Sunderland fans again called for the departure of manager Peter Reid as the Black Cats crashed to their second 3-0 defeat of the week. Japanese World Cup star Junichi Inamoto ran the show for Fulham, opening the scoring 11 minutes before the break then
ROT stoppers have been as thin on the ground as Bradleys and Ashleys in Durham cricket, but Australian duo Brad Hodge and Ashley Thorpe swept gallantly to the rescue yesterday. It won't be enough to prevent a tenth defeat in 15 championship games this
A NEW drug could bring hope to thousands of retired miners in the region whose lungs have been wrecked by life underground. Spiriva, or Tiotropium, is a once-a-day inhaled powder which can significantly reduce the distressing symptoms of lung conditions
JENNIFER Lopez, Emma Thompson and Russell Crowe were all in the region yesterday. But the star names were not in the North-East for a film festival or premiere, instead they were surprise entrants in Darlington's Championship Dog Show. The basset hounds
MIDDLESBROUGH boss Steve McClaren has been delighted with the impact loan-ranger Geremi has had on the Premiership high-fliers. But the Boro chief, who takes his side to Everton this afternoon, insists that the Riverside faithful are yet to see the best
SUNDERLAND manager Peter Reid has admitted that the pressure is on his side to produce a home victory against Fulham today and repay a debt to Wearside's army of fans. The Black Cats have won only two of their 12 League and Cup games at the Stadium of
THE moment the full horror of what happened on September 11, 2001, struck me was on September 12, 2002. At the year on ceremony at Ground Zero on Wednesday, I'd found the sound of the 2,801 names extraordinarily moving - the way the list went on and on
TWO questions loom over the latest stage version of Antony and Cleopatra like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor with after-party hangovers. Why is the Royal Shakespeare Company presenting another revival so soon after the Alan Bates-Frances De la Tour
THE future for mobile phone group Orange was looking distinctly brighter last night as the company announced it has made a post-tax profit for the first time. Interim results for the company, which has call centres in Darlington, Peterlee, County Durham
IN the past, it was famous for its railway, but now Darlington is making a name for itself as the hairdressing capital of Britain. The town has a staggering 97 hairdressing salons - more per head of population than anywhere else in the country. From small
An engineer kidnapped his former girlfriend by hiding in her car boot and bursting through the back seat with a gun, a court was told yesterday. Glen Thwaites, 31, who had been suffering from paranoia and severe depression, held the gun to the head of
AN open verdict is never a satisfactory outcome to an inquest. It means that key questions remain unanswered about the events that led to someone's death. In the case of 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock, who was found floating in Michael Barrymore's swimming
RICHARD and Judy have done it. So did Morecambe and Wise. And Desmond Lynam. But switching channels can be a risk for TV stars if they don't deliver ratings as big as their salary cheque. When television stars want to change channels it's not as simple
NATIONWIDE inquiries are under way into fake United States army passes, which could get bearers into military bases, a court heard yesterday. Counterfeit currency was also circulating at American bases, including the top-secret spy station at Menwith
THIRTEEN months on and, for Ritchie Humphreys at least, it seems an eternity. Chris Turner's Hartlepool United side were still in the getting-to-know you stage when Darlington paid a visit to Victoria Park on August 25. And Darlington headed back along
Despite supporters of each club revelling in the pre-derby build-up, Darlington boss Tommy Taylor has avoided all the hype surrounding today's game at Hartlepool. Instead, he prefers to think of the match as an ordinary League game. A derby of any sorts
Kevin Campbell scored twice as Middlesbrough squandered the lead to lose 2-1 at Goodison Park. Campbell headed the winning goal from a Thomas Gravesen corner 13 minutes from time to condemn Boro to their second successive away defeat. Szilard Nemeth opened
IT was a harrowing image - a boy not yet 13 walking solemnly behind his mother's coffin, draped in the Royal Standard on a horse-drawn gun-carriage. Flanked by his brother, father and uncle, Prince Harry was forced to endure his private grief in full
HARTLEPOOL United took the Division Three derby honours as they romped to a 4-1 win over Darlington at Victoria Park. Pool dominated proceedings - and it could have been even more than the four they scored. Eifion Williams put Pool in front with just
