JUST AS dawn was breaking on May 29, 1951, an underground explosion ripped through Easington Colliery with devastating consequences. Only the day before, the bustling seaside community which depended on the pit for its very existence, had been going about
FARMERS have condemned the Ministry of Agriculture (Maff) for transporting animal carcasses from a foot-and-mouth disaster zone through uninfected areas. Slaughtered livestock from Settle, North Yorkshire, where a rash of cases has sparked fears the situation
IT didn't take Middlesbrough long before they were celebrating at Northallerton on Saturday. The visitors dominated from the start and the home side laboured through 37.4 overs to 80 all out. Alex Roberts claimed five wickets for a meagre 22 runs in 11
TOURISM bosses are to make a renewed appeal for help amid claims they were given a rough deal over hand-outs to help woo visitors back to the countryside. The bulk of Government grants aimed at easing the effects of foot-and-mouth has been targeted at
A partnership has been set up to give people a say in the services they receive from local authorities and other agencies. The East Durham Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) will bring together a wide range of organisation with the communities they serve
A NEW question mark was hanging over future investment in Nissan's massive North-East plant last night. Company president Carlos Ghosn warned that jobs could be jeopardised if Britain does not join the euro. Nissan's Sunderland plant won a £235m contract
DAVID Coulthard's hopes of a dream Monaco double were left in tatters as his title hopes suffered a cruel setback yesterday. The 30-year-old Scot saw his chances of scoring a second successive victory on the streets of Monte Carlo shattered when his car
TRAIN operators are beefing up their efforts to encourage travellers to get back on the rails with cut-price offers. Virgin has already introduced a half-price promotion that will continue until August, and now East Coast mainline operator GNER is slashing
TWENTY-ONE people were stranded 30ft above the ground when a roller coaster broke down at the weekend. The passengers, who were mostly children, were left hanging on as the ride at MetroLand in Gateshead stopped in its tracks at an angle of 45 degrees
RUNS were plentiful at most grounds - except at Feethams where Darlington were shot out for just 60 after struggling through 24.1 overs. Hartlepool's Kevin Peak and Jerry Boyd, in particular, dominated in the four-man attack but Pool did not have things
Race erupted as an election issue yesterday after Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Simon Hughes claimed William Hague had helped to create a climate of intolerance. The Tory leader dismissed the attack and in turn accused the Liberal Democrats
TRADING standards departments in the region are struggling to cope with a massive increase in investigations since the outbreak of the foot-and-mouth epidemic. Officers across the North-East and North Yorkshire are investigating hundreds of reports of
