SPANISH striker Kike was the match-winner at the Macron Stadium tonight and Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka admits he now has a squad capable of reaching dizzy heights in the Championship. The £2.7m signing from Real Murcia scored for the third
Bishop Auckland are through to the next round of the FA Cup thanks to a 2-0 away win at Sunderland RCA last night. Bishops took the lead on 9 minutes with a good effort by Kyle Davis and they held their own until the last minute when Adam Sakr
A VIDEO purporting to show an Islamic State fighter speaking with a British accent beheading an American journalist is being investigated by the Obama administration. A man claimed to be James Foley, who went missing in Syria in 2012, is seen kneeling
A MAN shot five times after a number of cars pulled up outside his home is recovering in hospital tonight (Tuesday, August 19) as police continue a major investigation. The 56-year-old was rushed to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds but his injuries
Full-time: Bolton 1 Middlesbrough 2 THERE are those who will quite rightly argue that promotion should not even be mentioned in August, but if this is the season when Middlesbrough are to finally deliver in the Championship then it is nights like
Final Score: Spennymoor 0 Darlington 2 GRAEME ARMSTRONG scored twice as Darlington beat Spennymoor 2-0 in the EvoStik First Division North derby at Brewery Field. The striker, signed from Whitby Town in the summer, bagged a first half brace
DARKO – Sea of Trees I’VE heard Darko referred to as Gaslight Anthem meets Iron Maiden and I couldn’t agree more. The vocals, despite their ferocity at times, definitely bear more than a passing resemblance to the guys from New Jersey, while the
A NORTH-EAST baker lodged a formal complaint after an offensive spoof logo was linked to its online search results page.An offensive slogan attached to the Greggs logo appeared before internet users Googling the bakery chain yesterday (Tuesday, August
OH, how I am indebted to BBC Tees broadcaster Mike Parr for kindly nominating me to take the Ice Bucket Challenge. The nomination was made live on air so I have little option but to accept. For those who don't know, the Ice Bucket Challenge involves
A THIEVING care home worker who stole more than £3,000 from vulnerable adults insisted to a court she hadn't done it as residents "do not have much of a life as it is".Janice Kettle stole £3,547 from two residents at Newbus Grange
A SACKED salesman has walked free from court despite drunkenly ordering nearly £300,000-worth of cars on his former bosses’ account.Paul Donkin logged into a vehicle trader’s auction website using his ex-bosses’ details and bought
FIREFIGHTERS have rescued three youngsters from a funfair ride in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the three, aged about ten, 14 and 17, were stranded about 15 feet above the ground this afternoon when the ride at a
A TEAM of dedicated airmen battled against the elements to raise cash for a local hospice.Eight personnel from RAF Leeming travelled to the Lake District to take part in the gruelling Total Warrior challenge.They raised more than £500 for Zoë
SPENNYMOOR and Darlington are both unchanged for tonight’s EvoStik First Division North derby at Brewery Field. Jason Ainsley has fielded the same starting XI after Saturday’s opening day win at Padiham, while Quakers are also unchanged following
Goals: 1-0: Davies pen (26, powered the spot-kick and sent Mejias the wrong way after Hines brought him down) 1-1: Leadbitter pen (45, clinically sent Bogdan the wrong way after silly Wheater handball) 1-2: Kike (78, latched on to Reach’s flick
ABOVE inflation increases in train fares prompted protests at the region's rail stations.Campaigners from Action for Rail gathered at stations in the region on Tuesday (August 19) as it was revealed that regulated rail fares would rise by 3.5 per
A MAN responsible for sustained unprovoked violence, including a multiple stabbing, has no memory of the incident, a court heard.Daniel Marc Baker was today (Tuesday August 19) jailed for four years and eight months, for what a judge described as, "
AITOR KARANKA has made three changes to his Middlesbrough team at Bolton tonight. Spanish defender Daniel Ayala drops down to the bench along with midfielder Dean Whitehead and winger Adam Reach. That has opened the door for Seb Hines to move in
NORTHUMBRIA Police may have wrongly classified some rape cases as “no crime”, it has been revealed. The findings came to light during a recent audit by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) and have caused "grave concern" for the region
THE shortlist of train firms bidding to run the region's rail services has been announced - prompting concerns about foreign ownership and corporate greed from MPs and unions.Arriva Rail, Abellio Northern and Govia Northern are in the running to take
A WAR memorial garden in the North-East played host to a wreath that is touring the UK to commemorate men who and women who have fallen in battle in the last 100 years.Starting at the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire, the Wreath of Respect
A VISUALLY impaired sports fan has set up tennis sessions for other blind and partially sighted people.Rosie Pybus, a trainee sports development officer, played tennis with other partially sighted people at Splash in Stockton and said anyone with sight
VETERANS from a Help for Heroes recovery centre in Catterick Garrison have had their final training session ahead of a pro-am golf tournament as part of the English Senior Open.Phoenix House, which works with recovering veterans and service personnel,
A DISTRICT council is set to lose almost £100,000 of its income in a bid to bolster a town's economy, following High Street parking charges being introduced by its county counterpart.In a move that has stunned traders, Hambleton District Council
THE broken-hearted girlfriend of a man who drowned in Laos took her own life months later, an inquest heard.Kate Downey, from Middlesbrough, was found dead in a Newcastle hotel room in March - days before a charity tribute evening in memory of her late
MIDDLESBROUGH defender Christian Burgess has moved to Peterborough. The centre-half was expected to return to Hartlepool United this season, after an impressive campaign on loan last time out. But instead, he's moved to London Road signing
A RARE turban goes on display this weekend as part of an exhibition on the North-East’s Sikh community. The Sikh ‘fortress turban’, usually housed at the British Museum and one of only five of its kind in the country, goes on show at
A FATHER of two has denied sexually assaulting a girl in the street.George Dowse is accused of cycling up to the teenager, grabbing her hand and thrusting it down his trousers while trying to kiss her.The prosecution in the Teesside Crown Court trial
TRIBUTE has been paid to a heartbroken 31-year-old father who died suddenly last year. An inquest today (TUesday, August 19) was tolf that Darren Simpson, of Grangetown, Middlesbrough, was found by his brother, Liam, collapsed on the bathroom floor
POLICE investigating the murder of a middle-aged man have renewed their appeal for information two months after he was last seen. Robert Hutchinson, 57, has not been seen since Monday, June 23, when he drove from his home in Corporation Road, Hendon,
A BEER festival held in Chester-le-Street raised almost £850 for a charity that helps people with dementia.The Alzheimer’s Society County Durham’s fundraising volunteers staged a daytime beer tasting followed by an evening festival at
THE proportion of North-East smokers who tried to quit smoking through the NHS - as well as those who actually gave up - has declined for the third year running, according to new statistics.However, figures published by the Health and Social Care
AN ARCHERY group will offer primary schoolchildren the chance to try the sport after landing a council grant.Thirsk Bowmen, which was established 20 years ago and has more than 60 members at its Baldersby Park base, near Topcliffe, has been awarded £
A NORTH-EAST hospital consultant and campaigner is to run 66 kilometres to show his support for The People’s March for the NHS which is making its way to London from Jarrow.Organised by two Darlington working mothers, Joanna Adams and Rehana Azam
POLICE are hunting a man who exposed himself to two girls.The girls were walking across Prebends Bridge, in Durham City, at about 6.30pm on Tuesday, August 12, when they noticed a man who had his trousers round his ankles and was exposing himself to them.They
Heard the one about the Hoover? If you haven't you soon will - it's just been voted the funniest joke of 2014. Comedian Tim Vine's rib-tickler has been voted the best wisecrack at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. He won with the one-liner: "I
AN employment scheme is spring-boarding jobseekers into work.The Leapfrog Programme prepares potential workers for roles in a variety of sectors, from catering and hospitality, to waste management and manufacturing.Many of the participants have been unemployed
POLICE are hunting a man who exposed himself to two girls. The girls were walking across Prebends Bridge, in Durham City, at about 6.30pm on Tuesday, August 12, when they noticed a man who had his trousers round his ankles and was exposing himself
DARING motorcycle stunts, hilarious horses and a strongest man contest promise to make the final Great Aycliffe Show the best to date.For more than 30 years, the show, at the Oakleaf Sports Complex in Newton Aycliffe, has been the biggest community event
THOUSANDS of tenants have voted for their homes to be transferred out of council ownership. Just over half of the 22,000 tenants in County Durham took part in the ballot on the future of the county council-owned properties. The council has
The Group One Juddmonte International is the feature race on day one of York’s Ebor meeting and it is an intriguing clash of the generations with the three-year-olds represented by Derby winners Australia (English & Irish) and The Grey Gatsby (
A FASHION designer whose shoes are worn by X Factor judge Cheryl Cole and actress Angelina Jolie is opening his first shop outside of London in the North-East. Terry de Havilland is adding a store in Newcastle to his flagship base just off London
A DAIRY has been fined £10,000 for safety failings after a worker suffered life-changing injuries in a fall. Simon Atkinson, 41, of Dipton, County Durham, had been unloading empty milk bottles from a vehicle at Lanchester Dairies Ltd’s site, in
DEVELOPERS behind a plan to create a Marks & Spencer supermarket and a pub on a former NHS hospital have applied for planning permission to transform the site.Jomast Developments and the retailing giant are seeking listed building consent for the
THOUSANDS are expected to descend on the Yorkshire Dales this weekend as one of the region’s much loved-loved countryside traditions celebrates a major milestone. The 100th Wensleydale Show will be held just outside Leyburn on Saturday, August
A FOOTBALL club is celebrating after scoring a new shirt sponsorship deal.SafeLine Taxis have been revealed as the new sponsors of Newton Aycliffe Amateur Football Club’s blue home strips for the upcoming season.The support has been welcomed by
A NORTH-EAST baker has lodged a formal complaint after becoming the victim of an apparent internet prankster his afternoon. Anyone using the search engine Google to find out information about Newcastle-based bakery Greggs would find an alternate
MORE than 150 families gathered together for a day of family fun in Stockton. The first annual Castlegate Community Carnival took place at Stockton's parish hall and gardens on Saturday. Families were greeted with a retro-style carnival supported
A RAIDER escaped with thousands of pounds from a bank - after holding up a cashier with a wooden coat-hanger. Anthony Turner walked into a police station minutes later, and said: "I've done a robbery and here's the money." Stunned officers
A LEADING chain store is inviting local community groups and charities to apply for a £150 donation. The Wilko store on Osbourne Road, Chester-le- Street is offering money from its Helping Hands budget, or its employees’ time, to worthwhile projects
WEALTH management firm Brewin Dolphin is closing its York office and expanding its team in Leeds.The firm hopes that many of the eight staff working at the York site will transfer to a new, expanded base in Leeds at 10 Wellington Place, this autumn.The
THERE was a big surprise in the woods this weekend as teddy bears whizzed around a picnic.A zip wire was rigged up for the teddies at the Gisborough Priory Woodland Gardens in Guisborough at the fundraising event.The young owners for the teddies waited
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 93-year-old woman’s purse was stolen from her handbag while she was shopping. The victim, who uses a walking stick, was in the M&Co store in Front Street, Chester-le-Street, last Friday morning (August
OXFAM in Darlington is accepting donations for the national Gaza Crisis Appeal, which supports those affected by the on-going conflict in Gaza.The conflict has left thousands injured and without adequate accommodation, medication, food or clean water.The
THE triumphant Grand Depart of the Tour de France has had an unexpected legacy – thanks to hundreds of wooden yellow bikes.Carpenter and award-winning guesthouse owner Neil McNair had no idea what he’d started when he made his first plywood
THE A19 in North Yorkshire will be closed southbound overnight between Osmotherley and South Kilvington for essential resurfacing work between August 31 and September 5. Diversions will be in place during the 8pm to 6am closures. Highways Agency project
THE hunt is on for a new chief executive to drive economic growth and create thousands of jobs across Durham, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. The main responsibility of the new North East Local Enterprise Partnership chief will be to lead the LEP'
West Auckland manager Peter Dixon stunned the club this morning by quitting for “football reasons.” Dixon, who has been in charge for five seasons, phoned general manager Stuart Alderson with his decision this morning, and said; “My reasons for
MIDDLESBROUGH midfielder Richie Smallwood is set to join Rotherham United on an emergency loan deal today and could make his second Millers debut against Watford tonight. Smallwood spent the second half of last season on loan at the New York Stadium
THE tenth birthday of a popular nursery was celebrated with a family fun day recently.The Big Kids Little Kids nursery on Northgate in Darlington marked ten years of success by inviting past and present pupils and their families to join them at a birthday
A PASSING family vehicle was almost hit by a drink driver whose car hit a central reservation and flipped over as it careered up a road.John Paul Flannagan was at the wheel of a Skoda Octavia estimated to be doing more than 60mph on a 40-limit northbound
MENTAL wellbeing in the workplace will be tackled as part of an initiative being launched in Darlington.Employers in the town have joined the Darlington Cares organisation in a bid to develop a project aimed at supporting those with mental ill health.Recent
A FAMILY-RUN building firm has started work on a £3m music teaching school. Darlington-based Wharton Construction, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary, is constructing the facility that is set to enhance Yarm School's reputation for
VOLUNTEERS helped give a Darlington rugby ground a spruce-up as it prepares for the start of the new season and gets ready to welcome new tenants. Negotiations are ongoing between Darlington FC about a potential move to Darlington Rugby Club's
THE Tour de France has been credited with helping inspire a large increase in the number of people getting on their bikes in Darlington.Cycling fever has gripped the town this summer, with recent figures showing the number of cyclists in the borough has
A NORTH-EAST travel agent is expanding its operations across the UK and training 100 new apprentices as it targets £1bn turnover. . Hays Travel, the biggest employer in Sunderland city centre, now employs more than 1,000 people, including 406 at
A COFFEE company that started life in the North-East home of its founder plans to expand its range and create jobs with the help of a six-figure cash injection. Beanies The Flavour Co manufactures a range of flavoured ground and instant coffees
Journey into the wild with the timeless safari trend. Lisa Haynes shows how to be a style adventurer FORGET spotting the Big Five; simply go on the prowl for this season’s safari trend instead. Because the foundations of this look – muted tones
A MAN has been shot several times after a number of cars pulled up outside his home yesterday afternoon. The 56-year-old was rushed to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds but his injuries, at this stage, are not thought to be life-threatening
THE shortlist of train firms bidding to run the region's rail services have been announced by the Government - with unions immediately descriving the operators as the “same old greedy companies”. Three companies have been shortlisted to run the
I RECENTLY noticed that I’d picked up a nail in one of my rear tyres and went to International Tyres, on the Roman Way Industrial Estate, just off the roundabout at Tindale. The lad saw to the car straightaway, told me that the nail had not punctured
IF the money spent on TV appeals was spent on people in need it would alleviate all the begging adverts we have to put up with. I have been unsuccessfully trying to find a company that can supply me with clean water for a month for just £1 and
IT is good to hear that there will be a ceremony to remember Canadian officer Andrew Mynarski and the 1,266 men who died flying from Middleton St George during the Second World War (Echo, Aug 16). What a great pity it is that this cannot be held
In an increasingly global economy, there has never been a better time to learn a second language, writes Pat Howarth, principal of Hummersknott Academy in Darlington.The more ‘unusual’ languages like Mandarin and Russian are experiencing something
YOUNG people in Chester- le-Street were ready to hit the market stalls after taking part in a sales bootcamp.Nevil Tynemouth and Mike Lever of New Results Training delivered the session to a group of 16 year olds at the event organised by Cestria Community
NEW College Durham has launched a new course to help students take their first steps towards a career in the dental industry. The new dental nursing advanced apprenticeship will start in September 2014 and combines real workplace learning with
I HAVE opposed the “war on terror” since it was started in 2001 by the misguided George W Bush and his vainglorious admirer, Tony Blair, because I believed that the strategy would only create more terrorists. I have also suggested that decades
PETE Winstanley asks is it really necessary for him to put pen to paper and condemn ISIS for the atrocities in Iraq as everyone shares his disgust and outrage at such obscene barbarism anyway (HAS, Aug 15). He may have a point, but by that token
HUGH Pender’s letter (HAS, Aug 8) rightly highlights the weak rhetoric offered by British and European politicians with regard to the Ukrainian crisis. President Vladimir Putin must be quivering in terror behind his couch at the very thought of
IWISH the mass media would stop misusing the word “medieval.” The IS uprising in northern Iraq and Syria is murderous and barbaric beyond words, but it is not medieval. Professor John Gray, formerly of the London School of Economics, has correctly
Super Senses: The Secret Power Of Animals (BBC2, 9pm) COMPARED to other creatures, we can only see, hear and smell a tiny fraction of the world around us. And while some people may think that might sometimes be a good thing – especially when it
Xuefei Yang began playing the guitar when she was seven. Three years later she started studying under Chen Zhi, the chairman of the China Classical Guitar Society. As a schoolgirl she rapidly achieved an international reputation, playing extensively
A FREE family event is set to take place over the coming Bank Holiday weekend. Organised by Gateshead's Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, children are invited to help create a landscape of colour inspired by French artist Daniel Buren’s exhibition
Campaigner Adele Waterfall-Brown works tirelessly with the Royal National Institute of Blind People to improve the day-to-day lives of visuallyimpaired people by raising awareness of the problems they regularly face. Here, she tells Jo Morris some
A COMPANY behind a £1.5bn mine has signed a five year agreement with a distributor in Central America. Subject to planning consent Sirius Minerals wants to extract millions of tonnes of the fertilizer mineral polyhalite from under the North York
MONARCH Airlines may cut as many as 1,000 jobs as part of a major strategic review that aims to cuts costs and may lead to the end of long haul flights. The airline will instead aim to compete with low cost airlines Ryanair and Easyjet and concentrate
A DANISH food packaging firm has announced growth plans that will double North-East production capacity and increase its workforce by 50 per cent. The move comes two years after Faerch Plast bought the former Veriplast site, known locally as Mono
THE inflation rate fell more than expected in July as the cost of clothing, footwear, food and non-alcoholic drinks eased back in the month. The Office for National Statistics said Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation fell to 1.6% from 1.9% a month
ANYONE who thinks there are easy answers to the crisis unfolding in Iraq is naive or misguided. The truth is that David Cameron’s Government has a difficult – perhaps ultimately impossible – balance to strike. And, so far, the Government should
THE Reverend Jonathan Barker was Britain’s only full-time railway station chaplain, charged with helping 250,000 passengers a week believe that St Pancras – architectural wonders notwithstanding – wasn’t quite so godforsaken after all. “By a long
AIDAN O’Brien has issued concerns over the potential fitness of Australia as the dual Derby winner is pitched into all-aged competition for the first time in the Juddmonte International at York on tomorrow. Since being narrowly beaten into third
A 16-year-old girl was approached by a middle-aged male driver who tried to get her into his car. Police are appealing for information after the incident in Skinningrove, East Cleveland, on Friday, August 15. The girl was walking through Skinningrove
ENGLAND’S triumph at the Women’s Rugby World Cup can prove the catalyst for a move into professionalism, according to head coach Gary Street. Street quit his job as a quantity surveyor seven years ago to kick-start his coaching career, and on Sunday
Yorkshire v Sussex YORKSHIRE maintained their position as the leaders of the LV= County Championship by easing past Sussex by nine wickets at Scarborough yesterday, their sixth win of the season. With second-placed Nottinghamshire beating Northamptonshire
Lancashire v Durham REIGNING champions Durham will spend the last month of the season battling against relegation after a heart-stopping defeat at Old Trafford left them in next to bottom place. In the most gripping of contests Lancashire’s
DURHAM skipper Paul Collingwood described yesterday’s one-wicket defeat against Lancashire as “gutwrenching” but pledged his side would fight all the way to avoid relegation. Durham now have only Northamptonshire below them and are six points below
DARLINGTON manager Martin Gray insists tonight’s derby at Spennymoor’s Brewery Field is no different to any other Evo-Stik League game. The Quakers and the Moors meet for the first time since their Northern League decider 18 months ago, with crowd
ALEX HALES appears set to become captain Alastair Cook’s new opening partner after being named in England’s 15-man Royal London Series squad to face India. Hales, in the form of his life, will have to displace Ian Bell at the top of the order if
INFLATION is expected to have notched up its seventh month below the Bank of England's 2 per cent target when official figures for July are published today. Analysts expect the Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation to have edged lower
RANGERS fans’ groups have expressed concern over the board’s reported attempts to get Newcastle owner Mike Ashley to underwrite a £4m share issue. Ashley already owns about seven per cent of the club’s shares and the Union of Fans, an umbrella
HOUSE builder Persimmon has reported a 57 per cent rise in earnings after taking advantage of the buoyant property market. The York-based group said underlying pre-tax profits rose to £212.9m for the six months to the end of June. Revenues
A COWARDLY armed robber fled empty-handed from a shop - when a worker shouted at him.Callum Hardman was brandishing a knife and wearing sunglasses during the 6am hold-up.He demanded money from store boss Peter Waller and waved the blade at the shopkeeper.When
Luke James, the Hartlepool United striker, has submitted a transfer request. The teenager, top scorer last season with 16 goals, has been attracting interest from Peterborough in recent weeks. Posh, who signed Jack Baldwin from Pools in January
AITOR KARANKA is searching for some extra firepower on the goalscoring front and he believes Patrick Bamford could be the man to deliver a different kind of threat in the penalty area for Middlesbrough.Bamford was at the club’s Rockliffe Park training
WITH his slight frame, Remy Cabella does not look like he would have the strength to hold off the challenges of some of the Premier League’s biggest and most powerful defenders. But after giving Vincent Kompany, Aleksander Kolarov and Martin Demichelis
GUS POYET has turned to Chilean World Cup striker Eduardo Vargas as an alternative option to Fabio Borini after admitting that he is more than happy to add foreign talent to his Sunderland squad this month. Despite making greater progress on the
Playing the transfer market Signing big name players like Steve Howard and Nobby Solano proved a major flop: big wages didn’t mean a big impact and both left in awkward circumstances. Colin Cooper is a massive advocate of handing young players a
EVEN if you had a spare £2m burning a hole in your pocket, it’s unlikely you would be able to get your hands on this – the McLaren P1 GTR.The track only model is reported to have only been offered to those who currently own the P1 road
POLICE officers and staff posted racist and threatening comments and uploaded pictures of colleagues in compromising positions on social networking sites, research has revealed.Hundreds of police employees from across the country have been investigated
SEVEN out of 10 smokers in the North-East say their family worries about them dying at an earlier age, according to figures released ahead of a TV campaign.As Fresh Smoke Free North-East re-launches its ‘Don’t be the 1’ advertising
WOMEN managers continue to earn far less than their equivalent male counterparts with a new survey showing a pay gap of £5,980 between the sexes. According to the Chartered Management Institute Gender Salary Survey men working in professional management
