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Advice pack for carers is launched
MIDDLESBROUGH Social Services has marked National Carers Week by launching a carers information pack at Middlesbrough Central Library. It gives information and advice and explains benefits and allowances available to carers. The week is intended to raise
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Work to start on accident blackspot
DRIVERS are being urged to exercise patience while engineers improve an accident blackspot. Greystones roundabout, on the outskirts of Redcar, is notorious for accidents. According to a Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council report, the majority of accidents
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Hall opens gates for garden scheme appeal
THE grounds of a County Durham Medieval manor house are being opened to the public to help a charity appeal. Crook Hall, near the city centre, is taking part in the British Red Cross Open Gardens 2000 scheme this weekend, when visitors will be able to
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Collision row driver carried on car bonnet
AN ANGRY motorist's bid to remonstrate with a North Yorkshire driver after a minor collision ended with him being carried along on the man's car bonnet. Trevor Thompson saw red when a BMW clipped the offside corner of his Nissan Micra as it overtook approaching
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Durham boosted by return of the seamers
DURHAM could have a full hand of seamers to pick from for tomorrow's match against Hampshire at Basingstoke after being reduced to two capped pacemen last week. Simon Brown, John Wood and Neil Killeen have all recovered from injury, and there is a chance
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Store staff's colourful way to raise charity cash
SHOPPERS in a north Durham supermarket could have been forgiven for wondering if they had drifted into a 1970s punk rock den by mistake yesterday. For not only were half the staff at Asda, in Stanley, wearing lurid orange and blue T-shirts, but two of
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Landowners in fight to keep ministry offices
LANDOWNERS have backed calls to keep regional Ministry of Agriculture offices open in the face of the threat of closure. The Government is looking at closing some centres, including the newly-opened Northallerton office, to save money. The Country Landowners
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Four arrested as schoolgirl found
A MISSING schoolgirl has been found safe and well. Rachelle Hutchinson, 11, of Benshaw, near Gateshead, had not been seen by her family since May 31. She was found at a friend's house in Felling, Newcastle. Four people were arrested in connection with
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-I tied her up - she wanted to be gagged'
THE man accused of murdering schoolgirl Laura Kane told yesterday of the last moments of her life. Colin Bainbridge, 35, told Newcastle Crown Court he had not intended to hurt Laura, who he said was a "lovely little girl", and described how the nine-year-old
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Shop move brings jobs hope
A SUPERMARKET that could create dozens of jobs is being planned for a former north Durham mining town. But developers remained tightlipped yesterday about which supermarket chain had applied to build the food supermarket in Agnes Street, Stanley. The
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Students celebrate
CATERING students from across south-west Durham had their chef's hats firmly in place for a special culinary ceremony yesterday. The students, all of whom have special needs, had just completed a catering course at Darlington College, and held a dinner
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Five charged over punch-up
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a town centre disturbance. Four men and one woman, all aged in their 30s and 40s, appeared before Teesside magistrates, yesterday, on violent disorder and assault charges, following a fight outside Toxins nightclub
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Women get chance to boost their confidence
WOMEN in Hartlepool are being invited to boost their confidence and build their assertiveness. A short course, aimed at lone parents and those returning to work from the town's Headland, will help women increase their self-esteem, so they are better able
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Boro ready for move
MIDDLESBROUGH boss Bryan Robson is ready to switch his sights to Peruvian ace Roberto Palacios if Atletico Madrid refuse to drop their asking price for Juninho. Boro are understood to have hardened their interest in former Newcastle United target Palacios
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Making sure the roar can get louder
THE rise of Sunderland AFC is continuing to take shape, as the Stadium of Light becomes an even more impressive landmark on the Wearside skyline. Work is progressing well on the expansion of the all-seater ground less than three years after it opened.
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Gang bought goods in credit card deception
A CLERK helped to engineer a £100,000 credit card scam and delivered goods to a North-East gang. Louise McKinley, 23, was the insider at Barclaycard and obtained information which allowed gang members to buy goods with an account name and number, Newcastle
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Dozens of pigeons die in fire
DOZENS of pigeons perished in a blaze which took fire crews five hours to get under control. The alarm was raised at 6.15am yesterday when flames were seen rising from allotments near Beatty Street, in Easington Colliery. Peterlee firefighters battled
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World of Herriot keeps on growing
ONE of North Yorkshire's most famous museums is forging links with counterparts across the world. Tony Wijgergangs, part-time curator of the Veterinary Museum of Utrecht, in the Netherlands, visited the World of James Herriot Museum, in Thirsk, last week
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Work starts on hospital entrance
WORK on the new entrance to Darlington Memorial Hospital is due to start this week. The £250,000 scheme, which has been funded through NHS modernisation money, will be completed by the end of August. The new reception, foyer and waiting area will be sited
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Partnership aims to boost rural transport links
AMBITIOUS plans to improve transport links for people in rural areas have been drawn up under a new partnership. The initiative aims to establish a series of schemes to make it easier for residents of isolated communities to get to services from hospitals
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£1m pub opposed
PLANNING officials are recommending that a scheme to convert a disused Durham City cinema into a pub be rejected. The city council's development control committee will be advised tomorrow to reject national chain J D Wetherspoon's £1m proposals for the
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Traders hit by bridge collapse
TRADERS in the Richmond area are continuing to suffer after the collapse of the town's Mercury Bridge. Business owners say they are losing trade as a result of extensive damage caused to the 19th Century landmark by recent flooding. The chairman of the
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Bridle path work praised
WORK to create better access for horseriders along a cycle route has won plaudits from the British Horse Society (BHS). A Route Creation Award was presented jointly to Derwentside Byways and Bridleways Association, Sustrans, Durham County Council and
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Big stores urged to join crime-busting scheme
COMMUNITY police in north-west Durham appealed yesterday to shopkeepers to join a thief watch scheme which is netting them daily arrests. About 30 shops in Consett and another 30 in Stanley are members of the Shop Theft Awareness Monitoring Programme
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Crash driver freed after car overturns
A DRIVER was pulled from his overturned car after an accident in Chester-le-Street yesterday. The man, believed to be in his 50s, was freed by firefighters and strapped to a spinal board after the crash, on the Drum Industrial Estate. The collision, involving
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Pupils given taste of police life
TEENAGERS have been given a taste of life in the police force in a pilot work experience scheme. Their week-long placements with the Sunderland West Area Command included going out on panda car patrols and meeting specialist officers. Three pupils from
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End of an era as charity shop pioneer pulls out
THE forerunner of a town's charity retail empire has drawn the shutters on 42 years of trading in the town, because of too much competition. Oxfam is heralding the closure as the end of an era which started in Bishop Auckland back in 1958. The charity's
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Group goes from strength to strength
A PILOT scheme set up on Teesside to help housing cooperatives share experience and adopt best practices has proved so successful that members are to create a formal group. Teesside Co-op Links was launched a year ago by the Endeavour Housing Association
