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IN the early hours of a dark, stormy night 100 years ago, the National Reservists guarding Croft railway viaduct noticed a motor car, with a big blazing headlight, making its way steadily north along the Great North Road towards the bridge over the

REFEREE Roger East has denied he made a mistake in sending off Sunderland defender Wes Brown in Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Manchester United. East awarded a penalty when John O'Shea brought Radamel Falcao down in the box, but although Brown was close

LAST week’s From the Archive featured Windlestone Hall, near Newton Aycliffe and Ferryhill. It is an 1830s stately home that has recently been sold for £1m and will now hopefully be rescued from decay. In our outline of the hall’s history, we said

The popular BBC period drama Inspector George Gently, which is filmed in Spennymoor, has been named Best Drama at the Royal Television Society North East and the Border annual awards this evening. Martin Shaw – who plays the title role in the police

JONAS GUTIERREZ is delighted to have taken another step on his return to Newcastle United's first team during today's 1-0 win over Aston Villa. Gutierrez was an unused substitute as Papiss Cisse's first-half strike earned the Magpies a hard-earned

THIS week, we've pulled the Hamsterley picture packet out of The Northern Echo's photo archive. It is a surprisingly plump packet, which includes photographs of the picturesque County Durham village and the large forest – the largest forest entirely

A HUGE police operation in Newcastle city centre ensured that an anti-Islam demonstration passed off without any major incidents today. The Pegida march was the first to be held in this country and while hundreds marched behind its cause, they

RYAN BIRD netted on his debut to earn Hartlepool United a much-needed home victory. The striker, signed this week on loan from Cambridge United, turned in a Jack Compton cross from close range on 73 minutes to earn Pools a fourth home win from

A TOTAL of five people were arrested following two high profile marches in Newcastle today. Northumbria Police has thanked the public for their cooperation after what it desccribed "peaceful demonstrations". Both the Pegida and Newcastle Unites

Darlington 2 Bamber Bridge 1 After suffering back-to-back defeats, Darlington were in desperate need of victory to keep up with leaders Salford City, so it was with great relief that they celebrated victory over Bamber Bridge. First-half goals

Full-time: Sheffield Wednesday 2 Middlesbrough 0 MIDDLESBROUGH missed an opportunity to go top of the Championship after losing 2-0 at Sheffield Wednesday. Atdhe Nuhiu’s 52nd minute penalty gave the Owls the lead at Hillsborough and Will Keane

Full-time: Newcastle United 1 Aston Villa 0 JOHN CARVER is celebrating his first home win as Newcastle’s interim head coach after Papiss Cisse’s first-half strike settled a dour encounter with relegation-threatened Aston Villa. Cisse converted

Full time: Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0 SUNDERLAND lost 2-0 against Manchester United at Old Trafford, but the game will be remembered for a bizarre decision by referee Roger East who sent off the wrong Black Cats player in yet another incident

MIDDLESTONE MOOR Masons Arms defeafeated DSRM 2-1 to set up a Good Friday Norman Wright cup final against Bowes or Witton Park. DSRM had the better of the opening exchanges and took the lead through Aaron Denham. Masons scrambled second half equaliser

7:54pm 5:10pm Hartlepool United 1 AFC Wimbledon 0   Big, big win for Pools today. Only six points from safety. Is the great escape on this year? #HUFC  

A RESTAURANT in north Durham has been given an award for feedback customers have posted online. Monju, on Park Road, South Moor, near Stanley, has been presented with a Just Eat Tried and Tested 2014 Award. The family-run business, which has

A MAN seen wandering round a bus depot late at night drove off in a van parked by a staff member on site only an hour earlier, a court heard.Richard Lee Bradford ripped out internal cctv equipment from the £12,000 vehicle, which is used for transporting

A MAN stabbed during an attempted robbery on Teesside has been released from hospital. Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to the incident which took place at around 4pm yesterday at Metcalfe, Kime & Co on Allensway in Thornaby.

TWO women were threatened by a knifeman who stole their handbags. Police are appealing for witnesses to the street robbery in Northumberland. It happened at 2.40am on Saturday on Chestnut Street in Ashington. "Two young women aged 17 and

TWO weeks ago I wrote about Steven Gerrard’s hamstring injury and since then I’ve been flooded with emails from readers wanting to know more about how to successfully recover from one. Below is an exact week by week, step by step recovery plan that I

ALBERT ADOMAH was left out of Ghana’s African Cup of Nations squad, but Aitor Karanka believes the winger will play a leading role in Middlesbrough’s promotion push.Adomah scored his first goal since October in Tuesday night’s win over Bolton Wanderers

FOR the first time in 15 months Darlington have lost back-to-back league games, and the double defeats have been enough to force a frustrated Martin Gray into making changes today. Quakers’ manager knows his team is under pressure and can ill afford

Louis van Gaal cannot bear to think about failing to escape from the frantic "rat race" he is currently involved in.Despite a run of two defeats in 16 Premier League matches, Manchester United's place in the top four does not look as solid as

GUS POYET has hailed John O’Shea as Sunderland’s ‘immovable object’, and claimed the 33-year-old defender is still capable of playing for any of the teams in the Premier League’s top six. O’Shea returns to his former stamping ground of Old Trafford

Since buying his first horse in 2001, Graham Wylie has developed into one of the most successful and high-profile owners in jumps racing. Ahead of next month’s Cheltenham Festival, Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson met the North-East businessman and

HIS role as interim head coach is due to expire at the end of the season, but John Carver is playing the long game as he attempts to secure a permanent position at Newcastle United. With Newcastle’s boardroom team still to decide on their long-term

THE National Police Air Service (Npas) has been accused of misleading the public over its ability to provide rapid response cover for much of the region, following the proposed closure of its Tees Valley base.The North Yorkshire and Cleveland police federations

AITOR KARANKA will not abandon his defensive philosophy despite the fact Middlesbrough have scored fewer goals than their promotion rivals.Boro’s 50 goals this term is the fewest out of the teams in the top six with the Teessiders some way behind the

JOBS will be shed at a company that supports one of the region’s biggest lifesaving charities - due to the current crisis in Ukraine.Workers at the Great North Air Ambulance Service Trading Company have been told their jobs are at risk because income

SEBASTIAN LARSSON feels that Sunderland have their best chance of winning games when Lee Cattermole is in the side.Sunderland have been at their best when Cattermole has lined up alongside the Swede in midfield, with the pair reunited when Cattermole

A NEW row broke out last night over religious teaching at a doomed North-East academy. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan controversially withdrew Government funding for the Durham Free School after a damning Ofsted report last month.Last night the school

TODAY’S card at Newbury is in aid of the excellent charity Greatwood, which supports the re-homing of racehorses once their careers have finished under rules and BetVictor are delighted to be associated with such a wonderful charity and sponsor the handicap

LAST week, Scott Flinders laid it on the line. Six points from six for Hartlepool United in their next two games is all that matters said the captain and goalkeeper after defeat at Bury. Starting today at home to Wimbledon, boss Ronnie Moore looked at

I STOPPED watching the Brit Awards a few years ago when it became glaringly obvious that it was no longer about rock bands getting boozy and doing something daft to make headlines. The sight of Jarvis Cocker mooning at Michael Jackson, or Chumbawumba