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March

March 31, 2002

Barry Took dies

March 30, 2002

The Queen Mother is dead

March 29, 2002

Easter begins with 30 car pile-up on A1(M)

March 28, 2002

Tyneside's £3bn culture hope

Army unveils plans for £23m vehicles museum

Death of a sex thimble

ITV Digital collapse brings football crisis

March 27, 2002

Warm welcome for reopening of the Grotto

Stars lead tributes to the voice of '66

March 27, 2002

European award for coastline

Hollioake funeral held

March 26, 2002

UK poised for 'Las Vegas' casinos

'Give Goering's chalice back'

US honours five brave Brits

March 26, 2002

MEP visits beleaguered cement works

Angry postal staff may strike for jobs

March 25, 2002

Team to attend Hollioake funeral

Postal jobs at risk

Broadbent scores for UK

Strokes end Thatcher's public speaking

March 22, 2002

Oil waste 'harming cod'

'Blue Line' campaign for North motorway

BP cuts 500 North Sea jobs

March 21, 2002

Voyage to the bottom of the tank

Row over early prison releases

English 'want regional parliaments'

Sellafield waste row escalates

March 20, 2002

Outrage over planned grave adverts

Ill Thatcher cancels visits

£2m drive to make us proud of our region

Heist sparks airport security review

New farm disease scare

March 19, 2002

From the Tees to Sydney Harbour

Bundle of joy for Metric Martyr

Harry Potter and the flying Ford Anglia

New look for Mars Bar - 70 years on

Housing shortage warning

15-Mar-02

Yoko buys up Lennon's house for the nation

Lockerbie bomber begins life in jail

14-Mar-02

Gruelling bike ride to help firecrews

Police protest at reforms

Prestigious awards for North beaches

Clubs may have to welcome women

13-Mar-02

UK petrol prices rise

Huge boost for region's rail heritage

Football gang leaders jailed

North-East in line for rail revival

France refuses to lift British beef ban

Spanish City redevelopment boost

12-Mar-02

Harry’s back in town!

Tribute in light over Ground Zero

Mother sparked terror at 30,000 feet

In-flight air quality 'damages health'

11-Mar-02

High winds die out

Gig on the Tyne, Wear and Tees

No time to paws in race for UK team places

10-Mar-02

Climbers killed by avalanche

Job loss shock for footballers

Dolly the sheep creator to leave Britain

Gales and snow lash the UK

March 7, 2002

Player calls for Susan 'to come clean'

Youth hostels to be sold

Mallon slammed for 'lies and fraud'

Baby row parents accept surgery

March 6, 2002

Skiing champ in drugs probe

RAF rejects 'no-fly' zones safety scheme

March 5, 2002

Soldiers' partners can sleep over

Disease scare farm gets all clear

Legal fight over sick baby

March 3, 2002

New roles for Edward and Sophie

March 2, 2002

George Reynolds: 'I'm staying'

Reynolds: Wife's remarks did not refer to Quakers

March 1, 2002

Fatal rail crash on Selby anniversary

Attack leaves Quakers in turmoil

February

February 28, 2002

250,000 people petition for full inquiry

Relatives remember Selby dead

February 27, 2002

Is the nightmare back?

Comedy legend Milligan dies

Flood alerts as North-East weathers wintry storms

Claire Robson attacker jailed

Action on film archive

Retired policeman in Caribbean shark ordeal

Crowe 'angry' over edited speech

February 26, 2002

Private funeral for John Thaw

Fight against metric conviction continues

North-East twins pioneer research into cot deaths

End of the soggy pitch

P&O ferries catch 6,875 stowaways

Winds bring travel chaos

Furious police plan to sue chief

February 24, 2002

Lord of the Rings sweeps the Baftas

February 23, 2002

North paralysed by snow and wind

February 22, 2002

Curlers hit gold – on the Ogden Ice Sheet!

John Thaw dies from cancer

Tax hike will nurse the NHS recovery

Police officers cheat death in speed chase crash

Tribute to Geordie superstar

February 21, 2002

Mallon pleads for 'fair’ election

Dido double dazzles Brits

So that's what happened to the Likely Lads!

Wild man of rock comes home

Students get in shape for rowing the Atlantic

North is tops for calamity kids

February 20, 2002

Dagenham's Fiesta farewell

February 19, 2002

Police chief defends Dome diamond sting

Foot-and-mouth warning one year on

Scales of justice tip away from Metric Martyr

February 16, 2002

Royals say farewell to Margaret

Sweet drummer Tucker dies

February 15, 2002

A break in Royal tradition

Royal Family gathers for day of mourning

February 14, 2002

Extra tax for flood risk homes

February 14, 2002

Queeen Mother to fly in for funeral

Calls for the end of ‘Mallongate’

12-Feb-02

Mallon ‘free’ – and now the gloves are off

11-Feb-02

Queen Mother 'determined to attend funeral'

Bluebird to fly south for repairs

06-Feb-02

Average UK house breaks £100,000 barrier

Shock as Robocop Mallon pleads guilty

Queen's special tribute to her father

05-Feb-02

Under starter's orders!

Britain's 'rainforests' need protection

04-Feb-02

Stars come out for Sammy

Terror arrest men ready to sue

02-Feb-02

Britain on flood alert

Terror suspects released without charge

01-Feb-02

£10m boost to celebrate region's mining heritage

The home of the future - made from polystyrene!

Jobs lost on historic rail line

January

31-Jan-02

Gun guard as terror suspects face court

'Get Carter gangland killer' bids to clear his name

Queen to open Blinking Eye Bridge

30-Jan-02

Mopping up after the killer storm

Businessman arrested in terror swoop

Final Arnhem pilgrimage planned

29-Jan-02

Seven die as severe gales lash the North

Six held in North-East terrorism raids

English farming 'unsustainable'

Fire HQ on the move from Pilgrim Street

Ban on export of Lewis Carroll’s Alice

28-Jan-02

Tragic death of soccer star’s son

Blue Carpet artwork unveiled

Special Broon in memory of Sammy

Ancient maps on the web

27/01/02

Tornado wrecks homes in Cheshire

26/01/02

Strike hits benefit offices

More rail misery

25/01/02

Braced for gale force weekend

Second day of rail misery

24/01/02

Rail strike chaos for North commuters

23/01/02

Jubilee street parties under threat

UK officially foot-and-mouth free

UK OK!

'My bridesmaids were dolphins'

Hospitals on alert as winter vomiting bug strikes

Wind farm warning to shipping

50 year tax rebate for war veterans

22/01/02

Peggy Lee dies aged 81

21/01/02

Government 'failed to control imports' say farmers

Calling all Butlins Redcoats!

My Sweet Lord tops the charts

Selby crash driver to appeal

18/01/02

Blazing plane goes down as UFO

Suitcase body - man arrested

North hopes for share of oil boom

Rail boom for the North

Horror at 'beauty spot' plan for burial site

16/01/02

Adam And held under Mental Health Act

Milburn's NHS plans under fire

More out of work

15/01/02

Dales paths re-open at last

Disease all clear ends 11 months of hell

12/01/02

Jail sentence sparks anger

11/01/02

Selby crash driver jailed for five years

08/01/02

Blair first leader to visit Afghanistan

Chancellor's tiny daughter dies

1901 census forced offline

QE2 pays tribute to New York

PoWs gather at new Burma railway memorial

07/01/02

Father and son drown in fishing tragedy

Downpours bring relief - but fires rage on

Rail strike chaos

£7m for countryside to fight back

Chancellor's tiny baby baptised

02/01/02

Nightmare continues for Northumberland

Bushfires close in on Sydney

Find your ancestors online

Getting ready to evacuate

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