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School gains games court and library
A SERIES of new services in the Breckon Hill area of Middlesbrough has been completed. Amongst the improvements are a Jubilee Library at Breckon Hill Primary School and a multi-purpose games court. Headteacher Cherry Diemoz said: "This is a wonderful
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Hear All Sides: Europe
TONY Blair's favourite companion in Europe, Romano Prodi, must think we are a gullible lot if we believe his claim that 'building a Europe-wide democracy does not mean building a superstate' (Echo May 23). Mr Prodi says the EU must be turned into a 'grand
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Woman celebrates 105th birthday
A DARLINGTON woman celebrated two milestones this week. As well as marking the Queen's 50 years on the throne, Lillian Bell was celebrating her 105th birthday with friends and family. Her son, John, 75, flew from New Zealand to join her for the birthday
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History group re-enacts army's occupation of important roman town
THE reality of life in Britain under an occupying army was brought vividly to life when Roman legionnaires marched back into a town they invaded in the third century. Aldborough, near Boroughbridge, was linked to the Roman capital of York by road and
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Foster sells clothing line to M&S
Former Olympic athlete Brendan Foster has sold his sportswear brand View From to retailer Marks & Spencer. The deal will see M&S sell the brand exclusively in its stores from September 2, among product ranges such as gymwear, outdoors clothing
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Bob's guide to the regular drinking haunts of spirits
WHEN drinkers report ghostly apparitions lurking in our pubs darkest corners, most would blame it on the booze. But it is not just bar-room brawls and blurred vision that account for flying ashtrays and dark figures looking disapprovingly at drinkers.
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Firm to look at ways of improving workplace life
A NORTH-East law firm has been invited to take part in a national inquiry to look at how the quality of working life can be improved. Employment law specialists Eversheds, in Newcastle, will take part in the project by the Work Foundation to explore how
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More foreign markets in the pipeline
A FESTIVAL which brought a flavour of continental Europe to Darlington looks likely to be made an annual event. The French market held in April brought customers to the town in their thousands to buy delicatessen goods, wickerwork, pancakes, coffee, olives
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More support for ethnic business people
An event aimed at improving the Tees Valley's support network for ethnic minorities has been held in Middlesbrough. The awareness-raising event to break down cultural barriers was organised by Business Link in conjunction with Middlesbrough Council, Stockton
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Blueprint guide to a better future
A BLUEPRINT for the development of a town is to be unveiled today. The result of a two-year study, the dossier will set out priorities on how to make Middlesbrough safer, create jobs and skills training, encourage inward investment and improve the quality
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Grants on offer for Dales conservation
AN organisation which promotes the conservation of the Yorkshire Dales is on the lookout for projects which could benefit from a £3m fund. The Dales Living Landscape programme was set up by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust in 1997, with the assistance
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Precious cameras ready for auction
AS a photo-journalist on one of the world's most renowned newspapers, the late Michael Martin lived his life through a lens. Later this month, more than 100 tools of his trade will go under the hammer in a specially convened auction, the likes of which
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College visit plan as school row rages
COUNCILLORS are to make a fact-finding visit, as controversy rages about the running of a planned "super school". The Vardy Foundation, set up by car dealership boss Sir Peter Vardy, is contributing £2m to setting up the £20m South Middlesbrough City
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Award honour for arts teaching
THREE schools have proved to be on top form when it comes to arts education. Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough, Ormesby Comprehensive, Middlesbrough, and Holy Trinity Junior School, Stockton, have won Artsmark awards from the Arts Council of England
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Police seek witnesses in death road smash
Police have appealed for witnesses to help with an investigation into an horrific road smash in which a teenager died. Karl Sutcliffe died when the Peugeot 309 he was driving collided with a marked police vehicle on the A689 Coundon bypass, near Bishop
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Councillor's backing for parking plan
A SENIOR district councillor has backed a bid to resurface the parking area in the heart of Topcliffe village. The land, which includes the spaces outside the Post Office, is leased by Hambleton District Council to allow the imposition of a weight restriction
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Grant turns shop dream into reality
A SWEET shop run by disabled people has been opened in a charity's skills centre. The group at Scope, in Middlesbrough, have longed to open a room at the centre as a drinks and confectionary shop and have been able to turn their dreams into reality thanks
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Learning a truly ancient royal art
A castle is to maintain the royal theme inspired by the Queen's Golden Jubilee with a display of falconry later this month. Raphael Falconry tours the country with an educational programme explaining the sport's role in medieval Britain, when birds of
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Workers' success in diabetes course
DIABETES sufferers in County Durham will receive better care thanks to the hard work of a group of health workers. The nurses, doctors, pharmacists and dieticians from Durham, Chester-le-Street and Derwentside have successfully completed an intensive
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£500,000 community arcade plan to boost town's fortunes
PEOPLE are hoping a £500,000 community arcade will breathe new life into their town. The New Shildon Residents' Association has been working on the plans for the facility since 1998. The group is now in negotiation with Sedgefield Borough Council to find
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Support and advice offer for carers
A CARERS' week to offer support and advice is being organised by the Darlington Carers Support Project. Events will be held next Monday to Friday, including information stands, workshops and social gatherings. An information stand will be operating in
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Undertaker marks 50th year with expansion
A DARLINGTON undertakers firm is celebrating its 50th year as a family-run business this week, while the Queen celebrates her golden jubilee. Seaton Leng and Son, now in its third generation, is a successful Darlington business which has a history closely
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Thanks to a devoted Queen
Britain could look back "with measured pride" on the history of the past 50 years, the Queen said in her Golden Jubilee speech at the Guildhall, following the thanksgiving service in St Paul's Cathedral, yesterday. ''It has been a pretty remarkable 50
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Berry back and ready to make an Impact
AFTER shutting up shop for a couple of weeks fearing a virus had struck his stable, Alan Berry is now satisfied his horses are hail and hearty. Recent results seem to suggest he is right and success for Polar Impact (2.20) at Newcastle today may well
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Shoppers invited to mad hatter's celebration
LEWIS Carroll's Mad Hatter escaped from Wonderland and the Queen of Hearts long enough to drink a toast to Queen Elizabeth in Hartlepool. The Mad Hatter naturally threw a tea party at the Middleton Grange shopping centre, which included bun eating competitions
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Durham all out for 72 in one-day farce
FOLD UP your flags; banish the bunting. Durham went from the sublime to the ridiculous yesterday when they were all out for 72 at Edgbaston. They were destroyed by Neil Carter, a left-arm seamer of no great repute, who then rubbed salt into the wound
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Couple's night of passion cooled as car rolls into sea
A COUPLE had a lucky escape when their car rolled into the sea while they enjoyed an intimate moment on the back seat of their car. It is believed their antics caused the handbrake to fail and the Vauxhall Corsa rolled down a slipway into the North Sea
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The World Cup, bit on the side
TURNING JAPANESE . . . The column yesterday championed the cause of The Vapours' 80s hit Turning Japanese to be used as the BBC1 theme tune for their World Cup coverage. We didn't expect Ronaldo and Diego Tristan to back us so publicly so soon . . . ENGLAND
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Going through the motions
AMONG the more curmudgeonly elements of the popular press, several columns have recently been devoted to means of escaping the long weekend just concluded. They ranged from four days in the broom cupboard to a fortnight in the Falklands. None mentioned
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Oh baby, what a dear little thing you are
BABIES are turning into expensive little fashion victims almost before the cord is cut. And it's not just the fault of Posh and Becks. Parents are being pressurised into spending far too much on their babies, says a book due out this month. It has all
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Keane to the rescue for Irish
A last-gasp strike from Robbie Keane earned Ireland a draw in their Group E clash with Germany in Ibaraki. The Germans looked to have made it two wins out of two thanks to Miroslav Klose's first half header. But with time running out Robbie Keane met
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Double reason to party
THE Queen's Golden Jubilee provided an ideal opportunity for a party to celebrate a new lease of life for a village's former primary school. Villagers of all ages celebrated Skinningrove's new community centre, following a £239,000 facelift. Mayor of
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Providing rare golden moment
The Gold State Coach was last used by the Queen 25 years ago for her silver jubilee. Weighing four tons, it was first rolled out for the Queen in 1953 for her coronation. She rode in it to the Silver Jubilee Thanksgiving Service at St Paul's Cathedral
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Royal pomp and pageantry
A proud display of pomp and pageantry greeted the Queen yesterday as she began the ceremonial procession for her Golden Jubilee. She left Buckingham Palace in the Gold Coach, last used at her Silver Jubilee, at 10.45am, to the cheers of the crowd. Thousands
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Police praise festival visitors
POLICE have congratulated pop fans after only 12 people out of 80,000 were arrested at Europe's biggest free festival. The three-day Orange Window on the World festival, was held in North Shields, North Tyneside, over the Jubilee Bank Holiday. Nearly
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Police agree to re-open station
ESTON police station is to re-open to the public in response to a growing need for police to be more active in the community. For the past four years, the station has been open for operational policing, but residents' committees in the Greater Eston area
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Seven named on watchdog committee
SEVEN new members have been appointed to an Environment Agency committee in the North-East. Allan Donnelly, Stephen Lowe, Trevor Crisp, Martyn Howat, Patrick Murray, Dick Kirk and John Storey will serve on the regional Fisheries, Ecology and Recreation
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Youngsters tune up for palace appointment
YOUNGSTERS were tuning up for their palace appointment at the weekend. Members of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, at Durham School, took part in last-minute rehearsals ahead of their performance at Buckingham Palace as part of the Queen's jubilee celebrations
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161 pupils stopped in truancy operation
A WEEK-long clampdown on truancy which was run by Langbaurgh police with Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's education department, resulted in 161 children being found absent from school. Operation Detention was launched last week to counteract increasing
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Chopper pilot uses cricket ground for practice
AN investigation is to be launched to identify a helicopter pilot who has performed take offs and landings at Saltburn cricket ground. Concerns have been raised by people living near the ground, in a built-up area of the town, and will be taken up with
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'I must know who Mary Bell is'
As the court order preserving the anonymity of killer Mary Bell is extended, the mother of her first victim tells Womens' Editor Christen Pears why she has a right to know her identity. JUNE Richardson could pass Mary Bell on the street and she wouldn't
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New staff for call centre
Call Centre and marketing company 2Touch has taken on nine former Dewhirst staff to fill telesales and customer service vacancies for its growing Virgin Energy contract. The new recruits were among the 390 staff to lose their jobs when the clothing company
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The true heart of our nation
THERE is a cynical tendency to dismiss the impact the Golden Jubilee celebrations and what they have meant to the nation. It was, after all, the first time for 25 years the State Gold Coach had been used. Who wouldn't want to see it? Monday's Jubilee
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Regional news in brief: Fresh appeal over house fire
Fresh appeal over house fire, POLICE are renewing an appeal for witnesses to a fire which damaged a house and car and destroyed two caravans in the Blackwell area of Darlington, on Friday. Detectives have only scant information about the blaze, which
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Tallest building will illuminate the sky at night
PLANS to ensure that the North-East's tallest building can be seen for miles around after dark have been unveiled. Artist Ron Haselden has created a £50,000 system of pink neon lights to illuminate the 18-storey Centre North East, in Middlesbrough. He
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T-shirt's message could save life
THE parents of a little girl who suffers anaphylactic shock when she drinks milk have come up with a novel way of warning teachers about her potentially deadly condition. Carl and Sarah Agar-Brennan, whose 13-month-old daughter, Ellie, is lactose intolerant
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Ghosts weave a web of intrigue
LAST week, Echo Memories featured the North of England School Furnishing Company's factory which has just been demolished in East Mount Road, Darlington. Although the factory had stood since the great fire of 1889, it wasn't the company's most visible
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Friends run off as youth dies in crash
A TEENAGER was abandoned by his friends and left to die after a road smash which also left two police officers injured. Three male passengers of the Peugeot 309, driven by 19-year-old Karl Sutcliffe, fled the scene after the car crashed into a marked
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Villagers put on a stylish show
A WOMAN dressed as Compo from the TV series Last of the Summer Wine arrived at a village's golden jubilee celebration yesterday on a pick-up truck with ferrets in her pockets. The stunt was part of the fancy dress competition at Croft, near Darlington
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BOC set to buy Enron gas assets
GASES business BOC is set to buy the industrial gases assets of Enron Teesside Operations Limited (ETOL). The deal involves the acquisition of around 28 miles of pipelines and compression facilities used for the delivery of oxygen and nitrogen directly
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Supermarkets offer space for car seat safety checks
PARENTS are being urged to have safety checks carried out on child car seats. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has set up a week of free safety inspections and refitting if necessary, after national surveys revealed that more that 80 per cent of child
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Call for action over cost of drinks
GOVERNMENT officials are to be asked to look into how children buying soft drinks this holiday are being charged high prices. Middlesbrough Council is asking the Office of Fair Trading to look at the cost of drinks, coupled with the ban by some venues
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Car smashes through house
A car thief has crashed a stolen Jaguar into a house and left it embedded in the living room. The car went through the front porch and a window at the house as the occupants slept upstairs. The accident happened shortly after the Jaguar was taken from
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Community strategy praised
Middlesbrough's new mayor Ray Mallon has welcomed the launch of the Community Strategy as an historic moment. The Community Strategy has been drawn up by the Middlesbrough Partnership, a cross-town collaboration of police, health trust, university, schools
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News in brief
Exhibition art up for sale Paintings produced over the past three years form the basis of a new exhibition by former North Yorkshire artist Harold Cook. Paintings of Middleham and Ludlow opens at the Old School Arts Workshop this month. It includes landscapes
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Pot-holer recovering in hospital after fall
A POT-HOLER is expected to make a full recovery despite having to have half a lung removed following an accident in the Yorkshire Dales. The 37-year-old plunged 30 metres during an underground expedition at Diccan Pot, in Horton-in-Ribblesdale, after
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National Trust protection extends to riverside land
ADDITIONAL land on the banks of the River Swale is to benefit from the protection of the National Trust. Much of Hudswell Woods, on the western edge of Richmond, is already cared for by the conservation organisation. The views towards Richmond Castle
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Scientists set trap to monitor salmon
THE latest technology is being used to monitor the North-East's soaring numbers of salmon and sea trout. Fisheries scientists in York have been sent a new lightweight fish trap, devised in Canada, which can endure any river-flow conditions. The trap sits
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News in brief
Youth get say in town future MEMBERS of Darlington's Youth Parliament could be given a greater say in the future of the town centre. Councillors on the Darlington Town Centre Forum have agreed to ask a representative of the parliament to attend meetings
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Hanging baskets service blooming
A Businessman's horticultural idea is blooming. Alex Waugh, from Darlington, has found a niche in the market growing, planting and installing hanging baskets. Commenting on his new venture, Mr Waugh said: "I started this by supplying some friends and
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Majesty's pleasure
The Queen yesterday expressed "gratitude, respect and pride" as one million people again turned out in the capital to crown her glittering Golden Jubilee. During a day of pomp, splendour, pageantry and carnival, jubilee revellers filled the Mall, outside
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Oh baby, what a dear little thing you are
BABIES are turning into expensive little fashion victims almost before the cord is cut. And it's not just the fault of Posh and Becks. Parents are being pressurised into spending far too much on their babies, says a book due out this month. It has all
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Gadfly: Going through the motions
AMONG the more curmudgeonly elements of the popular press, several columns have recently been devoted to means of escaping the long weekend just concluded. They ranged from four days in the broom cupboard to a fortnight in the Falklands. None mentioned
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Council tackles funding shortage
FIVE thousand council tenants are being urged by Scarborough Borough Council to back plans for a new landlord. Stephen Oldridge, the authority's housing services director, said the plan was for the council houses to be transferred to a newly-established
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Party tonic for hospital
ONE small County Durham community had as good a time to rival any in the region yesterday - and residents also provided a tonic for a local hospital. Alison Adamson, organiser of a street party in Hazelwood Court, Langley Park, said: "We saw the thunderstorms
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Linda sells up but keeps her promise
THE popular owner of a fish and chip shop which became a community institution, is stepping down after 15 years in the job. Linda Briscombe, dubbed the fish and chip queen of Kirkby Malzeard, near Ripon, has sold the business. However, Mrs Briscombe has
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News in brief
Appeal for help after accident POLICE on Teesside are appealing for witnesses to a hit-and-run accident in which a 40-year-old man suffered head injuries and had both legs broken. The victim, who has not been named, is being treated in Hartlepool General
