The North East | Archive | 2005 | June
A SCHEME to reward school- children for good behaviour is to be extended in Derwentside. more...
A PROJECT to promote community pride among young people has been hailed a success. more...
A YOUTH group leader has raised almost £900 to help children who have been orphaned by Aids. more...
PEOPLE of all ages are being encouraged to get in the saddle to mark National Bike Week. more...
A FAMILY fun day raised thousands of pounds for multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers. more...
A SCHOOL in Darlington has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for helping pupils achieve high standards in English and maths. more...
BREAKDANCERS will take to the floor in Darlington this evening for a one-night only show. more...
A PRE-SCHOOL that has served a village for more than 30 years will be forced to close later this year, to the dismay of parents and staff. more...
CHILDREN from a newly-opened nursery enjoyed their first day out together when they took a trip to a County Durham farm. more...
A PILOT project to brighten up former east Durham pit villages proved so successful last year that it is to be repeated this weekend. more...
AN exhibition of mining memories takes place in a former pit village next week. more...
A coffee morning will be held at Delves Lane Village Hall on Wednesday, July 6, at 10.30am, when Christine Deponia will give a talk about her work at a holistic care centre for cancer sufferers. more...
A QUIET corner of Durham Cathedral has been transformed into an oasis of colour for a traditional charity event. more...
A PUB has won a public entertainment licence despite complaints by residents over noise from the premises on music nights. more...
THE Middlesbrough Theatre is hosting the North-East area finals of a talent contest for the over-60s for the fourth successive year today. A dozen contestants from across the North-East will be competing for a place in the national final in Southport next month. The contest starts at 2pm and tickets cost £4. For further information, call the box office on (01642) 815181. more...
As part of The Northern Echo's Lifeblood campaign, which aims to encourage people to give blood, here are details of forthcoming donor sessions in the region: more...
A TOILET block closed for three days a week last month should be fully re-opened in time for the summer holidays. more...
PLANS have been unveiled for a £2.5m overhaul of a harbour to boost trade and tourism. more...
TELEVISION pensioner Jarvis Skelton took a break from his Emmerdale duties to formally open a £3.5m housing scheme for the elderly. more...
A GROUP of young musicians have returned home from a tour of Paris. more...
GLORIOUS sunshine shone on about 200 pub landlords, regulars and staff who took part in a charity bike ride yesterday. more...
THE compact disc has made its debut as a temporary substitute for organists at a North Yorkshire church. more...
PRE-FABRICATED homes or caravans could be considered to help Ryedale's shortage of affordable homes. more...
A project is under way to improve more than 40km of water mains in and around Whitby. more...
PROBLEMS with fly-tipping could become a thing of the past with plans to introduce a free bulky waste service in a Teesside town. more...
A COUNCIL has named two senior directors appointed as part of a corporate restructure. more...
A market town has the region's highest levels of dangerous car-related air pollutants, according to a survey. more...
FORMER pupils are being asked to re-shape the future of their old school by donating cash to its new building fund. more...
A DRUNKEN man who broke a window at his girlfriend's house by hurling a brick at it, was arrested by police after he told her: "I'll be back later to break the rest of them." more...
STUDENTS at a Teesside school are following in the footsteps of celebrity TV couple Richard and Judy by establishing their own book club. more...
A SCHOOLBOY is recovering after he was pinned to a wall by a runaway car. more...
A NEW national museum is strengthening its place on the global tourism map by being nominated for an international award. more...
CONSETT has a new community inspector. more...
A BUS-ONLY lane considered a key element of Durham's planned park and ride scheme has won approval despite fears it will increase congestion. more...
YOUNGSTERS in Bishop Auckland are sowing the seeds for a bright future as they renovate a community allotment. more...
AMBITIOUS plans for a multi-million pound leisure and retail park on the edge of Bishop Auckland look set to be given the go ahead today. more...
A fancy dress competition was one of the highlights of a fun day in Sedgefield as part of the town's recent VE celebrations. more...
A MULTI-MILLION pound city centre housing development has run into opposition - before a formal planning application has even been lodged - over claims it will harm one of the region's few World Heritage Sites. more...
A HOST of strange home-made craft fought it out on the River Wear in a rowing competition with a difference at the weekend. more...
ADULT learner Tracey Taylor, of Newton Aycliffe, is celebrating her decision to get back into education. more...
POLICE are appealing for information after a father-of-three was confronted by two armed masked men in his Durham City garden just before 5.30am on Monday. more...
Traffic problems: Once again our transport department has shown no thought for the traffic problems in our city. In their wisdom they discuss the possibilities of a toll to ease the congestion, which was widely publicised. more...
TEENAGE football talent Carly Telford has been snapped up by an American university. more...
A WIND farm has won planning permission despite opposition from residents and countryside enthusiasts. more...
A TRADER'S association which looked set to fold was saved this week following a successful crisis meeting. more...
A CAMPAIGN to clean up Darlington's dirtiest and littered areas has got off to an impressive start. more...
A significant phase of a £60m development on the edge of Darlington will be completed this month. more...
A REAL ale lover who has run pubs throughout north Durham is launching a micro brewery, after taking over two historic inns. more...
A GROUP of legal eagles will put on their running shoes for charity this weekend. more...
CHILDREN in Darlington are being asked to keep an eye on their schools over the summer holidays to help to prevent vandalism and theft. more...
A TOTAL of 35 luxury apartments being built on the banks of the River Wear, in Durham City, go on sale from July 2. more...
NORTHUMBRIAN Water yesterday announced it made £108.8m in pre-tax profits last year. more...
BUSINESSES in the region are being asked to take part in a charity golf competition to help sick and underprivileged children. more...
DINERS at one of the world's most famous horse race meetings will be able to tuck into cheese made in the region. more...
STARS have visited the North-East to promote a pantomime. more...
UK DVD/VIDEO RENTAL : 1 (-) Closer more...
THE play is the title of a new book as its famous writer and his number one female fan happen to be sitting in the same compartment on a trip from Paris to Frankfurt. more...
Being Pamela (C4); The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million (BBC2): BEING Pamela is the documentary they tried to ban more...
Oh Danny boy, what are you playing at? It's all very well keeping it in the family but sleeping with your son's girlfriend is overstepping the mark. Leanne - that's spelt S-L-A-P-P-E-R - is the young lady caught in the middle of father and son Baldwin, Danny and Jamie. This is a position she likes a lot as followers of Coronation Street (ITV1) will know. more...
Entertainer Jonathan Wilkes, star of the musical Tommy, may be a wizard on the football pitch, but as he tells Viv Hardwick, he's a bit flipping useless on a pinball machine. more...
THIS Bill Kenwright production is the latest of the big, lavish shows to arrive at the venue since its recent expansion. The set is striking, with a centrepiece of a huge suspended crown of thorns, and provides a fitting backdrop for the dramatic tale of Christ's last days. more...
Brad Pitt is fully aware of the irony of playing one half of a couple at war, he tells Steve Pratt. Especially when the other of the couple in Mr and Mrs Smith is Angelina Jolie, the actress who fuelled rumours about the reasons for the breakdown of his marriage to Jennifer Aniston. more...
DON Read, profoundly deaf and profoundly wise, this weekend celebrates 50 years' Christian ministry among the deaf community of the North-East. more...
THE two-year-old and I were just passing through the fruit and vegetable section, playing a game of tickles as we shopped, when I noticed a thoughtful looking middle-aged woman staring at us intently. Albert, still giggling, reached up from his seat on the supermarket trolley and demanded a hug. more...
IN launching a campaign today in response to the deaths of two boys on a North-East railway line, it is not our intention to seek to apportion blame. more...
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE: LAST weekend I attended the unveiling of the statue to Andrew Mynarski at Durham Tees Valley Airport, which was in his time Middleton St George, or Goosepool aerodrome. more...
Following his award-winning documentary about Jonny Kennedy, in The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, Newcastle film maker Patrick Collerton has focussed on another sensitive subject, this time much closer to home. He tells Steve Pratt about his work. more...
Being Pamela (C4) more...
When I was young I always swore I'd never, ever start a sentence with "In my young days...". I couldn't imagine myself ever becoming the sort of person who would think like that. Well, I was wrong. more...
THE two-year-old and I were just passing through the fruit and vegetable section, playing a game of tickles as we shopped, when I noticed a thoughtful looking middle-aged woman staring at us intently. Albert, still giggling, reached up from his seat on the supermarket trolley and demanded a hug. more...
Seamstress, £4.85ph, 14hpw between 9am and 5.30pm Mon-Fri, tailoring or seamstress experience preferred but not essential as training provided. Ref: DUR 39208. more...
Receptionist, £12,500pa, 40hpw 5 days over 7 between 8am and 11pm, includes weekends and evenings. Must have excellent telephone manner and good communication skills. Previous experience not essential as training given. Meeting guests and handling cash. Ref: NAL 2360. more...
RELIGIOUS leaders in the North have denied reports that the Church of England is in a financial crisis and considering cutting back on clergy. more...
AN alliance set up to protect employees from breathing in other people's smoke has reached a major milestone. more...
TWO boys aged 11 and 13 are to be sentenced after a jury decided yesterday they had abducted a child at knifepoint, forced him to strip naked, and beat him. more...
SPECULATION that council tax bills could rise by almost 50 per cent after homes are revalued was last night dismissed as premature by finance bosses in the North-East. more...
A PERSISTENT drunk was yesterday made the subject of the North-East's toughest Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo). more...
POLICE have got a mystery they can really get their teeth into after a villager made an unusual discovery. more...
FOOTBALLER Lee Bowyer plans to challenge moves to prosecute him over his on-field scuffle with Newcastle United team-mate Kieron Dyer. more...
PARENTS and children have been warned to be on their guard after two suspected abduction attempts in two days. more...
A BODYbuilder is celebrating after winning a place in the final of a national championships. more...
THE ten-day clean-up operation at a stables where nearly 40 animals were found dead was wound down yesterday. more...
AN anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) has been imposed on a teenager after 73 arrests. more...
HOUSEHOLDERS in the region have the lowest weekly expenditure in the country, research shows. more...
THREE talented young North-East writers have been presented with their prizes in the Northern Echo's short story competition. more...
HIGHWAY bosses have moved to allay fears of major congestion as York prepares to welcome 290,000 racegoers to Royal Ascot. more...
RARE and intriguing mementoes from a forgotten aspect of the First World War are to helping shed new light on the life of prisoners-of-war. more...
A PERISTENT drunk was yesterday made the subject of the North-East's toughest Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo). more...
THE parents of two schoolboys killed while trespassing on railway tracks yesterday backed a campaign to help prevent a repeat of the tragedy. more...
The crew behind the North Atlantic rowing attempt have suffered a culinary disaster. more...
A MAN was last night charged with the murder of a married father-of-three after an alleged attack at a city centre bar. more...
POLICE say a man hit on the forehead with an air rifle pellet was lucky not to lose an eye. more...
THE family of a young man who died in a Greek hospital are hoping the Government will help them in their quest for justice. more...
DOGNAPPERS bit off more than they could chew when they tried to snatch a dog called Milo. more...
A STUDENT who failed her exams got a job as a radiographer despite not having the correct qualifications, a court heard yesterday. more...
CONVICTED killer Mark Hobson may launch an appeal against his "life-means-life" prison sentence. more...
TWO middle-aged men have died in a hit and run incident on a North-East street. more...
The North Eastern Police History Society celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Dedicated to preserving the history of policing from the Tees to the Tweed, the society enjoys a close working relationship with the region's forces. GAVIN HAVERY reports... more...
Three-and-a-half months have passed since the tragedy that claimed the lives of Darlington friends Stuart Adams and Lee Mullis. more...
Kris Bell's house has been silent since his chatty African Grey parrot Lulu flew out of the window. more...
As part of The Northern Echo's Lifeblood campaign, which aims to encourage people to give blood, here are details of forthcoming donor sessions in the region: more...
MIDDLESBROUGH fans may get the rare chance to see striker Mark Viduka start a game tonight - for the Australia national side. more...
A Yorkshireman yesterday celebrated the 50th Roses Championship match to be played at Headingley by scoring a century - batting for Lancashire! more...
A Yorkshireman yesterday celebrated the 50th Roses Championship match to be played at Headingley by scoring a century - batting for Lancashire! more...
New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert is confident Adrian Webster can make the step up to international football - despite admitting he has never seen the Darlington midfielder in competitive action. more...
FORMER England Under-19 paceman Mark Turner will make his first-class debut for Durham in the championship match against Essex, starting at Riverside today. more...
AFRICAN athletes chasing a £1,000 first prize are again expected to dominate tonight's 25th Nike Blaydon Race, even though five-times winner Julius Kimtai is an absentee. more...
Seven of Nigel Tinkler's eight wins this year have been in the last month and the North Yorkshire trainer is fancied to be on the mark again with Henry Hall in the Newby Handicap at Ripon this afternoon. more...
Seven of Nigel Tinkler's eight wins this year have been in the last month and the North Yorkshire trainer is fancied to be on the mark again with Henry Hall in the Newby Handicap at Ripon this afternoon. more...
Mermaids and seahorses will welcome the Tall Ships' crews when they sail into the North-East next month. more...
A UNIVERSITY in the North-East is one of 13 in the country that have united to help rebuild the academic strengths of two universities devastated by the tsunami. more...
AN amended application has been submitted for a controversial extension to a bungalow in a Teesdale village. more...
TODAY is the last chance for people in County Durham to say thank-you to local volunteers. more...
THOUSANDS of council tenants are being urged to share their views on the proposed transfer of homes to a new housing group. more...
STAFF and pupils at a church-led nursery are celebrating a double success. more...
A POPULAR scout leader who fulfilled many public duties within his community has been remembered. more...
A corner of an ancient cathedral has been transformed into an oasis of colour for a traditional charity event. more...
A GROUP of teachers from Russia will arrive in the region on Saturday for a week-long visit. more...
NORTH-EAST students are taking to the French airwaves to keep British ex-pats and holidaymakers up to date with the news and weather. more...
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