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United romp home
SUNDERLAND'S worrying Premiership decline continues at an alarming rate - and the hammering they received at the hands of the defending champions could have been far worse. Peter Reid's unwieldy five-man defence had conceded four at the halfway mark and
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£31m boost for power stations
ELECTRICITY generator British Energy plans to plough £31m into improving the condition of its nuclear plants. British Energy, which has eight stations in the UK, including one in Hartlepool employing 450 staff, will invest the money over the next two
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Manufacturing still in doldrums
BRITAIN'S struggling manufacturing sector contracted for the 11th month in a row in January - but the suffering eased slightly, a survey has revealed. The monthly report, by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), showed its index - which
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Robson swoops for £5m Jenas after Dyer blow
NEWCASTLE boss Bobby Robson yesterday acted decisively to fill the yawning void left by the loss of injured Kieron Dyer when he beat off competition from Leeds to complete a £5m swoop for Nottingham Forest's midfield prodigy Jermaine Jenas. On a day of
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Hear All Sides
Letters from The Northern Echo EUROPE ANTI-euro and pro-euro correspondents alike seem to be afraid of admitting that both sides have non-economic points as their strongest cards. The economic arguments are impossible to prove either way because they
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Darlington desperate to play
DARLINGTON are anxious to play Macclesfield at home come hell or high water today. With three matches to rearrange in North Division One, they have already pencilled in two of them for dates set aside for the county cup semi-finals and final. The trip
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Terror suspects freed by police
SIX North-East men arrested on suspicion of terrorist activity were last night reunited with their families after being released without charge. The men, from Teesside and Darlington, were set free by detectives after spending four days in police custody
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Winning over the Dales folk
THE Rev George Hemming, soldier, missionary and occasional snake charmer, was almost 70 when invited to return to glorious Swaledale to lead the Congregational Church in Reeth. Though he took little persuading ("I knew it was right") the church had just
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Lowe goal sinks Quakers
Darlington's away misery continued with Saturday's defeat at Rushden and Diamonds. Quakers have now taken just two points from the last 30 available in away League games, and frustrated followers of Darlington on the road, as well as management duo Tommy
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Properties paying the price
PROPERTY prices across the region continue to be effected by the US terror attacks and the foot-and-mouth crisis. Reports show that despite a rise in house prices in recent months, there has been a general slow down and fall in demand since September
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Burial site letter sparks outrage
A GOVERNMENT letter hinting at the possible use of a foot-and-mouth burial site during the winter months has sparked fury among residents campaigning for its closure. People living near the controversial site at Inkerman, Tow Law, County Durham, were
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Father-of-two dies from meningitis
A DOTING father-of-two has died from meningitis while working away from home. Gavin Peart from Darlington, was working in Edinburgh for MSS Ltd of York when he died in hospital on Sunday January 27. The 30-year-old had worked for the firm for 18 months
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Logging on to great outdoors
OUTDOOR training centre Peat Rigg has gone online thanks to help from the North-East Chamber of Commerce. The Pickering training company has launched a website www.peatrigg.co.uk developed in conjunction with Internet company MBD. The site includes information
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Doomed plant is most productive in country
WORKERS still reeling from news that their cement plant is to be axed, have learned that it was the most productive plant in the country. One of the largest employers in Weardale, County Durham, Blue Circle Cement will close its Eastgate plant at the
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Can Bet save the Street?
Archie Shuttleworth will soon make his presence felt in Coronation Street. He is an undertaker, an appropriate figure to arrive in Weatherfield as the long-running ITV soap embarks on a much-publicised cull of cast members. He'll come in handy to pick
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Tees landmark going up in the world
VISITORS to a famous bridge could soon have a new outlook on life, but they will have to go up in the world to enjoy it. Listed buildings watchdog, English Heritage have raised no objection to the idea of installing a glass lift on Middlesbrough's 91-
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Impaled worker's rescuers praised
A COLLEGE worker is recovering after impaling himself on iron railings. Cyril Hammond, 61, a technician at Teesside Tertiary College, Middlesbrough, had to have a two-feet section of iron railing cut from his leg after falling on to the railings surrounding
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Scientists arrive at research facility
SCIENTISTS have begun arriving at a £10m new research centre on the banks of the River Tees. The Wolfson Research Institute on the University of Durham's Stockton campus will provide top-class accommodation for more than 100 people. The complex includes
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Undercover probe nets drugs gang
A LARGE-SCALE undercover police operation has resulted in the conviction of a gang of drug dealers. The three-month Northumbria Police investigation, named Operation Lynx, culminated in raids at addresses across Newcastle, netting £17,000 worth of heroin
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Taylor wants end to away day struggles
SIX POINTS from Darlington's next two games can make the Third Division club serious promotion contenders - that's the verdict of manager Tommy Taylor. But it's a tall order as the matches against Rushden and Diamonds today and at Carlisle on Tuesday
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'Home comforts should see us safe' - McClaren
CONFIDENT boss Steve McClaren believes Middlesbrough's home form could be the major factor behind his side continuing to climb away from the relegation zone. McClaren, whose team have only lost once on home soil since September 29th's 3-1 defeat to Southampton
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Testing time as big guns report
INVESTORS face a testing time next week as some of Britain's highest profile companies report figures. In particular, comments from BT and British Airways will test confidence. Last month, British Airways offered the first sign that its post-September
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Reid believes majority of fans still in his corner
UNDER-FIRE Sunderland manager Peter Reid, facing an increasing barrage of criticism from disgruntled fans, believes he has the backing of the "silent majority." As he prepared for today's formidable visit to face top-of-the-table Manchester United at
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Leading figures sign for assembly
LEADING North-East people in the fields of sport, art and culture are being asked to sign up and support the campaign for an elected regional assembly. Their names will feature in a full-page advertisement that campaigners are planning to run in The Northern
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Zoe set for Wembley bow
SINGING sensation Zoe Birkett is set to wow audiences at Wembley Arena when she duets with Pop Idol favourite Gareth Gates at a special concert. The ten finalists from the ITV show will star in London on March 14 and 15 in an event called An Evening with
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Blue Circle rescue bid hits big snag
A BUSINESSMAN'S bid to keep the North-East Blue Circle cement plant open looks doomed. Angus Ward wants to buy the Eastgate works, in Weardale, County Durham, where 147 people face losing their jobs later this year. But its owner, the French conglomerate
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Wingers can keep goals flowing, Watson
RECORD-BREAKING Gordon Watson is backing Hartlepool United's wingers to provide him with even more goals this season. Watson scored goal number 13 for the first time in his 14-year career against Scunthorpe United on Tuesday night, and he is hoping to
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Wait and uncertainty over at last for bypass op patient
HEART patient Edna Irwin, who claimed she had to wait two years for surgery, is recovering at home after a successful quadruple bypass operation. Mrs Irwin, 69, from Darlington, had surgery on the NHS at the private BUPA Hospital, at Washington, three
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Team talk from ex-captain
BOBBY Moncur, former captain of both Newcastle United and Sunderland, visited manufacturing firm BHK to congratulate staff on increased productivity. Bobby was invited to the Peterlee chipboard plant to meet 80 production workers who are on a training
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Riverside stalemate
THE RUBBISH strewn around the pitch at a windswept Riverside Stadium was in keeping with the quality of play in the most unmemorable of Premiership matches. Having missed out on Diego Forlan and Dwight Yorke in his hunt for a striker, Middlesbrough manager
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Masts confusion for lost birds
PIGEONS are losing their way home because mobile phone masts are confusing them, bird fanciers have claimed. Their instinctive sense of direction was once harnessed to ensure messages could be sent huge distances. But this task was made largely redundant
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Serial stalker awaits sentence
A SERIAL stalker told a court on Friday how he threatened to sexually mutilate TV vet Trude Mostue. John Maynard made the terrifying phone call to Miss Mostue - who shot to fame in Vets in Practice - just months after being released from prison. The Norwegian-born
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Pools match off
Hartlepool's third division clash with Carlisle at Brunton Park has been postponed. After a 9.30 inspection this morning, the pitch was deemed unplayable after heavy overnight rain. Pools boss Chris Turner told the clubs official website: "It's done us
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Magpies scrape past plucky Trotters
ANY lingering hopes England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson had of luring Newcastle skipper Alan Shearer out of international retirement were surely laid to rest at St. James' Park on Saturday. The rejuvenated Shearer is in arguably the best goal-scoring form
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Comment from The Northern Echo - A terrible cost of certainty
THE "considerable uncertainty" of waiting to see if he would have to serve longer behind bars must have been intolerable for Alfred Welch. Well, Lord Justice Pill clearly thought so, because it was that uncertainty which persuaded him that Welch deserved
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Outrage as 'mercy' shown for street killer
THE family of a man killed in the street were outraged last night after his attacker escaped an extra year in jail because a court felt he had suffered "uncertainty" over calls to increase his sentence. Instead of increasing Alfred Welch's sentence by
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Setting the stage for the lore of the sea
At first glance, the link between a classic Dutch play about outdated shipping laws in a small village at the turn of the century and a North Yorkshire fishing town is none too apparent. The sepia picture, depicting a young boy sitting on a rock in the
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Coach hails university challenge for swimmers
A TOP coach has welcomed moves to enhance the prospects of the region's swimmers. Kevin Renshaw, whose pupils include Durham schoolgirl Stephanie Proud, who was selected for the January World Cup, spoke following a visit by Sports Minister Richard Caborn
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Air base gets more planes in shake-up
A TREASURY-enforced shake-up of Britain's air defence will lead to more aircraft being based at North Yorkshire's front-line fighter base RAF Leeming. But fears that the move could leave London wide open to a September 11-style attack have been dismissed
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Man must serve full jail term for 'barbaric' torture
A MAN who subjected his girlfriend to 22 hours of "systematic and barbaric cruelty" must serve his full time in jail. Judges at London's Court of Appeal heard yesterday how 56-year-old Vincent Agar had spent almost an entire day torturing his girlfriend
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Birkdale has the stamina
Betting on Birkdale isn't such a bad idea in the three-and-a-half-mile Singer & Friedlander National Trial at Uttoxeter today. Not many of the 17-strong field will still be going when the winning post comes into view, but at least we know Birkdale
