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Repairs to path after walkers' invasion
THE historic path along Hadrian's Wall, which was opened in May for the first time since the Roman era, needs urgent repairs after attracting thousands of visitors. This summer, an average of 800 people a month walked the path from Wallsend, in North
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Attack on helicopter claims 15 US soldiers
FIFTEEN US soldiers died and 21 were wounded yesterday when a Chinook helicopter was destroyed in a missile attack launched by Iraqi rebels west of Baghdad. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld described the attack as a national tragedy for the US and said
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Get me to the boxing match on time - says bridegroom
A GROOM swapped his wedding ring for the boxing ring to honour a pledge to support his best man. John Allan cut short his wedding reception when he dashed off to watch a boxing match. Mr Allan, 34, married Debbie Johnson at a ceremony in Willington, County
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Care under the spotlight
FIVE social and health care staff from Romania are visiting Richmondshire. The party, including social workers, a nurse, a doctor and the director of social services, will observe the area's community care until the end of the week. Their tour includes
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Trusts among safest for hip ops
FIVE hospital trusts in the region have been named as among the safest in the country for hip surgery. The trusts, which include North Tees and Hartlepool, Newcastle, York, South Tyneside and Northallerton feature in a guide published by The Times newspaper
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Struck-off doctor begins appeal
A DOCTOR with two convictions - the first for stalking a hospital consultant and the second for giving false information when applying for jobs - is due to appeal against being struck off at the Privy Council today. A professional conduct committee of
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Fireworks display goes with a bang
THE sky above a North-East town was lit up on Saturday evening as thousands of people enjoyed a spectacular fireworks show. Organisers of the Darlington display, in the town's South Park, said it went without a hitch and attracted visitors from all over
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Changes to kerbside waste collection hailed a success
COUNCIL officials have invested thousands of pounds in Darlington's kerbside refuse collection scheme after its first year proved a big success. Changes to the system affected 5,000 of the borough's 45,000 homes when they were first implemented 12 months
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Birtley hit the top after beating Boldon
Champions Birtley Town moved to the top of the table for the first time this season with a 3-1 victory over Boldon CA, who fought their way back into the game after conceding two goals just before the break. Their hopes were finally ended when Birtley
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Week to forget for Shearer as Dane puts him on spot again
AS WEEKS go, it was one Alan Shearer will want to forget. Left out of the starting line-up, against his own wishes, for Newcastle's midweek Carling Cup defeat at home to First Division West Brom, the last thing he needed on Saturday was a confrontation
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We must breathe fire again - Hansen
WALES coach Steve Hansen has called on his players to lift themselves again after producing an inspired performance before going down 53-37 to New Zealand in their final World Cup pool match in Sydney. Hansen's Welsh dragons led the match for 16 minutes
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Move to transfer pupils to £5.5m site unveiled
A PLAN to move an entire primary school has been unveiled. Parents of the 600 children at Ingleby Mill School in Ingleby Barwick, near Yarm, are to be consulted in the coming weeks. Stockton Borough Council wants to transfer all pupils and staff to a
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Dancing to the myth of time
I recently went Cajun dancing with a couple of friends, who also happened to be single. I realised I had made a big mistake the minute I stepped inside the room and saw the dance hall dweebs who were fending off their mid-life crises by learning how to
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03/11/03
HARRY MEAD: HARRY Mead plumbs new depth with his gay references (Echo, Oct 22), at the same time as he airs his ignorance of the Bible. Every reference to homosexuality in the Bible is one of condemnation and it is rightly classed as one of the sins of
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Oh Death where is thy sting?
Midsomer Murders (ITV1) Robot Wars (five) THERE'S a surprising quantity of dead people in there," DCI Tom Barnaby learnt in the latest Midsomer Murders. This was a reference to the large number of skeletons - eight in all, as far as I could tell - found
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E-fit of man caught burgling house
Detectives have released an e-fit of a man disturbed while burgling a house. Owners of a home on Junction Road, Norton, near Stockton caught the man creeping around their property at about 12.45pm on Friday, October 24. The man escaped empty-handed and
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The Shout - Deep Blue, All Saints, Newcastle.
A audience at All Saints, Newcastle, was treated to a unique sound phenomenon when Northern Sinfonia's Late Mix presented choral group The Shout. In its first appearance in the region, the 15-strong group performed Deep Blue - a medley of song about the
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They'd like to teach the world to sing
CARRIE Grant wants to teach the world to sing. She feels there's a good case for getting the nation singing. "It's good for the soul, a brilliant thing to do and good for you," she says. "I really hope people of all ages can be convinced to sing." With
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Art show goes well with Shell
ORIGINAL artwork from a 1920s and 1930s advertising campaign has gone on show in the region. The posters were created for fuel supplier Shell by some of Britain's most famous contemporary artists. In the 1920s, Paul Nash and Tom Gentleman helped create
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Man in court on murder charge
A MAN is due in court today charged with murder after the death of a man on a North-East housing estate. An unnamed 25-year-old will appear before Sunderland magistrates accused of killing Ian Lawson, 25, of the city's Red House estate. Mr Lawson, who
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Brackstone latest victim as sick bug takes toll
THE bout of illness which has been affecting the Hartlepool United camp again took effect on Saturday. Boss Neale Cooper, who has seen a handful of players suffering from a bug in recent weeks, lost John Brackstone through sickness in the second-half
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Riding out of the darkness
WHEN Ann Bowes' son drowned, aged 25, she couldn't begin to imagine life without him and every day brought her pain. But then a foal, born just a few days after his death, showed her that she could continue and helped her fulfil a lifelong dream. When
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Teaching the world to sing
CARRIE Grant wants to teach the world to sing. She feels there's a good case for getting the nation singing. "It's good for the soul, a brilliant thing to do and good for you," she says. "I really hope people of all ages can be convinced to sing." With
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Neighbours object to plans for housing development
RESIDENTS are hoping that plans to redevelop the site of a former hotel will be rejected. Taylor Woodrow Developments wants to build 24 flats on the site of the former Redhills Hotel, Redhills Lane, Durham. The company wants to build two three-storey
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Museum nominated for award
THE North of England Lead Mining Museum in Killhope, County Durham, has been shortlisted for a national award. The museum, in Weardale, is one of five in the country nominated for the Guardian's Family Friendly Museum Award 2003. The others are Falmouth
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Sleuths upset by hotel's Fawlty planning
ASPIRING detectives were horrified when their murder mystery dinner party was taken over by the country's most feared hotelier - Basil Fawlty. The guests paid £32.50 to become sleuths for the night at Pinchinthorpe Hall, a 17th Century country house hotel
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Fans flock to see band's final gig
FANS from across the country travelled to Newcastle at the weekend for the final concert by North-East legends Lindisfarne. The band wrapped up their 34-year career on Saturday with a farewell show at the Newcastle Opera House to 1,100 people who travelled
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Potholer is rescued after injury in cave
A POTHOLER was recovering in hospital last night after being trapped by a falling boulder inside a North Yorkshire cave. The Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue team and members of the Cave Rescue organisation were first alerted just after 7pm on Saturday. Another
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Mayor joins cadets to launch poppy appeal
CADETS from the Army and Air Training Corps launched the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal at the weekend. The Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland, Councillor Norah Cooney, joined youngsters aged between 12 and 17 in a short ceremony in Redcar High Street
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Accident victim boy has died
A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy has died following a collision between two cars. The boy, who was a passenger in one of the cars, suffered serious head injuries in the accident, which happened on October 25 at 3.30pm, on Allendale Road at the entrance to the Allendale
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Design maestro's work on display
ONE of Britain's most influential designers and artists will be featured in the main winter exhibition at the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle this year. William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement in the North-East, is showing previously undocumented
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Hounding the Prime Minister
THOUSANDS of North-East pro-hunt supporters have pledged to go to jail rather than give up the sport. Mass meetings were held around the country this weekend by the pro-hunting lobby and more than 36,000 people signed a Hunting Declaration pledging to
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Trapped man dies
A MAN has died after trying to climb through a glass door panel after locking himself out of his house. Billy Gibson, 60, of Leam Gardens, Wardley, Gateshead, became trapped in the panel and was found dead by a relative who called at the house at 10pm
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Flat damaged by fire
POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire in a first-floor flat yesterday. A sofa and interior door in the flat in Wykeham Close, on the Lakes Estate, in Redcar, were damaged by the fire, which happened at about 2.25am. The flat was also damaged by
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Deadline set for views on development
PEOPLE have until November 13 to give their opinions on a housing scheme, revised after concerns were raised by residents. Cleveland Housing Aid Trust was asked to amend its application to build 22 two-storey flats at Wheatlands Farm Cottages, Redcar
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Police security warning as armed gang robs post office
DETECTIVES are hunting armed robbers who stole a large amount of cash during a post office raid. The robbers, wearing balaclavas and brandishing baseball bats, forced their way into the Cleveland Street post office in Redcar. They demanded money from
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Veterans can't be halted
VETERANS Ieuan Ellis and Sheila Allen took the honours with powerful performances in yesterday's Blackhill Bounders Fruitbowl 7 trail race at Derwentside. Their younger rivals had no answer as Ellis, 43, and Allen, 46, used the same tactics, demonstrating
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£12m plan to develop park and museum
A £12m plan to develop a popular Teesside tourist attraction is to be revealed. Details of the project to refurbish Preston Hall Museum and Park, in Eaglescliffe, will be announced in the coming weeks. But The Northern Echo understands contact has already
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Crook-based Rasher brings home the bacon
Ballybough Rasher, the 40-1 rank outsider of the party, highlighted an incredible 55,964-1 four-timer for jockey Graham Lee when causing a massive upset in the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby yesterday. Lee was also successful on Dream On Willie
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Health specialist predicts 'explosion' in liver disease
ONE of the North-East's top liver specialists has warned of an explosion in drink-related illnesses because of young people's excessive alcohol intake. Dr Christopher Record, a consultant physician at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, says the
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Gospels copy housed in Sunderland
A copy of the legendary Lindisfarne Gospels will be housed in Sunderland, it has been announced. The gospels will go on display to members of the pubic at the City Library and Arts Centre on Wednesday where they will be unveiled by mayor Councillor Juliana
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Pitman's Hot double
Hot Shots hit the target at Ascot on Saturday to give Mark Pitman his most valuable training success in more than two years. Pitman had endured a miserable time last winter when his team mustered just nine successes but he equalled that tally when Hot
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Downing streets ahead of rest
LOAN signing Stewart Downing started his Sunderland career on Saturday in almost perfect style - impressing the fans, his teammates and, most importantly, his manager. The only thing missing was a goal with the Middlesbrough-born player denied a dream
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Close but no cigar for miserly Sunderland
SUNDERLAND appear to have developed a reputation for being the misers of Division One. Unfortunately while that particular trait is a blessing in defence, it is becoming a bit of a liability in front of goal. At the back they give very little away, with
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TV review
Midsomer Murders (ITV1) Robot Wars (five) THERE'S a surprising quantity of dead people in there," DCI Tom Barnaby learnt in the latest Midsomer Murders. This was a reference to the large number of skeletons - eight in all, as far as I could tell - found
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Action replay reveals agony and the ecstasy
THOMAS SORENSEN admitted he had "made two sets of supporters happy'' with a remarkable reprise of his now-legendary penalty save against Alan Shearer. Sorensen, who famously denied Shearer from the spot to seal Sunderland's 2-1 win on Tyneside almost
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Mills lights the fireworks
DANNY MILLS was last night branded "an idiot" by Paul Ince as the threat of FA disciplinary action hung over the irascible Middlesbrough defender. Furious Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Ince, who made his first return to the Riverside on Saturday, accused
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McClaren's selection poser
STEVE McCLAREN is wrestling with a selection dilemma that could make him the envy of the Premiership: how to fit Juninho and Gaizka Mendieta into the same team. The two players triggered Middlesbrough's victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday
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Hopeful Fletcher looks to unearth a rich seam
ENGLAND switch their attentions from Test cricket to the one-day arena with coach Duncan Fletcher hoping the next few weeks will enable him to identify a pool of seam bowlers which could be the envy of the world over the next few years. Injuries to key
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One of region's hospitals should close -- health bosses
HEALTH bosses say at least one major North-East hospital should eventually close as part of a shake-up of services. The news that all parties in the Tees Services Review Steering Group appear to share the view that there should be two rather than three
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Gray day as Quakers' pair sent off
Darlington'S new assistant manager Martin Gray has slammed Oxford United's players for getting Danny Mellanby sent off at the weekend. The Quakers striker was dismissed for the second time - his first coming at Torquay in September - this season after
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£12m plan to develop park and museum
A £12m plan to develop a popular Teesside tourist attraction is to be revealed. Details of the project to refurbish Preston Hall Museum and Park, in Eaglescliffe, will be announced in the coming weeks. But The Northern Echo understands contact has already
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Post dispute hopes dashed
HOPES of a breakthrough in the postal workers' dispute faded last night as union leaders and managers struggled to resolve a row which has crippled mail deliveries across the country. Another day of talks failed to produce a solution to a conflict which
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Letters
HARRY MEAD HARRY Mead plumbs new depth with his gay references (Echo, Oct 22), at the same time as he airs his ignorance of the Bible. Every reference to homosexuality in the Bible is one of condemnation and it is rightly classed as one of the sins of
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Prescott challenged over N-E assembly referendum costs
NORTH-EAST MEP Martin Callanan has criticised the Government over the cost of holding a referendum for a regional assembly. As Deputy Prime Minister John Prescot visits the region today, Mr Callanan has challenged him to "come clean" over the millions
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West appoint Mathie as boss
West Auckland have appointed former Newcastle and Ipswich striker Alex Mathie as their new manager. Mathie, who was manager of UniBond League Spennymoor until the end of September, takes over from caretaker manager Graeme Forster next Monday. He is bringing
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Police security warning as armed gang robs post office
DETECTIVES are hunting armed robbers who stole a large amount of cash during a post office raid. The robbers, wearing balaclavas and brandishing baseball bats, forced their way into the Cleveland Street post office in Redcar. They demanded money from
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Cullen stuns Town
Spennymoor midfielder Jon Cullen scored a wonder goal in his side's 3-0 win over Workington as his side eased into the second round of the FA Trophy on Saturday. Former Hartlepool player Cullen, who returned to the club last month, scored a Beckham style
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Warship pays farewell visit to region after 25 years' service
HMS Lindisfarne left the region yesterday after paying its last visit before being decommissioned in January. The ship gave people the chance to see the £22m Gateshead Millennium Bridge "blink'' when it opened to let the warship pass. The ship had been
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A mountain to climb as Hodgson prepares for third stint in charge
NEW Darlington manager David Hodgson has read the small print and knows exactly what he's walking into. Nobody would envy the task ahead as Hodgson prepares for his third managerial stint with the club - predecessor Mick Tait can vouch for that. But if
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Ducks take to water in charity river race
DURHAM City's grand duck race made a big splash for charity yesterday. The banks of the River Wear and the Elvet and Kingsgate bridges were packed with spectators as the Mayor of Durham, Councillor Ray Gibbon, and Trevor Soar, commanding officer of the
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Plea for clues to cars collision
POLICE are hoping to trace drivers who may be able to help with an investigation into a three-car accident on the A169 between Pickering and Malton on Saturday. A silver Rover, a red BMW and a green Volvo were involved in the collision, which happened
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Local author is on top
A BOOK devised by a former North Yorkshire schoolgirl is set to become a best seller in the US. Along with five of her university colleagues, Sally Stephenson has given her views about how to create the perfect universe. Sally, whose family live at Aldborough
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spooky night in store for travel agents
FOUR travel agents are planning to spend the night with a 14th Century ghost for charity. The friends, from Travelcare in North Road, Durham, will brave a possible encounter with Lily of Lumley when they stay in the dungeons of Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street
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Seven-year-old honoured for fundraising
WHEN parents and teachers started discussing an outdoor early learning area at a North Yorkshire school, Hannah Williams was a toddler. But after scaling two of North Yorkshire's highest hills to help raise cash for the scheme, the seven-year-old was
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Amalgamation looks the best option
FOR 40 minutes amalgamation seemed like the only sensible word in Darlington rugby circles as Mowden Park struggled to subdue National Three North's bottom club. Darlington had gone to Liverpool with a makeshift side, and despite all their recruiting
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School places call to parents
PARENTS of young children in the Darlington borough are being urged to book a school place for their under-fives. They need to make arrangements with preferred primary schools before December 5 for children who will start in the 2004/5 school year. Parents
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Quiz will aid Meningitis Trust's work
THE Meningitis Trust has been nominated as the benefiting charity of the year for Bishop Auckland's annual quiz. Over the years, Bishop Auckland Civic Society's general knowledge quiz has raised more than £7,000 for national charities. This year organisers
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Exhibition highlights aids for the disabled
AN exhibition is to display the latest equipment and help available to elderly and disabled people wishing to live independently at home. Durham County Council's social services department has organised The Ideas for Independent Living event at County
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Neighbours call for eyesore office block's demolition
CALLS are being made for a former office block to be demolished. Neighbours say Hackworth House, in Byerley Road, Shildon, has become an eyesore that attracts vandalism in an area of the town where thousands of pounds has been spent on regeneration work
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Dancers step their way to trophies
A DANCE school is celebrating after winning trophies in a national competition. Members of the Dianne White Academy of Dance, in Shildon, travelled to Blackpool for the International Dance Teachers' Association Nationwide Medalist of the Year competition
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No headpine
SINGING teacher Julia Charlton says TV programmes like Pop Idol and Fame Academy are encouraging more people to try singing. Her pupils range from teenagers to 60-year-olds and most of them haven't sung before. Julia, of Darlington, trained as a classical
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The wire that changed the world
IMAGINE, if you can, a time when North America was a backwater, when an answer to even the most urgent message across the Atlantic took three or four weeks to arrive. This was the case even as late as 1865, the year Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. News
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When an age difference matters
IT'S not hard to guess what failed pop princess Billie Piper sees in husband Chris Evans. He's a multi-millionaire who hasn't had to work for years and seems to spend his time collecting houses and going down the pub. He may be 17 years older than Billie
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Baldry strike makes Tinker Man Cooper pay the price
THERE can't have been anyone heading back up the M1 from Nottingham on Saturday night not reflecting on what might have been. Because there's no doubting that Hartlepool United had just missed a good opportunity to chalk up away win No 4 of the season
