The North East | Archive | 2003 | December
A DISPUTE that has seen grass cutting suspended for more than a year in 20 churchyards across north-west Durham looks likely to be resolved. more...
A CHARITY which offers help to people with eating disorders is to provide more support for women in the Durham and Chester-le-Street areas. more...
After only 20 weeks in the Army, Private James Lavery of the Logistic Corps has already gained distinction by winning the trophy for best at physical training in his platoon. more...
DARLINGTON'S libraries have enjoyed a very busy year year which has seen the introduction of new services and features attracting more members and visitors. more...
A PLANNING appeal has been lodged against Darlington Borough Council's decision to refuse permission for a bungalow to be built on the outskirts of the town. more...
A CITIZENS Advice Bureau is hoping to cut waiting times by extending its opening hours and offering appointments. more...
A DARLINGTON teenager will celebrate his coming of age with a flight over his home town, thanks to his mother. more...
A DARLINGTON woman is facing New Year without her Tunisian husband because the British authorities will not allow him to enter the country. more...
VOLUNTARY Countryside Ranger Steve Shippen will lead a new programme of guided walks in County Durham. more...
A CENTENARIAN who says the secret of long life is hard work, marked her big day with family and friends yesterday. more...
A LIFE coach with extensive experience in education, training and personal development will reveal the secret of making resolutions last beyond New Year's Day. more...
A GROUP behind plans to develop Gisborough Priory says the public is enthusiastic about its proposals. more...
A group of women have been helping to boost a charity. more...
BUDDING performer Morticia would win any talons show. more...
A PROVISIONAL council tax rise of 5.75 per cent has been set for 2004/5 in North Yorkshire. more...
DIALYSIS patients are getting to grips with new technology by using their regular treatment sessions to receive computer training. more...
A PICTURE postcard village is said to be at a turning point in its history. more...
HOUSEHOLDERS are being urged to contribute to a tree planting and woodland creation programme. more...
TRAFFIC could be banned from travelling beneath an historic monument in a bid to protect it from damage. more...
A SOIL conditioner produced from compost is proving popular with gardeners. more...
A CHARITY director's hopes of bringing Christmas cheer to Romania has been hit by a Home Office wrangle. more...
RADIOGRAPHERS decided to reveal all to raise funds for their hospital. more...
A WARSHIP'S crew has provided a hospital's baby unit with a cash boost. more...
MANAGERS based in the highest office block in the North-East are walking tall after learning they have helped hospital patients. more...
A teenage general administrator who chose to learn in the workplace rather than continue into higher education, has been awarded the title Champion Modern Apprentice by the Learning and Skills Council, Tees Valley. more...
LIVES are being put at risk by the closure of an access road for ambulances at one of the region's busiest hospitals, unions have claimed. more...
A BRAVE ten-year-old, who plays for his school football team despite having an artificial leg, has received an award. more...
A WRITER, world-famous for his Horrible Histories, is helping traditional rural crafts to flourish in his home village. more...
DURHAM North MP Kevan Jones has accused a law firm of ripping off families claiming cash for miners who died from lung disease. more...
THREE shopkeepers in North-West Durham face losing their alcohol licences after selling alcohol to under-age teenagers in a police sting operation. more...
THE Civic Centre in Chester-le-Street closed at 4.30pm on Christmas Eve and will re-open at 8.30am on Friday, January 2. more...
A YOUNG man who died when the car he was travelling in careered off a village road was out celebrating his coming of age. more...
DURHAM county councillors have voted themselves a £1,200 increase in their basic allowance just months after getting a £1,000 rise. more...
A RETIRING teacher bowed out in style as she left the school hall on the back of a Harley Davison. more...
DURHAM county councillors have voted themselves a £1,200 increase in their basic allowance, just months after getting a £1,000 rise. more...
DURHAM North MP Kevan Jones has accused a law firm of ripping off families claiming cash for miners who died from lung disease. more...
School pupils invited elderly people from their community for an afternoon of entertainment. more...
DURHAM North MP Kevan Jones has accused a law firm of ripping off families claiming cash for miners who died from lung disease. more...
POLICE and teenagers braved icy winds on Monday to kick-start a new seven-a-side football tournament. more...
A LITTLE girl took centre stage to perform a symbolic gesture marking the start of the busy Christmas week at Durham Cathedral. more...
DEBBIE Jones has been appointed acting director of health and social care at Durham County Council. more...
NORTH-EAST shoppers have got wise to sales tactics by saving cash in the run-up to Christmas to take advantage of the big reductions in prices afterwards. more...
MANAGERS based in the highest office block in the North-East are walking tall after learning they have helped hospital patients. more...
PLANS to extend York Racecourse to cater for Royal Ascot in 2005 have provoked anger. more...
VISITORS to an ancient abbey were yesterday given an insight into the lives of its monks. more...
A NEW exhibition will give people the chance to wallow in nostalgia this spring. more...
THE world-renowned Northern Sinfonia is to perform in east Durham. more...
Top Ten Egypt (BBC2): Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory: After They Were Famous (ITV1): Inside Australia (five); SOME years ago I took what was described, erroneously I discovered, as "a leisurely tour of Egypt". more...
AN award-winning musician will give a concert on Tees-side next month, in a more modulated tempo than when he last appeared. more...
THE cramped existence of an officer aboard a Nelson-era British Navy frigate has been brought to life thanks to public donations. more...
IT'S the same routine every year. You're fed up and frustrated with the bad habits you've been vowing to shake off for years - so you make some 'New Year Empty Promises,' to please everyone else at the party. These vows are then usually swiftly broken. It is estimated only 14 per cent of Britons stick to their pledges. more...
SADDAM HUSSEIN: I AGREE that Saddam Hussein should be tried before the courts. However, any such trial should be before an independent, international court where the trial is not driven by revenge, but by truth and justice. more...
IF Prime Minister Tony Blair is to make just one New Year's resolution, it must be to stop exaggerating and to start telling the whole, unvarnished truth. more...
A New Year is about to begin - so is it time to create a new and more dynamic you? If you feel like you're stuck in a rut, take our quiz to find out what's going wrong and what needs to be done to brighten up your work and social life in 2004 more...
Girls as young as seven are worrying about their weight. In the last of a three-part series on women and body image, Women's Editor Christen Pears finds out it isn't just adults who long to be thin. more...
NEW Year's resolutions. Many, including me, will be thinking about making them around now despite having partly given up on that lifelong yearning to 'lose weight', 'get that dream job' and 'find the perfect partner'. more...
A BABY was fighting for his life last night after a car crashed into his family in a weekend of tragic accidents on the region's roads. more...
TRANSPORT chiefs have unveiled an ambitious vision of the future that could see the North-East served by trams and high-speed trains. more...
THE Macmillan County Durham appeal has topped the half a million pound mark - well ahead of schedule. more...
GOLDEN boots Jonny Wilkinson is to insure his famous left foot for a staggering £10m. more...
A business offering holiday homes for dogs has been set up in the North-East. more...
RESEARCH shows that the large white is the most commonly reported butterfly in Britain's gardens -but not in the North. more...
A WOMAN told she has terminal cancer has undergone controversial treatment in Mexico. more...
A COMMUNITY leader would like to see a North-East estate transformed into a multi-coloured community to brighten the place up. more...
A GULF WAR soldier married his North-East sweetheart on Saturday in a carefully-timed ceremony. more...
WITH only two days to go to New Year's Eve, part of the region is preparing to celebrate the arrival of 2004 in style. more...
THE driver of a motorhome, who is believed to have had a heart attack at the wheel in a busy town centre, was in a critical condition last night. more...
DARLINGTON Football Club could return to its former Feethams ground if administrators believe the move makes financial sense, it emerged last night. more...
Bird-loving footballer Alan Shearer had his neighbour in a flap when he tried to scupper his plans for a dream home. more...
A NORTH grandfather is among the charity workers searching for survivors of the devastating earthquake in Iran. more...
A FERRY passenger with suspected meningitis had to be airlifted to hospital in a dramatic North Sea rescue. more...
THE North-East is in for a double royal visit in the New Year, Buckingham Palace has announced. more...
THE Northern Echo's music website, Revolution, is about to launch its own charts. more...
RESEARCH shows that the large white is the most commonly reported butterfly in Britain's gardens -but not in the North. more...
DARLINGTON Football Club could return to its old Feethams ground if administrators believe the move makes financial sense, it emerged last night. more...
A senior church leader last night criticised Prime Minister Tony Blair for not listening to opponents during the war in Iraq. more...
POLICE have named a man who died on Boxing Day when his car careered off the A167 between Chilton and Ferryhill. more...
ROUND-THE-CLOCK help is being offered to people facing mental health problems, in a bid to reduce suicide rates. more...
POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for a man with mental health problems who went missing from home on Christmas Day. more...
A SEA KING RAF helicopter on an exercise on the Yorkshire Coast was diverted to a real rescue. more...
REVELLERS in the region are being warned not to mix drink and drugs on New Year's Eve. more...
THE latest fad for motorised scooters is proving a headache for police. more...
THE cramped existence of an officer aboard a Nelson-era British Navy frigate has been brought to life thanks to public donations. more...
In fairytale fashion the 2002 Aintree Grand National hero Bindaree regained the winning thread with a thrilling victory over Sir Rembrandt in the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow on Saturday. more...
Darlington fans may have made yesterday's trip across the A66 to Carlisle with some trepidation, but they will have left Brunton Park wondering what all the fuss was about. more...
Jonjo O'Neill, who has his team in really good form, has decent prospects of landing the valuable Stan James Mandarin Chase over three miles at Newbury this afternoon with Hardiman. more...
Shildon manager Ray Gowan still believes that his side can mount a title challenge after they thumped West Auckland 5-1 at Dean Street on Saturday. more...
Great Britain international Stephen Hepples of Loftus AC won the Loftus Poultry Run, clocking 42.27 for the eight-mile race to win by 16 seconds from Darren Bilton of Leeds City. more...
WHEN Marcus Stewart scores, Sunderland win. It is little wonder manager Mick McCarthy wants to see more goals from his most experienced striker. more...
MIDDLESBROUGH boss Steve McClaren believes ten-man Manchester United yesterday showed the resolve that can carry them to their ninth Premiership title. more...
MICK McCARTHY last night rubbished a suggestion that Sunderland midfielder Jason McAteer avoided being sent off at Rotherham United because he is a 'big name player'. more...
Darlington manager David Hodgson last night congratulated striker Lee Matthews on proving his doubters wrong. more...
Darlington fans may have made yesterday's trip across the A66 to Carlisle with some trepidation, but they will have left Brunton Park wondering what all the fuss was about. more...
IT was a tale of two strikers at St James Park yesterday as Newcastle's stuttering season again faltered in front of their adoring fans. more...
STEVE McCLAREN'S hope that Middlesbrough could extend their proud unbeaten run into the new year was dashed by mentor Sir Alex Ferguson. more...
Stokesley SC consolidated second position and did their goals difference a world of good when they put ten past Ferryhill Athletic. more...
Anthony McGrath is all set to captain Yorkshire again next season, unless he is chosen for England's tour of the West Indies which begins in February and cuts into the first few weeks of the domestic campaign. more...
Jonny Wilkinson was last night undergoing X-rays to determine the extent of the shoulder injury he aggravated in Newcastle's 23-19 Zurich Premiership win over Northampton. more...
A PHILOSOPHICAL Sir Bobby Robson refused to point the blame for defeat at the match officials after seeing his Newcastle side go down to a controversial goal at St James Park yesterday. more...
Hospital patients in the North-East will be taking part in a drug trial to try to prevent an aggressive form of gullet cancer. more...
A SCHOOL pushed the boundaries of the traditional Christmas show by putting on an alternative pantomime that tackled the problems of drug addiction and abuse. more...
AN expanding firm of Bishop Auckland solicitors is starting the New Year in new offices. more...
TEXTILE student Rebecca Rawlinson came up with the winning design for this Bishop Auckland College Christmas card. more...
FAMILIES and staff at a women's refuge want to thank everyone who has responded to one of its biggest festive appeals. more...
A £5m housing development could transform a former school site in the centre of a dales village. more...
A NORTH-EAST academic has been awarded £140,000 to evaluate the Government's Sure Start programme. more...
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