TWO teenagers have been arrested after another was stabbed in the back. The incident happened in Charlotte Square, Newcastle, around 7.20pm on Tuesday night. Northumbria Police said the victim, an 18-year-old local man, suffered serious, but non life-threatening
Last week sailing through the Sound of Mull to Tobermory, we passed Duart Castle. There, in the sixteenth century when only English kings divorced, and believing his marriage to be a disaster, Lachlan Cattanach, the Maclean chieftain, ordered his
POLICE have appealed for two men who accompanied a teenage rape victim to hospital to get in touch. A 15-year-old was attacked in the Leazes Park area of Newcastle on Friday, June 25 going into Saturday, June 26. A spokeswoman for Northumbria
A COUNCIL gardener who lost an arm after it was dragged into forest machinery is leading a charity event a year after the accident. Shaun Talbot was pulled into a wood chipper as he fed in hedge trimmings by the roadside in Spennymoor, County
A VILLAGE church will host the first of two events planned to commemorate its creation later this month. Villagers at Byers Green, near Spennymoor, and members of the congregation will mark the 125th anniversary of Byers Green Methodist Church in October
POLICE are appealing for information after a bike was stolen from outside a shop. The owner, a ten year old boy, had secured the bike to a pole outside Baker newsagents in Princes Street, in Bishop Auckland, on Thursday July 29. When he returned an
HUNDREDS of children have been given a fun taster of their new school. About 200 young people from schools around Teesdale have spent a fortnight taking part in a variety of activities at Staindrop Business and Enterprise College, which they will attend
STAFF at a community centre have marked its third anniversary by thanking volunteers for their continued support. The Shildon People’s Centre, on Main Street, is assisted by a dedicated team of volunteers, and offers services such as counselling
THE luck of the Irish shone on a grandmother who found out she had a winning lottery ticket, six months after buying it. June Astbury, from Witton-le-Wear, was notified by Ladbrokes, in Crook, last month that she had won £1,152 in the Irish Lottery draw
Yorkshire have been bowled out for 178 by Nottinghamshire on the opening day of their LV= County Championship match at Headingley. Ryan Sidebottom, Paul Franks, Andre Adams and Samit Patel all took two wickets for the men from Trent Bridge, while Jonny
THE second serious crash on a North-East road in as many days caused traffic problems this morning. Three heavy goods vehicles were involved in an accident on the westbound carriageway of the A66, near Bowes, County Durham at about 2.45am. It comes
A COURSE aimed at transforming marriages is to be held in Durham Cathedral. The Marriage Course, a seven-week course tackling many of the most challenging areas of marriage - money, communication, forgiveness, in-laws and sex - will start in the Cathedral
A ROTARY club has welcomed a visit by the charitable group’s new district president. The Durham Bede Rotary Club hosted Les Fay as part of Mr Fay’s 67-date regional tour, during which he will visit all Rotary Clubs in the North-East. Mr Fay met Durham
CHRISTIANS and rugby stars will take to the streets of a North-East city this week, to run children’s clubs and tea parties, a barbecue and community clean ups. Members of Newcastle Christian Life Centre (NCLC) will be volunteering in the Cowgate area
MEMBERS of a leading rowing club are celebrating, after the long-running refurbishment of their clubhouse was completed. The extension to Durham Amateur Rowing Club’s (ARC) headquarters, next to the River Wear, in Durham City, has increased the club’
YORKSHIRE'S top order has been blown away on the opening morning of their LV= County Championship match against title rivals Nottinghamshire at Headingley. Andrew Gale, who won the toss and elected to bat, has been one of five departures before lunch
WHEN Durham included Scott Borthwick in their team at Basingstoke it was a clear indication that they were gambling on winning the toss on a dry pitch which is likely to break up. Losing the toss was therefore a considerable blow and Durham can only
AIR ambulance crews had to land on a rural village green as they rushed to the aid of a patient this morning. Emergency services were called to Reeth, near Richmond, North Yorkshire, at about 9.45am, after a 57-year-old woman became ill. She was transported
A COACH passenger seriously injured in a crash with a lorry carrying a wide load on the A66 is in a comfortable condition in hospital. The man was injured in the crash between a Caledonian Travel coach and the lorry carrying a wide load on Monday, August
REMOTE rural communities are to be given access to the latest movie releases from later this year as part of a £1.2m pioneering scheme. Many isolated villages do not have access to the latest movie blockbusters and locals have to travel to
FROM Socrates through the Magna Carta to now, the right to speak freely has been highly valued in Western society and is something we British have always prided ourselves on. After publication of The Satanic Verses, my mother wrote to Salman Rushdie
MORE than ten years after the technology boom of the late Nineties, and with many investors still harbouring painful memories of the resulting crash in the values of tech stocks, are we playing witness to the re-emergence of the new economy?
DEREK Pattison, who suggested councillors weren’t equipped to deal with complex issues (HAS, July 30), might have been right or wrong. However, councillors are well equipped to say what the effects of council changes will have on their voters and
ENERGY and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne recently said that our gas and electricity bills will, in total, be £13 a year higher by 2020 as a result of his overall energy proposals. Electricity bills will have risen by £6 a year and £7 for
THERE are black days and, as Mr Larry Grayson almost observed, there are grey days. A red-letter day has nothing to do with final demands from the Revenue, however, rather the phrase dates back to medieval church calendars, when saints’ days were
IT is not logically possible for anyone to have “gone off script” during an “unscripted appearance”. That Labour leadership contender David Miliband can construct a sentence accusing Prime Minister David Cameron of such an offence is unfortunate proof
IT is good news that we are to have a new three-part TV series based on the life of vet James Herriot (Alf Wight), focusing on his younger years (Echo, July 29). Reference is made in your article to the fact that his old surgery in Thirsk, North
THE Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is the main UK charity providing help and support to people with serious sight loss. We rely on voluntary contributions to keep our services running and many blind and partially-sighted people
COLUMNIST Harry Mead complained that the law protects criminals more than it does innocent victims (Echo, July 28). I think this misses the point. Perpetrators and victims often represent two sides of the same coin. Children from chaotic or abusive
THE 48-year-old Aberdeen-built science ship, RRS Discovery, has come to the end of its working life. Its replacement is a multi-million pound project, paid for by the taxpayer, which would be a great project for any British shipyard, so where is
ON Sunday, September 12, my colleagues from Northern Ghost Investigations and I are staging a fundraising ghost investigation at The Forum music centre, Borough Road, Darlington. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Save The Forum
DAVID Cameron says he will be “resolute, practical and hard-headed”. Spoken like a true PR man, sir, for that is what you are. He must be the happiest man in Britain – after Nick Clegg who could never have imagined he would be in any government
BUDDING Jamie Olivers are being invited to a cookery afternoon. Professional chefs are visiting the Haswell Sure Start Centre in Church Street, Haswell, from 1.30pm to 3pm tomorrow to teach little ones and their families how to cook good, nutritious
EASINGTON Labour MP Grahame Morris has met local families with severely disabled children who are helped by the Family Fund - a UK-wide charity that gives grants to low income families caring for a severely disabled child or young person. Mr Morris
DAVID O’MEARA has made a terrific start to his training career and can strike again with Mad Millie, who goes for gold in the Book Now For Saturday 18th September Handicap at Catterick. O’Meara’s three-year-old filly made an encouraging start
GEOFF HARKER was full of praise for young Brazilian jockey Silvestre de Sousa following his excellent ride aboard Gap Princess in Ripon’s feature contest, the Armstrong Memorial Handicap. De Sousa has been in cracking form, with the six-year-old
DURHAM will arrive at Basingstoke today next to the bottom of division one but still believing they can achieve a hat-trick of titles. “It’s a bit of a false position because we have won more games than we have lost,” said coach Geoff Cook.
Spennymoor Town 0 Darlington 0 Darlington manager Mark Cooper is hoping to sign at least two more players before the season starts after yesterday completing the capture of midfielder Paul Terry and versatile defender Kevin Austin. The
AJMAL SHAHZAD insists he is back to full fitness after his recent hamstring and ankle problems. But the pace bowler believes the best way for him to prove it is by playing for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire this week rather than being the
A PENSIONER has died after his car overturned and hit a lamppost yesterday afternoon. Dennis King, of Hartlepool, crashed on The Front, Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool, at around 2.40pm. The 78-year-old was airlifted to James Cook University Hospital
WHEN Francisco Jimenez Tejada turned his back on Deportivo La Coruna two years ago he wanted to prove himself on the Premier League stage. Tonight, the man more widely known as Xisco, returns to Riazor with Newcastle United still harbouring
A SECRET account of Nazi monster Heinrich Himmler’s cyanide suicide has been revealed in the war diaries of a former Durham Light Infantry soldier. Corporal Harry Oughton Jones wrote of his classified encounter with the architect of the Jewish
THE detective leading the hunt for the killer of a former council gardener is convinced the key to the crime lies in the tight-knit former mining community where he lived. It is a month since 59-yearold Fred Shipley was bludgeoned to death in
A GUNMAN who shot at a man’s car during a long-running feud was jailed for fiveand- a-half years yesterday. Michael Mannion, 32, struck at the home of 37-yearold Ian Johnston in January. Mannion targeted Mr Johnston’s Peugeot 406 car, which was
A DRIVER had a lucky escape when her car was hit by a truck as she tried to cross a busy dual carriageway. The un-named woman was trying to reach the central reservation of the A690 at Rainton Gate, West Rainton, near Durham City. After emerging
NIGERIAN entrepreneur Victor Bassey yesterday denied a string of fraud charges relating to his plans to launch a North-East airline. The 49-year-old appeared in Teesside Crown Court where he pleaded not guilty to 11 charges brought following an
HALF year figures for Northern Rock released today show a £140m loss. Bosses at the "good side" of the bank - spun off from the so-called "bad part", Northern Rock Asset Management (AM), in January - said the results were in line with expectations.
LIFEGUARDS yesterday showed off their skills to onlookers at beaches across the North-East. The RNLI lifesavers gave demonstrations on beaches in Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, South Shields and Sunderland. RNLI Lifeguard Supervisor Ben Mitchell said
As the salary of the man who oversaw the axing of thousands of jobs at Corus comes under attack, council leader George Dunning tells Stuart Mackintosh why the fight to keep the North-East industry must go on. IN the shadow of the Eston Hills, a
MORE than ten years after the technology boom of the late Nineties, and with many investors still harbouring painful memories of the resulting crash in the values of tech stocks, are we playing witness to the re-emergence of the new economy?
HSBC yesterday said it more than doubled half-year profits to $11.1bn (£7bn) in the first six months of this year. The bigger-than-expected surplus came amid mounting political furore over the industry’s support for business, although HSBC said
THE law doesn’t need much encouragement to make an ass of itself. Yesterday, the thug who was high on alcohol and cocaine when he killed a soldier on a night out in Newcastle in an unprovoked assault was sentenced to five years in prison.
WHEN we cast our votes in May’s General Election, did any of us expect the new Government would preside over the toughest time for savers in living memory? That is how things could turn out if the prediction, by the Ernst and Young Item Club,
MOTORCYCLISTS will be able to benefit from the same level of service given to professional race teams thanks to a new business venture. Shaun Muir Racing (SMR), the driving force behind the successful Hydrex Honda and Swan Honda Superbike BSB
As well as the initial lift provided to the local economy, Hartlepool’s hosting of the Tall Ships Races could provide future opportunities by showcasing the regeneration in the town. Business Editor Owen McAteer reports. WHEN the Tall Ships Race sail
REPORTS in the Far East that a deal for Corus Teesside Cast Products (TCP) was imminent were treated with caution last night. Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) is expecting to sign a memorandum of understanding “soon” to buy a stake in the
THE introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops in to the UK was “inevitable”, panellists at the recent Country Land and Business Association (CLA) Game Fair agreed. Adam Henson, farmer and BBC Countryfile presenter, said: “I am sure that
ONE of the region’s agricultural colleges is holding a series of free taster days for potential students. Activities organised by Askham Bryan College, in York, include tractor driving, going off-road in a Land Rover, and taking a spin in a
AN organisation run by farmers holds its first in a series of specialist meetings next week. The Yorkshire Dales Farmers Network (YDFN) was launched in February and has 30 members, with expressions of interest from 200 more. It is based on
THE fifth annual national progeny show for pedigree and commercial Beltex sheep, organised by the Northern Beltex Club, takes place at Skipton auction mart, Skipton, North Yorkshire, on Saturday. A highlight of the northern Beltex calendar,
MILK Link has increased its member milk price by 0.5p a litre. Since the start of the financial year, it has increased its producer payment by 1.75ppl. Its standard price for manufacturing milk is 25ppl and 25.22ppl for liquid milk. Neil
VISITORS to a new coffee shop can be forgiven for thinking they are seeing things. But Billy the Bagot goat and friend really are grazing on the turf roof. The Remnant family officially open Goats on the Roof on their rare breed farm, near
A NORTH-EAST law firm has launched an employment law service to enable businesses to carry out vital aspects of their HR legal work online. Samuel Phillips has created employmentlawyer sonline.co.uk, which gives companies access to legal documents
A TRANSPORT firm which has defied the recession by emerging as a stronger business has hit out at banks for their lack of support during the financial crisis, forcing the company to sell assets to bankroll its survival and growth. Nicholson’s
AN engineering firm is to take on scores of staff in a North- East town ravaged by job losses in the recession. ThyssenKrupp (TK) Tallent, the biggest employer Newton Aycliffe, County Durham , said last night it is to take on 70 employees and
TODAY is the 20th anniversary of the murder of Ann Heron, with police saying all information provided will be investigated. No one has ever been convicted of her murder, which happened on the hottest day of 1990 while she was sunbathing outside
Campbell worthy of call-up IF SUNDERLAND forward Fraizer Campbell can continue his stunning pre-season goalscoring form then he should be considered for a call-up to the senior England squad. That is the view of Steve Bruce who is ready to
GORDON STRACHAN’S determination to get Middlesbrough’s season off to a flying start risks being derailed after four of his first team were named in the Scotland squad to face Sweden next Wednesday. Scotland manager Craig Levein has called up
AN amateur boxer was beginning a five-year prison sentence last night after being jailed for killing a “gentle giant” soldier in a drink and drug-fuelled street attack. Michael Ridley, who had taken cocaine, landed a punch on Sergeant Chris
SEVEN people have been warned to expect a jail sentence after a disturbance in a street. Two groups clashed in Sandriggs, near West Auckland Road, in Darlington, on May 30, last year. Polish nationals Piotr Luczak and Pawel Luczak, both 20
THE exuberance and swagger of self-styled international playboy Raymond Scott had vanished. He stood in the dock, silent and defeated. As Judge Richard Lowden sentenced him to eight years in prison for handling and removing a priceless Shakespeare
THE North-East makes NHS history today by piloting the UK’s first non-emergency version of 999. From today, people in County Durham and Darlington who need non-emergency medical assistance when their doctor’s surgery is closed should ring 111
URBAN Foxes have had some bad press of late. Justifiably so, given what happened. But one bad apple shouldn't spoil the whole bunch. With that in mind we present VW's namesake. Like the vulpes genus found on the streets of our
