Spennymoor Town 1 Darlington 2 DARLINGTON’S domination of their fixtures with Spennymoor Town continued thanks to a comical own goal by Joe Tait. The former Darlington defender put the ball past his own goalkeeper in the second half when attempting
Deputy Sports Editor Craig Stoddart reports live from The Brewery Field as Spennymoor take on Darlington. Kick-off: 7.45pm Tweets by CStoddartEcho
A NORTH-EAST Commonwealth champion was overcome with emotion as she received a surprise welcome home after her triumph Down Under. Swimmer Aimee Willmott fought back the tears as she was greeted by friends, family and supporters at the Neptune
RYAN SHOTTON has turned up the heat on Middlesbrough’s weekend opponents by suggesting that Derby County’s previous history for ‘bottling it’ in the final stages of the season could count against them again on Saturday. Derby have developed a reputation
FOOD lovers heading to a popular culinary festival this weekend can take advantage of a park and ride service. Bishop Auckland Food Festival is expected to attract thousands of people to the market town on Saturday and Sunday. To help guarantee
A BOXING club has been awarded funding to help young people get into the sport.Boxers at Durham Community Boxing Club, based in Belmont, have purchased new gear to cope with burgeoning interest, including specific equipment for their growing number of
A MAN was arrested in connection with an attack on two women in County Durham.Diane Brown, of Newton Aycliffe was left unconscious and with broken front teeth following an unprovoked attack on her and friend, Debbie Scanlon, 53, who suffered facial injuries.The
FIRE crews and Ministry of Defence staff worked together to battle a fire after a “misdirected flare” saw a large patch of gorse bushes go up in flames.Firefighters from across North Yorkshire rushed to Catterick Garrison on Wednesday night where an area
ON Saturday, the community around Witton Park – veterans and schoolchildren – will come together to commemorate the centenary of the astonishing self-sacrifice of Victoria Cross-winner Lieutenant-Commander GN Bradford.When I write about his younger brothers
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of threats to kill, attempted arson and breach of a restraining order. The 23-year-old man was arrested following an incident in Mickleton, Teesdale, at 6.54pm yesterday, April 18. The police, North East
A MAN has suffered a fractured jaw after was headbutted and punched.The 25-year-old was attacked on Dovecot Street in Stockton close to the junction of West Row at around 2.40pm on Wednesday, April 11.The victim was walking along the road when he was
I WRITE in response to Steve Kay ‘Police future’ (HAS, Apr 16).There is now clear evidence that the repeated Government cuts to police funding, and the resulting large scale reduction in the number of officers available to Chief Constables, has coincided
WE hear often about the cost the elderly have to pay in care homes, apparently ‘Which’ magazine estimates it is £563 for a week. That is out of money that has taken them all their lives to save.Why do we never hear how much it costs to keep a murderer
“THIEVING carer”, of previous good character gets three years and four months for admitting a single charge of theft for taking nearly £100,000 from her vulnerable victim. “Trusted official”, with previous gets 14 months suspended for two years, for admitting
ONE of the Barker brothers, who famously hitch-hiked their way to the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games with four cans of Newcastle Brown Ale, has died.Cecil Barker, 91, of Newton Aycliffe, found national celebrity as with his brother, Alan, he spent six weeks
MUCH has been said about the felling of the fine trees at Blackwell by our local environmentalists who have embarked on a campaign to highlight their demise by adorning hundreds of other trees in the borough with green ribbons. Should one care to examine
IS there no end to the ordeal being suffered by the English over the cost of NHS prescriptions? I have just returned from the pharmacy where there were two items on my prescription. I was obliged to pay the recently increased charge of £8.80 for each
ADAM MATTHEWS and Billy Jones are battling to start at right-back in Sunderland’s crucial relegation clash with Burton Albion on Saturday, but Bryan Oviedo has joined Lynden Gooch, Donald Love and Joel Asoro on the absentee list. Sunderland head
PUPILS at Corporation Road Community Primary School have raised nearly £600 for Sport Relief by taking part in a sponsored walk and dance through the town.All 220 children from Year 1 and Year 6, staff, parents and coaches from the Martin Gray Academy
FORMER Durham County supremo Geoff Cook will again lead Philadelphia Cricket and Community Club's All-Star programme, assisted by level two coach Lewis Carney and junior co-ordinator Stephen Robinson.The England and Wales Cricket Board initiative
FOUR horses have been stolen from a stables in the Howardian Hills.A stallion and three mares, one in foal, were taken from Oulston overnight on Tuesday."We would like to reassure the equestrian community this was an isolated incident and there is
Following last week’s postponements, Stockton have the toughest start on Saturday when they travel to champions South North.Last year’s table toppers have a new director of coaching, former Durham player Steve Chapman. His remit extends mainly to junior
ONE man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit rape and human trafficking following a series of raids in the North-East. A 54-year-old man is the latest in a total of 17 arrests connected to an investigation into the exploitation
A STUDENT taking photographs prompted a large rescue operation yesterday evening when he slipped and fell 13ft down a steep slope in Saltburn. Sixteen volunteers from the Cleveland Mountain Rescue team joined paramedics in an effort to help the
CHILDREN have been setting fire to trees in a public wood.Over the last two weeks Durham Police have received reports of trees being set alight in woodland and green space behind Parkside Academy in Willington.The most recent incident occurred on Friday
THIS has already been a landmark season for Newcastle Falcons, with the club standing on the verge of the Aviva Premiership play-offs after playing in front of more than 30,000 fans at St James’ Park. Tomorrow, though, an even more notable piece of
MARTIAL arts students are preparing to compete at an international contest.Members of the Chikara Dojo of Kyokushin Karate based in Spennymoor will take part in the Kyokushin Full Contact Welsh Championships in Barry, South Wales. They will take part
SPENNYMOOR Town Council will hold a public consultation event at Spennymoor Leisure Centre on Saturday, from 10am to 2pm.There will also be representatives from Whitworth Park School, Spennymoor AAP, Durham Crematorium Joint Committee, Digital Durham
FIVE men have appeared in court charged with the murder of Steven Willis. The defendants are accused of killing the 27-year-old, who is also known as Steven Pickering, following an incident earlier this week. The five men, all known to each
CHILDREN at Red Hall Primary School enjoyed a World of Work Day hosted by Darlington’s Foundation for Jobs. Pupils from year five and six were encouraged to take part in practical activities to give them a better understanding of the careers.
Kinky Boots, London’s smash hit and the winner of every major best musical award, strides into the North-East this summer KINKY BOOTS, the winner of every major Best Musical award, is pleased to announce that it will embark on a UK tour from autumn
Step back in time to the golden era of rock n’ roll as live music show Lipstick on your Collar comes to Billingham Live music show performing classic hits from the 1950s and 1960s on Friday 25th May at The Forum Theatre, Billingham - tickets selling
Gilbert O’Sullivan, a huge international star in the 1970s, is back on the road and heading to Darlington in early May. Ahead of the visit he chats to Martin Hutchinson about his career THE man behind such classic hits as Clair, Nothing Rhymed
THE Dolls are returning to Newcastle at the weekend as Nancy Doll, her on-stage musical cohorts, and their increasingly famous ‘Dolls Army’ head to the O2 Academy for a St. George’s Day spectacle featuring them, Badness, and The Good Souls. In
As part of the National Gardening Week celebrations, Old Herbaceous is coming to RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate. Described as “Downton Abbey with gardening tips”, it is a one-man play – the humorous love story of a single-minded, yet gentle, man
Certificate: 12A Running Time: 124 mins Star Rating: 4/5 IN 1994, love was all around director Mike Newell as he shepherded potty-mouthed romantic comedy Four Weddings And A Funeral to a trio of coveted Baftas - including Best Film - and
WILL Summer end up running Underworld (Coronation Street, ITV)? Let's hope so as she's one of the smartest kids on the cobbles. She proves it this week when she spots a miscalculation in Alya's figures, which could have cost Aidan thousands of pounds
NORTHALLERTON Musical Theatre Company are to celebrate “100 Musical Years” at The Forum, Northallerton. This is a wonderful musical journey through the decades beginning with World War One and finishing up in 2018 with music from modern day shows
KIM WILDE turned back the years last night with a show full of spectacle and singalong fun at Sage Gateshead. With a new album Here Come The Aliens just released, it’s great to see Wilde touring here under her own name instead as part of one of
FIRE crews and Ministry of Defence staff worked together to battle a fire last night after a “misdirected flare” saw a large patch of gorse bushes go up in flames. Firefighters from across North Yorkshire rushed to Catterick Garrison where an area
A MAN has been stabbed in York city centre. North Yorkshire Police said they were called just before midnight on Wednesday evening with a report that a man had been stabbed on Walmgate. The man, who in his 30s, suffered serious but not
ICONIC landscapes, buildings and people of County Durham are to be represented in a massive mural created using the words of the public.Durham County Council is calling on everyone who lives or works in the county and those who visit to share their thoughts
MINDLESS motorists have put a village football pitch out of action three times in the last fortnight.Significant damage has been repeatedly caused to the playing field at Escomb Recreation Ground in Escomb, near Bishop Auckland, by vehicles driven onto
THE banner flying photograph was taken two Saturdays ago at Wadham Lodge v Clapton, Essex Senior League. Spectators may understandably have queried the identity of Barry Chambers, proclaimed trade unionist and activist.Barry was a leading member of the
FOR almost 120 years it was a railway station – a rather magnificent railway station, a Grade II* listed building – and then a transport museum.Now the former Monkwearmouth station at Sunderland is to become a football museum – a fans’ museum says Michael
WHEN Duncan Watmore first ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in December 2016, he had established himself as a first team player with Sunderland in the Premier League and his performances had forced him into the England Under-21 set-up.Fast forward
WHEN the caravan site at Burtree Gate went up, neighbour Dave Kirby told The Northern Echo: "A tank suddenly exploded and there was a huge bang. It was just like an H-bomb with a huge mushroom cloud in the sky." It happened on June 26, 1993, and
RYEDALE District Council has approved £2.5m of funding to relocate the authority and create a new public service hub.Councillors agreed the funding, which will be supported by £155,000 from central Government, at a meeting of the full council.The money
A COMMUNITY facing the loss of its shop and post office joined forces and has now opened its own facility with help from a council grant.Residents from East Cowton and surrounding area formed the Cowton Community Enterprise Ltd to raise funds and establish
AN RAF worker who says he has lost nearly two years of his life to cancer is to visit all of the country's 20 Premier League grounds on his bicycle to raise cash for Cancer Research. Stuart Stephenson, from Northallerton, says his planned thousand
VOLUNTEERS and businesses are putting their efforts into sprucing up Darlington's town centre ahead of this year's Northumbria in Bloom competition.The town has entered the "best city centre" category in the contest, which aims to encourage
BUSINESSES in the region are being urged to back a bid to host Rugby League World Cup 2021 matches in the region by attending an event to highlight the benefits of the application.Jon Dutton, Chief Executive of the Rugby League World Cup 2021, will visit
A MAN who warned his former partner that he would "make sure she will lose everything" has been handed a restraining order after trying to climb through her window. Jamie Lawson, of Green Crescent, in Coxhoe, County Durham, rang his ex-partner
A COUPLE will celebrate their first wedding anniversary by selling pies in aid of a North East cancer centre.Julie and Neil Fletcher, who run award-winning Middlesbrough artisan pie company Pie Jackers, tied the knot on April 21 last year.On Saturday,
INTREPID explorers can get up close and personal with some pre-historic beasts as Dinosaur World Live heads for Darlington next month and The Northern Echo has a family ticket for the interactive experience up for grabs. Dinosaur World Live brings
A PLANNING inquiry into a 430-home development in a County Durham town is entering its third day today.The four-day inquiry into the application to build the housing estate on land between sections of Newton Aycliffe and Woodham Village started this week
A NORTH-East authority spent £1m in a week trying to keep County Durham moving during the so-called Beast from the East. Durham County Council gritters used around 10,000 tonnes of salt in one week as they tried to keep the road network clear.
FIRMS and organisations responsible for the building of a £75m mental health hospital look set to be grilled over a spectrum of defects, including serious safety concerns, which have appeared less than eight years after it opened.Darlington Borough councillor
IT is only a humble brolly - but it has its place in history.An umbrella which is believed to have been the first ever to arrive in York will go on show this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of city's famous Castle Museum. It was given to the
PARENTS, grandparents and members of a small community decamped to County Hall, armed with banners, whistles and microphones to stage a protest against the proposed closure of their village school. The small band of campaigners from Sherburn Hill
THE people of Northallerton are being urged to dig deep into their pockets to help support a major new cancer centre in the town.Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a £500,000 fundraising appeal to support the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre, which
DOG owners are being warned about cases of suspected poisonings targeting dogs at Leeming.North Yorkshire Police said two complaints had been made last week after two pets had become seriously unwell after walking in the St John's Road area of the
PROTESTORS who have set up a camp to prevent the creation of an opencast coalmine claim they have found a great crested newt on the site.Environmental activists at the Pont Valley Protection Camp, near Leadgate, Consett, in County Durham, said the discovery
CONCERNS have been raised that problems with subsidence have returned to a busy stretch of the A67. A hole has appeared behind the crash barrier on a section between High Coniscliffe and Carlbury on the main route connecting Darlington to Barnard
AN MP will meet with a Government minister in order to fight the corner of HMRC staff who have been told they must move from Teesside to Newcastle in order to keep their jobs.The Government wants to close George Stephenson House, in Thornaby, and move
A JURY cleared a man who was accused of five sexual assaults. Hugo Keith Holmes, 56, of Tunstall, Richmond, North Yorkshire was acquitted of all the charges he faced after a four-day trial at Teesside Crown Court. The verdicts of the jury were
WORRIED residents of a 495-property housing estate last night spoke of their fears over a regeneration scheme which could see their homes bulldozed. Social landlord Livin has announced its preferred option for Newton Aycliffe's Western Area is
A FORMER shopkeeper and RAF pilot has celebrated his 100th birthday. Alfred Moody, better known as Alf, celebrated the milestone with four generations of his family, including great-granddaughter Harriet, who is a century his junior. The former
TELEVISION personality Scarlett Moffatt has launched a charity to help people in her home region which has supported her rise to fame. The 2016 winner of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! has announced that the Angel Trust will support a range
A FATHER threw a drink over his ex-partner in a pub before going on to punch one of her relatives after his son's christening. Liam Gibbon, of Bede Crescent in Newton Aycliffe, was arguing with his former partner in the Cobblers Hall pub in the
A RURAL crime survey is now open for people who live and work in North Yorkshire to have their say on the true cost of crime in North Yorkshire.The National Rural Crime Survey aims to determine the personal, social and economic cost of rural crime and
THE life of a First World War fighter is the latest in a line of fallen men from one County Durham town to be individually honoured. An ongoing project spanning the centenary of the four-year war began in Sedgefield in 2015 when the first of its
THE sounds of three decades of pop are heading to Bents Park this summer as Scouting for Girls, Roachford and The Fizz headline a free outdoor concert. All three are due to perform at the third of this year’s South Tyneside Festival Sunday Concerts on
THE country may only just be emerging from this winter, but parents keen to treat their children to one of the most magical Christmas shows around in December 2018, need to start thinking about it now to avoid disappointment.Tickets have gone on sale
TIME is ticking for people wanting to register for early bird prices to take part in Durham’s most colourful charity run of the year.The Colourama 5k will return to St Leonards Playing Field on Saturday, June 16 and alongside a variety of bright coloured
A TEAM of workers from Middlesbrough saw off stiff competition from neighbouring authorities to win this year’s Apprenticeship Challenge. They joined in friendly rivalry with teams of fellow apprentices from Redcar & Cleveland and Darlington
THE shared grounds of sports clubs in Newton Aycliffe have benefited from funding which will allow them to take control of maintenance and reduce overall costs.Newton Aycliffe Sports Club, on Moore Lane, received funds of £7,950 from the Neighbourhood
A DRAMA group from Sedgefield has continued with its successful festival run by winning a regional competition heat for the second consecutive year.The Sedgefield Players this month impressed judges as they performed at the Richmond Festival of One Act
