The North East | Archive | 2003 | September
FALCON power is helping to attract young rugby talent in the North-East. more...
DURHAM Wildlife Trust is looking for people to play Father Christmas during December to help raise money for its conservation and education work. more...
PROPOSALS to build two care homes in Darlington are to go before borough councillors for consideration this week. more...
A DARLINGTON community group has been given a £1,200 boost to continue its work. more...
A PLAN by millionaire businessman Duncan Bannatyne to expand a Darlington hotel is being recommended for approval by council officers, despite objections. more...
A PENSIONER is going to extraordinary lengths to prevent developers eyeing up an historic part of Darlington. more...
A YOUNG cat with a serious heart defect needs a caring home where she can live out the rest of her life in comfort. more...
AMATEUR photographers are being invited to capture the regeneration of their community on film. more...
HARRY Potter fans were given a taste of steam train travel in the style of their hero's journeys to Hogwarts at the weekend. more...
THE weather could have been kinder, but Eggleston Show still managed to draw the crowds at the weekend. more...
WATER company chiefs hope to gain approval for plans to increase the height of a village pumping station. more...
A SEARCH and rescue team is looking for young people to join its cadet group. more...
DURHAM Wildlife Trust is looking for people to play Father Christmas during December to help raise money for its conservation and education work. more...
AMATEUR photographers are being urged to capture the regeneration of their community on film. more...
THE days of putting down jumpers for goal posts are over for football-mad youngsters at a village primary school. more...
LISTENERS to a trial local radio station proved their generosity at the weekend during a charity auction. more...
A TRIAL traffic order which has helped to cut congestion on a busy route into a city centre is to be made permanent. more...
PATIENTS and staff are invited to attend the annual meeting of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust. more...
A SEASIDE town is to open its first cinema. more...
TORRENTIAL rain failed to deter 14,000 people from visiting the 131st Stokesley Show at the weekend. more...
YOUNGSTERS are using their artistic skills to persuade people to not drop litter. more...
THIRSK market place could be turned into a winter wonderland for Christmas next year. more...
CYCLISTS raising money for veterinary charities are due to make a stop-off in Thirsk today. more...
HOPES of improvements to one of the busiest trunk roads in North Yorkshire have been given a boost. more...
LEADING tour operators from across the country were in North Yorkshire over the weekend for a showcase event. more...
TORRENTIAL rain failed to deter 14,000 people from visiting the 131st Stokesley Show at the weekend. more...
STATE-registered di- etician Tessa Aston has joined a palliative care team set up to help people who are terminally ill. more...
RECORD crowds at this year's Middleham Stables Open Day raised the event's best ever amount for good causes. more...
CHARGES for rodent control are to be scrapped by Hambleton district councillors. more...
THE gipsy tradition of "horse flashing" at Yarm Fair has been saved following the decision to lift a ban imposed last year. more...
AN evening of entertainment is planned to highlight issues affecting Hartlepool. more...
COUNCILLORS will this week discuss the progress of a bid that aims to develop footballing opportunities at a recreation ground. more...
A SIX-FOOT squirrel helped promote the message about road safety. more...
PATIENTS and staff are invited to attend the annual meeting of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust. more...
THE North-East is missing out on nearly £400m each year because of tax breaks and subsidies given to the aviation industry, Friends of the Earth claimed last night. more...
A PLAN by millionaire businessman Duncan Bannatyne to expand a Darlington hotel is being recommended for approval by council officers, despite objections. more...
GIANT turbines will begin to take to the North-East sky-line as part of a major wind power project in the next few weeks. more...
YOUNGSTERS are using their artistic skills to persuade people to not drop litter. more...
A kitchen firm has been chosen to help world-renowned designer Bruce Oldfield create an exclusive housing development. more...
Margery And Gladys (ITV1): Tony Robinson's Romans (C4): FIRST, Rosemary And Thyme. Now, Margery And Gladys. more...
As Energy Efficiency Week gets underway, Christen Pears finds out how far one couple have gone to make their home more environmentally friendly. more...
BBC: THE idea that a national radio and television service can claim impartiality whilst maintaining a cosy relationship with the government of the day (HAS, Sept 17) is surely a novel one. more...
WE all do it - open a wardrobe full of clothes, spend ages rooting around, try things on, discard a few outfits and then moan: "I've got nothing to wear." But sometimes, it's just impossible to find the right clothes for a particular occasion. more...
Margery And Gladys (ITV1): Tony Robinson's Romans (C4): FIRST, Rosemary And Thyme. Now, Margery And Gladys. more...
BY any standard, the Liberal Democrats' victory at the Brent East by-election was a notable political achievement. more...
Following the success of What Not To Wear, style gurus Trinny and Susannah are back with a new book. Women's Editor Christen Pears reports. more...
Their own swimming pool and sports hall, and outdoor activities to boot - do young offenders get an easy ride? more...
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Far from empowering their sisters, the stars of Sex And The City are leaving women in a neurotic fudge about what to wear to work every morning. more...
I HAVE returned from my all too brief tropical sojourn. To be precise though, I was in a sub-tropical destination. more...
TV presenter Donna Air is celebrating the birth of a daughter. more...
A LIFE-saving leukaemia charity wants people from the North-East to help them raise cash by riding horses in Mongolia. more...
THE Government must "change or die" in the wake of last week's by-election blow, Home Secretary David Blunkett has warned. more...
TENS of thousands of fun runners can look back on the 2003 Great North Run with added pride after taking part in a record-breaking feat. more...
THE annual death toll of motorcyclists on the roads of North Yorkshire has reached its highest figure ever. more...
HEARTBEAT star Derek Fowlds was almost back on the beat when he when he performed the honours at the opening of a community office. more...
FIRE chiefs are to abandon the traditional "brigade" title in favour of the term "service" to better reflect their changing role. more...
A TRAFFIC officer who used a legal loophole to avoid a speeding fine has been chosen to promote a road safety campaign. more...
MORE than 30 firefighters from the North-East and North Yorkshire who died on active service have been included on a national memorial. more...
CREW members from the international "mercy ship" M/V Anastasis will tomorrow receive a civic greeting as part of their stay in the North-East. more...
IT'S not very often that the atmosphere in a North village is crackling with tension - but that was before Fame Academy. more...
FORESTRY officials are sprucing up Europe's largest man-made woodland to provide a protected haven for the endangered red squirrel in the North-East. more...
THE Government was last night facing unprecedented demands to order a public judicial inquiry into scores of non-combat deaths at British Army bases. more...
THOUSANDS of pounds are expected to be raised for a North-East hospice following a charity golf day. more...
THE Government must "change or die" in the wake of last week's by-election blow, Home Secretary David Blunkett has warned. more...
A FAMILY arrived in Greece yesterday hoping it will be third time lucky in their bid for justice following the holiday death of their son. more...
A COMEDIAN who once streaked across Wembley to raise cash for charity was quick off the mark to help the elderly victim of a burglary. more...
ARMY medics proved they don't take their charity role lying down as they took to the streets to raise funds in memory of a soldier murdered in Iraq. more...
THE first flying doctor helicopter service to operate outside London is about to go live in the region. more...
A CONVOY of motorcyclists turned up to The National Canine Defence League (NCDL) with some welcome aid. more...
GOLDEN girl Paula Radcliffe crowned a record-breaking day for the Great North Run by running the fastest half- marathon in history yesterday. more...
A FUNDRAISING event to help a North-East couple care for their injured daughter in Greece has raised £3,700. more...
THE price of progress is that Darlington Mowden Park will place a bigger premium on next Saturday's first national league derby than on what is now an annual flirtation with the Powergen Cup. more...
EVERTON boss David Moyes last night dismissed as "nonsense'' an apparent claim by Middlesbrough counterpart Steve McClaren that his side were guilty of unsporting conduct in a heated encounter. more...
WAYNE ROONEY triggered an ugly touchline confrontation between rival managers Steve McClaren and David Moyes on an afternoon of high controversy at the Riverside. more...
SIR BOBBY ROBSON is hoping key Newcastle United striker Craig Bellamy will be fit enough to come though two games in 48 hours this week. more...
SUPERWOMAN Paula Radcliffe devastated her rivals as she set a new world half marathon best time in yesterday's BUPA Great North Run. more...
Darlington manager Mick Tait is this morning counting the cost of his side's battling 2-2 draw at Torquay. more...
Great Ayton are champions of the Division One of the Darlington Building Society NYSD Premier League after only two games went ahead on the final day of the season. more...
SUPERWOMAN Paula Radcliffe devastated her rivals as she set a new world half marathon best time in yesterday's BUPA Great North Run. more...
BLAYDON'S winning start to the season ended with an 11-7 defeat in their Powergen Cup second round tie at Tynedale. more...
EVEN the Brazilians, the purest purveyors of the beautiful game, recognise that silk must be complemented by steel. more...
BRYAN SMART had to sit and suffer while his horses weren't running too well during mid-summer, but patience is a great virtue when it comes to training thoroughbreds and thankfully the winners are once again beginning flow for the Sutton Bank-based handler. more...
THE price of progress is that Darlington Mowden Park will place a bigger premium on next Saturday's first national league derby than on what is now an annual flirtation with the Powergen Cup. more...
NEALE Cooper's demeanour come 5pm on Saturday said it all. more...
BRYAN SMART had to sit and suffer while his horses weren't running too well during mid-summer, but patience is a great virtue when it comes to training thoroughbreds and thankfully the winners are once again beginning flow for the Sutton Bank-based handler. more...
If Yorkshire want dazzling strokeplay to be part and parcel of Championship cricket at Headingley then they should insist that umpire Jeremy Lloyds stands in every game! more...
TALK about making life hard. more...
THE Durham members' end-of-season party on Saturday night was cancelled through lack of interest, but a healthy crowd turned up at Riverside yesterday to witness the season's last rites. more...
Young bloods Joe Sayers and Nick Thornicroft showed star quality at Headingley yesterday - but they could not stop Yorkshire Phoenix losing by three wickets to Gloucestershire Gladiators on the final day of the season. more...
HARTLEPOOL United are hoping for a rare event tomorrow night - a Victoria Park sell-out. more...
Captain Anthony McGrath made no excuses and pulled no punches when bad light and then rain put paid to Yorkshire's chances of beating Gloucestershire at Headingley on Saturday and condemned them to another season in division two. more...
Cleadon SC continue to confound the critics and are establishing themselves as genuine contenders for the championship. more...
MART POOM poked fun at Sunderland's misfiring strikers last night after his amazing equalising goal at Pride Park. more...
A VICTORY for Sir Bobby Robson on the weekend of his fourth anniversary at St. James' Park would have been the perfect way to kickstart Newcastle United's campaign. more...
PEOPLE have been invited to try their hand at making a sculpture next month. more...
A YOUNG cat with a serious heart defect needs a caring home where she can live out the rest of her life in comfort. more...
BISHOP Auckland people are supporting a new attempt to set up a town council as local government reforms draw nearer. more...
THREE district councils are joining forces to share services, in a measure which is expected to offer significant savings. more...
THE weather could have been kinder, but Eggleston Show still managed to draw the crowds at the weekend. more...
Water company manager David Pattinson has scored a hat-trick of successes at a village leek show. more...
Bishop Middleham CE Aided Primary School is celebrating a £5,000 grant from the National Lottery's Awards for All programme. more...
VILLAGERS are being given the opportunity to examine proposals to revitalise their shopping centre. more...
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