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Boro eye Wiltord
MIDDLESBROUGH boss Bryan Robson's Euro 2000 talent hunt has taken in a fresh look at France striker Sylvain Wiltord. Robson was present when the £6m-rated Bordeaux goalscorer made his first start of the tournament as an under-strength French side went
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Taking on Hollywood with a wing and a prayer
Nick Park doesn't strike you as a man who would say "no" to an Hollywood outfit as powerful as Disney. His manner is more frightened mouse than roaring lion. But when it comes to plasticine, he knows what he wants - and the people at Disney made him an
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Getting
SCHOOLS from across the region were shown all aspects of Army life at an exhibition aimed at teachers and pupils. Marne Barracks, at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, hosted the three-day event, called the Army Exhibition for Schools (AES), the biggest
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Culture versus the Costas
THE SWEAT washed off their faces onto their immaculate black suits and white shirts as they inched their way down steep rutted roads. While their burden almost floated serenely on their broad shoulders - her face an untroubled mask of peace - the men
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Farmers sign up to local direct selling scheme
DALES farmers have signed up to a scheme that allows them to sell produce directly to their local community. Farmer's wife Ann Emerson has been appointed by a range of agencies to link food producers in Weardale with an independent chain of Co-op stores
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Famous face in village snap
BOTANIST, environmental campaigner and television personality Dr David Bellamy joined neighbours in his home village of Bedburn, on the edge of Hamsterley Forest, for a millennium photograph. To have your community or village pictured as part of The Northern
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Week gone by
A GOOD WEEK FOR... SEXUAL EQUALITY THE big news of the week is that council workers in London are testing the first female urinal with a view to letting it loose on the streets. It allows women to do their business standing up, just like men. The creator
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Free security marking offer
CYCLISTS are getting the chance to have their cycles postcoded free in a bid to stamp out thefts. People living in Great Ayton can go along to the WI Hall, in Newton Road, with their cycles between 10am and 12.30am today. Sgt Andrew Bright said the exercise
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Jobs office reopens for business
A JOBS office is back open for business after an £80,000 refit. For the past four months the Careers Centre in Peterlee, County Durham, has undergone extensive refurbishment work. The alterations have transformed the expanded premises in the town's Ridgemount
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Three-day roof vigil over for Marmalade
A distressed moggie was caught by firefighters yesterday after spending three days marooned on a roof. Marmalade the ginger puss was reluctant to be rescued from his chimney stack perch above Wolviston Village High Street, near Billingham. After defying
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Splashing out for a good cause
STUDENTS and lecturers from Teesside University have practised what they preach and made a splash for charity. Sarah Johnson and Mary Van Loo, occupational therapists from the university, were joined by students Michelle Ashton, Vicky Norman and Sally
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Bright idea will help hospice
A HOSPICE in Darlington hopes to make its community brighter next week when it launches its latest fundraising event. St Teresa's Hospice, which serves the town and surrounding area, will stage its Wear Yellow Day next Friday. The day coincides with the
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It's picnic time for teddy bears
A NURSERY hopes to raise money for new equipment by holding a teddy bears' picnic next month. Durham University Nursery, Territorial Lane, Durham, is holding the event as part of its summer fair on Sunday, July 2, at 2pm. It is being organised by the
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PM launches computer aids on whirlwind visit
PRIME Minister Tony Blair warned about the dangers of being left behind by rapidly changing technology during a visit to County Durham yesterday. The Sedgefield MP dropped in at Darlington's Alderman Leach Junior School to launch a new package of electronic
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Young people join campaign against crime
YOUNG people have thrown their weight behind police in their fight against crime by getting involved in a Neighbourhood Watch scheme. The latest scheme has been set up in Gateshead East Area Command, and follows the success of a similar project in Chandless
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Youth sport boost
RICHMONDSHIRE'S participation in the North Yorkshire millennium youth games last month boosted sport in the district. Schemes to be launched since the York event include junior netball coaching at the Wensleydale school, Leyburn, and girls' football sessions
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Team's 11-hour trek raises £6,300
A TEAM of Black and Decker employees set out to prove that you need the right tools for the job when they took up a tough Northern challenge. A group of eight workers at the firm's Spennymoor base tackled an arduous trek, when they went head-to-head with
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Whey man - the patter's deed sexy
GEORDIES have got the sexiest accents in England, according to a survey. Geordie was the only regional English accent to register any significant sex appeal, with eight per cent of the vote in the survey, carried out for the Alliance and Leicester building
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Man answers drugs charges
A NORTH-EAST man appeared in court yesterday accused of being a drugs dealer. Nasir Bad Shah, 24, faces charges of possessing heroin and cannabis with intent to supply others, and possession crack cocaine. He was arrested under Operation Poppy, in which
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Licence is handed back to taxi driver
A TAXI driver who had his operator's licence revoked by district councillors following his conviction for assaulting a policeman has won his appeal against a licensing committee decision. Derwentside magistrates yesterday ruled Gary Maughan, 39, should
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Soldier remanded on charge of murder
A FOURTH soldier charged in connection with the death of a man in an alleged racist attack outside a nightclub was remanded in custody yesterday. David White, 22, from Cleveland, was charged with the murder of Glyne Agard, 34, of Reading, Berkshire. He
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Keegan has a free rein to rule England
Kevin Keegan has been told that there will be no pressure put on him by his Football Association bosses or technical director Howard Wilkinson to make any changes to his backroom staff. Wilkinson will continue to offer any technical help Keegan needs,
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Scarecrows add filling to village celebration
EXHIBITS are lining up for a special weekend event held by a village church. A total of 36 scarecrows have been dressed ready for display in Croft, near Darlington, next weekend. St Peter's Church is opening the event on Saturday, July 1, starting with
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Scarecrows add filling to village celebration
EXHIBITS are lining up for a special weekend event held by a village church. A total of 36 scarecrows have been dressed ready for display in Croft, near Darlington, next weekend. St Peter's Church is opening the event on Saturday, July 1, starting with
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Youngsters show their sporting spirit
HUNDREDS of young athletes were in action yesterday on the second day of the region's biggest ever youth games. After the under-13 year olds competed on Thursday, it was the turn of the under-15s yesterday as youngsters throughout the region competed
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Pigeon man's donation
A NORTH-East pigeon fancier's birds have proved a lucky catch for a Liverpool children's hospital. Former miner Les Wooff, of South Green, Staindrop, near Darlington, donated two of his young pigeons to an auction held in Northwich, Cheshire, which raised
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Hopes of cup win get a timely boost
DURHAM County's hopes of a first Middleton Cup triumph received a boost with a superb away victory over neighbours Northumberland. The visit to Gosforth was potentially hazardous, with the Northumbrians anxious to avenge an earlier defeat at Spennymoor
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Teachers and pupils get a glowing report
AN EAST Durham school has been given a glowing report following a government inspection. Acre Rigg Junior School in Peterlee was found to be "very effective" and a place where children enjoyed learning. An Ofsted inspection carried out earlier this year
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Wanted man Liddle set for talks on Feethams future
Darlington defender Craig Liddle will have talks on his future with manager David Hodgson next week as higher division clubs start to show an interest. Other clubs have been alerted to the fact that Quakers haven't yet re-signed the former Middlesbrough
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Thompson aiming for a win double at Croft
YORKSHIRE racer James Thompson will be aiming to boost his standings in the British Touring Car Championship when the series comes to Croft tomorrow. The 26-year-old from York, who teams up with Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen for Redstone Team Honda, bounced
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-Jail me please' heroin addict gets her wish
A WOMAN'S wish to be sent to prison was granted with an 18-month sentence yesterday. Heroin addict Lisa Davies, 29, calculated that she needed a long stretch to fit in a six-months drugs rehabilitation course in Low Newton prison, near Durham City. She
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Turner has deals in bag
BOUYANT Hartlepool United boss Chris Turner jets off on holiday today with four new deals in the bag. Turner has this week clinched the signing of Blackburn's Welsh under-21 international keeper Anthony Williams on a free transfer and has seen Paul Stephenson
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England have lessons to learn
Coach Andy Robinson has warned England they cannot afford to play catch-up rugby in today's second Test showdown with South Africa. South Africa will protect a proud record of just two Test match defeats from 11 starts at Bloemfontein. But the tourists
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Durham wait on Steve
Durham were last night waiting to hear the results of Steve Harmison's scan on the shin injury which is threatening to rule him out for two months. The 20-year-old paceman, who has been in the England squad for the first three Tests of the summer, limped
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Government wants answers in wake of flood destruction
A GOVERNMENT spokesman has demanded an emergency post-mortem into the floods which devastated hundreds of homes in County Durham and North Yorkshire. Elliot Morley MP, parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, has ordered the Environment
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Government wants answers in wake of flood destruction
A GOVERNMENT spokesman has demanded an emergency post-mortem into the floods which devastated hundreds of homes in County Durham and North Yorkshire. Elliot Morley MP, parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, has ordered the Environment
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Prime Minister pays tribute to high-tech success stories
THE Prime Minister yesterday paid tribute to two business success stories in his own backyard. Tony Blair was in Newton Aycliffe at the heart of his Sedgefield constituency, to officially open two high tech business ventures which will lead to the creation
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Prime Minister pays tribute to high-tech success stories
THE Prime Minister yesterday paid tribute to two business success stories in his own backyard. Tony Blair was in Newton Aycliffe at the heart of his Sedgefield constituency, to officially open two high tech business ventures which will lead to the creation
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Helping ease offenders back into society
A PRIEST is hoping to set up a project in Teesside to help young offenders after they are released into the community. Father Patrick Cope, of the Bishops Conference Young Offenders' Project, is looking for volunteers to train as mentors for those in
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Student
HARD-UP student nurses are to take their campaign for better wages to Health Secretary Alan Milburn. The Darlington MP has agreed to meet a delegation of five Unison student nurses in London on Monday. They include Elaine Chapman, a single mother-of-four
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-Bring Turnbull back from the Caribbean'
Detective Superintendent Ray Mallon last night called for the man who suspended him from duty to return to the UK to face a public inquiry. Speaking to The Northern Echo, Det Supt Mallon demanded that former assistant chief constable Robert Turnbull should
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Pressure mounts on police chief to quit
CLEVELAND'S Chief Constable Barry Shaw faced calls to quit last night after a furious judge said a "catalogue of errors" turned an inquiry into the alleged police theft of a £20 boiler into a £500,000 farce. Judges Henriques was so angered by the collapse
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Students with designs on Sixties fashion
THE GLAMOUR and sophistication of evening wear is to be contrasted with Swinging Sixties style at a student fashion parade. Second-hand wedding and bridesmaids dresses are being revamped into fashionable new-for-old styles for the GCSE exams show. The
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Entrepreneurs shun the North
THE GOVERNMENT'S bid to boost the North-East was branded a failure last night after official figures showed new businesses still preferred to set up in London and the South. A league table of enterprise - business start-ups per head of population - showed
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Farmers to fire fresh salvo in battle over power lines
FARMERS' leaders will this morning intensify their battle with National Grid by revealing new evidence linking overhead power lines with cancer. The National Farmers' Union (NFU) will use today's high-profile North Yorkshire County Show to highlight fears
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Community's tribute to para-death farmer
A COMMUNITY paid tribute yesterday to a respected farmer who was killed in a para-gliding accident while holidaying abroad. Colin Mitchelson, 49, died when he and his pilot crashed into a mountainside in Turkey. Members of the community where Mr Mitchelson
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Community's tribute to para-death farmer
A COMMUNITY paid tribute yesterday to a respected farmer who was killed in a para-gliding accident while holidaying abroad. Colin Mitchelson, 49, died when he and his pilot crashed into a mountainside in Turkey. Members of the community where Mr Mitchelson
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Fire-hit church to be bulldozed
PERMISSION has been granted for Middlesbrough's former cathedral to be totally demolished after fire destroyed the historic building. Arsonists set fire to the building earlier this month, leaving the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in a dangerous
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Armed man held wife hostage over split
A jilted husband held his wife hostage for three hours with a loaded shotgun because he refused to accept their relationship was over. Shaun Heslop, 35, kidnapped his wife in front of police officers and sparked a New Year's Day armed siege when she told
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Car thief's two days of road chaos
A CAR thief who led pursuing police the wrong way down the same dual carriageway two days running was jailed yesterday. Anthony Byrne, 26, sent cars and lorries scattering on the A19 in County Durham, reaching speeds of more than 100mph, before he did
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Digging up the facts
YOUNG history detectives came face to face with their past when they helped at an archaeological dig. Pupils from Hartlepool's English Martyrs School were supervised by Tees Archaeology service as part of their school studies on the Iron Age/Romano-British
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Nature lovers shown the path to -last wilderness'
NATURE lovers have been given an easy access route to enjoy one of the region's last remaining stretches of wilderness. Yesterday, television botanist David Bellamy opened a new path to the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. The 800 metre Seal Sands Easy
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100 years of family's five generations
LITTLE Sophie Todd became the fifth generation of her family when she was born exactly100 years after her oldest living relative. Sophie was born on the day her great-great-great aunt Elizabeth Wellburn was celebrating her 100th birthday on the other
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Week in Westminster
ANOTHER week, another rebirth of industry in the North-East. Tony Blair was in historic mode yesterday as he opened the new Filtronic factory in his constituency on the site of the failed Fujitsu plant in Newton Aycliffe. ''The Phoenix has risen from
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Call for independent report on traffic lights plan
CITY officials have called for an independent expert report on controversial plans for traffic lights on a busy road. Durham City Council has commissioned independent consultants to look at the impact lights would have on traffic on the A690 Sunderland
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Mental health centre breaks new ground
A NEW organisation designed to help everyone involved with mental health services is breaking new ground in the North-East and North Yorkshire. The Northern Centre for Mental Health aims to help improve services by sharing knowledge, drawing on national
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Children get fit for life - and have lots of fun
YOUNGSTERS in the North-East are being encouraged to stop being couch potatoes and take part in the National Children's Fitness Weekend. As part of the scheme, children in east Cleveland are taking part in a variety of activities at Pursglove Leisure
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Schools are handed £3m to improve classrooms
PUPILS and staff have welcomed the announcement of £3m funding to improve classroom conditions in Stockton schools. The money, which is a huge increase on previous years' figure, will be spent on replacing temporary mobile classrooms, mending leaky roofs
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Youngsters inspired by glass
PRIMARY school pupils were given an insight into the art of making stained glass windows by a local expert. Children from Appleton Wiske Primary School, near Northallerton, met Ann Sotheran at St Oswald's Church, West Rounton, where she is working on
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Creatures from the deep . . .
LIVE sea creatures will be displayed at a museum that usually shows preserved animals. As part of the Minibeasts exhibition at the Margrove Centre, near Guisborough, divers will collect some of the animals and plants that live in local rock pools to show
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Wright alerts Robson
NEWCASTLE United have been alerted to goalkeeper Richard Wright's contract wrangle with newly-promoted Ipswich Town. England keeper Wright's current deal runs out in a year's time and the Suffolk club are eager to tie him to a long-term contract as they
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Pupils invited to millennium school reunion
FORMER pupils of a North Yorkshire grammar school are being invited to a millennium reunion. The invitation is open to ex-pupils of Northallerton Grammar School, who were in the fifth form in 1969-70, the lower sixth in 1970-71, and the upper sixth in
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Whey man - the patter's deed sexy
GEORDIES have got the sexiest accents in England, according to a survey. Geordie was the only regional English accent to register any significant sex appeal, with eight per cent of the vote in the survey, carried out for the Alliance and Leicester building
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Church puts on colourful flower show
A CHURCH has burst into a blaze of colour in celebration of 2,000 years of Christianity. A festival of flowers on the theme "God's hand" is being held at the Leadgate Methodist Church, near Consett. It features 16 floral arrangements - 12 depicting various
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Town acts over grave shortage problem
CONSULTANTS are being called in to find an answer to Northallerton's grave shortage problems. The town only has enough burial space for the next three years, and a new report has revealed it could cost more than £200,000 to rectify the situation. The
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Court staff in life-saving training
MAGISTRATES' court staff across County Durham are to be given training aimed at helping them to save the lives of heart attack victims. The North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust has joined forces with the County of Durham Magistrates' Court Committee
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Heart-start patient in thank-you fundraiser
A FORMER top runner who became one of the region's first to have a tiny heart-start machine implanted in his chest is raising funds for a support group. Paul Harker, 43, had a successful career as a runner, vying for Olympic honours - finishing ahead
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We want you to help raise charity cash
THE Village People made an unusual guest appearance on Teesside yesterday to promote a charity aerobics session. Staff at the Southlands Leisure Centre in Middlesbrough dressed up as the 70s hit band to encourage people to take part in the Step out for
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Students put recruitment drive in
BUDDING young film-makers have framed Durham Police's drive to recruit more part-time bobbies. Final year students on New College Durham's GNVQ advanced media, communications and production course have produced a ten-minute video that will be used throughout
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Pigeon man's donation
A NORTH-East pigeon fancier's birds have proved a lucky catch for a Liverpool children's hospital. Former miner Les Wooff, of South Green, Staindrop, near Darlington, donated two of his young pigeons to an auction held in Northwich, Cheshire, which raised
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No quick fixes for business, says Blair
TONY Blair yesterday refused to offer any quick fix solutions to the region's troubled business community, instead taking the chance to reaffirm the Government message that a tough economic policy was the best way ahead for Britain and the region. The
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No quick fixes for business, says Blair
TONY Blair yesterday refused to offer any quick fix solutions to the region's troubled business community, instead taking the chance to reaffirm the Government message that a tough economic policy was the best way ahead for Britain and the region. The
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Westwood puts the wind up Slaley field
Confident Lee Westwood last night threw down the gauntlet to the rest of the field by declaring the Compaq European Grand Prix was his for the taking. Westwood carded a brilliant, second consecutive 68 at windswept Slaley Hall for a halfway total of eight
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Using universities' wealth of knowledge and expertise
A NEW centre designed to urge business to tap into the wealth of knowledge and expertise within the North-East's universities has been established. The Science Enterprise Centre has been backed by £1.3m funding from the Government's Office of Science
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Using universities' wealth of knowledge and expertise
A NEW centre designed to urge business to tap into the wealth of knowledge and expertise within the North-East's universities has been established. The Science Enterprise Centre has been backed by £1.3m funding from the Government's Office of Science
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Skip firm boss jailed for attack
A BUSINESSMAN who battered a friend he suspected of making sexual advances to his 15-year-old daughter was jailed for 28 days yesterday. The teenager told her father, Neil Hoare, that Paul Brown, 29, targeted her and her friends when they were babysitting
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Sex fiend jailed for raping children
A PAEDOPHILE has been jailed for life after lavishing a North-West Durham family with gifts so he could groom two young brothers for sex. Bryan Stanford, 51, a newspaper delivery driver, who had already served ten years for kidnapping and raping a schoolgirl
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Vanished: Car company boss in £2m sell-on deals
drivers and car dealers across the region have been left to deal with the aftermath of an alleged finance scam believed to be worth £2m. The man at the centre of police inquiries into the business deals has vanished from his home in the North-East and
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Vanished: Car company boss in £2m sell-on deals
drivers and car dealers across the region have been left to deal with the aftermath of an alleged finance scam believed to be worth £2m. The man at the centre of police inquiries into the business deals has vanished from his home in the North-East and
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Landlord hits back at neighbours over noisy pub claims
A LANDLORD has hit back at criticism from neighbours who complain that he runs a noisy pub. Colin Simpson has applied for an entertainment licence to provide singing, dancing and music during evenings and one afternoon at the Oasis pub, Talbot Street,
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Scheme will ease burden for youngsters
YOUNG people with emotional problems could soon be given help thanks to a new support scheme. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is involved in the Government's plan to set up a service to allow all youngsters, whatever their problems, to carry on in
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Monument setting for festival of trees
PEOPLE are being urged to help a major green scheme celebrate its tenth anniversary by joining in the fun at a festival this weekend. The Green North Forest is holding its annual Penshaw Festival of the Trees, at Penshaw Monument, between Chester-le-Street
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Workingmen's club in health message to members
THE traditional image of a workingmen's club is set to change thanks to a new Teesside health project. A health roadshow is being held at the Eston and Normanby Workingmen's Club to provide essential information for men who are reluctant to seek advice
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Student nurses in pay protest
HARD-UP student nurses are to take their campaign for better wages to Health Secretary Alan Milburn. The Darlington MP has agreed to meet a delegation of five Unison student nurses in London on Monday. They include Elaine Chapman, a single mother-of-four
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Radio station makes waves for steel gala
PREPARATIONS are under way for a live radio broadcast from the Teesside Steel Gala. Throughout the day on Sunday, July 2, BBC Radio Cleveland will be presenting its shows from the gala at the Kirkleatham showground in Redcar. As well as regular presenters
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Glorious tribute to God
York Millennium Mystery Plays York Minster THERE has never been anything like it before and quite probably there will never be anything like it again - a piece of popular historical theatre staged in, to quote the Dean of York, "the finest gothic cathedral
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Chip fryer fire victim -lucky to survive'
FIREFIGHTERS saved the life of a man who slept as his house filled with smoke. The householder, aged in his forties, nearly died from smoke inhalation following a kitchen fire. Firefighters dragged him semi-conscious from his bed, and resuscitated him
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Couple banned as directors
A HUSBAND and wife have been banned from company management for seven years. Robin Pratt, 42, and Leigh Pratt, 48, of Mariner's Court, Hartlepool, were disqualified at Middlesbrough County Court from management of limited companies. The couple were directors
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Furniture scam may be linked to TV tricksters
PENSIONERS are being targeted in a doorstep furniture scam. Cleveland Police yesterday confirmed they are investigating incidents when one pensioner handed over a cheque for £350 for a chair and a two-seater settee in return for her three-piece suite,
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Home violence tips for RUC
EXPERTS in domestic violence from the region could soon be travelling to Belfast to instruct the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Representatives from the University of Teesside's Centre for Police Research and Education have been asked to present a domestic
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Village gardens opened to public in aid of charities
GARDENS in a County Durham village will be open to the public tomorrow in support of a number of charities. A total of 16 gardens in Gainford, near Darlington, will be open from 2pm to 6pm in aid of the National Gardens Scheme. The scheme supports a variety
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Pressure mounts on police chief to quit
CLEVELAND'S Chief Constable Barry Shaw faced calls to quit last night after a furious judge said a "catalogue of errors" turned an inquiry into the alleged police theft of a £20 boiler into a £500,000 farce. Judges Henriques was so angered by the collapse
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Bigwig will enjoy his seaside outing
SEA AIR seems to suit Young Bigwig (4.25), poised to record back-to-back success's in the Tote Scoop6 Handicap dash at Redcar this afternoon. Twelve months ago David Chapman's seasoned campaigner flexed his sprint muscles to winning effect, kicking sand
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Five-year-old's sex attacker on register for life
A SEX beast was branded a danger to the public by a court after a sickening attack on a five-year-old girl. Kevin Brogan, 35, of Cairo Street, Sunderland, was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life after the court heard how he had previously been
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Villagers oppose -eyesore' of overhead power lines
VILLAGERS on the outskirts of Darlington are pressing for proposed overhead power lines to be put underground. Northern Electric is proposing a 1km, 11,000-volt line between Neasham and Dinsdale, near Darlington. The new line is needed to meet the increased
