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Teenager's car collides with lamppost
A TEENAGER was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg after the car he was in collided with a lamppost. The accident happened around 9.30pm last night(FRI) at Clarendon Square, Carley Hill in Sunderland. The teenager, the only occupant of the
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Police called in after hoax prompts major rescue attempt
POLICE have been called in after a major rescue operation was launched in response to flares fired over the sea, only for it be revealed as a hoax. RNLI volunteers from Sunderland lifeboat station were called into action shortly after 5.30pm on Friday
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My Dad
I'm sorry for the lack of updates today. My dad died this morning. He was a good man. It's never ceased to amaze me that, as a 17-year-old in 1943, he was serving as a soldier in a trench at Anzio in Italy. I find it humbling what his generation did
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Police and prosecutors to consider expenses claims
A PANEL of senior Scotland Yard officers and prosecutors will meet next week to decide what action to take over claims MPs misused parliamentary expenses. Officials will assess whether criminal inquiries are necessary in the wake of a surge
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Two more MPs defy expenses order
TWO more of the region’s MPs this evening vowed to defy a Labour Party plea to release their expenses’ receipts within days, telling voters: “You will have to wait.” And one, veteran Middlesbrough MP Sir Stuart Bell went further, insisting any MP
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Police want to speak to red Astra driver
POLICE are trying to trace a motorist who could have information about a head on crash in County Durham earlier this week. Officers want to speak to the driver of a red Vauxhall Astra which may have been linked to an accident on the A177 at around 8am
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Fall in NE repossessions
THE pain of recession eased a little today, with a surprise fall in the number of families on the brink of losing their homes across the region. County courts reported 3,005 repossession orders against householders unable to pay their mortgage bills
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Maximo Park – Newcastle O2 Academy 14.05.09
North-east five some Maximo Park have just begun their UK tour in their hometown but now it is all over for Newcastle. Having played two sold out dates at the O2 the fans surely have got everything they wanted from the band. Launching into top hit Our
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Maximo Park Launch Party – Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle 11.05.09
Tyne and Wear Born and Bred fivesome Maximo Park return home to celebrate the launch of their new album Quicken The Heart, which has just been released, and to also spend some quality time in the beloved town they grew up in. The album, already hailed
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Blue Dragon Plus
Platform: Nintendo DS Price: £29.99 IT'S no surprise that Nintendo's DS has become the home for Japanese role-playing games. After all, more than 25 million consoles have been sold in Japan. The DS's massive popularity has led to a stampede
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Software: ImTOO DVD Toolkit Platinum and AVS Video Convertor
THE ISSUE of "ripping" a DVD – copying the content onto your PC – is a difficult topic. Film companies claim that it represents copyright theft, but that hasn’t stopped PC owners downloading their favourite movies to iPods. I would never
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Parents and children urged to walk to school
PARENTS are being urged to take the time to walk their children to school instead of using the car. National walk to school week, now in it’s 13th year, is teaming up with a Change 4 Life campaign, ‘walk ‘n’ talk’, to get pupils and parents pounding
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Sedgefield Mediaeval Fair tomorrow
A VILLAGE will hold its traditional annual fair tomorrow. Sedgefield Community Association hosts the 39th Sedgefield mediaeval fair with family entertainment and display on Sedgefield village green and in the grounds of Ceddesfeld Hall. The event will
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Middlesbrough v Aston Villa - Matchfile
MIDDLESBROUGH Jones Hoyte Taylor Huth Wheater Aliadiere O'Neil Bates Downing Tuncay King Heskey Agbonlahor A Young Barry Petrov Milner Shorey Cuellar Davies L Young Friedel ASTON VILLA Middlesbrough subs (from): Turnbull,
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Play at Riverside officially abandoned for the day
PLAY has been abandoned without a ball being bowled at the second Test between England and West Indies at Riverside. The umpires officially called things off at 4.09pm after constant rainfall prevented any play on the second day of the Chester-le-Street
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Angels & Demons (12A)
Stars: Tom Hanks, Ayeley Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Armin Mueller Stahl, Stellan Skarsgard Running time: 138 mins Rating: ★★★ THE film of Dan Brown’s bestseller The Da Vinci Code made a lot of money and a lot of enemies. The bad feeling didn’t emanate
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TEA UPDATE: Rain still falling at Riverside
HEAVY rain continues to fall at Riverside, and the weather now looks certain to scupper any hope of play on the second day of the second Test between England and West Indies. Not a single ball has been bowled after rain began to fall at Chester-le-Street
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Children celebrate the big 4-0
A PRIMARY school celebrated its big 4-0 today. Staff and pupils at Bishop Middleham C of E Primary School held a special assembly to mark its 40th birthday. The whole school sang Happy Birthday and the oldest and youngest pupils Aaran Hall, 11 years
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Junior riding team return with rosettes
A junior team of disabled horse riders came home with a string of rosettes on Wednesday after competing in Carlisle. Dressage and an obstacle course were among the challenges facing the group from the Wear Valley Riding For The Disabled, based at Three
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Frosterley flower festival
St Michael and All Angels Church, in Frosterley, is to hold a flower festival on Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7 from 11am to 4pm. The festival is part of the Frosterley Village Hall centenary celebrations and includes an exhibition on the history
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Parkside girls battle it out in cricket contest
A group of budding bowlers and batters are celebrating success at a regional cricket competition. The girls team from Parkside Sports College, in Willington, battled it out at the U15 Lady Taverner’s Indoor Regional Finals at the Headingley Indoor Stadium
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Advice service to help people avoid debt
A CITIZENS Advice bureau is launching a new free service to try to stem the rising tide of debt problems. Chester-le-Street Citizens Advice Bureau has appointed a trained Money Guide who will give face to face information and clear guidance on things
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Motorists to be stopped for bridge survey
MOTORISTS are being urged to be patient and co-operate with a traffic flow survey being undertaken as part of the design for a new bridge over the River Wear. Sunderland City Council hopes to build a new crossing point, between the city’s Alexandra
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NE to host world "chicken chucking" championships
FEATHERS will fly as a town hosts the world’s first ever Chicken Chucking Championship. As part of the annual Meet in Barnard Castle, County Durham, tourists and locals will be challenged to throw a rubber chicken as far as they can.
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Staff suspended at primary school
THREE members of staff at a North-East school have been suspended. An internal investigation has been launched at Harrow Gate Primary School, Stockton, but the names of the staff involved have not been disclosed. Stockton Council chiefs have brought
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McSweenie signs for Pools from Stockport
STOCKPORT County winger Leon McSweenie has signed for Hartlepool United. The Irishman has swopped Edgeley Park for Victoria Park after passing a medical this morning. Pools interest in the winger was revealed in this morning's Northern Echo and he becomes
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Newcastle vs Fulham - MATCHFILE
NEWCASTLE (4-4-2): Harper, Beye, Taylor, Bassong, Duff, Guthrie, Butt, Nolan, Gutierrez, Owen, Viduka FULHAM (4-4-2): Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Dempsey, Etuhu, Murphy, Gera, Johnson, Zamora. Newcastle subs (from): Forster
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Resort in line for another award
SEASIDE town Scarborough is in the running for a major national award, just days after winning a prestigious European enterprise award. The Yorkshire resort has been selected as one of three finalists for the Great Town Award by the Academy of Urbanism
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North Yorkshire guides brave swine flu for Mexico trip
BRAVE globetrotting Girl Guides are set to defy the swine flu outbreak as they gear up for a trip to Mexico. The 1st Kirkby Hill Girl Guides, of North Yorkshire, aimed to head off to Central America for a trip in August. The group from
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Claudia: New CCTV clues
DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of university chef Claudia Lawrence are trying to track down two men who they believe could be key witnesses. Images of both were captured on CCTV near the 35-year-old’s home early in the morning of the day
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Durham offer free ticket to spectators
WITH the entire morning session having been rained off, Durham County Cricket Club have offered all spectators who had tickets for today's play a complimentary ticket for any of the remaining three days of the npower Test Match between England and the
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Sites surveyed for safety
INVESTIGATION work is due to start on land across Redcar and Cleveland which has an kind of industrial past. The routine site investigation works could take several years to complete checks on all the sites that have been identified. The process will
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Gardeners dig in to save allotment site
ALLOTMENT holders say they stand to lose hundreds of pounds if they are forced to move off their plots. Sheds, livestock and fences belonging to 30 people on the Rosemount plot near Bishop Auckland will have to be uprooted and taken elsewhere by
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LUNCH UPDATE: Rain prevents play at Riverside
THE whole of this morning's Test session at Riverside has been washed out. No balls have been bowled after rain began to fall at around 10am this morning. While both sets of players made it onto the field to warm up, they soon returned to the pavilion
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Fame beckons for teen actress
A TEENAGER is being tipped for stardom after landing the lead role in a new television series. Grace Francis plays Zara Khan in Zara's Notebook, which tells the story of a 17-year-old growing up in the fictitious town of Fulchester and due to be screened
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Awards evening
ABOUT 70 students were presented with awards at the annual east Durham Vocational Skills Awards. The event at East Durham College’s new Peterlee Campus was attended by over 200 people, including families, teaching staff from all the local schools
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Cyclist prepares for long day in the saddle
A CYCLIST is preparing to ride across the country in a single day for charity. Doug Winham, from County Durham, plans to start the 135-mile ride at Workington, on the Cumbrian coast, early on Sunday. The father-of-two hopes to complete his leg weary
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Bellamy to open wetland site
BOTANIST David Bellamy will herald the hard work of conservation students developing a new wildlife haven on Sunday. The well-known conservationist is special guest at an open day at the Houghall college campus, on the outskirts of Durham.
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Minister steps down over expenses claim
SHAHID Malik is stepping down as justice minister pending the outcome of an inquiry into his expenses claims, Downing Street said today. Gordon Brown has asked the independent adviser on ministerial interests Sir Philip Mawer to investigate whether Mr
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Major £1m scheme to improve Thirsk school
A MAJOR £1m scheme at a leading North Yorkshire school will see pupils move into new state of the art teaching facilities. The project at Cundall Manor School, at Helperby, near Thirsk, is underway and it is expected to be completed by September. The
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Opening the archives
FAMILIES will get the chance to go behind the scenes in archive strongrooms later this month. Durham County Record Office, at County Hall, Durham, is throwing open its strongroom doors on Friday, May 29, for families to see where local historical documents
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Takeaway closed until owner cleans up act
A MICE-infested take-away has been shut down by environmental health officers. An inspection on Tuesday led to the closure of the Spring Orchid fast-food business at the Vaughan Shopping Centre in Thorntree, Middlesbrough. A Hygiene Emergency Prohibition
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Safety patrol boost
SAFETY at a County Durham primary school is to be boosted by a new school crossing patrol. Durham County Council is to provide the patrol outside Easington C of E Primary School after surveying the area. Now it is looking to recruit someone who
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New CCTV released in hunt for Claudia
POLICE searching for missing Claudia Lawrence released CCTV footage today of a man seen near the chef's home the morning after she was last seen. The images show a man going to the rear of the terrace where the 35-year-old lived, in Heworth
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Brief Encounter, Newcastle Theatre Royal
OCCASIONALLY, you go to the theatre expecting something comforting and familiar and what you get is so surprisingly ingenious that it blows you away. This is one of those occasions. Noel Coward’s 1945 classic Oscar-winning film, Brief Encounter
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Street wise
Coronation Street (ITV1, 7.30pm and 8.30pm). FORMER Hear’Say singer Kym Marsh has been happy to prove wrong those who thought she’d fall flat on her face when she arrived in Coronation Street, in 2006. “A lot of people were expecting me to fall
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Money for beginners: It pays to move with the times
IF electronic banking had been invented sooner, then Robin Hood and his Merry Men might not have been quite so merry. The Sheriff of Nottingham going through Sherwood Forest laden down with bulging bags of gold was easy pickings. It’s a
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Looking For Buddy, Live Theatre, Newcastle
CRAGGY, crabbily-humorous and crooning impressively, Tim Healy returns to his roots – as the 1974 co-founder of Live Theatre – to deliver another of those warm and affectionate looks at life from the pedigree pen of Alan Plater. The playwright
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Double the deli-ghts
Lewis & Cooper has been a household name for decades. It’s a sign of its popularity that the company is able to open a new branch in Yarm. ONE of the region’s bestloved TV personalities is opening a new fine food store in Yarm next week. Lewis &
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May 15th, 2009
Reader's question MARK from Eaglescliffe was impressed by the enormous rhododendrons in the Lake District. He only has a small garden, but wonders if it would be possible to grow some in it, and are there any tips to grow them successfully
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‘I woke up one day and could barely stand’
One in 250 readers of The Northern Echo is likely to have myalgic encephalomyelitis. To mark ME Awareness Week, health editor Barry Nelson meets a young woman whose life has been blighted by the condition. NATALYA Davison vividly remembers
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Gurkhas
JM GOWLAND asked why actress Joanna Lumley had got her self involved with the Gurkhas campaign (HAS, May 11). He asked if she was short of money and if her agent was trying to bring her back into the limelight. If Mr Gowland had done his homework
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MPs' expenses
I’M not sure I can agree with Jennifer Moore (HAS, May 12) who compares ordinary life with what has been perpetrated by MPs in their abuse-ridden expenses system. I’ve never made a false or inflated insurance claim – it’s a criminal offence. John
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Computers
TECHNOLOGY has helped Peter J Brown (HAS, May 11), but I was speaking generally when suggesting a reduction in the use of computers in schools (HAS, May 5). That doesn’t mean reducing computer usage for those with learning and/or physical disabilities
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Euro elections
MILLIONS of working people feel abandoned by the main political parties, which support EU diktats demanding the privatisation of our public services, from the Royal Mail to our rail networks. Like most voters, we reject the renamed EU constitution
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Headway’s made me see the light
WHENEVER one of those brave souls who run marathons or bungeejumps for charity is asked what motivates them, they almost always say it’s personal experience. Someone close to them, a friend or family member, has been touched by tragedy. I suppose
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Honour him...
AT a time when the public’s faith in the leaders of our society is being sorely tested by the arrogance and greed of some of our politicians, how refreshing it was to read of the exploits of 71-year-old Jeffrey Allison, from Middleton Tyas, near
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Youth under arrest as woman remains in serious condition
A WOMAN found unconscious after the arrest of a youth apparently trying to take her car remained in a "serious" condition on hospital today. Police discovered the 40-year-old woman lying unconscious in the living room at the terraced home where
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A real home from home
A fostering agency in Newton Aycliffe is providing homes for young people as they leave care. In Foster Care Fortnight, Steve Pratt reports on the success of the Rocsolid scheme. KATIE was a young woman who’d been in foster care through the
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MPs need to find time
WHEN The Northern Echo asked Frank Cook, the MP for Stockton North, if he would be complying with his party’s order to publish details of his expenses next week, he told this newspaper that he was “too busy”. We are disappointed to find that Mr
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Island’s Dante joy
AIDAN O’Brien is odds-on with William Hill and Ladbrokes to register a third success in the Investec Derby after Black Bear Island led home stablemate Freemantle for a one-two in the totesport. com Dante Stakes at York. The firms quote the Irish
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Match of the day?
Alan Shearer last night put his boots back on to play in the Hillsborough Memorial game at Anfield, where he shared a joke with his former fellow pundit Alan Hansen. England’s famed SAS attack, Teddy Sheringham and Shearer, joined forces again
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Westwood set for Pools?
HARTLEPOOL United have made a tentative enquiry about taking Chris Westwood back to Victoria Park. The central defender can leave Peterborough United, after the club was promoted to the Championship. Westwood spent six full seasons at Pools from
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Winning bidder gets full marks
A WINNER has been chosen in the region's first secondary school competition. Education providers were invited last year to put forward proposals for the new 1,350-place secondary school to replace Kings Manor School and Hall Garth Community Arts College
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Sbragia to keep Leadbitter
SUNDERLAND are preparing to fight off renewed interest in Grant Leadbitter this summer, with manager Ricky Sbragia claiming the midfielder is exactly the type of player he likes to have around. Wigan are thought to have made a move for Leadbitter
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Murray enjoys victory
ANDY Murray took great satisfaction from his straightsets victory over clay-court specialist Tommy Robredo as the world number three progressed to the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open in impressive fashion. Murray may be the defending champion
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Gray desperate to see Quakers pull through crisis
MARTIN Gray began his new job at Oldham Athletic this week by wishing good luck to previous club Darlington. The former assistant manager was made redundant last week, leaving The Northern Echo Darlington Arena after administrators sought to
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Southgate fends off vultures
THE vultures were circling over Middlesbrough shortly after their defeat at Newcastle last Monday. In the aftermath of what Gareth Southgate described with trademark restraint as “a difficult evening” he began to receive phone calls from agents
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Force’s rape conviction rates are top
A NORTH-EAST police force has achieved the highest rape conviction rates in the UK, according to the latest figures. In Cleveland, 130 rapes were reported in the year 2007-08, of which 14.6 per cent led to convictions – well above the national
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Minister taken to task over RBS boss
CITY Minister Lord Myners has been taken to task by MPs over his handling of former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) boss Sir Fred Goodwin’s controversial £703,000 pension. The Treasury Select Committee’s report on bank pay, to be released today,
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Young entrepreneur is making tracks
A YOUNG entrepreneur has won the contract to manage both of the North-East’s major mountain biking areas. Vicky Griffin, owner of Purple Mountain, will run the new £250,000 Kielder Water and Forest Park bike centre, in Northumberland. Ms Griffin
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Tourists bring boost to city economy
THREE tourist businesses have reported a great start to the year. They say that footfall, the number of ice creams sold and happy wedding guests show they are beating the recession. Crook Hall and Gardens, Prince Bishops River Cruises
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Accident prompts new calls for safety work
A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD girl was critically-ill in hospital last night following a road accident near her home. The schoolgirl was involved in a collision with a car in Broom Lane, Ushaw Moor, near Durham City, at about 3.45pm on Wednesday. Police
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Inquest into shooting of crossbow dad
AN inquest into the fatal police shooting of a crossbowwielding father is expected to open next week. Father-of-two Keith Richards, 47, was killed by police firearms officers on Tuesday morning after an armed stand-off at his home in Cheapside
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CAV strike to go ahead
A STRIKE by workers at a world-leading aircraft components company will go ahead after negotiations between unions and managers failed. GMB union representatives met bosses at CAV Aerospace, in Consett, County Durham, yesterday, to try to find
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Rewarded for being considerate on site
A SITE manager at a North-East civil engineering firm has been recognised for the consideration he showed while leading developments at a prison. Brian Paterson is believed to be the first person in the country to receive a Considerate Constructor
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News in brief: Councils to take investments out
UP to 60 local authorities are planning to pull money out of certain building societies, it was reported yesterday. Arlingclose, an independent organisation that advises councils on their investment strategies, has told its 60 local authority
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Competing firms both win deal for largest skyscraper
RIVAL engineering firms competing for a steel contract for a new skyscraper have both won a share of the work. Darlington firm Cleveland Bridge UK and Severfield- Rowen, in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, were competing for the steel contract for the
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Job-hunt support deal secured, thanks to MP
EMPLOYMENT experts could be automatically allowed into insolvent firms to talk to staff facing redundancy, following a North-East MP’s campaign. Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson started his campaign in January, after an insolvency practitioner denied
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Market report
THE FTSE 100 index rallied yesterday as a better-thanexpected opening on Wall Street gave a late boost. The rise came despite another hammering for BT after the firm slashed its dividend by nearly 60 per cent and announced annual losses of £134m
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Partnership will enable company to expand
A CRYOGENICS company’s products are to be marketed across Scandanavia. Wessington Cryogenics, of Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside, has partnered Fluid Control, of Stavanger, Norway. The deal, which was struck at the Offshore Technology Conference
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Firms queue for £1bn site
A PROPOSED £1bn business park with the potential to create up to 7,000 jobs could be oversubscribed, the millionaire behind the project has revealed. David Abrahams, who hit the headlines over donations of more than £650,000 he made to the Labour
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It’s a welcome return for Ratty and his pals
AS the boat-loving Ratty in the Wind in the Willows the humble water vole was a firm favourite for generations of children. But his literary success was not repeated in real life –- and over the years the creatures became endangered and rarely
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Woman hurt as car stolen
A WOMAN was discovered with serious head injuries minutes after a youth was spotted allegedly attempting to steal her car. The 40-year-old, from Easington Colliery, County Durham, named locally as Audrey Turnbull, was rushed to hospital where
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Quakers’ figures re-open talks
TWO former leading figures at Darlington FC have reopened talks in a bid to save the administration-hit club. Former vice-chairman Raj Singh has confirmed he met the Quakers ex-chairman, George Houghton, earlier this week. Mr Singh said the talks
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Cathedral finds food for the soul
A RESTAURANT firm has been unveiled as a cathedral’s latest corporate partner. Oldfields Noted Eating Houses has signed up to support Durham Cathedral’s work in heritage, education, tourism, arts and culture and community work. Oldfields
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England run riot down at Riverside
IF West Indies skipper Chris Gayle was bemoaning Test cricket at the start of yesterday’s action at Riverside, heaven knows what he makes of it now. As it competes with the glitz and glamour of the Indian Premier League, this was not the five-day
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Chanderpaul return is delayed until July
THE arrival of both of Durham’s overseas players this season will be delayed, with Shivnarine Chanderpaul not now expected until July. The West Indies have arranged four One-Day Internationals at home to India on June 25-July 5, so Chanderpaul
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Reigning chomp
REIGNING champion Paul Clark has retained his title as the North-East’s king of sausages. Mr Clark, of GH Pickings butchers, in East Boldon, South Tyneside, was named supreme champion for the second year running in the Northern Council of Butchers
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Botham bewildered by ECB choice of Riverside
FORMER Durham and England all-rounder Ian Botham last night questioned the wisdom of the England and Wales Cricket Board hosting the second Test against the West Indies at Riverside in mid May. Less than 5,000 spectators were in attendance
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Hit-and-run victim ‘was targeted by attackers’
A DOG walker seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident is thought to have been the victim of a deliberate ambush. His attackers lay in wait and steered a four-wheel drive vehicle at him at speed as he crossed over a farm track. Detectives think
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Safest borough in Tees Valley announced
STOCKTON is officially the safest place to live in the Tees Valley, according to new crime figures. Statistics released by Cleveland Police up to March this year show the town is 21 per cent below the regional average for recorded crime and 47 per cent
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Mallon calling for Met investigation
As North MPs give their response to calls for details of expenses to be revealed, political editor Chris Lloyd speaks to Middlesbrough mayor and former police officer Ray Mallon, who is calling for a police inquiry. RAY MALLON stepped into the furore
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‘Frustration beyond belief’ as Deepcut inquiry call rejected
THE Government has again rejected calls for a public inquiry into the deaths of four soldiers at Deepcut Barracks. Yesterday’s announcement angered parents of the soldiers, who all died of bullet wounds in separate incidents at the Surrey barracks
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Hilary Armstrong pays back £5,000
HILARY ARMSTRONG became the latest MP to repay expenses to the Commons fees office when she paid back £5,000 she had claimed for food over three years. Until recently, all MPs were permitted to claim up to £400 a month without providing receipts
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Crossing Infinity
A SPECTACULAR display heralded the beginning of an era when Stockton’s Infinity Bridge was officially opened. The extravaganza of breath-taking entertainment culminated with a stunning firework display. The dramatic addition to Teesside
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Expenses D-Day
As Labour MPs told to make public their expenses by Monday, one North-East member says: ‘I’m too busy’. THE region’s MPs were last night scrambling to meet a new deadline of Monday to release all their expenses receipts as the deepening scandal
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MP in touch with sporting scheme
A FOOTBALL coaching scheme launched last year received a visit from an MP. Pupils at Haughton Community School, in Darlington’s Education Village, have received professional coaching every week since January last year. Pupils in years eight
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Calls for Government to safeguard Corus jobs
TALKS to try to secure the future of the UK steel industry have led to calls that the Government should step in to safeguard jobs. Yesterday’s meeting was called after 3,000 jobs at Corus Teesside Cast Products (TCP), in Redcar, were put at risk
