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  • Charity match in memory of Stephen Craggs

    A CHARITY football match is taking place on Sunday in Darlington in memory of Stephen Craggs. Friends, family and ex-team-mates of Mr Craggs, 30, of Marina Road, in Darlington, who died suddenly last July, will be involved in the game with money

  • Thomas wins stage, but for Cav the Tour is over

    MARK Cavendish is out of the Tour de France after missing the time cut by more than half-an-hour on stage 11.The Manxman finally crossed the line in La Rosiere some 65 minutes after stage winner Geraint Thomas, who was deep into the post-race press conference

  • Middlesbrough lose to Augsburg in Germany

    MIDDLESBROUGH'S trip to Germany ended in a 2-1 defeat to Augsburg, despite a fantastic late goal from Lewis Wing. The former Shildon man was introduced as a second-half substitute and he hammered in a fine 25-yard goal when the Bundesliga outfit

  • How Tory Brexit row could affect investors

    LAST week, markets were relatively unshaken by the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson on Monday. European bourses were broadly up, and the FTSE 100 gained 0.9% despite a tumultuous day for the UK government. The resignations came after the

  • Netflix growth begins to stall

    NETFLIX shares tumbled after the company reported slowing growth in subscriber numbers.The company gained 5.1 million subscribers worldwide during the April-June quarter, more than one million below the number that management had believed it could.It

  • Cleveland Bridge hires Severfield sales manager

    CLEVELAND Bridge UK has appointed an experienced structural steel and civil infrastructure professional as its new senior business development manager.Patrick Lawson has 25 years’ expertise in the steel fabrication industry combining extensive design

  • TTE grows with deal for Peterlee company

    The TTE Technical Training Group has signed an agreement to acquire Infinite Learning & Development (ILD).The move to acquire ILD will help to strengthen Middlesbrough-based TTE’s position in the technical training industry and the combined portfolio

  • Peterlee firm extends its global reach

    A PETERLEE manufacturer of specialist biomedical test equipment has taken the next steps in expanding its global reach.Rigel Medical, part of the Seaward Group, has invested in a brand new facility in Singapore, as part of a plan to reach new markets

  • Towering success of 100-year-old business

    A STEEPLEJACK business established during the First World War is celebrating its one hundredth anniversaryPC Richardson, now based in Stokesley, is now in its fourth generation of family ownership. Percy Richardson established the company in Middlesbrough

  • Government can ‘put us on the fast track’

    THE government has been urged to put its money where its mouth is by investing millions in North-East jobs and industry. Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has called on the Transport Secretary to award a £2.8bn train contract to Hitachi Rail Europe’s factory

  • Tonight's TV: Killed By My Debt (BBC One, 9pm)

    THE best of tonight's TV choices. Killed By My Debt (BBC One, 9pm) BBC Three began to carve out a reputation for its hard-hitting TV dramas with the award-winning Murdered By My Boyfriend, which explored the issue of domestic abuse. Since

  • Sunderland and Boro handed Checkatrade opponents

    SUNDERLAND first team’s Checkatrade Trophy experience will see them face Carlisle United, Morecambe and Stoke City’s Under-21s.The Black Cats are involved in the competition rather their Under-21s following relegation to League One.Middlesbrough, still

  • Hartlepool land Burton forward after Nigel Clough approval

    HARTLEPOOL UNITED have made a ninth signing of the summer after securing the services of non-league hot-shot Marcus Dinanga on a season-long loan deal.The Burton Albion forward has been banging in the goals during loan spells with Matlock and Telford

  • South Durham: A round-up of news and events

    Garage planCOUNCILLORS will consider whether a garage can be built at a home in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Plans for a detached double garage, change of use and hardstanding and alterations to walls at Heather Cottage, Snaisgill

  • Letters: Hosepipe ban makes us laughing stock of world

    WE must be the laughing stock of the world, because here we go again, three to four weeks without rain and hose pipe bans starting to come in force, including those announced in the North West of England on Monday (Echo, July 17).I pose the question like

  • Letters: Nothing glorious about the 12th

    HOW nice to see the photo (Echo, July 11) of children in the Yorkshire Moors enjoying an educational day out listening to the lapwings and seeing the bell heather. It’s a far cry from what they will see and hear on August 12. The air will be

  • Letters: The day the great unwashed woke up

    WOVEN into the tapestry of European history, France and England have battled since 1066, and Germany tried to bomb and shell us into submission twice in the last century. In the 1960s we tried to join a Euro club, run by France, as Germany had

  • Letters: Support for former jockey under threat of deportation

    I WOULD like to support the cause of former jockey Carim ‘Frankie’ Mohideen being allowed to stay in his job at Denton Hall Stables and the UK (Echo, July 14).I have looked through the Life in the UK examination failed by Carim five times, which ask questions

  • Police appeal after village pub attack

    A MAN had to be taken to hospital for treatment following an alleged assault by a small group of men in a village pub.Another man also had to be treated at the scene following the incident in Appleton-le-Moors earlier this month.Police said that the incident

  • Teesdale Shopping Club helps rural residents over 50

    SHOPPING is being made easier for rural residents thanks to a new scheme.That's after the Teesdale Area Action Partnership (TAP) funded a new shopping club through Age UK for those over 50.The Teesdale Shopping Club will run every fortnight and is

  • Appeal to find owner of SatNav seized in Durham

    POLICE are trying to trace the owner of stolen SatNav.The TomTom system was seized from a man in Durham on June 23 but officers have not been able to trace the owner as no-one has reported the theft.Detective constable Alistair Rogowski, from Durham City

  • Live Shakespeare theatre showing in Darlington cinema

    TWO star-crossed lovers will be gracing the silver screen tonight in a cinema showcase of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.Vue at Feethams will be showing the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) Romeo and Juliet in a screening of the Bard’

  • Michael Price: Murder trial due to start

    TWO men accused of murdering a man who suffered fatal head injuries during an attack are due to go on trial from today. A jury has been sworn in at Newcastle Crown Court in the cases against Christopher Hills and Paul Ronald Watson. They are

  • Diving and fitness gear stolen from Seaham property

    DIVING and fitness equipment has been stolen from a property in Seaham.Police are investigating the theft of items from a rear yard in the Seaside Lane area which took place between July 10 and 14.A red and black Northern Diver diving suit and thermic

  • Woman who burgled deaf 98-year-old and disabled man is jailed

    A WOMAN who burgled the homes of a deaf 98-year-old and a vulnerable young man in a wheelchair is now behind bars. Melissa Yvonne Duncan pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary at York Crown Court on Monday (July 16) and was sentenced to 876 days

  • Drivers warned of 'monster' travelling to North-East today

    MOTORISTS have been warned an oversized load will make its way through the North-East today. The load, which appears to have a police escort, is heading east this morning from Cumbria. Cumbria Roads Police, on Twitter, said the so-called "monster

  • Review: Cirque Berserk, Darlington Hippodrome

    CIRQUE Berserk is awesome, and that’s something I rarely say. A circus spectacular with thrills, spills, sparkly costumes and buff torsos a plenty. It’s a clever, highly entertaining, and seamlessly staged production specially conceived for the

  • Fabrication students help repair steel town cenotaph

    A CENOTAPH has been repaired and refurbished to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War.The Royal British Legion has been working with students from Derwentside College at the war memorial on Medomsley Road.Students have fabricated

  • Improved facilities for Newton Aycliffe cricket club

    CRICKETERS in Newton Aycliffe have benefitted from a £17,000 grant which has paid for new nets. The grant from Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) has been used to help Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club refurbish the practice net facility

  • Lessons in learning for bosses

    TOP marks have been awarded to employers and students after a ground breaking new scheme to give youngsters experience and training in getting ready for work. Year 10 students at Bedale High School were put through their paces by employers and

  • £5m 'sports village' scheme secures European Union funding

    A £5m scheme to create a sports village beside a huge housing estate and employment site has taken a major step forward after landing a £643,000 European Union grant.Hambleton District Council said the European Regional Development Fund grant would be

  • 'Even prisoners are allowed to contact me', says school row MP

    AN MP has used Parliamentary privilege to launch an extraordinary attack on the interim head of a school in her constituency. Bishop Auckland MP Helen Goodman raised a point of order in the House of Commons to state that Whitworth Park School headmaster

  • Thousands of runners ready for event tonight

    A FAST growing sporting event featuring thousands of runners is being staged in the North-East tonight. Prince Bishops Durham City Run, now in its third year, promises to be bigger than ever, with record fields in the 10k and 5k races.Last year, both

  • Plans to open Durham Town Hall as tourist attraction

    PLANS are being made to open Durham’s historic town hall as a tourist attraction to shed light on the city’s heritage and some of its colourful characters. The 17th century Durham Market Place is currently only open for ad hoc tours and for special occasions.However

  • Milkshake! show is coming to town

    CHILDREN'S favourite Milkshake! is coming to Darlington Hippodrome later this month.with their brilliant new live show, The Magic Story Book on Sunday 29 July.The Magic Storybook, stars favourites Bob the Builder, Little Princess, Noddy, Toyland Detective

  • £4.1m flood-hit road scheme unlocks economic growth

    A £4.1m road scheme at one of the region’s key employment sites has opened, securing 850 jobs and a wave of investment.Bosses of firms at Dalton Bridge Industrial Estate said the new bridge near its main entrance from the A168 had enabled them to significantly

  • College praised for paternity drama

    STUDENTS at a North-East college have attracted international attention for creating a drama involving disputed paternity tests.But this was no Jeremy Kyle-style bust-up, as the talented group from Middlesbrough College have shown.The group of A-Level

  • Town to host new festival

    A NEW festival with live music, world food, market stalls and entertainment is being held in Consett next month.Red Dust will be held at Consett Rugby Club, on Medomsley Road, on Saturday, August 18.The music will be headlined by Four Colour Ghosts, a

  • Primary school pupils get firsthand view of modern dairy farm

    A DAIRY has been educating children by holding a series of activity days.Embleton Hall Dairies, based in Sedgefield, recently held a series of school visits to the Village Farm Dairy, Mordon, and to its farm in Embleton.Children discovered how milk from

  • Fundraising high note for foundation

    A CONCERT by Fishburn Band and Durham Harmonics choir is raising cash for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for research into a cure, treatment and prevention of type 1 diabetes.The concert will take place at North Road Methodist Church, Durham, on

  • New theatre school launched in Darlington

    A NEW theatre school has been launched for children in Darlington.Darlington Academy of Performing Arts (DAPA) is for seven to 16-year-olds.Directors Paul and Joanne Mason aim to bring their 20 years of experience to young performers of the town.They

  • Town band on track for Cheltenham competition

    A TOWN band hopes to reach its final fundraising furlong before flying the flag for the North at a national competition.Spennymoor Town Band will represent the region when it competes at the National Brass Band Finals of Great Britain in Cheltenham in

  • Countryfile Live comes north for the first time

    ONE of the region's great stately homes is to host BBC Countryfile Live’s first Northern show next year.The Countryfile Live event, linked to the BBC’s flagship rural affairs programme, has attracted more than 250,000 people since 2016 at its regular

  • Darlington: News In Brief

    Road closure DIVERSIONS will be put in place to avoid a road closure in Darlington today. Corporation Road will be shut throughout the day from its junction with Northgate. Public transport users are advised that the number 4 service Arriva bus

  • Chance to book a place at theatre summer school

    YOUNG people looking to do something different during the holidays can book a place on summer school at Durham’s Gala Theatre. Workshops are suitable for young people aged between eight and 15 and offer them the chance to take over the venue for five

  • Care home named among England's top ten

    A CARE home providing “hotel quality standards” for its residents has been named among England’s best-performing residential homes as part of a campaign to give the elderly dignity.Middleton Hall Retirement Village, in Middleton St George, near Darlington

  • New signs put town on the map

    A DALES town is being put on the map with new signs to welcome visitors in and thank them as they leave. The signs are the first part of a £28,500 art trail through Bedale which has been created with the help of local schools. Money to create

  • New services to help people live independently

    A NEW range of community services to help people stay well and live independently in their own homes have been commissioned in North Yorkshire.The county council has worked with residents and partners to develop a range of contracts which will help to

  • North Yorkshire: News in Brief

    Biker trainingA FREE course educating bikers on how to react if they are first at an accident scene is running at Northallerton fire station on July 22 and Richmond fire station on September 2. It includes advice on crash scene management and casualty

  • Boy, five, hit by minibus recovering well at home

    A MOTHER has thanked the lifesavers who came to the rescue of her little boy when he was knocked over by a minibus. Harvey Herron was airlifted to hospital with suspected head injuries after he was hit while trying to cross the road at Rushyford

  • Sedgefield's Hardwick Live top chef feast menus unveiled

    THREE esteemed chefs have unveiled their menus for a unique new dining experience at a North-East festival this summer.Hardwick Live will descend on Hardwick Hal, near Sedgefield, on Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19, and organisers have launched

  • Councils urged to adopt bee friendly grass-cutting

    COUNCILS in the region are being urged to do more to help bees and other pollinators – such as cutting areas of grass less often in parks and roadside verges to allow wild flowers to grow.Friends of the Earth and Buglife are calling on local authorities

  • Some rivers remain a trickle even after storms

    THUNDERSTORMS in the region may have ended the unbroken run of hot, sunny weather, but some rivers still remain little more than a trickle. Heavy rainfall over parts of the region on Monday night and Tuesday morning saw localised flooding brought to some

  • Fish sales suspects arrested

    THREE men from the Durham area have been arrested in connection with fraudulent fish sales in Cheshire.The men, aged 26, 29 and 41, were taken into custody on Friday after officers stopped a “suspicious” Ford transit van in Runcorn.A Cheshire Constabulary

  • Bloodhound fires up imagination of the next generation

    A SUPERSONIC car designed not only to go faster than the speed of sound, but to travel at more then 1,000mph (1,600km/h) got students into gear at North Durham Academy in Stanley for the annual STEM week celebrations.The Bloodhound Education supersonic

  • It's full steam ahead for the 1940s

    A KNIGHT in shining armour has come to the rescue of a heritage railway which was without a steam engine for a celebration of nostalgia. West Coast Railways are to send a mainline steam locomotive, support coach and a diesel pilot to support the Wensleydale

  • Newton Aycliffe dad struck twice by cancer close to £35k goal

    A FATHER struck down by cancer twice in recent years saw his fundraising efforts move closer to a £35,000 milestone after taking on England’s highest mountain.Paul McGeary, of Newton Aycliffe, was 33 years old when he was diagnosed with a form of blood

  • 7 reasons to celebrate Countryfile as it turns 30

    FEW traditions are more delightfully British than cosying up on a Sunday evening to watch Countryfile.The BBC One series has been delving into a variety of stories from the heart of the UK's stunning countryside for three decades now – shedding light