POLICE said a 39-year-old man who was found collapsed in a North-East street has died. Police were called to reports that a man had collapsed on Baxter Road in Town End Farm, Sunderland, at 3.20pm this afternoon. A spokeswoman for Northumbria
BOSSES at Auckland Castle have unveiled details of the multi-million pound project they hope will turn the former medieval stronghold into a tourist hotspot.The £17m project to develop the castle, in Bishop Auckland, will feature a two storey annexe
TOP level talks with boxing chiefs have prevented Stuart Hall’s scheduled second defence of his IBF bantamweight title from being scrapped. The Darlington world champion’s fight with Ellesmere Port’s challenger Paul Butler will still go-ahead on
POLICE have completed their third day of searches on two properties in the Claudia Lawrence investigation.Scenes of crime investigators continued to search the home of 59-year-old Michael Snelling on Burnholme Grove in York and a property in Hollywell
A TENANT and his friend who stripped out metal fittings –including the boiler – from his home while moving out have been sentenced by magistrates.Thomas Brian Tull and David Wilkinson caused more than £3,400 worth of damage when they
A MUSEUM has created bags of fun for toddlers and children to use when exploring the facility’s grounds. After the popularity of its indoor Toddle Trail, the education team at the Bowes Museum, in Barnard Castle, has launched an outdoor backpack
AN 84-YEAR-OLD woman accused of causing the death of a motorcyclist by careless driving has been given a last chance to appear in court to answer the charge – or face arrest. District Judge Kristina Harrison today (Thursday, May 15) rejected claims
THE air ambulance service has opened a new base at the region’s busiest airport.The Great North Air Ambulance Service today (Thursday, May 15) unveiled its new refuelling base at Newcastle International Airport.The service will still fly from its
A MAN who spat at police officers after being arrested for drink-driving appeared before magistrates today (Thursday, May 15). Graeme Anthony Hogg was found unconscious and slumped over the wheel of his Vauxhall Vectra following a collision with
A LAND Rover and the trailer it was pulling carrying three cattle overturned on the A66 between Bowes and Barnard Castle, County Durham, at 5.30pm today (Thursday, May 15). No other vehicle was involved and no-one was hurt. A vet was called to check over
A WEALTHY businessman accused of perverting the course of justice by using a 'laser jammer' device in his car to avoid speed enforcement traps has been found not guilty by a jury.Eric Craggs claimed he was unaware that the device had been fitted
THE editor of The Northern Echo will be signing copies of his latest children's book in a town centre store tomorrow (Saturday). Peter Barron, along with illustrator Paul Wick, will be at Waterstone's in the Cornmill Centre, in Darlington town
A WORLD champion boxer delivered a knockout punch after inspiring students to knuckle down at school.IBF World Bantamweight champion Stuart Hall, of Darlington, told students at Darlington School of Mathematics and Science of the commitment needed to
A GOVERNMENT minister has show his support for a creative project to commemorate the 1,245 Stockton residents who gave up their lives during the First World War. The sunflower project is encouraging people to plant a seed in memory of one of the
A FESTIVAL of world-class theatre returns to entertain crowds in Darlington this weekend.Returning for the second year, The Jabberwocky Market is taking over the town with a host of high quality, small scale theatrical shows.Backed by the world-famous
A MENTAL health charity is helping Durham Cathedral to make the peninsula area of the city more bird-friendly.The cathedral’s woodlands and riverbanks team is working with the city’s St Margaret’s Centre, to create bird feeders for the
THE "skills gap" has been a thorny issue in the North-East for far too long. Leading companies, such as Darlington-based Cummins, which makes engines which power the world, complain that they have to look outside the region to find employees with
A TOTAL of 16 football fans have now been arrested after violence marred a club’s proudest day.Police arrested eight fans on the day of the Gateshead v Grimsby Football Conference play-off on May 4 and say they arrested a further eight yesterday
A LORRY driver has appeared in court charged with causing the death of a 24-year-old cyclist by careless driving. Father-of-three Anthony Winter, from Darlington, was killed in a road accident on the A68, near Burtree Gate, on the outskirts of
A MAN convicted of a series of rapes of a “sexually naive” young woman was today (May 15) warned to expect a “substantial” prison sentence. Hassan Akhtar, 37, denied four counts of rape and one of attempted rape, all said to have been committed
MORE than a hundred local primary school pupils were treated to an insight into the workings of an author and illustrator who were talking about their new book.Curtis Jobling and Tom McLaughlin called into Stockton Library today (Thursday, May 15) talk
DETERMINED fundraiser Val Loughborough is once again planning to cycle through the pain caused by her Parkinson’s to complete a charity ride. Mrs Loughborough, 70, was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2008 and found out after her chemotherapy treatment
PAUL Midgley might not have a champion three-year-old in his stable, but the Ryedale trainer will still head to Epsom on Derby day with every chance of saddling a big-race winner after Monsieur Joe confirmed his sprinting abilities with a scorching success
A TOWN will be transported back to the days of heroic knights and medieval maidens this weekend.Now in its 44th year, Sedgefield Medieval Fair regularly attracts more than 1,000 people from across the region.This year, the fun begins at 10am on Saturday
A man spotted in his street with an air gun has appeared before magistrates.Paul Gaunt, of Melland Street, Darlington, was seen carrying the BSA 22 calibre air gun near his home on April 8.The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to possessing an air weapon in
MIDDLESBROUGH winger Albert Adomah is at the centre of a storm over his World Cup call.The Ghana international finished as Boro’s leading goalscorer last season, but an inclusion in his country’s provisional 30-man squad has sparked debate.Ghana
THE uproar over the removal of trees from a market place has moved to the House of Commons, where a petition will be presented on behalf of residents.A group of residents have put together a petition urging Hambleton District Council to replace the five
THIAGO ALCANTARA has been ruled out of Spain’s World Cup squad after tearing his cruciate knee ligaments.The Bayern Munich midfielder was named in Spain’s provisional squad on Monday, but requires surgery after suffering a recurrence of a
NORTH YORKSHIRE-TRAINED winners of the Dante Stakes are clearly like London buses – you wait more than 50 years for one to come along, and then two arrive in the space of 12 months. Just as the Middleham-based Libertarian sprung a huge surprise
A HEALTH minister has been accused of washing his hands of a cash crisis at a North-East hospital, after refusing talks. South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust called in external consultants after revealing it was likely to run up a £29m deficit
The soldier in charge of fire safety in the tent in which two colleagues died during a blaze at Camp Bastion may have been mistaken in believing it wasn't his job to check the smoke detectors, an inquest heard. Corporal David Williams insisted
By Will Piper, Sportsbeat WHETHER Gary Mills leaves Wembley on Sunday as a winner or a loser is yet to be determined – but the Gateshead boss was certainly the former at the Non-League Paper’s National Game Awards on Tuesday. When Mills took
Sunday 8th June sees a grand village fete at Barningham combined with open gardens at Barningham Park. Organiser Mrs Edward Milbank said "All funds raised will go towards the maintenance of the Barningham Village Church – St Michael and All Angels
PAST achievements and new beginnings were celebrated when a council appointed its new mayor.Councillor Wendy Hillary, 51, will serve as the mayor of Great Aycliffe until May next year.At a full council meeting last night (Wednesday, May 14), Mrs Hillary
As the anniversary of the Easington Colliery disaster draws near, teenage survivor Bill Burns speaks to Gavin Engelbrecht about the fateful day THE FIRST sign of anything amiss was a telephone ringing incessantly, Bill Burns recalls. “It was
ATTENDEES were evicted from a council meeting after an internet blogger refused to stop filming proceedings.Around 100 people who had turned up for Middlesbrough Council’s annual general meeting at the town hall last night (Wednesday) were told
MEDICAL experts in the region have been given a financial boost in their mission to reduce the risk of complications after surgery.Orthopaedic surgical procedures such as repairs to a hip fracture and hip and knee replacements carry a risk of causing
A FORMER White House economic policy adviser has been appointed to the Bank of England committee responsible for setting interest rates.Kristin Forbes, who served in the Bush administration between 2003 and 2005, will take on the role in July, having
MINISTERS have been warned they must obtain firmer assurances from US drugs firm Pfizer over its long-term commitment to the UK if its proposed takeover of AstraZeneca is approved.The Commons Science and Technology Committee says the promises made so
ENTREPRENEURS promoting the value of community came together at a major North East business conference.The Entrepreneurs’ Forum’s Together We Can Take on the World event brought the contrasting stories of reclamation and innovation entrepreneur
STALLHOLDERS in Darlington's Covered Market have set up a new trade association.The decision was taken following the Darlington Town Centre Conference, held in March this year, and a subsequent meeting in which traders agreed they were unhappy with
THE daughter of an elderly Middlesbrough woman has offered her heartfelt thanks to the people she credits with saving her elderly mother’s life.Liz Eaton, also from Middlesbrough, was alerted to her mother’s life threatening situation by the
VOLUNTEERS aged over 50 are needed to help shape a campaign about the dangers of drink to older people.Last year, Age UK County Durham worked with Durham County Council to explore the reasons some older people drink too much alcohol and the associated
SIXTH form students are hoping for an upset when they take to the Heritage Park pitch for an annual charity match against their teachers.The annual fundraising game featuring staff and pupils from Bishop Auckland College is being held to raise funds for
GRAEME STORM sits two shots off the lead at the Spanish Open after a positive start.The Hartlepool golfer carded a 71 in the opening round in Girona and would have been even better placed had he not dropped a shot at the par four 17th.Storm made birdie
A WOMAN accused of sex offences involving a male pupil, while working as a teaching assistant at his school, made a brief crown court appearance today (May 15). Helen Louise Turnbull, who is 35 tomorrow (May 16), is alleged to have abused a position
THE Betfred Dante will remain in North Yorkshire after Kevin Ryan's The Grey Gatsby sprung a massive surprise in the feature race of the Dante Festival at York. Twelve months after the Middleham-based Libertarian ended a lengthy wait for a North
LINGFIELD Point is helping to bin ‘throw-away society’ behaviour by getting experts on site to help businesses breathe new life into broken and damaged equipment.The Restart Project visited Lingfield Point, Darlington, to run workshops for
MAASAI tribespeople are to visit a Northallerton art gallery as part of a week of African art and photography. The visit by the Kenyans to North Yorkshire has been organised by outdoor survival expert Jason Ingamells, who runs bushcraft courses
RESIDENTS in a former mining village are already enjoying the benefits of external wall insulation. To increase energy efficiency and reduce heat loss, insulation has been fitted to the outside walls of ten homes in Wagtail Terrace, Craghead, near Stanley
HOLIDAY firm Thomas Cook says Egypt's political turmoil has cut £131m from half-year sales.It said a quarter of a million fewer holidaymakers are travelling to the country.The announcement came as Thomas Cook revealed its results for the six
A FREE family fun day will be held on Saturday (May 17) with a host of activities for adults and children.The event has been organised by Consett-based police officers and the safer neighbourhood unit team.It will begin at 11am at the Sports and Social
TEACHERS and pupils have raised nearly £1,500 for an overseas expedition with a sponsored row.Four staff and 16 sixth formers from St Leonard’s Catholic School, in Durham City, took to rowing machines in the Metro Centre, Gateshead, to row
TICKETS are still available for a talk this weekend about the early days of the railways.Clayport Library, Claypath, Durham, is hosting the free event as part of its local history month celebrations.This Saturday (17 May) at 2pm, Dr Winifred Stokes, chair
A DRINKER who hit another man with a bottle in a Darlington pub has walked free from court. Salesman Gary Fee, 32, of The Bakers, Darlington, hit the man after he was pushed by the victim in Harvey’s bar in the town on February 8. The victim
Cassadee Pope: Frame By Frame Decca/Big Machine Records CASSADEE Pope may be a new name on this side of the pond, however the US is already is aware of her talent. Originally the lead singer with an outfit called Hey Monday, she had already
A WOMAN who has dedicated herself to working for her local community has been honoured for her efforts.Thirsk Rotary have presented their Family and Community Service Award to Abigail Homer, chief executive of local youth organisation the Clock.Spokesman
REVIEWS: Vaughan Williams: London Soloists Ensemble (Naxos 8.573191) Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote chamber music throughout his long and creative life. This album, presented by the London Soloists Ensemble, includes the Piano Quintet in C minor,
I’M just back from a weekend of festival adventures in the South of England, and I’m somewhat in awe of the talent that’s out there. Relative newcomers like award-winning duo Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, songwriter Luke Jackson, West Country
WHAT’S ON: Next Thursday, Courtney Pine, Civic Theatre, Darlington, 01325-486555. CD REVIEWS: Bill Perkins/Four Classic Albums (Avid AMSC1121) Perkins is one of my favourite tenor saxophonists, influenced by Lester Young but with an individual
IN the aftermath of Black Monday, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) loses his job and is forced to sell penny stocks at a flyby- night operation in Long Island. Blessed with the gift of the gab, Jordan excels and decides to open his own firm with
MURDER is closer to home than Sergeant Joe Ashworth (David Leon) would like in the opening episode of the ITV crime series based on the acclaimed books by Ann Cleeves, when his daughter Jessie (Mia Wyles) witnesses the death of an old lady on a train
PIPER Chapman (Taylor Schilling) wallows in domestic bliss with her fiance Larry (Jason Biggs) in New York until her cosy existence implodes. She is sentenced to 15 months in prison for carrying drugs money a decade earlier for her ex-girlfriend
RECENTLY broadcast on BBC1, this six-part wartime drama chronicles the trials and tribulations of staff and patients in a front-line hospital in France. Sister Margaret Quayle (Kerry Fox) is dismayed when nurse Grace Carter (Hermione Norris) is
BRUCE Beresford directs this lavish two-part US TV miniseries, which revives the legend of the eponymous outlaws. Bonnie Parker (Holliday Grainger) is a waitress intoxicated by the fantasy of Hollywood stardom, who dreams of something better.
LIKE Agatha Christie before her, Patricia Highsmith repeatedly challenged the moral compass of her readers with disturbing psychological thrillers that nudged her characters to the brink of madness. In her debut novel, Strangers On A Train, she
IN Steven Spielberg’s box-office behemoth Jurassic Park, geneticists arrogantly believe they can tame Mother Nature with cutting-edge science. And Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster provides the guiding light for director Gareth Edwards’s bombastic resurrection
BOSOMS heave, hoop skirts flutter and britches swell in Charlie Stratton’s torrid tale of forbidden passion based on Emile Zola’s scandalous 1867 novel, Therese Raquin. For all the lustful glances and whimpering surrenders to carnal desire on-screen
Gallagher sparked frenzied rumours of an Oasis reunion at Glastonbury this summer. Although they appear wide of the mark, fans can console themselves with this anniversary edition. Widely regarded as one of the best of all-time, mastering engineer
CARPHONE WAREHOSUE owner of Currys and PC World have announced a merger deal valuing the combined business at around £3.7 billion.The proposed tie-up between Carphone and Dixons Retail Group will create a new company with a UK portfolio of more
THIS second Michael Jackson album to be released posthumously – he died aged 50 in June 2009 – has the backing of the singer’s estate. Executive producer Epic Records chairman and CEO LA Reid “contemporised” the record with producers Timbaland, Rodney
THIS is Swedish synth-poppers Little Dragon’s fourth album and the follow-up to the breakthrough Ritual Union in 2011. But it’s that year’s collaboration with DJ Shadow, Scale It Back, that signposted the band’s new trip hop sound in evidence here
THE talented violinist, singer and composer Kaoru Ishibashi, aka Kishi Bashi, returns with second album Lighght and a more expansive sound. Stunning lead single Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!, which started out as a 30-second commission
TWO students will bear an ancient cross with pride after being rewarded for their selfless work. For more than a century the solid silver Cuthbert Cross has been awarded to those whose “honourable and chivalrous conduct” contributes most to life
TWO out of five firms which export goods or services are looking to hire more staff amid improving confidence, according to a new report.A survey of 2,600 companies by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and DHL Express found that 71% expected their
WHISPER this quietly, but it appears that the late, great Billy Fury once rejected The Beatles as his backing band because he felt that John Lennon might be too much trouble. Chris Raynor laughs in agreement, because without that fateful falling out
AMERICAN folk band Harpeth Rising recently released their fourth album, Tales From Jackson Bridge and will be in the region this week to play to North-East fans. The all-girl trio will be at Witham Hall, Barnard Castle on May 17. Matt Westcott spoke
Dolly Parton is less a singer, more a one-woman world-domination machine. You’ll most likely know her as a singer, though. You may have seen her in the odd film or two, and you might know she owns her own theme park – called Dollywood, naturally.
GATESHEAD-BORN Nicola Candlish has far more responsibilities than many other company stage managers. The woman in charge of bringing English Touring Opera (ETO) to Durham Gala Theatre on Monday and Tuesday also has the ETO's recently-acquired Olivier
HE was born Mark Feld In London on September 30 1947. He died on September 16 1977, when the mini in which he was travelling left the road and crashed into a tree in the early hours of the morning. Marc Bolan's tragically brief life was cut short
THIS week two Emmerdale weddings pass far from peacefully. Next week in EastEnders (BBC1) there's a funeral in Albert Square with much bawling and brawling. The run-up to murdered Lucy Beale's funeral isn't very peaceful either. Her father Ian Beale
NEXT month, the A67 between Darlington and Barnard Castle will close for nearly a year as a large landslide is shored up at Carlbury. Cars will be diverted away from the village of High Coniscliffe, but discerning diners will still be beating a path
A CHURCH service aimed at people living with dementia and their carers is being held in Stockton. 'Don’t bottle it up’ is the theme for this year’s Dementia Awareness Week, which is encouraging those affected to be more open about the challenges
A GRAMMY win before the release of a debut album is quite an achievement, and though it was not for her own material, it has set expectations high for the 25-yearold Louisa Rose Allen. Glorious is a confident opening gambit for the Southampton-born
BUNKER is a credible opponent to hot favourite True Story in the Betfred Dante Stakes at York. Richard Hannon’s colt made a big impression as a juvenile and can take the next step along the ladder by claiming this leading trial for the Investec
IAN BELL has identified the number four position vacated by Kevin Pietersen as the place for him in the England batting order. The 32-year-old made it clear last weekend that, unsurprisingly, he will be happy to bat wherever England need him —
Final score: Benfica 0 Sevilla 0 (Sevilla won 4-2 on penalties) THE curse of Bela Guttman returned to haunt Benfica as Sevilla won a penalty shootout to beat the Portuguese giants to the Europa League trophy in Turin. The Hungarian coach declared
HAVING just broken up a fight over the tea table, scraped all the uneaten fresh veg into the bin and ordered the youngest off to bed for the umpteenth time, I came across something that looked like it could, possibly, be the answer to my prayers.
IT’S to be a West Auckland column. Last Wednesday evening we turned up at the launch of The Miners’ Triumph, Martin Connolly’s book about the village football club’s World Cup triumphs of 1909 and 1911. Appropriately, it was in the Sir Thomas
THE Railroad to Wembley again reached its anticipated destination on Saturday. For the Northern League it has become almost an annual outing, a sort of Sunday School trip – a trip with pitfalls – and no less eagerly anticipated for that. For
Agatha Christie's Black Coffee, Billingham Forum BY the time Agatha Christie died the world-wide sale of her books was only exceeded by the Bible and Shakespeare and Hercule Poirot, the famously neat Belgian detective, is as familiar to a British
Thalidomide The Fifty Year Fight (BBC2, 9pm) WHEN the drug Thalidomide was first launched in 1957, it was marketed as a sedative, but was later given to pregnant women to combat morning sickness. However, by 1961, it became clear the drug was
THREE kayakers from the same family who drowned in a river were "relatively inexperienced" having recently taken up the sport, a coroner said today (Thursday). Inquests were opened into the deaths of brothers Darren and Mark Thorpe and their cousin
A CAPACITY audience at Durham Cathedral enjoyed a moving celebration of the region’s cultural heritage, captured in the works of two local composers. The Durham Choral Society and Orchestra, under the baton of Michael Summers, opened with the keenlyanticipated
MEMORIES showed the front page of The Northern Echo from May 10, 1940, which carried an advert for Vermouth Martini. The drink was endorsed by famous entertainers of the day, “Big Hearted” Arthur Askey and Richard “Stinker” Murdoch. It is said
VERY sad to hear Ron’s Music shop in Blackwellgate, Darlington, is to close (Echo, May 14). It was where I bought my first guitar and where I get all my music equipment repaired. His shop even helped me to find new band members. Internet shopping
AFTER nearly getting knocked over by a cyclist riding on the path, I wondered what the Highway Code said on the subject. Law HA1835 Sect72[S] A1984 Sect129 states that cycles must not be ridden on the pavement. These law breakers want to stop it and
I WAS interested to read about the visit of Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham to his old school (Echo, May 10), when he was re-presented with the Richard Luck Trophy which had been found in a cupboard. The school is now the Darlington School of Mathematics
JOHN RISELEY makes an odd assumption regarding sperm donors (HAS, May 7), namely that intelligent people have intelligent off-spring, and hence unintelligent beings bear less intelligent children. This implies in any given family all siblings would
EVEN though Ukip’s Nigel Farage more than held his own in last Thursday’s Question Time on BBC1, it was surely disgraceful of the BBC to have very well known, strong pro-Europeans filling the rest of the panel. Is this what the BBC calls balanced
I READ in Harry Mead’s column (Echo, May 7) about the cancellation of a balloon race in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute as it was thought sending balloons into the sky would be damaging to the environment. This pales into insignificance
THE picture in Dales Diary (Echo, May 10) of a sign on a gate near Middleton-in-Teesdale warning people there was a bull in the field reminded me of a genuine sign I saw many years ago attached to a gate. It said: “The cows in this field will let you
THE glorious countryside is right in the middle Darlington along the Crocus Walk between Grange Road and Southend Avenue where cuckooflowers – or milkmaid flowers – flourish amid buttercups and bluebells under laden horse chestnut blooms with squirrels
IT was a fabulous bank holiday outing to Britain’s newest and most dazzling children’s park – but it left me feeling rather guilty. The setting could not have been more gorgeous – interactive water fountains, nature trails, climbing walls and tree-lined
“HOW’S my baby boy? It’s his birthday soon,” said my aunt, who is now in a home, in her 80s and suffering with Alzheimer’s. My Auntie Thelma’s mind comes and goes, but for most of the time she has gone back to her 20s and she can still recall all
AS Durham prepare to begin their Twenty20 campaign tomorrow evening they managed to engineer a brief period of run-chasing drama at Hove yesterday. But after Kumar Sangakkara got out for 159 with eight needed off two overs for the final batting
GRAHAM Onions’ back injury is not as bad as first feared, but he will not be fit for Durham’s next LV Championship game starting at Taunton on Monday. Coach Jon Lewis said: “It’s still too early to tell how long he will be out but the results of
MIDDLESBROUGH are interested in bringing Bournemouth striker Lewis Grabban to the Riverside Stadium, but they won’t make a move for any of their attacking targets until the futures of Marvin Emnes and Lukas Jutkiewicz are resolved. Reports emerged
SUNDERLAND Ladies head coach Claire Robinson is hoping her side will have benefitted from a 12-day break when they face fellow WSL 2 title contenders Doncaster Rovers Belles at the Keepmoat Stadium.The Lady Black Cats haven’t had a game since their
AN FA Cup final appearance would be a career highlight for any player, but for Hull City midfielder David Meyler, Saturday’s Wembley showpiece with Arsenal promises to be an even more special affair.During his five years with Sunderland, Meyler
NEWCASTLE defender Curtis Good has been named in Australia’s provisional 30-man World Cup squad. However, there is no place for Middlesbrough defender Rhys Williams, whose Achilles injury has ruled him out of a place in Brazil. Good, whose
SUNDERLAND are confident of engineering a swap deal that will see Marcos Alonso complete a permanent move to the Stadium of Light while Modibo Diakite heads in the opposite direction to Fiorentina. Alonso spent the second half of last season on
KAT COPELAND is predicting a golden era of North-East rowing after seven of the region’s athletes were selected in the British squad for the forthcoming European Championships. Having taken a year’s sabbatical after her 2012 Olympic success, Stokesley
A TILT at golfing glory awaits amateur Jason Owens and his Hartlepool PGA professional Graham Laidlaw as they bid to reach the Lombard Trophy grand final being staged at Gleneagles – just three weeks before Europe and America meet in the Ryder Cup.Owens
IT was an opportunity Ryan Riley did not want to ignore. The man from Eaglescliffe, who works in the Middle East, is flying back over to Teesside just to make a long-awaited return to competitive golf – and a special one at that.The former Durham
THE family of murdered police officer Keith Blakelock yesterday (Wednesday, May 14) made a fresh appeal for information over his death, a month after a man was cleared of killing him.Nicky Jacobs was found not guilty of murdering Sunderland-born PC Blakelock
YORKSHIRE are aiming to take advantage of home comforts as they attempt to set the pace in the early stages of the race for the championship.Victory over Warwickshire on Tuesday by an innings and 155 runs restored Yorkshire to the top of division one
A NORTH-EAST ambulance manager has admitted the cash-strapped service cannot reach emergencies in time, ministers were warned yesterday (Wednesday, May 14).Iain Wright, the Hartlepool MP, staged a Commons debate to raise the alarm over patients in desperate
A PENSIONER told a jury he had no idea a device fitted to his car jammed police speed guns.Eric Craggs said he had only wanted equipment installed to his Aston Martin that warned of speed cameras ahead.Teesside Crown Court heard how the 68-year-old had
ORGANISERS of a major cycling event will be asked to rethink road closure plans which residents claim will cause huge disruption in rural County Durham during the first weekend of the school summer holidays.More than 2,000 cyclists will take part in the
A TINY scrap of derelict land in Darlington is set to become Britain’s smallest park. Nestled underneath an advertising billboard currently promoting the UK Independence Party (UKIP), the humble patch of land could soon garner national attention
A NORTH-EAST port has welcomed its largest container vessel to mark the start of a Russian agreement.The Port of Tyne, in South Shields, South Tyneside, is operating a service to St Petersburg.The deal saw the 168-metre Calisto sail into the region, which
A FOOD maker is aiming to create new jobs and increase turnover after support from an independent management consultancy firm.York Speciality Foods worked with Nicholson Consultancy, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, on ways to improve, create new products
A PIPE-BENDING firm has secured a major deal to maintain the UK's largest airline.Unison, based in Eastfield, Scarborough, is supplying machinery to British Airways.The equipment will be used to repair and overhaul hundreds of aircraft, including
THE owner of a North-East industrial coatings firm says offshore energy projects have consolidated its strong financial position.The John Wood Group, which last year took over Gateshead-based Pyeroy, has hailed its work on oil and gas and subsea developments.The
