturday. After winning the previous fixture between the two a few weeks ago, Bishops were hoping for three points to
THE grieving families of soldiers who died while stationed at Britain's largest Army camp are calling for others to come forward to join the fight for a public inquiry. Lynn Farr has set up a website dedicated to the memories of 19 soldiers who were the
AS I look out from the back door, I give myself an imaginary pat on the back for being brave enough to flout the golden rule of garden design. I didn't wait the obligatory year after moving house before I started tinkering with the garden. I reckoned
Q CAN you tell me anything about the Picktree Brag, a kind of mischievous horse, I believe, that lived near Chester-le-Street? - Bill Hutchinson, Chester-le-Street A THE Picktree Brag was a kind of demon, usually described as a 'goblin' that was said
Two men were today jailed for their part in a ''squalid and cruel'' goat-slaughtering operation. Michael Hawkswell, 26, received a four-month prison sentence for his part in the botched operation, while Isap Lakha, 67, was jailed for two months at Harrogate
Mike Stuckey's wife Ellen died of breast cancer aged just 46. In the second of three special reports, Women's Editor Christen Pears discovers how he coped with her illness and death. AFTER his wife died, Mike Stuckey couldn't remember anything about their
A church minister "systematically abused" six young male inmates over a 10-year period when he worked as a prison officer in a juvenile detention centre, a court heard today. Neville Anthony Husband, 65, of Shotley Bridge, County Durham, used his position
A SCHEME that takes books to housebound readers is appealing for more volunteers in County Durham. More than 40 Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) volunteers deliver 500 books and audio tapes each year to 120 people who cannot get out because of age
ASYLUM SEEKERS: AS Britain prepares to join American forces in a conflict to topple Saddam Hussein, another problem appears on the home front. It is reported that over 300 Iraqi and Osama bin Laden sympathisers or potential terrorists are living in Britain
COMMUNITY groups and individuals in a rural community blighted by the foot-and-mouth crisis have been given extra help to revitalise the area through an entrepreneurship scheme. A drive by the Countryside Agency, One NorthEast and local business and enterprise
THIERRY HENRY got the better of Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand on Saturday! No, England weren't playing France but that's how Hartlepool United's matchwinner Marcus Richardson built up the game. Facing his old club, Richardson spent the week fending off
JAPANESE company Sanyo is hoping to leave a positive legacy behind despite closing its plant in County Durham with the loss of 284 jobs. The company, which closed its microwave oven plant at Newton Aycliffe in 2001, has pumped £200,000 into a scheme to
GROWING fixture backlogs following Saturday's freeze-up look like throwing the Durham Cup into further turmoil. The first round matches are scheduled for February 15, but with rearranged league games taking priority some cup ties are unlikely to be fitted
THE tears of a clown. That's how many viewed Michael Proctor's emotions after scoring an incredible two own goals against Charlton. A clown is a tad harsh on the Wearside boy, after all he has been one of the very few bright spots of a disastrous Sunderland
A PRIZE-WINNING North-East civic calendar has won further national acclaim. But Durham City's offering for 2003 was just edged out of the top spot in the National Business Calendar Awards by a puppy promoting toilet rolls. While photographer Royston Thomas
Hundreds of travellers from across the country braved icy winds and snow to pay their respects today to a man who died in police custody. The small town of Stockton, Teesside, was at a standstill as a procession of mourners made their way to the funeral
THE family of a man who died in freezing temperatures have spoken of their horror after his body was found where his brother perished ten years earlier. Terry McGann was found by a shopper behind Wilkinson's store, in East Street, in Darlington town centre
