Full-time: Rochdale 1 Middlesbrough 3 SUMMER signing Kike gave Middlesbrough fans a glimpse of things to come at Spotland today when he got his first goal on English soil – and he could have had more. While talks continue behind the scenes
RUNNERS are being given the opportunity to help run smoking out of town by claiming a free place at one of the region’s popular sporting events.Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils’ Smokefree Alliances are offering 100 runners a
A POIGNANT art exhibition commemorating the outbreak of World War One has gone on display.Battlefields of the First World War is a series of drawings and paintings by landscape artist, Robert Perry that will be displayed in a temporary exhibition at Preston
PLANS to build 19 eco chalets and a clubhouse on a field have led to protests over possible noise problems.Proposals to develop land at Escomb Pastures, at Etherley Dene, near to Bishop Auckland, have been lodged with Durham County Council.Outline planning
PAT McCORMACK admits he is struggling to come up with an explanation for the below-par display that saw him crash out of the Commonwealth Games boxing tournament at the very first hurdle this afternoon. The Birtley lightweight travelled to Glasgow
CURTIS MAIN is a notable absentee from the Middlesbrough squad at Rochdale today as talks with Doncaster could lead to his departure. Boro are on the verge of confirming a £500,000 deal for Rovers’ 20-year-old full-back James Husband and the move
YOANN Gouffran scored the only goal to secure Newcastle United a second win on tour in New Zealand. The French forward’s first half finish proved enough to defeat Wellington Phoenix, who overcame West Ham United on Wednesday. Gouffran turned
A GRANDMOTHER in her seventies has raised funds for The Alzheimer’s Society by completing a triple marathon walking challenge.Keen rambler Christine Wright, 74, who lives at Middleton Woods, Middleton Hall Retirement Village, near Darlington, set
HUNDREDS of visitors took a trip down memory lane as a school opened its doors to celebrate half a century of learning.Pupils and staff past and present enjoyed a golden moment as Darlington School of Mathematics and Science marked its 50th anniversary.Built
POLITICIANS from the main political parties will take part in a free public debate on the future of UK energy at Durham University next month.The debate will look at key issues facing energy supply in the UK such as how to bridge the gap between supply
THOUSANDS of discarded bottle tops have been given a new lease of life thanks to students at a North-East school.More than 5,000 bottle tops, that would have otherwise ended up in the rubbish tip, have been transformed into colourful spiral sculptures
SURREAL artist Louise Bourgeois is the subject of a new exhibition at Middlesbrough's Mima gallery.The exhibition contains a collection of pieces assembled for the national Artist Rooms programme, including, Couple I 1996, Cell XIV (Portrait) 2000
A NORTH-EAST charity has launched an appeal to raise £45,000 to give a youngster with a serious genetic condition a rare disease a better future.Nine-year-old Matthew Brettell from Thorney Close, Sunderland was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
A UNION official has spoken out about the planned privatisation of a workplace scheme for the disabled.Ken Stubbs, a branch secretary for the GMB’s Northern region, in Spennymoor, County Durham, is against any privatisation of Remploy which provides
ARTISTS are being sought for an annual art exhibition taking place in a County Durham town.The 14th Wolsingham Art Exhibition will be held in the Weardale town from Saturday, August 23, to Bank Holiday Monday, August 25.Sue Weston, joint organiser of
REALITY TV celebrity Joey Essex is to visit the North-East next month to help persuade young people into apprenticeships.The “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here” winner will speak at a free event in Gateshead aimed at people aged 16
FRED Patterson, of Gladstone Street, Darlington, has pleaded guilty to producing four cannabis plants. Magistrates in Newton Aycliffe heard the 46-year-old had grown the class B drug for his own use. Patterson was fined £110 and ordered to pay a
A TEENAGER who made racist threats and said he would rape a man and stab his son following an argument about DVDs has been sentenced by magistrates.Magistrates in Newton Aycliffe heard a discussion between Kyle Lewis William Fleming and an Asian man over
RUNNERS are being encouraged to don their habit and sprint with their sisters in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS).The charity 5k Nun Run will take place at 11am at South Park, in Darlington, on Sunday, October 5 and participants are
POLICE and crime commissioners for Cleveland and North Yorkshire are to collaborate over a senior role to save public money.Julia Mulligan and Barry Coppinger have agreed to share the post of chief finance officer between their offices.Michael Porter,
AIMEE WILLMOTT will swim for her second medal of the Commonwealth Games this evening after helping England's 4x200m freestyle team successfully qualify for the final. Middlesbrough's Willmott, who won a silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley
A TERMINAL cancer sufferer feels she has lost her lifeline because trees outside her house are interfering with her television signal.Jean Alderson, 80 and from Stainton Grove, near Barnard Castle, says her reception is so poor she now goes to bed early
SELL out crowds gave students the ovation they deserved after bringing the year to a tumultuous conclusion with a classic performance.Carmel College, in Darlington, staged the multi-coloured Joseph in a four night run to remember.Up to 100 students, from
MIDDLESBROUGH are set to confirm the £500,000 signing of Doncaster Rovers left-back James Husband. The Teessiders have agreed a fee with Rovers for the 20-year-old defender, and with personal terms also understood to have been finalised, the transfer
Jordan Robinson returns for Darlington’s friendly today against his former club Billingham Synthonia. The versatile player missed last Saturday’s match with Sunderland because he was on holiday, and since then Quakers have also faced a Middlesbrough
ALBERT ADOMAH will not be concerned about interest from Nottingham Forest when he gets his pre-season officially underway with Middlesbrough this afternoon.The Ghana international, given an extended break because of his World Cup experience, has been
SUNDERLAND midfielder Rachel Furness insists her side can cope without top scorer Beth Mead as they prepare for tonight’s top of the table clash with Doncaster Rovers Belles.Mead flies out to Canada today after being named in Mo Marley’s England
A few tips this week for those running with a bad back, or those who simply want to avoid suffering from it.First - a relevant pre-season story from my days as a professional football physio. Pre-season would come around and the running would commence
AT Billingham Rugby Club, a legacy is being created to ensure that next year’s Rugby World Cup can have a lasting impact on the development of the game. The Young Rugby Ambassadors Programme is a national initiative ran by the Rugby Football Union
NEWCASTLE There’s unlikely to be more transfer movement at St James’ Park for a while. Newcastle are out in New Zealand until Monday, then they face Sheffield Wednesday in midweek before heading to Germany. Managing director Lee Charnley is
EARLIER this year, North-East boxer Pat McCormack was forced to alter his preparations for the Commonwealth Games when his trainers stepped in. After one brawl too many, the Birtley Boxing Club prodigy was banned from fighting his brother. Birtley
Having won the World Indoor Championships earlier this year, Richard Kilty will be one of the most high-profile performers when the Commonwealth Games 100m gets under way tomorrow. But as Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson learned when he met the Teessider
THERE’S nothing like some fast and furious sporting action to get the juices flowing at 9am on a Friday morning - and some might say that the sight of the Jersey triples bowls team taking on the Norfolk Islands in a leafy Glasgow suburb is nothing
RAIL services at around 20 of the region's “little-used” stations are under threat, under new Government plans.Ministers are proposing cutting the number of trains that serve 67 stops with “particularly low levels of use”,
AN employee bleeding heavily from a wound had to wait almost an hour for an ambulance after suffering a serious industrial accident, it has emerged.Last night Jonathan Boggon, managing director of Darlington based North View Engineering Solutions, described
PROTESTORS have called for a decision on an opencast mine to be halted after concerns were raised over letters of support for the scheme which the authors denied having sent. UK Coal Surface wants to remove more than a million tonnes of coal and 175,000
THERE was always huge interest when any large estate was offered for sale in the dales in olden days. But there was a bigger attendance than usual when Sledwich Hall and its 340 acres of prime land went under the hammer in late 1912.It was regarded as
NEWCASTLE UNITED will not be rushed into making any further signings before the end of the summer transfer window. The Magpies have already made six signings since the end of last season but could still do with adding another striker having failed
MARK Stoneman’s credentials as the successor to Paul Collingwood as Durham captain will be further tested in the Royal London Cup, starting at Taunton tomorrow. The one-day skipper has endured a disappointing Twenty20 campaign, averaging 10.2 before
