FIVE people have been released on bail after more than £1 million worth of amphetamines were seized in raids by police. Twelve kilos of the drug were recovered from two homes in the Braid Crescent area of Billingham, on Friday night. Acting on a tip
AN airline has backed down after initially refusing to refund a plane fare to a family after their young daughter contracted leukaemia -even though it backs a charity fighting the disease. The Bell family had booked their £600 flight to Nice in France
LONG-AWAITED building work is set to begin on a new £30m hospital and health centre. The Department of Health has given the green light to Ryhurst and Sir Robert McAlpine to build the facility on West Dyke Road, in Redcar. Work is due to begin within
IT was Newcastle United a fortnight ago. Last week it was Sunderland. Now, finally, Middlesbrough have made sure there will be three North-East teams in the Premier League next season. The fact that it has taken until the penultimate game of the season
BOLTON were thinking of Premier League survival; Sunderland were thinking of their holidays in the sun. It was never going to be hard to predict how this one would turn out. With last weekend's 3-2 victory over Middlesbrough having already guaranteed
A BOY of eight is fighting for his life after an accident while "milk float surfing". Kevin Nightingale hopped onto the back step of the flatbed delivery lorry along with a pal, also eight. The youngster fell and struck his head on the road and was
SEVERAL people were arrested carrying drugs after a sniffer dog named Charlie was used at the North-East's biggest railway station over the weekend. A high profile operation involving British Transport Police (BTP), Northumbria Police and staff from
As Good As It Gets unbeaten runs continued this week after a fine performance against league new comers, the Bhoys. Craig Barker hit five goals in a 9-3 victory, cementing his place as the leagues current second top scorer behind Firthmoor Paul Clark.
El-Hadji Diouf delivered the perfect farewell present to Bolton with a superb first-half strike to inspire a victory which has all but preserved the club's Barclays Premier League status. The controversial Senegal striker - who recently declared he
FIRE fighters today rescued two people stuck in a cavity when their kitchen floor collapsed. The pair, a man and his daughter, became trapped when they fell through the rotten floor of their ground-floor flat in Ethel Street, Elswick, Newcastle, in the
