So scientists reckon flatulent dinosaurs could have contributed to the global warming that took place over 200 million years ago. Well it makes good headlines, or so one of my clients thought when I met her in a newsagent’s, once upon a time. “Have
West Auckland striker Mattie Moffat might declare himself fit for the FA Vase final against Dunston at Wembley on Sunday. West’s top scorer suffered a fractured cheekbone in four places at Ashington ten days ago,which appeared to rule him out of the
Discover the magic make-up that works with your skin tone. Lisa Haynes looks at colour-adjusting cosmetics IT’S the elusive action in make-up application where so many of us try and fail on a daily basis – getting your foundation shade spot-on
A 25-year-old man was airlifted to hospital this morning after being kicked in the face by a horse. The man suffered serious facial injuries in the incident at Sadberge, near Darlington. The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS)
Durham Tees Valley Airport was close to going out of business at the turn of the year. With new owners on board and support from airline company KLM there is bold talk of a new dawn. Business Editor Andy Richardson speaks to the people who hold the fate
To mark Hair Loss Awareness Month, former England rugby star Kyran Bracken tells Gabrielle Fagan how he resorted to a hair transplant FORMER England rugby player Kyran Bracken would shrug off the teasing from his team-mates in the changing
Designer labels at knock-down prices are being passed on by fashionistas with bulging wardrobes to create the ultimate fashion fix. Lucy Richardson visits The Little Black Dress Agency, in Yarm THE recycling of quality clothes is a booming business
A RARE chance to view work to restore a steam locomotive which has seen service in Africa is being offered to rail fans. Visitors to Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon will be able to see the work. Staff from specialist contractors Heritage
A COUNTY Durham auction house will be the setting for a national TV programme about antiques next week. BBC 2 show Antiques Road Trip will be filming at Addisons in Barnard Castle on Thursday, May 17. Each week, the show sees top antique experts travelling
DEBBIE HARRY and Blondie set rock music's benchmark when it came to images of a glamorous female lead singer backed by a bunch of besuited blokes. The photoshoot to showcase the new line-up of our business team - which appears on this page - bears
WHO’D be a batsman after all the recent rain? Certainly nobody fancied it this afternoon until Lewis Gregory and James Hildreth halted the carnage after nine wickets had fallen in 12 overs. Durham crashed from 90 for three to 125 all out then Somerset
MORE than 8,000 jobs were on the line today after Clinton Cards became the latest casualty of the high street spending slump. The group, which is the UK's biggest specialist cards retailer and operates 628 Clintons and 139 Birthdays stores, collapsed
THE region’s first convention on studying abroad has been a resounding success, with nearly 100 sixth form students attending from 20 schools and colleges. The event, at Durham Johnston School in Durham City, featured representatives from universities
ONE of the North-East’s largest employers of engineering apprentices has thrown its support behind our Foundation for Jobs campaign. Graham Payne, managing director of Darchem Engineering, has agreed to become an ambassador for the project,
A CEREMONY to mark the completion of a long-running project to improve a hillside site. Over the last ten years, residents have been raising funds to improve the Blue Heaps area, off Aynsley Terrace, in Consett. They have now carried out work to improve
Edward VIII: The Plot To Topple A King (C4, 9pm) Sporting Heroes: After the Whistle (BBC1, 10.45pm) ANYONE with even a passing interest or knowledge in 20th Century history will know about Edward VIII. He was dubbed the “playboy prince”
POLICE have issued a fresh appeal to help trace a laptop and laptop bag belonging to Whitby murder victim Julie Davison. Officers investigating her murder on Wednesday, April 25, are urging residents in the Leeds area to contact them if they
JIM TAGUE’S letter about higher rate taxpayers was interesting (HAS, May 5). However, both he and Rob Meggs (HAS, May 8) appear to have ignored an important factor. It matters not how much people may be better off on paper – in reality they aren
BRITISH scientists have suggested that dinosaurs may have warmed the planet with their flatulence (Echo, May 8). They estimate that such animals could have produced around 520 million tons of gas annually. This compares with 50 to 100 million
GIVING children their five-a-day allotment of fruit could lead to tooth decay. Maybe that’s why children who grew up during the Second World War have good teeth. We were lucky to get an apple a day with the rationing at that time. Name and address
DAVID CAMERON says that after last week’s humiliating local election results, the Tory led coalition, will “pledge to focus on what matters, and promise to do more to help hardworking people who want to get on and play by the rules”. This, of
I THINK the Government is to be congratulated for making efforts to ensure the security of everyone who visits London to see the Olympic Games. It makes perfect sense that, though there is no known intelligence available to warn us of an intended
HEARD a cuckoo yet? Those in luck will answer “yes”. But their number, like that of the returning cuckoo, is diminishing alarmingly year by year. Britain’s cuckoo population fell by half in the mere 15 years from 1995 to 2010. Have I heard one this
ALTHOUGH we have consistently taken the view that the Coalition’s programme of cuts has been a case of too deep and too fast, we continue to believe that the British people accept the need for a period of austerity. Ministers know, however, that
Is it time to crack down on adult content on the internet or is an “opt-in” policy on XXX-rated sites the first step on the road to censorship? North-East MP Helen Goodman explains why she believes action is needed READERS of The Northern Echo will
Singletons in search of love in a hurry can go speed dating, but what do you do once you’ve found your mate and time is ticking until your baby is due? At eight months pregnant, Lucy Richardson goes to a Speed Bumps class for a crash course on support
DARLINGTON Borough Council is looking for companies to develop sites in Darlington such as Commercial Street and Feethams. As usual, they can only think of pubs and bars or retail outlets. We have a problem with young people drinking through into
ARE you disabled or have a connection with someone who is? Then you will appreciate how I feel as the result of a vital piece of mobility equipment being removed from a disabled bay at Morrisons, Morton Park, in Darlington, last week. I have
REGARDING the letter from Alec Telford (HAS, May 7) who was trying to obtain some advice on how recover his money from a company. I understand the gentleman’s frustration. Despite the Darlington Citizen Advice Bureau losing 39 per cent of its
PLANS to improve a walking route along the North-East coast have been branded a waste of public money. A 12-week public consultation on improving the paths on a 55km stretch of coast between South Bents, in South Shields, and Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool
A VIETNAMESE cannabis farmer linked to two “substantial” plots to grow the drug in rented houses was today starting a three-year prison sentence. Le Quoc Nam's fingerprints were found at a property in Friarage Mount, Northallerton, North Yorkshire,
ON the best batting day of the season so far, which isn’t saying much, Durham were put in and reached 83 for three at lunch with Mark Stoneman unbeaten on 29. He had put on 21 with Gordon Muchall, making his first appearance of the season because Dale
YORKSHIRE suffered a twin blow yesterday with the news that new signing Mitchell Starc has been deported and former fast bowler Ajmal Shahzad has signed for arch-rivals Lancashire. Australian left-arm quick Starc was on a flight back Down Under
SOMERSET claim to have only 11 fit senior players for the LV County Championship match against Durham at Chester-le-Street starting today. Such is the extent of their injury list that Academy Director Jason Kerr is to fulfil the 12th man duties
SUNDERLAND winger James McClean has closed his Twitter account after receiving death threats following his selection for the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2012 finals squad. The 23-year-old Derry-born player made the move after he was sent a message saying
PLANS to axe the House of Lords appeared likely to be shelved last night – even before a Bill appears in today’s Queen’s Speech. Both David Cameron and Nick Clegg insisted the legislation was not a key priority, in a joint appearance to mark
CAR showroom staff have moved to their a second temporary home after their premises were destroyed by fire. About 100 cars were parked at Evans Halshaw in Gilesgate Moor, Durham, when a blaze broke out early on Friday March 2, causing more
A RAPIST was yesterday jailed for eight years and put on the sex offenders’ register for life after being told by a judge: “You treated your victim as less than human.” James Grieves, 21, attacked the woman in her County Durham home after hanging
POLICE are warning gardeners to secure their sheds after a spate of break-ins. There have been several thefts from sheds in the Bishop Auckland area over the past week. On Friday, April 27, thieves took a number of items from a shed in Cockton
THE funeral of a great-grandfather who died in a triple fatal crash will be held today. The service for Robert “Bobby” Reed, 75, of St Michael’s, in Houghton-le- Spring, County Durham, will be held at St Andrew’s Church, Chilton Moor, at 11am,
THE final preparations have taken place for a group of carmad friends as they set off on a 2,700-mile fundraising drive for Teesside Hospice. The four colleagues, who work at the Ensus Bioethanol Plant at Wilton, near Redcar, called into the charity
NORTH-EAST based software firm Sage met market expectations with a 2 per cent rise in first-half underlying profit. The performance was reported against a backdrop of tough trading conditions for the firm's small business customers in Europe, notably
A RECOVERY service business went into liquidation a month after it was ordered to pay £11,000 to a former member of staff who was unfairly dismissed. Robert Saban, 30, of Darlington, who worked for Auto Recovery Services Limited in 2009-10, was told
SUSPENDED Cleveland Police chief constable Sean Price spent three nights in Paris prior to the signing of a controversial £175m contract to “outsource” some police functions to the private sector, it can be revealed. Mr Price and a colleague, Inspector
YOUTH councillors have successfully lobbied for cheap bus fares across the county after hundreds of people took part in a pilot scheme. Ride Around for a Pound was trialled last year by North Yorkshire County Council and is now being introduced in other
FIVE people appeared in court yesterday over alleged involvement in the theft of Chinese artefacts in a museum burglary. Three men and two women from the West Midlands appeared together in the dock at Durham Crown Court. They were arrested last week
A BID to bring the Quakers back to Feethams is a “nonstarter”, fans have been warned. Brian Johnson, chairman of Darlington Cricket Club, which owns the land, said housing developers were due to start work at the site this summer. The update came
HUNDREDS of off-duty police officers from across the region will be joining a march in London protesting against “severe” cuts being imposed by the Government. The rally, organised by the Police Federation of England and Wales, is a reaction to plans
PLANS to turn a pub in a former pit village into a Muslim educational centre have been approved despite objections from residents over traffic issues. Businessman Kaiser Choudry applied to turn the disused Melrose Arms in Front Street, Shotton
A SUPPORT worker for troubled care home company Southern Cross has gone on trial accused of ill-treating seven residents at a unit for the elderly and people with learning disabilities. The jury in the case of Vikki Unsworth was yesterday warned to
SUNDERLAND star James McClean has been showered with sectarian abuse after being called up to the Republic of Ireland squad for the Euro 2012 finals. The Derry-born winger, who won seven caps for Northern Ireland at under-21 level, has been sent at
A PUBLICAN has admitted indecently assaulting two male customers at a popular village local. Former landlord Stephen Sample left The Goldmine, in High Street, Willington, County Durham, following his arrest last February on suspicion of indecently
A POST-MORTEM examination is expected to be carried out this week as investigations continue into the sudden death of a man whose body was found on wasteland. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of the man, whose body
DISTURBING details of a leading farming figure’s interest in bestiality and child pornography emerged for the first time yesterday as he was jailed for two-and-a-half years for filming a man having sex with a pony. Charles Littleboy, a former director
FOOTBALL fans wanting to support West Auckland Town at Wembley have until the end of today to get match tickets. The club has been allocated more than 6,000 tickets for the FA Vase final against Gateshead-based Dunston UTS this Sunday, but
COUNCILLORS said emergency stroke services have improved since a controversial reorganisation, but concerns remain about aspects of the new arrangements. Members of Darlington Borough Council’s health and partnerships scrutiny committee were told that
ALAN Pardew will hold urgent talks with Danny Simpson before the end of the month in a final bid to resolve the defender's future. Pardew is keen to hold on to the 25-year-old full-back, who will not be involved in Newcastle's final game of the season
SAVANNAH Marshall is hoping to make British boxing history when she competes in the Women's World Championships that begin in China this weekend. Women's boxing makes its Olympic debut in London this summer, and Great Britain can select three
TOMMY Hill moved to the top of the MCE Insurance British Superbike standings after a Bank Holiday triple header at Oulton Park - and try as he might he simply couldn't find anything worth moaning about. The 27-year-old was crowned BSB champion
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT - AT the launch of its latest marketing push Durham Tees Valley airport (DTV) wheeled out the big guns. Vincent Kas, commercial director for Air France-KLM UK and Ireland had flown in to share a platform with the airport's recently
AS concern grows about the effects of an aging population in the aftermath of the financial crash, a compulsory Code of Conduct has been launched by The Association of British Insurers (ABI) to help those approaching retirement get the best income from
INTEREST rates need to stay at their historically low level, say North-East businesspeople who are deeply worried that the country has entered a double dip recession. "The economy is not as buoyant as people are suggesting and there is still a long way
NORTHGATE Vehicle Hire has launched a recruitment drive for more sales staff as it prepares for a year for growth. The Darlington-based company is bullish about its future prospects despite admitting it faces difficult trading conditions in
Should he try to sign Nicklas Bendtner permanently? As things stand, Bendtner is due to play his final game for Sunderland when Manchester United visit the Stadium of Light on Saturday. The Arsenal loanee has been sporadically successful
MEMBERS of defunct Geordie pop legends Lindisfarne will perform at the unveiling of a memorial plaque to Alan Hull. Newcastle City Council is set to honour the acclaimed singer-songwriter, who died aged 50 in 1995, with a plaque on the front
West Auckland midfielder Alex Francis says that he is devastated at missing the big match against Dunston at Wembley on Sunday. The former Newcastle player was injured in West’s quarter final win over Whitley Bay, and the closest he’ll get to the action
NO-ONE is more pleased about Jo Jackson's timely return to form than team-mate and perennial freestyle rival Rebecca Adlington. Jackson and Adlington were on top of the world four years ago, scooping bronze and gold respectively in the women's
