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Europe gets off lightly as Hitachi axes 14,700 jobs
THE high-tech slowdown has claimed another victim as Japanese electronics giant Hitachi announced plans to cut 14,700 jobs. Nearly all of the losses, 14,650, will be in Asia and the company has not disclosed where the remaining cuts will be. But a spokeswoman
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Hotels group profits dip as US slowdown hits home
HOTELS group Millennium and Copthorne said the US slowdown and foot-and-mouth had hit home, after revealing a dip in half-year profits. The group, based in Horley, Surrey, owns hotels in Europe, Asia and the US, including a 50 per cent stake in The Plaza
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Grandparents due reduction
Q Our joint weekly income from state and occupational pensions works out at £170.35. Our grandson of 21 lives with us but he is on Jobseeker's Allowance. Could we have a reduction of our council tax of £676.60 a year? AIf your grandson gets income based
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Ten-year ban for horse neglect
THE owner of a former Horse of the Year has been banned from keeping animals for ten years after she neglected a chestnut mare. Joanne Eleanor, 30, of Red House Farm, on Stockton's Moorhouse Estate, Teesside, was also given a two month prison sentence
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Win sees pride restored in English football
THE pride has been restored to English football with a vengence. Yesterday the nation saw a reborn England side play in one of the country's most compelling displays in living memory. The team vanquished Germany 5-1 in Munich. This means that automatic
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Farmer in foot-and-mouth clean-up advice dispute
A farmer is at the centre of a row following what he says is a second dose of conflicting advice about how he can keep foot-and-mouth disease at bay. Recently, Peter Hutchinson was told by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
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Reynolds pleased to watch grass grow
JUST hours after 500 kilos of grass seed were sown at Darlington Football Club's new stadium it was revealed that the turf will be ready for its first cut in just eight days time. Giant water tankers were moved in to ensure there was constant moisture
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Hear All Sides
Letters from The Northern Echo COUNTRY SPORTS TONY Kelly claims country sports enthusiasts don't care about the countryside (HAS, Aug 21). Country pursuits such as fishing, hunting and shooting make a significant and important contribution to the biodiversity
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'N-E rain tests may have caused flood'
SECRET military tests blamed for a flood which killed 35 people may have been conducted in remote parts of the North-East, it has emerged. One of the worst flash floods in the UK swept through Lynmouth, Devon, on August 15, 1952. A wall of water, reportedly
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Cash boost may not be enough
THE Yorkshire Coast's struggling fishing industry is to get a cash boost. A new Government initiative will see some £350,000 being allocated to Whitby, Scarborough and Filey through a new fund set up to aid the regeneration of fishing towns. John Trebble
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Sparkling festival draws crowds
VISITORS flocked to Weardale for a dazzling new festival which featured some of the finest mineral specimens in the country. The first Weardale Festival celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Friends of Killhope's annual Grand Mineralogical Exhibition
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Comment from The Northern Echo - Sporting aspirations
THE nation will be glued to its TV sets tonight, hoping against hope that England will beat Germany, ahead of booking a place in next year's World Cup Finals. England face a daunting task in Munich, trying to beat a German side which has had the better
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Circumstances of death a mystery
MYSTERY still surrounds the death of a man whose body was found by a Teesside road. The man, who has been identified as Edward Anderson, aged "around" 54, of Captain Cook's Way, Great Ayton, was discovered on the A172 between Poole Roundabout, in Middlesbrough
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Blow for seamer Brinkley
DURHAM will be without seamer James Brinkley for the final week of the season because of the side injury he suffered at Cardiff on Monday. Either Marc Symington or Nicky Hatch will step in for tomorrow's Norwich Union League match against Essex at the
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Languages push about to take off
A partnership to help businesses in the Tees Valley improve their language skills is about to take off. Teesside International Airport and the University of Teesside have teamed up to mark the European Year of Languages by promoting part-time evening
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Reaping rewards from farming's woes
IN EARLY February, senior European Commission official Geoffrey Martin gave an exclusive interview to The Northern Echo during a visit to Newcastle. Speaking bluntly, he signalled reform of the controversial Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which has
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RSPCA may prosecute in foot-and-mouth culling
GOVERNMENT officials could face prosecution over alleged animal cruelty during the fight to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth. The RSPCA has revealed its legal department is looking at bringing court action in a number of cases after receiving complaints
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Epsom stewards talked rubbish after sprinting farce
IT is Epsom's proud boast that it hosts the fastest five furlongs in the world. So how could the stewards allow the result of Monday's Tote Exacta Sprint to stand after some of the starting gates opened later than others? The stewards deemed that although
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Shake-up of pensioner care delivered
THE region's biggest local authority will tomorrow announce plans for a major shake-up of its residential care service for pensioners. But amid fears the closure of several of its homes is on the cards, Durham County Council officials remain tight-lipped
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Roadside body riddle for police
POLICE were trying last night to identify a man whose body was discovered by a roadside. The body was found at about 1.30am yesterday beside the A172 between Poole Roundabout, in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, and Stokesley, North Yorkshire. A post-mortem
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Teenager killed in collision
A TEENAGER died on Saturday when the car she was driving collided with another vehicle. The accident happened in North Yorkshire on the A169 Pickering to Malton road near the Kirby Misperton junction. The 19-year-old, believed to be from Kirbymoorside
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Battle of Britain remembered
THE annual Royal Air Forcves Association Yorkshire and eastern Region's Battle of Britain Commemoration took place at the Yorkshire Air Museum today. Around 1,000 association members attended the event at Elvington, near York, which featured the Band
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Risking your neck, virtual style
REVIEWS: ATV Offroad Fury. Publisher: SCEE. Format: PlayStation 2 CD-ROM. Price: £39.99. Describing snowboarding and ATV racing as extreme sports is just another way of saying: "Risking one's neck in pursuit of fun." Anyone who has tried racing an ATV
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Eagle has landed lots of fans
THE demanding job of transforming a huge block of wood into an 8ft eagle has proved a real crowd puller for sculptor Phil Townsend. He has spent endless hours carefully chipping away at the specially imported cedarwood to create a magnificent sculpture
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Gardening - Time to tackle those bald bits
DURING the next two or three weeks, the lawn should be prepared for the winter. Scarify the turf with a spring tine rake or electrical scarifier and drag out all the moss and thatch or dead grass. Where the soil beneath has become compacted, use a garden
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Neighbourhood wardens scheme wins national praise
A NEIGHBOURHOOD warden scheme is being put forward as a national model after helping to reduce crime dramatically in Darlington. Uniformed wardens have been patrolling the town alongside police officers since May last year. Since then, the number of burglaries
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Waiting for Lily
Mission: To crack the mystery of the Lumley ghost at Chester-le-Street's Lumley Castle, by spending the night on 'ghost watch' duty. Ghostbusters: Four sceptical reporters with a 'believer' among them. 7pm: There's no whisker of a restless spirit in sight
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The Show must go on
FOR the country folk of St John's Chapel, it was the weekend that the Show had to go on; for Granville Gibson, the admirable Archdeacon of Auckland, it was a final curtain. Weardale Agricultural Society's annual show had run at Chapel (as locals know
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Booze and pizzas in bumper session
GIN, beer and pizza will be among the items on investors' minds next week, in a bumper session for corporate results, which will include updates from the likes of Diageo, Pizza Express and JD Wetherspoon. Pizza Express is expected to deliver a tasty 25
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It was the ostriches' fault - crash driver
A MOTORIST, prosecuted for going the wrong way on a motorway slip road, blamed bonking ostriches for his dangerous driving. Sam Bibb, 20, hit another car head-on after his blunder on the A1(M), York Crown Court heard. But his barrister, Jeremy Lindsay
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Perchancer looks good
MAKE sure you put Perchancer (3.50) on your hit list for this afternoon's Betabet-sponsored nine furlong City of Ripon Handicap. Some professionals feel Patrick Haslam's five-year-old is not totally in love with the game, but I'm of the opinion that provided
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Parachutist killed in jump
A parachutist was yesterday killed in a freefall training jump, police said. The man has not been named but is in his early 30s. It is understood that he is from West Yorkshire. He was training with the Merlin the Merlin Parachute School at Allenbrooke
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Mowden welcome back Mitchell at Tynedale
DARLINGTON Mowden Park player-coach Dave Mitchell makes his comeback at Tynedale today after missing last season following treatment for cancer. It was against Tynedale that Mitchell made his Mowden debut three years ago in a narrow defeat in the club's
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England's heroes disappoint fans
THE victorious England heroes today touched on home soil in the early hours of this morning after their unbelieveable 5-1 victory over Germany in Munich. But a crowd of excited fans who had travelled to Newcastle Airport to meet them were left disappointed
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Bannatyne in good shape for expansion
BANNATYNE Fitness, the UK's largest independent health club operator, has appointed a new commercial director to mastermind its expansion across the UK. Nigel Armstrong, 30, from Darlington, will play an instrumental role in the development of the Bannatyne
