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  • Life in wartime at Aycliffe

    ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY 59 (Filling Factory 8) Opened: Spring 1941 Size: 867 acres Employed: 17,000, mainly women, round-the-clock. They came from all over south Durham and the Tees Valley in buses and trains – two new stations, Simpasture and

  • From the Archive: Darlington

    THIS week, From the Archive delves into some of the old pictures of Darlington that are to be found in The Northern Echo’s photo-library. It is a bit of a hotch-potch of nostalgia, but if you have any information or reflections about any of the pictures

  • On the march with the wagonworkers of Shildon

    MEMORIES 221 was full of men and marches as hundreds of Shildon Wagon Works employees tried to save their jobs in the early 1980s.They walked behind banners, bands, MPs and trade union officials. There was even an 1983 picture of Tony Blair, only six

  • FOOTBALL: Frank Hudson Transport Crook and District League

    FIRST DIVISION pacesetters Shildon Railway lost 3-0 at Witton Park today and their lead is down to three points over their opponents who have three games in hand. Dean Thexton turned on the edge of the box to fire Witton Park into a fifteenth minute lead

  • FISHING: Witton Castle Lakes report w/e 28th March

    THE WIND has made for tricky conditions Witton Castle Lakes this week, although the rise in temperature has seen some hatches across the lakes which has made for some good top of the water action. The fifty plus anglers who did brave the windy conditions

  • Seaham photographer overcomes stroke to become professional

    A PHOTOGRAPHER has overcome the challenges he faced after suffering a stroke to fulfil his dream of launching his own business in his field of expertise. Ken Routledge, 57 was a careworker who enjoyed photography as a hobby, covering weddings and events

  • On the buses and the charabancs

    OUR long-running story about Featherstone’s buses is about to take an unexpected turn which will end up taking it to the dogs. You may remember from Memories 221 that one of Featherstone’s buses – a 1936 Leyland TS7 – was pictured in a field near Hamsterley

  • Match Report: Hartlepool United 2 Cambridge United 1

      HARTLEPOOL United surged off the bottom of the Football League and out of the relegation places for the first time since October. Pools beat Cambridge at a raucous Victoria Park to leap over Tranmere and Cheltenham. See a gallery

  • North Shields reach Wembley

    North Shields reached Wembley for the second time in their history when they beat Highworth 2-0 at the Daren Persson stadium this afternoon. After leading 1-0 from the first leg, Shields were held to a goalless draw at half time. But in the

  • Moors go third with win over Padiham

    Spennymoor 3 Padiham 1. Spennymoor climbed into third in the EvoStik First Division North with victory over bottom club Padiham. But Moors didn’t have the game entirely their own way. They missed some good chances in the first half at 1-0,

  • Planners back £80m schemes for 800 more student beds

    DURHAM could get another 800 student beds if two schemes together worth £80m get the go-ahead after Easter.Both Student Castle’s £50m plan to build 445 beds on lower Claypath and Peveril Securities’ £31m scheme to create 363 at the former County Hospital

  • Mystery over suspension of Northallerton town clerk

    A WALL of silence has descended around a town council, after it emerged that its most senior paid officer has been suspended from her job. It is understood that Sue Fraser, the chief executive officer and town clerk for Northallerton, was suspended

  • Hartlepool United v Cambridge United team news

    RONNIE Moore has made one change to his Hartlepool United side.  Ryan Bird, back at Cambridge after a month on loan but not included today in the visitors squad, is replaced by new loanee Jordan Hugill.  Pools are seeking a fourth successive

  • Arson probe after Sunderland house fire

    POLICE say they are treating a house fire in Sunderland as arson. Fire crews were called to a blaze in Byron Street, in the Southwick area of the city, at about 3.15pm yesterday. A spokeswoman for Northumbria Police today said the fire is believed

  • Gershwin coming to Redcar

    AN actress and a world class pianist are to appear at Redcar's 'Tuned In' performing arts centre in April in an evening dedicated to the music of George Gershwin.Susan Porrett, whose television performances include appearances in Foyle's War, Holby City

  • Nursery pupils bonny in their Easter bonnets at Edmondsley

    YOUNGSTERS at a village nursery celebrated Spring and the approach of Easter with a special event for their families. Parents and other relatives were invited along to Edmondsley Primary School, near Chester-le-Street, on Friday (March 27), to

  • New project hopes to get people moving

    RESIDENTS of South Durham will be encouraged to think about how they travel this Summer.Team Local Motion is planning on visiting more than 20,000 households across the South Durham area, from April 11 through to October 31.Local Motion’s travel advisors

  • MATCH POSTPONED: Warrington v Darlington

    Today's Darlington match at Warrington Town has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. An inpection at 10.20am by a referee deemed the pitch to be unplayable. A date for the rearranged game has yet to be announced, but April 21 - the last

  • The 25 most popular Zoella videos in history

    Once upon a time a fashion and beauty enthusiast launched her first blog, after lurking on many beauty sites, writing about bargains she’d purchased, brands she loved, and things that put a smile on her face. Soon Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, had accumulated

  • Vaioleti and Hodgson recalled by Mowden

    DARLINGTON Mowden Park recall Talite Vaioleti and Ollie Hodgson to their pack after lengthy absences for today's visit of Rosslyn Park to The Northern Echo Arena.It will be only Vaioleti's third appearance of the season after his return from last summer's

  • Darlington's defence needs to tighten up

    Darlington know they need a return to their miserly defensive ways of earlier in the season if they are to emerge from a potentially pivotal week with their title hopes intact.They have four challenging fixtures to come inside ten days, while leaders

  • Keeping Pools up would be Moore's finest achievement

    HE’S closing in on the 1,000-game landmark as a football manager. For his successes, longevity and respect in the game, Ronnie Moore admits he could be about to make his biggest achievement of all. Keeping Hartlepool United in the Football League

  • Phil is running up a parkrun milestone

    FOR Phil Holbrook, March 21 has a double significance.  It was two years to the day he was released from hospital, where he spent two weeks in a coma following a car crash in which he lost his wife Sally.  And it was also the day he reached

  • Promotion would make Moors boss Ainsley top of the class

    Jason Ainsley regularly swaps the classroom for the dressing room. Chief football writer Paul Fraser went back to school with the Spennymoor boss to see how he combines the twoAFTER taking a tour of St Peter’s Catholic Voluntary Academy in South Bank,

  • Scientists shed more light on dark matter

    NORTH-EAST astronomers have shed a little more light on dark matter, the mysterious substance which makes up most of the universe.Research involving scientists from Durham University has shown that dark matter interacts with itself even less than previously

  • All change ! Extra daylight means extra fitness

    The clocks are about to change. And with that change this evening, one or two new fitness habits come with it. So let’s look what you could possibly do with time and light on a night after work. And specifically, the injury risk they bring if you haven

  • Johnson and Cattermole primed for derby outing for Sunderland

    ADAM JOHNSON and Lee Cattermole are in line to return to the Sunderland starting line-up for the Wear-Tyne derby after Dick Advocaat handed them some much-needed match fitness this week.Advocaat is desperate for a first win as head coach after suffering