Easington manager Andy Colledge last night quit for the second time. Colledge returned to the crisis-hit club in December after he had originally walked out in October, but he decided to quit again after an emergency meeting in Easington.
Shildon went out of the Durham Challenge by 3-1 to holders Gateshead at the International Stadium last night. All of Gateshead's goals came from setpieces, their first two coming from Rob Briggs and Luke Gilbert in the first half, and after Steve
A PRINTING firm which underwent a change of management this month is planning major web expansion that could take its business worldwide, after securing significant investment. MTPrint, a Darlington based printing firm started 88 years ago, plans to
DEVELOPERS behind a high speed train manufacturing plant in County Durham are to hold a second open day for potential suppliers. The Hitachi-led Agility Trains consortium is to build its plant in Newton Aycliffe after being confirmed as the Government's
A FAMILY run wholesale cheese firm has secured new business in the Middle East, worth a total of £100,000, after upgrading its factory. Prima Cheese Ltd has secured the orders from the Lebanon and Dubai, each worth around £50,000. The family-run business
SUNDERLAND has confirmed it has submitted an application to become home to the Green Investment Bank (GIB), ahead of today's deadline. The city council announced earlier this month that it had begun the self-assessment process in response to the Department
PLANS for a potash mine with the potential to create 5,000 jobs have taken another step forward after the firm behind the scheme secured all the funding its needs to take the project to the preconstruction stage. It emerged a year ago that
TALKS continued on Monday to prevent Darlington FC from being liquidated. Negotiations took place between potential investor Paul Wildes and former club chairman Raj Singh. Mr Wildes told The Northern Echo he is a confident a deal can
Peter Barron goes in search of the exotic – and finds himself heading off to Teesside MY wife is a Bulawayo girl. Of Irish descent but born and raised in Africa, she has naturally fond memories of her homeland and feels the occasional longing
IT has been confirmed that the FA Cup fourth round replay between Middlesbrough and Sunderland has been put back 24 hours. After Sunday’s 1-1 draw, the two teams will now meet at the Riverside Stadium on Wednesday, February 8 at 7.45pm after being
I HAVE always considered The Northern Echo a truthful and valuable source of news information, not bursting with gossip or exaggerating stories on its front page in order to sell itself. However the January 24 issue proved me wrong. A story was
TWO restaurateur brothers who want to serve takeaway food until 3am are taking their case to court. Sadeck and Javid Amin, who opened Urban Oven, at 94 Claypath, in Durham City, last September, say they need to stay open late to break even. Their first
FOR many years Scotland has objected to the idea of Britain introducing permanent ‘‘daylight saving’’ ie British Summer Time all year round. The Scots always insisted that BST would be damaging to their economy. So Westminster capitulated. Time
PAT GLASS MP’s recent comments about the new Consett Academy (Echo, Jan 23) are misguided. She urges speedy building of it regardless of the merits of the available sites, but misses the key issue. Investing £40m in the former steelworks site
THE A19 is closed in North Yorkshire after an HGV pulling a digger crashed into a ditch. Police were called to the incident, on the northbhound carriageway at the Cleveland Tontine, near Northallerton, at 3pm. The driver was uninjured, however the structure
THE decision by the BBC Trust to back down in the face of public opposition to cuts in regional broadcasting is a significant victory for common sense and is a damning riposte to the BBC hierarchy’s misnomer of a policy, “Delivering Quality First
THE Arts Centre is important to Darlington, as demonstrated by your excellent recent coverage and by the many well attended events, courses and clubs. The arts are an important part of being human, as Nick Brewster’s article explained. The Arts
IT is unprecedented in the history of this country for its debt to pass through the £1 trillion barrier, yet this is what a bungling set of amateurs called the Tory-led Coalition have allowed it to do. There are more think tanks, institutes and
IF I’m honest, I didn’t expect the Bishop of Durham to be quite so diligent about his role as guest editor of The Northern Echo. As it happened, the Right Reverend Justin Welby was hard at it until past 9pm, having started before 10am.
TENS of thousands of patients who were given hip replacements are at the centre of a major health alert. Regulators are planning to issue new advice to more than 30,000 Britons fitted with metal-on-metal devices. In some cases, friction between
Dr Ruth Lewis asks why police are failing so many victims of domestic violence when the offence can escalate and lead to murder. AWARENESS of domestic violence is now so great that it can seem a mundane, everyday aspect of modern life. Only 50 years
FORMER Wales football manager Gary Speed may have killed himself accidentally, a coroner ruled today. In a narrative verdict, Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg gave the cause of death as hanging but said "the evidence does not sufficiently
NEWCASTLE United footballer Nile Ranger will face separate hearings on assault charges and for allegedly being drunk and disorderly. The Newcastle United striker, 20, will face assault charges at Newcastle Crown Court on February 27, following
Anna Kennedy was just another mother worried about her son at school when she received devastating news that changed her life, and hundreds of others, forever. Chris Webber speaks to one of Britain’s most inspirational mums. DESPERATELY
CELEBRITY Big Brother winner Denise Welch said today her children were unruffled by her flashing antics during her stint on the show. The County Durham-born actress was seen to strip off while drunk and romp in a hot tub topless during the Channel Five
NEW MARSKE’S Great Britain international, Mark Shaw, won the junior men’s title and Gateshead Harrier Kate Waugh the under-13 girls’ crown in the North of England Cross Country Championships at Pontefract. Shaw, who helped Great Britain win the
ANDY FLOWER will be prepared to change England’s losing team to arrest the world Test number one’s fall from grace in the Middle East. The England coach has called on the tourists to show skill and courage, and prove they can after all conquer
BLAYDON produced one of their best displays of the season as they thrashed National One basement boys Birmingham & Solihull 47-7. Micky Ward’s side scored seven tries as they warmed up for next weekend’s local derby with Tynedale, and welcomed
POLICE are continuing to crack down on burglars following a spate of crimes in a Wearside community. Officers appealed for the help of residents in the Houghton-le-Spring area earlier this month after a rise in the number of homes being broken into in
BEIJING Olympian Katy Livingston is in danger of missing out on the London 2012 Games this summer – but it won’t be for the want of trying according to Georgina Harland. Livingston joined Heather Fell on the British team for the Beijing Olympics
A SCAFFOLDER who broke a man's jaw in two places with a single punch outside a nightclub walked over to a watching policeman and said: "Yes, I hit him." Teesside Crown Court heard that 23-year-old Aaron Mellis, from Marton, Middlesbrough, told the
A SHOWHOME boasting the latest environmentally friendly technology has opened to tempt people to move into South Bank. The £3.5m Eco Village will comprise 15 houses, with four of those meeting the Government's Code for Sustainable Homes level six
DURHAM Wildcats broke a losing streak that stretched back to the start of November as they claimed a deserved 90-86 win over Cheshire Jets on Saturday evening. Having lost 82-73 at MK Lions 24 hours earlier, the Wildcats entertained the Jets
A NEW store has opened in Hartlepool's Middleton Grange Shopping Centre at the old Woolworths site, creating about 55 jobs. Mayor of Hartlepool Stuart Drummond cut the ribbon at the new British Home Stores (BHS) shop the day after he had publicly
Newcastle Falcons 37 Sale 7 NEWCASTLE’S new director of rugby Gary Gold made a winning home start to his Kingston Park tenure as Newcastle crushed Sale 37-7 in the LV= Cup. The former London Irish and South Africa assistant coach, along with
THREE friends narrowly avoided prison for an unprovoked attack on a woman as she rode her bike to shops near her home. She was punched by drunken pair Geoffrey Vanes and Martin Gordon as Michaela Watt shouted encouragement. The victim was left
A WOMAN is recovering in hospital after being pulled from the freezing sea in a rescue operation during the early hours of the morning. Police and a lifeboat team were scrambled to the West Pier in Whitby at 1.50am where the distresed woman
ALAN PARDEW is hoping for the speedy return of his African contingent as he admitted that their absence has ripped the core out of his Newcastle team. A lifeless, lacklustre Magpies performance led to their exit from the FA Cup on Saturday
CHEIK TIOTE has told Newcastle United not to expect him to make as speedy a return to Tyneside as Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse have. The Ivorian has featured in his side’s two victories in the Africa Cup of Nations, where Francois Zahoui’s team
A GROUP of German students from a school in Bavaria have just arrived in east Durham to spend two weeks sampling life in the North-East. The visit of 18 students is part of a long-established exchange programme with East Durham College in Peterlee
AN EAST Durham grandmother has won an accolade for her contribution as a volunteer with the youth offending service. Volunteer Kate Fenwick has been awarded the Butler Trust commendation for her excellent contribution over the past ten years as a
TALKS over the future of Darlington Football Club reach a key stage today as the administrator attempts to finalise bids. Cheshire-based businessman Paul Wildes continues to be seen as the front-runner and says he is “more excited than ever
FOR almost an hour at the Stadium of Light, it seemed one of this season's Championship's high-flyers would bring an end to their Premier League neighbours' Wembley wishes in an FA Cup tale the competition has become renowned for. But then
AFTER watching Middlesbrough set up a FA Cup replay with Sunderland that should excite the club's fans, manager Tony Mowbray has urged Teesside to unite and fill the Riverside Stadium next week. Boro were forced to a second game with the
TRY saying that this isn't a real derby now. After a week in which the authenticity of the Wear-Tees rivalry was called into question by a variety of fans, Sunderland and Middlesbrough combined to serve up a raucous throwback of an FA Cup tie
YOUNG sports stars hoping to represent Great Britain at the Olympic and Paralympics have joined a campaign hoping to get County Durham excited about the games. Click here for a chance to be among the first runners ever to cross the finish line
MARTIN O'Neill will make a renewed approach for Bolton striker Kevin Davies this morning after admitting Sunderland's mounting injury crisis is forcing his hand in the final two days of the transfer window. With Lee Cattermole sidelined
VOLUNTEERS who run a community cinema will launch its centenary celebrations by honouring the memory of a North Yorkshire movie pioneer. Film enthusiasts at the Ritz Cinema, in Thirsk, will lay a wreath on the grave of Walter Power, who opened
FATHER accused of killing his baby son made his first court appearance over the weekend. Lee Clark was released on bail after appearing at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court in Peterlee, County Durham on Saturday morning. During the 20 minute
RESIDENTS are protesting about buses in their village - because there are too many services. While most communities are bemoaning buses being cut, people in Howden-le-Wear, which sits on the route between Crook and Bishop Auckland, County Durham
FEARS were growing last night for the safety of metal-on-metal hip replacement devices fitted to tens of thousands of NHS patients. Medical regulators are drawing up new advice for more than 30,000 Britions who have received the devices over
THE length of time criminal proceedings take to complete has been revealed for the first time on a court-by-court basis. Published on the Government’s ‘Open Justice’ website, the figures reveal variations across the region and how the picture differs
A WOMAN whose violent husband was last week jailed for sexually assaulting her has urged others in abusive relationships not to suffer in silence. Supermarket baker Kristian Wheldon appeared at Teesside Crown Court on Monday and admitted two
A POLICE force has revealed details of scores of accidents involving patrol vehicles which took place in its own car parks. Durham Police said there had been 120 accidents over a two-year period between 2009 and 2011. The overall bill for repairs
A CLAIM that a hospital’s medical staffing crisis is partly due to a national shortage of paediatricians has been rejected by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Last Tuesday, health bosses said that a national shortage of paediatricians
THE Foundation for Jobs wants North-East businesses to help create a working future for the region’s young people. Mark Tallentire learns how Durham Cathedral is responding to the call. ONE could argue Durham Cathedral has been supporting apprentices
AN HISTORIC organ has sounded its last notes in a church which has been its home for more than a century. Hurworth Methodist Chapel is selling its chamber organ to make way for an electronic keyboard because the church rarely uses it.
COUNCIL chiefs across the region must improve their plans for delivering 'super-fast broadband' - or miss out on millions of pounds of government cash. The five Tees Valley authorities - Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees
LUKE JAMES spent Friday afternoon at college, before going on to give Carlisle United a football lesson. As part of his development, the 17-year-old doesn't train with the first-team the day before a game, as his studies in sports excellence
The sight of every Darlington player racing towards Craig Liddle to celebrate the first goal on Saturday said it all about the unyielding spirit at a club that continues to defy the odds. A tight bond has formed between the players and Liddle
Darlington are hoping the Football Conference will allow them to make badly-needed signings this week after losing two more players to injury. Graeme Lee is facing an undetermined length of time on the sidelines with a knee injury while Paul Arnison
FIVE games, three goals and another man of the match award for his collection - Luke James has made some impression at Hartlepool United. The 17-year-old from Amble, Northumberland, signed professional terms in November, made his breakthrough
A WOMAN died after the car she was travelling in overturned and landed in a field. The silver Renault Clio was heading towards Pickering on the A169 from Whitby when the male driver lost control on Fylingdales Moor at about 3pm on Sunday.
