The North East | Archive | 2003 | November
PATIENTS will begin to reap the benefits of a new £10m hospital this week after a two-year building project. more...
TWO musicians will be demonstrating their instrumental virtuosity at community venues next week. more...
A FORMER town hall chief who spent decades fighting for a better deal for his area has found a new lease of life by combining his passions - painting and horses. more...
A MOTORIST was yesterday ordered to pay compensation to a police officer who was dragged along the ground during a high-speed chase through Darlington town centre. more...
ARTWORK has been createdto complement a British Asian carnival taking place in the region next week. more...
A MOTORIST was banned for 18 months yesterday after his drink-driving caused an accident which he failed to report. more...
A MAN who crashed his car while over the drink-drive limit appeared in court yesterday. more...
YOUNGSTERS learned about instruments from around the world at a concert and workshop last week. more...
VILLAGERS could see their council chairman get a new hairstyle this weekend. more...
COUNCIL tenants have backed plans to set up a company to run their homes. more...
THE Grangetown Star Performers are planning a concert to raise money for the BBC's Children in Need appeal. more...
FEARS that a sex attacker was at large in North Yorkshire have been dismissed by police. more...
LEYBURN resident, Bernard Borman, said yesterday he hoped his eight-year feud with Richmondshire District Council could soon be at an end. more...
THE head of a new primary care health trust is being paid between £85,000 and £90,000 a year. more...
A NATIONAL campaign to persuade people to donate organs has won council support. more...
BUSINESSES are continuing to recover from the devastating effects of the foot-and-mouth crisis, the latest statistics have revealed. more...
THE teenage leader of a gang which terrorised a neighbourhood for years has been warned he faces jail for disobeying an anti-yob law. more...
CHILDREN can see their artwork flying high across Middlesbrough after their drawings of a rejuvenated neighbourhood were made into flags. more...
A CAMPAIGNER hoping to create a parish council has spoken of his disappointment after the idea was rejected by villagers. more...
SINGER Suzannah Clarke will perform for patients in the main atrium at James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, tonight. more...
MOTHER-OF-TWO Jackie Wood-Woolley knew in an instant she was going into business for herself when she drove past an empty shop. more...
CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has announced a series of initiatives to boost trading links between the UK and US to coincide with this week's visit by President Bush. more...
BUDGET airline easyJet is forecasting continued growth - despite seeing annual profits drop by a quarter. more...
VODAFONE shareholders were handed a cash windfall yesterday after the mobile phone group raised its dividend 20 per cent and set aside £2.5bn to buy back shares. more...
DEBT-LADEN Drax Holdings has put forward a restructuring plan to allow the business to continue trading. more...
TEESSIDE'S PD Ports, Logistics and Shipping is to continue with its expansion plans after seeing both turnover and profit increase in the past six months. more...
TEESSIDE Business School will welcome Kate Barker, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, to deliver its annual business lecture tomorrow. more...
THE City was last night awaiting Northumbrian Water's first interim half-year results, which are due to be released today. more...
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A child is for life, not just for Christmas. And lasts a lot longer than a dog. Two reports out this week have chilled the marrow. The first showed that babies do not necessarily bring happiness. A third of mothers questioned were no happier having had their children than they were when they were childless. more...
ONE of Tony Blair's closest advisors leaned over to John Burton and whispered to him: "You bugger, Burton!" It was on the small plane flying overnight from May 1 to May 2, 1997, from Teesside Airport to London. more...
THE Gadfly column is now 18 years old, though not necessarily at the age of maturity (nor, indeed, consent). Since we decided that local politics was beyond the pale - or, more truthfully, were misdirected along such lines - nothing has occupied readers' attention more than the aberrant apostrophe. more...
DURING the dark days of Operation Lancet, this newspaper made repeated calls for the Home Office to intervene in the management of Cleveland Police - a force which had clearly lost its way. more...
ONE of Tony Blair's closest advisors leaned over to John Burton and whispered to him: "You bugger, Burton!" It was on the small plane flying overnight from May 1 to May 2, 1997, from Teesside Airport to London. more...
EVER heard of Sunderland Point? No? And you happen to live in Sunderland? more...
THE Gadfly column is now 18 years old, though not necessarily at the age of maturity (nor, indeed, consent). Since we decided that local politics was beyond the pale - or, more truthfully, were misdirected along such lines - nothing has occupied readers' attention more than the aberrant apostrophe. more...
Whether they're keeping us up at night or still living with us well into adulthood, babies are not always the bundles of joy we expect, as two reports show this week. more...
THE region's truants will be swept off the streets and back into schools this month as the latest round of truancy sweeps were launched. more...
A jury yesterday watched security camera footage of an alleged murder victim setting out on the walk that led him to his death. more...
A FAMILY doctor has denied carrying out a series of sexual assaults on patients at his North-East surgery. more...
THE second pair of condemned US warships heading for the North-East are due to arrive within the week, officials said last night. more...
Warders at a prison housing some of Britain's most notorious killers are to hold a £15,000 Christmas party - at the taxpayer's expense. more...
A FORMER Scoutmaster on trial for downloading child pornography from the Internet said in court yesterday that he had no interest in the subject. more...
THE Government's police watchdog has given the North-East's most controversial police force six months to sort itself out. more...
GREEDY solicitors have been condemned by MPs for taking up to £8,000 of the compensation paid to sick or crippled former miners. more...
THE spirit of goodwill reigned between Father Christmas and North-East police chiefs last night after a charity muddle got Santa into trouble. more...
A MAN who kicked a neighbour's car had been subjected to years of harrassment by the owner, a court heard yesterday. more...
LECTURERS at a North-East university yesterday went ahead with a one-day strike over the threat of compulsory redundancies. more...
EFFORTS to raise money for a new nursery at a Darlington primary school have been given a boost. more...
A FAMILY doctor has denied carrying out a series of sex assaults on patients at his North-East surgery. more...
Workers at Nissan's top-performing North-East plant are threatening to strike for the first time in the factory's 18-year-history. more...
THE boss of a collapsed computer firm has given an undertaking not to hold a directorship or be involved in company management for five years. more...
REBEL Labour MPs in the North-East are threatening a humiliating defeat for Prime Minister Tony Blair today over his plans to set up "super-hospitals". more...
THE BODY of a teenager, whose disappearance sparked widespread searches, was found in thick undergrowth six months later, an inquest heard. more...
ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN rivalries are rising in the North-East in the run-up to this weekend's rugby union World Cup showdown in Sydney. more...
THE girlfriend of a missing man yesterday issued an emotional plea for him to come home. more...
A jury yesterday watched security camera footage of an alleged murder victim setting out on the walk that led him to his death. more...
A POLICE force will be the first in the north to trial a James Bond-type radio. more...
Young dancers and singers in the North-East have a second chance to become the next Billy Elliot. more...
HEXHAM'S fearsome uphill climb to the winning post holds no fears for one of the most consistent mares currently in training, Midlem Melody (3.00). more...
DAVID HODGSON was last night hailed as the man to steer Darlington to safety by top scorer Barry Conlon. more...
DAVID HODGSON was last night hailed as the man to steer Darlington to safety by top scorer Barry Conlon. more...
GAVIN Strachan might still be in the infancy of his Hartlepool United career, but boss Neale Cooper has no doubts about his ability. more...
KIERON DYER last night begged Sir Bobby Robson to let him loose on Manchester City on Saturday. more...
PAUL THIRLWELL is poised for his first start for eight weeks on Saturday as Mick McCarthy tries to cope with a midfield selection crisis. more...
MIDDLESBROUGH yesterday breathed a huge sigh of relief after the FA decided not to charge them for their part in the explosive Premiership fixture with Wolverhampton Wanderers. more...
KIERON DYER last night begged Sir Bobby Robson to let him loose on Manchester City on Saturday. more...
GAVIN Strachan might still be in the infancy of his Hartlepool United career, but boss Neale Cooper has no doubts about his ability. more...
Young dancers and singers in the North-East have a second chance to become the next Billy Elliot. more...
AN addict who led police on a high-speed chase through south west Durham was so affected by drugs that he could not produce a blood or urine sample when he was caught. more...
A RECRUITMENT drive is being held tomorrow to attract more retained firefighters to an understaffed fire station. more...
THREE stalwarts of a search and rescue team stood down this month after a combined 64 years of service. more...
MEMBERS of a learning library celebrated gaining an award by holding an open day. more...
A POLICE force is using "DNA" in an effort to cut a city's house burglaries. more...
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