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  • Coldplay rain supreme at Stadium of Light

    THE heavens opened and soaked the fans in a continuous torrent of rain – but they ignored the weather to enjoy a thrilling show when Coldplay appeared at the Stadium of Light last night. In fact, some thought the rain improved the experience

  • Armed robbery at jewellery store in Northallerton

    SHOPPERS in a market town were shocked after axe-wielding robbers raided a jewellery store in Northallerton today. The robbery happened just after 4pm at Bradleys The Jewellers in Northallerton, whilst the town was still busy with people shopping

  • Too much, too young

    IT’S happened to many of us. A drop too much of the hard stuff and you’re having a snooze on the sofa, only to be woken up by the arrival of a friend or relative shouting, “You drunken sot” or words to that effect. Sure enough, in Coronation Street

  • Some like it Hot

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to pack out the Sunderland Stadium of Light on June 24. Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer talk about what it’s like being the elder statesmen of rock Your new album has a bit of space

  • Did you survive the Jubilee bank holiday?

    I don't know about you but I love Our Royal Family and admire the work they do. Congratulations to HM The Queen on her Diamond Jubilee. This last week I went to London for a special Service which involved HRH Prince Charles and The Duchess Of Cornwall

  • Weighing up the pros and cons of bathroom scales

    Published: May 31, 2012 Morning Readers! I hope you've all had a great week and the beautiful sunshine and warm weather have helped with your weight loss. It's just a shame the warm sunny weather hasn't lasted for the extra long bank holiday weekend

  • THE ROAD TO HARD ROCK CALLING

    Exclusive Guillemots gig starts the countdown to July’s Hard Rock Calling! Who: Guillemots Intro: British band Guillemots will play a special one off intimate show giving fans the chance to see them up close before their slot on the

  • Restored mine wins construction award

    THE restoration of a County Durham lead mine has won an award for construction excellence. The team behind the work carried out at Low Slit Mine near Westgate, Weardale, have received constructing excellence in the North-East's Heritage Award.

  • Rooney's waiting game

    GIVEN the two-match ban he acquired from one moment of madness last October, some might regard Wayne Rooney's inclusion in Roy Hodgson's 23-man squad as a gamble. Whether you are optimistic of England's European Championship credentials or

  • Time for Carroll to be a bully

    SHORTLY after Roy Hodgson's appointment, his mind will have surely started to jump towards the summer. The manager had finished the season with West Bromwich Albion, but contemplated different squad permutations for Euro 2012. In the end

  • Henderson's chance to prove his true worth

    JUST as Adam Johnson started to pack his bags for a close-season holiday with friends to Las Vegas, Jordan Henderson had handed over his passport to the Football Association and began preparing for Euro 2012. Neither of the North-East hopefuls

  • Teenager from Spennymoor wins national forestry award

    A TALENTED student has become his college’s first pupil to win a Royal Forestry Society award. Thomas Stevens, 19, from Spennymoor, has won the society’s Silky Fox Handsaws Award. The East Durham College student is studying for an Extended Diploma in

  • Official sites put a stop to illegal camps

    OFFICIALS have opened a temporary site for travellers near Bishop Auckland to stop illegal camps. After complaints from residents in the area about camps being set up on playing fields and green areas near their homes, police andmembers of Durham

  • Gerrard: England's head boy

    HE has been overlooked for the role of England captain more times than he would care to remember - but Euro 2012 is Steven Gerrard's opportunity to be the chosen one at last. Gerrard's 12-year career in a Three Lions shirt has featured four

  • Just 40 days to prepare

    AS someone, by nature, who is extremely well organised and methodical, Roy Hodgson would not have ordinarily done things this way. Given no more than 40 days' grace between his appointment and his first competitive game at Euro 2012, he would have preferred

  • Golden couple in Ferryhill celebrate 60-years of marriage

    A DIAMOND couple are celebrating 60-years of marriage after a chance meeting as they sheltered from the rain. Bill and Isabel Shaw, of Bishop Middleham, near Ferryhill, celebrated the anniversary on June 7. They met purely by chance as Mrs Shaw and

  • Welcome to the showcase

    FOR England, it offers the chance of a new beginning. For Spain, it provides an opportunity to cement a growing status as one of the greatest international teams of all time. For co-hosts Poland and Ukraine, it is a showcase that should confound

  • For once, England doesn't expect

    After the debacle of the last World Cup in South Africa, the chaotic departure of Fabio Capello and the somewhat underwhelming appointment of Roy Hodgson, the prevailing mood ahead of this summer's European Championships is one of uncharacteristic realism

  • Live report: Durham v Warwickshire (day three, tea)

    PAUL Collingwood and Scott Borthwick were well on the way to getting Durham’s lead up to 250 when rain intervened at 2.30. They had added 31, taking the score to 147 for seven, a lead of 227 when Collingwood was struck on the right hand by Chris Wright

  • Summer programme to develop citizenship

    SCHOOL leavers will have the opportunity to boost their future prospects over the summer as part of a groundbreaking new programme. National Citizen Service (NCS), which is being delivered in the area by Safe in Tees Valley, is looking for

  • Smith leaves Chester, so Wake takes over.

    Chester-le-Street have moved swiftly to replace the departed Anth Smith with long serving assistant manager Colin Wake. Smith has been in charge of Chester for nine months, and guided them to a comfortable mid table finish last season, but he has decided

  • Legacy of footballer lives on

    Representatives from a foundation set up to honour Arthur Wharton travelled to Switzerland yesterday to present a statue of the footballing pioneer to the head of the world football’s governing body. Andy Walker reports VISITORS to the Fifa

  • Changing the way we were

    The House The 50s Built (C4, 9pm) William at 30 (ITV1, 9pm) Marco Pierre White’s Kitchen Wars (Channel 5, 9pm) THANKS to all the diamond jubilee coverage, you are probably now well aware that in 1952, Britain got a new Queen. But as The House

  • Steel firm pioneers quieter rail track

    A STEEL company has installed a new type of railway track in a bid to reduce the noise of trains by up to 50 per cent at one of the UK’s busiest stations. Tata Steel, which has about 1,500 workers in the North- East, put the country’s first SilentTrack

  • Make-up expert targets fashion and bridal markets

    A MAKE-UP artist whose former clients include Sienna Miller and Sir Ian McKellen has returned from London to the North-East to set up her own business. Amanda Bell moved back to Durham with her husband to start a family, and has set up on her

  • Printer is cathedral’s new partner

    A PRINTING firm has been pressed into service as Durham Cathedral’s latest corporate partner. South Yorkshire-based B&B Press is the cathedral’s latest supporter from the world of business. Corporate partners support the cathedral’s development

  • Switch to Russia ‘will free up space for new models’

    NISSAN bosses have denied that plans to invest millions of pounds in its Russia plant will cost jobs in the North-East. Exports of the Qashqai model – the company’s most popular European car – have been key to the recent success of the Japanese

  • When the party falls flat

    WE made a solemn promise to ourselves back in the days when the kids were small and we were exhausted through lack of sleep and constant demands for attention. One day, when they had places of their own, we’d get our own back. That’s what we said

  • 88 in one

    AS fresh as the first tee, Joe Marsland hit a 167- yard, 3-wood hole-in-one last Friday. He’ll be 89 in October. “A lot of it’s luck,” he insists. Joe lives in Spennymoor, plays at Bishop Auckland, had had three previous aces – two at Bishop

  • Chapel is still in daily use as it celebrates 100 years

    PUPILS celebrating the centenary of their school's historic chapel marked the occasion by creating a human formation of the number 100. Youngsters from Barnard Castle School, aged four to 18, held their positions for a commemorative photograph to

  • Teeing off to help save lives

    GOLFERS are being invited to take part in a special charity day to raise money for the flying lifesavers of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The Midsummer Madness Golf Opens, on June 24, will see open access to Ripon City Golf Club’s newly-refurbished course

  • Olympic plea to blood donors

    BLOOD donor sessions are being held in the Thirsk and Bedale areas later this month. The latest push is part of an on-going campaign to boost blood stocks to 30 per cent above the usual levels before the Olympics. The increase is needed

  • Live report: Durham v Warwickshire (day three, lunch)

    IT’S been a tough morning for Durham against some impressive Warwickshire bowling and on 116 for seven the lead is 196. Durham will want to increase that to at least 250, but they haven’t been helped by Phil Mustard getting out in the over before lunch

  • Live report: Durham v Warwickshire (day three, lunch)

    IT’S been a tough morning for Durham against some impressive Warwickshire bowling and on 116 for seven the lead is 196. Durham will want to increase that to at least 250, but they haven’t been helped by Phil Mustard getting out in the over before lunch

  • Volunteers

    AFTER not working for 18 years, bringing up a family and being a full-time carer for my mum, it was time for me to once again join the workforce. But, oh dear, the world had stormed off into the age of computers leaving me well and truly behind

  • Honouring a pioneer

    DESPITE international efforts to counter it, racism continues to cast a shadow over football. Allegations of racial abuse against fellow players by John Terry and Luis Suarez have damaged the image of the sport over the past season. And there are

  • Forgotten Olympian

    All football? Today’s column also has athletics, golf, racing, cricket, pitch and toss and the world rubber chicken throwing championships OLD Adolf looks awfully agitated, swaying back and forth in his grandstand seat in the manner of a demented

  • Immigration

    I AM much amused by Pete Winstanley’s claim that “people should be free to raise their genuine and valid worries about immigration” without being labelled racists (HAS, June 1). Having been personally accused by Mr Winstanley of racism because

  • Jubilee celebrations

    THE Queen appeared to be enjoying the jubilee fun in London along with tens of thousands of people. Not so the good folk of Shildon. Churches Together organised an event in the park on Sunday but there was nothing else. Only the Morrison’s supermarket

  • School religion

    GEOFF BULMER (HAS, June 5) deems it appropriate to ask parents to identify their religion on an entry information form for a four-year-old about to enter a non-faith school, on the grounds that this “is part of the profile a school needs and should

  • Unemployment

    CHRIS GRAYLING,the Minister for Employment, blames Labour for hiding the true level of youth unemployment. He says under Labour 1.3m people were transferred onto a training allowance, which paid the same as jobseeker’s allowance – the only difference

  • Prison rights

    CT RILEY continues to believe that a prisoner must be denied his right and duty as a citizen to vote (HAS, June 2). So he and I must disagree. But really this comes down to how each of us, as human beings, feels about ourselves. And prisoners,

  • Durham Diary

    MIKE Hussey said he had unfinished business at Durham when he was unable to return for a second season. His year of captaincy saw them promoted in 2005, so might he be available for half a season to help keep them in division one? It’s a long shot but

  • Counting down to London 2012

    The opening ceremony of the Olympics is only 50 days away. To begin the countdown, Scott Wilson highlights 50 ways in which people in the region can join in the celebrations 1 LINE the streets and dress up your area to celebrate the torch relay

  • Hodgson’s Ferdinand axe wrong – Shearer

    FORMER Newcastle United and England captain Alan Shearer believes Rio Ferdinand should have been included in Roy Hodgson’s initial squad for the European Championsips after the defender was overlooked for a late call-up. Ferdinand was the

  • Quakers rebuild youths

    DARLINGTON are continuing to work on rebuilding their squad as they prepare to start the season in the Northern League, but Martin Gray also has an eye on the club’s youth ranks. At the beginning of this week six senior players agreed to join

  • Parker hoping England will be well worth wait

    ENGLAND midfielder Scott Parker has admitted it ‘‘means everything’’ to get the chance to appear at Euro 2012. With the 23 members of Roy Hodgson’s revised squad getting the all clear after suffering a series of niggles, in addition to Gary

  • FA’s Bernstein sidesteps Ferdinand questions

    FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION chairman David Bernstein has refused to discuss the absence of Rio Ferdinand, claiming England did not want to get sidetracked by ‘‘historical extraneous issues’’. Ferdinand’s absence from the 23-man squad that flew into

  • Tykes left to bemoan their luck as rain intervenes again

    YORKSHIRE restricted Glamorgan to 117-3 at close on day one in Colwyn Bay after only 34 overs were possible before rain intervened. After a full morning’s play despite heavy overnight rain only two overs were possible in the afternoon session

  • Rushworth a fitting deputy for Onions

    THE absence of Graham Onions was not the handicap Durham might have feared yesterday as his replacement, Chris Rushworth, produced another career-best performance. After earning his place through his one-day best of five for 31 against Nottinghamshire

  • Offices and cafe planned in £27m Durham ice rink revamp

    MULTI-million pound plans have been unveiled to secure and create up to 800 jobs by building offices and leisure facilities on the former Durham Wasps ice rink site. A business consortium wants £27m invested in redeveloping the Freeman’s Reach ice rink

  • Crackdown on young boozers hailed success

    POLICE operations to crack down on underage drinkers celebrating the end of the school year have been hailed a success. Twenty police officers and PCSOs from Darlington police carried out Operation Key Largo, an annual project to prevent anti-social

  • Legionnaires’ cases expected to increase

    THE number of confirmed and suspected cases of the potentially deadly Legionnaires’ disease is expected to rise, the Scottish Health Secretary said yesterday. There are 21 confirmed cases of the disease and 19 people are suspected of having the

  • Minster’s indoor lawn in trim condition for Rose Dinner

    VISITORS to York Minster are being greeted with the unexpected sight of an immaculate green lawn. More than 1,500sq metres of grass carpet has been laid in the nave of the cathedral, one of Europe’s most famous buildings. It was installed

  • Oxfam clothes thieves collared

    A GANG of thieves who stole clothes donated to charity were caught after police fitted tracking devices to the bags. Detectives fitted the charity sacks with the equipment following a spate of similar thefts and it led them to the culprits’ van

  • Scheme to cut falls goes nationwide

    A SCHEME developed in the North-East is preventing falls across the country. In 2005, the North-East Ambulance Service began looking at new ways to manage the increasing number of people being treated for falls. While front-line ambulances focus

  • CT scans in early years poses risks

    RADIATION exposure from CT scans in childhood could triple the risk of leukaemia and brain cancer, according to research led by North- East scientists. Children and young adults scanned multiple times by computed tomography (CT), a commonly used

  • Author's words of praise for library's saviours

    A BEST-SELLING author praised the efforts of a community that brought its library back from the brink of closure at its opening yesterday. Great Ayton Discovery Centre invited historical novelist Philippa Gregory to unveil a plaque commemorating

  • Ex-Quakers boss in cash appeal to 'missing' fans

    A FORMER North-East football club manager last night urged 850 “missing” fans to invest in their club. David Hodgson, who took Darlington to the Wembley play-off final in 2000, said: “This club is like the Titanic and it’s hit the sand at the

  • Geordie anthem Blaydon Races landmark celebrated

    THE Geordie anthem Blaydon Races has been sung in the North-East for 150 years, and now the song’s title will be thundering up and down the country on a train renamed in its honour. Former England and Newcastle United footballer Alan Shearer

  • Rifle duo fail in court appeal

    TWO youths who went on a drunken spree taking pot shots with an air rifle yesterday failed in a bid to have their sentences reduced. Andrew Garthwaite and Jake Brown terrorised an area of Stanley, County Durham, for more than half-an-hour on

  • Inter Milan to rival Newcastle for Debuchy

    INTER Milan have signalled their intention to compete with Newcastle United for the signature of French full-back Mathieu Debuchy. Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has identified Lille right-back Debuchy as his leading defensive target this summer. With Danny

  • North-East rowing trio selected for Olympics

    NORTH-East rowers could secure a hat-trick of Olympic medals this summer after three of the region's leading lights were named in the British squad that was selected yesterday. Hexham's Matt Wells will compete in his fourth Olympic Games after

  • Benefits cheat jailed after falsely claiming £38,000

    A BENEFITS cheat who wrongly claimed £37,913 in income support over more than five years sobbed as she was jailed by a judge. Lucy Tremain, 31, continued to claim income support as a lone parent even though her two children were living with their

  • Knifeman jailed for drunken attack on partner

    A MAN who carried out a sustained knife attack on his partner after a drunken row over loud music was yesterday jailed for ten years. Carl Damien Lunn repeatedly slashed his victim with a kitchen knife, then left her covered in blood while