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  • Your poems

    Look Unto Jesus When life is hard Seems such a mess, Do something for Jesus, He'll surely bless. He'll lighten the load, Take your burden away, And turn the worst morn Into a beautiful day. So when all around you Is falling apart Look up to Jesus Let

  • Inquiry after Blair guard fires a shot

    AN INVESTIGATION is under way after a member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's armed guard accidentally fired a shot while on duty. The police marksman had finished his shift protecting Mr Blair, who was at Myrobella, his residence in Trimdon Colliery, in

  • Late strike saves Boro

    WHEN the relegation shake-up concludes in May, Terry Venables and his extended management team may look upon this result against their fellow strugglers to be just as crucial as either of the wins over Chelsea and Liverpool. If that 86th-minute chance

  • Triple switch pays off as champions-elect pegged back

    SIR ALEX Ferguson paid a massive compliment to Bobby Robson's Newcastle by declaring himself happy with a point after seeing his side lose the lead late in a pulsating game at St. James' Park. The demanding Manchester United manager is rarely content

  • Tale of two halves as Wearsiders fight back

    SUNDERLAND fans could hardly have been happier as they danced and sang their way out of Highbury after a thrilling second-half performance by their favourites. At half time, however, they must have feared the worst after star-studded Arsenal had torn

  • Pop star Wears the strip with pride

    SUNDERLAND Football Club has scored a winner by scooping the name of music superstar Robbie Williams. Robbie showed his true colours when friend Kevin Phillips gave him the shirt the striker wore to score the goal which took the Black Cats to victory

  • Stabbing victim was Iraqi refugee

    THIS is the face of the man stabbed to death in a busy North-East shopping centre as horrified shoppers looked on. Twenty-two-year-old Mohammed Ali was a refugee who fled to Britain after escaping persecution in his own country. Shoppers watched in horror

  • Birthday celebrations for region's favourite loser

    TODAY is a milestone for the North-East's record-breaking racehorse, Quixall Crossett. The Middlesbrough-trained horse, which has notched up no less than 98 consecutive losses in its career, is 16 today. He is well on course to take his tally to 100 races

  • Burning questions

    CAN you tell me if the Walker Wingsail-built trimaran called Blue Nova is still in existence? This futuristic vessel was featured in The Northern Echo in 1991 and 1993. - JL Robinson, Darlington. THE trimaran was built by Walker Wingsail in Plymouth between

  • Letters

    BILLY ELLIOT I READ the article (Echo, Dec 18) about TV bosses wanting to remove bad language from the film Billy Elliot. I haven't seen this film for that reason. My father was a miner in East Durham. I never heard him or any of his workmates use bad

  • Diamond should shine

    It's always a source of bafflement that, in an age where they can send a probe to Mars or some other far-flung corner of the Galaxy, nothing can be done to prevent a large dose of rain, frost or snow from causing total chaos throughout the country. In

  • Thousands face sack amid steel closure claims

    THOUSANDS of workers are facing the prospect of a bleak New Year amid claims Corus is preparing to axe its North-East crude-steel plant. Last month, the company sent redundancy notices to 1,200 workers at Teesside and Scunthorpe, of which 200 are compulsory

  • Year ends with a bang - and an Arctic storm

    DEVASTATING weather conditions put a damper on New Year celebrations across the region last night. An Arctic blast, with high winds and temperatures plummeting as low as -12C, led to parties being cancelled, roads being closed and communities without

  • Paula tames the Tulu

    Derartu Tulu wants revenge over Paula Radcliffe after the thrashing she received at the hands of the British number one over a snow-covered course at Consett on Saturday. There were no excuses from the double Olympic 10,000 metres champion and three-time

  • We wanted game played - Bennett

    DARLINGTON manager Gary Bennett denied he had tried to influence the referee's decision to call off Saturday's game at Exeter City as Quakers' home game with Rochdale met with a similar fate yesterday afternoon. After Saturday's referee Rob Harris announced

  • Happy birthday to our millennium day babes

    TWO North-East children are celebrating a very special birthday today. The first North-East baby of the new millennium, Andrew Watson, of Ushaw Moor, near Durham City, will be celebrating his first birthday. Andrew, who arrived three minutes and 15 seconds