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• Hasselbaink predicts big future for Downing

  JIMMY Floyd Hasselbaink has predicted Middlesbrough team-mate Stewart Downing will become an England ever-present in the not too distant future. read more

• Youngsters step out to see Busted

  TWO youngsters were given the chance to see a top band after winning a competition. read more

• Switching the lights - fantastic

  A NORTH-EAST market town has attracted one of the biggest names in the country to turn on its Christmas lights. read more

• Win Ottakar's local range

  OTTAKAR'S Bookstore in Darlington has unveiled an exclusive new range of local history products. The range of books, stationery and gifts has been produced with publisher Francis Frith, and will be appreciated by anyone with a love of Darlington and its rich history. The range is headed by a brand new, fully illustrated history of Darlington. There is also a quiz book, So You Think You Know Darlington?, filled with questions about Darlington and its history, and a Darlington Miscellany full of fascinating facts. The range also includes notebooks, an address book, a calendar and day book, and mounted prints of some local scenes. There are also drinks coasters, a jigsaw and a snow globe. Prices range from £3.99 to £14.99, and the whole range is available instore now, only at Ottakar's, Darlington. read more

• Taxi driver loses six teeth in robbery

  A TAXI driver lost six teeth in a shocking attack when two customers turned on him and stole his takings. read more

• Cancer patient's family not happy with care

  The family of a terminally ill cancer patient has said she has been let down by the health service by its failure to provide her with night care. read more

• Remand prisoner freed in error turns up for hearing

  A REMAND prisoner released by mistake turned up to court for his trial yesterday. A warrant for the arrest of Stephen Reddington was withdrawn after he arrived at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court, County Durham, to plead guilty to behaving violently in a police station. read more

• Eating Owt: Where they don't do dead

  "Marley was dead to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it... Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." read more

• Campaigners bitter at loss of hospital

  CAMPAIGNERS say they feel bitter that facilities provided by a 100-year-old hospital have not been saved. read more

• Students get the chance to quiz MP

  MORE than 20 politics students from Darlington will travel to Westminster tomorrow to question their MP about the workings of Parliament. read more

• Students get the chance to quiz MP

  MORE than 20 politics students from Darlington will travel to Westminster tomorrow to question their MP about the workings of Parliament. read more

• Criticised council sets out its plans for recovery

  A COUNCIL that was heavily criticised after a Government inspection has unveiled its plans for recovery. read more

• Warning over fax number cash scam

  BUSINESSES on Teesside have been targeted as part of a fax machine scam. read more

• Appeal for phones to aid charity funds

  SHOPPERS are being urged to help a charity campaign. read more

• Appeal for phones to aid charity funds

  SHOPPERS are being urged to help a charity campaign. read more

• Tributes paid after death of golf pro

  TRIBUTES have been paid to a professional golfer who has died. read more

• Cats appeal

  Wear Valley and Darlington Cats Protection is asking people to support its Feed A Cat appeal this Christmas. read more

• Bid to stop smokers' litter

  SMOKERS will be encouraged to dispose of their litter responsibly this weekend. read more

• Trio on reserve team duty

  DARLINGTON trio Craig Hignett, Curtis Fleming and Adolfo Gregorio will step up their recovery from injury at Doncaster Rovers tomorrow. read more

• Cash boost for N-E schools

  Thousands of North-East schoolchildren have been offered the prospect of 21st Century facilities to replace their crumbling classrooms. read more

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