Darlington RA scored three times in ten minutes in a powerful fightback and go second in Division Two tonight with a 3-1 home win over Crook Town. The Ra started the game well and Steve Allison missed a good chance, but Crook took the lead midway through
A TEENAGER has reached out to celebrities to help stage a charity auction in memory of her cousin who died at eight weeks. Ellie Dalton has amassed more than 50 lots to raise funds for the neonatal unit at the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough
SENSITIVE souls move along, there's nothing to see in Red State, Kevin Smith's new action-horror movie. For the rest of us, however, Red State is a guilty pleasure in the blood-soaked tradition of Grindhouse. Apparently inspired by the Waco siege and
TWO separate road accidents are causing major traffic disruption on a North-East arterial route. A police spokesman said there had been crashes on both the northbound and southbound carriageways of the A19 in east Durham. While the northbound carriageway
Fancy a new Punto? Well you can still buy one for less than the magic ten grand mark after Fiat priced its supermini to sell. That gets you into the Pop 1.2 8-valve which represents decent value for money. At the top end of the revised Punto range
POLICE are appealing for help tracing a 55-year-old man who spent three nights at a guest house in the region and left without paying his full bill. Alexander Carne Hewitt, of no fixed address, is wanted on suspicion of fraud after he stayed at a B&
A MAN has today been charged with killing his baby son. Lee Clark was charged with the manslaughter of his son Charlee Cameron Clark in Gainford, County Durham, last February. The five-month-old was admitted to Darlington Memorial Hospital
TWO women and a child in a buggy have been involved in a serious road accident on the outskirts of Whitby. The collision, which involved a grey hatchback car happened at The Carrs near Sleights at around 2.25pm today. Paramedics and the air ambulance
A SCHEME to help young people overcome drink and drug problems and lead them away from a life of crime is starting to deliver results. Reformed criminal Jodie Hind used the lessons learnt from his personal experiences to set up the Stockton Recovery
SCHOOLS in West Africa are to receive a delivery of educational equipment thanks to the efforts of a Teesside charity. Re-Build North-East collects unwanted desks and books, as well as building materials, to help support schools in the Gambia.
LEGENDARY stand-up comedian Jack Dee is making a special guest appearance at Stockton's ARC as he road-tests new material ahead of a large scale tour later this year. Tickets for the show went on sale at 2pm today but sold out within one hour
RESIDENTS on a Stockton estate are embarking on an unusual project to celebrate its recent history. Members of the Stockton African Caribbean Association (Saca) have been asked by their local council to document life on the Victoria Estate in Stockton
BIRDWATCHERS and those keen to learn more about ornithology are invited to an event in Middlesbrough's Stewart Park on Sunday. The RSPB's Big Bird Watch is taking place from 1pm to 3pm. Those taking part will help rangers count the birds in the park
A NIGHTCLUBBER was taken to hospital with a broken jaw after he was punched on the upstairs dance floor in Glam, Stockton, at about 2.15am on Saturday. The 24-year-old victim was taken to The James Cook Hospital, in Middlesbrough. Police are seeking
A Balkan holiday proves an ideal opportunity to learn to ski the bargain basement way, as Richard Doughty reports. I MUST confess now: when it comes to skiing, I’m no Bode Miller. Being a late starter to the sport didn’t help and it was only
THE future occupants of a supermarket planned for the outskirts of Sedgefield has been revealed as Sainsbury’s. The national chain has been signed up as the operator for a 30,000sq ft store at Salters Lane. The store, for which Teesside-based developer
Girls will be in the pink thanks to their new Lego. Now it’s time to give the lads some backing. LET’S hear it for the boys. Let’s hear it for their noisy, energetic messiness. Let’s hear it for their directness, their daring, their
IN the distant days when a schoolboy’s pocket money covered the price of a ticket to a football match, my Saturday afternoons were fully booked. One weekend it was the Boro and the next would see me and my pals head for Darlington and Feethams.
REGARDING the letter about an Al Bowlly song (HAS, Jan 24). The song is featured on a CD, Love is the Sweetest Thing, which is available on Amazon at £9.79. Good luck. M Plews, Durham. IN response to the plea from Marjorie Carr for information
IN November, I was horrified to read a couple in the Midlands had committed suicide. They had taken their own lives as they could not afford to eat on the benefits they were receiving and were not given the support they needed to deal with their
I AM writing to you with a request for volunteers to give us an hour and support our Great Daffodil Appeal in March. We have collections taking place across the area in local supermarkets and in town centres and urgently require collectors to
AS part of the ongoing work programme I start my full-time mandatory training scheme in March,which lasts a number of weeks. I now have eight hours a day of CV writing, job search and interview techniques to look forward to. I have been placed
SO the UK’s sovereign debt has breached the £1 trillion figure but if, like me, you have no concept of just how large that number is then consider this: imagine that the figure is seconds not pounds. A million seconds is a little over 11 days
PETER MULLEN (Echo, Jan 24) says that we should not blame ourselves for the slave trade, but instead remember that it was Englishmen who abolished it. He can’t have it both ways. We are not actually responsible for the misdeeds of our ancestors
THE Labour-led council not only fought to keep Thorn Lighting, Black and Decker and Electrolux from relocating but was involved in the Durham Gate development at Green Lane that will create more than 2,000 jobs. Rather than give credit where credit
A MAJOR operation is underway on farmland near Darlington to rescue more than dozen horses. Animal welfare officers launched an investigation into the treatment of the 19 horses after a foal collapsed and had to be put to sleep. The
THERE is plenty to celebrate today. Parties are in order. Three schools in the region are in the top ten most improved in the country. That is building a platform for the future. Skilled young people – with an expectation that they can
Today’s guest editor of The Northern Echo – the Right Reverend Justin Welby, Bishop of Durham – believes the North-East can weather the recession and secure for itself a bright future if we all hang together. SOMEONE once told me that the problem
POLICE are warning car owners to be on the alert following a spate of “two-in-one” burglaries over the past fortnight. There have been nine such raids - where houses are broken into to steal keys to vehicles - in the past two weeks across North Yorkshire
A TEENAGER has been jailed for three years after admitting causing the death of a nine-year old boy by dangerous driving. Brandon Maggs died after being hit by a car driven by James Mitchell Burns, 19, while he was out playing on his scooter
ANDY Murray's hopes of reaching a third successive Australian Open final were extinguished by Novak Djokovic after an extraordinary five-set encounter in Melbourne. It seemed Murray was on track to record his fifth victory in 11 meetings with the Serbian
POLICE have grabbed horses which are running wild in Shildon over concerns that they will cause a serious accident. Shildon Police have impounded two loose horses roaming in the Jubilee Estates area of the town. The two animals were part of a group
ECO-FRIENDLY residents want funding to build a hydro-turbine to generate electricity from the River Wear. The plans, which are in the early stages, are being led by Witton Park Community Association. The group aims to install a small turbine in the
Can you believe another week has gone by and we're fast approaching the end of January already. I hope you've all had a good week with lbs lost. This week I thought I'd had a good week. I have picked up a kidney infection so am back on the antibiotics
YOUTH projects in Richmondshire are being urged to take up the offer of cash from a local grant scheme. Over the past five years the Richmondshire District Youth Council grants scheme has given cash fort a wide range of activiities and now members are
A CAMPAIGN to help shoppers keep their purses safe has been extended to Thirsk. Hambleton and Richmondshire Community Safety Partnership has joined forces with police to distribute purse chains to local residents - almost 200 were handed out in Northallerton
TRIBUTES have been paid to a North-East journalist who has died, aged 41. Sunderland Echo digital editor and former football writer, Ian Laws, died suddenly last night. Mr Laws took over the running of the Sunderland Echo’s website in
The upheaval and uncertainty affecting North-East club cricket looks set to continue. Last week's meeting of leagues, chaired by the Durham Cricket Board and with representatives of the ECB, League Cricket Conference, and Northumberland CB in attendance
DARLINGTON’S cluster of manufacturing firms boasts a proud tradition of nurturing engineering talent. From Nissan to Nifco, there are workers who learnt their trade in the workshops of a town that remains a bastion of traditional skills. However
A LEADING subsea company has seen for itself the benefits of taking on interns. Last summer, Darlingtonbased CTC Marine Projects, which specialises in laying seabed cable and marine trenching, took on Fraser Edwards, who has just finished his
A STATUE of a Durham miner enjoying life at the seaside has been vandalised. The depiction of Freddie Gilroy by County Durham artist Ray Lonsdale was bought by a Scarborough pensioner for £40,000. But last night it was daubed with yellow
TEESSIDE University Sociology graduate Josh Slack was working in a petrol station when he received a call offering him an internship with Darlington Borough Council. The decision to grasp the opportunity of unpaid work proved to be a turning
POLICE will use barriers to cordon off away supporters at Sunday's FA Cup derby match between Sunderland and Middlesbrough. It will be the first time that the barriers have been used at the Stadium of Light for a game involving the Teessiders, but they
A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital after suffering serious injuries in an assault. The incident in Newcastle was reported to police at 2.09am this morning after a 28-year-old man was attacked in the Bigg Market. The injured man was taken
It’s top against bottom in the second division, with 12 point leaders Team Northumbria facing Easington, who are seven points adrift of the others. Easington are without injured trio Dan Huntley, Chris Tarn and Dan Flounders, but Simon Todd returns
Former Darlington striker John Campbell will make his home debut for league leaders West Auckland against Jarrow Roofing this afternoon. Campbell was released by Darlington in November and moved to Bedlington, but last week he was made available for
Dunston manager Billy Irwin wants a much improved performance from his team when they face Wisbech for a place in the last 16 of the Vase on Saturday. Dunston drew 2-2 last week in the Fens, but Irwin was far from happy with the performance. “We’re
THE Bishop of Durham last night issued a rallying call to North-East businesses to help create a working future for young people as he backed a campaign to boost the job prospects of the under-25s. The Right Reverend Justin Welby became patron
BUSINESS leaders were last night told they could help young people to find work by pledging their support for the Foundation for Jobs initiative. With UK youth unemployment at record levels, delegates from businesses and education organisations
BUSINESS leaders last night threw their support behind the Northern Echo’s Foundation for Jobs initiative. The campaign, backed by Darlington Partnership, has been launched initially in Darlington with a view to being rolled out across the region
COUNCILLORS left fuming after a multi-million pound contract for 225,000 bins went to France have pledged changes to avoid the embarrassment being repeated. Labour-led Durham County Council handed a £4.2m contract to make and distribute 225,000
A PRISON officer caught with steroids as he arrived for work narrowly escaped being jailed himself yesterday. Garry Wilkinson, who was taking the muscle-building drugs to improve his performance as a body-builder, said he forgot he had them with
The UK could be heading back into recession following worse-than-expected growth figures. Stuart Arnold assesses the economic picture in the North-East and finds there is room for optimism. THIS week it was revealed that the UK economy shrank more
At the end of another dramatic week for Darlington Football Club, administrator Harvey Madden writes for The Northern Echo and makes an impassioned plea to supporters. SINCE I was appointed as the administrator of Darlington Football Club three
AS the deadline approaches to save Darlington Football Club from liquidation, three potential investors are in the running to buy the club, The Northern Echo understands. A Yorkshire-based consortium interested in putting an indoor snow centre
A BUS driver who tore the roof off his vehicle after he crashed into a low bridge while carrying dozens of students has been given a suspended jail sentence. Driver Trevor Wilson ignored panicked shouts from students and missed four warning signs
ONE of the country’s leading historians is to help transform Auckland Castle into a major museum telling the story of Christianity, the philanthropist behind the project told The Northern Echo last night. At its centre will be the collection
A FACTORY worker had to be rescued after being crushed from the waist down by an eight-tonne machine. Emergency crews were called to Con Mech engineering firm, Harelaw Industrial Estate, Annfield Plain, County Durham, in the early hours of yesterday
SCHOOLS in the region have dominated a list of the country’s most improved secondaries, with one topping the table and two more being named in the top ten. However, nationally, thousands of teenagers are being let down by their secondary schools
Craig Liddle believes there us now a positive vibe around Darlington after it was revealed that talks to save the club are ongoing. Three weeks ago, having been plunged into administration, it appeared that the game at Barrow could be the club's last
NEALE Cooper admits the decision to allow Stephen Wright to exit Hartlepool United was made on two fronts. Pools are not short of options at centre-half and, with Sam Collins and Peter Hartley firmly established as the club's first-choice pairing, Cooper
DURHAM Wildcats go into the busiest weekend of their schedule on the back of a heartening performance against Newcastle Eagles, but question marks hang over their fitness levels. Dave Elderkin's men, who remain at the foot of the British Basketball League
