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Trial vaccine "halves cases of malaria"
SCIENTISTS have welcomed news that a trial of a vaccine for malaria has halved the number of cases in young children. Interim results of testing of a vaccine called RTS,S developed by GlaxoSmithKline, which has a factory in Barnard Castle,
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Match Report: Darlington 0 Barrow 1
Darlington 0 Barrow 1 HAVING threatened to turn a corner with two wins in the space of five days, Darlington's brief renaissance has rapidly taken them down another dead end. Beaten at home for the third time this season, Quakers saw their
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Match Report: Nottingham Forest 2 Middlesbrough 0
ON the first anniversary of Gordon Strachan's departure, Middlesbrough should have known a thing or two about what a new manager can do for a deflated team. Twelve months to the day since Strachan vacated his post with his team languishing
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Chester stun Ashington in league cup
Second Division Chester-le-Street sprang a big surprise in the Northern League cup when they beat FA Cup heroes Ashington last night. Scott Swanston was the matchwinner for Chester after 76 minutes from a Ben Johnson cross after Michael Coghlan
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X-Factor finalist to perform charity concert
NORTH-EAST X-Factor finalist Amelia Lily Oliver’s first performance in the region since her departure from the competition will be in front of tens of thousands at a popular charity fireworks display, it has been revealed. The 17-year-old, from Nunthorpe
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Quakers unchanged for visit of Barrow
DARLINGTON boss Mark Cooper has named an unchanged starting line-up for this evening's Blue Square Bet Premier game with Barrow. Cooper has stuck with the side that beat Kidderminster 1-0 in Saturday as he looks to guide his side to a third successive
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McDonald among the changes for Boro at Forest
TONY MOWBRAY has made a number of changes to the Middlesbrough team for tonight's trip to Nottingham Forest.TONY MOWBRAY has made a number of changes to the Middlesbrough team for tonight's trip to Nottingham Forest. The Boro boss has been forced top
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Marshall off to a winning start
BOXING: Savannah Marshall got her European Championship campaign under way in style with a comfortable win in Rotterdam. Hartlepool middleweight Marshall progressed at the expense of Irish opposition, overwhelming Sinead Kavanagh 24-3 in a bout which
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Middlesbrough confirm Ogbeche signing
MIDDLESBROUGH have completed the signing of former Nigeria international striker Bartholomew Ogbeche on a short-term contract until the end of the season. The 27-year-old has impressed enough during a trial to persuade manager Tony Mowbray to take a
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Seven arrested in North-East dawn raids designed to smash drug network
A SERIES of dawn raids across the North-East has resulted in several arrests in connection with a suspected drug dealing network. Five people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class A drugs; two 42-year-old men and a 43-year-old
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Students' gesture for brave little girl
BIG-hearted students took to the saddle to help a young girl's long fight against cancer. Northallerton College sixth-formers braved thunderstorms and steep gradients to complete the gruelling 144-mile coast-to-coast cycle ride from Workington to Sunderland
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Whitby chip shop named region's best
A FISH and chip shop in a popular seaside resort is celebrating after being named the best in the region. Quayside in Whitby has been named the Independent Takeaway Fish and Chip Shop of the Year in North-East England. It will now compete against nine
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North Yorkshire horse rider died after 'innocuous' fall
AN inquest jury today returned a verdict of accidental death on a 64-year-old rider who died after he broke his neck when his horse refused a fence on a cross country course. Eye-witnesses said Robin Donaldson's fall during the Beckwithshaw Horse Trials
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Drunkard pestered former girlfriend
A DRUNKARD who made his ex-girlfriend's life a misery after they split up has walked free from court so he can get help for his alcohol problem. Keith Gorse - sporting a T-shirt emblazoned with "lean mean drinking machine" in the dock - was given
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Library to screen film footage of bygone days
VISITORS to Hartlepool's Central Library will have a chance to see rare film footage of the region dating back as far as 1928. The film has been provided by the BBC as part of its "Reel History of Britain" series on BBC2, which uses film to connect
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Community opens post office facility
THE closure of a small post office has seen the community pull together and open its own facility. Port Clarence lost its service in November last year but after people contacted community interest group Know How North East, they managed to get a
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Wheels in motion for new bus service
A NEW bus service linking communities across a vast area of Redcar and Cleveland has been introduced. The buses are operating hourly through more than 20 towns and villages on six evenings a week, Monday to Saturday. The vehicles run through Redcar
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Hospice to hold ceilidh
BUTTERWICK Hospice is calling on people of all ages and abilities to join them at The Swan, in Billingham, on Friday, November 25, for an evening of ceilidh. Music will be performed by Blind Stag and tickets, including a pie and peas supper, cost £10
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An artistic peak
TWO students have fulfilled a dream after their mountainous design was chosen to adorn an inspirational garden. Judges failed to separate the iconic ideas of Amy Bainbridge and Laura Kelbrick as they worked on the second of seven sculptures
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Dealers spared jail over drug den
TWO men who used a friend's home as a base for their drug dealing have been spared a prison sentence. Andrew Ingram "turned a blind eye" to the activities of friends Daniel McLaren and Ryan Alborn, Teesside Crown Court heard. The 22-year-old was
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Hunt for house arsonists
ARSONISTS are being hunted after an unoccupied house was set alight. They struck at about 7pm last Wednesday after forcing their way into the property. Detective Constable Phil Henderson, of Hartlepool police, said: "The house was unoccupied at
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Mayor criticises benefit review
GOVERNMENT plans to change the way council tax benefit is administered have been condemned by Hartlepool Mayor Stuart Drummond. He and other senior councillors are writing to the Government to ask for it to reconsider. Mr Drummond said the proposal
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Elderly woman's home targeted twice by vandals
POLICE are appealing for help after the home of an elderly woman was twice targeted by vandals. In the early hours of Saturday, vandals threw a brick through the door of the 72-year-old’s home in Hambleton Place, Thirsk, and left a petrol can outside
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Gaining skills to help others
YOUNG people have been learning new skills to help them transform the area where they live. The Turning the Corner initiative helped 12 young people create seating and eye-catching mosaic artwork to enhance the exterior of local businesses and organisations
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The good life
What happens when breast cancer stalks your family and you know there’s a high chance you will suffer from it. Wendy Watson, voted Tesco’s Mum of the Year, took drastic action to avoid that happening and so did her daughter, as they tell Gabrielle
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Club founded to support keen triathletes
A NEW club has been set up to help keen triathletes access training facilities and specialist support all year round. Richmondshire Leisure Trust has worked with specialist triathlon equipment suppliers Tri Kudu to set up the club ahead of next year’
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Clear as mud
THE Liam Fox story has certainly revealed the secret world of the facilitators, the oilers of wheels and the greasers of palms. One reads that Adam Werrity was a defence consultant and director of obscure defence firms of whose purpose we no nothing
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Dan Wheldon: A tribute
MOTORSPORT is dangerous. Drivers who take part in it know the risks. They accept them because they love doing what they do. Modern racing cars are designed to withstand tremendous forces both during the course of a race and in the event
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Starvation
MILLIONS of children are dying before they reach the age of five because they are getting the wrong type of food. And the tragedy is that this will continue until bodies such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Commission take
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Church
I HAVE followed the saga of St Laurence Church, in Middleton St George, starting with the felling of two trees with Tree Preservation Orders on them because it was claimed, they were damaging the church. What I haven’t seen is an open and formal
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Picture puzzle
REGARDING the article about Joe Cornish (Echo, Oct 17). The main quarter page photo of a river scene purporting to be taken at South Gare, on the Tees, has the wrong caption. The view clearly shows an area of the south bank viewing from the back
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Recycling
DOES anyone remember collecting tin foil and milk bottle tops for salvage? After the Second World War, salvage of every sort was an essential part of the economy. Long after the war, I recall lorries piled high with bales of rags and paper. Even
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Socialists: do as I say not as I do
I NEVER cease to be amazed by the numerous varieties of socialism. Let us start at the better end. There is the honest-as-the-day-is-long socialism of the old style working man – or woman – a member of a trades union, someone who, in the not too
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Who dares wins
THE story about a 13-year-old boy who had to be rescued after climbing up the outside of a 30ft tube slide (Echo, Oct 17) reminded me of the antics of Richmal Crompton’s William Brown and his Outlaws (aka Just William). They were among the favourite
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Emancipation
DOCTOR Ujarak Beenad’s recent paper linking women’s emancipation to the breakdown of Western family life certainly merits serious consideration. Dr Beenad’s claims that since early 20th Century, Western women have put personal ambition before
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Jobs
THE only jobs left in Britain today are self-employed. A third of all job vacancies currently hold this title. There are many Government self-employment programmes in operation, but rather than encourage young people into business these programmes
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The truth will out
YESTERDAY’S debate in the House of Commons about the full disclosure of the Hillsborough papers was extremely powerful. Liverpool MP Steve Rotheram led the way, showing that although the disaster happened 22 years ago, emotions still run very raw
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Straight talking
Listening to criminals talk about how they have turned their lives around and will never return to jail is not that uncommon but it is often unlikely to be accurate. However, Graeme Hetherington has spoken to a former ‘one-man-crimewave’ who has not
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Winners named in council gardening competition
A GREEN-fingered couple who adopted a piece of council land in the middle of a village housing estate have been named winners in a new gardening competition. John and Sheila Templeton created a garden on a piece of unwanted land near their home in Brompton
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Community groups invited to bid for project cash
COMMUNITY groups across Richmondshire are being encouraged to make applications for a share of a £25,000 pot of cash. Richmondshire District Council’s five Area Partnerships have each been allocated £5,000 to help fund capital and revenue projects run
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Trappy affair but Sabhan can improve over mile
SABHAN could be the joker in the pack at Yarmouth. Trained at Thirkleby, near Thirsk, by Geoff Harker, the Marju colt looks cherry-ripe for the Christine Shaw Birthday Nursery over a mile. His most recent effort at Redcar is the chief cause for optimism
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Sir Alex in disbelief over Premier League relegation talk
SIR Alex Ferguson has claimed it would be ‘‘suicide’’ to scrap relegation from the Premier League. Several of the biggest Premier League clubs want to do away with relegation and promotion in the top flight, according to League Managers’ Association
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Cook is concerned over England form
ALASTAIR Cook admits he is ‘‘concerned’’ after England’s second heavy one-day international defeat against India in as many matches. England trail India 2-0, with three to play in a hectic ODI series which continues in Mohali on Thursday, after
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Sotherton loses her funding
KELLY Sotherton insists her hopes of representing Great Britain in a third Olympics in London next year are very much alive despite the loss of her lottery funding. UK Athletics announced the list of athletes who will receive financial support
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Whip rules to be looked at again
THERE will be no immediate changes to new whip rules but the situation will be under review, with a report expected by ‘‘no later than the end of the week’’, the British Horseracing Authority said in a statement last evening. Representatives
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Gutierrez seeking Premier respect
JONAS GUTIERREZ has made Harry Redknapp purr over his personal performances and now he wants the rest of the Premier League to respect the merits of Newcastle United. The Magpies made it eight matches undefeated in the top-flight with a 2-2
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Radio show to be recorded in city
ONE of the country’s longest-running radio shows is to be broadcast from the North-east next month. BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time is to be recorded in Durham City on Monday, November 7. Since it was first aired in 1947, the programme has become
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Teenager gets four years after knifepoint robbery for £3.41
A TEENAGER has been jailed for four years after robbing a restaurant delivery driver at knifepoint on the night he celebrated his 19th birthday - for a paltry £3.41. Arron Lee McCabe threatened his victim with the blade while he delivered food to a
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Debate on Greek debt crisis
AN EXPERT on international finance is to speak at a public meeting on the growing financial crisis surrounding Greece. Max Ziff will discuss "Greece and the Euro Crisis" at the Penthouse Suite, of Collingwood College, Durham University on Sunday
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Pupils trip to dentist
A VISIT to the dentist was an enjoyable experience for a dozen primary school pupils last week. Children from St Bede’s Primary School, in Sacriston, near Chester-le-Street took a trip to Sacriston Dental Health Centre last week. The Year Three and
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Why Northern Rock makes sense for NBNK
SECURING Northern Rock could play a key role in making NBNK Investments, led by the North-East lender's former chief executive Gary Hoffman, instantly competitive on the high street. It emerged in recent days that having seemingly ruled itself out of
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New ways to help excluded pupils
TWO trial schemes will be launched in the region to tackle bad behaviour and underachievement in schools, the Government announced yesterday. Headteachers in North Yorkshire and Redcar and Cleveland will be required to take responsibility for
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Refund doubt as firm hits buffers
A TRAIN company which owes thousands of pounds to North-East customers is facing financial collapse, it has emerged. Administrators appointed to run Cargo-D Ltd, which trades as Rail-Blue Charters, say they will do their best to refund customers
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"Cuts would have been worse, but for Games"
JONATHAN EDWARDS has claimed the cuts to sport and leisure services in the North-East would have been worse had London not been hosting next year’s Olympic Games. Edwards, a board member of the London Organising Committee, visited Redcar, in
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Region logs fewest NHS complaints in England
THE Health Service in the North-East recorded the fewest complaints per head of the population of any English region, according to a report. The report – by Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham – describes the progress the NHS is making to
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Leisure loss sparks call for tax refund
RESIDENTS furious at the closure of their leisure centre are calling for a refund in their council tax to mirror the loss of services. Glenholme Leisure Centre in Crook, which had a gym and swimming pool, was shut by Durham County Council on
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Temporary police chief vows to boost morale
THE woman in temporary charge of Cleveland Police is adamant she is not taking over a force in crisis. Temporary Chief Constable Jacqui Cheer intends to boost morale among officers during a “unique” period in the force’s history. Mrs Cheer, who
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Stabbed guard: "I feared for my life"
A PRISON officer broke down as she told a court how she thought she was going to die when a convicted killer stabbed her in the back with a broken bottle. Claire Lewis was working at Frankland High Security Prison, near Durham, when she and two
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Lee likely to be missing for Quakers again
Graham Lee's fitness will be assessed before Darlington name their side for this evening's game with Barrow when they aim to continue their revival. Three wins from four have helped Quakers recover after a poor run sent them tumbling down the table,
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Light festival to splash out on bridge waterfall
A HUGE illuminated waterfall cascading from an iconic 20th Century bridge will be one of the highlights of the Lumiere festival when it returns to the North-East next month, The Northern Echo can reveal. Artist Peter Lewis’ spectacular creation
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Couple travel 1,300 miles to give dog a new home
A COUPLE proved to be an abandoned dog’s best friend after they made a 1,300-mile round trip to give the animal a home. Jamie Lowe and his partner, Sarah Sarre, made the trip from St Sampson, in the Channel Island of Guernsey, to Darlington to
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Hub plan faces opposition
MULTI-MILLION pound plans to build a world-class business hub at the heart of Durham City have hit gridlock, amid strong opposition. The headquarters of Durham County Council and Durham Police, in Aykley Heads, would make way for high-quality offices
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Dancing dogs on Josh's variety bill
A TEENAGE supermarket worker is staging a variety show to fund research into a rare disease which has targeted his family. Sixteen-year-old Josh Cunnington, who works on the vegetables section at Sainsbury’s, in Northallerton, is organising the
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Wadsworth won't rule out a return to 3-5-2
DESPITE an unflattering performance at the weekend, Hartlepool United won't necessarily ditch their experiment with a new formation in the coming weeks. Pools, after suffering back to back losses, changed from 4-4-2 to a 3-5-2 set up for the game with
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Boro's year of progress
TWELVE months to the day since Gordon Strachan parted company with Middlesbrough, his successor, Tony Mowbray, has highlighted an even-handed managerial approach as a key factor in the club's dramatic renaissance. Boro travel to Nottingham Forest this
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Colback confident of Cats turnaround
JACK COLBACK has insisted there is no panic in the Sunderland camp, despite losing their fourth game of the season at Arsenal on Sunday. The Black Cats have won just once all campaign, and went behind after only 29 seconds at the Emirates.
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Return debut for Andy
Crook Town will hand a return debut to striker Andy Appleby in the league cup at Seaham Red Star tonight. Appleby was the club’s top scorer last season, and has just returned to the club after a brief spell at First Division Newton Aycliffe
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Woman charged with murdering her brother
A WOMAN has appeared in court charged with murdering her brother at a party. Claire Gray appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court, County Durham, flanked by two female security guards, yesterday. Miss Gray, 21, of Coniston Road
