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Beer festival draws the crowds

Peter Lawson, Durham branch chairman for Camra pulls the first pint at the opening of the annual Durham Beer Festival.

10:56am Friday 3rd September 2010

NEWCOMERS to the North-East real ale scene are already being toasted by fans of traditionally produced beer in the region.

‘Your five-week-old girl is, actually, a boy’

DOCTORS’ ERROR: Baby Dylan, from Brandon, near Durham City, with his parents, Claire Robson and Andrew O’Shaughnessy

8:52am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A NORTH-EAST couple have spoken of their shock after being told that their baby girl is actually a baby boy.

Londonderry statue prepares for return to city centre

DUE HOME: Rose Lees works on the Lord Londonderry on horseback statue, in London, ahead of its return to Durham City next week

9:17am Thursday 2nd September 2010

A LANDMARK statue will return to the North-East next week.

Internet plea over missing reveller

WEDDING MYSTERY: Police search riverbanks near where Stephen Burn went missing

9:34am Thursday 2nd September 2010

POLICE yesterday carried out searches near where a 26-yearold man went missing after a wedding reception.

Concern grows for man missing after Durham wedding

Missing: Stephen Burn

2:16pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

CONCERN is growing for a man who has not been seen by his family since leaving a weekend wedding party after a row with his girlfriend.

Prison officer’s fears after attack

8:23am Tuesday 31st August 2010

A PRISON officer who was attacked with a broken bottle fears he may never work again, The Northern Echo can reveal.

Letter home arrives after 27-year delay

LONG WAIT: Shelagh Lamont, of Newcastle, with a letter sent by theoretical physicist David Fairlie from the US in 1987

8:31am Tuesday 31st August 2010

A LETTER has finally arrived at its destination – 27 years after being posted in the US.

Three men arrested after street stabbing

INQUIRY CONTINUES: A police forensic officer examines evidence at the scene in Selkirk Crescent, Birtley

10:21am Monday 30th August 2010

A MAN who was stabbed several times after he confronted three people trying to steal his van was in a critical condition in hospital last night.

City packed with ‘streets of’ revellers

HOT ACT: Members of The Black Eagles, a Tanzanian acrobatic group, entertain the crowds

12:49pm Monday 30th August 2010

A FREE festival featuring different art forms is continuing in a North-East city today.

Regional fire control room faces the axe in budget cuts

1:29pm Friday 27th August 2010

THE North-East fire control centre is facing the axe, amid claims the Government is preparing to scrap the controversial project.










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