A children’s hospice has benefited by more than £5,000 thanks to the personal efforts of a regional newspaper editor. Peter Barron, of The Northern Echo, chose The Butterwick Children’s Hospice at Stockton as his charity when he embarked on a
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Frank bows out after a career in football
Frank Johnson has said farewell to The Northern Echo after 45 years service as Sunderland Football Club reporter. Colleagues paid tribute to what editor Peter Barron described as “one of the most remarkable careers in the history of The Northern
Horse racing venture hit by tragedy
Tragedy has struck The Northern Echo’s latest venture into horse racing. Local Heroes, a two-year-old filly named after the paper’s populargrassroots sports supplement, has died. The unraced filly had to be put down on humane grounds after suffering afreak injury.
Press blamed as monkey is elected mayor
No sooner had a monkey been declared the first elected mayor of Hartlepool, than the Hartlepool Mail was being blamed for the main political parties’ electoral demise. The vote saw Hartlepool United mascot Stuart Drummond swept to power ahead of
Footballing "love affair" is set to end
Sitting on a train to Liverpool in January 1959, little did the 18-year-old Frank Johnson realise it was the start of a footballing love affair which would last 43 years. The Northern Echo’s cub reporter had been drafted in to
News photographer's death prompts Government reforms
Health secretary Alan Milburn has told how the death of Northern Echo photographer Ian Weir influenced Government thinking over a historic cash injection for the NHS. Ian died, aged 38, three years ago after waiting seven months for a triple
Echo's football man banned from press box
A football writer has been accused of “mischievous reporting” and banned from the press box of his local club. The Northern Echo’s Darlington Football Club reporter Craig Stoddart is now covering matches from the stands at Feethams. He is taking
"Don't shoot the messenger"- editor
The Northern Echo’s Darlington Football Club reporter Craig Stoddart has been banned from the press box at Feethams and is now covering matches from the stands. Editor Peter Barron said: “In banning Craig Stoddart from the press box at Feethams,
Man with an eye for figures steps down after 25 years
Company accountant Alan Ward has retired from Newsquest North-East after 25 years of service. Alan, (60), joined the company, then owned by Westminster Press, on January 1, 1977 as a management accountant and became company accountant in 1983. Alan said
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A charity cheque for £150 was awarded to Daily Echo Bournemouth staff swimmers for raising the second greatest sum of money at the Poole Lions Swimathon event.The swimmers, Judith Barton, Roan Fair, Amanda Langton, Scott Harrison, Rolf Niven and Paul
Award-winning supplement in new edition
The 16th annual edition of the North-East’s award-winning leisure guide has been published free with The Northern Echo. Northern Leisure 2002 features 670 places in six different regions. For the second year, it includes Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester and Chester, as
Echo's Reading Room bid
The Northern Echo launched an online book club the Reading Room in time for World Book Day. It helps celebrate the fact that millions of people in Britain and around the world love books. Membership in the Reading Room is
By the way Peter – you'll be making a speech for the PM…
Editor Peter Barron found himself having to make an impromptu speech in front of the Prime Minister at a Downing Street reception this week. Along with other editors from the regional press, he had been invited along to meet the
Online Mandelson scoop for the Echo
The Northern Echo has landed an online scoop by getting former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson to launch an Internet initiative. New media editor Sarah Andrews persuaded Mr Mandelson to launch ‘The Interview-e’ and put himself foward to tackle questions
Fans answered via web
Fans of Darlington Football Club have been given unique access to the club’s controversial chairman through an Internet initiative at The Northern Echo. The chairman, multi-millionaire former safe-cracker George Reynolds, was placed in the firing line over the team’s performance
Reporters find babies for sale
The regional press has joined the nationals to condemn the trade in selling children. Two of the first out of the blocks to test the water and seek a baby over the Internet were The Citizen and The Northern Echo.