A MAN who fell down a river bank in Teesdale, County Durham, this afternoon was flown to hospital by air ambulance. The alarm was raised shortly before 3pm when fire crews responded to reports that an adult male had fallen down an embankment close to
ANOTHER series of the award-winning children's TV series Tracy Beaker Returns is to be filmed entirely in the North-East. The news was announced tonight by Director BBC North, Peter Salmon at the Royal Television Society North East Centre Awards at The
TWO teenagers have been arrested in connection with a shooting in St David's Road, Grangetown, near Middlesbrough. A 17-year-old was arrested yesterday and a 19-year-old arrested earlier today. Both youths, who live in Grangetown, were granted bail.
Darlington will take a one-goal lead into next week’s second leg of the FA Trophy semi-finals with Gateshead after a thrilling contest at The Northern Echo Arena today in which they overturned a two-goal deficit. Darlington will take a one-goal
A PENSIONER who died after a two car smash has this afternoon been named as 67-year-old widow Mavis Jamison. The mother-of-three and grandmother to four children suffered serious injuries when the car she was a passenger in was involved in
HARTLEPOOL UNITED moved into eighth in the League One rankings with a solid victory over Plymouth Argyle.They still lie 11 points off the top six and the play-off spots, but after two wins from three are on course to meet Mick Wadsworth's mini-target
IT might not have been pretty, but this was a point from Fratton Park that could prove vital for Middlesbrough.Boro's trip to Portsmouth was short of goalmouth incident and neither goalkeeper was asked a serious question.But this was a goalless draw
I’m indebted to Jill Waldock for the photograph of my old mate Bernard Waldock. It put me in mind of one of the original blogs; here it is. NORMAN DINSDALE was one of those characters who’d seen and done it all. If you’d been to Tenerife, he’d been
Chris Senior gets the nod as replacement for Michael Smith in Darlington's XI for their FA Trophy tie with Gateshead.Chris Senior gets the nod as replacement for Michael Smith in Darlington's XI for their FA Trophy tie with Gateshead. The striker makes
ANTONY Sweeney takes his place in the Hartlepool United side for their home game with Plymouth, after recovering from a Carlisle clattering.The midfielder was felled in the 1-0 loss by Ryan Noble, but despite fears he would be out of action today, he
TONY MOWBRAY has named the same team for the second game in a row for Middlesbrough's Championship match at Fratton Park. Despite the return to the squad of centre-back Stephen McManus - who is included on the bench - Mowbray has kept the same
A POLICE force in the North-East paid out £7,000 to a victim bitten by one of its police dogs, it has been revealed. That figure is included in the £770,000 compensation paid by forces across the UK over the past three years to people who received police
AN explosion at a nuclear power station this morning destroyed a building housing the reactor - but a radiation leak was decreasing despite fears of a meltdown from damage caused by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, officials said. Government
Gillford Park have assured other Northern League clubs that they are repairing their facilities as quickly as they can. Gillford returned to their home ground a fortnight ago courtesy of an injunction taken out at Carlisle County Court, but as it’s the
A PENSIONER has died after the car she was a passenger in collided with another vehicle. The 67-year-old woman died in James Cook University Hospital at 3am this morning after sustaining serious injuries when the Nissan micra she was travelling in collided
THERE has been an explosion at the earthquake-hit nuclear plant at Fukushima, Japan, with several workers reported injured inside. The Japanese government confirmed shortly after 9.30am that there had been a radiation leakage. An initial
THE grieving mother of murder victim Chris Brown revealed how she watched a news report of his killing that morning – not realising the victim was her own son. Sally Brown – who revealed his death has caused a “pain in her chest which has never
THESE are the shocking injuries suffered by a vulnerable woman in an apparently motiveless attack. Police are appealing for information after two men got out of a car in the morning rush-hour and repeatedly punched Kavina Kennedy. The
THAI firm Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) will complete its multi-million pound takeover of the former Teesside Cast Products plant on March 24, and a North-East boss will be at the helm. Union leaders have praised the decision by SSI
A TEENAGER returned to a pub to carry out a revenge attack in the early hours of New Year’s Day, a court heard. Stephen Paul Trotter was yesterday sentenced to five years and four months in a young offenders’ institution after admitting stabbing
TWO men were facing life sentences last night after they were convicted of being fugitive gunman Raoul Moat’s henchmen during his murderous rampage. Karl Ness and Qhuram Awan conspired with Moat before, during and after he shot three people
Gateshead striker Nathan Fisher probably experienced the full gamut of emotions on Tuesday during the first of the three games against Darlington, the team he supported as a youngster. The league encounter ended 2-2, but only after Quakers had thrown
AS HE prepares his side for today's FA Trophy semi-final first-leg against Gateshead, Darlington manager Mark Cooper insists he has faith in his defenders, despite conceding a late equaliser to Ian Bogie's side on Tuesday. Cooper was livid with his side
