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  • Magpies lack magic to kill off Addicks

    Newcastle United 0 Charlton Athletic 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED'S search for a Premiership win extended to six matches against Charlton this afternoon as the profligacy of Glenn Roeder's side continued. Irishman Damien Duff, playing in an unfamiliar striker

  • Magpies lack magic to kill off Addicks

    Newcastle United 0 Charlton Athletic 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED'S search for a Premiership win extended to six matches against Charlton this afternoon as the profligacy of Glenn Roeder's side continued. Irishman Damien Duff, playing in an unfamiliar striker

  • Quakers leave Pools with a draw

    HARTLEPOOL United and Darlington played out a goalless draw in the League Two derby - but it's the visitors who will be the happiest. Pools dominated possession for long periods, but couldn't find a way through. Visiting keeper Sam Russell made a

  • Conservation group calls on mayor to save woods

    A LEADING organisation for environmental conservation has joined the fight to save a woodland from developers. The Open Spaces Society is calling on Middlesbrough Mayor Ray Mallon to intervene and stop the council selling Longridge. Residents have had

  • Inquiry starts into collection company

    TRADING officials are investigating a company which was dissolved four months ago. Orellana Ltd has leafleted parts of North Yorkshire, asking for unwanted clothes and household items to go to Third World families. The leaflets give a company registration

  • New healthcare boss orders review of all PCT premises

    THE woman in charge of County Durham's newly-unified primary care trust (PCT) has ordered a review of medical and dental premises. Yasmin Chaudhry, a former midwife who has held a variety of senior managerial posts in the North-East NHS over the past

  • Work to solve village flooding problems

    WATER engineers are working to solve long-running problems that have led to flooding and complaints about leaking sewage. Discontent among members of Aiskew and Leeming Bar Parish Council about strain on Leeming Bar's drains came to a head after it was

  • Police fail to meet targets for detecting crime

    NORTH Yorkshire Police is failing to meet targets for the detection of crime. Figures for the past six months showed a detection rate of 30.4 per cent, compared to a target of 40 per cent for 2006-7. The same period last year had a rate of 35.8 per cent

  • Invitation to put pageant in picture

    AMATEUR photographers are invited to showcase their skills at Saltburn's pageant of light. The event, which celebrates the end of British Summer Time, takes place tomorrow at Saltburn Valley Woodland Centre. As part of the festivities, Redcar and Cleveland

  • Treasured toys go on display in museum

    A COLOURFUL exhibition of Indian toys is on display in Hartlepool. Khel: Toys from India, showcases handmade toys and games used by millions of children through the years. The exhibition is touring the country from the V&A Museum of Childhood, in London

  • Police hunt for woman's road rage attacker

    POLICE are hunting a man who punched and verbally abused a female motorist in what they are describing as a suspected road rage incident. At 11.30pm on Thursday, the victim, who is in her early 30s, was driving home along Thinford Lane, the A688 on the

  • Trust head to review 'below par' practices

    THE woman in charge of County Durham's newly-unified Primary Care Trust (PCT) has ordered a review of medical and dental premises. Yasmin Chaudhry, a former midwife who has held a variety of senior managerial posts in the North-East NHS over the past

  • Partnership working to clean up estate

    STREET wardens have joined forces with a private landlord in a bid to carry out a clean-up on a village estate. Easington District Council has teamed up with Accent North East, which owns 300 properties in the former mining community of Horden. Together

  • Mother and daughter hit man with pool cue in brawl

    A MOTHER and her teenage daughter were at the centre of a bar-room brawl in which a man was attacked with a pool cue, pool balls, a chair and an ashtray. Burly victim Mark Duffy was also repeatedly kicked by the pair after he had been knocked to the floor

  • Website aimed at teenagers proves to be a great help

    A WEBSITE to help young people improve all aspects of their lifestyle has proved popular in its first few weeks. The site - Help4Teens - has been created by young people's service Connexions County Durham, and includes advice for people aged from 13

  • Prime Minister opens play area for children

    FUN and fitness are on the agenda for families living in Tony Blair's backyard, following the creation of a play area and sports pitch. The Prime Minister officially opened the £200,000 facilities, next to Trimdon Colliery Community Centre, yesterday

  • Man used his car 'like a weapon' to ram vehicle

    A DRINK-DRIVER used his vehicle like a weapon to ram another car in a chase round a housing estate, a court heard. Christopher Divers aimed his Ford Escort Cabriolet at the Vauxhall Vectra, after recognising the driver, with whom there had been ill-feeling

  • Two men locked up for attack on visitor

    TWO men who attacked a visitor to a town after a drinking session have been locked up. A judge described the unprovoked attack by James Loomes and pal Timothy Robinson as "truly shocking and appalling". Their Latvian victim, Oleg Simanec, suffered fractures

  • Appeal in happy slapping aasault

    THREE teenagers have been arrested by detectives investigating a so-called happy slapping assault. The 27-year-old victim was attacked by a group of youths on the night of October 6 in an area between Penhill Close and Bradley Close, on the Urpeth estate

  • School is selling secret of its success

    A TRANSFORMED school is selling the secret of its success to schools across the country. In 1998, only 38 per cent of pupils at Hurworth School, near Darlington, received five A*-C grade GCSEs. This year, it was 93 per cent. Headteacher Dean Judson credits

  • Students take to the stage for musical report

    MUSIC students were given a school report with a difference when they had to showcase their skills to their family and friends at a performance night. The Northern School for Contemporary Music (NSCM) held an event at The Forum Music Centre, in Darlington

  • Teenager attacked his love rival after losing girlfriend

    A TEENAGER was spared prison after beating up a love rival and fracturing his cheekbone. The 16-year-old boy poked his victim in the eye, pushed him to the ground, kicked him, hit him in the face and stamped on him four times in the attack, a court heard

  • Shane fulfils his dream of teaching

    A FORMER computer administrator with the Army has marched into a new career with help from a former tutor. Shane Lazenby, from Darlington, has recently taken up the position of Army learning centre manager at Catterick Garrison, an achievement he credits

  • Boro's call comes through loud and clear for Euell

    LAST month, after Middlesbrough had conceded a last-gasp winner at Sheffield United, Gareth Southgate scoured his dressing room for players willing to battle in the face of adversity. Little wonder, then, that his next move was to reinstate Jason Euell

  • Butterworth's boot on other foot

    Ahead of today's League Two derby, Sports Editor Nick Loughlin spoke with Ian Butterworth, the former Darlington coach now plying his trade with Hartlepool United and plotting the downfall of his former players. THE last time Darlington won at Hartlepool

  • Gough on to a winner - and loser - whatever the result

    After a three-year gap, Darlington and Hartlepool United renew rivalries today with supporters keen to see their side win. But there's one man whose got a foot in both camps, Quakers' physiotherapist Paul Gough. Born and raised in Hartlepool, Gough has

  • Old Vic has slim chance to put fat rivals in their place

    WETHERBY'S Charlie Hall Chase represents an ideal opportunity for some of National Hunt's big boys to climb into the ring and shed some of the flab accumulated from a summer at grass. Believe me, there'll be a few swinging bellies in the parade prior

  • Big-race clash is 'crazy'

    ASCOT'S decision to stage the United House Gold Cup on the same day as Wetherby's Charlie Hall Chase over near enough the same distance has set off a war of words between the respective camps. It's a crazy situation which should never have been allowed

  • Wearmouth heads for the greener grass in the Park

    DARLINGTON Mowden Park have signed lock Chris Wearmouth from Durham City and he will make his debut in today's EDF Energy Cup tie at home to Cleckheaton. After playing for Durham Under-20s, the former Barnard Castle player, who comes from a Weardale farming

  • 'Fan' Keltie sees both sides

    Footballers are sometimes accused of lacking in empathy with supporters but Clark Keltie will know just how Darlington fans are feeling today - because he was one of them in last season's derby. Hartlepool United hosted Darlington in the Carling Cup in

  • Accoladefollowed by fine for Pool

    HARTLEPOOL UNITED have been fined for fielding an 'under-strength' team in a competition in which they produced the performance of the round. The Football League have fined Pools £1,500 for failing to comply with a ruling of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy

  • Bridges is hoping for success all round

    MICHAEL BRIDGES was, in his younger days, a hero on Wearside. Today, as a member of the Hull City squad, he is plotting Sunderland's downfall. After leaving Carlisle United in August for a £350,000 fee, Bridges took another step towards his ultimate

  • Priority is cutting wage bill

    NEWCASTLE officials have made trimming the club's burgeoning wage bill their number one objective for the "medium term". And with income from the Premier League's new television deal set to rocket next season, chief operating officer Russell Cushing has

  • Younis signs on for Tykes

    Yorkshire have completed the signing on a one year contract of Pakistan batting star, Younis Khan, who will arrive at Headingley Carnegie Stadium immediately after the World Cup finishes at the end of April. Khan, 29 next month, is currently Pakistan's

  • A window for managers like turkeys voting for Christmas

    IT IS October 28 and the battle is already well under way to become the latest winner of the annually held Premiership sack race. Despite all the speculation at a similar stage last season, punters had to wait until November 24 to learn whether their

  • Wilson aware of how much local pride is on the line

    DANNY WILSON is no stranger to a football derby so today, when he tastes his first Hartlepool United encounter with rivals Darlington, he knows exactly what to expect.The fixture between two of North-East football's less glamorous professional clubs may

  • Dyer sidelined by freak accident

    HE might have spent the last two days eyeing a first start of the season, but Kieron Dyer's hopes of appearing against Charlton were dashed yesterday when a freak eye injury forced him to rest for two weeks.The injury-plagued 27-year-old, who played his

  • Spinning out of the picture

    TODAY we publish statistics which give an indication of how busy and effective the region's MPs have been in Parliament over the past year. They show how many written questions they have submitted, how many debates they have taken part in and the percentage

  • October 28, 2006

    POPPY APPEAL AS First Citizen of County Durham, I am inviting people to join me in supporting the Royal British Legion's annual Poppy Appeal, which is launched today. The appeal is a fitting way to remember those men and women who have given so much while

  • Ladies of the Lake

    When deserted by her other half, Women's Editor Sarah Foster joined a fellow cycling widow for some serious pampering at a Lakeland retreat. WHEN my husband said he planned to do the Coast to Coast cycle ride my first reaction, perhaps a little selfishly

  • A bum deal for Rokeby

    SHE lies naked on a silk grey sheet, her beautiful bum, her slender waist, her blemish-free white skin catching the eye. She is Venus, the Roman goddess of love, the personification of beauty, the lady of Teesdale. She's propped up on her elbow, fixated

  • Engineer urges re-think over line

    THE man once responsible for maintaining a mothballed North-East railway line has described plans to tear it up as ludicrous. Trevor Horner was a permanent way engineer with the former British Rail and in charge of the Leamside Line until it closed to

  • Town's really on the move

    FAMILY favourite Monopoly has taken on a local twist with the Riverside stadium taking over Mayfair's top spot on the board game. And The Northern Echo even gets in on the game with its name being used on one of the Chance squares. Earlier this year,

  • Security firm has vision of future prosperity

    SECURITY firm 2020 Vision has embarked on the first stage of its ambitious expansion plans by opening an office on the M62 corridor. The CCTV firm plans to increase turnover from £3.5m to £10m within five years and the first step is expansion into Yorkshire

  • Spotlight on tobacco firm

    Cigarette-maker Imperial Tobacco will be in the spotlight this week, while investors are expecting news on British Airways, Tate & Lyle, Smith & Nephew, ICI and Unilever. Lambert & Butler owner Imperial Tobacco this week reports back on what is expected

  • Union secures payout

    A TRADE union last night claimed a victory after securing a payout worth up to £1.2m for 560 workers of collapsed company Stag Furniture. Workers at Stag, in Sunderland, were laid off after the firm went into administration earlier this year, without

  • Inquiry into potential breaches at racetrack

    RESIDENTS who say they are plagued by noise from a motor racing track hope a council will take legal action after an alleged breach of regulations. According to environment officers, records from Croft circuit, near Darlington, showed that 25 vehicles

  • Mother sobs during claims by police that she fed her son drugs

    A JURY has heard the emotional police interviews given by the parents of a toddler they are accused of killing. Gemma Fennelly told detectives about the moment she found 22-month-old Mitchell Bate "blue and cold" at their home on September 16, last year

  • Road safety signs being stolen for scrap metal

    THIEVES are endangering drivers and risking prison by stealing road signs. Men in blue overalls, posing as workers, have been seen removing signs around Darlington. At least two chevron signs have been stolen in the past week, and nine information signs

  • £3m plans for city's derelict warehouse

    A BUSINESSMAN has announced £3m proposals to transform a derelict warehouse into a boutique shopping centre. Marti Dix wants to convert the Bonding Warehouse, in York, into a major shopping and lifestyle destination to rival the likes of Leeds' Corn

  • Trouble at the top for PM as Ron highlights hair loss

    IT'S not only Tony Blair's support within the Labour party that is thinning these days, even his receding hairline is drawing unwanted attention.The Prime Minister had to stop his famous grin from turning to a grimace yesterday when plucky 84-year-old

  • Officers in line for national accolades

    A POLICEMAN whose work has been described as exceptional by his force heads the nominations for an awards ceremony which recognises the unheralded work of regular officers.Sergeant Rob Smith, of Durham Police, who is up for the Community Police Officer

  • Pumpkin just kept on growing

    SCHOOLBOY Mikey Fullerton's Halloween lantern promises to be something special this year.The 11-year-old has grown a pumpkin as big as himself on his father's County Durham allotment.Mikey, who grew it from seed ordered from America, was determined to

  • Baby killer back behind bars for breach of bail

    A MOTHER ordered to live at a bail hostel after walking free from court, despite admitting killing her baby, ended up spending the night on a park bench after a drunken binge.And yesterday, the judge who sentenced 22-year-old Danielle Wails after hearing

  • Secret U-turn on ghost ships plan?

    COUNCILLORS who refused to allow so-called ghost ships to be scrapped at a North-East yard could be poised to make a dramatic U-turn, The Northern Echo has learned. Two weeks after members of Hartlepool Borough Council's planning committee went against

  • How busy was your MP in the past year?

    THE region's busiest MPs are revealed today by The Northern Echo. Our survey has uncovered which of our politicians attended the most debates in the House of Commons, those who have taken part in the most votes and those who have submitted most questions

  • Blair under pressure at question time grilling

    THE Prime Minister met his match yesterday when he got a grilling during a primary school question and answer session. Pupils from Sedgefield Primary School and St William's RCVA Primary School, in Trimdon, met their local MP at Sedgefield library, in

  • Food factory workers threaten strike action

    WORKERS at Premier Food's Quorn factory on Teesside are to stage two 36-hour walkouts unless crunch talks on Monday resolve a dispute over pay. Staff at the plant in Billingham, near Stockton, agreed to the stoppages after voting in favour of industrial

  • Newcastle United slide to £12m losses

    NEWCASTLE United last night posted losses of more than £12m - in part due to expensive new signings and an absence of European football last season. The club's massive investment in England striker Michael Owen, bought from Real Madrid, and Spain international

  • Is it time for change?

    THE year was 1784; the setting Paris, and Benjamin Franklin, then the US ambassador to France, came to re-assess the country's wasteful use of light. "An accidental sudden noise waked me about six in the morning," he wrote in a letter to the Journal de

  • The great TV vote

    FOR the first time, viewers have the chance to choose the region's best television show with the North-East and Border branch of the Royal Television Society organising a public vote as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations. Viewers can vote from

  • Kiss me Kate

    KATE Winslet wants to make one thing clear - enjoy isn't the word she'd use to describe doing the love scenes in her new movie, Little Children. She and co-star Patrick Wilson get to grips in several physical and explicit sex scenes in the film. "I wouldn't

  • Roeder labels Rossi 'football gold dust'

    GLENN Roeder last night claimed that finding Giuseppe Rossi was like finding "gold dust", but warned Newcastle fans not to saddle the club's on-loan striker with unrealistically high expectations.Rossi made the first start of his loan spell from Manchester

  • Keane agrees with skipper that it's very good to talk

    AFTER warning his Sunderland players he is watching their every move, manager Roy Keane has come to realise the true worth of having chatter-box Steve Caldwell in his ranks - even if he is yet to play.The trip to Hull City this afternoon could have arrived

  • Gray knows derby glory may lead to the ultimate prize

    A loNG time has passed since Darlington last travelled to Hartlepool United for a league game but few Quakers fans have forgotten the apparent disdain with which then manager Tommy Taylor treated the eagerly-anticipated fixture.But there is no danger