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FIRE crews dealt with a caravan on fire at Crimdon caravan park, near Hartlepool around 9pm tonight (Tuesday).Three engines were sent to the scene.

Full-time: Middlesbrough 3 Preston 1 ANOTHER Capital One Cup game against lower-league opposition, another comfortable win. If Middlesbrough keep getting draws like their first two this season, they’ll be heading to Wembley in March. At some

Dunston UTS came from behind to beat West Auckland in the ENL First Division last night. West, who hope to announce their new manager soon, took the lead after 28 minutes when Dunston defender Dale Burrell headed an Alex Francis free kick into

Final Score: Gillingham 0 Newcastle United 1 NEWCASTLE United's wait for their first victory – and goal – of the season ended as they safely progressed through to round three of the Capital One Cup at Gillingham's expense. Perhaps fittingly

As a newspaper editor, I find myself writing the most surreal letters. Tonight, for example, I've sent a reply to a reader which starts: "Thank you so much for informing me about the large meteorite you dug up in your garden in the 1970s. Unfortunately

MORE than seven miles of tailbacks were caused following a two-vehicle crash on the A19 this evening (Tuesday). A spokesman for Cleveland Police said: "Officers were called to a collision involving two vehicles at the A19 just after 6.30pm this

A LONG-SERVING policeman has told of 40 years of devastation after being allegedly sexually abused by a dairy farmer turned newspaper columnist. Teesside Crown Court heard the officer had been a primary school pupil when Gordon Currie got him to

THE landmark sporting arena which stands on the outskirts of Darlington has had its ups and downs – but mainly downs. It has known some very low points indeed in the 11 years since George Reynolds got carried away with his ambitions as chairman

STING will play at the riverside concert celebrating the Bupa Great North Run’s millionth finish, it has been confirmed tonight (Tuesday, August 26). The former member of 80s chart-toppers The Police, who hails from Wallsend, will perform The Last

AN egg whizzes over my head, making a satisfying splat on the street . I take a slightly shocked step back. Cue big guffaws all round, including from the Channel 4 cameraman. “Watch out, it’ll be a f****** bricks next,” laughs the young lad I’d been

AITOR KARANKA has named a much-changed Middlesbrough team for this evening's Capital One Cup second-round tie with Preston. In total, the Boro boss has made six changes to the side that lost to Sheffield Wednesday in the league at the weekend,

SUNDERLAND’S chances of re-signing Fabio Borini suffered a blow today as AC Milan officials contacted Liverpool to signal their desire to sign the Italian on loan. Having accepted that Borini will not be signing a permanent contract on Wearside

AROUND 10,000 people visited the North-East as a major European golf tournament returned to the region.The English Senior Open returned to Rockliffe Hall, in Hurworth, near Darlington, for a second year this weekend, attracting double the number of spectators

AN American opera singer who has performed for Bill and Hillary Clinton will sing at a First World War memorial concert in the region this autumn.Emily Cobley will perform a selection of popular war songs at the concert at St Joseph’s Church in

AN ARTIST is looking to find the family who placed flowers in a village phone box turned art gallery.John Hay, of Barningham, wants to get in touch with the people who left a bunch of yellow sunflowers in memory of Thomas Shepherd, a soldier from the

A YOUNG woman who admitted sexual activity with a teenage boy has been jailed for a year.Durham Crown Court heard that Kay Elizabeth Richardson, 22, made no reply to initial police questioning when she was arrested.But she admitted two counts of sexual

A COUNCIL has insisted there will be no disruption to a nostalgic flypast event expected to attract thousands of people, despite closing one of the main routes to the airport for resurfacing works. The closure of a one mile section of the A67 –

A WAR hero dubbed The Great Escaper for his repeated attempts to flee Nazi prison camps has performed another act of selflessness – giving away his birthday presents.Rather than accepting gifts for his 95th birthday on July 7, Jimmy Mulhall, from

A WELL-used footpath in a former colliery village is getting a makeover.The Battery Path at Pelton Fell, near Chester-le-Street, is being improved as part of a wider tidy-up of the village.The £20,000 project is led by Pelton Fell Community Partnership

POLICE are investigating after a biker was killed on a North-East country road over the weekend.The 31-year-old motorcyclist suffered fatal injuries at 3.10pm on Sunday after his Kawasaki collided with an Iveco box van on the B6309, near Stocksfield,

THE region’s tourist capital is also the most expensive place in the North for couples planning a weekend break, according to TripAdvisor.York ranks sixth nationwide, and top among northern English cities, in a survey of the priciest locations to

PEOPLE young and old can explore a special Amazon adventure in a North-East forest next month.Sky Rainforest Rescue, which is a partnership between Sky and WWF, has joined forces with the Forestry Commission to host a series of trails to encourage families

POLICE are hunting a flasher who jumped out of bushes as a woman walked past.The incident happened at 8.45pm on Friday (August 22) in John Reid Road, South Shields. A man emerged from the undergrowth and exposed himself to a woman in her 50s before walking

A VISITOR centre is inviting people to come along to a wildlife reserve and discovery park in September, absolutely free of charge.The team at the RSPB Saltholme, near Stockton, is offering a wide range of activities and events for all the family, to

SHOWDOWN talks are planned over controversial proposals to turn a former social club into student digs.Andrew Ward, of Angel Homes, wants to convert the former Neville’s Cross Social Club, on Neville’s Cross Bank, Durham City, but has to date

PLANS have been submitted for 42 homes on the outskirts of Sedgefield.North Yorkshire and South Durham Properties is seeking permission to build a mixture of two, three, four and five bedroom properties on land to the south of Beacon Avenue and Beacon

POLICE are appealing for information after a Darlington home was burgled while the occupants were on holiday.The burglar smashed the glass patio doors at the rear of a house on Arthur Street and stole high-value items including two laptop computers, a

PROJECTS to generate energy from the River Wear and to help the needy access cheap furniture are among several schemes to share nearly £65,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.Eighty-two projects, including seven in south west Durham, are to share a pot

THE Care Quality Commission (CQC) is inviting people in Sunderland to tell its inspectors what they think of their health services.Their views and experiences will help inspectors decide what to look at when they inspect City Hospitals Sunderland NHS

POLICE are trying to trace a teenage girl who has been missing from her home since the weekend.Jade Cavanagh-Smith, 15, has not been since 6.30pm on Sunday, August 24, when she was in York’s city centre.She is described as having a slim build and

THE Crown Office is set to petition for the return of the black box from a helicopter which crashed into the North Sea, killing a North-East man. Duncan Munro, of Coundon, near Bishop Auckland, was one of four oil workers who died when the Super

A HANDBAG snatcher has been recalled to prison to serve the remainder of a nine year sentence.Jason Bainbridge was on prison licence when he committed the theft in Middlesbrough town centre.It resulted in him having to serve the rest of a sentence he

A CHARITY night to help sufferers of a rare condition organised by a North-East couple has won the backing of a world famous British actor.Former steel fabricator Alan Nattress, 73, from County Durham, was diagnosed with amyloidosis in 2007, and receives

FROM firing a machine gun to enduring the world’s highest skydive, Irish TV presenter Baz Ashmawy’s 71-year-old mum, Nancy, was up for almost anything while filming new travel show 50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy. But when the retired nurse was asked to

A FLORIST hopes to quash stereotypes about flower arranging and inspire youngsters to take up the art at a workshop next month.Once described as “the north’s hippest florist”, Adam Prest, from Sedgefield, County Durham, is not your average

AS someone who spent his childhood glued to the Time Lord’s adventures, becoming the new Doctor Who was a bit of a scoop for Peter Capaldi. In fact, in some ways he felt over-qualified. “I had to be very patient on set, because there were always

THE tragic story of a Darlington couple which touched the hearts of people across the country has helped a young widow smash her fundraising target.In 2012, Nicola Mansfield lost her beloved husband John to brain cancer days after finding out she was

THE immense success of a fundraiser at a Darlington care home resulted in more than £500 being raised for charity.The event took place at Willow Green Care Home, in Eastbourne Road, this weekend to raise money for Dementia UK and the residents&rsquo

ROBERT Pattinson quietly enters a plush hotel room, stifling a yawn and clutching a pair of expensive-looking shades. “I can’t wait to get to a level where I can wear sunglasses during press junkets,” he says, before breaking into a laugh. The

IMAGINE children who have grown up by the sea have a natural ability to scramble over rocks like sure-footed crabs and leap across gullies with lightening ease. Unfortunately, I spent my formative years inland, and so I lag woefully behind the rest

A COMMUNITY centre is seeking donations for an auction to raise funds for maintenance work and mounting running costs. Neville Parade Community Centre in Newton Aycliffe is a vibrant hub, with about 150 people per week making use of its facilities and

SIX North-East employees from Interserve have completed a 265 mile London to Paris bike ride, raising more than £12,000 for a children’s charity.After completing their gruelling thee day bike ride the six employees were invited to visit a

A TEENAGE cyclist suffered a broken elbow in a hit-and-run collision.The 15-year-old was riding his bike in South Hetton, County Durham when its back wheel was hit by a large burgundy car, possibly a Nissan Qashqai.The youngster fell from his bike, suffering

AS I struggle to perform a tree pose followed by sun salutations, only the sound of birds chirping and leaves rustling in the ocean breeze threatens to throw me off balance. But the setting, a gazebo surrounded by pretty gardens, helps to induce

A COTTAGE was badly damaged in a blaze thought to have been started by a log burning fire. Three crews were despatched to the property, on the Westline Industrial Estate, Ouston, near Chester-le-Street, at 10.12pm on Monday (August 25). A County

I WAS walking past the white border the other day and was delighted to see the hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ in full bloom and looking magnificent. This hydrangea – as a lot of them are – is well behaved and takes very little maintenance. The

THE bright light required for shaving or applying make-up is not the soft, relaxing light you need to enjoy a soak in the tub, and as such, the key to good bathroom lighting is flexibility. Recessed spotlights on a dimmer switch are one of the

CHRISTINA STRUTT was delighted, but surprised when friends not only complimented her on her home, but wanted to copy its country-chic decor. After all, the hard-up mother-of-two had only a shoestring budget to transform her cottage into a cosy

SENIOR councillors are set to release millions of pounds of funding to improve council housing stock in the Redhall area of Darlington.Darlington Borough Council is looking to regenerate its existing housing stock on the estate and build new properties

EXTRA rush hour buses are being added to an express service between Durham and Tyneside.Go North East is boosting its X21 Pronto service between Durham, Chester-le-Street, Gateshead and Newcastle from Monday (September 1).The improved service will provide

AN ancient church will host a medieval fair next month (September 8). St Giles Church, in Gilesgate, Durham City, which was founded 902 years ago, first held a medieval fair in 2012, to mark its 900th anniversary. The fair will return on Saturday

THE public are being given the chance to quiz GPs and health bosses at the first AGM for the new Clinical Commissioning Group for the Hambleton and Richmondshire areas.It will be held at the Station in Richmond on September 18 from 1.30pm and will showcase

MUSIC star Tinchy Stryder helped to create a record-breaking weekend at one of North Yorkshire’s biggest attractions.The chart-topping grime star performed and officially opened "Riverside One" - the new £4m outdoor events arena

YOU think you’re doing everything right; looking after your teeth, exfoliating your skin, trying not to smell. But are you? Because when headlines emerge, suggesting that some of your favourite everyday hygiene products could actually be endangering

As social media takes over, enthusiasts from North Yorkshire are calling for recruits to join a new club using historic communications technology to talk to the world.The first ever Colburn and Richmondshire Amateur Radio club has been set up by friends

A DISABLED Darlington woman has abandoned her legal case against a bus company over its policy on spaces for wheelchair users. ME sufferer, Jane Elliott, claimed disabled passengers were at a disadvantage as Arriva North-East operates a first come

TEACHERS are celebrating after more than a dozen pupils achieved straight-As in their GCSEs this summer.Staff from Teesdale School, in Barnard Castle, said they were proud of all of their students, especially those who achieved highly.At least 16 pupils

VISITORS still have time to see an historic four-poster bed which is the centrepiece of a Tudor exhibition on display at Auckland Castle.The 528-year-old paradise state bed is thought to have belonged to Henry VII, and his wife, Elizabeth of York.Created

FROM the outside, Melanie and Frankie Calland’s house near Crook, County Durham, looks like a typical mid-terrace property. But when you cross the threshold, you realise you have entered somewhere special. It is like stepping back in time. From the

HISTROPEDIA, launched at Wikimania – Wikimedia Foundation’s annual conference – has the goal of creating “the world’s first fully interactive timeline for all of history from the big bang to the present day.” That’s a pretty lofty aim, but the

IN his 75th birthday year Alan Ayckbourn directs the world premiere of his latest play in Scarborough next month. This is his 78th play although the writer himself doesn’t keep count. “I have a guy who lives upstairs in my house and he’s the archivist

A RARE mouse has been found in County Durham, significantly further north than usual sightings of the animal.The dead harvest mouse, the UK’s smallest type of mouse, was found at Bowburn, near Durham City. Most previous sightings of the mammal

A MARINE engineering firm says it hopes to create jobs after a multi-million pound energy development deal strengthened its expansion.Tekmar Energy, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, is sending cable protection systems to the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.The

IT’S hardly likely that you’d deliberately roast a joint of pork specifically to make this salad. But, assuming there’s a little left over from the Sunday roast, here’s a quick and easy way to use it in a salad. We even put it on our menu.

YOU may think I’m a curmudgeonly, and possibly short-sighted, old thing, but I get tired of listening to some parents going on and on about giving their children the best start in life when in fact, all they’re doing is spoiling them rotten. If I ever

VISITORS to a Darlington church had a blooming good time on bank holiday Monday.A stunning floral display brightened up St Cuthbert’s Church Hall when the Darlington Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society returned to host its first show of the year.The

MEMBERS of Unite who work for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service will strike this Friday and next Tuesday as part of a long-running dispute over alleged safety issues.Nearly 400 Unite Yorkshire ambulance members will strike from 3pm until 9pm on Friday

A BINGO loving pensioner had a real birthday treat when friends and family helped her celebrate in her favourite venue.Vera Laird is a regular at Beacon Bingo on The Esplanade, Redcar, and to mark her 90th birthday on Monday she called in for a special

IT may have been the bride’s special day at the wedding in North Yorkshire, but after guest Marion Drewery had her makeover at Shine in Northallerton, she was another star of the show. Marion won our Shine this Summer competition to have a cut

ASPIRE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS has announced a deal to upgrade the systems for expanding design and marketing agency AlphaGraphics North East (AGNE). Stephen Jones, IT manager for AlphaGraphics said: “Out of all the companies that responded to our

A WOMAN who beat her husband with a table leg and also threw a knife and a glass at him has been spared an immediate jail sentence after he pleaded with a judge to keep her out of jail. In an unusual move, Karen Harris’s husband Richard was called

WHEN Carl Shepherdson opened a pet boutique selling healthy popcorn, gluten-free biscuits and herbal tea for dogs in Stockton, his friends thought he was the one who was barking. Several months down the line, it has proved such a success; he’s opened

TWO leading businessmen have dug deep to back a man tackling a mountain climb to raise money for charity.Damien Wilson, assistant director for regeneration for Hartlepool Council, will be climbing in the Alps in mid-September in aid of the Mayor of Hartlepool

Charity walkers have praised the manager of a remote pub on the North York Moors after staff went out of their way to provide early morning sustenance to keep them going during an attempt on the gruelling Lyke Wake Walk.Alex Waddington, 37, and Pete Morris

A RICHMOND picture framing business and gallery that has been established for 23 years has been passed on from retiring owner to two former local school pupils.John Green said he was delighted when sisters Alex and Jaye Caffrey, backed by their parents

A SHOE firm has revealed £10m investment plans to expand its presence in India.Pavers Shoes, in York, says it will increase its number of stores from 35 to 100 in the country.India’s retail sector is worth about £309bn.Founded in 1971

CLASSIC and vintage fire engines will go on show at an annual rally at a railway museum.Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon hopes to feature a wide range of fire fighting vehicles at its event on Sunday. (August 31)One of the vehicles on

THE region’s leading churchman is calling on the Government to take international leadership in helping those suffering in Iraq.The Archbishop of York urged the Government to use its membership of the UN Security Council to support calls for the

GREY clouds and the threat of rain failed to dampen the spirits of music fans as a tribute concert came to the region. The afternoon of free entertainment drew hundreds of people to Darlington’s market square on bank holiday Monday, with crowds

MORRISONS says it has created 180 North-East jobs after opening a store in the region.The 44,643sq ft supermarket, in Blaydon, South Tyneside, is part of a major town centre redevelopment.Malcolm Rennie, Morrisons’ Blaydon store manager, said: &

How have you settled in to life as a Formula 1 presenter for the BBC? I’M really enjoying it, this season particularly. It took me a year to find my feet, build the relationships and feel confident with what I was doing. It’s a lot of fun, and

IN the 1950s if you could get a game of football for Bishop Auckland, Crook Town, Shildon and Durham County then you had to be a decent player. Ray Tate, long since retired from Bakelite, and now living in Heighington, was one such decent player

50 YEARS AGO BLYTH Spartans and North Shields were elected into the Northern League. Blyth’s first appearance in the League was at home to Tow Law on Saturday August 22. Fielding eight newcomers, Blyth went behind when full back John Embleton

A SHRUB once commonly associated with gin production is in need of a tonic as it faces extinction. Although UK distillers no longer depend on home-grown juniper berries to produce the much-loved spirit, and instead rely on imports from Eastern

JOHN Victor Woodhams was a fresh-faced telegraph boy in a 1902 photograph of dale postal workers printed in this column some weeks ago. Since then we have been able to fast-forward to his interesting family life. He married Barbara Milne at

A CABLE cleat maker has secured a significant order to supply equipment to a Chinese nuclear power plant.Ellis, in Rillington, near Scarborough, will send cleats and straps to the Areva European Pressurised Reactor (AEPR) in China’s Guangdong province.The

NEWCASTLE city centre is a monumental sprawl with more than 240 listed buildings in the Grainger Town area alone. Other monuments and buildings add to the city’s rich and colourful history, some notable examples being Grey’s Monument, a 40m high

BUS operator Stagecoach enjoyed a strong summer as rising passenger numbers helped lift regional service revenues.The company, which operates across Teesside, Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle, reported a 0.9 per cent increase in passenger volumes

ON August 1, 1918, Captain Arthur Roy Brown, a 24-year-old Canadian pilot, was involved in a dreadful flying accident at Marske airfield, near Redcar. He was plucked from the mangled wreckage, miraculously – but barely – still alive, and sent to

CAR production has restarted at Nissan in Sunderland ending a temporary shut-down at one of the world's most efficient car plants, The Northern Echo can reveal. Last Monday, car making on both lines ground to a halt after problems emerged in the

FILMING has started in Stockton of the second series of controversial Channel 4 television show Benefits Street, it has been confirmed this morning. Film crews are shooting the series on Kingston Road in the town's Tilery estate. When the first

TO welcome the legendary All Blacks, we want to see the people of Darlington do the haka. The haka is an ancient Māori war dance traditionally used on the battlefield, as well as when groups came together in peace. The haka is a fierce display

In the Club (BBC1, 9pm) WRITER and producer Kay Mellor has been putting pen to paper for longer than she'd probably care to remember, so it's no surprise that the idea of In the Club has been kicking around since the days of the hugely successful

THOUGH unlikely to feature in the pages of the Sporting Chronicle, Kirby Hill Races takes place on Friday. It’s an extraordinary – indeed unique – event, nonetheless. That one of the central players is The Waxman may suggest something from those early

TALENTED young performers are being sought to star alongside one of pantomimes’ longest running dames – Berwick Kaler. Actors aged between eight and 11 years old are needed to star in this year’s production Old Mother Goose at York Theatre Royal

GROWTH in the services sector slowed in the three months to August, according to latest figures from the CBI.It found that consumer services - including hotels, bars, restaurants, as well as travel and leisure firms - experienced the weakest expansion

SOUL legend Alexander O’Neal is coming to the North-East as part of a celebration of the region’s style icons. O’Neal will be taking to the stage at the annual Sun FM Style Awards on September 26. The 1980s singer will be performing some of

WHILST I think that the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has his heart in the right place, I feel that his act of fasting and praying for peace in our time for six days will not make the slightest bit of difference. It may make him feel a little

ON Saturday, August 16, I had a fall in Bondgate, Darlington. I would like to thank all the people who came to my aid. In particular, the owner and staff of Claire Metcalf florists, who were especially helpful. They phoned for an ambulance

BETWEEN November 8-13, I shall be leading a group from the north of England to the Cenotaph ceremony in Whitehall on Remembrance Sunday. We will then travel on to tour the First World War battlefields in Flanders and the Somme, and to attend the

WE ought to stop kidding ourselves that we have representative government in this country. After all, if we had representative government, then our representatives would carry out our wishes. Those wishes – ie what the vast majority of ordinary

HELEN WOOD’S shock win in the recent Big Brother final was merely a victory for bullying. It gives the impression that it is fine to bully other people and end up with a reward (in this instance the £100,000 winner’s prize). But for receiving

FOLLOWING his recent suggestion that Durham should have shooting galleries for drug addicts, a suggestion based on the premise that if they get their hit for free, addicts will refrain from crime to feed their habit, Durham’s Police and Crime Commissioner

THE present conflict in Iraq is the direct result of President George Bush’s determination to invade. When Saddam Hussein was ousted from Kuwait he was still capable of controlling the various feuding factions in Iraq and, had he been left to do

THE West doesn’t do foreign policy. Instead, President Obama makes slick speeches, David Cameron performs PR stunts, the EU issues memoranda of intent then does nothing, while the best that Theresa May can come up with is “Asbos for extremists” – making

THE tributes which poured in yesterday for Richard Attenborough reflect much more than his achievements as an Oscar-winning actor and director. Lord Attenborough was much more than that. For most, it would have been enough to leave a legacy which

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

DARLINGTON has today been confirmed as an official team base for the Rugby World Cup in 2015 – and will host the mighty All Blacks. A total of 41 bases were selected for the world cup, which takes place between September 18 and October 31, and

ENGLAND do not have a “cat in hell’s chance” of winning next year’s World Cup under Alastair Cook, according to Graeme Swann. Swann and former England captain Michael Vaughan were both outspoken on the BBC’s Test Match Special coverage of the washed-out

STUDENTS got to see more than a million pounds worth of engineering equipment when they were taken on their first tour inside a new industry-friendly school. The teenagers, who are due to attend the Discovery School, in Newcastle, when it opens

A FORTNIGHT’S work experience has paid off for two Stockton Riverside College students after bosses were so impressed with their work that they offered the pair permanent contracts. Heather Watson and Daniel Chantrell were snapped up by Teesside

Being an “outstanding” school is imperative not just to all teachers and headteachers, but also to the parents of students and those of prospective students. However, when Ofsted comes knocking on the door, schools are having to make their lessons

MANCHESTER City striker Stevan Jovetic ensured former club favourite Mario Balotelli’s return to England was relegated to a sideshow as the Premier League champions ruthlessly brushed aside the team who ran them so close last season. While all

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build 24 houses on a popular conservation area have been dropped - but council chiefs still plan to develop the land. Darlington Borough Council has abandoned plans for 24 homes at Eggleston View, close to the Cocker Beck

AITOR KARANKA will not be handing a first-team lifeline to Jason Steele despite Middlesbrough’s first-choice goalkeeper, Tomas Mejias, suffering an error-strewn start to the season. Having erred to allow Leeds striker Billy Sharp to grab a late

THE summer might not have gone as planned for Durham, but the team’s struggles in the bottom half of the County Championship table have clearly not affected their captain’s enthusiasm for playing cricket. Having previously outlined his strong intention

WHEN it comes to making a first Premier League start, it doesn’t get much more testing than taking on the most successful side of the last two decades. For all that Louis van Gaal’s team might have lost a great deal of their aura in recent years

ALAN PARDEW claims Newcastle United are merely voicing what their Premier League rivals dare not say when they admit the cup competitions are not a priority at St James’ Park. The Magpies kick off their Capital One Cup campaign with a second-round

The transfer window closes next Monday, meaning the North-East’s big three clubs have six days to complete their business for the summer. Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson looks at the three biggest questions hanging over Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough

A CALL centre worker has spoken of his bitterness after he was kicked unconscious by a colleague - and then sacked.The attack on EE call handler Grant Potter prompted an investigation by bosses into allegations of bullying at the company's Darlington

A NEWLY formed Polish football team have set their sights on winning a league title after being scouted by a North-East club. The team, made up of captain Kamil Kuleszo and his Polish friends, used to play football recreationally in Darlington’

MANUFACTURING workers are continuing to see the benefit of economic recovery in their earnings, according to the latest pay data. The data from industry body EEF shows that the average pay settlement in the six months from February to July was

FESTIVAL fever will hit Darlington this week as a popular event returns to the town.The annual Mega Festival will return to the market square on Thursday and Friday (August 28 and 29), and will feature a variety of activities, including a mountain bike

A COTTAGE on the West Line Industrial Estate, Ouston, County Durham was severely damaged by fire last night (Monday).Three engines attended the incident at the detached property at 10.10pm.

SEAT call it a lifestyle estate but we will come to know it as the Leon X-Perience. Featuring permanent four-wheel drive and off road looks it is the forerunner to SEAT's dedicated compact SUV which is due in 2016. Prices start from £24,385