I was the proudest mummy in the east a few weeks ago. We went up to Edinburgh to visit my auntie and ended up in the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the Royal Mile. Charlie was borrowed to have his picture taken with Julia Donaldson, author of
THE region's major towns were promised "home rule" under directly-elected mayors today, with new powers to tackle poverty and cut benefit bills. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles promised the new-style town hall leaders - including in Middlesbrough
Ten man Billingham Synthonia went through to the second round in a dramatic extra time period at Bishop Auckland yesterday. Bishops took the lead after 10 minutes with a low shot by youngster Arran Wearmouth, but Synners slowly got back into the game
A BOY of four is recovering in hospital after getting his hand trapped in an escalator at a North-East shopping centre. Firefighters dismantled part of the escalator at the Galleries, Washington, to free the youngster. The boy, from Stanley, County
A SERVICE celebrating the life of a teenager who died suddenly last weekend will be held later this month. Camilla Jane Irvine, of Newton-le-Willows, near Bedale, North Yorkshire, died at a friend's home in Scorton, near Richmond, on September
It’s Sarah Proud’s 30th birthday on the 8th October and on Saturday night she is having a surprise party in the Bottom House. Sarah knows all about it, it’s just a surprise to the rest of us that the popular Cockfield party girl has made it to 30!
ANDY Carroll is a surprise absentee from the Newcastle starting line-up for today's Premier League away game at Manchester City. Carroll, who is hoping to receive his maiden call-up to the full England squad tomorrow, has been dropped to the substitutes
The first division’s bottom club, Esh Winning, parted company with manager Adam Furness last Tuesday, but he answered an SOS from the club to take charge of the team at Whitley Bay, because new boss Peter Mulcaster was away on holiday and doesn’t start
Chester-le-Street smashed Guisborough’s unbeaten Second Division record and boosted their own promotion hopes with a 5-0 win on Saturday. Until Saturday, Chester had struggled with the second division following relegation last season, and manager Stuart
Spennymoor manager Jason Ainsley praised his team’s togetherness for getting them through to the second round of the FA Vase – and he’s now crossing his fingers that they don’t draw another Northern League team in the next round. Moors had a tough away
A BRITISH soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today. The soldier was from the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles. He died in the blast while on patrol in Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province yesterday
