Recently added articles from Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England):

Apprentices carve out a bright future.

Jul 03, 2008 ... AN award-winning apprentice is building a great future for himself after landing the job of a lifetime. Mark Arnold, 21, is carving out a future for himself after being voted Apprentice of the Year in the Tees Valley Further Education Awards. He has also been offered ...

More places for walkers at midnight.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A GIRL'S night out with a difference is set to raise more than [pounds sterling]60,000 for a vital hospice. Bosses at Hartlepool and District Hospice have tripled the number of places available for this year's midnight walk from Hartlepool Marina to Seaton Carew in a bid to cope ...

Crew and victims of crash reunited.

Jul 03, 2008 ... PUPILS injured in the English Martyrs School bus crash have thanked the life-savers who flew to their aid by handing over a charity donation. On July 11 last year a bus carrying students from the school left the road and ploughed through a fence into a tree. More ...

Pot of golf raised by Rainbows.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A BATTLING girl born without any kidneys joined her friends to raise money for the hospital that gave her a life-saving operation. Seven-year-old Alice Skinner and the other youngsters from the 34th Hartlepool Rainbow Guide Unit raised more than [pounds sterling]300 after ...

Mum's the word.

Jul 03, 2008 ... TALENTED students have created artwork to adorn a new maternity unit. The students from Cleveland College of Art and Design were commissioned to produce decorative pieces for the University Hospital of Hartlepool. The new [pounds sterling]500,000 low-risk birthing ...

Knife crime crackdown.

Jul 03, 2008 ... COMMUNITY safety officials have pledged to continue working with youngsters to warn them of the dangers of knife crime. The Safer Hartlepool Partnership intends to provide information to increase youngsters' awareness of the possible consequences of carrying blades. ...

Fury as memorial bench is stolen for scrap.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A MEMORIAL bench which pupils saved up for to pay tribute to two tragic teenagers has been stolen from a school playground Pupils at Manor College of Technology spent months saving for the steel bench in memory of their classmates Blair Robinson and Kyle McManus, who both died ...

Jobs booster for Hartlepool.

Jul 03, 2008 ... EIGHTY new jobs are coming to Hartlepool thanks to a cable company which will supply the offshore wind farm industry. JDR will create the new posts in town through its new deepwater quayside facility at Hartlepool Dock. It is one of three JDR bases which will supply ...

Our way forward.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A POLITICAL group has outlined its own vision for the transformation of primary education and health care. Hartlepool Labour Group have released documents outlining policies about the Primary Capital Programme (PCP), which will see [pounds sterling]50m pumped into primary ...

Bus row dad loses fight for life.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A BUS passenger who was allegedly attacked after asking yobs to stop swearing has lost his battle for life. Stan Dixon, 60, died at 3.15pm on Wednesday at Newcastle General Hospital. Mr Dixon, a father of three, was on a bus travelling from Hartlepool to his home in ...

Bus murder accused appears in court.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A MAN has appeared in court accused of the murder of a father-of-three and an assault on the victim's partner after an incident on a bus. Gary Robson, of Galloway Road, Peterlee, faces a charge of murdering Stanley Dixon and assault by beating on Anne Fisher. The ...

Hit and run driver arrested after police chase.

Jul 03, 2008 ... A SUSPECTED hit and run driver was arrested after a police chase involving three different forces this morning. The silver Rover crashed near the Norton turn on the A19 near Billingham after the pursuit by officers from Durham Constabulary. They were alerted to the ...

Storm looks for Open boost.

Jul 03, 2008 ... GRAEME Storm teed off in his latest European Tour event this morning as the clock ticks down to The Open Championship. Storm began his quest in the European Open, in Kent today, looking to find some consistency ahead of the Royal Birkdale major in two weeks time. The ...

Cyclists prepare for Tour.

Jul 03, 2008 ... HUNDREDS of cyclists are preparing themselves for a daunting 2,175 mile trek when the Tour de France gets underway on Saturday. Members of Hartlepool Cycling Club will be keeping a close eye on events across the Channel, as the 95th annual race begins in the Brittany town of ...

Proudlock targets Northern League.

Jul 03, 2008 ... NEW Hartlepool FC coach Mark Proudlock is eyeing a place in the Northern League after being handed the reins at Grayfields. Proudlock was one of three coaches in charge at Pool last season as the side set the pace at the top of the Wearside League, before falling to sixth by the ...

Film-makers reel in another award.

Jul 02, 2008 ... A DRAMA group for people with learning disabilities has notched up another screen success. Film-makers from Shoot Your Mouth Off (SYMO), in Hartlepool, are celebrating after one of their productions was voted best film in a recent festival. Audiences at the Colours ...

Parade rounds off veterans' day.

Jul 02, 2008 ... A CHANCE to turn back the clock is on offer at this year's Hartlepool Maritime Festival. An area of Hartlepool Marina on land next to the Mecca bingo hall has been reserved for veterans events. They include parades by military bands as well as drills, choirs and a ...

Have fun and keep fit as well.

Jul 02, 2008 ... PEOPLE are being encouraged to have fun while exercising at a series of keep-fit classes. Hartlepool's Lynnfield Community Learning Centre will be providing a number of courses and activities for members of the local community to access. The centre, which is based ...

Birthday wishes from Number 10.

Jul 02, 2008 ... A Labour Party stalwart who has been a parish councillor for more than 40 years has been honoured by Downing Street on her 80th birthday. Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote to Easington Colliery parish councillor Myrtle MacPherson on her birthday last Tuesday. In a ...

Dead brothers 'lived in squalid condition'.

Jul 02, 2008 ... THE detective in charge of the case involving two brothers who died in the same house days apart says he was "shocked" and "saddened" by the "squalor" the pair had been living in. The bodies of John Lightfoot, 52, and his 43-year-old brother, Graeme, were found in Elliott ...