The Northern Echo back issues from July 2007:
my style
Jul 01, 2007 ... Zelda Bryce, 24, is the manager of the newly-redesigned M&S inBishop Auckland. She lives in Newcastle with her boyfriendDescribeyour look I have quite diverse taste from quite funky/casual to moreconservative clothing, depending on the occasion.I tend to mix piecestogether. I am more ...
Hair today, gone tomorrow
Jul 01, 2007; ... JENNY NEEDHAM is impressed by a noninvasive treatment which canpainlessly and quickly remove unwanted hairAT an age when a lot ofmen are worrying about hair loss, a lot of women have the oppositeproblem. After years of minimal defuzzing of the obvious areas. . .under arms, lower legs, ...
Lights fantastic
Jul 01, 2007; ... Stunning sunrises, the Northern Lights. . . and lots of fish.GAVINENGELBRECHT enjoys a memorable trip to NorwayFEET planted firmlyapart and gripping tightly onto the bow of the ship as it plunges upand down 20 feet into the waves, I am determined to be among thefirst to see the ...
Five held as security stepped up across UK
Jul 02, 2007; ... ANTI-TERROR police were holding five people last night amid fearsthat a wave of terror attacks could be imminent.Police andintelligence services were left trying to catch up after the failedcar bombings in London and an attack at Glasgow airport. Sources saidboth attacks had been "off ...
Police costs of [pounds]13,000 force show organisers to cancel
Jul 02, 2007; ... A RED tape wrangle has prompted the cancellation of one of theregion's oldest and most popular summer attractions.More than 70,000people visited last year's Durham County Show - but organisers saythe two-day agricultural event has become a victim of its ownsuccess.The show was due to be ...
Les, 71, gets on his walking boots as deadline looms
Jul 02, 2007; ... THE closing date for entries into this year's Diabetes UK GreatNorth Walk is fast approaching.Thousands of people have alreadysigned up to take part in the charity hike - the largest annualwalking event in the country.This year's walk will feature threedifferent routes to suit all ages ...
Nurses' job fears after hospital shuts ward
Jul 02, 2007; ... NURSES from a hospital ward which closed on Friday are reportingfor work this morning without jobs to go to.The 11-strong team fromward nine at Bishop Auckland General Hospital have been told theycannot be allocated new posts because they have lodged a grievanceprocedure against ...
Celebration as town looks to the future in good heart
Jul 02, 2007; ... IT was a scene more suited to Rio de Janeiro or Notting Hill, buta carnival swept through the streets of a North-East town at theweekend to mark a historic day.Crowds lined the streets as dancers,drummers and street entertainers performed to celebrate the openingof the [pounds]7m ...
Carnival organisers don't let weather rain on their parade
Jul 02, 2007 ... IT may have rained on the parade, but organisers say the 25thDarlington Community Carnival was the best yet.The carnivalprecession paraded through Darlington's newly-completed PedestrianHeart on Saturday to commemorate the opening of the [pounds]7mredevelopment project.The precession ...
Communities are rallied to combat doorstep crime
Jul 02, 2007; ... ORGANISED criminals who prey on the vulnerable are in for atougher time in Darlington as the community unites to fightback.Rogue builders, unscrupulous salesmen and bogus officials areknown to share information about residents who they consider to beeasy targets.And Darlington ...
Vintage day in Mainsforth's future
Jul 02, 2007 ... VINTAGE and classic vehicles settled happily into a new venue atthe weekend - starting what could become an annual event.The DurhamCounty Vintage Collectors Society teamed up with Ferryhill TownCouncil to stage their first two-day rally at Mainsforth RecreationPark.Two hundred treasured ...
Villagers meet over damage to green
Jul 02, 2007; ... VILLAGE residents have been called to a public meeting to discussways of protecting land they call their green fromtravellers.Caravans are regular summer visitors to open grassland atthe centre of Witton Park, where groups of travelling families oftenstop off after visiting Appleby ...
Moving cattle market could rescue town, says councillor
Jul 02, 2007; ... A DISTRICT councillor claims moving a cattle market is the onlyway to breathe new life into a town's economy.Malton Mart could betransformed into shops and houses under proposals unveiled byFitzwilliam Estates two weeks ago.No date has yet been set, but localauctioneer Cundalls, which ...
Annual charity event goes out on a high
Jul 02, 2007 ... A CHARITY fun day held in Stanley since 1990 went out on a high,despite suffering from the weather.The Stanley branch of CancerResearch UK has decided to cancel the annual event, but the last one,on Saturday, proved to be one of the best despite heavy showers.Itfeatured performances by ...
Villagers toast success in lowering speed limit
Jul 02, 2007; ... VILLAGERS broke out the champagne to toast the success of a long-running campaign to lower the speed limit on a busy road.People atChester Moor battled for years to persuade Durham County Council tocut the 70mph limit on the A167 dual carriageway between Chester-le-Street and Durham to ...
15,000 attend annual steelmen's festival
Jul 02, 2007 ... RESOLUTE steelmen and their families defied the weather to enjoytheir traditional gala."We thought the bad weather we had all weekand the forecast for the weekend might put people off and stop themcoming, but we are happy with the numbers that have come, " saidCheryl Owens, spokeswoman ...
Pupils to be remembered in school memorial garden
Jul 02, 2007; ... A SCHOOL hit by tragedies is to install a living memorialfollowing the deaths of four pupils and a teacher.Finishing touchesare being put to a garden of remembrance at Billingham CampusSchool.It has been planned in memory of pupils Andrew Nattrass, whodied from meningitis, Stephen Dorn, ...
Hear all sides
Jul 02, 2007 ... CENTRAL PARKRE the recently-announced [pounds]200m Central Parkdevelopment scheme for Darlington (Echo, June 27 and 28). I sometimeswonder who is running Darlington.Is it the newly-elected boroughcouncil, the unelected Regional Assembly or Tees Valley Regeneration(TVR), which seems so ...
New centre gives pupils a sound (football) education
Jul 02, 2007; ... DARLINGTON Football Club has scored a hit with the town'sschoolchildren following the launch of a soccer-themed educationprogramme.The first batch of youngsters has been enjoying lessons atthe [pounds]125,000 Understand Centre education facility, which theclub's chairman believes will ...
'Exciting times' as land deal signals work on [pounds]2m school
Jul 02, 2007; ... A LAND deal has cleared the way the way for children in Crook toget a long-awaited new school.Plans to replace 154-year-old StCuthbert's Primary School, on Church Hill, had been on hold since2004 when people living in the area and Durham County Council highwaybosses objected to the ...
Children turn back the clock to mark school centenary
Jul 02, 2007 ... PUPILS and staff at a primary school have marked the end of a week-long centenary celebration with a concert.Dean Bank Primary School,Ferryhill, is marking 100 years of education in Dean Bank.As well asthe concert, which featured performances from every class in theschool and nursery, ...
Herb firm to import, despite objections
Jul 02, 2007; ... A HERB grower has won its bid for permission to import and processgoods on site, despite local objections.Hambleton District Councilhas approved a retrospective application by Sandhutton Growers Ltd,in Sandhutton, near Thirsk, to allow the firm to bring in outof-season fresh herbs from ...
Regatta lures novices to pull on oars
Jul 02, 2007 ... A ROWING regatta for novices proved a success despite beingthreatened with heavy rain.Durham Amateur Rowing Club held its 28thAllcomers Regatta on the River Wear in the city on Saturday,attracting would-be rowers from businesses and organisationsthroughout the area.This year's event ...
Thousands to attend annual city festival
Jul 02, 2007; ... THE circus will come to town for this year's Durham SummerFestival, which is expected to draw thousands of visitors to the citycentre.Marketing Durham, which is organising the event, hopes tobuild on the popularity of last year's festival - which had the themeof Neptune - by lining up ...
Weekend weather can't dampen fundraiser's spirit
Jul 02, 2007 ... THERE WAS a touch of the Dunkirk spirit about tireless hospitalcampaigner Joan Elders when rain put paid to a fundraisingevent.Forecasts of nothing but showers at the weekend causedorganisers to postpone their planned strawberry fair for the SteadHospital, Redcar.But Mrs Elders, the ...
Third building scheme for site is turned down
Jul 02, 2007; ... PROTESTORS are celebrating after a plan to build flats on the siteof a fire-ravaged nursing home was thrown out by councillors.Redcarand Cleveland Borough councillors have backed the hundreds who signeda petition by again rejecting plans to build on the site of theformer Nessfield ...
Vigilante is jailed for 'protecting his family'
Jul 02, 2007; ... A FATHER-of-three snapped after months of torment at the hands ofyobs, donning a gas mask and brandishing a highwayman's pistol and abottle of lighter fluid in a bid to scare them.Before Andrew Clarkset about his vigilante mission, he told how he despaired that he"could not protect his ...
On a bicycle built for more than just the bride
Jul 02, 2007 ... THERE was only one way for Stephen Murphy to travel after hemarried his partner at the weekend.Mr Murphy, 44, of Brandon, CountyDurham, launched the first pedicab or rickshaw business, in Durham,in April.So, after the service at the city's Register Office, he andLisa Hutchinson, 34, rode ...
Group steps in to save Stan Laurel's former school
Jul 02, 2007; ... A HERITAGE group is fighting to save the former school of comiclegend Stan Laurel, which was ravaged by fire in March.BishopAuckland Civic Society, in County Durham, says it is deeply concernedabout the state of the former Bishop Auckland Grammar School, whereLaurel was a boarder in 1902 ...
Ban on lighting up 'could save thousands'
Jul 02, 2007; ... THOUSANDS of lives could be saved in the North-East as a result ofthe smoking ban in public places which became law at the weekend.TheNorth-East traditionally has had higher smoking rates than otherparts of the country and suffers more from diseases associated withtobacco.Smoking is the ...
Late rush of applications for pub smoking shelters
Jul 02, 2007; ... DOZENS of licensed premises in the region have yet to gainpermission for smoking shelters, despite the ban on lighting up thatcame into force over the weekend.Many local authorities haveexperienced a late flurry of planning applications for structures andhave been unable to process all ...
It's quite a spectacle as children back guide dogs
Jul 02, 2007 ... ICE cream and shades were the order of the day as children ignoredthe rain and put on their sunglasses to raise money for charity.The78 nursery children at Hartburn Primary School had great fun takingpart in the Guide Dogs for the Blind's Shades Day.The nationalfundraising and eye safety ...
Police reveal diary note by hit-and-run victim Bill, 75
Jul 02, 2007; ... POLICE are hoping a final, incomplete diary entry could touchsomeone's sympathy - and lead them to a killer.Bill Hendry, 75, washit by a vehicle while out walking near his home in Knaresborough,North Yorkshire, with his dog, Abby.The driver sped off, leaving thepensioner lying in the ...
Campaigns start as race is on to find Blair successor
Jul 02, 2007; ... THE race for Tony Blair's Sedgefield seat went public at theweekend, with only one runner declared so far for the July 19vote.Conservative Graham Robb became the first to launch his campaignon Saturday, in his home village of Middleton St George, with ex-party leader William Hague at his ...
Principal bids fond farewell to college
Jul 02, 2007; ... THE man who revolutionised one of the region's colleges will stepdown as principal later this week, and says he is "proud" of hisachievements.David Heaton, principal of Queen Elizabeth Sixth FormCollege, in Darlington, will retire on Friday after 16 years, havingoverseen one of the most ...
Looking to a bright future
Jul 02, 2007 ... THESE are exciting times for Darlington.Only last week[pounds]200m redevelopment plans for a 70-acre site between HaughtonRoad and Yarm Road were revealed.Work is also proceeding on a major[pounds]100m shopping and entertainment complex in the towncentre.And the UK's largest eco-village ...
The race issue
Jul 02, 2007; ... Lewis Hamilton cemented his status as Britain's latest sportingsuperstar at the French Grand Prix yesterday. But, as Chief SportsWriter Scott Wilson explains, his biggest challenges could come offfrom the racetrackRON Dennis can remember the moment as if it wereyesterday. Sitting at his ...
Hear all sides
Jul 02, 2007 ... TONY BLAIRWELL, the country has seen the biggest conman in Britishpolitics put on his last show and what a show - planted questions andverbal back-slapping from Blairites and what passes for the officialopposition just joined the line.Tony Blair has done nothing or verylittle for the ...
'We ignore the fascists at our peril'
Jul 02, 2007; ... In her latest novel, the writer Janet MacLeod Trotter explores theTyneside fascist movement just before the Second World War. She talksto Women's Editor Sarah Foster about her passion for the past and whyher work is more political than the books by Catherine CooksonTHE Litand Phil ...
Bad girl come good
Jul 02, 2007; ... Bad Girls star Victoria Bush admits her farce stage debut is abaptism of fire, but reveals to VIV HARDWICK that she couldn't belearning the comedy ropes from a better group of co-starsIS farcestill as hilarious if the writer is Ray Cooney's son, Michael, ratherthan the master farceur? "I ...
Rivers on flood alert as lightning strikes and rain add to misery
Jul 02, 2007; ... THUNDERSTORMS and heavy downpours brought more flooding disruptionto the region yesterday.Emergency services in North Yorkshire werekept busy all day as they responded to lightning strikes and callsfrom householders whose homes had been flooded.Flash flooding wasreported in York, Malton, ...
Councils face up to federation scrutiny
Jul 02, 2007; ... LOCAL authority representatives from across the North-East will beput under scrutiny by members of the Federation of Small Businesses(FSB) today.It is hoped the event, at Ramside Hall, in Durham, willbegin a debate on how companies can be better supported by theirlocal authorities, after ...
House-trashing party teenager reprimanded
Jul 02, 2007; ... THE teenager who threw a party that trashed her house while herparents were away on holiday is to feature on nationaltelevision.ITV's Tonight With Trevor Macdonald will screen an item onthe party at the home of Rachael Bell, 17, in Woodstone Village, nearHoughton-leSpring, Wearside, this ...
World's oldest emergency service celebrates 70 years
Jul 02, 2007; ... THE world's oldest emergency call service - which handles morethan a million calls from the North-East each year - has celebratedits 70th birthday.BT's 999 emergency service - which handles morethan 2,700 calls a day from the region, was launched on June 30, 1937after five women died in ...
Going to work on a egg has beaten traffic congestion
Jul 02, 2007; ... GOING to work on an egg might not be politically correct in somecircles - but Chris Tarran could not be happier.The 54 year-oldformer transport manager quit his 60,000 mile-a-year job three yearsago to take up farming.Today, he and his wife, Diane, have 8,000 freerange organic hens at ...
Saltburn heading for drop despite stopping the rot
Jul 02, 2007; ... TWO games defied the weather and two others were only called offin the later stages, despite a third successive weekend when the rainruined another programme.The games which went all the way helpedNormanby Hall and Darlington move closer to safety, but Saltburnfound themselves spiralling ...
Elements hamper Durham's Twenty20 march
Jul 02, 2007; ... WHILE the copious amounts of alcohol consumed by a crowd of 4,229will have helped to swell Yorkshire's coffers, the team's nine-wicket win against Durham on Saturday night came in a contest whichwas about as pointless as sport can become.With the weathercontinuing to play havoc with the ...
Injured Di Venuto back for Friends Provident
Jul 02, 2007; ... DURHAM'S Michael Di Venuto will be out for four to six weeks,leaving him very short of cricket before the Friends Provident Trophyfinal at Lord's on August 18.The Tasmanian had two operations overthe weekend on the ring finger of his left hand, which sufferedligament damage as well as a ...
Quinn demands commitment from potential signings
Jul 02, 2007; ... NIALL Quinn has insisted that commitment to the cause willcontinue to be one of the key demands made of anybody joiningSunderland this summer.With West Brom duo Paul McShane and PaulRobinson having travelled to Wearside for talks on Saturday, BlackCats boss Roy Keane is continuing to ...
Yakubu set for future talks with Southgate
Jul 02, 2007; ... AYEGBENI Yakubu will seek showdown talks with Middlesbroughmanager Gareth Southgate later today as he continues to edge closerto the Riverside exit door.Yakubu is due to return to Boro'sRockliffe Park training ground this morning for the opening day ofthe club's pre-season programme, but ...
Owen going nowhere
Jul 02, 2007; ... A SENIOR Newcastle delegation will return to Barcelona later todayto step up the club's pursuit of Brazilian midfielder Edmilson, butSam Allardyce has already achieved one of his major summer objectivesfollowing a final confirmation that Michael Owen will definitely be aMagpies player at ...
'Round of his life' sees Storm claim maiden title
Jul 02, 2007; ... A JUBILANT Graeme Storm last night claimed he had produced the"best round of his life" after a closing 66 earned him his firstEuropean Tour title at the French Open.Eight years after lifting theBritish amateur title - and four years after he was forced to work ata cream cake factory as ...
Jail warning after animals left to die
Jul 03, 2007; ... A FORMER pet shop owner is facing prison after magistrates wereshown horrific photographs of sheds where more than 150 animals wereleft to die.Some of the animals found in outbuildings rented by AlanMcGraw, of Park Lane, Darlington, had been there so long they weremummified, Bishop ...
Ex-boxer stabbed to death for hardman title, trial told
Jul 03, 2007; ... A FORMER boxer was stabbed to death by a younger man who wanted totake his title as the most feared fighter in their neighbourhood, acourt has heard.Renowned hard-man Peter Hoe is said to have beenmurdered by rival David Reed, 29, and his brother Terence Reed, 26,at his home in Eston, ...
Strikes loom as pay talks stall at Explorer Group
Jul 03, 2007; ... HUNDREDS of workers at a North-East caravan manufacturer aretaking part in a series of two-day strikes after pay negotiationsended in deadlock.The Explorer Group could see its base in Consett,County Durham, hit by seven walk-outs in the coming weeks as thestandoff between the company and ...
Fundraisers relay message of love to cancer victims
Jul 03, 2007 ... A BREAST cancer survivor put a group of volunteers through theirpaces yesterday to launch a 24-hour fundraising event in theregion.Two time breast cancer survivor Sharyn Clarkson, 54, fromRedcar, east Cleveland, is teaming up with Paul Foxton, fromBillingham, who recently lost his father ...
Kwik Save staff - 'We had no choice'
Jul 03, 2007; ... KWIK SAVE staff last night said they felt they were given "nochoice" but to continue to work without pay while the company sortsout its finances.Employees in the North-East accused the troubledretailer of using unfair tactics to ensure they agreed to a sixthweek of unpaid work.Hundreds ...
Business park developer aims to create 4,000 jobs at site
Jul 03, 2007; ... THE first details of a major business park development that couldcreate up to 4,000 jobs have been revealed.Banks Developmentsyesterday unveiled plans to build on the Mount Oswald golf course inDurham City - a [pounds]150m scheme planners say is key to theregion's economy.The company ...
Growth spurt at Watson Burton
Jul 03, 2007; ... LAW firm Watson Burton has posted annual results that show double-digit growth in each of its major departments.The Newcastle practicerevealed an annual turnover of [pounds]22.7m for the year endingApril 30, which comes after two years of investment and expansion inthe firm and its main ...
Five names put forward in search for Blair's successor
Jul 03, 2007; ... LABOUR last night announced the five names on its shortlist tosucceed Tony Blair as MP for Sedgefield.They are: Simon Henig,Melanie Johnson, Pat McCourt, Alan Strickland and Phil Wilson.One ofthe five will be chosen tonight by the local party as the candidateto fight the by-election on ...
Prepare for disaster, or you'll be in deep water
Jul 03, 2007; ... SOLUTIONS specialist Waterstons is urging companies in the North-East to implement business continuity plans, in the wake of therecent floods across England.The Durham company said firms needed tobe more proactive and plan ahead in order to reduce the risks if adisaster occurs.It is ...
Remember your postal vote if, like me, you're out of town
Jul 03, 2007 ... HIS new job in the Middle East meant Tony Blair had to complete apostal vote application yesterday to ensure his vote counted in theforthcoming Sedgefield byelection.The former MP urged others in theconstituency who were uncertain where they would be on polling day -July 19 - to do the ...
Biofuels shares plunge on restructuring news
Jul 03, 2007; ... BIOFUELS Corporation saw its share price slump to a new lowyesterday as investors considered the consequences of a recent debt-for-equity swap.Shares in the struggling Teesside company fell by aquarter to 4.10p by mid-afternoon, and last night closed down 23.1per cent at 4.26p.The fall ...
Plans unveiled for new church
Jul 03, 2007; ... A WOODEN church that was intended to be temporary is to bereplaced after almost 70 years of waiting.Parishioners at All Saintsand Salutation Church, in Blackwell, Darlington, want to build a newhome for the congregation.The church was built in 1937 as a temporarymeasure until a larger ...
Competing in memory of community officer
Jul 03, 2007 ... SCHOOLS from across Wear Valley turned out to play a sportingtribute to a policeman who died of cancer.Eight primary schools tookpart in the annual PC Michael Wright memorial cricket match atWillington Cricket Club.PC Wright, of Stanhope, joined the police in1977. He was based in Crook ...