The Northern Echo back issues from March 2002:
Badminton
Mar 01, 2002 ... Darlington and District Junior League Year 7 and Under Archer lostto Hurworth A 0-9; lost to Hummersknott 2-4; Hurworth B drew withSedgefield 3-3; Dolphin lost to Archer 2-4; Hummersknott bt Dolphin 6-0; Archer lost to Hurworth B 0-6; Hurowrth B lost to Hummersknott ...
Locomotion off the track
Mar 01, 2002 ... Bowman Anderson Accountants Spennymoor Sunday League SPENNYMOORThorns further increased their superior goal difference with anotherthumping win last week. The Division Two leaders boosted their difference to an impressive97 after just 19 games with a 14-1 drubbing of the ...
Games
Mar 01, 2002 ... CIU League Phil Blyth of the Prospect Club set a tough target forthe highest check-out in the first match of the new season when hefinished on 150. This inspired the Prospect to pull off a treble bywinning the darts, pool and dominoes against one of the strongestteams in the ...
Newhouse over-taken
Mar 01, 2002 ... Tow Law Area League Tow Law Rose and Crown moved Newhouse Clubfrom the top of the table for the first time in weeks when they wonby the odd point away from home and allowed Esh Stag's Head to go twopoints clear with just one match remaining. The singles were shared at Newhouse Club ...
Determined Market secure vital victory
Mar 01, 2002 ... Tow Law Bass Tow Law New Market A pulled out all the stops ontheir visit to Esh Football Club in a bid to close the gap on theleading Newhouse Club. The Market only dropped one point in thetrebles and one in the doubles but this was enough for them to slipthree points behind the leaders ....
Derwentside make it two wins in two games
Mar 01, 2002 ... Emergency Services League Derwentside managed to fit two matchesin this week and benefited with two wins, which pushes them to withinstriking distance of the leading group, with games in hand still. OnMonday a solitary goal by Mick Turner was enough to see offSedgefield. The victory ...
Semis spot for Anchor
Mar 01, 2002 ... Eskvale and Cleveland League Anchor gained a semi-final place inthe Northern Echo Cup following a slender victory over WhitbyFishermans. Whitby went ahead scoring the only goal of the first halfwhen Lewis Roberts beat the offside trap to find the target. The gamewas close fought ...
Social show too much Steel to record success
Mar 01, 2002 ... Sunderland Catholic Club Over-40s League Only five games wereplayed in the Over 40s League last weekend on account of the heavysnow. In the Premier Divisions Steels Social won 2-1 away to PenshawCatholic and are now the new leaders on goal difference. Steels led 1-0 at the ...
St Bedes extend lead
Mar 01, 2002 ... Rohm and Haas JOC Hetton Youth League Herrington are now ninepoints adrift of leaders Jarrow St Bedes, but they are four games inhand. They staged one of only two games to be played at the weekendand hammered bottom of the table Springboard 10-0. There was nostopping the Herrington lads ...
New Marske pay the Price
Mar 01, 2002 ... South Cleveland Garages Teesside League Fishburn Park 1 v 0 NewMarske SC Whitby side Fishburn Park played their match on a hardbumpy pitch, and in an end to end encounter the match was very tight,Fishburn who were held to a 2-2 draw with the basement ClubGuisborough Town Reserves wee ...
Keegan and Gent combine to give Ennis win
Mar 01, 2002 ... Hathaway and Cope Stokesley League Stokesley 0 v 2 Ennis SquareWith Stokesley's pitch unplayable, this game only went ahead thanksto some last minute co-operation between the two sides that saw thegame switched to Redcar. Richard Keegan headed Ennis into a half time lead but it was ...
Football
Mar 01, 2002 ... Durham Alliance There were only three matches played in the leaguebecause of the bad weather. Birtley St Josephs entertained BHD Windows and fought back well toearn a 3-3 draw being 3-0 down in the first half. Stephen College and Gareth Murray (2) had BHD in front at halftime ...
Determined Market secure vital victory
Mar 01, 2002 ... Tow Law Bass Tow Law New Market A pulled out all the stops ontheir visit to Esh Football Club in a bid to close the gap on theleading Newhouse Club. The Market only dropped one point in thetrebles and one in the doubles but this was enough for them to slipthree points behind the leaders ....
In Brief
Mar 01, 2002 ... MFI profits soar past 1bn FURNITURE group MFI saw sales soar pastthe 1bn mark last year, helped by expanding on the high street andrefitting its larger stores. The group said it had undergone atransformation during the past three years, increasing store numbersfrom 274 to 549. It has ...
Ignoring all the warnings
Mar 01, 2002 ... A YEAR ago, a Land Rover and its trailer careered off a motorway,triggering a series of tragic events which led to the deaths of tenpeople. We were assured by the authorities that the Selby disaster was amillion-to-one chance. Since that fateful day, there have been 43 ...
Market report
Mar 01, 2002 ... A DRAMATIC share plunge by Shire Pharmaceuticals cast a cloud inthe City as the FTSE 100 Index fell sharply despite good news fromthe US. Shire lost 32 per cent of its market value after warning growthmay be "compromised" this year by high costs and lower sales of itskey Adderall ...
Darlington and South Durham In Brief
Mar 01, 2002 ... Cars targeted by thieves A digital compact disc player, worth 100,was stolen from a Toyota Camry in Ash Terrace, West Cornforth,between 9.45pm on Tuesday and 8.20am on Wednesday. A Seat Cordoba was broken into in the same street at the sametime, but nothing was stolen. A lock and ...
Tobacco supplier denies indecency
Mar 01, 2002 ... A WOMAN threatened to break the legs of her tobacco supplier afterhe groped her, a court heard. The 24-year-old, who cannot be identified, had called at DerrickHubbard's home to pick up an order of tobacco when he lifted up hertop, said David Bryson, prosecuting. She told ...
Elderly villagers' week recorded for the future
Mar 01, 2002 ... A WEEK in the lives of elderly people in Teesdale has beenrecorded for posterity with a series of photographs and items ofmemorabilia. The Going to the Centre project invited elderly people in thevillages of Toft Hill, Etherley and Evenwood to compile aphotographic record of life ...
Plans for homes on rugby club site win key approval
Mar 01, 2002; ... A CONTROVERSIAL housing scheme on the site of Darlington's MowdenPark Rugby Football Club's ground has cleared a major hurdle. The Secretary of State for the Environment has told DarlingtonBorough Council it has no objections to the proposal by Yuill Homes. But the developers ...
Recruits sought for council watchdogs
Mar 01, 2002 ... RECRUITS are wanted to ensure County Durham councillors behavethemselves. Durham County Council and the county's police and fire authoritiesare seeking people to act as public watchdogs. They will be independent members of the standards committees whichthe bodies must set up ...
Children's cafe prepares to go on line
Mar 01, 2002 ... CHILDREN have been wielding paint brushes to decorate their owncaf in Ferryhill. The youth facility, to be called the e.caf, has come about as adirect result of a town appraisal by the Ferryhill CommunityPartnership. More than 200 children returned appraisal questionnaires ...
School trees planted
Mar 01, 2002 ... PUPILS at Aycliffe Village Primary School have been planting fruittrees in the school grounds. The children were supervised by Joanne Stukins, from the SchoolGround Projects. The school bought three trees with a grant ...
Village hall managers to get energy-saving advice
Mar 01, 2002 ... VILLAGE hall management committees can find out how to make theirbuildings warmer for less money. The Durham Rural Community Council is holding a series ofinformation days that will teach officials how to conduct their ownenergy audits. Field officer Marie Tyler said: ...
School recycling effort wins a special prize
Mar 01, 2002 ... ORGANISERS of a recycling competition were so impressed by aschool's entry that they decided to award an extra prize. Pupils from 18 schools collected old Yellow Pages directories fora competition organised by Sedgefield Borough Council andenvironmental project ...
Postcard call to snappers
Mar 01, 2002 ... PHOTOGRAPHERS are being challenged to make up for a shortfall ingood-quality postcards of Teesdale. Middleton Plus is running a competition to produce six postcardsfor sale at the Middleton-in-Teesdale tourist information centreafter Easter. The winners will get 25 prizes and ...
Saxon church's history on show
Mar 01, 2002 ... AN exhibition will explore the history of one of the finestsurviving examples of early Christian architecture in northernEurope. Escomb Saxon Church, near Bishop Auckland, which dates from the7th Century, is built from stone which was recycled from nearbyBinchester Roman ...
Care home's closure being brought forward by council
Mar 01, 2002; ... A CARE home for the elderly is to be closed this month to allowthe early construction of a replacement. The Moor Grange care home, in Spennymoor, is the third in the areato be closed earlier than planned as part of Durham County Council'sprogramme to modernise its residential care ...
Guess who isn't coming to dinner
Mar 01, 2002; ... ANALYSTS claim dinner parties are now becoming so popular that, by2006, we will be throwing an average of one per household every threeweeks. The reason is not just because cooking is so fashionable, butbecause people are spending more time and money than ever on theirhomes and want to ...
Farmers back in the ringside routine
Mar 01, 2002; ... A year and a week since livestock last passed through it's gates,one of the region's largest auction marts reopened yesterday. NickMorrison gauged the mood at Darlington Mart THEY began to arrive just after dawn. A full three-and-a-halfhours before the auction was to get underway, ...
Hear all sides
Mar 01, 2002 ... EDUCATION IT is with some concern that I read of the proposalssuggested by Estelle Morris. While accepting that the current systemallows little freedom of choice, I am very concerned that the changessuggested will disadvantage many pupils. For the most able, the suggestion is that ...
Speakers gearing up for car companies conference
Mar 01, 2002 ... HIGH-PROFILE speakers from car companies Ford and Daimler Chryslerwill arrive in the region this month for the fifth InternationalAutomotive Conference. Andy Yearsley, director of global sourcing development at Ford ofEurope and Winfried Feldkamp, supply director of Daimler ...
Snow on the way for Young Foresight conference
Mar 01, 2002 ... A NATIONAL conference, aimed at bringing design and technologyalive in the classroom, is taking place on Teesside today. BBC presenter, and king of the "swingometer" Peter Snow will becompering the Young Foresight conference at the Tall Trees Hotel, inYarm, near Stockton. The ...
Minister announces 6.5m tonic for medicines plant
Mar 01, 2002; ... PLANS to build one of the world's biggest medicines plants hasbeen given a multi-million pound boost by the Government. Biotechnology group Avecia, in Billingham, Teesside, plans tocreate 300 jobs over the next three years at a new 70m productionplant, next to its existing facility ...
Bank policy helps increase its profits
Mar 01, 2002 ... THE ROYAL Bank of Scotland has reported a 28 per cent leap inprofits for the past year, but also showed a jump in its provisionsfor bad debts. The group, which bought NatWest two years ago, said pre-taxprofits for the year to December 31 rose to 4.3bn, up from 3.3bn theprevious ...
Komatsu's doorstep deal
Mar 01, 2002 ... EXCAVATOR manufacturer Komatsu UK is celebrating, after securing adeal right on its doorstep. The business, in Birtley, near Gateshead, has won an order tosupply a PC 210-6 hydraulic excavator to MGL Demolition in Newburn,Newcastle, thanks to an ability to meet customer ...
Princess keeps promise to open offices
Mar 01, 2002 ... THE Princess Royal is keeping her promise to the North-EastChamber of Commerce by returning to officially open its Tynesideheadquarters. The princess was due to open the offices at the Stamp Exchange, inNewcastle, on April 24 last year, but her flight was cancelled due ...
Fair provides call centre jobs advice
Mar 01, 2002 ... MORE than 600 call centre vacancies were advertised at a jobsfair yesterday. East Durham and Houghall Community College, in Peterlee, CountyDurham, was the venue for the free event, organised by the EmploymentService in partnership with Peterlee employers and ...
Reid tells Quinn to forget about retirement
Mar 01, 2002; ... SUNDERLAND'S Niall Quinn has been told to shelve plans to hang uphis boots by Peter Reid. The Republic of Ireland striker is to retire from internationalfootball after the World Cup to help ease the pressure on a long termback injury. It has sparked fears the Black Cats ...
Leeds crash to late goal
Mar 01, 2002 ... Leeds' crisis season plumbed new depths as David O'Leary's sidelast night crashed out of the UEFA Cup to reigning Dutch championsPSV Eindhoven. Extra time beckoned in the return leg of this fourth-round clashafter Leeds had spurned a series of chances. But in the 90th minuteJan ...
Players will get over slur, pledges Taylor
Mar 01, 2002; ... Darlington boss Tommy Taylor last night promised fans that hisplayers will be in action tomorrow at Exeter after the full squadwalked out of last night's controversial Fans' Forum at Feethams. They stormed out just half-an-hour into the meeting after chairmanGeorge Reynolds' wife ...
Sport Briefs
Mar 01, 2002 ... McLeish defends beaten Gers Rangers: Disappointed Rangers managerAlex McLeish felt his side were unfortunate not to be in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup after going out to Feyenoord last night. They went out after a thrilling 3-2 defeat in Rotterdam as formerCeltic star Pierre ...
Sport Briefs
Mar 01, 2002 ... Storm three behind leader GOLF: Yorkshireman Ben Mason made aflying start to his season as the 2002 European Challenge Tour gotunderway in the heat of Africa. The Leeds-based pro carded an eight-under-par 63, his lowest tourreturn, to lead after the first round of the Sameer Kenya ...
World Cup Countdown
Mar 01, 2002 ... 91 DAYS TO GO Ryan Giggs made his international debut in 1991- butthe Manchester United star still awaits his chance to show his skillsat the finals of a World Cup. The Wales winger became his country'syoungest international when he played against Germany in October 1991at 17 years and ...
Wellock's World
Mar 01, 2002 ... OH WHAT a farcical web we weave. At least the sporting world canpoint to all the twaddle on the front pages about Byers and Sixsmithbefore wondering what on earth the universe is coming to when we getexcited about curling. Then there's the Martin Johnson nonsense, the Darlington ...
FIFA president faces a fight to hang on
Mar 01, 2002 ... FIFA president Sepp Blatter faces a fight for his political lifenext week after allegations of corruption surrounding his 1998election. Blatter's supporters have been accused of offering cash incentivesto the heads of national associations during his successfulpresidential ...
Where Keane quickly leads, Becks will follow
Mar 01, 2002 ... Manchester United expect Roy Keane to agree a new deal veryquickly and remain hopeful David Beckham will follow his captain andmanager by committing himself to the club. Following a news conference to announce Sir Alex Ferguson's newthree-year deal, United chief executive Peter ...
Pool stay on attack
Mar 01, 2002; ... HARTLEPOOL United boss Chris Turner is standing by his decision toadapt an attacking policy in a bid for the play-offs. Pool's away form is in stark contrast to their Victoria Parkfortunes - ten wins and 42 goals against four wins and just 11strikes. On Tuesday, Pool took the ...
Robert aims to outpace Gunners
Mar 01, 2002; ... NEWCASTLE United winger Laurent Robert reckons he has discoveredthe weakest link in Arsenal's defensive armoury. The 10m Frenchman lit the touch-paper for tomorrow's potentiallyexplosive Premiership clash with the Gunners by insisting that theylack pace at the back. Robert ...
Ince has Boro future, insists McClaren
Mar 01, 2002; ... STEVE McCLAREN insists that Paul Ince can still have a future atMiddlesbrough. Many observers believe skipper Ince is destined to leave on aBosman free when his contract runs out this summer. The fact that formal discussions over a new deal have yet tobegin, two months after ...
Through The Rye ready to make light of the Doncaster mud
Mar 01, 2002 ... NATIONAL HUNT trainers looking out for some fast ground might justas well pack up their kit bags and emigrate to drier climes. Yet more wet weather has blanked out today's meeting at Kelso andcondemned the horses running at Doncaster and Newbury to anotherafternoon of splashing ...
Kirsten is Tykes' target
Mar 01, 2002 ... South Africa's opening batsman Gary Kirsten is top of Yorkshire'slist to replace Darren Lehmann if the Australian is unavailable forthe first three weeks of the season. Herschelle Gibbs, Kirsten's opening partner, has also been soundedout as a possible replacement, along with ...
Car will be more reliable, says confident Coulthard
Mar 01, 2002 ... David Coulthard yesterday vowed never to give up on his quest forthe world championship. The 30-year-old is determined he will not have to look back on hiscareer regretting that the most coveted prize in motorsport eludedhim. "I certainly do not think this is my last chance," ...
Brown's a happy hooker
Mar 01, 2002; ... DARLINGTON Mowden Park's Danny Brown is looking forward to lockinghorns tomorrow with former teammate Tasi Tuhana. After the New Zealander's move to Blaydon last month Brownswitched from prop to hooker, the position Tuhana had held in theside for almost four years. "I have ...
Last Night's TV - New Bad Girls just gets better
Mar 01, 2002; ... Bad Girls (ITV) Diana And The Camera (C5) THINGS aren't going wellfor women's prison warder Jim Fenner (or, as the press blurbdescribes him, "corrupt, ambitious principal officer with a rovingeye") as the sublimely ridiculous Bad Girls returned for more females-behind-bars ...
Shoptalk - Take cover before you hit the sun
Mar 01, 2002; ... READ THE SMALL PRINT! Just thought we'd get that message clearright at the start. Travel insurance is not compulsory, but you'd bedaft to leave home without it - very daft. It can cover everythingfrom a lost bag or broken camera to a long hospital stay and anaccompanied flight home, as ...
Burton's Bytes - Ghostly goings-on mean a spookily good game
Mar 01, 2002; ... Title: Maximo. Publisher: Capcom. Format: PS2 DVD. Price: 39.99. IF you played games before the advent of PlayStation, then I'msure you'll remember Ghosts and Goblins. In its day, this Capcomtitle, and its sequel Ghouls and Ghosts, were among the most popularaction-platform ...
Gizmo of the week - Get the world in the palm of your hand
Mar 01, 2002 ... Wow! When I was a teenager all I got for Christmas was a second-hand bike. Kids these days are far more sophisticated. Take the new CybikoXtreme, the next generation hand-held computer aimed at youngsters. Designed for children aged eight to 18, Cybiko combines ...
Parking with your flat - an extra 13,000
Mar 01, 2002; ... IT may just be the most expensive car parking space in Britain -and it's yours for 13,000. The location in question is Newcastle's swanky Citygatedevelopment in the heart of the city centre. Buyers have been snapping up apartments at the seven- floorbuilding which overlooks ...
Mining experts join mission to dig out 3,500-year-old timbers
Mar 01, 2002 ... ARCHAEOLOGISTS are battling against the force of the North Sea toexcavate historically important ancient timbers. The waterlogged remains of a series of large timbers wereuncovered at Staithes Beck, in North Yorkshire, following theflooding crisis of November 2000. Experts ...
Crowe: I was wronged
Mar 01, 2002 ... OSCAR-WINNING actor Russell Crowe last night defended his tiradeof abuse against a North-East television executive. The star of A Beautiful Mind saw red after a poem which he readout at Saturday night's Bafta awards in London was cut from thebroadcast. He was so angry that he ...
Arriva under fire on eve of 48-hour strike
Mar 01, 2002 ... ARRIVA Trains Northern faced renewed criticism last night ahead ofa third 48-hour rail strike. RMT union regional organiser Stan Herschel said the company hadbehaved "disgracefully" in its dealings with members during thedispute. Conductors will again walk out today and ...
Longer life? It's easy when you know how
Mar 01, 2002; ... If up to 90 percent of disease is related to lifestyle, what canwe do about it? Health correspondent Barry Nelson meets a doctor whois battling to change people's views TONY Espinet looks as if he practises what he preaches. Anincredibly youthful looking 44-year-old, Dr Espinet ...
Alternatives - How to put some spring back in your step
Mar 01, 2002 ... Endless grey days, wet, windy and cold weather ... and the promiseof warmer days is weeks away. February, despite being short, has gotto be one of the worst months of the year. Here are a few suggestionsto help beat those winter blues. SMILE: Scientists have discovered that, when we ...
Your Health
Mar 01, 2002 ... Dial A for aromatherapy SEVENTY staff at a leading North-Eastmobile phone company are trying out aromatherapy as a stress-buster. Five teams are taking part in the trial at the OrangeCommunications Centre in Darlington as part of an aromatherapy pilotproject. Each person has ...