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Sir Alan calls on firms to employ apprentices
EMPLOYERS need to be taking on apprentices for the good of their own business, Sir Alan Sugar said yesterday. The leading businessman, famous for television’s The Apprentice where he picks a young person to employ and train, was in Gateshead to
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Lifeboat rescues four from Holy Island causeway
FOUR people had to be rescued from the Holy Island causeway this afternoon after becoming stranded by the incoming tide. Two adults and two young twin boys made it to the refuge box and alerted the emergency services at around 4pm. The lifeboat from
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MP calls for rethink on proposed Teesport job losses
AN MP tonight called for a rethink on proposed redundancies at Teesport, claiming other workers could be put at risk by the plans. Teesport operator PD Ports announced last week that around 120 jobs were under threat because of the potential
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Headline Game update
Tomorrow morning's story for the Headline Game on TFM radio is about a dog which was playing fetch in Germany - and brought back a Second World War grenade. Our simple but brilliant headline is "Hound grenade" - or the German version "Hund grenade".
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Inquest hears of 30 minute observation gap on psychiatric patient
A PSYCHIATRIC patient on ten minute close observation may not have been seen by staff for nearly 30 minutes before he was found dead, an inquest heard. Jason Walker was found dead in the Stephenson Unit, at the University Hospital of North
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Thursday Night Takeaway Success at Sunnybrow
Parents and children from a Wear Valley Primary School have been busy preparing healthy alternatives to their favourite takeaways for the last six weeks. Twelve parents and children took part in Thursday Night Takeaway ran by Bishop Auckland College
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Man assaulted on dance floor
A MAN sustained a serious injury to his face after being assaulted on the dance floor in Fever Bar, on Church Street, Hartlepool, at 2.10am on Sunday. Witnesses are asked to call DC Karl Hunt, of Hartlepool CID, on 01642-302126 or Crimestoppers on 0800
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Youngsters to celebrate World Music Week
YOUNGSTERS from across Teesside are to join forces to celebrate World Music Week. Musicians and singers will be performing at two special events next week. Tees Valley Youth Wind Orchestra, Hartlepool Concert Band and St Aidan’s Primary School Choir
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Two males spotted near burglary
POLICE want to speak to two males seen in the area of Pine Grove and Ivy Grove Dyke House, at around 1pm on Friday. The males are believed to be responsible for a distraction burglary that took place in the area that day. Both are described as around
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Derogatory words painted on house
THIEVES have defaced a house and a car in Helmsley Drive, Guisborough, with orange paint. The side wall of the house, kitchen window and front door had derogatory words sprayed across them between 4am and 7am on Monday morning. PC Neil Wilkinson
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White heads to Luton
Darlington defender Alan White yesterday left his hometown team to rejoin former club Luton Town. The 33-year-old centre-back has penned a two-year contract at Kenilworth Road where he also played between 1997 and 2000. He returns to the Hatters having
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Hopes fade for County Durham man missing in Spain
HOPES are fading for a County Durham man who has been missing for a week after going hiking in a Spanish mountain range. Michael Eggleston, 54, from Durham, disappeared on June 2. He was last seen leaving his hotel in Benichembla, near Alicante.
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Movie man's festival success
A FILMMAKER from south Durham is enjoying silver screen success on the international film festival circuit. Mark Chapman, who was born in Bishop Auckland and whose family live in Spennymoor, wrote and directed a short film called Faker. The six-minute
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Northern Rock investors form protest line ahead of court date
FORMER Northern Rock shareholders turned the clock back two years today by forming a queue to highlight their battle for fair compensation. In a reminder of the queues seen outside branches following the banks collapse in September 2007, the
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Charity's camera goes missing
CHARITY staff are appealing for the return of a video camera which went missing during a visit to Durham City. Staff from the mental health charity Mind lost the Sony Handycam DCR-DVD9 after travelling from London to present a £13,000 grant
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Spennymoor area PACT meeting
RESIDENTS of three villages are invited to share their views about what the policing priorities should for their community beat team. A PACT (police and communities together) meeting will be held by the Spennymoor neighbourhood policing team this weekend
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Free fruit for Bedale youngsters
CHILDREN from a North Yorkshire pre-school nursery have started receiving a weekly donation of fruit and vegetables to help introduce them to the importance of a healthy diet. Youngsters from Bedale Under Fives are sent bags of goodies each week, by
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Rural villages sought for BBC series
ENTERPRISING rural North-East communities are being sought for a new BBC series. The Big Lottery Fund’s Village SOS scheme invites rural residents to create business ideas which would regenerate their community, create jobs, and improve quality of life
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The state of North-East football
Echo sports writers Andy Richardson and Paul Fraser answered questions from readers on the current state of North-East football. Andy Richardson: Welcome to second of The Northern Echo's Live Debates with the Sports Desk [Comment From Paul
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101 today.
SPRIGHTLY Nora Corbett is celebrating her 101 birthday today. Born in 1908, Nora is a widowed Methodist and has never smoked. Recently a patient at Eastbourne Nursing Home in Darlington, she is now living in her own home. Nora has made many
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Kaka's world record Real deal
REAL MADRID have completed the signing of Brazilian playmaker Kaka from AC Milan on a six-year deal. The former Manchester City and Chelsea target has been signed for a reported £56m, which would be a new world record in pounds sterling, surpassing
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Anyone for tennis?
TENNIS has once again been added to the list of activities on offer this summer at Hambleton Leisure Centre in Northallerton. Every weekend from June 13 to September 6 the centre’s astroturf pitch will be transformed into tennis courts from 10am to 4pm
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Healthy Teeth Award for Thornley School
Thornley Primary School and Nursery Unit are being awarded for a second time for helping children of pre-school age care for their teeth. Children will be given special healthy teeth award toothbrushes when their school is presented with the Healthy
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Dental health sessions available in Easington
NHS County Durham are offering a number of dental health advice sessions to be held in community venues for local people across the district of Easington. The aim is to pilot a community-based dental health advice programme to overcome the barriers
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Design A Logo Competition
All entries need to be based around 'Young People and Health' and need to be bright, vibrant and fun! Age range for the competition is 11-19. Prize for the winning entry is £50 worth of vouchers to a Sports Shop in Darlington. Closing date is
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County Durham school lead the way in sex and relationships education
Staff at Elemore Hall School in County Durham are leading the way in sex and relationships education. They have become the first group of staff in the County to achieve an accredited qualification in talking about sex and relationships with children
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PCT runners-up at Health and Social Care Awards
A ‘No scalpel vasectomy’ service run by NHS Darlington Community Health Services have become runners-up in the Primary Care and Community Services Pathways award category at the regional Health and Social Care awards ceremony. Last week’s ceremony
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RAF base wins award for care of veterans
A NORTH Yorkshire airbase has won a national award for its support to RAF veterans. RAF Linton-on-Ouse station commander Group Captain Mike Longstaff accepted the Sir Geoffrey Bromet Trophy at the RAF Association’s annual conference in Bournemouth
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Clough statue back in rightful place
A TWO-year-old statue of football legend Brian Clough is back in place after £20,000 worth of repairs. The 7ft-high bronze figure was erected in May 2007 at Albert Park in the late managers home town of Middlesbrough. But park officials
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Beatles daughter shows off work in North Yorkshire
A FAMOUS photographer and the daughter of Paul McCartney is to show off her work in a special exhibition in the region. Mary McCartney is to display her images in a Rare Exhibition at Nunnington Hall, near Helmsley, in North Yorkshire. The daughter
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Young singers to perform at the prestigious Sage Gateshead
HUNDREDS of young singers will be taking to the stage to show off their vocal talents at the internationally renowned Sage Gateshead. The children from the South Bank and Eston cluster of schools, near Middlesbrough, will be taking full advantage of
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New Programme for people with Diabetes
The first two programmes of self care workshops for young people with Type 1 diabetes run by NHS County Durham has been a huge success. NHS County Durham was the first Primary Care Trust in the country to commission the ‘Getting Sorted’ programme
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Future brighter for endangered species
HOPES have been raised for the future of an endangered species following a survey which has proved that the creatures are still breeding. The rare pearl mussel is regarded as a globally endangered species with its numbers dwindling around the world.
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Cancer gran's anger as holiday company hopes she travels with them in future
A GRANDMOTHER who was forced to cancel her holiday after being diagnosed with terminal cancer was sent a letter by her travel agent saying they hoped she booked with them in future. Olive Green, 77, had been looking forward to a dream cruise to New York
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Gordon Ramsay’s Great British Pub Food (Harper Collins, £20)
WE sometimes lose sight of the fact that Gordon Ramsay is a f***ing good cook. I only inserted the expletive there because it seems that it is de rigeur for every newspaper article to make reference to the chef’s foul mouth. This is a shame, not only
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Cycle for Gaza children
SEVENTEEN hardy cyclists pedalled 40 miles to raise money for children in Gaza. Members of Durham University’s Islamic Society (DIUS) and Durham Malaysian Scholars (DMS) cycled from Durham to Hamsterley Forest, near Bishop Auckland, and back on Saturday
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Thirteen things that don't make sense: The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time by Michael Brooks (Profile Books, £12.99)
The answer to life, the universe and everything is as far away as ever, as Peter Mullen discovers. I USUALLY give books with gimmicky titles like this one a very wide berth, but this is the real thing, written by a professional scientist, a PhD
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June 9th, 2009
OH TO BE IN ENGLAND NOW RECESSION’S HERE My bills pile high, though I live a frugal life A church mouse comes to mind. I’m shocked by electricity, drowned by water bills, My food bills soar, in line with petrol prices,
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Happy daze
Holby City (BBC1, 8pm); Nature’s Fury: Hurricane (ITV1, 8pm); True Stories: Act of God (More4, 10pm) THE listing in the TV guide states: “Faye and Joseph’s wedding day goes none too smoothly.” I would expect nothing else. This is a soap wedding
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Thirsk MP defends £5,000 gardening expenses
A CONSERVATIVE MP has defended claims made for £5,000 for gardening work at her home in North Yorkshire. Anne McIntosh, the Vale of York MP, made the claims between 2004-08 for hedge trimming, lawn mowing and border work at her home near Thirsk. Figures
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Young poets given radio station tour
YOUNG poets have broadcast their work on the airwaves after winning a competition. The winners of Radio Teesdales poetry competition, which saw local children invited to write a poem about Teesdale, were invited to the station for a full tour
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Stars and stripes
Toe in the water, some welcome discoveries in a cod-fearing village. TIME was when all chefs played the whites man, and no matter that their trousers were probably grey. Chefs wore whites; once-whites, anyway. Today, the preferred fashion is a
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New toy library for families
FAMILIES can borrow books and toys free of charge from a north Durham nursery. Craghead Sure Start Children's Centre, in Craghead, Stanley, has set up a new toy and book library which runs every Thursday afternoon. The library has toys, board books
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Poll pointers
LABOUR and its supporters are using the scandalous expenses claims to excuse their annihilation at the local election polls. Are these the same supporters who pointed out that MPs from all sides had their snouts in the trough? I did not notice
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Gordon Brown
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown’s personal ambitions appear to be paramount; he totally ignores the world around him and is seemingly unaware of the embarrassing desperation he shows in picking his “loyal” Cabinet bedfellows. No wonder the ambitious
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For the dad in your life
Dads are notoriously difficult to buy for, but they deserve a treat too. Sam Wylie- Harris looks at great Father’s Day presents COMPARED to the fuss we make around Mother’s Day, fathers tend to draw the short straw. Don’t forget to show
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North Yorkshire Police target drug drivers
DRIVERS risking death by driving while drugged are the target of a police crackdown to remove the menace from the roads. North Yorkshire Police are focusing on drugged drivers as part of National Tackling Drugs Week to make the roads safer. It is designed
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Euro poll aftermath
WHY are people so surprised by the BNP winning two seats in the European Parliamentary elections? Our Labour Government is doing nothing to help the ordinary person. It gives billions of taxpayers’ money to the banks in a panic; it has borrowed
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FSA bonuses
I READ with interest your letter from Alex Cunningham, Prospective Parliamentary Labour Candidate for Stockton North (HAS, June 6), and nearly fell off my chair laughing. Of course, it is important to have the right salary packages to attract
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No just so, William
HOW can KP Chapman (HAS, May 30) state with such conviction that Richmond MP William Hague’s integrity has been beyond question? What have after-dinner speeches to do with politics and the running of the Richmondshire constituency? It only becomes
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Cabinet reshuffle
NOBODY in the Labour and trade union movement should mourn the departure of arch-Blairite ministers James Purnell and Hazel Blears. The latter is a complete disgrace. She claimed expenses to within £1 of the maximum for three successive years
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Battered into submission
It was looking really good on this morning's Headline Game. I'd gone 2-1 ahead with a headline on a story about a South Shields couple celebrating their wedding by treating their guests to fish and chips on the beach: "For batter, for worse." But then
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Our lame duck leader
THERE is no hiding from the fact that the European election results represent a disaster for the Labour Party in general, and Gordon Brown in particular. Even in the socialist heartlands of the North-East, where the party’s performance was viewed
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This global hoodwink just goes on
PROPAGANDA, disinformation, nonsense and bare-faced lies continue to pour out of the mouths of the global warming fanatics. They are not even qualified to issue their propaganda. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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D-Day remembered
IN complete contrast to what many of our lords, politicians, bankers and their like have been taking from us, we travelled with the brave survivors of the D-Day landings to the beaches and villages they helped liberate 65 years ago to honour the
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Hanging on
As Labour suffered its worst election performance in 100 years, Gordon Brown’s position, perversely, has been strengthened. Chris Lloyd looks at the future of the wounded Prime Minister. DISASTROUS. Calamitous. Cataclysmic. Catastrophic. Devastating
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Beware the dangers of boiler room scams
HAVE you heard the one about the honest politician? Me neither. Although con-merchants have been around since the dawn of time, it is not just greedy politicians with moats and duck houses that you need to watch out for. In recent weeks
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Taypayers to claw back money from part-nationalised Lloyds
TAXPAYERS look set to claw back cash from Lloyds Banking Group after the bank’s £4bn fundraising call gained strong backing from investors. Part-nationalised Lloyds – 43.4 per cent owned by the taxpayer – is raising money to replace £4bn in Governmentowned
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Coffee time
STOCKLAND (Billingham), represented by Savills, has let 120 Queensway to The Coffee Pot. The coffee retailer has agreed a five-year lease on the ground-floor store at an annual rent of £10,000.
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Sir Alan dodges conflict questions on trip to North-East
SIR Alan Sugar today refused to answer questions on whether there was a conflict of interest between his newly appointed Government role and presenting The Apprentice show on television on a visit to the North-East. The Conservatives have written to
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Pound Notes
■ Savers are still getting hammered, says the latest survey from Investec Private Bank, which says that only one in ten savings accounts for balances of £25,000 or over pays two per cent or more. The average return on a £25,000 balance between
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Insolvency figures ‘are far worse than they look’
PERSONAL debt figures are looking grimmer than ever, with newly-released survey results revealing that the total number of insolvent individuals in Britain is now approaching the million mark. Jim James, North-East regional chairman of insolvency
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Manor Farm goes to market
Manor Farm, near Newton le Willows, North Yorkshire, is being sold on a joint agency basis by George F. White and Robin Jessop. This 336-acre ringfenced farm comes with many development opportunities in a stunning location in Lower Wensleydale
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Villa deny making Owen offer
MARTIN O'NEILL has denied making Newcastle striker Michael Owen a two-year contract offer to move to Aston Villa. O'Neill is interested in taking the player to Villa Park this summer but refutes suggestions that he has already discussed terms. Villa
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£1.4m for five pubs
FIVE premises of a liquidated North-East pub chain have been sold or leased for more than £1.4m, the largest licensed property deal in the region this year. Premises of failed chain Centro Pubs, which had bars in Durham, Sunderland, Newcastle,
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Wildlife walk
A FARMING and wildlife advisory group walk will be held next week. Chris Tomson, RSPB farmland bird advisor, will lead the walk at Hopewell House Farm, Hay-a-Park, Knaresborough, next Tuesday, at 6.30pm. The evening will look at management options
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Annual crop open day to be held
THE North-East’s biggest cereal and oilseed rape variety trial takes place next week. Farmway’s annual crop open day features 36 large commercial plots grown under true farm conditions at Croft Farms, Croft, near Darlington. Fourteen wheat varieties
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Fundraiser rewarded for efforts
THE efforts of a North Yorkshire fundraiser were recognised at the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI). David Burke was awarded the Sam Taylor Cup for organising the most unusual offfarm charity event last year
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Riding on the crest of a wave
A former white-water canoeist has tapped into a £12.5m market in stickers and decals. Sarah French went to meet him to find out more. THE white water canoeist hurtles through the start gate, adrenaline pumping as he paddles down the rapids. It is
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Bowesfield’s first phase up for sale
PROPERTY firm Banks Developments has appointed King Sturge and Storeys SSP as joint agents to market its first phase of office development at Bowesfield, in Stockton. Following the announcement by Banks that the two remaining offices at the
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Farmers must do more for environment
FARMERS and landowners who do nothing for conservation or the environment must be put under pressure to do so. Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, national president of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), said peer pressure should be applied
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Record profits for growers
UNITED Oilseeds has announced a record profit share pay-out of £340,000 for its growers. The re-distribution of trading surplus takes the total amount paid back to the company’s members to nearly £1m over the past three years. During the same
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Breeder wins award for best flock improvement
A NORTH Yorkshire sheep breeder has won a flock improvement award for the second year running. Robin Johnson has won the 2009 Eblex (English Beef and Lamb Executive) Most Progressive Flock Award for the Bleu du Maine breed with his pedigree 100
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FA hopes to avoid playing England game behind closed doors
THE Football Association is hopeful that the worst-case scenario of England being forced to play tomorrow nights World Cup qualifier against Andorra behind closed doors at Wembley will not become reality. London is set to grind to a halt this evening
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Clever idea to help holidaying students
DEMAND for a temporary home for students’ belongings has led to an increase in business for a North-East storage company. Box Clever targeted students at Teesside University, who are leaving the region to return home for the summer. The Billingham
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Appealing for charity support for hospice
A LAW firm is offering businesses £100 to raise money for charity. Dickinson Dees LLP, which has offices in the Tees Valley and Newcastle, wants businesses in the region to sign up to a challenge to convert £100 into as much money as possible
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Joining to help expand business
LEGAL firm TBI Solicitors has strengthened the service provided by its Teesdale office by making a key appointment. Brian Farrell has joined the firm’s Barnard Castle office from a rival practice, where he had worked since 1981. He will work
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Val Hutchinson : Now is the time to check land deeds
IN the last column, I highlighted changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) for inheritance tax following the European Commission’s directive that the UK Government was being discriminatory in applying the relief only to agricultural property
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Rounding up the pests for firms
CREEPY crawlies, rodents and other pest problems will be no match for two North- East businessmen who were made redundant earlier this year. Mike Stabler, 40, and Dave Dodd, 33, worked side-by-side for 15 years at Darlington’s DuPont Powder Coatings
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Salon owner sends her Angels into the industry
A BEAUTY salon owner has launched a mystery shopper business in the North-East which targets firms such as her own to ensure they are providing a suitable service. Cristina Moreira has set up Secret Angels, which sends mystery shoppers to hairdressing
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Firm plays vital role in a town’s recycling efforts
A LAW firm played a vital role in the appointment of a waste management company – a deal that will see half of all rubbish collected in Darlington recycled. North-East law firm Ward Hadaway provided legal advice to Darlington Borough Council as
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Playing part in Superbikes event
VAN hire company Northgate is supplying a fleet of vehicles to Britain’s largest motorsport event. The Darlington-based firm is providing six Mercedes-Benz support vehicles for the 2009 British Superbike Championship, a 12-race event which takes
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Sainsbury’s orders Tanfield electric vans
SUPERMARKET chain Sainsbury’s is putting more environmentally-friendly vans – designed and built in the North-East – on the streets of London. Sainsbury’s now has the largest fleet of new technology electric delivery vans in Britain after its latest
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Majority of van maker workers to lose jobs
THE vast majority of the 850 workers at van maker LDV will be made redundant, administrators said last night. A court placed the Birminghambased firm into administration yesterday, after its Russian owners said they had run out of options to rescue
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Help for farmers after dairy firm cash losses
A BANK has pledged its support to farmers who have missed out on milk payments after a dairy business went into receivership. When milk co-operative Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB) ran into trouble last week, it emerged that its suppliers, including
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Web provider to continue growth
A COMPANY providing websites for small business has plans to expand and take on more staff after securing 12,000 customers. Five years after starting with a staff of four, Webworks Internet now employs 30 people at its Darlington head office, and
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Glowing praise for green heating company
A FLEDGLING green heating company has become only the second in the North-East to gain new accreditation. Natural Warmth, which specialises in installing environmentally-friendly heating and hot water systems in homes, has been awarded certification
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Chris Beaumont : Apprenticeships can benefit firms
THE Apprentice was compulsive viewing for millions, certainly for my family, including my ten-year-old daughter. As I write this, we have just had the final, which saw Yasmina Siadatan triumph and hear the long-awaited words “you’re hired”. The
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Villa deny offering £3m-a-year deal to Owen
MARTIN O'Neill has denied reports that out of contract Newcastle striker Michael Owen has been offered a two-year deal by Aston Villa. O'Neill is known to be an admirer of the England striker, despite the 29-year-old having been hit by a succession of
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Scrappage scheme jobs boost at Nissan car plant
ONE hundred temporary workers who were made redundant from Nissan’s Sunderland plant earlier this year are to be re-employed, it was revealed yesterday. The move, to help meet renewed demand through the car scrappage scheme across Europe, follows
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Today's prospects
OBSERVATORY Star can feel the benefit of his recent reappearance run in the Boddingtons Redcar Straight-Mile Championship Handicap. The six-year-old warmed up for this qualifying event with a creditable fifth at Beverley, finishing a five-length fifth
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Spout’s posh new House
JUST when it seemed that they wouldn’t leave their little wooden hut for anyone, our friends at Spout House Cricket Club finally have their new pavilion, inaugurated last week. The crowd, usually confined to Sid and Doris Bonkers – and not
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Rafiq starts as he means to go on for Yorkshire
AZEEM RAFIQ has had to wait for his chance at Yorkshire, but when captain Anthony McGrath threw him the ball 58 overs into Sussex’s first innings on day three, the 18- year-old debutant certainly grabbed his chance with both hands. It took
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Onions ensures Durham finish off Hampshire
FOR a few hours at least, champions Durham swept to the top of the table yesterday after Graham Onions brushed aside Hampshire’s feeble resistance in 52 minutes at Riverside. Onions took five of the six remaining wickets to finish with six for
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Ireland’s victory against Bangladesh
IRELAND: Man-of-thematch Niall O’Brien warned Ireland’s other World Twenty20 opponents there was more to come from his side after they dumped Bangladesh out. Wicketkeeper-batsman O’Brien top-scored in Ireland’s surprise six-wicket victory at
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Defeat leaves Aussies with much time to kill
RICKY PONTING lamented Australia’s error-strewn display that saw them crash out of the World Twenty20 at the earliest opportunity. Australia’s six-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge leaves much of the squad an unwanted two-week void to
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Hewitt in top form
FORMER world number one Lleyton Hewitt rolled back the years to capture a double victory on day one of the AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club. The 2002 Wimbledon champion destroyed Argentina’s Eduardo Schwank 6-1, 6-0 before returning to
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Setanta’s future in doubt
TALKS between the Scottish Premier League and Setanta are ongoing as a question mark remains over the broadcaster’s ability to honour their television deal. The board of the Irishbased company met yesterday and will continue to work on a rescue
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Youth workers thanked at ceremony
VOLUNTEERS who have donated their own time and efforts to help others were celebrated at a special event in Teesdale. Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services (Utass), with the help of 2D, hosted a Celebration of Volunteers for people who
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Cameroon star keen to make Cats move
SUNDERLAND have been linked with a move for Cameroon international midfielder Stephane Mbia, who revealed he’d be very interested in making a switch to the Stadium of Light. The 23-year-old was a target for Newcastle United during the January
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Lee backs Shearer
ROB LEE has urged Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley to appoint his former teammate and the fans’ choice Alan Shearer as the new manager. The pair played at St James’ Park during the 1990s under Kevin Keegan, and Lee even compares Shearer to
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Captain sends letter to Chelsea-mad Ben
A FOOTBALL-MAD youngster received a letter from Chelsea and England captain John Terry – after he heard about his plight from The Northern Echo. Eight-year-old Ben Conlin suffers from a genetic disorder, Hurler Scheie syndrome, a strain of mucopolysaccharide
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Praise for air medic heroes
A FORMER Royal Navy pilot who flew helicopters during the Falklands conflict and an aircraft engineer have both shown their gratitude to the Great North Air Ambulance (GNAAS) for saving their lives. Charlie Devine and Ali Mc- Gregor, who worked
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Alves deal had boss’ backing, insists Lamb
KEITH LAMB has insisted that Middlesbrough’s record buy Afonso Alves was purchased with the full blessing of manager Gareth Southgate. The chief executive has labelled suggestions that Southgate never wanted the deal to happen as an “urban myth
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Storm blows hot to book Open spot
GRAEME STORM powered his way into next month’s Open Championship by breaking the New Course record at Sunningdale before claiming: “I could quite easily have broke 60.” Three years after walking off the same course because he was playing so
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Dad faces jail in payout row over hitting abuser
A FATHER is facing prison because he refuses to pay compensation to the man who molested his daughter. Michael Hornsey attacked father-in-law Leonard Michael Young when he discovered he had groped his 16-year-old daughter. Anita Jo Hornsey bravely
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MEP’s band helps Sian reach her goal
A BLUES band whose members include North-East MEP Stephen Hughes helped send a student on a gap year project. The Vast Majorities played a fundraising concert at Carmel RC College, Darlington, on Saturday night, raising at least £600. The money
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‘It’s the children who suffer’ after thieves target stables
HORSE riding lessons for children at a County Durham stables may be cancelled after thieves stole hundreds of pounds worth of their equipment. Burglars broke into the livery at Lea Close Farm, in Great Stainton, near Darlington, in the early
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999 driver ‘clocked off during call-out’
THE family of a man who died after an ambulance driver clocked off his shift in the middle of a 999 emergency have spoken of their anger at his treatment. Father-of-four Ali Asghar died soon after arriving at the University Hospital of North
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Deadly shortcut to be fenced
A GAP in a fence tragically used by an eight-year-old boy to cross a busy road will finally be sealed up. Stephen Blagg died after he was hit by a car as he ran across the A19 – which has a 70mph speed limit – to catch up with his friends. Now
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Don’t ignore the concerns of BNP voters, urges MEP
THE concerns of the voters who backed the British National Party (BNP) in the European elections should not be ignored, a North-East MEP has warned. The region’s Conservative and Liberal Democrat MEPs were yesterday in jubilant mood following
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Wheely good way to raise funds
A CYCLIST is gearing up for a charity bike ride in Africa to raise money for orphans. Phil Roden, from Wolsingham, County Durham, will cycle 255 miles through Tanzania in October to raise money for the International Childcare Trust. The charity
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Left-wing group to meet
A LEFT-WING group is meeting in the North-East in response to the British National Party (BNP) gaining two seats in last week’s European Elections. Unite Against Fascism (UAF) is part of a national organisation formed by trade unionists, anti-fascist
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North Yorkshire Euro election results reaction
In the historic North Yorkshire market town of Richmond, reaction to the Euro election results was mixed. Philippa Weighell sought opinions. Alan Morris, 48, of Harrogate I voted for the Liberal Democrats, I always have. I’m gay, and
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By-election win for Tory
A CONSERVATIVE candidate has been elected into a vacant seat in a Durham County Council by-election. James Rowlandson will represent Barnard Castle East on the unitary authority. Mr Rowlandson, a 53-yearold farmer from Stainton, near Barnard
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Former extremist leader storms out of the wilderness
For a once prominent member of the far right, Andrew Brons had been a long time in the political wilderness. Mark Foster reports on the rise of the BNP’s MEP for Yorkshire and Humber. A ONE-TIME leader of the extremist whites-only National Front,
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Down – and counted out
AN impromptu pillow fight took place in a public park at the weekend. About 400 people spent five minutes doing battle with their bedding in the Museum Gardens, in York, on Sunday before they were moved on by police. The event, known
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Outbreak of swine flu confirmed at school
HUNDREDS of pupils at a North-East school have been given antiviral drugs after three of their classmates tested positive for swine flu. News that three year seven pupils at Teesside High School, in Eaglescliffe, near Stockton, have Influenza A
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Plot fails to oust Prime Minister
THE plot to topple Gordon Brown was declared a failure last night, after the Prime Minister survived a showdown with his MPs – despite the party’s worst election results. Allies of beleaguered Mr Brown insisted the revolt had fizzled out after
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MP's bid to save jobs at steel plant
A NORTH-EAST MP has held talks with bosses from Tata Steel to try to save jobs in the region. Corus’ Teesside Cast Products plant in Redcar, east Cleveland, is facing closure, with 3,000 people set to loss their jobs if the blast furnace closes
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MS drug reverses nerve damage
DOCTORS who treated a North-East teenager with multiple sclerosis (MS) using an experimental drug have found that it appears to have reversed the damage to her nervous system. Patsy Peebles, 16, from Felling, in Gateshead, is doing so well
