The North East | Archive | 2006 | March
THE Heritage Lottery Fund has given £25,200 towards the restoration of the Esh Winning Colliery Banner. more...
HEALTH chiefs' plans to close a ward for elderly patients could sound the death knell for a small community hospital. more...
A CHARITY is holding an event to show people with mental illness the help it can give them to enable them to find work. more...
POLICE in Crook say a week-long crackdown on drunken and rowdy behaviour by teenagers has been warmly welcomed by local people. more...
BUDDING actors received rave reviews when they took to the stage in pantomime. more...
AN operation to clean up a town estate has been hailed a success. more...
residents are being asked to give their views on plans to provide improved accommodation for people with learning disabilities. more...
THE group behind plans for a new children's play park is pleased with the response to a consultation day. more...
A COMMUNITY transport scheme is celebrating after winning funding to cover its costs for the next two years. more...
THE ruling Liberal Democrat group on Durham City Council has won a regeneration award from party chiefs. more...
CHURCHES in North Yorkshire have been signed up to help during a future emergency. more...
TWELVE church schools are to get grants totalling £1,162,000 in the next financial year to carry out improvements. more...
A WEBSITE has been launched to showcase local artists. more...
A TEENAGE karate ace has set his sights on competing at the 2012 Olympics. more...
A BID to pull down a small Edwardian property and replace it with a five-bedroomed detached house has been rejected by councillors. more...
RESIDENTS on a derelict housing estate are to hold a candlelit vigil this week to raise awareness about poor lighting and infestations of rats around their homes. more...
A SCHEME that aims to provide the very best in services and support for young people in Hartlepool is expected to be approved next month more...
A SCHEME has been launched to turn school pupils into sports ambassadors, to spread the word among other youngsters. more...
A MAYOR is calling for more businesses to apply a smoking ban on their premises. more...
A COMMUNITY transport scheme is celebrating after winning funding to cover its costs for the next two years. more...
A meeting which could determine the fate of planned new North-East train services will be held today. more...
DAVID Milliband may well be right. Suggestions that Tessa Jowell's separation from her husband was orchestrated by Alistair Campbell may indeed be rubbish. more...
Pam Gems, one of the country's leading playwrights, sees the world premier of her new play at York this month. She talks to Steve Pratt about motherhood, feminism and writing her first play when she was eight. more...
DIRECTOR Roger Donaldson admits that last time he and Anthony Hopkins worked together on a movie they fought like cat and dog. "He was difficult, I was difficult. I was young and very demanding. Neither of us was going to give any quarter to the other," recalls the Australian director. more...
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Today marks the start of Fairtrade fortnight, when ethical trading will top the agenda, but what exactly is this - and who does it help? Women's Editor Sarah Foster asks Cristina Talens, a woman at the coal face. more...
WORKERS are prepared to spend longer commuting in their cars so they can return home to an idyllic village life. more...
POLICE investigating a murder they believe may have been racially-motivated said they had received a disappointing response from the public. more...
AFTER descending from 10,300ft, travelling at up to 136mph, 83-year-old George Hodgson landed safely and declared his first parachute jump to be magic. more...
A WOMAN was recovering in hospital last night after suffering hypothermia when she fell through the ice into a frozen pond. more...
A FAMILY has been devastated by the theft of a disabled women's motability vehicle in a burglary - only a week after it was delivered. more...
BIRD hides have been built by Northumbrian Water at two of its reservoirs in the North-East. more...
POLICE in the region have launched a crackdown on football-related offences to weed out potential troublemakers before this summer's World Cup. more...
POLICE in the region have launched a crackdown on football-related offences to weed out potential troublemakers before this summer's World Cup. more...
TALKS are to resume over moves to submit a new bid for £24m in Government funding to help restore a North-East theatre to its former glory. more...
A NORTH-EAST MP who persuaded the Government to improve treatment guidelines for young heart patients has reacted angrily to news that most of the NHS is ignoring the advice. more...
POP duo The Pet Shop Boys are to play a concert at the Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside with the Northern Sinfonia. more...
HOUSE prices in the region are expected to be among the highest risers in the country this year. more...
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have turned to magic to halt quarrying in the area around an ancient monument. more...
A DRIVING instructor accused of groping a teenage pupil claimed she was flirtatious in previous lessons. more...
NO DOUBT Kendal will muster greater resistance on their own pitch when Mowden Park go there next Saturday, but the Cumbrians might also find themselves up against a stronger team. more...
DAVID HODGSON may have been left frustrated by the weekend's freeze, but the Darlington manager was able to draw some positives from Saturday's postponement at Rochdale. more...
AS far as Glenn Roeder is concerned, nothing has changed. He continues to claim he only expects to be Newcastle United's manager on a temporary basis while chairman Freddy Shepherd searches the globe for a permanent boss. more...
WHEN Mark Viduka last started a game for Middlesbrough the day almost ended in a bout of fisticuffs between the striker and a home supporter in the Riverside car park. more...
ALAN SHEARER knows when it will be time to hang up his boots, and time on an illustrious playing career is fast approaching. But after spending three games on the sidelines through injury he was relieved to return to Newcastle United's starting line-up on Saturday, and score. more...
TWO managers, two clubs suffering from different fortunes, two strikers told the tale. more...
LAST week marked the start of Lent, a 40-day period in which Christians abstain from something dear to them to reaffirm their faith. more...
PAUL Stephenson's Hartlepool United squad is being boosted with the return of Joel Porter and Hugh Robertson. more...
DURHAM City will be hoping centre Richard Stanley was their only casualty from Saturday's 22-12 home win against Alnwick as they prepare to visit Beverley. more...
ALAN SHEARER knows when it will be time to hang up his boots, and time on an illustrious playing career is fast approaching. But after spending three games on the sidelines through injury he was relieved to return to Newcastle United's starting line-up on Saturday, and score. more...
Crook Town have a glorious history and this year's FA Vase run presented an opportunity for the team of 2006 to become local heroes for a new generation. more...
A BEMUSED Mick McCarthy last night admitted he could not excuse the "ridiculous" handball that led to the dismissal of Sunderland skipper Gary Breen in the latter stages of yesterday's 2-1 defeat to Manchester City. more...
Joe Calzaghe defied injury to produce one of the greatest performances of all time by a British boxer and unify the world super-middleweight titles in Manchester. more...
Sunderland have sacked manager Mick McCarthy after three years in charge on Wearside. more...
FIVE weeks ago Middlesbrough were a club in crisis. Fast forward to Saturday March 5 and three successive league victories have all but guaranteed Premiership survival. more...
The region's first-ever magnetic resonance research centre opened its doors today, paving the way for new treatments for illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. more...
The brain of a toddler killed by a babysitter is to be finally returned to his family after an agonising 18 month wait. more...
A BOXING club from Bishop Auckland has got into the ring with the Army, after securing a sponsorship deal. more...
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