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Durham's mission
"I was shocked with what I found - many infringements of human rights, people living in fear and a complex web of armed violence..." - the Right Reverend Michael Turnbull, Bishop of Durham THINK of Colombia and what comes to mind? Coffee? Middlesbrough
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Taking a Pop at another institution
A SENTENCE in the Daily Telegraph's interminable coverage of Prince William's 18th birthday leapt out and raised a question. "Despite his fondess for his Pop uniform, the Prince admits he is happiest in casual clothes." Since it seemed to me that any
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Couple win review of home demolition bid
A COUPLE faced with the prospect of seeing the housing estate where they have lived for 18 years being demolished have won the right to a High Court review of their case. Valerie and Frank Hogg, aged in their fifties, are devoted to their two-bedroom
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When freedom must be sacrificed
OUR sympathy goes out to the many parties who have been the innocent victims of the hooliganism and disorder which have blighted England's progress in Euro 2000. There are the genuine law-abiding supporters of our national team who have been tarred with
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Mallon in the clear - at last
SUSPENDED supercop Ray Mallon was cleared last night of all criminal charges following a three-year corruption probe that has cost North-East taxpayers millions of pounds. Detective Superintendent Ray Mallon - the man who brought Zero Tolerance policing
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Sutton in no rush to decide
MIDDLESBROUGH target Chris Sutton won't be rushed into a decision over where his future lies. The Chelsea striker had talks with Celtic at the weekend after the Parkhead club matched Boro's £6m offer. Aston Villa and Tottenham have also been linked with
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Bright outlook for goal ace Shearer
Captain Alan Shearer declared his confidence and self-belief to be sky-high ahead of tonight's encounter with Romania after rediscovering his goal touch for England against Germany. And the centre-forward insisted that his belief in the national team's
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Creating a work of art
A DARLINGTON firm renowned for its engineering products is turning its hand to works of art. The Forge House Group has produced a spectacular acrylic sculpture that will be the centrepiece of the new Sunderland Transport Interchange. Weighing 33 stones
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Be patient, appeal to fans as stadium preparation begins
THE first tangible sign that Darlington Football Club's new 25,000 seat stadium is finally on the way came yesterday in the shape of a towering bill board. The 28ft-high hoarding heralding the start of work on the new arena was hoisted into place on the
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Matthew's big day as hospice opens at last
LITTLE Matthew Bacon took centre stage yesterday at the official opening of the region's first children's hospice. Six-year-old Matthew, who has cerebral palsy, was chosen to present a thank-you card to Health Secretary and Darlington MP Alan Milburn
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The challenge to deliver a future for rural offices
LOSSES of £264m and for the first time in 24 years the corporation not making a profit - anyone would think the Post Office was failing to deliver to its users. But to its managers the figures are a creditable performance in the face of what has been
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North-East managed pubs are sold by Enterprise
SOME of the North-East's most familiar watering holes have changed hands for the third time in six months. Enterprise Inns yesterday announced it has agreed to sell 35 of its managed pubs to Olivegrange. Solihull-based Enterprise bought the outlets last
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£1.5m rejuvenation project for city port
WORK has begun on a new £1.5m warehouse which will herald a new era for a once-busy port and breathe new life into a largely derelict area. North European Marine Services chairman, Sir Tom Cowie, and Sunderland City Council leader Councillor Colin Anderson
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Criticised schools are -making progress'
TWO Darlington schools described as having serious weaknesses after after Government inspections are making progress in addressing their problems. Dodmire Junior School and Rise Carr Primary School were given 40 days to draw up emergency action plans
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Death Row reprieve dog savages girl, 7
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl was mauled by a dog, just three days after it escaped being destroyed for another attack on a child. Chelsea Troup underwent hours of surgery as doctors fought to save her leg after the 12-stone bull mastiff, called Kaiser, leapt
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Pound's strength is undermining Nissan's future model prospects
NISSAN last night played down claims that 12,000 jobs could be lost if its North-East plant fails to secure investment to build a new model. Yesterday MPs were warned the prospects of the Japanese giant's Micra replacement being built in Sunderland are
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Letters
CHANNEL 5 I THINK your mention of a Channel 5 spokesperson (Echo, June 8) being delighted with the viewing figures for the recent Keith Chegwin effort is worrying as it makes it seem that the main yardstick for a good programme depends on numbers watching
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Bike death driver charged
THE case against a West Midlands man charged in connection with a road accident in which a North-East motorcyclist died has been adjourned. Richard Alan Petty, 30, of St John's Road, Dudley, was due to appear Guisborough magistrates yesterday charged
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Police swimmers a splash hit with their opponents
CLEVELAND police swimmers were a splash hit with fellow competitors at the national police life-saving championships. The squad were runners up in the competition for the third year running, but they returned home with more than a medallion. The team
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Students face the challenge of a lifetime
COLLEGE students are rising to a challenge of a lifetime by climbing 10,000ft in the French Pyrenees. An intrepid group from Bishop Auckland College have spend the past year on a Network Challenge course designed to give them new skills and achieve their
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Mortgage company misled staff and customers
THOUSANDS of people left out of pocket after a mortgage broker was shut down were found to have been misled by the company yesterday. The Department of Trade and Industry swooped on Century Mortgages in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, in October, casting
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Euro plea is sent out by Nissan chief
NORTH-EAST car plant boss John Cushnaghan will today tell a Commons select committee of his belief that early British entry to the euro will provide a boost to British industry. Nissan's Sunderland factory managing director has been invited to give evidence
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. . . but it's goodbye Mr Chips
FIRE safety experts are appealing for a new recruit to help launch their latest campaign. North Yorkshire Fire Brigade has teamed up with Scarborough's McCain Foods to create the character of Chippy McCain to promote their safety message over the danger
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Cavalcadeon road
VINTAGE vehicles of all kinds will be on show at Rail 2000's Millennium Cavalcade of Steam in August. Cars, buses, commercial vehicles and much more will offer something for visitors to the event who don't have a particular interest in trains. Motor caravans
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A1 crash burglary suspect
A SUSPECTED burglar who was killed as he drove into oncoming traffic in a bid to escape police was named by police yesterday. David Prenelle, 31, of Chilton Moor, near Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside, was killed instantly after his van slammed into cars.
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Man's anger over repair job at his mother's home
A SON has told of his anger after council workers left his disabled mother to move heavy material which may have contributed to her stroke. Wheelchair-bound pensioner Myra Bland, 70, who suffers from severe arthritis, was moving a bucket containing workers
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Should we ban this unspeakable sport?
SOME say that fox hunting should be banned because it causes unnecessary pain. If that's a valid argument, then we should ban football. How many people have been injured and terrified by the hordes of hooligans who, not just in Euro 2000, but since the
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Fears over on-street parking fees idea
PROPOSALS for charging motorists for on-street parking are under consideration following a preliminary report into reducing congestion. The initiative could see charges introduced to park in market towns, including North-allerton, Richmond and Thirsk,
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Villagers use flower power
VILLAGERS are turning their high street into a floral paradise in an attempt to win a competition. Residents and businesses in Norton, near Stockton, have formed a group to tidy the image of their village, in a bid to win the Northumbria in Bloom competition
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Burning Questions 19.06.2000
Q WHAT was the Kellogg Briand Pact and is there any connection with Kellogg's, maker of breakfast cereal? - Jeff Wilkinson, South Moor, Stanley.A THE pact was an agreement made between the US and France in 1927. The countries renounced war in favour of
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Posturing merely an empty threat to peace
THERE is a significant minority of people within Northern Ireland who do not want the Good Friday Agreement to succeed. In both the Republican and Unionist sections of the Ulster community there are extremists who find the notion of compromise wholly
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It's all over now for England
MILLIONS of England fans suffered the heartbreak of watching their side crash out of the Euro 2000 championships to a late penalty last night. Despite being outclassed for much of a match in which Kevin Keegan's side needed only to draw, England looked
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Keegan -devastated' as side crash
England crashed out of Euro 2000 on a night of heartbreak for Kevin Keegan in Charleroi. Romania beat Keegan's outclassed team 3-2 after a disastrous 89th-minute penalty. Defender Phil Neville recklessly brought down Viorel Moldovan in the penalty area
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It's over and out for Shearer and England
England, having unconvincingly stumbled along a perilous tightrope between success and failure, duly plunged over the precipice as they crashed out of the European Championships due to a late penalty by Romania. England were clinging desperately to their
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Shamed fan may face ban
POLICE admit they are powerless to take further action against a known football hooligan after he was deported from Belgium during crowd trouble at Euro 2000. However, Lee Owens could be banned from the home ground of his favourite team, Middlesbrough
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Causeway shows his rivals the way home
Giant's Causeway put the disappointment of two Guineas defeats behind him when striding to victory in a thrilling St James's Palace Stakes which lit up the opening day of Royal Ascot. In a breathtaking finish to the first Group One event of the meeting
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Letters
DOUBLE JEOPARDY JACK Straw should know very well how to do his duty by his country and the parents of Julie Hogg by sentencing Billy Dunlop to life imprisonment without breaking and without revising the law. The law states: a) that a person cannot be
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Tributes follow death of solicitor
TRIBUTES are being paid to a well-known and respected North-East solicitor who died while on holiday. Richard Hinks' death happened in Scotland last week while on holiday with his wife, Ishbel. He was 64. Mr Hinks, had only recently retired from Latimer
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MP repeats demand to bring in auditors
A NORTH-East MP has repeated calls for auditors to be brought in for a full-scale investigation of the true cost of Operation Lancet. Ashok Kumar, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, has long campaigned for the bones of the anti-crime inquiry
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Caped crime-fighter aims to give burglars a prickly reception
THE world of crime-fighting has never seen his like before. With yellow tights, green shorts and a flowing green cape, he may sound like a cartoon superhero. But this is PC Colin Hopkins, a former Middlesbrough and Hartlepool beat bobby, who was yesterday
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Dumbing down claims rejected by university
A UNIVERSITY has rejected fears that a scheme encouraging people from deprived areas to apply for degree courses lowers entry standards. Newcastle University launched the scheme, which targets areas where there is little or no history of people attending
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Marco heading for exit
Darlington chairman George Reynolds last night told fans that he believes star striker Marco Gabbiadini will be going to Northampton next month. Gabbiadini's contract with Quakers ends in a fortnight's time and there are a host of clubs chasing him from
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Former Tory Party chief took £25,000 from charity
A FORMER Conservative Party branch president yesterday admitted dishonestly taking more than £25,000 from a charity which helps disadvantaged children. Donald David Gilbert OBE, a former North-East regional chairman of the Variety Club of Great Britain
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Something for everyone at charity fun day
PEOPLE in Stanley are urged to make the town's annual fun day a roaring success this weekend. The event on Saturday is the flagship fundraiser for the Stanley Local Committee of the Cancer Research Campaign and is backed by Derwentside District Council
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What makes the thugs disgrace their nation?
THE disgraceful pictures of rioting English fans in Belgium has confirmed all the stereotypes of the football hooligan. The unruly mob throwing bottles, chairs, insults and punches at foreign supporters and by-standers was made up of shaven-headed tattooed
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Low-flying dossier to be sent to ministers
A DOSSIER on low-flying aircraft over a village near Darlington is to be sent to the Government. The document has been prepared by Middleton St George parish councillor John Sterling, following concern about low-flying in the village. It is being sent
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Collection plan sparks protest from pharmacists
PHARMACISTS say a council is trying to force pensioners to join a new scheme for the collection of medical prescriptions. Pharmacists in the Durham area have hit out at plans by the city council's City Care warden service to deal with just one firm rather
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Surgeon told me -grin and bear it'
SURGEON Richard Neale told a patient suffering repeated attacks of severe gynaecological pain that she should "grin and bear it", the General Medical Council was told yesterday. Sheila Wright-Hogeland, an endometriosis sufferer, who was treated at the
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Surgeon told me -grin and bear it'
SURGEON Richard Neale told a patient suffering repeated attacks of severe gynaecological pain that she should "grin and bear it", the General Medical Council was told yesterday. Sheila Wright-Hogeland, an endometriosis sufferer, who was treated at the
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Derelict homes safety concern
RESIDENTS have raised safety concerns over dozens of derelict properties which surround their homes. People living in Carlton Moor Crescent, on Darlington's Firth Moor estate, are furious that the empty homes have not been properly secured by Darlington
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Communicating safety message to young
SAFETY chiefs are warning youngsters that building sites are potentially lethal playgrounds. Thousands of Sunderland junior schoolchildren will take part in the fifth annual Zone Rangers event between now and the end of the month. It aims to get children
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Withdrawal of Teesside link pays off for Gill
GILL Airways has flown through another hurdle on the road to financial recovery. Last night the airline announced its best sales figures of the year. Sales on the Air France franchise service from Newcastle to Paris are heading for an all-time monthly
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PrismTech to create jobs in expansion
A £6.5m expansion plan will see around 80 new jobs created at a North-East software company. PrismTech announced yesterday it had completed a finance-raising package which would allow the firm to expand its Team Valley base. The company is one of the
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Whisper of 'sorry' as killer sentenced
CHILD killer Colin Bainbridge was labelled "evil" by a judge yesterday as the mother of murdered schoolgirl Laura Kane dealt with a second family tragedy. Judge Mr Justice Nelson said the brutal rape and murder of pretty nine year old schoolgirl Laura
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Death threat row
A BADGER protection group has condemned death threats to agriculture minister Nick Brown over a cull. The Newcastle East MP has received threats from animal rights groups over a programme of culling badgers, which are thought to be responsible for passing
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Appeal after youth mugs woman of 74
AN elderly woman was left with a black eye after she was mugged for her shoulder bag. The unnamed 74-year-old was attacked while on a shopping trip in Front Street, Witton Gilbert, at 8.15am on Saturday. A youth came up behind her, pushed her to the ground
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Vision behind new housing scheme is praised
A HOUSING chief has praised a council's vision of setting up a scheme to build affordable new homes. Durham City Council formed the Durham Housing Partnership to provide social rented housing two years ago. The scheme has developed several sites in and
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Youngsters given food for thought
A new healthy eating programme is giving Hartlepool youngsters food for thought. The initiative has been launched by a quartet of after-school play-schemes going by the names of Oscar, Orca, Nipas and Sizzlers. Together, the playcentres cater for more
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Tears of joy as Denise gets a teaching -Oscar'
THERE were tears of joy when a classroom assistant from Darlington scooped a top award in the region's teaching Oscars yesterday. The Teaching Award 2000 presentations, also known as the "Platos", which honour the region's top teachers, took place in
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Pupils battling to save river bank -classroom'
PRIMARY school pupils are battling to save a river bank they use as an outdoor classroom. Young environmentalists at St Anne's Primary School, Bishop Auckland, have been monitoring the environment of the river bank at Escomb Farm, Escomb, for eight years
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Fears over on-street parking fees idea
PROPOSALS for charging motorists for on-street parking are under consideration following a preliminary report into reducing congestion. The initiative could see charges introduced to park in market towns, including Northallerton, Richmond and Thirsk,
