Ecstacy, agony and exhaustion – that just about summed up the most momentous 36 hours in Great Ayton’s history. The ecstacy came when the village club won through to the last four of the National T20 Cup by beating Sheffield club Hallam on Sunday
A MAN will appear in court tomorrow (Tuesday) in connection with two knifepoint robberies in East Cleveland.The incidents are said to have happened at the Family Mart store in Lingdale on August 16 and the Sainsbury store in Redcar on August 21. The robberies
HISTORY repeated itself today (Monday, August 25) when villagers recreated a photograph taken more than 100 years ago to celebrate a triumphant siege during the Boer War.In May 1900, hundreds of villagers gathered on the green in Hunwick, near Crook,
TWO walkers had to be rescued after getting into difficulties over the weekend.Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team responded to both incidents. The first one came at 1.30 pm on Saturday when 17-year-old male, involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Award challenge
A NORTH-East rugby player who recently lifted the women's World Cup has been rewarded with a professional contract.England captain, Katy McLean, is one of 20 players who have been signed up by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), allowing them to train
I’M not one to disagree with my wife, well not to her face anyway, and she reckons this is not just the best crossover she’s been in, but the best car full stop. I dare you to say different. On the road: WHEN you’ve got a long journey ahead
AN unauthorised horse fair that outraged residents when it arrived in their community without warning has been managed successfully, according to police.Travellers started arriving on the old Winterton Hospital site, between Sedgefield and Fishburn in
POLICE who were searching for 20-year-old Thomas Watson, wanted in connection with an alleged assault in the Guisborough area on July 16, have arrested and charged him with Section 18 wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon.
PARISHONERS have launched a campaign to raise funds for vital repairs to their church path ahead of its centenary.For almost 100 years, worshippers at St Thomas Church in Cowshill in Weardale have accessed the building via a steep gravel pathway.Blushing
A FORMER cheerleader who swapped high kicks for touchdowns will represent her country as part of the first British women’s American football team. Florist Lindsey Robson, from Willington, spent years cheering on American footballers from the sidelines
MUSIC fans from north Durham have enjoyed festival of live bands over the Bank Holiday Weekend. Stanley Music Festival returned to Oakies Park for the third time on Sunday combining family fun and live acts all day. Eighties pop star Owen Paul
Spennymoor won their second game in the EVo-Stik League when they won 3-1 at Ossett Town. They had the better of the opening play, but Ossett shocked them by taking the lead after 17 minutes when Chris Wood headed in from a corner. Gavin Cogdon
Bishop Auckland still have a 100 per cent record in the ENL after winning 3-0 at Newton Aycliffe to record their fourth win of the season. Bishops took the lead when Stuart Thompson cut in from the right and fired into the top corner, and soon
FIRE has severely damaged an empty house in the North-East over the weekend.Emergency service crews were called to Harperley Gardens in Catchgate, near Stanley, in County Durham, at 7.20pm on Saturday evening.Firefighters tackled the blaze in the house
Darlington easily beat nine man Kendal Town 7-0 at Heritage Park following a bizarre opening to the game. Kendal had two men sent off before nine minutes had even elapsed, and the game then became a question of how many Quakers would score once
A NEW policy to control the number of new hotels opening in the region’s tourism capital is due to be published next month.City of York Council has revealed a draft hotel strategy has been drawn up, with the final version to be published in September.The
CLASSIC vehicle enthusiasts have attended the 30th annual bus rally in the North-East.The show by the North-East Bus Preservation Trust was held at Seaburn Recreation Park in Sunderland on Bank Holiday Monday.Nearly 200 vehicles, including vintage and
SHOPPING for bank holiday bargains felt a little out of this world for visitors to a North-East shopping centre.A huge walking, talking robot was on hand to greet shoppers at the Cornmill Centre, in Darlington, today (Monday, August 25).The robot, named
VISITORS flocked in their thousands to spend their Bank Holiday at a show in the remote part of the Yorkshire Dales today.Last year the date of the historic Reeth Show was moved to the August Bank Holiday and attracted three times its usual number of
GATESHEAD produced a positive response to Saturday’s six-goal hiding at the hands of Grimsby Town as Jamie Chandler’s first-half strike secured a 1-0 win at Altrincham. Just two days after they suffered a 6-1 home humiliation, the Heed returned
HATEM BEN ARFA provided Alan Pardew with a reminder of his abilities as he scored a fine individual goal in Newcastle reserves’ 5-2 win over Reading yesterday afternoon.Ben Arfa, who was making his first public appearance of the season after being
THE region’s biggest display of military vehicles has attracted up to 2,000 visitors over the past two days. The North-East Military Vehicle Rally was held on Sunday and Monday in the grounds of the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery in Durham City
PIRATES abandoned their ships in favour of historic trains at a seaside themed fun day.Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon, County Durham, held the Pirate Train’ing event to reflect how Victorian railway travellers often enjoyed excursions
THE region’s most senior churchman has begun a week-long vigil praying for peace in the war-torn Middle East.The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is leading a vigil at York Minster where he will try and persuade people violence is not the answer.He
TRIBUTES have been paid to an equalities campaigner and councillor who has died at her home.Police forced their way into the home of York councillor Lynn Jeffries, 58, on Friday afternoon, when work colleagues became concerned about her whereabouts and
CULT TV show The League Of Gentlemen could be set for a comeback. Next year will mark the 20th anniversary of the comedy troupe, whose surreal and acclaimed off-the-wall show began on stage before moving to radio and then TV. Set in the fictional
BRIT pop band, Dodgy, who shot to fame in the 1990s, headlined a family music festival in the region yesterday (Sunday, August 42).The group, best known for hits Good Enough and Staying out for the Summer, were the main act at Shildonbury Party in the
A FORMER councillor has returned to the town she represented to take part in a six-week exhibition of her artwork.Máire McSorley, who represented the Clairville area of Middlesbrough before moving to Oxford with her family, will be showing 31 pieces
PUBLIC health chiefs are urging new students in the North-East to get vaccinated against meningococcal C infection before beginning university this autumn.All children in the UK are offered MenC vaccine to protect them - but because the effectiveness
POLICE have confirmed that missing teenager Nelly Muhigirwa has been found safe and well in London. The 14-year-old was last seen at about 7am on Saturday morning (August 23) in the Middlesbrough area.
A VILLAGE fun day has raised almost £3,000 for good causes. The eighth annual Hamsterley Hoppings attracted hundreds of people of all ages to the Teesdale village of Hamsterley, near Bishop Auckland, yesterday (Sunday, August 24). The event
A LONG-awaited plan for a new home for a major livestock market has been the go-ahead after a leader of the multi-million pound scheme said it would benefit the local economy - and create some 800 new jobs. After being located in the centre of
SADISTIC yobs have been blamed after a young herring gull was found covered in thick red paint. The forlorn creature has been taken in by the Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary – but it will be two years before it is able to take to the air as the bird’
ENTHUSIASTIC pilot Wilson Taylor has finally got his RAF “Wings” – even if he did have to wait longer than most for the accolade.The 89-year-old has finally been presented with the coveted honour exactly 69 years after he passed all
A FORMER Royal Marine and Special Forces veteran is in for some saddle sores as he makes his way through the region on his nationwide charity bike ride – on a 1940s butcher’s bike.Ex-butcher Nigel Thomas turned a few heads as he rode through
TWO Hartlepool councillors have been cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation into their actions at a planning meeting for the new £300 Wynyard hospital.Conservative group leader Councillor Ray Martin-Wells lodged the complaints against
A CHARITY shop opening in Seaham this week is looking for volunteers.The Salvation Army Trading Company Limited on Church Street will open its doors to the public on Thursday, but is still looking for support.A volunteer open day is being held on Wednesday
Aston Villa 0Newcastle United 0FOR all the business Newcastle United have done in the transfer market this summer, Saturday provided yet more evidence that the biggest piece of the jigsaw is still missing.Alan Pardew’s side claimed their first point
FIVE candidates are battling it out for a seat in Durham County Council following the death of a councillor in earlier this year.A by-election of a county councillor for the Crook division will take place on Thursday, September 18.It follows the sad death
HUNDREDS of visitors, many clutching much-loved family heirlooms, are expected in Durham next week as a BBC TV show returns to the city for the first time in 17 years.The ever-popular Sunday night show Antiques Roadshow, presented by newsreader Fiona
THREE teenagers have organised an underwater litter pick.The trio, all keen divers, were part of a group of 15 that spent much of a day cleaning up the seabed off the North-East coast at Seahouses, Northumberland. The three were Conor Wilebore, 18, from
AN INAUGURAL flower festival will take place at the weekend (August 30-31).The first Durham Flower Festival will be held at East Durham College’s Houghall campus, on the outskirts of Durham City, on August 30 and 31, with further events staged at
AN eight-bedroom townhouse hotel in the heart of Darlington celebrated its first anniversary with a party for customers and suppliers.Houndgate Townhouse, set in a grade II-listed Georgian property, reached a year in business on Friday, August 1.Also
A POPULAR community bike ride returns at the weekend (Sunday, August 31).Hundreds of cyclists are expected to take to the roads for the eighth annual Durham Big Ride on Sunday, August 31.As always, routes of three, ten and 25 miles will all start and
A PARTIALLY sighted young woman has helped launch a new social group for youngsters with sight loss. Rosie Pybus, 22, helped found the Choice (Challenge, Hope, Overcome, Inspire, Change, Engage) social group for young people aged four to 16 with
THOUSANDS of people are expected to bring a splash of colour and excitement to Middlesbrough town centre when a festival celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community makes a return.Middlesbrough Community Pride will be back with a
THERE was disappointment this week as yet more planning applications to build homes in the Stockton area were approved. A total of 54 new homes were approved for Stillington, west of Stockton, even though there are already two other plans to build
COUNCILLORS have said the auction of a Victorian school could be key to reviving the fortunes of a fire hit town centre.Front Street in Stanley was devastated by two major blazes in historic buildings last year and traders have been calling for action
A GROUP of British Army Gurkha soldiers are preparing to face one of the world’s toughest sporting events in North Yorkshire.The five soldiers from the Gurkha Company, 2nd Infantry Battalion, based at Catterick Garrison, will brave the Yorkshire
HISTORIC venues across the region will throw open their doors for visits and events as part of this year’s Heritage Open Days weekend.More than 700 events are planned across the North-East and Yorkshire between September 11 and 14, as the annual
JOHN Orchard, a director of Lingfield Point’s owner Marchday, was one of the main men behind the launch of the first Festival of Thrift held in Darlington last year.He got together with his fashion designer friends Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway
A HELP for Heroes recovery centre is urging people to join in its first birthday celebrations and raise some funds for the charity along the way.Phoenix House recovery centre in Catterick Garrison, which helps wounded, injured and sick veterans and service
TWO talented North-East athletes are preparing to represent Great Britain at the World Triathlon Championships.Peter Prior and Christian Brown, from Darlington, will travel to Edmonton, in Canada, to represent their country alongside the likes of the
JOE McElwee works out of a lean-to-style shed bolted onto the side of his retirement bungalow, in sleepy Esh Winning, County Durham. But the wooden treasures he lovingly crafts are in huge demand and have been sent as far afield as New Zealand,
DURHAM skipper Paul Collingwood has signed a new one-year contract extension with the club that takes him to the end of the 2015 season. The 38-year-old, who led the club to the County Championship title last year, will continue in his role as
Darlington failed to rediscover their Spennymoor Town form and rued the loss of two points when they failed to defeat Burscough at Victoria Park. Quakers didn’t reach the same heights as they did at Spennymoor in midweek, and they failed to kill
AITOR KARANKA has defended Tomas Mejias after the young goalkeeper made yet another mistake as Middlesbrough were defeated at home by Sheffield Wednesday.Mejias, a week after dropping a clanger at Elland Road in the defeat to Leeds United, fluffed his
GRANT LEADBITTER has called Middlesbrough’s 3-2 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday a ‘reality check’ to their dreams of getting out of the Championship.Boro have won three out of their five games which includes a cup win at Oldham Athletic
NEWCASTLE UNITED manager Alan Pardew admits he will have to go abroad in order to buy another striker because of the inflated prices demanded for English players.The Magpies’ need for a goalscorer was highlighted again on Saturday after they drew
SUNDERLAND are hoping to push through a deal for former Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou this week, but have still not given up hope of re-signing Fabio Borini on loan before the transfer window closes next Monday. Senior Black Cats officials have
Goals: 0-1: Mata (17, stole ahead of Larsson to tap home Valencia’s cross after the wing-back beat van Aanholt on the outside) 1-1: Rodwell (30, eluded Valencia to meet Larsson’s right-wing corner and plant downward header into the net)
MAN’s best friend can be treated like a prince at a boutique selling cakes, popcorn and beer for dogs.Wags & Whiskers, which recently opened in Stockton is attracting customers from as far afield as Newcastle and Leeds to its pet shop with a
Goals: 1-0: Tubbs (10, took possession in the area, unmarked and able to pick his spot, firing low) 1-1: Wyke (46, Brobbel’s free kick spun and bounced up into the six-yard box and he headed in) 1-2: Harewood (65, Brobbel rolled a low cross
MINISTERS have dumped a flagship pledge to scrap the North’s hated ‘Pacer’ trains, to the fury of MPs and passengers. The decrepit 30-year-old vehicles – condemned as “cattle trucks” – were due to be replaced as part of a new contract to be introduced
BARCLAYCARD staff swapped their desks for tools to help spruce up the playground of a special school in Darlington.Employees from the bank’s Stockton branch responded to a plea from Beaumont Hill Academy for help improving their worn playground.The
QUICK, direct, lively, clinical and somewhat bewildering. It’s not only a description of Luke James’ embryonic career to date and of late, but defines Hartlepool United’s match winners. Pools went to unbeaten Wimbledon without a win and with their
THE Government has been accused of delivering another snub to the North-East after the region's bosses were denied seats on a key trade trip to India. The Prime Minister has asked his deputy Nick Clegg to lead a three-day visit to one of the biggest
