The North East | Archive | 2005 | December
A GROUP of children have been hard at work with a massive supply of Christmas pudding mix to bring good cheer to elderly residents this festive season. more...
BURGLARS escaped with designer clothing worth several thousand pounds when they broke into a town centre store. more...
A FASCINATING look at the history of Consett through archive photographs has been published. more...
BUY BOOKS: HOW many more times are the people of Darlington going to have to listen to senior local politicians offering what I believe to be completely misleading information on academies? more...
FREE bus pass schemes could be rolled out across the Tees Valley in a move to better Government standards. more...
EDUCATION chiefs in Darlington have again been condemned by school governors over plans for a £25m city academy. more...
A NEWLY-BUILT school is preparing to celebrate its first Christmas - and pupils chose the tree they want to be the centrepiece for celebrations. more...
SCHOOLCHILDREN were entertained by stories from a Darlington builder-turned-writer. more...
A FOOTBALL club has won praise for its efforts to cater for disabled people. more...
MUSICIANS in Darlington are preparing to embark on a programme of festive events. more...
DARLINGTON CHA and HF Rambling Club stages a ten-mile circular walk around West Burton, in Wensleydale, tomorrow. more...
A large housing development designed to breathe new life into a former pit village moved a step closer last night. more...
AN attempt to speed up the issuing of anti-social behaviour orders is being made in Durham City. more...
A NEW directory of mental health services has been produced by a primary care trust. more...
THE dedication of more than 50 volunteers was recognised at an awards ceremony this week. more...
WARM-hearted youngsters are bringing some seasonal cheer to pensioners in their neighbourhood. more...
A PASSION for horse racing has put Brotton couple Alan and Barbara Mitchell on a winning-streak to hotter climes. more...
REDCAR and Cleveland Borough Council is asking for the public's help to establish the borough as a top caring authority. more...
FREE bus pass schemes could be rolled out across the Tees Valley, exceeding Government standards. more...
WORK is under way on a council regeneration project in east Cleveland. more...
A MOTHER told her young son his babysitter was in the house and then left him home alone, a court heard yesterday. more...
A HOUSING development on the site of a former school has won a design award. more...
THERE'S no more hanging around for the members of one North Yorkshire out-of-school club. more...
A RIGHTS of way expert has won a three-year legal battle to overturn a £15,000 costs order made against him. more...
A SURGERY offering advice on benefits opened in Stokesley this week. more...
PLANNING matters involving North Yorkshire County Council can now be accesed electronically. more...
HOSPICE patients have a new multi-media computer to keep them entertained - but they need the DVDs and CDs to go with it. more...
A MUSIC group is heralding the coming of the festive season with a concert next week. more...
A PALLIATIVE care unit set up in memory of a former MP was opened yesterday. more...
SCHOOL inspectors have placed a North-East college at the top of the class. more...
A GARDEN of discovery is being created for children with special and educational needs - with a little help from some friends. more...
MOTORISTS in Hartlepool are being warned to think of schoolchildren's safety or risk being fined. more...
A MIDDLESBROUGH man who helps look after unruly schoolchildren has pleaded guilty to assaulting a disabled man. more...
THE world's top Mini stunt driver was on hand yesterday to help launch a development that could provide space for 1,000 office workers. more...
THE company building the world's largest biodiesel plant has been bailed out by financial backers following crisis talks, it emerged last night. more...
Entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne moved closer to his target of having a chain of 40 fitness clubs across the UK with the opening of a gym in Shrewsbury this week. more...
AN engineering company in North Yorkshire expects turnover to reach £750,000 in the next two years thanks to a loan from UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE). more...
THE company building the world's largest biodiesel plant has been bailed out by financial backers following crisis talks, it emerged last night. more...
Q My husband, who is 61, has developed swollen hands as a result of his job and fears he may have to give up work. I am 66 and my only income is a pension of £225 a month and another of £73 a quarter. If he stops work, what can he claim? more...
Since its humble beginnings, Corporation Road Baptist Church may have had its share of hardships, but it's still hanging on. more...
THE health service's loss is television's gain, for earlier this year Professor Robert Winston retired from the NHS and his position as Director of NHS Research and Development for Hammersmith Hospital. more...
JUNGLE FUN: RE Grumble in the Jungle (HAS, Nov 29). more...
UP to half a million people are expected to attend the funeral of George Best today in his native Belfast. more...
A woman who survived a 40ft plunge from a second-floor window has spoken for the first time about lucky she was to survive - but still cannot remember anything about the fall. more...
HOMES were evacuated and traffic around a North-East town was plunged into chaos after a major gas leak yesterday. more...
A MEMBER of the General Medical Council who gave two job references for disgraced surgeon Richard Neale without mentioning he had been cautioned by police has kept his place on the medical register. more...
A DOG owner says her pet was castrated by a vet after she took him in to be treated for an ear infection. more...
CAMPAIGNERS who are opposed to radical changes to North-East NHS boundaries have been given new hope. more...
A CARJACKER who threatened terrified store security staff and hijacked two vehicles at gunpoint was jailed for life yesterday. more...
THE North Yorkshire port of Whitby was reeling yesterday after virtually its entire fishing fleet was convicted of wholesale breaching of European quotas. more...
As millions prepare to say a final farewell to George Best today, a replica shirt company in the North-East has been selling 100 of his vintage strips a day. more...
TWO historic airfields are among the latest buildings to achieve listed status. more...
A BADLY damaged fence next to the East Coast Main Line - only metres away from where two boys were hit by a train after trespassing on to the tracks - will be repaired after a campaign by residents. more...
AN entertainer has spoken of his pain and sense of loss at the deaths of two respected musicians and friends - and warned: don't drink and drive. more...
A DOG owner says her pet was castrated by a vet after she took him in to be treated for an ear infection. more...
A GROUP of children have been hard at work with a massive supply of Christmas pudding mix to bring good cheer to elderly residents this festive season. more...
ONE of the most vertiginous walks in the North-East is up the footpaths which scale the Swale's cliffs in Richmond. more...
AN INQUEST found that a prisoner had taken her own life at the women's centre in Durham Prison. more...
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to build a cutting edge "green" power station in a national park look set to win the backing of planners. more...
A NORTH-EAST authority with the highest council tax rates in the country has been criticised for spending tens of thousands of pounds on a new logo. more...
THE father of a Down's Syndrome patient has criticised changes to the region's home oxygen service. more...
A drug user who burgled a house to help fund his massive £1,000-per-day habit was jailed yesterday. more...
The events surrounding the carjacking of a man in Wakefield and the gunpoint confrontation with Darlington shop workers were described in court as a single day of madness. Liz Lamb reports. more...
TEENAGERS as young as 15 are risking their health by experimenting with anabolic steroids, according to a study. more...
DEFIANT Graeme Souness has vowed never to quit Newcastle United because he holds a burning desire to enjoy a successful end to his managerial career. more...
CONSETT insist that their promotion hopes are still on course even though leading scorer Craig Tate has gone to Morpeth. more...
Bishop Auckland will be hoping to close the seven point gap between themselves and safety when they go to Stocksbridge this afternoon in the UniBond League. more...
AFTER identifying West Brom as the blueprint for Premiership survival, Mick McCarthy has admitted that his Sunderland side need to win two of their next five games to have any chance of emulating the Baggies' dramatic escape act. more...
AFTER identifying West Brom as the blueprint for Premiership survival, Mick McCarthy has admitted that his Sunderland side need to win two of their next five games to have any chance of emulating the Baggies' dramatic escape act. more...
It's a long time since Willington won four successive matches - but that's the aim when they visit Annfield Plain this afternoon. more...
WHEN Nolberto Solano sealed a dream return to Newcastle United in August, the only thoughts he had were of helping the club back into the Champions League. more...
STEVE McClaren's biggest fear is not travelling to Stamford Bridge to take on a rampant Chelsea - it is the prospect of having to tell Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink he is not starting the game. more...
SUNDERLAND'S recent performances might have been nothing much to boast about, but Justin Hoyte is still hoping to leave White Hart Lane this evening with his bragging rights intact. more...
GRAHAM LEE'S rise through the ranks from journeyman jockey to top-class rider means the modest lad from Ingleby Barwick now gets to sit on class acts like Oneway (2.35) in the £25,000 Tingle Creek Chase, writes Colin Woods. more...
DARLINGTON are hoping to get through their next three games, two of them derbies, without any front row injuries as Dan Miller is to have a knee operation next Thursday. more...
DEFIANT Graeme Souness has vowed never to quit Newcastle United because he holds a burning desire to enjoy a successful end to his managerial career. more...
Last weekend, British football mourned the passing of George Best, a footballing genius who spent most of his latter years mounting an unsuccessful battle against alcoholism. more...
JOE Royle predicted it and Martin Scott is sure the words of the Ipswich boss will ring true this afteroon. more...
ENGLAND'S oldest road race, the Saltwell 10K, has been saved after lengthy safety talks between organising club Saltwell Harriers and Northumbria Police. more...
JULIUS CAESAR (2.50) takes another small step towards chasing stardom on only his second start over fences at Wetherby this afternoon. more...
JUST when David Hodgson thought things couldn't get any worse, the Darlington manager was last night facing up to the fact that Brian Close faces three months on the sidelines. more...
IN the crazy world of football management it seems Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric has adopted a new approach to finding a suitable candidate to fill the Fratton Park hot-seat. more...
STEVE McClaren's biggest fear is not travelling to Stamford Bridge to take on a rampant Chelsea - it is the prospect of having to tell Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink he is not starting the game. more...
THE Newcastle-Gateshead Winter Festival got off to a flaming start last night when a world renowned pyrotechnic company staged a surprising display. more...
BUSINESS gurus are to give their opinion about an innovative 3D chocolate company on a television show next week. more...
TWO crime-fighting initiatives have been launched to make sure the festive period stays merry for residents of Sedgefield. more...
RESIDENTS claim their village will be spoilt if two large semi-detached houses are built on one of its remaining open spaces. more...
THE artistic talents of youngsters from Sedgefield Primary School will be shared with VIPs across the country this Christmas. more...
AN animal sanctuary is holding a fundraising event this weekend. more...
AWARDS to recognise healthcare staff who are making a difference to patients were launched yesterday. more...
A SWIMMING club dived straight into its latest fundraising challenge to raise cash for a local hospice. more...
FREE bus pass schemes could be rolled out across the Tees Valley in a move to better Government standards. more...
WEDDING dresses from the last 70 years will be on display at a charity exhibition this weekend. more...
TWO young mathematicians have seen their performances in a national test add up to two gold awards. more...
SCHOOLBOY Christopher Chapman came face-to-face with his family's heroic past during a field study trip. more...
AN entrepreneur hoping to break into the big time is to make his pitch on BBC's Dragon's Den next week. more...
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