The Northern Echo back issues from June 2009:
Husband feared dead in air crash
Jun 02, 2009; ... A FATHER-OF-THREE from the region is feared to be one of 228people on board a passenger jet that disappeared off the coast ofBrazil. The family of Arthur Coakley, from Sandsend, near Whitby, NorthYorkshire, insisted last night they were "not giving up hope" he mayhave ...
Abuse and support as MP faces public
Jun 02, 2009; ... A NORTH-EAST MP who tried to reclaim a [pounds]5 church donationon expenses has returned to his constituency to face the music. Frank Cook maintains he had submitted the hand-written note bymistake. Since the outcry erupted at the weekend, the Stockton North MPsaid he had ...
Details of cuts to services at hospital
Jun 02, 2009; ... HEALTH bosses have revealed details of how controversial changesto acute services at a North-East hospital will be made this summer. Some of the most significant changes at Bishop Auckland GeneralHospital affecting accident and emergency (A&E) services, will bemade in two stages - ...
Favourite views on proggy-mat
Jun 02, 2009 ... FAVOURITE views of Durham have been captured in artwork createdby a group of proggy-mat makers. The Durham Clayport Matters Group was inspired by the Rose Windowat Durham Cathedral to create something that highlights features ofthe county. Using different materials and ...
Cancer patient foots bill for drugs
Jun 02, 2009; ... THE husband of a cancer patient who is paying [pounds]1,100 aweek to keep his wife alive has criticised the NHS for failing tofund the drug which is shrinking her tumours and prolonging herlife. John Brewis, 54, from Seaton Sluice, on the Northumberland coast,said he has had to ...
Talon-spotters will go wild for this bald baby
Jun 02, 2009 ... A BABY bald eagle has been welcomed as a new addition to a wildbird centre. Nanook, who is five weeks old, has been brought into the ThirskBirds of Prey centre at Sion Hill Hall, near Thirsk, NorthYorkshire, to increase its collection and to eventually providebreeding ...
US-based football scout aids Quakers
Jun 02, 2009; ... AN Austrian football talent spotter is trying to bring theBrazilian samba beat to a Darlington side cut to the bone byadministration. Josef Schulz, a former top division player and coach in hishomeland, jetted out to Brazil yesterday on a mission to findplayers for Darlington's ...
Is Brown going to say: Move over Darling?
Jun 02, 2009; ... ALISTAIR DARLING'S career was hanging by a thread last nightafter Gordon Brown refused to back his Chancellor to survivedamaging revelations about his expenses. In an interview, the Prime Minister failed to guarantee that MrDarling, or Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, would ...
DARLINGTON NEWS ROUND-UP IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2009 ... Village gala day to aid centre A GALA day will be held in a Darlington village on Sunday.Organised by Hurworth Community Association, the event is aiming toraise money for The Grange Community Centre, where it will be heldfrom noon. Attractions will include a dog show, rides on a ...
Approval likely for sport and play area
Jun 02, 2009; ... PLANS to create a sports facility and playground are beingrecommended for approval - to the delight of the young people. Community leaders and youngsters in Red Hall, Darlington, hopeplans to build a multi-use games area on the estate are approved byDarlington Borough Council's ...
Hear all sides
Jun 02, 2009 ... CROWN STREET PO I AM sure I will not be the only one to complain about the newticketed call system for customers that now operates at the PostOffice in Crown Street, Darlington. The staffare in no way to blame, so please do not vent yourspleen on them. For a town this ...
Debt write-off goes to a vote
Jun 02, 2009 ... DEBTS of more than [pounds]330,000 could be written offby acouncil tonight. Darlington Borough Council's cabinet will vote on how to dealwith [pounds]184,878.10 in unpaid business rates and[pounds]133,313.59 in unpaid council tax, along with other debts ...
Cake and tea to celebrate 140 years
Jun 02, 2009 ... SHOPPERS were invited for tea and cake to celebrate asupermarket's 140th anniversary. Staff at Sainsbury's in Victoria Road, Darlington, dressed inVictorian clothing to mark the milestone of the retail chain, whichstarted in 1869 from a shop in Drury Lane, ...
Athlete taking to pool to raise funds for world competitions
Jun 02, 2009 ... AN athlete hopes to raise enough money to allow her to complete asummer of competitions around the world. Denise Baker, of Darlington, will compete in the BritishTransplant Games in July, the World Transplant Games in Australia inAugust, and the Great North Swim in ...
Young firestarters will not be let off lightly
Jun 02, 2009; ... YOUNGSTERS who are deliberately starting bush and grass fires innorth Durham have been warned they could face jail. In recent weeks the emergency services have been called out onnumerous occasions to deal with a spate of blazes in the TanfieldLea area. PC Scott Jameson, of ...
Trust this day to be full of fun
Jun 02, 2009 ... A NATURE reserve run by a leading conservation charity will holda family fun day this weekend. Durham Wildlife Trust is staging the free event on Saturday, atRainton Meadows, on the A690 near Houghton-leSpring, from 11am to4pm. There will be dozens of activities for all ages ...
Hear all sides
Jun 02, 2009 ... SCHOOL BATTLE AS a long-time resident of Esh Winning I would like to endorsethe comments of Andrew Rice, chairman of the Esh Winning Residents'Group (HAS, Page 10, May 29), with regard to the village's proposedprimary school rebuild/move. While it is clear that themajority ...
Toon supporter celebrates 100 years
Jun 02, 2009 ... A VETERAN member of the To on Army cast aside the relegationblues to celebrate a landmark birthday. Like fellow United supporters, lifelong Newcastle fan FredWaiting has been suffering amid the gloom of the club's recentdemotion from the Premier League. But spirits were ...
NORTH DURHAM NEWS ROUND-UP IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2009 ... Appeal for help over accident POLICE accident investigators have renewed an appeal for help inpiecing together the circumstances leading to the death of amotorcyclist. Mark James Owen, 23, of Neasham Road, Seaham, CountyDurham, died in Newcastle General Hospital, on Friday, from ...
TEES VALLEY NEWS ROUND-UP IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2009 ... Police appeal for information POLICE are appealing for information following a spate ofallotment burglaries. Up to 20 allotments, in Grove Road, NorthOrmesby, Middlesbrough, have been broken into in the past few weeks.A 70-year-old man has been burgled more than a dozen times and ...
Brigade hosts open days for firefighters
Jun 02, 2009 ... CLEVELAND Fire Brigade is having a recruitment drive for part-time firefighters to join crews at Headland, Skelton, Yarm andSaltburn, Guisborough and Loftus fire stations. Open days are being held for those who would likemore informationand an application pack on becoming a ...
When it comes to the crunch
Jun 02, 2009 ... HARTLEPOOL Central Library is hosting an event next Tuesday, tohelp people through the recession. Called Beat the Credit Crunch, the day features a range ofactivities, from advice for job seekers and help with benefits tomake do and mend crafts and pampering on a ...
Councillor is recognised for good works
Jun 02, 2009 ... A MIDDLESBROUGH councillor has been honoured as a community herofor his work. Councillor David Budd, Middlesbrough Council's executive memberfor regeneration and economic development, is one of the councillorsand officers across the country rewarded by the Development ...
Author hosts festival's first event
Jun 02, 2009 ... A TEESSIDE literary festival has kicked-off with the help of alocal author. Richard Milward spent the evening at Berwick Hills Library lastnight as part of the Middlesbrough Literary Festival. His first bookApples, stunned the literary world with its shocking, noholds barredslant ...
Translation contract means job security
Jun 02, 2009; ... A THORNABY-based charity has secured more than 90 jobs afterwinning a contract to provide interpreting services across Teesside. Everyday Language Solutions (ELS) is celebrating as those eitheremployed by the organisation, or working on a freelance basis, cannow continue ...
Churches celebrate funding success
Jun 02, 2009; ... CHURCH groups in lower Wensleydale are celebrating after reachingtheir fundraising target to recruit a youth support worker more thanthree months early. The parishes of Mashamshire andMiddleham united to raise themoney, forming a charity called the Lower Wensleydale Youth ...
Shops and flats plan receives go-ahead
Jun 02, 2009 ... A PROJECT to redevelop part of a town is being backed by councilplanners. Developers Amicon (Europe) want to demolish a site in Bedale tobuild shops and apartments. The Harrogate company submitted three schemes for land in BridgeStreet for approval by Hambleton District ...
Awards will be in very good taste
Jun 02, 2009 ... NOMINATIONS are being sought for the annual awards scheme whichrecognises the best of Hambleton's food and drink producers. Locals and visitors can enter their favourite eating and drinkinghaunts for one of 11 prizes in the 2009 Flavours of Hambletonawards. New this year is ...
Business blooms
Jun 02, 2009 ... A GREEN fingered duo have teamed up to create a new business tohelp people keep on top of their gardens. Emma Csoppu, a retired RAF sergeant at Catterick Garrison, andTom Richardson have formed Two To Mow A Meadow. They launched the company earlier last month, and have ...
Woman's handbag stolen
Jun 02, 2009 ... POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman in her 70s hadher handbag snatched in the street. The incident happened at 9.45am on Tuesday, May 26, in TheCrescent, Northallerton. The man, who came from Central Drive, through a snicket on to TheCrescent, has ...
NORTH YORKSHIRE NEWS ROUND-UP IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2009 ... Police probe fire set at flat door ARSON is suspected in a fire set at the front door of a flat inMarket Court, Pickering, in the early hours of Thursday. The twomale occupants, aged 29 and 31, were alerted by a smoke alarm andput out the flames with a damp towel. They were treated ...
Time for a change
Jun 02, 2009 ... BRITAIN'S tripartite system of financial regulation - whichdivides responsibility between the Treasury, the Bank of England andthe Financial Services Authority (FSA) - is totally discredited. Today's report by the Economic Affairs Committee tells us nothingnew, but its call for a ...
She who dares
Jun 02, 2009; ... Twenty years ago BBC reporter Kate Adie witnessed the massacre ofprotestors in Tianenmen Square. She recalls the bloodshed and howshe went beyond her usual journalistic boundaries in a newdocumentary. Steve Pratt reports THERE have been over 150 casualties in the first hour and a ...
Hear all sides
Jun 02, 2009 ... MPs' EXPENSES THE Daily Telegraph expose of MPs' expenses continues and we areall now aware that there have been serious abuses; some instancesare clearly fraud and deception. Opposition leader David Cameron is right to say that criminalprosecutions should now take place ....
In the swing to help others
Jun 02, 2009 ... TWO celebrities swung by a Wear Valley golf club yesterday tohelp raise [pounds]2,000 for charities. Sunderland's legendary defender Len Ashurst, and former FAreferee George Courtney competed with dozens of golfers in atournament at Bishop Auckland Golf Club. Teams of four ...
Stylish day at care home
Jun 02, 2009 ... OAPs became VIPs yesterday when residents of a care home weregiven a free makeover by hair and beauty salon staff. Hairdressers and beauticians from Saks, in Bishop Auckland,pampered the 35 residents at Sycamore Lodge, in Spennymoor. The event was to mark the Saks chain's 35th ...
Crook Grassroots
Jun 02, 2009; ... 01388-768551 FESTIVAL 2009: The Crook and District Festival will run fromSaturday, June 13, to Sunday, July 5. The activities in the firstweek are: Saturday, June 13: Blind life in Durham, new age kurling,visually impaired information, from 10.30am to 4pm at St ...
Fire crews tackle blaze at factory
Jun 02, 2009 ... FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a wood chip factory in Chiltonyesterday. Crews from Newton Ay - cliffe were despatched to the Wood PelletEnergy UK Ltd factory, on Chilton Industrial Estate, at 1.50pm afterreceiving reports of smoke coming from the building. The fire was ...
Three mayors aiming to support charities
Jun 02, 2009; ... THREE town councils have installed mayors and all have tough actsto follow, because their predecessors raised thousands of pounds forgood causes. Spennymoor Town Council members elected Councillor SarahArmstrong as mayor, and Councillor Gary Heslop as deputy. Coun Armstrong ...
SOUTH DURHAM NEWS ROUND-UP IN BRIEF
Jun 02, 2009 ... Village will open its gardens BARNINGHAM will hold an open gardens event as part of theNational Garden Scheme on Sunday. Six gardens and the Plantsman'sCorner rare plant nursery will be open from noon to 5pm. Combinedadmission is [pounds]4, children free. There will be a large ...
Lipstick, charm and green credentials
Jun 02, 2009; ... Just like any other women's magazine, but with an ethical twist,Daisy Green hopes to make saving the planet palatable. Sarah Fostermeets its founder, Nicola Alexander NICOLA Alexander has a confession to make. She's in her livingroom, the recycled paper bricks she uses for fuel ...
Seatbelt campaign may get debate
Jun 02, 2009; ... PARENTS campaigning for stricter safety laws for lorry driversfollowing their son's death could see their efforts discussed inParliament. Darlington MP Alan Milburn is planning to raise a debate beforethe summer recess for compulsory seatbelts to be fitted in alllorries. Mr ...
Crash course in safety
Jun 02, 2009 ... SHOPPERS have been getting a crash-course in the benefits ofwearing a seatbelt. As part of a week of community advice events, Durham Police'sseatbelt sled was in The Chare, Castle Dene Shopping Centre,Peterlee, east Durham, yesterday. A simulator gave people the chance to ...
Youngster with one hand classed as 'not disabled'
Jun 02, 2009; ... A MOTHER has spoken of her anger after a Goverment departmentruled her daughter was not disabled - despite being born without ahand. Karen Lee tried to register 22-month-old Kaysie as disabled withthe Department of Work and Pensions as she hoped for some supportfor ...
Eating owt - Cheap as Ships
Jun 02, 2009; ... The Ship Inn in Middlestone enjoys a growing reputation, notleast due to the landlord's healthy attitude to prices TIMES tight and travel light, much of today's Eating Owt columnis consumed by the Ship Inn at Middlestone Village, though not somuch as a morsel has passed the lips ....
Eating owt
Jun 02, 2009; ... ASany crow will confirm, the most direct route from the top endofWeardale to the top end of Swaledale is over the top intoTeesdale. Thus we found ourselves in the vicinity of the LangdonBeck Hotel just as they were holding a bittersweet beer festival. It was in memory of landlord ...
Eating owt
Jun 02, 2009; ... STARTING its second year, the Yard of Ale brewery at the SurteesArms in Ferryhill Station has won another award. Their One Foot inthe ...
Eating owt
Jun 02, 2009; ... . . . and finally, the bairns wondered if we knew why the ...
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Sage Gateshead
Jun 02, 2009; ... IF ever there was a work to test the mettle of a conductor, ithas to be Mahler's mighty Second Symphony The Resurrection - all themore daunting for a young maestro. Andris Nelsons, the newlyappointed music director of the City ofBirmingham Symphony Orchestra, passed with flying ...
It's monkey business
Jun 02, 2009; ... Mary Queen Of Charity Shops (BBC2, 9pm) I'm Running Sainsbury's (C4, 9pm) My Monkey Baby (C4, 10pm) I AM not sure which is more shocking - women treating monkeyslike babies or people who leave condoms and sanitary towels in bagsoutside charity shops. It appears ...
Third TV appeal in search for Claudia
Jun 02, 2009; ... THE hunt for missing university chef Claudia Lawrence is beingstepped up still further with a third nationwide TV appeal. The search - already the biggest operation North Yorkshire Policehave mounted in five years - will be featured on BBC TV's Crimewatchagain tonight, at ...
Cancer patient's plea to volunteers
Jun 02, 2009 ... A CANCER sufferer is urging people to use National Volunteers'Week to get behind a charity close to her heart. Julia Nixon of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, has raised[pounds]418 for Macmillan Cancer Support by doing a nine-mile walkthrough Hamsterley Forest. The ...
D-Day
Jun 02, 2009; ... D-Day, The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor (Viking,[pounds]25) IN the whole history of war, Stalin wrote to Churchill, there hadnever been such an undertaking. The invasion, which took place 65years ago on Saturday, has been as well documented and one wonderswhatmore could ...
Readers' poems
Jun 02, 2009 ... IF If you can hold your head up high, When reporters peek andreporters pry, If you can duck the question and hide behind yourmoat, Then you can thumb your nose at Those who merely vote. And if your family home is really not your house, And if you liveelsewhere, with or ...
Wolverine shows his super-violent side
Jun 02, 2009; ... Gadget of the week Neuros MPEG 4 recorder A COUPLE of weeks ago I reviewed two software programmes thatcould transfer DVDs to iPods and PSPs. They were both very effective, but what options are there for PSPowners who don't have a computer? The Neuros MP4 ...
Rugby hero stars on pitch and speaker's platform
Jun 02, 2009 ... FORMER international rugby star Kenny Logan led a sportsman'sdinner with a difference. The former player hosted the evening at Hartlepool Rovers RugbyFC, in aid of Hartlepool and District Hospice, which provides carefor people with life-limiting illnesses in the Hartlepool and ...
House raffle couple 'out of pocket and still own it'
Jun 02, 2009; ... A COUPLE who hoped to sell their house in a raffle say they willbe left out of pocket - and still own the property. Simon and Vicki Brown decided to raffle their [pounds]600,000property, in Ingleby Barwick, near Stockton, after failing to sellit on the open market last ...
Creating 'the taste of home' is great honour for top chefs
Jun 02, 2009; ... TWO North-East chefs will be serving up a treat for homecomingtroops on Saturday after winning a national competition. Shaun Rankin and Kenny Atkinson triumphed on the BBC Twoprogramme Great British Menu, to cook part of a four-course banquetfor servicemen and women returning from ...
Carnival time as jazz bands entertain the crowds
Jun 02, 2009 ... JUNIOR jazz bands from the region enjoyed a summer carnival onSaturday. Six groups competed in a battle of the bands contest at HackworthPark, Shildon, County Durham, organised by the Northern CitrinesJunior Jazz Band, based in the town. They were joined by the New Brancepath ...
Sex attack on woman after kidnapping in car
Jun 02, 2009; ... A MAN who bundled a woman into a car and then drove her to aremote lay-by where he sexually assaulted her has been given a 15-month jail sentence. Kevin Sexton was caught on CCTV cameras at the flats where thewoman lived, dragging her to his BMW while she had just her ...
Spotlight on bands at outdoor festival
Jun 02, 2009; ... HUNDREDS of music lovers will flock to an ancient Vikingsettlement in the North-East this weekend for an event dubbed theGlastonbury of the North. County Durham's Thimbleberry Music Festival, now in its seventhyear, will bring together unsigned acts and performers from all ...
Backtrack - Annual escape committee returns to land of Scotch pies
Jun 02, 2009; ... FAIR play to the Germans, they gave us the wonderful wordschadenfreude, a masterpiece of economy which the English moreloosely translate as "taking pleasure at others' misfortunes". Never may schadenfreude so greatly have been in evidence as overthe last nine days, since Newcastle ...
Backtrack - AND FINALLY. . .
Jun 02, 2009; ... THE first footballer born outside Eire to represent the Republicof Ireland (Backtrack, May 30) was Shay Brennan of ManchesterUnited. Today, back to the FA Cup final. Alf Hutchinson in Darlingtoninvites readers - preferably without ...
Coetzer skips Twenty20 with Durham
Jun 02, 2009; ... DURHAM will be without Kyle Coetzer for this week's Twenty20 Cupgames at Headingley today and at Old Trafford on Thursday. Coetzer has chosen to take up the invitation to play for Scotlandin the World T20 Championship, for which they have a warm-up gameagainst England at Trent ...
Nelson to exit Pools
Jun 02, 2009; ... THE chances of Micky Nelson, the long-serving Hartlepool Uniteddefender, being at Victoria Park next season are receding. Offered a new deal last month, Nelson has yet to indicate if hewill be taking up the terms with the club he joined in 2003. But his agent, Clive Hart, last ...