Darlington RA were knocked off the top of the second division table by a late Team Northumbria goal last night. TN looked as if they would have to settle for a 1-1 draw against Northallerton until Peter Watling scored the winner in the last
LET'S cut to the chase here: the Fiat 500C is a brilliant little car. In fact, I haven't had so much fun in a car all year. Inspired by the original 54-year-old Fiat 500 Nuova design, which boasted similar a fabric roof to the Citroen 2CV, I
JOEY Barton will wear the captain's armband as he makes his QPR debut against Newcastle United this evening. Neil Warnock has named the controversial midfielder in his starting line-up just two weeks after he left St James' Park on a free transfer.
Yorebridge House is reckoned Britain’s most romantic hotel – but will it make the heart beat faster? FOR more years than some may care to remember, these columns have earned a meretricious reputation for using long words. “Spurious” is quite a short
A DRIVER has died after a tree fell on a minibus in County Durham The tree hit the passing vehicle on the A688 between Staindrop and Barnard Castle, near Dunhouse Quarry, just after 3pm today. Police said that the vehicle was from the
Turning your beauty routine green can make for clearer skin and stronger hair. Make the change for Organic Month, says Lisa Haynes. TRANSFORMING yourself into a natural beauty is no easy feat. We’re not talking about the no make-up look, but a chemical
HISTORY DATE: The next meeting of Stokesley Local History Study Group will be on Monday, September 19, between 1.30pm and 3pm in the community care meeting room above the library. Members will discuss the new exhibition planned to take place on Saturday
THE latest touring version of Peter Shaffer’s controversial play was given extra impetus by London Classic Theatre rehearsals taking place near burnt-out Clapham High Street, during the London riots last month. The tale, based on the reallife
Have the summer holidays left your clothes feeling tight? Sarah O’Meara asks Alex Buckley for pain-free ways to get into shape. ANNOYINGLY, just when your favourite jeans become a little snug and your confidence takes the accompanying nosedive
WILL Smith’s dismissal for 66 at 2.20 confirmed Yorkshire’s relegation, but Durham’s title hopes were not being helped by events at the Rose Bowl. Hampshire kept dropping catches and leaders Warwickshire were 185 for two at tea, while Durham were 209
RAINBOWS, riots (predictions thereof) and reprimands were all in evidence as the Kaiser Chiefs lit up Kirkstall Abbey, in Leeds, on Saturday night. Sporadic rain caused a few grumbles among some of the throng, but spirits were quickly raised
MOTORISTS are being advised to avoid the A19 Tees flyover until further notice due to high winds. Cleveland Police has issued the warning as a precaution in an attempt to keep the road safe. Superintendent Chris Sadler said: “The bridge is extremely
CROWDS gather on the streets of the idyllic fishing village of Port Isaac, in North Cornwall, as the TV film-makers go about their work. They want a glimpse of the star – Martin Clunes. “It’s great for any actor seeking approval, isn’t it?
AN agricultural vehicle worth thousands of pounds has been stolen in a late night raid on a farm. The yellow JCB was stolen from a farm in the Tanton area of Stokesley, sometime between 7pm on Sunday and 8am today. It is thought that the thieves broke
It’s tense in Boldon, but it looks like CA have done enough to hang on to their Durham Coast League crown. Seaham Park went into the final round of matches knowing victory would give them a history- making first title, but in a restricted game
There were no such dramas for Kimblesworth as they crowned a first season in the Durham Senior League by clinching the title with an eight wicket drubbing of Durham City. City were bowled out for 187, Kevin Dixon picking up five wickets. Stephen
POLICE are investigating after a £30,000 piece of farm machinery was stolen from Stokesley. Sometime between 7pm on Sunday and 8am today, a yellow JCB with a front spike was stolen from the Tanton Farm area. It is believed that the offenders broke
SOUTH NORTH completed their remarkable second-half of the season comeback to snatch the NEPL championship from Chester-le-Street. The Cestrians found the Durham Academy too tough a nut to crack and were heading for a heavy defeat when the rain
SEBASTIAN VETTEL shed tears of joy following an Italian Grand Prix win that has left him with an iron-fisted grip on a further slice of Formula One history. Monza was supposed to highlight Red Bull’s weaknesses, instead the dominant Vettel merely
THE North-East’s newest athletics club, Tyne Bridge Harriers, founded six months ago following a split from Wallsend Harriers, won their first trophy at the weekend, thanks to a slip-up by their former clubmates. Wallsend finished clear
THE championship crown looks like heading to Marton for the second time in three years after long-time leaders Hartlepool relinquished their grip with defeat against relegation threatened Northallerton, who gave themselves an unexpected chance
SIMON DYSON captured a third KLM Open in six years in Holland – and this one took him into the world’s top 30 for the first time in his career. The 33-year-old from York, a Walker Cup team-mate of Luke Donald and Paul Casey in 1999, birdied four
DURHAM go into their final match of the season at home to Worcestershire today 15 points adrift of top spot and needing a repeat of 2008’s final drama. Ahead of the last game at Canterbury that year they were ten points behind Nottinghamshire,
YORKSHIRE’S stand-in captain Joe Sayers has praised the togetherness of his squad after seeing the county secure an unlikely lifeline to remain in division one of the LV=County Championship. The Tykes battled to a thrilling six-wicket win over
Exeter Chiefs 32 Newcastle Falcons 15 NEWCASTLE Falcons set an unwanted club record at Exeter – their ninth successive Premiership loss. Falcons went down 32-15 and head coach Alan Tait accepted that you can have all the possession in the world
GOING by what we see on TV and read in the newspapers, the West is about to be overwhelmed by Muslim terrorists, many of whom are seemingly only too eager to martyr themselves for their beliefs. This message is constantly being hammered home
A PRIMARY school has become the first in Darlington to achieve a quality status for its commitment to young pupils' development. Harrowgate Hill Primary School has been given the Ofsted-recognised quality mark status in early years. The school
MAGRS turned Whitby into Gothic City with his macabre tales of horror and magic and his wonderfully eccentric characters such as Brenda and Effie. Now he spreads his wings and crosses the Atlantic to New York but seems to have left his magical
Tamasyn Guy-Jobson gets her teeth stuck into the latest novel by Matt Haig. YORK writer Matt Haig has written six books over the past seven years. His latest literary offering, The Radleys, is about a family of vampires living incognito
A VILLAGE surgery is running bi-weekly vaccination clinics next month for patients at risk of flu. Moorlands Surgery, in Cockerton, will hold walk-in clinics in the function room at Cockerton Club, in Woodland Road, for at-risk groups and patients
ST PAUL’S A believer I have never been Till before me a building I have never seen Standing all alone in a place of darkness It seemed to glow with a radiant brightness. All around others did not stand or last As they suffered
REGARDING Rob Meggs’ joy that fewer Christian assemblies are to be held in schools (HAS, Sept 8). People of all kinds, the highly successful, those slogging on and those who struggle from day to day (including what Ken Clarke has referred to as
AFTER seeing yet more photos of dead rhinos with their magnificent horns hacked off by chainsaw-wielding poachers, controlling my anger has been a painfully difficult task. I’ve wanted to make those responsible suffer an even worse fate than what
WHAT will happen if the rich get rid of the 50p tax rate? The money will probably disappear into some tax haven or be invested abroad where, due to the present state of the UK’s economy, profits are greater. Give money to the poor. They will spend
ONCE again Ben Ord, from predominantly white-British Spennymoor, blames immigrants for the country’s problems (HAS, Sept 8). This time he wrongly accuses immigrants of causing a housing shortage. Until 1979, Britain had the best and most affordable
HOW brave of Fillentino, a small village in Italy, to declare its own independence with its own currency and monarch, in the wake of severe austerity measures that would cut its public services to the bone. Does it serve any purpose for Darlington
BERNIE WALSH makes some excellent points in his letter about multiculturalism (HAS, Sept 6). I think the problem with people like John Cleese and Jeremy Clarkson is that multiculturalism is an easy target. I do wonder just how many people would
SARAH WOLLASTON’S Private Member’s Bill calling for restrictions on alcohol advertising was expected to have its second reading in the House of Commons last week. This year, 650 young people will die as a result of alcohol – or 13 per week. It
THE designers who built Britain’s tilting train held a reunion recently. Their prototypes are to be found in York’s Railway Museum and Locomotion, at Shildon. The Government wants to build a new high-speed railway between London and Birmingham
LOCAL knowledge is everything on a paper such as The Northern Echo and we are always happy to be pointed in the right direction. This week, that direction happens to be eastwards to Hartlepool. We recently reported on a Hartlepool mother who
PERHAPS the biggest lesson from 9/11 is that violence doesn’t really achieve anything other than pain and suffering. What has al Qaida achieved by flying two planes into the Twin Towers and killing 3,000 people? It has lost its stronghold in Afghanistan
CORNERED killer Raoul Moat knew he faced the rest of his life in prison which made police negotiations with him extremely difficult, his inquest heard today. With a shotgun pointing at his own head, he told officers during a six-hour stand-off: "I cannot
A POLITICIAN has accused a council of betraying residents by refusing to revoke planning permission for a controversial development on a flood plain. Hurworth Councillor Martin Swainston has called for Darlington Borough Council to "do what is right
AN emergency meeting has been called after reports of drink and drug-fuelled antisocial behaviour re-emerging at a notorious Darlington hotspot. Police and councillors will meet residents from Nightingale Avenue and the surrounding streets to discuss
A PAIR of unwanted cats, who were saved by a charity hours before they were due to be put down, are looking for a home. Brothers Jim and Tim are being cared for by staff at the National Animal Sanctuary Support League (NASSL), near Darlington.
CHANGES to household benefits will see claimants in Darlington lose an average of £6.55 per week. A report on how Government plans to reform the benefits system will impact on Darlington says the borough council will see a reduction in Local
MORE than 100 people took to woodland pathways around Darlington as part of a popular community event. Organisers of the fourth Darlington Community Walk say they hope the walk will continue in future years - albeit in a slightly different format.
DURHAM began their final match of the season by winning the toss for the 14th time in 16 championship games and reached 83 for two at lunch against Worcestershire at Chester-le-Street. Bowling in the strong wind would have seemed about as appealing as
JAMES Haskell has warned England must improve before they face Georgia next Sunday or risk being on the receiving end of one of the biggest shocks in Rugby World Cup history. England escaped from their opening match with a 13-9 victory over
PACE in the backs proved decisive as the home teams won the region’s two derby matches on Saturday. Tynedale beat Blaydon 34- 25 in a gripping National One clash with full back Chris Harris scoring the late clinching try and having hand in two
VOTERS have been asked their opinion of polling stations as part of review of the current system in Richmondshire. The review by Richmondshire District Council will look at how practical the existing 57 polling stations are for voters and each polling
RURAL communities that are struggling to get a decent internet connection have been invited to take part in a roadshow that aims to give them support to get online. The Yorkshire branch of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has teamed up
POLICE investigating a hit and run collision on the A1 have appealed for witnesses to come forward. The incident happened at 9.50pm on Thursday, September 8, when a light coloured Vauxhall Tigra was hit by a red articulated vehicle pulling a blue trailer
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses to an incident inside a dales pub at the weekend in which a young woman was attacked with a bottle. The incident happened around 11pm on Saturday, inside the Bonny Moor Hen pub on Front Street in Stanhope. A disco
Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched yesterday as the US marked the tenth anniversary of 9/11. Alli Pyrah was in New York for the opening of the Ground Zero memorial AFTER a decade of delays and controversy over an ever-expanding
DEVELOPERS say they are still listening following the last of three public consultation events over a plan which could see England’s biggest wind farm built in the region. Energy firm E.ON spent three days last week gathering views on a scheme
TRIBUTES have been paid to the two teenagers who died in a horrific car accident over the weekend. Josh Corey Hopkins, 17, of Thornaby and Joshua Thomas Stevenson, also 17, from Ingleby Barwick and known as Josh or as his nickname Ste, died when a grey
VOLUNTEERS got their brooms out to help smarten up their community in preparation for a redevelopment project. Tristar Homes and Apollo Housing staff and residents joined forces in a Make a Difference Day to tidy the Holmes and Stainsby Beck Estate
THREE nursing teams from a North-East hospital trust have been shortlisted for national awards. Nursing staff a the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are in the running for the Nursing Times team of the year title and also have two finalists
A BRAVE barmaid tackled a violent drunk and held him until police arrived to arrest him for an assault, a court was told yesterday. Roxanne Chisholm stepped in when Kevin Shaw, 31, punched and kicked Matthew Martin outside The Standard in Redcar High
FRIENDS of Redcar Music and Arts are hosting a matinee concert at Zetland Park Methodist Church, in Redcar, featuring Hartlepool pianist Alison Gill, on Wednesday, September 28, at 1.30pm. Tickets for the performance, which will include classical
Fancy gambling the night away without the risk of losing the car? On Saturday 8th October Northallerton Town Hall will be transformed into a Las Vegas casino, to raise essential funds for Herriot Hospice Homecare. The Charity, which provides hospice
A ROOF has collapsed on an industrial estate in Langley Moor, County Durham. According to reports, around 15 cars have been damaged in the incident near the premises of Bako Northern, on the Littleburn Industrial Estate. However, police
Nick Easter insisted England will never take a backward step on the field, despite Courtney Lawes' aggression placing his Rugby World Cup future in doubt. Lawes has been cited for allegedly striking Argentina hooker Mario Ledesma with his knee in Saturday's
NEWCASTLE United footballer Nile Ranger's Range Rover was driven off without him while he was being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, police said today. The 20-year-old Newcastle United striker was stopped by officers in Clayton Street
A CANOE instructor from Darlington has died after his canoe capsized while leading a group of students. The victim, believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, was involved in the incident on the River Eamont near Yanwath Hall, Penrith,
Burnley 0 Middlesbrough 2 AT A GROUND where you are constantly reminded of the legacy of the Industrial Revolution, Middlesbrough showed some industry of their own to record their fifth successive away win. Burnley's Turf Moor affords
JOE Bennett started his week with humiliation, but capped a memorable seven days with his first goal for Middlesbrough. A week ago, Bennett was on international duty with England under-21s, and had to sing in front of his new teammates as an
Sunderland 1 Chelsea 2 AT the half-time interval of Saturday’s home game with Chelsea, Sunderland owner Ellis Short appeared on the touchline to cut a birthday cake celebrating the tenth anniversary of the club’s charitable foundation. By the
A MAN has been charged with murder after a grandfather was attacked while outside a church waiting to pray. Leslie David Liddle, 41, was assaulted outside Bensham Gospel Hall, in Bensham Road, Gateshead, at about 6.30pm on Wednesday.
ORGANISERS of the 170th Stanhope Agricultural Show promised sun, and for the most part they lived up to their word. The show held at Unthank Park in Stanhope, County Durham, on Saturday and Sunday was interrupted by sporadic downpours, but
STAFF working for multi-millionaire businessman Duncan Bannatyne have been told everything is being done to safeguard their jobs despite him potentially having to pay out a massive divorce settlement. Mr Bannatyne’s marital difficulties
THOUSANDS of people tasted life in the Paras with a gruelling challenge. The Paras’ 10 is a ten-mile race held at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, where many competitors complete the cross-country run in boots while carrying 35lb backpacks
THE self-obsessed actions of a footballing mercenary or further proof that Sunderland are incapable of holding on to the players they need to propel them into the upper reaches of the Premier League? Asamoah Gyan's shock departure from the Stadium
Carlisle United 1 Hartlepool United 2 AS he surveyed the wreckage of two points dropped, Hartlepool United's captain took the initiative. Sam Collins wasn't having any more of it. He had saw his side turn a win into a draw at Stevenage last
THE head of a North-East engineering company will join the Prime Minister today on a high-powered trade mission to Russia. Geoff Turnbull, chairman of GT Group has been invited by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) to accompany delegates which includes
A 17-YEAR-OLD has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after two teenagers were killed in a crash on the A66. The three were among seven young people travelling in a vehicle that was involved in the accident in the
A PRISON officer has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs into a young offenders’ institution. The Ministry of Justice last night confirmed that an unnamed officer at Deerbolt Young Offenders’ Institution, near Barnard Castle, is being
A SPORTING pioneer could be immortalised in his homeland with a stadium built in his honour. Arthur Wharton was the world’s first black professional footballer, who began his career playing in goal for Darlington. Following a high-profile
FOOTBALL fans who usually watch the drama unfold from the stands are being invited to take centre stage in a play about the rebirth of their beloved club. The production, Boro’s 37 Mins, celebrates the 25th anniversary of the day Middlesbrough
VETERANS campaigning for a memorial to a military regiment have seen a miniature version of the statue. They hope a larger-than-life-sized bronze statue of a Durham Light Infantry bugler will be unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum,
DEREK Llambias has warned Newcastle United supporters that Mike Ashley will be less inclined to invest in the club if they continue to “abuse” him. Having turned down interview requests from a number of newspapers, including The Northern Echo
GABRIEL Obertan saw enough of Joey Barton to realise he was a "massive player" for Newcastle United, but the summer signing is confident the 28-year-old will not be missed after turning his back on Tyneside last month. After an acrimonious
WHILE his defensive unit performed heroics to keep Carlisle at bay, Mick Wadsworth was quick to praise the efforts of his strikers. Pools' second-half rearguard action at Brunton Park earned a third successive win and an eighth league win at
IT is too early in the season to pay attention to any league table as no judgements are valid until after nine or ten games, believes Mark Cooper. Yet the fact that his Darlington side have already lost three games is a concern, and just as worrying
THE family needed an outing last weekend and I managed to get them to Lartington in Teesdale before they rumbled that they were really on the look-out for more old things. This time we were searching for the remains of the Deepdale viaduct,
