SCOTTISH Under-21 skipper Steve Caldwell emerged as an unlikely hero on his first senior start with the goal which booked Newcastle a fourth-round Worthington Cup clash against Birmingham. United had thrown away a 3-0 lead against battling Bradford and
NEWCASTLE boss Bobby Robson last night saluted debutant hero Steve Caldwell. The 20-year-old Scot answered an SOS call from Robson after Aaron Hughes was sent home before the game with flu - and grabbed his chance by scoring United's winner in a seven-goal
FERRYHILL Town Council says setting aside land for a housing estate would solve two problems at one stroke. The council has submitted proposals on what it would like to see in the Sedgefield borough local plan review, which will determine how the area
SCOTTISH Under-21 skipper Steve Caldwell emerged as an unlikely hero on his first senior start with the goal which booked Newcastle a fourth-round Worthington Cup clash against Birmingham. United had thrown away a 3-0 lead against battling Bradford and
MO Mowlam wants a woman. The local party bigwigs are desperate for a local man or woman. But tonight, the ordinary rank-and-file of Redcar's Labour party get their first chance to size up the possible successor to their irreplaceable local MP. Ever since
MORE than 400 people filled Richmond's St Mary's Church yesterday for the funeral of Lady Serena James, who died last week months short of her 100th birthday. Members of the St John Ambulance formed a guard of honour in tribute to the woman whose name
A CUSTOMER who followed an armed robber fleeing a dales village cycle shop, was praised by a crown court judge yesterday. Judge Denis Orde congratulated Michael Leatherland for his "public spirited" action in driving after the robber, who was armed with
BRYAN ROBSON'S belief that the vast majority of Middlesbrough fans are firmly behind him will be put to the test when Arsenal visit the Riverside Stadium on Saturday. Boro's Worthington Cup third-round exit at the hands of First Division Wimbledon piled
A POWER failure brought yet more disruption to the rail network in the North-East last night. Darlington's Bank Top station was plunged into darkness at 3.30pm. British Transport Police were forced to clear the station of passengers and staff. Although
HARTLEPOOL United striker Craig Midgley yesterday pressed his claims for a starting berth at Scunthorpe on Saturday with a double-goal salvo. Midgley bagged a brace in Pool's 3-3 reserve team draw with Hull at Victoria Park and with boss Chris Turner
POLICE are appealing for information after the homes of two pensioners were hit by fire. It is thought children could be behind the two incidents, in the same Redcar road within an hour, An outhouse of a house on Westmoreland Road, on the Lakes Estate
Darlington manager Gary Bennett yesterday signed striker Kevin Kyle from Sunderland on a month's loan - but his search for a permanent solution to his side's lack of goals goes on. Stranraer-born Kyle, 19, has just returned from a month's loan at Huddersfield
VICTIMS of domestic violence will be able to reach a variety of services thanks to a one-stop service due to open in Stockton. The Stockton Partnership on Domestic Violence is hoping to open its doors next year, offering practical and emotional support
A COUNCIL has vowed to keep a close watch on an ambulance shake-up to see that it delivers promised improvements in emergency response times. Seaham Town Council and about 6,500 people in the area, opposed plans by the North-East Ambulance Trust to close
Musical sisters Laura and Debbie Bury, starred at a top youth festival. The pupils from Teesside High School, Eaglescliffe, scooped first place in the piano duet category at the Teesdale Music, Speech and Drama Tournament. Laura also won Young Musician
Yates' Wine Lodge, in Skinnergate, has withdrawn its application to Darlington Borough Council for permission to open until 1am on Thursday nights. Police had objected that it could increase the level of disorder, and residents had presented a protest
Freezing conditions are forecast to grip the centre of Middlesbrough this winter The town's Victoria Gardens are set to disappear under 80 tonnes of ice as it recreates an old-fashioned Christmas. The new mini ice age will run from November 20 until January
A SELF-CONFESSED chatterbox is facing the ultimate challenge of keeping quiet for a full 24 hours. Michelle Beach, 30, a Cleveland Police Authority administrative assistant, has made a vow of silence in a bid to raise money for the Breakthrough Breast
The Grenfell Club in Redcar has reopened following a National Lottery sponsored refurbishment programme. Home for Cleveland Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults, it was awarded £256,000 in January. The building, in Ridley Street, is the
AN EXHIBITION of stained glass reflecting on the theme of good neighbours has been unveiled. Pupils from seven schools in Gateshead yesterday met the borough council's director of education Brian Edwards at a special viewing of their glass work at the
A RETIRED engineer who handed more than £156,000 to a woman he met through an escort agency told a court yesterday he wanted her to be his companion. Percy Young said he gave Vivianne Windley £6,000 as a gift because he thought it was a way of starting
A SALES manager for a medical firm has been chosen by Liberal Democrats to fight the Durham seat at the next General Election. Carol Woods, 45, is responsible for device-maker Medtronic's neuro-vascular business in Britain and Scandinavia. She will take
PEOPLE living in Sunderland who would like to become childminders can now get grant aid. Sunderland's Early Learning Years Development and Childcare Partnership has funding available to help new childminders start up in business. A £200 start-up grant
AN exhibition of stamps with a difference is being held in Darlington Art Gallery. Film buff Tony Hillman is displaying his stamps, all of which are connected to the movie world. Tony, from Darlington, has an extensive collection of film memorabilia,
CONSTRUCTION of the new road and bridge across the River Tees that will form part of a missing link between Ingleby Barwick and Stockton town centre is due to start next week. Birse Construction Limited have been awarded the contract for phase three of
A NORTH-EAST city was bursting with civic pride last night after scooping its second national award in two months. Hot on the heels of its success in the Britain in Bloom awards - it was voted best large city - Sunderland's Tourist Information Centre
BUDDING young sports stars have been given a helping hand by Richmondshire's local authority. Hockey player Emma Pledge, karate kid Amanda Ilsley and rugby player Daniel Miller have already represented their country in their chosen fields. But the costs
ANOTHER candidate has stepped into the race to become Mo Mowlam's replacement as Redcar MP. Darlington Borough councillor Lee Vasey has been a member of the Labour Party Parliamentary panel for the past 18 months and has been a Teesside magistrate for
YOUNGSTERS at Darlington's Raventhorpe Preparatory School now have the use of a new library, thanks to the fantastic fundraising efforts of their parents. The school held a millennium ball in June, for parents, organised by Marina Collins, which raised
PLANS for a multi-million pound freight terminal at Teesside Airport, which could bring up to 6,000 new jobs to the region, finally look set for take off. Deputy PM John Prescott gave the go-ahead for the £340m scheme a year ago, overturning a public
FOOTBALL facilities in Hartlepool could get a boost if a council bid is approved. Hartlepool Borough Council has submitted a bid for £2.7m from the Football Association's National Games Board. The council has worked with the Durham Football Association
STOCKTON Borough Council has been criticised for not explaining to residents why it carried out thousands of pounds of repairs on pavements damaged by a telephone company. The council paid £330,000 to repair pavements dug up by ntl, amid claims the damage
A mayor is making history by marching with Second World War veterans on Remembrance Sunday. Councillor Kath Bevington, an ex-RAF clerical worker, now the Mayor of Middlesbrough, is leading a procession of ex-service personnel and cadets to lay wreaths
PASSENGERS on the East Coast Main Line are facing further disruption as a result of major engineering work in the wake of the Hatfield crash. Railtrack is to replace more than seven miles of track between Durham and Darlington after tests found it was
IN MIDDLESBROUGH in the late 1970s, there was a youngster who was such a prolific offender that today he would be given one of those silly "Boy" tags and have his nickname all over the papers. He was eight when he became a one boy crimewave. He was on
POLICE were last night evacuating scores of homes in east Cleveland as the floods crisis worsened. Villagers in Skinningrove were being moved to a school in neighbouring Loftus as emergency services mounted a full-scale rescue operation. Earlier, off-duty
Sven-Goran Eriksson has declared his determination to win over the critics opposed to the appointment of an overseas England coach. The Swede gave an accomplished, if characteristically unspectacular, performance in his first public appearance since agreeing
FUEL protestors promised last night there would be no repeat of the fuel refinery blockades which crippled Britain in September. The pledge came as Home Secretary Jack Straw outlined plans to MPs for protecting petrol and food supplies and safeguarding
PARENTS were urged to keep their children indoors last night after an horrific attack on a woman by a pack of savage dogs. Mother-of-three Narinder Kaur was rescued by workers who fought the pack with scaffolding pole. She was left covered in blood from
POLICE in Canada are planning to set up a special team of detectives and medical experts to investigate allegations against disgraced North Yorkshire surgeon Richard Neale. The cases of up to 62 women are due to be examined by detectives in Ontario. The
Alec Stewart showed the strain of becoming an accused man as he issued a passionate denial of allegations that he took money from a bookmaker in return for information on England's tour to the sub-continent seven years ago. Looking drained and tired at
HUNDREDS of Teesside chemical workers have been left in limbo after ICI failed to announce the sale of its industrial chemicals businesses yesterday. There was speculation earlier this week that the chemicals giant would announce the sell-off to Ineos
ARCHAEOLOGISTS were yesterday celebrating the discovery of a long-lost section of Hadrian's Wall - beneath the site of an old fish and chip shop. A two-metre section of the Wall was uncovered during council construction work in the Byker area of Newcastle
THE Duke of Edinburgh braved the cold weather yesterday, when he visited the region to see the oldest British warship in the country. Members of the public and youngsters from the TS Trincomalee Sea Cadets welcomed the Duke to Hartlepool's Historic Quay
A young boy was in intensive care with horrific burns last night after he and two friends were caught up in an explosion. The boys - thought to be two brothers and a friend - were playing in a shed at a house in Stockdale Avenue, Dormanstown, Redcar,
A POLICE officer has told a court how he smashed a car window with his baton, believing the alleged muggers of George Reynolds were about to mow him down. PC Ben Smith, 26, bravely gave chase, after the Darlington FC chairman was robbed of his £41,000
A HEARTBROKEN father told last night how a Halloween game of trick-or-treat ended in tragedy when his four-year-old son was killed in a road accident. Luke Donaldson, of The Crescent, Chester-le-Street, was killed while enjoying Halloween antics with
TRIBUTES have been paid to a teacher who devoted 26 years of her life working with children with special needs. Jenny Burt, who lost her battle with cancer in the early hours of Tuesday morning, was acting headteacher at Bishopsmill School, Norton, Stockton
ONE of Britain's first heart-lung transplant patients has realised her dream to become a mum. Mandy Andrews, 33, underwent the operation in Newcastle's Freeman Hospital 14 years ago. She had always dreamt of becoming a mother but was warned it might be
People are urged to be wary of thieves selling stolen packets of bacon to feed their drug habit. The warning comes after a chain of shops in the region had to save its bacon by locking stocks away in the back of the store after a spate of thefts. Tom
OUR national obsession - the weather - gets its fair share of web space and more and more information can be found online. At the Met Office official site, www.meto.govt.uk, the national weather forecast can be read with the help of colourful graphics
LOOKING back at last weekend, I'm very disappointed that we didn't come away with a result or two. The team played very well in Sheffield on Saturday night and we were unlucky not to win the game in the third period. We dominated the Panthers on Sunday
SCHOOL children are remembering the victims of war and persecution ahead of an exhibition devoted to Anne Frank. Pupils at 76 schools in County Durham are planting cherry trees in memory of the Jewish schoolgirl and the millions of others killed in conflicts
A SPECIAL guy made by a group of special children will grace a town's giant bonfire on Saturday. Children at Beaumont Hill Special School, Darlington, have put the finishing touches to Millennium Guy, who will be placed on top of the bonfire at the Century
A FOOTBALL fan has hit out at his own supporters' club after it failed to back his autobiography. Paul Hodgson's book, Flipper's Side, is a tale of the life of a disabled fan battling against the consequences of childhood meningitis, and the prejudices
AN adult education scheme is appealing for volunteers to help tutor students in Teesdale. The Leap Adult Education Centre, in Barnard Castle, needs more staff to help hundreds of adults, who take basic training courses to improve literacy and numeracy
A POLICE officer has gone back to school to teach youngsters how to avoid trouble on the dark winter nights. Acting Sergeant Phil Kell has been giving advice on avoiding anti-social behaviour and under-age drinking to 1,000 pupils at Pelton Roseberry
A FORMER East Durham school has been badly damaged in an early morning blaze. Appliances from Peterlee and Seaham attended the fire at the disused Easington Colliery Infants School, in Seaside Lane, on Tuesday. The two-storey building has not been in
POLICE are appealing for relatives of a Teesside man found dead in his home to come forward. Neighbours raised the alarm when they realised Charles Glover, 72, of Rosedale Crescent, Loftus, had not been seen over the weekend. Police broke into his house
A DERWENTSIDE youth club was celebrating a double cash windfall this week. The recently-opened heritage display of photographs at Consett YMCA has received a £500 grant from County Durham Foundation to help organiser Billy Robson expand the exhibition
FEARS over dust contamination near a private hospital have failed to halt plans for a concrete plant to be built. Work on the £8.1m hospital, at Morton Park, Darlington, began earlier this year, raising concerns from councillors about Tarmac Northern
WHARTON Construction, the Darlington-based building and civil engineering contractor, has won a County Durham Environment Award. The award was presented to the firm in recognition of its work on the restoration of the historic Market Cross building in
VISITORS to a health roadshow yesterday were able to try everything from non-alcoholic cocktails to a health check. The Health and Welfare Roadshow took place at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, in Darlington. Health and social care students worked
PLANS to reinforce land at a Quaker burial ground to form a car park have been rejected. The Friends Meeting House, in Skinnergate, Darlington, said the site would only be used for parking "occasionally" by older members of the congregation. But Darlington
A COUPLE spent four hours trying to rescue their cockatiel from a tree, without success. Freddie escaped from its home, near North Park, Darlington, on Monday night, and is believed to be still in the area. Owner Brenda Hall saw the bird up a tree in
SOME of the top directors' posts at a district council could go as part of a shake-up in the way the authority is run. A meeting of Wear Valley District Council will be held at the Civic Centre, in Crook, on Monday, to discuss the management restructuring
LITTLE Anna Reed swept the board in a dancing competition to round off a wonderful year. The talented four-year-old, from Baltimore Road in Darlington, has won six trophies at the Middlesbrough and Cleveland Dance Festival. In four competitions since
A DECISION on who will run the new Transpennine Express rail franchise moved a step closer yesterday as a shortlist of four firms, two from the region, was drawn up by the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority. The franchise will run services linking the North-East
TALENTED youngsters have taken to the stage at a music, speech and drama festival. Dozens of children gathered at Teesdale Comprehensive School, Barnard Castle, to compete for trophies in a range of performing arts. The Teesdale Music, Speech and Drama
Alan Shearer yesterday urged English fans to back Sven Goran Eriksson, even though he admitted: "It's a shame the job has not gone to an Englishman." Former England skipper Shearer echoed the views of his Newcastle boss Bobby Robson following the FA's
WONDERBRA model Adriana Sklenarikova and her footballer husband, Christian Karembeu, will certainly get a warm welcome from neighbours of one Darlington house they have viewed. The 28-year-old Slovakian beauty was thought to be unhappy with their move
CABLE TV and telecoms company Telewest Communications is to buy rival firm Eurobell from Deutsche Telekom for £250m. Telewest, based at the Team Valley in Gateshead, currently supplies 1.6 million UK households, but it will extend its reach across southern
A TRIP to buy a car turned into a money-spinning experience for a pensioner, who went home with £2,000. Mary Errington, 78, of Brookfield, won the windfall in a promotion organised by CD Bramall's Cargo Fleet Lane branch, in Middlesbrough. She entered
POLICE have renewed a public appeal to help trace two robbers who carried out a vicious attack on a pizza delivery driver. The attack happened in the early hours of Saturday after a telephone order was made to Rumblebelly's Pizzeria, in Bondgate, Bishop
A woman has been forced to pawn her pension to pay more than £13,000 for two vital hip operations, because she could not bear to wait in pain for 18 months on the NHS. Without the surgery, Elizabeth Gardiner, 54, would have been forced to give up her
