A Darlington quartet walked off with the national fours title at the All-England Indoor Bowls Championships today. Ken Tinkler, Tony Macey, Mark Jones and Andy Kirtland defeated Guildford-based Wey Valley team, 20-16, in a thrilling final,
THIRTY homes were evacuated earlier today when firefighters discovered acetylene cylinder in a blazing wooden garage. A 250-metre cordon was placed around the wooden structure, which was destroyed, at Langley Terrace, New Kyo, near Stanley,
AN 84-year-old man who went missing this morning has been found safe and well. Albert Rangley's wife phoned police at about 11.45am this morning after she had not seen her husband since 8.30am. He was found at about 3.15pm near his home in Bilton
HAVING spoken quite a lot about the need to be on your toes when faced with the quick-witted nature of Gordon Strachan, it’s only fair that I don’t try to hide when the Middlesbrough boss singled out me. On the day Strachan claimed in the
A MOTORIST is in hospital with a fractured skull after his car hit a kerb and flipped upside down last night. Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash at 9pm at the junction of Burnhill Way and Greenfield Way in Newton Aycliffe, County
A BODY has been discovered at a North-East nature reserve. The unidentifed body was found by members of the public at Coatham Marshes, near Redcar, just after 5pm yesterday. A spokesman for Cleveland Police said the body is believed to have been there
THE body of a man was pulled from a North-East river by lifeboat volunteers. Volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station were called to the River Wear after a member of the public reported the sighting of a person floating water on Friday
