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  • Statement from coach firm

    David Richardson, director of Richardson's, which owns the coach carrying the children, said: "Everyone at Richardson's is shocked and absolutely devastated following the accident that took place outside English Martyr's School in Hartlepool today. "

  • Headteacher: my devastation

    THE headteacher of English Martyrs School has spoken of his devastation after 20 of his students were injured in the tragic accident. Joe Hughes looked visibly shaken as he revealed the full extent of the accident, which left two youngsters critically

  • Hospital: walking wounded allowed home

    A spokeswoman for the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust said all nine walking wounded who had gone to the University Hospital of Hartlepool had been treated and discharged. She said they had suffered minor cuts and other soft tissue injuries. The

  • Ambulance: people were trapped under bus

    A spokesman for the North East Ambulance Service said: "At 3.38 pm we received a 999 call to outside Catcote School, on Catcote Road, in Hartlepool, for a road accident involving a bus where a number of people were reported trapped under the vehicle.

  • Police question driver

    Police said they would be interviewing the school bus driver tonight as part of their investigation.

  • Bus crash: eye-witness reports

    Eyewitnesses described seeing the bus swerve off the road and into schoolchildren waiting outside English Martyrs' School to avoid hitting a boy who ran into the road. Pupils were trapped screaming under the wheels as smoke began to pour from

  • Air ambulance bus crash latest

    A spokeswoman for the Great North Air Ambulance said the Police helicopter had picked up a paramedic as it flew to the scene. She said: "They arrived at the scene at 4pm and left at 4.07pm and arrived at James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough, at 4.11 pm

  • Two children "critical" after bus crash

    TWO children are critically ill in hospital tonight after a minibus swerved off the road and into youngsters leaving school. The accident happenedoutside the English Martyrs School, in Hartlepool, at about 3.30pm. Eye-witnesses have told The Northern

  • Eye-witness: I saw bus crash

    An eye-witness to the crash told The Northern Echo: "I saw someone run out in front of the bus and the driver had to swerve. "All the children started running around screaming. It looked as if two or three were trapped under the bus. "All I could see

  • Bus crash update

    TWENTY people have been hurt - most of them thought to be school children - in a three vehicle pile up, involving a school bus. Two seriously injured children were airlifted to hospital from the scene of today's smash outside the English Martyrs Roman

  • Bus crash latest

    FOUR children have been flown to hospital after a three vehicle pile-up involving a school bus on Teesside tonight. The crash, involving a mini-bus, a bus carrying 30 school children and a Renault Scenic Megan, happened just after 3.30pm today outside

  • Bus crash: four children taken to hospital

    The Great North East Air Ambulance Service said four casualties had been flown to hospital in three helicopters. The most seriously injured was an eight-year-old girl who suffered head injuries and was taken to the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough

  • Bus crash: first reports from scene

    Alex Price, a teacher at English Martyrs told The Northern Echo a few minutes ago: "Some people have been airlifted away to hospital. "Some of the teachers have gone down to the scene of the accident and that is all I can tell you at the moment as

  • Bus crash update

    A major incident had been declared after a three vehicle pile-up outside a school. The crash, involving a mini-bus, a bus carrying 30 school children and a Renault Scenic Megan, happened just after 3.30pm today (Wed.). It is believed that as many

  • Bus crash "major incident"

    Following the crash outside a Hartlepool school a spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said: "A three vehicle collision has occured outside English Martyrs School, on Catcote Road, Hartlepool. "The incident happened just after 3.30pm this afternoon.

  • Bus crash latest

    One of the vehicles in collision with the school bus was a Renault Scenic - police.

  • Bus crash latest

    Police have confirmed that there are no fatalities at the bus crash site.

  • Bus crash latest

    The incident involved another bus and a car and a fleet of ambulances has been sent to the scene. Air ambulances were also arriving at the incident in Catcote Road and using a nearby rugby club roof as a landing base.

  • Twenty children injured in crash

    Police say as many as twenty children may have been injured in a multiple vehicle accident outside a Teesside school. Two are believed to have been seriously injured and 15 are classed as "walking wounded." The incident happened at the English Martyrs

  • Moxon plays down Vaughan fears

    YORKSHIRE coach Martyn Moxon today played down fears over Michael Vaughan's fitness after the England captain had to leave the field with a stiff back. Vaughan pulled out of the final day of his side's Roses clash with Lancashire, and concerns over his

  • Children injured in bus crash

    Reports are coming in that a school minibus has crashed near Hartlepool. Emergency services have confirmed that there have been a number of casualties. The bus is believed to have been carrying 30 children. The accident involved three vehicles outside

  • Car clampdown

    More than 2,000 cars in the North-East have been clamped or towed away since May last year as part of a crackdown on tax dodgers. A total of 2,341 untaxed cars were successfully targeted in the 13 month period up to the end of June 2007. The crackdown

  • Service for war dead

    More than 2,000 people filled York Minster today for a special memorial service for 26 soldiers killed in action while serving in Iraq. Soldiers from 19 Light Brigade and relatives of those who died in action packed the historic medieval cathedral to

  • Yorkshire Show:day 2

    THE supreme dairy title went to a 21 year-old North Yorkshire farmer's daughter who keeps Ayrshires "for a bit of fun." Kathryn Alderson has only shown her winning Haresfoot Pamela 5 on two occasions - last year when she was reserve breed champion at

  • Volunteers re-open community centre

    A COMMUNITY centre has reopened six weeks after being forced to close because of a funding crisis. Services are gradually returning to Shildon People's Centre after a new team took over management of the former Shildon Centre. The centre, on the town's

  • Exotic trek to aid hospices

    AN office worker is to trade his desk job for a trek through the forests of Sri Lanka to raise money for charity. Michael Downes, from Lanchester, is preparing for the sponsored trek in October, aiming to raise money for three hospice charities. The

  • Council to allocate funds for flood-hit householders

    CASH help is being made available to householders hit by the flooding in the Ryedale area last week. The local district council has agreed to allocate £10,000 to be shared between residents who were affected by the floods. Businesses are also being offered

  • Housing group helps to organise residents' group

    A GROUP is being launched to give villagers a bigger voice. East Durham Homes is helping to establish a residents' association for Wingate and Station Town. The first meeting of the group will be on Thursday, July 19, at Wingate and District Community

  • 'I would not be here today without them'

    IT is usually patients who have their lives saved every day at Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital. But a doctor and an administrator at the hospital were yesterday presented with an award, thanking them for saving the life of one of its managers

  • Burglar on electronic tag stole net curtains

    A BURGLAR on an electronic tag has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years for stealing a pair of net curtains. David Steele, who was on a curfew order at the time of the burglary, was told he would have faced a stiffer sentence if the young, single mother

  • Students showcase project to link art and science

    TALENTED students from schools in Stockton and Billingham put all their energy into a project combining science and art. Pupils from Northfield and St Michael's secondary schools, in Billingham, and Our Lady and St Bede School, Stockton, took part in

  • Charity in from the cold thanks to gift

    A CHARITY left out in the cold after its heating system broke down before Christmas has been given £2,000. The Northallerton and the Dales branch of the Samaritans received the donation from the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation to replace

  • Cocaine addicts locked up

    TWO friends arrested during a police operation to disrupt the supply of cocaine in Darlington were locked up yesterday. Ricky Turner, 22, was jailed for three years and David Catchpole, 20, was sent to a young offenders' institution for two years. A court

  • Husband and wife complete removals company buy-out

    A HUSBAND and wife team who worked their way up from the bottom rung at a removals firm have completed a management buy-out. Stephen Reed, a one-time driver with Pearson, in Middlesbrough, and his wife, Frances, who started as a trainee accountant, took

  • Ten years fly by for sales team's chief

    AN estate agent has celebrated a decade with the same company. Joanne Gatenby has risen through the ranks from a typist to head of the sales team at Charlton's Estate Agents. Ms Gatenby joined the company in Darlington, in 1997, before moving to the Richmond

  • Air rescuers hoping to get go-ahead for £2.5m move

    A VITAL emergency service is hoping to get the go-ahead for a new £2.5m headquarters in the region. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance Service (YAAS) has enjoyed a raised profile since it rescued Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond after his much publicised

  • Chance to experience pentathlon

    THE town of Northallerton is proving to be the perfect forum for shooting practice - but all under the watchful eye of experts. The second in a series of taster sessions to promote shooting as a safe, competitive sport takes place next week at the Hambleton

  • Rewarded for community work

    A POPULAR pensioner who works tirelessly in her home community has been honoured for her efforts. Lucy Thompson, from Coundon, was presented with a Contributing to the Community award by Bishop Auckland MP Helen Goodman. Mrs Thompson is vice-chairwoman

  • Football club faces eviction

    A FOOTBALL club could face eviction from its ground if it fails to present a sound business plan to its landlord in less than two weeks. Spennymoor Town Council and Spennymoor Town FC are trying to agree terms for the lease of the Brewery Field ground

  • Streets shut as flames shoot from top of sign

    PARTS of Darlington had to be sealed off yesterday after a small explosion in the town centre. It is believed water got into a high-voltage power cable, causing smoke and flames to shoot from a street sign. Homes and businesses were without electricity

  • Man's jaw broken in late-night violence

    A MAN'S jaw was broken in two places after he become caught up in late-night street violence, a court heard. The assailant, 25-year-old Christopher Nixon, suddenly approached the man among an angry crowd, threw a punch which missed, but connected with

  • County with the most whistleblowers

    THE whistleblowers of North Yorkshire have helped put the county at the top of the table when it comes to catching offenders. The county has topped the league for the number of arrests per calls to Crimestoppers. During the first six months of this year

  • Youngsters prepare to launch CD of their songs

    MORE than 170 children from schools across Redcar will get together tomorrow to launch a CD of songs they have written and recorded together. Friends and family have been invited to attend the launch at Redcar Community College to listen to the children

  • Anger over plans to shut route

    PARENTS and carers have reacted with anger after a school announced it would close one of the main routes to and from its grounds. The route leads down a steep hill to Bishop Middleham Primary School from a gravel track near the village's High Street.

  • Appeal for volunteers to help bereavement service

    VOLUNTEERS are needed to help run a bereavement service. Cruse Bereavement Care is building a team of trained volunteers to work at its offices in Darlington, Middlesbrough and Guisborough. The volunteers will form the area support team and will undertake

  • Judges get taste for deli's pie

    A DELICATESSEN'S Pork, Sage and Apple Pie has won a national award. The pie, made by The Angel's Share, in Grange Road, Darlington, won the Grocery and Bakery category in Waitrose's Small Producer Awards. Owner Alexandra Franks received the award at The

  • Hearing opens into plan to build houses on derelict site

    A DECISION to turn away plans to build more than 150 houses on a derelict site in Bowburn was defended at the opening of a public inquiry into the scheme. Durham City Council planning officer Peter Herbert told the inquiry that the former Cape Asbestos

  • Key decision-makers will face the public

    A CITY'S decision-makers will face questions on issues affecting the community at an annual public discussion this evening. This year's State of the City debate for Sunderland takes place at Crowtree Leisure Centre, in the city centre Bridges shopping

  • Business news update

    Barratt's trading update HOUSEBUILDER Barratt Developments has today reported "robust" pre-tax profit growth and said it was seeing good "momentum" on sales, despite recent interest rate hikes. The Newcastle-based plc, which recently completed its £2.2bn

  • Muslim clerics

    TO build an army you need recruiting sergeants. I believe many terrorist recruiting sergeants come in the guise of radical Muslim clerics who are able to preach racial hatred and religious extremism to young, impressionable Muslims in Britain's

  • Used Car Test - Citroen Berlingo

    Behind the wheel : OK, so it's a van with extra windows. From behind the wheel, it feels a bit agricultural if you've just stepped out of a Scenic or a Zafira. But the high roofline means the Berlingo has both those cars licked for practicality. **

  • By-election battle

    IT seems a safe bet that Labour will retain the Sedgefield seat, but I would guess with a massively reduced majority. The Blair effect has gone, which means there is now a significant battle for the second place. Why? Because a General Election

  • Middle East

    I WAS pleased to read Hugh Pender's very balanced contribution (HAS, July 6) on the issues of terrorism and the Middle East. He is absolutely correct to criticise the way that Western powers are sidelining Hamas. The Palestinian people elected

  • Flood relief

    JUST how naive do politicians think the British people are? Here we have Gordon Brown and his New Labour supporters making a big play about the £14m flood relief fund. Massive areas of the country, east to west and for 100 miles north to south

  • Climate change

    PETER Hill's letter (HAS, July 6) expresses the fears which many of us feel about changes in our weather. He puts his finger on the most likely cause of our problems in his first sentence - "the growth of human population" - and claims "realistically

  • Tragedy picture

    WE consider it a poor editorial decision to publish the picture of Mike Barnett, the man who died trapped in floodwaters in Hessle, near Hull (Echo, July 6). We understand that his father agreed to the publication, but a decision had to be made

  • Church music

    AS an avid lover of church music, I totally agree with Tony Kelly (HAS, June 29) that the demise of the Latin liturgy was a big mistake. If church music (of all denominations) does not impart to the listener a feeling of spirituality, then it has

  • A 'listening' PM who's already deaf

    LET the work of change begin.'' Indeed. It's a clunking phrase from the Prime Minster credited by his predecessor with possession of a clunking fist. But not a bad idea at all. Here's a few changes I commend to Mr Brown, without any confidence they

  • Questions left unanswered

    DAVID Cameron is entering sensitive territory by calling for an overhaul of the tax and benefits system to include incentives for couples to get married. The Tory leader believes that promoting marriage through £20-a-week tax breaks is the route

  • In the hands of the weather gods

    With the wettest June on record, and more rain on the way, Lindsay Jennings looks at how this summer's dismal weather record is affecting farmers - and the price shoppers could pay DENNIS Killan has never known a year like it. Mr Killan, who

  • Memorial service honours fallen from Catterick brigade

    A MEMORIAL and thanksgiving service is taking place today to honour soldiers killed in Iraq. The service at York Minster is in honour of soldiers from 19 Light Brigade, based at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, who died while on Operation Telic 9

  • Woman assaulted waiting for taxi

    POLICE have appealed for a taxi driver to come forward following an assault on a young woman as she waited for cab to take her home. The 21-year-old victim was standing at Chester-le-Street's Coan Terrace taxi rank at about midnight on Sunday, June 17

  • Farmers urged to host school visits

    THE countryside will come to the city for the launch of a programme which aims to get every child in Yorkshire to visit a farm in the coming year. A farm, complete with livestock, will be created in the centre of York in September to kick start the region's

  • Durham Constabulary names new deputy chief

    AN OFFICER who spearheaded the police response to some of the worst region's disasters has been promoted to the rank of deputy chief constable. Gary Barnett was this morning revealed as the new deputy chief of Durham Constabulary, four years after joining

  • Sunderland in £5m move for Chopra

    ** BREAKING NEWS ** CARDIFF City have accepted Sunderland's £5m offer for former Newcastle United striker Michael Chopra. The Gosforth-born marksman has returned from Cardiff's pre-season training camp in Portugal this morning to commence contract

  • N'Zogbia and Martins are both in demand

    WEST Ham boss Alan Curbishley is poised to make a £3m offer for Newcastle midfielder Charles N'Zogbia. But despite the Frenchman refusing to appear on the bench during the final game of last season at Vicarage Road, Magpies manager Sam Allardyce will

  • Boro keeper says he's staying

    AN in-demand Mark Schwarzer last night denied that he has been in contact with any potential suitors, and claimed that he would still be a Middlesbrough player at the start of next season. Schwarzer, who is currently in the Far East contributing to Australia's

  • Vaughan warms up for international duty

    Michael Vaughan batted for Yorkshire with his mind very much on England when the rain-soaked Roses match finally got started on the third day at Old Trafford yesterday. The England captain, who was having his first knock in three weeks, got rid of some

  • Litter-lout magistrate refused to pay fine

    A MAGISTRATE found herself in court after refusing to pay a fixed-penalty fine for throwing a cigarette butt out of her car window. Denise Hall was given a £50 penalty for depositing litter after she was seen dropping the butt as she drove along a busy

  • Police get heavy on thefts of rail metal

    FOUR people were arrested in the North-East yesterday as the police had a region-wide crackdown on metal theft from railways. Since April last year, there have 979 such cases reported in the region - more than two a day. Yesterday, the British Transport

  • Argie takes to the road for little Oscar

    A CHAMPION boxer is putting on his running shoes to raise money for a boy with cerebral palsy. This weekend, super-bantamweight commonwealth champion Isaac "Argie" Ward will run from Northallerton, in North Yorkshire, to Darlington to raise money for

  • Chill out and relax, urges cool Keane

    ROY Keane last night urged Sunderland's supporters to "chill out" about a perceived lack of transfer activity this summer, and confidently claimed that "four of five" new signings would be arriving at the Stadium of Light within the next fortnight. The

  • Chairman casts doubt over Joachim's future

    Darlington paraded their nine summer signings yesterday and more new players are expected to follow, but striker Julian Joachim could be moving in the opposite direction. Quakers have already brought in more players than any other Football League club

  • Questions left unanswered

    DAVID Cameron is entering sensitive territory by calling for an overhaul of the tax and benefits system to include incentives for couples to get married. The Tory leader believes that promoting marriage through £20-a-week tax breaks is the route to fixing

  • Show hailed a succes as event gets under way

    THE opening day of the 149th Great Yorkshire Show was hailed a success last night despite traffic problems. The Great Yorkshire Showground, at Harrogate, was bustling from the moment the gates opened. Young and old mingled in the sunshine, browsing the

  • No Open joy for hopefuls

    ROBERT Dinwiddie hit a sparkling 65 in the second round of Open qualifying at Montrose yesterday, but the six-under-par effort was still insufficient to earn him a place at this month's championships at Carnoustie. And with 11 more North-Eastern golfers

  • Harmison's best can't halt Durham defeat

    STEVE Harmison is determined to play for Durham in the championship match against Sussex starting at Horsham on Friday after his best efforts failed to produce a win at The Oval yesterday. After he took his fourth wicket of the innings in his first over

  • Luxury home trashed as teenagers go on rampage

    A LUXURY home in an exclusive area was trashed by teenagers who went on the rampage at a secret party. Robert Bowles said the destruction to his £1m property in Duchy Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, is now subject to a police investigation and refused

  • Parents ignoring £500 child trust offer

    NEARLY half of the parents in a North-East town are failing to claim a Government gift of up to £500 for their children, new figures show. Middlesbrough has one of the worst records in the country for the take-up of child trust funds, Gordon Brown's

  • Candidates hope local ties will bring home the votes

    AFTER a morning's campaigning with the past Prime Minister, Phil Wilson popped in on his parents in an attempt to reinforce his local credentials. Labour's hopeful in the Sedgefield by-election helped Tony Blair open the £750,000 sports hall at Greenfield

  • Another chance to win

    ANOTHER GENEPI (4.40) has been found the perfect opportunity to find her way back into the winners' enclosure at Catterick this afternoon. Successful on Wolverhampton's polytrack in April, Andrew Mullen's mount was desperately unfortunate at Warwick when

  • Firm to collect Queen's Award

    A MANUFACTURING firm that suffered a downturn in orders three years ago is marking its resurgence by collecting a Queen's Award. Davy Roll faced an uncertain future in 2004 after orders dried up at its Gateshead factory. But through tapping into new international

  • After the freeze, recruits warm to police role

    THE first rookie officers to join a police force since it lifted its freeze on recruitment have begun their basic training. The four - three women and a man - were sworn in by a magistrate at a ceremony at Durham Police's headquarters last night. They

  • Mock-up paper hits city streets

    A WEB-BASED company that makes personalised newspapers for gifts has opened its first shop in London and has plans to have franchise stores in every large city in the UK. UR In The Paper was launched two years ago by Rebecca Philipson, of Crook, County

  • Arriva awarded franchise to run Cross Country route

    ARRIVA has seen off Virgin Trains to be awarded the Cross Country rail franchise that operates across almost the entire length of Britain. The North-East transport company was one of four names in the battle for the eight-year franchise, which it will

  • Technology initiative could lead to jobs bonanza

    AN initiative to attract millions of pounds of business and technology-based investment to the North-East and create thousands of jobs was launched yesterday. Sunderland Software City is hailed as an initiative involving business, academia and the public

  • Rising interest rates taking their toll

    RISING interest rates are taking their toll on the North-East economy with firms in both the manufacturing and service sectors finding the current climate difficult, new data has revealed. The North-East Business Barometer, the quarterly economic survey

  • Carol's new role as head of public policy

    THE Northern branch of the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has appointed Carol McCann to the new role of head of public policy and communications. Ms McCann, who will be based in Darlington, will be responsible for implementing regional

  • Ginger group

    CRUMBS for the column's consideration, Geoff Howe in Darlington - secretary, memory suggests, of the town's Scrabble Club - seeks help with a four-letter word. His mates, he says, thinks he's going ga-ga. "When I was young in the 1950s, I'm sure that

  • Close encounters of the blurred kind

    BIZARRE flashing lights, spinning silver orbs and black triangles hovering in the air -all have been reported to the Government as UFOs by the regions sky-watchers, The Northern Echo can reveal. Records held by the Ministry of Defence show that scores

  • Bride-to-be's self-catering plans ruined by power row

    A BRIDE-TO-BE may take legal action against her electricity supplier after a fault left her without power for more than 48 hours - ruining hundreds of pounds of food bought for her wedding.Carrol Dickinson, from Evenwood, County Durham, says her wedding

  • Teenagers take bus fare protest to No 10

    TEENAGERS from across the region took their demand for cheaper bus fares to Gordon Brown's Downing Street doorstep yesterday.Two sacks - containing 1,600 protest postcards, sent from schools, colleges and youth groups - were delivered to Britain's most

  • Oh baby, we're in seventh heaven

    EDDIE HARDING could be the luckiest baby in the region - he was born at seven minutes to seven, on July 7, 2007 - or 7/7/7. And if that wasn't enough, Eddie's great-grandfather was born on July 14, 1921, or 7/14/21.When Eddie was delivered, at Northallerton's

  • Miners' Gala will be a Royle occasion

    HE is one of British TV's best-loved actors but on Saturday he will be part of a cast of thousands in a starring role at the 123rd Durham Miners' Gala.Ricky Tomlinson, best known for his role as Jim Royle, in The Royle Family, will be marching through

  • The debt mounting

    WHAT we need is Miss Bassett... She would never have let the debt-ridden society happen in the first place.Personal finance is to become part of the national curriculum. Children are to be given basic lessons in savings, debts and interest, financial

  • Faye at the double

    Junior Darlington Harriers impressed again in the fourth round of the National Young Athletes League at Shildon. Warming up for the English Schools Track and Field Championships in Birmingham this weekend, Faye Bowles was again unbeatable in both sprints

  • Award for brave pupil whose parents were posted to Iraq

    A NINE-year-old girl has been recognised by her school for her courage in coping with life while both her parents served in Iraq. Charis Brown was awarded the headmaster's prize at Barnard Castle Preparatory School's annual speech day for showing strength

  • Crackdown on yobs hailed a success

    A month-long crackdown on anti-social behaviour in a former pit village has been a success. Police carried out the Street Safe initiative in Bowburn with Durham city and county councils and the fire brigade. "We targeted hotspots and individuals that

  • Hunt for sex attacker

    A MAN with a spider's web tattoo on his neck is wanted for questioning by police about a sex attack in the region. The man pounced on a 41-year-old woman, pushed her up against an all alleyway gate and indecently assaulted her. The victim who managed

  • Oh baby, we're in seventh heaven

    EDDIE HARDING could be the luckiest baby in the region - he was born at seven minutes to seven, on July 7, 2007 - or 7/7/7. And if that wasn't enough, Eddie's great-grandfather was born on July 14, 1921, or 7/14/21. When Eddie was delivered, at Northallerton's

  • Detectives probe fifth raid on superstores

    AN armed gang held up security guards and staff at a Tesco store on Teesside, escaping with a significant sum of money, in the fifth raid on local superstores since last November. Detectives are not saying whether the raid on the Tesco shop in Parliament

  • Jockey and weighing room partner banned

    A LEADING jockey from the region and his weighing room partner have been suspended from riding following a Horseracing Regulatory Authority inquiry. Jockey Tony Culhane has been banned from riding for a year while his colleague, Dean Mernagh, has been

  • Argie takes to the road for little Oscar

    A CHAMPION boxer is putting on his running shoes to raise money for a boy with cerebral palsy.This weekend, super-bantamweight commonwealth champion Isaac "Argie" Ward will run from Northallerton, in North Yorkshire, to Darlington to raise money for three-year-old