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THE From the Archive in Memories 213 looked back at Richmond. One of the pictures showed the Richmond Meet filling the Market Place with its funfair in 1962.

PLANS to build up to 66 homes and new industrial units in Weardale have been submitted to Durham County Council.Peter Monkhouse, from Crook, is seeking outline permission for a mixed use scheme on the eastern edge of Wolsingham, surrounding Ward Terrace.The

Clitheroe 2 Darlington 1 Darlington’s jittering promotion drive suffered another blow when a second-half penalty inflicted their third defeat in four games at Clitheroe. Sefton Gonzales got the spot-kick, after Graeme Armstrong had handled,

TWO motorcycle riders were taken to hospital this afternoon after they were involved in a collision. The Great North Air Ambulance was called to the scene on the Moor Road near Fylingdales, North Yorkshire, at 2.30pm. One of the riders, a man

IN Memories 217, we had 18th Century people standing on the roof of the Shepherd’s Inn in the centre of Bishop Auckland and signalling with flags the result of a cockfight. They projected their news over the rooftops of North Bondgate, over the flatts

LAST week’s Memories told of a terrible car crash 100 years ago in which five men drowned when the driver mistook the River Tees for the Great North Road and plunged into the water at Croft bridge. CLICK HERE for the original story about the accident

Hartlepool United 0 Burton Albion 1 HARTLEPOOL UNITED lost again – their 22nd League Two reverse of the campaign, going down meekly to Burton Albion at Victoria Park. After victory over Wimbledon last week, Pools were supposed to be making

BISHOP HOGANS beat Alston Moor 1-0 to set up an Easter Monday Colin Waites cup final against Aycliffe Turbinia or Wearhead United. The clash between Hogans and Alston proved close with few chances but a first half goal from Liam Slater took the Bishop

A DOCTOR accused of groping female patients told a court any touching of their breasts would have been, “entirely unintentional”. Dr Unt Tun Maung was carrying out chest examination of the two teenager patients when the incidents are said to have

BORIS JOHNSON visited Teesside - Yarm, to be precise – recently as the General Election campaign continued apace. Boris is always box office. People train cameras on the poor bloke in the hope that he’ll fall over or do something equally stupid

MIDDLESBROUGH suffered a set-back for the second successive Saturday in the Championship’s promotion race after losing from a winning position at the City Ground. After Grant Leadbitter had given Boro the lead with a fortunate cross-cum-shot to

AN “unremarkable wall” featured in Memories 218. It is in Middleton St George, opposite the old Fighting Cocks station, and it is all that remains of a lineside cabin from the earliest days of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR). Moves

RECENT Memories have been discussing circus trains of the 1950s, and Richard Barber of the JW Armstrong Trust has very kindly sent in this superb picture of Bertram Mills’ circus in the goods yard at Garbutt Square, near Darlington’s Bank Top station

NEWCASTLE'S Papiss Cisse and Manchester United's Jonny Evans will serve suspensions of seven matches and six matches respectively for spitting, the Football Association has announced. The duo have been punished following an altercation between

AFTER undergoing a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery as a teenager, a student is celebrating the news she is remission by helping organise a concert for the Teenage Cancer Trust.Morag McTiernan was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 19, two

FAMILIES are encouraged to get outdoors and sporty this Easter when County Durham parks host free activities. Durham County Council's Parklife programme will host Go Play Easter events at Hackworth Park, Shildon, on Wednesday April 8; Glenholme

5:34pm Thanks for joining us on the Northern Echo's Live football blog this afternoon.  We will be back next Saturday with another crucial set of games: Sunderland vs Aston Villa Middlesbrough vs Ipswich Town

THE Green Party General Election candidate for Darlington has launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover his costs.Mike Cherrington, who has lived in the town for more than 20 years, hopes to raise £500 to cover the costs of his campaign.Mr Cherrington

I GET the impression that a lot of North-Easterners have visited Edinburgh but I am not sure how many have sampled the delights of the Scottish capital’s bigger, brasher neighbour. After a wonderful, incredibly varied weekend in this larger than

A REVISED plan to demolish farm buildings and a former scaffolding works and replace them with four houses is set to be debated by councillors. The brownfield site lies off Middleton Road, on the outskirts of Sadberge, near Darlington, and is largely

A SIGNALLING problem which caused trains between Darlington and Eaglescliffe to be cancelled or delayed has been fixed. Commuters faced lengthy delays following the signalling problems which were caused by vandalism in the Dinsdale area. As

Smoked salmon cheesecake with salted cucumberThis week’s recipe is a little unusual in that it’s a cheesecake for a starter. Most of us will have tried the combination of smoked salmon and cream cheese at finger buffets so there’s absolutely no reason

Do you believe in fate? Surely it’s a load of rubbish that things can be preordained; that no matter how hard you try, you’re not going to be able to affect the final outcome and things will still follow a predetermined course. Isn’t it?Of course I’m

SOMETHING really remarkable has been happening in County Durham in the last six years. Since 2009 growing numbers of patients who have complained to their family doctor about feeling over stressed have been referred to a little-known organisation called

POLICE have issued CCTV images of a man they want to speak to following a fraud - involving two packs of dishwasher tablets. A man went into Sainsbury's Local on Binchester Road, South Shields and picked up two packets of the dishwasher tablets

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze involving five sheds on a Hartlepool allotment in the early hours of this morning. Two propene cylinders were involved. Two crews from Stranton Fire Station were called to the allotments at Thornhill Gardens at

JONAS GUTIERREZ is determined to use the next two-and-a-half months to enhance his chances of securing a contract to extend his footballing career. Gutierrez, who made his first Newcastle United appearance since October 2013 when he came off the

WITNESSES are being urged to come forward after a woman was assaulted in Darlington. The woman was walking on Eastbourne Road, near the Lawns Care home, on Thursday (March 5) evening when she was approached by a man, who became verbally abusive

At the end of a significant week for Darlington, when a campaign was launched to fund the club’s return to the town, today heralds the beginning of a momentous month. They play seven matches in March, including both of their games in hand on leaders

WHEN Nottingham Forest began the season by going undefeated in their opening 11 matches in the Championship, Aitor Karanka was convinced Stuart Pearce had every chance of leading an automatic promotion charge. But between mid-September and January

HE has been one of Sunderland’s forgotten men this season, but Jack Rodwell will still turn out to be a success at the Stadium of Light according to his skipper, John O’Shea. Rodwell was the Black Cats’ marquee summer signing as he completed a

VILLAGERS are calling for a ban on non-local HGVs using England's steepest A-road - amid mounting safety fears.Residents in Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, near Thirsk, say lorries stranded on the three 1-in-4 gradient sections or the hairpin bend at nearby

A KIND hearted stranger stirred up some goodwill when he left £20 at a coffee shop to pay for customers' drinks. The mystery benefactor stunned staff and customers with his small act of generosity explaining he was simply repaying a kind act shown

AITOR KARANKA thinks Middlesbrough’s rivals have better players to call on in the Championship’s promotion race, but is convinced he has a squad capable of staying ahead of the pack. Boro head for Nottingham Forest today knowing that victory will

TWO alcoholics who began a series of fires at a property in a Christmas Eve revenge attack have both been jailed.Matthew Robert McLaren and Emma Sample were involved in three incidents during the same night at the home of McLaren’s former partner in St

IT is sad when any dale village loses its only shop, but there may be more regret than usual over the next one to suffer this fate. That is because the store at Westgate, which is to be shut in April, has given local folk excellent service for over 100

THE Archbishop of York, who chaired the Living Wage Commission, has defended parish churches paying below the minimum hourly rate. Speaking during a visit to the North-East, Dr John Sentamu said churches that could afford to pay the Living Wage

Today’s feature card is at Sandown Park and the feature Imperial Cup has been won by David Pipe three times in the last eight years including 12 months ago when Baltimore Rock scored under Tom Scudamore.Pipe saddled the juveniles Gaspara (went on to win

IT wasn't as happy a day at the European Indoor Championships in Prague for County Durham's Kate Avery who narrowly missed out on a spot in the 3000m final after coming fifth in her heat with a time of 9:05.14. And she admits it will take some