Sunday, December 21 2008 Elite League: Mincoffs Newcastle Vipers 6-1 Hull Stingrays VIPERS completed a winning weekend with a convincing 6-1 home victory over the Hull Stingrays on Sunday night. The goals were spread throughout the Vipers
A CULT music night is being revived again for one night only at the request of its loyal fans. On Sunday Johnny Carr will get back behind the decks and look out at the crowd of familiar faces who, 20 years ago, would dance to his tune every
A MAN was stabbed eight times by a violent stranger after he refused to hand over a cigarette. Gary Gollaglee, 24, was on police bail when he carried out the frenzied attack on Andrew Fielding as he walked home with his wife from a night out. Mr Fielding
Here's the story for tomorrow morning's Headline Game on TFM Radio. A life-size model of an elephant has made its way to Newcastle on the back of a low-loader. The elephant has been shipped from Belgium to form part of displays at the Hancock Museum
THREE light goods vehicles were damaged by a fire at an engineering unit in Wolsingham this morning. Fire crews were alerted to the Sawmill depot on Durham Road just before 9.15am and found the building to be well alight upon arrival. Around eighteen
FREEMASONS swelled the coffers of a youth project in Bishop Auckland with a £500 donation. Representatives from the Durham Freemasons charity presented the cash to staff at the Four Clocks Centre towards a scheme for young people aged from eleven to
A ONCE thriving arts venue took a step closer to being restored to its former glory after councillors agreed a package of improvements to the building. The ageing Elite Hall in Crook fell into disrepair after it closed five years ago during financial
THE body of a man has been recovered after a large-scale search involving police and mountain rescue specialists on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. The operation was launched after a man in his mid 20s was reported missing from his home in Ripon just
DESERVING children have been sent a golden ticket invitation to an exclusive party where the star attractions will be Middlesbrough footballers players, Santa and the Milky Bar Kid. ‘Champion Children’ who represent the most worthy causes in
A CHURCH celebrating its 150th anniversary has been awarded almost £30,000 for community projects throughout the year-long festivities. Holy Trinity Church the deprived area of North Ormesby in Middlesbrough in the has a busy social calendar
DOZENS of people were evacuated from their homes amid fears of a major explosion in the wake of a of a garage blaze. More than 40 homes were cleared of their occupants after firefighters threw an exclusion cordon around the burning building
A MOTHER was given a police caution after she attacked a five-year-old boy at her son's school, it emerged today. The woman was arrested following an incident at Priory Primary School in Tynemouth, North Tyneside, earlier this month. Today Northumbria
JOE KINNEAR has brought back Newcastle United striker Shola Ameobi in the absence of the injured Obafemi Martins to face Tottenham today. With Martins sidelined with hamstring trouble ahead of the Christmas schedule, Kinnear has resisted the temptation
POLICE and fire crews have evacuated 40 homes and closed a busy road because of a major fire at a garage. The emergency services were called to Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, at 10.25am today. Four fire crews tackling
TWO people were hurt, one seriously, in a three-car road smash on the outskirts of Northallerton. A blue Ford Fiesta, a red Renault Clio and a silver Ford Puma collided on the B6271 near Yafforth at about 2.45pm on Saturday. The smash
AN area of woodland close to a Darlington village was cordoned off by police after a suspected firearms discovery. Officers sealed off the site at Middleton St George on Saturday after a gun cabinet was found at the wasteland near Middleton
MOUNTAIN rescue teams have found a man's body after a major search for a missing person in the Yorkshire Dales. Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team was called out to the Masham area at 6pm last night by North Yorkshire Police. This morning members
POLICE have turned to the public for help in tracking down a man who carried out a knifepoint robbery at a residential care home. They have issued a E-fit of the suspect the man they are hunting in the hope that someone will be able to identify him.
AN elderly woman who suffered serious smoke inhalation following a suspected arson attack on her home nearly two months ago has died. Yuen Har Ho, 93, was rescued by firefighters from her home in Newby Crescent, in the Jennyfields area of Harrogate,
A 93-year-old woman has died seven weeks after an arson attack at her home left her critically injured. Yuen Har Ho was in her ground-floor flat when a fire was deliberately started at the entrance to two flats, in Newby Crescent, Harrogate
Saturday, December 20 2008 Elite League: Sheffield Steelers 1-4 Mincoffs Newcastle Vipers VIPERS earned themselves a surprise win over Elite League leaders the Sheffield Steelers in a match head coach Rob Wilson will hope marks a turning point
