Chelsea have been crowned European club champions for the first time in their history after a dramatic penalty shoot-out win in Germany. They overcame Bayern Munich in their home stadium to win the Champions League after the match went to extra time
The FA have confirmed that Durham City will be returning to the Northern League First Division next season. City told the FA in March that they wanted to return to the Northern League for financial reasons -- chairman Austin Carney revealed at the time
So, life will come full circle for me later this year, as my daughter Leanne is expecting her first baby. Although she is only 16 weeks pregnant, I can’t help notice how much things have changed since the wife was ‘with child’! Already,
A NEW cafe offering work experience for people with learning disabilities has opened in Darlington. Daisies Cafe, in Duke Street, provides work experience and training placements for people of all ages with learning difficulties and mental illnesses
A FIRE which has destroyed six shops and restaurants in Eaglescliffe, Stockton, has now been extinguished. At its height, 40 fire fighters were at the blaze on Durham Lane. It had been feared that the fire was spreading towards Sainsbury's supermarket
Hartlepool boxer Savannah Marshall has to be favourite for Olympic gold after a knockout performance at the world championships in Qinhuangdao, China. Marshall celebrated her 21st birthday by winning the world final - a pugilistic performance that made
TRIBUTES have been paid to a motorcyclist who died after his bike collided with a tractor in the Yorkshire Dales. Richard Turner, who was known as Dickie, died at the scene of the accident on the A684 at the Mire Bank Lane junction near Burtersett
THOUSANDS of people affected by a form of muscular dystrophy are being invited to sign up to a new national registry based in the North-East which could help lead to a treatment or cure. The initiative is being backed by Blaydon MP Dave Anderson
A FATAL road accident in which a lorry collided with a car has claimed its fourth victim from the same family. Three people – Robert “Bobby” Reed, aged 75, Natalie Simpson, 18 and her 14-month-old daughter, Destiny – died in the crash in Seaton
PLANS to offer free parenting classes to families in three pilot areas have been defended by the Prime Minister as he launched the scheme. Vouchers for £100 are being made available in Middlesbrough, Camden in north London, and High Peak, Derbyshire
MORE than £420m owed by absent fathers in the region is set to be written off – a sum that “beggars belief”, according to a highly-critical report by MPs. The new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has warned that it expects to collect
FRESH warnings were issued last night over the dangers of the internet as a pervert who targeted hundreds of girls in the North-East was starting a six-year prison sentence. Mark Arthur offered teenagers money, mobile phone top-ups, cigarettes
A CAR thief was able to make off when his stepfather convinced security firm officials that he was the guilty party – and had a tag fitted to his ankle by mistake. Gordon McKenzie, 27, enjoyed six days of freedom after 34-year-old George Lammie convinced
A GANG involved in a 'crash for cash' scam walked free from court yesterday after being told by a judge: “Don't be so foolish in the future.” Five men from Peterlee, County Durham, staged an accident so they could pocket thousands of pounds in insurance
AFTER admitting recently that footballers are a "long time finished'', Ritchie Humphreys yesterday signed a new deal to remain with Hartlepool United and extend his playing days beyond what will be his 12th season at the club. The player-coach signed
YORK boss Gary Mills is hoping to consign the club's recent troubles to the history books by winning tomorrow's Blue Square Bet Premier play-off final at Wembley. The Minstermen were relegated to the Conference in 2004, ending their 75-year membership
NEWCASTLE United are close to confirming a pre-season schedule that is set to feature a tour of South Africa. After a successful season that saw them finish in the top five of the Premier League, the Magpies have been inundated with offers to travel
SAVANNAH Marshall celebrates her 21st birthday with an appearance in the final of the Women's World Championships later today, but the Hartlepool boxer has already received her dream present. Yesterday, Marshall cruised to an 18-10 win over Russia's
WHEN Chelsea suffered a 3-1 defeat in Napoli's Stadio San Paolo in February, their Champions League campaign, like the rest of their season, was in disarray. It was their fifth game in all competitions without a victory, there appeared little chance
A MAJOR Teesside employer has won a substantial contract to provide emergency medical and fire services to SSI UK's Redcar steelworks from Monday. Teesside industrial services business Sembcorp UK, which operates nearby Wilton International
A STEEL company which has played a key role in almost every major London construction project of the past few years has announced it will develop its business in India. North Yorkshire-based Severfield-Rowen reported a trading position in line
DETAILS of plans for what could be one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms will be revealed at a series of consultation events. Forewind, a development partner for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, has organised three events in the
AN award-winning cheesemaker died in the snow only feet from her house hours after being the “life and soul” of her son’s 21st birthday party. An inquest has heard Mandy Reed, who had run the Swaledale Cheese Company for 25 years, was found by
NEWCASTLE UNITED are set to miss out on the signing of Jan Vertonghen after Tottenham moved into pole position to sign the highly-rated defender. Magpies boss Alan Pardew has been a long-term admirer of the 24-year-old centre-back, but it seems he will
A SEEMINGLY respectable mother-of-three who ran a £1m drugs gang was last behind bars with a string of former lovers. Angelique Huggett, 44, was jailed yesterday along with ex-husband Dominic, 43, and one-time partner David Turnbull, 42. Other men
LANDLORDS have joined forces in a bid to improve security following a series of attempted break-ins at country pubs. A pubwatch scheme has been launched to alert business owners to any suspicious activity in the area following recent incidents
RACHEL GAMBLE-FLINT will compete for an Olympic place in Lucerne next week, but the head of British rowing admits it will be a "huge bonus" if the Yarm rower makes it to London 2012. Gamble-Flint made her senior World Cup debut in Belgrade last weekend
SUNDERLAND are ready to rekindle their long-standing interest in Adam Johnson after Manchester City signalled their intention to add at least one more winger to their squad this summer. But the Black Cats will face stiff competition from a number of
BOSSES of a steel company which employs 700 people in Teesside have said the eurozone crisis had kept demand for the metal in the EU well below previous levels. Tata Steel Group's profit after tax for the 2011-12 financial year were £666m
A community art class meeting every Monday afternoon at Fishburn Community Centre, is looking for new members. All levels of expertise are welcome, from complete beginners to more advanced artists looking to improve their range of skills and techniques
A community Art class meeting every Thursday evening at Antioch House on Crossgate (near The Fighting Cocks pub) in Durham is looking for new members. All levels of expertise are welcome, from complete beginners to more advanced artists looking to improve
THERE'S only one place to start this weekend and that is with the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury and the reappearance of the brilliant unbeaten Frankel who has six rivals, including two pacemakers, in the Group 1 event although Richard Hannon's Strong Suit's
Murton's close-season recruitment programme has so far paid handsome dividends with their new look side dodging the showers and sweeping to three consecutive victories. And with many other teams in the league being casualties of the weather the side
A fascinating duel is in prospect at Horden today where the new-look home side take on a Castle Eden team who have made a tremendous start to the season and boast the only remaining one hundred per cent record. A winter recruitment programme that saw
Ushaw Moor finally got their season under way last week after two previous washouts, and victory over Brandon demonstrated that their new look side could well be a force to be reckoned with. But there is a big question mark over when their home ground
With very little league cricket having been played in the NTSL so far the fact that many of the Tyneside Charity Bowl first round cup ties were played on Wednesday night showed that grounds were at long last drying out. In the wettest first month of
Stockton go to Ashbrooke in search of their first win of the season today, but they are likely to be facing a buoyant Sunderland who became the early pace setters following a tremendous performance in last week's truncated programme. Led from the front
Darlington could be poised to mount a realistic challenge for NYSD honours after managing to dodge much of the bad weather that has plagued other clubs in the opening weeks. It is 15 years since the Quakers won the Kerridge Cup, and their last championship
