The North East | Archive | 2003 | April
Spennymoor moved into second place in the UniBond League First Division after coming from behind to win at Workington last night. more...
Former Durham County champion Richard Walker hopes to strengthen his chances of Walker Cup selection by successfully defending his German title in Cologne next week. more...
DARLINGTON'S hopes of emulating Mowden Park's feat of a hat-trick of Durham Cup wins is under threat from their neighbours' greater strength in depth tonight. In a repeat of last year's final, which Darlington won 34-22, the teams clash in a delayed first round tie at Yiewsley Drive, kicking off at 6.30pm. more...
Midfielder Neil Maddison has hailed Darlington loan star Jim Corbett and believes the Blackburn Rovers striker is a class above in the Third Division. more...
NEWCASTLE United are facing up to the prospect of having both Craig Bellamy and Laurent Robert ruled out of the derby with Sunderland. more...
Weighing up which conditions suit which horses the best is the main consideration when it comes to assessing any race. more...
NEWCASTLE United are facing up to the prospect of having both Craig Bellamy and Laurent Robert ruled out of the derby with Sunderland. more...
Hartlepool United's new youth coach Paul Stephenson is on international duty with his new charges this week. more...
MIDDLESBROUGH face an uphill struggle in their bid to lift the FA Youth Cup for the first time after a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United last night. more...
Steve McClaren yesterday issued an appeal for fans to back Middlesbrough's ambitious plans to attract more top quality players in the summer and compete for trophies next season. more...
Weighing up which conditions suit which horses the best is the main consideration when it comes to assessing any race. more...
DARLINGTON'S hopes of emulating Mowden Park's feat of a hat-trick of Durham Cup wins is under threat from their neighbours' greater strength in depth tonight. In a repeat of last year's final, which Darlington won 34-22, the teams clash in a delayed first round tie at Yiewsley Drive, kicking off at 6.30pm. more...
A STYLIST has proved she is a cut above the rest after being one of ten in the country picked for a scholarship. more...
FOOTBALL rivalries will be played out by colleagues from a store group's distribution depot at a charity fun event on Saturday. more...
A CYCLIST is gearing up for a journey from Land's End to John O'Groats. more...
A NEIGHBOURHOOD feud ended in a struggle after a householder entered his neighbour's home and threatened violence, a court was told yesterday. more...
The following cases were heard by South Durham magistrates, sitting in Darlington. more...
MOTORISTS will be given more information about available parking spaces in Darlington this Easter. more...
LITERATURE came to life for a group of Darlington schoolchildren when they met one of their favourite characters. more...
SECURITY is being increased at a tourist attraction following a series of attacks by vandals. more...
PUB regulars have had a cracking collection of Easter eggs. more...
A 30-YEAR-OLD man with 20 previous convictions for driving while disqualified was jailed yesterday after admitting more motoring offences. more...
A NORTH-East teenager has appeared in court accused of taking a car without consent and other driving offences. more...
A 30-YEAR-OLD man with 20 previous convictions for driving while disqualified was jailed yesterday after admitting more motoring offences. more...
FIVE people have been fined £50 for allowing their dogs to foul the streets and parks of Darlington. more...
MORE than half the area's workforce is demanding extra bank holidays in line with Europe, according to a survey carried out by a Darlington recruitment firm. more...
SEDGEFIELD Borough Council solicitor Dennis Hall has been appointed chairman of the Law Society Local Government group. more...
HOMEOWNERS have criticised council officials after having fines imposed on them because they put out their rubbish too early. more...
DOCTORS in Spennymoor are gave received a Quality Practice Award from the Royal College of General Practitioners. more...
FORMER history teacher Sandra Charlton has compiled a fascinating insight into the life and times of her home town. more...
THE chairman of English Nature has witnessed the transformation of the North-East coastline. more...
RESIDENTS have called for curbs on overnight working by council contractors, which they claim deprives them of sleep. more...
ONE of Ferryhill's oldest residents has died just short of her 101st birthday. more...
VILLAGERS aged from 16 to 60 in Witton Gilbert, near Durham, rallied round when it was decided the cenotaph in Sacriston Lane was in need of restoration. more...
A CHARITY appeal concert is to take place at a Pelton school next week. more...
A FUNDRAISING event has helped two Ferryhill children improve their quality of life at school. more...
POLICE in County Durham could soon be getting back-up from community support officers. more...
FINANCIAL advice for anyone thinking of entering higher education is to be given at a series of forums. more...
A GROUP of youngsters have won their campaign for a skate park. more...
SWAYING gently in the breeze, nodding their golden heads, caressed by the strong sunshine, the sight of fresh daffodils gladdens the heart at this time of the year. more...
CHILDREN have the chance to clown about and get fit at the same time during a family fun-run next month. more...
A JUDGE yesterday dismissed a councillor's claim that he was unlawfully banned from a meeting discussing the future of a North-East quarry. more...
FIFTY years have passed since Mount Grace Priory was first opened to the public - and to celebrate staff have returned to those unsophisticated times, with 1950s-style ticket machines. more...
THE trial of National Gipsy Council president Hughie Smith and his nephew Charlie Smith - charged after police were called to a travellers' site they run in Knaresborough - came to a dramatic halt yesterday with a question mark hanging over North Yorkshire Police's handling of the case. more...
DEALERS in second-hand goods across North Yorkshire have passed an undercover inspection mounted by trading standards officers to see if they were prepared to buy suspicious property. more...
IMPROVED bus services on Sundays and bank holidays have been promised over the summer by Dalesbus. more...
A SCHEME providing transport so that youngsters living in rural areas can get to work has expanded its service. more...
BAMBI, a four-year-old cross-breed, is living with an RSPCA volunteer in Richmond, but needs a family to look after her. more...
A GROUP of women who accused one of the region's leading psychiatrists of sexual assault yesterday received thousands of pounds in an out-of-court settlement. more...
AUTHOR Jonathan Tulloch marked the launch of his latest novel at the weekend with a visit to his local bookstore in Thirsk. more...
TEESSIDE could lead the way in fighting crime with a range of initiatives designed to tackle drugs and the problems of truancy and unruly behaviour. more...
TWO aspiring radio broadcasters have taken to the airwaves with Hartlepool's latest radio station. more...
A GROUP of school friends have been robbed by three older youths. more...
A PLAN to build a £1.1m indoor children's play centre - the biggest in the country - has been unveiled. more...
DETECTIVES are hoping the actions of a pensioner who refused to open her door to a trickster will serve as an example to others. more...
A 34-YEAR-old man appeared in Teesside Crown Court yesterday charged with the rape of an 87-year-old Redcar woman 14 years ago. more...
A husband was cleared yesterday of raping his lesbian wife who threw him out and moved in with her gay lover. more...
GRANDFATHER Dennis Wilson is proof that you are never too old to learn. more...
AN after-school club in Stockton has become the first in Teesside to join a new national network of clubs for 11 to 16-year-olds. more...
YOUNGSTERS are being invited to take part in a series of events celebrating Easter at a Teesside farm. more...
SIX Venture Scouts have been honoured by Redcar's Mayor for achieving the movement's highest award - the Queen's Scout award. more...
WAR historians will be able to check on the progress of work to restore former shoreline defences to their former glory. more...
A BUDGET hotel at Teesside International Airport is hoping to double in size, under new plans. more...
A pipeline has been commissioned making a direct connection to a treatment works and boosting Tees Valley environment and business. more...
LONDON'S benchmark FTSE 100 Index moved closer to the 4000 barrier after taking a positive lead from trading in New York. more...
Takeover activity in the supermarket sector developed on a second front yesterday after it emerged that Somerfield had received a tentative approach. more...
THE man who has saved a crisis-hit North-East steelworks from the industrial scrapheap yesterday pledged a bright new dawn for the 140-year-old plant and its workers. more...
SELF-made entrepreneur and former four-minute miler Brooks Mileson yesterday completed the acquisition of LAB Medical and Legal Services for his Albany RTA group, of Peterlee. A seven-figure sum was involved. more...
Road toll takes the blame more...
GMB Northern regional secretary Kevin Curran was last night poised to replace veteran John Edmonds as leader of one of the country's biggest unions. more...
SO now they can tell you how you will die - but do we really want to know? Gene research is now so advanced that for £600 you can now get a genetic reading on what the future holds. Like palm reading, only more reliable and not so much fun, it can pinpoint your susceptibility to disease. more...
IT was the "big-tent" meeting that really did take place in a big tent. An air-conditioned one, in fact, at an airbase at Ur, birthplace of Abraham, near the southern city of Nasiriyah. more...
NEWCASTLE United star Craig Bellamy is to appear in court charged with a public order offence arising from an alleged racist incident. more...
TWO specialist GPs have been taken on in a pioneering move to improve public access to minor surgery and skin treatment. more...
The policeman son of murdered PC Keith Blakelock has been officially honoured by his North-East force for bravely tackling a knifeman. more...
A Dinky toy lorry achieved a world record price when it was sold by Teesside Auction house Vectis for £12,000 including commission. more...
A PLAN to build a £1.1m indoor children's play centre - the biggest in the country - has been unveiled. more...
A POLICEMAN who hit the headlines when he ran the line at a Premiership clash while on the sick is to round off the season by officiating in the FA Cup Final. more...
The Government is abdicating its responsibilities towards vulnerable members of society by failing to implement laws on assisted suicide, it was claimed yesterday. more...
A WEEK-OLD foal had to rescued by firefighters yesterday after it fell over a river bank. more...
THE family of the pony and trap driver killed in a hit-and-run incident are to bury their loved one tomorrow. more...
TOURISM has received a boost with the announcement that 21 of the region's beaches have been granted a Seaside Award. more...
irreplaceable statues at a North-East country mansion have been vandalised beyond repair. more...
TEESSIDE could lead the way in fighting crime with a range of initiatives designed to tackle drugs and the problems of truancy and unruly behaviour. more...
A MAN who died while transporting a vintage car used in the ITV1 series Heartbeat was seen slumped over his steering wheel seconds before he crashed, an inquest heard. more...
A POSTMAN has been warned he is facing a prison sentence for tampering with mail. more...
FIREFIGHTERS spent eight hours yesterday battling a large moorland fire at Grosmont, which started by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway line. more...
AN 81-YEAR-old disabled woman whose home was ransacked as she slept has had her life blighted by the crime, a court was told. more...
HUNDREDS of jobs have been saved and many more may be brought to the region after a buyer was found for a major Teesside energy company. more...
FORMER North-East MP Mo Mowlam is Britain's most motivational political figure. more...
FRANTIC Iraqi's were last night battling a race against time after discovering up to 30 people cemented in to an underground vault by Saddam Hussein. more...
Free Iraqis last night drew up a 13-point plan to rebuild their country from the rubble of war and decades of totalitarian rule. more...
HOMEOWNERS have criticised council officials after having fines imposed on them because they put out their rubbish too early. more...
The Government said yesterday it would initially adopt a "light-touch approach" to new regulations banning the burial and burning of dead livestock on farms. more...
STAFF at a County Durham care home have rallied round to support a colleague's son in the Gulf. more...
SO now they can tell you how you will die - but do we really want to know? Gene research is now so advanced that for £600 you can now get a genetic reading on what the future holds. Like palm reading, only more reliable and not so much fun, it can pinpoint your susceptibility to disease. more...
The door to fewer compulsory exams was opened by School Standards Minister David Miliband yesterday as he acknowledged that sixth formers faced "a lot of testing". more...
Vintage TV puppet Muffin The Mule is to make a comeback for his 60th birthday - and will be kicked into the modern era. more...
STAFF at a County Durham care home have rallied round to support a colleague's son in the Gulf. more...
The man who confessed to killing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was jailed for 18 years yesterday for the first political assassination in the Netherlands since the Second World War. more...
Further fire strikes could not be ruled out last night despite union leaders voting for a compromise in their bitter pay dispute. more...
A WORKMAN was crushed to death by a steel pipe yesterday. more...
DETECTIVES hope to interview two victims of a knife incident soon. more...
SENIOR public health doctors are urging people not to panic after it was revealed that suspected cases of the Sars virus are being investigated in the region. more...
Vikings who invaded the northern shores of Britain 1,000 years ago may have left more than reminders of Scandinavian culture, scientists revealed last night. more...
HOSPITALS across the North are taking the precaution of training staff and ordering specialist equipment to deal with any influx of Sars cases. more...
A retail park has attracted about 61,000 shoppers - far more than expected - in its first four trading days. more...
A MAN who illegally sold fireworks to customers from the open kitchen window of his home appeared in court yesterday. more...
NORTH-EAST child killer Mary Bell and her daughter should have lifelong anonymity because of the "nutter factor", the High Court was told yesterday. more...
DESPITE the fact that cervical cancer tests save lives, many women still find the examinations too traumatic and gamble with their own health. more...
A COUNCIL leader had denied he has been ousted following a row about an alleged breach of election rules. more...
VISITORS can come face to face with an ancestor from 20,000 years ago at a new museum exhibition. more...
A CONSORTIUM of North-East universities is stepping up its efforts to increase the number of people going into higher education, with the appointment of its first executive director. more...
BRAVE cat Elvis managed to drag himself into the backyard of an animal lover's home after his leg was caught in a metal trap. more...
A MOTHER is trying to raise more than £1,000 to stage a horse race in memory of her daughter, who was killed three years ago. more...
The Queen was amused yesterday when a rival and a swarm of bees took on the British Army. more...
CHECKS have revealed that garages selling a greener vehicle fuel are not conning motorists. more...
The suffering on both sides of the war was illustrated yesterday. more...
SCIENTISTS are about to starting a dating agency - for ageing and lovelorn shellfish. more...
OUTSIZE jodhpurs and rival football mascots will be vying for glory at one of the most outrageous race meetings of the year. more...
A VILLAGE is likely to receive thousands of pounds for improvements if a housing estate is built. more...
A CAVALCADE of classic cars is coming to the North as part of a celebration of 100 years of British motoring. more...
A LORRY-LOAD of surprises is on its way to the Gulf from the wives of soldiers serving with the Queen's Dragoon Guards. more...
Rail company GNER has promised to slash train times after completing a £30m three year project to refurbish its high speed fleet. more...
Hundreds of mourners gathered today to pay their last respects to a Royal Marine killed in Iraq. more...
Elderly residents who challenged a council decision to close their home through a judicial review have said a final goodbye to their surroundings. more...
A stay-away councillor has quit the Labour Party. more...
A 19th Century £5 note from the North-East was sold for more than £16,000 at auction yesterday. more...
DOZENS of fish will be returned to their home waters today after a year's absence - and they could be forgiven for failing to recognise their surroundings. more...
SOME of the biggest names in dance music will have Tyneside bouncing in a major music festival starting this weekend. more...
YOUNGSTERS can see the winking eye of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in action over the Easter holidays. more...
MOURNERS packed Westgate Methodist Church in Wear-dale on Monday for the funeral of Graeme Pears, 20, who died in a car accident earlier this month. more...
CHILDREN hope to make the streets of their neighbourhood safer by helping produce a road safety leaflet. more...
A SUPPORT group for arthritis sufferers is inviting people to an exercise class and information day as part of arthritis care awareness week. more...
AUDREY the bull mastiff stepped in to save the day when she adopted 13 newborn puppies after their mother died while giving birth. more...
A £25,000 windfall will help a south Durham town celebrate its history. more...
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