A BAKERY chain that began with one small corner shop and now employs more than 700 people has taken another step along the road to becoming the leading retail bakery in the North. Peters Cathedral Bakers, which produces enough bread, cakes, pies and sandwiches
DARLINGTON manager Gary Bennett is demanding the same "battling qualities" that earned the Quakers their first win of the year on Tuesday night for today's home clash with Macclesfield. Quakers lifted some of the relegation gloom after their midweek success
Debutant Clint Marcelle helped his new side to a point this afternoon but even he will agree the Quakers could well have collected all three. Boss Gary Bennett can't complain about his side's will to get forward but he, like many watching from the stands
THE hotels Sidi Driss and Ksar Hedada may not look like much to the average passer-by, other than being interesting pieces of architecture native to their beautiful surroundings. But mention to any fan of George Lucas' Star Wars films that they are found
THE foot-and-mouth epidemic brought Britain's livestock industry to a standstill last night as a week-long ban was slapped on moving animals vulnerable to the disease. The ban on transporting cattle, pigs, sheep and goats was announced as growing evidence
The return of skipper Alan Shearer couldn't prevent Newcastle from falling to their third successive defeat at the hands of lowly Manchester City. Joe Royle's relegation threatened men inflicted more pain on Bobby Robson's side who continued their slide
FOUR PAST North-East winners will be guests of honour when more than 6,000 athletes converge on Maiden Castle, Durham today, for the 125th View From English National Cross Country Championships. It is only the third time since 1876 that the prestigious
A father-of-three last night won £16,500 compensation after he was attacked by a police dog. A jury upheld a claim for damages by Lawrence Agar, 35, who said he was set upon by Bosco, a German Shepherd, before being sprayed in the face with CS gas, punched
THE banking reporting season reaches its climax next week, with key players HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland and the newly listed Bradford & Bingley all reporting annual figures. HSBC is expected to report a rise in pre-tax profits to £7.5bn on Monday
REPUBLIC of Ireland international Kevin Kilbane is a man with a mission as Sunderland go into this afternoon's tough away fixture at Leicester without four regular first-choice players. The Wearsiders have missing through suspension their 14-goal leading
NORTH-EAST shareholders of a controversial animal testing company were placed on alert last night after its managing director was beaten up by baseball bat wielding thugs. Brian Cass, boss of Huntingdon Life Sciences, was left with a gash to his head
LINCOLN City have broken into unchartered territory as fans and local businesses teamed up to buy out former chairman John Reames and take control of the crisis-hit Third Division club. Imps chairman Rob Bradley spearheaded the Community Ownership Package
A HOUSEHOLDER who returned to find his home had been ransacked caught the intruder and held him until the police arrived, a court heard. Newcastle Crown Court heard how, three days before Christmas, Philip Pitt noticed that his back door in Roman Road
DARLINGTON Mowden Park's second row Jason Malcolm has rejoined Middlesbrough. Jim Dyson, Mowden Park's team manager, said: "He played for us all last season and half this. He has suffered a temporary loss of form and decided to go back to Middlesbrough
TRADE Secretary Stephen Byers has referred Lloyds TSB's proposed takeover of Abbey National to the Competition Commission. Mr Byers said the proposed acquisition raised enough competition concerns to warrant a reference to the commission. "The proposed
JUST a few months ago the name Dave Walder would have meant little to those outside the Newcastle Falcons' rugby faithful. But today the 22-year-old will announce his arrival as one of the country's most promising young players when he lines-up for the
CHEF Steve Sowerby has swapped the refined atmosphere of the Royal Shakespeare Company for the huff and puff of a Sunderland health club. The 43-year-old former catering manager for the RSC at Stratford has been appointed head chef at Springs, the SpringHealth
ANYONE who has been best friends with the king of the playground, only to see them leave half-way through junior school, will know how Tony Blair feels. Having formed a special bond with Bill Clinton, the Prime Minister has not only to cope with the grief
BUS and rail operator Go-Ahead said the cost of fighting off last year's hostile takeover bid by French consortium C3D had dented profits. Go-Ahead, the operator of Thames Trains, said C3D's approach had been "wholly unwarranted" and had landed the Newcastle-based
Q Readers should beware of the pensions forecasts you tell them to get. In 1994 the DSS told my husband his pension would be £112. He then took early retirement and when he got his pension last year it was only £70. Why the difference? A The DSS stress
THE decision by the FA to punish Third Division leaders Chesterfield may well have some clubs in the promotion chase popping champagne corks, but for Hartlepool boss Chris Turner the FA's actions are a harsh blow to Spireites' manager Nicky Law. The South
A question perhaps little asked or imagined: is Consett the most God-fearing place in the North-East? It is known for other reasons, of course, chiefly riding on the ferrous wheel of fortune but also as the home of Susan Maughan, who all those years ago
NEW street lights will help Durham County Council slash its electricity bills and help the environment. The council has completed a ten-year rolling programme of replacing almost 6,000 power-hungry mercury bulbs with high pressure sodium lights, which
Actress Joanna Mays knew she wanted to be in Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd the moment she saw the original London West End production. She achieved that ambition in a revival of the show at Theatre Clywd in Wales and on tour three years ago.
SNARES I HAVE lived in the countryside for years and snares have been in use for longer than I can care to remember. As was stated (Northern Eco, Feb 13), a sheep, dog, otter and other kinds of wildlife can be trapped in them, but this argument is, in
A TEENAGER, said to be a drugs errand boy for his elder brother, was jailed for three and a half years yesterday. Kirk Price, 18, pleaded guilty at York Crown Court to being in possession of 50 Ecstasy tablets with intent to supply and was told by Recorder
FOR gardeners with a heated greenhouse the next few weeks are a time of peak activity. The first sowings of tomatoes must be made, together with those of sweet peppers, aubergines, as well as lettuce for growing on in a cold frame. Summer bedding plants
POLITICAL capital will inevitably be made out of the disaster facing the British livestock industry. As the implications of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak mounted by the hour, Agriculture Minister Nick Brown and his Tory shadow Tim Yeo wasted valuable
MORAL SUPPORT can be backed with conviction in this afternoon's £100,000 De Vere Gold Cup at Haydock. The glittering prize has attracted a quality 18-strong field including last year's winner The Last Fling, leading Grand National fancy, Young Yenny,
SUNDERLAND found themselves in further disciplinary trouble when they had Welsh international John Oster sent off for a double booking at Filbert Street as they lost for the fourth time in five games. The Wearsiders, already without four suspended players
"HE'S a flogged horse," was Bobby Robson's brutally honest synopsis of Alan Shearer's injury problems when he missed his first game of the season at Aston Villa back on December 2. "He needs a rest and if (Carl) Cort had been fit he would have got one
A RAPIST who was rescued by police officers as he threatened to throw himself off a railway viaduct was jailed for two-and-a-half years yesterday. Police, who launched their spotter plane from Teesside Airport when they received a report of the suicide
MINERS and their families offered so-called "fast track" payments will still be able to claim their cash, despite the end of a Government deadline yesterday. The fast track scheme, introduced by former Energy Minister Helen Liddell last year, was aimed
SVEN-GORAN Eriksson established that Alan Shearer would not change his mind over international retirement before plotting the future course of English football. Newcastle boss Bobby Robson revealed yesterday that the England coach questioned whether the
FOOD and drink giant Nestle, maker of Nescafe coffee, said it had reaped the reward of its "relentless push for continuous improvement", reporting record full-year figures. The group, which has its UK operations based in York, saw its net profits surge
WOULDN'T it be great if you could keep on working while you were enjoying that first slug of hot coffee in the morning? A new gadget from Lavazza, a big name in the espresso market, allows you to do just that by combining coffee maker with computer. It's
A PRISON dog display team has given a cash boost to the treatment of children with cancer. The team, based at Frankland Prison, in Durham City, is a popular attraction at shows and events around the region. Its efforts have raised about £1,000 for the
A MAN who grew cannabis to wean himself off heroin escaped a prison sentence yesterday. Harrogate magistrates heard how the owner of Aidan Flood's home, in Chatsworth Grove, Harrogate, called police after his suspicions were aroused by what he found in
