The North East | Archive | 2002 | February
PARENTS are to petition authorities over fears that lives are being put at risk by having to park their cars on a busy road while they take their children into nursery. more...
COUNCILLORS are being recommended to rule that they would accept no other development on the site of a planned park-and-ride complex. more...
DETECTIVES are investigating after a village chip shop went up in flames twice in less than 24 hours. more...
TRAVEL students will sample life as a GNER worker during a work experience rail trip. more...
OLDER people in Darlington are being urged to find out how they can shape their own future in the community. more...
THE UK'S favourite children's programme, featuring a saggy old cloth cat called Bagpuss, is on a national tour, thanks to his strong North-East links. more...
AN appeal has been renewed for two teenage girls missing from their Darlington homes to get in touch with their families. more...
MARKET traders are been given lessons in running their business. more...
A GYMNASTICS club is celebrating a grant which will allow it to take on more youngsters. more...
ORGANISERS of a popular folk festival have launched a hunt for fresh talent. more...
YOUNGSTERS from a Darlington school are celebrating tennis success. more...
PEOPLE are being urged to inform on dog walkers who fail to clear up after their animals in public places. more...
TWO of the region's most experienced social services bosses are to run new NHS primary care trusts. more...
THOUSANDS of crime victims are missing out on vital support, says a body set up to help them. more...
TWO of the region's most experienced social services bosses are to run new NHS primary care trusts. more...
A STEEL barrier is to be placed over a stretch of the old A66 at Bowes to deal with problems of parking and overnight camping. more...
YOUNG brass players hit a high note when they took part in a weekend workshop with a leading conductor. more...
WILDLIFE crime specialists are holding a seminar in Durham this week. more...
LANDOWNERS have complained to an electricity company after trees were felled without their permission. more...
A FRAIL pensioner lost almost £3,000 of his savings when he became the latest victim of bogus officials in the county. more...
A COUNTY Durham designer has used locally-grown wood to create benches for a city centre. more...
YOUNGSTERS in Durham can travel to school in safety following the launch of a road initiative. more...
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THE latest stage in the development of a community newspaper in east Cleveland takes place this week. more...
A FORMER barmaid has proved she has got a head for figures by gaining a bookkeeping award. more...
YOUNGSTERS in east Cleveland are preparing for the first Redcar Junior Fun Run on Sunday, March 10. more...
The last derby to be played at Feethams was one supporters of both sides will never forget as each sides contributed to 90 minutes of frantic football. more...
SEDGEFIELD specialist Over Zealous (2.20) has a great chance of notching a third course and distance success in the Alan Merrigan Memorial Chase this afternoon. more...
Ian Clark is hoping to avoid an unenviable double when he welcomes his former Hartlepool teammates to Darlington tonight. more...
ALEN BOKSIC started his first game since Boxing Day and inspired Middlesbrough to a victory which further eases their relegation fears. more...
DARLINGTON yesterday received some heart-warming news ahead of tonight's derby at home to Hartlepool when it emerged Craig Liddle's latest injury isn't as bad as first feared. more...
PRIZE-MONEY totalling £15,000 will be on offer when Sunderland Regal Stadium hosts a full night of racing - centred round the final of the Regal Gold Cup - in front of Sky television cameras tonight. more...
REVENGE is in the air tonight for Hartlepool United midfielder Mark Tinkler. more...
NEWCASTLE'S Nolberto Solano has dedicated his FA Cup fifth-round clincher to new-born son Matias. more...
MIDDLESBROUGH boss Steve McClaren is aiming to revive his move for Leicester's Muzzy Izzet at the end of the season. more...
SUNDERLAND angrily denied yesterday that their skipper and longest-serving player, Michael Gray, had slapped in a written transfer request. more...
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AN independent watchdog has praised York Health Services NHS Trust for its work in managing risks to patients. more...
VOLUNTEERS conservationists are helping to restore woodland at Howsham Park, in Ryedale. more...
VILLAGERS' protests over the noise that would come from an RAF training base changing its flight paths look set to fall on deaf ears. more...
MORE services than ever before are to be made electronically available to the public after national park chiefs secured a major cash injection. more...
ANIMAL lovers are being encouraged to offer a home to tabby cat Ziggi, who was left at a rescue centre after his owners could no longer look after him. more...
DETERIORATING churches and conservation areas could be spruced up, under a grant scheme. more...
PLANS to shut down a day care centre for elderly people have been abandoned. more...
BUSINESSES are being warned to stay on their guard following the appearance of a money-laundering scam. more...
Artists with time on hands more...
WORK to treble the size of White Rose Books in Thirsk's Market Place is expected to be complete by the end of next month. more...
MORE than five million stitches will be completed in a year's time by a group of workers aiming to end cold comfort for worshippers in Ripon Cathedral. more...
A VICAR who has served one of North Yorkshire's biggest parishes is retiring from his rural role. more...
POLICE investigating the rape of a 19-year-old woman are stepping up the hunt for a group of people who may hold vital information. more...
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A scheme to help increase employees' numeracy and literacy levels has got off to a flying start in Stockton. more...
A HOUSING support project aimed at helping women with drug dependency and mental health problems is celebrating a success story. more...
THE gardens of a children's residential home have been given a spring clean. more...
PLANS to create specialised markets around the borough of Stockton are to be the subject of a consultation exercise. more...
Inquest opened and adjourned more...
A TALK about maritime history is being held on the world's second oldest floating warship next month. more...
A BURGLAR alarm firm faces losing its credit licence after complaints to trading standards. more...
POLICE are hunting three motorcyclists who attacked a young father while he was walking with his three-week old baby. more...
AN empty shop could soon be given a new lease of life as an out-of-school club despite objections from residents. more...
THEY adhere to a constitution that requires them to park their camels at meetings, order countless rounds of cocktails and book return taxis to 'the desert'. more...
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For the first time, Labour is seen as sleazier than the Conservatives, according to an opinion pool. Nick Morrison looks at how the Government's reputation has been tarnished. more...
THE Northern Echo seems almost endlessly to be calling for open, independent inquiries. How did Richard Neale, the gynaecologist disgraced in Canada, come to be botching operations in North Yorkshire? How did Operation Lancet drag on so bitterly and inconclusively? more...
SO many miles have been traversed these past ten days that this is travellers' fare, really - the column, as a spin doctor might prescribe, for people on the move. more...
ANN Allan died of horrific burns in the country villa on the outskirts of Darlington where she had alone lived in eccentric isolation. more...
One hundred and fifty years ago, Darlington's Woodland Road was just a country lane with a stream running down the middle of it. more...
"Upon my left the bridge with arched pomp Joins the divided lands and proudly rears Its battlements above the streams of Wear, On whose rich banks deserted Newton Cap Mourns for the absent arts and sciences Which by her lord deceased were there retained." more...
WHEN Ruth and Ray Blundell moved into their new house in Cockerton in December, they felt as if they had come home. more...
Thanks to a local historian, Stooperdale in Darlington, has received Grade II listed building status. Echo Mmeories highlights the splendours of Darlington's own 'Buckingham Palace' and its links with the town's railway heritage more...
THE strong winter sunlight reflected the mood as the region's farmers marked an important step back to normality with the first cattle auction in the region after the foot-and-mouth crisis. more...
THE chief executive of a key agency which helps house North-East asylum seekers has been suspended following allegations of fraud. more...
MASONIC memorabilia, including many items from grand lodges across the region, goes under the hammer later this year. more...
A FORMER nursing home which was bought from a council for £68,000, then put up for sale by its new owner for more than £150,000 is back on the market - for £245,000. more...
SO, sometime this century, women are going to be shot into space for hundreds of years without the benefit of male companions. more...
A mother-of-three told yesterday how she fought off teenage muggers who dragged her along a busy road twice in an attempt to steal her handbag. more...
A SUCCESSFUL support service touring two Durham dales in the aftermath of foot-and-mouth could be extended to other rural areas. more...
A FORMER rock star is taking part in a tour with a difference. more...
POLICE have released an e-fit picture of a man who exposed himself after a woman refused to kiss him. more...
A FORMER mayor is asking the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to investigate a hospital's handling of the case of disgraced surgeon Richard Neale. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to clear the name of blind killer Yvonne Sleightholme are preparing to seek a royal pardon - and are being backed by her prison chaplains, it has emerged. more...
A new generation of 125mph supertrains was launched on the East Coast Main Line yesterday. more...
Two police constables have been kicked out of the force after a street brawl with two taxi drivers. more...
AN inquest heard yesterday how friends on a Dales adventure holiday laughed as two girls were swept off their feet by a fast-flowing river. more...
FOR a bystander watching the dozens of farmers who gathered at Middleton-in-Teesdale Auction Mart yesterday, it seemed like business as usual. more...
A DISABLED boy who was starved of oxygen at birth was yesterday awarded nearly £3m in damages against a hospital. more...
PREMIERSHIP title-chasers Newcastle United are bringing a multi-million pound line-up to play a lowly County Durham team this week, as a favour to a former player. more...
A sex attacker staged a vicious robbery after fleeing a secure hospital. more...
A NORTH-EAST greengrocer has appealed to the people of Britain to help him fight on for the right to sell bananas in pounds and ounces. more...
THE possibility of a foot-and-mouth epidemic reclaiming its grip on the country is very real, according to a report published today. more...
DISAPPOINTED Stone Roses fans who thought they had missed a concert by the band's former frontman have been given another chance to get tickets. more...
Whilst not even one over, Friday's column on Roy Allen's eight-goal feat for West Auckland inexplicably omitted that it had been equalled by our old friend George Brown, an England amateur international. more...
A North-East university has been chosen to take part in a national scheme for gifted youngsters. more...
THE deadline to secure a merger deal between the Camerons and Castle Eden breweries has been extended. more...
A MAJOR research project has been launched to help the region's manufacturing businesses benefit from defence procurement contracts. more...
COACH, bus and car body manufacturer Mayflower Corporation is poised for recovery after enduring its toughest ever year. more...
THE start of 2002 has been a record-breaking one for public sector jobs website, Sector1.net. more...
shipyards have been given a huge boost by an order for three new Royal Navy warships, helping to secure thousands of jobs. more...
SHARES in Northern Electric owner Innogy surged yesterday after it emerged Britain's biggest electricity supplier was on the brink of being taken over. more...
FASHION entrepreneur Shami Ahmed is to continue his fight for control of menswear retailer Moss Bros. more...
Corbett's nice Woolie earner more...
Tesco is on course to keep full-year pre-tax profits above the £1bn barrier. more...
THOUSANDS of car jobs have been safeguarded after a tense stand-off between Land Rover and City accountants KPMG was resolved. more...
PRIME Minister Tony Blair is stepping into a cement factory closure row by meeting union leaders this week. more...
THE region's automotive firms can promote themselves at an international conference next month. more...
A NEW national retail index of shopping centres has confirmed Newcastle's position as the top retail destination in the region. more...
EMBATTLED North-East train company Arriva faced another headache tonight. Members of the moderateTransport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) will strike for two days next month in a row over pay for the first time in 30 years. more...
FOOTBALLERS from around the North-East will gather today to pay tribute to a popular player who died following a road crash. more...
Neighbours reported hearing screams from a blazing home in Middlesbrough. more...
FORMER Northern Ireland secretary Peter Mandelson has ruled out a return to the Government. more...
FIRST CAME plastic surgery, then it was the Wonderbra - now the cleavage has a new weapon in the form of a chest expanding gel. more...
A FORMER champion body builder from Darlington was secretly recorded by an undercover police officer as he spilled the beans on his drug dealing, his girlfriends and his wife. more...
Thugs who terrorised a 78-year-old woman in her North-East home are being hunted by detectives. more...
A LEADING fashion designer will outline his plans for a North-East housing development in a lecture tomorrow. more...
DURING more than a quarter of a century in County Durham's search and rescue team, Stan White turned out hundreds of times to look for missing people. more...
A MAN is having surgery to save his sight after a thug smashed a bottle in his face. more...
A FACTORY worker described how a shift ended in agony when his hand was sliced off. more...
Police are hunting arsonists after a series of fires in a North-East town over the weekend. more...
VILLAGERS who fear they may be losing out in their fight for a new vicar have written to the Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend Michael Turnbull, asking him to intervene. more...
DLI association seeks members more...
ONE of the first community buildings on a Sunderland estate will be at the local school. more...
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