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Therapy sessions are music to the ears of town youngsters
PARENTS of children with profound learning or physical disabilities are being offered the chance of specialist therapy sessions in Darlington. Children aged under two-and-a-half are invited to sessions held every Friday in Harewood House. In the last
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Parking charges cut to help traders
CAR park charges in Redcar and Cleveland will be cut from today. The new charges will mean that motorists will be able to pay 60p to park for up to an hour at a number of sites, instead of the previous minimum of a pound for two hours. In some parts of
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Rehoming Yorkies
A FLOWER show that has continued to blossom in recent years enjoyed its biggest-ever entry this weekend. The Northallerton and District Horticultural Society's annual show attracted about 500 entries from North Yorkshire, and this year the entries were
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Consett & Stanley - Residents to have say in centre plans
VILLAGERS are being urged to have their say on plans to give their community centre a major facelift. Langley Park Community Association is hoping to win funding for a major refurbishment of the Church Street Community Centre. The association is preparing
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Durham - Parking contract awarded
A LEADING car park operator will enforce new parking restrictions on the streets of Durham City. Durham County Council has given the job of policing the scheme to National Car Parks (NCP), which was chosen over five other bidders. The council is introducing
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Darlington - Stadium will be built, says club
DARLINGTON Football Club has assured supporters that construction of its multi-million pound new stadium will go ahead. It follows claims that the stadium will violate the human rights of people living next door. Lawyers representing opponents of the
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Wear Valley - Town set for revival
NEW Government cash will put a 'people's plan' for reviving Bishop Auckland's declining fortunes into operation. The struggling market town and the nearby communities of Coundon, St Helen Auckland and the Dene Valley are in line for a share of a £20m
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Wear Valley - NHS cash injection for hospital development
HOSPITAL bosses have been given a £4m cash injection to buy state-of-the art medical equipment for a long-awaited development. The extra funding from the NHS Executive Regional Office means that a total of £7m can be spent on wards, theatres and clinics
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North Yorkshire - Unfit homes need £38m
ALMOST a quarter of a district's private sector houses are in poor condition and could need nearly £38m spending to bring them up to scratch, says a new report. A survey carried out on behalf of Richmondshire District Council has shown 23 per cent of
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North Yorkshire - Patients benefit from cash boost
HOSPITAL outpatient services are to be improved following a £180,000 cash injection. The money will be spent on new facilities to reduce the amount of time patients spend in hospital before and after operations. Northallerton's Friarage Hospital won the
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Joy for bowling club after long fight
MEMBERS of one the country's oldest bowling clubs marked the end of a four-year battle to build a clubhouse by officially opening their new £124,000 building. The Bedale Bowling Green Society, which has more than 120 members, has spent years struggling
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Burning Questions
Q: WHAT are the connections between Bowes village and the Queen Mother? - W Sewell, Bishop Auckland. A: BOWES village lies on the River Greta, three miles south-west of Barnard Castle. This village takes its name from an Anglo-Saxon or Viking word Bogr
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Good Samaritan attacked
A 60-year-old man was attacked after protecting customers from robbers. The man's walking stick was kicked away and his wallet stolen from his jacket pocket on Stockton High Street, last Saturday, at about 7pm. He had first alerted and escorted a woman
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One for the twitchers
BIRDWATCHERS will get the chance to see migration in action this week. Sunderland City Council's countryside management team will hold its annual Barmston Birdwatch on Wednesday. The free event is being held at Barmston Pond, just north of the A1231 Sunderland
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Bike thrills help to drill safety message
THOUSANDS of people converged on a police headquarters at the weekend to enjoy a feast of motorcycles and entertainment. Bike Wise at Aykley Heads, Durham, has been sponsored since its inception in 1995 by Honda, and was organised by the motorcycle section
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Portable system is lifesaver for Emma
A TEENAGER from the North-East has been given her life back after becoming the first child in Britain to receive a new drug using a nebuliser powered by a car cigarette lighter. Emma Evans, a 14-year-old from Hartlepool, was virtually housebound because
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MP on the mend after spine op
A Labour MP is set to return to Westminster after overcoming a life-threatening illness. Father of two Alan Campbell, 43, MP for Tynemouth, underwent surgery for the removal of a tumour on his spine three months ago. He announced yesterday he was making
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Catch the bus for jobs advice tour
A decorated bus will be calling around the region to give advice to jobseekers and employers. The Employment Service's summer information roadshow will call at towns including Gateshead, Billingham, Seaham, Middlesbrough and Redcar throughout the month
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A legacy best forgotten
INDUSTRIAL LEGACY WE SHOULD all applaud and join in the euphoria at the massive Lottery investment in the new National Railway Museum at Shildon which will have a spin-off for the whole of the borough as well as the county. However, in most of the celebrations
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Girl chats to rescuers as they free her from railings
Brave Shauney Lee Scott plunged from a tree and impaled herself on railings - then chatted calmly to firefighters who were called to rescue her. Shauney Lee, ten, politely asked her rescuers how long they would take to free her arm and also asked each
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Girl chats to rescuers as they free her from railings
Brave Shauney Lee Scott plunged from a tree and impaled herself on railings - then chatted calmly to firefighters who were called to rescue her. Shauney Lee, ten, politely asked her rescuers how long they would take to free her arm and also asked each
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Rushworth still king of road after win
GREAT Britain international Brian Rushworth, whose athletics career was in jeopardy earlier this year, proved himself to be still the North-East's King of the Road with a seventh consecutive victory in yesterday's Darlington 10K. The 37-year-old Sunderland
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Temple's down and out
Hartlepool Boxer Alan Temple's hopes of winning the IBF inter-continental title bit the dust when he was stopped by lightweight champion Steve Murray at Wembley Conference Centre. Temple went to London full of confidence that he could halt the unbeaten
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PM backs campaign against killer gas
PRIME Minister Tony Blair has met the grieving family of a North-East student who died of carbon monoxide poisoning and offered his personal backing to the campaign to stop the silent killer. In a meeting set up by The Northern Echo, Mr Blair talked to
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Lincoln City 0 Hartlepool United 2
IT was a horror start that pegged back Hartlepool United last season - this time around they are off to a flyer. Twelve months ago one win in eight meant Chris Turner's side were playing catch-up from the off. In the end they reached the play-offs, but
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Officers trapped after panda car crashes
TWO police officers were injured when their panda car left the road and crashed into a telegraph pole. The officers were trapped in the wreckage and were rescued by a taxi driver who used the police radio to summon help. PC Emma Downing, 27, and her passenger
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Portable ice rink gives youngsters some cool holiday entertainment
CHILDREN have been invited to try out their skills on a new portable ice rink these summer holidays. The rink measuring 20ft by 30ft is manufactured from high density plastic and will be touring five Sunderland leisure centres as part of this year's Summer
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Switch-on aims to cut congestion
NEW traffic lights to ease rush-hour congestion in Teesside will be switched on this afternoon. The lights are designed to cut queuing on the approaches to the Greystone roundabout at Wilton, at the junction of the A174 and A1053. They will operate at
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Police launch investigation
POLICE are investigating the cause of a house fire in which a 30-year-old woman died at the weekend. Neighbours described how the woman's boyfriend managed to flee the blaze in their ground-floor flat, but was beaten back by smoke when he went back to
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Police launch investigation
POLICE are investigating the cause of a house fire in which a 30-year-old woman died at the weekend. Neighbours described how the woman's boyfriend managed to flee the blaze in their ground-floor flat, but was beaten back by smoke when he went back to
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Dismay at -danger junction' approval
CONSTRUCTION of a slip road to improve an accident blackspot on the A66 has been announced by the Government. But villagers, who fought a long campaign against the proposals for Sadberge, near Darlington, which ended in a public inquiry, said they were
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Dismay at -danger junction' approval
CONSTRUCTION of a slip road to improve an accident blackspot on the A66 has been announced by the Government. But villagers, who fought a long campaign against the proposals for Sadberge, near Darlington, which ended in a public inquiry, said they were
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-Forgotten' flood victims demand to meet council
TENANTS who claim they are the "forgotten victims" of the worst floods to hit County Durham in living memory are demanding a meeting with their council landlords. Residents of River Walk, in West Auckland, are still "camping out" in their homes ten weeks
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Detectives set up murder inquiry
POLICE are investigating the murder of a 22-year-old man. Mark Marshall died of stab wounds in Wansbeck General Hospital following the attack in the Beaconhill, Cramlington, Northumberland, around midnight on Friday. Detectives said there had been a number
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Bennett's blast as referee robs Quakers
Darlington manager Gary Bennett blasted the performance of referee Mike Cooper as "diabolical" as Quakers were forced to settle for a point at Spotland. Up to Saturday, Bennett had been fairly relaxed in his new job, but he took a leaf out of David Hodgson's
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The singing football star scales lofty heights again
SKELMERTHORPE'S not Skelmersdale, heaven knows, but still the poor taxi driver asked eight people before accurately being directed towards Elmfield Drive. "You should have said Millionaires' Row" says Colin Grainger. "That's what everyone calls it around
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Concern over missing North-East pensioner
POLICE are concerned for the safety of a missing Durham City pensioner who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. George Alexander Harding, 83, was last seen in the garden of his home in Geoffrey Avenue, Nevilles Cross, at 3pm on Saturday. Today it was believed
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Arrested fans top league of shame
FANS of Sunderland Football Club top the national soccer league of shame. Newly released figures show the club notched up the highest number of arrests for soccer hooligan offences in the country last season. A record 223 yobs were arrested at Sunderland
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Homes boost for disabled
DISABLED people in Middlesbrough are being offered new independence. A project designed to help people with disabilities move into homes of their own has been launched by the Endeavour Housing Association. People will be given the chance to learn life
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The Barnardo's boy who dresses queens
RAGS to riches is an overused clich, but when the subject is Bruce Oldfield no other phrase will do. From learning his craft by making dresses from rags for his sisters' dolls in a two-up two-down house in County Durham, he became the couturier who dressed
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Bullying campaigners outrage
AN anti-bullying campaign set up by supporters of a North-East teacher have criticised David Blunkett MP after failing to win backing from the education secretary. Gill Hetherington contacted Mr Blunkett after her husband Geoff won an unfair dismissal
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Chester le Street - Council hosts pensioners' treat
DURHAM pensioners are being invited to join in the fun at a special rally held for them every year. About 420 men and women from across the city enjoyed a great afternoon at Durham City Council's Senior Citizens Rally but anyone who missed out is being
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Consett & Stanley - Nerve gas death probe extended
A POLICE investigation into the death of a young airman in chemical warfare trials has been widened to examine at least another 45 deaths. Police extended their investigation into the death of Consett man Ronald Maddison after being flooded with nearly
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Riding centre hit by vandals
A RIDING centre for the disabled is being plagued by vandals who are targeting a new wire fence. The Riding for the Disabled Unicorn Centre at Hemlington, near Middlesbrough, raised £2,000 to erect a wire fence around a field which Middlesbrough Council
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Anti-trespassing operation on the right lines
A HIGH profile operation to catch railway vandals and trespassers red-handed has already proved a success. Operation Scarecrow was launched last week by Railtrack and the British Transport Police, who are targeting vandalism blackspots during the summer
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Rare orchid hopes dashed
A COUNTY Durham pensioner who claimed he had found a rare orchid growing in his garden has seen his hopes dashed by a top botanist. Thomas Cooke, 68, of Chilton, contacted The Northern Echo to tell of his find after reading a report of the rare bird's-nest
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Durham - Principles, not money, at stake
PAT Daglish admits bluntly that she is getting tired of fighting her late father's cause. But she says: "I can't let my dad down - he told me to keep fighting after he was gone. It is no longer about money now, it is the principle. Even if he had lived
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Darlington - Estate looks ahead with confidence
TRIBUTES have been paid to a tireless community worker who helped to secure £3m for a Darlington housing estate. As chairman of the Firthmoor Community Partnership, Bill Cook was instrumental in putting together a bid to regenerate the estate. And all
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Fans top shame league
FANS of Sunderland Football Club top the national soccer league of shame. Newly released police figures show the club notched up the highest number of arrests for soccer hooligan offences in the country last season. A record 223 yobs were arrested at
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Man found injured in car park
POLICE in Darlington are investigating a suspected assault after a man was found semi-conscious in a store car park. The man, aged 25 and from Darlington, was found in the Allied car park in the town's Russell Street, at 8am on Saturday with head and
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Legal action threat after match injury
ONE of the world's oldest amateur football clubs has found itself at the centre of a second legal row over on-the-field injuries. Four years ago, County Durham team Bishop Auckland had to raise £30,000 to stave off bankruptcy after an opposing player
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Legal action threat after match injury
ONE of the world's oldest amateur football clubs has found itself at the centre of a second legal row over on-the-field injuries. Four years ago, County Durham team Bishop Auckland had to raise £30,000 to stave off bankruptcy after an opposing player
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The groom who skipped to church
MADCAP groom Robert Hill did away with the traditional Rolls Royce for his wedding on Saturday and arrived at the church in a builder's skip. The 23-year-old, from Winchester Walk, Hartlepool, travelled in style to St Oswald's Church for his wedding to
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Looking Back: Fishy tale of town centre rowdies
FROM this newspaper 100 years ago. - An itinerant vendor of ice-cream was occupying a stand in Darlington market square when he was assailed by a number of rowdies who pelted him with fish heads from the adjoining fish market. The Italian retaliated by
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College gains excellent mark
A COLLEGE has been recognised as a centre of excellence. The Institute of Management bestowed the award on New College Durham - one of only three centres to have gained the accolade this year. New College Durham scored highly on criteria including effective
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Transport firm take-over speculation
TRANSPORT company Arriva, currently in a pay dispute with its drivers, could become the subject of a take-over bid. City experts believe both Sunderland-based Arriva and Go-Ahead, which operates trains and buses, face being taken over by the end of the
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Grammar school's follow-up reunion
ONE of the region's grammar schools is looking for its former pupils to take part in a follow-up reunion. St Mary's Grammar School, in Darlington, held a reunion to mark its 75th anniversary last year which was so successful, organisers are to hold another
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The Monday Poem
It's An Ill Wind My husband came back home and said: "In future we're OK 'Cos from now on there'll be no chance You'll get in the family way." He'd been to have his tonsils out But too late they had found That someone accidentally Had turned the trolley
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Sporting summer line-up
SUMMER fun has been lined up in Darlington for youngsters from across the borough. Summer 2000, supported by The Northern Echo, includes a range of events for children during the summer holidays. The Dolphin Centre is running Camp Dolphin, with games
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recipe for success when it comes to producing prize pork pies
THE second annual pork pie competition in a Weardale pub attracted entries from all over the region. Competition was fierce and the standard was high for the contest in the Cross Keys, Eastgate. And, as in previous contests, the competition produced its
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Advisors celebrate expansion
A CITIZEN'S Advice Bureau (CAB) has extended its premises to accommodate the specialist services it offers. Derwentside CAB will celebrate the growth of its Stanley office, in Front Street, with an open day on Wednesday, September 6. The event is being
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Curtain may come down on theatre workshop proposal
A COMMUNITY theatre group's plans for expansion look likely to be blocked. Theatre Cap-a-Pie, based at Manor House Farm, near Lanchester, was hoping to build a theatre workshop near their offices. But planners at Derwentide District Council have recommended
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Blaze death probed
POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire in which a 30-year-old woman died at the weekend. Neighbours described how the woman's boyfriend had managed to flee the blaze in their ground floor flat, but was beaten back by thick smoke when he tried to
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Wehn three's a crowd in the delivery room
Actor Michael Douglas's dream of holding fiancee Catherine Zeta Jones's hand during the birth of their son came true. But the couple did not share the intimate moment alone. The practice of inviting others to share in your childbirth joy is becoming increasingly
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Coming to terms with trauma as the nightmare floods back
A MONTH after floods devastated the east Cleveland village of Skinnningrove, residents are coming to terms with the traumatising events which changed their lives. It took just minutes for the floods to destroy homes as rivers of mud and sewage swept through
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Officers trapped after panda car crashes
TWO police officers were injured when their panda car left the road and crashed into a telegraph pole. The officers were trapped in the wreckage and were rescued by a taxi driver who used the police radio to summon help. PC Emma Downing, 27, and her passenger
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Youngsters' drama tells of feelings about town
A GROUP of young people gave a town a performance of their artistic skills at the weekend. The show, which was staged in Stanley's Front Street on Saturday, was the culmination of three weeks' work by Busy Ape Arts with young people aged from 14 to 16
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Hundreds make 10k another runaway summer success
MORE than 1,000 runners pounded the streets yesterday in the Darlington 10km road race and its accompanying 2km fun run. About 850 10k runners had warm muggy conditions for their event in which club athletes set off alongside joggers and charity fundraisers
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Family -shamed' by teenage tearaway
THE mother of a teenage thug whose identity was revealed by The Northern Echo said naming him had brought shame on her family. But Paula Harp said she would always stand by her 16-year-old son Shaun McKerry, who on Friday was locked up for four years
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Family -shamed' by teenage tearaway
THE mother of a teenage thug whose identity was revealed by The Northern Echo said naming him had brought shame on her family. But Paula Harp said she would always stand by her 16-year-old son Shaun McKerry, who on Friday was locked up for four years
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Packing in plenty of Pokemon
CHILDREN from around the region have been learning how to play the world's biggest craze. Pokemon fever hit Safeway stores in Darlington and Redcar on Saturday when experts in the game showed youngsters how to improve their skills. The stores' coffee
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More arrests by murder detectives
Police have arrested a two more people in connection with the murder of 22-year-old Mark Marshall in Beaconhill, Cramlington, Northumberland, on Friday. The arrest of the man and woman this morning brings to four the number of people detained in connection
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Flower show continues to grow in size
WHEN it comes to helping unwanted dogs, animal lover Amanda Pearson has eyes for only one breed of pooch. For the dog fanatic has set up a rehoming scheme specifically for Yorkshire terriers, which she runs from her home near Osmotherley, in North Yorkshire
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Charity's cuppas bring hospital boost
A HOSPITAL has more equipment available to make patients' stay comfortable thanks to a cash gift from a charity's tea bar. The new equipment for Chester-le-Street Hospital was handed over to North Durham Healthcare NHS Trust chairman Kevin Earley by Women's
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Chester le Street - Hundreds flock to college play day
SUMMER showers could not dampen the enthusiasm of hundreds of youngsters determined to have a good time. East Durham and Houghall Community College held a play day for four to 16-year-olds at its Houghall site near Durham last Wednesday. Attractions included
