The time has come to start the harvesting of many maincrop vegetables and fruits. Only vegetables like leeks, celery, Brussels sprouts and parsnips are left undisturbed for the winter months. These all benefit from frosting. Clamping, although a very
TRADERS will return from the long weekend to a relatively packed week of results, with updates from Psion, Schroders and betting-to-hotels group Hilton. Anglo-Dutch software and computer services group CMG has seen its shares suffer along with the rest
LUCKY Lottie the dog had a miracle escape after plunging 50ft down a cliff face when she jumped over a wall. The two-and-a-half-year-old black mongrel escaped with just a few cuts after falling from the top of a cliff in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Owner
CHURCH leaders have been accused of cutting corners by getting lay people to do the work of priests to save cash. The move is part of efforts to develop the role of lay members in the Durham diocese of the Church of England by, working alongside ordained
A DISGRACED surgeon was last night thrown out of the medical profession, following a series of blunders during hysterectomy and circumcision operations. Peter Silverstone, 58, left two baby boys in agony after failing to anaesthetise them properly, the
NORTH-EAST-based trio Jonathan Greening, Mark Wilson and Andy Griffin have been included in David Platt's latest England Under-21 squad. But there is no place in the trimmed 24-man list, to face Germany in Freiburg on August 31 and Albania at the Riverside
NURSES from the Philippines will start work on Teesside on Monday after a failure to recruit UK staff. The North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust recruited 59 Filipino nurses in May. The first nine finished their two-week induction yesterday. Despite high
Boro boss Steve McClaren continued his woeful start in charge on Teesside with his third straight defeat. The new man in charge decided to switch formations with the sweeper system reinstalled after two straight defeats. But the move proved ineffective
A PIONEERING publishing company is gearing up for expansion with the creation of new jobs. Yarm's ATI Publications achieved a major breakthrough in 1999 when it launched the first buyer's guide to the world-wide flag and banner industry. The result of
A BRILLIANT piece of fielding by Gary Pratt spared Durham's blushes yesterday when they were threatening to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. After starting the third day at Hove 316 ahead with five wickets left, they added only 20 runs and reached
Darlington make the short journey to Hartlepool today with a double mission - to double the season's points to tally to six and to make amends for last season's poor performances against their fierce rivals. There is no denying Pool deserved to win last
PAUL INCE leads Middlesbrough into today's game at Everton fearing the worst for his Riverside future and revealing his sadness over the decline of old mate Paul Gascoigne. Geordie Gazza, who moved to Goodison Park last summer on a free transfer after
FARMERS in the North-East suffered a double blow last night as the nightmare of foot-and-mouth returned to the region. Nearly three months after the last reported case in County Durham and Northumberland, ministry officials announced that animals at Taylor
ALAN SHEARER has assured Newcastle United manager Bobby Robson that he won't risk his career for the sake of derby revenge against Sunderland. Skipper Shearer, out for five months following make-or-break surgery to cure tendinitis in his left knee, can
ALL our luck came at once at Musselburgh on Thursday when Salsa came home clear of his rivals. He was in second place, three lengths behind the leader Scarrattoo with a furlong to go when the saddle slipped on the latter and rider Graham Gibbons was unseated
FOCUSED Hartlepool United manager Chris Turner won't be dragged into the derby hype this afternoon. Turner has engineered a low profile among his players ahead of this afternoon's Victoria Park clash with Darlington. And with a trip to Leyton Orient to
RECORD signing Ugo Ehiogu believes Middlesbrough are in desperate need of three points at Everton this afternoon. Ehiogu, who has played in both of Boro's opening two defeats against Arsenal and Bolton Wanderers, insists they need to start winning before
CONGRATULATIONS to Yorkshire on winning their first cricket championship since 1968. Given the region's current sporting record - one that has Newcastle's failure in the InterToto Cup as its most recent entry - this idea of success is something of a novelty
THE more things change the more they stay the same. Boro have a new management team but they will again find that recovering from a poor start can be a long haul. A sending off and a booking for Ugo Ehiogu sounds familiar, as does Sunderland's Kevin Phillips
WHILST it is doubtless true - as St Matthew observes - that wherever two or three are gathered together so Christ will be there also, ten or 12 looks better on the team picture. This column's only beneficial effect, indeed - particularly among smaller
A company is investigating how a deaf and dumb teenager came to be locked in a Metro train in a dark depot. Vicky Cheung, 18, was terrified when the driver of a late-night train failed to spot he still had a passenger on board when he ended the service
WOOLWORTHS has added to the woes of Internet company Baltimore Technologies after details of the retailer's stock market listing emerged yesterday. The high street firm, which is due to be spun off from Kingfisher on Tuesday, is taking Baltimore's place
THE provisional liquidators of Independent Insurance have set up a company to pay outstanding claims for the collapsed insurance group, it was announced last night. The so-called "run-off" company, Aurora Corporate Services, will pay insurance claims
RICHARD HANNON'S horses have struggled to prevail at the highest level this season, but there's still time for Tamburlaine (2.50) to put things right by taking this afternoon's £80,000 Group 2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood. The East Everleigh-based trainer
Letters from The Northern Echo EUTHANASIA DIANE Pretty is an inspiration to us all (Echo, Aug 21). The mother-of-two has been diagnosed with one of the worst chronic diseases known to mankind and her life must be an absolute living hell. Diane's determination
Q My father, aged 84, pays rent of £39 and council tax of £20. Is he paying too much as he only has a state pension of £74.55 a week, coal money of £3.72 a week, a miner's pension of £140.40 a month and £3,000 savings? AIt is not clear how regularly he
A BOOK left in dusty old box in a charity shop could shed light on a family's history. The dark green book on the history of the Durham Light Infantry (DLI), was handed in to the Mayor's Charity Shop, in Darlington, last week. It was among a pile of books
THE row over the North-East detective who escaped a speeding ticket after being flashed by roadside cameras intensified last night when it emerged two drivers had tried the same defence. While one was convicted, the other saw the charge dropped. Businessman
REVIEWS : Sonic Adventure 2. Published by: Sega. Format: Dreamcast GD-ROM. Price: £29.99 ONE of video gaming's most enduring icons, Sonic the Hedgehog, celebrates his tenth birthday this summer. It seems barely yesterday that the outlandish blue spikey-haired
Darlington overcame arch rivals Hartlepool United 2-1 at Victoria Park on Saturday. Quakers striker Danny Mellanby grabbed his side the winner three minutes before half-time despite heavy pressure from the hosts in the second half. Midfielder Mark Tinkler
THE site of a former school in Darlington is to be sold to a housing developer. The former Joseph Pease School, at the rear of Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, in Vane Terrace, will be sold to Barratt Homes to help the college fund a £2.6m extension
PENALTY-SAVING derby hero Thomas Sorensen goes into tomorrow's big game determined to make amends to his Sunderland teammates for the nightmare mistake at Fulham in midweek. The Wearsiders looked set to claim a point at Craven Cottage when the normally
A FORMER head lad yesterday lost his bid to prove a racehorse trainer had been negligent in asking him to ride a horse which threw him and left him unable to work. Robert Atkinson sued his former employer, Denys Smith, who has a yard at Bishop Auckland
ROTHMANS owner British American Tobacco (BAT) has launched legal challenge to a new European Union directive which, it says, threatens hundreds of North-East jobs. The company, which maintains operations in Darlington and Peterlee, believes the EU does
IT reads like the anguished diary of a bullied schoolboy. Being flicked in the genitals with a towel, having pencils forced between crushed fingers, being rubbed down with a cat's bottom. In some ways, it sounds comical. But when these acts of torture
A MAN accused of raping a teenage girl was sought out and attacked by a group of her friends, a court heard. They set off vigilante-style in search of Gary Lines, 30, after his 15-year-old victim was seen in a highly distressed state shortly after the
TWO close friends will go head-to-head when Hartlepool United and Darlington get the first North-East derby of the season underway this afternoon. When the teams walk out at Victoria Park to the rival chants of both sets of supporters, there will be another
