The North East | Archive | 2001 | January
PREMIERSHIP Manager of the Month Peter Reid last night promised Sven-Goran Eriksson "every co-operation" at today's key game at West Ham - but he will not allow the presence of the new England coach to distract his team from the main objective of winning three points. more...
The Flying Postman delivered the goods to give Darlington a morale-boosting point at Home Park. more...
ON the day Middlesbrough fans began to court the affections of Terry Venables, skipper Paul Ince was quick to remind them of the other man in their lives. more...
PAST winners Darlington meet South Shields in the zone final of the Women's Inter-Club Championship for the Yetton Trophy. more...
DARLINGTON manager Gary Bennett is hoping that Quakers will turn the Division Three corner at Plymouth this afternoon. more...
SO goalkeepers don't make good managers do they? more...
HARTLEPOOL United defender James Sharp has said a big thank you to coach Colin West - for hitting him with some harsh words. more...
STOKESLEY will be hoping to continue where they left off last week when they visit Ryhope CW this afternoon. more...
Function Dream put herself in the picture for the Cheltenham Festival with a determined success in the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot. more...
Red Striker was an unexpected winner of the Cantor Index Dipper Novices' Chase, the feature event at Newcastle. more...
NEW ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran Eriksson must be hoping that he inherits some of the indomitable fighting spirit which has driven surprise team Sunderland to second place in the Premiership. more...
NEVER one to mince his words Gordon Strachan was, not for the first time, blunt in his opinion of Saturday's game. more...
THEY call it a church plant, but really it's a transplant. Melsonby Methodist chapel had only four or five members, its condition critical, when the graft was carried out. Inarguably it's taken; now the little community may be in for another shot in the armament. more...
LEAGUE tables are a crude and unsophisticated gauge of public services. more...
THE names of our months are Roman. Have we always known them by Roman names? - Bill Hutchinson, Chester-le-Street. more...
WALKING is one of the easiest and cheapest forms of exercise; it's a good de-stresser and good for general well-being. more...
AT THIS precise moment, Hollywood star Tom Hanks wishes he was back on his desert island in the South Pacific. He has emerged from a photocall with dozens of photographers at London's Dorchester Hotel for yet another interview on a seemingly endless promotional round at home and abroad for his latest blockbuster movie Cast Away. more...
CHILDREN are taking the extraordinary step of calling in the United Nations (UN) to stop their council banning parkland kickabouts. more...
WE HAD barely sat down for our starters when the killer struck. A man few of us had even noticed in the cocktail bar walked through the door into the dining room and promptly collapsed, clutching his throat and groaning in agony. The other 70 or so diners appeared shocked. Then they started to whisper. Then they giggled. more...
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CHANCES are you've never heard of Jen-Hsun Huang. If you are into playing games on the PC, however, he is the genius who helps your beige box out-perform a PlayStation II. more...
FOOD will feature heavily in the minds of market watchers next week, as updates are due from supermarket chains Tesco, Safeway and Somerfield. more...
PROPERTY agents Mouchel, has seen its profits boosted by 50 per cent after extending the services it offers and improving its operational and commercial management. more...
Q Some years ago I took out a personal pension because my employer had no scheme. Now I hear that it will be deducted from my State Pension leaving me no better off. Is this right? more...
REVAMPED stores on London's Oxford Street and in Guildford helped boost sales at House of Fraser over the Christmas period, the department stores group claimed yesterday. more...
BRITISH Midland, the UK's second largest airline, is set to announce a new name and livery for its fleet next month. more...
SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury's had a record Christmas despite showing only a modest pick-up in sales in the past three months. more...
ETHICAL cosmetics retailer Body Shop International has blamed the weather, transport difficulties and poor sales of some new lines for a disappointing Christmas and warned it would see a ten to 15 per cent decline in profits this year. more...
DETECTIVES hunting for the man who brutally beat a teenager and left him fighting for his life appealed to a suspect to surrender himself - by sending text messages to his mobile phone. more...
A PENSIONER has received a tall order - from Russia. more...
Former England cricket hero Ian Botham apologised publicly to his wife and family yesterday after a newspaper reported that he had an affair with an Australian waitress called Kylie. more...
THE name of non-league football in the North-East has once again been dragged through the mud after gangs of hooligans caused mayhem on town centre streets. more...
A PAIR of enterprising brothers are set to clean up with a miracle healing soap formula. more...
POLICE are increasingly concerned about the number of incidents involving the use of knives after a third off-licence raid in just four days. more...
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