A FURIOUS Aitor Karanka admitted he was “hurt” by the performance of his Middlesbrough players as they crashed out of the EFL Cup at the hands of Championship side Fulham. Boro exited the League Cup at the second-round stage as Lasse Vigen Christensen
SUNDERLAND, who have set up a date with Queens Park Rangers in the third round of the EFL Cup, are on the verge of signing former Liverpool full-back Javier Manquillo. The 22-year-old spent the day at the club’s Academy of Light ahead of his season-long
Darlington surged to the top of the Vanarama National League North thanks to two goals by Terry Galbraith at Heritage Park.But they were made to fight all the way by the best team that Quakers have faced in their five games so far in their new venture
Shildon allowed a two goal lead to slip and were held to a 2-2 draw by Whitley Bay at Dean Street last night. Shildon took the lead after 12 minutes when a 20 yarder by Anthony Bell took a slight deflection and went into the net past the Whitley
FULHAM 2 MIDDLESBROUGH 1 (AET, 1-1 at 90 mins) AT the start of last night’s EFL Cup second-round game, flashes of lightning illuminated the sky above Craven Cottage. More than two hours later, and it was Fulham midfielder Lasse Vigen Christensen
A WOMAN from York has described the moment she woke as a major earthquake hit central Italy in the early hours of this morning. Simona Manni lives in York, but had yesterday arrived in her home village of Acquasparta about 80km from the epicentre
IF the near 14,000 supporters who had turned up at the Stadium of Light had hoped to see something special from Sunderland in the EFL Cup, then it duly arrived. They just had to wait a lot longer than they would have wanted to. The fans’ patience
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Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson reports live from Craven Cottage as Middlesbrough take on Fulham. Tweets by @Scottwilsonecho Kick-off: 7.45pm
Chief Football Writer Paul Fraser reports live from the Stadium of Light as Sunderland take on Shrewsbury Town. Tweets by @paulfraserecho Kick-off: 7.45pm
SOPHIE Wright is European mountain bike XC Champ, National mountain bike and CX Champ and part of the British Cycling Junior Academy. Follow her on Twitter @sophiekwright8 Why do you cycle? I cycle because it's my passion and I enjoy the
FABIO DA SILVA and Viktor Fischer will make their Middlesbrough debuts in this evening's EFL Cup second-round tie at Fulham. The duo have been named in a starting line-up that contains six changes from the team that kicked off against Sunderland
A DIAMOND couple are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday. Brian and Audrey Turner, of Chilton, originally “spotted” each other at Coundon Picture House and spent five years courting before being married on August 25, 1956.
TRIBUTES have been paid to a "hugely committed" soldier who died after being shot during a live-firing exercise in the North-East. Private Conor McPherson, 24, from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, died after suffering
ROAD markings have been introduced at a Newton Aycliffe primary school where cars have been causing a headache for more than 20 years.Lines have been painted on the cul-de-sac outside Woodham Burn Community Primary School ahead of pupil returning next
TWO teenage girls have been rescued after getting stranded on a large rock in the River Swale in Richmond. A swift water rescue team from Richmond, along with a fire engine from Leyburn, help the two girls, ages 14 and 15 from the boulder at around
THE deadline to take part in one of the region’s biggest 10k fun runs has been extended to accommodate demand.The Tees Pride 10k and 3k runs due to take place on Sunday, September 4 and runners now have until Wednesday, August 31 to register.Numbers expected
A HAND-CARVED cross made from the wreckage of capsized refugee boats is going on display in a North East cathedral next week.Made by an Italian carpenter, the cross will be presented to Canon Gerard Robinson in St Mary’s Cathedral, Middlesbrough after
A FATHER has movingly spoken of the moment he and his wife found out their newborn baby was critically ill and had Down’s Syndrome.Mark Ramshaw, of Ingleby Barwick, has told his family’s moving story in order to support a new charity campaign to help
A NORTH-EAST security firm plans to create 100 new jobs with the “vast majority” of them at in Teesside.Vistech Services, based in Middlesbrough, is looking to double its work force over the next 12 months having already created 100 new jobs in the last
PEOPLE in Ferryhill, Chilton, Bishop Middleham and West Cornforth can learn how local issues are being tackled and help set the agenda for the next year at an area action partnership meeting.The 4 Together Partnership Board will meet at Ferryhill Business
A RURAL show on the moors above Whitby enjoyed an “excellent” turnout as glorious sun brought out visitors in force.Egton Show saw classes for livestock, craft displays, sheepdog trials, show jumping and entertainment in the main ring. Although it was
A PARAMEDIC will tackle the Great North Run in honour of a very special patient. Kacie Martin, from Wallsend, has a rare muscle wasting illness called Spinal Muscular Atrophy and has been in and out of hospital since she was a baby. In January
COUNCILS in two towns bursting with pride at the Olympic success of Amy Tinkler have teamed up to organise an open-top bus parade. Bishop Auckland and Spennymoor Town Councils are drawing up plans to celebrate the 16-year-old's bronze medal in
KIND-HEARTED neighbours have raised hundreds of pounds for charity after opening up their gardens to the public.Mary Smith and Eric and Delia Ayres, kindly opened their Hillside Cottage gardens in Low Etherley, on Saturday, August 13.The event allowed
POLICE have launched a new motorcycle safety campaign to raise awareness among the “born-again bikers”Statistics show that over the last ten years, 141 motorcyclists have died and 1,328 have been seriously injured on North Yorkshire’s roads. And in the
PLAY areas could soon become smoke free zones after a district council launched a survey into whether smoking should be permitted. Currently there are no rules to prevent people from lighting up in or near to a play area. But with the number
A NEW milestone in the upgrade of the A1 between Leeming and Barton has been met, as the finishing touches are made to a 2.5 mile stretch of the motorway.Traffic will switch to the new section in early September, which sees the road curve away from Catterick
THE first phase of a series of natural flood defences paid for by local villagers has been officially opened by Richmond MP Rishi Sunak.Three “leaky dams”built above Brompton, near Northallerton, should help protect the village from flash flooding which
THE two GP practices in Northallerton are considering merging to enable them to expand and improve services in the future.The merger of Mayford House Surgery and Mowbray House Surgery would potentially take place in April 2017, however both practices
A BUS driver has denied causing death by careless driving following a fatal collision with an elderly cyclist on a country road.James Forsyth Cox was appearing at Durham Crown Court for the first time in the case arising from the death of 81-year-old
I AM writing in to publicly thank Kays Animal Sanctuary, in West Auckland, for rushing to my aid when we found an injured fox in our garden this week. One call and they came without hesitation to catch and rush him off to the vets. I am not
A PASSPORT office is due to close its doors for the last time this week as services switch to a new site. The Durham Passport Office at Milburngate House in the city centre will close on Friday, August 26 and will reopen at Freeman’s Reach, on the opposite
THE Northern Echo seems to think that this is “a country suffering post-Brexit blues” (comment, Aug 22), but where is the evidence? There have been a couple of poor financial forecasts, but when could they ever be believed? Unemployment is
BREXIT poses an existential threat to Gibraltar, the Falklands and Crown Territories. Gibraltar, as part of the South West region, voted 96 per cent to remain in the EU. Scotland, Northern Ireland and London voted to remain. There are arrangements
NEWCASTLE UNITED have handed DeAndre Yedlin a five-year contract after landing the full-back from Tottenham Hotspur for £5m. Yedlin, 23, full-back has become the ninth player to join the Magpies' first team squad this summer. Yedlin began his
WHAT a joy to read the Reverend Peter Mullen’s homily to George Orwell (Echo, Aug 22). I particularly enjoyed his colourful accusations about a liberal national newspaper when defining the meaning of ‘doublethink’ the phrase Orwell used in his seminal
THERE is a stereotype that footballers may not be the most intelligent members of society. Then along comes Lamine Kone to challenge this theory. The Sunderland centre half has enough medical knowledge and expertise to self-diagnose a back
A REPLICA of an historic warship which brought news of Nelson’s death back to Britain’s shores has dropped anchor in the North-East.HMS Pickle was a topsail schooner which was too small to take part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, but brought news
THE Romaldkirk Music Festival will be held at St Romald’s Church over the weekend. On Saturday, a masterclass for singers led by Monica Mauch and Gordon Jones will be available from 2pm until 4pm. Audience seats are available at £3 each. This will be
A TEAM of nursing students swapped the wards of Teesside for a two week voluntary stint working in a rural Cambodian hospital and children’s orphanages.The Teesside University medical students worked in Battambang province and the capital, Phnom Penh,
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after his bike was in a collision with a car on a minor road in rural County Durham this morning. The collision between his Suzuki motorbike and a Mazda car happened at around 10.30am in the village of Woodland, near Bishop
ORGANISERS are putting the finishing touches to the programme for this year’s Festival of Thrift, which takes place in Redcar.The festival, at Kirkleatham Museum and grounds on September 17 and 18, has a packed schedule of activities, featuring everything
FIREFIGHTERS have been dealing with a blaze at a recycling centre that started in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Firefighters are currently on site at Yorwaste’s waste transfer station at Tancred, near Scorton. Do you have pictures
IAN Westwood converted his first half-century of the season into three figures as Warwickshire edged in front against Durham with only three wickets down. Again they lost only one wicket in the session, reaching tea on 233 for three, leading by
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after his bike collided with a car on a rural County Durham road this morning. The incident happened at about 10.30am in the village of Woodland, Teesdale. The vehicles involved were a Mazda car and a Suzuki bike.
POLICE have appealed for information after a woman was seriously injured when a bus and car collided in Seaham. The collision, between a white Hyundai i10 hatchback and a 30 seater Go North East bus, happened at about 1.50pm on the A182 road between
TREVOR CARSON, the Hartlepool United goalkeeper, has been called into the Northern Ireland squad for next weekend’s international. Carson was part of Michael O’Neill’s training squad before the European Championships, but missed the cut and was
LEADING vet charity, PDSA, is inviting pet owners to send in their most amazing stories of miracle pets to be considered for the coveted Pet Survivor 2016 title. Every week, dedicated vets and nurses help get our pets back on their paws again after
PLANS have been unveiled to demolish a landmark Victorian church and replace it with a modern place of worship to house a number of growing congregations.An application has been submitted to Durham County Council on behalf of Trinity Community Church
PERHAPS readers can explain to me exactly what an orchestra conductor actually does? The other night I caught the BBC Proms and the orchestra was conducted by a man who appeared to be doing so with the aid of a tooth pick. I missed the start
GYMNAST Amy Tinkler wept and hugged friends and coaches in Spennymoor today as she had an emotional return to her club with her bronze-medal prize around her neck. The dedicated 16-year-old, from Bishop Auckland, has vowed to go at least one better
A NEW walking leaflet has been created to help people discover the history of Durham City.The walk takes visitors on a trail of bronze plaques which were placed around the city in 1973 by the Rotary Club of Durham as part of its jubilee celebrations.
I visited the doctor to see if I could get my bunion taken off as my big toe is really out of shape and it is hard walking. My mother and my two grandmothers had the same trouble, so it’s hereditary. You can imagine how I felt when I was told
A TALENT show featuring singing and dancing has raised thousands of pounds for a cancer charity. Consett’s Got Talent was held at The Grove and Moorside Community Social Club, in Consett, to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.Jess Marshall, 27,
MANY of those dipping into their pension pots early are not planning for future care costs, according to experts.The chief executive of Citizens Advice Darlington has issued a warning after figures from the national charity showed people were unprepared
A SUNNY morning at Chester-le-Street helped Warwickshire to strengthen their grip on the Specsavers County Championship match against Durham. Nightwatchman Chris Wright was the only batsman to fall as Ian Westwood (62) and Jonathan Trott (34) took
POLICE have issued an appeal to trace a suspected fraudster. Jeremy Scott, 50, is wanted on suspicion of fraud by false representation. Using the name Jeremy Fulton, it is suspected he has portrayed himself as a wealthy businessman with high-profile
SINCE they met in the 1950s, John and Betty Walters have been inseparable. Today, the Darlington couple will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary surrounded by family and friends. After spending more than half a century at each other
WATFORD have pulled off the £7m deal for Newcastle United full-back Daryl Janmaat. The Holland international, who was rated at £10m by the Magpies, has agreed a four-year deal at Vicarage Road and is set to be replaced at St James' Park later today
FIREFIGHTERS spent four hours rescuing a love-struck student who got wedged between two buildings while trying to impress a girl. The 22-year-old student was showing off to the girl by jumping from one rooftop to the other at the University of Pittsburgh
A WOMAN with multiple sclerosis will be hitting the streets running on September 4 to raise funds for research into the debilitating condition.Sue Barry, and her husband Jonathan, will join thousands of other runners, walkers and charity fundraisers on
A MOST heartfelt letter to Hear All Sides the other day from John Cumberland, of Rushyford, near Bishop Auckland. Still haunted by shooting two hares 35 years ago, he expressed his regret for the “deplorable act.” “I wish I could turn the clock
IT’S a scenario that will be all-too familiar to frequent rail travellers: your train has no more seats, so you are forced to stand in the corridor between carriages trying to read a book or do some work. Faced with such a situation, any self-important
AN independent investigation is to be carried out into police handling of an incident in which a man died outside a city centre nightclub. Grandfather Stewart Anderson, 54, died in hospital after an incident outside the Loveshack nightclub in Durham
As more companies in the North-East are encouraged to employ people with autism, Peter Barron visits Beamish Museum to hear the inspirational story of one autistic employee RESPLENDENT in her straw boater, with its glossy band of blue and green
Britain enjoyed its best Olympics for more than a century in Rio and the country has a new legion of gold medal heroes. But what does the future hold for them? Raymond Crisp reports DOZENS of Team GB Olympians are set to return as heroes, bringing
THE REMAINS of Scottish soldiers discovered in a centuries-old mass grave in Durham will be reburied in the city once research on their bones has been completed, it has been revealed today. The 17th century soldiers captured at the Battle of Dunbar
A WOMAN who lied about being the subject of a video made by her husband to help him escape justice for child sex crimes was last night branded 'despicable' by victims. Gayle Ryal initially told detectives that she was shocked to see the short film
As another batch of kitchen whizzes prepare to whip up the nation's interest for The Great British Bake Off, Keeley Bolger talks to Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood MARY BERRY is convinced her fellow Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood's steely
As more companies in the North-East are encouraged to employ people with autism, Peter Barron visits Beamish Museum to hear the inspirational story of one autistic employee RESPLENDENT in her straw boater, with its glossy band of blue and green
CCTV images of burglars who smashed their way into a County Durham community centre have been released by the police. Bishop Auckland CID are appealing for anyone who recognises the thieves to get in touch following the incident at Ferryhill Community
AFTER successive away defeats on pitches on which they were keen to bat first, Durham were obliged to do so against their will yesterday and were dismissed for 207 by Warwickshire.It was inevitable that the visitors would exercise their right to dispense
AS consultation titles go I’ll admit Tees Valley Mayoral Combined Authority Consultation is not a humdinger, writes Rachel Anderson. JK Rowling isn’t going to be shifting nervously in her seat looking anxiously at the Times Best Seller List and
IN July, Brewin Dolphin had the pleasure of sponsoring the Tees Valley Business Club Summer Supper. The meeting was held in the exclusive Rockcliffe Suite at Rockcliffe Hall and the barbecue, or supper as it is marketed as, certainly lived up to
OLYMPIC gymnast Amy Tinkler returned home to a hero's welcome on Tuesday evening. Amy, 16, the youngest member of Team GB, won a stunning bronze in Rio. Tears as Amy returns to her gym in Spennymoor where she honed her Olympic bronze medal
CRAIG HIGNETT has welcomed the idea of holding an open training session for Hartlepool United fans.Speaking ahead of tomorrow's event at Billingham Town, the Pools boss admitted he is looking forward to the morning. Pools will a full training session
The Great British Bake Off (BBC1, 8pm)WITH more than 14 million viewers tuning in to see Nadiya Hussain crowned winner of last year's series, a reported 19 per cent increase in the number of people baking (according to Waitrose), and cooking essentials
THOUSANDS of dogs from all over the country and beyond will be descending on the region next month for one of the biggest events of its kind. British and Irish native breeds, including some very rare ones, will be among more than 7,000 to take
A BUSINESSMAN who knocked down an elderly pedestrian in his fork lift truck has been cleared of dangerous driving.But a jury found Ronald Christopher Guidi guilty of the lesser charge of careless driving, which he accepted while giving evidence at his
DEAF children in the North-East are 18 per cent less likely to get five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and Maths, according to Government statistics. With thousands receiving their results this week, the National Deaf Children’s Society is
A HEALTH trust at the forefront of street-level triage to help keep mental health suffers out of police cells has received a cash boost to extend its services.The Government has announced a £674,000 investment to provide improved mental health crisis
JORDAN RHODES’ Middlesbrough future remains in the balance, with Norwich City heading a lengthy list of Championship clubs set to make a formal approach for the out-of-favour striker. Having not even made the substitutes’ bench for Boro’s 2-1 win
POLITICAL leaders from across the Tees Valley are due to meet today (WEDNESDAY) to discuss the fall out from the Brexit vote.Members of the Tees Valley Combined Authority will be presented with a report outlining a number of potential risks to the area
DAVID MOYES remains adamant Lamine Kone will not be leaving Sunderland before the end of the month, but has admitted the Black Cats cannot compete with a majority of their Premier League rivals in the transfer market. Sunderland return to action
A DANGEROUS paedophile who went on the run to cheat justice is behind bars - and serving a sentence of at least 12 years. Perverted loner Ian Goodwin raped and degraded two little boys, and filmed the horrific abuse, a court heard. A manhunt
A NORTH-EAST builder turned £1 into £1.6m in just over 22 minutes playing on an online gambling website. Scott Clydesdale, of Spennymoor, was using a £20 Sky Vegas bonus playing the Toy Factory slot game when he struck gold. The 40 year-old
A DOCTORS' group is considering stopping providing patients with over the counter medicines, withdrawing services and pressing self-care, as it battles an £8.4m budget shortfall. Harrogate and Rural District Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG),
CCTV images have been released appearing to show Jeremy Corbyn walking past empty unreserved train seats before he was filmed sitting on the floor complaining about " ram-packed" carriages. Comment: The strain on our trains The Labour
