MIDDLESBROUGH last night agreed a £2.5m fee with Charlton for defender Luke Young. The England international was at Boro's training ground yesterday and is expected to become Gareth Southgate's third permanent signing of the summer within the next 48
SERGIO Garcia holds a two-shot lead after the first two rounds of The Open Championship, but reigning champion Tiger Woods will have to perform weekend miracles if he is to retain his hopes of claiming a third consecutive crown. Garcia remains on six
OFFICIALS warned people to heed warning signs installed as a town clears up after flash flooding. Jim Dillon, chief executive of Scarborough Borough Council, said members of the public had reportedly ignored signs and entered dangerous, flood-damaged
A forklift driver threatened a former colleague with a pickaxe handle for tampering with his sandwich more than two years earlier. Furious George Johnstone tracked down bricklayer David McBeth, who was working on a building site in Houghton le Spring
A STUDENT who started a sinister 16 year stalking campaign when she fell for an academic mentoring her during work experience has today been found guilty of harrassment. Anna Smirnoff, then a trainee psycologist at Newcastle University, was supervised
A football coach who hit his fiance over the head with a pottery lamp as she slept has been spared jail. Julie Embleton, 44, realised Stephen Smith, 39, had attacked her when she woke up with her head covered in blood and the broken lamp lying
IF Graeme Storm thought his Open Championship nightmare couldn't get any worse then his second round ended in further disappointment today. After finishing Thursday with a frustrating seven over par, the Hartlepool golfer suffered more embarrassment
SERGIO GARCIA'S SECOND ROUND: Hole 1: 406yds Par 4 Missed fairway left and shanked second shot into the thick rough on the right of the green. Produced a sensational chip to within a foot of the hole and tapped in for par. 4 Hole 2: 463yds Par
SERVICES today resumed on a railway that was closed when a gas tanker plunged 50ft from a bridge onto the line. The Weardale Railway in Wolsingham, County Durham resumed services after the tragic death of Peter Williams following Wednesday's accident
SERGIO Garcia has carded a level-par round of 71 to maintain a two-shot lead in The Open Championship. The Spaniard remains at his overnight total of six-under-par following a gritty second-round display at Carnoustie. Garcia birdied both of the course's
A 19-YEAR-OLD girl has today been jailed for four years after she admitted texting a friend moments before she caused a fatal road accident. Rachel Begg, who had previously pleaded guilty to causing causing death by dangerous driving, used her phone
CRASH investigators are continuing to trawl through evidence from over a hundred people who witnessed the horrific bus crash in Hartlepool last week. The two most seriously injured youngsters are still recovering in James Cook University Hospital. One
A PONY has been slashed in a sickening attack. The grey, Arab cross called Popeye suffered a puncture wound to the centre of its spine, an eight inch slash towards its rear and a further three inch slash towards the tail. The pony was attacked at Claphow
DOCTORS in the region believe a greater willingness to come forward for checks is one of the reasons for a big increase in sexually transmitted infections. New figures saw a 15 per cent surge in the five most common sexually transmitted infections
A JOBLESS 23-year-old has admitted he was responsible for a campaign of tyre slashing in a market town. Darryl Baker, of Greenhowsyke Lane, Northallerton, pleaded guilty to 23 charges of criminal damage at Northallerton Magistrates Court this morning
A TEENAGE driver who admitted causing a fatal accident whilst sending a text on her mobile phone will be jailed later today. Rachel Begg, 19, pleaded guilty to causing the death of grandmother Maureen Waites, 64, by dangerous driving at Newcastle Crown
Carmel cream off the honours LAST year they had Dame Tanni Grey- Thompson to do the honours, accompanied by a two-year-old daughter who by every account regarded mum as a particularly user-friendly sort of climbing frame. This year it was to
GRAEME STORM was still limbering up for his second round of the Open Championship when overnight leader Sergio Garcia made an early slip up this morning. Garcia, six under after Thursday's first round, had failed to find the consistency of yesterday
Norton and Stockton Junior Football Tournament THIS Sunday Kebbell Homes is sponsoring the Norton and Stockton Ancients Junior Football Club Tournament at the Stockton Sporting Complex,home to the club. Club Chairman,Mike Mulligan,says gThis
TWO Gateshead College students are bidding au revoir to the North- East as they head off to coach football in the South of France this summer. Tony Coe and Alan Oliver,from Washington,are traveling to La Carabasse holiday camp in the South of
THERE are a number of journeymen professionals who can spend an entire career in golf trying to play in a major tournament.More specifically,the Open Championship at the home of golf,St Andrews. This week Hartlepool 's Graeme Storm has been rubbing
BRADLEY Saunders is stepping up his preparation for the World Championships by flying to China to face the fighters most likely to be challenging for gold. The South Durham ABC boxer is off to an intensive England training camp this weekend in
A WOMAN and a baby were among those who had to be rescued by firefighters as flash floods wreaked havoc in several villages last night. A freak rainstorm, which lasted for about 30 minutes shortly after 7.30pm hit several communities in North
LAST year they had Dame Tanni Grey- Thompson to do the honours, accompanied by a two-year-old daughter who by every account regarded mum as a particularly user-friendly sort of climbing frame. This year it was to have been Chris Cook, the double
HOW refreshing to see Phil Wilson, the Labour candidate in yesterday's Sedgefield by-election, at our new banner parade (Echo, July 12). It is hoped that, if elected, it will be the first of many to Trimdon Station and Deaf Hill. It is a pity
I THINK Peter Dolan (HAS, July 12) must have lived in another country when we had 18 years of Tory rule. He states that under Labour, the pensioner's lot has gone backwards. Consider the following: heating allowance now £200 for couples and £100
I HAVE read about the unrest of some Sunderland fans with regard to the signing of Michael Chopra. Maybe he is a Newcastle fan, but we should give him the benefit of the doubt. Have fans forgotten what our "Messiah" - Bob Stokoe - did for our
WATCHING a recent episode of Taggart, the TV police series, made me realise that a number of years had passed since the original Taggart was on the force. Applying this principle to our local police forces led me to speculate on other possible
I HAVE read on numerous occasions over the past few months concerns regarding the risks to pedestrians from cyclists in Darlington's redeveloped town centre. On a recent shopping trip, I found very little evidence of this. A bigger concern in my
MIDDLESTONE Moor Workingmen's Club, Spennymoor, held a charity evening on Saturday, July 14, in aid of motor neurone disease funds. It was a good turnout and I would like to say a big thank you to everyone concerned and for the money raised by
CORRESPONDENT Ms E Whittaker (HAS, July 17) suggests I ask the Minister for Europe for information regarding the "amending treaty" on the European Union. I know from experience any reply would be the standard propaganda hiding the true purpose
WHILE I can understand the sentiments of The Northern Echo's editorial team to respect every individual's right to free speech (Comment, July 17, regarding acceptance of a British National Party advertisement), perhaps in future they should also
Nettles cause nasty rashes that are painfully itchy, but they shouldn't be dismissed as pesky weeds, as they have many beneficial qualities AT this time of year, most of the gardening jobs are those that involve removing plants. It is, if you
As the final Harry Potter book comes out tomorrow amid a frenzy of publicity, Lindsay Jennings visits a real life magic school in Middlesbrough IT is difficult concentrating while talking to Eddie Loughran. In the background, his magician colleague
A VILLAGE sports day will mark its 30th anniversary with a Seventies-themed fancy dress competition. The annual event at Melsonby, near Richmond, will be held on Saturday afternoon, or Sunday if Saturday is wet. The day is organised by volunteers who
A CLUB teaching people how to make videos has secured £5,000 of Lottery funding. The White Rose Video Club, in Thirsk, was given the money by the Awards For All scheme. The club is based in the Royal British Legion Club, in Kirkgate. Chairwoman Margaret
AN annual walk has raised more than £3,000 for a hospice charity. Walkers, runners and members of Wensleydale Rotary Club took part in the Wensleydale Wander in April. The money was given to Herriot Hospice Homecare by Rotarian Derek Langley and outgoing
WH Smith has been named as the new occupant of a prominent town centre store. The newsagent and stationery chain has taken over the former Mr Coleman and Mr Morris store, in Richmond Market Place. The company's arrival has been welcomed by community leaders
A YOUNGSTER has won a music award only six years after he joined Thirsk Royal British Legion Band. Jack Barber, 13, of Thirsk, won the George Scaife Memorial Trophy for his contribution to the band. The teenager is a talented musician and recently gained
HUNDREDS of girls are beginning their summer holidays under canvas. All members of Girlguiding Cleveland, the youngsters will be joined by Girl Guides from the US, Canada and Japan for a week-long jamboree in the grounds of Skelton Castle, east Cleveland
DURHAM City Council is to spend up to £70,000 on Christmas lights - but will not pay a celebrity to switch them on. The budget is almost double the cost of last year's lights, but council chief executive Brian Spears stressed not a penny of taxpayers
A BUS company has apologised to a passenger who says its drivers keep failing to issue him with the correct change. Stagecoach North-East also said it would refund to Brian Milnes the money he had lost. Mr Milnes, who lives in Bishopton Road, Stockton
TWO men are to be sentenced next month after admitting their parts in an attack on a young pool player at a social club. A confrontation, which preceded the violence, took place in the pool room at Horden Labour Club, earlier this year. Colin Bennett,
PUPILS at a primary school have been enthralled by the music and dancing of an Indian brass band. Members of the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band were at Beamish Primary School, near Stanley, where they entertained children from key stage two. Acting headteacher
A FLOURISHING female football club has received a helpful shot-in-the-arm on the eve of the new season, from the County Durham Foundation. Lumley Ladies FC, the biggest girls/women's football club in the North-East, received £5,540 from the foundation's
A SUPERMARKET chain is planning to cut energy costs at one of its warehouses by installing a wind turbine. Asda bosses say the 80-metre- tall turbine proposed for its distribution warehouse at Tees Dock will help secure the jobs of the depot's 156-strong
A COUNCIL'S partnership with a specialist contractor is making light work of problems. There has been a 28 per cent reduction in the number of street lights reported as not working across Middlesbrough, in the 12 months since the borough council signed
A CUSTOMER who attacked a special constable in a late-night drinking venue must serve his first sentence behind bars, in full, a court has ruled. Carl Richard Churnside approached the off-duty officer, who he knew, in Walkabout, Durham City, and swore
A MOTORIST who ploughed into two horse-drawn carts, killing a family man and badly injuring his son, has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving. Lisa Tomlinson, 26, was found guilty of the lesser charge of careless driving at the end of a
A NATURE reserve worker is taking his love of outdoor pursuits one step further, to tackle the Yorkshire Dales Three Peaks. Terry Douthwaite will put on his walking boots for the challenge on Sunday, July 29. The Stockton Borough Council employee said
A PUBLICAN made a 400-mile round trip to the North-East to have a parking fine removed. Raymond Askew was given a fixed-penalty notice for illegal parking by a traffic warden after leaving his car in Crossgate, near Durham City centre, last August. He
A DUCK race will be held on Sunday as part of a pastoral weekend to raise funds for the St James' Church Under the Roof Appeal. St James' Church, in Coundon, has raised £200,000 towards the £350,000 needed to build extra community space and an education
A GREEN-FINGERED four-year-old is aiming high after his sunflower outgrew those of all of his classmates. Callum Jones' sunflower grew from a seed to 62cm tall in two months, beating the efforts of 23 other youngsters. The children, from Belmont Pre-School
WEAR Valley District Council and Bishop Auckland Town Centre Forum have joined forces in an attempt to rid the streets of cigarette ends. The "stubbi", a small plastic reusable pouch for smokers to put out their cigarettes in, was handed out to smokers
FREE ALARMS I AM writing in regarding your article about the people of Billy Row, near Crook, being given 300 free personal alarms from Northern Gas Network as a thank you for the way for the way in which they dealt with a major gas leak in February (
A THIEF with almost 250 previous convictions has been jailed for two years for a string of raids on cars across Teesside. Paul Jackson - whose record was described as appalling by his own barrister - was yesterday sentenced for 22 thefts. Among the offences
THE seventh Barnard Castle Rotary Club Am Am golf competition attracted a record number of entrants earlier this month. At the town's course, and after a long spell of unsettled weather, 176 golfers competed for £1,000 of prizes in glorious sunshine.
POLICE are warning elderly people and their neighbours to be on their guard after a number of bogus caller thefts. Three incidents of men gaining access to properties by claiming to be water company officials in the Bishop Auckland and Tow Law areas on
Tomorrow is the final day of the Proud of our Heritage exhibition in the McGuinness Gallery at Bishop Auckland Town Hall. Derek Gillum, from Silksworth Mining Society, will be taking along mining memorabilia and items for sale from 9am onwards and all
RESIDENTS and business owners will have their say on the closure of toilets in Barnard Castle. A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, in the Witham Hall at 7pm, to discuss Teesdale District Council's decision not to reopen the public toilets in the
Contributions are being sought for an exhibition about the Canny Hill Potteries. The potteries were located between Canny Hill and Coundon from the mid-1840s until 1913. The Discovery Centre, in Bishop Auckland, is working with the Beamish and Bowes museums
A PROPOSED licensing scheme for landlords on a housing estate has won the backing of residents. A survey found more than 90 per cent of them in favour of the proposed system for the Wembley estate, in Easington Colliery. Easington District Council is
HEROIN with a street value of more than £1m and £100,000 in cash have been seized in a raid on a house. Officers in Middlesbrough said it was their biggest haul of the class A drug and that the operation will have caused dealers major disruption. The
Have you ever wanted to know where to get the best locally produced food but didn't know where to start looking? A new guide book shows you where to buy and also what to do with it. EATING local produce is good for you, good for your community and good
THE last couple of decades have seen the emergence of production-line politicians. On line and on message, their suits are as carefully spun as their soundbites. They are the safe pair of hands beloved by party bosses everywhere. In other words, they're
Golden Balls (ITV1, 5pm); Win My Wage(C4, 4.15pm). The Insider: Britains Gambling Addiction (C4, 7.30pm) 'They've been devious, I've been Jasper Carrot and this has been Golden Balls," declares our host, signing off from one of the most boring TV shows
FINAL DYNASTY (7.35) might well have the last say in this evening's feature race at Pontefract, the £18,000 Antonia Deuters Handicap. The Geraldine Rees-trained three-year-old showed much-improved form at Ayr, where she so nearly ran down Mecca's Mate
SPORTING rights on one of the North-East's most famous grouse moors have been put up for sale -and the price is expected to run into millions of pounds. Many titled people and millionaires have regularly shot on the 11,200 acres of moorland on offer at
AN award-winning youth worker and football referee was fined £2,000 and banned from the roads yesterday after an accident in which an 85-year-old woman died. Richard Antony Brine, 42, a commercial manager with Corus, on Teesside, appeared at Harrogate
ENGINEERING firms Cleveland Bridge and Dorman Long have won multi-million pound contracts to work on a £15m flagship North-East development, it was revealed yesterday. Work on a pedestrian bridge over the River Tees, which forms part of the £300m North
A NORTH-EAST animation company has been commissioned by the BBC to work on a second series of a cult comedy programme. Qurios Entertainment provided graphics and visual effects for the first series of sci-fi BBC show Hyperdrive. Now, the
ENGINEERING company The Tanfield Group last night revealed it is investing £15m in building a factory in the US, with a second planned for 2009, as it pushes ahead with its North American expansion. The Tyne and Wear group is to build a factory for
A GOVERNMENT report yesterday appeared to lend support to plans to create a £300m container terminal at Teesport. The interim report into the Ports Policy Review from the Department for Transport (DfT) was welcomed by Teesport owners PD Ports
NICKY Peng chose the same day as Seve Ballesteros to announce his retirement, and while his decision barely raised an eyebrow compared with the grief surrounding Seve, my own sympathies lay with the former Durham batsman. I suspect both are troubled souls
A WINE and spirit company is adding another 7,000sq ft to its County Durham premises. Lanchester Wine Cellars bottles and distributes wines from a 200,000sq ft warehouse - the largest independent bonded warehouse in the North of England - and is building
THE Government has been called on to resurrect plans for a major rail freight depot which could create 11,000 jobs in the region. Durham City Council wants to rescue plans for the Tursdale Rail Freight Facility, near Bowburn, County Durham, which the
Design company Komodo, based in Newcastle, has won an industry award with its first-ever submission, beating competition from across the UK. The four-strong team won the most innovative project category and was awarded the "Grand Prix" - the highest award
A TEENAGE entrepreneur has turned his hobby into an online gaming business which has attracted players from all over the world. Jordan McGreevy, 16, set up futuristic internet game Future RP in March last year, and already has more than 7,000 registered
Outdoor company Blacks Leisure bucked the gloom on the high street after the wet summer gave the company a much-needed trading revival. Total sales in Blacks, which is 30 per cent owned by new Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley's Sports Direct chain,
KIERAN Richardson feels he is home from home after likening Sunderland's support to that of Premiership champions Manchester United. The 22-year-old joined the Black Cats for a fee believed to be in the region of £5.5m on Monday, signing a four-year
A TRAWLERMAN has dredged up the skull of a missing friend - three years after he was lost at sea. Brothers Robert Temple and Brian Allison disappeared on November 17, 2004, when their boat sank off the North Shields coast in rough weather. But in a bizarre
A property firm boss who owned Inspector Morse's famous red Jaguar MkII has appeared in court accused of perpetrating a multi-million pound fraud. John Potts and four other directors of the now wound-up Practical Property Portfolio business appeared before
RUGBY players have launched a campaign to recruit players of all ages and levels.Richmondshire Rugby Club used their stand at Richmond kite festival to join the national Go Play Rugby recruitment drive, run by the Rugby Football Union in the run-up to
A CLASSROOM assistant will retire from the school where she has worked for almost three decades today.Lin Roberts started work at Ferryhill Station Primary School almost 29 years ago as a lollipop lady. After 15 years guiding youngsters across the road
A CHRONIC shortage of affordable housing has been highlighted by the plight of a family-of-four living in a one-bedroomed flat.Scott Harrison and Emma Johnson have to sleep in the same room as their two children, 19-month-old Ellie and two-week-old Riley.Miss
FISHERMEN got a shock when they caught a 15.5ft thresher shark in their nets.The monster shark filled the men's small boat as they fished for salmon off Filey, near Whitby, North Yorkshire.The shark was caught on Wednesday, only 500 yards off a popular
TWENTY-FOUR hours after a cancer victim won a High Court victory over access to new drugs, the same lawyers have turned their fire on North-East health bosses.Solicitors representing Darlington mother-of-five Pamela Smith have written to primary care
A DRINK-driver is backing a hard-hitting campaign to stop motorists driving while over the alcohol limit.Simon Richardson, of Easingwold, in North Yorkshire, was caught driving while over the limit in 2005.His tale has been told as part of a Hambleton
A MOVE to open the first table dancing club in one of the North-East's most popular tourist destinations is running into opposition.Vimac Leisure is applying to Durham City Council for a premises licence for The Loft, formerly the firm's DH1 nightclub
A COUNCIL is ready to fund a legal bid to ensure it survives the biggest local government shake-up in 30 years.Durham City Council has granted its leader and chief executive powers to launch the challenge - if the Government decrees that it, along with
DAVID Cameron vowed yesterday to torpedo a Government plan to help fund a £140m Tees Valley Metro system - warning it would drive away businesses and jobs.The Conservative leader attacked the proposal for town halls to levy a "supplementary business rate
LINING up his drive on the 18th tee, Graeme Storm would not have been prepared for what was about to follow. Eight years after having a minor part to play in an Open best remembered for 20 minutes of madness from a Frenchman, this Englishman did his
Robbie Elliott has hinted he has his sights set on breaking up Danny Wilson's first choice centre half pairing of Ben Clark and Micky Nelson. Elliott, who signed for Hartlepool this month after being released from Leeds United, made his debut for Pools
A QUARTET with a repertoire of 17th and 18th Century pieces has won the young artists' competition at the York Early Music Festival.Le Jardin Secret, based in Holland, features soprano Elisabeth Dobbin, viola player Romina Lischka, Sofie Vanden Eynde,
A NATIONAL campaign to free communities of drug-related problems has been given a boost.Bedale High School students took part in talks on drugs and alcohol abuse as part of a community safety event.Hambleton Community Safety Partnership is one of 60 crime
DERELICT land is finally to be developed after plans for more than 500 homes were given the go-ahead.The eyesore site, just north of Stockton, is to be transformed into a mix of two, three and four-bedroomed houses and one and two-bedroomed apartments.Stockton
BUBBLES will be blowing in a performance art presenttion in the grounds of a medieval manor house this weekend.As part of the annual Art in the Garden summer event at Crook Hall, in Durham City, performance artist Dr Tutti will be spreading the word on
MORE wardens are to be recruited for the streets of east Cleveland.And bosses at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council are pledging more visible patrols in the future.At present, the borough is patrolled by 30 wardens, split into six area teams.Council
A TEENAGER has found his niche in life, thanks to a school work placement.Stephen Pitt, 19, of Peterlee, has become a nursery nurse and is working at Wingate Children's Centre after getting training funded by the Learning and Skills Council. Three years
PEOPLE living close to a controversial waste tip on the outskirts of Hartlepool say plans to extend it will pose a threat to their health.Residents of Seaton Carew voiced their fears at a public inquiry into an appeal by Alab Environmental Services Ltd
A GLOBALLY significant Viking treasure hoard has been unearthed by a father and son using metal detectors.David Whelan and his son, Andrew, stumbled on the hoard, in the Harrogate area, in January. Experts describe the treasure, which includes 617 silver
A string of Government ministers yesterday followed Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in admitting they used cannabis in their youth.A total of seven Cabinet ministers, including Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, confirmed they used the illegal
A GROUP of children from Chernobyl have been making the most of a visit to the region.The 12 Ukrainian children are from Chernihir, about 45 miles from Chernobyl, where a major accident took place at the nuclear power plant in April 1986.The youngsters
THE parents of a tanker driver, killed when his vehicle fell 50ft onto a railway line, have spoken of the son who was "always ready with a smile".Peter Williams was killed on Wednesday morning when the gas tanker he was driving plunged off a bridge in
THE Romans are returning to the region - but this time the invaders come in peace.Roman soldiers, musicians and craftsmen have made the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery, in Durham City, as their target, but will be visiting for educational
FOUR Royal Marines from the North-East have been awarded medals for bravery after they went beyond the call of duty while on operations in Afghanistan.Corporal Michael Cowe, Marine Ian Danby, Corporal Alan Hewitt and Corporal Simon Willey have been honoured
GRAEME STORM'S Open Championship dream disappeared almost as quickly as the atrocious morning weather at Carnoustie yesterday and he admitted afterwards that he suffered a shocker. Storm has left himself with a mammoth task if he is to make the cut after
THERE used to be a time when it would have been political suicide for an MP to admit to have taken drugs, just as it was once seen as a career-killer for a politician to admit to being gay. Thankfully, the days of MPs having to deny their sexuality have
A CUSTOMER who attacked a special constable in a late night drinking venue must serve his first stretch behind bars, in full, a court has ruled. Carl Richard Churnside approached the off-duty officer, who he knew, in Walkabout, Durham, and swore at him
POLICE are hunting thieves who stole personal items from a school changing room while children were in a gym class. The incident happened at Spennymoor Comprehensive School, on Tuesday, at about 2pm. Two men, who both wore light blue tops, were spotted
OPEN organisers last night refuted claims that reigning champion Tiger Woods was benefiting from preferential treatment, despite the world No 1 receiving an unwarranted free drop during yesterday's opening round. Woods will start the second round four
Mechanical monsters are on the loose in a Teesdale forest - but the beasts are helping re-shape the 5,000-acre wood. Harvesting machines will be in action at Hamsterley Forest, near Bishop Auckland and the public will get a chance to see them working.
THE build-up to this week's Open Championship has been dominated by a prolonged period of soul-searching following an eight-year absence of European success. But yesterday, at Carnoustie, the continent's past, present and future combined to silence the
Eldon Parish Council will discuss the appointment of a clerk at a meeting on Tuesday. The parish plan and Eldon allotments are also on the agenda. The meeting is at 7pm, in St Mark's Church.
A THIEF was given a supervision order yesterday for various offences. Paul Tweddle, 19, of Conyers Avenue, Mowden, Darlington, appeared before Darlington magistrates and pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of Sambuca from Morrisons, a religiously aggravated
A DROP in car journeys has led to a decrease of about 6,000 tonnes in the amount of carbon dioxide being pumped into the air in Darlington. Car journeys in the town have dropped by nine per cent since the start of the council's Local Motion scheme equating
AN alcoholic who begged a policeman to arrest him was convicted yesterday - for resisting arrest. Magistrates heard that Darren Lee Foster had started drinking after a court appearance on July 4, in which he admitted stealing money from an 83-year-old
A BANNED driver was arrested after he crashed his car the day before he was due to get his licence back. Ryan Anderson of Hartlea Avenue, High Beaumont Hill, Darlington, had his licence revoked last year for refusing to take a breath test. But the 27-
The Baptist Tabernacle in Corporation Road, Darlington, holds an international drop-in cafe on Thursdays, from 7.30pm. The cafe will enable people from different ethnic cultures to relax in a friendly environment. Anybody wishing to help can contact Reverend
A MAN is to be jailed after he was caught drunk behind the wheel for the third time in eight years. When Paul Anthony McGregor was arrested on January 30 he was already subject to a suspended sentence and was banned from driving for the same offence.
RESIDENTS will be given the first chance to look at plans for an allotment site next week. Plans have been approved for 45 allotments on land in Arnold Road, off Hundens Lane, Darlington, replacing allotments in Lascelles Park. The new scheme will include
A SPECIAL school moved out of a historic 19th Century mansion and into a £6m modern centre yesterday. Work began almost two years ago to re-locate the former Windlestone Hall School, near Rushyford, two miles away in Chilton.The 19th Century hall, once
HUNDREDS of over-50s were in Darlington's Market Square for the town's annual tea dance yesterday.Tea and scones were served to the estimated 600 people who turned attended.The dance was supported by a number of businesses who provided refreshment, time
ANGRY residents say the £14.3m redevelopment of a Darlington school has not taken into account concerns raised about traffic and light pollution.This week, the first turf was cut at Hummersknott School and Language College by the town's mayor, Marian
TEENAGERS in Darlington are to hold a rave after collecting thousands of pounds for it.The youths from the North Road area have been awarded almost £6,000 to hold the monthly parties at Longfield School.And the boys involved in the project - 14-year-olds
ONE of Darlington's best known taxi firms could be put out of business after running up thousands of pounds of debt.Darlington borough councillors have also taken away Station Taxis' licence, further putting the company's future in jeopardy.Bosses behind
Andrew Strauss fell victim to his own desire to end his long wait for a century as India fought back in the final session to prevent England taking a commanding position in the opening npower Test.The Middlesex left-hander has endured a miserable run
ROY Keane last night refused to be drawn on speculation linking Sunderland with a renewed £9m bid for Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon.Reports yesterday suggested the Wearsiders were about to break the British transfer record for a goalkeeper - and smash
STEVE Harmison's injury may have one benefit for Durham as it has allowed Chris Tremlett to make his England debut and miss Hampshire's visit to Riverside, starting today.Other than Shane Warne, with match figures of 11-133, Tremlett was Hampshire's only
Dementia is a growing concern in the UK with many patients and carers given little support. Health Editor Barry Nelson meets one carer who has been to hell and back THE recent damning National Audit Office report into the care of people with dementia
VICTORIOUS Labour MP Phil Wilson said on winning the Sedgefield by-election: "I feel very proud to be able to represent the community I have lived in all my life. "So many people here are my friends and if they didn't know me they knew my dad from when
LABOUR last night held onto Tony Blair's former Sedgefield seat, but with a reduced majority. The Liberal Democrats pushed to the Tories into third, with the British National Party in fourth. Phil Wilson got 12,528 votes to become the constituency's
LABOUR has held the safe seat of Sedgefield with a majority of more than 6,000. The result was announced at 1.01am today. The party's candidate Phil Wilson, from Trimdon, received 12,528 votes. Tony Blair had represented the constituency since 1983
