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North-East scientists' search for eco building technique
SANDCASTLES could hold the key to reviving a forgotten eco-friendly building technique, according to North-East scientists. As every child at the seaside knows, a little water is needed to keep a sandcastle standing up. In just the same
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Missing Claudia: involved in relationships "of complexity and mystery"
DETECTIVES said tonight they had received upto 40 calls after the case was featured on Crimewatch. A number of callers also suggested names of people who may be able to help North Yorkshire Police solve the riddle of the 35-year-old's disappearance.
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Teen returns to court after acquittal celebrations
A TEENAGER who went on a drink and drugs binge after being cleared of a crime was arrested just hours after walking out of court. Zoe Sharp celebrated her freedom by tormenting two witnesses who had failed to turn up to give evidence against her last
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Yorkshire v Durham (Twenty20 Cup)
IMPRESSIVE bowling by Yorkshire exposed Durham’s Twenty20 inadequacies as the Headingley visitors mustered only 116 for eight. With both teams on two wins from four, and competing for the second qualifying place in the group, only Dale Benkenstein
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DVD Rippers - Mac alternatives
SOFTWARE REVIEWS: DVD ReMaster/ IMToo DVD Ripper Mac. A couple of weeks ago I reviewed two programs capable of backing up DVDs and converting favourite movies for iPods and iPhones. Since then a couple of Apple Mac owners have e-mailed
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Hand me the point now
A Chinese man has lost his hand - when it was ripped off during a tug-of-war contest. This is the story destined to be the battleground for tomorrow's Headline Game on TFM radio. The competition was halted when the man - called Mr Shi - was seen holding
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Transport seminar to discover project results
TRANSPORT, health and environmental professionals will hear how residents' travel habits have changed across Darlington during the past five years on Wednesday. A seminar has been organised to hear how the Local Motion project has changed how
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Summer fun day for church
A host of activities – from welly tossing to guessing the weight of a lamb – will be on offer at this year’s summer event to raise funds for St Mary’s Church in Brignall, Teesdale. The event this year is called ‘A Collection of Teesdale Talents’, to
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Talent search for two town shows
PERFORMERS are invited to showcase their talent at two town’s annual summer shows. A Ferryhill’s Got Talent competition will be held during the town’s summer gala on Sunday August 16 August. All types of entertainment will be considered
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Police launch Summer driving campaign
CLEVELAND Police has launched a campaign warning motorists not to get behind the wheel after drinking or taking drugs. The Summer blitz is part of the national Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) drink and drug driving enforcement campaign.
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Man spotted dropping litter
ENFORCEMENT officers want to speak to this man after he was spotted on camera dropping litter. Middlesbrough Council’s enforcement team is hoping to identify the man after he was allegedly seen discarding a can of lager on Linthorpe Road, in Middlesbrough
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153 cannabis plants recovered
UP to 153 cannabis plants, with a street value of £80,000, have been seized from two properties in the Owton Manor area of Hartlepool. The recovery came as a direct result of information provided by members of the local community and intelligence gathered
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Youths damage residential properties
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after up to 40 youths caused criminal damage to residential properties. There were at least five incidents of criminal damage, in which wing mirrors were knocked from cars, and a conifer tree was pulled from a garden
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Farmland to get flooding protection
FARMLAND in a Teesside village is to be protected from future flooding with the help of a new £135,000 sewage improvement scheme. Northumbria Water is to start the 14-week project in Egglescliffe, near Stockton, later this month. The aim of the sewage
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Latest N Yorks swine flu victim is linked to Eton outbreak
A SECOND case of swine flu has been confirmed in North Yorkshire - just days after the first case came to light. The latest diagnosis involves a teenage boy in Hambleton - the same area where a woman tested positive for the virus at the weekend. However
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Crackdown on bikers
POLICE say they will seize and possibly crush off-road motorbikes during a summer-long crackdown following persistent complaints by villagers. Riders who ignore warnings could see their vehicles seized and possibly scrapped during the operation in the
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Swine flu: Second North Yorkshire case
A SECOND case of swine flu has been confirmed in North Yorkshire - just days after the first case came to light. The latest diagnosis involves a teenage boy in the Hambleton area - where a woman was tested positive for the virus at the weekend. However
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A tale of two collections
IT’S a bright and breezy Wednesday morning: bin day in Esh Winning. In Willow Road, George Taylor is preparing to walk the dog, while his wife, Christine, makes clothes for the grandchildren. In Wood View, Terry and Ellen Glennon have an appointment
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Attempted abduction of 12-year-old boy
DETECTIVES are investigating an attempted abduction of a 12-year-old boy. The youngster was walking to school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, at 8.25am yesterday morning when a black BMW 5 Series car with five-spoke alloy wheels pulled up alongside
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Second swine flu case in North Yorkshire
A SECOND case of swine flu has been confirmed in North Yorkshire today. The case, in the Hambleton area of the county, is not connected to the case confirmed at the weekend. A statement released by NHS Yorkshire and the Humber said: "An individual from
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Success of hike in memory of soldier
A CHARITY hike in memory of a North soldier killed in Iraq has raised thousands of pounds for a trust set up in his name. Lance Corporal Ben Hyde, 23, from Northallerton, North Yorkshire, was killed in June 2003 while serving with the Military Police
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Nelson to exit Pools?
THE chances of Micky Nelson, the long-serving Hartlepool United defender, being at Victoria Park next season are receding. Offered a new deal last month, Nelson has yet to indicate if he will be taking up the terms with the club he joined in 2003.
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Homes changes agreed
A DEVELOPER has won permission to change the design of 20 planned homes. Keepmoat Homes applied for planning consent to alter the agreed designs of houses which form part of its 83-home development at Tail-upon-End, in Bowburn. Under the original plans
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Baby meerkats welcomed to mammal centre
TWO baby meerkats are the latest additions to the Thorp Perrow Arboretum, in Bedale, arriving just in time for the first anniversary celebrations of the mammal centre. The 12-day-old babies have not been named because staff at the centre do not know
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Crimestoppers shoplifter appeal
POLICE have released a CCTV image of a woman suspected of stealing almost £100 of cleaning products from a general store. The woman pictured is suspected of shoplifting at the McColls store, in Oakfield, Newton Aycliffe, twice in April. At 1.45pm on
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Turkeys cause chaos after lorry overturns
Dozens of turkeys were left ‘flapping about everywhere’ after the heavy goods vehicle that they were being transported in overturned on a busy road. Traffic was brought to a standstill for almost six hours on the A61, near Bouldersby, North Yorkshire
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Pupils put through their paces at leisure centre
A NORTHALLERTON school has moved some of its PE lessons to a neighbouring leisure centre in a new scheme that aims to give pupils a more positive attitude to physical activity. Thirty girls from year nine at the Allertonshire School are spending their
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Save the planet with real nappies
AS part of real nappy week, the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership have given away a pack of reusable cloth nappies worth £100 to competition winner, Emma Hall, of Kirbymisperton. It is estimated that using real nappies can save parents up to
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Summer festival of fun heads to Ryedale
Children in Ryedale aged between five and twelve are invited to sign up to the Summer Festival of Fun 2009, taking place at venues across Ryedale this summer between Monday, July 27 and Friday, August 21. York Playspace, in partnership with Ryedale District
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Rubber duckies bring fun to the fair
South Kilvington Primary School, near Thirsk, will hold its annual duck race this Saturday, June 6, as part of its summer fair. Hundreds of yellow rubber ducks will race along Cod Beck to the finish line, with prizes for the winning duck owners. The
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French lessons for little learners
A company that runs classes teaching French to pre-school children has announced plans to extend into North Yorkshire. French for Fidgets will be available in Bedale, Northallerton and Richmond from September, with classes especially designed to teach
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Helping hand for recession busting market towns
HELP is at hand for market towns in North Yorkshire trying to beat the credit crunch and keep business thriving. The first North Yorkshire Towns Alive Market Towns seminar, in Thirsk, will look at making small towns more prosperous places -
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Former prison officer banned from driving
A FORMER prison officer who was made an MBE in 1999 has been banned from driving after he admitted drink-driving. Brian Armstrong was stopped by police after reports of a collision near his home and breathalysed. Armstrong, 69, of Brinkburn Road, Darlington
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Debris found from Air France plane crash
DEBRIS including plane seats has been found by search teams looking for the disappeared Air France passenger jet. The items have reportedly been spotted 400 miles north east of Brazil. North Yorkshire father-of-three Arthur Coakley is
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Birthday gift to hospitals
CARING patient Andrew Naden decided not to celebrate his 60th birthday in the usual fashion but to help a good cause close to his heart instead. And at his birthday bash at the Dalesman Club in Leyburn, he asked family and friends to make a
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Credit crunch watch: Buyer found for Hummer
General Motors has entered into a memorandum of understanding with a buyer for Hummer, its premium off-road brand. This transaction is the result of GM's strategic review of the HUMMER brand and the company’s ongoing restructuring efforts.
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Reports: Smith to resign as Home Secretary
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith is to resign her post in the wake of the MP's expenses scandal, it was reported today. A No 10 spokeswoman dismissed the report as "reshuffle speculation", but Sky News said Ms Smith was to quit as part of a Cabinet shake-up
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Have a say
COUNCIL tenants in East Durham are being invited to have their say on how money to improve their homes is spent. East Durham Homes’ (EDH) Capital and Repairs Service Review Panel is offering residents the opportunity to comment on the organisation’
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Award for services to deafened people
THE CO-ORDINATOR and founder of a group providing support for deafened people in County Durham has won a national award for her efforts. Jane Atkinson, of the Peterlee-based charity Durham Deafened Support, was given the Heather Jackson Award in London
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Child abduction didn't happen - police
POLICE have called off an investigation into an attempted child abduction - saying they don’t believe it actually happened. A 10-year-old girl from Cleveland told police that a man had attempted to grab her in Barnard Castle, County Durham on Monday
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High-level maintenance firm secures new contracts
A HIGH-level maintenance and building repair firm has won new North-East contracts worth £40,000. The three contracts have been awarded to Darlington based Stone Technical Services, which has become a leading national company in its sector. It has
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Anti-terror police arrest suspected white supremacist
ANTI-TERROR police this morning arrested a suspected white supremacist in the North-East. The 41-year-old, named locally as Ian Davison, is believed to be involved in extreme right-wing activity, and was arrested at a house in Myrtle Grove,
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D-Day, The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor (Viking, £25)
IN the whole history of war, Stalin wrote to Churchill, there had never been such an undertaking. The invasion, which took place 65 years ago on Saturday, has been as well documented and one wonders what more could be said about it, yet there is
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June 2nd, 2009
IF If you can hold your head up high, When reporters peek and reporters pry, If you can duck the question and hide behind your moat, Then you can thumb your nose at Those who merely vote. And if your family home is really not your house
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Metronomy, Newcastle O2 Academy
METRONOMY are an electronic music fascination. Their music consists of instrumental disco music and more recently, with the release of Nights Out, vocal electronic pop. The quartet are accomplished remixers, having remixed many artists including
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GOD IS BACK: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge (Penguin, £25)
News of God’s death has been grossly exaggerated, says Peter Mullen. GOD IS BACK: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge (Penguin, £25) SO God is back? In truth, I didn’t know he had been
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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Sage Gateshead
IF ever there was a work to test the mettle of a conductor, it has to be Mahler’s mighty Second Symphony The Resurrection – all the more daunting for a young maestro. Andris Nelsons, the newlyappointed music director of the City of Birmingham
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It's monkey business
Mary Queen Of Charity Shops (BBC2, 9pm); I’m Running Sainsbury’s (C4, 9pm) My Monkey Baby (C4, 10pm). I AM not sure which is more shocking – women treating monkeys like babies or people who leave condoms and sanitary towels in bags outside charity
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Cheap as Ships
The Ship Inn in Middlestone enjoys a growing reputation, not least due to the landlord’s healthy attitude to prices. TIMES tight and travel light, much of today’s Eating Owt column is consumed by the Ship Inn at Middlestone Village, though not so
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Lipstick, charm and green credentials
Just like any other women’s magazine, but with an ethical twist, Daisy Green hopes to make saving the planet palatable. Sarah Foster meets its founder, Nicola Alexander. NICOLA Alexander has a confession to make. She’s in her living room, the recycled
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Why this lot shouldn’t get a look in
THE BNP’s new smart suits don’t fool anybody. Leader Nick Griffin would still look the perfect oik even if he were decked out in silk and satin. I’m glad he is not going to go to that Buckingham Palace garden party. Can’t you just imagine his conversation
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Electoral reform
THOSE presently advocating proportional representation (PR) should beware being offered a counterfeit version of this. Under true PR, a seat in our 646-member Westminster Parliament could be secured with less than 0.25 per cent of the total vote
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MPs' expenses
THE Daily Telegraph exposé of MPs’ expenses continues and we are all now aware that there have been serious abuses; some instances are clearly fraud and deception. Opposition leader David Cameron is right to say that criminal prosecutions should
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She who dares
Twenty years ago BBC reporter Kate Adie witnessed the massacre of protestors in Tianenmen Square. She recalls the bloodshed and how she went beyond her usual journalistic boundaries in a new documentary. Steve Pratt reports. TWENTY years after she
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Bus stops vital
THE small-mindedness of some of your correspondents is beyond my powers of comprehension. I refer to the letter from Derek Thornton (HAS, May 29) regarding bus stops recently erected at Tanner’s Hall Cottages, Stockley Lane, Oakenshaw, near Willington
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Ghettos
RECENT research by Bristol University, Ethnic Diversity and Public Policy in Britain, found that there are no immigrant ghettos in Britain. However, there are many ghettos – but they are usually overwhelmingly white. Ghettos are characterised
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Gravy trains
THE exposé of gravy trains is all the rage at the moment. The MPs’ expenses gravy train has turned our mild-mannered citizens apoplectic with rage. The full extent of the European gravy train has yet to register with the public, but it is simmering
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GP memories
RE Mike Amos’ John North column story about the death of 93-year-old Dr Bill Shuttleworth, who was GP at Witton Park, County Durham, until retiring to West Burton, Wensleydale. I was sorry to hear he had died, although – as he would say himself
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How to get the best deal from new car scrappage scheme
FOR every motorist who buys a new vehicle under the new Car Scrappage Scheme before the Government’s promised £300m subsidy runs out, another four drivers could be left disappointed. That’s an early prediction by Experian, the credit scoring
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Atisreal markets city office space
MAPELEY Estates Limited, one of the UK’s largest commercial landlords, has instructed Atisreal to market 13,446 sq ft on a single floor in Wycliffe House, Green Lane, Durham City. Aidan Baker, associate director at Atisreal, said the two-storey
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Businesses breach Data Protection Act
ALMOST one in five businesses has unwittingly breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) at least once, according to a survey of more than 500 small and medium businesses. The survey, conducted by BSI, the national standards body of the UK, revealed
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Time for a change
BRITAIN’S tripartite system of financial regulation – which divides responsibility among the Treasury, the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) – is totally discredited. Today’s report by the Economic Affairs Committee tells
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Giving with one hand, taking with the other
WHO would trust a politician these days? It was not that long ago that the politicians were queuing up to bash the bankers, taking special exception to those paid more cash than an MP’s expense account. This has since swung full circle, to the
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Oil prices rise again as investors bank on hopes of a recovery
OIL prices rose to a sevenmonth high yesterday as investors banked on hopes of economic recovery and world stock markets surged. Crude oil for July delivery hit $68.29 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at one point – the highest level
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Signs of market stabilising
THERE are signs of stabilisation in Europe’s commercial property investment market, led by the UK, where transaction volumes remained flat in Q1 2009 at £3.5bn compared with Q4 2008. This is reinforced by the stabilisation in prime yields
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Barracks to business
A SECOND World War army barracks has had life breathed back into it by offering start-up units for small businesses. Stainton Grove Industrial Estate, on the eastern edge of Barnard Castle, has been redeveloped to provide six industrial units
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‘More wow from the cow’
ONE of the UK’s leading digital communications agencies has been recognised for its work with Arla Foods UK at this year’s Recruiter Awards. Pearsons, which has offices in Middlebrough, Newcastle and Leeds, received the award for Best Recruitment
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What a mess
At worst, we have a number of MPs who are corrupt. At best, we have a number of MPs who are so disorganised and incompetent that it is positively terrifying that they are running this country. Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon is the latest MP to be named
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Latest development is lighting the way for region
A PAPER-THIN lighting technology with the potential to become a major North-East industry is ready to move on to the next development stage. The solid-state lighting being developed in County Durham could create a thin plastic sheet which would
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Kevin McLean : Does my firm need an IT contract?
“DOES my company need an IT support contract?” is a question I am regularly asked by business managers from a range of companies. My answer to all has been: “If your computer systems, internet access and websites are significant contributors to
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Talon-spotters will go wild for this bald baby
A BABY bald eagle has been welcomed as a new addition to a wild bird centre. Nanook, who is five weeks old, has been brought into the Thirsk Birds of Prey centre at Sion Hill Hall, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, to increase its collection and
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Crane-maker looking upwards
Crane manufacturer Liebherr Sunderland Works has gone from strength to strength with a turnover of 56 million Euros, a full order book and a new Queen’s Award for Enterprise for the trophy cabinet. For this month’s Success feature, in conjunction with
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Crackdown on claims management
A CRACKDOWN is being planned on claims management firms which promise to get consumers’ debts written off. Talks on the issue have been held by the Ministry of Justice and the City watchdog at the Financial Services Authority’s headquarters,
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Firms are advised to look at expenses
BUSINESSES across the North-East could find themselves facing their own expenses crisis if they do not have the correct procedures in place, it was warned yesterday. Michael Coates, managing director of Protostar Leadership Development, based
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Cheesy does it as retailer snaps up new flavour
A CHEESE with an unusual ingredient is to be stocked by a major supermarket chain. Real Yorkshire Wensleydale with ginger, made by The Wensleydale Creamery, in Hawes, North Yorkshire, has been selected by leading retailer Morrisons as a “feature
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Talks continue to secure a way forward for Corus
TORY grandee Ken Clarke last night led a party delegation meeting Corus management to try to broker a way forward for the future of its closure-threatened Teesside plant. Shadow Business Secretary Mr Clarke and Greg Clark, Shadow Energy Secretary
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It’s a good time to secure the terms of your lease
OWNERS of long leasehold properties should consider taking advantage of the falling house prices to help secure a better value for their building when the market recovers, a North-East law firm has said. In recent months, house prices have
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Thanking business contacts for the support
MORE than 70 business advisors helped to banish the last of the winter blues at a Warm Up To Summer event Senior representatives of the region’s law firms, accountancy firms and banks turned out for the event, at the Pitcher and Piano, on Newcastle
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Reduced fees are limited to landowners
LANDOWNERS are encouraged to check if their holding is unregistered to take advantage of a discount. The Land Registry is running a voluntary registration scheme for unregistered land with a 25 per cent fee discount, until July 6. Law firm Mincoff
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Firm has major regard for family matters
ONE of the region’s best-known family lawyers has set up her own boutique divorce and family law firm. Joanne Major, formerly head of family law at law firm Watson Burton in Newcastle, has established Major Family Law to specialise in all aspects
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Val Hutchinson : Farmland investors are taking heed of tax rule
INVESTORS with capital to plough into property had good news in the Budget when the Chancellor gave in to demands to extend inheritance tax (IHT) rules. Agricultural Property Relief (APR) for inheritance tax will now cover agricultural property
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Property agent gets re-branded
COMMERCIAL property agent and advisor Atisreal has adopted the name of its parent company. The company, which has its North-East base in Newcastle, will now be known as BNP Paribas Real Estate, so the company can have one single brand across
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Survey spells hope for sector
THERE was hope for recession-hit manufacturers last night, as a survey suggested they may be “close to turning the corner.” The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply’s (Cips) activity index posted a reading of 45.4 last month, still below
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Couple buck recession and branch out
AN engineering consultancy is continuing its growth by expanding into new premises and taking on more staff. Family-run Parsec Consulting Engineers, set up in Darlington six years ago, has grown steadily since its inception. As a result of its
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Business Link helps record numbers
DESPITE the recession, a business development organisation said it had helped more North-East businesses start up in the past year than ever. Business Link said it had helped create 4,384 businesses during the period, an increase of nearly 15
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The working mums who got men into make-up
FROM starting out as a wild idea dreamed up over a cup of tea by two mothers, male make-up business astonmitchell has exceeded even its founders’ expectations. Since being set up in October, the online retailer – the first UK business of its
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Bach in contention
TO be honest, I couldn't see us getting beaten in this morning's Headline Game... Scientists have used computer technology to recreate a long-lost trumpet-like instrument called a Lituus so that the music of Bach can be played as he intended for the
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Study into ethical issues
A STUDY has shown that more than half of investors think ethical investment, in socially-responsible organisations, is more important than it was 25 years ago. The research, by Friends Provident, also showed that 74 per cent of people in Britain
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A simple message can warm you up
AN eco-friendly home of the future, that can be controlled with a mobile phone, is being showcased in North Yorkshire. Thirsk-based Automation 4 Limited, which specialises in automated control technology, and Digital Connexions, an independent
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Workers return to Honda as GM enters bankruptcy
CAR workers at one of the UK’s largest plants expressed their relief at still having jobs, as they returned to the production line on the day thousands of General Motors (GM) employees’ futures were thrown into doubt. As 3,400 employees at the
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Visitors to experience moor life
THE positive impact made by grouse moor workers will be unveiled this weekend. Yad Moss Estate, in the South Tyne Valley, is opening its doors on Saturday for visitors to find out more about the management of the moorland estate. The free event
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Cheque out grand donation towards youngsters’ futures
A COUNTY Durham construction group’s charity is encouraging schoolchildren to improve their environment. Esh Group, based in Bowburn, County Durham, has given £1,000 each to 20 schools in the North-East and North Yorkshire region. The money for
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Tattenham's prospects
THERE can only be a few jockeys in the county riding with more confidence than young Jamie Kyne at the moment and he can have another decent winner with Grazeon Gold Blend in the Nick Wilmot-Smith Memorial Handicap at Ripon. Kyne is John Quinn
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Rashid’s delight at call-up
ADIL Rashid revealed he was as surprised as anyone when the call came to join England’s World Twenty20 squad as a late replacement for Andrew Flintoff. The 21-year-old leg-spinner received the news of his inclusion in a fourth full international
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Coetzer skips Twenty20 with Durham
DURHAM will be without Kyle Coetzer for this week’s Twenty20 Cup games at Headingley today and at Old Trafford on Thursday. Coetzer has chosen to take up the invitation to play for Scotland in the World T20 Championship, for which they have a
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Racing legend O’Brien dies aged 92
Racing legend O’Brien dies aged 92 VINCENT O’Brien, perhaps the greatest trainer of all time, died yesterday, aged 92, at his home in Straffan, Co Kildare, Ireland. O’Brien secured 16 English and 27 Irish Classic victories, 25 Royal Ascot wins
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Annual escape committee returns to land of Scotch pies
FAIR play to the Germans, they gave us the wonderful word schadenfreude, a masterpiece of economy which the English more loosely translate as “taking pleasure at others’ misfortunes”. Never may schadenfreude so greatly have been in evidence
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Ancelotti targets the big one
CARLO Ancelotti is determined to end Chelsea’s wait for Champions League glory after signing a three-year deal to become the new manager at Stamford Bridge. Ancelotti, 49, officially takes charge on July 1 as Chelsea’s fifth manager in less than
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Pietersen predicts England’s lift-off
KEVIN Pietersen believes England’s performance in his absence this summer has shown they are now a side capable of performing even without their leading players. The former England captain is preparing to make his first appearance since helping
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Premier League top four getting even richer
THE Premier League chairmen will gather for their summer meeting this week facing the reality that the four clubs at the top are increasing their financial stranglehold on the English game. Figures for the 2008/9 season reveal the Champions League
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Federer feels no extra pressure
ROGER FEDERER denies there is any extra pressure on him now arch-rival Rafael Nadal is no longer in the running for the French Open title. Second seed Federer almost followed reigning champion Nadal out of Roland Garros yesterday, the Swiss recovering
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Windass on way to Quakers
VETERAN Hull City striker Dean Windass has agreed to become Darlington’s assistant manager. Windass was always Quakers boss Colin Todd’s first choice to be number two, but as the 40-year-old continues to attract interest from other clubs, Todd
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Huth to return home?
HANNOVER are keen on taking Robert Huth back to Germany this summer, and are hopeful of landing the Middlesbrough defender in a cutprice deal. With Boro willing to listen to offers for a number of their players following relegation, Huth has
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Bruce and Quinn start their manager talks
NIALL QUINN met Steve Bruce last night to agree a deal that will see the Wigan boss become Sunderland’s next manager. If all goes to plan, Bruce will be officially unveiled as the Black Cats boss within the next 24 hours. Bruce interrupted
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Spotlight on bands at outdoor festival
HUNDREDS of music lovers will flock to an ancient Viking settlement in the North-East this weekend for an event dubbed the Glastonbury of the North. County Durham’s Thimbleberry Music Festival, now in its seventh year, will bring together unsigned
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Sex attack on woman after kidnapping in car
A MAN who bundled a woman into a car and then drove her to a remote lay-by where he sexually assaulted her has been given a 15-month jail sentence. Kevin Sexton was caught on CCTV cameras at the flats where the woman lived, dragging her to his
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Carnival time as jazz bands entertain the crowds
JUNIOR jazz bands from the region enjoyed a summer carnival on Saturday. Six groups competed in a battle of the bands contest at Hackworth Park, Shildon, County Durham, organised by the Northern Citrines Junior Jazz Band, based in the town.
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Creating ‘the taste of home’ is great honour for top chefs
TWO North-East chefs will be serving up a treat for homecoming troops on Saturday after winning a national competition. Shaun Rankin and Kenny Atkinson triumphed on the BBC Two programme Great British Menu, to cook part of a four-course banquet
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Fight for deported student taken onto the streets
CAMPAIGNERS have been collecting signatures in support of a Congolese man sent back to his home country, despite concerns for his safety. Stockton student Blaise Kamba was flown back to Kinshasa last week where, it has been claimed, the 28-year-old
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House raffle couple ‘out of pocket and still own it’
A COUPLE who hoped to sell their house in a raffle say they will be left out of pocket – and still own the property. Simon and Vicki Brown decided to raffle their £600,000 property, in Ingleby Barwick, near Stockton, after failing to sell it on
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Third TV appeal in search for Claudia
THE hunt for missing university chef Claudia Lawrence is being stepped up still further with a third nationwide TV appeal. The search – already the biggest operation North Yorkshire Police have mounted in five years – will be featured on BBC
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Youngster with one hand classed as ‘not disabled’
A MOTHER has spoken of her anger after a Goverment department ruled her daughter was not disabled – despite being born without a hand. Karen Lee tried to register 22-month-old Kaysie as disabled with the Department of Work and Pensions as she
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Seatbelt campaign may get debate
PARENTS campaigning for stricter safety laws for lorry drivers following their son’s death could see their efforts discussed in Parliament. Darlington MP Alan Milburn is planning to raise a debate before the summer recess for compulsory seatbelts
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US-based football scout aids Quakers
AN Austrian football talent spotter is trying to bring the Brazilian samba beat to a Darlington side cut to the bone by administration. Josef Schulz, a former top division player and coach in his homeland, jetted out to Brazil yesterday on
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Cancer patient foots bill for drugs
THE husband of a cancer patient who is paying £1,100 a week to keep his wife alive has criticised the NHS for failing to fund the drug which is shrinking her tumours and prolonging her life. John Brewis, 54, from Seaton Sluice, on the Northumberland
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Is Brown going to say: Move over Darling?
ALISTAIR DARLING’S career was hanging by a thread last night after Gordon Brown refused to back his Chancellor to survive damaging revelations about his expenses. In an interview, the Prime Minister failed to guarantee that Mr Darling, or Communities
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Details of cuts to services at hospital
HEALTH bosses have revealed details of how controversial changes to acute services at a North-East hospital will be made this summer. Some of the most significant changes at Bishop Auckland General Hospital affecting accident and emergency (A
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Favourite views on proggy-mat
FAVOURITE views of Durham have been captured in artwork created by a group of proggy-mat makers. The Durham Clayport Matters Group was inspired by the Rose Window at Durham Cathedral to create something that highlights features of the county. Using
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‘Give football club boss a knighthood’
A CAMPAIGN to get a long-suffering chairman a knighthood is going from strength to strength. Fans of Middlesbrough Football Club have started a Facebook campaign to make Steve Gibson a sir, despite the club’s recent relegation woes. The group
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Abuse and support as MP faces public
A NORTH-EAST MP who tried to reclaim a £5 church donation on expenses has returned to his constituency to face the music. Frank Cook maintains he had submitted the hand-written note by mistake. Since the outcry erupted at the weekend, the Stockton
