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The North East | Archive | 2001 | March

Stories for 29 March 2001

Consett,Stanley,Chester Le Street News

Online payroll service

AN accountant has launched an online service offering businesses their own personal payroll system. more...

Post enables public to enjoy nature's music

THE public can to listen to the sound of the pouring rain, and other natural phenomena, at a project which opened this week. more...

Echo helps in search for village memories

A PLEA for information about a village has reached a worldwide audience, thanks to The Northern Echo. more...

Darlington,Newton Aycliffe,Sedgefield,Barnard Castle News

Mother let youths use home as safe house for stolen gear

A MOTHER of four allowed neighbourhood children to use her home as a safe house for stolen goods, a court heard yesterday. more...

Ministry gives horse owner the runaround

A HORSE owner says he has been unable to obtain advice from the Ministry of Agriculture on how to feed his animals. more...

Search for ID parade volunteers

POLICE are looking for people to take part in identification parades in Darlington. more...

Furniture firm boss out of a job

THE boss of a furniture firm which sparked one of Britain's longest running industrial disputes is himself out of a job. more...

Pupils choose outfit fit for visiting the queen

BUDDING young fashion designers were determined that their teacher would be well-dressed when she met the Queen. more...

Friends pay tribute to bombing raids hero

A FORMER aircraft engineer who flew on massed bombing missions over Berlin and Nuremburg has died aged 84. more...

Durham,East Durham News

Staff gain award for help given to patients

STAFF working with older people with mental health problems have been praised for the quality of their efforts for the patients. more...

By gum -- acceptable plaque at dental surgery

A VISIT to the dentist is less of a trauma at a village practice, thanks to Joanne Hewitson. more...

WI members present jewels to charity

WOMEN'S Institute members willingly handed over sackfuls of jewels to help to keep a heart research charity ticking. more...

Foot-and-mouth delays contest

THE judging of a competition that promotes communal pride in villages and hamlets has been put back because of foot-and-mouth. more...

Club is suffering due to vandals

A football club may kick out plans to invest in its ground if it continues to be the target of repeated acts of wanton vandalism. more...

fundraising youngsters -kidnap' beat bobby

CHILDREN found an ingenious way to raise money for nursery equipment - "kidnapping" their beat bobby and holding him to ransom. more...

East Cleveland News

Saved by a whisker and the love of robert

A DOG-LOVER has embarked on a one-man mission to save unwanted canines from being put down. more...

Ben's on the right road with staff donation

BUS company workers have proved to be just the ticket with parents struggling to unlock the autistic world of their child. more...

Mysteries of the iron mining world open up to public

DAY trippers will find a mine of information in east Cleveland next week. more...

Newton Aycliffe,Bedale,Bishop Auckland,Barnard Castle,Darlington,Durham,East Durham,Hawes,Northaller Sport

Hick can battle back into team - Graveney

Graeme Hick, dropped ten times by England and now omitted from the elite Test dozen, can still fight his way back into international contention. more...

Boro fail in audacious bid for Juninho

MIDDLESBROUGH have failed in a bid to bring crowd favourite Juninho back to Teesside for a third time. more...

Primarosa could bring worthwhile rewards

ALL-WEATHER racing has without doubt had its critics in the past, but I shudder to think what state the sport would be in now but for the three sand tracks at Wolverhampton, Lingfield, and Southwell over the past few weeks. more...

Quakers boss Bennett ready to make French connection

Darlington manager Gary Bennett could give another Frenchman his debut in tomorrow's home game against promotion-chasing Leyton Orient. more...

Owen can be Shear magic insists Sven

Sven-Goran Eriksson has backed Michael Owen's bid to emulate Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer as the striker who can shoulder the burden of England's goalscoring needs. more...

Newton Aycliffe,Bishop Auckland,Barnard Castle,Darlington,Durham,East Durham,Hawes,Northallerton,Ric Leisure

Get away from it all, now

With the bad weather, the foot-and-mouth crisis and a possible election on the way, perhaps it's time to leave the country. more...

Newton Aycliffe,Bishop Auckland,Barnard Castle,Darlington,Durham,East Durham,Hawes,Northallerton,Ric News

Good Knights

NIGER - pronounced, more or less, Nee-zhair - is reckoned the poorest non-warring country in the world. The average life expectancy is 43 for men and 41 for women, a child under five dies every four minutes, the literacy rate is 21 per cent - the lowest in Africa - and natural resources desperately impoverished. more...

Performance that's bound to impress

I CONSIDER myself a bit of a film buff and so I watched the Oscars ceremony over the weekend. In fact, I enjoyed it - you can't beat a bit of showbiz and glamour. more...

Northallerton,Richmond,Hawes,Bedale News

Trading standards team win accolade for quality of legal advice

AN award-winning consumer watchdog team has added another accolade to its collection. more...

Councillor bids to halt parish poll

AN independent councillor has written to the Harrogate borough's returning officer, urging him to rule against a bid for a parish poll on selective education, in Ripon. more...

Project to conserve past for the future

A consultation programme is to take place in an effort to ensure the past is preserved for the future. more...

Unrest over park does not halt project

UNREST over a new fence and seat at a Richmond play area has not been enough to convince district councillors to call off the project. more...

Golfers en-route for change

GOLFERS are to get a new look golf course because of a road scheme on the Yorkshire coast. more...

Plan to build on open land is met by protest

A PARISH council and local residents are protesting over plans to build two homes on open land on the fringe of Masham, near Ripon. more...

Teesside News

Last chance to question MP

READERS have until the end of today to ask former Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson any questions they may have. more...

Course on coping with a disaster

EMERGENCY services staff are attending the first North-East course on how to manage major incidents and disasters. more...

Fines warning over truancy

PARENTS in Hartlepool are being warned they risk incurring stiff financial penalties if their children do not attend school. more...

Residents stop drug centre proposal

NEW premises are being sought for a drug treatment centre after residents objected to a planned town centre site. more...

Warning issued over conwoman

POLICE and Hartlepool Borough Council are warning people about bogus callers after a conwoman stole jewellery from a pensioner. more...

Yobs mount stone-throwing attack on bus

A BUS was badly damaged in an attack by a gang of stone-throwing youths. more...

The North East Features

Shoptalk

SEVEN women, five shops, three floors, all under one roof...In these days when the same big names dominate every High Street in the country, the businesses in 36 Priestgate - opposite the King's Head in Darlington - make a refreshing change. more...

In The Picture

As a government policy, it's a vote-catcher on a par with Anne Robinson standing for the Welsh Assembly. No politician would dare be the one to turn off the nation's TV sets and leave viewers all over the country with blank screens. more...

Mum At Large

DON'T talk to me about Mother's Day. I'm thinking of disowning Senior Son. He forgot all about it. more...

The North East,Echobusiness Business

Jobs to go in M&S chief's recovery plan

TROUBLED high-street chain Marks & Spencer is to cut up to 4,390 jobs in a bid to revive its fortunes. more...

Silver lining to Bootle blow

CONDOM manufacturer SSL International is expanding its County Durham factory, even before it officially opens for business. more...

Casualty display a hit

CASUALTY equipment devised by a North-East hospital and being developed by a manufacturer in the region, will soon be available to the nation's healthcare industry. more...

It could be risky to hedge your bets

With the ISA sales season well under way the Financial Services Authority has issued a timely warning to investors to be aware of the potential risks associated with hedge funds. more...

Merger boosts financial teams

TWO firms of financial advisors have merged in Darlington. more...

The North East,Necom News

Student 'acted out play' in siege

A CRAZED drama student who held the sister of actor Jimmy Nail hostage at gunpoint, has been put on probation. more...

Labour to give North vote on devolution

THE North-East has been given the clearest hint yet that it will get the chance to vote on a regional assembly within the lifetime of the next Parliament. more...

Mallon defiant on speaking at public forums

SUSPENDED supercop Ray Mallon has angered his bosses by speaking out. more...

Footballer's lifetime ban for breaking jaw of match referee

A FOOTBALLER has been banned from playing for life after punching a referee and smashing his jaw.. more...

Countless murders down, Jack left only one unsolved

AS a piece of police history, the grim catalogue of crime charting the 40-year career of one of the North's top detectives speaks volumes. more...

Former employee 'regretted note'

A MAN accused of assaulting his former bosses in a pub, has told a court he regretted writing "a childish" note about one of them. more...

Jilted lover flashed topless picture to his ex's pupils

A JILTED lover flashed a topless picture of his ex-girlfriend to boys at the school where she was teaching. more...

Creme Eggs blockade

FRENCH officials have halted a North-East mercy mission - after discovering its cargo contained 500 Cadbury's Creme Eggs. more...

Farmers urged to support vaccine

MINISTERS launched a concerted drive last night to get the farming industry onside ahead of a likely decision to use vaccination as a "firebreak" against foot-and-mouth disease. more...

Explorer backs effort to help flycatcher

A CAMPAIGN to secure the future of one of the country's most rapidly declining migratory birds has received the backing of North-East polar explorer Robert Swan. more...

Tyneside News

Leukaemia projects win £135,000 research grant

SCIENTISTS in the North-East will be placing the engine room of the human body's cells, the mitochondria, under the microscope in groundbreaking research into blood cancers. more...

Casualty watch reveals long waits

PATIENTS faced four or five hour waits for treatment in North-East hospitals, according to the UK's last ever nationwide casualty watch. more...

Radio joker's Savage ploy gets Underwood

THE radio presenter who made national headlines last weekend by attempting one wind-up too many on England soccer boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has turned his attention to the North-East and former England rugby star Tony Underwood. more...

Theatre company boss goes quits

Arts chief Mandy Stewart is quitting as executive director of Northern Stage, in Newcastle, after seven years. She is to take charge of Leicester's Haymarket Theatre. more...

Wearside News

Week promotes healthy eating

YOUNGSTERS are being urged to eat more healthily and have fun at the same time. more...

Better service promised in homes transfer

TENANTS have been promised repairs and improvements after their council landlord gave up control of their homes. more...

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