Dunston striker Andy Bulford took his tally for the season to 18 as his side overpowered bottom club Ryton in the STL Northern League last night. Bulford scored a hat trick as they moved up to 10th in the table , with newcomers Ian Mills and Paul Mills
A HOUSE once lived in by comedian Stan Laurel failed to sell at auction tonight. The two-bedroomed property in Bishop Auckland, which has a blue plaque above the front door to mark its historic past, failed to reach its reserve price.
Darlington have rung the changes for tonight's game at Grimsby Town, manager Mark Cooper changing four of his line-up. Darlington have rung the changes for tonight's game at Grimsby Town, manager Mark Cooper changing four of his line-up.
SUNDERLAND striker Danny Welbeck has been named among the England substitutes for this evening's friendly with Ghana. Welbeck was a late call up into Fabio Capello's squad this morning as a replacement for the injured Aaron Lennon, and the 20-year-old
A BUILDING society is urging its members to have their say by donating money to a war memorial appeal for every member who votes at their annual general meeting. Darlington Building Society has decided to support the Durham Light Infantry Memorial Appeal
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to protect a greenfield site from being transformed into a housing estate have issued a rallying call to unite their opposition. David Wilson Homes, part of the Barratt Group, wants to build the homes at Grey Towers Farm, a working
EVANGELISTS have finally been given the cash to build a new £1m church in Redcar. The New Life Church was bought under a compulsory purchase order (CPO) by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 11 years ago. But the authority only transferred the money
INSPECTORS have hailed a top-performing school for its "relentless drive" to give pupils the best start in life. Bydales School, in Marske, was given the highest possible ranking outstanding by education watchdog Ofsted. The school, which has specialist
A TEENAGE football fan has kicked off his career in style after scooping an industry award. Callum Ellsbury, who is an administration assistant with legal firm BHP Law, has become Apprentice of the Year for business and administration. The accolade
OFFICERS have recovered £20,000 of cannabis following a routine stop check of a car on the A19. The Vauxhall car, which was stopped near Crathorne, near Yarm, at around 7.40pm on Thursday, March 24, was carrying 20 bars of cannabis resin and £3,000 in
A CLAMPDOWN on vehicles carrying hazardous products has resulted in a quarter being found to be committing offences. Cleveland Police joined forces with the Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA) to stop the vehicles on the southbound approach to Stockton
A MIDDLE-AGED woman died from the effects of breathing acrid smoke when an intense fire broke out in her sitting room, an inquest heard today. Estelle Teasdale, 52, was found by firefighters about three feet from the door to the hallway at her terraced
A car boot and table top sale is being held in Whorlton on Monday May 2nd. The car boot sale will take place in the car park of the Bridge Inn, which will be open for refreshments all day. The table top sale will take place on the green. Please note
THIS is Sarah Brown’s account of life as wife of the prime minister during Gordon Brown’s stint as Labour Party leader. Sarah soon realises that there are no official guidelines for the role of prime minister’s spouse, and the book charts her
STORYTELLING can be more than a profession, it can become your world, and when apprentice Rosa, the Red Bird, a girl with a vivid and vigorous imagination, crosses the borderline, her teacher Orlando de la Tour has no option but to follow her –
LOOSELY based on the story of Damilola Taylor, the protagonist in Pigeon English is 11-year-old Harrison “Harri” Opoku, who arrives in the UK from Ghana with his family. Through Harri’s eyes, we learn about the bleak day-to-day life in his inner-city
A NEW TV show charting life in the Yorkshire Dales has proved to be a hit after more than four million viewers tuned in for the opening episode. Tourism bosses hope that The Dales, a 12-part series for ITV, will provide a major boost to the
AWARD-winning crime writer Sara Paretsky returns with her 14th VI Warshawski novel focusing on her Chicago-based heroine, private investigator Vic Warshawski. In edgy nightclub Club Gouge, an act called Body Artist sits naked on stage inviting
THE dulcet Northern Irish tones coming down the telephone are a world away from those of the stereotypical punk rocker. Warm, friendly, even jovial, my initial thought was that the intervening years, fatherhood, the ageing process and the like had dulled
HISHAM Matar’s first novel, In The Country Of Men, about childhood in Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, was shortlisted for the 2006 Booker Prize. Anatomy follows this semi-autobiographical ground with both the author and his narrator, Nuri, suffering
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GI Tip: Packed with beneficial omega 3 fatty acids, this dish is low in calories and full of nutrients. Feel free to substitute salmon with kippers or mackerel. • Readers can purchase the GI High-Energy Cookbook by Rachael Anne Hill (Ryland
Quarter-past six and already the station's thronged with folk waving blue and white banners. Sadly they don't portray the Seahorse symbolism of Whitley Bay FC but the logo of the NAS/UWT, off to the cuts protest march in London. Beneath it is something
HEATON HARRIERS came up on the rails to snatch the Division One senior mens championship and score a remarkable double in the final Start Fitness North-East Harrier League fixture at Prudhoe.Morpeth Harriers went into the race with a one point lead after
THERE’S a joke beloved of every after-dinner speaker who can essay a Yorkshire accent – possibly, indeed, the only known joke concerning monumental sculptors – about a chap from Saltaire or somewhere who asks for the inscription “She were thine
Celebrate your natural beauty by going cosmetics-free. Lisa Haynes reveals how to take a break from your make-up bag. FOR many a make-up junkie, the thought of going bare-faced is akin to walking to the shops naked to buy a pint of milk. A
After being bullied and battling with her weight all her life, Judith Box from Shildon lost an incredible nine stones. She tells Ruth Addicott why she is helping others do the same. MEMBERS of a slimming group in Coundon have lost more than
TWO more people have appeared in court accused of kidnapping and murdering a man allegedly snatched from his home. Lee Woodier and Andrew Jackson have been charged in connection with the death of 45-year-old Redcar man John Newton. They appeared
A HISTORICAL treasure trove normally off limits to visitors is to be opened by English Heritage for a number of special tours. English Heritage is to hold free tours at its northern archaeology store, in Helmsley, on the North York Moors. The centre
A TALENTED teenage dancer is to take on the best as she competes for glory in the Irish Dancing World Championships. Kayleigh Doherty, 19, of RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, will battle it out in the solo event at the competition held in Dublin next month
A SCHEME to deter speeding motorists in north Durham celebrates its first birthday next month. The Community Speedwatch equipment, funded by the Stanley Area Action Partnership, has proved extremely successful in moderating driver behaviour, especially
TWO men arrested in connection with the death of a father-of-two have been released on police bail. The men, aged 26 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after David Moore, 54, died on Sunday night. He was hit by
ABOUT 100 workers are facing an uncertain future after it emerged that a North-East power station is to be partially mothballed this week. Teesside Power Station is to be run below its 1,875 megawatt capacity for the foreseeable future after demand
A LEGAL team from a city that once led the world in steelmaking played a major role in concluding the complex deal that saved Teesside Cast Products. Experts from the Sheffield office of DLA Piper represented Tata Steel last week as it handed
A NORTH-EAST care home group’s move to monthly payments for landlords is part of renegotiations and no cause for renewed concern, its finance director said last night. David Smith was speaking after it emerged that the Darlington-based Southern
ALAN BUDWORTH is trying to find news about a former friend who has lost contact with. His name is Darrell Stack, who lives in Darlington, and father comes from Sheffield. Mr Budworth can be contacted on alan.budworth4@virginmedia.com or 4 Clayton Street
A NORTH Yorkshire retail entrepreneur is eyeing a slice of the market occupied by major online players such as eBay and Amazon after securing £100,000 of private funding for his latest venture. Jason Hadlow, best-known for running Simply Dutch,
NORTH-EAST entrepreneurs and politicians have urged the region’s businesses to tap into China’s booming economy, which is tipped to become the world leader by 2030. Following his recent trade mission to Beijing, Trade and Investment Minister
Supersize V Superskinny (C4, 8pm) Sex and the Sitcom (BBC4, 9pm) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Five, 9pm) IT turns out that eating until you are the same size as the sofa is not particularly good for you. Similarly, sucking on a grapefruit every
Radio 1 DJ and mum Edith Bowman talks about how motherhood has changed over the past 80 years and how her hands are still recovering from doing chores the old-fashioned way. IF YOU think it’s hard being a mum today, just imagine what it was
THE American comedian George Carlin recently reported that that he had listened to a partial eclipse of the sun on the radio. My initial reaction was that this sounded like America gullibility until I remembered that, as a young boy in the early
AS a member of Durham County and Spennymoor Town Council, I was pleased to support a zero increase in the 2011-12 council taxes. I will also welcome the same bills for the following year. These nil increases were brought about because of the 2.5
MANY thanks to The Northern Echo and, in particular, Barry Nelson, who was instrumental in highlighting the injustice and campaigning for changes in guidelines by the National Institute for Clinical Excellent (Nice), regarding when people with
I RECALL seeing several films at the cinema starring Elizabeth Taylor, who has died at the age of 79 (Echo, March 24). Among these were Giant, Raintree County and Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. In her life away from the movies, I well remember her love
THE Ferryhill History Society would like to thank all the visitors who came to its exhibition last Sunday, March 20. The exhibition was organised by Geoff Wall who collected the artefacts and photographs. Thank you to all the people who have given
WHAT on earth is the Royal Mail thinking about when it is considering discontinuing the Dales post bus service? The Northern Echo report on March 24 says the Royal Mail believes the post bus now spends 80 hours each week on the road, but only
J HESLOP in his letter (HAS, March 22) states there is over population of badgers in the South-West and the West Country. From what source does he get statistics on badger numbers to justify this claim? The spring issue of Badger News, which is
FOR the second time the Labour Party has sold its soul to those who feel a war will divert people’s minds from our failing economy – likewise Nicholas Sarkozy. Notice the resemblance between the assault on Iraq and the cavalier intervention in
PLEASE may I thank all the young people who came to my aid when I fell in Darlington on Tuesday, March 22. You were all so very kind and helpful, I owe you a debt of gratitude. No serious damage, now on the mend and at home. Thank you so much.
DAVID CAMERON appointed Sir Philip Green to advise on where “savings” (which really means cuts) can be made as part of the Government’s ideologicallydriven austerity measures. Mr Green recently transfered ownership of Arcadia Group, which includes
GEORGE ORWELL should be living today. He would hear so many of his examples of decayed language which he called newspeak. For example, the BBC referred to the criminal thugs who set fires and raised barricades in London last Saturday as “activists
IT is good news that approximately 18,000 students in the North-East and North Yorkshire will not now lose their £30-a-week grants which make the difference to them being able to continue in further education. After a last-minute Government rethink
As air strikes continue on Libya, Will Roberts meets an expat doctor who believes a future without Colonel Gaddafi is the only hope for the homeland he loves. WITH his hand outstretched, forming a peace sign, Dr Salem Burwaiss shows the Libyan
RICHARD Fahey is praying for a trouble-free run for the next month to allow his stable star Wootton Bassett to make it to Newmarket to contest the 2000 Guineas. The Iffraaj colt enjoyed a brilliant unbeaten juvenile campaign, picking up over £500,000
SUNDERLAND striker Danny Welbeck has been called into the England squad for the first time following the withdrawal of Aaron Lennon. The Football Association confirmed last night that Lennon had been released back to Tottenham as a precaution
HEATON HARRIERS came up on the rails to snatch the Division One senior men’s championship and score a remarkable double in the final Start Fitness North-East Harrier League fixture at Prudhoe. Morpeth Harriers went into the race with a one point
TWO youth projects providing links between Darlington's schools and its football club are on the verge of closure due to funding cuts. Staff and volunteers at the Football in the Community have been told the scheme is to end this week. The Northern
The original Witness Choir first began meeting during 1980. The inspiration and enthusiasm of one person from Willington who was prepared to involve others with a love for singing. Throughout its life the choir has numbered, on average, some
A MODEL swapped high heels for wellies to volunteer at a dog shelter for a day. Kelly Waite, the Miss UK Tourism title-holder, spent yesterday at the Dogs Trust's rehoming centre at Sadberge, near Darlington. The 27-year-old, from Sedgefield
QUARTER-PAST six and already the station’s thronged with folk waving blue and white banners. Sadly they don’t portray the Seahorse symbolism of Whitley Bay FC but the logo of the NAS/UWT, off to the cuts protest march in London. Beneath
THE late Sir Bobby Robson was honoured with a locomotive named in his memory today. East Coast trains named the Class 91 high-speed locomotive after the football legend. Sir Bobby's widow, Lady Elsie Robson and former England and Newcastle
LENGTHY delays developed on roads near a city centre after a two-car collision at rush hour today. The crash involved an Audi A4 and a Chevrolet Kalos on the northbound carriageway of the A691 Framwelgate Peth, near County Hall, in Durham, shortly after
WHEN Gordon Strachan convinced Scott McDonald to move to Middlesbrough, the £3.5m buy from Celtic thought he would have been spearheading a charge back to the Premier League. Fourteen months and two failed attempts at a return to the top-flight
RYAN Donaldson's loan spell at Hartlepool United has come to an end, with the forward returning to Newcastle after two months at Victoria Park. Last Friday's home loss to Rochdale was the final game of his second month at the club and he trained with
SUNDERLAND goalkeeper Craig Gordon fears he may have to wait until next season before he can recapture full fitness after his hopes of a run out for Scotland went unfulfilled. Gordon spoke last week of a desire to face the Brazilians at the Emirates
DARLINGTON manager Mark Cooper has thrown the gauntlet down to his under-performing stars prior to tonight's trip to Grimsby - either shape up or ship out. Quakers' boss says his players are not only playing for a place in the FA Trophy final, they are
A GROUND-BREAKING music centre is opening its doors to the community. Described as the ultimate rock and pop experience, the Sound Pod, in Bishopton Road West, Stockton, is an interactive room packed with musical equipment. Run by
ABOUT 18,000 of the region’s students were thrown a lifeline yesterday – months before they were due to lose vital £30-a-week grants to help them stay on in college. In a major U-turn, the Government announced that most teenagers already claiming
A MICRO brewery in the North- East has made an early offering to the list of products marking the forthcoming royal wedding. Among the commemorative plates, mugs and tea towels produced for next month’s marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton
WHAT is the point of an international friendly? Plenty of people have been posing the question ahead of this evening's game between England and Ghana, a match that will see Fabio Capello select what effectively amounts to a shadow side. Why
TRIBUTES have been paid to a teenager found dead at a notorious suicide spot. The body of Callum Lyon, 17, was found below the 175ft-high Hownsgill Viaduct, in Castleside, near Consett, County Durham. Callum, who spent a short time in
A DRAMA teacher has told a court she was not a lesbian and did not have sexual relationships with two female former pupils. Caroline French, 38, said both the ex-students were liars and that a fellow teacher and another pupil were also not telling
A ROYAL Navy officer from the North-East has netted a top trophy with her warship. Lieutenant Commander Catherine Jordan and her crew aboard warship HMS Severn won the Offshore Patrol Vessels’ Efficiency Pennant and the squadron’s most coveted
ALAN Pardew has urged Newcastle United supporters not to pass judgement on Mike Ashley until he has had an opportunity to spend the owner's money this summer. Ashley's motives were challenged in January when he sanctioned the sale of leading
POLICE last night named a father-of-two killed in a hitand- run involving a car that was reported stolen. David Moore, 54, is believed to have been crossing a road in Ferryhill, County Durham, when he was hit by an Audi at 10.45pm on Sunday.
A BNP activist who posted online comments describing some immigrants as “filth” while teaching has criticised the £72,000 cost of an unsuccessful disciplinary hearing. Adam Walker, of Spennymoor, County Durham, also wrote that other immigrants
A MAN who choked his girlfriend with a shirt after threatening her with a knife has walked free from court. Darlington factory worker Matthew Landells was yesterday told by Recorder Andrew Haslam he will be jailed if he wastes his “final chance
JURORS in the trial of a subpostmaster accused of battering his wife to death as she lay in bed were yesterday shown photographs of her bloodstained pillow. Diana Garbutt was hit over the head three times with a blunt crowbar-like object, Teesside
Esh Winning manager Andrew Soppitt is hoping that his players’ confidence can improve in tonight’s home game against Sunderland RCA. Esh lost 2-0 at Penrith on Saturday, and two more defeats will virtually mean second division football next
