Sunderland and Liverpool both leave it late
11:28pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
SUNDERLAND left it late to progress to the third round of the Carling Cup this evening.
Comments (0)Two people hospitalised after accident
8:37pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
TWO people were taken to hopsital following a road traffic accident in County Durham this evening.
Man jailed for beating his girlfriend
7:21pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
A MAN who savagely attacked his new girlfriend just weeks after they got together has been jailed.
Bungling robber dropped cash as he fled bookies, court told
4:17pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
A BUNGLING raider who lost most of the loot he robbed from a bookmakers has been jailed for three years.
Drug dealer turned student jailed for supplying undercover officer
2:52pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
A DRUG dealer who became a student at Teesside University was jailed yesterday for selling Class A drugs nearly two years ago.
Two in court accused of assaulting couple at farm
2:04pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
TWO men appeared in court today accused of assaulting an elderly couple at their farm.
Police seek dog walker who saved boy from beating
11:50am Wednesday 27th August 2008
POLICE in Darlington are trying to trace a good Samaritan dog-walker who stepped in to stop an unprovoked attack on a teenage boy.
Breakthough in Chinese students murder case
11:24am Wednesday 27th August 2008
DETECTIVES seeking the killers of two Chinese graduates have made a breakthrough in the murder investigation.
Gunpoint kidnap of BMW salesman
10:25am Wednesday 27th August 2008
A CAR salesman was kidnapped and held at gunpoint before being dumped in a field by a gang posing as buyers for a £30,000 BMW.
Why The Northern Echo is out of the picture at Pools
10:14am Wednesday 27th August 2008
READERS may be wondering why the match report from last night's Carling Cup match between Hartlepool United and West Brom is accompanied by a Roy Of The Rovers-style artist's impression.
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Waste plant body was newborn girl
Updated 6:29am Thursday 28th August 2008
The body of a newborn baby found at a waste recycling centre was a girl, police said.
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Why The Northern Echo is out of the picture at Pools
READERS may be wondering why the match report from last night's Carling Cup match between Hartlepool United and West Brom is accompanied by a Roy Of The Rovers-style artist's impression.
Gunpoint kidnap of BMW salesman
A CAR salesman was kidnapped and held at gunpoint before being dumped in a field by a gang posing as buyers for a £30,000 BMW.
Expert offers 'castration cure' for paedophiles
A “CURE” for paedophiles is being offered by North-East doctors using drugs to chemically castrate sex offenders.
Photos reveal devastation at fire-hit hotel
THE full extent of the devastation caused by a massive fire at a hotel has been revealed.
Company given go-ahead to quarry near monument
A QUARRY company’s controversial plan to extract sand and gravel near a 5,000-year-old monument has finally received approval.
Olympic hero so glad to be home
They carried the British flag to glory in Beijing. Now the North’s medal-winning Olympians are enjoying another taste of glory as they return to their homes in the region. Philippa Weighell reports.
Mystery as teen arsonists walk free
FIVE teenagers who destroyed a bowls pavilion during a drunken wrecking spree have all been spared jail – after a court was told that club members said they wanted them punished, but not locked up.
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