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  • Darlington win again

    Darlington 1 Kidderminster Harriers 0 Darlington's revival continued as they recorded their second win inside five days today. Kidderminster Harriers arrived at The Northern Echo Arena with one of the best away records in the division,

  • Poor Pools lose at home

        HARTLEPOOL United suffered a third successive loss, going down in a disappointing performance against Wycombe Wanderers.Pools lost 3-1, the result coming on the back of a 3-0 thumping at Notts County. Mick Wadsworth made four changes

  • Boro held, but unbeaten run continues

    MIDDLESBROUGH'S unbeaten start to the season continued this afternoon, but a 1-1 draw with Millwall means Tony Mowbray's side have still only recorded one win at the Riverside. Barry Robson's first-half strike looked to be taking the Teessiders back

  • Same again for Darlington

    Darlington have named an unchanged team for today's game at home to Kidderminster Harriers, meaning there so no place for Graeme Lee. The centre-back served a one-match ban on Tuesday when Quakers won 4-3 at Stockport County, but Jonatan Sanchez-Munoz

  • Four changes for Pools

    MICK Wadsworth makes three changes to his Hartlepool United side for the visit of Wycombe. After the disappointment of defeat at Notts County last Sunday, James Poole, , Evan Horwood, Andy Monkhouse and Stephen Wright all start, with Ritchie

  • Steele back for Middlesbrough

    JASON Steele will make his first start of the season as Middlesbrough entertain Millwall this afternoon. Steele fractured his wrist during pre-season and has been forced to miss the first two months of the current campaign. However, he played for 75

  • France overcome Wales to reach Rugby World Cup final

    France narrowly overcame a courageous Wales by 9 points to 8 in Auckland to reach the Rugby World Cup final. Wales suffered heartbreak after captain Sam Warburton was sent off in a controversial and dramatic semi-final showdown. Warren

  • 20mph limit may be too costly, campaigners told

    A VICAR and a councillor believe the cost of imposing a 20mph speed limit in Darlington is worthwhile if it saves the lives of children. The radical speed reduction proposal was discussed at a public meeting on Thursday by 20s Plenty campaigners,

  • Police car involved in Hartlepool smash

    A police car responding to an emeregency call was involved in a collision with another car last night. An investigation has been launched into the accident between the marked police car and a red VW Golf at the junction of Stockton Road and Cornwall

  • Cabaye keen to help Magpies get into Europe

    YOHAN Cabaye admits Newcastle's form in recent years hasn't echoed the size of the club. But the French midfielder believes the current squad can bring success back to Tyneside. The Magpies have been the surprise package of the Premier League campaign

  • Exodus happy to make journey to Darlington

    Exodus Geohagon had to wait until he was almost 25 before finally reaching the Football League. Now he hopes he must wait only seven months to make the leap again. Because the man who plucked him from non-league and handed him his chance in the Championship

  • Coaches plot against former clubs

    THREE coaches aiming to plot the downfall of former clubs today are Alan Brown, Craig Lee and Lee Richardson. Brown takes his Hartlepool Rovers side to face Lee's unbeaten Stockton, while Richardson's Acklam will be defending an impressive home record

  • Cup is vital for Falcons' season

    JAMES Hudson may not play in Newcastle's first two LV= Cup games - but still the Falcons skipper is stressing the significance of the competition in changing the club's early season fortunes. The Kingston Park outfit will begin their campaign at home

  • England crash to a big defeat

    England had no response to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's powerful hitting on the way to a chastening 126-run defeat by India in yesterday's first one-day international at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Dhoni (87 not out) and Suresh Raina (55) transformed India's

  • Talks over whip rule row

    Racing's authorities have moved to calm the situation after jockey protests over the new whip rules threatened to boil over into strike action. The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has called representatives of the riders to a board meeting on Monday

  • Inside Racing - by Niall Hannity

    I CAN'T remember a week like it. Today is the biggest and most important day in Flat racing for a long time, with the inaugural running of Qipco British Champions Day featuring the best horses and jockeys throughout the world. However, it has been

  • Cooper part of the Millwall family

    MIDDLESBROUGH hope to continue their unbeaten start to the season against struggling Millwall at the Riverside this afternoon, but Colin Cooper has warned the first-team not to underestimate Kenny Jackett's side. If Boro avoid defeat today they will

  • Football betting - top tips

    Despite being one of only four Premier League teams still unbeaten, Newcastle are Stan James' 2/1 outsiders to win as they entertain Tottenham tomorrow, narrow favourites at 6/4 via Boylesports. When the pair met at St James' Park last season, the spoils

  • Wadsworth expects a response

    LAST weekend Mick Wadsworth resisted the temptation to change his Hartlepool United side and later wished he had. Today he won't make the same judgment and, after Sunday's disappointment at Notts County changes are afoot for today's game with Wycombe

  • Quinn remains Bruce's sounding board

    STEVE BRUCE has dismissed fears that the dynamics in the boardroom at the Stadium of Light have altered significantly by insisting former chairman Niall Quinn remains at the hub of football matters. Quinn's decision to move aside and head up the club's

  • Bennett no longer the outsider looking in at Boro

    IT was a time that would not have been easy for anyone, let alone a young lad of 19. Banished to the reserves under Gordon Strachan little more than a year ago, and effectively barred from joining another club on loan, Joe Bennett must have feared for

  • Fergie ready for ‘game of the season’

    Sir Alex Ferguson has declared Manchester United's annual showdown with Liverpool the match of the season and urged supporters to respect the history of their rival club. United head to Anfield tomorrow with their ticket allocation reduced due to past

  • Pardew happy with players’ focus

    THE international break may have been an unwelcome distraction from Newcastle's unbeaten start to the season, but manager Alan Pardew insists his side have come back eager to pick up where they left off. The Magpies go into tomorrow's game with Tottenham

  • Fuel cost increase threat to elderly

    ENERGY companies were last night facing a fresh storm of criticism over their prices as pensioners in the region warned it could be a choice of “heating or eating” this winter. According to energy watchdog Ofgem, gas and electricity suppliers

  • Poker player threatened internet staff

    A POKER player who threatened to massacre staff at an internet gambling site after losing thousands of pounds was jailed yesterday after a judge told him it was the worst imaginable case of its kind. Michael Gallagher demanded $50,000 (£33,000

  • Parents of diver thank instructor

    THE parents of a scuba diver have thanked an instructor for risking his life to try to save their son. James Henry Askew was on a course at the National Diving Centre, at Stoney Cove, near Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire, when he went missing

  • Spotlight on boxer Michael

    A WORLD class Thai boxer is putting the North-East on the map as an international film company makes a documentary about his life. World champion Michael Dicks, who has just won his first fight in the Muay Thai Premier League, left school with

  • Live-and-work complex crowned building jewel

    MODERN buildings in a regeneration zone have been crowned the North-East’s best new developments. Boho One and Bohouse in Middlesbrough beat stiff competition from Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead and Stockton to become the overall winners in

  • Shop targeted by robber three times

    A ROBBER who struck at the same store three times in two days was jailed for four years as a judge warned: “Shopkeepers need to be protected by the courts.” Judge Michael Taylor branded as “ludicrous” a recommendation by a probation worker that

  • Wish I Still Owned The MetroCentre

    ENTREPRENEUR Sir John Hall has told of his pride at being the man who masterminded the MetroCentre – and has revealed how he wishes he still owned the site. The businessman spoke to The Northern Echo yesterday as Europe’s biggest leisure and

  • Patients could be denied new drug

    A BREAKTHROUGH drug for advanced skin cancer tested in the North-East could be denied to NHS patients. Patients in the North-East were among the first in the world to benefit from the first drug in 30 years to extend the lives of patients suffering

  • Suspended police chief criticises investigation

    A SUSPENDED chief constable has spoken of his frustration and disappointment as an on-going criminal investigation keeps him sidelined from duty. Cleveland Police’s Sean Price said last night parts of the inquiry into his conduct were unlawful

  • Cattermole wary of below-par Gunners

    LEE CATTERMOLE thinks Sunderland can come away from the Emirates Stadium with a positive result tomorrow - even without asking Nicklas Bendtner to be a spy in the Arsenal camp. Bendtner, on loan at the Stadium of Light until the end of the season, is

  • Caravan dealer faces uncertain future

    A LEADING caravan retailer's ongoing financial problems led to its shares being suspended yesterday. Discover Leisure, which owns the former Barrons dealership at Burtree Gate, Darlington as well as outlets at York and Birtley, County Durham, had earlier

  • Fascists clash with hecklers at Stockton

    Two men taken to hospital . . . Thousands see police intervene . . . Communist "Hooliganism" blamed by Black Shirts THIS is from The Northern Echo of September 11, 1933, reporting on the incidents of the previous day in Stockton High Street