TWO boys and a girl were injured after a bouncy castle came loose from its tether, police said. The accident happened at the White House hotel, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, at 2.40pm on Sunday afternoon, although details were only released late
Darlington are yet to make any signings this summer, though they would have landed a coup had Fleetwood Town not flexed their financial muscles two weeks ago.Crawley striker Richard Brodie was lined up to move to The Northern Echo Arena on loan, a signing
Luke Donald dethroned Lee Westwood as world number one in the most dramatic way possible - beating him in a play-off to win the European Tour's flagship event at Wentworth. The two Englishmen went into sudden death at the BMW PGA Championship after Westwood
It is fair to say that Yorkshire are not enjoying their trip to the South of England so far. After being rolled over against Somerset to lose by ten wickets on Friday, the Tykes are again in trouble in their latest County Championship game against Sussex
ENGLAND selector James Whitaker did not rule out the possibility yesterday of Graham Onions being whisked away from Durham's match against Lancashire, who made 313 on the first day. With the second Test starting on Friday, it has not yet been decided
Take That fever has reputedly been gripping the North East after Gary, Robbie and the gang launched their new tour from the Stadium of Light in Sunderland. You have no idea how much I enjoyed typing that. Usually when a divorce lawyer discusses Take
PAUL Horton’s 94 kept leaders Lancashire afloat in the battle of the top two at Chester-le-Street as they reached 201 for five at tea. Although he gave no clear chance, Horton led a charmed life. An edge on one brushed Gordon Muchall’s fingertips at
A NORTH-EAST holidaymaker has been killed in a suspected robbery in Portugal. Ian Haggath from the Dunston area of Gateshead died last Wednesday, a week after he was targeted by a gang of thieves as he walked back to his hotel. The 50-year-old had been
THERE are several Durham connections in the mysterious case of Adrian Shankar, who made his Worcestershire debut against them and took no further part after injuring a knee in fielding practice. He has now been released after being exposed as a fraud.
THE first sods have been cut on projects to transform two north Durham schools. Work to create two state-of-the-art primary schools in the communities near Durham City is now underway. The multi-million pound developments, £7.2m for Brandon and £6.4m
Just returned from a very pleasant eight days in Lost Wages, sorry, I mean Las Vegas! I was on a trip there with John ‘Joe’ Kirby, my son-in-law Steve and his mate Davey. Now they say, ‘What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’ but I thought I would share
DURHAM again gambled by putting the opposition in at Chester-le-Street and this time it paid dividends. In the last home match Somerset made 610 for six, but Lancashire lost two wickets in the first five overs and were 86 for three at lunch with Paul
Whitley Bay striker Paul Chow rounded off a record breaking season for his club by winning the player of the year title at the Northern League dinner on Friday night. Chow, who was most uncharitably labelled a “donkey” by Poole Town fans after the first
A COUNCIL today defended its legal fight to unmask a blogger amid reports Twitter has handed British users' details over to the local authority following a court order. South Tyneside Council, which is based in South Shields, has been pursuing legal
We appear to have a new phenomenon in the newspaper world - the exclusive spawned by the lip-reader. Lip-readers were, of course, used extensively during the royal wedding to work out what was being said at the altar, although different newspapers
A £150,000 SKATEPARK was opened in Harrogate yesterday. Young BMX and skateboarding enthusiasts were involved in the design of the new site, which had been delayed after debate over the location. The skatepark, in Valley Gardens, was
A FITNESS group in north Durham is looking for more members to help people live healthy lives. Consett Exercise Class opened eight years ago so that people who had heart problems and needed a carefully tailored programme of exercise could find
