THE Quakers’ appeal over which league the club will play in next season will be heard by the FA next week, it has been confirmed. Community company Darlington FC 1883 has asked the FA to reconsider its decision to treat the club as a new entity and
My thanks to BBC Radio Tees which likes my voice enough to have invited me onto its mid-morning show for the second time in 10 days. This morning the discussion centred around a report published by Michigan State University based on data collected
A MINING company has confirmed the world's biggest and highest quality supply of a lucrative mineral lies under the North Yorkshire coastline - potentially creating 5,000 jobs. Independent tests have confirmed an inferred resource of 1.35bn
With our part of the world being hardest hit by the squeeze on the public sector, there is an urgent need to grow the private sector. Tomorrow's front page will lead on the confirmation of an important mineral find on the North Yorkshire Coast which
ENGLAND clung on for a share of the spoils in their opening Euro 2012 clash with France after taking the lead through Joleon Lescott's first goal for his country. Lescott headed home a Steven Gerrard free-kick after half an hour only for Samir Nasri
Business is not always about boardrooms and black coffee. So, in tribute to the North-East men and women who take a more unusual approach to enterprise, Andy Richardson looks at the unconventional, alternative or downright difficult careers in the region
ELDERLY residents enjoyed a visit by exotic animals as they learnt about the dangers facing the creatures. The Zoo Academy took a number of animal guests to Tenlands Care Home, Ferryhill, to meet the elderly residents. The home is under the management
Two multi-million-pound contracts, a plethora of awards and a new area of scientific research which is fascinating and baffling academics – not bad for a company that started in a garage behind Morrisons, in Darlington. Deputy Business Editor Lauren
CHARITY fundraisers are to paddle canoes 26-miles across three Lake District lakes to raise money for the Great North Air Ambulance. The team of 16 friends are to paddle across Coniston Water, Lake Windermere and Ullswater in one day. The group are
THE CLUB It’s a black day, the final blow For the working men’s club That’s stood for a century Along the colliery row. In the concert room, the mood is sober Members are waiting for the final song They haven’t got to wait long
A COUPLE who have been plagued by scam phone calls offering holidays and compensation have warned others to resist falling victim to persistent fraudsters. Gordon Cumming and his partner, Jacqueline Green, said they had not lost anything after some
THE ancient skill of dry stone walling can now be mastered bymore apprentices thanks to a £56,000 grant. The North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership will use the money from the Heritage Lottery Fund to provide wallbuilding
FESTIVAL organisers have found a new venue just weeks before the event after problems with an ancient covenant on the land they planned to use. The Northallerton Homegrown Food Festival was due to take place on the Applegarth in the town on Sunday,
A BEST-selling author praised the efforts of a community that brought its library back from the brink of closure at its grand opening yesterday. Great Ayton Discovery Centre, as it is now known, invited historical novelist Philippa Gregory to unveil
SHOWN on the map of the North York Moors near Danby is a feature named the Wolf Pit. Will Cohu accurately describes it as “no more than a green scoop” in the heather moor. He pictures it as “a delicate illusion. You walk towards it; there is nothing
As you grow up, you learn that some of the heroes that you believed in as a child were just myths or fairy stories. The blunt truth is that Roy of the Rovers did not play for a real team called The Rovers – he was just a comic book hero. And so
RECENT job losses at BAE Systems in the North-East are not the fault of the Government, but down to the fact the company is uncompetitive, Defence Minister Peter Luff said today. Last month, the company announced it was planning to axe more than 600
Ex-Sunderland footballer, Michael Gray, is taking part in a groundbreaking initiative, giving members of the public unprecedented access as he undergoes a hair transplant live on the internet - a UK first. You can watch the transplant live
ALEX Oxlade-Chamberlain was handed his first competitive England start this evening as manager Roy Hodgson named the 18-year-old in his team for the Euro 2012 opener against France in Donetsk. The Arsenal youngster only made his debut as a
A REGENERATION group has begun building its first homes in Durham City – on a former council headquarters site. The Byland Lodge site, previously home to the now-defunct Durham City Council, is being turned into 23 three-bedroom houses and six apartments
Derwentside College's partnerships with employers has been hailed as outstanding in an Ofsted report. The college's recent Ofsted inspection has found it provides "a great place to learn, achieve and succeed". The report recognises that the college
WITH the European Championships underway and the Olympics just around the corner it's a time to sit back and cheer on our national sports stars. On the other hand, for me it will hopefully me inspire me to jump up and get fit because in just
DRYBURN Theatrical Workshop is staging the musical Billy Liar. The production tells the story of Billy Fisher tries to escape the drudgery of his life with daydreams and extravagant lies. The show is being staged from tonight Yuesday June
A CLAY pigeon shoot on Chester-le-Street’s Lambton Estate could become an annual event. More than 100 teams of four people fom across the country took part in the weekend-long Lambton Team Shoot that raised almost £10,000 for various charities.
A REGATTA which was cancelled for the first time in its 178-year history due to bad weather could be rescheduled for later this year, organisers have said. The 179th Durham Regatta was due to take place on the River Wear, in Durham, over Saturday and
IN REPLY to Councillor Ben Ord’s letter about grass cutting (HAS, May 30). I totally agree with him. I am a disabled pensioner who has to use oxygen part of every day. I have two daughters who live more than three miles away and both have medical
READING the new Darlington Together free paper I was drawn to an item regarding the dreaded wheelie bins we Darlington residents are expecting. I think, as with everything, there is an issue with size. Apparently, the average household will be
I THINK that Lord Owen is right that we should redefine our relationship with the countries of Europe (Echo, June 8). He is right that we should not be doing this in a hurry on account of the crisis of the countries sharing a common currency,
THE BSM is launching an appeal to recover important pieces of motoring memorabilia related to BSM driving schools. BSM, founded in 1910, has a rich history and a unique place in the heart of the UK’s motoring story. Unfortunately, over the years
I HAD to chuckle when I read in the preview for Marco Pierre White’s new series on Thursday evening that he is referred to as “the French chef” (Echo, June 6). Perhaps you should inform the person who writes these notes that Marco was born and
RALPH MUSGRAVE (HAS, June 7) is amused by my suggestion that people should be free to “raise their genuine and valid worries” about immigration without being accused of racism. Mr Musgrave is also free to raise his concerns about immigration,
ED MILIBAND speaks enthusiastically about the United Kingdom, but pointedly, as with politicians in general, makes no mention of one the one thing which produces what he calls “narrow Englishness” – the gross inequality suffered by the English
EVER since it first came to light at Teesside Magistrates’ Court in May 2006, we have kept a close eye on the Stephen Whenary case. Mr Whenary was badly beaten with a baton, sprayed in the face with CS gas, and dragged from the shower after 19
In 1938 a young man was hanged after being found guilty of carrying out the ultimate revenge on the man who sacked him by raping and murdering his wife. But true crime writer John J Eddleston thinks there may have been a miscarriage of justice
GORDON Brown today denied behaving aggressively towards Rebekah Brooks when he telephoned her expecting an apology for negative coverage, only to be told more was to come. The former prime minister told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that he was
FERNANDO TORRES fluffed two late chances as Spain’s hopes of making a winning start to Euro 2012 foundered against Italy in Gdansk last night. Torres, who has endured a wretched period at Chelsea since joining from Liverpool in January 2011,
HOLLAND coach Bert van Marwijk refused to criticise Robin van Persie after the Arsenal captain missed a hatful of chances in the Oranje’s shock 1-0 defeat against Denmark in their Euro 2012 opener in Kharkiv. Van Marwijk’s highly-fancied
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND centre- half Sean St Ledger lamented his side’s defensive sloppiness as they lost their European Championship opener 3-1 to Croatia in Poznan last night. St Ledger cancelled out Mario Mandzukic’s soft opener but Croatia won
ROY HODGSON expects to see John Terry’s warrior instinct come to the fore during England’s Euro 2012 campaign, which starts this evening against France. Terry’s presence within the England squad has been the subject of intense debate. There are
GERMANY coach Joachim Low felt Mario Gomez’s winning goal in Saturday’s Euro 2012 victory over Portugal justified his decision to start with the Bayern Munich striker ahead of Miroslav Klose. Gomez scored a fine header as Low’s side opened the
A MAN left bruised and bloodied after being arrested while naked in the shower has been awarded a five-figure pay out. Stephen Whenary has revealed how he has struggled to keep his life on track during a six-year campaign for justice.
Lord & Lady Brittan throw open their garden at Lower House Spennithorne near Leyburn on Sunday 24th June between 2pm and 5pm in aid of Herriot Hospice Homecare, a local Charity supporting terminally ill patients in their own homes. Admission
POLICE were called three times when the wedding of a Premier League footballer descended into a brawl at a stately home. Guests at the wedding of former Newcastle United star Danny Guthrie reportedly flung lobster thermidor at each other.
FROM the Yorkshire Dales to the Hollywood Hills, filming has begun in the US on a movie scripted in Coverdale. Writer Ray Russell returned last week from the States where he met the crew who will be producing feature-length thriller Backgammon.
A MAN with a history of stealing from people giving him hospitality walked off with a former girlfriend’s purse and contents. David Kenneth Gash was said to have had a volatile four year "on/off" relationship with the woman, who suffers from
AN ALCOHOLIC released from prison with £50 subsistence money was found unconscious later that day after blowing it all on booze, a court heard. John Reintoul has made 319 court appearances - including 72 for being drunk and disorderly - and 114 for
MIDDLESBROUGH player Tony McMahon bucked the trend of lavish footballer weddings to marry his childhood sweetheart during an intimate ceremony at their local church. The 26-year-old defender wed his partner of 11 years, Lynsey Matthews,
A VIOLENT knife attack by a man who had harboured “sexual and violent fantasies” of killing women could not have been predicted, an independent report has concluded. Paul Dempsey of Darlington was sent to a medium security mental hospital indefinitely
THOUSANDS of runners pulled on their trainers to help raise vital funds to continue the fight against cancer. And nine-year-old Thomas Atherton, from Darlington, who has been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, had the honour of getting
A FRACAS broke out at Appleby Horse Fair after a traditional ritual was postponed amid health and safety fears. Hundreds of visitors lining the river banks on Saturday to witness the spectacle of horses being washed, were left disappointed
A HOUSEWIFE from the North-East who could face a firing squad claims she was forced into smuggling £1.6m worth of cocaine. Lindsay Sandiford, 55, originally from Redcar, east Cleveland, said she only agreed to fly into the Indonesian island
ENGLAND v FRANCE (Group D, 5pm) LIKELY LINE-UPS England (4-4-2): Hart; Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole; Milner, Parker, Gerrard, Downing; Young, Welbeck France (4-3-3): Lloris; Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Evra; Cabaye, M'Vila, Malouda
WITH six games now played, Euro 2012 is well and truly underway. Chief Sports Writer SCOTT WILSON highlights five things we have learned from the opening half-a-dozen matches 1. The European Championships remain as unpredictable as ever
GREEK side Olympiacos will rival Sunderland for the capture of former Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar. Cuellar, who is a free agent following his release from Villa Park at the end of last season, has already held preliminary discussions
PREMIER League champions Manchester City have emerged as surprise suitors for in-demand Sunderland attacker Stephane Sessegnon. And while their interest remains at a formative stage, the Black Cats could yet use Roberto Mancini's admiration
Darlington have made a brisk start in their quest to rebuild their squad and are hoping to reveal the names of more signings this week, writes Craig Stoddart. Ten players have joined within the past seven days and manager Martin Gray says that he, chief
NEWCASTLE United have made a preliminary approach for versatile Ajax defender Vurnon Anita. However, weekend reports suggesting a fee has been agreed are premature, and the Magpies are not viewing the 23-year-old as a potential replacement
FIREFIGHTERS were called out on Sunday after numerous homes were flooded following torrential rain. Properties in Springfield Grove and York Road, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, were hit. The emergency services were also called to Yarburgh
