May
Fourteen people are arrested at the Tow Law mass burial site; Britons flock to the coast to enjoy a sunny Bank Holiday and Ronnine Biggs is back behind bars.
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The Tyne Bridge is to be lit up in all its former glory. A £200,000 scheme will restore the old-style lighting on Tyneside's most famous landmark.
Foot-and-mouth puts Dales at risk
Extra vets are brought in to the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a bid to contain a worrying cluster of the disease.
MAFF plans to bring 5,000 livestock carcasses from North Yorkshire for disposal at the Inkerman site in Tow Law, County Durham. Fourteen people are arrested during their desperate attempt to halt operations at the Tow Law site.
Vets inspect a prized herd of rare Beef Shorthorn cattle and deer at Raby Castle, Staindrop, County Durham, after foot-and-mouth was confirmed on a nearby farm.
The total number of outbreaks in the UK hits 1,629. More than three million animals have been slaughtered.
Corus confirms 6,000 job losses
Steelmaker Corus confirms 6,000 job losses s in the UK - 1,000 of them on Teesside.
Visitors flock in for sunny Bank Holiday
Visitors flock to the countryside to witness a rare event for Britain - sunny weather on a Bank Holiday Monday!
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is back behind bars ending his 35 years on the run.
Douglas Adams, author of surreal futuristic books including The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and So Long And Thanks For All the Fish, dies. He was 49.
Holiday-makers have a terrifying end to their trip when their plane pulls out of a landing at Newcastle Airport at the last second because another jet was on the runway.
High Court to decide future of Bluebird
The future of Donald Campbell's Bluebird speedboat is likely to be decided in the High Court this summer. The craft raised from Coniston is being restored at a secret Tyneside location.
Get an eyeful of the Millennium Bridge!
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge over the Tyne is dubbed the Blinking Eye Bridge.
Nissan lays off 30 temporary workers at its Sunderland plant because of a European car sales slump.
The driver of the Land-Rover involved in the Selby rail crash appears at York Crown Court charged with causing the deaths of ten people by dangerous driving.
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