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Conservationists devastated by theft of eggs from rare tern nests at Crimdon

Trevor Stephenson - who discovered the theft of the eggs.

5:21pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

AN egg thief has put the future of an important colony of rare Little Terns under threat by stripping it of eggs, a coastal warden said today.

New skate park plan approved

5:16pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A PLAN to provide a specialist new skate park as part of a £260,000 project has been approved.

James Wharton toughens up EU Referendum

4:18pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

JAMES Wharton toughened up his EU Referendum Bill before it was presented to the Commons today (Wednesday, June 19) – to loud Tory cheers.

Russian rock music fan travels 2,000 miles to see heroes

From Moscow with love: Denis Burov

4:11pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A RUSSIAN rock music fan has travelled thousands of miles to watch his favourite band perform at a festival.

Football club recreates charity trek as tribute to dedicated fan

Peter Allison (L) and Frank Swinburne on the original fundraising trek in 2010

3:44pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A FOOTBALL club will honour the memory of one of its most loyal supporters by recreating a charity challenge the man himself embarked on three years ago.

Event to encourage Darlington residents to meet new people to be held next week

5:08pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

AN event encouraging residents to meet new people is being held in Darlington.

Celebration sports day for dads

3:06pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

STAFF at an east Durham children’s centre are working with a day nursery to hold a dads celebration sports day.

Catterick troops score free passes to Croft races

3:01pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

TROOPS from Europe’s largest military base will be among the thousands of petrolheads set to descend on a North-East racing circuit for a weekend of motorsport.

Ten-year-old becomes librarian

Harry McMurray has become his village's librarian

3:50pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE alarm clock in young Harry McMurray’s bedroom isn’t to get him out of bed – it’s to stop him reading too late in the night.

Investigation into Croft early-hours barn blaze launched

BARN BLAZE: A barn on fire in Croft, near Darlington, in the early hours of Wednesday. Picture: DAN CONNOLLY

2:44pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

AN investigation is under way into a suspected arson attack, which caused a barn and thousands of hay bales to be destroyed.

Film fame for four seven-year-olds

Picture clockwise from top left: Bella Speir, Amelia Murray, Lily Rawson and Scarlett Eyles.

2:43pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

FOUR budding film-makers have taken their first steps towards Hollywood - at the tender age of seven.

Newton Aycliffe nursery manager donates hair to cancer support charity

Jan Hooper who will donate her hair to The Little Princess trust next week

2:14pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A GENEROUS nursery manager will donate her lovely locks to a charity that creates wigs for youngsters affected by cancer.

Sedgefield prepares for nostalgic 1940s event

2:08pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A LIFE-SIZE replica spitfire will take centre stage at a popular 1940s weekend next month.

Bishop rededicates historic property

3:41pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE Bishop of Knaresborough has rededicated a historic building, 100 years after one of his predecessors blessed it.

Residents urged to extend their recycling

2:16pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

HOUSEHOLDERS across Hambleton and Richmondshire are being urged to recycle more.

Durham Bid leaders pledge to help North Road

2:23pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

LEADERS of Durham’s Business Improvement District (Bid) have pledged to work to boost rundown North Road, after traders in the area criticised the new initiative.

Cash available for "re-use" projects

2:01pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

CHARITIES and other groups are being urged to do their bit to help keep North Yorkshire green.

Stokesley youth theatre to help victims of Oklahoma tornado

1:44pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A YOUTH theatre rehearsing a production of the well-known musical Oklahoma, is to raise funds for the victims of the recent Oklahoma tornado.

More vulnerable people now secure in their homes

1:40pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

MORE than 100 vulnerable people now feel safer in their homes thanks to a local initiative.

Drink-drive arrests continue to rise across North Yorkshire

1:19pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE drink-drive crackdown in England’s biggest county is continuing to get results.

Military chefs serve up anniversary cake for care volunteers

2:00pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

ARMY chefs have helped a voluntary group which provides respite support to carers across Hambleton and Richmondshire to mark its 25th anniversary.

Premium bus service to be launched between Darlington and Durham

3:08pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

PEOPLE travelling on a popular North-East bus route will be able to do it in style when a company introduces a premium service later this year.

Blooming great competition helps spruce up Darlington village

Neasham residents admire their work

1:06pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A DARLINGTON village has been hard at work preparing for this year’s Northumbria in Bloom competition.

Schoolgirls approached by man as they returned from fairground

12:53pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

TWO schoolgirls were left distressed after a man made an indecent suggestion to them as they made their way home from a fairground.

Groups urged to apply for funding

12:03pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

VOLUNTEER groups are being encouraged to help brighten up their communities.

Big name comedians head to the North-East for major festival

Sarah Millican

12:08pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

Stars of stand-up - including Sarah Millican, Patrick Monahan and Pete Firman - have been confirmed for the second Darlington Comedy Festival.

Author to launch novel in former home city

11:51am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A BESTSELLING author will return to his former home city to launch his new historical novel.

Novelist's school visit proves hit with pupils

11:29am Wednesday 19th June 2013

AN author whose debut novel has attracted global interest has visited a school to explain how to get a book published.

Free Metafit workout sessions

11:18am Wednesday 19th June 2013

VISITORS to council-run leisure centres are being offered the chance to try a new fitness workout for free.

Echo man Richard sets sights on fundraising challenge

FUNDRAISING: Northern Echo sports writer Richard Mason

11:03am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A NORTHERN Echo sports journalist is defying medical advice to take part in a series of fundraising runs for a charity close to his heart.

Region ready for monster night of music as The Who and Rihanna take to the stage

Rihanna

3:06pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE North-East is gearing up for one of the biggest entertainment nights in its history with the arrival of two giants of the music industry in the region.

Woman sprayed in face with liquid

Artist's impression of the man

10:48am Wednesday 19th June 2013

DETECTIVES have released an artist's impression of a man who burst into a house and sprayed a woman in the face with liquid.

Passport workers praised, after stand-in best man makes wedding

Patrick Mackin, with his cousin Ryan Cairns

11:10am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A STAND-IN best man has thanked passport staff who pulled out all the stops to get him to the church on time.

Angler reels them in for charity

Carp angler Sid Williams after his charity fishing marathon at Scorton.

11:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A KEEN angler has been reeling them in for charity this week.

Dog ownership most popular in the North-East

11:10am Wednesday 19th June 2013

NORTHERNERS are bigger dog lovers than southerners according to research by microchipping firm Petlog.

Uncooked curry leaves to blame for mass illness at Newcastle food festival

12:14pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

CONTAMINATED curry leaves have been blamed for giving about 400 people food poisoning during a North-East food festival – with some affected by a salmonella strain never seen before in the UK.

Twelve jailed over drug farm

8:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

TWELVE people were jailed after a court heard tales of human trafficking, forged passports and how those smuggled into the UK have to pay for for their one-way tickets.

Drunken woman reports herself to police after punching stranger

6:50am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A DRUNKEN mother who punched another woman in an unprovoked attack was so ashamed of her actions she reported herself to police, a court has heard.

Town looks at new honour for murdered Red Cap

Ben Hyde, from Northallerton, North Yorkshire

6:30am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A NEW and lasting memorial could be created in honour of a military policeman murdered in Iraq with five of his colleagues.

NHS in North Yorkshire 'in crisis' over unfair funding formula

6:00am Wednesday 19th June 2013

THE NHS in North Yorkshire is “on the brink of a crisis” because of an unfair funding formula, ministers were warned yesterday.

Charity reveals North-East mental health trust has highest number of 'life-threatening' face down restraints

12:10am Wednesday 19th June 2013

MORE patients were restrained in a controversial face down position by staff at a North-East mental health trust than anywhere else in the country, according to a new survey.

Survey lays bare challenges faced by first-time buyers

A row of nest eggs for the wily?

12:10am Wednesday 19th June 2013

A SHORTAGE of affordable homes is preventing young people in the North-East from getting on the property ladder, according to a survey.

Many "too embarrassed" to ask the doctor

4:22pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

NEARLY half of patients in the North-East admit they have been too embarrassed to discuss symptoms with their doctor, according to a new survey. NEARLY half of patients in the North-East admit they have been too embarrassed to discuss symptoms with their doctor, according to a new survey. NEARLY half of patients in the North-East admit they have been too embarrassed to discuss symptoms with their doctor, according to a new survey.

Pick up the phone to help women's refuge

2:19pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A REFUGE which helps women fleeing domestic abuse has been shortlisted for a National Lottery Award.

A stitch in time

CCAD costume students work is modelled at Preston Hall Museum, L-R, Tom Hogarth, James Morris, Luke Oldfield, Andrew Glazebrook, Simon Burgeon, Jessica Hall, Lauren Deal, Harry Peach, Thomas Hargreaves, Elise Johnson, Roxanne Major, Jonathon Coates

1:56pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

COSTUME students recreated Victorian fashions using traditional sewing techniques which have been modelled at a North-East museum.

Pupil wins national award for standing up for classmates

Darren Melroy, 17, from Prior Pursglove College in Guisborough who has been named Student Governor of the Year

1:31pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A TEENAGER has been named Student Governor of the Year for ensuring that the views of his fellow pupils are heard.

Council rejects wheelie bin claim

5:33pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A COUNCIL has rejected claims it substantially over-ordered when buying controversial wheelie bins, which were introduced this week.

Coundon hosts karaoke night in aid of North-East autism charity

5:18pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A KARAOKE night and raffle in aid of the North-East autism charity Daisy Chain will take place at the Durham Ox public house in Coundon, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, from 7pm to 11pm on Friday, June 21. The night will feature a performance by local teenage singing sensation Alice Jordan.

Play inspired by artistic miners

5:37pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

A SHOW inspired by a band of artistic North East miners runs at Darlington Civic Theatre from July 8 to 13.

Man arrested for drunk and disorderly and drugs offences

3:12pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

DRUGS ARREST: A 44-year-old man was arrested at Hill Grange, near to Crook, for being drunk and disorderly, resisting arrest and production of cannabis. Police attended the house after reports of a man being verbally abusive at 3.30pm yesterday (June 18). He received a penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly and was cautioned for the production of cannabis.

Care home staff hold fundraising car wash

4:45pm Wednesday 19th June 2013

CAR WASH: Staff at Barrington Lodge Care Home, in Bishop Auckland, are dressing up in St Trinian’s uniforms for a fundraising car wash on Friday, June 21, between 10.30am and 3pm. All are welcome.

Evenwood whist drive

10:45am Wednesday 19th June 2013

CHURCH AID: A whist drive in aid of church funds is being held at Evenwood Church Hall on Saturday (June 22) at 2pm. Entry at £2.50 includes refreshments.

Live Day Six: Dave McLuckie Trial

ON TRIAL: Former chairman of Cleveland Police Authority Dave McLuckie

11:21am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Chris Webber reports live from Newcastle Crown Court as the trial of former Cleveland Police chairman enters its final day.

Seasick sailors rescued by Sunderland RNLI after yacht runs out of fuel

11:58pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

TWO sailors suffering from a severe bout of seasickness had to be rescued when their yacht ran out of fuel.

North-East charity worker tackles 5k run with President of Sierra Leone

Mark Maughan with the President of Sierra leone, Ernest Bai Loroma

10:20pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A CHARITY worker from the North-East who organised a marathon in Sierra Leone found himself acting as running mate to the nation’s president.

Career in politics comes crashing down for former Cleveland Police Authority chairman Dave McLuckie

ON TRIAL: Former chairman of Cleveland Police Authority Dave McLuckie

9:20pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

IT took just a few hours to bring Dave McLuckie's near 30-year political career crashing to the ground.

Rise, rise and fall of Dave McLuckie

9:24pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

DAVE McLuckie began his working life as a miner at Boulby Potash Mine, East Cleveland in 1982, a job he did for around 20 years.

'Haggis not Scottish', claims author

8:20pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

SCOTLAND’S national dish may have its origins south of the border, a leading food historian has claimed.

House 'madame' arrested in lap dance club raid admits drugs offences

Cheryl Byron at court today

7:50pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE house madame at a lap dancing club has admitted drugs offences arising from a police raid at the premises.

Life ban for Hartlepool woman whose starving dog died and was dumped in a wheelie bin

7:11pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A WOMAN has been banned from keeping animals for life after her dog starved to death and was dumped in a wheelie bin.

Financial troubles serve "bitter blow" to vision to create £32m golf and leisure facility in Newton Aycliffe

7:04pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A DEVELOPER’S dream to create a £32m housing and leisure development on a North-East golf course has been shattered after financial problems forced the company into administration.

Care home open day

7:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

MOUNT Vale Care Home in Northallerton is taking part in the first ever National Care Home Open day on Friday (June 21).

Students lobby for teachers

6:53pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

FOREIGN Secretary William Hague will be lobbied by students from across his Richmond constituency to back a worldwide campaign to provide 1.7 million teachers so children around the globe can go to primary school.

Safety concerns as motorists use unofficial diversion to get round A67 landslip

Road closes A67 between High Conniscliffe and Piercebridge

6:30pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

MOTORISTS are putting safety at risk by using an unofficial diversion to get round a road closed by a major landslip.

School searches for former pupils

6:38pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

FORMER pupils of a North Yokshire school are being invited to get back in touch to help celebrate the school’s 40th anniversary.

Appeal after attempted robbery in park

6:29pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

DETECTIVES are appealing for two vital witnesses to come forward following an attempted robbery in York.

Police close down brothel

6:22pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A BROTHEL and illegal escort agency run from a North-East block of flats has been closed down.

Blaze finally extinguished at Albert Hill Skip Hire site

6:20pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A FIRE that burned at a North East waste management site for more than three weeks has finally been extinguished.

After the books and films comes a Herriot beer

Catchline: Beer. Echo/DST. MF. Picture caption: Alan Dunn, Production Director and Head Brewer at the Black Sheep Brewery, with Marketing Director Jo Theakston.

6:21pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

FANS of book and TV vet James Herriot now have a new way of remembering their Yorkshire favourite.

University and business park celebrate strong working relationship

Teeside University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Cliff Hardcastle, left and John Orchard, director of Marchday cement the deal with a plaque.

6:25pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

OFFICIALS from two North-East organisations gathered to celebrate the partnership that exists between the pair.

Chance for over-55s to sharpen their driving skills

6:11pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

OVER 55s in Darlington are being offered a 40-minute driving assessment to ensure their skills are up-to-date.

Sedgefield MP seeks clarification on wind farm reforms

Labour MP Phil Wilson

6:08pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A NORTH-EAST MP is demanding answers from the Government over its pledge to give communities a greater say on wind farm applications.

Phil's number comes up in Nortghern Echo bingo game

Echo Bingo winner Philip Robson from Darlington.

6:04pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A DELIVERY driver is celebrating after collecting £1,000 in The Northern Echo’s bingo game – but he needed a little help from his brother to claim his prize.

North Yorkshire's own New York comes under spotlight

5:57pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE history of a tiny North Yorkshire settlement with a very big name is to come under the spotlight.

Darlington woman to stand trial accused of falsely collecting for cancer charity

5:27pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A WOMAN will stand trial after she denied trying to fraudulently collect money on behalf of charity.

Stamp fair to be held at Redcar school

5:26pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A REDCAR school will be the venue for what is being billed as the biggest stamp fair to be held in the region for more than ten years.

Police chief seeking long-term solution to problem of rogue off-roaders

5:37pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

DARLINGTON’S new police chief Graham Hall says he wants to find a long-term solution to the menace of illegal off-road bikers in the borough.

Care home residents enjoy afternoon of croquet

5:16pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

STAFF and residents from a Darlington care home wiled away a summer’s afternoon playing croquet against a team of church volunteers.

Stitch up boosts Catterick Help for Heroes Centre

Veteran Paul Nichol (centre) receives the quilts on behalf of Phoenix House Recovery Centre from Dave and Brenda Lincoln of Quilts for Injured Soldiers

5:41pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

The skilful needlework of quilters from all over the world is helping recovering soldiers at the Help for Heroes northern centre at Catterick Garrison.

Magical musical event recreated for North-East audience

6:20pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

NORTH-East music lovers who missed out of a major event at London’s Albert Hall can get a flavour of the occasion at a concert this weekend.





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