As usual when these sides meet the tension is high, with both sides anxious to keep things tight. Quarter of an hour into the game Darlington was awarded a penalty. Dom Fox stepped up to open the scoring with a well taken penalty kick just inside the
SHOULD be an entertaining weekend. A man so important that I cannot reveal his name without killing you is due on Saturday lunchtime, with Nick Clegg tailing into Redcar on Sunday teatime. Wherever I go, I find bleak Labour faces. Politicos
LEICESTER Weale Neilson Brown Hobbs Berner Gallagher Spearing King Dyer Vaughan Waghorn Killen McDonald L Williams Robson O'Neil Franks Naughton Riggott Wheater Hoyte Jones MIDDLESBROUGH Middlesbrough subs (from): Coyne (gk)
THE DUCHESS of Kent is backing a charity fundraising concert in the region set to boost the work of Action Medical Research. The Royal is backing Picnic in the Park, in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, and organisers have not ruled out an appearance
A BID for York to be officially recognised as a World Heritage Site will take another step forward this summer. The city is to submit a bid for inclusion on the UK Tentative List – the first stage of the process - in June. The application will be assessed
AFTER spending the vast majority of the season on the Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Newcastle beat, it's been nice during the last ten days to head for Hartlepool and Darlington. Interviewing Chris Turner and Pools' Icelandic striker Armann
A MOTORIST was yesterday fined and had six points placed on his licence for driving with no insurance. Andrew John Wilson, of Ox Close Crescent, Spennymoor, was convicted in his absence by magistrates at Newton Aycliffe after they heard he had failed
A POLICE force is facing its third serious investigation for officer wrong doing in less than a month after a man was seriously injured. North Yorkshire Police faces questions by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over an incident
A JUDGE yesterday freed a man who has spent months behind bars because of a series of lies his pregnant girlfriend told police. Kieran Morby was locked up on remand after Leanne Foster claimed he had held a gun to her head during a drunken argument.
A ROADSIDE assistance man has been honoured for his work. Mike Donley, of Mondial Assistance, was awarded an Institute of Vehicle Recovery (IVR) fellowship at the organisation’s annual general meeting. Mr Donley was also given Green Flag’s Gold Truck
A BURGLAR who was caught by the neighbours of his victim has been sentenced to a year in prison. Peter Winter became effectively trapped in the house he was burgling on Hillside View in Sherburn Village, Durham, on January 23. Two men and two women
YOUNG debaters were told they could return to school with their heads held high, after narrowly missing out on a regional prize. Pupils at Durham Johnston School, in Durham City, were knocked out of the Debating Matters competition by Gosforth High School
A COLLEGE’S catering students have scooped four awards at a regional contest. Catering and Hospitality students from New College Durham, in Durham City, won four prizes at the North Eastern Culinary Trade Association (Necta) awards, held at Newcastle
A POULTRY farmer has been named as the face of British Food Fortnight 2010 after seeing off 100 other competition entrants. James Potter, a managing director of Yorkshire Farmhouse Eggs, at Catton, near Thirsk, in North Yorkshire, has won the title.
YOUNG Scott Borthwick did a splendid job as Durham’s makeshift opener when they followed on 280 behind this afternoon. He was on 21 with Kyle Coetzer on 43 whenTrain stopped play at 3.12 with Durham on 46 for no wicket. Borthwick was
THERE was no sign of rain at Headingley this morning, but Durham had cause to reflect that it never rains but it pours. Michael Di Venuto became the eighth player on the casualty list when he failed to resume his innings because of a back problem. Further
DAVID Cameron clearly ‘won’ last night’s final TV debate, giving his most assured performance and successfully knocking a flustered Nick Clegg down a peg or two. But what alarmed me was that he achieved this victory with a sharp lurch to the
VICTIMS of crimes motivated by hate or prejudice can now access round the clock help through a network of reporting centres. Thirteen centres have been set up across Hambleton and Richmondshire – opened with the support of the library service and a groups
A FLOWER festival on the them of celebration has been opened to run across the bank holiday weekend. All Saints' and Salutation Church in Blackwell, Darlington is staging a flower festival for the next three days. The event was opened by Alasdair MacConachie
A SURVIVOR of a blaze which killed two young jockeys told a jury that the man accused of starting it was pacing up and down before firefighters arrived saying “Someone’s done this”. Chef Christopher Crosby described how he escaped from the flames
A MAN suspected of a string of thefts from vehicles has been arrested and will appear in court next month. Between mid February and mid April around 30 thefts from vehicles were reported in the Sedgefield, Fishburn and Coxhoe area. On Friday April 16
QPR Cerny Ramage Gorkss Tosic Leigertwood Buzsaky Faurlin Ephraim Parker German Priskin Lovenkrands Carroll Barton Nolan Butt Routledge Enrique Coloccini Williamson D Simpson Krul NEWCASTLE Newcastle United subs (from): Harper
POLICE divers resumed underwater searches today for a man who went overboard from a pleasure boat in the Lake District. Holidaymakers watched as the man went over the side of the Lady of the Lake steamer at Sharrow Bay, on Ullswater, but quickly lost
NEW apartments on a piece of land described by neighbours as a wildlife haven could be given permission after councillors visited the site. Members of Darlington Borough Council's planning committee will decide on the future of an application for an
GUY Wilks was 8.1 seconds faster over the repeat runs through the first three stages of the Rally Islas Canarias to keep ahead of the locals who were widely expected to give the Intercontinental Rally Challenge regulars a run for their money. Škoda
A TEENAGE white supremacist was convicted today of three counts of possessing terror documents. Former milkman's assistant Nicky Davison, 19, of Grampian Way, Annfield Plain, County Durham, was a founder member of the Aryan Strike Force set up by his
Wensleydale will be full of mouth-watering treats this weekend, says Ruth Addicott. WITH more than 80 mouth-watering food and drink stands, top chefs offering free demonstrations and non-stop entertainment, the Dales Festival of Food and Drink
Coronation Street (ITV1, 7.30pm and 8.30pm). THE last we saw of scheming Tracy Barlow, in Coronation Street, was her being sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering boyfriend Charlie Stubbs. Now she’s returning to the ITV1 soap and, according
WINSLOW HOMER is one of the most respected figures in US art history, whose painting, Inside the Bar, Cullercoats, 1882, hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. He arrived in 1881 in the small, windswept village of Cullercoats
NEWCASTLE International Airport probably lost a sizeable slice of income from its car park machines during its recent closure, so on Monday on my first business visit to the airport since then it was no surprise to find they have been rather quick
MOST people are against killing animals for fun and want the Hunting Act to remain. But some General Election candidates want to repeal it – here are the views of some in the North-East. Bishop Auckland: Mark Wilkes (Lib Dem) and Helen Goodman
LOOK at the history of the two political parties who have ruled our country for the past 30 years. Conservatives sold everything of value to foreign interests, electricity, gas, water, railways, buses, telecoms, steel, etc, putting thousands of
IT was disappointing, although not surprising, to see so many correspondents (HAS, April 27) cling hopelessly to yet another untruth about the Conservatives. David Cameron has made clear that the North-East has nothing to fear from the Conservatives
I AGREE with so much of what Ukip members Charlotte Bull and Dave Brothers have to say about the subjugation of British powers to the EU, but I fail to see how having a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty would make any difference once it had been
NOW the recent air travel chaos seems to be subsiding we need to look at lessons that can be learnt. Events were the result of an unforeseen phenomenon, but I question the response of the Government and the European authorities. Initially, a safety
ICAUGHT an item in the news this week about what are being called “cotton wool kids” – youngsters who are carefully cocooned by their parents from what they see as the dangers of modern life. These, it now appears, include public transport, sleepovers
The final TV leaders’ debate turned out to be a two-party fight and, as Political Editor Chris Lloyd decides, the winner on points was clearly David Cameron. THE third debate was an old fashioned slugfest. It was a twoparty fight, with David
IN this column yesterday, following his nightmare in Rochdale, we said that Gordon Brown needed the performance of his life in the third and final TV debate. And there was a desperate attempt by senior Labour figures to pretend that he had delivered
NEIL Robertson outplayed a weary Ali Carter in the first session of their marathon last-four showdown as he began his quest to give Australia their first ever Crucible finalist. The 28-year-old opened up a 6-2 lead over Essex cueman Carter
STEVE Harmison was at Headingley yesterday and must have felt some sympathy for fellow paceman Tino Best. While Durham contemplate a gentle return to action for Harmison against Durham University next week, he would not have relished bowling
EOIN Morgan confirmed his liking for South Africa’s bowlers with another matchwinning role as England narrowly completed an unbeaten ICC World Twenty20 warm-up campaign at Kensington Oval. Morgan (63) began his contribution after England lurched
AVENUESNALLEYWAYS has every chance of defying a 6lb penalty in the Pegler Yorkshire Handicap at Doncaster. Ralph Beckett’s charge is untried on turf but his profile is one of rapid improvement and everything he has done suggests this first try
WITH a monster 25km stage early this morning, Guy Wilks believes that whichever driver gels with their car the quickest will have a big advantage when round four of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the Rally Islas Canarias ‘Trofeo El Corte
For Sunderland and Newcastle, it has been a successful campaign. For Middlesbrough and Hartlepool, it has been a disappointment; for Darlington, it has been a disaster. As the end draws near, it’s time to select the North-East team of the season.
Liverpool 2 Atletico Madrid 1 (aet, 2-2 on aggregate, Atletico Madrid win on away goals) ATLETICO Madrid striker Diego Forlan scored against Liverpool for the second time in a week to end the Merseysiders’ dreams of a third European final in five
SIMON DAVEY will spend the next week assessing a number of trialists after continuing to give the Darlington squad an overhaul. Quakers head to Macclesfield tomorrow knowing nothing can be done to prevent their fall in to the Blue Square Premier
Fulham 2 Hamburg 1 (Fulham win 2-1 on aggregate) ZOLTAN Gera described his matchwinner in last night’s Europa League semi-final against Hamburg as the ‘‘most important goal’’ of his career. The Hungarian struck after 76 minutes at Craven
AFTER enjoying their best run of home form of the season in recent weeks, Hartlepool United want to end their Victoria Park programme in style tomorrow. Exeter City, three places and four points behind with two games remaining, are the visitors
A CONSERVATIVE candidate has called for a geological survey of former mines to be carried out to find potential gas supplies. Edward Legard, who is fighting the Darlington seat, said the surveys of mines on Teesside could create jobs for local
MIDDLESBROUGH manager Gordon Strachan will contact Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp next month in an attempt to re-sign full-back Kyle Naughton for next season. Naughton has made 14 appearances since joining Boro on loan from Spurs in January,
RANGERS boss Walter Smith is hoping the lure of Champions League football will be sufficient to tempt Newcastle goalkeeper Fraser Forster to move to Ibrox. Forster has spent the campaign on loan in League One at Norwich City, with his 18 clean
STEVE BRUCE wants to pull off Sunderland’s first signing of the summer before the World Cup starts in June by reaching a pre-contract agreement for Paraguay midfielder Cristian Riveros. Bruce, hoping to cement the Black Cats’ place in the top
A COUNTY Durham firm that makes worker safety wear has been recognised for its own safety record. The 3M site, at Aycliffe Business Park, has won a hat-trick of awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The
A NORTH Yorkshire creamery is set for growth after launching a cheese, in a multimillion pound move that will secure the future of the business, it was revealed last night. The Wensleydale Creamery, in Hawes, is launching Jervaulx Blue, which
THE region’s newest conference and events centre is playing host to hundreds of would-be entrepreneurs who want to start their own franchises. As many as 1,500 would-be business people are expected to attend the North-East Franchising Exhibition
A NORTH-EAST coffee spot is the only outlet in the region to be named among the UK’s 50 best coffee shops. Coolaboola, based in Jesmond Metro station and Newcastle Central Metro station, was named by The Independent in its list of the UK’s
THE founder of a North-East embroidery business is stepping down after more than 20 years, with his successor targeting expansion and increasing the workforce. Ron Falkinder set up Initial Images in South Shields, in 1989, which has grown steadily
A FOOD company from Teesside was last night accused of failing to pay its staff for two months, as many of its employees began legal action against the business. The Baked Snacks Company is said to have not paid its staff during January or February
A FORMER soldier who ran a marathon in memory of his best friend who was killed in Afghanistan has raised almost £5,000 for Help for Heroes. David Henry, from Brandon, in County Durham, took part in the Brighton Marathon, on April 18, in honour
A BOOK about the life and death of murder victim Jenny Nicholl has been published online. If I Never Meet You In This Life – Looking For Jenny was written by Ed Devlin, a journalist and author who was brought up in the teenager’s home town
POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned as to the whereabouts of Karen Tierney who has been reported missing from home in Redcar, east Cleveland. She was last seen on the evening of Monday, April 26 when she left an address in Wetherby,
THE founder of a neo-Nazi group who has admitted producing the deadly poison ricin was nothing more than a “monstrous dreamer”, a court was told yesterday. Leading Aryan Strike Force member Ian Davison regarded himself as a “general or commander
SOLDIERS are being taught how to fish to help them cope with the stress of fighting the Taliban. Troops from 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire), based at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, have been given fishing lessons so they
ARMY recruits have given a helping hand at a North-East hospice. The 17 young soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland, based at the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick Garrison, spent the day undertaking dozens of tasks at the Darlington
AN inquest has been told that an artist stopped a giant inflatable being evacuated after the floor rose up hours before it broke its moorings, killing two women and injuring 27 other visitors. Tony Davies, from Liverpool, worked on the Dreamspace
STEVE Harmison was at Headingley yesterday and must have felt some sympathy for fellow paceman Tino Best. While Durham contemplate a gentle return to action for Harmison against Durham University next week, he would not have relished bowling on Headingley's
GORDON BROWN insisted yesterday he did understand public fears about immigration as he tried to move on from his “bigot” slur. Senior ministers openly acknowledged the fall-out from his encounter yesterday with 66- year-old Gillian Duffy
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who shone a laser pen at an RAF helicopter joining the search for a missing kayaker cost the force several thousand pounds in additional flying time, a court was told. Teesside Youth Court heard that the boy’s actions could
THE grieving partner of a man who died after an iron bar fell on his head while at work said it took his death for safety measures to be introduced at the plant. Kristian Norris, 29, died at Corus, near Redcar, as the result of an accident,
A REPORT has revealed bickering within a constituency Liberal Democrat party. The Bishop Auckland Liberal Democrats were investigated in February by party members from neighbouring groups on behalf of the regional party. It followed
STATE-OWNED banks may have to be compelled to start lending to small businesses, leading Lib Dem Menzies Campbell said yesterday. After meeting traders in Durham Indoor Market, the former Liberal Democrat leader said: “Bureaucracy is the thing
SHADOW Secretary of State for Transport Theresa Villiers yesterday announced that the A1 in the North-East will be included on a list of roads considered for funding from the national budget under a Tory Government. Currently, improvements
THE British National Party launched its North-East manifesto yesterday by asking Gordon Brown for an apology in the wake of the off-camera gaffe. Michael Stewart, who is standing in North-West Durham, sympathised with Gillian Duffy, 65, who
A FORMER bishop is to chair a Christian hustings tonight. The Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, formerly Bishop of Rochester, will lead a debate at Elvet Methodist Church, in Durham City. The event will be attended by Labour’s Roberta
AN apprentice jockey who narrowly survived a fire which killed two of his colleagues told a jury that one of the victims was calling for help before he leapt to safety. Dean Pratt said he was standing beside Jan Wilson at a window of the blazing
A WHEELCHAIR user is doing a sponsored event to raise money for wounded servicemen. David Malia, 27, from Gateshead, will clock up as many miles as he can along Hadrian’s Wall, in Northumberland, next week. He will be joined by care staff
PLANNING permission has been granted to build the country’s tallest bridge. Members of Sunderland City Council’s planning committee yesterday backed the application for the bridge over the River Wear between Pallion and Castletown. The application
INDIAN investors could help put Durham County Cricket Club on the world stage in the sport. The county champions for the past two years last night confirmed reports of the £2.4m cash input from “a longterm business associate” of club chairman
A FORMER pub boss was yesterday locked up for five years for the systematic abuse of a schoolgirl a decade ago. Sandra Gough was told that she had been the cause of much of the psychological troubles that her victim has since suffered. Judge
NEWCASTLE United’s star striker faced magistrates yesterday charged with an assault in a nightclub. Andy Carroll, 21, is alleged to have been involved in a fight at the Blu Bambu nightclub in Newcastle’s Bigg Market in December. The footballer
GORDON BROWN suffered more misery in last night’s final leaders’ TV debate, when David Cameron scored a clear victory in a passionate clash on the economy, tax cuts and immigration. One day after the Prime Minister’s hugely-damaging “bigoted
A LUXURY hotel has revealed plans to finance a multimillion pound expansion by building executive homes on its green belt land. The four-star Ramside Hall Hotel, in Durham City, was granted planning permission in March 2008 for a £17m development
FAMILIES and carers fighting to save seven residential homes in County Durham have urged people to have their say before a council consultation closes today. Durham County Council has been consulting on closing seven homes for three months.
A CANCER patient has been denied NHS funding for a new cancer drug which could add years to his life. It means that health specialists will be unable to prescribe Everolimus, which costs about £40,000 a year and can extend lives by up to two
