West Auckland kept their Northern League title hopes well and truly alive when they came from behind to beat league leaders Sunderland RCA 2-1 at Darlington Road last night. West were well below their best, and could have been more than
TWO dogs believed to have been involved in dog fighting have been discovered stabbed to death in Middlesbrough. The animals were found at Edward Street, North Ormesby, just before 5.30pm on Tuesday, March 27, following reports of a dog fight. Police
A GROUP that campaigned to save a local library has changed its name to reflect its new aims. The Friends of Cockerton Library committee, formed after it successful lobbied Darlington Borough Council to keep the facility open on a part time basis, has
SUNDERLAND have been charged by the Football Association with failing to control their players during the Premier League draw at Manchester City. The charge relates to an incident in the 43rd minute at the Etihad Stadium, when some Sunderland players
DIFFERENT generations discovered they had more in common than they imagined when they worked together on a school project. As part of Tudhoe Grange School’s centenary celebrations, pupils teamed up with elderly residents of Clarence Court supported
A GIRL who died of an extremely rare brain condition has been remembered at a charity golf match. Remembering Rebecca is the charity registered almost exactly a year ago in memory of Rebecca Sands, an Ingleby Barwick child who died of lissencephaly
MOTORISTS will be given a smile or a sad look as volunteers set about tackling speeding on roads around their homes. Working alongside officers from Cleveland Police, they will use a Simple SID (speed indicator device) to identify vehicles driven
A COMMUNITY radio station has celebrated five years on the airwaves. Radio Teesdale marked its anniversary with a series of birthday broadcasts by presenters Patto and Paul Griffin, James Hamilton-Trewhitt, Ruth Dent, Denise Dent, Robin Wallington
FIREFIGHTERS have carried out arson audits in a troubled estate as part of an attempt to improve the area. Yesterday The Northern Echo reported on how Stock-ton North MP Alex Cunningham had held talks with coun-cil officials to find ways to improve
A BURGER van owner claims he is losing £2,000 a month be-cause parked cars prevent lorries reaching his pitch in a lay-by. Rob Pouton claims workers at nearby businesses are causing the problem at the lay-by at Thinford roundabout, near Spennymoor.
YOUNGSTERS joined pensioners to hunt for Easter eggs hidden in the grounds of a old people’s care home. Pupils from Byerley Road Pre-School, Shildon, visited the town’s Redworth House care home for the venture. Children aged between
WORKERS at a housing company have completed a charity cycling challenge. Staff at Dale and Valley Homes did 15-minute shifts on an exercise bike to complete 139 miles to raise funds for the National Deaf Children’s Society. Organiser Hannah Ferguson
THE North-East’s open air museum is gearing up for one of it’s most popular annual events. Beamish, near Stanley in County Durham, will hold its Steam Fair from Thursday to Sunday (Ap12-15) and will have a host of locomotives, steam rollers and traction
POLICE in North Yorkshire are using criminals’ cash to launch a campaign targeting bogus callers and help prevent distraction burglaries. The campaign is centred around a video which has been funded by money raised from the sale of a vehicle owned by
A TRAVEL shop in Bishop Auckland has beaten competition from more than 450 stores to win a national award. The Co-operative Travel, inNewgate Street, has been named the company's national branch of the year 2011. It was rated for its performance
Published: April 4, 2012 WITH The Masters about to get under way at Augusta Na-tional tomorrow, amateur golfers in the North-East are being offered their own chance to be crowned the best in the region when Rockliffe Hall Golf Club hosts the in-augural
POLICE in Durham are appealing for help in catching a petty burglar who struck several times on one night. The spate of break-ins on the night of Saturday March 31 into Sunday April 1 saw community buildings and businesses targeted, mainly in the Framwellgate
A MOSAIC featuring loveable ogre Shrek has gone on display at a sweet shop in a market town. The artwork, featuring movie character Shrek, has been sending chills down the spines of customers at Bah Humbugs, in Masham. Made entirely of jelly beans
COUNCIL that closed tourist information centres to save money has unveiled the new service for visitors. Durham County Council was widely criticised for axing the offices in Durham City and Barnard Castle. With an expected influx of
A group of North Yorkshire Childminders and Early Years Professionals attended a day trip out on Friday 23rd March to the Early Excellence centre near Huddersfield. The Childminders were able to explore the virtual setting and discuss areas of good
TRADERS in Barnard Castle are vying for a share of £1m to improve the town centre and boost their businesses. The Barney Guild has submitted an application for £97,250 from the Portas Pilot initiative, launched by the TV shopping guru Mary
DISABILITY campaigners have raised concerns about plans to introduce wheelie bins to Darlington as they argued the current system for helping elderly and disabled people with waste collections does not work and could be made worse. The issue was raised
AN ambitious bid has been launched to secure a share of government low carbon cash that could create hundreds of jobs in the North-East. Yesterday, Ministers relaunched a £1bn competition for power plants to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS),
SEASON ticket holders at Hartlepool United can win £15,000 next season. Following the success of last season's initiative, when almost 6,000 were bought for £100, the club has today launched their offer for next season. Priced at £155 for the full campaign
AROUND 10,000 homes are still without power after last night’s blizzards caused electricity cuts across County Durham. Black-outs hit around 40,000 homes at around 7pm last night, mainly in the Derwentside area, and around a quarter are still
Rich Pyrah admits that 2011 was a landmark season for him after a string of stellar performances. But now the Yorkshire all-rounder is desperate to do it all over again as he looks to progress his career. Pyrah, 28, excelled in all forms of the game
THE bizarre spring weather took a turn for the worse yesterday, bringing snow and rain only days after the region was basking in the sun. However, despite the downpours, a major operation had to be launched in part of the region to save hundreds
MORE than 1,000 children in the North-East and North Yorkshire fell victim to sex crimes last year, including rape, incest and child prostitution, according to figures released today. The figures, obtained by children’s charity the NSPCC from
A WOMAN who forgot to log out of Facebook on a public computer received a nasty shock when her account was sabotaged to say she had died. Shireen Haydock, from Cockfield, in County Durham, had been doing some work on a computer in the library
A WOMAN has told her husband to stick to buying her flowers after his last present caused a street and school to be evacuated. Lisa Scott was amazed to find her neighbourhood at the centre of a bomb scare on Friday morning after a window cleaner
A GRIEVING mother whose baby died when he was five days old has been left devastated after thieves stole precious items from his grave. Kelly Mains, 34, of Billingham, near Stockton, discovered that thieves had stolen a silver-plated train with
MORE than 15,000 people are expected to pour into York tomorrow when the city plays host to the Queen for a day of celebrations. Crowds will line the streets as the monarch – accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and granddaughter Princess Beatrice
THE region could lose out on hundreds of millions of pounds of European cash because of public spending cuts, a Euro MP has warned. North-East Labour MEP Stephen Hughes has said the loss of regional development agency One North East and huge
Dunston and West Auckland will get their first taste of Wembley when they visit FA headquarters on Thursday. Officials from the two finalists are attending a meeting with FA officials to discuss the arrangements for the big match on May 13th. Issues
LUKE James, Hartlepool United's teenage forward, could be left at home for Friday's trip to Colchester. The 17-year-old missed seven games with a back strain before returning to action against Sheffield United last weekend. But, wary of spending up
SCOTT MCDONALD is confident of building a partnership with Lukas Jutkiewicz which he believes can finally get the best out of him. Middlesbrough's Australian striker returned to the fold on Saturday with a substitute appearance against Brighton, after
JONNY BAIRSTOW insists the burden of expectancy on Yorkshire to get promoted this season will not affect the players. The county begin the new campaign as the pre-season title favourites in Division Two of the LV=County Championship tomorrow when a new-look
A FORMER Paratrooper has been jailed for eight years for taking part in the kidnap and torture of two brothers after a property deal went sour. Anthony Malone was held prisoner in Afghanistan for more than two years before becoming the first man
DEMOLITION of a town centre shop could create congestion for thousands of visitors to a popular food festival, according to councillors. Work to demolish Mothercare, in Bishop Auckland, will begin on Tuesday – more than six months after it partially
A FILLING station manager denied taking thousands of pounds in cash payments for petrol over a five-year period, a court heard. However, when interviewed by police about the alleged theft of nearly £85,000 from fuel purchases at the Blue Bell
WE are sat in one of the hospitality rooms at Durham Emirates ICG, and outside it is snowing. It is nine days until Durham are due to play their opening game of the County Championship season, and wet flakes of snow are cascading onto the outfield. Welcome
WITH Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill expected to make a decision on Nicklas Bendtner's future before the end of the season, Sebastian Larsson has hailed his fellow Scandinavian's impact on the Black Cats squad. Bendtner's season-long loan from Arsenal
DEMBA Ba and Papiss Cisse score the goals, Alan Pardew picks the starting line-up, Mike Ashley puts up the money. But when it comes to identifying the most influential figure at Newcastle United this season, another name leaps into the frame. Graham
A SENIOR nurse who tried to give a terminally ill patient more than three times the correct dose of painkillers told a regulatory panel she was under pressure to get to a house viewing at the time. Sunimol Joseph tried to give the man the powerful
A GRANDFATHER has told how he saved his horses after an arsonist set his stables alight and then burgled his house. John Thomson, 60, was locking up at Eston Equitation Centre, near Middlebrough, when a man came to the gate to tell him there was
POLICE are appealing for help to trace a missing man from Gateshead. Barry Dixon, 52, from the Leam Lane area was reported missing to police at 8.10pm last night. Officers believe he left his home address in the Cotemede area of Leam
