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Drugs supply couple jailed
A COUPLE were jailed yesterday after admitting selling more than £1,000 of heroin to undercover police officers. Christopher Craigens, 27, and Lisa Macrae, 22, of Boscombe Gardens, Hemlington, near Middlesbrough, admitted selling the drug diamorphine
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Angel hosts spread their wings
A COUPLE who have run a village pub for 17 years pulled their last pints last night. Mr Les Scaife and his wife, Carol, have sold The Angel Hotel, at Catterick Village, and moved this week to a new home in nearby Scotton. The couple took over The Angel
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Gambling fear over arcade scheme
A PROPOSED amusement arcade in a town centre could tempt youngsters to gamble, police fear. Hambleton District Council has received an application for an arcade, with eight gaming machines, to be created on East Road, Northallerton. But police have raised
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Warning over tool kit con
A MAIL order con demanding large payments from householders has prompted a warning from trading standards officers. It involves emergency car tool kits sent unsolicited in the post. Called the Justin Case Bag, the package arrives from an overseas firm
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Steelworkers await rescue plan decision
STEELWORKERS on Teesside will learn their fate today as union officials meet Corus directors in the hope that a rescue package to save jobs will be accepted. The officials and the workers are waiting to see whether the package will be accepted - saving
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Council action after grass-cutting complaints
A LOCAL authority has been forced to make changes to its grass-cutting service after a number of complaints from residents. Darlington Borough Council is introducing a new system following dissatisfaction over the cutting of grass verges on highways.
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Steel firm plan to study rescue plan
Corus has agreed to study union plans aimed at saving 6,000 threatened jobs - more than 1,000 of them in the North-East, after a "very productive" meeting today with unions. Union leaders said they were encouraged after four hours of talks at the company's
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Job Search 2001
MORE details about the jobs below are available from the Employment Service Direct on (0845) 606 0234. Hair stylist, Hartlepool. Full-time. Tues-Sat. Must have experience. Ref: HAQ 17032. Security officer, plain clothes, Hartlepool. £4.75 to £5.25ph,
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When ridicule can be dangerous
WHEN it comes to analysing the causes of a riot, experts often look to social deprivation, inequality and a distrust of authority. But perhaps another factor should be brought into play - the influence of Blind Date. Cilla Black may seem an unlikely instigator
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Thieves net big haul of electrical equipment
A RANGE of electronic equipment was stolen in Darlington at the weekend. Almost £1,500 worth of Sony PlayStation games were taken in a raid on Friday. Thieves climbed through an upstairs window of a house in Latimer Road and took 50 games, a PlayStation
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Traders split over annual bikers' meet
BUSINESS owners in Helmsley are once again at odds over bikers flocking to the market town for a popular gathering. The town is a traditional meeting point for bikers at this time of year, but the tradition has divided traders, with some saying they welcome
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Open door invitation by councillors
GATESHEAD Borough Council has urged residents to attend its next full council meeting to see how decisions are made. The meeting is at Gateshead Civic Centre from 2.30pm on Friday. A previous meeting of the full council decided to change the content and
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International celebration for centenarian
EMMA Vogel, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, received a telegram from the president of her home nation, as well as the Queen, on her 100th birthday yesterday. Mrs Vogel, of Esh Winning, County Durham, did not arrive in England to stay with Jewish doctor
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Minister signals relief for pitmen
ENERGY Minister Peter Hain yesterday signalled a new bid to end the "intolerable wait" faced by thousands of North-East pitmen for compensation cash. Announcing a £68m compensation package for miners and their widows over the next six months, Mr Hain
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Newcastle Airport selects its international partner
COPENHAGEN Airport has been chosen as the preferred bidder for a potential Public Private Partnership (PPP) with Newcastle International Airport. The deal will involve the sale of a 49 per cent equity interest in the airport, and a technical services
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Managers rise to the occasion to reach another level
A BAKER'S dozen of assistant managers and one manager from Greggs shops across the region have completed their NVQ level two qualification in retail operations. Greggs introduced the NVQ programme two years ago. Designed by Greggs of Gosforth's training
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£2,500 grant to launch label
A MUSIC development project has been awarded £2,500 to help create a record label for Teesside and Darlington. Arts in Business has awarded the money to From Teesside with Love, which will use it to create a record label and fund the release of five albums
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Case of mystery attack stays open, vow police
THE unsolved case of a man left for dead after a savage beating will not be closed, detectives have vowed two years on. In March 1999, Douglas Taylor was attacked as he walked his dog near the home he shares with family in Yarm Road, Darlington. The severe
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Old nursery site 'surplus'
Hartlepool Borough Council's education board is being asked to approve plans to make the former Kingsley Primary School Nursery building and site at Browning Avenue, surplus to educational requirements. The completion of a major building project at Kingsley
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Hopes high that CCTV bid will end thugs' terror reign
THE Home Office looks set to step in with more than £250,000 to foil young thugs plaguing two North Yorkshire communities over the winter months. Residents at Hipswell and Scotton have been forced to call police dozens of times to incidents of vandalism
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Bassedas puts United before country
NEWCASTLE'S Argentinian midfielder Christian Bassedas will put his international ambitions on hold while he bids to help the Magpies turn around their stop-start season. On current form Newcastle have one of the worst records in the Premiership, having
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Comment from The Northern Echo; On the horns fo a dilemma
SUCH is the wild fever surrounding the foot-and-mouth epidemic, the Government is increasingly finding itself damned if it does something and damned if it doesn't. It is true that much of this is down to its failure to respond rapidly enough in the beginning
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Quinn sets his sights on getting back to Wearside action
INSPIRATIONAL striker Niall Quinn, currently out of action with a worrying back injury, last night assured Sunderland fans: "I'll be back soon." There were fears that the big Republic of Ireland international might be ruled out for the rest of the season
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Debut for an artist . . .
A RETIRED headmaster is about to hold his first art exhibition. Keith Anthony of Chester-le-Street, a former headteacher in Newcastle, will display his artwork at Stanley Civic Hall from next Tuesday, to Friday, April 27. "It is unnerving baring one's
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Task force to help business
A RURAL business community is being urged to support a task force being set up to help local industries survive the foot-and-mouth crisis. Teesdale District Council, Barnard Castle's branch of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) will be joined by other
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Gas pipe damage closes school
PUPILS at an east Durham comprehensive school were given an unexpected day off lessons following the discovery of a faulty gas pipe. The students at Easington School were told to stay at home while work to replace a damaged pipe was carried out. The fault
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Officer suspended by Lancet can return
THE first officer is to return to work after being suspended because of the controversial Operation Lancet inquiry into Cleveland Police. Detective Constable David Laing was one of eight officers - including Detective Superintendent Ray Mallon, the former
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Museum is to mind manners
THOSE with a love of history are being encouraged to come along to a meeting in Richmond next week. As many as 60 like-minded people will be there, all of them among the "manners" who staff the Richmondshire Museum during the tourist season every year
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Job Search 2001
Hair stylist, Hartlepool. Full-time. Tues-Sat. Must have experience. Ref: HAQ 17032. Security officer, plain clothes, Hartlepool. £4.75 to £5.25ph, 36-48hrs pw. Aged 19-plus. Own transport essential. Ten-year checkable work history must be provided at
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Mayor lines up bit of a civic do
THE MAYOR of Seaham's Civic Ball will be held in the town's leisure centre on April 27. Tickets are still available to the event and the mayor and consort, Councillor Mrs Sadie Mason and Eddie Mason, have extended an invitation to everyone in the area
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Future of council is on the agenda
A NEW council sits down this week to consider the most fundamental change to the way it operates for more than a quarter of a century. Neighbouring authorities have already transformed themselves into smaller versions of Westminster, each with their own
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Yobs stone ambulances
AMBULANCES have been stoned by thugs in two unrelated incidents. A nurse had to fight to keep the doors of an ambulance shut as a crowd of yobs tried to wrench them open from the outside, to get to an "intoxicated" youth being taken to hospital. The growing
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Electors are urged to vote by post
VOTERS at a forthcoming by-election are being urged to apply for a postal vote because of the foot-and-mouth crisis. Because of legislation surrounding electoral matters, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has had to fix the date of the Loftus by-election
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Craft workers join forces to fashion a place of their own
UP-and-coming craft workers in Saltburn can receive extra help to get started thanks to a new support group. A group of craft workers in the seaside town have clubbed together and formed Saltburn Crafts. They are starting to sell its work, including jewellery
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Talks held to seek cut in teenage pregnancy rates
YOUNGSTERS and representatives from local organisations have been debating ways of reducing teenage pregnancy rates in the Sedgefield area. The event, hosted by Sedgefield Primary Care Group, brought together youngsters and representatives from education
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Beautiful Game, wonderful cause
STARS of the West End stage are lending their voices to an appeal to raise money for a cash-strapped hospice. Members of the London casts of Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables are heading north this summer to give a night to remember on Teesside.
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£1m chance to show off soccer skills
KEEN footballers can join a race to win £1m in a competition in Thornaby. Asda in the town is joining Pepsi and Walkers to offer customers the chance to "kick for £1m". On Saturday, April 12, the store will be hosting the first round of the competition
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'Mother raped while son played'
A MOTHER was raped while her son played in the room next door, a court heard yesterday. Ahmed Sarhini, 35, who is also known as Antonio, of Wardroper House, Greenford Road, Newcastle, denies raping the woman in a Darlington flat on September 23 last year
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Societies' merger moves a step closer
THE proposal to merge two of the country's most influential gardening organisations has moved a major step forward. Letters have now gone to all the members of the Harrogate-based Northern Horticultural Society, which runs the town's famous Harlow Carr
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First birthday
Spennymoor and Ferryhill branch of the Royal Naval Association has celebrated its first birthday. The group, which has 29 full and associate members, meets at Spennymoor's KGH Club on the first and third Wednesday of every month, at 7.30pm. An open invitation
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Introducing firms to region is a success
A business which works to help foreign firms set up in the UK has been named as the Tees Valley's best young company. Frontier Europe, run by three 20-year-olds, is based in Brunswick Street, Stockton. It supports businesses outside the EU who want to
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Store branch celebrates its 25th anniversary in style
VISITORS to a Darlington shop were transported back to the era of flared trousers, psychedelic shirts and Afro hairstyles yesterday. Staff at The Body Shop dressed up in clothes from the 1970s as part of the company's 25th anniversary celebrations. All
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Disruption warning as hospital moves
THE accident and emergency service at Durham's Dryburn Hospital will offer only a limited service while it moves to new quarters next week. Services will be curtailed from 9pm on Monday, to 10am on Tuesday, while the department moves to the new University
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Farmers' video nasty
A farming couple have recorded a harrowing account of their battle with the foot-and-mouth outbreak. Colin and Vivien Whitfield have been filming a "warts and all" video diary since the disease was confirmed at their farm near Tow Law, County Durham,
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Museum is brighter by a stitch
A MUSEUM has been transformed with a riot of colour during an exhibition celebrating a traditional craft that is still going strong. A Kaleidoscope of Stitchcraft opens the new season at Malton Museum, on Easter Saturday, April 14. The museum is already
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Girl happy after face operation ordeal
THE mother of North-East schoolgirl Hope Elliott said she is "just happy she is home and safe" after the youngster endured an eight-hour operation on her face. Five-year-old Hope, who suffers from a rare and disfiguring facial condition known as cystic
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Greengrocer to stand trial
METRIC martyr Steven Thoburn and his wife Leigh are to stand trial for public disorder offences. Mr Thoburn, 36, a greengrocer of Association Road, Roker, Sunderland, pleaded not guilty before Sunderland magistrates yesterday to assaulting a police officer
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Schools dip into £130m sport fund
ALMOST 50 schools in the region are to benefit from a Government bid to improve arts and sports facilities. The Space for Sport and the Arts scheme will see about £130m being spent across the country. Local education authorities were invited to submit
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Echo event is just the job for winning work
JOBSEEKERS, employers and training providers came together for an annual event organised by The Northern Echo yesterday. Job Fair 2001 was held at the Dolphin Centre, Darlington, in conjunction with Darlington Borough Council. The event was organised
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Hospital staff get parking warning
HEALTH managers have warned hospital staff to stop parking irresponsibly or risk having their cars towed away. The threat comes after a fire engine was unable to get access to answer an alarm call at Bishop Auckland General Hospital because staff cars
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Health care on the agenda
HEALTH care staff from across the Teesside Health Action Zone shared their skills and knowledge yesterday. More than 300 staff took part in the Hands on Health forum in Eaglescliffe, involving local authority employees, volunteers, the health service
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The deadly legacy of 'hate crimes'
THE police have been "swooping" here in London. They have been raiding houses in the early hours and arresting perpetrators of so called "hate crimes". It makes you wonder: aren't all crimes in a sense hate crimes? What would a "love crime" look like?
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A safe landing at The Twig
THE Oak Tree, known to a generation of hedgehoppers as The Twig, is officially in Middleton St George but almost on the front doorstep of Teesside Airport. Last Tuesday evening it was like a jumbo jet-load had unexpectedly parachuted in. It should at
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Treated like lords at Cornsay
ALIVE and well and settled contentedly in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Johnny Bollands remembers vividly the day that Sunderland Reserves played at Cornsay Park Albion, changed in the Royal Oak and washed in a tin tub by the fire. "We were lord mayors of Cornsay
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Jane shops around for art
SHOPPERS have been invited to take part in an art project examining what they put in their baskets. Artist Jane Gowers is planning to create an installation called Proof of Purchase, to be shown as part of the Stockton Visual Arts Festival, which starts
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Three in heroin case told they face prison
THREE people were warned yesterday that they face prison, after admitting being involved in the supply of heroin. Judge Esmond Faulks told John Fothergill, 33, Jennifer Winter, 24, and Lloyd James Edward William Speight, 26, that prison would be the likely
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Charity tour under threat as entrants fall by the wayside
A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of a major fundraising event. Tetley makes tea and, for the past six years, a small fortune for cancer research. It was John Wilkinson, one of the Eaglescliffe teabag factory's senior development engineers, who first
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Police criticised over stolen purses
A DARLINGTON man says his garden is being used as a dumping ground for stolen bags and purses. Paul Stainthorp has criticised police for not doing enough to catch the people responsible. Since he moved into Geneva Road, Darlington, at Christmas, 15 stolen
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Job Search 2001
MORE details about the jobs below are available from the Employment Service Direct on (0845) 606 0234. Evening cleaner, Barnard Castle, £4.04ph, 15hrs pw 6-9pm, required to clean offices and toilets using buffing machine, employer will train in use of
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Job Search 2001
MORE details about the jobs below are available from the Employment Service Direct on (0845) 606 0234. Installers, Richmond, Darlington, Teesside. Full-time, flexible. Required to install gas balanced flue heaters, gas central heating systems and solid
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Job Search 2001
MORE details about the jobs below are available from the Employment Service Direct on (0845) 606 0234. Fabrication welder, Peterlee. £5.52ph, plus overtime, full-time. Travel time, food and lodgings paid by employer. Must be time-served and have CTA operator's
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Developer's £1m fire station gift to town goes into service
A £1m fire station has opened in east Durham and it has not cost ratepayers a penny. The Peterlee fire station is a gift to the town from development company Modus Properties In return for a land deal enabling the company to carry out the multi million
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£100,000 play area approved
PLANS for a £100,000 play area for a Hartlepool estate have been approved. Work will start soon to redevelop and re-equip the 25-year-old Clavering play area. The work is expected to be finished in the summer, and the play area will have facilities for
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News roundup from Northallerton
Life's work rewarded A Northallerton opera fan's 30-year dedication to his amateur society has been rewarded. Mr Alan Willoughby, chairman of Northallerton amateur operatic society, has been in every spring and autumn production the group has staged for
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Crisis hits UK business
BRITISH Polythene Industries (BPI) has been hit by the growing foot-and-mouth crisis. The company, parent of Stockton agricultural packaging products firm Visqueen, which employs 350 staff, said it was becoming increasingly concerned about the situation
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Dennis joins expert team hoping to prove himself a gem
SAPPHIRE Technologies has recruited a new consultant to its expert team. DENNIS WHINCUP, pictured, has joined the Stockton information security and e-development company as technical consultant, in the information security division. He has a wealth of
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Surgeon with the gentle touch
HOW many of us have scratched our heads over that old puzzle where a boy is rushed to hospital with terrible injuries after a car crash. Although the lad's father died five years ago, the hospital surgeon says "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son
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Spring clean-up planned by green charity
AN ENVIRONMENTAL charity is planning a series of spring cleans throughout Derwentside next month. Joe Bussey, project officer for rural sustainability at Acorn Trust, will be helping schools and community groups participate in events. This year, the campaign
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Footballer kicks off TA initiative
TERRITORIAL Army centres across the region will open their doors on Saturday. And Middlesbrough footballer Gianluca Festa helped launch the initiative yesterday. The defender, who captained Italian Military football team during his national service, threw
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Lib-dems choose Milburn challenger
THE Liberal Democrats have named a former civil servant as their prospective parliamentary candidate to contest Health Secretary and Darlington MP Alan Milburn's seat in the General Election. Robert Adamson, 51, lives in the Thirsk area of North Yorkshire
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Tel pins faith in Boksic
TOP scorer Alen Boksic has become his own boss as Middlesbrough battle for Premiership survival. Boro are desperately looking to the 11-goal Croatian to lead them to safety. Boksic struck a stunning double in the 2-1 derby triumph over Newcastle United
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Moves on college bid
AN east Cleveland school's bid to achieve specialist teaching status has moved on a step. Laurence Jackson School at Guisborough is hoping to build on successes in the sporting field and achieve specialist status as a sports college. Teachers say there
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Focus on killer disease
Britain's first research institute dedicated to cancer will be launched in April, the Government announced yesterday. The National Cancer Research Institute will oversee all aspects of cancer research, including clinical trials of treatments and genetics
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Driver laughed as woman died
A HIT-AND-RUN driver laughed and screamed "watch this" before leaving a young mother dying in a pool of blood. David Little, 25, admitted killing 35-year-old Angela Armstrong in front of her teenage niece after driving his white Bedford van at her. On
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Solicitors' safe taken from office
BURGLARS raided a solicitors' office and stole a safe and office equipment while people partied yards away in a nightclub. Police believe the raid on Darling and Stephensons, in Barnard Castle, next door to the Folly's nightclub, took place late on Friday
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Turner happy to stick with Robinson after Plymouth joy
CHRIS Turner is pinning his faith in Mark Robinson - and the 19-year-old is determined to repay his boss. Robinson was handed his first start since August by the Hartlepool boss in Saturday's win at Plymouth after Sam Shilton was struck down by flu. After
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Volunteer report to be released
A report into the difficulties of recruiting and retaining volunteer charity workers is to be launched in East Durham tomorrow. The report, titled Volunteers - Unpaid not Unprofessional follows a period of lengthy research by Barnardo's worker Sue Simpson
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Anstand goes for a double
WOLVERHAMPTON stage today's sole race meeting, although with a confirmed outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease perilously close by, it's touch and go whether future fixtures will be allowed to proceed. Amidst all the uncertainty, Anstand (4.40) continues
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Another massive game we can't lose - Liddle
Determined Darlington skipper Craig Liddle has sent a defiant message to his battle-weary team on the eve of their crucial clash with fellow strugglers Exeter City insisting: "We must come away undefeated." Fresh from success at the weekend against Scunthorpe
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League stopped
THIS season's North Yorkshire and South Durham Harrier League has been brought to a close by the foot and mouth crisis. Two meetings have been called off, and with little prospect of the League fixtures being resumed organisers have decided that the final
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Bobbies in the vanguard of area policing
BOBBIES in east Cleveland are on the beat in a caravan all week to promote policing in some of the most remote parts of the district. The experiment began yesterday in Skelton and will move to Lingdale, Brotton and Marske throughout the week. The caravan
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Specialist college bid moves ahead
AN east Cleveland school's bid to achieve specialist teaching status has moved on a step, thanks to a public consultation exercise. Laurence Jackson School at Guisborough is hoping to build on successes in the sporting field and achieve specialist status
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Schools bank on cash help
FIVE schools in the North-East have received cash help to put towards community projects. Beaumont Hill School, in Darlington, Dyke House School in Hartlepool, Ferryhill School, Seaham School and Ashington Community High School have been given sums ranging
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School timetable questionnaire angers parents
PARENTS have reacted angrily to a questionnaire about structures for a new school in east Cleveland. Freebrough Community College is to open in September as an amalgamation of three secondary schools - Warsett at Brotton, De Brus at Skelton and Rosecroft
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Miller strike secures the points for Pool
TWENTY games, 123 days and 1,800 minutes of football. That's how long Hartlepool United's unbeaten run stretches to after they beat Lincoln City at Victoria Park on Tuesday night. The result means fourth-placed Pool's advantage over Leyton Orient in fifth
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Payout hope in hepatitis battle
HAEMOPHILIACS have welcomed a High Court ruling on hepatitis infection as a major step forward in their campaign for compensation and a public inquiry. Payouts ranging from £10,000 to more than £200,000 were awarded yesterday to 114 people infected with
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. . . and a photographer
A PHOTOGRAPHER with a passion for water and landscapes is preparing to exhibit his work in an east Durham gallery. Philip Haywood, of Sherburn near Durham began taking snaps when he was just 13 but started to take his hobby seriously five years ago. Staging
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Good name lost through theft of gas cylinders
A RESPECTED businessman lost his good name after gas cylinders belonging to a rival company were found at his premises. John Smith, 68, runs a successful business, Ashley Air Products, supplying gas cylinders to the pub and restaurant trade, Durham Crown
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Hear all sides
FOOT-AND-MOUTH THE Agriculture Minister, Nick Brown, has denied that Maff or the Government had any prior knowledge of the imminent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Yet, there are reports now emerging that approaches to timber suppliers were made weeks
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I'd like to thank my dress designer
IT was the night Oscar decided to share the prizes around equally - and disappoint the Brits. Traffic and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon took four statuettes apiece with the other main contender Gladiator going one better and picking up the best picture
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Nappy man turns to dog dirt for garden compost
IT'S a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. And ambitious businessman Richard Hawlor is determined to put the job of clearing up dog mess to some good use. The 21-year-old believes he has found the perfect way to dispose of dog dirt - by recycling tonnes
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Bid to extend spy TV takes step forward
CRIME fighting in Darlington received a boost yesterday with the news that a £180,000 bid to extend the town's closed-circuit television (CCTV) system has been shortlisted for approval. The bid for money from the Home Office includes cash for two new
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Farmers' disinfectant plea as crisis closes in
FARMERS have called for a major road through a North-East dale to be disinfected in an effort to save them from further foot-and-mouth misery. Landowners along a stretch of Weardale, between the Cumbrian border and Wolsingham, in County Durham, fear the
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N-E women 'choose breast ops'
CANCER "tsar" Professor Mike Richards has rejected claims that North-East women are having their breasts removed unnecessarily because the NHS is overstretched. Cancer expert Professor Karol Sikora, has said that a recent survey showed that women in the
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Memory Lane route for former bus driver
DESCENDANTS of the last family to run a County Durham bus company returned to the region yesterday for the launch of an exhibition on the firm's history. David Hillerby, a former driver for Wilkinson's Motor Services, in Sedgefield, set up the two-week
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Hodgson snatches a point for Quakers
A piece of magic by super sub Richard Hodgson gave Quakers a valuable point in their relegation battle at St James's Park on Tuesday night. Hodgson had only been on the field for two minutes when he scored a superb equaliser for his fifth goal of the
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Care home fears
The increased closure of care homes has sparked fears that the elderly could end up taking more beds in hospitals. Care North East, which represents more than 100 care home owners in the region, says the industry is in crisis, as fees paid by local authorities
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Fundraisers' hearty gesture
FUNDRAISERS have got right to the heart of the matter by buying a device with the pot-ential to save hundreds of lives. A defibrillator, which can "jump-start" the heart after a coronary, has been bought jointly by the North Yorkshire Emergency Doctors
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Creative talent to stay put
A drive to keep creative talent in the region is in the bag thanks to an initiative being launched by the North East Publicity Association (Nepa) and the region's largest further education provider, Newcastle College. Advertising and publicity agencies
