Swansea City 2 Sunderland 2 By PAUL FRASER STEVEN FLETCHER'S first two goals in a Sunderland shirt were not enough to secure Sunderland's first Premier League win of the season at the Liberty Stadium. The £12m buy from Wolves put the Black Cats
HARTLEPOOL United earned their first victory of the season as they beat Scunthorpe United 2-0 at Victoria Park. Pools made hard work of clinching the points in a flat game. Defeat for the visitors was their fourth of the season.
MIDDLESBROUGH slipped to defeat in the capital as Millwall ran out 3-1 winners at The New Den. A brace from Andy Keogh after an opening goal by Liam Trotter was enough to see off the Teessiders, who scored themselves just before half-time through
Sunderland fans have waited for a while for Adam Johnson to move to Wearside . Chief football writer Paul Fraser looks back at the winger's journey to the top and finds out about the hunger he holds to stay there. FOR the last two-and-a-half
2:33pm Four minutes of added on time here at the New Den. 2:32pm From the kick-off, Boro go close twice when Friend fires against Taylor, while Emnes skies from six yards after
A SOCIAL media-savvy father and son have helped a North- East jeweller’s become a YouTube hit. More than half a million people across the world have viewed videos posted by Mobeus Jewellers which explain how to craft precious metals into works
A CONTROVERSIAL footpath has been officially declared a public right of way, despite a shopowner claiming the route has caused her a life of misery. The walkway, which goes through an archway from Grange Road to Beaumont Street West, in Darlington
Robin Van Persie's recent transfer to Manchester United brought with it widespread comment that the fee was excessive for a player with a chequered injury past. After his scoring outing last weekend, it was an injury to Van Persie's new strike partner
TRIBUTES have been paid to comedian, singer and variety performer Max Bygraves, who has died aged 89. The veteran entertainer died peacefully in his sleep at home in Hope Island, Queensland, Australia, yesterday. His agent Johnny Mans said:
SCORES of developers have signalled their interest in saving a historic pub where it is claimed smugglers murdered a customs officer nearly 300 years ago. The Saltersgate Inn, beside the A169 near Levisham, on the North York Moors, dates from 1648
A MINING firm which is hoping to create 5,000 jobs by building a £1.5bn potash mine has refuted claims made on a website that the project has suffered a setback. York Potash, which wants to mine polyhalite, used to make super-fertiliser potash,
A WILDLIFE enthusiast has captured evidence of otters thriving in a Yorkshire Dales river. Photographer Simon Phillpotts finally managed to take pictures of the animals after spending 50 hours staked out on the banks of the River Ure, in Wensleydale
THE Justice Secretary will face questions in Parliament next week over the escape of a violent prisoner who absconded while carrying out community work at a North- East visitor attraction. Tom Blenkinsop, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
A MILITARY Cross winner has had a multi-million pound accommodation block at a training centre named in his honour. Colour Sergeant Richard Pask MC, 31, from Cwmbran, Wales, is a member of the Royal Welsh, and was joined by his wife, Heather, at
THE rest of English football might have been splashing the cash, but the North-East's three biggest clubs all enjoyed a quiet end to the transfer window. Sunderland were the only club involved in any business, with Kieran Richardson completing
THREE games in and Hartlepool United have yet to register a goal in League and Cup. Coming after the close-season signing of Steve Howard, the big targetman returning to Pools after leaving for a burgeoning career in 1999, it's all the stranger. Howard
LAST year's Barnard Castle School captain Guy Van Den Dries will make his debut at No 8 for Darlington Mowden Park in their opening National Two North match at Preston Grasshoppers today. He is one of two newcomers in the side, along with winger Sean
SCHOOLS in the region last night reacted angrily after exams watchdog Ofqual rejected claims that GCSE English papers were marked too harshly this summer. The regulator said January’s English papers were graded generously, but found that the June
A MOTHER who was left covered in bruises after being attacked by her son has won a court order banning him from going near her for three years. Steven Yanks was yesterday given a suspended jail sentence for the drunken assault on his mother Sheila
ONLY 18 months after he first played the game, a County Durham man has scooped second place in Europe’s largest poker tournament – and says a silly mistake cost him top spot. Mark Harding, from Willington, started by playing internet poker a year-and-a-half
ANIMAL welfare volunteers have saved six kittens found abandoned on a roadside – and say they are having to deal with dozens of unwanted cats. The ginger and white animals were discovered on a grass verge between Skeeby and Gilling West, near Richmond
A BID to stage the three opening stages of the Tour de France in Yorkshire is close to being sealed, The Northern Echo has learnt. Race organiser the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has sent Welcome to Yorkshire contracts to examine and is holding
A SERIAL burglar cashed a winning betting slip shortly after it was taken in a sneak break-in at an elderly woman’s home. Philip Littlefair took advantage of her absence as she visited a neighbour in Bishop Auckland at about 9.15am on March 2.
A CHARITY evening will be held tonight in honour of a teenage girl who suffers from a rare form of cancer. Jam 4 Jade is being staged by family and friends of 15-year-old Jade Telford, from The Grove, near Consett , County Durham. She is undergoing
Yorkshire's promotion bid was given a major shot in the arm with a two-wicket win over Gloucestershire at Scarborough yesterday as Anthony McGrath starred with a brilliant 76 not out. A meeting between the two captains before play brought about a scenario
Darlington's title hopes have taken a jolt when Jon Barnes, suffered an injury in practice that threatens his season. A Tuesday night net session ended in disaster for Barnes when, in attempting to field a ball shelled back at him in the nets, he damaged
Compared to some weekends, this one is a tad quiet on the quality front, with a brace of Group 3 contests at Sandown plus the Listed Beverley Bullet taking place on the Westwood, the highlights. At Sandown in the Candy Kittens Solario Stakes a fascinating
