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Letters: Assembly views
Sir, - The writing is on the wall. The introduction on the first page of the Yorkshire & Humber Assembly (YHA) booklet Time for a change?, reporting its public consultation, says 2the central conclusion from this work was: There is clear support in
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Smith bowls 'em over
HOWZAT! Cricket umpire Graeme Smith has his sights set on the big time after recieving a national honour, writes NICK LOUGHLIN. Smith last month travelled to Lord's - the home of cricket - to be presented with an award after coming through his umpiring
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ATHLETICS
Richmond and Zetland Harriers: The females from Richmond and Zetland Harriers pulled out all the stops in the NYSD Road Relays on Sunday, March 30 at Locke Park, Redcar. They placed second, fourth and first in their three races and won three out of six
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Apollo Doors Gateshead Youth League
Apollo Doors Gateshead Youth League: Heworth are still out on top of the Under-11 division after seeing off the challenge from Winlaton by a 4-0 margin. Prudhoe Town also scored four times, but Leam Rangers managed three in reply to make for an exciting
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ANGLING by Jeff Herbert
Derek Fox delivered another classy performance leaving the rest fishing for second spot as the Eden Meadows star put 25.8.0 onto the scales for victory during Saturday's event. Fishing on Acer Pool's peg 30, all carp in the 1 to 2-0-0 bracket fed as Derek
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£7m community windfall welcomed
ALMOST £7m will be injected into communities across east Cleveland over the next three years thanks to Government grants. The borough of Redcar and Cleveland has been allocated £3,472,138 for both 2004/05 and 2005/06 as part of a regional package of £106m
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The North East Christian Fellowship League / A Hoggarth and Sons Eskvale and Cleveland League / Bodd
The North East Christian Fellowship League: The championship countdown has started as all three top teams won and also had a player score a hat-trick. Consett Churches held on to top spot with an 5-0 away win at Ryton Churches. A Andrew Murray hat-trick
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WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Sunday Invitation Ladies Hockey League - Norton 3 v 3 New Dales: What turned out to be one of the most entertaining games of the season with both teams in mid table and eager for points, it was the visitors who took early possession and opened the scoring
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Grass Root Memories by John Phelan
45 years ago: In the Darlington and District League Gainford beat Whessoe Reserves 10-2 with Alf Watson (4), Denis Tallentire (2) and Ron Rogerson (2) among the scorers. Doug Clark and Ray Hill both notched hat-tricks as Bishopton beat the College of
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MOTORSPORT
Seventeen-year-old Edwin Jowsey from Whitby has registered back-to-back wins at the beginning of the Formula 2. First he won convincingly at Mallory Park and has now taken the chequered flag at Kirkistown, Northern Ireland. This is only his second full
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Army woos recruits
A SERGEANT from Guisborough is leading a team of Army recruiters from the Green Howards. The team will be out and about in the North-East over the coming months with their new roadshow encouraging young people to consider a career in the modern, technologically-advanced
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Looking Back
FROM this newspaper 100 years ago. - Street Betting. Allegations have been made that bookmakers are in the habit of receiving slips of paper and money, not only from men, but also from women and children in the public streets of Richmond. To prevent this
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Emergency Services League
Saints set about reducing the deficit at the top with two victories this week, but they had to battle harder than anticipated for all the points. First they beat Frankland with a solitary goal scored direct from a free-kick by Keith Goldsmith all the
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Redcar Town / Norton and Stockton Ancients / Blackfyne / Richmond Town / Brompton Juniors / Thirsk F
Redcar Town Under-15s progressed to the final of the TJFA league cup after beating Riverside Rovers 3-2 despite playing with ten men for the last 30 minutes. Stephen Leneghan was at his destructive best, scoring a superb hat-trick and showing a great
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SQUASH
Durham and Cleveland SRA Principia Cups: Chester-le-Street successfully defended their Principia Women's Cup title with a 3-1 win over Darlington recently at Nunthorpe SC. The favourites were handicapped eight points each player each game and collected
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Referee's Notebook by George Cornforth
The referee has a duty to enforce the Laws of the Game and although players will not always agree with his decisions, they should be accepted, however, as we know, it doesn't always work out this way. An interesting incident has reoccurred in a number
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WATER POLO
Durham Youth Under-17s gave a good account of themselves at the Warrender Baths Club Invitation Tournament in Edinburgh despite losing all three games in their qualifying group. This was not entirely unexpected when the strength of the other teams was
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Sedgefield plans move a step forward
PLANS to redevelop Sedgefield racecourse took a step forward this week as owners Northern Racing Ltd lodged a planning application with Sedgefield District Council to build an all-weather, artificial racing surface. If all goes to plan, the new £4m development
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Letters: Farmers' market
Sir. - There has been a lot of Press coverage about farmers' markets in Hambleton, and particularly about the district council's support. It is a shame your readers could not see the full banner featured on the front page of the D&S (Mar 28). The
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Albany Northern League
The Northern League has declared itself satisfied with the grounds of all the clubs who are looking for promotion - and that's bad news for the teams in the First Division relegation zone. The management committee has inspected all the grounds of the
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War medal is finally awarded
A SECOND World War Royal Air Force man has finally received a service medal for his exploits - 58 years after the end of the war. Great-grandfather Leslie Iceton, 88, who lives in east Redcar, said he, like many others, qualified for the medal because
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Body of Marine flown home
THE body of Royal Marine Christopher Maddison, a former pupil of Laurence Jackson School in Guisborough, was flown back to Britain this week. Families of 11 men killed in action stood silently on the tarmac as the coffins were carried from the C17 transporter
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Museum tells of six-generation smithy
A NEW museum opens in Swaledale next week. The Calvert family have been blacksmiths in Gunnerside for at least six generations and on Thursday their collection of artefacts, documents and photograph,s collected over 200 years, will go on public display
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Tunstall Lift County Cup
A Hartlepool secondary school is celebrating after winning a prestigious rugby competition. High Tunstall's under-16 side defeated Yarm School 20-7 to lift the County Cup. Yarm were favourites for the final after defeating Barnard Castle and Durham in
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UniBond League
Bishop Auckland midfielder Craig Robson is having a trial at Vancouver Whitecaps. The unlikely move has come about through Newcastle legend Peter Beardsley, who is a close friend of Bishop Auckland boss Brian Honour, and played for the Canadian club early
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In footsteps of merchants travellers and scholars
Elvet Bridge was built in 1160 linking Elvet Barony with the Durham peninsula. Previously, the two areas were connected by a ford from New Elvet. The bridge stimulated trade and in 1180, the bishop allowed a borough to be created from the northern half
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Skatepark takes off
A REVOLUTIONARY skatepark using top-of-the-range equipment has been launched by Sedgefield Borough Council. The council had been inundated with requests for skate boarding facilities and its solution was unveiled last weekend. Working on a mobile skateboard
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Just one solution
TEESSIDE Green Party's contribution to the debate about the merits of an East Middlesbrough bypass are well-intentioned if nave. It would be great if drivers would, as the party's spokesman puts it, "played their part", but we know that will not happen
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South Cleveland Garages Teesside League
Division One - Nunthorpe Ath 3 v 1 Fishburn Park: Nunthorpe Athletic stay top of the league, but only courtesy of a plus one goal difference. They lead Grangetown but had to come from behind after Fishburn Park took a 22nd minute lead when a ricochet
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1,000-plus new jobs promised
THE creation of at least 1,000 new jobs is being pledged in work hungry East Cleveland. The 1,000 new jobs, in addition to hopes for a further 1,000 over the next ten years, comes with an agreement in principle of a partnership deal between Redcar and
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Son of Anshan makes up for Aintree disappointment
GRANT Tuer's Son of Anshan (Hurworth), a faller in the Aintree Foxhunter's, gained some compensation when taking the four-mile Grimethorpe Gold Cup at the Middleton point-to-point at Whitwell on the Hill last Sunday. This was a fine front-running performance
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Wonderful Wake
Colin Wake must rank as one of Chester le Street's best-ever signings, writes MALCOLM PRATT. The defender recently clocked up his 350th appearance for the Northern League club and incredibly he has been an ever present in five of his six seasons with
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Consett Sunday League / Stanley and District Sunday League
Consett Sunday League: Stateside have suddenly turned from champions elect to a side fighting to hold on to top position. Crushed 4-1 by Blackhill Comrades during the week, Stateside were then held 2-2 at home by lowly Highwayman and have now picked up
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New high sheriff sworn in
TRANSPORT company boss Peter Cook has taken up an historical ceremonial role to add to his busy workload in the coming year. The 49-year-old Durham businessman was last month selected to serve as the county's latest High Sheriff. In keeping with tradition
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Tyne Tees Girls Youth League
Tyne Tees Girls Youth League - Under-12s - Barnard Castle 4 v 2 Seaton Girls: The home side got off to a good start with goals from girl of the match Danielle Scarr and Stephanie Hutchinson in the first period of play. The Seaton girls kept their heads
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Wearside League
Just a few weeks ago it was doom and gloom at Jarrow and secretary Sue Scott admits she could not see the side winning a game all season. Then all of a sudden fortunes changed and in a dramatic transformation, the team has won six consecutive fixtures
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'Little gem' museum open
THE story of legendary smuggler John Andrew of Saltburn is being told once again in a well-loved museum. The Saltburn Smugglers museum opened its doors to customers for the season last week and has already been inundated with tourists fascinated by the
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April Fools take it too literally in Wensleydale
SPECTATOR has received a plea for help from the leader of Richmondshire District Council after an April Fool joke in a community newsletter was taken seriously. This month's issue of the Upper Wensleydale Newsletter - an otherwise excellent and well-read
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What a relief that a colourful view of figures isn't unique
WHEN your admission has been met with blank stares for decades, you eventually become convinced you're a freak. Finding that, in every 200 people, there's one like you is very comforting indeed. It's thanks to Dr Vilayanur S Ramachandran (Rama for short
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'Baby broker' was employed as social worker
A WOMAN involved in a number of international adoption disputes once worked in the North-East as a council social worker - despite having no relevant qualifications. Jay Carter, 51, is due to find out in a few weeks time if she will face prosecution for
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Rescued pony in need of a new home
A NEW home is being sought for a pony born to a mare which was rescued en route to a slaughterhouse in Europe. Hopscotch, a six-year-old 12hh bay mare, was born on a boat carrying hundreds of horses and ponies to Italy for slaughter. Along with her mother
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Steelworkers protest
A HUGE wave of protest is expected to take place later this month when steelworkers will demonstrate over the threat of redundancy which is hanging over them. Kevin Curran, regional secretary of the GMB Northern region, has warned the management of Corus
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14/04/03
TV LICENCES: ONE correspondent (HAS, Apr 5) addressed the issue of concessions available on TV licences for the over-75s. Anyone over the age of 75 is eligible for a free licence, regardless of their domestic circumstances. People aged 74 are able to
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Passion and true love among the bedpans
Casualty (BBC1) Never mind the sick, bleeding and "nice juicy headwound" requiring treatment, Duffy has other things on her mind. Lover Ryan has run off with everything, forcing her to move back in with nice dependable Charlie, and the three of them are
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The Moor success the better
ANYMORE for Spennymoor? If it comes to bad luck then it's definitely a case of 'certainly not' - the Brewery Field outfit have had more than their fair share. If it comes to success in the UniBond then United would give a resounding 'yes please' as they
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Sunderland Catholic Club Over-40s League
In the Premier Billingham CGS Wanderers lost 2-0 at home to Steels Social Club who now top the league and with games in hand on the clubs below them look odds-on favourites to win the title. It was a very even game with very little between the two sides
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BASKETBALL
Durham League: The penultimate week of the season brought an end to all of the important issues surrounding the various league title challenges. In Men's Division One Middlesbrough College Academy A retained the championship trophy which they won last
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A masterful invention
THERE are some obstacles you face in the course of your life and you just wish someone would invent or market an enlightening product that would solve them. Take, for instance, the fish knife. I know that most left-handed people - and cutlery swappers
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Grain report
by Robin Twizell RMD Agriculture OLD crop cereal prices have improved, owing to the improved value of the euro and lower exports from the Baltic States.The only concern is that, last week, Brussels refused all export subsidies as French markets were well
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£60m deal for new schools
A MULTI-MILLION pound public private partnership is to build five new schools on Teesside. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has been given the all-clear from the Government to proceed with a £60m education improvement programme. A private contractor
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Ryalux ready for Scottish National endurance test
RYALUX is entered in tomorrow's Scottish National at Ayr and gives our Fifteen to Follow some hopes of the big time this year. But Andy Crook's charge is not alone. Robin Tate's Last Option (another of our 15), with Fiona Needham booked, is also entered
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Red squirrels thrive as Dales farm enhances their habitat
THERE was no-one more sceptical than Hugh and Jane Kemp when a forester told them they had red squirrels in their woods. But now they are thrilled to look out of their windows each day and see the rare creatures playing and feeding in their garden. The
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Hathaway and Cope Stokesley League
B&H Kings Head 3 v 2 Thornaby Vill.: Kings Head followed up their 4-0 midweek win over Bull's Head with another three points but they were made to battle all the way by a Thornaby Village side that could very easily have taken a point from this game
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Pony dates
Areas 2 & 4. - Tomorrow: Team SJ at Northallerton EC, details from Hilary McKenna, 0191 4206921. Bedale & West of Yore PC. - Tomorrow and Sunday: Mini minimus, minimus tetrathlon. Come and have a go, nice introduction course, Bedale pool Saturday
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Pictures are proof of bird table visits by a rare guest
FIRST, to follow up a report from my last article, I have now seen pictures of the reported little bunting and it was indeed this rare Scandinavian species. It visited a bird table in a Constable Burton garden on a number of occasions over the winter
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Letters: Shining example
Sir, - It is a shame Mr Borman felt that he had to attempt to undermine the achievement of the district council in being awarded beacon status for its support to the local economy (D&S letters, Apr 4). Beacon designation is a very prestigious award
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Co-operate or foreign food will win
GREATER communication and co-operation among all those in the UK food chain is needed to stop increasing reliance on imports. Speaker after speaker drove home that message at a conference in York, organised by the British Grassland Society and British
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ICE HOCKEY
Junior round-up: Billingham Wolves will have a one-goal deficit when they go to Swindon Cougars for the second leg of the English Under-19 championship play-offs semi-final on April 25. This was after a 4-3 defeat from the first leg on Saturday at Forum
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Comment from The Northern Echo: By the people, for the people
Saddam Hussein's regime may have disintegrated, but the Coalition Forces still face serious military and political dangers. Even though most of Baghdad is under US control, it is clear there are pockets of resistance. The attack by the suicide bomber
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Community history is revealed in exhibition
THE life of the generation of people born around 1900 - complete with two world wars, a great depression and huge advances in technology - has been depicted in a new exhibition. The latest history display at Kirkleatham Museum near Redcar is called Our
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Prices at the markets
BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. Fwd: 405 sheep. Lt hoggs to 125.7p av 121.9p; std to 143.5p av 133.4p; med to 148.8p av 139.1p; heavy to 141.3p av 136.2p. In-lamb hoggs to £58; pet lambs to £7. Cast sheep: Cont to £51; Mule to £56; Suff to £66; Swale to £44. DARLINGTON
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Marvellous March was more like May for sunshine
MARCH was a marvellous month - dry, warm and very sunny. After a sunny January and one of the sunniest Februarys, we have now had the sunniest March since reliable records have been kept, that is, for at least 100 years. There was twice the normal sunshine
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Bell tolls at 71 for Billy
Billy Bell, among the most successful managers in North-East football - and sometimes one of the most argumentative - has died after a long illness. He was 71. Billy was also the man who nurtured the talent of the young Chris Waddle, now Britain's most
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Roadshow to take farming to the public
A MAJOR campaign to help reconnect people with the countryside is being launched in Yorkshire and the North-East next week. The cross-industry national campaign to improve the public's understanding of agriculture and horticulture will be launched in
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Candidates line up
THERE will be 151 candidates contesting 59 seats in 22 wards in Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's first postal ballot. The current state of the parties is: Labour 31, Conservative 14, Liberal Democrat 11, East Cleveland Independent 3. The Boundary
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The Northern Echo Darlington Sunday Invitation League
This week's action was dominated by The Northern Echo League Cup second round, and it was business as usual for Peppers Draughting Services as they ran up a 13-1 victory against third division rivals Emcor. Stu Fawcett notched Emcor's consolation goal
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A musical sign that spring is here
SEVERAL chiffchaffs arrived in our part of Yorkshire some three weeks ago, for I could hear their distinctive singing as I enjoyed my morning walk. I am not sure whether this was an earlier-than-usual arrival for these particular summer visitors, but
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Imports action plan welcomed
NEWS of an action plan to tackle illegal meat imports is just what the industry wants to hear says Stewart Houston, British Pig Executive chairman. Defra's plan is backed by an extra £25m over three years, and takes account of an assessment of the risks
