Thornaby manager Neal Granycome is thinking of quitting after his side threw away a two-goal lead and lost 4-2 at Billingham Town on Saturday. Granycome blew his top with his side's second half performance, although he was also angry about the injuries
The Government's review of gambling laws has recently come into force, with one of the major impacts for casinos being the abolition of the rule that new members have to wait 24 hours prior to gaming. The resultant call from casino operators to "come
A FORMER television soap star is under investigation by police and trading standards officers after allegedly conning dozens of would-be models. An aspiring model said actor Phil Foster, who played Christian Wright on Brookside, promised her modelling
A woman appeared in court today charged with murder as detectives continue trying to piece together the final movements of her former partner. Louisa Ovington appeared before magistrates in Peterlee charged in connection with the death of father-of-three
Homes are needed for two veterans of the greyhound track, now long past their racing best. RSPCA rehoming officers are seeking caring owners for the greyhounds,which are being looked after at Deerness Kennels on the outskirts of Durham. Both male dogs
AN elderly woman and her older brother were robbed by two men who forced their way into their home, where one began acting like a dog. The men knocked on the door of the home of the 90-year-old woman and her 93-year-old brother, then pushed past her and
An investigation into the mysterious sinking of a fishing boat off the North-East coast is continuing. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch, part of the Maritime Coastguard Agency in Southampton, is carrying out an inquiry into how the Norwood came
MARTIN SCOTT admits he is sick of using the same script each week. The frustrated Hartlepool United boss is seeing the same things happen to his team week in, week out and he is running out of fresh words to describe it. Almost 12 months ago, Pool's then
As a child, Sheldon Hall was taken with a group of friends to the pictures at the Carlton in Front Street, Tynemouth. The cinema has long gone, replaced by an estate agent's office, but the memory of the film he saw lingers on. He was only seven or eight
A WOMAN was being questioned by detectives last night after a man died of a knife wound. Police said the 27-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder after the death was discovered yesterday. An ambulance crew and police officers were called to a mid-terrace
Both of Darlington's new forwards impressed on Saturday, leaving David Hodgson delighted with his teenage strikeforce. Loanees Paul Hopkins and Kyle Lafferty came into the team as direct replacements for Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu and Tresor Kandol but the
Cleadon SC strengthened their grip at the top of the table with victory at Teesside Athletic who started the day in third position. With both sides eager to give little away, it was no surprise just one goal settled the result and it was Cleadon who celebrated
Gimme Shelter, who shaped as though coming to hand at Market Rasen last time, has plenty going for him in the BBC Radio Newcastle Handicap Chase over three miles and six furlongs this at Newcastle racecourse this afternoon. Assuming the course passes
A PUB's real ale enthusiasts are preparing to travel far and wide to search for the perfect beers to bring back. Drinkers at The Beamish Mary Inn, in No Place, near Stanley, County Durham, will head for places such as Lincolnshire, Bradford, Huddersfield
IT seemed somehow fitting that the plaudits to Alan Shearer were led by two players who know exactly what playing for Newcastle United is all about. Shay Given is in his ninth year at St James' Park, and Lee Clark is the one Newcastle player who was on
BLAYDON missed the chance to close in on the National League Three North leaders when they went down 21-20 at home to promotion rivals Bradford. Blaydon, two places behind their second-placed opponents from Yorkshire, fell behind in the tenth minute when
A SHELL-SHOCKED Gareth Southgate last night denied his Middlesbrough side had suffered from a lack of desire during Saturday's FA Cup upset at Nuneaton. The Teessiders could only draw 1-1 with the Nationwide Conference North part-timers, despite standing
AFTER the initial excitement of Alan Shearer's magnificent achievement of scoring 200 goals for his hometown club has died down, the grim realisation will remain that a Magpies side costing in excess of £30m struggled past the fifth worst club in the
IAN YEOWART is a man on a mission. The managing director of Grand Central Railways (GCR), based in York, is desperate to turn his dream of running new train services into a reality. GCR, which says it can run trains without subsidy, plans eight trains
PHIL Stamp may have been a suprise choice to turn out in goal for Darlington on Saturday - but it wasn't the first time he has appeared between the sticks. With no recognised goalkeeper on the bench, Phil Stamp volunteered to replace the injured David
A LONELY Brussels sprout has raised £1,550 for a cancer charity. Last week, bidders on Internet site eBay were at war over who would buy the Teesside sprout - named Nicholas - and the price spiralled. Nicholas is the second North-East sprout to be sold
A TALK on the wildlife of the island of Mull takes place later this month. Barry Bishop has visited the island every year for the past 30 years. His talk, at the Galtres Centre, Easingwold, on Friday, January 20, at 7.30pm, will also cover some of the
THE search to find an alternative to kennels led a North Yorkshire woman to set up a business. Yvonne Housby, from Thirsk, did not want to leave her dog, Benson, in kennels when she went away on holiday. As she looked for an alternative, she came across
A NORTH Yorkshire authority is reviewing its policy on 'whistle-blowing'. Ryedale District Council is expected to adopt a policy, which has been drawn up by its solicitor, Anthony Winship. It would provide protection against reprisals or victimisation
TWO large cranes have been erected as work gets under way on a £60m building scheme for a York college campus. The 37-metre and 28-metre cranes will be used in the construction of York College's Sim Balk Lane campus. Work, which is being carried out by
Local historian Lorne Tallentire is to speak to Teesdale Heritage Group on Wednesday at 7.30pm in Middleton-in-Teesdale village hall. Visitors are welcome. Entry costs £1, which includes refreshments.
Thornaby manager Neal Granycome is thinking of quitting after his side threw away a two-goal lead and lost 4-2 at Billingham Town on Saturday. Granycome blew his top with his side's second half performance, although he was also angry about the injuries
A CAMPAIGN is being mounted to put a halt to littering and fly-tipping in North Yorkshire's streets, after the disclosure that it is costing taxpayers £2m a year. The project being launched to combat the problem involves borough and district councils,
A JUDGE criticised for not sending a drug dealer to prison was last night backed by a penal reform group. Judge Guy Whitburn came under fire from anti-drugs campaigners and politicians for sparing Thomas Scarth, 19, from custody when he said jails were
MORE than half a million pounds is being given to voluntary and community groups in the North-East - with young people's groups taking most of the money. In the latest round of Awards for All grants, 123 Lottery handouts worth a total of £510,589 have
THE outstanding achievements of youngsters at a high-performing school have been recgonised at a ceremony. Students of Carmel RC Technology College, in Darlington, were joined by parents, staff and special guests for the annual presentation evening. The
SKIN nurse Carol Mills-Field is finally enjoying building relationships with her patients. For years, the former anaesthetics nurse worked in a job where the public could never remember who she was. But now she has joined Darlington Primary Care Trust's
A MECHANIC died after veering off a country lane as he tested a customer's vehicle. Gavin Langford, 25, crashed yards from the Reg Vardy garage where he worked. The Smart Roadster he was driving swerved off the road and flipped onto its roof as he negotiated
Behind the success of the world famous Yorkshire tea rooms, Bettys, lies a story of grit, determination and luck. But who was Betty? Women's Editor Linday Jennings reports. IT was the night of December 20, 1890, in the Swiss village of Wangen-an-der-Aare
A COUNCIL is being urged to oppose controversial plans by the Government to introduce an ID card for everyone. Durham City Council will vote tomorrow whether to affiliate with the No2ID campaign that includes MPs, Peers, other councils and some political
AN overgrown patch of land in a village conservation area will be protected after the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister threw out development plans. Last March, Sedgefield Borough Council refused planning permission for two detached houses behind The
A WOMEN'S group is celebrating a new chapter in the life of its church by making a stunning baptismal banner. Members of the Mothers' Union at St James' Church, in Coundon, emptied their sewing boxes of buttons and fabric to create the banner, which was
THE first ban on street drinking in the Durham City district is is expected to win final approval from councillors tomorrow. Durham City Council will be recommended to introduce regulations making it illegal to drink alcohol in public places in Sherburn
NAKED people will be strolling down the high street in a North-East city this week. However, they will not be starkers, but wearing nude suits, to promote the work of Spencer Tunick at the Baltic arts centre, in Gateshead. The performers, from the Natural
A TERRIFIED teenager has hit out at police after she said officers failed to respond to her 999 cry for help. Sarah McPherson was violently assaulted on Saturday night by two bike-riding youths who smashed her head against a wall. The traumatised 17-year-old
A LIMITED number of places are available on coach trips in aid of a Teesdale cancer charity. A London Weekend Break is taking place on February 10 to February 12 staying at the Tower Hotel, with transport from Barnard Castle, Staindrop and Darlington.
A WOMAN was being questioned by detectives last night after a man died of a knife wound. Police said the 27-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder after the death was discovered yesterday. An ambulance crew and police officers were called to a mid-terrace
A MATCH-WINNING strike in front of the Gallowgate end where he stood as a fan - Alan Shearer couldn't have written a better script himself for his 200th Newcastle goal. According to the Newcastle skipper there is no better place to be a number nine or
A sex-change woman was hounded to death by bigots, her dad has claimed. Kali Bomar, 41, was once Mark Evans but had a full sex change 12 months before she was found dead in her flat in Whitby, North Yorkshire, on December 18. Her dad, Jim Evans, is convinced
As part of The Northern Echo's Lifeblood campaign, which aims to encourage people to give blood, here are details of forthcoming donor sessions in the region. Today * Social Club, Dean Terrace, Main Road, Ryton (Central). 3pm-7pm. * Red House Community
If Darlington are to achieve anything this season then it appears they are going to have to do it the hard way. Quakers have scored an unwanted hat-trick by losing their No. 1 goalkeeper, their best defender and their leading scorer in Sam Russell, Joey
A 50-year-old man accused of being the notorious Yorkshire Ripper hoaxer known as ''Wearside Jack'' today denied perverting the course of justice. John Humble, of Flodden Road, Sunderland, was charged in connection with a series of letters and an audio
A BRAVE couple have told how they saved their neighbours from their blazing home. Laura Bryant, 26, and Mark Robinson, 29, woke at 3am to see neighbour David Potts and his young daughter, Amy, trapped by a fire in an upstairs bedroom. While Miss Bryant
IT was the night of December 20, 1890, in the Swiss village of Wangen-an-der-Aare and the smoke could be seen pouring out of the home of the miller and master baker, Johann Butzer. Amid the flames, Johann grabbed his five-year-old son, Fritz, by one hand
Detectives are hunting a violent robber who chased a woman through the streets and pinned her to the ground at knifepoint. The 33-year-old woman was walking close to Middlesbrough town centre at about 7.50am on Saturday when the robber pounced, grabbed
TWO Army instructors accused of bullying a soldier at a training centre may face a court martial, it was revealed last night. The Army Prosecuting Authority will decide whether there is sufficient evidence for a case to proceed after Private Darren Jacques
A LORRY driver fled the scene of an accident after ploughing through a family's garden wall. Mother-of-six Danielle Welsh was in her living room while her 18-year-old daughter lay asleep upstairs when they were woken by the noise. But seconds after the
DOWNCAST Ritchie Humphreys admits his Hartlepool United team-mates are hurting after suffering another defeat. Losing at Yeovil was their 12th reverse of the season and their seventh away from home. He said: "We are not going to make excuses, we are where
The closure of a bus depot has been labelled a fresh blow to the region's rural public transport. Arriva has announced that it will close its depot in Richmond, North Yorkshire, from March 4. The firm will continue to run services between Darlington,
BEFORE Saturday, Kyle Lafferty and Paul Hopkins had never even met. It was only after manager David Hodgson was faced with a striker crisis that the pair crossed paths for the first time, briefly on Friday, after moving up to the North-East on month-long
When Sheldon Hall first saw the film Zulu it so stirred his schoolboy imagination that, years later, he has written the full story of the making of the movie. He talks to Steve Pratt. As a child, Sheldon Hall was taken with a group of friends to the pictures
AFTER weeks of festering discontent, more than a thousand travelling Teessiders finally witnessed a Boro display to be proud of at the weekend. They were privy to a performance that bristled with passion, a desire to win every tackle going and a refusal
A NIGHT after booking a spot in next month's British Basketball League Trophy final, Springfield Honda Newcastle Eagles were overpowered 79-72 by Noray Properties London Towers. For the first time this season the Towers have a healthy roster and it showed
A CHARITY for adults with learning disabilities has submitted a planning application for its new £400,000 headquarters. The plan for the workshop, office and store for the Chopsticks charity, based in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, has been recommended
FOOTBALL means a great deal to the passionate people of the North-East. And it doesn't matter whether they happen to support Newcastle United, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Darlington or Hartlepool - all true football supporters will rise to pay tribute
PASSPORTS: THE Government is intending to introduce compulsory interviews for all first time passport applicants. No longer will it be possible to simply send a form and pictures via the Post Office or in the mail. Instead, in a response to a question
A CONVICTED rapist has been found dead in his cell at a North-East prison - three weeks into an eight-year sentence. The Home Office confirmed 67-year-old Barry Taylor was found by staff at Holme House Prison, in Stockton, on Saturday morning. Last month
EDUCATION chiefs were embroiled in a fresh dispute with governors last night after formally rejecting a multi-million pound school expansion. Darlington Borough Council confirmed it would not support governors' proposals for Hurworth School to stay in
A SCHEME to target disorder at a city's taxi ranks has been hailed a success. Over the New Year period, police officers marshalled the busiest queues in Sunderland. Northumbria Police said the scheme, backed by Sunderland City Council, made queuing safer
POLICE are hunting a group of men who forced a taxi driver out of his vehicle and stole it. Six men were picked up in J and P Taxi office, in Lord Street, Redcar, east Cleveland, and asked to be taken to Hemlington, Middlesbrough. As they drove along
FIREFIGHTERS say an overnight blaze at a farmhouse could have easily ended in tragedy. A couple in their 60s were woken at about 2.30am, on Saturday, by the sounds of the fire at Pea Farm, Oxhill, Stanley, County Durham. They managed to get out of the
A LIMITED number of places are available on coach trips in aid of a Teesdale cancer charity. A London Weekend Break is taking place on February 10 to February 12 staying at the Tower Hotel, with transport from Barnard Castle, Staindrop and Darlington.
PLANS for a former bakery to be transformed into apartments and shops look likely to be rejected by councillors. The proposals would see the site on Parkgate, in Darlington, accommodate 14 apartments and two retail units. They are due to be considered
EMBROIDERERS in Darlington are preparing for a year of celebrations to mark 100 years since the founding of the Embroiderers' Guild. The guild was founded on January 12, 1906, and on the anniversary on Thursday, the Darlington branch members will have
A LIBRARY will reopen today after undergoing its first major refurbishment since the 1970s. Cockerton Library, in Darlington, had been closed since the end of November for work on a new heating system, lighting, electrics and flooring. But the doors of
A COMPANY finance team turned its attention away from the business books and towards sponsorship forms in aid of a national charity. Colleagues from property, energy and waste management firm HJ Banks' head office, at West Cornforth and friends raised
REDEVELOPMENT of the former Consett steelworks site is set to take another step forward, with a plan for 60 houses. Derwentside District Council has given Project Genesis planning permission for building on 5.2 acres of the 700-acre site, near Fell View
COMMUNITY leaders have welcomed the prospect of a village's first new homes for more than quarter of a cent-ury. It is hoped that the proposed housing estate in Trimdon will breath life into its ageing community and struggling local businesses. George
A MECHANIC died after veering off a country lane as he tested a customer's vehicle. Gavin Langford, 25, crashed yards from the Reg Vardy garage where he worked. The Smart Roadster he was driving swerved off the road and flipped onto its roof as he negotiated
TWO closed-circuit television cameras are to be installed in Spennymoor town centre to improve public safety and crime detection. The surveillance cameras will be placed on 10m columns near Bishops Close Health Centre and at the junction of Armoury Street
CONTROVERSIAL planning applications for the development of a community building in Sedgefield village have been withdrawn. Sedgefield Town Council had applied for planning permission and listed building consent for a three-storey side extension to Ceddesfeld
NEWLY-CROWNED regional cross country champions Sunderland Harriers were made to struggle for their third consecutive Start Fitness North-East Harrier League victory after a poor turnout on home ground at Farringdon. The Wearsiders were expecting to call
A CONVICTED rapist has been found dead in his cell at a North-East prison - three weeks into an eight-year sentence. The Home Office confirmed 67-year-old Barry Taylor was found by staff at Holme House Prison, in Stockton, on Saturday morning. Last month
POLICE staff are taking to the streets to ask the public about their priorities for policing. Community safety officers, special constables and back-room staff from North Yorkshire Police will be conducting surveys until January 20. Deputy Chief Constable
A DISPUTE over trees shading nearby properties has ended in a decision to fell one tree, while preserving two others. Harrogate Borough Council officials recommended councillors to approve a tree preservation order on three Norwegian maples near Clifton
PEOPLE can learn how to research family history on the Internet with a course at Durham Gilesgate Sports College, Bradford Crescent, Gilesgate, that starts on Thursday, January 19, between 7pm and 9pm. For further details or to enroll, call Diane Mahoney
A FAMILY is offering a cash reward to get back their much-loved pet dog, which was stolen from their garden. Tayler, a West Highland white terrier, was taken from the Tennet family's home in Norham Avenue North, South Shields, on Tuesday, December 14.
PEOPLE will have to get their skates on if they want to visit a temporary ice rink. Polar Productions set up the rink in Mowbray Park, Sunderland, last month. It has been a big success but it is due to close at 8.15pm on Sunday. A spokeswoman for Sunderland
COMMUNITY leaders have welcomed the prospect of a village's first new homes for more than a quarter of a century. It is hoped that the proposed new housing estate in Trimdon will breath new life into its ageing community and struggling local businesses
PLANS for 39 apartments for older people in a North Yorkshire town looks likely to be approved. However, planners at Hambleton District Council have warned that several amendments need to be made to the design of the "extra-care" apartments, in Easingwold
A LONELY Brussels sprout has raised £1,550 for a cancer charity. Last week, bidders on Internet site eBay were at war over who would buy the Teesside sprout - named Nicholas - and the price spiralled. Nicholas is the second North-East sprout to be sold
THERE are increased fears a serial sex attacker may be on the loose in one of the region's cities after a third victim has come forward. Police have urged women in Ripon, North Yorkshire, to be on their guard after a spate of sex attacks in the past fortnight
NORTHWICH Victoria donned similar green and white hooped shirts to those worn over the years by renowned FA Cup giantkillers Yeovil Town. Thankfully for Sunderland, the comparison ended there. Neill Collins, with his first for the club, Dean Whitehead
AFTER dispatching of Conference North side Northwich Victoria with relative ease yesterday, Sunderland boss Mick McCarthy was targeting a home game of much greater difficulty last night. Premiership champions Chelsea are the Black Cats' next opponents
A CHILDREN'S television actress has told how she nearly died in a road accident. Kim Tserkezie, who plays Penny Pocket in the hit BBC show Balamory, was thrown from her wheelchair when the taxi she was travelling in braked to avoid hitting another car
ALAN Irvine, Steve Clarke, Steve Round, Alan Murray and Carlos Queiroz. Many football fans would be forced to thumb through a copy of a footballing 'Who's Who?' to discover where these people work but, according to the likes of Jose Mourinho, Sir Alex
