The North East | Archive | 2002 | July
Paul Heckingbottom joined First Division Norwich City yesterday and wasted no time in explaining his decision to leave Darlington after three seasons. more...
Alec Stewart gave a ringing endorsement to Paul Collingwood last night as the Durham all-rounder prepared to make his first international appearance on his home ground. more...
The Riverside moved another rung up the international ladder last night as furious English cricket chiefs demanded an explanation for the Headingley fiasco. more...
Don't miss tomorrow's Northern Echo for first-class coverage of the Riverside's one-day spectacular. more...
Sourav Ganguly is preparing his team to face a much improved England in today's day-night NatWest Series match at Chester-le-Street. more...
AMID suspicions of chicanery in the pitch preparation at Northampton yesterday, Durham barely had time to assess the value of winning the toss because of the weather. more...
THE SAMBA drums which accompanied Brazil's World Cup triumph at the International Sports Stadium in Yokohama on Sunday are once again ready to reverberate closer to home. more...
As Paul Collingwood cast a glowing eye over the Riverside, a warm smile lit up his face and the Durham all-rounder beamed with pride. more...
Middleham trainer Patrick Haslam is always a man to be feared once his horses shift into top gear. more...
NEWCASTLE United are waiting anxiously to see whether Olivier Bernard turns up today for the start of pre-season training. more...
WORLD Cup winner Juninho is set to join Middlesbrough for the third time - and the deal should be tied up by the end of the week. more...
A NORTH-EAST engineer has used his inventive skills to win a place in the finals of a national competition for soup making. more...
Giant pieces of handiwork by young crafts people have been created by members of the Youth Clubs of County Durham. more...
DARLINGTON and Spennymoor Budgerigar Societies are to hold their first joint show at Greenfield Comprehensive School, Newton Aycliffe, on Sunday, July 14. more...
TWO sisters proved their literary talent by both winning prizes in a short story competition. more...
INFANT and junior school headteachers in Newton Aycliffe have been invited to a meeting to discuss the growing problem of vandalism at their schools. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who played a prominent role in keeping amateur theatre alive in Weardale. more...
A GAMEKEEPER from Lord Barnard's Raby Estates, in Teesdale, has been injured in a late-night attack by poachers. more...
THE annual aviation day at a young offenders' institution has been hailed the best yet. more...
MORE than 30 drivers will battle it out on Sunday for the honour of representing the North-East at a national competition. more...
Teesdale and Weardale search and rescue team is holding its first open day since moving into its Barnard Castle centre last year more...
VILLAGERS are putting the finishing touches to floral displays in their bid to make it three wins in a row in the Northumbria in Bloom competition. more...
THE site of a former Darlington town centre car park could be developed into 15 flats and offices. more...
A MOTHER has thanked the school which she says has transformed her twin sons' lives. more...
TORRENTIAL rain failed to put off dedicated supporters of a Darlington school who turned out for a garden party. more...
PUPILS from Barnard Castle Preparatory School have donated £170 to an appeal inspired by Alex Herbert, five. more...
EAST Durham residents are to be given the chance to check their health and improve their lifestyles. more...
A charity is £1,300 richer thanks to a gala concert staged by the Freemasons' movement. more...
A DURHAM college has been recognised as a centre of excellent vocational training by a national body. more...
A COLLECTION of quilts, some dating back to the start of the Queen's reign, will go on display to mark her golden jubilee on Saturday. more...
CHARITY champion Peter Beaty is stepping down after ten years as chairman of Help the Aged's Durham and Wearside fundraising committee. more...
A GIRL is in Middlesbrough General Hospital with a broken leg after being knocked down on a pedestrian crossing. more...
Saltburn in Bloom is appealing for people to help tidy up the town before judging takes place for the Northumbria in Bloom and Britain in Bloom competitions. more...
AIRMEN staged a mass break-out from jail and went on the run - all in the name of charity. more...
TRADERS, worried that new bus stops in Queen's Road could have an impact on their custom, have been urged to take the matter up with Richmond's Business and Tourism Association. more...
A ONE-OFF donation to a cause outside the Richmond boundary is to stand, despite the town council facing a challenge from within. more...
A BID to build homes on the site of a scrapyard on the eastern edge of Leyburn will have to be decided by the Environment Secretary. more...
LAWYERS acting for a local authority have been urged to honour a gentleman's agreement - or risk ruining the council's reputation. more...
AMBULANCE chiefs in North Yorkshire and Cleveland are marking NHS Week by investing in local child safety. more...
YOUNG cricketers from the Richmondshire district are to benefit from top-level coaching, thanks to National Lottery-funded sports initiative. more...
A STABLEGIRL underwent an operation yesterday after being kicked in the face by a racehorse at the yard where she works. more...
DISGRUNTLED Richmondshire residents, dissatisfied with taxes imposed by both central and local government, have confirmed they may be fielding candidates at the next election. more...
PLANS for a town's first park- and-ride scheme have been delayed in favour of other public transport improvements. more...
POLICE are hoping for the public's help tracking down thieves who stole six tons of wood, worth thousands of pounds, from the side of the road in North Yorkshire. more...
A consultation exercise on plans to develop a traffic system for a Ryedale town is to be held. more...
A HIT-AND-RUN driver who mounted the pavement and left an 11-year-old boy needing hospital treatment is being hunted by police. more...
A FRESH row has broken over plans for a "super school" on Teesside. more...
LOGO COMPETITON: Members of the Ingleby Barwick Residents' Association were delighted to receive so many entries for their logo competition. more...
ABOUT 90 pupils are involved in staging Grease, the musical that proved a film box office hit for John Travolta and Olivia Newton John. more...
TRADERS in Eaglescliffe are being told to clean up their act after complaints about the amount of rubbish outside a row of shops. more...
CHILDREN'S laureate Anne Fine yesterday presented two youngsters with awards for being top librarians. more...
IF 103-year-old Elizabeth Forsyth needed help blowing out her candles, it was very close at hand. more...
PEOPLE living in Stockton borough are being asked to help the North Tees Primary Care Trust (PCT) make decisions about how health care is provided, or to let their voice be heard about specific issues. more...
CHILDREN from Hartlepool have shown off their sporting prowess during a tournament in Middlesbrough. more...
POLICE and council officials in Hartlepool are warning of the dangers posed by airguns and urging people to help them tackle the problem. more...
HUNDREDS of North-East youngsters were united in the true spirit of grassroots sport last week. more...
A TEENAGE boy was left fighting for his life this week after being hit by a train on his birthday. more...
HUNDREDS of youngsters will this week become Rural Rangers after a massive health and safety drive designed for youngsters in the countryside. more...
A BRIGHT £400,000 extension opened at Northallerton's Applegarth School last week. more...
A group of young tennis players has won through to the final of a regional tennis competition. more...
A NEW theatre hopes to continue attracting audiences with its autumn programme. more...
THE artist who depicted Alan Shearer in a giant caricature which hung from the Tyne Bridge made sketches of fair-goers at the weekend. more...
PLANS have emerged for a radical restructuring of the North's ambulance service - the second major change in just three years. more...
THE head of a village primary school has been awarded a prize for inspired leadership. more...
A DOOMED cement works could be turned into an indoor ski slope, it was revealed this week. more...
THE Government is under pressure to deliver after promising a £263m improvement package for the A1 through North Yorkshire. more...
THREE mobile phone antennae are to be erected near a primary school. more...
THE one-off move into Bishop Auckland's long awaited new hospital has been finally completed four weeks ahead of the original schedule. more...
CAMPAIGNERS have failed in their last-ditch bid to win a public inquiry into the Richard Neale scandal. more...
TWO young sisters proved their literary talent after both of them won prizes in a short story competition. more...
HEALTH chiefs hope local bobby Alan Kille will prove to be just what the doctor ordered. more...
ALL the fun of the fair was there at Darlington Community Carnival at the weekend. more...
A CHARITY raising funds to build a new base in Northallerton has won royal recognition. more...
A Comprehensive school's pupils have raised £1,000 in two months after forming their own charity committee. more...
A NEW facility for young families in Darlington has opened to the public. more...
GENEROUS golfers have taken terminally ill children into their hearts by raising cash to make their treatment more bearable. more...
A £600,000 town square which symbolised the rebirth of a rundown railway community has earned a major planning award. more...
AN airman from North Yorkshire's front-line fighter base at RAF Leeming will be facing one of his toughest battles this summer - when he competes in the Commonwealth Games. more...
PROPOSALS to create an elected regional assembly have been given a resounding thumbs down by councillors in the Hambleton district. more...
CRIME on a council estate has been cut by almost 40 per cent since CCTV cameras were put up. more...
MUSICAL friends from across the world will be performing at Durham City's annual festival this weekend. more...
THE owners of a North Tyneside chemical plant which burned to the ground have confirmed they are selling up and leaving the region. more...
SWAN Hunter has subcontracted work out to Holland after falling behind schedule on a £120m contract. more...
RECORD profits at car dealership group Reg Vardy are largely because of lower new car prices and higher consumer spending, it said yesterday. more...
A METALS company has announced it is to invest £28m in its North-East aluminium smelting plant. more...
A CAR share scheme has been launched by Newcastle Airport to help both the environment and the finances of its 3,000 employees. more...
A BOTTLED water company has scooped a coveted design award - just months after the first of its distinctive glass bottles rolled off the production line. more...
The Bank of England was given the green light to leave interest rates on hold for another month after a survey revealed new signs that the high street spending spree may be winding down. more...
THE North-East is leading the surge in the UK construction market according to the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). more...
AFTER years of neglect in favour of the children, there are finally signs that my wife loves me after all. more...
Teenagers - spots and all. more...
Members of the Tyne Tees regiment of the Territorial Army have just completed their annual summer camp in Cyprus, and, as Sam Strangeways reports, 'playing' at being a soldier is tougher than you might think. more...
YOU do not have to defend every decision taken by Derwentside and Chester-le-Street district councils to feel that neither their leaders, nor their employees deserves the insults of Kevan Jones MP (Echo, June 28). more...
Inspectors have just praised a North-East college, reinforcing its role as a centre of excellence for marine training. Ian Lamming looks at why South Shields is on the crest of a wave. more...
THE statement issued to The Northern Echo yesterday by the parents of railway accident victim Ben Woods makes heartbreaking reading. more...
TRADITIONAL school sports day races, like the egg and spoon, are being criticised for encouraging a competitive spirit among children - as if they will never have to fight for survival when they get out into the big, wide world. more...
AFTER years of neglect in favour of the children, there are finally signs that my wife loves me after all. more...
THE widow of drugs victim Desmond Johns last night spoke of her relief at the conviction of the woman who injected her husband with a fatal heroin dose. more...
A MOVING ceremony was held at the school of Leonie Shaw yesterday, on what would have been her seventh birthday. more...
BRAZILIAN football hero Juninho was last night poised for a return to his beloved Middlesbrough after the club confirmed it was on the verge of a transfer coup. more...
A drug dealer who administered a fatal dose of heroin to a vulnerable user was last night beginning an eight-year prison sentence. more...
THE head of a Government-backed review of regional spending has told MPs that scrapping the present formula for allocating public money is the only way that deprived regions such as the North-East can get a better deal. more...
STUDENTS at one of the region's colleges are preparing to go on stage next week. more...
A CLOWN can claim to be truly national after completing performances in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland this year. more...
FORMER Dr Who, Colin Baker, will take an audience back into the history of one of the North-East's oldest town's as the climax of a day of celebrations. more...
A CHARITY is urging people to Cycle for Life, following research showing that almost 70 per cent of adults in the region have not ridden a bicycle over the past year. more...
SHOPPERS will be tucking into an unusual treat today, as Britain does its bit to celebrate American Independence Day. more...
MUSICIANS from across the country are dusting off their beachwear for a 12-hour festival of music in the region next month. more...
THE biggest event in the North-East aimed at encouraging youngsters to enjoy science has proved a big hit. more...
MORE than 1,200 people across the region took advantage of a cut-price pet microchipping campaign organised by the RSPCA. more...
THE mother of a bullying victim wept yesterday as her son told a court of his harrowing ordeal at the hands of his North-East fellow pupil tormentors. more...
A MAN yesterday admitted wounding a woman in a confrontation which sparked an armed stand-off with police. more...
A PARK'S historical importance has been recognised with an inclusion in the English Heritage Parks and Gardens Register. more...
A TEENAGE girl who took an overdose of painkillers after years of alleged bullying shared a secret diary with a school pal in which she wrote that she intended to kill herself, an inquest heard. more...
A TEAM from the North-East took the war on drugs to the Home Office yesterday. more...
THREE members of a North-East family have denied duping hundreds of people round the country with a work-from-home postal scam. more...
JONNY "Joker" Regan always wanted to be a star. more...
A PRISON officer needed hospital treatment last night after rescuing an inmate from his blazing cell. more...
A FORMER soldier who slaughtered his mother and her partner using a crossbow has had his sentence tariff reduced. more...
The average back garden may contain twice as many species as have so far been identified on the whole plant, according to a new study published by North-East scientists today. more...
IT started as a way of helping food companies ensure their products were safe to eat. Now the electronic nose could play a crucial role in fighting serious illness. more...
THE North-East is braced for one of the biggest events in its sporting history - England will play India today in the second one-day international held at Durham County Cricket club's Riverside Stadium. more...
THE parents of a teenager who was seriously injured when he was hit by a train spoke for the first time last night to thank the hospital staff who battled to save their son's life. more...
MANAGERS at a controversial new hospital are losing the battle to reduce bed-blocking. more...
A HEROIC piece of military history has been brought vividly to life - by the very man who lived through it. A century-and-a-half since the Crimean War first seared itself into country's consciousness, its blunders and bravery have become the stuff of legend. more...
The North-East's newest film company held it's world premiere at Newcastle's Opera House last night for a movie, which cost just £1,500 to make. more...
DISABLED people who campaigned for better access to Darlington library have praised the council for improving the facilities. more...
Irish and Scottish storytellers will give the long-running North Pennines Festival a Celtic flavour this year. more...
The victims of disgraced surgeon Richard Neale are to make a second complaint to the Legal Services Ombudsman in a dispute about "aggressive" defence lawyers. more...
A Dean has paid tribute to a departing director of music following an earlier dispute between the pair. more...
Councillors and traders at Helmsley are worried that its historic Market Place could become a pedestrianised zone under a planned new traffic strategy. more...
The family of a mother who fed her new-born baby potentially lethal amounts of salt have said they will never forgive her. more...
The head of cultural services at Stockton Borough Council was one of a select group invited for a chat with prime minister Tony Blair. more...
A schoolgirl who donated life-saving bone marrow to her younger sister died four years later after accidentally overdosing on tablets in a misguided bid to grab attention, an inquest heard. more...
Police are hunting a sick gunman who carried out an 'execution' style killing of one cat and shot another in the backside. more...
Work is underway on a new centre in Hartlepool to give help and support parents and carers of youngsters up to the age of 11. more...
A man jailed for taking his ex-lover's dog in an attempt to win back a £2m silver chalice once owned by Nazi henchman Hermann Goering was freed yesterday. more...
AN award-winning lane garden will open to the public on Sunday. more...
TWO North-East grandfathers are preparing to pedal across the country to support regional health charities. more...
ONE of the region's rivers is to get a major clean-up by order of the Government, but it will end up hitting the pockets of ordinary North-Easterners. more...
DARLINGTON and Spennymoor Budgerigar Societies are to hold their first joint show at Greenfield Comprehensive School, Newton Aycliffe, on Sunday, July 14. more...
TWO sisters proved their literary talent by both winning prizes in a short story competition. more...
CHILDREN and parents at the House of Eden Nursery, in Rushyford, have had fun raising money for children's charities in recent weeks. more...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who played a prominent role in keeping amateur theatre alive in Weardale. more...
A GAMEKEEPER from Lord Barnard's Raby Estates, in Teesdale, has been injured in a late-night attack by poachers. more...
THE annual aviation day at a young offenders' institution has been hailed the best yet. more...
Teesdale and Weardale search and rescue team is holding its first open day since moving into its Barnard Castle centre last year more...
BUS passengers are promised more ways to travel around Bishop Auckland with a new service introduced by Go North East. more...
A MAN who disappeared from a care centre in Bishop Auckland was in hospital last night after being found by an elderly woman. more...
INFANT and junior school headteachers in Newton Aycliffe have been invited to a meeting to discuss the growing problem of vandalism at their schools. more...
A STUDENT could follow in the footsteps of top female journalists by winning an award. more...
Giant pieces of handiwork by young crafts people have been created by members of the Youth Clubs of County Durham. more...
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