The North East | Archive | 2005 | October
A PUBLIC inquiry was held yesterday into a council's decision to force businesses from their properties as part of an ambitious plan to regenerate a north Durham town centre. more...
UP to 60 jobs could be coming to a former steeltown with the opening of a £1.1m innovation centre. more...
NEW tenants at a thriving business park in Darlington are being offered up-to-date advice on available grants. more...
STAFF and visitors to Darlington's Crown Street Library are joining in Trafalgar Day celebrations. more...
COUNCIL leaders in Darlington are looking for local heroes who have stood up to trouble-makers. more...
A COUNCIL worker jumped in at the deep end when she promised to help boost the coffers of the mayor's charity crusade. more...
EAGER youngsters have been getting a flavour of Indian culture during a series of craft and dance sessions. more...
SCHOOLCHILDREN in east Durham are preparing for a healthier future. more...
COUNTY Durham's first purpose-built Children's Centre was opened in Haswell yesterday. more...
AN award-winning library is to become the first in County Durham to open seven days a week. more...
FAMILIES in east Durham are being encouraged to start a new chapter of healthy living. more...
COUNTY council staff are helping to deliver a pioneering scheme which allows library users to get instant answers to their questions over the Internet. more...
IT'S that time of year when spooks and spectres come out of hiding - to the delight of youngsters everywhere. more...
CONTROVERSIAL plans to erect 6ft-high fencing to enclose playing fields at Harrogate Grammar School have again been put on hold. more...
A NORTH Yorkshire school is celebrating sporting success in two fields of endeavour. more...
PEOPLE in Harrogate must be sick and tired of street violence, a visiting judge told an offender yesterday. more...
YOUNGSTERS are getting their boats ready for an annual Parade of Sail celebrating one of the greatest mariners who ever lived. more...
VISITORS to a court will see mock trials and the wills of such figures as Princess Diana, William Shakespeare and Freddie Mercury. more...
SPOOKY entertainment is planned for children in the run-up to Halloween. more...
A STALWART of the community is being honoured with a top national award. more...
IT will be a case of 'Allo Allo' for Sleeping Beauty in this year's pantomime at Middlesbrough Theatre. more...
WORK has started on a £50m transformation of a west Middlesbrough neighbourhood. more...
STAFF at Lloyds TSB are facing high levels of customer dissatisfaction about the bank's policy of transferring work to India, a union claimed last night. more...
A SURGE in petrol prices pushed the annual rate of inflation higher in September for the fourth month in a row, official figures showed. more...
LOW-cost homes builder Bellway posted record profits yesterday as it remained upbeat about the coming year despite a slowdown in the housing market. more...
A COMPANY spun out from university research has just received a major six-figure investment. more...
THE Government yesterday signalled a new look for train services in the Midlands. more...
LOW-cost homes builder Bellway posted record profits yesterday as it remained upbeat about the coming year despite a slowdown in the housing market. more...
SIDINGS of comfort and joy, John Briggs comes across a 100-year-old postcard on ebay which confirms a long held belief: the railway marshalling yard at Shildon really was Britain's biggest. more...
A lovey-dovey act in public can hide all sorts of problems, so how can you recognise the clues to the marriages made in heaven? more...
After almost half a century in journalism, I still often find myself mystified by the ways of the media. more...
Almost two years since he was found in a tiny cellar by US troops, Saddam Hussein finally goes on trial today. But with his defence questioning the legitimacy of the court, Nick Morrison looks at the hearing and what it could mean for the future of Iraq more...
ROAD SIGNS: I am Australian. Having motored a few thousand very pleasant and easy miles through France, we came to the UK and have concluded that your road signs are made for locals who presumably know their way around, and are not made to help and guide foreign visitors. more...
IT is almost a year since the North-East flatly rejected an elected regional assembly, but the questions about where the region goes from there remain largely unanswered. more...
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SIDINGS of comfort and joy, John Briggs comes across a 100-year-old postcard on ebay which confirms a long held belief: the railway marshalling yard at Shildon really was Britain's biggest. more...
INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into the death of a 41-year-old foreman ground worker who died in a trench collapse. more...
THE Government moved to calm bird flu fears last night after a North-East farmer found eight dead seagulls in a week. more...
SIDINGS of comfort and joy, John Briggs comes across a 100-year-old postcard on ebay which confirms a long held belief: the railway marshalling yard at Shildon really was Britain's biggest. more...
A lovey-dovey act in public can hide all sorts of problems, so how can you recognise the clues to the marriages made in heaven? more...
A MUSLIM teacher at the centre of a police probe over claims he warned pupils that he would plant a bomb on their bus insisted last night that it was all a misunderstanding. more...
ABEL Xavier last night insisted he was not a drugs cheat and promised to do everything possible to clear his name after his positive test for a banned substance. more...
AN inquest into the death of a naturalist who was shot as he sketched wildlife in India heard yesterday that he was unlawfully killed. more...
SHOPPERS can enjoy different markets this weekend as part of a national celebration. more...
ONE of the fendered friends from the 1968 film version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang roared into the region yesterday to promote the musical's North-East theatre run... even if the original magical machine is no longer roadworthy. more...
DETECTIVES hunting the killer of a North-East man have called on nightclub revellers to come forward with vital information. more...
WORK on one of the most controversial developments in Darlington in decades will officially get under way next week. more...
A 49-YEAR-OLD man was arrested last night by police investigating the so-called Wearside Jack hoax letters and tape sent to the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry team. more...
ONE of the North-East's biggest names plunged into administration last night as new figures revealed an alarming increase in regional business failures. more...
A FATHER accused of murdering his son has been declared not guilty. more...
ALAN Milburn has revived hopes of a tram system serving the North-East by calling for it to be the centrepiece of plans for economic revival. more...
A FATHER accused of murdering his son has been declared not guilty. more...
A 49-YEAR-OLD man was arrested last night by police investigating the so-called Wearside Jack hoax letters and tape sent to the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry team. more...
THE former chairman of Cleveland Police Authority has been suspended by the Labour Party for opposing plans to demolish 1,500 homes. more...
AN escaped prisoner from Cumbria may be on the run in the North-East. more...
A NORTH-EAST journalist has been released unharmed after he was kidnapped by masked gunmen in Israel. more...
AFTER being applauded back on to the training field by team-mates, Newcastle winger Nolberto Solano has declared himself fit and ready to take on Sunderland on Sunday. more...
DARLINGTON'S problems show no signs of easing after they were knocked out of the LDV Vans Trophy by Conference side Kidderminster Harriers last night. more...
BOTH this week's Mallorca Classic and the Madrid Open are used by most golfers as preparation for the Volvo Masters next week - and I'm no different. more...
Get more racing online at www.racing-north.co.uk. more...
When Middlesbrough take on Grasshoppers in Zurich tomorrow, they will encounter a side bereft of Switzerland's biggest stars. Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson talks to former Grasshoppers and Sunderland defender Bernt Haas to find out. more...
England could be faced with a familiar spin threat in their first post-Ashes assignment with veteran Mushtaq Ahmed being considered for a recall. more...
HARTLEPOOL light flyweight Michael Hadfield was down but not disheartened following his defeat in the 2005 World Cadet Championships final. more...
THE most profligate of first-half performances saw Hartlepool United knocked out of the LDV Vans Trophy at Scunthorpe last night. more...
PLAYERS' chief Gordon Taylor last night warned Abel Xavier his career was hanging in the balance following last month's failed drugs test. more...
MICK McCARTHY has jumped to the defence of under-fire Kelvin Davis ahead of Sunday's trip to Newcastle United, after the Sunderland goalkeeper was singled out for criticism by the Match of the Day team. more...
MICK McCARTHY has jumped to the defence of under-fire Kelvin Davis ahead of Sunday's trip to Newcastle United, after the Sunderland goalkeeper was singled out for criticism by the Match of the Day team. more...
BOTH this week's Mallorca Classic and the Madrid Open are used by most golfers as preparation for the Volvo Masters next week - and I'm no different. more...
A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man who fell down stairs at a Middlesbrough pub. more...
Teessport owner PD Ports today confirmed it had received an initial takeover approach. more...
New DNA evidence brought the breakthrough in the hunt for the infamous Ripper hoaxer Wearside Jack. more...
Police quizzed scores of North-East men as the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper grew increasingly desperate. One of them was Northern Echo journalist John Hobbs. He tells his story here. more...
MEMBERS of a town council have spoken in favour of a new YMCA centre. more...
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