Stockport County 2 Hartlepool United 2 HOW Hartlepool United like their comebacks at Stockport County. Two goals down at the interval last night, they staged a stirring fightback to earn a deserved point. On their visit to Edgeley Park in
Darlington 0 Rochdale 2 DARLINGTON remain without a win but caretaker manager Craig Liddle will be left wondering how as they created chance after chance but lost 2-0 at home to Rochdale last night. Liddle stuck to his prematch promise to
A MAN was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation today after being pulled from a fire by a neighbour. The neighbour saw smoke coming from the fourth floor flat on St Lawrence Road in Byker, Newcastle, at 5.30pm. Two fire crews from Byker
I HAD a lovely drive out this morning to talk to Weardale Probus in Wolsingham. As I was a few minutes early, I thought I'd try and track down a couple more mileposts on the A689. The one in the centre of Wolsingham, despite the best intentions of a
A 25-year-old woman has been charged with fraud following an alleged bogus charity event. Emma Charlton was today charged with 20 counts of fraud and two of theft and will face magistrates in Gateshead next month. The charges relate to the hosting of
TODAY in an ordinary two bedroom house not far from Darlington, police have uncovered a huge cannabis farm. It was not easy to find, even after a tip off. Concealed in the basement garage, in the house, on West Bridge Street, Crook, County Durham, were
AS expected, Chris Turner stuck with the same 18 players on duty from the weekend for the trip to Stockport County. After Saturday's 3-0 win over Walsall, Pools were out to add to their solid tally of seven points from a possible 12 on the road this
MIDDLESBROUGH boss Gareth Southgate has made one change to his starting line-up for this evening's home game with Leicester City. With Justin Hoyte having sustained ankle ligament damage in last weekend's 2-2 draw with Coventry, Tony McMahon returns
Craig Liddle has stuck to his pre-match promise to hand youth a chance by handing starts to two youth team graduates Curtis Main and Dan Groves for this evening's game with Rochdale. Striker Main earns his place in the line-up, ahead of
The well known Friday lunches are to return to St Lukes Parish Centre this week. On offer from 10am there is tea, coffee, cakes and scones, as well as the popular 1, 2, or 3 course lunch. The lunches are all cooked in the centre from produce sourced
Gordon Brown, among other vague promises in his conference speech today, declared that there would be a "fresh crackdown" on anti-social behaviour. How many "fresh crackdowns" have we had over the years? You can almost hear the discussion
Things change fast in the world of news... The story about Germans being the world's worst lovers was in all the national papers today so we've dumped it from tomorrow morning's Headline Game on TFM. Instead, we're going on the angle that Spanish men
CRICKET club members will toast a successful year on and off the field at their second annual beer festival. Buoyed by a well attended inaugural event last autumn, Chester-le-Street Cricket Club’s 2009 festival will feature a wider range of beers, many
FOOTBALL fans’ post match entertainment will boost the funds of a North-East children’s hospice appeal. A charity night is being staged at Grange Villa Workingmen’s Club, in Front Street, Grange Villa, near Chester-le-Street, in aid of the Grace House
A YOUNG entrepreneur who saved a children’s day nursery from the brink of closure has been declared national nursery manager of the year. Emma Graham, 26, of Busy Bears Children’s Day Nursery in Bearpark, near Durham, is the youngest person to ever take
TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of a local councillor and community champion. Richard Burnip, the Durham County Council member for Easington, died in hospital on Monday after taking ill at the weekend. The 60-year-old former colliery fitter
A BRAVE shopworker with a fear of heights has celebrated her birthday with a skydive. Christine Burn set foot inside a plane for the first time in her life on Sunday - and minutes later jumped out again 10,000ft above County Durham.
A TEENAGE driver lost control of his car on a bend at high speed and crashed into another car, killing himself, his two friends and a carer, an inquest heard today. Craig Jamie Robert Rayiru, 19, his brother Daniel, 17, and Joseph Andrew Wilson, 18,
A TEENAGE girl died at hospital after being discovered by her mother in a poorly condition at her home. The mother called emergency services to attend her house in Pine Terrace, in Shildon, County Durham, shortly before 7pm on Monday. Paramedics attempted
A COMMUNITY forum has rejected a council decision to build an academy school on playing fields in north Durham. The Derwent Valley Area Action Partnership wants to preserve Belle Vue playing fields in Consett. The board voted 13 to zero with six abstentions
A HOLIDAYMAKER got a shock when he browsed through his holiday snaps after finding he had captured the spectre of assassinated Tsar Alexander II. Les Coates, 63, was on a 10-day cruise when it stopped off in St Petersburg, Russia. The cameraman took
ENGINEERING giant Siemens is considering sites in the North-East for a wind turbine factory. The German firm is understood to have looked at a number of locations in North Tyneside where it already owns a turbine servicing company. The move could potentially
A WOMAN with mild learning disabilities tried to commit suicide after being tormented by a gang. Di Lofthouse said the abuse included being sent a letter stating "people like us should be put down at birth". The 45-year-old, who won
COUNCILLORS are planning to spend nearly £300 of public money on badges for four female members - but they don’t yet know where the money will come from. The badges cost £10.95 each, but with a minimum purchase of 25 the total price would be £273.75
THE National Blood Service will hold donor sessions in Newton Aycliffe next week. Sessions are scheduled to take place in the Pioneering Care Centre, on Carers Way, on Friday, October 9. They will run from 2.30pm to 4.30pm, and from
SEVEN more people have been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged property scam that could lead to hundreds of families in the region losing their homes. A 62-year-old man from Bishop Auckland in County Durham, a man aged 24 and a 30-year-old
There's no one quite like Mike Amos for coming up with great stories that would otherwise go under the radar. Tomorrow, his Gadfly column has a cracker about a woman who won the bingo at odds of 45,795,673,964,460,800 to one. Find out more in tomorrow's
A MULTI-MILLION pound eco-project is set to transform a County Durham dale after planners gave it their unanimous seal of approval today. Eastgate Renewable Energy Village, in Weardale, could create 350 jobs and turn the area into a tourism
HARRY Vaulkhard heads to Brands Hatch this weekend for the final rounds of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship hoping that a change in fortune will bring him a podium place finish that has eluded him all season. On several occasions this season
PAUL VEAZEY suffered cruel luck as he crashed out of Sunday's fourth round of the CEV Buckler Spanish Supersport Championship at the Albacete circuit. Veazey enjoyed a successful two days of practice and qualifying at the 2.2-mile circuit, recording
THE coming general election will present Britain with its biggest choice for a generation between a Labour Party offering prosperity and hope and Conservatives who have no hearts, Gordon Brown said today, in his last conference speech before the
THE fight against vehicle crime is being stepped up across the Harrogate district. Operation Ebonite is targeting the theft of motor vehicles and items from motor vehicles. And a specific aim is to reduce the theft of tools and equipment from work vehicles
A NORTH yorkshire hotel has been named as the best in England at prestigious awards ceremony in London. The Feversham Arms and Verbena Spa, in Helmsley, North Yorkshire, beat off competition from around the country to be awarded Hotel of the Year England
A CANNABIS farm with a potential street value of £1,000 was discovered in a North-East basement this morning. Police raided the home on West Bridge Street in Crook, County Durham, in the early hours after a tip-off from a member of the public. About
YOUNSTERS returned from their summer holidays to find that learning could be more fun. They discovered a new outdoor classroom, complete with a traditional "den", role-play area, tree seats, sand-pit and water-play pool. The new outdoor classroom for
RAINBOWS, Brownies and Guides have ensured their community will always have a colourful reminder of their movement’s centenary. Girls from Vale of Mowbray District have planted out hundreds of daffodils on the wide grass verge between Thirsk and South
DETECTIVES investigating the fire which killed two apprentice jockeys in North Yorkshire have released another CCTV image showing three men they wish to speak to. Police have already released several images of potential witnesses to the fire in Norton
A BODY has been found in the River Tees this morning. A council worker is believed to have discovered the body, believed to be a female, at around 10.10am. Police and firefighters are currently at scene on the Riverside, in Stockton.
A SERIES of courses delving into the region’s ancient and modern history is to start next month. The courses take place at Clayport Library, in Durham City, and are aimed at people who have not previously studied past A-level. Course tutor Dorothy Hamilton
WORKERS at an energy company are going back to nature by helping out at a woodland. A team of 16 volunteers from EDF Energy will be felling and thinning trees at Rainton Meadows nature reserve, near Durham City, tomorrow. Another team of volunteers
A WOMAN is desperately appealing for information about her lost dog which needs medication on a weekly basis. Reggie, a one-and-a-half year-old Jack Russell, went missing while it was playing with two other dogs on farmland. His owner
SYDNEY-BORN comedian Adam Hills started touring his new show, Inflatable, in Durham, sporting a beard, after three weeks holiday following a successful stint in Edinburgh. A straw poll of the audience revealed that half liked his new look,
SYDNEY-BORN comedian Adam Hills started touring his new show, Inflatable, in Durham, sporting a beard, after three weeks holiday following a successful stint in Edinburgh. A straw poll of the audience revealed that half liked his new look, while
The column pops along to give us the low-down on the Black Horse at Kirkby Fleetham. WHILE doubtless it is ubiquitous, the word “pop” once chiefly meant either a bottle of dandelion and burdock or something which weasels did and no one quite understood
Claire Connor left her lay chaplain’s post in London and returned to her native North Yorkshire pregnant and out of work. Six years later, she has a beautiful daughter and a five-book co-publishing deal with a famous children’s author. Lindsay Parker
BOB LOG III is a one-man band who plays Delta blues approximately ten times faster than usual, while wearing a Power Rangers jumpsuit and a motor-cycle helmet. Bet you’ve never seen that on X Factor. Part oddball comedian, part musician, he’s
DANIEL KITSON tells the audience at Newcastle Live Theatre, “Everyone in this room is going to die. So is everyone you love. There is nothing more certain.” This was not a threat, but a statement of fact, and quite an unsettling one when you
Richard Wilson: Two Feet In The Grave (BBC1, 10.45pm); Electric Dreams (BBC4, 9pm); How to Look Good Naked (C4, 8pm) YOU could be forgiven for thinking that Richard Wilson had come to terms with his own mortality. After all, it’s not every actor
ANYONE who thinks the Northern Rock was a fiasco doesn’t know the half of it. The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has printed an extra trillion dollars this year with a view to easing the credit crunch. On a technical point, this extra
YET again we hear of another soldier killed in Afghanistan. Recently I have not bothered to write about this subject because it has become a topic of no interest to the general public. On the news they say another soldier has been killed in Afghanistan
THURSDAY, April 7, 1984, Bearpark Colliery closed its gates for the final time, bringing 110 years of coal mining in Bearpark to an end. Durham Miners’ Gala the same year saw the Bearpark banner draped in black paraded around the village to the
NEW Labour never ceases to amaze with its mock outrage following Andrew Marr’s perfectly legitimate and proper question to Gordon Brown on his (Brown’s) alleged use of prescription drugs. I believe that we should know the leader of this country
MAY I through The Northern Echo say thank you to all who took part in Darlington’s Survivors Relay for Life after Cancer (Echo, Sept 21). They all helped to push my wheelchair around for ten laps! It was a great day and I felt very humble to be
THE Staffordshire Hoard of glorious jewellery from the so-called Dark Ages makes us realise again that the Dark Ages were not so dark after all. The same truth was brought vividly home to us some years ago when the beautiful Viking collection was
I AGREE with Gerald Wild (HAS, Sept 28) when he states that “our laws are in a shambles”. Almost the entire focus of public criticism has been on the Baroness, who has been unbelievably careless with the employment of her cleaner, and as matters
ON Friday night, September 18, my wife and I were walking on Darlington’s North Road to the Central Club for a night out. When we were walking under the bridge at Northgate, towards McNay Street, a thug came around the corner and tried to snatch
I FOUND your article about paranormal activity in North Yorkshire fascinating and a great read (Echo, Sept 28 ). As a ghost investigator, I often get my leg pulled by people who do not believe in the paranormal. I only started to believe after
Councils in the region spend more than £1m a year producing their own publications. Joe Willis looks at the debate over the impact of local authority freesheets on the local press. AFTER months of criticism, Cornwall Council has announced it will
IT is a big day for Gordon Brown as he seeks to reconnect with voters in time for an election which Peter Mandelson insisted yesterday is still up for grabs. And if the Prime Minister is to win over the British people, he will need to reverse the
The FTSE 100 continues to yo-yo, not really knowing where to go after such an amazing bull market rally over the past seven months. One day there is a setback, the next a further recovery. For each bout of “profittaking”, there is a wall of money
IT has been a rough ride for investors over the past two years – no question. If we use the analogy of a boat ride, we have been whitewater rafting, paddles flailing as we tried to remain upright, and with no idea how long the river was. We certainly
THE FLEET Street pub, in Newcastle, is for sale through the Newcastle office of agents Christie & Co. Situated on Pudding Chare, which runs between the Bigg Market and Newcastle Central Station, Fleeet Street links two busy pub circuits and is
BUSINESSES are being urged to take advantage of the last remaining space at a state-of-the-art business park in Catterick Garrison. Target@Colburn at Colburn Business Park offers six new light industrial/warehouse units which have been created by
A HOST of the biggest names from the UK’s biggest retail and leisure sector are planning a series of stock market launches next year, it was claimed yesterday. Retailer New Look, betting website Betfair, gyms chain Virgin Active and Madame
TAG & Co (Properties) Ltd is the new face and parent company of Tag & Co in Darlington Following the takeover of Tag & Co by Graeme Torrance, owner of Scarlet Band Bus and Coach Ltd in West Cornforth, the company will undergo rebranding
CHRISTIE + Co has been appointed by the award-winning developer Silverlink Holdings Ltd to secure an investor to forward commit to buy a proposed 252- bedroom upscale hotel, which will form part of the planned Stephenson Quarter development
The Headline Game didn't go at all well on TFM Radio this morning. The score after Monday was 1-1 and today's story was about a German fella who made a motorbike out of a beer crate and tried to outrun police before getting caught. Our headline was
FARMERS have been reminded to return their Rural Payments Agency (RPA) “mapping pack” within 28 days of receiving it. Claire Thorogood, of George F White, warns they could otherwise risk delays to their single farm payment (SFP). The RPA and the
WOOL producers have been told they can expect price improvements in the coming season. The optimistic message was given by Frank Langrish, chairman of the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB), in its 2009 annual report and accounts. He said: “For
24-year-old Slovenian international Maks Gregoric makes his Bears debut in the home leg of the first round of the Jack Young Shield against the Scunthorpe Scorpions at the South Tees Motorsport Park on Thursday evening at 7.30pm. Maks replaces
A NORTH-EAST development which provides support for fledgling firms has come up with a new “business in a box” concept to help support start-ups. Newcastle Business Village is offering small businesses to walk straight into the Benton-based development
Photovoltaics is a process by which the sun is used to convert solar energy into electricity. Business Editor Owen McAteer looks at the organisations in the region that are enjoying the benefits of the technology. COALS to Newcastle is a term
FARMING brothers Nick and Chris Hobson have won The Crown Estate’s Rural Business Award 2009. The pair are tenants of the Derwent Estate’s 2,470-acre Woodhouse Grange Farm at Sutton-on-Derwent, York. The family have farmed there since
I RECENTLY received an email telling me there were 94 days to go . . . To go until what I wondered – my review, my birthday? No, apparently it was 94 days to go until Christmas. Now I may be a traditionalist, but having just returned from my
LATIMER HINKS Solicitors has helped complete the purchase of five local commercial radio stations in the South- West on behalf of a newlyformed company. Your Media Communications, has led the six-figure acquisition of Bath FM, Brunel FM, BCR
DICKINSON DEES has been praised for being a “real business partner” by asset management firm Standard Life. Newcastle-based Dickinson Dees, which has offices in Tees Valley, York and London, played a pivotal role in helping Standard Life reach
A LAWYER has become the first in the region to be awarded a fellowship of the Agricultural Law Association (ALA). Helen Dexter, partner with TBI Solicitors, is now qualified to offer specialist legal advice for a range of agricultural matters, including
"The Darlington Experiment" is launched today. It's an innovative but potentially dangerous way of promoting Darlington around the world. The idea is to encourage local people to make creative videos about Darlington which will be posted on a website
A WOMAN has followed her partner’s lead into entrepreneurship by setting up a baby clothing shop. Joanne Venners has opened Tots on the Rock in Blackhall, east Durham, building on her previous experience of working in a children’s clothing shop
A TRAINER design company started by a North-East student is to increase production after winning new financial backing. MES Footwork, which allows people to design their own trainers online, has sold more than 600 pairs since it was set up in 2007
BUSINESSES have the chance to win a month’s worth of pampering treats for its employees at one of the region’s most exclusive day spas. The Northern Echo has teamed up with Serenity in the City to offer one business a facial every week for a
TEN green bottles are more likely to be recycled than left lying on a wall after the introduction of a new service by a County Durham company. Premier Waste Management is to start collecting bottles from pubs without the bars having to separate
THE North-East’s motor industry last night welcomed the Government’s decision to pour an extra £100m into the car scrappage scheme. The original £300m pot for the initiative, introduced in May, would have run dry within weeks, leading to calls
TWO of the region’s commercial law firms which merged last year could split only 12 months after they joined. Mincoffs and Jacksons – which became Mincoff Jacksons last October – could be about to go their separate ways almost a year to the day
BHP Law has become the first partner in a scheme to encourage businesses to support a museum. The firm has signed up to the Bowes Museum’s new Racing Club, a corporate partner programme that puts investment directly into the charity. The Racing
IN the present downturn, the question of whether or not a tenant can bring their business tenancy to an end early by operating a break clause in their lease has assumed crucial importance. Many tenants are down-scaling their business and want to
MORE than 1,000 North-East businesses are to start exporting for the first time after a £12m package of support was announced. The European and public sector money will see industry experts go into small firms ready to trade internationally to
TABARET boasts a disappointing ratio of wins to runs for one with such ability but he can arrest a long losing streak back on the Southwell all-weather. The six-year-old looked pretty classy when winning at Listed level as a juvenile and connections
OWAIS Shah feels the recent one-day humiliation at the hands of Australia left England’s batsmen in a ‘‘dangerous place’’ – and Champions Trophy rivals are bearing the brunt. Arguably the biggest danger to Shah was the threat of the axe, but
LIFE is a rollercoaster for Graeme Storm. After missing out on an appearance at the Vivendi Trophy by one spot, he will learn today whether his request to play with Ronan Keating for the third year in a row at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
THE summer’s over, whatever the sun says. The sportsman’s dinner season began on Friday evening and, as usual, it was East Rainton Cricket Club’s that started it. “Will everyone please switch off their mobile phones, except in the case
LIVERPOOL’S dynamic duo of Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are fast being accepted as the world’s best goal-scoring double act. Liverpool have recorded six successive victories in all competitions ahead of tonight’s meeting with Fiorentina
ANDREW Flintoff insists playing cricket for England remains his top priority, despite his stated desire to ply his trade all over the globe. Flintoff’s decision to decline an incremental ECB contract worth around £25,000 in favour of life as a
THERE may still be uncertainty surrounding the manager’s job at St James’ Park, but Alan Smith insists the Newcastle United squad are in no doubt who is the boss. Since being asked to fill the void left by Alan Shearer at the end of last
NEIL Maddison has given his seal of approval to Darlington’s temporary management pairing as he and Craig Liddle prepare for this evening’s game with Rochdale. In a reworking of chairman Raj Singh’s initial plan for the pair to take equal billing
CHRIS Turner insists Hartlepool United are on the right track to bring success to Victoria Park. Pools go to Stockport tonight on the back of Saturday’s 3-0 win over Walsall and with seven points from a possible 12 available away from home this
DEAN Windass has revealed his disappointment at not being kept informed of the situation regarding Colin Todd’s position as Darlington manager. Todd departed Quakers on Saturday after agreeing with chairman Raj Singh to step down should Quakers
MIDDLESBROUGH’S fans may be split about the merits of Brad Jones, but Gareth Southgate last night claimed the Australian has all the ingredients to become the Championship’s best goalkeeper this season. Jones justified his recall to Southgate
DARREN Bent has defended his controversial decision to hand over penalty-taking duties to Kenwyne Jones, but admitted he will not be repeating it in a hurry. Having won his second penalty of the match during Sunday’s 5-2 win over Wolves, Bent
CRAIG Liddle plans to give youth a chance this evening for his first game since being appointed as Darlington’s caretaker manager. The first match since Colin Todd’s departure sees Quakers take on Rochdale at The Northern Echo Arena and Liddle
BOSSES at a voluntary ambulance service have spoken out after losing thousands of pounds in a spate of thefts and vandalism. The County Durham branch of St John Ambulance has been struck by three major incidents of crime this year alone. In
A PUBLIC inquiry into a motorsport track owner’s battle for planning permission resumed yesterday. The inquiry, which started earlier this month, was launched after Alfred Walton, who runs Hardwick Moto-X, at Low Hardwick Farm, in Sedgefield,
A MARRIED couple who had their wedding pictures taken at the Angel of the North met its creator to round off their day. The artist Antony Gormley happened to be at his iconic North-East structure when Sean and Carol Brown visited on Saturday.
POLICE say motorists’ lives were put in danger when thieves disconnected traffic lights. About 220 metres of electrical cable was stolen for scrap from a set of temporary lights in Teesdale, County Durham, at the weekend. The alarm was raised
FANS of bowls are hoping to banish the game’s ageing image by offering coaching to teenagers. Durham Indoor Bowling Club and Newton Hall Bowling Club, in Durham, have been running cutprice coaching for adults and children since August.
PREMIERSHIP footballer Pascal Chimbonda has been banned from driving for six months for two speeding offences. The Blackburn Rovers fullback had denied speeding after he was caught at 91mph on the A19 near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, in January.
POLICE are investigating an accident in which an officer’s car flipped over. The 46-year-old driver suffered only minor injuries after his patrol car crashed through railings at a roundabout. The officer, who was thought to be answering
AN interactive dinosaur exhibition aimed at children of all ages has opened. The Age of the Dinosaurs is at Durham University’s Old Fulling Mill Museum of Archaeology. Visitors can discover what dinosaurs ate, how they lived and why
HISTORIANS are hoping to raise money for soldiers wounded in current conflicts by remembering past ones. Aycliffe Village Local History Society will remember the Second World War in a fundraising event in aid of the Help for Heroes charity. Vehicles
A PIECE of North-East history is being advertised for sale through the world’s biggest online marketplace. The owners of Harperley Prisoner of War Camp, in County Durham, are advertising it on eBay after running out of money to pay for its restoration
GORDON BROWN will today vow to step up the fight against nuisance neighbours and drunken louts in his crunch speech to Labour’s conference. The Prime Minister will put tackling low-level crime at the heart of his bid to revive his ailing Government
A KIND-HEARTED toddler will visit Downing Street and meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown after reaching the finals of a national competition. Two-year-old Marcus Durkin impressed judges for Channel Five News’ Britain’s Kindest Kids contest, after
TEENAGER Lyndon Longhorne was honoured by royalty last night as he picked up a national award for his courage. The 13-year-old from Crook, County Durham, met Prince Harry at the WellChild awards in London. WellChild, an organisation
THE new leader of Britain’s biggest organisation for social clubs has called on the Government to amend the smoking ban and tackle the flood of cheap drink being sold by supermarkets. Mick McGlasham, secretary of the Durham branch of the Club
ANTICIPATION is starting to build as more details of an outdoor art and light event are unveiled. Roseberry Topping, near Guisborough, east Cleveland, will be transformed during the four-day Odin’s Glow festival of light and mythology.
A WOMAN’S bank accounts have been closed after a stranger put £17,000 into her account in a suspected money-laundering scam. Darlington mother Amanda Fothergill alerted police after a mystery caller phoned her in May to say a large amount of
A FATHER who quit smoking for the sake of his children and now cycles every day is one of the faces of a lifesaving new campaign. People who stopped smoking have been telling the stories of how they quit with help from their local NHS Stop Smoking
A POLICEMAN was driving PAGE 14 at nearly twice the legal speed limit when his van collided with a car, killing a young woman, a court heard yesterday. PC Thomas Hart was responding to a 999 call when his van collided head-on with a Peugeot 207
• Traffic Updates THE A1 is closed in both directions at the Burtee interchange near Darlington, after a lorry carrying engineering equipment overturned. The accident is on the southbound carriageway between junctions 59 and 58. Chemicals
A PARLIAMENTARY candidate has come under fire for his campaign to reverse the closure of a hospital unit. Liberal Democrat candidate for Bishop Auckland Mark Wilkes has launched a petition in an effort to change the controversial decision on
A HOAX bomb call was made by a man after he was taken off the guest list at a christening. The brief message, warning police they had only 15 minutes to find the bombs, resulted in searches of two churches – causing the christening service to
