The Northern Echo Darlington Sunday Invitation League The preliminary and first round matches in The Northern Echo League Cup turned out some surprising scorelines and proved to be very fruitful for Third Division sides as four of them knocked out Second
A POLICE inspector fondly known as the Sheriff of Saltburn is retiring after 34 years in the force. Dave Sadler joined Yorkshire's North Riding force as a cadet in 1967 and later moved to Saltburn, where he spent half his career. Insp Sadler, who is married
Hathaway Auckland and District League Once again, Saturday's programme was hit by waterlogged grounds. In the league, with Darlington RA. on cup duty, Shildon Railway and Cockfield had a chance to cut their lead at the top but both lost. Shildon Railway
COUNCILLORS in Durham are raising no objection to plans to increase the size of a factory shopping complex. Two years ago, Durham City Council opposed the development at Dalton Flatts, Murton, claiming it breached planning policies and could hamper developments
By Andy Brown AN AIR of crisis settled over Feethams this week. Darlington's inept display in Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by league leaders Chesterfield proved the final straw for many fans. Demonstrations against Quakers' manager Gary Bennett and multi-millionaire
A MASSIVE public consultation involving Darlington people aged 50 and over has been launched in an effort to make life easier for older people in the borough. The aim of the project is to give people a voice in the development of an integrated strategy
HIGH-technology is being hailed as a major success for its role in the continuing fight against crime in the Hambleton area. The spy camera networks in both Northallerton and Thirsk were used in almost 800 incidents over the past 12 months - a 75 per
CIU Individual League In the round robin games played at Crowtrees none of the players came away with maximum points. In the first game Peter Laverick and John Hall, both from the host club, met with Laverick scoring a comprehensive victory in the first
MOST parents of young children will confess to feeling anxious about the MMR jab. For we are the ones who must take them to the doctor's surgery for the injection and then hold them tightly on our knee, reassuring them that everything will be all right
Durham League MIDDLESBROUGH Mavericks are enjoying a solid first season and gained a brilliant 89-82 win after a fiercely competitive battle with neighbours Teesside Huskies A in the Division One derby at Middlesbrough College. Mavericks got off to a
Durham County Durham gained a morale-boosting 19-17 overall match win over Suffolk at Ipswich, receiving three bonus points for reaching 19 sets in their British Inter-Counties Championship, Division Two match. Durham's ladies got off to a flying start
THERE was double joy for safety engineer Steve Linfoot yesterday. Following the news that production of the new Micra was coming to Nissan's Wearside plant, where he works, Mr Linfoot also learned he had been nominated for a bravery award for his work
Masham-based Ritchey Tagg's UK sales manager John Robinson has been selected to represent Great Britain in Olympic Skeet (clay pigeon) Shooting at the World Championships to be held in Cairo, Egypt from May 3-9. An amateur with a hectic full time job
Worthington CIU Winter League Cockton Hill put pressure on leaders Old Shildon after they only dropped one point to the visiting Shotton Palms and closed the gap at the top to one point. Kevin Mordica put the Hill ahead but John Armstrong levelled. The
A MUSIC conductor has retired after 30 years at the helm of one of the county's favourite bands. Mr David Lewis said he has enjoyed many happy memories during his time as bandmaster of Northallerton and District Silver Band. "The time has come for someone
UNCERTAINTY this week surrounded the future of the post office in Yarm. Town councillors were told the building was for sale, either as a going concern or as property only, prompting fears that the town could lose its only post office facility. Sub-post
Auckland and District Ebac Youth League Bishop Auckland made it four wins in as many games with a crucial 3-2 victory at home to rivals Crook Town in Saturday's top-of-the-table clash. This was a first defeat of the season for Crook, who had won their
PLANS to demolish a former nursing home and build four houses on the site are still awaiting approval. Darlington Borough Council has been asked to approve the proposal for the former home in Carmel Road North, in the town. The site has previously been
HAUGHTON Community School's under-15 boys volleyball team have reached the quarter-finals of the national volleyball championships after winning the northern regional heat. The Darlington team travelled to Warrington to compete against teams from Manchester
Olympic 200m breaststroke silver and bronze medallist and a former triple European champion, Nick Gillingham, will be demonstrating his skills and helping the youngsters during the Northumberland and Durham Counties ASA's annual residential development
A SERIES of events to remember those persecuted throughout the last century is to be held in Durham. Holocaust Memorial Day, this Saturday, will be marked by a lecture and service organised by Durham Diocese, to be held in Elvet Methodist Church Hall,
PROTESTING Quakers' fans could face a life ban from their home ground under new tough measures announced by the club's new director of football. The move follows the controversial announcement of a ban on all unaccompanied under-18s without season tickets
A TRAGIC young artist who touched the hearts of thousands of wellwishers after he was left paralysed by a freak illness has lost his six-year battle for life. Wayne Neilson died in his mother's arms in the special suite at the back of the family home
COLLEGE board member Ken Handley will be well known to future generations of students. Mr Handley, 83, who received an MBE in the New Year's Honours List, has had a room named after him in the new drama suite at Bishop Auckland College. The distinction
A CAMPAIGN to get a better swimming pool is gathering pace in Guisborough. A high-profile meeting has been set up to consider a funding bid, and more than 5,000 people have signed a petition calling for either a radical upgrade or a completely new pool
A NORTH Yorkshire hill farmer's plans to establish a closed herd based on breeding Beef Shorthorn cross sucklers has been temporarily thwarted by a run of bull calves - but his success in finding a premium market for those Beef Shorthorn cross steers
Sir, - It has come to light, via a member of the public, that negotiations have been taking place since November 30 between Richmondshire District Council and Croft circuit about an out of court settlement to be paid to Croft circuit. These monies are
British Eventing (former BHTA). - Jan 27/28, Feb 17/18 and Mar 4: Cross country clinics, Helen Bell, Manor House, Newsham, Thirsk. Tel: 01845 587207. Charity sale. - Feb 19: Tack and tog sale in aid of the Riding for the Disabled Association at Great
Darlington Church and Friendly League FIRST round matches in the Archbold Trophy were finally completed with one or two unexpected wins. Only one game went into extra time - at Brinkburn Road where Darlington RA Youth took on Darlington Model T in what
GREEN-fingered volunteers are needed to help plant trees on a village green this weekend. Environmental group, the Acorn Trust, is planting trees at the millennium green at Craghead, near Stanley, County Durham, which was created several years ago to
A TEESDALE man who has worshipped and served in the same village church throughout his life is to be honoured by being made an honorary Canon of Ripon Cathedral. Mr Rex Lowson, aged 69, who was made an MBE in 1998 for voluntary work in Teesdale, is being
There's nothing quite as satisfying as an unpleasant soap character getting a good thumping, especially when it happens in front of a large crowd of regulars in the local pub. The person on the receiving end of policewoman Angry Angie's fist in Emmerdale
GUISBOROUGH has won an opportunity to pilot a pioneering regeneration scheme for market towns. It has been chosen as one of six to test a scheme that could bring in millions of pounds to the region. A meeting has already been held to help Guisborough
CALLS for parking spaces not to be reduced in Richmond town centre have been backed by the town council. As part of the recent review of the local plan, the district council offered to limit the reduction of parking spaces in the town centre to 20pc.
MEMORIES of the Holocaust were evoked in school assemblies designed to keep the past alive. Throughout this week, assemblies at Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough, were being devoted to the memory of those who died in Nazi death camps. The series of
TWO men were arrested last night after a high speed chase during which a car was driven the wrong way down the A1. A police Volvo pursued the red Saab 900 from Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, to the Dishforth turn-off when it turned and briefly drove
POPULAR North-East childrens author Terry Deary hopes to leave kiddies speechless with his latest project. The Horrible Histories writer has persuaded children that history can be fun - now he wants them to keep a sock in it to help raise money for Macmillan
SIX months into 'new ownership,' one of the nation's premier treasure houses of art this week sees the arrival of a new director to oversee collections which are deserving of acclaim as much for their diversity as for the great individual pieces they
Crook and District Veteran North-East runner Kevin Archer is aiming for world and European honours this year after being ranked top in six events in the region last year. Archer, 47, won a silver medal at the European Veterans championships at Finland
NORTH Yorkshire tenant farmer Mrs Rosey Dunn has been named the North-East's farming woman of the year in the NFU president's awards. Mrs Dunn, who farms at Stockton on the Forest, near York, juggles the responsibilities of motherhood with running a mixed
BANK customers are giving a much-needed helping hand to a hospice which has become their unofficial pet charity. A cheque for £1,418.36 was handed to officials of St Cuthbert's Hospice, Durham, by staff from the city branch of the Co-op Bank. It represents
SENIOR police chiefs have hit back at criticism of their record on race relations and the recruitment of ethnic minority officers. North Yorkshire Police was branded 'the weakest link' on these issues by Government inspector Dan Crompton, of Her Majesty's
ELECTIONS came early this year when years 2 to 6 were involved in the democratic process to announce the launch of their pupil council. Children of nominating and electing candidates to stand on the pupil council as part of their PSHE topic. The candidates
A CANCER scare around jet aircraft emissions has fuelled health fears in a village under the flight path of Teesside airport. Coun Doris Jones from Middleton St George said: "Around the time when the airport expansion was being discussed there was a worry
CROFT Circuit, near Darlington, could miss out on hosting a round of the 2001 British Superbike Championship for the third year in a row. Series organisers British Motorsports Promotors have recently announced the revised dates with a number of major
Sir, - I am pleased Mr Benn (D&S, January 19) agrees with me that "it is widely known that the hourly rate payable shall not be less than the national minimum wage". Can he therefore explain why the Post Office (a department of government) is saying
THE internationally renowned Chetham's Symphony Orchestra is to play in Durham Cathedral in aid of the Children's Society on February 14. The orchestra will play the overture of Hansel and Gretel, Horn Concerto No 2 by Strauss and Symphony No 2 by Brahms
BUYING a sheep is like buying an unlabelled tin of fruit, according to one industry expert. "You might think you are getting a peach but you are more likely getting a lemon," said Mr Dewi Jones. "Unless you have a label you have no idea what you are getting
Two pupils at the Kirkham Abbey Performing Arts, in Malton, will share the title role when the musical Annie is staged at York Theatre Royal next month. Lauren Hood and Gemma Kirk will appear as America's favourite little orphan on alternate performances
YOUTHS in Hartlepool are playing "musical chairs" with police by moving from one area to another to congregate, according to officers. Speaking at a police and community safety forum meeting in South Hartlepool, Sergeant Chris Pendlington and Inspector
A DISPUTE between members of a church congregation over the removal of pews has finally been resolved by a Consistory Court. Holy Trinity Parish Church, at Startforth, near Barnard Castle, has been given permission to remove four pews installed in 1956
A RURAL skill dating back more than 6,000 years is being revived by a group of North Yorkshire craftsmen. The art of coppicing and the making of hurdles is thriving for Mr Chris Morley in the North York Moors national park village of Nawton, near Helmsley
THE public are being invited to contribute their views on the future of two of Newcastle's markets. The city council has involved a team of specialists to look at ways of making improvements to the council-owed Greenmarket and Grainger Market. The 1970s
FULL-back Chris Makin put himself in contention for tomorrow's FA Cup clash agisnt Ipswich, starting for the reserves last night after missing the last three games with a hamstring injury. But his presence failed to inspire a Sunderland side who lost
MORE than 200 dignitaries, friends and colleagues attended a retirement party for Mrs Elizabeth Conran who retired last Friday after 22 years as curator of the Bowes museum in Barnard Castle. Mr Richard Hobson, paintings conservator at the museum, and
COUNCILLORS voted last night to cut subsidies to an under-used leisure centre so they can save £300,000 a year. The reduction in funding for the Spectrum Leisure Complex, in Willington, will mean closing its loss-making 70-metre ski-slope and a former
FRENCH international Christian Karembeu yesterday pinpointed the reasons why Middlesbrough were forced to bring in Terry Venables after going into freefall under Bryan Robson this season. Boro, unbeaten in eight matches since Venables arrived, have taken
TONY Booth, father of Cherie Blair, is taking part in a pensioners' rally at the Coatham Bowl, Redcar, along with BBC Radio Cleveland presenter Alan Wright and leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Councillor Dave Walsh. The rally is being organised
Harrogate has been challenged by a civic leader to follow the public example of a spa rival and raise money to save one of its architectural gems. The town faces an £8.5m repair bill for its crumbling Royal Hall Theatre, just as Buxton, in Derbyshire,
TO the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle the other evening, to sweep through the newly widened main gateway (the better to admit coaches carrying visitors from afar),to wonder yet again at the floodlit French magnificence of the building ....and then inside
BISHOP Auckland edged another step closer to moving to their new ground after Kingsway officially went on sale this week. Bishops need the income from their part of the sale of the ground to go towards the funding of their proposed new ground at Tindale
Darlington chairman George Reynolds has banned unaccompanied youngsters from supporting their team from the home end. Mr Reynolds was the target of protests from fans during Saturday's defeat by Chesterfield. He left the game in the second-half, fearing
A COUNTY Durham play equipment company has won a contract to construct an unusual softplay area. Play Concept of Stanley has won the deal to construct the Body Parts softplay complex at the new- look Waterworld in Prudhoe, Northumberland. Specialists
A FORMER soldier was totally "bamboozled" by a woman's claim that he had dragged her down a dark driveway and tried to rape her, a court heard. John Terence Ellison, 31, said he was just being a friend to the 23-year-old and ensuring she did not "get
YEAR six children from Cestria Primary School were invited to learn about safety at the Durham Safety Carousel, in Sacriston. The workshop was full of different activities to educate children about the dangers of electricity, fire, drugs etc and to inform
ON January 15 and 16, pupils at Ingleby Arncliffe Primary CE School took part in an educational visit to Middlesbrough Football Community Centre, at Eston. After warm-up exercises, we tackled obstacle courses and practised shooting at goal, among a range
RAY Lowden visited the school with seven of his beautiful birds of prey from Kielder Birds of Prey Centre in Northumberland, and gave a presentation for the Year 6 children as part of their topic on woodland habitats. Mr Lowden is a handler. He also rears
a banner manufacturer flew the flag for the business community as it celebrated a major expansion creating eight new jobs. Consett company AA Flags Ltd has opened new premises at Park Road North Industrial Estate, doubling its workspace from 1,500 to
FROM this newspaper 100 years ago. - The best-loved Queen that has ever reigned has passed away. Swiftly has the dread messenger come, and the greatest monarch of the greatest Empire the world has known has answered the call, and her people in every land
SCULPTORS across the North could be invited to submit their ideas for a work of art to mark the millennium. Artist Mackenzie Thorpe had hoped to design a statue of a shepherd and his sheep - based on a popular painting which adorned Christmas cards sent
THE conservation efforts of a mother and son partnership saw them win the North-East biodiversity award. Mrs Belinda Terry and her son, Will, farm 270 acres at Ravenscar, near Scarborough. They recently featured in the D&S Times when they became an
CYCLISTS claim motorists in Darlington have no respect for people on bicycles - especially the town's taxi drivers. Mr George Clayton, a lifetime cyclist who claims to have clocked up 260,000 miles since getting on his first bike, believes taxi drivers
YOUNGSTERS at a Northallerton nursery got a taste of the Far-East as they celebrated Chinese New Year. Chinese food and music proved a hit with the three-year-olds from Looby Lou's Day Nursery. As well as sampling the food, the children - including Hanna
AN elderly woman spoke of her relief yesterday after a 12-year-old thug who attacked her was order-ed to be locked up for 18 months. But Mrs Margaret Fallon, 70, of Crook, County Durham, said the youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, should have
NORTHALLERTON rider Paul Barker scored a hat-trick of wins over Brian Chandler's excellent courses at Stainsby Grange, Thornaby on Sunday. His first win came on Waterford Lad in the 1.10m open, the pair finishing ahead of Durham's Phillippa McKeever and
Marske manager Charlie Bell will head southwards on Monday night to watch their next opponents, either Marlow or Stotfold. Bell said: "I don't think that either team is too high profile. Before the draw was made, we were anxious to avoid Bedlington, Tooting
GEORGE Reynolds' vision of Premiership football for Darlington was always pie in the sky. But while his methods may seem distinctly off-beat his long-term plan at least has a chance of taking the club forward. Being called the Quakers smacks of being
AN education service on Teesside is celebrating after being rated the best in the country. One of the pupils who epitomises the changes is John, who has become, in educational terms, a reformed character. Twice expelled from his school, labelled "totally
A TEMPTING treat of gigantic proportions is helping an exhibition to take the biscuit. The 'marchpane', a 15in gingerbread biscuit with Tudor icing, will feature in the latest exhibition at Redcar's Kirkleatham Old Hall Museum, depicting the everyday
LIKE so many people at this time of year, we have been putting out food for our garden birds. Our reward has been the antics of a variety of species as they jostle for places only feet from our kitchen window - we've seen lots of blue tits and great tits
WHEN Grand National hero Mr Bob Champion was given odds on his chances of beating cancer, the dye was cast. Linking his battle with the disease to the racing world he loves spurred him on to face the ultimate challenge. He won. And not just the 1981 National
DARLINGTON FC have lifted their controversial ban on under 18s in the Tin Shed - but the move comes with conditions. Chairman George Reynolds announced after the events last Saturday against Chesterfield, that U-18s would not be allowed into the Tin Shed
BEAUTY counter staff will join the Help Hannah Face the Future Appeal by staging a marathon makeover. The event, from 9am to 7pm next Thursday, has been organised by staff at the Debenham's store in Middlesbrough's Hill Street Centre. It was devised by
A MAN dubbed a persistent drunken nuisance to the emergency services was jailed for more than a year yesterday. John Newman, 35, has 218 previous convictions, many for disorder in Durham city centre and for calling out ambulances while drunk. Newman was
HAWES. - Sat. Special show & sale of individual Blue-faced Leics females for Blue-faced Leicester Sheep Breeders' Association. Fwd: 50 sheep. Champion: Lord £1,550 to JT Abberley & Co, Brecon. Hoggs to £1,500 av £301.21 (down £32.08); shlgs to
AN overcrowded school is due to expand after attempts to find a site to build a replacement proved fruitless. The Applegarth Primary School, in Northallerton, is seeking approval for a scheme to build a four classroom extension, two storeys high, to its
PARISH councillors who led protests against controversial development plans in Middleton St George's conservation area say continued development could ruin the area. In the latest scheme, nine homes will be built and the former Ropner Convalescent Home
Redcar and Cleveland Council is set to be one of only a few in the country not raising council tax levels next year. The council - criticised for charging the second highest tax in the UK - is not increasing council tax, while planning to invest in service
INSPECTION week for any school is always a stressful time, but when Government inspectors arrived at Whitecliffe Primary, in Carlin How, east Cleveland, it was also the week of the area's devastating floods. Throughout the week, headteacher Gill Steele
BUDDING athletes have been praised for their outstanding achievement in a cross country championship. Laurence Jackson School, in Guisborough, was delighted with the efforts of its pupils who represented Redcar and Cleveland in the Cleveland school's
MY writer contact in a village near Thirsk has been scooped. After countless hours researching every nook and cranny of his subject and confident - justifiably, because his accomplished book is an intriguing read - that he would one day find the right
AN ambitious community scheme is set to rise from the ashes of Barclay's bank at Reeth, in Swaledale, which closed amid public outrage last year. Proposals to turn the empty building into a community office, providing access to council and other services
THE Greyhound in Ferryhill may not be a football fast track, but it's the pub down the road where Stan Cummins used to drink and he's a local lad made good. Remember Stan? He was the boy wonder, discovered at 11, in Middlesbrough's first team at 18, Sunderland's
THEY say luck comes in threes, and it was certainly true for a Bedale woman who scooped almost £2m on the national lottery. Taxi driver, Mrs Shirley Garbutt, and her husband, Bob, started a lucky week by winning a seven-day holiday to Spain on January
THERE were mixed feelings at a village church on Tuesday following a judgement on changes to its pews. There had been much support and numerous objections to an application by the parochial church council to re-site and rebuild five pews at Holy Trinity
ON the door of the Oak Tree it said "Lounge", though "Lions' den" might have been more appropriate. Mr Luke Raine was Daniel, half Newton Aycliffe the lions. Since Luke wasn't alone, the setting might also have been compared with Shadrach, Meshach and
ON the door of the Oak Tree it said "Lounge", though "Lions' den" might have been more appropriate. Mr Luke Raine was Daniel, half Newton Aycliffe the lions. Since Luke wasn't alone, the setting might also have been compared with Shadrach, Meshach and
A FARMER has claimed a Darlington car park has become an easy target for thieves after his vehicle and clamped trailer were stolen in broad daylight. Mr Phillip Heslop, of Bridge House Farm, Fishburn, near Sedgefield, parked his Daihatsu TDS Fourtrack
A PARISH council has been awarded a grant of £818 towards an oral history project, under the millennium Awards for All programme. Lynesack and Softley has been given the cash for the project, in which a team of volunteers will interview people about their
CHESTER-LE-STREET aim to write themselves into the history books by becoming the first North-East team to reach the last eight of the FA Women's Cup. Standing in their path are Bristol Rovers but Chester's general manager Bill Godward believes his team
FOUR years after it disappeared from the roads programme amid a storm of local protest, the prospect of a motorway between Dishforth and Barton has been revived by consultants who conducted an A1 safety survey. Halcrow has offered the possibility of two
YOU can't bank on anyone to keep a secret these days. Kids, of course, are experts when it comes to letting the cat out of the bag. Only last week, our youngest spoilt a birthday surprise for his uncle. We'd been to buy a Homer Simpson cake - his uncle's
THE STORY of Darlington's rail heritage could transform it into a world-class tourist attraction, aimed at boosting the town's economy. The £3m, five-year plan to transform the town's North Road railway centre and museum will try to bring the past to
A YARM Saddle Club member is warning other riders of a scam which duped her out of an entry free for a bogus competition series. Yvonne Brookes saw the Royal Wembley Masters Series 2000/01 advertised in the claiming dates of the Yorkshire Post last year
FEVERISH speculation surrounds the race for one of the North-East's safest political seats after Chester-le-Street MP Giles Radice announced he is standing down. The region's longest-serving MP ended months of speculation and revealed on Friday that he
MOVING tributes to the courage of a gifted young artist who lay paralysed for six years before his death last week, were paid at his funeral yesterday. The 200 mourners who packed into a County Durham church to remember 31-year-old Wayne Neilson were
THE Yorkshire Dales national Park authority is set to throw its weight behind proposals to reinstate the Wensleydale railway line. A meeting of the full authority at Hawes on Tuesday is recommended to declare its support for the Wensleydale railway company's
Junior round-up Billingham Wildcats charge for the Women's Division One North title contined when they comfortably defeated Whitley Bay Squaws 9-2 on Saturday. Wildcats went ahead through Vanessa Hill but Squaws levelled through Claire Oldfield. Before
Ashley Air Products Over- 40s League premier champions Billingham Wanderers drew at home to third-placed Marden, a game which proved a disappointment for Billingham as they dropped two points while Marden were happy with a point from a game they thought
RESIDENTS of a tiny Yorkshire Dales village are furious that the spring water supply they have enjoyed for many years is being replaced by water piped in at a cost of £37,000 per household. The work to install the 4.5km pipeline to connect Caldbergh,
THREE budding dance stars got the chance to shine as they took a taste of national fame. Young pupils from a Great Ayton dance school were seen by millions of viewers last Friday as they appeared in the Michael Barrymore show, My Kind of Music. Four-year-olds
A TOWN is aiming high to improve the quality of life for its residents. Middlesbrough Borough Council aims to achieve 12 goals including cutting school truancy and raising classroom standards. It also plans to get more people off the dole and into work
A WENSLEYDALE artist has exhibitions in York, Leeds and London over the next two months, with the last to be opened by the Prince of Wales. Tim Slatter, an etcher whose studio is in Askrigg, starts exhibiting tomorrow at the Pyramid gallery in Stonegate
WHILE the south froze and racing was off last Saturday, the north came up trumps with Catterick providing an interesting card for TV viewers as Lingfield was again full of icy lumps. The real surprise for us was not so much that we had racing here, but
A SCHEME to cut down trees in two areas of Newton Aycliffe has been defended after residents expressed concern yesterday. George and Mima White were distressed to see workers chopping down the trees near their homes. The sheltered accommodation at Bluebell
A FIVE-YEAR development plan has been drawn up with the aim of attracting thousands more visitors to a Darlington railway museum. The draft plan highlights improvements that could be made to boost the appeal of the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
CHEAP-RATE travellers are being reassured that they will not be hit by new national standards. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is informing its 14,000 concessionary travel scheme members that their benefits will not be jeopardised when the rules
A YOUNG North Yorkshire motorcycle racer is planning to take on some of the best young riders in the country after taking delivery of a brand new Yamaha 600 in order to contest the inaugural 2001 British Junior Superstock Championship. James Brackenbury
'YOU are the weakest link, goodbye,' were the famous and fatal words heard by contestant Mrs Barbara Galloway recently, before she stepped back and promptly fell off the podium on the top-rated TV show. But Mrs Galloway, who together with her friend,
FOOTBALL: Newton Aycliffe have resigned from the Auckland and District Ebac Youth League. They have withdrawn after players failed to turn up for matches and training. "I have had my guts ripped out," said club chairman and Under-18 team manager Joe Blackett
ELEVEN students from a Teesside sixth form have scored a best-ever record with offers of places at Oxbridge universities. The principal of Prior Pursglove College, Guisborough, Stephen Whitehead, said that the superb success rate reflects the commitment
AN INVESTIGATION is under way after a suspected carbon monoxide leak left a nursing auxiliary on the brink of death. Vera Walker suffered a seizure on Monday when she was overcome by what the family believed were toxic fumes from a central heating boiler
Sir, - I am tired of reading in the press and media about how modern farming practices are damaging our native wild bird population. Removing livestock and letting the landscape go wild does not necessarily mean the bird population will increase. The
After months of struggling against floods the region's match anglers enjoyed a rare weekend of normal winter level on the rivers. Big catches returned to the Ure during a cracking Ripon Piscatorials Open boasting 11 double-figured nets, writes JEFF HERBERT
Thursday's prices Kenneth Wilson, Thorp Arch. - Wheat: Jan £69; Feb £70; March £70. Barley: Jan £70; Feb £70; March £71. Oilseed rape: Jan £127; Feb £128; March £129. GrainCo, Tyne Dock. - Wheat: Jan £70; Feb £70; March £71. Barley: Jan £71; Feb £71;
NORTHERN farmers have been urged to take advantage of funding aimed at helping them to diversify their business. Many farmers are being forced to look at alternative means of income, according to rural business advisers, and, whether it is capital to
A MOTHER has made a heartfelt plea for the return of her son's moto-cross bike, stolen only days after he bought it. The woman, who does not want to be named, said her 15-year-old son was sickened by the theft last Tuesday night after saving £450 over
A MAN has been remanded in custody following the discovery of a body on North-East farmland last month. Robert Sutherland, 35, of Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, is accused of murdering Mark Anthony Corley between July 7 and December 14. Corley, 22,
BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 9 calves, 1,284 sheep. Bull calves to £150; hfrs to £68. Store hoggs to £38; std to 116.2p av 110.6p; med hoggs to 117p av 111.7p; hoggs to 110.5p av 108.2p. Cast ewes: Mule to £42; Cont to £47.50; Swale to £24
THE Prime Minister paid tribute to Nissan's victorious North-East workers last night for taking on the world and winning. Tony Blair hailed staff at the company's award-winning Sunderland plant for beating off competition from France to build the next
A MOTHER and daughter team are on the cutting edge of business. Ann King, 47, and her daughter Joe, 25, have used their experience and their special relationship to open The Cutting Room hair salon in Cleveland Street, Redcar. Mrs King and her daughter
The following Redcar and Cleveland councillors are holding surgeries: Today: Keith Pudney, Guisborough, Chapel Beck Community Centre, 6-7pm. Tomorrow: Garth Houchen, Longbeck, Marske Leisure Centre, 11am-noon; Brian Hogg, Brotton Library, 10.30-11.30am
NEWCASTLE chairman Freddy Shepherd last night admitted Ruud Gullit would probably have left the club even if his gamble to drop Alan Shearer had paid off. The Dutchman relegated the £15m striker and partner Duncan Ferguson to the bench for a Premiership
SUNDERLAND footballers Alex Rae and Jurgen Macho joined hundreds of schoolchildren in a special screening of a new film tackling the issue of racism. Scottish midfielder Rae and Austrian goalkeeper Macho attended the Wearside premiere of Disney movie
A SOUTH African national was stopped at British customs trying to smuggle almost £60,000 worth of drugs into the country, a court heard yesterday. Karel Van Heerden, 37, was arrested at Newcastle Airport carrying a locked suitcase containing suspect packages
KEVIN Phillips is ready for a head-to-head clash tomorrow with Marcus Stewart, the striker who threatens his England ambitions. Phillips won the battle of the big guns when Sunderland walloped Ipswich 4-1 on New Year's Day. Now he's poised for another
A MAN is taking legal action after a one-inch drill bit was left in his tooth following a trip to the dentist. Colin Grey was left in agony and lost his tooth after the fragment of drill was left sticking into his gum. While on a trip to visit his mother
DARLINGTON'S newest hospital has appointed a chief. Anne Rhodes, 39, has been appointed managing director of Woodlands Healthcare, the company behind the £8.1m Woodlands Hospital, due to open at Morton Park in the summer. Anne moves to the region from
four years after an arson attack almost destroyed his fledgling recycling firm, Teesside businessman Paul Morgan is seeing it thrive again. Roseberry Recycling has attracted significant investment from venture capitalists Northern Enterprise (NEL), to
AN EAST Cleveland wood is to be given protection. Errington Woods at New Marske is to get protected status in a structure plan mapping out areas for development on Teesside. John Lowther, director of the Joint Strategy Unit, authors of the plan, said:
A NORTH-EAST woman has spoken of the second distressing incident to hit her family in two months. Margaret Parkin, of Redwing Rising, Guisborough, east Cleveland, is becoming increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of her 82-year-old father, George
A group of year six children experienced an educational cruise down the River Tyne, aboard the boat Island Scene. The trip began at Newcastle Quayside opposite the old Baltic Flour Mill and headed towards the river mouth. During the cruise, a running
THE first car ever built on the production line at Nissan Sunderland was a white Bluebird saloon. Nissan was taking no chances. Quality control - the bugbear of the British motor industry for decades - had to be paramount. That's why the car was more
A YOUNG Thirsk swimmer was in tremendous form last weekend, returning from the Nottingham open meet with four gold and one silver medal. Ten-year-old Mark Wilkinson, who is only 21 days into his first year of open competition with the Thirsk White Horse
