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FA Vase First Round Proper Draw
The First Round Proper of this years FA Vase sees a number of North East Clubs facing several tough draws away from home. Northallerton Town will travel to Squires Gate and just two miles down the road, West Auckland Town will be playing Kirkham and
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Rail death man identified
TRANSPORT police have identified a man killed on the East Coast Main Line early today. A body was found by police and representatives of line operator Network Rail following a report by the driver of an early morning goods train on Monday. He feared
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Newcastle Utd 3 Everton 2
MICHAEL Owen informed Sam Allardyce he was fit to start against Everton on Sunday but his club manager decided he wasn't. When it comes to Newcastle United there's only one winner in that argument and it's never the player. Allardyce gave him 15 minutes
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Daley gets a brace in the u13's first win.
Allstars U13's 4 - 3 California Boys Goalscorers ;Robert Daley 2 ,Luke Robson ,Stanley Haampu . Allstars started very strong, with goals from Stanley Haampu, Luke Robson and a brace from Robert Daley to take a 1st half 4-0 lead. In the second half
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Arsenal 3 Sunderland 2
IT could have been a massacre, but in the end Sunderland left the Emirates Stadium with their heads held high. Trailing 2-0 after just 15 minutes, Roy Keane's men looked to be heading for their worst defeat of the season by some margin. It might have
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Manchester City 3 Middlesbrough 1
FORGET the lack of strikers through injury, Middlesbrough need to shape up defensively or the odds on relegation could shorten over the next few weeks. With Chelsea next up for Boro after the international break, manager Gareth Southgate will know things
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Club manager cleared
A man accused of being involved in the management of a club where a "blind eye" was turned to the use of drugs has been cleared. David Mallin, 23, was accused of permitting the New Monkey Club in Sunderland to be used for the supply of ecstasy
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Blaze claims lives of newlyweds
A NEWLY-WED couple died side by side when a blaze ripped through their flat. A poignant floral tribute to "Daddy" was among those left outside the home where Kaye and Maurice Tooley died. They were dragged from the property in Wharton Street, South
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Collingwood suffers injury scare
England have been handed a shock injury scare to captain Paul Collingwood as they attempt to seal their first one-day series win on the sub-continent for 20 years. The Durham all-rounder hurt his right shoulder attempting a return catch off rival captain
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Ghost ships showdown begins tomorrow
THE latest chapter of the North-East ghost ships drama starts tomorrow with the opening of a public inquiry by the Planning Inspectorate. The inquiry, which is expected last about 12 days, is into Able UK's appeal against refusal of its planning applications
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Barton to make second run-out for reserves
NEWCASTLE midfielder Joey Barton will continue his comeback from injury when he makes his second appearance for the club's reserves this evening. Barton has been named in the starting line-up for the second-string clash with Wigan at Kingston Park after
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Pensioner targeted again by vandals
A PENSIONER who had been organising a Dads' Army convention has had her car turned onto its side in the latest of a spate of vandal attacks. Josie Collins, from Anfield Court, Red Hall, Darlington, was not in her Smart Car at the time it was attacked
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Bears progress to national semi-final
Following a 47-43 away victory at Glasgow Speedway on Sunday afternoon with a depleted team that lacked Mathieu Tresarrieu and Josh Auty - the brave Bears won 96-84 on aggregate to earn a semi-final first leg match against the Workington Comets in the
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Boffin uses appliance of science to overturn speeding ticket
A SCIENTIST escaped a speeding fine after a mobile phone system he devised showed that a police speed camera clocked him at 12mph more than he was going. The new tracking system, likened to an aircraft's black box, could now be used to challenge the
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Fallon trial set to begin
FORMER champion jockey Kieren Fallon will return to the Old Bailey today for the start of a race fixing trial. The jockey, who rode Dylan Thomas to victory in the Prix de lArc de Triomphe in France yesterday, faces a trial with five other defendants.
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Teenager airlifted after three-vehicle collision
A TEENAGE boy has been airlifted to hospital following a three-vehicle accident on Teesside. He was a passenger in one of two cars which careered into a ditch - one landing on its roof. The collision closed the Seaton Carew Road, near its turn off to
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Blair's police team at former constituency redeployed
MORE than two dozen armed police are heading back to the streets - after spending ten years guarding the Prime Minister. The two sergeants and 23 constables provided round-the-clock security at Myrobella, the constituency home of Tony Blair when he was
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Constantine fires an angry broadside at the referee
Sunderland Nissan boss Wilf Constantine blasted the referee for dismissing three of his players in the 5-0 FA Vase first round defeat to Durham City. Nissan played for most of the second half with nine men and then all of extra time with just eight
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Man's body found on railway line
EARLY rush-hour rail services were disrupted following the death of a man on the East Coast line today. A body was found in the Nevilles Cross area of Durham, a mile south of the city's railway station, after a report from the driver of a northbound
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£250,000 in grants to support youth groups
YOUNG people are cashing in thanks to two pots of funding that reward bright ideas. More than £250,000 has been distributed to 79 successful applications since Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council launched its Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth
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New book provides a bus journey down memory lane
FORMER drivers and passengers swapped tales of life on the buses when they met up at a book launch yesterday. Transport lecturer David Holdings' new book on the OK bus company was a sell-out at a signing in Bishop Auckland Town Hall, County
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YMCA organises charity ball
A BALL taking place next month will raise money for a community group in Barnard Castle. The YMCA in the town has organised the charity ball, to be held in the Morritt Arms Hotel, on Friday, November 9. The evening includes dinner and dance and
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Tenants to get red card over rent arrears
A COUNCIL housing company is showing the red card to people with rent arrears. Representatives from Dale and Valley Homes, the group which manages Wear Valley District Council's housing stock, have been visiting householders in the district to
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Engineering new venture in country store
A DALES engineer whose business was the victim of bad debt and foot-and-mouth is pinning his hopes on a new venture. Jonathan Gardiner hopes he has found a gap in the market for his Farm and Country Store, which opened at the Batts, Frosterley
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Hear All Sides
FERRYHILL COUNCIL THE actions of the majority Labour group of Ferryhill Town Council (Echo, Sept 22) exemplifies the need for the appointment of an Ombudsman to investigate the actions and conduct of town and parish councils. The imposition of
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Building work to get under way at school
A £450,000 development project due to start today at a school in Barnard Castle will have benefits for both its students and the wider community. Work will start on two buildings at Teesdale Comprehensive School, a construction workshop to the
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Gordon Brown
THE Tories say the news that 1,000 British soldiers are to be home for Christmas is spin. Well, if that is spin, let's have a lot more of it. If the Tories had voted with the Labour rebels there would have been no war with Iraq. It seems to me
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Margaret Thatcher
AS a regular visitor to the North- East, I was interested to see that there is to be a comedy staged at Durham's Gala Theatre about the death of Margaret Thatcher. I would normally find it distasteful that such a frail and aged individual's death
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Nanny state
I AM irritated by yet another fingerwagging law, this one about the age for buying and selling cigarettes (customers aged 18 OK, 16 now illegal). My eldest son joined the Army when he was 17. Presumably he was then deemed old enough to die for
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Conservatives
I LISTENED to the speeches at the Conservative Party Conference and the only proposal that I thought had virtue was to impose a levy on people who live in this country and avoid taxation. It is truly amazing that we have had a Labour Government
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Language
VODTS der maddar wiv Herr Wade riting funny Germanic vays (Echo, Sept 24)? Ve Urupeans have a long history of Anglo Sackson words. If one reads a history of the Inglish language, one might see that, in the tenth Century, ve wud not have understood
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Radio 2
I WAS delighted to see that as part of BBC Radio 2's 40th birthday celebrations, the name of DJ Paul Hollingdale was featured (7Days, Sept 26). In 1967 Hollingdale presented a popular breakfast programme and was in at the start of Radio 2. The
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Petrol prices
HERE we go again, with petrol prices at 99.9p per litre. The British public and businesses are taking the price increase right on the chin. Why can't the Chancellor freeze tax increases and petrol companies take a little bit of a hit on their huge
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Great North Run
WHILE watching the Great North Run, it occurred to me how true the saying "great oaks from little acorns grow". What started as a tiny seed of thought in the mind of Brendan Foster has grown into the world's largest half marathon, accommodating
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Servicemen
WE have just returned from a fantastic holiday in Florida. Our son Dale, a Royal Marine Commando, and his girlfriend Ria, a medic in the Royal Navy, went with us. The welcome our service personnel receive in America is unbelievable and certainly
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Decision expected on controversial hall plans
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a community hall linked to a listed church look set to win approval this week. Whorlton Parochial Church Council has put forward the proposals for the Church of the Holy Cross, in Swainby, in conjunction with the York Diocesan
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Young offenders help raise thousands for children's charity
A PRISON sports day has raised thousands of pounds for the UK's leading children's cancer charity. The event last month was organised by staff from Northallerton Young Offenders' Institution and held in nine prisons, including Deerbolt Young Offenders
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Campaign aiming to tackle crime
A COMMUNITY safety team is targeting residents to boost its anti-crime message in North Yorkshire. The Harrogate District Safer Communities Partnership is joining a Home Office national campaign. It is to join the Not in My Neighbourhood week, from October
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Club's plea for help with pitches bid
FOOTBALL club officials have made a plea for help to save a half-million pound project to build new pitches. Knaresborough Celtic junior football club has secured a £414,000 grant from the Football Foundation for the scheme to build pitches and changing
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Gravestones may go in garden
OLD grave headstones could be used as a feature of a sensory garden to be built on a former cemetery. Salem Congregational Chapel was built in about 1850, just off Thirsk town centre, close to Cod Beck. It burnt down in 1987. The Nursery Gardens development
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Work to begin on burying national park power lines
WORK is to begin soon on putting power lines underground in three areas of a national park.Northern Electric Distribution Limited (NEDL) has announced that schemes to bury electricity cables in Faceby, near Hutton Rudby, Gillamoor, near Hutton-le-Hole
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Belly dancing and basket weaving at library
YOUNG and old came together for a day of entertainment and learning in Northallerton.The town's library held a family learning day on Saturday with a range of free activities.Tutors ran sessions on a variety of themes, including internet shopping, how
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MP reopens hall after £56,000 refit
RICHMOND MP William Hague cut the ribbon to officially reopen a refurbished village hall on Saturday.The hall, a former school in Kirby Sigston, near Northallerton, has undergone a £56,000 refit over the last six years.Mr Hague also unveiled a plaque
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Mums empowered
A group for mums with learing disabilities sets out to help them with the skills they need for caring for their children. Women's Editor Sarah Foster pays a visit. THE mums are gathered round a table, cups of tea in many hands, and with assorted plates
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Harry grows up gracefully
Few actors have had to do their growing up so publicly, or managed it so well, without the help of drugs, drink or debauchery. Steve Pratt talks to Daniel Radcliffe about his first non-Potter screen role... and his first screen snog. HE'S kissed a girl
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A brush with the Fat Slags
Juxtaposition is a terrible thing. It is designed to make editors look stupid and frequently does. We have to be especially careful to check that adjacent adverts and stories don't clash. Like the time we reported a particularly gruesome murder in Darlington
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Atomic smitten
Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster (BBC2, 9pm), Extraordinary People: The Boy Who Can Nevr Grow Old (Five, 9pm). THE most revealing moment in this dreary documentary comes when the blaze which threatens to turn the Lake District into a Chernobyl
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Bohemian Dame
Oscar-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren, still basking in the glory of The Queen, talks to Hannah Stephenson about her movies and her marriage, and why she likes taking her clothes off. A round of back-to-back interviews may have left lesser actresses
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Apprentices get ready to learn their trades
A HOUSING company in the region is helping to develop the skills of young people by taking on four apprentices. Housing Hartlepool has recruited bricklayer Anthony Chapman, electrician Mark Davies, plumber Liam Wood and joiner Kris Bradley, all pictured
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Changes to Nepa project
MANUFACTURERS will receive better support under plans unveiled by regional development agency One NorthEast. The agency is making changes to one of its flagship projects - North East Productivity Alliance (Nepa) Best Practice. As part of the plans, Nepa
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High ranking
For the second consecutive year, Deloitte, which has an office in Newcastle, is ranked in the top 50 organisations on the Where Women Want to Work list, compiled by The Times and Aurora
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Geordie can land a big victory
Geordieland must surely end his long losing run as he takes a big drop in class for the Phil Bull Trophy Conditions Stakes at Pontefract. The six-year-old has turned in some top-notch efforts since switching to the care of Jamie Osborne last year but
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Committed to providing pensions
COMPANIES remain committed to providing pensions for staff, but the cost of funding final salary schemes is damaging business competitiveness and investment, a survey suggests. More than half of UK firms reported that growing contributions made to defined
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Seeking to inspire builders of the future
CONSTRUCTION company Laing O'Rourke is using its partnership with a North-East college to help promote the sector to young people. The firm, which has its regional base on Teesside, is working with Middlesbrough College to mark National Construction Week
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New street names to honour football heroes from the past
SOME of the greatest players in a town's football club's history are to be honoured on a new housing development. Fans of Hartlepool United are being urged to help shape the lasting tribute to some of the club's most popular players by voting for their
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Parents angry at plan to close school may picket meeting
PARENTS protesting against the proposed closure of a primary school will tomorrow decide whether to picket a council meeting. Durham County Council will meet on Thursday when it is expected to agree to close Hamsteels Primary School, in Esh Winning, at
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Dr Seuss entertains children at library
A STORYTIME featuring the tales of popular children's writer Dr Seuss was held over the weekend, in Durham. The escapades of the Grinch and Cat in the Hat were among 44 children's books that Seuss wrote and illustrated. The free event, at Durham County
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A_sombre international ending for Aussie legends
The raw emotion of defeat to England was made all the more painful as Australia bade farewell to two of the longest-serving and most decorated players in their history. Stephen Larkham and George Gregan will never play for the Wallabies again, having
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Ashton confident of French success
England moved into World Cup semi-final mode, with head coach Brian Ashton claiming: ''We have a team to trouble the French.'' While most red rose supporters would have anticipated a showdown against New Zealand at Stade de France on Saturday night, England's
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Sir Clive urges focus
Sir Clive Woodward has told England to forget about the World Cup final as they attempt to retain their title in the most unlikely of circumstances.Woodward, who led the nation to their triumph in Australia four years ago, was in the crowd in Marseille
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Plea as farmers find market trade 'bleak'
A CALL for urgent Government aid for the region's hill farmers has been made following disappointing market prices.Angus Collingwood-Cameron, North-East regional director of the Country Land and Business Association, attended last Thursday's sale of almost
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Youngsters 'swimming Channel' for charity
A YOUNG brother and sister from Yarm are swimming the equivalent of the English Channel to raise money for a spinal cord injury charity.Jack and Bethany Pickering, aged 11 and eight, respectively, are among the youngest swimmers in the country taking
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Children helping to transform former drugs den
A FORMER drugs den has been transformed into a wildlife haven with help from children in Middlesbrough.Bluebell Beck, in Hemlington, was recently used as a place for gangs to congregate, where they set fires, took drugs and drank.However, with the help
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Catt and England are left purring after victory
England 12, Australia 10.Mike Catt is ready to extend his World Cup odyssey into another week with one final crack at the French - courtesy of an ''amazing'' performance by England's forwards.The veteran World Cup winner, a survivor of England's semi-final
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Festival-goers shell out in aid of hospice funds
AN annual oyster festival has raised thousands of pounds for a North-East hospice. The fourth North-East Oyster Festival raised £15,000 for St Teresa's Hospice, Darlington. The event, which was held at Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield, County Durham, involved
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Plans aim to revive derelict area of city
MORE than 1,000 jobs are expected to be created in the region after plans were unveiled for a £40m mixed-use development in Newcastle. A seven-and-a-half acre site in Shieldfield, in the east of the city, has been chosen for development into offices,
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Shock as dog 'left to starve by its owners'
THE RSPCA has described the condition of a stray dog found near Darlington as "appalling".Inspectors discovered the German shepherd bitch in a field in Sadberge on Saturday morning.RSPCA Inspector Garry Palmer said the dog was the skinniest he had seen
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Can-can girls kick off recycling campaign
A RECYCLING campaign was started at the weekend by can-can girls.Dancers from Houghton Dance and Performing Arts Academy performed in costume in Durham City's Market Place on Saturday. They helped County Durham Waste Awareness Partnership, led by Durham
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Godsend for TV star
A finalisT of a television talent show has been signed up as a replacement star in a musical production.Tom Bradley, finalist in ITV's Grease Is The Word, is replacing Stephen Gately in Godspell.Producers of the musical have told Darlington Civic Theatre
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Launch of £400,000 centre to provide services for families
PARENTS and carers in a village have seen their ideas come to fruition with the opening of a £400,000 centre for youngsters.Burnhope Sure Start Children's Centre, on the site of Burnhope Primary School, was launched on Saturday.Families joined in fun
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Anti-fraud officer was victim of crime
A POLICE officer leading a campaign against financial fraud in the region has revealed how he was the victim of a gang who hacked into his bank account.Detective Inspector Geoff Smith, the head of Durham Police's economic crime unit, is urging people
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Khan racks up another satisfying victory
Amir Khan will get the chance to celebrate his 21st birthday in style after claiming his 14th professional victory with a fourth-round stoppage of Scott Lawton in Nottingham. Promoter Frank Warren has promised Khan he will mark his milestone with a grand
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Danny Grewcock: Rugby World Cup
WHAT an incredible performance by Brian Ashton's men - that is one of the gutsiest displays I have seen from an England side.They did not necessarily beat Australia because they are a better team, but because they had the bigger hearts.The passion and
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Residents urged to comment on plans
A VISION for Stockton's future is being put on display for feedback at a series of exhibitions. Stockton Borough Council is urging residents to go to one of the displays, which set out the objectives and aspirations for the borough up to 2021, and then
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Invitation to solve murder
INTRIGUE awaits when Murder One Night comes to Hartlepool's Town Hall Theatre on Thursday. During the interactive evening, the theatre will become the crime scene and the audience can help solve the crime. Claire Munroe, of Hartlepool Borough Council's
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£15,000 to fund for business security
A FUND that aims to help businesses secure their premises and make them less vulnerable to crime has received a financial boost. Hartlepool Borough Council's grants committee has agreed to pump an additional £15,000 into the Hartlepool Business Security
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... and more funding for good causes
GOOD causes are invited to apply for financial aid from a town's civic lottery fund - after the maximum grant was increased. The grants committee at Hartlepool Borough Council agreed to increase the amount available from £500 to £2,000 after being asked
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North-East teacher in path of typhoon
A TEACHER from the region has been caught up in a typhoon that has led to the evacuation of more than a million people in the Far East. Five people died on Saturday when Typhoon Krosa tore through Taiwan. Trees were uprooted, power lines collapsed and
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You're treating voters like fools, Brown told
Gordon Brown stood accused last night of treating voters as "fools" after setting out his reasons for killing off the chances of an autumn election. The Prime Minister said he ruled out a snap poll so people the could see his "vision" put into action,
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Spinning out of control
GORDON Brown claimed to be the non-spinning Prime Minister when he came to power 100 days ago, but he has now been badly damaged by trying to spin his way into a snap election. It was his media lieutenants that went around spinning up a frenzy about the
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Man swung crowbar at police officers
A MAN who swung a crowbar at police officers has been jailed for six months. John George Mains, 47, smashed a chair and threatened the officers with it before moving into a kitchen, picking up the 4ft metal bar and swinging it. Officers
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Council to give residents more say
THE ruling administration at Darlington Borough Council has announced a variety of changes designed to allow residents a greater say in how the town is run. After the recent mayoral referendum, in which more than 8,000 people voted for change, Labour
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Angry residents to seek legal advice over link road
RESIDENTS fighting to halt building works at Darlington's new £12.5m link road are to seek legal advice. Engineers began building the Eastern Transport Corridor earlier this year after a decade-long campaign to win Government funding for the route, which
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Art group awards ceremony
TALENTED artists from Darlington's biggest arts collective held their annual awards ceremony. Members of the Darlington Society of Arts received their awards from the Mayor, Councillor Marian Swift. Among the winners was Colin Mackenzie, who won the Betty
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Art by former kamikaze pilot on show
THE artwork of a former kamikaze pilot has gone on display. Durham University's Oriental Museum is featuring new and selected work by Japanese artist Kenji Yoshida. He has won international recognition for his large-scale abstract works, using gold and
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School building work to begin
A £450,000 development project due to start today at a school in Barnard Castle will have benefits for both its students and the wider community. Work will start on two buildings at Teesdale Comprehensive School, a construction workshop and a virtual
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Man told staff he was going to use knife
A MAN who showed a receptionist a knife and said he was going to stab someone, has been given a three-year community order. Paul Brown ranted at reception staff at the Mind hostel, in Borough Road, Darlington, saying someone had kicked his front door
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Students with MP on visit to Auschwitz
FOUR students joined North-West Durham MP Hilary Armstrong on a one-day visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. The trip was organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust and is part of its Lessons from Auschwitz Project. It will eventually offer two students
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Book provides bus trip down memory lane
FORMER drivers and passengers swapped tales of life on the buses during a book launch yesterday. Transport lecturer David Holdings' new book on the OK bus company was a sell-out at a signing in Bishop Auckland Town Hall, County Durham. He travelled the
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Ages four to 70 join in
LOCAL people have given their community centre a colourful makeover. They worked with professional artists Stuart Flude and Emma Beattie to produce two pieces of artwork that are now on permanent display in the Phoenix Centre at Moorside Community Technology
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Collingwood hails his side's tough spirit
Captain Paul Collingwood hailed the ''character'' of his side after England claimed back-to-back one-day wins in Sri Lanka for the first time at the Rangiri International Stadium. Chasing a Duckworth-Lewis target of 164 after dismissing Sri Lanka for
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Henry pays price for France defeat
Graham Henry's reign as All Blacks coach is over after the New Zealand Rugby Union confirmed he would be replaced by the end of the year. Henry has paid the price for New Zealand's shock exit from the World Cup after last night's 20-18 defeat to France
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Constantine fires an angry broadside at the referee
Sunderland Nissan boss Wilf Constantine blasted the referee for dismissing three of his players in the 5-0 FA Vase first round defeat Durham City. Nissan played for most of the second half with nine men and then all of extra time with just eight after
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Marske are too strong
The two sides involved in the North Riding Senior Cup both won 3-2 after extra time. New Marske visited Grangetown Boys Club where they were coasting with strikes from Graham Solomon (pen) and Josh Mitchell before the home side took the tie into additional
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Woodcock wonders where the RA_go from here
Disillusioned Darlington RA manager David Woodcock is facing some tough decisions after his side lost 4-2 at home to Guisborough. "I'm going to think very deeply about what to do next," he said. "It's obvious that after we had high hopes at the start
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Debut the only positive
A FRUSTRATED Gareth Southgate last night acknowledged that Ben Hutchinson's last minute consolation strike was the one bright spot to emerge from a crushing defeat at Manchester City. On a day that Boro were ripped apart by an Elano inspired City at Eastlands
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Chelsea chalk up a win
Bolton 0, Chelsea 1. Chelsea coach Avram Grant is suddenly seeing the bright side of football life. He chalked up his first victory in the Barclays Premier League at Bolton yesterday - on the back of the win against Valencia in the Champions League. A
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McClaren receives an England injury boost
England coach Steve McClaren has taken two major steps forward but two smaller ones back on the injury front ahead of Saturday's Euro 2008 showdown with Estonia. McClaren is notoriously reluctant to formulate too many ideas over potential starting line-ups
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Torres late strikes rescues disappointing Reds
Liverpool 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Fernando Torres' injury-time equaliser salvaged a fortunate point for Liverpool to prevent Tottenham recording a win which would have lifted the pressure on Martin Jol. Jol watched with pride as his side almost forced
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Procession leads off in feast dating from Middle Ages
THE annual Houghton Feast, which has its origins in the Middle Ages, is under way.A procession through the town, started at the sports centre and proceeded to Wheeler Street, on Saturday.Although the festival dates back to the 1100s, it was revived in
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The Lifeblood Appeal
AS part of The Northern Echo lifeblood campaign, which aims to encourage people to give blood, here are details of forthcoming donor sessions in the region:* TodayCommunity Centre, Elsdon Avenue, Seaton Delaval, Whitley Bay, 2.30pm-7pmCommunity Centre
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Children get first-hand experience of policing role
JUNIOR school pupils were put through their paces by their village police officer.PC Julian Brown visited young pupils at Hurworth House School with a former pupil, who has started police training.PC Brown spoke to the children about the role he plays
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Wilson wants back line steel
DANNY Wilson admits a change in tack may be needed at Hartlepool United. Pools were punished by Nottingham Forest on Saturday, after conceding a late goal while pushing for a winner at the other end.With the scores at 1-1, Junior Agogo netted the decisive
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On track for charity
THREE celebreties have given a cancer charity a helping hand after completing their race licences at a North-East circuit.Miss Great Britain Rachel Tennant, along with actors Jeremy Edwards and Gary Lucy completed their national B race licence at the
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Drift racers smash TV in hotel rampage
HOTEL guests demanded refunds when a group of drift racers ran amok after a motor racing event.Guests at the Premier Inn, Tees Barrage, Stockton, were quaking in their beds after a number of guests rampaged through the hotel.A bedroom door was kicked
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The secret weapons found in prisons
AN investigation by The Northern Echo has revealed that scores of weapons and illegal drugs have been confiscated from inmates at two North-East prisons.Concerns have been raised about security at the jails after it emerged that home-made knives, heroin
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Hysterectomy 'is in best interests of my daughter'
A mother who wants her disabled daughter to have a hysterectomy yesterday defended the radical move as campaigners said it could breach the teenager's human rights.Katie Thorpe, 15, has severe cerebral palsy and her mother, Alison, wants her womb removed
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Adorable Rula needs a home
AN animal rescue charity is looking for a home for an 11-month-old puppy.Rula, a rottweiler-boxer cross, was given up by her owner because he was ill and could no longer take care of her.The National Animal Sanctuaries Support League, near Darlington,
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Scotland fall short in quarters
Argentina 19, Scotland 13.Scotland were dumped out of the World Cup quarter-finals but only after giving Argentina a late scare at the Stade de France.Substitute scrum-half Chris Cusiter touched down in the 63rd minute to give Frank Hadden's side hope
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James Beaumont:: Premier's foreign legion are taking over
Foreigners in English football, the heated debate goes on. Good for the game or not? The million dollar question continues to linger.Ginola, Bergkamp, Zola; legends. Masters of the game, such class ignited the Premiership. Everyone loved seeing the best
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Foster hails strike as his best ever
Having not scored for two and a half years, Steve Foster was so desperate to find the net again he would have been satisfied with a tap-in which, he admits, are his usual style of goal.The former Scunthorpe United centre-back failed to find the net in
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Keane wants his charges to make the next step in turning into a Premier League team
A REFLECTIVE Roy Keane last night hailed his players' resilience after they overhauled a two-goal deficit before slipping to a 3-2 defeat at Arsenal, but admitted the result underlined how much work still needs to be done before Sunderland can claim to
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Shock as family farm on sale for £1.25m
A WOMAN left in shock after her parents bequeathed the family farm to the RSPCA has been hit by a double whammy after seeing the property advertised for sale.Dr Christine Gill spoke last week of how she had been heartened by the charity's response to
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'Lifeline would keep Rock independent'
HOPES were last night raised that crisis-hit North-East bank Northern Rock could survive as an independent group after reports that it has been offered a financial lifeline.US bank Citigroup is understood to be prepared to lend the bank between £5bn and
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Walking barefoot for schoolchildren
BIG-HEARTED student Philippa Robson went barefoot at the weekend in her quest to raise enough money to buy 3,000 pairs of shoes for children overseas.The 19-year-old took a big step towards her target when she was joined by 26 members of her family and
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A familiar story about Pools away from home
Nottingham Forest 2, Hartlepool United 1. "Even when they lost 2-0 at Leeds I heard that a lot of people who were at the game could not believe that Hartlepool didn't not get something from the match,'' wrote Nottingham Forest boss Colin Calderwood in
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Being conker king is a tough nut to crack
Next weekend, the World Conker Championships are held, but yesterday, a County Durham workingmen's club held its own version of the competition. With his hopes of glory literally hanging by a thread, Dan King took part. WHEN it comes to conkers, it's
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Allardyce anxious to avoid yet another Owen injury
SAM Allardyce has warned England boss Steve McClaren that he will not be a happy man if Michael Owen returns from international duty anything less than fully fit.McClaren is expected to start his star striker in both games against Estonia and Russia despite
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Drop the dog collar, off-duty vicars told
Vicars are being advised to stop wearing dog collars when not working to make themselves less vulnerable to attack.National Churchwatch, an independent group that advises clergy of all denominations on security, said priests were often targeted because
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Big Sam's substitutes combine for victory
Newcastle United 3, Everton 2 MICHAEL Owen grabbed the winner on his return to the Newcastle first-team and in doing so booked his England starting place at Wembley against Estonia next weekend.Eight days after undergoing the second of two operations
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Boro are introduced to another Samba star
Manchester City 3, Middlesbrough 1 OVER the last ten years Middlesbrough fans have become familiar with Brazilians. Now they know all about another, after a depressing afternoon at the City of Manchester Stadium for the men from Teesside.For a club that
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Sunderland and Arsenal do their bit to prove football remains a beautiful game
Arsenal 3, Sunderland 2 So, football is losing its soul is it? Not if it can continue to produce an afternoon's entertainment such as this.Forty-eight hours after Roy Keane delivered a stinging critique of the state of the national game, Sunderland and
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'Masonry could have fallen on shoppers at any time'
A LUMP of masonry fell from the roof of a three-storey building in a North-East town centre - smashing a bus shelter.The incident happened in Darlington in the early hours of yesterday.Police officers closed Crown Street after stonework fell from the
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Perfect timing the key to ending Quakers' capital hell
Dagenham and Redbridge 0, Darlington 3 Scoring just before half-time is meant to be the ideal time to find the net in any football match, but for Darlington on Saturday doing just that proved more helpful than could have been forecast.In both of their
