Shildon warmed up for their FA Vase tie on Saturday with an emphatic 7-1 win over Bishop Auckland in their local derby at Dean Street last night. Shildon were looking for revenge for their League Cup defeat by Bishops earlier in the season, and they
Already one of the most safety conscious 4x4s available, Infiniti’s sporting coupé crossover, the EX, takes a further step ahead of rivals with a new Blind Spot Warning (BSW) system for 2011. With both audible and visual signals to alert the driver
Toyota has announced details of innovative glass technology that reduces ultraviolet (UV) penetration into the front of the car by approximately 99 per cent. The new front-door glass will be used in new cars to be launched in 2011. Combined with
Homes shouldn’t be left off the Christmas list. Gabrielle Fagan rounds up a selection of homeware you’ll be happy to give or receive. THERE’S a host of desirable homeware that could give your rooms a lift – remember they’ll be under the spotlight
SITUATED next to the village green in Kirby Hill with views over the beautiful Hambleton Hills, East Farm House is in a genuinely idyllic spot. The Grade II-listed property dates back to the 18th Century, but retains many original period features
Pests may love Brussels sprouts, but not all people do. Ruth Campbell meets one North Yorkshire farmer who is on a mission to encourage us to eat more of this particular festive vegetable. FROM a distance, Peter Richardson’s crop of Brussels
THREE friends were put through their paces when they took on a 12-hour runathon in aid of charities close to their heart. Cousins Paul Best and Andrew Bowtell, from Spennymoor and Byers Green, County Durham, pounded treadmills at Newton Aycliffe
Why aren’t there many Western video games out there? On paper, it sounds perfect: riding a horse into the sunset, Mexican standoffs in graveyards, walking into a dusty saloon as the piano stops and all the men look up from their drinks… What self-respecting
AN angry shopper who badly injured his back after slipping on ice as he fled a fire alarm at Tesco is threatening to sue the store over his injuries. Robert Ballard, 57, of Brompton-on-Swale, near Richmond, was injured as he and fellow shoppers were
RESIDENTS in Stanhope are being invited to have their say on plans to provide better information for visitors to the town. Proposals for a scheme to improve signage and tourist information will be on display at the Durham Dales Centre and St Thomas’
A MAN whose partner is accused of murdering their two children in a Spanish hotel was today facing jail after using hypnotism and violence to groom and sexually abuse a young girl. Martin Smith, 45, who had regular access to the girl, abused her for
WHILE most families have a few homemade presents hidden away they’d rather forget about, there are still some gifts which are safe to make, and give, without fear of future resentment: edible ones. So the next time you head to the organic section
WHILE most families have a few homemade presents hidden away they’d rather forget about, there are still some gifts which are safe to make, and give, without fear of future resentment: edible ones. So the next time you head to the organic section
WHILE most families have a few homemade presents hidden away they’d rather forget about, there are still some gifts which are safe to make, and give, without fear of future resentment: edible ones. So the next time you head to the organic section
Lisa Haynes reveals top tips for paying lip service to your Christmas kisses. FORGET gazing into Mr Right’s eyes – with statement mouths on the style agenda he won’t be able to stop staring at your lips. Leave the nudes and neutral hues until New
Colin Firth, who stars in The King’s Speech – a film about George VI’s battle to control his stammer – describes his feelings about portraying the condition. STAMMERING, a speech disability which can cause sufferers to “freeze” while speaking
THE Newcastle Metro Arena erupted into a party of PVC, glitter and sexual banter when New York’s finest – the Scissor Sisters – arrived in the region on their 2010 tour. Thousands of fans at the packed-out gig danced and sang their hearts out
PANTO in Britain is as traditional as Christmas dinner and there couldn’t be a more traditional venue than the oldest working theatre in Britain. Mother Goose is the Georgian’s first professional, in-house pantomime production for more than
The Million Pound Drop Live (C4, 8pm) Cheryl Cole’s Crazy 2010 (Living, 9pm) Ancient Worlds (BBC2, 9pm) THERE’S something very poetic about the way Davina Mc- Call announces that you’ve just lost £75,000. It’s almost as though you wouldn
Since they lost their extra ‘s’, the Magpies have also lost their form. Could the two be connected? IT’S the season to be jolly, and periodically we shall be, but firstly to an altogether more serious reflection: do Newcastle United play their football
ELECTRIC Van Maker Smith is going into action with the US Marines. Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, the Wearside based Tanfield group’s American division, has sold two Smith Newton trucks to the US Marine Corps. It is the first military
NEARLY 200 staff at a firm producing hotdogs and survival rations for the Armed Forces are facing an uncertain future after a pension black hole plunged it into administration. Despite being profitable, North Yorkshire-based food production company
THE FTSE 100 Index rose to its highest level for twoand- a-half-years yesterday amid market rumours of a bid from Royal Dutch Shell for rival BP. BP rose three per cent as traders cited vague speculation of Shell’s interest in its closest competitor
I AM not surprised at James Naughtie’s mispronunciation on Radio 4 last week. As an infrequent listener I am aware of his inability to pronounce names correctly. He constantly referred to the previous American president as “President Boosh”. He
A BUSINESSWOMAN has been giving up her time to help primary school children understand enterprise. Michelle Pollard, 40, human resources and purchasing administrator for Durhambased milk container firm Nampak Plastics, has given up nearly 60
ONE of the leading hotels in the North-East is taking advantage of an initiative to ensure a former coal-scarred coastline is ready for tourism. Firms have been offered the opportunity to increase their tourism industry skills through the Know
CAR maker Nissan, which will make the Leaf electric car at its North-East plant, yesterday welcomed the Government’s decision to extend funding for charging points to five more regions. The decision to install charging points in major cities,
IN the Fifties we were installing training lights on the large stand in Darlington FC’s Feethams ground. It was freezing cold, so cold, our metal tools literally stuck to our hands. Our boss frowned upon us wanting to wear gloves. The players
I would like to publicly applaud the boys, girls and staff of Stevens newsagents, in Newton Aycliffe, who have done a fantastic job in bringing my newspaper throughout this bad weather without fail. It’s no fun going out at 7am on a freezing winter
I AM absolutely appalled at the latest scheme to emerge from the EU, a European Adoption Agency, which only came to light following pressure from a national Romanian newspaper. The role of this agency would be to create a “market” for European
HAVING long-term health problems isn’t fun at anytime, let alone in the current freezing weather. My attempt to claim disability living allowance has been going on since September last year. Today should have been the second attempt
WHEN one reads of the money councils the length and breadth of the country poured into the unsuccessful World Cup 2018 bid one realises how lucky the country has been in its failure. Local councils that bemoan the coalition’s cuts invested heavily
I DO not think that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had any choice to ignore the plight of the Irish economy. Our two economies are closely inter-linked. We already export a great deal to Ireland and our economy can only succeed if it can maintain
IT would be nice to think that before the curtain went up on last weekend’s Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium, the theatre director had walked onto stage. After introducing himself he might have said something like this: “As you
JUDGE Beatrice Bolton declared yesterday: “I, above all else, would never disrespect a court.” She must have a very strange view of what constitutes being disrespectful. Appearing before Carlisle Magistrates’ Court after her German shepherd dog
I would like to suggest The Gates shopping centre in Durham City is restored to its original name – Millburngate shopping centre The original name is of great antiquity and forms part of the heritage of Durham. The name comes from the mill and
AMAZINGLY, the Met Office puts this freezing weather down to “climate variability”, telling us that our senses are deceiving us. If you look at the long-term trends, we are in fact experiencing fewer freezing winters and more heat waves, they
TARTAK can be given one more chance to prove he is worthy of his lofty reputation in the rearranged totesport.com Peterborough Chase at Newbury. He has plenty to find on the official figures with the likes of Twist Magic but the fact the race now
THE recent cold snap appears to have had little effect on Keith Reveley’s string as the Saltburn handler enjoyed a fantastic 4,555-1 treble at Catterick. Trainers across the land have reported difficult training conditions due to snow and ice
JEMMA Lowe is looking to the long term as she prepares for this week’s World Short-Course Champion- ships as one of only two British swimmers in Dubai. The 20-year-old swimmer, from Hartlepool, will travel to the United Arab Emirates with European
JAMES Anderson has a handy alibi for skipping his early fatherhood duties – but those parenting skills may come in handy in the third Test too, as leader of an inexperienced England pace attack. Twenty-eight-year-old Anderson is happy these days
Pamela Fox, 66, from County Durham, made a full recovery from a potentially devastating stroke after being given a ‘clot-busting’ injection. This is her account of the frightening experience that could have had a much worse outcome. ‘IT is 7.45am
YORKSHIRE will begin the 2011 season with a trip to New Road to face County Championship Division One new boys Worcestershire between April 8 and 11. View Yorkshire CCC 2011 fixtures Andrew Gale’s side have been handed a favourable start
DURHAM will pay their first four-day visit to Liverpool, from June 27 to 30, as the re-development of Old Trafford forces Lancashire to play most of their cricket away from headquarters. • View Durham CCC 2011 fixtures Durham’s
FORMER British & Irish Lion Austin Healey has warned scrum-half Micky Young he has no chance of playing for England if he stays with Newcastle Falcons. The 22-year-old has represented both the second-string Saxons and Sevens teams since being
THE impact of spending cuts on one village will be discussed next week at a rescheduled meeting. Sadberge Parish Council will meet on Tuesday, December 21, at 6.30pm in the village hall after the meeting planned for earlier this week was unable to go
THREE children received early Christmas presents from a newsagents in Bishop Auckland after winning its Christmas card competition. Jay Binks, five, Finley Neilsen-Anderson, and India Ryvar-Fernandes, both four, who attend Cockton Hill Infants School
A NORTH-East service station was closed early this morning after a body was found in the car park. The dead man, who is believed to be in his late 20s and has not been named, was found at the Hawthorn Services, on the A19 at Easington, County Durham,
Darlington 3 Tamworth 2 ON A night when Darlington’s talented teenagers took on Arsenal’s stars of the future, one of the graduates of Quakers’ youth team fired the club into the second round of the FA Trophy. Curtis Main’s first two
Horden manager Brian Honour reckons that the enforced break worked in his team's favour when they beat Thornaby 4-1 at Welfare Park last night. Horden brushed Thornaby aside with possibly their best performance of the season, and Honour said: "Considering
A FARMER’S wife did not understand her £2m farm would go to the RSPCA and not her only daughter when she died, appeal judges have ruled. The Court of Appeal found that the will signed by Joyce Gill leaving 287-acre Potto Carr Farm, near Northallerton
A FORMER musician wept as he left court yesterday after being cleared of molesting two schoolgirls more than 20 years ago. Edward Horsman’s tenmonth ordeal came to an end when a jury at Teesside Crown Court acquitted him of all the charges
A PRICELESS Shakespeare volume stolen 12 years ago will go on display for the first time since its theft. The 17th Century Shakespeare First Folio will be the star attraction of a new exhibition, The Treasures of Durham University, which will
West Auckland manager Peter Dixon couldn't praise his players high enough after their 3-2 win at Whitley Bay last night put them fifth in the STL Northern League table. West's matchwinner was youngster Chris Lunn, who came on for the injured Matty Tymon
THE Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced yesterday that it is to close almost a third of the courts in England and Wales, including nine in the North-East. Seven magistrates’ courts and two county courts in the region will close among a total
THE winners of inaugural awards to celebrate Darlington's retail sector will be announced at a glittering ceremony tonight. A total of 115 entries across 11 categories were made for the first Darlington Retail Awards. Thirty-five entries have
• Primary School League Tables PRIMARY schools in the region are among the best performing in the country, figures show. Figures from this year’s controversial tests for ten and 11-year-olds showed that schools in the North-East and
Spennymoor boss Jason Ainsley reckons that his side's overall fitness was a major factor in their 3-0 win at Scarborough Athletic last night in the FA Carlsberg Vase. Moors became the second STL Northern League club through to the last 32 thanks to three
THE region’s deprived communities will be hardest hit from council funding cuts, local authority leaders claimed last night. Council bosses also questioned whether reductions to their annual grant settlement would allow charities and the voluntary
A FORMER headteacher has been told she cannot hold a management position again, but has been allowed to return to the classroom by a disciplinary panel. Margaret Bainbridge, who was suspended as head of Shotley Bridge Infant School, near Consett
FUNDING for school repairs in the region has been nearly halved, crushing hopes of a reprieve for scores of rebuilding schemes scrapped earlier this year. Government grants – for everything from essential maintenance to extra classrooms where
A FRAUDSTER gave police the slip for almost a year even though he said he suffered panic attacks and was unable to leave home. When officers repeatedly checked addresses for Jonathan Williams in Darlington, Hartlepool and East Anglia, they
UP to 250 jobs could go at Stockton Borough Council as it looks to save £29m over the next four years. The authority has been reviewing its services since 2008 and has already identified where it can save £8m this year without hitting services
The full force of Government spending cuts hit Durham County Council last night. Local Government Correspondent Mark Tallentire reports. THE biggest council in the North-East is poised to axe 1,600 jobs, its leader has revealed. Faced with £100m of
Hartlepool United 4 Yeovil Town 2 HARTLEPOOL United earned themselves a spot in round three of the FA Cup and a trip to Watford, after Antony Sweeney’s clinical hat-trick and a spectacular Ritchie Humphreys effort saw off Yeovil. Pools were two
ANGRY council leaders last night claimed that “unfair and unjust” Government grant settlements would widen the North-South divide as the region’s biggest local authority announced 1,600 job losses. Town hall bosses accused the coalition Government
THE Government was given some grim pre-Christmas news on jobs today when unemployment increased by 35,000 and the number of young people out of work reached near-record levels. The jobless total climbed to 2.5m in the quarter to October, a
POLICE raided eight houses in two south Durham towns this morning during a crackdown on drug dealers. About 120 officers were involved in Operation Nimrod Marina Bay which saw homes of heroin dealers in Shildon and Newton Aycliffe targeted. At 7am officers
A Thornaby park is in the running for nearly £50,000 worth of investment. Residents living in the Acklam Road area of the town and officials from Thornaby Football Club have joined forces to bring Teesdale Park into wider community use. The ‘Friends
Shildon’s new signing Danny Hollingsworth will make his home debut on Wednesday night in their local derby against Bishop Auckland. Hollingsworth was signed from Billingham Synthonia last month, and he’ll go straight into the middle of the defence providing
A CUP game was postponed tonight following the death of a North-East player. Rushden and Diamonds' FA Trophy first-round replay against Eastwood Town was called off after the death of goalkeeper Dale Roberts. The match was to have been held at Eastwood
