POLICE are seeking a lorry driver who may not be aware he has been involved in an accident. The accident happened on the A684 at Patrick Brompton, near Bedale, North Yorkshire, at about 2.30pm on Thursday. A Toyota Prius, travelling towards Leyburn,
A lorry driver had a lucky escape after his cab caught fire on the A1 this afternoon. The incident happened on the A1(M) northbound carriageway just past the junction with the A59.
PETER Galloway grew up "over the border" in the shadow of the Transporter Bridge. "Even though I've now lived in Darlington longer than I did in Middlesbrough, it is still the landmark of my old hometown," he says, having looked out these splendid pictures
When you live in the countryside, many of the facilities that urban dwellers take for granted are denied to you. One advantage, apart from the mobile library service, is that your doctor can not only prescribe medication but also dispense it. So it was
CHEVROLET SPARK Prices: from £7,160 - £10,430 CHEVROLET'S rise from niche marque to major international player has gone largely unnoticed in the UK. Thanks to a steady flow of new models and successful product refreshes, sales have soared during
Will Smith has signed a two year contract extension with Durham. The 29 year old former captain was the team's second highest scorer in the LV= County Championship with 978 runs. He was also named Fielder of the Year at the end of season awards dinner
Stars: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Andie Mac- Dowell, Miles Teller, Ziah Colon, Patrick John Running time: 113 mins Rating: **** They’ve remade Footloose,” I tell a friend. “Why?” comes the answer. “Because they
MY recent entreaties for more folk music on the BBC were answered last week with the proposed cancellation of one of the best local folk music programmes. Genevieve Tudor’s Sunday night programme from Radio Shropshire, has built up a worldwide
Viv Hardwick talks to show producer Leah Bell about winning the pantomime contract for the Consett Empire. WINNING the contract to put on pantomime at the Consett Empire is a massive thing for touring show producer/ performer Leah Bell and
Angela Hewitt embarks upon a journey through the piano concertos of Mozart. Nos 6 and 8, two of the young Mozart’s earliest attempts at the genre. Concerto No 9, the Jeunehomme, is considered to be the composer’s first great masterpiece. In these
This fascinating series continues with the interpretation of Camille Saint-Saens, interspersed with transcriptions by the elder composer’s friend and disciple, Isidore Philipp. These stunning piano realisations are conveyed with style by the young
This is a stunningly beautiful and thoughtful album. The trio, with Battaglia on piano, Salvatore Maiore (bass) and Roberto Dani (drums), is perfectly balanced and the music, all by Battaglia, is both structured and improvised. The booklet includes
Corea clearly revels in playing piano duets and it’s obvious from this sparkling session that he has a soulmate in Bollani. Recorded live at the Umbria Jazz Winter Festival, it includes originals by both men, standards and jazz classics, all made
AFTER much speculation over the last few months the International Festival of Country Music is back after an absence of 20 years. The shows which featured artists from Hank Snow to Merle Haggard, George Jones and Tammy Wynette attracted a pilgrimage
Wilko Johnson was a teacher, but his true vocation was rock and roll. Forty years on, he is still going strong. Matt Westcott speaks to the former Dr Feelgood guitarist ahead of his visit to County Durham. "I THINK I got the teaching job almost
THE road to true love in Soapland is never straightforward, having more bends than the alpine road leading up the Grossglockner in Austria. (36 bends for the statistically minded). Take Syed and Christian in EastEnders (BBC1). All was going swimmingly
Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey (ITV1, 9pm) Extraordinary People: Hayley the World’s Oldest Teenager (Five, 9pm) The Great British Bake-Off (BBC Two, 8pm) BACK in 1976, just as Demis Roussos topped the UK charts with Forever and Ever, and Nana
SAFETY concerns about an airport's radar system are likely to ground a green energy company's second bid to build a wind farm. Banks Renewables' bid to build six wind turbines at Barmpton, north-east of Darlington, is expected to be rejected at a
Words and Music, a collaboration between playwright Samuel Beckett and composer Morton Feldman, was given a rare outing at The Sage Gateshead. Featuring two characters Words and Music - also Joe and Bob - it was a work that initially baffled and
ONE of the British Army’s highest ranking officers visited the North-East on a mission to inspire the region’s captains of industry. General Sir Nick Parker was also given a guided tour of Nissan before being whisked away in a new Nissan Leaf
A DIVISION of County Durham engineering firm Bonds Foundry has launched a recruitment drive to meet demand in the international oil and gas sectors. Bonds Precision Castings (BPC) of Alston, Cumbria, is expanding its workforce by 30 per cent
A GREENKEEPER’S store in County Durham has lived up to its name by switching to solar power. Seaham-based renewable energy company Greenguru has fitted solar panels to the building at the Hobson Golf Club, near Stanley. The contract was one of
A SOCIAL landlord says survey shows tenants are happy with its service. Cestria Community Housing, which owns 4,300 former council houses in Chester-le-Street, polled 4,000 tenants. 1,467 (35 per cent ) people responded and the not-for-profit company
HUGE progress made to close the economic gap between the North-East and the rest of the UK is too big a prize to lose, it was claimed yesterday. One North East chairman Paul Callaghan was speaking to business leaders at the development agency’
The draw for the third round of the Cumberland County Cup is: Cleator Moor v Penrith, Eden Thistle v Mirehouse, Warwick Wanderers v Keswick, Cockermouth v Penrith Rangers, St Bees v Carlisle United, Silloth v Gillford Park, Harraby CC v Workington Red
A NORTH-EAST manufacturer is set for further expansion and export success as it continues to defy the recession. Sunderland-based Tiger Filtration has grown on average 50 per cent year-on-year since it was set up in 2004. It’s workforce
IT’S all aboard for Adam Brown, as the newly qualified engineer joins Arriva permanently following a four-year apprenticeship. Mr Brown, from Durham, has graduated from Arriva’s training programme as a mechanics specialist, gaining an NVQ level 3 and
A FARMERS’ market is to launch its own friends scheme. Leaders of Durham City Farmers’ Market will launch their ‘Friends Of’ scheme at Durham City Food Festival, which begins on Thursday, October 20. For £10 a year, friends will get a quarterly newsletter
FEW journalists, either national or local, can measure up to the stature of Clive Crickmer, whose death at the age of 71 was announced in The Northern Echo (Wednesday, Oct 12). Over half-a-century in journalism, our paths crossed infrequently,
REGARDING the 100th anniversary of the iconic Transporter bridge, in Middlesbrough. You wrote about many of events that happened at the bridge in your recent supplement (Oct 10). But the story that always comes to mind when I think of the Transporter
THE Northern Echo, October 10, contained a book review written by Gavin Engelbrecht on Reinhard Heydrich, the former chief of Hitler’s SS and Gestapo. I found the title of this book, Hitler’s Hangman, to be misleading because Heydrich was not
REGARDING Arriva’s plans to withdraw certain bus services for rural areas from January, including the 84 service, Bishop Auckland to Darlington via Cockfield and Evenwood (Echo, Oct 5). It didn’t take long for Arriva to start running this service
A FEW weeks ago, we paid tribute to the heroism of a young woman who came to the rescue of the victim of a savage street attack in Darlington. Aimee Yule, 22, may well have saved Jason Waters from being killed by having the courage to come between
IT is a frightening thought, but I am now officially the father of three adults. Jack turned 18 last week, although I find it hard to think of him as a real man while he still uses hair-straighteners every morning before he goes to college.
EVERYDAY we read how much our councils are cutting back, yet when the roads are perfectly clean and free from litter I spotted a road sweeper. As a recently qualified social worker, I am outraged at such extravagance, particularly since the vehicle
IF you are a music fan and also enjoy the Halloween festivities, then Darlington will be the place to be during the last weekend of October. On Friday, October 28, TFM Radio is hosting a bonfire and concert in the town’s South Park featuring boy
I VISITED Middlesbrough’s Institute of Modern Art recently and what I saw astounded me – and not for the first time. One exhibit was a picture of naked woman with the head of Minnie Mouse on it. Another was a large exhibit covering all aspects
HAVING lived and worked in Darlington all of my life, I have witnessed the seemingly endless increase in council tax and a concurrent reduction in the quality of service. I have been silent as the iconic Civic Theatre has been threatened with
THE majority of unemployed people want to work. Some are so dismayed at being unemployed that, instead of doing nothing, or rioting and looting, they are travelling to London to let the Government know that they want to work. It is morally wrong
LIAM FOX has been a fool. He may have been taken advantage of by a friend but he should offer to stand down. Before Labour gets on its high horse it should consider its position in relation to Neil Kinnock and Peter Mandelson. These two former
BACK at Westminster, after the threeweek roadshow of the political conferences, the list of gripes about the annual shindigs is long and getting longer. First, there are complaints that the cut-and-thrust of debate has been replaced by a dreary
As the bailiffs prepare to move in to clear Europe’s biggest illegal traveller camp, Joe Willis talks to North-East gypsy spokesman Billy Welch about the case and what it reveals about Britain’s treatment of the travelling community. BILLY WELCH repeatedly
FOR as long as I can remember, those of us in the newspaper business have agonised over how to engage young people. There's an interesting take on the subject by Patrick Smith on The Media Briefing website -http://bit.ly/nL6lQw - in which he
AN arts venue will almost certainly buck the national trend by receiving a major increase in public funding next year. The Arc in Stockton, which was once closed for two years owing to financial problems, will receive funding of £304,031 in the next
NINE Albanian stowaways have been stopped at a North-east port as they tried to get into the country in the back of lorries. The foreign nationals were discovered at North Shields ferry terminal as UK Border Agency officers were searching two Romanian-registered
A THEATRE company has been exchanging sweets for inspiration this week. Shoppers in Stockton who went into the Fifties Airstream caravan decked out as a traditional sweet shop had to record a thought, poem, fact or anything they wanted in the group's
SAFETY concerns about an airport's radar system are likely to ground a green energy company's second bid to build a wind farm. Banks Renewables' bid to build six wind turbines at Barmpton, north-east of Darlington, is expected to be rejected at a
A CHARITY concert in aid of servicemen and women takes place on Friday, October 21, in St Mark's Church, Marske, with the Cleveland Police Band performing. Tickets cost £5 and are available from Redcar Tourist Information Centre, 24 High Street, call
DRAMATIC details have emerged of a head-on collision which saw two drivers escape just minutes before their cars erupted into a scorching inferno last night. The incident on the A68, near its junction with the A1(M) at Darlington, saw both drivers
SCOTLAND'S most celebrated comedy venue is coming to Toon later this month with a plan to stamp its own inimitable brand of idiosyncratic humour on a fun-loving North-East public. The Stand Comedy Club have decided to extend their stand up
THE Northern Echo is hoping to reunite a couple with some precious memories. Echo photographer David Wood found a memory card on a street in Sunderland, containing what appears to be special moments in the life of a family. Pictures
A MULTI-MILLION pound funding bid to rebuild four rundown schools has won the backing of councillors. Primary, secondary and special schools could be revamped using private cash under the Government’s £2bn Priority Schools Building Programme,
THE North-East is sitting on a mental health time bomb, a regional charity has warned. Mental Health North-East (mhne.co.uk), a coalition of hundreds of charities and voluntary groups providing mental health support in the region, warns that the
THE wife of the disgraced marathon runner said to have cheated his way to the finish line by catching a bus has said her husband has been “set up”. Rob Sloan, 31, told the chairman of his running club he became tired at the 20-mile mark of
CHARITY workers are celebrating after one of their outlets enjoyed a record fund-raising month. The Northallerton Committee of Yorkshire Cancer Research raised £2,000 last month from their shop in the town. The charity’s head of community fund-raising
FERDY Murphy's preparations for the new jumps season have suffered a major blow after one of his stable stars, Poker De Sivola, was ruled out of the whole of the campaign. The eight-year-old, who was successful at the 2010 Cheltenham Festival
STEVE Bruce has to stick to his principles in order to turn Sunderland around, according to fans' favourite Gary Bennett. Bruce's position has been questioned repeatedly in recent weeks, with the Black Cats struggling in 16th position ahead
Liverpool chairman Tom Werner hopes the club can make the most of a global following. Werner took his post with the Reds after American company Fenway Sports Group (FSG) - of which he is also chairman - completed their takeover at Anfield almost exactly
The Football Association have been a set a deadline of the end of February to bring in wide-ranging reforms including taking a leading role in controlling club debt. The Government yesterday published their response to the select committee report on
Jonathan Trott refuses to fret over the fierce competition for places in England's one-day international batting line-up. Trott has England's highest ODI batting average by a clear ten runs per innings, and superior by a little more than that to anyone
Martin Kaymer has set his sights on stealing a march in the Race to Dubai standings at this week's Portugal Masters. The 26-year-old German is fifth on the list heading into the Vilamoura event but the first prize of 416,600 euros would give him chance
A WOMAN traffic officer with North Yorkshire Police has been arrested over allegations of fraud and misconduct in public office. PC Rachel Hewitt, 39, was questioned by officers from the force’s Professional Standards Directorate (PSD) on Monday
PROSPECTS of a department chain opening a major store in a North-East town centre have moved a step closer after developers formally submitted a planning application. Plans have been submitted on behalf of the Moorfield Group, owners of the
AN artist who creates paintings of incredible detail on canvasses no more than three inches wide has been accepted as a member of a Royal Society. Kate Green, who works from her home in Highgarth, in Richmond, North Yorkshire, started painting
A SCAFFOLDER who abused a Christian missionary on his way to south-east Asia to do humanitarian work and branded him a “nonce” has been been ordered to do 100 hours’ unpaid work. The 70-year-old missionary, who was embarking on a journey to Cambodia
THREE men involved in a savage attack which left a village pub spattered with blood have had their “unduly lenient” prison sentences doubled by Court of Appeal judges. Police chiefs, who along with the Crown Prosecution Service lodged an appeal
THREE teenagers who are battling to halt the withdrawal of several rural bus routes yesterday took their fight to a meeting of Durham County Council’s cabinet. Caitlin Brennan, Anna Renfrew and Anisha Harris, all 15, are fighting Arriva’s plans
Darlington may have won a seven-goal thriller on Tuesday, but manager Mark Cooper remains wary of predicting that Quakers' troubles are behind them. Too often this season his side have enjoyed a good result, only to follow it with a defeat.
TONY MOWBRAY has moved to improve his recruitment team by appointing former Middlesbrough team-mate Gary Gill as his European scout. Gill, part of the squad captained by Mowbray which claimed promotion following liquidation in 1986, has been
DESPITE fears surrounding the fitness of a number of Newcastle United's international names, Alan Pardew is expecting to report a clean bill of health for Sunday's visit of Tottenham Hotspur. Pardew was relieved to have Yohan Cabaye and Demba Ba back
The facility at Barnard Castle, County Durham is competing with three rival sites to become the location for a new biopharmaceutical plant where groundbreaking drugs to tackle specific illness will be produced. The decision has moved a step
Former Manchester City midfielder Jeff Whitley has opened up about the cocaine addiction which blighted the latter years of his career. The 32-year-old was sent home from a Northern Ireland squad in 2005 after breaking a curfew to go drinking with team-mate
David Haye is expected to mark his 31st birthday today by announcing his retirement from boxing - despite claims he is still in talks over a world title fight with Vitali Klitschko. Haye has long stated his intention to quit on his 31st birthday, but
