SUNDERLAND boss Gus Poyet has denied a Football Association charge of improper conduct in last week's draw at Hull, it is understood. The 47-year-old was sent to the stands after a confrontation with Tigers' manager Steve Bruce as the two Premier
POLICE are are urgently seeking a missing 61-year-old man who has not been seen since 8.30am this morning (Monday 9th March). Alan George Hunt was last seen at his home address on Hamilton Road, Stockton, this morning. He enjoys walking and
APPLE'S much-anticipated timepiece will arrive in UK shops next month - but it won't be cheap. Touted as the "most advanced time piece ever created", the watch promises to help wearers stay fit and connect with their friends. But it comes with
A BUSINESS breakfast meeting has been held to launch a new forum for north Durham firms.Consett Connections is a business directory for companies operating in and around the former steel town.It was unveiled by digital marketing company, Perspective,
OBJECTIONS against the proposed withdrawal of council funding from a market town's library sparked a special hearing - as more than one per cent of the district’s population responded.North Yorkshire County Council is currently considering proposals to
A CANCER sufferer who had a breast removed due to cancer is to hold a fundraising night to help raise money for Bishop Auckland Hospital to fight the illness. Leanne Smith, 37, of Ferryhill, was diagnosed with breast cancer last April and although
THE public cost of fly-tipping was spelled out to magistrates in Darlington today. It is a blight on towns and the countryside, costing taxpayers millions of pounds a year to clear, declared Amy Wennington, on behalf of Darlington Borough Council
   BOB BAKER & Chris Suffell won the winter foursomes knock out for a third time by beating Hugh Lennon and Dex Olney. It was a close match which ended in a sudden death playoff up the first hole. Seniors Stableford Div 1 1st Chris
THE Transporter Bridge has reopened to the public after the latest phase of the biggest overhaul in its 103-year history.The "gondola" opened to passengers and vehicles this morning (Monday, March 9), and crossings will be free of charge for
A FOUR-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital tonight (Monday) after he was in collision with a taxi.The boy suffered extensive injuries, including a fractured skill and a collapsed lung, in the accident near to his home in Pallister Park,
DATES have been agreed for future court hearings for a teenager accused of stealing a haul of firearms and other weapons in a break-in at an empty house.Ryan Lee Metcalfe is alleged to have been involved in the burglary in Shildon, County Durham, from
A MARTIAL arts expert jetted in from the United States to impart his wisdom to eager students in the region. Master Willie Lim, from Arizona, shared tips and techniques at an exclusive lesson in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, yesterday (Sunday, March
A PENSIONER has died after being struck by a car while out walking this morning, March 9.The 82-year-old died in hospital after the collision in Harrogate which happened shortly after 10am.A silver Kia Picanto driven by a 40-year-old woman from the Knaresborough
WORK on a major cinema and hotel development is well on track, a director of the firm behind the project has said, as work on the steel frame begins. The first sections of steelwork on the £30m Feethams Leisure development can now be seen rising above
AN animal lover is calling for help to rescue an abandoned dog, claiming it is only a matter of time before an accident happens.The tan lurcher was dumped in the Willington area of County Durham on Monday, March 9, and witnesses have reported teenagers
POLICE have begun their own investigation into events at a young offenders institution which saw prison officers withdraw after coming under a hail of pool balls and an inmate taken to hospital with head injuries.Specialist riot control officers were
A HUGE turnout of mourners was testament to the popularity of North-East businessman and sportsman Harvey Madden on Monday. St Hilda's Chapel at Teesside Crematorium in Middlesbrough was overflowing for a celebration of the life of Mr Madden, who
COMPROMISE and porridge for breakfast are key to a long life and a happy marriage according to a couple celebrating their platinum wedding anniversary tomorrow (Tuesday, March 10). Alexander and Mabel Ellison were surrounded by family and friends
Firefighters freed a 64-year-old man trapped in his car after it hit a garden wall on Cleveland Avenue, Stokesley, at 3pm this afternoon (Monday, March 9).Crews from Stokesley and Northallerton responded to find that a VW car had driven across a T junction
A PRIMARY school has been placed in special measures after a scathing Ofsted report which called for rapid improvement.Inspectors said Richmond Church of England Primary School must improve the quality of teaching so pupils in all year groups were appropriately
RESIDENTS were evacuated from their homes after a ferocious fire tore through terraced housing yesterday (Monday, March 9)Firefighters were called to Sherburn Village, near Durham City, at around 10am, after flames from an empty property spread to neighbouring
A MOTORIST had a lucky escape after an object was thrown from a bridge and smashed the windscreen of car with a child onboard.The incident took place at around 7.30pm on Sunday, March 8 on Durham Road bypass in Stockton, between the Primrose Hill and
RUNNING enthusiasts are being encouraged to conquer a forest later this month as a popular challenge returns to the North-East for its second year.The No Ego Challenge, which is part of The Head Torch Race series, is set to hit the trails of Hamsterley
THE family of a terminally ill toddler can tick another item off the bucket list they created for him when the youngster meets his hero, Mickey Mouse, this week.Jade Sloan, of Darlington events company Sloan Events, has organised a Disney party full of
A TRIAL date has been set for the case of an alleged arsonist accused of starting fires which damaged a school, several houses and a parked car.Andrew Derbyshire was arrested in the wake of the spate of suspected arson attacks in Stanley, County Durham
A HANDYMAN was electrocuted as he carried out a job he was not legally allowed to, a jury was told today (March 9).Les Buller was using basic tools and had no formal qualifications in electrical work when he was rewiring a barn and fitting a new socket
AN appeal has been made to trace a 33-year-old man from the Middlesbrough area. David Pierson was reported missing on Saturday, March 7, however, he has not been since Monday, March 2. He is described as being a white male, about 6ft 2ins tall
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a burglary at a Darlington bakery. Thomas the Baker, on High Row, was broken into in the early hours of this morning (Monday, March 9) and property stolen from inside.Police say the suspects forced the rear door
RESIDENTS are being asked for their views on running their local library service.A meeting will take place in Blackhall on Thursday (March 12) to discuss the possibility of community ownership of libraries, with further meetings to follow in other communities.Organised
Twelve go to post for the Cheltenham Festival curtain-raiser, the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (1.30) and Willie Mullins will saddle a third of the field, including BetVictor’s 13/8 favourite Douvan who has looked top-drawer in winning both starts, including
A MOTHER is over the moon at opening her own jewellery store. Joanna Soulsby’s Moon Jewellery opened on Silver Street, Durham, yesterday (Sunday, March 8). The 32-year-old Polish mother opened her first store in Shotley Bridge in 2010, before
THE Commonwealth flag was raised in Barnard Castle to mark the national ‘Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth’ day this morning (March 9).Town Mayor, John Blissett, led the ceremony and gave a welcome address while members of Teesdale School’s Student Leadership
A ONE-man show depicting the death and resurrection of Jesus is coming to Northallerton.Actor Mark Topping is staging Impossible God at Northallerton Methodist Church on April 3 at 7pm.The event is part of a nationwide tour of the play and during the
AN independent boarding school preparing to convert to a state-funded Free School is to expand its year seven entry due to demand. Polam Hall School, in Darlington, will add an extra class of 26 pupils to its September intake this year due to the high
AN ALTERNATIVE cabaret group will bring its UK tour to the North-East later this month (Sunday, March 22).The Tiger Lillies are currently travelling the country under the title The Very Worst of the Tiger Lillies and will appear at the Gala Theatre, Durham
IMAGES have been released by police as they attempt to trace a man in connection to an attempted burglary.The CCTV stills show a white male, aged in his late twenties to early thirties, of slim build with dark curly hair. He is described as wearing unusually
HARROGATE is lovely. The history as a Spa town, the green open spaces on the Stray, the elegant buildings, the beautiful people - calling in from elsewhere in the region it can resemble another country. Not for nothing has the town beaten the likes
BORDER Terrier Grimley proved every dog has its day even in the face of adversity after he carried off a top dog award at Crufts.The two-year-old pedigree, who lives in Northallerton with owner Colin Hall, carried off the Best of Breed title at the prestigious
A RARE collection of 2,000 Dinky toys and other cars and trains which has been lovingly built up over 50 years could fetch £250,000 at auction next week.Retired car dealer Raymond Hainsworth, 78, and his wife Pat, started collecting when their twin boys
NOF Energy, the business development organisation for the oil, gas, nuclear, offshore and renewable sectors tomorrow welcomes delegates from around the world to its biggest ever event, Energy: A Balanced Future. Leading figures from multinational
CHANGES are being made to the existing bus services in the city of Ripon.Local operator Shaun Mcgowan of Shaun’s Minibuses and Coach Hire is planning to introduce a new commercial bus service.The service will serve Clotherholme Road, Lark Lane, Lead Lane
A TEENAGER with an eye for fashion has celebrated the opening of his new hat and accessory store with an event featuring a special guest.Adam Peacock, 19, has opened women’s hat and shoe shop The Classic Touch in Barkers Arcade, Northallerton, and invited
IT PROMISED, on paper, to be a classic, and the local derby affair between two previously unbeaten fighters delivered just that as Hartlepool’s Daniel Cope and Birtley’s Tom Whitfield went toe-to-toe over six, exhilarating rounds. In the narrowest
POLICE today (Monday, March 9) launched a campaign to warn motorists to use their seatbelts after revealing that 688 drivers across Cleveland and Durham were issued with fixed penalty notices last year for not wearing the safety devices.Officers said
CHILDREN are being trained to save lives at a North-East primary school.A defibrillator has been installed at St George’s Academy in Darlington and its pupils have been learning how to use it.The idea to buy the machine came from a parent who believed
JOBS are being created by a newly formed alliance that aims to make the region an even bigger force in car manufacture. The North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA), which has set up headquarters in Sunderland, brings together car manufacturing businesses
STAFF across a building society network have funds for the Samaritans by taking part in a charity raffle. Darlington Building Society ran the competition across its ten branches and three community branches, offering staff the chance to win a hamper.
THIRSK U16 girls travelled to faraway Alderley Edge on Sunday 1st March for their next round of the U16 EHB Championships, Tier 2 North Regional finals for a place in the National finals. The other three teams were Alderley Edge, Springfields from Preston
THE Government has announced it is selling the country's stake in Eurostar to a private buyer. Why aren't these shares being offered to the British public instead through a privatszation scheme of the kind we had for the Post Office? Is it
THE apparent ease with which radical Islamists can reach young people is something that should concern us all.A draft of the Home Office’s new counter-terrorism strategy, leaked over the weekend, appears to reveal a worrying lack of understanding of the
HARVEY Madden, who died last week, was a passionate sportsman, an honourable businessman, and a true gentleman. Norton Cricket Club, Stockton Hockey Club, Yarm Tennis Club and Dinsdale Golf Club have all been enriched by his presence over many years.And
THE team behind a project to transform Darlington's parks as part of a £1m national scheme have called on the businesses to help the town bloom. Darlington is the only North East town, and one of only 11 nationwide, to take part in a £1m project called
THE first-ever Tour de Yorkshire will include a women's road race, it has been announced.Entries are now being taken for the event – to be held on the York circuit of the Tour when it visits the town on May 2.The 11am race will be held over four laps
ENGINEERING apprentices are to spend the week with Cleveland Fire Brigade to help deliver free home fire safety visits across Teesside.Two apprentices from TTE, a technical training education provider, will take part in the scheme all this week as part
CHESTER-le-Street’s main social landlord has launched a service to help unemployed people find work.Cestria Community Housing has appointed an employability worker to advise people struggling to get a job.Alison Styring will work with parter organisations
SERVING soldiers will give a first-hand account of life on the frontline in Afghanistan at a talk this weekend.Members of 3rd Battalion, The Rifles will talks about the reality behind the headlines when they visit the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery
YOUNG people in Richmond were able to take part in an event designed to showcase local creative industries and discuss career paths.Children in their third year of senior school to those leaving sixth form, along with parents and carers, were invited
STUDENTS are helping people to boost their fitness and wellbeing by working on a community health initiative.Bishop Auckland College has teamed up with social housing provider livin to support the Health Express project in Shildon.Staff and students will
REHEARSALS are under way for Gainford Drama Club’s 150th production.The club will perform Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward, at the village’s Academy Theatre, from March 18 to 21 and again from March 25 to 28.The amateur production is one of Coward’s best
A TOWN’S old police station will soon be reduced to rubble as the force presses ahead with plans to sell the site.The demolition of the former police station in Central Avenue, Newton Aycliffe, is already underway and is expected to be complete by the
BARNARD Castle School pupils have been getting dramatic with rehearsals ahead of their performance of the musical Our House. About 35 pupils have been involved in the production, which follows the story of a Camden lad, Joe Casey, who makes a decision
A MOTHER who failed to call an ambulance and left her daughter dying from a heroin overdose has been jailed. Claire Johnson, 41, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, admitted manslaughter by gross negligence and was sentenced to two years and eight
A ONE-day conference will give people to chance to talk about one of the greatest taboos of our society – death.Dying to Know, a day of listening, learning and sharing, is being staged by Durham Christian Partnership, Parish Nursing Ministries UK and
A RESCUE centre can open its doors to animals for years to come thanks to an appeal in The Northern Echo.Ark on the Edge, based in Woodland in Teesdale, County Durham, was already struggling to cope with an ever growing waiting list of unwanted pets when
Darlington Mowden Park 32 Coventry 25 A THRILLING win, a cracking game, a crowd of 1,015 – it all added up to the perfect start for what should be a tumultuous week for Mowden Park. It continued yesterday with flanker Joe Craggs, son of former
A REUNION is being staged to mark 40 years since a local radio station was launched. Radio Tees was launched 40 years ago on June 24 and was relaunched as TFM in 1988, launching the careers of well-known broadcasters including Sky Sports anchor
David Mirfin admits losing at home to Burton Albion was never on the agenda on Saturday. Hartlepool United looked set to play out a tame 0-0 draw with the promotion-chasers, before conceding a late goal. Pools were all over the place at the
ENGLAND captain Eoin Morgan defended England's selection and tactics as they crashed out of the World Cup following a 15-run defeat to Bangladesh. England's disastrous campaign has seen them lose all four of their games against Test-playing nations
ENGINE maker Cummins has announced that its Darlington plant manager is leaving for a new role within the company. Des McMenamin will join Cummins’ Power Generation Business on April 1 to become responsible for factories in Europe, the Middle East
POLICE are seeking two men following a sex assault on a woman in Sunderland. "It happened at 12.45am, in the early hours of Sunday, March 8. A 22-year-old woman was walking along Station Road in Houghton when she was approached by two unknown men
THE charity arm of Sunderland Football Club - The Foundation of Light – has been given the go-ahead to open a new free school next to the Stadium of Light. The new ‘alternative provision’ school aims to offer a brighter future to vulnerable young
A new exhibition places the spotlight on the region's coal mining past. Gavin Engelbrecht talks to the photographer behind the work BORN during the height of the Miner’s Strike 30 years ago, pitman’s son Carl Joyce grew up with an abiding sense
Playing Ripley in the Alien movies has made Sigourney Weaver one of cinema's most recognisable faces. As she returns to the big screen in new film Chappie, she tells Susan Griffin about taking risks and reprising her most famous role She's had
Despite the scandals, only one in 50 people swaps their banking current account HSBC’s hit the headlines for moral failing, but that’s nothing Barclays, Lloyds and others haven’t done in the past. My ears regularly burn with people growling about
The health-giving benefits of nature cannot be under-estimated As a Woodland team member and even as a young sapling growing up in the countryside of Cumbria, trees have always fascinated me. Whether it’s climbing them, swinging from them or just
Satirical depictions of Margaret Thatcher by Gerald Scarfe are be the subject of an exhibition at The Bowes Museum. Steve Pratt talks to the well-known cartoonist about his art and what inspires it THE way he was brought up posed a particular problem
RECENT media coverage regarding Jihadi John, Mohammed Emwazi, has bordered on a witch hunt against all Muslims. Islam has been around for about 1,500 years and until quite recently it was the least radical and most conservative of all the major
A FOUR-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he was in collision with a taxi. The accident happened on Sunday afternoon at 5.20pm in Middlesbrough. The four-year old was in collision with a Skoda Octavia taxi which was travelling
POLICE are investigating the cause of a large grass fire at a well-known beauty spot. Firefighters spent several hours tackling the blaze on Eston Hills, near Middlesbrough, which was reported on Sunday at about 4pm. Cleveland Police said a
THORNABY has voted to leave Stockton Borough Council. Well done. The North East Party's policy is to abolish all unitary authorities, give more powers to towns like Thornaby, Yarm and Billingham, and to radically reduce the number of paid politicians
AMONGST the crowds of shoppers in Darlington, Isabelle McCready stood nervously waiting, her eyes fixed on the town clock.With every passing minute her heart rate quickened. As the clock chimed, signalling 1pm, a handsome figure emerged from the crowd
VILLAGERS are calling for speed calming measures after a suspected drink driver ploughed into a wall, two fences and a car before his vehicle flipped - finally came to rest on its roof in the garden of a house. The Vauxhall Corsa is believed to
Clitheroe 2 Darlington 1 If the wheels aren’t off, then the hubcaps are missing and the nuts have been loosened. Darlington’s season is stalling and threatening to breakdown altogether. Their position of superiority has unravelled alarmingly
IN JUNE 2013, a two-year-old horse called Beltor made its racecourse debut for County Durham flat trainer Michael Dods in a class-five five-furlong contest at Ripon. At odds of 33-1, it finished 11th of 11. On Friday, that same horse, now a four-year-old
ED MILIBAND, a prospective Prime-Minister-in-waiting, says that if elected he would pass a law to make televised political debates before a General Election legally binding (Echo, Mar 9). Wow, if this is the calibre of somebody who hopes to lead
EMANUELE GIACCHERINI does not expect to play again this season, and admits the last 12 months have been an “ordeal”. Having struggled with a succession of injuries since moving from Juventus in the summer of 2013, the Sunderland winger is currently
AITOR KARANKA wants Middlesbrough to prove they can handle the pressure of leading from the front in the Championship’s promotion race after another weekend of slip-ups by those competing for a top two spot.Despite a positive start and taking the lead
IN May, Hartlepool United’s class of 2005 will be back together, a reunion being held to remember the play-off heroes of that season. Pools were eight minutes from the Championship at the time, the most successful period in the club’s history.
Goal: 0-1: Cuvelier (84, rolled in low from a counter attack with the Pools’ defence static and beaten too easily) Bookings: Akins (3, diving); Tshibola (57, foul) Referee: Darren Bond (Burscough): A bit too officious, confusing at times 4
A HOSPITAL trust has apologised to a grieving widow who said she was left “extremely distressed” after a two hour delay in transferring her dying husband to intensive care. The apology from County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust was
A RELIEVED mother has thanked her sister for saving her son’s life as he choked on a sweet at a children’s party. Gillian Conder feared her son Nathan, aged two, was about to die in front of her eyes when a jelly sweet became lodged in his throat
Nottingham Forest 2 Middlesbrough 1 IF, as Dougie Freedman expects, Middlesbrough are going to win the Championship then scoring more goals has to be on the agenda for Aitor Karanka’s men. But the vast majority of Boro supporters already knew
HAVING read all the contributions over the past couple of weeks regarding creationism, the Big Bang and evolution etc, the question I always eventually come to, regardless of whether the sudden big bang came from a materialised carbon atom or creation
DARLINGTON is the biggest hotspot for hate crime and domestic violence in County Durham, according to recent figures.According to Durham Constabulary, the town has consistently had the highest number of hate crimes and ‘incidents with a domestic qualifier
A MOTHER has criticised police after her son suffered a broken leg in a 'hit and run' cycle accident and the culprit was not found.The incident in West Park, Darlington, comes amid growing concern in the town over bikes being ridden in pedestrian areas.Six-year-old
RECRUITMENT among the region's small firms is twice as strong as a year ago thanks to lower business costs and an improving economy, said a survey which warned about skills shortages.Confidence is rising, according to the first quarter results of the
Arthur & George (ITV, 9pm)SHE'S due to be seen in a fictional TV adventure with an elderly Sherlock Holmes, played by Sir Ian McKellen, in Mr Holmes, so there's a detecting connection for Hattie Morahan at the moment as millions watch her as the real
NEWCASTLE UNITED’S players are using Jonas Gutierrez’s inspirational return from cancer to spur them on as they attempt to overcome the loss of Papiss Cisse and produce a strong finish to the season. Cisse will miss the next seven matches after
AN inmate was taken to prison with head injuries after a riot lasting several hours at a North-East young offenders institution. The major disturbance at Deerbolt prison, on the outskirts of Barnard Castle, in County Durham, saw the intervention
PARENTS in the North-East are more likely to advise boys to take on an apprenticeship compared to girls. New research from British Gas has revealed that 30 per cent of parents would encourage their son to take on an apprenticeship while only 20
UNIVERSITY bosses have claimed £1bn could be pumped into the North Yorkshire economy over the next decade after announcing plans to set up a campus at a seaside resort.Coventry University is to create a campus at Scarborough, more than 200 miles from
SHORT-BREAK tourists see York as the world's safest city with Cairo the most risky, according to a survey. Of 42 destinations, Bath, Edinburgh and Brighton were also considered particularly safe, while Bangkok, Istanbul and Marrakech were, after
A SCHEME designed to give elderly patients a greater say in how NHS and social services money is spent has been approved as a pilot project by the Government. NHS Trusts, Stockton Borough Council and various charities in the Stockton area joined
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