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  The 180-year-old bridge built on wool

  3 hours ago in Echo Memories

  BLACKWELL BRIDGE has stood for exactly 180 years on a woollen foundation – a remarkable achievement. In fact, as the foundation stone was laid on June 5, 1832, it is an achievement that would normally have been celebrated in Echo Memories. However, this weekend's Memories is jam-packed with Diamond Jubilee malarky and so the bridge is relegated to a paltry #echomems fact. Let's rectify that here.

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  Jam-packed jubilee

  4 hours ago in Entertainment

  A Jubilee Tribute to the Queen by the Prince of Wales (BBC1, 8pm) Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother (ITV1, 9pm) Punk Britannia (BBC Four, 9pm)

• Prison votes

  4 hours ago in Letters

  THE Northern Echo printed my letter applauding the EU ruling that prisoners must be given the right to vote and CT Riley’s subsequent reply (HAS, May 25).

• Unpaid work

  4 hours ago in Letters

  FOR an Employment Minister who swears blind unpaid labour does not exist in Britain today, Chris Grayling certainly loves serving it up by the bucket load.

• Durham City

  4 hours ago in Letters

  THE Northern Echo invariably refers to the city of Durham as Durham City (capital C) and so does the BBC.

• No joke

  4 hours ago in Letters

  THE Yarm Road area of Darlington has really entered into the spirit and fun of the forthcoming Olympics, with an even greater display of empty crisp bags, sweet wrappings, cans, takeaway cartons, plastic bottles and discarded cigarette packets.

• Olympic torch event

  4 hours ago in Letters

  THE Northern Echo reported on May 30 that 800 tickets will be available for the Olympic Torch event, in Durham Market Place, on Sunday June 17.

• Pensions

  4 hours ago in Letters

  I WOULD not blame doctors for going on strike.

• Bumpy ride

  4 hours ago in Letters

  ALLOW me to enlighten VJ Connor regarding speed bumps (HAS, May 30) as a resident in possession of all the facts.

• Bins

  4 hours ago in Letters

  WHILE it is always entertaining to read lurid conspiracy theories in the pages of The Northern Echo, I feel I have to respond to the letter from Ian White about the introduction of wheelie bins to Darlington (HAS, May 30).

• Playing the blame game

  4 hours ago in Ray Mallon

  THERE was an investigation costing £4.6m, a wait of four-and-a-half years for it to come to court then a six week trial. But in the end, it took a jury just seven hours to ensure justice was done and common sense was restored.

• Shot down by progress

  4 hours ago in Comment

  FEW North-East companies made a bigger impact on world affairs than the one established by Bishop Auckland Grammar School boy William George Armstrong.

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  Changing lives for the better

  4 hours ago in Leader

  Volunteers Week, which starts today, is an annual campaign to celebrate the contribution volunteers make. Karen Grundy, executive director at eVOLution, the Darlington-based voluntary and community sector group, explains why they are so important.

• Back to the drawing board after losing out on funding

  4 hours ago in Richmond & The Dales

  UNSUCCESSFUL bids to win government cash for a high street upgrade have forced two towns to go back to the drawing board.

• Theives attempt to spoil Jubilee competition

  4 hours ago in Richmond & The Dales

  SPOILSPORT thieves have stolen two Jubilee-themed scarecrows from a Richmondshire village, ahead of a competition today. (2) Villagers in Skeeby, near Richmond, realised one of the scarecrows that had been sitting outside the boarded up Traveller’s Rest pub had disappeared on Wednesday morning.

• Businesses club together to save CCTV

  4 hours ago in Richmond & The Dales

  A BUSINESS association is appealing to businesses and residents to help fund a town’s CCTV system - and said once it is gone it will be gone for good.

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  Jubilee Good Wishes

  4 hours ago in County Durham Community Foundation

  With all the doom and gloom that's about this year, it is so heart-warming to have the Jubilee Bank holiday to cheer us all up.

• Meccano exhibiton on show in Shildon

  4 hours ago in Bishop Auckland

  VISITORS to a railway museum can delve into their childhood with an exhibition of a worldwide hit toy.

• Runner shows Olympic torch to Chilton pupils

  4 hours ago in Spennymoor

  AN Olympic torch bearer has carried the torch she held to the region to show it off to youngsters in local schools.

• Bank holiday talks aim to resolve rock concert rail wrangle

  4 hours ago in News

  UNIONS and bosses will meet on Bank Holiday Monday to try to avert a rail strike that could hit two showcase rock concerts.

• Fundraising evening in aid of air ambulance

  4 hours ago in Newton Aycliffe

  A PUB in Newton Aycliffe will hold an evening of fundraising in aid of the air ambulance.

• Residents celebrating as speed bumps are installed

  4 hours ago in Bishop Auckland

  NEW speed bumps have turned an accident waiting to happen into a safe driving zone, residents say.

• Live report: Durham v Lancashire (day 3, tea)

  6 hours ago in Sport

  A STAND of 132 between Ben Stokes and Paul Collingwood got Durham back into the game after they had slipped from 53 without loss to 71 for four at lunch.

• A hot potato on the sandwich run

  7 hours ago in Peter Barron

  The Northern Echo's revelation this week that councillors in Darlington have been briefed on a plan to demolish the town hall to make way for a supermarket has certainly put the cat among the pigeons.

• Mother's Lakes dip to aid Cystic Fibrosis Trust

  8 hours ago in Chester-le-Street

  A MOTHER is taking the plunge and swimming the one smallest lake in the Lake District for charity.

• Live report: Durham v Lancashire (day 3, lunch)

  8 hours ago in Sport

  DURHAM wiped out their arrears for the loss of four wickets this morning, but it was disappointing that both openers should fall after putting on 53.

• Police warn Chester residents of scam letter

  8 hours ago in Chester-le-Street

  PEOPLE are being warned not to respond to a scam letter.

• E Cafe hours extended

  10 hours ago in Spennymoor

  A DROP-IN youth and internet cafe in Ferryhill will open an extra night a week after receiving a cash windfall.

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  Creation of Olympic Textile Art Installation Opportunities

  10 hours ago in Community News

  People wishing to participate in the creation of Barnard Castle's Olympic Textile Art Installation can book a free place on one of the workshop dates at NeST gallery in Newgate, Barnard Castle.

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  Spennymoor mayors support cancer charities

  10 hours ago in Spennymoor

  CANCER charities are the benefactors of fundraising campaigns by a new town mayor and his predecessor.

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  School walking bus celebrates first anniversary

  10 hours ago in Bishop Auckland

  PUPILS, parents and staff celebrated the first anniversary of a primary school's popular walking bus.

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  Rolf inspires youngsters to paint Queen portraits

  11 hours ago in News

  CHILDREN have been painting portraits of the Queen ahead of a jubilee garden party.

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  Patriotic youngsters celebrate landmark

  11 hours ago in News

  CHILDREN in part of the region have enjoyed a patriotic party.

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  Charity shop takes inspiration from the 1930s

  11 hours ago in News

  A CHARITY shop is displaying royal memorabilia from the 1930s.

• Children receive commemorative mugs

  11 hours ago in News

  YOUNGSTERS have been getting into the spirit of the jubilee early during the halfterm holiday.

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  Jubilee crown is restored

  11 hours ago in News

  A GROUP of dales women are celebrating after finding a crown they lovingly created for the Queen’s silver jubilee.

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  80,000 admitted to North-East hospitals last year due to alcohol

  13 hours ago in News

  EIGHTY thousand people were admitted to hospital for alcohol-related reasons in the North-East last year, an annual increase of more than 7,000.

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  Weardale silver jubilee crown is restored

  13 hours ago in News

  A GROUP of Weardale women are celebrating after finding a crown they lovingly created for the Queen’s silver jubilee.

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  Durham University's first female registrar placed on special leave

  13 hours ago in News

  A TOP-ranking official at the North’s leading university has been placed on special leave, The Northern Echo understands.

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  Weardale Railways accountant found guilty of fraud

  13 hours ago in News

  A WOMAN paid to help oversee accounts for a rail company has been convicted of defrauding the business of £36,781.

• Watchdog finds police forces acted appropriately in tragic Christy case

  13 hours ago in News

  A POLICE watchdog has concluded that officers from two North-East police forces dealt appropriately with concerns about a mother in the days before she strangled her two-year-old son.

• Toman: Quakers will win Northern League

  14 hours ago in Sport

  Darlington will win the Northern League title next season, according to former midfielder Andy Toman.

• Scott Wilson Column: Why Henderson is better option than Scholes or Carrick

  14 hours ago in Sport

  WITHIN minutes of Frank Lampard hobbling off the training pitch on Wednesday clutching his thigh, the calls for a rethink about his replacement in the England squad had begun.

• Newcastle step up their interest in Clyne

  14 hours ago in Sport

  NEWCASTLE have stepped up their interest in Crystal Palace full-back Nathaniel Clyne, but have earmarked Lyon's Aly Cissokho as an alternative option should they be unable to complete a deal for the 21-year-old.

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