The North East | Archive | 2004 | September
The European Commission is expected to demand the break-up of troubled nuclear power group British Energy (BE), it emerged yesterday. more...
CONSTRUCTION companies are failing to address skills shortages by not creating enough openings for apprentices, a leading figure has warned. more...
BAE Systems' decision to merge its newly-acquired Alvis operations with its land defence operation RO Defence may create jobs in the region. more...
FAMILY and friends of a much-loved North-East pensioner gathered yesterday to bid him a fond farewell. more...
With a reminder that they shouldn't attempt to be a sort of spiritual Andrew Flintoff - "does all the batting, all the bowling and all the fielding while everyone else watches in amazement" - three Methodist ministers were welcomed to the Stanley circuit last Sunday, the start of the Methodist new year. more...
In times gone by Framwellgate Moor was, literally, an area of empty moorland and was not enclosed into fields until the early 1800s. An open track ran through this undulating land, forming the Great North Road that in parts come to be the Front Streets of new mining villages called Framwellgate Moor and Pity Me. more...
BAKED beans, loo rolls, pair of jeans, suit for work. We now buy more clothes from ASDA than we do from M&S, cheerfully slinging our items into the trolley along with the rest of the week's shop. more...
The Northern Echo is experiencing technical problems at the moment and therefore our online newsfeed is limited. more...
It is said that the difference between football and rugby is that one is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans and the other is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen. more...
The parents of Daniel and Anne-Marie Readshaw from County Durham are calling for a greater awareness of the rare heart defect that claimed their children's lives. Health Correspondent Barry Nelson investigates the call for improvements more...
THE recent spell of slightly-more-than-damp weather may not have been particularly conducive to leisurely horticultural pottering sessions, and it might have encouraged a nationwide epidemic of blight, but one thing is for sure, it has created some scary monsters in the gardening. more...
As responsibility for the terrorist outrage which has seen hundreds of Russian schoolchildren taken hostage is placed at the door of Chechen separatists, Nick Morrison ooks at how a 200-year-old conflict has taken on a very modern guise. more...
Richard Burns Rally; Publisher, Sci; Formats, PC, PS2, Xbox; Price, £39.99: Family friendly? It's fiendishly difficult but there's no sex or violence to be seen. more...
CATWOMAN, Publisher: Electronic Arts, Format: PS2, Price: £39.99 or less: Family friendly? There's quite a bit of violence so it's rated 12. more...
In times gone by Framwellgate Moor was, literally, an area of empty moorland and was not enclosed into fields until the early 1800s. An open track ran through this undulating land, forming the Great North Road that in parts come to be the Front Streets of new mining villages called Framwellgate Moor and Pity Me. more...
From 1895 to 1920 Langley Park continued to expand with around thirty new streets built during the period. more...
Richard Burns Rally; Publisher, Sci; Formats, PC, PS2, Xbox; Price, £39.99: Family friendly? It's fiendishly difficult but there's no sex or violence to be seen. more...
Transport secretary Alistair Darling is set to deliver his verdict on the future of railways in the North-East when he addresses some of the industry's key figures. more...
TRANSPORT secretary Alistair Darling is to deliver his verdict on the future of railways in the North-East when he addresses some of the industry's key figures. more...
Parents maintaining an agonising vigil outside the Russian school seized by a suicide squad were becoming increasingly desperate last night. more...
A man was killed early this morning when his car left the road and hit a tree. more...
A chain of bookmakers has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who snatched cash from one of their branches earlier this week. more...
It is said that the difference between football and rugby is that one is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans and the other is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen. more...
Cleveland Bridge could have to pay millions to its former employer at Wembley Stadium if it loses a contractual dispute. more...
Russia's school siege ended in a chaotic bloodbath yesterday with more than 200 hostages and some of their captors killed when special forces stormed the building in an unplanned onslaught. more...
ONE of the country's leading experts on sudden cardiac death is backing a North-East family's call for greater awareness of a killer heart condition. more...
YOU could forgive David Hodgson for staring across to old pal Brian Laws slightly green-eyed this afternoon. more...
JAMIE SPENCER'S appointment as number one jockey to Aidan O'Brien at the beginning of the season has been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster, but this afternoon at Haydock he can start to put the pieces back together by winning the Stanley Sprint board One Cool Cat (2.35). more...
Shildon joint manager Ray Gowan is hoping for another taste of FA Cup glory today against Garforth and says: "We want the same again." more...
Guisborough, 16 points ahead of Bishop Auckland, are aiming to equal one record and to create another. more...
Second from bottom Norton will play an important role in the destination of the Foster's ECB North East Regional Premier League championship when they meet leaders South Northumberland in the last game of the season this morning. more...
SUNDERLAND have asked Scotland boss Berti Vogts not to hamper Kevin Kyle's injury comeback by subjecting him to two full games in the space of six days. more...
WHILE missing out on Wayne Rooney was understandable, Newcastle's failure to sign a centre-half before the transfer deadline was simply indefensible. more...
BANDARI, a horse for whom cotton wool earplugs have become an essential piece of kit, is fancied to win Kempton's Group 3 September Stakes, writes COLIN WOODS. more...
MARK Viduka is happy to see his strike partnership with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink flourishing, despite the pair playing just two competitive games together in a Middlesbrough shirt. more...
YORKSHIRE'S hopes of avenging yesterday's 210-run mauling by Durham in tomorrow's crucial totesport League match at Scarborough were boosted yesterday by Australia making Ian Harvey available. more...
Bishop Auckland are facing an injury and suspension headache for their away trip to Prescot Cables today. more...
Wolviston assistant manager Craig Watson is forced to change a winning side when Washington Nissan UK visit Metcalfe Park this afternoon. more...
Former Darlington skipper Andy Crosby returns today with his fourth club since leaving six year ago and Quakers are hoping they've finally cracked the hoodoo he seems to hold over the club. more...
SUCH is the strength in depth of the Newcastle Falcons squad that they will have five full caps and an A international on the bench when they go under the microscope at Worcester tomorrow. more...
AS there's obviously something of the knight about Newcastle United at the moment, how about Sir Clive Woodward for the next manager? Just about everyone else has been tipped, other than Gazza, who is just starting to sip a fresh brew in his Boston tea party. more...
CARDIFF City are in pole position to make a move for Adam Boyd, after Sunderland pulled out of the running. more...
Voters in the North East are likely to back plans for England's first regional assembly, a poll revealed today. more...
FAMILY and friends of a much-loved North-East pensioner gathered yesterday to bid him a fond farewell. more...
A North-East restaurant owner who sold a gun to an undercover policeman was jailed for 18 months yesterday. more...
MARKET traders have told of their anger at a blunder that left them without mail for more than a week. more...
Firefighters were called to a blaze on the roof of Darlington Civic Theatre today. more...
MOVING 250 jobs to India, including some from the North-East, will cost the taxpayer £25m, a union has claimed. more...
NEARLY 100 lifesaving heart-start machines will be installed at public places in the North-East and North Yorkshire. more...
FUEL poverty is set to increase in the North-East, which could contribute to more winter deaths, experts have warned. more...
The phoney war over the proposed regional assembly came to an abrupt end yesterday with the official launch of the Yes 4 The North-East campaign. Tony Kearney watched the opening round of what promises to be a keenly-fought tussle more...
A WIDOW who lost her husband weeks before the birth of their baby fulfilled his dream by discovering the gender of the couple's unborn child. more...
A CHAIN of bookmakers has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who snatched cash from one of their branches earlier this week. more...
A TERMINALLY-ILL youngster has been reunited with her wheelchair after it was stolen from outside her sister's house. more...
THE future of an RAF base remains uncertain after a Government announcement that new aircraft will be stationed elsewhere. more...
GENEROUS motorists are proving honesty really is the best policy for a market town. more...
A STINK has erupted over dog dirt detectives on the prowl for fouling four-legged friends. more...
Shock as bus driver shot in the eye more...
An off-duty police officer was attacked by two men who were tring to break into his neighbour's Teesside home. more...
Police forces in the North East are to team up with national experts to tackle the problem of alcohol-related crime and disorder. more...
AN off-duty police officer was attacked as he attempted to prevent two men from breaking into his neighbour's house. more...
A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a teenager involved in a fatal road crash. more...
A historic Grade II-listed building in the region has been earmarked for partial demolition by Network Rail after falling into a state of disrepair. more...
A £500,000 grant has been awarded to a project based at Teesside University aiming to encourage more young people to consider a future in engineering and science. more...
A man has been banned from riding a bicycle and from entering any car park in England or Wales, by magistrates. more...
A man who drowned as he attempted to swim across the River Tees in Cleveland has been named. more...
A man has made his first appearance at crown court faced with sex offences against a girl under 16. more...
BUYERS are eagerly snapping up homes in the poorest areas of Gateshead and Newcastle to avoid crippling mortgages and a property stampede elsewhere, according to a new study. more...
A VAN driver who crashed, killing a North-East pensioner, while chatting on his mobile phone was jailed for three years yesterday. more...
A killer driver who smashed his van into a pensioner's vehicle while talking on his mobile phone was jailed for three years yesterday. more...
AN anti-gun campaigner is calling for stricter controls after a schizophrenic shot himself in the head. more...
The Government has agreed to fund the upgrade of a major arterial route in Sunderland, it has been announced. more...
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