Notts County 3 Hartlepool United 0 LAST season, Hartlepool United headed for Meadow Lane in good spirits after a good run of form. They produced a pitiful display, lost 3-0 and so started a spell of five games without a win. Yesterday
NORTH-EAST X-Factor hopeful Amelia Lily Oliver was left speechless on Sunday night after failing to make it through to next week’s show. The 16-year-old from Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, fought back tears after being told she was not in judge
Andy Murray set his sights on overhauling Roger Federer in the world rankings after destroying Rafael Nadal in the deciding set to win the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championship in Tokyo. The world number four made it 12 successive victories by recovering
TOMMY Hill said he did not realise he had won the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship until well after he had crossed the line. That is understandable, though, when you consider the margin between he and rival, John Hopkins, at Brands Hatch
Hutton Magna hosts an "At Home with Alan Hinkes" evening at 7:30pm on Monday November 14th in the village hall. Alan Hinkes is the first Briton to climb the world's highest mountains. These are the 14 8000m peaks, all of which are in the 'death zone
DEFENCE Secretary Liam Fox tonight apologised for making a mistake in allowing "distinctions to be blurred" in his working relationship with former flatmate Adam Werritty. In a statement released on his return to London, Dr Fox conceded that his frequent
TWO students have proved themselves masters of spin after representing their country in a frisbee championship. Once confined to parks and beaches, frisbee has now becoming a popular competitive sport. Recently the European Championships of Ultimate
VOLUNTEER rescue workers came face to face with some of the people they had saved at a special awards ceremony. The Search and Rescue awards ceremony was held to highlight the work of unsung heroes in the region who have helped people trapped or injured
PROVISION for swimmers across the Hambleton district is being reviewed - in the hope of enticing more people back into the water. Pool timetables at the council leisure centres in Bedale, Northallerton, Stokesley and Thirsk are being examined for the
MICK Wadsworth keeps the same starting XI for Hartlepool United's trip to Notts County.The game, televised live on Sky Sports, sees Pools out to correct last weekend's loss to Sheffield Wednesday – their first of the season. The only change sees
GUY Wilks blamed human error for failing to achieve his dream of winning the Rally of Scotland. The Darlington rally driver experienced a high-speed spin in his Peugeot UK 207 Super 2000 which put paid to his attempt to challenge the leaders on the penultimate
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 41-year-old man was assaulted outside a pub in Washington. It happened on Saturday, October 8, between 10.05pm and 10.25pm outside the Bird Inn in Speculation Place in Concord when an argument has started
A MAN died after a collision between a bus and a car on a North-East bridge. The car driver, who has not been named but was in his 40s, died at the scene of the crash on the Gateshead side of the Redheugh Bridge across the River Tyne. The bus driver
Local band, The Bass Thieves have been signed to Satellite Records and will be filming their first music video at Middlesbrough's Arena to be aired on Sky TV. The Teesside Trio is beginning to stamp their mark on the dance floors of the country with
TAXI drivers in Richmondshire are considering taking legal action against the council over its decision to deregulate the industry. Members of the trade have already passed a vote of no confidence in two council officers after Richmondshire District
AN ACTION plan to bring down illegally high levels of air pollutants in a market town is to go before the public for their view. Traffic congestion in Malton is so severe at one particular hot spot in the town centre, that levels of nitrogen dioxide
HORTICULTURAL students are showing off their green-fingered skills at a world exhibition. Paul Lilgert, from Thirsk, is one of a team of Yorkshire trainees taking part in the WorldSkills Competition held at Excel in London this week (October 5 until
Hebburn suffered a major setback ahead of this week’s big FA Cup tie when they were hammered 6-3 at Brandon. Connor Winter and Adam Beamson both ran riot against the visitors, scoring a hat trick apiece. Hebburn were level 1-1 at one point,
A NORTH Yorkshire spa has been nominated as one of the best places in the country for a romantic getaway. Verbena Spa, part of the Feversham Arms Hotel in Helmsley, is a finanalist in the SPA Traveller Awards after being nominated as the Best Spa for
Bishop Auckland manager Colin Myers praised the “outstanding commitment” of his players after battling back to draw with nine men for a 2-2 draw in their stormy local derby at Shildon on Saturday. Shildon thought they’d won this controversial encounter
A DISTRICT is to launch extra kerbside recycling. From early October, Ryedale District Council will begin collecting plastic bottles and cardboard from households. The council will begin delivering extra recycling boxes one collection round at a time
