IS there anyone more prolific than Neil Young? It seems like almost every other month he has a new album out. This latest release offers two interpretations of the same songs. On one CD you have Young solo, stripped down and raw, his trademark
County Durham boxer Bradley Saunders was on Tyneside yesterday to announce a dramatic transfer. Paul Fraser caught up with the Sedgefield talent after being handed a lucrative deal with Matchroom and Sky Sports THE setting was fitting; perfect
PHIL JAGIELKA has shrugged off the early-season criticism that was hurled in his direction and spelled out his determination to retain his place at the heart of England’s back four.Jagielka was one of the players whose reputation took a significant battering
Billingham Synthonia have appointed Conrad Hillerby as their new manager. Hillerby takes over from Lee Tucker, who quit Central Avenue a month ago, and he brings with him former Synners player Richie Storr and former Darlington player Paul Campbell
West Auckland were surprisingly knocked out of the league cup by Team Northumbria tonight. West were missing some players, but they were still well outplayed by the second division leaders. Josh Draycott gave them a half time lead, but in the
Boxing writer Peter Mann rounds up the latest news on the North-East boxing scene DARLINGTON fighter Neil Hepper, who has won six of his nine outings to date and been in the ring with Olympic gold medallist Luke Campbell, looks to get his career
A LEGEND of the British and international cycling world has died. Jack Taylor, who was 96 and from Norton, Stockton, began making lightweight bike frames in his mother’s shed as a teenager in the 1930s and founded a business making cycles after
A UKIP parliamentary candidate has rejected suggestions that the party had "any privileges whatsoever" when the BBC's Question Time programme came to Middlesbrough last week.Rival politicians have questioned why three Teesside Ukip parliamentary
THE FA Cup second-round draw has set up an intriguing North-East derby with Hartlepool United due to host Northern Premier League side Blyth Spartans. Blyth’s reward for Sunday’s superb 4-1 win over Altrincham is a trip to Victoria Park to take
AN armed gang terrified staff at a jewellers shop after bursting in brandishing a gun and an axe before smashing up display cases and fleeing with hundreds of thousands of pounds of watches and diamonds. The four balaclava-wearing men stormed into
A FAMILY run bar and restaurant now has a coat of arms, thanks to a local wood carver.The owner of the Joiners Arms, in Hunwick, Ian Richardson, said he was surprised and honoured that family friend Jeff Race had made the wooden piece for his restaurant
ED Miliband has so far failed to convince us that he was the right choice as Labour leader – and that is a view we have expressed on more than one occasion. Even here in the traditional Labour heartlands of the North-East, there are continuing
A CONSTABLE’S unwavering efforts to support a victim of domestic violence were hailed as a shining example of community policing at an awards ceremony today (Monday, November 10).PC Amanda Holland was named overall winner at the Durham Police Wow! Awards
CHILDREN will be leaving their own distinctive mark on a new flood defence wall after winning a competition.The 30 lucky winning pupils from St Bede's Catholic Academy, Stockton, will leave their hand prints as a lasting reminder as part of the Lustrum
A WOMAN has appeared in court charged with murder after a man’s body was discovered at North-East beauty spot. The body of Peter Hedley, 49, of Burdon Terrace, Bedlington, was found at Newburn Riverside Park, Newcastle, on Friday. Clare Humble
AN international photographer gave an illustrated presentation to members of Darlington Probus Club on Monday (November 10).Ray McMillan gave a display of digital and 3D photography.At an earlier meeting, Chris Robinson gave a talk entitled 'The National
TV PRESENTER and naturalist Chris Packham has penned an open letter to Ant and Dec, calling for the pair to step in and end the "abuse of animals" on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!. The ITV jungle show returns on Sunday with a new line-up
A CHRISTMAS panto with a twist is being performed by drama students at a Teesside college.Performing arts students from Stockton Riverside College have chosen a comedy version of Jekyll and Hyde as this year's pantomime.Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Make Mine
CHRISTMAS is coming to the North-East early next month – or at least the famous Coca-Cola truck is.The illuminated truck is stopping in Middlesbrough on December 5, hailing the start of the festive holiday season for many.It will park in Centre Square
THE Government has been urged not to skimp on long-awaited upgrades announced today (Monday, November 10) to the region's road network. The Prime Minister revealed that the Autumn Statement, due early next month, would include funding for improvements
A GERMAN preacher took to the pulpit to preach to worshippers on Remembrance Sunday - 100 years after the start of World War One.Reverend Christa Hunzinger, of the European Lutheran Church, whose diocese stretches across Northern Germany, visited St Luke
A LEADING restaurateur company has expanded his empire after taking over the catering at two council-run venues.Oldfields Events, recently set up by restaurant owner Bill Oldfield, has won the catering contracts for Peterlee’s Shotton Hall and the new
A NEW salt store with a 600-tonne capacity has been opened in North Yorkshire, to help keep traffic moving in the Dales this winter. The Hawes store will stop gritters having to make the 17-mile journey to Leyburn to fill up and is part of the county’
THE futures of three Hartlepool GP surgeries have been secured until at least 2016.NHS England had been proposing closing the Hartfields surgery and merging the Fens and Wynyard Road practices. But following a public consultation by NHS England, it is
LINGFIELD Point – dubbed the business gateway to the North-East – has been sold. Property company Marchday recently announced the sale of the Darlington site, best known as the home of the nationally acclaimed Festival of Thrift. Lingfield
FOUR talented stonemasons will train at York Minster before competing against each other for a place at a prestigious competition. Three hopefuls will join the Minster’s third year apprentice, Sam Turner, for the four-day course. Only one will be selected
A MINISTER wrote to adoptive parents across the North-East to thank them for their compassion.During National Adoption Week (Monday, November 3 until Sunday, November 9), Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson penned letters to families across
VIRGIN Money is expected to join the stock market on Friday at a valuation of about £1.5bn.Taxpayers will recoup £50m from the sale as a result of a clause in the deal Virgin struck when it bought the ‘good bank’ part of Northern Rock.After delaying its
A TOWN councillor has launched a petition calling for a referendum to have a directly elected mayor for County Durham. Barnard Castle town councillor Thom Robinson launched the online petition last week and needs 20,049 signatures, equating to
SEDGEFIELD RACECOURSE will welcome a variety of charities to today’s Remembrance Race Day – along with racing legends John Francombe, Bob Champion and Derek Thompson. Today’s seven-race programme will help to raise funds for Macmillan, the largest
STRIKING firefighters do not understand the “excellent” deal on offer in their bitter row over pensions and delayed retirement, a minister said. Penny Mordaunt also accused supporters of the strike of being “incredibly patronising to older workers
A £160m super fund which will aim to create thousands of North-East jobs has stepped up its development with the appointment of a full time deputy project director. Estelle Blanks, formerly of Newcastle Science City, will help to oversee the JEREMIE2
PAUL DRINKHALL claims his recent run to the final of the Russian Open was the best performance of his table tennis career. Drinkhall, who celebrated his first Commonwealth Games gold medal earlier this year when he claimed the mixed doubles title
EXTRA patrols and CCTV cameras are to be deployed in a major crackdown on flytipping.Durham County Council has today (Monday, November 10) launched its biggest ever crackdown on the illegal waste dumping.For the first time, Crimestoppers says it will
A VETERAN who saw action in one of World War Two’s bloodiest battles has laid a wreath in memory of fallen comrades.Laurie Cummings, a former sergeant with Durham Light Infantry, fought at Monte Cassino, in Italy, 70 years ago.Earlier today (Monday, November
WEATHERMAN Paul Mooney joined Pudsey Bear to urge people to buy a special calendar to support Children in Need. The BBC Look North weather calendar contributes thousands of pounds each year to the national fundraiser by featuring the best images
THE international Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) will be marked with a candlelit vigil in Middlesbrough next week.The event has been organised in a bid to honour those who have died as a result of anti-transgender hate crimes.Held across the world
A MAN suffered fatal head injuries after falling down a flight of stairs following a row with his father, an inquest was told. Alex Henson, 27, died days after the fall at his father’s house on Boxing Day 2011. His father Allan Henson was arrested
IN A Song For Ella Grey, David Almond updates the myth of Orpheus travelling to the underworld to bring his wife Eurydice back from death. It's told through teenage friends, Ella Grey and Claire Wilkinson, who want to live all of their lives together
VETERAN cult film director John Waters is the first to admit that a book about hitch-hiking isn't the most inspirational of synopses. In the prelude to his non-fiction work about travelling for free across America from east coast to west, the 68
AN 18-year-old man was left with facial injuries after being punched in a road rage incident, police have said. They are appealing for witnesses after the driver of a silver estate car got out of his vehicle at the traffic lights on the Elvington Lane
AN appeal has been launched to restore a museum’s most-travelled train - which when in service travelled the equivalent of five trips to the moon and back.During its busy life as a South East commuter train, the electric 2HAP train travelled more than
THE fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, was one of the most significant events in 20th century history and, amazingly, was not accompanied by violence or bloodshed. It led to the end of the Communist regime in East Germany, and to full
A DECADE after his revealing autobiography So Me, Norton's latest memoir provides an unconventional update from where he left off, taking his first baby steps with Auntie Beeb. With chapters split into themes, Norton muses on Men, New York and
TO label this a Romeo and Juliet story would be too simplistic. Sure, it has similarities, but it's much more than that. In his second novel, journalist Mirza Waheed deftly transports our imaginations to his enchanting homeland Kashmir. But
A LIBRARY in Billingham is due to close for refurbishment at the weekend while another will close permanently in the New Year.The Roseberry Library, on the Causeway, closes on Saturday and will reopen as a new £2.7m library and customer service centre
ANDY McNab's latest action thriller For Valour is the next adventure for former SAS trooper Nick Stone. Still reeling after leaving his family in Moscow, convinced that they are safer there, and the loss of his friend Harry during a botched operation
BASED on the novel by William Golding, Lord of the Flies is about a group of young boys who get trapped in an abandoned theatre (originally an island in the book), it’s a tale which starts off as innocent, but soon spirals into savagery. Lord of the Flies
A BITTER-sweet comedy set in a coalfield village after the pits have closed is set to start a week-long run at one of the region’s smallest theatres.Members of Durham Dramatic Society are to kick-off their final stage production of the year on Sunday
Grantchester (ITV, 9pm) THE decision to combine tormented toff turned clergyman Sidney Chambers (Malton’s James Norton) with bluff-talking jack-the-lad detective Geordie Keating (Robson Green) in the not-so-sleepy Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester
A NORTH-EAST surface mine operator says it has hit a major production milestone.Banks Mining says its 150-strong team at Shotton surface mine, in Northumberland, has extracted one million tonnes of coal for the first time in its 38-year history.Banks,
PETER MULLEN’S column on Tony Benn (Echo, Nov 3) shows him to be a flawed character but does not invalidate anything the late politician said or wrote.There is still a case for socialism and much of his contribution was inspiring socialism.It was the
A VULNERABLE disabled woman said she has not eaten properly for almost three weeks, after her benefits were docked when she failed to attend Job Centre appointments. June Howland, from Darlington, said a combination of illness, her lack of mobility
THE new 'wunderkind' of literary fiction, German Daniel Kehlmann's fourth novel tackles three weighty subjects: religion, economics and finance, as seen through the eyes of three brothers. But all three are fakes. Like three novellas in one, Kehlmann
IN reference to the letter from Ben Andriessen regarding the death of Private Henry W Liddell in 1916 (HAS, Nov 3), he writes: “How blessed is he who for his country dies.” I certainly do not share these sentiments. In the words of Harry Patch
THIRTY per cent of sports competitions still give less prize money to women than to men. The appropriate level of reward, of course, depends upon what the public want to watch and how much they are prepared to pay. In different cases this could
ON October 18, members of the public met in Richmond School hall to listen to a concert organised by councillor Bob White and Moira, his wife. It was held in aid of the British Legion. A packed hall listened to Reeth Brass Band led by Brian
FOR some time now the children of Sadberge have participated in Make a Difference Day. I wish to thank them publicly for their thoughtfulness, cheeriness and enthusiasm when they deliver the gifts they have made. It is very heart-warming and
THERE has been much discussion generated by the University College London immigration study which said immigrants made a positive contribution to the UK’s fiscal system. Ukip has never said that immigration is simply a drain on our benefit system
MAKE of him what you will, but there is little doubt Damien Rice knows how to write a tune to tug on the heartstrings. Known for his hiatuses, the gap between his second album and third record is at its widest yet. It has been eight years since 9 –
WHAT’S ON: Britten’s War Requiem, including Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir and Newcastle University Symphony Orchestra, at 7.30pm on Saturday(November8). Young Sinfonia Concert at 2.30pm on Sunday(Nov9). Both at Sage Gateshead. Box office: 0191 443
THE PARENTS of an autistic child have been inspired to help others through a daily video blog after being praised for their positive and pragmatic approach. Dean and Amy Devonport, both 23, from Whitby, are parents to five-year-old Charlie and
MEMBERS of Darlington Flower Club enjoyed an arrangement entitled 'All That Glitters' during the club's annual open evening. Derek Armstrong, from Carlisle, gave the talk at the meeting at Hummersknott Academy last week. A club spokeswoman
A BESTSELLING author is returning home to read sections of his books during an audience with fans.Howard Linskey, who has penned the David Blake trilogy of crime novels, The Dead, The Damage and The Drop, is to appear at Cleves Cross Primary School, Ferryhill.Mr
A PIONEERING initiative aimed at improving protection for children who have suffered online sexual abuse has been launched .BT and the Marie Collins Foundation, a charity based near Ripon, are to pilot a programme that will eventually train people across
CHRISTMAS treats for needy children are being collected by independent Darlington travel agents. For more than a decade, Lindy Kell and Natalie Bell helped to orchestrate an annual Christmas toy appeal run in their former workplace. Now working
LEAGUE Two side Luton Town are close to agreeing a deal with former Sunderland youth captain Lewis Gibbons, who recently completed a two-year ban for drugs. Gibbons was released by the Black Cats after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine
TEACHERS have joined in the efforts of students who strive to support a town’s food store on a weekly basis.Staff from Carmel College, Darlington, were among the 1,200-strong crowd at a professional development day involving colleagues from 12 schools
Darlington have reduced admission prices for Wednesday’s game with Whitby Town at Heritage Park. Entry for the Doodson Sport Cup tie will be £6 for adults and £4 concessions. With an FA Trophy game at St Neots Town on Saturday to consider and
FOR what it’s worth, as someone who is in favour of capital punishment for certain crimes, I was very pleased to hear that Leeds Crown Court has handed out a 20 year sentence to the 16-year-old Will Cornick. This teenage pupil stabbed his teacher
SIX years after his wife Judy died in his arms, Martin Griffiths still finds great comfort in the "extended family" he has found at the hospice where she finally lost her fight against cancer. "It just makes me feel closer to her," he told me as
POLICE investigating a robbery at a newsagents are continuing to appeal for information. The incident happened just after 6am on Saturday morning (November 8) at Max & Sons in Eden Vale, Sunderland. A man went into the store and threatened
WE have fought two world wars with Germany, both of which we won on the battlefield. Now we seem to be entering another conflict, this time on economic grounds. It would appear that the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, would readily accept Britain
THE Remembrance Sunday ceremony held at the Cenotaph in Whitehall yesterday was particularly poignant as 2014 also marks the centenary of the start of the First World War.Sadly, yesterday's commemoration was held amid heightened fears of a terrorist attack
I SYMPATHISE with Chris Greenwell (HAS, Oct 30) about his travails at the checkout but would caution against strangulation of old ladies as a means of resolving this impasse. We are British, after all, and expected to show a little more stoicism
DISCOUNT supermarket chain Aldi has pledged to create 35,000 new jobs in the UK as it strives for an estate of 1,000 stores by 2022.In its latest salvo against the major grocery chains, Aldi said it plans to invest £600m in UK expansion - with store numbers
A REVOLUTIONARY document that lay undiscovered in a Newcastle library for over 200 years has just been published.Thomas Spence’s penny pamphlet Property and Land is Every One’s Right is one of the founding texts of the English radical tradition, pre-dating
A SOLDIER who came 'back from the dead' after recovering from appalling injuries following an explosion in Afghanistan has been inspiring forces personnel in the region.Derek Derenalagi was severely wounded in 2007 whilst clearing a helicopter landing
THE boss of a firm behind a North-East fire safety business has warned the company faces two difficult years as it battles to rectify mistakes.Rupert Soames has cut Serco’s profits guidance for this year and next and written down the value of the business
THE government's Skills Minister has visited an apprenticeship event at a North-East College.Nick Boles was at Guisborough's Prior Pursglove College to see for himself what local businesses are doing to encourage people into apprenticeships.The event,
A MICRO-BREWERY has produced a special brew in honour of the Great War centenary and help raise money for the local Royal British Legion. Aldbrough St John micro-brewery, Mithril Ales, has produced the light ale, Poppy Pale and 10p from every pint
A WOMAN is trying to trace a distant relative who may live in Darlington so she can give him a WWI heirloom.Maria Perera, of Angus, Scotland, is trying to trace her father’s cousin’s family. She knows that the cousin, Margaret Josephine Reilly (nee Gilmour
A LIFETIME'S love of horses has motivated a Darlington art student to showcase her work to the public for the first time.Paintings by the 18-year-old Louise Turner will be exhibited at the Shout About Art pop-up exhibition on Sunday (November 16), at
A TRIATHLETE who hopes to compete at the Olympics has been given £1,500.Douglas Roberts, from Northallerton, has been sponsored by Wilko to help cover the costs of training and equipment.The donation is part of Wilko’s Local Stars initiative, which sponsors
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorist was left fighting for his life following a head-on collision between two cars. The accident involved two VW Passat cars on the A6072 West Auckland Road, at Shildon, County Durham, at about 12.50pm
A DARLINGTON woman has helped raise more than £1,400 for a cancer charity in memory of her late husband. Claire Fuller lost her husband, Howie, to pancreatic cancer, in 2011. With the help of family and friends, she has since organised
FAMILIES are invited to escape into a magical world of books at the Northern Children's Book Festival Gala Day later this month.The Sunderland festival is the largest free annual reading celebration for young people in Europe.What began as a two day event
A CENTRE which provides life-enhancing activities for young people has been awarded £9,300 to enable those with disabilities to take part in climbing and water sports.Carlton Lodge Activity Centre, which is run by charity North Yorkshire Youth, at a 12
Darlington extended their winning run to 11 matches in league and FA Trophy on Saturday with a 3-0 victory at Mossley. Terry Galbraith was recalled to the side, with Leon Scott rested, and opened the scoring midway through the half, before an own
TEESDALE School sixth formers are hosting fellow students from France and Germany this week as part of a project looking at the impact of the First World War on local communities. The trip is part of the Comenius European funded project and the group
A NEW councillor has been elected to Trimdon Foundry Parish Council in the second of two by elections.Jean Loverance, a Labour party member of Laburnum Crescent, Trimdon Station, was elected on Thursday, November 6, with 103 votes.Her two independent
A QUEEN’S Award-winning electrics firm has fuelled its growth after breaking into new export markets.Seaward Group, in Peterlee, east Durham, has sent test equipment to Japan, China and South America.Bosses say its instruments, used in the electronics
DETAILS have been announced of an annual Christmas get-together for senior citizens.Durham Dunelm Round Table is to stage its popular Senior Citizens Christmas Concert at Framwellgate Moor Workingmens Club, in Framwellgate Moor, Durham on Sunday, December
ENTREPRENEUR Natalie Sykes has been appointed regional director of the North East branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD).She is also regional director in Yorkshire and the Humber, a role to which she was appointed in May 2014.The Harrogate-based entrepreneur
BUSINESSES must create decent jobs and tackle low pay to stop the UK being dragged out of the European Union, Ed Miliband has warned.The Labour leader will tell today's (Monday, November 10) Confederation of British Industry (CBI) the economic recovery
A NORTH-EAST outsourcing firm says it has created 150 jobs as it moves closer to its £100m turnover target.Parseq, which has offices in Sunderland, says it is continuing to grow, with its 1,000-strong workforce now operating from Nike’s former UK headquarters
NEWCASTLE UNITED midfielder Gael Bigirimana has been training with Yeovil Town ahead of a possible move to the League One club. Bigirimana linked up with the Glovers last week, having slipped out of first-team contention at Newcastle over the last
Full-time: Mossley 0 Darlington 3 WHEN a team puts together a run of form as commanding as Darlington’s, inevitably that they will begin to churn out a series of statistics that illustrate their superiority. Saturday’s trip to Mossley extended
ALAN PARDEW gave Mike Ashley the big thumbs up at The Hawthorns and then admitted he was close to the sack before leading Newcastle United to a five-match winning run. The Magpies claimed a fourth straight Premier League victory at West Brom yesterday
Goals 1-0: Larsson (67, curled an excellent 25-yard free-kick over the wall after Baines had fouled Buckley) 1-1: Baines (76, pen, drilled home from the spot after Wickham chopped down Coleman in the area) Bookings: Gomez (10, foul), McCarthy
Match ratings and statistics from Hartlepool's 2-0 win over East Thurrock United. Goals 1-0: Franks (32, took the ball on the left, drove through the middle and picked out the bottom corner from 25 yards) 1-1: Franks (86, nodded in on the
Full-time: Hartlepool United 2 East Thurrock United 0 NO sooner had the announcement been made, and David Hughes was at it again. The East Thurrock goalkeeper was inspired as his side were beaten by Hartlepool United in the FA Cup. And, as
Full-time: Darlington Mowden Park 14 Ealing Trailfinders 21 ANOTHER terrific game at The Northern Echo Arena kept 948 fans enthralled as Mowden continued to rattle the unbeaten National One leaders until the final whistle. The losing bonus
Full-time: West Brom 0 Newcastle United 2 FOR a player who attracted tentative interest from Real Madrid and Barcelona, Ayoze Perez delivered the sort of finish that would not have looked out of place in the net at either Camp Nou or the Bernabeu
AITOR Karanka may not have celebrated his first year in charge of Middlesbrough with a win, but the head coach is satisfied his side are in a good position to achieve their objective of promotion.A win over fellow high-flyers Bournemouth would have sent
Full-time: Middlesbrough 0 Bournemouth 0 TOP of the table tussle, biggest crowd of the season and the television cameras turned up – this game had 0-0 written over it. Almost 23,000 descended on the Riverside Stadium on Saturday – the most
Match ratings and statistics from Middlesbrough's 0-0 draw with Bournemouth. Bookings: Francis (30, foul), Clayton (35, foul), Gibson (44, foul), Arter (76, foul), Fraser (90, foul) Referee: Simon Hooper (Swindon): Brandished his cards when
GUS POYET claims Sunderland have successfully drawn a line under last month’s record-breaking capitulation at Southampton and established some firm foundations they can build on after the international break. Six days after earning their first
Full-time: Sunderland 1 Everton 1 MORE signs of progress; more evidence of a continued propensity to shoot themselves in the foot. It is one step forward, one step back for Sunderland at the moment, but that still represents a significant improvement
RECOVERING drug addicts took centre stage to share their stories in front of dignitaries – before staging a tongue-in-cheek play. Darlington’s mayor, Councillor Gerald Lee, handed out awards at a ceremony hosted by local charity NECA. The event
PAUL MURRAY hailed the reliability of his old Hartlepool United heads after securing a passage into the second round of the FA Cup.Pools beat East Thurrock United of the Isthmian League at Victoria Park to secure a spot in this evening’s televised draw.Without
UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) regional director has used the start of Export Week to urge businesses to consider trading overseas.David Coppock said: “The very essence of Export Week is to encourage the region’s businesses to consider their overseas
TREVOR Alley is used to helping youngsters make the smooth transition from the classroom to the workplace. As chief executive of South West Durham Training Limited (SWDT), he’s seen students move into a variety of engineering careers. Integral
LONG-awaited upgrades to key North-East roads are set to be unveiled today (Monday, November 10)by the Prime Minister as part of a £15bn investment strategy. David Cameron is expected to confirm improvements to the A1 north of Newcastle, the A1
“THEY didn’t think twice about putting their politics to the side to save my life,” said the man saved by striking firefighters last week after suffering a massive heart attack outside their station. Three Darlington firefighters left the picket
SURVIVING members of a North-East cabaret troupe are celebrating half -a-century of entertaining audiences. Members of Sherburn Village Jolly Boys met up on Saturday to reflect on 50 years of charity variety shows. The group, which met at Sherburn
TWO brothers with prolific criminal records are beginning their latest prison sentences after carrying out house burglaries on successive days.Forty-year-old Michael Nathaniel Simons was jailed on Friday (November 7) for five years at Durham Crown Court
A COUNTY Durham photographer has been honoured for his picture of one of the most iconic landscapes of a neighbouring county. The Landscape Photographer of the Year awards attract thousands of entries with the top prize scooping £10,000. While
GOVERNMENT plans to alter planing rules could speed up the steady tide of young families leaving the region's countryside, national park officials have warned.The North-East and North Yorkshire's three national park authority chiefs have joined colleagues
RESIDENTS of a Richmondshire village fear the idyllic setting of their homes could be under threat as a developer wants to build 50 new houses.Robin Greenwell, from Melsonby, said he first became aware of the proposals two weeks ago when a notice appeared
COASTGUARDS rescued ten people from an island after the party became cut off by the rising tide. Humber Coastguard said a woman who spoke “very broken English” called 999 at about 3.55pm on Sunday from St Mary’s Island, off the North-East coast
BLAYDON were not happy with the officials in their 15-12 defeat at Wharfedale, where the referee initially seemed to disallow the winning try three minutes from time.He was swayed by a touch judge, having earlier ignored him, and the catch-and-drive try
A MAN was left fighting for his life after a head-on collision between two cars on Sunday. The accident involved two Volkswagen Passats travelling on the A6072 West Auckland Road, Shildon, County Durham, at about 12.50pm. Witness appeal
