Dan Burn's move to Fulham is no nearer to being completed, says Darlington manager Mark Cooper who denied claims that the transfer has been completed. Boardroom level negotiations are underway between Quakers and the Cottagers who are leading
Histon 0 Darlington 1 Darlington avoided being humbled by Histon when substitute striker John Campbell scored a late goal in last night's match. Bottom-of-the-table Histon were relegated when they lost at Gateshead at the weekend and
Ipswich Town 3 Middlesbrough 3 PORTMAN ROAD is a place with its share of fond memories from the five years Tony Mowbray spent there as a player and his return with Middlesbrough is unlikely to be one he will forget quickly. Having trailed
Whitley Bay scored twice in as many minutes to keep themselves in the title hunt with a 2-0 victory against Tow Law at Hillheads. There were few chances in a dull first half with the best falling to Lawyers' Mattie Scott, and in the second
Tidal Bay could take his chance in Saturday's Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr following his early exit at Aintree last weekend. The 10-year-old only made it as far as the 10th fence in the Grand National when he parted company with his jockey Brian
THE Hartlepool United production line from youth to first-team has dried up in recent years. But, as he plans a summer overhaul, it's something Mick Wadsworth is keen to address. Pools' second string meet Hull City at Victoria Park this afternoon,
Darlington have made six changes to their side for this evening's game at Histon with keeper Danzelle St Louis-Hamilton and Phil Gray both making their first starts for the club.Darlington have made six changes to their side for this evening's game at
MIDDLESBROUGH have decided not to appeal against a charge of violent conduct meaning that Marvin Emnes will start the first of a three-match ban tonight.Emnes had until 6pm this evening to respond for kicking out at Sheffield United's Michael Doyle
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale has sent a warning to rest of the County Championship's Division One ahead of Thursday's meeting with Durham at Headingley. The White Rose county secured a thumping nine-wicket win over Worcestershire inside three days at
Gateshead Council today agreed to form a joint venture partnership with Evolution Gateshead, a consortium of Home Group and Galliford Try, to build around 2,400 new homes. Homes will be built on 19 different sites in Gateshead which are already in Council
BISHOP Auckland College has today announced it is entering a consultation period with staff following cuts to its funding levels totalling £2.9m. Staff and union representatives were informed at meetings today that the college is forced to
A blacksmith is forging ahead with his new business after renovating an old Victorian stable to work from. Since being made redundant in 2009, Steve Brighton, 51, is keeping the fires burning by working from his renovated 1884, Warrenby property, The
Philmore’s nightclub reunions are re-creations of its former days which have been running once a year. But due to its enormous success could very well become more regular. DJ and promoter of the original popular nightclub, Jason Bushby, decided
A man who had a vision to run his own eyewear business has been given the boost he needs to focus on his dream. John Chapman, 46 of Redcar who has a strong background in eye-wear manufacture accumulated over 28 years experience within the sector
A COMEDY show which promises to put women’s breasts centre stage will come to the North-East next week. Busting Out!, which has already been seen by 300,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the UK, will come to Durham City’s Gala Theatre on Saturday
A CHARITY swimathon has raised £8,000 for a range of good causes. The Rotary Club of Durham and Freeman’s Quay 2010 swimathon was held at the Durham city centre leisure complex on November 20 and 21. The total raised was split between the chosen charities
A CAMPAIGNER’S fight for better hospice and care services has won the backing of his MP. Stafford Scholes, who has campaigned for care improvements for many years, visited Parliament to attend a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hospice
WORK has begun on a new £70,000 village play park. After years of fund-raising, it had been feared plans for Cornsay Colliery’s new playground would be scrapped after the Government slashed the £235m Playbuilder programme last summer. However, the coalition
SUNDERLAND defender John Mensah will be sidelined for at least three weeks after it was confirmed he has torn a groin muscle. The 28-year-old Ghana international, whose time on Wearside has been plagued by injuries, suffered a Grade Two adductor
A NETWORK of "bee roads" are to be planted in a project to provide a new habitat for insects and butterflies. The scheme will be trialled in Yorkshire where it is hoped that farmers and landowners will come forward to identify patches of land
A POSTMISTRESS allegedly murdered by her husband thought he was a 'top guy', his mother told a court today. Robin Garbutt was the only man his wife Diana had ever trusted, Teesside Crown Court heard. The prosecution claims the 45-year-old
MIDDLESBROUGH midfielder Marvin Emnes has been charged with violent conduct. A statement on the FA website reads: "The FA has today charged Middlesbrough FC’s Marvin Emnes with violent conduct. "The charge relates to an incident during
The chairman of Darlington based care homes group Southern Cross, has resigned from his role. The decision by Ray Miles to step down after three years in the role, comes as the firm undergoes a financial restructuring. Last month it announced that it
Britain’s Next Big Thing (BBC2, 8pm) Katie: My Beautiful Friends (C4, 9pm) True Stories: Guilty Pleasures (More4, 10pm) IN theory, it’s never been easier for members of the public to sell their own handiwork – just stick it on the internet. However
AS an investment manager and stock market follower, I have been concerned for some time that Government-imposed austerity measures, public spending cuts, rising inflationary pressures, together with January’s rise in VAT, would hit discretionary
DIGITAL experts Industrial Strength have scored a first for the region, by developing a fully-optimised mobile version of a website that helps job seekers keep in touch with the latest vacancies using their smartphones. The move came after web
BANKING stocks gained yesterday after a key report shied away from recommending a full-blown split of their retail and investment arms. The Independent Commission on Banking (ICB), which is working on measures aimed at protecting taxpayers against
CAR parts and engineering firm GKN yesterday said last month’s disaster in Japan had impacted on profits, but was not expected to derail its recovery. The UK-based firm, which supplies parts to Nissan’s Sunderland plant among others, said profits
ONE problem with this Government is that the message from the corridors of power is not always the one heard in (smoke-free) saloon bars or the high street hairdresser. The dramatic shake-up of the state pension, proposed last week in a Department
THE National Farmers’ Union (NFU) dairy team has met more than 200 dairy farmers in the North of England as part of its work to develop a new strategy for dairying. Meetings were held over three days between Scarborough and Carlisle. Mansel Raymond
FARMERS and cattle dealers have been urged not to bring cattle from bovine TB infected areas into Yorkshire and the North-East. A regional livestock board meeting of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) in Thirsk heard that the region’s cattle and
A RESPECTED school teacher who taught alongside one of her friends during her entire working life has died at the age of 103. Winifred Maw, known as Biddy, taught history at Reid Street Secondary Modern Girls' School, in Darlington, and served as
As founder of TinyTalk, which teaches babies sign language, Katie Mayne believes that signing can play an important role in a hearing child’s development. She talks to Sarah Foster. FOR anyone who is sceptical about baby signing, Katie Mayne has several
AROUND 100 jobs are under threat at BAE Systems in Newcastle, as it looks to consolidate operations in its vehicle business. It emerged today that the defence giant has also started consultation on closing a manufacturing site in Wolverhampton, with
CHANGES to the retirement age, coupled with pressure on firms to shed staff, could lead to an increase in age discrimination cases, a leading employment lawyer has warned. Following last week's abolition of the default retirement age (dfa) employment
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight by Uri Gagarin, with North-East firms playing an integral part in the ensuing moon race RUSSIAN cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became one of the most famous men on the planet when he orbited
THERE have been a number of misleading stories of late which have understandably prompted many residents to wonder what on earth is going on. Is the council really closing its tourist information centre (TIC) in Durham City and maintaining one
THE only horse race I watch each year is the Grand National and like every other genuine racing fan I keep my fingers crossed each year that both horse and jockey will make it around the course safely. This rarely happens. This year the
IT is good that the African Union is trying to broker a cease-fire in Libya, but there is no reason yet to be optimistic about a settlement. There is also continued trouble in Syria and Yemen, and in Egypt there still appears a great deal to be
IN previous letters I put forward the argument that carbon emissions not only don’t affect the climate but that a great deal of evidence can be found indicating that this entire theory was based not on dispassionate scientific evidence, faulty
WE are constantly reminded that “lessons learnt” are an important part of life. I therefore have a suggestion for the Government. Let’s have a referendum on whether or not we should continue to bail out failing European economies. The Icelandic
THE Government has been forced to make an embarrassing public U-turn over its intended privatisation of the NHS. This privileged Government has been shaken to its wealthy foundations by the power of the working class merely lifting its little
THE NHS is a service that Britain can be proud of. However, like all large organisations, it is not perfect and needs reforming. Mention this to NHS staff and they will say that they are sick of reforms and just want to get on with doing their
I HAVE just finished reading the letter from Helen Goodman MP (HAS, April 11) and am amazed that, though she rightly praises everyone involved for their efforts in saving the paintings and the castle, she made one glaring omission. Not once did
HAVING been in teaching for 37 years, I can only despair at the idiocy of some of my fellow “professionals”. The case of the 13-year-old boy from Blyth who was expelled from school for having a moustache, indicates a school management descending
THERE is no possibility of reforming the National Health Service for, if it had been possible, it would have been done before now. Every government since the Eighties has tried and failed. That the NHS is crying out for reform is not in doubt. It
DAVID Paton Junior was the big winner at the opening event of Croft's motorsport season. The East Lothian rider went away with both the Laird of Croft title and the Ken Redfern Trophy at the end of the The North East Motorcycle Racing Club
IN the build-up to the General Election, David Cameron emphasised the need to rebalance the North-East economy due to its over-reliance on the public sector. Since Mr Cameron became Prime Minister, this region has been particularly hard hit by
Like health care, social care plays a vital role in society. Beranice Semp explains how efforts are made to ensure that the highest possible standards are maintained in the North-East care homes. WHEN widow Joan Little, 91, slipped and fell on the
MODERATE stuff at Folkestone but Not Til Monday looks the real deal in the Diesel Adoption Handicap over just shy of two miles. John Jenkins has done a fine job with this durable five-year-old, who was in winning form over hurdles during the winter
NICK FALDO still believes in Rory McIlroy after watching every shot of a Masters nightmare that inevitably turned his own mind back 15 years. McIlroy’s closing round of 80 at Augusta, which sent him crashing from four shots clear to ten shots
DURHAM will surely have to give serious consideration to unleashing Graham Onions against Yorkshire at Headingley on Thursday after taking only five wickets on the final day at the Rose Bowl. Onions is reported to have come through every
HE’S cute, he’s cuddly and he is, quite definitely, a survivor. Peanut, the baby meerkat had a grim start in life but, thanks to some tender loving care from his human minders, he is now as fit as a fiddle. And this Easter he will finally be meeting
A MULTI-MILLION pound mining project is among landmark schemes expected to trigger a jobs bonanza in the region as the Government this morning unveils the winning bids for its flagship growth fund. Fourteen schemes across the North-East, which
TWO men have been cleared of taking part in violence which erupted after a Hartlepool United football match. Dean Carroll and John Welsh were acquitted of charges of unlawful wounding and affray at the end of a five-day trial. Both claimed
A PUPPY was left with horrific injuries after it was mauled by two larger dogs in a public park. Lisa Brown, the owner of fivemonth- old Alfie, has called for certain dogs to be muzzled in public. The incident took place on Saturday in Darlington
CAMPAIGNERS working to restore a lifeboat involved in a disaster nearly five decades ago are celebrating two major donations. The George Elmy Heritage Project, based in Seaham, County Durham, will be able to realise its goal after being awarded
A MAN who drove a 15-year-old girl to attempt suicide after he had sex with her in his car has avoided a further jail term after admitting he contacted his victim to apologise. Christopher Paul Johnson was jailed for two years in 2008 after
SUB-POSTMASTER Robin Garbutt has denied his “unhappy and unfaithful” wife was about to leave him when he allegedly beat her to death. David Hatton, prosecuting, suggested to the 45-year-old that Diana Garbutt no longer loved him and found him
Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson previews this evening's two Champions League quarter-final second-leg ties. Manchester United (1) vs Chelsea (0) Wayne Rooney's first-leg winner at Stamford Bridge has put Manchester United firmly in
STEVE Harper admits the shallowness of Newcastle's squad makes it almost impossible for the club to cope with the absence of key players. Despite making a number of smart saves, Harper was powerless to prevent the Magpies slipping to a 1-0
TONY Mowbray will hold one-to-one discussions with some of the key members of his Middlesbrough squad before the end of the month as he begins to turn his attention to this summer's rebuilding project. Significant changes are in the offing
SEVERAL members of a prominent traveller family have been arrested after a police operation into the alleged “clocking” of vehicles. Five people, including four members of the Welch family, have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud after
SECULAR campaigners have urged council chiefs to “stand firm” on controversial proposals to scrap free transport to faith schools. Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society (NSS), said faith school transport subsidies
AN experienced climber who fell 80ft to his death from a frozen waterfall had taken all the appropriate precautions, an inquest heard. Dave Church, of Shildon, County Durham, died instantly after all but one of his ice screws – designed to protect
A WIFE has paid tribute to her much-loved husband who died after being attacked outside a pub. Spencer Freeman was assaulted early on Sunday near The Grenadier, in Trimdon Avenue, Middlesbrough. The 42-year-old father-oftwo was taken
BUSINESSES left disappointed after failing to secure a slice of the Governments Regional Growth Fund (RGF) have been reassured their job-creation schemes could still end up being given the go-ahead. Despite the region securing about £57m
AT the start of February, Sunderland were sixth in the Premier League. Today, after an eight-game winless run, they are just six points off relegation. Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson looks at what has gone wrong. 1. Lack of a cutting edge
CARE home group Southern Cross Healthcare has denied approaching the Treasury for a state bailout. It was reported over the weekend that the Darlington based firm approached the Treasury towards the end of March seeking short-term financial support.
Whitley Bay manager Ian Chandler has confirmed that striker Paul Chow has a badly sprained ankle – but he should bit for their FA Vase final date against Coalville on May 8th. Chow, who has scored in every round of the Vase this season, was
Darlington head to relegated Histon this evening with manager Mark Cooper keen to inflict more misery on the bottom of the table club. The Stutes had their relegation confirmed on Saturday when they lost 2-0 at Gateshead, a result which means
England have confirmed their rearranged schedule for this year's World Cup, having been forced to alter their plans in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake. Christchurch was hit by the quake on February 22 and tournament organisers were forced to
