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Jobs-axe firm now cancels hampers
BOSSES at global manufacturing company Black & Decker have been branded tight-fisted Scrooges after cancelling a long-standing Christmas handout for ex-employees.

Redundancy gives workers opportunity to go it alone
A FORMER Black & Decker worker hopes to inspire former colleagues to pursue new careers after starting his own business.

Thousands more jobs on the line
THOUSANDS more jobs are at risk as a result of Black & Decker's decision to switch power tool production abroad, the region was warned last night.

24 hours from total wipeout
BLACK & Decker's North-East plant was saved from closure with only 24 hours to spare by a massive Government "sweetener", The Northern Echo can reveal.

'This is the world we live in'
WHEN The Northern Echo asked the Prime Minister about the jobs blow at a Press conference yesterday, this is what Tony Blair said:

Dreadful day when the dream of a job for life finally died
IT WAS the news they had all dreaded and many expected. But the announcement that hundreds of jobs had been axed still left Black & Decker's workforce devastated.

Team's task will be to lift gloom
FOR the hundreds of workers at Black & Decker it will be hard to see a silver lining in the dark cloud which hangs over them today.

Boarded-up shops provide tell-tale sign of bleak days
AMONG the row of boarded-up shops in Festival Walk shopping parade is a sign that contradicts its bleak surroundings.

Ashen faces as the news broke
Peter Tennick is one of the part-time workers at Black & Decker who now face redundancy. Here, he relives the morning leading up to yesterday's announcement.

The latest body blow to hit town
THE announcement of job losses at Black & Decker is the latest in a series of body blows for the tight-knit community of Spennymoor.

Words of anger and sympathy as an industrial tragedy unfolds
This is was the reaction from leading figures yesterday:

Job losses a 'tragedy' - PM
Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the job losses at Black & Decker are a "tragedy" for the workers.

Workers' mood grim
There was a grim mood as stunned workers at Black and Decker were given the devastating news.

Black & Decker wields the axe
Electrical goods giant Black & Decker is to axe almost 1,000 jobs and transfer work to the Czech Republic, the company announced today.

Hundreds of jobs face the axe today
WORKERS at Black & Decker were last night facing a crushing blow with hundreds of jobs at its North-East operation poised to be axed.

How much more can one small community take?
ROBBED of its prosperity by a decade of decline, the proud County Durham community of Spennymoor must be wondering how many more economic blows it can take.

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