League champions Marske United are looking for a new manager following the sudden resignation tonight of Carl Jarrett along with his assistant Nathan Haslam. Marske came from nowhere to win the league for the first time in their history last season
IS it just me, or do you find your wife going off at tangents in mid-conversation? It honestly never used to be like this. Before we were married and had four kids, I’m sure we used to have relatively straightforward conversations. Not any more
WITH Durham on the crest of a slump they will be grateful that two of the teams still below them in the table meet at Taunton next week.Hampshire's seven-wicket win at Chester-le-Street lifted them into the second relegation spot, five points behind Somerset
Jeremy Corbyn won a handsome victory in the final Labour leadership debate held in Gateshead tonight. A poll conducted by Sky News immediately after the debate gave the left-winger a huge lead over his three rivals, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper
THE most powerful photographs can change the course of history – and that may well prove to be the case with the heartbreaking images of a little boy found dead on a Turkish beach after his parents tried to escape from Syria. In response to a question
A YOUTH football coach who posed as a teenage girl to lure boys into sending him compromising images of themselves is facing prison. Daniel Burn – who coached children across Darlington – cloned the social media account of an unwitting young woman
EMOTIONS witnessed among people awaiting and seeing off loved ones at airport terminals is captured in a new photographic exhibition, opening today (Friday September 4).The 16 black and white images making up the display, Terminal, at the Town Hall, in
VISITORS to a popular brass band contest held near waterfalls in the Yorkshire Dales since 1881 are being urged to allow extra time to travel to the event.The Hawdraw Force Brass Band Festival, on Sunday, September 13, from 10am, is set to see Backworth
GRANT funding of £4,000 has been awarded to Durham Cathedral from the Magna Carta Trust for the creation of a high-quality replicas.The cash for copies of the 1216 edition of the Magna Carta and its 1217 edition of the Forest Charter, comes as it was
A MAN who was so angry at missing the last bus home stole a jar of cooking sauce and threw it through Arriva’s office window has narrowly avoided jail. Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court heard how Christopher Lane picked up the Lloyd Grossman jar
“I WASN'T going to miss this for the world,” said the Prime Minister, as he welcomed train building back to the North-East.“We have been waiting for this for five years, I have talked about it in Parliament and it is good to come here and see it in person
WORST fears were confirmed. Last week’s fall guy has a broken left arm, the offending limb in splint and sling, but not yet gone to pot.The Last Legs Challenge will totter on, it’s to be hoped, as it did last Saturday on the 13-mile stage from Spennymoor
FIFTY years ago to the day since sneaking into newspapers via the inky tradesman’s entrance, to be working last Sabbath – “working” as in “You-surely-don’t-get-paid-for-dong-this-do-you?” – seemed wholly appropriate. That the occasion was the Countess
THE Russians have launched their newest tank - the Armata - said to be the most sophisticated tank designed to date.The Turkish Army is due to commence production of its newest tank the Atlay and plans to buy 1,000 to be produced in the next few years.Even
A FORMER leading councillor convicted of assaulting a neighbour in an apparent row over bullying among their children has begun a bid to clear her name. Jane Parlour was found guilty after a trial in March of kneeing Elizabeth Kearney in the face
A FAMILY is calling for tougher restrictions on town centre cycling a year after the life of a popular grandfather changed forever. Brian Coates from Darlington suffered life-threatening head injuries after falling in the street last September.
A COOK at a County Durham hospice celebrating its 20th year has prepared a fair few meals since she started work in the summer of 1995.Helen Jardine, of Newfield, Bishop Auckland began at the town’s Butterwick Hospice on Woodhouse Lane two weeks before
FIREFIGHTERS were put through paces at their new state-of-art training centre today (Thursday, September 3). The 4.5acre site in Bowburn, near Durham City, has modernised training provision in one location. Its £8m facilities include training
A SPECIALIST unit tackling online grooming is reminding parents to ensure their children remain safe.The figures released by Cleveland Police show that the force has intervened in 133 incidents between April 2014 and July 2015.And a day after it was reported
BUTCHERS from around the region have been invited to take part in this year’s Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage and Black Pudding Competition.A new venue and format is in place this year for the contest, which has been thrown open to all butchers, farms
AN artist and author is to shed light on the work of pit painters such as Norman Cornish at a guest talk being hosted by a North-East university.Dr Robert McManners, who is the author of several books on mining art, will cover Cornish and other painters
THE North-East has topped the table for deaths related to drug poisoning for the second year running, as drug mortality figures reach record numbers nationally.A report released today (Thursday, September 3), by the Office for National Statistics (ONS
CAMPAIGNERS have launched a petition to gauge the strength of feeling about repatriating the remains of Scottish soldiers buried in mass graves near Durham Cathedral nearly 400 years ago. The move comes after new analysis confirmed skeletons discovered
A MAN has appeared in court, charged with robbery after taking shoes from schoolgirls.Daryl Kwiatkowski, 23, is facing two charges of robbery involving girls in York as they made their way to and from school.He is accused of stealing a pair of shoes from
A THIEF escaped with rings worth around £7,000 from an antiques shop in the heart of York.The incident happened on August 29 between 12.30pm and 1.10pm at York Minster Antiques on College Street.A dark brown velvet display tray holding 27 rings was taken
VANDALS have daubed racist graffiti on the wall of a Sikh Temple. Offensive slogans 'White Power', 'Death to Allah' and 'Die Muslims, Die' were painted on the outside of the building earlier this week. Cleveland Police is appealing for information
SEVERAL thousand pounds in cash as well as gold jewellery have been stolen from safe during a house burglary.The daylight burglary happened at an isolated property in the village of Burnhope, near Stanley on Thursday (August 27).Police think the intruders
SNOOKER   C.I.U. TEAM Knock Out Spennymoor will meet Shildon Elm Road in the final after the two teams came through successfully in the semi finals. In the match between Newton Aycliffe, who are striving
POOL   BISHOP AUCKLAND Team Knock Out The Snooker Club will meet Tow Law New Market in the Final after two contrasting semi finals. The New Market entertained Bar None and coasted through for the loss of only one point
NO jobs will be lost in a deal that will see the region's largest independent motor group bought for £87.5m. Manchester-based car dealer Lookers picked up the keys to 30 more showrooms by snapping up Benfield Motor's owner Addison Motors, boosting
GAMES   CROOK TRI-ANGULAR League Tow Law New Market moved into second place after they only dropped two points to the visiting Cottles, who had wins from Mark Connor with a 180 and Amanda Farlow. The home team had two
DOMINOES   CROOK & District League First Division results (Captains’ in brackets); Mill House A 3 Crown A 4 (1); King’s Head B 3 (1) Travellers Rest B 4; Howden Australian 2 King’s Head A 5 (1). First
DARTS   COUNTY SUPER League Stanhope Bonny Moor Hen continued their good start to the season when they followed up their maximum in the first week with a three point victory at Byers Green Club. The visitors won two
BOWLS   DURHAM & District League The league season was completed by a very successful Finals Day at Pelton Fell, where Houghton Dairy Lane completed the League and Cup double when they beat Mainsforth in the Final of
THE Prime Minister and the Chancellor welcomed the return of rail manufacturing to its origins in the North-East of England by visiting the new £82 million Hitachi factory. View more pictures from the launch of Hitachi's new £82m factory The
THE value of the region's exports is on the slide but the number of North-East exporters is up on the same quarter last year.Exports from April to June £3.05bn, down from £3.2bn in the previous quarter and from £3.1bn in the same period last year.Nationally
DURHAM continued their slide towards a fourth successive home defeat when Hampshire began their pursuit of 163 to win at Chester-le-Street by reaching 47 for one at tea. Although he was beaten several times, Michael Carberry played some crisp strokes
Record numbers of people are dying from drug poisoning in England and Wales, with the North-East showing the highest mortality rate from drug misuse for the second year running, official figures reveal. Overall, there was a sharp jump in fatalities
THE busy A688 between Tursdale and Bowburn was closed while the emergency services deal with an accident. Police, ambulances and paramedics were called at around 3pm on Thursday which involved a Citroen C4, a Citroen C2 and Peugeot Boxer van.
SHAREHOLDERS at Mike Ashley's Sports Direct are to be urged to vote against the re-election of the company's chairman amid controversy over the treatment of workers.The Trade Union Share Owners group (TUSO) will make the call at the firm's annual meeting
A TEAM of enterprising teens have helped convert a temporary bridal boutique into a haven for bookworms.The group of 16-year-olds are working on the National Citizenship Scheme (NCS) and decided to put their efforts into creating a new bookstore above
RESIDENTS have appealed for motorists to slow down through their village amid safety fears for children and the elderly. Tunstall Road, Catterick Village, has become a rat run for speeding motorists despite the 30mph speed limit, and residents have appealed
METEOROLOGICALLY, the seasons changed on Tuesday. We moved from summer into autumn. Astronomically, though, we’ve still got three weeks of summer to go, and phenologically, the picture is rather confused – particularly if you look out of our sitting room
NEWCASTLE UNITED hope an expensive summer transfer window provides a first sign of greater ambitions under the guidance of head coach Steve McClaren as the club drives to repair a fractured relationship with its fans.The Magpies have revealed they have
A HOUSING estate on the edge of a village has been granted outline planning permission for a second time, after an error in council procedure was spotted.In July, Avant Homes was granted outline planning permission to build up to 70 homes on grazing land
TRAIN services across the region are being severely disrupted after reports of a person being hit by a train at Durham Viaduct.The incident was reported shortly before 6am this morning (Thursday) and is causing delays of up to 90 minutes to CrossCountry
WHATEVER your choice, something to read on the train is a must and for David Cameron today it was The Northern Echo. During his tour of Hitachi's new Class 800 train at the launch of the company's brand new £82m factory in Newton Aycliffe, the
NEWCASTLE FALCONS have confirmed that Will Welch will continue as club captain for a fourth consecutive season. Welch first took on the role at the start of the 2012 season, and after guiding Falcons to the Championship title, he has led the club
A MYSTERY North-East lottery ticket-holder has just days left to claim a £1m win or lose their prize. A EuroMillions ticket bought in North Tyneside earlier this year won a top prize in the UK Millionaire maker draw. But unless the winner comes
A LITTLE girl in Australia has become an internet sensation after completely covering her baby brother in peanut butter. Mum Gina Gardner Brown came home to discover her daughter had got carried away in giving her brother a taste of the stuff.
A LEADING conservation expert who fell critically ill after being bitten by a mosquito on a trip to the Far East has awoken after almost two months in a coma. Botanist Sophie Williams, of Malton, North Yorkshire, contracted brain infection Japanese
POLICE are appealing for information following an assault in the Champagne Bar at York Races. The incident happened at around 5.15pm on August 20 when the 20-year-old victim was punched in the face and suffered bruising to his mouth. A 24-year-old
A MUSEUM will host its annual leek show later this month.Gardeners among the staff and visitors to Beamish Museum will compete over two days starting on Saturday, September 12.The show includes classes for potatoes, onions, pea pods, tomatoes and even
TWO men have been arrested after 20 migrants from Syria and Albania were discovered trying to illegally enter through the Port of Tyne at North Shields. They were were found hidden in a lorry which had arrived from Amsterdam. Border Force officers
AN eyesore site on the edge of a village is to be redeveloped.Durham County Council yesterday (Wednesday, September 2) granted planning permission for a redevelopment of the former sawmill site in Wolsingham.Developers were given outline approval to demolish
POLICE are appealing for two possible witnesses to arson attacks in Darlington to come forward.Officers have confirmed they are treating fires at Darlington town hall and a Social Services Building in North Lodge, off Northgate, as arson.A third fire
WILL FLETCHER and Kat Copeland were able to celebrate Olympic qualification in their respective lightweight double sculls as they qualified for the final of the World Rowing Championships. While the duo are not guaranteed to be personally involved
A FORMER priest has appeared at court charged with indecently assaulting a child. Bernard Traynor is alleged to have committed the offence while serving as a priest in Darlington in the 1970s. Mr Traynor, 62, of Acklington, Northumberland,
A MAN has appeared before magistrates charged with 21 historic sexual offences against children.Derek Smith, of Welbeck Avenue, Darlington, faces five charges of indecent assault, six charges of assault by touching and two charges of sexual assault.He
GLAMMED-UP racegoers from across the region turned out in their thousands hoping to be crowned ‘best dressed’ at one of Redcar’s biggest racing events.Nearly 3,700 people attended Redcar Racecourse’s Ladies’ and Gents’ Evening on Saturday which along
A GROUP which aims to encourage residents to get involved with the future plans of Ronaldshay Park, Richmond, held its first event last week.The Plan Your Play Park group launched its consultation with an event in the park on Friday, August 28, and was
A HOUSING association has helped five unemployed tenants polish up their skills and gain paid work after completing its first ever Cleaning Academy. The project is funded by the North East Procurement and European Social Fund and run in-house by Coast
POLICE are stepping up patrols at a children’s play area in Helmsley after trees were vandalised.Vandals snapped one tree at The Limes play area some months ago and another was pulled out by its roots recently, prompting calls from the town council for
A POPULAR bakery and cafe will reopen later this month, after suddenly closing its doors earlier this week. The Clervaux artisan bakery and cafe, in Darlington's Coniscliffe Road, will undergo renovations before opening under new management.
DAVID Cameron spoke today of his heartbreak at seeing the shocking pictures of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach, which has prompted some to call on the Prime Minister to re-think his stance on the UK's intake of refugees. During his visit
THE Northern Echo continues its coverage of the Labour Party leadership campaign with Andy Burnham explaining why members in the North-East should vote for him.IN the months since our devastating Election defeat, Labour has been consumed by a round of
A TALENTED teenage saxophonist will play to an audience of millions after being selected to perform at the BBC Proms.Alexander Bone of High Coniscliffe, near Darlington, is just 18-years-old but already has a musical CV that many experienced performers
AN environmental project in Middlesbrough is campaigning for the votes that will help it secure a much needed funding boost.Easterside Partnership is hoping to secure enough support to land a £12,500 grant from the Marks and Spencer Community Energy Fund.If
A MUSEUM is offering people the chance to learn a traditional trade.Killhope, the North of England Lead Mining Museum, in Weardale, County Durham, is running a blacksmith workshop to give people the chance to learn the basics of metal-working.The session
ONE of the region’s great cathedrals is holding a special service to honour the Queen as she becomes the longest serving British monarch.On September 9 Elizabeth II will overtake the record set by her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, at 63 years
A MAN whose dying father received end of life care from a home-based hospice has raised more than £5,000 for the charity.Raymond Brown, along with a group of friends, rode coast to coast from Morecambe to Bridlington in aid of Herriot Hospice Homecare
WHERE would Fiat be without the 500? It's other models haven't exactly set the world alight in the past eight years. The Panda has done good business, but the Punto and the Bravo have underperformed and the Croma sank without a trace. So thank
SEVEN days after May’s surprise outright Conservative victory, buoyant, grinning and slapping his new Northern Powerhouse minister on the back in giddy glee, David Cameron’s first post election visit was to the Tetley tea factory in Eaglescliffe.It was
THE survivor of a horrific road accident is preparing to tackle the Great North Run in aid of the air ambulance charity which saved her life. Katie Birkin, from Darlington, is taking part in the famous half marathon for the first time since being critically
Much Ado About Nothing, The Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond ON the 227th anniversary of the grand opening of the Richmond venue (September 2, 1788), London’s most prestigious touring company, Globe Touring, took to the tiny stage with a stunning
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a holiday home on the outskirts of Darlington have been given the go-ahead by councillors.Emotions ran high as Darlington Borough Council’s planning committee granted permission for a detached holiday home in Skipbridge, in
A CITY’s indoor market is inviting visitors to take a closer look at its range of goods and services as part of an open day series.The Durham Markets Company is among the organisations agreeing to participate in this year’s Heritage Open Days extended
COUNCILLORS have pulled the plug on a farmer’s plan to install a wind turbine to power his farm.An application to install a single wind turbine on farmland near Hesleden was turned down by members of Durham County Council’s County Planning committee this
RONNIE MOORE admits Michael Duckworth will be a big miss for Hartlepool United. The right-back is facing around a month on the sidelines with a hamstring injury suffered in the midweek Johnstone’s Paint Trophy tie with Sheffield United which Pools
STOCKTON sprinter Richard Kilty will attempt to put the disappointment of last week’s World Championships sprint relay behind him when he returns to action in the Great North City Games on the Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside. Kilty, who is the reigning
A MAN died after being struck by a train this morning (Thursday, September 3) The victim, who has yet to be named, was pronounced dead at the scene near Croxdale Viaduct, south of Durham City. British Transport Police said they were called
2:37pm Hitachi have unveiled an example of the new intercity trains that it will make in Aycliffe. The audience
THERE have been plenty of dark days for the North-East economy – but today is a very bright day indeed. It was already destined to be an historic day for the region with the opening by the Prime Minister of the Hitachi factory at Newton Aycliffe
The Sound of Music: Newcastle Theatre Royal, YET another adaptation of the classic Rogers and Hammerstein musical has come to the stage, this time from successful West End producer Bill Kenwright. The Sound of Music is one of those tales that
CHAMPIONSHIPS, so everyone at Headingley will insist, are won by teams, not individuals. Yet when a cricketer plays a series of innings quite as brilliant as Jonny Bairstow has produced this summer, it seems almost rude not to acknowledge his colossal
DURHAM'S decline continued yesterday as more dropped catches and sub-standard batting handed Hampshire a chance to lift themselves off the foot of division one.A fourth successive home defeat looms unless the tail wags ferociously when they resume on
INVENT and innovate – it’s what women do, writes Catherine Johns, Innovation and Business Growth Director at Business Durham. Scotchguard, computers, retractable dog leads, the circular saw, Tipp-Ex, and beer were all invented by women.Do you know the
OUR first Aga encounter was some 30 years ago. A friend said: “You've never tasted sausage until you’ve savoured it from an Aga.” My good lady was an excellent cook but cumberland sausage after two days in the oven certainly wasn't like any other
ROB DINWIDDIE thinks the experience of being in the mix for four days of European Tour golf can lead to even greater success.After a frustrating 18 months on the Tour, the County Durham golfer is now on course to retain his card for a further year after
Cradle to Grave (BBC2, 9pm)IT'S 1974 and 15-year-old Danny Baker (played by Laurie Knaston) is our guide through the ups and downs of life with his family, adapted from Baker's autobiography Going to Sea in a Sieve by the author and writer Jeff Pope.
A SUPERMARKET worker has admitted stealing almost £30,000 from his employers. Kelvin William Anderson stole £29,507 while working at Aldi in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, between February 2013 and September last year. The 34-year-old pleaded
A NEW era in the history of North-East train building starts this morning when Hitachi opens the doors to its £82m train factory. At 11am in a ceremony attended by ministers, 500 guests and 100 journalists from around the world Hitachi will declare
HAVING uncharacteristically leaked goals of late, Alan White has faith that Darlington’s new-look defence will soon return to the standards set in recent seasons. Quakers’ veteran defender has been replaced at centre-back by summer signing Kevin
MIKE BAKER has made some big noises on the senior circuit since moving to the North-East eight years ago and he would love for those to get even louder over the next ten days.The Chester-le-Street Golf Club member is originally from Staffordshire, where
AFTER nearly 100 years lying in an unmarked grave, a First World War soldier was yesterday (Wednesday) honoured with a headstone, thanks to a local history society and The Northern Echo.Private Edward Pratt, of the Durham Light Infantry, died of his wounds
FABIO BORINI and Ola Toivonen are hoping the international break will enable them to hit the ground running when the Premier League resumes a week on Saturday. The duo both joined Sunderland in the final week of the transfer window, with Borini
STEVE McCLAREN insists it was always the plan to prioritise quality over quantity when it came to formulating Newcastle United’s transfer policy this summer, and claims the absence of any last-minute panic buys underlines the effectiveness of the club
SOMETIMES, after an argument, it takes a bigger man to back down. Digging your heels in is all well and good, but if it is going to cause you damage in the long term, it is surely advisable to swallow your pride, let bygones be bygones, and begin
AN MP has warned against complacency in the effort to transform a North-East council's struggling children's services department, saying child abuse scandals seen elsewhere could be repeated. Education watchdog Ofsted this week published a highly
IN reference to the parking problems at Sports Direct, in Darlington, I would like to suggest that potential customers take their business to Stockton. Last Wednesday my wife and I decided on Stockton for our weekly run out - something we hadn't
I AGREE with Jane Makepeace, from Ferryhill about the run down condition of the Festival Walk shopping mall in Spennymoor. It was in far better condition when it was re-named and re-developed 20 years ago. As Hear All Sides readers will know, I
GEORGE OSBORNE has announced future investment at the Faslane naval base – home to the UK’s Trident submarine fleet. I agree that military preparations require long term planning and if submarines are going to be key to our defence then updating
THE Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer will today unveil a massive double jobs boost for the North-East. David Cameron will lead the celebrations when the £82m Hitachi rail plant in Newton Aycliffe officially opens this morning
A DRIVER apparently escaped injury after their car overturned on the A66. The accident happened in the rain on the A66 on Wednesday. Cleveland Police Road Policing Unit tweeted: "Police came across a one vehicle RTC where a car has lost control
THREE police officers who saved a man's life after he turned himself into a human fireball have been honoured for their actions. The Society for the Preservation of Life from Fire has issued awards to PC Paul Oliver, PC Paul Jackson and PC Stephen
The stress and hassle of a foreign holidays with young children are unnecessary, so long as the unpredictable British weather is kind, as Gavin Havery found when he took his family to the coast of southern Scotland in a motorhome ON the A69, out
