t GOES To , ^ a . North East Weekly Newspaper of the Year C IMPSONCTRAVEL for all your travel needs 4,8, 14 & 16 seats, Wheelchair Ctcatoalt iHerturp Lift, Local & long distance 01388 710605 or 01833 6 6 0 0 8 7 Rules Famous Game • Reared in Ttesdale No. 7825 Price 40p , W ednesday, 7th Septem ber, 2005 Established 1854 A familiar face on market day p6 Boyes to Cash taken shed jobs in in break-in at cost-cutting Dale woman’s miracle restaurant SPICE Island Indian exercise Restaurant in Barnard Castle DEPARTMENT store Boyes is was broken into early on seeking a series of voluntary Thursday morning last week redundancies from its Barnard and a quantity of cash taken. Castle branch. The thieves forced a rear door The Scarborough-based chain escape from hurricane to get into the premises. this week confirmed that it A SURVIVOR of the b y Ashley Marshall And at around 7am the same needs to shed jobs from its catastrophic hurricane morning, a commercial premises that has devastated the father’s house, where she S a f e t y on The Bank, had a rear Horse Market store, which thought she could find safety. window smashed. currently employs 25 full time southern United States The 110-mile journey took and part time staff. was back home in the checks keep The perpertrator is believed to The retailer, which has four dale this week telling of nine hours. have made off over the castle stores in County Durham, is the terrifying days when At 9.30pm on Sunday, August wall. cutting jobs in 10 of its 29 shops 28, Hurricane Katrina struck. n e w p l a y Anyone with information on across the North East and she thought she could Karen said: “Big oak trees were either of these crimes is asked Midlands. die. being pulled from the roots and to contact PC McCauley at Andrew Boyes, the chain’s Karen Morris, 40, from flying around in the air. It was Dark out of Barnard Castle police on 0845 chairman and joint managing Winston Gate, in Winston, fled very bad.” 6060365 or phone director, declined to say how her New Orleans home for Karen spent three days in D o u n d s Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 many jobs would be lost. Mississippi when ordered to darkness in 95-degree heat with where information can be given “There is a general acceptance evacuate the city by the local little water and food because all anonymously. that is in slowdown,” he authorities. power was down. said. However, she still did not The race was on to find a safe escape the storm. place, but petrol pumps were Locked out: Three- Youngster “Like many other retailers we Tens of thousands are feared quickly running dry. year-old Lilly Morris are trying to balance our costs. dead after winds of momentous with stepbrother Josh In the Barnard Castle store our During the early hours of M acDonald TM pic t o o k b i k e costs in relation to our turnover force, coupled with the Wednesday, August 31, Karen are too high.” devastating effects of and her friend were told that a A LEGAL wrangle has kept Parent Lesley Morris said: “Wimpy did not want to enter A GREEN BMX pedal cycle was Boyes has been in Barnard overflowing water barrages, laid petrol tanker was going to make the gates of a new children’s Tt doesn’t seem right that they into legal discussions until the taken from outside a house in Castle since 1983. However, Mr the city to waste. a delivery to a garage 35 miles play area locked over the build the only decent park in construction of the playground Wilson Street, Barnard Castle Boyes said competition in the Karen, who has lived in New away. school holidays. the town and then lock it up, was completed. We are now in on Friday last week. retail sector was forcing Orleans for three years, was in When it arrived, Karen went The play park behind the so kids can only look at it. The the process of completing the The offender was traced and companies to tighten their belts. the Sax department store on the to Houston, Texas, to stay with Bouch Way housing estate, children around here have had handover. spoken to in the presence of “There’s been a huge increase a friend. Barnard Castle, remains nowhere to play over the “There are no major their parents as they are under in floor space built and Karen, who had been due to padlocked despite being school holidays as the park has problems with the site. the age of criminal reponsibility. fly home to County Durham for However, before we can However the pedal cycle is still developed for retail,” he said. completed over two months been closed.” missing. “This does not necessarily a two-week holiday, had her ago. The park is still in the Teesdale District Council formally open the play area we increase demand. The cake is flight transferred to depart from process of being handed over hopes to have the park opened have to carry out our own Anyone with information as to being cut more thinly. Houston airport. from builders George Wimpy to in October. checks on the equipment to the whereabouts of the pedal “Over the last few years, When she got to the airport, Teesdale District Council. A council spokesman said: ensure that it is safe.” cycle are asked to contact PC imports from China have she was distressed by what she Gibbon on 0845 60 60 365. increased and energy costs have saw: “It was not busy - there increased, but prices have was a terrible sense of loss and stayed the same or even tragedy there,” she said. Petrol decreased. S a f e ly “Spirits seemed diminished.” End of Season “You have to sell more just to h o m e : Her worried parents in Hedgetrimmers stand still.” Karen Winston had been in regular from £199.00 CLEARANCE A L V E R T S Mr Boyes said he hoped the Morris email and telephone contact voluntary redundancies could be city’s Fifth Avenue, where she throughout the ordeal. inc. V.A.T. SALE agreed within a month. works as a jewellery manager, Karen now plans to return to ARPETS The manager of the Barnard when the order to evacuate New Orleans on September 18, on all Lawnmowers Castle store said she was unable came. She was just five miles to start rebuilding her life and Electric & Petrol to comment. away from the ‘Superdome’, career. where thousands sheltered for “I don’t know if I’ll have a more than a week. home to return to,” she said. “I think my job may be RICHMOND For Power Tools, Vandals Karen grabbed a few personal relocated. But the company has items from her home in Lake been really good - they’ve set Hand Tools, Hardware WE ARE NEVER target Front and drove north to up a hotline for survivors.” Mississippi - to her friend’s and Gardening UNDERSOLD! church WE WILL BEAT ANY VANDALS have smashed Hotel plans will go on show ALAN windows at a village church, Alan Wadkins Ltd GENUINE PRICE ON causing £381-worth of damage. DEVELOPERS hope to engage preview the facilities on offer at WADKINS Jackson Court COMPARABLE GOODS Four windows at St Osmund’s the whole of Teesdale in plans the planned spa-hotel. Gallowfields to build a lucrative multi­ Proposals include an 18-hole LTD. Trading Estate Church in Gainford were million pound hotel complex championship golf course, S RICHMOND ih damaged in the attack. near Barnard Castle. golfing holiday lodges, a leisure Units 2 & 3 Jackson Court, Father Michael Melia said: Primula Ltd aims to bring club, tennis courts, swimming Gallowfields Trading Estate OPEN 7 DAYS “Mindless people have residents and business on board pool, spa, leisure centre and an Richmond, DL10 4FD. catapulted stones at the in their bid to transform the in-house team of beauty Tel: 01748 823525 20,000 roll stock includes Wilton and Axminster 80% windows and smashed four of therapists. wool, 20% nylon, Shag pile, Twist Pile, Shadow Pile, them.” former Humbleton army camp, u which lies off the A67, into a Councillor Newton Wood said: Stainmaster, Berber, Antron, Wool Velvet, Cord Police have increased their 120-room hotel and golf course ‘The facilities and opportunities Carpet, Vinyl, Laminates, Natural Weaves etc. checks in the area, particularly employing over 200 people. that this would bring are vital SUMMERTIME at weekends, and have carried Construction work could to the future development of a at out high visibility foot patrols begin early next year if the market town.” Prices from 99p-£29.99 sq. m. during the evenings. development meets planning Previous plans for a similar SWALLOW PC Jeremy Downing, who is -HOTELS & INNS - THE regulations. development on the site were The Best Guarantee leading the investigation, said: Business leaders and approved in the early 1990s SWALLOW GEORGE CLEARANCE OF ROLL ENDS AND “This kind of anti-social Teesdale residents will be able when landowners George and REMNANTS PERFECTS AND SECONDS AT behaviour is generally caused to view detailed proposals in an John Richardson gained HOTEL by a small minority but will not exhibition by Darlington permission to build a 28-room Piercebridge-on-Tees GIVEAWAY PRICES! be tolerated.” Anyone with hotel, golf course and 73 Expert fitting service available • All work Guaranteed information about the incident architects Niven and Niven, It just gets better and better! developers Primula and Club chalets. + Underlays from £1 to £3 sq. yard can contact Barnard Castle Domaine who will be appointed The development was police on 0845 6060365. to run the hotel complex. eventually shelved due to the Stunning riverside gardens and private island for bar meals Contract carpets, Shops, Offices, Pubs, Hotels etc. The exhibition at Witham economic impact of foot-and- or just a drink Vodka theft Hall early next month will mouth in the region. 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