The body of an elderly man was discoeverd this evening in a blazing house in Bellhouse Way, York. Fire crews were alerted shortly after 5.50pm and the house was left severely damaged. A spokewoman for North Yorkshire Police said tonight that enquiries
Spennymoor cruised to the top of the STL Northern League with a 5-0 win at Jarrow Roofing. Moors took the lead on 20 minutes when Stephen Harrison crossed for Michael Rae to score, then Gavin Cogdon headed the second from a Craig Ruddy cross.
GORDON STRACHAN’S successor at the Riverside Stadium might have the potential to put thousands on the gate, but chief executive Keith Lamb insists there is more to Tony Mowbray than his pulling power. After a depressing last few years in
A man caught with indecent child images on his mobile phones claimed he inadvertently received them through his interest in cross dressing. Police found 305 images on phones owned by cricket club security guard John Thomas Embleton.
I'M revisiting Broomielaw station in Thursday's Echo Memories. It is such a romatically unusual place that it is worth a second visit. I just looked at the first article from October 7, 2010, and have realised that although it contained a few words on
DEPRESSING thought for the day, according to a recent poll, Halloween is second only to Christmas in terms of popularity. More than half of respondents ranked All Hallows Eve as one of their top two favourite times of the year. So it’s no surprise that
A DOBERMAN called Elvis escaped from his home and terrorised passing cyclists, a court heard. Joseph Louis Elliott today pleaded guilty to being the dog's owner while it was dangerously out of control at Bishop Auckland Magistrates' Court. The incident
IS this the best hot hatchback money can buy? Better, even, than Ford's much admired Focus RS 500? It certainly has the pedigree to give Ford's designers sleepless nights. Ever since the R5 Gordini Renault has made turning shopping trolleys
VISITORS to the Civic Centre in Northallerton can find how energy-smart they are at driving this week. As part of the district council’s support of Energy Saving Week, the Energy Saving Trust’s driving simulator will be parked at the centre for two days
THE North Yorkshire stage of this year’s World Mountain Bike championships has won a top accolade. The world governing body of cycling, the UCI, has officially named Dalby Forest as the best cross-country round of the competition. The award, which is
THE risk of flooding in a North Yorkshire village should be reduced with the completion of a new £4,500 flood plain. Operations staff from the Environment Agency have just finished rebuilding an area of land at Sinnington, near Pickering, next to the
MIDDLESBROUGH legend Tony Mowbray has been named the new manager at the Riverside Stadium and will be unveiled at a press conference at 3.30pm today. After two and a half days of frantic negotiations, Mowbray has reached agreement with his
No,your eyes don’t deceive you: Prius has turned street-sharp with front, rear and side skirts, 17-inch smoked-finish alloys and dark-tinted privacy glass. It's not going to worry an Evo or a Focus RS but it should give the Prius a dash of
As The Army Wives join The Soldiers to sing on TV, Steve Pratt finds out more about their success so far. WITH their husbands and boyfriends away serving in Afghanistan, Catterick army wife Nicky Clarke hit on an idea to keep their spirits up
THE AA, which has nothing to do with substance abuse or cars, has weaved its wonderful dance magic in the UK again. This company is the total darling of dance fans and there’s not a tutu to be seen, but plenty of attitude. This is a fusion
THE European Union is demanding a 5.9 per cent increase to its budget and threatens to apply new taxes to our hard-pressed businesses. This will cover demands by MEPs for a 4.4 per cent increase in administration costs and a 90 per cent increase
Street Market Chefs (Five, 7.30pm); A Time to Remember (BBC4, 8.30pm); Later Live – With Jools Holland (BBC2, 10pm). DO we really need another cookery show? Probably not, but we’re going to get one anyway. No famous chefs are involved in Street Market
RE your recent correspondence about pronunciation. What about the presenters of the Proms concerts on TV who mention the “Royalalbert Tall”? Mrs J Snaith, High Coniscliffe, Darlington.
DUE to financial problems and not communicating with his family, my 62-year-old brother went missing from his Darlington home on Thursday, October 14. Thanks to a chain of kind people he is now safe and happy, back in his own home, his problems
WHEN Councillor Simon Henig, leader of Durham County Council (Echo, Oct 21), starts questioning the impending spending cuts you know he’s acting like a middle-class socialist with not a jot of understanding working class prudence. Let us inject
TOM Seale makes a comparison of the alleged necessary role being played by British troops in Afghanistan and the failure to stand up to Hitler in the Thirties (HAS, Oct 22). Such a comparison is, frankly, nonsense. The Afghan Taliban is a small
CUTS? What cuts? We have all been the victims of a massive Government campaign of spin. Lurid statistics are produced daily to tell us that we are approaching economic Armageddon and our financial future is going to be dire. Yes, you could believe
As Darlington Operatic Society prepares to premiere its most expensive show ever, Steve Pratt goes behind the scenes to find out how to turn a man into a Beast. ONCE upon a time in a faraway land... well, Darlington actually on a damp Friday
THOSE of us with children or grandchildren growing up in the Eighties will be familiar with a novelty book concerned with the location of a nerdy character called Wally. For the present, I propose a similar novelty: “Where’s the wally?” He
I WILL attempt this week not to use the c word. The c word being cuts. Oops, I’ve gone and done it already! The reason that I will not be using the c word is that the Government are not taking away all spending, as the impression has been
HARD-PRESSED consumers could have to stump up £473 for heating bills over the winter says energyhelpline.com The independent price comparison website has factored in a five per cent price rise, and a ten per cent rise in usage based on predictions
PROVIDING a sound start for children is a financial aspiration that many people have. It generally means meeting the costs of further education or training as well as helping young adults to buy their first home. Meeting this objective can
THE Newcastle Office of business agents, Christie + Co, has sold the Plough Inn, Mounsett, Burnopfield, and the Board Inn, Portabello, Birtley. Both have been bought by the same buyer, a well-know North-East pub and restaurant operator and property
THE Newcastle Office of business agent, Christie + Co, has been instructed to sell the former nightclub, Eivissa, in South Shields town centre. This former nightclub has been closed for a number of years and has fallen into a poor state of repair
LUCRATIVE farmland snapped up by property developers during the second half of 2010 has fuelled a boom in short-term loans. There has been a rise in the number of clients looking to increase their land banks through the purchase of farmland and
PUBLISHING house Penguin has seen its sales soar on the back of demand for e-books from authors such as Stephen Fry. Penguin owner Pearson said the book publishing arm saw a three-fold increase in sales of e-books, as it recorded overall sales
KING Sturge Property Consultants recently hosted a ‘killer’ pool tournament in aid of their chosen charity, Grace House North East Children’s Hospice Appeal. The tournament, held at Yates’ wine bar in Newcastle city centre, attracted over 50
In the wake of last week’s spending cuts, the Government has placed the onus on the private sector to create jobs and stimulate growth. Business correspondent Andy Richardson looks at how microgeneration companies are playing a part in boosting
A HAIR salon has joined other businesses in a historic market town by giving its facade a Georgian makeover. Moore, in the market square in Richmond, North Yorkshire, is among several businesses to follow the advice of local planners, with a new
A LEADING North-East event management company has taken on staff as it prepares for its busiest Christmas. County Durham-based She’s Gott It will deliver Sunderland’s Christmas celebrations for the first time, along with two weekends of Christmas
A BUSINESS that is investing £800,000 in a project has been praised by a local MP for its work in supporting the rural economy. The Wensleydale Creamery, at Hawes, North Yorkshire, was visited by Northallerton MP William Hague to hear of the company
A YOUNG store manager, who joined his company aged 16, has transformed his branch into the best in the country, only a year after taking over. David Herbert, 23, retail manager of Greenwoods Menswear in Captain Cook Square, Middlesbrough, was
SCORES of jobs are to be created at a Tees Valley contact centre after it won new contracts with blue-chip clients. Enable Media, which employs 35 staff at Preston Farm, in Stockton, is to take on 100 workers. The company, which runs the Scoot
A NORTH-EAST firm that has battled the London “brain-drain” has been awarded Investors in People’s highest honour. IT consultancy Waterstons, based in Belmont, near Durham City, has achieved gold on its first attempt and is now one of only 35
HUNDREDS of former call centre workers are hoping to be in line for payouts after they won a tribunal claim over their dismissal. A total of 1,158 staff working at Garlands centres in Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and South Shields, South Tyneside
THE last remaining example of a historic passenger plane has been legally cleared to make its final journey by road, thanks to a North-East law firm. The last Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPO is to be housed at the North- East Aircraft Museum
AN intellectual property expert is among six lawyers to join North-East commercial law firm Muckle. Jim Pearson, from Durham, who joins as assistant solicitor in the commercial team, has worked with a number of household-name brands in the
A LEADING specialist on NHS fraud has joined North- East law firm Ward Hadaway. Mark Heath, 38, joins the Newcastle firm’s healthcare team as a partner, after 16 years at Watson Burton. Mr Heath has acted for primary care trusts, hospital trusts
WHEN a company becomes insolvent, is potentially insolvent or is on the verge of insolvency, there are important issues of which the company director(s) need to be aware because there can be personal implications for them in these circumstances
A FIRM producing world-leading anti-terrorism technology has won European Union (EU) approval that could see its anti-explosives scanner installed in airports across Europe from next year. Kromek, based at NETPark, near Sedgefield, County Durham
NEWCASTLE centre Luke Eves claims the word relegation has not crossed the lips of a single person at the club – despite the Falcons securing just one Aviva Premiership victory this term. The 21-year-old has already been haunted by the ghost
RICHARD Hughes revived his hopes of catching Paul Hanagan in the race for the jockeys’ championship with a near-22- 1 treble at Leicester. The Irish-born pilot cut the northern-based rider’s lead down to eight (179-171) thanks to his trio of
DOUBLE Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington insists Jo Jackson will be a force to be reckoned with at the London 2012 Olympics – despite dropping back to No.3 in the GB pecking order at the Commonwealth Games. Jackson looked set to emerge as the
YORKSHIRE’S preparations for the new season are gathering pace after it was announced yesterday that 11 of their players have committed their futures to the county. Nine first-teamers, including captain Andrew Gale and England’s Ashes bound
Jonathan Byrd secured his fourth PGA Tour title in spectacular fashion as he aced the fourth play-off hole in near-darkness to win the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Sunday. Byrd finished level Martin Laird
HOPES of a sustained recovery were fuelled today after official figures revealed Britains economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.8 per cent during the third quarter. The quarter-on-quarter rise in gross domestic product (GDP) was less than the 1.2
CESC Fabregas is fed up with having to field questions on Arsenal title credentials – win or lose – and maintains the only answer which matters will come at the end of the season. The Gunners moved back up into second place in the Premier League
ANDY Flower revealed he had already selected a likely England team for the first Ashes Test – but insisted those not in it had plenty of time to change his mind. There is still a month to go until England take to the field in Brisbane to begin
UEFA president Michel Platini has claimed introduced goal-line technology will lead to ‘‘PlayStation football’’ but admits that referees have to be masochists to cope with all the criticism thrown at them. Platini, who is pushing for two extra
X FACTOR winner Joe McElderry was back in his home town yesterday for a signing session at a supermarket. Hundreds of people queued in South Shields, South Tyneside, to meet Joe, who was promoting his album, Wide Awake. Next month, Joe, who
A FARMER has been fined £10,000 after admitting responsibility for an accident that led to a worker losing his leg. The injured man, 23, from Whitby, who does not wish to be named, was employed to help cut forage maize at Skipsters Hagg Farm,
THREE horses died in agony after irresponsible walkers left a farm gate open. Eight horses belonging to Julie and Brian Cook became seriously ill after crossing into a field containing unrefined wheat. Between them they consumed 25kg of the wheat
THE widow of North-East PC Keith Blakelock is launching a fresh appeal over his murder, 25 years after he was hacked to death during riots. The Sunderland police officer’s family said they were speaking out collectively for the first time as
A NORTH-EAST pub has reopened following a £100,000 refurbishment. Graham and Sam Atkinson are hoping The Bluebell, in Bishopton, near Stockton, will buck the national trend, which sees dozens of pubs closing every week. The pub reopened on
A NORTH-EAST town has been singled out by an economic thinktank as one of the best placed in the UK to benefit from a pot of Government funding for economic growth. Darlington is among the top four locations in the country which meet the criteria
THERE is a lot to like about the Government’s radical plan to introduce a flat-rate pension for all. Single people currently receiving about £97 a week would see the payment rise to £140 under the proposals put forward by Lib Dem pensions minister
A COLLEGE which may not seem like a Mecca for chocolate lovers became a hot bed of sweet sophistication yesterday. William Curley, voted Best British Chocolatier for the past three years, gave a demonstration to students, staff and employers
THE state pension could be increased to about £140 a week under Government plans to ensure everyone has a decent income in retirement. Ministers are drawing up plans to sweep away the means-tested system and introduce a flat-rate pension worth
SAFETY chiefs have pledged to crack down on illegal bonfires. Council and fire service bosses launched a twoweek campaign at Durham Police’s headquarters, in Aykley Heads, Durham City, yesterday. They hope to warn the public of the dangers of
A TOWN centre shopping development which had to be put on hold due to the recession is now back on track. However, plans for a multiplex cinema and footbridge at The Oval, in Darlington, have had to be dropped. The developer, Discovery Properties
X FACTOR singer Jamie Archer will help launch a city’s bonfire night display. The 35-year-old will perform at the event at Aykley Heads, Durham City, on Friday, November 5. The event will start at 5pm, with the London-born singer on stage from
IT could be 15 years before a much-anticipated eco-development takes shape after it fell victim to Government spending cuts. The task force behind Eastgate Renewable Energy Village, planned for a former cement works near Stanhope, County Durham
DARLINGTON supporters have an opportunity to see the club’s emerging talent when the youth team plays at The Northern Echo Arena tomorrow. Craig Liddle’s Under-18s play in the third qualifying round of the FA Youth Cup against Mossley and will
MIDDLESBROUGH remain hopeful of appointing Tony Mowbray as their manager within the next 24 hours following a day of hectic negotiations with both the former skipper and his previous employers Celtic. But with the financial complexities
A MAN was fighting for his life last night after he was thrown from his car onto the opposite carriageway during a crash on the A19. The two-car collision, on Sunday evening, involved a silver Ford Focus, carrying three men from Middlesbrough
WITH his prospects of a firstteam return all but non-existent, Sunderland full-back George McCartney will sign a new loan deal with Leeds United this week. McCartney’s current spell at Elland Road expires this morning, with Leeds already having
CHRIS Hughton has urged Andy Carroll to “learn the lessons” of yesterday’s conviction for common assault, and reminded the Newcastle striker of his responsibilities to those who have supported him in recent weeks. Carroll admitted assaulting
Manager declares his faith after Andy Carroll fined for nightclub assault. NEWCASTLE United striker Andy Carroll was yesterday ordered to pay more than £3,000 over an accidental glassing in a city nightclub. The 21-year-old injured non-league
A NORTH-EAST city is extending its retail opening hours in a move that is expected to deliver a multimillion pound boost to business. Newcastle’s Alive After Five will see retail outlets opening until 8pm on weekdays and 7pm on Saturdays, with
THREE soldiers injured in a fatal helicopter crash have won their legal fight for compensation from the Ministry of Defence. The soldiers could get up to £300,000 each for injury, loss and damage following the incident in Hudswell Grange, near
PRISON campaigners last night called for a review of a North-East secure unit after revelations that 21 children had suffered injuries while being restrained. The injuries were sustained by children at the privatelyrun Hassockfield Secure Training
Spennymoor Town can go top of the STL Northern League tonight. Champions Moors go to Jarrow Roofing, who are 14th in the table, and manager Jason Ainsley said: “The players must make sure that they are up for this game tonight. No games are easy.” He
