The North East | Archive | 2004 | November
A COUNCIL has revealed it is likely to overspend this year after a shortfall in revenue. more...
A BATH lift company is celebrating record sales figures and winning a new contract. more...
A SCHEME aiming to improve the health of residents through neighbourhood walks has published its final schedule. more...
THE controversy surrounding the demolition of a run-down council estate is over, council officials said last night. more...
YOUNGSTERS are learning about everyday dangers, thanks to a donation by a north Durham business. more...
SHOPPERS enjoyed a slice of success at the weekend after a store chain won a national accolade. more...
MECCANO fans turned out in force to visit an exhibition in Darlington. more...
POP star Zoe Birkett launched a non-surgical cosmetic service in Darlington at the weekend. more...
MEMORIES of a young cancer victim will live on in the hospital that battled for her life, thanks to the marathon efforts of a college student. more...
A TREE is to be planted in Darlington's South Park in memory of a cancer victim. more...
A RECYCLING initiative to discover Darlington residents' attitudes to refuse has drawn to a close. more...
A DRIVE to make health services more accessible to the ethnic community in Darlington has been hailed a success. more...
PUPILS are getting a taste of further education while studying for a computer qualification. more...
The Mayor and Mayoress of Darlington, Councillors Roderick Francis and Isobel Hartley, will open the Christmas Fair in Heighington Village Hall on Saturday, November 27, at 2pm. more...
A PENSIONER who has proved that new technology is not restricted to the younger generation will be rewarded for his computer skills tonight. more...
CRIME in Darlington's car parks has been dramatically reduced by the presence of 24-hour closed-circuit television surveillance. more...
THE stories of the men from an east Durham mining community who fought in the Great War were on display this weekend. more...
CROWDS gathered to watch thousands of toy ducks take to the River Wear in aid of charity yesterday. more...
RESIDENTS' continued calls for a zebra crossing on a busy stretch of road will be reconsidered by county councillors next week. more...
ANXIOUS relatives of residents in a care home threatened with closure have been given hope after the owner said he will do everything he can to keep it open. more...
A LIFEBOATMAN has received a national award for rescuing a lifeguard who got into difficulty after saving a stricken surfer. more...
PLANS to illuminate a seaside amenity will be discussed by councillors this week. more...
PEOPLE in Helmsley are to be asked for their views on the future of their market town. more...
THE safety of teenage girls and drug abuse are the main worries for young people in an area of North Yorkshire. more...
THE success of a recently-revived North Yorkshire rural railway has attracted the interest of members of parliament. more...
POPPY sellers have called on City of York Council to allow more days for street collections. more...
WITH the onset of dark nights, residents of York have been given advice about home security. more...
THE musical achievements of a blind, autistic student with severe learning difficulties have been recognised at an awards ceremony. more...
A group has been formed to tackle the problem of heavy lorries breaking down on Sutton Bank, near Thirsk. more...
MORE than 150 people have attended two events designed to encourage a healthy lifestyle and safety in the home. more...
A GROUP of pensioners is learning to play the clarinet. more...
AN information service to help people with a disability and older people and carers has been launched on Teesside. more...
THE high-profile vehicles used to tackle environment crime in Stockton are proving to be a force to be reckoned with. more...
PLANS to introduce parking charges at short-stay car parks in Middlesbrough on a Sunday are to be reviewed. more...
A PARK was opened yesterday with a blaze of colour. more...
YOUNGSTERS have taken part in an event encouraging them to take up a healthy lifestyle. more...
CHILDREN will take part in two leadership days run by Territorial Army units based in Middlesbrough. more...
SHOPPERS enjoyed a slice of success at the weekend after a store chain won a national accolade. more...
FANS of the humble British banger have helped a North-East butcher achieve record sales. more...
ENTERPRISING students are hatching plans for a successful business - supplying free range eggs. more...
PREPARATIONS are well under way for an Edwardian Christmas festival. more...
Crazy Rulers Of The World (C4); Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (C4): YOU don't have to be mad to work for the US military or intelligence, but it helps. more...
A CAMPAIGNING pensioner who has spent the past four years fighting plans to demolish a North-East theatre and leisure complex has spoken of his delight after the proposal was withdrawn. more...
THE curtain will not be going up on a Christmas pantomime in a North-East town for the first time in 18 years. more...
DAVID BECKHAM is to star in a new blockbuster movie set in the North-East. more...
A GOTHIC melodrama set in rural France is the latest play at the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond. more...
IMAGES of North-East soldiers fighting in the first "modern" war were on display in the region this weekend. more...
A NEW comedy by a North-East writing duo has broken box office records six months before its first performance. more...
BIG BROTHER contestant Becki Seddiki has signed up for a theatre's first professional pantomime. more...
Crazy Rulers Of The World (C4) more...
The builder who's been working on my flat for nearly three months is acting like a bad boyfriend. He doesn't ring me when he says he will; he won't answer my calls, and he's full of false promises. more...
IT was a light, spring morning with signs of life bursting forth in every flower and budded tree. But Sergeant Thomas Foster was not cheered by the sight. Instead, he walked through the village of Thoresby, in Wensleydale, with a feeling of foreboding in his heart. more...
EDUCATION: I WOULD query the decision to include atheism and humanism in the RE syllabus of our schools (Echo, Oct 29). more...
Called out in all weathers and expected to put their lives at risk, the coastguard is the forgotten emergency service. Alex Mott joins Skinningrove coast rescue team on a training exercice. more...
IT is too early to be absolutely clear about the cause the Berkshire train crash on Saturday. more...
A new book chronicles the part Wensleydale played during the two world wars and celebrates the lives of the 221 men from the dale who paid the ultimate sacrifice. As Rememberence Day beckons, Lindsay Jennings reports. more...
BLACK Watch troops were on alert last night in the wake of a suicide bomb attack near their camp in the so-called Triangle of Death that left two soldiers fighting for their lives. more...
SOME of the country's top authors are to visit the region as part of The Northern Children's Book Festival. more...
A 60ft glass and steel sign condemned as an eyesore when first erected has now been illuminated. more...
AS thousands of people enjoyed Darlington's colourful display at South Park, pranksters continued to set off fireworks illegally across the town. more...
YOUNG cricketers have been honoured at a presentation evening. more...
A NIGHTMARE tenant who made life hell for her neighbours has been ordered out of her home by a judge. more...
A COMMUNITY scheme has proved so successful it is to be extended throughout the whole of Easington district. more...
TWO doctors from the region believe they have stumbled on the holy grail of cosmetics - a way of making wrinkles disappear. more...
FRESH blood is required for a North-East theatre production of the horror story Dracula! more...
A SENIOR official could receive a pay-out of tens of thousands of pounds if she is made redundant as part of a proposed council shake-up. more...
A POIGNANT family memorial in a North-East church is the only apparent tribute to one of the Crimean campaign's forgotten victims. more...
War heroes will be remembered at a series of services throughout the North-East and North Yorkshire this week. more...
A SCHOOL that was branded one of the worst-performing in the country has had a remarkable change in its fortunes. more...
A POLICE officer tried desperately to avert the Berkshire train crash in which seven people died, it was revealed last night. more...
A BID to create more affordable housing could see restrictions placed on the sale of former council houses. more...
Doctors at a North-East hospital are taking part in a pioneering way of working. more...
A TEENAGE girl was fighting for her life yesterday after a serious car accident. more...
A POLICE officer tried desperately to avert the Berkshire train crash in which seven people died, it was revealed last night. more...
A VINTAGE Rolls-Royce specially built for big game hunters on the plains of Africa will now be transporting game hunters on the North-East moors. more...
The Heritage Lottery Fund, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary, has enabled communities to celebrate their past as well as map out a future. Stuart Arnold reports. more...
TWO doctors from the region believe they have stumbled on the holy grail of cosmetics - a way of making wrinkles disappear. more...
STRANDED on a sheer rock face in deadly conditions, five resourceful students used the flashes on their mobile phone cameras to save themselves. more...
A MOTHER whose son took his own life after being hounded by bullies has found happiness by marrying his father. more...
THE sky above a North-East town was awash with colour as tens of thousands of people attended a fireworks display. more...
FOR what could possibly be the last time, the traditional start of the hunt season got under way at the weekend. more...
A swaggering teenage yob dubbed the Singing Defective by despairing police is starting a ten year stretch after mowing down a teenage boy in a stolen car. more...
HUNDREDS of BMX cyclists descended on the North-East in aid of a fundraising event. more...
FOR what could possibly be the last time, the traditional start of the hunt season got under way at the weekend. more...
Jurors in the inquest into the death of a young North-East airman who died in secret nerve gas tests 51 years ago have been told they must reach one of three verdicts. more...
A FAMILY last night spoke of their grief after a father-of-two died in a head-on road collision. more...
WRITERS who bridged the age gap to appeal to readers of all ages were named winners of an annual literary competition yesterday. more...
A MOTHER-OF-TEN will have even more youngsters around her after opening a 40-place children's nursery. more...
All events on Sunday unless otherwise stated. more...
A FRUSTRATED Graeme Souness says a combination of poor refereeing and inspired goalkeeping contributed to Newcastle's 4-1 defeat at St James' Park yesterday. more...
ONCE there was a post office 20 yards from his home, you could see it from the front window, and Hails of Hartlepool would toddle across the road to post his everwelcome missives. more...
Frankie Dettori was crowned champion jockey for the third time on an emotionally-charged afternoon at Doncaster and dedicated his victory over Kieren Fallon in a thrilling title race to his wife Catherine. more...
THE fact that two of their six tries were scored by prop Joe Oselton sums up the means by which Darlington were able to overwhelm what initially looked superior opponents. more...
NEALE Cooper was a relieved man on Saturday, admitting Hartlepool United got out of jail with a late win over Doncaster Rovers. more...
A triumphant Paula Radcliffe yesterday put her Athens nightmare behind her by winning the New York City marathon and declaring: ''It's good to be back.'' more...
Clyde Wijnhard could quit Darlington this week after Bradford City declared their interest in the Dutch striker. more...
The Premiership's all-time leading gunslingers Alan Shearer and Andy Cole were matched up at St James' Park yesterday. more...
GOALKEEPER Sam Russell believes it will be only a matter of time before Darlington break into the play-off pack on current form. more...
FAST-IMPROVING Nick McCormick staged a dramatic fight-back to anchor Morpeth Harriers to a fifth senior men's victory in the National Cross Country Relays at Mansfield. more...
WHEN Graeme Souness watched his side lose 2-1 at the Reebok Stadium last weekend, he likened Bolton's long-ball game to the football of the 1980s. more...
Billingham Synthonia manager Stuart Coleby thought that his side finally got the breaks with a 3-0 win at leaders Benfield Saints to put them just two points off the top of the table. more...
PAT DORAN withstood the challenge of the hard-charging Laurent Terroitin to get his hands on the British Rallycross Grand Prix title at Croft yesterday. more...
BOLTON WANDERERS striker El-Hadji Diouf could face an FA probe after an alleged spitting incident at the Riverside Stadium yesterday. more...
REFEREE Peter Walton was the villain of the piece at the Riverside yesterday, as Middlesbrough needed an injury-time George Boateng strike to secure a point against Bolton. more...
DARLINGTON Mowden Park fashioned a triumph out of adversity when they won 13-10 at New Brighton to move up to fourth in National Three North. more...
COLIN WOODS (Janus), our resident horse racing expert, finished an honourable seventh of 55 in the Racing Post competition to decide Britain's top tipster for the 2004 turf Flat season. more...
Up to a dozen Great Britain players overcame illness to open their account in the Gillette Tri-Nations Series. more...
DANNY Collins has admitted that Sunderland's youngsters will struggle to avoid the occasional setback as they adapt to the hurly-burly of life in the Championship. more...
SKIPPER Neil Maddison insists Darlington have no reason not to set their League Two sights high with the squad manager David Hodgson now has at his disposal. more...
Bishop Auckland manager Brian Honour blasted his players for their mistakes after they threw away a two goal lead and crashed out of the FA Trophy at home to Kidsgrove on Saturday. more...
League leaders Stokesley diverted their attentions to then Monkwearmouth Charity Cup and produced the same kind of form that has elevated them into joint top position. more...
After some lackadaisical performances of late a video nasty was to thank for jolting Darlington into form, with Saturday's victory putting Quakers back on track. more...
SINCE arriving in Hartlepool a little over a year ago, Dimi Konstantopoulos and Joel Porter have struck up a real friendship. more...
PERHAPS the only consolation in Gaizka Mendieta's season-ending injury has been the impressive unearthing of Bolo Zenden as Middlesbrough's central midfield alternative. more...
Lucinda Russell, who is currently enjoying her best season, looks the trainer to follow at Carlisle today if the course passes a precautionary early morning inspection. more...
POLICE are hunting two sisters who head-butted two elderly pensioners - for sitting on the wrong bar stool. more...
A MAN was seriously ill in hospital last night following a house siege earlier in the day. more...
A BLUNDER that cost council taxpayers £15,000 in compensation has sparked calls for changes in how planning applications are processed. more...
POP star Zoe Birkett launched a non-surgical cosmetic service in Darlington at the weekend. more...
MEMORIES of a young cancer victim will live on in the hospital that battled for her life, thanks to the marathon efforts of a college student. more...
SPORTING volunteers are pitching in to revive Weardale's lost cricketing heritage. more...
The Mayor and Mayoress of Darlington, Councillors Roderick Francis and Isobel Hartley, will open the Christmas Fair in Heighington Village Hall on Saturday, November 27, at 2pm. more...
A MOTHER whose son took his own life after being hounded by bullies has found happiness by marrying his father. more...
FORMER Big Brother star Jonny Regan took a plunge for charity this weekend. more...
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