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23rd March 2017    25th March 2017

  • Inquest opened into death of teenage inmate at Deerbolt YOI

    AN inquest has opened into the death of a teenager who was found hanged in his cell at a Young Offenders’ Institute.Ryan Gorton was only the second person to die at Deerbolt YOI, near Barnard Castle, since it opened in 1973 and the other had been due

  • Darlington: Expectations high against Gainsborough Trinity

    FOR the third away game in succession Darlington travel to one of the division’s strugglers, Gainsborough Trinity the destination this time, and again three points are a must to maintain top-five aspirations. Quakers have already travelled to Worcester

  • Community Centre receives award for high standards

    THE high standards employed to run a village community centre have been recognised with an award.The Community Centre at Middleton St George, near Darlington, has been presented with “The Hallmark Award” by Rita Lawson, chief executive of the Tees Valley

  • Durham Police give update on efforts to tackle rural crime

    POLICE are continuing to ramp up their efforts to tackle rural crime in the North-East.A new Rural Policing Statement ‘One Year On’ has been published to highlight the additional resources that have been deployed over the last 12 months to address concerns

  • Library volunteers resort to FOI in council business rates row

    RESIDENTS looking to run their local library have discovered that while a council has waived business rates for more than 160 sports clubs and other organisations, they have been given no such assurance.The charity which has been formed to take over the

  • Fine for scrap collector who did not have documents

    A MAN who collected scrap metal without the appropriate documents has been ordered to pay over £650.Kieran Husband, 22, of Houghton-le-Spring, was seen collecting scrap by a Durham County Council warden, but was unable to produce controlled waste transfer

  • Mayor called to give evidence at tribunal

    MIDDLESBROUGH Mayor Dave Budd “never heard” his predecessor Ray Mallon discussing financial deals with a business associate, despite claims to the contrary, he told an employment tribunal yesterday.The elected Mayor was called to give evidence at former

  • Crook ramblers organise spring and summer coach trips

    WALKERS can enjoy rambles across the North-East and Cumbria thanks to a series of coach trips.The Crook and Weardale Ramblers have organised an action-packed programme of walks and shopping opportunities for spring and summer.For all of the walks listed

  • Charity’s saving to public purse

    A CHARITY supporting families with life threatened and terminally ill children in the region says it saves public services at least £2m a year.A report by Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity states that despite vast saving to the health and social care system

  • Hopes of inquiry into new homes plan dashed

    A REQUEST for the Government to consider a controversial housing development that would bring a village to “saturation point” has been rejected.Darlington’s Mayoress Cllr Doris Jones had asked for the decision to build 27 new homes in Middleton St George

  • Tickets available for festival showcasing new music

    ORGANISERS of the region’s largest ever inner city festival have confirmed the final wave of bands. More than 100 musical artists are set to descend on Newcastle venues this April with North-East new wave band Vant, as well as Scottish rockers, Father

  • Volunteers sought for County Durham project tackling scammers

    VOLUNTEERS are being sought to meet demand for a project aimed at tackling telephone crime targeted at the elderly.Age UK County Durham has put out a call to get people on board the Beat the Scammers scheme designed to give older people the confidence

  • Meet the friendly cat who gives ‘high fives’

    A RESCUE cat who has been waiting to be adopted for nearly three months has learnt a ‘paw-some’ trick. Black and white puss Rolo has been at RSPCA Felledge Animal Centre, near Chester-le-Street, in County Durham, since the New Year and has watched

  • New agency focusses on disability

    A UNIQUE modelling and acting agency, which specialises in representing people with disabilities, is looking for new faces.Social care professional Laura Johnson and her sister-in-law, performing arts teacher Zoe Proctor, established Zebedee Management

  • 'Claudia's Law' passes through the House of Commons

    NEWS that a campaign to create legislation to help the families of missing people is now closer to becoming law, has been welcomed by the father of Claudia Lawrence. Ms Lawrence’s father, Peter, gave a thumbs-up gesture in the public gallery as proposals

  • Photography students helping to bridge generation gap

    PHOTOGRAPHY students swapped stories with the older generation after being tasked to create a marketing campaign for a project aimed at tackling loneliness.The students from Cleveland College of Art and Design received a visit from 92-year-old Janet Pyle

  • Ladies group to expand after soaring popularity

    A “PIMMS and Needles” ladies group which has soared in popularity since being launched two years ago is expanding to its third location.The women are starting a group in Aycliffe Village next month after a surge in demand for the cocktails and crafts

  • Support needed for fight against killer tree disease

    PEOPLE in the Yorkshire Dales are being urged to take part in ‘Ashtag’ – a project to help combat a disease that can kill ash trees.They are needed to report the spread of the ash dieback fungi and, most importantly, find trees that are resistant to it.Acting

  • Darlington: Goalkeeper joins South Shields

    DARLINGTON’s Peter Jameson has today joined South Shields on loan. The goalkeeper has been out of favour since losing his place to Ed Wilczynski in January. With the experienced Adam Bartlett having joined this week, Wilczynski will drop to

  • Health leaders promote bowel cancer screening

    MEN and women are being urged to get checked for early signs of bowel cancer.The County Durham Wellbeing for Life service is working with GP surgeries and community venues to promote screening.Anyone concerned about potential symptoms, changes to their

  • Under-18 warning on selling e-cigs

    TRADING standards officers are warning that retailers must enforce the ban on anyone under 18 buying e-cigarettes after a recent successful prosecution.Steven Purves, of Vaporised in Huntriss Row, Scarborough, was fined £440 at the town’s magistrates

  • Palace honour for Laurence

    SPORTING hero Laurence Whiteley had a very important appointment yesterday- with the Prince of Wales.The Paralympian gold medallist from Northallerton was at Buckingham Palace to receive the MBE he was awarded in the New Year’s Honours list.The 25-year-old

  • Middlesbrough: Boro confirm another backroom departure

    CARLOS CACHADA has left his position as Middlesbrough's first-team fitness coach as part of Steve Agnew’s backroom staff reshuffle. Gibson gets England call Cachada was one of Aitor Karanka's closest associates, and joined Boro at the

  • Primary pupils stage new play at Durham theatre

    A HOARD of hungry hippos, the Monopoly Man and a host of other characters took to the stage for play with a board game theme. Children from Shincliffe Primary School put on the performance of new play Playing By the Rules at the Assembly Rooms, in

  • Co-op in Easington Colliery reopens following revamp

    A STORE in a former mining village has re-opened following a £630,000 makeover. The revamped Co-op, in Easington Colliery, will have a focus on fresh, healthy foods, meal ideas and essentials and also features new self-service check outs. A

  • Rugby: Newcastle Falcons announce team for Harlequins trip

    MARK WILSON moves forward to the second row as Newcastle Falcons shuffle their pack for tomorrow's Aviva Premiership trip to Harlequins. The Cumbrian has missed just one of the Falcons’ 17 league games this season having been a late withdrawal

  • Police issue image of man following burglary

    POLICE investigating a house burglary have released an e-fit of a man they want to identify. The break-in took place between 7.25pm and 7.45pm on Monday on East Parade, Harrogate. The man pictured is described as white, around 6ft tall and in his late

  • Coundon pub conversion fails to win planning permission

    COUNCILLORS have blocked plans to convert a disused pub into flats.Yesterday Durham County Council’s area planning committee (south and west) considered a proposal to redevelop The Foresters Arms on Collingwood Street, Coundon, for residential use.And

  • Boxing: McCormack salutes hero coach Tony Davis

    Pat McCormack paid tribute to hero coach Tony Davis after he rushed to the aid of victims of the Westminster terror attack. McCormack and fellow members of the British Lionhearts boxing team were attending a community event at the Houses of Parliament

  • Family take on the Three Peaks

    A FAMILY is preparing to tackle the Yorkshire Three Peaks next week to raise cash and awareness for a condition which affects balance and hearing.Ian Thomas, 46, from Richmond, suffers from Meniere’s disease, a rare disorder that affects the inner ear

  • Healing benefits of singing for Parkinson's and dementia

    A NEW singing group is being launched in North Yorkshire for people with Parkinson’s disease or dementia. To mark World Parkinson’s Day, a new group, Sing Together, is being launched in Northallerton. The choir is tailored to its members’ needs and their

  • Youngsters get a look at college life

    SCHOOL children were given a glimpse of college life as a leading sixth form opened its doors.Youngsters travelled from as far as Bedale, Thirsk and the Upper Dales to meet staff and students and explore the facilities at Richmond Sixth Form College.Head

  • 'Paedophiles can't be cured, but they can be helped'

    NOT many of us would relish the prospect of working with adults who are sexually attracted to children, but for Carol Featherstone it is a daily occurrence. Typically most clients come to her when they are being investigated by police for child

  • Investigation after girl, 5, locked in church crypt

    A MOTHER claims her five-year-old daughter was accidentally locked in a dark church crypt for two hours during a school holiday club. The woman, from the Holgate area of York, said the little girl went with another five-year-old girl to the toilet

  • Maximum effort

    WHY did motherhood get so complicated? Once up on a time it was easy. You had your babies. You did the housework – OK it took longer when you had no fridge, freezer or washing machine – but the babies pretty much looked after themselves, probably

  • Moors boss Ainsley: "Every win is vital"

    Spennymoor manager Jason Ainsley says that every league win is vital over the closing weeks of the season. Moors are at home to Halesowen on Saturday afternoon, having climbed up to fourth in the table with a 3-2 home win over Matlock on Tuesday

  • Skinner faces tough decisions

    West Auckland manager Steve Skinner says that he faces some tough decisions on his starting line up ahead of their home game with Chester-le-Street on Saturday. West hit rock bottom when they lost at home to Guisborough last weekend, leaving them eight

  • Morse was a Lancia man

    I READ with interest your article about the death of Colin Dexter, the writer who created the character of Inspector Morse (Echo, Mar 22). I thought that readers may be interested to hear that, although in the TV stories Morse drove the famous

  • It's war inside the Labour Party

    MUCH like the advertisement for Jaws 2 – just when you thought it was safe to go back in water – the Labour party has decided to tear itself to pieces again. It is getting to seem as if they never stop. And it must be demoralising for their supporters

  • Who's watching Kim Jong Un?

    AS our MPs fight amongst themselves regarding Brexit and whether or not Jeremy Corbyn is fit for purpose, on the other side of the globe we have a deranged evil tyrant who makes Adolf Hitler look like Mary Poppins and is the biggest threat to the whole

  • Darlington hospital is past its sell by date

    CHRIS GREENWELL sings the praises of Darlington Memorial Hospital, and I owe my life to the care and skill of the staff at this hospital, but my opinion is that these outcomes cannot disguise the fact that the hospital is past its sell by date. Only

  • Primroses in a league of their own

    EVERY morning at this time of year, I step outside my front door and shudder at the icy blast that greets me and then I marvel at the colourful beauty in front of me. A few years ago, I adopted a narrow strip of overgrown and overhung verge opposite

  • Try to avoid point scoring in teaching assistants dispute

    THIS weekend, activists from across the country are expected to join a rally in Durham to support local teaching assistants (TAs) who have been in dispute with the county council over pay and contracts. This follows an announcement made earlier

  • Facing up to the Lone Wolf

    The man responsible for the Westminster terror attack was previously investigated by MI5. Andrew Douglas assesses the difficulties confronting security services THE security services will face inevitable questions after it emerged that Westminster

  • Sunderland: The Black Cats need a Connor Wickham-style boost

    DAVID MOYES is banking on the international break bringing Sunderland a fitness boost – and dreams of one of his returning players doing a ‘Connor Wickham’ in the fight to stay up.The injury list has eased in recent weeks and it is hoped sidelined duo

  • Sunderland: Black Cats rule out swap deal for winger

    SUNDERLAND officials have told Jeremain Lens’ Turkish suitors that they are not interested in a swap deal for the £13m-rated winger. Lens is set to leave Wearside this summer no matter what the outcome of the Black Cats’ ongoing relegation fight

  • Have a ball: Getting the right dress

    Spray tans, stretch limos and a show-stopping gown fit for the red carpet. It can only mean one thing – the school prom What most parents remember as the ‘school disco’ has been catapulted to a whole new scale with the prom industry in the UK now worth

  • Waugh games

    Comedy star Jack Whitehall is turning his hand to drama, in the BBC’s adaptation of Decline And Fall. He talks to Kate Whiting about the pressure to please Evelyn Waugh fans In those familiar plummy tones we've all come to know and love, Jack Whitehall

  • Easy life for Gyllenhaal

    He may be preoccupied with an extraterrestrial crisis in his latest blockbuster Life, but space suits aside, Jake Gyllenhaal tells Gemma Dunn he doesn’t fear the unknown Jake Gyllenhaal has driven his body to the limit in the name of research.

  • Top turf tips

    If you want a fantastic-looking lawn, you need to put in the hard work With spells of warmer weather and the ground starting to dry up, here at Harlow Carr Garden we are preparing to carry out our spring turf maintenance of aeration, scarifying

  • Table for two

    MasterChef is back for a 13th series, as another round of amateur chefs attempt to prove they know their sous-vide salmon from their celeriac puree. Ella Walker catches up with long-time hosts John Torode and Gregg Wallace to talk curried kidneys,

  • A master stroke

    Former MasterChef champ Thomasina Miers is back with a new book. She talks to Ella Walker You will find a brachiosaurus moseying through an asparagus forest, a tiger surveying a field of Szechuan peppers, and a duck bobbing about with a load of cherry

  • Beautiful dream come true: Sorelle beauty salon, Darlington

    Brogan Hodgson, 23, and sister Alessia, 20, have just opened Sorelle, a beauty salon in Darlington. They tell Jenny Needham how they made their beauty dream come true Working with family can be notoriously tricky. But in the case of Brogan and

  • Small talk: New baby boutique open in Yarm

    As a new boutique opens in Yarm selling personalised baby gifts, Ruth Addicott talks to owner Bella Pemberton about some of the most popular items Where can you find an original baby gift that not only captures those important special milestones, but

  • The dandelion - if you can't beat it, eat it

    Before attacking her perfect lawn with weedkiller to deal with those pesky, recurring, yellow-headed devils, Heather Barron discovers that there is another, more surprising way to eradicate the much-maligned dandelion from the garden FLOWERS are