Weekly news round-up

 

County Durham

March

March 28, 2002

Scheme to waken 'sleeping beauty'

March 27, 2002

Two million cigarettes seized in dawn raid

Cement workers in pensions row

Tribute to County's ambassador

March 26, 2002

Darlington supporters pledge to help keeper

SMK carries on - despite £2m loss

'The Berlin Wall' of Darlington

March 25, 2002

Mischievous Muffin has a spell in the cells

March 22, 2002

Steam Elephant blows its trumpet

Animal incinerator backed

Streets sealed off by armed police

March 21, 2002

£500,000 lifeline for 'jewel in the crown' theatre

Church without a vicar for first time in 800 years

March 20, 2002

Party for transformed estate

Club closure sparks political row

Horror as man is hit by train at station

Cuthbert film puts city in the limelight

Stylish makeover for an ancestral home

March 19, 2002

From troubled estate to thriving community

Darlington police to pound the beat

Quakers reject Reynolds' request

Language college 'snubbed' by agency

15-Mar-02

Crash sparks call for stray horses blitz

14-Mar-02

Action plans for coastline wildlife

Long-lost icon of steam era ready to return

Coining it in as hobby pays off

13-Mar-02

Send a signal to keep in touch!

500-year-old tree found in County Durham

Radical plans for Durham college

Popular fun fair to make return visit

11-Mar-02

Scrapyard decision is final insult, say villagers

09-Mar-02

Woman airlifted from three-car pile-up

Ambulance patient dies after traffic lights crash

Duo's deadly weapons cache

Two treated after city centre chemical leak

March 7, 2002

New life for industrial area

Indoor camper cooks up a disaster in the kitchen

Teenage school arsonist locked up

Aussie theme bar plan rejected

Missing sisters found

School rises from the ashes

March 6, 2002

Keegan backs pit memorial campaign

March 2, 2002

Hunt for masked raiders

More policemen on the beat

February

February 27, 2002

Anger at proposed housing scheme

February 26, 2002

Old pumping station to be renovated

February 22, 2002

Airport arrest after travel agent robbery

A staggering challenge!

Blair backs efforts to save cement jobs

February 21, 2002

Blair to join cement closure talks

Terror alert over stolen circuit boards

Savings staff threaten strike

No compromise on travellers, says village

February 20, 2002

Life in the freezer

Council shakes-up road network

First toll road in place by summer

PoW camp to become tourist attraction

February 19, 2002

Battle for the ice

February 14, 2002

Antarctic explorer heads for home

The joy of text

Whippet Derby comes to North-East

Blue Circle workers seek support from Dale

Housewife ran ‘stolen clothes shop’

Positive talks on mass burial site

11-Feb-02

Cement plant rescue rejected

07-Feb-02

Police spotter plane helps trap bull

06-Feb-02

Ancient bridge defies engineers

05-Feb-02

Spennymoor Settlement is saved

06-Feb-02

Durham pubs branded as 'woeful'

04-Feb-02

Derelict hotel comes down

01-Feb-02

Cinema makes way for funeral parlour

Doctors set up surgery in night club

January

31-Jan-02

New menu for city centre garage

Flooded museum repaired

28-Jan-02

Scout leader Skip bids final farewell

Fish and chips back on the menu after 50 years!

25/01/02

Giant dam to hold back the floods

24/01/02

New forest for Darlington

New sparkle for 100-year-old jeweller

Dale stunned as Blue Circle shuts

23/01/02

Ghoulish undertaking by burglars

Farmer digs in for Roman glory

Man arrested after attack on Bryan Robson's daughter

Roadworks tragedy inquest opens

22/01/02

Medieval treasure found on building site

New DLI book published

Ancient bridges are repaired

18/01/02

Road repair men electrocuted

Immigrants arrive by lorry

£16m boost for pit pensions

Choir's final chorus

Bid to save Victorian landmark

16/01/02

Molehills turn into a mountain

Darchem site health fears allayed

Dentist's plan takes off

Dramatic dash to open new theatre

Reprieve for 'murder capital'

15/01/02

Chemical leak investigated

Dead man's family stages demonstration

Gala night suffers a hitch

08/01/02

Julie murder inquiry grinds to a halt

Running in the rain

New hope for Wolsingham

Derwentside homes 'unfit to live in'

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