The North East | Archive | 2005 | April
A COAL company has promised to clear up water pollution and create a wildlife habitat if it wins permission to opencast a former colliery site. more...
A DARLINGTON poet has recorded some of her favourite pieces onto cassettes to make them accessible to everyone. more...
A COUNCILLOR has resigned from her cabinet post after criticising Darlington Borough Council in The Northern Echo. more...
BOSSES at Darlington Football Club last night said they had been forced to close a local sports centre because it was no longer financially viable. more...
POLICE in Darlington are trying to find the owners of seven bicycles which they have recovered from a house in the town and suspect are stolen property. more...
A COUNCILLOR has hit out at the decision to approve a mobile phone mast near a Darlington school. more...
DARLINGTON'S Euro MP has opened the Liberal Democrat campaign office for the general election. Fiona Hall MEP opened the office, at 56 North Road for Robert Adamson, the party's prospective candidate for the town more...
A COUNCILLOR is backing residents of Middleton St George who object to the proposed £56m expansion of Durham Tees Valley Airport. more...
A DARLINGTON college has handed out awards to its young chefs. more...
GIRLS from a leading independent school are to become published poets, as part of a scheme recognising talented youngsters. more...
NEW guidelines on councillors accepting gifts and hospitality have been drawn up. more...
THE parents of children with disabilities are being invited to meet Darlington's new head of children's services, Margaret Asquith. more...
AN organisation which helps teenagers into work has been given a good report from Government inspectors. more...
A COMMUNITY continues to rally round a family devastated by the death of their son in a house fire. more...
TWO women have spoken out after somebody started killing frogs in an ornamental lake. more...
AN exhibition to outline the help and information available to parents and carers of children with disabilities is to be held later this week. more...
A COUNTRY pub/restaurant is to be demolished and re-built with a more traditional farmhouse feel. more...
A SWIMMING club is celebrating after winning accreditation from the sport's governing body. more...
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER Alice Gill is so loved, well-wishers were still presenting her with bouquets of flowers last night, hours after a party celebrating her 105th birthday. more...
A FIREFIGHTER is taking on one of the world's hottest, harshest environments. more...
TWO men who stopped a man from bleeding to death were yesterday honoured for their actions. more...
PLANS to extend a community office to meet the needs of a growing number of users have been announced. more...
ENHANCED road safety zones are to be created with the expected introduction of five new 20mph speed limits. more...
A NEW supermarket will be launched later this week. more...
THE students behind a host of hospitality events have been rewarded for their endeavours after months of slaving over hot stoves. more...
GIRLS from a leading independent school are to become published poets, as part of a scheme recognising talented youngsters. more...
A STRATEGY to fight crime will be launched next week with public involvement. more...
A COMMUNITY and police group is hoping to attract new members when it relaunches itself at a meeting next week. more...
A three-year strategy for tackling crime, disorder and drug misuse in Hartlepool will be launched tomorrow. more...
THE oldest non-conformist Christian group in a Teesside town has celebrated its last service at a church that members have used for more than 130 years. more...
A COUPLE were lucky to escape with their lives after their vehicle hit a tree and overturned on a stretch of dual carriageway at the weekend. more...
A CRUMBLING cemetery wall is to be repaired following years of campaigning. more...
VETERANS of the swinging sixties will gather on Friday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Club Fiesta, in Stockton. more...
A POLICE swoop on motorcycle tearaways was last night hailed a success. more...
HUNDREDS of homes will benefit from a purge of dirt and graffiti this week. more...
STUDENTS are hoping to make the news in a national competition designed to test their journalistic skills. more...
A FARMER has moved a step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a racing driver after he took top honours in an international competition. more...
PLANS to improve how North Yorkshire County Council listens to the public will be under the spotlight today. more...
PEOPLE are being offered greater community support through the creation of a £130,000 community centre. more...
A TOWN is in turmoil over plans to finance a £4.5m council move by selling off local assets. more...
ROYAL Air Force officers have handed over a cheque for nearly £21,000 to Macmillan Cancer Relief. more...
A £2M pay-off to former manager Sir Bobby Robson pushed Newcastle United's wage bill above 50 per cent of its turnover last year. more...
ARRIVA Vehicle Rental has appointed MICHELLE JONES as rental manager at its Sunderland branch. more...
ONE of the team behind the Guinness brand has joined a business support group. more...
BRIDGEWATER Equity Release has appointed PETER COUCH as managing director. more...
THE University of Newcastle's Business School has appointed PROFESSOR JOHN LEOPOLD as deputy director. more...
One of the region's law firms has appointed five associates to its team. more...
opportunities in Chicago will be highlighted this month. more...
MORTGAGE bank Northern Rock has refused to change its targets for the year, despite seeing further evidence of a slowdown in the housing market. more...
AN electric vehicle manufacturer is poised to land a partnership deal that could lead to mainstream vehicle production. more...
MORE than 200 disabled workers in the region are voting over industrial action. more...
MORTGAGE bank Northern Rock has refused to change its targets for the year, despite seeing further evidence of a slowdown in the housing market. more...
NISSAN'S North-East plant was yesterday confirmed as Britain's biggest car exporter for the fifth year in succession. more...
A BAKERY group employing 1,550 staff went into administration last night after tough trading conditions and a fire at one of its factories. more...
JOHN FISH has been appointed financial controller of Newcastle's Grey Street Hotel. more...
THE North-East's first national museum is celebrating a key part of its heritage with a display. more...
IT was a rare and unique musical experience when the Singapore Chinese Orchestra appeared at The Sage, Gateshead, on one of only three dates on its European concert tour. more...
PANTOMIME star Berwick Kaler yesterday vowed that his new show will go on, despite suffering a health scare last week. more...
EVER since their dark and evocative debut album, Lost Souls, arrived to almost universal acclaim at the end of the 1990s, Doves have been a mainstay of the UK music scene. more...
Going To Extremes (C4); Heartless (ITV1): GEOGRAPHER Nick Middleton should have looked at the small print in his contract, although the fact that the series' title is Going To Extremes was a hint that he might not like what was in store for him in Nepal. more...
A CONTROVERSIAL artist who photographs large groups of naked people in public places is hoping to stage a nude photoshoot in Newcastle later this year. more...
TABLETOP sounds like a modern art installation that has strayed from Gateshead's Baltic art gallery. more...
THE FAMILY WAY by Tony Parsons (HarperCollins, £6.99): TONY Parsons seems to have cornered the market in blokey books about parenthood and now after Man and Boy, One for My Baby and Man and Wife, he has abandoned the lad's angle and written from the point of view of three sisters. more...
A TOWN is preparing to host a new music festival this summer. more...
Portraying a young soldier in the wartime play Journey's End, Richard Gaves is showing both the tragedy and comedy of conflict, he tells Steve Pratt. more...
Books on the landscape paint a vivid picture of how many great gardens took shape discovers Harry Mead. more...
A student could be forgiven for blowing his own trumpet. more...
ACTOR Richard Glaves has never appeared at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in his home town of Scarborough - unless you count working front of house as a student. And his current tour of duty with the First World War play Journey's End won't be taking him to the theatre run by Alan Ayckbourn, although he's already played close to home. more...
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LEE Bowyer - a man who should hang his head in shame - was fined an estimated £200,000 by Newcastle United yesterday for starting a punch-up on the pitch with his team-mate Kieron Dyer. more...
As Newcastle footballers Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer face further punishment for brawling in front of thousands of fans, Chief Football Writer Scott Wilson looks at the link between bad behaviour on the pitch and in our schools. more...
Named the North-East's Sunday best, the column finds that the Dun Cow, in Sedgefield, doesn't disappoint. more...
Celebrity mum Victoria Beckham appeared looking svelte in her slim-fitting jeans only weeks after giving birth to baby Cruz, as did fellow 'yummy mummies' Liz Hurley and Claudia Schiffer. Women's Editor Lindsay Jennings looks at the pressure on women to snap back into shape after giving birth and the safest way to lose th post-baby pounds. more...
TONY BLAIR: WITH Tony Blair being interviewed by Little Ant and Dec, one has to wonder if the Prime Minister is becoming desperate about the upcoming election. more...
There was one phrase heard over the radio last week that said everything. The newsreader told us: "The Pope is clinging to life." more...
Portraying a young soldier in the wartime play Journey's End, Richard Gaves is showing both the tragedy and comedy of conflict, he tells Steve Pratt. more...
THE home can be a very hazardous place for babies and young children. Children are naturally inquisitive and adventurous and however careful we are, the unexpected can occur, such as when a friend's son decided he was Superman and, convinced he could fly, broke his arm jumping off the top of our stairs. more...
Named the North-East's Sunday best, the column finds that the Dun Cow, in Sedgefield, doesn't disappoint. more...
Laboratory Technician, exceeds NMW, 37½hpw. Must be educated to GCSE level or equivalent. Ref: CON 18767. more...
NORTH-EAST veterans are preparing to visit the battlefields where they served during the Second World War. more...
ANNE FINE, the writer of 50 children's books, including Madame Doubtfire, had her sixth adult novel published yesterday. more...
A YOUNG cancer sufferer received a special visit from Darlington Football Club players and manager David Hodgson during a fund-raising event to send her on holiday. more...
A POSTMAN admitted failing to deliver almost 1,900 items of mail during a three-week "lapse". more...
BBC correspondent Kate Adie is to compere a concert in Durham Cathedral in aid of the city's St Cuthbert's Hospice. more...
TWO men who stopped a man from bleeding to death were yesterday honoured for their actions. more...
POLICE are urging people to turn in "mindless yobs" who blocked a main road with rubble at the weekend. more...
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER Alice Gill is so loved, well-wishers were still presenting her with bouquets of flowers last night, hours after a party celebrating her 105th birthday. more...
THE widow who inspired the hit movie Calendar Girls is to marry the vicar who helped her through her grief. more...
A REGENERATION company has been cleared of maladministration following an investigation by Government officials. more...
A BICYCLE belonging to a murder victim has been recovered by detectives investigating the case. more...
IT was one of the most successfu l - and dangerous - police operations of recent times, designed to disrupt the supply of hard drugs in Darlington. more...
MONTGOMERY the dog has been registered to vote at the General Election. more...
A ROW has broken out over the revelation that GCSE results have fallen at schools near two controversial city academies. more...
LIBERAL Democrat leader Charles Kennedy insisted his party had "high hopes" of making a political breakthrough in the North-East at May's General Election. more...
ARSONISTS left three helpless animals to perish as flames engulfed their shelter in a North-East village. more...
TONY BLAIR'S expected announcement today of a General Election on May 5 comes the day after a judge warned that the risk of postal voting fraud made Britain look like a "banana republic". more...
AN airport is preparing to launch a shuttle bus to help travellers. more...
A CONTROVERSIAL artist who photographs large groups of naked people in public places is hoping to stage a nude photoshoot in Newcastle later this year. more...
TO commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, members of every squadron were invited to meet the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. more...
ONE of the Conservative Party's most senior figures today insisted that they would not be pushed to one side in the forthcoming election campaign in the region. more...
THE Prince of Wales's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles was postponed yesterday because it clashed with the Pope's funeral - further adding to the chaos surrounding the royal event. more...
TABLETOP sounds like a modern art installation that has strayed from Gateshead's Baltic art gallery. more...
TONY BLAIR finally launched the official election campaign today after weeks of speculation. more...
DETAILS have been revealed for a £10m redvelopment for the North-East's pioneering police facility, dubbed "murder mansion". more...
A NORTH-EAST bishop has paid tribute to the "extraordinary human being", who was the late Pope. more...
EIGHT men who helped supply cocaine and ecstasy across a North-East town were jailed yesterday. more...
Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has challenged mourning Catholics - by blaming the Pope for creating a million orphans. more...
POLICE are warning young women to be on their guard after two attempted abductions of 16-year-olds. more...
COUNCIL bosses have cleared the final hurdle in their efforts to bring about the transformation of a North-East town centre. more...
A MAN caught by police with 29 ecstasy tablets has been found guilty of intent to supply the drug. more...
A TRAVEL writer who wrote of falling in love with Durham had his feelings reciprocated yesterday when he was named the chancellor of the city's university. more...
CARL ROBINSON has become a play-off expert in recent years and wants to ensure Sunderland avoid the end of season shoot-out this time around by securing Championship glory. more...
FREDDY Shepherd last night insisted that Lee Bowyer should "go down on his hands and knees" to show thanks for keeping his job. more...
DARK THUNDER (3.30) could spell very bad news for the bookmakers in the St James Security Handicap Hurdle at Sedgefield this afternoon. more...
WITH 14 goals to his name this season, Joel Porter could soon be heading back to Australia. more...
DARK THUNDER (3.30) could spell very bad news for the bookmakers in the St James Security Handicap Hurdle at Sedgefield this afternoon. more...
MIDDLESBROUGH will hand Matthew Bates over to Darlington this week, with the young defender lined up to make his Quakers debut at Cambridge United on Saturday, writes Lee Hall. more...
MICK McCARTHY has refused to label Sunderland's crunch meeting with promotion rivals Wigan a title-decider - insisting he is in no mood for making predictions as the race for the top two enters the final straight. more...
DURHAM will find out today whether they are to lose new skipper Mike Hussey for part of the season, which starts next week. more...
MIDDLESBROUGH expect a fight to retain the services of Stewart Downing this summer, but believe the Riverside Stadium is the ideal place for the flying winger to develop his outstanding talent. more...
WITH five points separating Sunderland from tonight's opponents Wigan, manager Paul Jewell should have no problems in making sure his players are ready for the occasion, writes Paul Fraser. more...
DEVELOPERS say their £30m scheme to boost a city centre's night-time economy will not become part of the pub crawl circuit. more...
SCHOOLS in five areas of the North-East will benefit from a £66m Government handout to improve buildings. more...
VOLUNTEERS have transformed their local cricket clubs in a Ground Force-style initiative. more...
A COUNCILLOR is backing residents of Middleton St George who object to the proposed £56m expansion of Durham Tees Valley Airport. more...
TRADERS are warned to be on their guard after a spate of sneak-in burglaries. more...
A DISABLED man and his wife have been told to rip up a driveway built to provide ambulance access to their home because councillors feel it spoils a pretty village scene. more...
A TEESDALE teenager has beaten off college rivals to be named top chef. more...
ALAN Scott, a member of Durham County Council for the past eight years, is not standing at the May elections because of ill health. more...
A RESCUE team is to receive £500 to help its work - thanks to its local council persuading residents to pay their council tax bills by direct debit. more...
ARSONISTS left three helpless animals to perish as flames engulfed their shelter in a North-East village. more...
ENDING his term of office as Mayor of Sedgefield, Jim Wayman is having one final event to try and reach £6,000 for his charity appeal. more...
NISSAN'S North-East plant was yesterday confirmed as Britain's biggest car exporter for the fifth year in succession. more...
A YOUTH has admitted molesting two eight-year-old boys. more...
SCHOOLS in five areas of the North-East will benefit from a £66m Government handout to improve buildings. more...
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