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Weather and transport problems hit bodyshop
ETHICAL cosmetics retailer Body Shop International has blamed the weather, transport difficulties and poor sales of some new lines for a disappointing Christmas and warned it would see a ten to 15 per cent decline in profits this year. While worldwide
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British Midland set to reveal new look
BRITISH Midland, the UK's second largest airline, is set to announce a new name and livery for its fleet next month. The airline is taking the step to help it break out of the European market and into the more lucrative US long-haul market. A spokeswoman
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Paying the price for a personal pension
Q Some years ago I took out a personal pension because my employer had no scheme. Now I hear that it will be deducted from my State Pension leaving me no better off. Is this right? A It will not affect your basic State Retirement Pension. It is your additional
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Murder and mayhem on a killer weekend
WE HAD barely sat down for our starters when the killer struck. A man few of us had even noticed in the cocktail bar walked through the door into the dining room and promptly collapsed, clutching his throat and groaning in agony. The other 70 or so diners
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'I almost died on my desert island'
AT THIS precise moment, Hollywood star Tom Hanks wishes he was back on his desert island in the South Pacific. He has emerged from a photocall with dozens of photographers at London's Dorchester Hotel for yet another interview on a seemingly endless promotional
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Mouchel sees massive profits rise
PROPERTY agents Mouchel, has seen its profits boosted by 50 per cent after extending the services it offers and improving its operational and commercial management. The company's Northallerton office became the base for engineering and land and property
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Shop raids heighten concern over knife menace
POLICE are increasingly concerned about the number of incidents involving the use of knives after a third off-licence raid in just four days. In the past week, three shops in Hartlepool, Teesside, have been targeted by thieves armed with weapons. There
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Burning questions
THE names of our months are Roman. Have we always known them by Roman names? - Bill Hutchinson, Chester-le-Street. THE Anglo-Saxons once used quite different names for the months of the year, but they were abandoned in favour of Roman names after the
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Fans bring shame to the North-East again
THE name of non-league football in the North-East has once again been dragged through the mud after gangs of hooligans caused mayhem on town centre streets. About 100 thugs rampaged through the streets of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on Saturday, smashing
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Solid Sunderland show
NEW ENGLAND coach Sven-Goran Eriksson must be hoping that he inherits some of the indomitable fighting spirit which has driven surprise team Sunderland to second place in the Premiership. The game at Upton Park was hardly a classic, but it must have proved
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Ascot win puts Function on Festival track
Function Dream put herself in the picture for the Cheltenham Festival with a determined success in the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot. Mary Reveley, the mare's trainer, has yet to strike gold at the prestigious meeting but her duck could be broken should
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Harsh jibe helped Sharp to live up to his name
HARTLEPOOL United defender James Sharp has said a big thank you to coach Colin West - for hitting him with some harsh words. Sharp is in the Pool line-up this afternoon as his club aim for a club record-equalling seven games in a row at Cheltenham. And
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Bennett wants Quakers to become pass masters
DARLINGTON manager Gary Bennett is hoping that Quakers will turn the Division Three corner at Plymouth this afternoon. Quakers, who are 17th in the table, go into this afternoon's game against their 1996 play-off conquerors with increased confidence after
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Williams delivers a well earned point
The Flying Postman delivered the goods to give Darlington a morale-boosting point at Home Park. Striker John Williams - who gained his nickname from his non-league and Coventry days - was better late then never with his calling card after Quakers spurned
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Help for Eriksson but points priority for Reid
PREMIERSHIP Manager of the Month Peter Reid last night promised Sven-Goran Eriksson "every co-operation" at today's key game at West Ham - but he will not allow the presence of the new England coach to distract his team from the main objective of winning
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Food and cars in the spotlight
FOOD will feature heavily in the minds of market watchers next week, as updates are due from supermarket chains Tesco, Safeway and Somerfield. Tesco will kick off the week with its trading statement on Monday, coming hot on the heels of arch-rival Sainsbury's
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Sainsbury reports a record Christmas
SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury's had a record Christmas despite showing only a modest pick-up in sales in the past three months. The group said like-for-like sales, excluding income from new stores, had risen by 0.7 per cent in the 12 weeks to January 6.
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Store revamps help House of Fraser to sparkle
REVAMPED stores on London's Oxford Street and in Guildford helped boost sales at House of Fraser over the Christmas period, the department stores group claimed yesterday. In the seven weeks to January 6, the group, which includes House of Fraser, Army
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The future's all in the cards
CHANCES are you've never heard of Jen-Hsun Huang. If you are into playing games on the PC, however, he is the genius who helps your beige box out-perform a PlayStation II. Huang is the chief executive officer of graphics chip company nVidia. His personal
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Your poems
GONE BY (Inspired by The Northern Echo's Christmas ghost story) In ageing street, ghost-like figure in top hat Stands in ramshackle doorway, Evading all sight, and sound, Captured by a writer's pen Opens upon a picture street scene Where trampling feet
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Council taken to UN over ball ban
CHILDREN are taking the extraordinary step of calling in the United Nations (UN) to stop their council banning parkland kickabouts. Where piles of coats once acted as goalposts and buckets took the place of cricket stumps, a sign now proclaims "no ball
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Power walk your way to fitness
WALKING is one of the easiest and cheapest forms of exercise; it's a good de-stresser and good for general well-being. But forget leisurely strolls through the countryside. For maximum benefit you should be out of breath, red in the face and sweating.
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Fathomless leagues
LEAGUE tables are a crude and unsophisticated gauge of public services. In education the tables have concentrated solely on examination results, failing to take into account mitigating social and economic factors. They do not compare like with like. Some
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Kieron the key to victory for Magpies
NEVER one to mince his words Gordon Strachan was, not for the first time, blunt in his opinion of Saturday's game. "If Kieron Dyer was on my side we would have won the game," was Strachan's honest and very possibly accurate view. "He is an exceptional
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Brothers are hailed soap stars
A PAIR of enterprising brothers are set to clean up with a miracle healing soap formula. For eight years, Eric and Albert Rutter, from Trimdon, County Durham, had been making soap in their garage until ex-bricklayer Eric, 51, stumbled upon the soap almost
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Sorry Kathy, says Botham after 'affair with waitress'
Former England cricket hero Ian Botham apologised publicly to his wife and family yesterday after a newspaper reported that he had an affair with an Australian waitress called Kylie. Details of the 45-year-old former England captain's romance with single
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Lay-off just right
Red Striker was an unexpected winner of the Cantor Index Dipper Novices' Chase, the feature event at Newcastle. The 11-1 shot had been off the course for 50 days since disappointing at Newbury when reportedly suffering from a breathing problem. But under
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From Russia - with tall order for statue
A PENSIONER has received a tall order - from Russia. Devout Roman Catholic Elsie Tebbs, a former midwife, has been asked to send a statue of Our Lady, at least 3ft tall, out to a priests' seminary at St Petersburg. She sent a crib set to a church in Ghana
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Teesside team in fine form
STOKESLEY will be hoping to continue where they left off last week when they visit Ryhope CW this afternoon. The Teessiders rattled in ten goals last Saturday but they will find today's opponents a different proposition. Despite losing to leaders Nissan
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Message on suspect's mobile: Give up
DETECTIVES hunting for the man who brutally beat a teenager and left him fighting for his life appealed to a suspect to surrender himself - by sending text messages to his mobile phone. Detective Sergeant Tony Green said he used "good old fashioned detective
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Pool's play-off hopes
SO goalkeepers don't make good managers do they? Well Chris Turner is putting that old adage to bed as he takes his HartlepoolUnited side on a charge to the play-offs for the second season in succession. As a result of Saturday's 2-1 win at Cheltenham
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Darlington cruise through to final clash with Shields
PAST winners Darlington meet South Shields in the zone final of the Women's Inter-Club Championship for the Yetton Trophy. Darlington, who triumphed in 1989, had a comprehensive 52-shot victory over Hartlepool, while South Shields progressed after a much
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'Double act' is key to Boro's new found form
ON the day Middlesbrough fans began to court the affections of Terry Venables, skipper Paul Ince was quick to remind them of the other man in their lives. Bryan Robson is the manager who innocently invited the worldly Venables into his home in a desperate
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The new heart beats strong
THEY call it a church plant, but really it's a transplant. Melsonby Methodist chapel had only four or five members, its condition critical, when the graft was carried out. Inarguably it's taken; now the little community may be in for another shot in the
