The North East | Archive | 2000 | December
DARLINGTON Media Group is looking for tutors to help to expand its community education programme next year. more...
TWO masked robbers armed with a gun stole cash from a North-East village shop. more...
FIVE children were presented with a turkey each after winning a Christmas card competition organised by the police. more...
NEIGHBOURHOOD wardens patrolling the streets of Darlington have helped police cut crime by 40 per cent in some areas of the town. more...
A COUPLE raising money for one of the region's special schools have received support from an unlikely source, Britain's most notorious prisoner, Charles Bronson. more...
PLANS for a sculpture in school grounds could be given approval this week. more...
A MINUTE'S silence was held in tribute to a North-East football coach at the weekend. more...
A FORMER pitman, who has been in hospital seven times this year because of his lung condition, has been given new hope in his bid for compensation. more...
AUDREY and Arthur Terry started putting up their Christmas decorations in November. more...
ARTIST Lionel Playford is taking former miners from the pit villages of County Durham on a trip down memory lane. more...
A RESCUE team found a depressed patient who was missing from a hospital's mental health unit. more...
PLANS for four traffic calming schemes in east Durham are likely to win approval this week despite objections. more...
A METHODIST minister took a vow of silence over her most important marriage service, because wedding reception guests believed they were celebrating a birthday. more...
A FAIRGROUND family followed in the footsteps of an ancient tradition, when a bride-to-be trod a path of gold to the altar. more...
A GOVERNMENT scheme to help people return to study is proving popular at New College Durham. more...
A WOOD in a North-East beauty spot is being turned into a magical world by a couple with a passion for elves, gnomes and fairies. more...
WHO said black cats are unlucky? more...
A school being built in Derwentside is likely to be powered by a wind turbine. more...
A scheme has been launched to ensure that youngsters in a former pit town get a flying start to their education. more...
ENTRANCE fees could be going up at one of the North-East's main tourist attractions. more...
A 78-year-old widower has won recognition for his selfless acts as a good neighbour. more...
A council may introduce a special committee to help councillors maintain high standards of conduct. more...
THE North-East star of an advertisement promoting football for people with learning disabilities sets off on a trip to America tomorrow. more...
A CLASSIC car is being offered as a reward for the safe return of a family pet. more...
PLANS for a synthetic multi-sports play area at a special school could move forward this week. more...
A REDCAR war veteran is appealing to the conscience of thieves in the town who stole a valuable possession from him. more...
A TEENAGER born with walking problems has been voted a dancing queen. more...
Q: CAN you tell me anything about the human face that appears in the rocks on the planet Mars? I have seen photographs of this and I would like to know the theory of its origin. - J Anderson, Houghton-le-Spring. more...
ENGLAND cricketers will be given a hero's welcome when they arrive home today after completing an historic win in Pakistan. more...
England completed a memorable year by conquering unfamiliar conditions and spoiling tactics to claim an historic and thrilling victory over Pakistan. more...
HIGH-FLYING Sunderland boss Peter Reid last night brought his players down to earth with a bump on the eve of their Worthington Cup quarter-final at Crystal Palace with the warning: "We ain't done nothing yet." more...
THREE goals in a seven minute spell ensured Hartlepool United buried their Scunthorpe hoodoo last night with a well-deserved victory despite a late rally by the Iron in the first round of the LDV Vans trophy at Victoria Park. more...
Middlesbrough are hoping a call from Alen Boksic will help solve their acute goalscoring crisis this week. more...
CONSERVATIVE Party leader William Hague unveiled a pastel by North Yorkshire artist Mackenzie Thorpe at the weekend. more...
CHURCH restoration work will soon be completed after it was announced that a fundraising target of £54,000 had been reached. more...
AN MP is backing calls to bring the final curtain down on a once flagship theatre and leisure complex. more...
ARAB money could be used to revive an unpopular water sports project. more...
A COUNCIL is poised to deliver more of its services electronically as part of a Government directive. more...
COUNCILLORS are expected to back plans for a 56-bed resource centre to be established by a private firm, at a meeting next week. more...
A DIRECTOR of a chaos-hit regeneration forum has expressed confidence that its problems can be resolved. more...
WANNABE Terry Venables have been signing up for lessons. more...
A TOWN'S teenagers are hoping to influence Government policy on youth issues. more...
A FORMER armed robber wants to be a town's mayor - and do the job free of charge as a thank you for past services. more...
VOLUNTEERS at a charity shop in Middlesbrough are celebrating the shop's birthday, and the massive amount of money it has raised. more...
A NORTH-East MP believes hunting with hounds should be consigned to history. more...
A POLICE force is hoping to find youngsters on the ball when it comes to name-calling. more...
NORTH-East based pub chain, Pubmaster, has changed hands in a multi-million pound deal. more...
WORK is due to start today on a £750,000 improvement programme at one of the region's airports. more...
PIONEERING centres for drug addicts are to be set up in the North-East. more...
A BLAZE-HIT school is rising like a phoenix from the ashes. more...
IT'S a case of pack up your troubles and enjoy Christmas. more...
THE Health and Safety Executive has been called in to establish how a 42-year-old workman was crushed to death between a lorry and a minibus. more...
THOUSANDS of families have been pitched into the frontline of a row on health spending. more...
A GROUP of North-East students are to brave the elements by living in cardboard boxes to raise money for a homeless charity. more...
SCORES of householders in Hartlepool can rest easier in the knowledge that their homes are safer than ever. more...
HEALTH more...
It was one of the most moving events of my life: last week I was invited to preach at St Lawrence Jewry to the veterans of the Far East campaign of the Second World War. The church was packed with old heroes who had endured unspeakable treatment at the hands of the Japanese. Lady Mountbatten attended the service and she was guest of honour at the reception afterwards in the Guildhall. Words are pretty useless in the face of the suffering those brave old men had lived through. I told them about a man I once knew in York. more...
WHEN you are faced with a group of Namibian schoolchildren who know only a few words of English, one thing is sure to break down the language barrier - the hokey cokey. It seems nothing brings people together quite like putting your left leg in and taking it out again. more...
WE salute Tanni Grey-Thompson. Finishing third in the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year awards was a fantastic achievement. more...
THE multi-million pound new exhibition hall at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, is taking shape as the steelwork structure is put in place. more...
GATESHEAD-based accountants Richardson Hall Kennedy & Co. (RHK) is preparing to move into its new office after receiving the keys from Cameron Builders. more...
ST PAUL'S Developments is the first major developer to commit to One NorthEast's flagship Newburn Riverside development situated directly adjacent to the Al crossing of the River Tyne in Newcastle. more...
THE decision by a North-East law firm to form a dedicated team providing a fully integrated legal and planning service to clients has paid off as the firm looks to take the facility into its next stage of development. more...
THE family of heart transplant girl Sally Slater yesterday sent a message of hope to a youngster recovering from the same life-saving operation. more...
VETERAN actor Bill Maynard may be about to sign for the BBC after finally leaving ITV's hit show Heartbeat. more...
A PIGEON fancier turned detective to track down his prize-winning birds - and found them in a freezer. more...
THOUSANDS of anxious rail travellers yesterday swamped a train company helpline in a desperate race to pre-book seats for Christmas travel. more...
"WHO ate all the tofu? Who ate all the tofu?" more...
The US Supreme Court bombarded lawyers for George W Bush and Al Gore with questions for 90 historic minutes in Washington yesterday in the case that could finally decide who has won the presidential election. more...
WORKERS at a Tyneside offshore yard were due to return to work today after a strike lasting almost two weeks. more...
A TYNESIDE shipyard is on the brink of winning an order which would secure 200 jobs. more...
CHARITIES across County Durham are thousands of pounds better off thanks to a shopping event. more...
Stephen Frizzell was delighted when he got a refund from the Child Support Agency. more...
PANTO dame Widow Twankey is bringing smiles to the faces of thousands of theatre-goers. more...
A HOSPITAL'S tough anti-smoking policy has been criticised as being damaging to patients' health. more...
MORE than 100 factory workers face losing their jobs next year. more...
YOUNGSTERS have helped to build models of two of science fiction's most popular characters. more...
POPULAR radio presenter Paul "Goffy'' Gough's first CD is proving a North-East Christmas cracker. more...
DETECTIVES are asking people to watch out for orange-stained pound notes, after a shopkeeper was robbed in daylight. more...
CHILDREN at Cockton Hill Infant School, near Bishop Auckland, entertained parents with their version of the Nativity, called Hosanna Rock. more...
RESIDENTS and community workers who brought extra resources and education to St Helen Auckland, near Bishop Auckland, have received an award at the House of Lords. more...
A GEOMETRIC principle that underlies some of the greatest art has inspired the work of a Sunderland artist. more...
THOUSANDS of patients are to benefit from a change in the way GPs operate in Sunderland. more...
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