The North East | Archive | 2005 | January
FOR years landlord Graham Ford has been pouring other people's beers but soon he will be serving - and tasting - his own. more...
TICKETS are available for the ever-popular Sportsman's Dinner staged by Sunderland football fans from in and around Chester-le-Street. more...
RECEPTIONISTS from GP practices across North Durham were rewarded yesterday after completing an intensive training course. more...
An appeal has been made for any old photographs, documents and memories of a village's former almshouses. more...
A North-East computer business is to donate all the money from its regular PC check-ups to the Asian tsunami appeal. more...
A LETTER detailing recent changes in the law to help tackle poor attendance in school has been issued to parents in Darlington. more...
PLANNING chiefs yesterday gave approval for the latest phase of a £60m development. more...
STUDENTS at a Darlington school are supporting a national campaign to raise awareness of world poverty. more...
COUNCILLORS have granted permission for six trees to be felled in a Darlington cul-de-sac . more...
A NEW era of healthcare will be launched in Darlington tomorrow with the opening of a £2m walk-in centre. more...
A fish and chip shop which attracts customers from across the region has been recognised with a significant accolade. more...
GATES to a restored public park are being locked late in the afternoon in a bid to keep out vandals. more...
A FORMAL objection has been raised over plans to limit the number of houses built in Durham City over the next 15 years. more...
TRIBUTES were paid yesterday to one of Durham's best known and most highly respected residents. more...
Two County Durham companies have come to the rescue of the endangered water vole. more...
THE renovation of a North-East country park's historic buildings has started as part of a multi-million pound scheme to re-awake the Grade II-listed site. more...
THE circumstances surrounding how a woman fell 400ft to her death from a cliff may never be known, an inquest has heard. more...
A HANDFUL of pupils are to try out a fish oil supplement to see if it helps them to learn. more...
REDCAR and Cleveland Borough Council is asking residents for their view on council tax levels for next year. more...
THE future of a squash club has been secured. more...
A PERFORMER nicknamed the Bolton Bullfrog will be appearing in a North Yorkshire village hall later this month. more...
FIVE arts groups will be performing at a concert to help victims of the tsunami in South-East Asia. more...
HEALTH workers have been rewarded for their dedication and loyalty at a prize-giving ceremony. more...
A Government initiative is helping to bring properties which have been standing empty back into use throughout the Harrogate district. more...
BULLDOZERS have started work on a project designed to kick-start economic growth in a town hit by job losses. more...
THE Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) in North Yorkshire has helped hundreds of residents to claim additional benefits worth a total of more than £2m. more...
GREEN-thinking householders have helped their local authority emerge as one of the best in the North for recycling waste. more...
A NORTH-EAST antiques dealer is to become the next David Dickinson after he was selected to present a television gameshow. more...
A NORTH-EAST museum is celebrating a record number of visitors this year, more...
FIRE services have praised the actions of neighbours who saved an 18-year-old man from a house fire in Thornaby. more...
MORE than 300 people in an area of Stockton have signed a national petition to help Africa's Aids victims. more...
COUNCIL employees may be given an extra day off after the authority performed well in a national assessment. more...
MAZAR Khan, 35, of South Terrace, Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to obtaining a £70 meal at a restaurant with someone else's cheque and bank card and obstructing a police officer in his duty last November. more...
DerwentsideDistrict Council is being urged to ban smoking in public places. more...
AUDIENCES are guaranteed a foot-tapping time at a village operatic society's annual show. more...
STUDENT fundraisers are inviting community organisations in the Durham area to apply for small grants to help with their work. more...
AN investigation is under way after a bus collided with a barrier at a bus station. more...
PLANS to give Consett its first community centre have taken a step forward after a pilot project was approved. more...
A NEW drive to recruit young people into nursing is training its first cadets to work among two rural communities. more...
A SCULPTOR is returning to his home town of Darlington to create a work of art at a new business park. more...
A SENIOR Durham City councillor has been jailed for two years after being convicted of a string of sex attacks on young girls. more...
THE thorny issue of two burst tyres has resulted in a Darlington man winning a compensation claim against the borough council. more...
THREE companies created by University of Durham academics are thrivingin a business unit in Sedgefield. more...
HUNDREDS of pubs, clubs and off-licences across Darlington are being warned that they must control the amount of litter coming from their premises. more...
CHILDREN at Consett Junior School raised £325 for victims of the Boxing Day tsunami disaster in south-east Asia. more...
A MAN who has spent years helping to revive a North-East community collected his MBE in his hometown. more...
A SCHOOL is celebrating after turning around its fortunes to receive top marks from Government inspectors. more...
A NEW master plan for Bishop Auckland could see major new developments on town centre sites. more...
THE Durham Miners' Gala has gone from being a dying event in the Nineties to a spectacle that attracts people in the sort of numbers it enjoyed when the county still had working pits. more...
A DERWENTSIDE engineering company is helping the world's biggest passenger aircraft take flight. more...
SIX rabbits could have died in the recent freeze after they were thrown from a car. more...
A FRESH plan to build homes on a controversial greenbelt site has been made, taking the number of proposed houses to more than 800. more...
AN ice hockey player unhappy at the charge for a taxi journey has been cleared of robbing the female driver. more...
Car park city: I live near The Sands, and I now look out over five car parks. They are disruptive, hideous, noisy and smelly. more...
TOWN centre managers are working with their local authority and other partners in a huge effort to make Bishop Auckland's streets and shops more accessible to the disabled. more...
A SAMURAI sword-wielding man threatened to kill himself when armed officers surrounded his home during a six-hour siege on New Year's Day. more...
AN outdoor adventure centre popular with Darlington youngsters is celebrating a £107,000 windfall. more...
NORTH-EAST housebuilder Barratt Developments said the slowdown in house prices was continuing - despite it forecasting its 13th record half-year of profits in a row. more...
LAND-RECLAIMING company Sirius has more than doubled its target turnover in its first year of trading and is set to recruit more staff. more...
TROUBLED retailer WHSmith said its recovery programme was on track after a substantial improvement in profits. more...
NORTH-East leisure group Vimac Leisure has reeled in a famous fish restaurant in a multi-million pound acquisition. more...
NORTH-EAST housebuilder Barratt Developments said the slowdown in house prices was continuing - despite it forecasting its 13th record half-year of profits in a row. more...
THE North-East jobless total rose for the eleventh month in a row last month - prompting calls for better skills in the region. more...
MORE than a hundred jobs in the region were at risk last night as Merchant Retail announced it was selling two historic department stores. more...
NEVER judge a builder by the length of his trowel. Rovers barmaid Shelley discovers this to her cost in Coronation Street (ITV1) when Charlie the builder with the bulging toolbox turns nasty. more...
A PERFORMER nicknamed the Bolton Bullfrog will be appearing in a North Yorkshire village hall later this month. more...
A CONCERT featuring the Teesside Male Voice Apollo Choir will be staged at Neville Parade Methodist Church, Newton Aycliffe, on Saturday, February 5, at 7.30pm. more...
A North-East visitor attraction has won an award. more...
FIVE arts groups will be performing at a concert to help victims of the tsunami in South-East Asia. more...
HOLLYWOOD star Jeff Bridges has sent a message to the organisers of the second Sunderland Film Festival. more...
STUDENT cameraman Simon Weightman found himself in the Prime Minister's home working on a project that would gain him national recognition -in Norway. more...
It's the French Film that's been judged as unFrench. Steve Pratt talks to the stars of A very Long Engagement and the director as Audrey Tautou's World War One love epic follow-up to Amelie reaches UK Cinemas. more...
Steve Pratt discovers how Jamie Foxx managed to find the music of the legendary blues performer Ray Charles and listens to the emerging actor's own experiences of racism. more...
UK DVD/VIDEO RENTAL: 1 (2) Walking Tall more...
The Truth About Richard And Judy (five): HAS Fred the former This Mornng weatherman been nobbled? I reckon someone has been round to his house and forecast he'd be hit by a stormy front if he spilled the beans. more...
Viv Hardwick talks to Tony Hadley about his forthcoming nationwide tour and why he believes that Spandau Ballet could never hit the comeback trail like so many other 1980s acts. more...
A THEATRE that has been at the centre of controversy since it opened three years ago has stabilised, according to an audit official. more...
AN airman who died to save residents of a North-East town has been immortalised in a mural at a school which bears his name. more...
Viv Hardwick talks to Sir Cameron Mackintosh about how he decided to trust Sunderland's Empire Theatre with Miss Saigon after years of fear about bringing shows to Wearside. The co-creator of some of the world's best-known shows reveals he's keen to bring more musicals to the North-East. more...
A NORTH-EAST antiques dealer is to become the next David Dickinson after he was selected to present a television gameshow. more...
Jemma Redgrave reflects on the price of motherhood as she plays a woman trying to protect her son from a serial killer dad. Steve Pratt reports on the latest series of dramas starring the 40-year-old Redgrave dynasty member. more...
A NORTH-EAST museum is celebrating a record number of visitors this year, more...
The Truth About Richard And Judy (five): HAS Fred the former This Mornng weatherman been nobbled? I reckon someone has been round to his house and forecast he'd be hit by a stormy front if he spilled the beans. more...
A FASCINATING exhibition from the British Museum featuring the history of board games is on its way to the North-East. more...
THE allegations of abuse inflicted on Iraqi civilians involve a tiny minority of the British Army. more...
The Truth About Richard more...
{MY baby's going to be baby Jesus," announced Jonah just before the New Year. These days, he speaks with an air of great authority, no matter what he's saying. more...
WHEN a 12-year-old, appearing at Teesside Crown Court this week, admitted raping his teacher in an horrific and shocking attack, his identity, rightly, was not revealed. more...
MENTALLY still in overdrive, physically decelerating a little, former Bishop of Durham, the Rt Rev David Jenkins, will be 80 next Wednesday. more...
When George W Bush takes the oath of office today, he will be taking part in a ceremony which has changed dramatically since the inauguration of the first president, George Washington. Nick Morrison looks at the closest thing the United States has to a coronation. more...
ECONOMY: YOUR correspondent (HAS, Jan 15), who gives a glowing report on our situation, is making bubbles in the air. more...
"MY baby's going to be baby Jesus," announced Jonah just before the New Year. These days, he speaks with an air of great authority, no matter what he's saying. more...
"MY baby's going to be baby Jesus," announced Jonah just before the New Year. These days, he speaks with an air of great authority, no matter what he's saying. more...
YOUNG people in County Durham are fundraising to help victims of bullying. more...
THE future of a football club has been thrown into doubt following the decision of its owner to withdraw his financial support. more...
A JUDGE has delayed her ruling in the case of George Reynolds, who is being sued by a veteran journalist who says he reneged on a deal to ghost-write the life story of the former Darlington FC chairman. more...
PLANS were unveiled yesterday to transform an urban wasteland into a waterfront playground, creating more than 2,500 jobs. more...
HOUSE hunting in the Yorkshire Dales is a disheartening task, says first-time buyer Jonathan Robinson. more...
A POLICE authority responsible for the largest council tax rise in the country has been heavily criticised for having £25m in its bank accounts. more...
IT WAS an image that captured the sense of economic desolation felt across the North-East during the bleak 1980s. more...
SEVEN Thai women arrested in a series of vice raids in the North-East are facing deportation, it was confirmed last night. more...
A POLICE force is believed to be the first in the UK to issue its dogs with safety boots. more...
RADICAL plans reserving new housing in the Yorkshire Dales for local people were approved yesterday. more...
TOWN centre managers have launched an initiative to make its streets and shops more accessible to disabled people. more...
A COURT heard a teenager describe how she was allegedly approached by a councillor and offered money for sex. more...
TWO North-East sixth-formers are to give a first-hand account of their visit to Auschwitz to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp. more...
STUDENTS from affluent neighbourhoods are still up to six times more likely to go into higher education than those from poorer areas, a study has concluded. more...
STUDENT cameraman Simon Weightman found himself in the Prime Minister's home working on a project that would gain him national recognition -in Norway. more...
A WOMAN has described how her life changed when she attended a bus company's driver recruitment day. more...
SEVEN Thai women arrested in a series of vice raids in the North-East are facing deportation, it was confirmed last night. more...
TONY Blair has expressed his disgust at the "shocking, appalling" images of Iraqis allegedly being forced to simulate sex acts and being bound and threatened by British soldiers. more...
SPECULATION has been mounting over plans to hold a testimonial match for Alan Shearer, which could make as much as £2m for charity. more...
THOUSANDS of pounds have been awarded to North-East veterans to celebrate their role in the Second World War. more...
MILLIONS of pounds are to be spent to transform the home of the Great Yorkshire Show into the northern centre of excellence for the world of agriculture. more...
ONE of Europe's biggest demolition firms has revealed details of how it will go about demolishing a defunct North-East cement works. more...
FOOTBALL bosses are asking former players and club officials to search their attics for a missing trophy. more...
IT could have been the Smarties Stadium or the Aero Arena, but York City Football Club has settled on Kit Kat Crescent as the new name of its ground. more...
THE jury in the trial of a man accused of slashing the throat of a neighbour he suspected of burgling his home will retire to consider its verdict today. more...
THE region's leading infertility expert has called for "discriminatory" IVF treatment rules to be relaxed. more...
LIE detector tests were recommended for former miners when only 0.2 per cent of compensation claims were feared to be fraudalent, the Government has said. more...
A DRINK-DRIVER who stole an ambulance from the scene of an emergency was spared jail yesterday. more...
MARK Schwarzer last night highlighted Middlesbrough's "ambition" as the primary factor in his decision to sign a new three-year deal with the club. more...
FAMED for making saves, the last eight months have proved that Mark Schwarzer is equally adept at making savings. more...
Elena Baltacha had to change her flight home for the fifth time after continuing her superb run at the Australian Open. more...
BEN CHRISTENSEN believes Sunderland head to the Riverside Stadium as underdogs in their fourth round FA Youth Cup clash against holders Middlesbrough, despite recording a comprehensive victory against them earlier last month. more...
NEWCASTLE United are ready to make a move for Portsmouth midfielder Amdy Faye, according to the player's agent. more...
MICK McCARTHY admitted he was delighted Sean Thornton was disappointed to be left out of Sunderland's side to face Derby at the weekend. more...
Neil Wainwright has declared his intention to stay at Darlington beyond this season, as long as he's offered a new contract. more...
The magic of the FA Cup! A freezing January night in Boston, with a far from glamour tie up for grabs. more...
MATTHEW Bates is hoping to follow in Tony McMahon's footsteps by using FA Youth Cup glory as the springboard to the Middlesbrough first team. more...
SOUTHWELL stages the most valuable race of the day in which Quito (3.40) bids to wipe away the misery of a wasted journey to Wolverhampton a fortnight ago. more...
The urban myth about a giant pike believed to have killed more than 100 ducklings appears to have been laid to rest. more...
Five youths who laughed as they shot film footage of a dying man were branded "monsters" by a judge. more...
A telephone engineer's life was on the line for nearly an hour when a wind weakened tree fell on him while he worked up a 20 ft telegraph pole. more...
Business chiefs in Darlington have put on a show of unity over contentious plans for a £6.5m "pedestrian heart" in the town centre. more...
Electricity was cut off to thousands of homes in the North-East this morning as high winds returned to batter the region. more...
Fears over a possible terrorist attack could prove key to the location of a new super fire control centre for the North-East, The Northern Echo has learnt. more...
An 85-year-old man died after his electric wheelchair toppled out of the back of a Dial-A-Ride taxi-bus outside his local supermarket. more...
A burglar who raided the home of a "devotee to high-quality, high-tech equipment" and took over £3,000 worth of property was spared jail yesterday. more...
A MAYOR has hit out after teachers went to Hawaii on a trip funded by the taxpayer. more...
DETAILED planning consent has been granted to create a £36m college campus in the North-East. more...
ONE of Britain's leading popular scientists will give a free public lecture in the North-East today. more...
A DRINK-DRIVER who stole an ambulance from the scene of an emergency was spared jail yesterday. more...
A NORTH-EAST antiques dealer is to become the next David Dickinson after he was selected to present a television gameshow. more...
A NORTH-EAST museum is celebrating a record number of visitors this year, more...
A HOSPITAL baby unit is looking forward to buying specialist equipment thanks to the fundraising efforts of one man. more...
A SCHOOL has been given approval to build a £1.3m sports hall. more...
TOWN centre managers have launched an initiative to make its streets and shops more accessible to disabled people. more...
YOUNG people in County Durham are fundraising to help victims of bullying. more...
A CONCERT featuring the Teesside Male Voice Apollo Choir will be staged at Neville Parade Methodist Church, Newton Aycliffe, on Saturday, February 5, at 7.30pm. more...
PLANS to merge a junior and infant school in Bishop Auckland are to be discussed at a public meeting next month. more...
FRIENDS and family are mourning one of Teesdale's oldest residents. more...
TICKETS are available for the ever-popular Sportsman's Dinner staged by Sunderland football fans from in and around Chester-le-Street. more...
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