BUILDING work has started on the ambitious Eleven Arches project after months of negotiations.The £27m brain-child of millionaire philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer took its first tentative steps towards completion yesterday morning as a lone digger scraped
Halesowen Town 0 Darlington 3 DARLINGTON are up to second in the table after making it three wins in a row today at Halesowen. Goals by Graeme Armstrong, Kevin Burgess and Stephen Thompson completed a comfortable away win for Quakers, who were
HARTLEPOOL UNITED lost their third successive League Two game, going down 2-1 at Wycombe. The Chairboys have dropped just four points to date, conceding only two goals in the process, but in this open game could have conceded more than one to
Spennymoor 5 Clitheroe 0 Spennymoor comfortably beat promotion rivals Clitheroe at the Brewery Field this afternoon. Moors played some of their best football of the season, with midfielder Anthony Peacock the man behind most of their play.
A FESTIVAL of one act plays will be performed in Sedgefield from September 7 to 12. The Sedgefield Players are presenting the 40th annual Sedgefield Drama Festival of One Act Plays which will include plays from groups from across the region.
BUSINESSES are encouraged to help one of the region’s oldest athletics clubs as it prepares to celebrate its 125th anniversary. Darlington Harriers launched in 1891 and is the oldest athletics club in the town. To mark their milestone anniversary
POLICE said today (Sunday, September 6) that a 12-year-old Saltburn boy who was last seen in Grangetown. Middlesbrough, on Friday afternoon has now been found safe and well.
THE AUGUST Bank Holiday weekend at Witton Castle Lakes started with a very busy Sunday and a quiet Monday and a big drop in temperatures as the week progressed. In total we welcomed 52 visiting anglers for the week who returned a very good rod average
A THUG who tortured a disabled woman walked out of court laughing after being freed on a "farcical" legal technicality - even though an angry judge said he should be jailed for a "long, long time". Scott Floyd, 26, celebrated with his arms aloft
POLICE have this morning named the victim of a street stabbing in Newcastle as 42-year-old David Savage. A 17-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder remains in custody while a 20-year-old arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder has been
BUILDING work has started on the ambitious Eleven Arches project after months of negotiations. The £27m brain-child of millionaire philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer took its first tentative steps towards completion yesterday (Friday, September 4)
TRIBUTES have been paid to a well-known former nursery school headteacher, who has died following a short illness. Brenda Frame was headteacher of Heathfield Nursery, in Darlington, for 12 years, prior to her retirement in 2000. The mother-of-three
FRESH from leading his team to the verge of retaining the County Championship, Yorkshire skipper Andrew Gale has advised one-day captain Alex Lees and his team not to get “carried away with the occasion” when they play Gloucestershire in the semi-final
A sheep nicknamed Chris has set a world record after having the biggest ever fleece sheared off. It took five shearer to remove 40kg of wool from Chris after he was spotted under the huge coat near the New South Wales border in Australia.
A THEME park will investigate whether its online accessibility guide should be more prominent after a man with Down’s syndrome was prevented from riding on his own. Gareth Bowen-Jones had been looking forward to his visit to Flamingo Land, near
THE shop made famous in ITV's Heartbeat has been saved from closure after being rescued by a fan of the series for nearly half a million pounds. Aidensfield Stores in Goathland on the North York Moors, is regarded as Britain's most photographed
DARLINGTON Mowden Park kick off their second season in National One with four newcomers signed from Plymouth in their team to visit Cinderford.Following their relegation from the Championship, Plymouth are in the same division as Mowden and the four who
HAVING found himself out of the team for the first four fixtures of the season, Ian Watson now has the opportunity to retake the Darlington left-back spot. Three weeks ago Terry Galbraith started the campaign as manager Martin Gray’s choice having
REFEREES in semi-pro football clampdown on players on swearing more than they do in the professional game, believes Alan White, who is well-placed to judge given his experience in the game. He played for over 15 years in full-time football, representing
Three goals last weekend made Alan White Darlington’s leading scorer after being selected as a makeshift forward. Deputy Sports Editor Craig Stoddart spoke to the veteran defender about finding his scoring touch and continuing to play for as long as
WAREHOUSING firm Stiller is eyeing new markets after opening a new £1.1m warehouse.The new 40,000 sq ft, 5,000-pallet warehouse will increase by nearly 50 per cent the family firm's warehousing capacity at its premises on Aycliffe Business Park, Newton
THE season started with four wins, followed by two defeats and two cup exits. Last week against Carlisle United, Hartlepool twice led and lost. It’s only early, but Ronnie Moore has warned that the season could be one of ups and downs for Pools. Inconsistency
A FORMER butcher who subjected three children to a catalogue of sexual abuse which haunted them in later years, was yesterday (Friday September 4) jailed for six-and-a-half years. Derrick George Webster, now 63, committed hundreds of sexual acts
DURHAM skipper Paul Collingwood has called for greater use of technology in county cricket. As he prepares to return to the England set-up in a one-day coaching role this winter, Collingwood is keen to become an influential voice in domestic first-class
With South North likely to seal their tenth championship in 13 years when they play at Stockton today, the main focus of attention is on the other end of the table where the two teams battling to avoid the drop meet head on at Eastwood Gardens.
CARLTON FAIRWEATHER has called Sunderland Ladies’ race to the Women’s Super League title a ‘mammoth task’ as the Lady Black Cats face three cup finals.Third-placed Sunderland travel to Manchester City tomorrow, where a victory can put Fairweather’s side
HAVING faced criticism for their lack of home-grown players in recent years, the sight of Jordan Pickford and Duncan Watmore making their England Under-21 debuts will have been a pleasing one for the staff at Sunderland.Jordan Henderson was the last player
AITOR KARANKA is making the most of the international break in order to integrate his new-look squad. Middlesbrough picked up eight points from their opening five Championship games before the international break commenced, which gives Karanka
Earlier this year NHS England invited Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to take on delegated responsibility for commissioning (buying) local primary care (general practice) services. Here at North Durham CCG, our member practices voted in favour
