UK and Regional news
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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