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SUNDERLAND'S impressive new Northern Spire bridge was thrust into the national limelight on Saturday when it featured on TV’s biggest show Strictly Come Dancing.
THE man known as "Nick" whose allegations sparked the VIP sex abuse probe has appeared in court charged with lying to police and fraudulently receiving £22,000 in compensation.
A COUNTY Durham MP told an estimated crowd of 700,000 in London that it was the demise of the region’s mining industry that has driven him to call for a second vote on Brexit.
RAFA BENITEZ is convinced Newcastle United will still win the fight against relegation in the Premier League despite seeing the winless start to the season extend to nine matches.
JACK ROSS was delighted with the resilience that enabled Sunderland to claim a 2-0 win at Shrewsbury Town – even if he conceded his side were not always at their best as they climbed back to third in the League One table.
REECE STYCHE says he is ‘gutted’ to be leaving Darlington, and says his surprise exit is due to finances.
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to keep a hospital ward open have taken part in a protest march.
PLANNING bosses have rejected plans to build on land near Bishop Auckland – even after the developer halved the proposed number of homes.
THERE is no Reece Styche in the Darlington line-up today as he is due to leave the club next week.
Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson is providing live coverage from Montgomery Waters Stadium as Sunderland take on Shrewsbury Town
Chief football writer Paul Fraser delivers the updates from St James' Park
PEOPLE had the chance to see a County Durham town from a different angle on the opening day of new tourist attraction.
TWO universities have called for authorities detaining a Durham PhD student in the United Arab Emirates to treat him with "proper fairness".
A DRIVER refused to provide a specimen of blood for a drug test because he did not want to take a doctor away from patients in need, a court has heard.
A SCHOOLGIRL is celebrating after winning one of the top prizes in a popular annual challenge for primary schools.
A NEW class has been launched for people keen to try or return to netball.
GAME from North Yorkshire is proving a hit in top London restaurants – and the industry in the region is booming while grouse remains in short supply elsewhere.
CAMPAIGNERS have called for better communication from private Yarm School after it won an appeal regarding a controversial plan to create playing fields and a footbridge across the Tees.
A RICHMOND-based restaurant has taken on three young people thanks to help from a District Council grant scheme.
A WOMAN has been charged with murder after a man is thought to have been stabbed with death.
AFTER successfully re-instating the ‘Wilfra cakes’ tradition, Ripon Museums have turned their attention to a Halloween treat.
QIPCO British Champions Day is a day to savour and I can’t believe Saturday will be the eighth edition. It has quickly bedded in and it’s strange to think British racing didn’t have such a big finale previously.
It’s impossible to arrive at Hull railway station, formerly and more satisfactorily known as Hull Paragon, without being reminded at every turn that in 2017 this was the UK City of Culture.
SATURDAY detentions and new teaching systems have been introduced to improve a secondary school judged inadequate by Ofsted.
NORTH Yorkshire remains the lowest crime area in England and Wales despite a nine per cent rise in recorded offences.
A SUSPECTED fuel laundering plant in County Durham has been dismantled and one man arrested following a HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation.
RIPON Community Link’s annual Apple Day has provided a financial windfall for the charity.
IT’S Champions Day at Ascot and the feature race is the final racecourse appearance of Cracksman (3.50) who has his optimum underfoot conditions (soft ground) as he bids to follow up his win in the corresponding race 12 months ago.
MATTHEW BATES won’t allow any lack of preparation or complacency to affect Hartlepool Untied this afternoon.
PAUL Edwards in School Aycliffe, near Darlington, has been down to Tremadog to help sort his late father’s effects. Among them he finds a Backtrack cutting from 2001.
ANOTHER away day, another sold-out away end for Sunderland. Regardless of where the Black Cats travel in League One, no matter how far, it is becoming a familiar theme to see every seat taken.
TWENTY six soldiers who left their homes never to return from the First World War will be 'brought home' thanks to a village project.
