EXTRA-time goals from Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba sent Chelsea into a Champions League final showdown against Manchester United in Moscow next month. Lampard, playing his first game since the death of his mother last week, coolly slotted home a 98th-minute
MOUNTAIN rescuers were called out today to rescue a man who had slipped and injured his knee. The rescue was launched in the Teesdale area of County Durham this afternoon by the Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team. The middle-aged
TWO people have been taken to hospital with suspected neck and spinal injuries after a crash in York. The incident happened at about 3pm today near to Asda on Jockey Lane, York and involved a Ford Transit van and a Peugeot 307 Cabriolet. When emergency
A HOUSE burglar who raided two houses in one night has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Gareth Maguire already had a string of previous convictions when he and others targeted homes in Nursery Road and St Christopher's Road in Sunderland in the
BOLLYWOOD came to North Yorkshire yesterday, when youngsters at a Richmond school tried their hand at Indian henna painting, art and dancing. Year seven, eight and nine pupils at St Francis Xavier School took part in dance workshops hosted by Leeds-based
A MEALS on Wheels volunteer has retired after 14 years. More than 40 volunteers attended a coffee morning at Northallerton Methodist Church to celebrate the contribution made by Pam Moffatt. It was organised by the Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS
AN organic farm for 12,000 free range hens in a village location has been given approval to be built a year after plans for a training centre were refused. The application on Cherry Tree Farm, Beacon Hill, Sadberge, will include a small farmstead comprising
POLICE forces in the region are cracking down hard on motorists who risk lives by talking on a mobile phone at the wheel, new figures show. A total of 8,929 drivers were handed £30 on-the-spot fines for the offence in 2006, a 35 per cent rise on
AN elderly driver who was killed in a head-on collision earlier this week has now been formally identified. Margaret Dickinson, who was 79, died when her red Citroen Saxo was in collision with a grey VW Polo on the A64 near Rillington on Monday. She
COURTING couples in Richmond could soon be able to tie the knot in their local town hall. Local town councillors have agreed that the town hall should be made available for wedding ceremonies. Coun Clive World said: "We have a beautiful historic building
A GROUP of butchers, farmers and technicians have bared all for a cheeky WI-style calendar shoot. Staff at Mainsgill Farm and Farm Shop at East Layton, North Yorkshire, posed with strategically-positioned farm implements and produce for the calendar,
A YORKSHIRE cheese supplier forced to halt production after a major flood disaster is now back in business. The Swaledale Cheese Company, based in Richmond, had to bring a temporary halt to its cheese-making in December last year when a pipe in the water
A 46-YEAR-OLD man had more than £200 and his mobile phone stolen while he lay unconscious on the ground. The victim was making his way to St Mary's Social Club, on Grange Farm Road, Grangetown, Middlesbrough, when he collapsed. While he lay unconscious
A PRISON handed over nearly £6,000 to a children's cancer charity today. The money was raised after six prisons across the country agreed to join Northallerton Young Offenders' Institute (YOI) in its bid to help charity CLIC Sergeant. Sean Shelton and
A UNIQUE drop-in session to offer support to people with eating disorders and their carers will be held next week. The session, which is the first of its kind in the Hambleton and Richmondshire area, aims to bring together those affected by eating disorders
MORE than 100 contemporary artists and craftsmen across North Yorkshire will be throwing open their doors to the public this month. The 2008 North Yorkshire Open Studios event will see them opening up their workspaces on the last two weekends of the
TWO well-known television chefs will be sharing their expertise with the public later this month. Antony Worrall Thompson and Aldo Zilli will both feature cat the annual game and country fair on the Pickering showground on May 10 and 11. Thousands of
CYCLISTS are being urged to sign up for charity ride in aid of a North Yorkshire hospice. The countryside around Castle Howard near Malton will provide the backdrop for the challenge in aid of St Catherine's Hospice on May 17. The Scarborough hospice
THE annual mayor-making ceremony in Harrogate is to return to its traditional venue. Like many local events which used to use the town's Royal Hall, it had to be moved elsewhere in recent years because of the venue's £10.7m restoration. However with
LIBRARY boss Fiona Williams will be using her expertise and experience on a national scale from next month. Currently the head of libraries and heritage at City of York Council, she will be appointed as president-elect of the Society of Chief Librarians
A MAN was jailed yesterday after he snatched his teenage former girlfriend off the street and sped off with her in a car. Young mother Danielle Clough, 18, told police that she was terrified that the Peugeot 407 would plunge off the Newport Bridge
FANS will have a first chance to see Sunderland's new Premier League home strip, for next season, in the final game this term, at the Stadium of Light. The new-look kit, the latest variation of the club's famous red and white stripes, is officially
GREEN-FINGERED North Yorkshire residents are being offered the chance to win £50 of garden centre vouchers, in an effort to promote the benefits of composting. Recycle Now is offering the vouchers to people who buy a compost bin during Compost Awareness
PUPILS in North Yorkshire have become national leaders in a new scheme to promote healthy eating in youngsters. Sowerby Primary School has joined the Food for Life Partnership - and has become one of the first groups to do so. The project aims to transform
OUT-OF-CONTROL Laurence Douglas refused to let a motorway smash get in the way of his boozing session. After hitting the drink, the 56-year-old sent his Ford Escort into a spin along Newcastle's Central Motorway before slamming into barriers, intentionally
SCIENTISTS aim to ease the world energy crisis using microbes to unlock previously unrecoverable oil deposits. British and Canadian scientists expect to begin trials next month to find out whether microbes can unlock the vast amount of energy trapped
A crowd formed outside of the Forum carrying the morale and anticipation for the second heat of rE-view Battle Of The Bands. With an impressive line up with New Statesmen, 2 Many Units, The Hornosexuals and Eskimo Sandwich all making an impressive
FEARS have been raised about the impact of a scheme designed to help the regeneration of a market town. The private developer Amicon (Europe) wants to demolish a former drill hall in Bridge Street, Bedale, and replace it with a ground floor shop and
A SCHOOLBOY is on the road to recovery after having a life-saving liver transplant. Mitchell Robinson, 9, has had a rocky start to life - he suffered a stroke at 18 months and was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease at the age of four. He then had
ONLINE fashion retailer Asos has said the continuing popularity of online shopping helped it buck gloomy high street trends, as it flagged up profits ahead of market hopes. Asos (As Seen on Screen), targets 16 to 34-year-olds with clothing based
THE progress of Wilton Engineering and Chieftain is the latest of several positive developments in the North-East fabrications industry. The sector is regarded as having significant potential for growth and is a central part of the region's future
A SUBSTANTIAL number of jobs will be created following a Teesside engineering firm's purchase of a Scottish company. Driven by the buoyant oil and gas sector, Wilton Engineering Services' purchase of Project Design and Management Services (PD&
INDUSTRIAL services group Chieftain will create about 250 jobs in the North-East after winning its biggest contract in the oil and gas sector. The Newcastle company yesterday announced it had struck a "substantial" deal for a major outfitting
As much as we hate them, nosy neighbours do have their uses because who else is going to notice if something's afoot in the community? IT couldn't happen here. Could it? An Austrian father has admitted that he kept his daughter in a cellar for 24
Despite its wide-spread and ongoing ruin, there are those - Knights of the English Language - who ride to its defence FAMILIAR territory, last week's column had another go at falling standards of both written and spoken English. Education, education
FURTHER to my letter about teachers' pay (HAS, Apr 28) I would add that when every public sector worker faces what amounts to a pay cut it is only common sense for public sector unions to fight together. The National Union of Teachers, the Public
POPE Benedict's recent visit to the US was overshadowed by the child abuse scandal that has rocked the Church in recent years, but it was an important journey. A papal visit is something that tends to be symbolic, particularly for Catholics in
ALASDAIR Mitchell, writing on behalf of the National Gamekeepers' Association (HAS, Apr 26), makes a ridiculous attack on the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for attempting to raise funds from members by highlighting the continued
I AM currently involved in a project which concerns the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, from 1950 to 2000. It is hoped there will be a section about the staff of the theatre during this time and I would be pleased to hear from anyone who was employed at
YOUR readers may not be aware of the following practice by National Express. On March 2, I booked a return ticket online to London from Darlington, travelling on April 26. I subsequently received confirmation for the journey and given the seat
FOREIGN Secretary David Miliband put it into 12 words on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC1 on Sunday: "You can get away with so much, but there is a limit." It was followed by a knowing smile and responses all round. It was in answer to points made
THERE are many delightful British recipes, and one of my favourites is good, old-fashioned shepherd's pie. Instead of cooking this meal with gravy, prepare it with the main ingredients and smother it with ketchup. The potatoes, mince and cheese
THE weekend press portrayed a grim scenario of starvation in parts of Africa and Asia through a shortage of cereal crops, due partly to climate change, and droughts in Australia which has been unable to produce anything near its usual wheat quota
TOMORROW is an historic day in County Durham. For the first time since 1889, people have the chance to vote for members for a new kind of county council. Turnout may well be low, and not simply because of a modern disillusionment with politics and
With voter turnout not expected to exceed 40 per cent in tomorrow's local elections, Julia Breen talks to two aspiring politicians who hope to reverse the trend by getting young people interested in politics EMILY Christer was tickled pink last week
TWO village groups have come to the possible rescue of a rural post office. Sadberge Parish Council and Sadberge Village Hall Association Management Committee hope to put a post office counter in the village hall. The post office in Sadberge, near Darlington
HULA BALLEW (3.30) holds every chance of hitting the target at Pontefract, a course where the eight-year-old has thrived before. Trainer Michael Dods has his team firing and Hula Ballew showed she might soon join in the winning streak by nabbing
NO drug-testing will take place at the Open this July but there will be a tough stance taken on slow play - and mobile phones hidden in sandwiches. Plans for the championship to become the first major to enforce the sport's soon-to-be-introduced
YORKSHIRE'S new overseas star Morne Morkel has not quite gone under cover in his bid to fire the Tykes to glory over the next three months, but admits he will be doing a bit of fact finding ahead of South Africa's Test series against England this
DAVE Penney is hoping the appointment of Craig Liddle as Darlington's head of youth will improve the amount of players coming through the club's ranks. The number of players to have progressed to the senior squad from the youth team has been minimal
FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes fans would back restricting the number of foreign players on club teams to five in order to benefit their national sides. The world governing body chief wants there ultimately to be six homegrown players in
WITH Premier League survival still far from secure on the field, Middlesbrough are putting plans in place behind the scenes in an attempt to ensure there will be no repeat of this season's relegation fight next year. At a time when there is a trend
A HOSPITAL has brought in supersize beds to accommodate morbidly obese patients weighing up to 50 stone. Sunderland Royal Hospital is hiring about £300,000-worth of special beds, including four for the morbidly obese and 152 to cater for heavier-than-normal
THE chairman of an inquiry into an asbestos scandal at a North-East council has defended the decision to delay the release of the report, saying investigations are ongoing. Councillors at Wear Valley District Council clashed this week after it
TWO doctors had no recollection of a man's threat to kill himself, an inquest has heard. Nursing sister Julie Ferguson told a jury earlier this week her mentally disturbed son, Jonathan, threatened to kill himself the day before he was admitted
POLICE responding to a report of an intruder found their man asleep in his car - wearing only a pink G-string. Minutes earlier, a bemused couple sitting in their home had been confronted by the near-naked drunk. They had left the door of their home
LOCAL Government Minister John Healey yesterday said there was more reason than ever for voters to go to the polls in County Durham tomorrow for what he described as a historic election. Voters will cast their ballots to elect 126 members of Durham
FORMER runner Malcolm Ingram was an unlucky loser for six races until he finally won his first road race. Mr Ingram recorded six runner-up spots in races across the region until he finally achieved success. His series of second places included
The 1963 Hollywood film depicted the escape from Stalag Luft III camp as a Boys' Own adventure, with stiff upper lips all round and carefree Steve McQueen performing a daredevil motorbike jump in a bid for freedom. Brian Redhead meets two men who were
DETECTIVES investigating a supermarket robbery are studying possible links to a spate of raids. Officers last night said they could not rule out the possibility that an attack at Somerfield, in Yarm, near Stockton, yesterday, was connected to five
A DESPERATE cancer sufferer has been forced to spend more than £14,000 for a drug to keep her alive - because she no longer lives in the North-East. The 63-year-old, who asked for her name to be withheld, used to live and work in Darlington but
THREE vicars led 100 mourners in a service to celebrate the life of an "incredible" woman who inspired her local community.Cissie Harrison, 98, had such an impact on the parish of West Rounton, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, that when she died,
The 1944 escape from the Stalag Luft III camp remains one of the most audacious wartime acts pulled off by Allied officers - even if McQueen's dash for the border was fictional. And the reality of daily life behind the wire was brought vividly to life
IF first base was retaining Premier League status, then second base, as far as Sunderland are concerned, will surely be attracting top-quality signings this summer. In the eyes of Andy Reid, achieving one should aid in the pursuit of the other.Roy Keane
Paul Scholes ended nine years of personal torment by blasting Manchester United into the Champions League final. Scholes' 14th-minute strike ensured Moscow will host an all-English affair on May 21, with championship challengers Chelsea or old rivals
THE first phase of ambitious plans to restore important peatland has been completed.A total of 20km of grips - drainage ditches - have been blocked in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and more than 400 hectares of blanket bog
THIEVES have stolen everything of value from a luxury £300,000 house - including its conservatory.A police spokesman said the detached, dormer bungalow, in Barrons Way, Burnhope, near Stanley, in County Durham, was repossessed some time ago.The house
KEVIN KEEGAN hopes to make the most of the upheaval surrounding Sven-Goran Eriksson's position at Manchester City by stepping up his efforts to land Richard Dunne.After Keegan made a weekend inquiry about the Republic of Ireland international's availability
DETECTIVES investigating a supermarket robbery are studying possible links to a spate of raids. Officers last night said they could not rule out the possibility that an attack at Somerfield, in Yarm, near Stockton, yesterday, was connected to five others
IT was the moment that finally caused Anfield to fall silent. John Arne Riise's ill-advised stoppage-time header gave Chelsea a first away goal in three European semi-final visits to Liverpool, and marked a paradigm shift in the trajectory of a previously
Matthew Hoggard will get an extra chance to stake his claim for a Test recall after being named in England Lions' squad to face New Zealand next week. Yorkshire swing bowler Hoggard, discarded by England after a heavy loss in Hamilton last month, is among
AN illegal immigrant who used a false passport to get a job has been saved from jail by a moving letter written by his girlfriend.A judge yesterday told African Abdourahamane Barry that people would usually be locked up for committing such serious fraud
