Recently added articles from The Northern Echo:
We're ready for swine flu crisis
Jul 03, 2009; ... NHS officials in the region last night sought to reassure thepublic after the Government warned there could be 100,000 new swineflu cases a day in Britain by the end of next month. Under emergency plans being drawn up by regional health chiefs,recently-retired doctors and nurses ...
Time Team stars dig into the Roman way of life
Jul 03, 2009 ... A TELEVISION crew is in the region filming for the new series ofChannel 4's Time Team. The show, presented by actor To ny Robinson, exploresarchaeological sites across the UK. The team is spending three days at Piercebridge, near Darlington,in the hope of shedding new light ...
Youth's airgun threats 'a joke'in chip robbery
Jul 03, 2009; ... A TEENAGER has admitted robbing another youth of a handful ofchips at gunpoint, to amuse his friends. During the incident, outside a Chinese takeaway restaurant in avillage near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, an airgun was fired,but no one was hit. The accused youth, then ...
Lucky dog Jess
Jul 03, 2009 ... A DOG that was swept away in Wednesday night's flash floodsturned up safe and well yesterday. Neil Holcroft thought he had lost his three-year-old chocolatelabrador Jess when she disappeared from the banks of the RiverGaunless, near Bishop Auckland. Relatives and friends ...
Legal threats in waste dispute
Jul 03, 2009; ... CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for a waste incinerator say they havebeen threatened with court action by a council. North Yorkshire County Council has identified seven possiblesites for an incinerator, including at Dalton, near Thirsk. Residents have set up the Dalton Incinerator ...
The height of fun
Jul 03, 2009 ... THE skies will be full of colour this weekend when hundreds ofkites from all over the world take to the air over the North-East. Sunderland International Friendship Festival, featuring the KiteFestival, will be held from 11am tomorrow and on Sunday, on theNorthern Area Playing ...
Titbits entice kittens from combine harvester
Jul 03, 2009; ... A LITTER of kittens has been rescued after surviving the firstsix weeks of their lives in a combine harvester. Farmers' wife Shane Dew spent more than a week trying to enticethe three kittens, which were born in the harvester and nursed therefor six weeks, out into the open after ...
DARLINGTON NEWS ROUND-UP IN BRIEF
Jul 03, 2009 ... Three arrested in drugs raid CANNABIS plants with a street value running into tens ofthousands of pounds were seized during police raids. Officersarrested three people in a house in Jesmond Road, Darlington, onWednesday. More than 100 plants were discovered at the bungalow, ...
All aboard as Brown pays region a visit
Jul 03, 2009; ... PRIME Minister Gordon Brown yesterday got a firsthand view of theEast Coast Main Line during a whistlestop visit to the region. Mr Brown travelled on the line, which is to temporarily comeunder state ownership, stopping off in North Yorkshire andNorthumberland. On Wednesday, ...
Students sample new sports for week
Jul 03, 2009 ... ULTIMATE frisbee, lacrosse and uni-hockey were among the sportspupils at a Darlington school have been sampling to mark NationalSchool Sports Week. Students at Hurworth Maths and Computing College, in Hurworthnear Darlington, also tried out dodge ball and working out on ...
Former mayor who 'transcended politics'
Jul 03, 2009; ... A FORMER mayor of Darlington, and a stalwart railwayman, has diedaged 89. Joseph Paterson, better known as Joe, served as the town's civicleader in 1975. The former ward member for Eastbourne entered politics afteryears as secretary of the National Union of ...
Hear all sides
Jul 03, 2009 ... CYCLING DANGERS THERE have been many debates about cyclists on pavementsrecently. However, I feel the need to send a plea on behalf of allroad cyclists. As a daily road cyclist myself, I choose not to ride on pavementsand lately have encountered some seriously dangerous ...
Study of car parking woes
Jul 03, 2009 ... A RESIDENTS-ONLY parking scheme in a village could be requestedby councillors. People living in Norton Crescent, Sadberge, near Darlington, saythere are problems with parking near their homes. They fear the StAndrews Park development will make the ...
Working together to improve quality of life
Jul 03, 2009; ... RESIDENTS, emergency services and housing officials have pledgedto work together to tackle anti-social behaviour in part of Crook. Every household on theWa - tergaTeestate will receive a copy ofthe WatergaTeestate Neighbourhood Agreement, which was drawn upafter residents ...
Hear all sides
Jul 03, 2009 ... BOUNDARY CHANGES I ATTENDED a Durham County Council meeting last month to discussrecommendations from the new unitary authority to the BoundaryCommittee of England over redrawing its electoral boundaries. I said I was against themain proposals, which would transferByers Green ...
Dressing up for a night at the Proms
Jul 03, 2009 ... A BAND is to perform a first in a County Durham dale. A Proms-style concert at Unthank showfield, Stanhope, tomorrow,from 6pm, is the idea of Durham County Federation of Women'sInstitutes, which is funding the event. The concert, by Stanhope Silver Band, will feature ...
Top-class referee opens pitch
Jul 03, 2009 ... CHEERS could be heard at a school on Wednesday as crowds gatheredfor the official opening of a football pitch. Former Fifa referee George Courtney was there to cut the ribbonat Willington's Parkside Sports College after The FootballFoundation matchfunded [pounds]210,000 from the ...
SOUTH DURHAM NEWS ROUND-UP IN BRIEF
Jul 03, 2009 ... Appeal for car row witnesses POLICE in Sedgefield are appealing for help from people whowatched a row between a motorist and a pedestrian on Sunday. Ithappened in the town centre, near the Black Lion pub, at about 8pm,after the driver of a silver car stopped in the middle of the ...
Pupils delighted with new sixth form centre
Jul 03, 2009; ... STUDENTS are celebrating the first phase of their school's[pounds]32m revamp. This week, pupils at Richmond School showed offtheir well-equipped sixth form centre to prospective students and theirparents. The unit is part of the first [pounds]9.8m stage in the ...
Hear all sides
Jul 03, 2009 ... HUNTON PO FOLLOWING your article about Hunton post office, near Leyburn,and the BBC - "Postmaster 'insulted' over BBC's ad request" (Echo,July 1) - readersmight be interested to know that the nearestPayPoint where Hunton residents can pay for their TV licence is theDalesman, in ...