Final Score: Aston Villa 1 Newcastle Utd 2 VIVE la difference. With four of their January signings involved, Newcastle United finally claimed their first away win of the season to move four points clear of the bottom three and hint at a sustained
Final Score: Sunderland 0 Swansea City 0 IF Danny Graham ends up signing for Sunderland this week, he should be thankful he never found the net last night. After watching his Swansea City team-mates struggle to score, the Gateshead-born striker
A man was taken to hospital tonight after a collision between a lorry and a van on the A177 at Coxhoe, County Durham. He had to be freed from the wreckage by firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment. The accident happened at 5.47pm and was
Holders Spennymoor came back from 2-1 down to win 5-2 at West Auckland and move into the last eight of the Durham Challenge Cup last night. The game turned on a second half dismissal. Moors took the lead through Steve Richardson’s 20 yarder on
A FATHER appeared in court today accused of shaking to death his five-month-old baby son. Former bar manager Lee Clark, 28, denies the manslaughter of his son Charlee Cameron Clark at their home in Neville Close, Gainford, County Durham.
ANYONE with an ounce of compassion will feel sympathy for Julie and Mark Bell, whose heartbreaking story is featured in tomorrow's edition of The Northern Echo. They have lost the daughter they adored and only those who have endured the death of
SUNDERLAND target Danny Graham has been named among the Swansea City substitutes at the Stadium of Light tonight. The Black Cats are hoping to land the Gateshead-born striker before Thursday's transfer deadline but that has not stopped Michael
ALAN Pardew has named two of last week's new signings in Newcastle United's starting line-up for this evening's Premier League game at Aston Villa. Moussa Sissoko and Yoan Gouffran will both make their Magpies debut at Villa Park as the Magpies
A MAN has appeared in court charged with the burglary of an electricity substation. Richard Stamper, 39, of Carlton Moor Crescent, Darlington, is said to have entered the substation on Henson Road and stolen cable of an unknown value on October
CONCERNS have been raised over parking and congestion following proposals to expand an out-of-town shopping centre on the outskirts of Durham City. Centros which manages the Arnison Centre, at Pity Me, has applied for planning permission to add
FORMER Sunderland AFC chairman Sir Bob Murray has been appointed chancellor of his old university. The Consett, County Durham-born businessman and philanthropist succeeds Great North Run founder Brendan Foster in the role at Leeds Metropolitan
A JUDGE issued a stern warning to would-be cable thieves today. As he sentenced cable thieves Graham Clayton, 44, and Daniel Cooper,27, Judge Simon Bourne-Arton QC warned those thinking of following in their footsteps that custodial sentences would
TWO companies have been fined a total of £320,000 for safety failings after a worker was killed by a falling metal bar. Kristian Lee Norris, from Middlesbrough, was working for Vesuvius UK Limited to re-line a steelmaking furnace at Teesside Cast
AN unemployed thief stole DVDs months after he was released from prison, a court heard. Keith Skinner, 32, of Greenbank Road, Darlington, tried to take two DVDs from the town’s HMV store on January 17 without paying, Darlington Magistrates’ Court
A DECISION to examine controversial plans to expand two national parks before a public inquiry has been welcomed. Minister for the natural environment Richard Benyon said Natural England’s proposals to extend the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales
AN UPPER Dales tourist attraction has signed a three-year sponsorship deal to support the Swaledale Festival – which features music, poetry, drama, art and walks. The Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes, producers of Wensleydale Cheese, will support
A MAN stole Lego and remote control cars to sell for money out of desperation, a court heard. George Daniel of High Northgate, Darlington, stole three remote control cars worth £54.94 from the town’s TK Maxx store, on Crown Street, on December
A NATIONAL survey of rail customers released today (Tuesday, January 29) reveals that satisfaction with East Coast’s services has reached a record-breaking high. In a survey conducted by independent transport watchdog Passenger Focus, East Coast
A CHARITY that delivers shoeboxes full of Christmas presents to some of the world’s poorest children has thanked North-East residents for helping it reach a major milestone. Since its launch in 1990, Samaritan Purses’ Operation Christmas Child
Police searching for missing 73-year-old man Alexander Stuart Nicol have rebnewed their appeal for help in locating him. Mr Nicol was reported missing on Friday, January 25, when he failed to return to his home in Pilgrim Court , Jesmond, Newcastle
The former Fleetwood Mac tour manager, John Courage, is to reveal behind-the-scenes stories from the band’s tours at a special event at a record shop. The tour manager worked with the band for more than 30 years and helped guide them through their
MOTORISTS have been warned to be prepared for strong winds tomorrow (Wednesday, January 30) while driving on the regions motorways and A-roads. The Highways Agency has issued an amber alert for gusts up to 65mph across the North East and Yorkshire
A DARLINGTON man has appeared in court charged with historic sexual offences against children. Married father Paul Needham, of Hartington Way, faces six counts of rape as well as eight counts of indecent assault and eight counts of indecency with a
PARK’S BEGINNINGS: Historical files documenting the creation of the Yorkshire Dales National Park will soon be available to the public. The files, which include the paper designating the area as a National Park in 1953, have been handed over to the
VISITING medium Wendy Wardle will lead a service at Newton Aycliffe Spiritualist Church at the Agnew Centre, Morrison Close, Woodham, at 7pm on Monday, February 4. All are welcome and tea and biscuits will be served at the end of the service. POLICE
TRIBUTES have been paid to a veteran councillor involved in helping her community for more than 50 years who has died. Maureen Taylor, an MBE, served the people of of Billingham, near Stockton, for decades. She was a magistrate and founder
BEER FESTIVAL: Cleveland CAMRA and the Arc in Stockton are holding the Ale & Arty beer festival from Thursday, February 21 to Saturday 23. Enthusiasts will have the pick of over 70 ales, lagers and perry as well as live entertainment. Ticket prices
A CHESTER-le-Street charity shop is appealing for donations of furniture. Veterinary charity PDSA’s store at 120c Front Street is looking for quality items such as three- piece suites, settees, desks and chairs that have a fire warning label.
AN evening of stargazing for beginners is on offer at the Wynyard Planetarium and Observatory. The Planetarium, at Thorpe Thewles, Stockton, is holding its monthly guide to the night sky with a session suitable for beginners and intermediate level
WALKERS are being urged to help in the search for a missing North Yorkshire woman with Alzheimer’s who may be lost and unable to find her way home. Barbara Colling, 68, from Helmsley, has not been seen since 9.35am on Monday in the area of the
PEOPLE living in the Osmotherley area are being urged to act quickly if they want to be considered for 12 new homes being built in the village. It is part of a programme to ensure villages remain affordable places to live. Broadacres Housing
THE striking result of an innovative project combining mathematics and the arts has been unveiled at a County Durham school. ‘Capture,’ an eye-catching piece of modern art created by Darlington artist Vicky Holbrough of Navigator North, is now
THE police watchdog will not investigate North Yorkshire Police over its handling of an incident that left a pedestrian dead. On Saturday, January 19, Douglas Robertson was killed when he was hit by a Range Rover as he walked from his Stokesley
A WOMAN with a history of making nuisance 999 calls admitted making another three while she was on bail. Christina Allcock, who admitted making three silent calls to the emergency number while waiting for a bus last night (Monday, January 28),
TWO Army careers information offices will close next month to focus on recuiting through the internet. The Army says it is reducing its presence on the high street after receiving an increasing number of enquiries from potential soldiers using
MOUNTAIN bikers have shown their gratitude to mountain rescuers by raising cash for the cause. Members of Guisborough MTB,a mountain biking club, presented a cheque for £1,100 to Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team on Sunday. (January 27. The money
A DECISION to invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in improvements of a Gypsy and traveller site has been welcomed by councillors. In the last 12-months Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has been awarded £850,000 from the Government's Homes
A BUNGLING burglar who was caught after police followed his footprints in the snow has been warned he could face jail. Father-of-one, Lewis Ward, was arrested at his home in Raby Street, Darlington, after two police officers followed footprints
A MAN has appeared before magistrates charged with attempted murder. Martin Clarkson did not enter a plea when he appeared in connection with an alleged incident which took place in Redcar over the weekend, in which a 34-year-old woman was left
A POLICE operation to tackle shoplifters over the Christmas period has been hailed a success. Operation Simos, led by the Darlington town centre beat team, ran from November to Christmas Eve, and saw dozens of people arrested for shoplifting offences
A NEWTON Aycliffe foster agency is celebrating this week after receiving an outstanding Ofsted rating. The agency, which also holds Investors in People gold accreditation, works with 29 North-East authorities and is about to open a new office in
A TATTOO artist who paid a shortfall of £260,922 in tax over 11 years was today jailed for 18 months. Eric Ian Mitchenson kept hand-written records of takings at Skin Deep Tattoo Parlour, in Darlington, but they did not equate with those he declared
THE cost of employment tribunal claims to the region's cash-strapped councils is revealed today by The Northern Echo. A number of local authorities were asked how much they had paid in compensation to staff who had sued over the past five financial
A NEW food festival has announced in the region. Saltburn will hold its first ever food festival in August following the success of the town’s farmers’ market which has almost trebled its number of visitors in two years. The monthly market’
A VILLAGE store has kept its off-licence after agreeing to measures to stop under-age drinking. The Tanhills Post Office Premioer Store in Kimblesworth Road, Tanhills, near Chester-le-Street, failed two test purchase operations run by police last
SAFETY improvements should have been made to an Afghanistan war base before a North-East soldier was killed, colleagues told an inquest today (Tuesday, January 29). Corporal Andrew Roberts lost his life alongside comrade, Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi
A CHARITY-RUN meals on wheels service which launched last month has unveiled ambitious expansion plans. Almost 40 older people in Thirsk and Sowerby are having two-course meals cooked by the town’s Black Lion pub delivered to their door by Thirsk
THREE of the region’s councillors have been shortlisted for national awards. The trio are in the running for 2013 C’llr (CORR) Achievement Awards. Now in their fourth year, the awards received a record-breaking number of entries this year.
THE Archbishop of York visited a Middlesbrough school yesterday to celebrate its 10th anniversary. John Sentamu was visiting the Unity City Academy, on Ormesby Road, to address staff, students and the local community. He praised the Academy
BIKE THEFT: Thieves stole three pedal bikes from the rear yard of a house on Lambton Street, Shildon. A black x-rated adult mountain bike worth £100, TRAX silver adult mountain bike worth £100 and a yellow coloured adult’s Apollo mountain bike worth
THE North-East’s biggest council is to ask taxpayers how to slash £50m from its spending. Labour-led Durham County Council is expected to have cut about £220m from its budget between 2010 and 2018. About £90m has already been saved and a further
FAMILIES are being targeted by the National Literacy Trust in an attempt to boost their reading skills and employment prospects. And the Middlesbrough Reading Campaign got off to a flying start when Middlesbrough FC player Lukas Jutkiewicz and
A NORTH-EAST independent school has revealed that its disappointing GCSE league table position is due to an administrative error. As soon as the Key Stage Four exam results were released last week senior staff at Polam Hall School, in Darlington
A DARLINGTON bar will be able to serve alcohol until 1am after the council agreed change its licence. The owners of Avalon, on Blackwellgate, in Darlington, had applied to Darlington Borough Council to make a number of changes to the licence, including
VILLAGERS are set to make a last-ditch attempt to stop an enforcement officer from changing the use of a beauty spot to enable a Gypsy family to live there. Residents of villages surrounding the one-acre smallholding in Bullamoor, near Northallerton
SAFETY improvements should have been made to an Afghanistan war base before two soldiers were killed, their colleagues told an inquest today. Lance Corporal Neil Mackie and Private James Gosling hit out saying improvements that were made after
THE public has a chance to take a glimpse into a county’s records as a potential introduction to researching family and local history. Durham County Record Office is staging a guided tour of its archives, at County Hall, Durham, on Thursday (January
ALMOST 50 tourism businesses have picked up nationally-accredited food awards. The restaurants, cafes, pubs, farm shops and hotels from across County Durham were awarded ‘Taste Durham’ status by assessors from Quality in Tourism. The prizes
TOOLS STOLEN: Thieves used wheelbarrows to move power tools after they broke into two Portakabins at a property at Murton Way in Well, near Bedale which is undergoing renovation. North Yorkshire police are appealing for anyone who has any information
THE family of a former North-East student missing in Thailand have launched an international appeal to find him. Hartlepool-born Thomas Armstrong, 22, flew out last April for a gap year on the island of Koh Tao, where he took a dive master course
Michael Winner’s seaside special – recalling the time the director, who died this week, joined forces to make a film with Alan Ayckbourn in Scarborough IT was after ten in the evening and raining on a clifftop in Scarborough. Hardly a glamorous
Facebook’s new search engine is the social network company’s way of connecting all the stuff you and all your digital friends have ‘liked’. Should Google be worried? Giles Turnbull reports FACEBOOK has unveiled something new – a shiny search engine
VALENTINE TRIP: Romance on the rails is on the cards for a heritage railway which is reopening services for 2013 with a special Valentines trip Wensleydale Railway has been off the tracks for major maintenance work but starts running services again
AN amateur theatre group will premiere two new plays by a local writer. The Chester-le-Street Theatre Group will take to the stage with An Honourable Life and Frozen Assets, by Tom Casling. They will be performed on alternate nights in the
A SECOND Conservative MP from the region has vowed to vote against a Bill to legalise gay marriage, insisting the institution should remain "the union of a man and a woman". Anne McIntosh the Thirsk and Malton MP, hit out at David Cameron's determination
A CHARITY is seeking volunteers to campaign for people with dementia. The Alzheimer’s Society is setting up a campaign and media group in the Durham area. More than 6,000 people in the county live with dementia in County Durham but the number
Mark Moraghan likes to be true to his roots, but his accent is miles away from Liverpudlian in his latest role, he tells Steve Pratt THE voice on the other end of the phone is unmistakably Liverpudlian. Brookside and Holby City actor Mark Moraghan
MATT Westcott and his family travel to the Loire Valley in France and make one little boy's dream come true thanks to its fairytale castles and knights in shining armour. MY six-year-old son is obsessed with princesses, castles and knights.
A S temperatures plunge across Europe, ski slopes in France and Italy are offering excellent value for late bookers. Last-minute holidays in January have sold for up to 30 per cent off the brochure price and there are plenty of early February bargains
It’s good to take a holiday at home, and UK cities are the top choice, says Jeremy Gates BRITAIN’S cities are taking over from the seaside as staycation breaks have driven a 12.6 per cent surge in UK tourism revenue since 2007, according to a survey
Voluntourism is a growing trend for travellers looking for a unique experience. Victoria Mitchell finds out more by joining an Earthwatch expedition in the Peruvian jungle IT’S pitch black as we set off in a small wooden boat along a tributary
A CLUB that provides social activities and support for blind and partially-sighted people has been awarded £200 by supermarket shoppers. Darlington Social Club for the Blind, based in Corporation Road, has thanked people who voted for the club
East Durham College has confirmed it will be continuing its free bus service in the new academic year, starting in September. The college, with campuses in Peterlee and Durham City, offers the bus service to any of its students free of charge.
A GROUP of people who threw huge balls of snow on to vehicles travelling at speeds of up to 70mph, smashing a windscreen and denting a roof, have been condemned as “utterly mindless”. Two or three offenders wearing hooded tops dropped the snowballs
A BRIEFING meeting for local businesses and community organisation representatives about the London-Edinburgh-London 1,400km endurance cycle event which will pass through Thirsk in July will be held at Rural Arts, Thirsk, on Tuesday, February 12, at
A MOTHER and her six children had a lucky escape after the people carrier they were travelling in crashed through a central reservation on the A1. The woman, thought to be aged 34, was travelling in a silver Vauxhall Zafira with her children, aged
COUNCILLORS have been updated on the importance of a successful City Deal bid from the government. Stephen Catchpole, managing director of Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU), told members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council’s cabinet that the first
POLICE are appealing for information after burglars broke into a junior school in east Durham and stole IT equipment from one of the classrooms. The alarm at Shotton Hall junior school in Waveney Road, Peterlee, went off around 11.15pm last night
Two significant acts are supporting a Valentines Bash in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust at Newsham village hall on Friday 15th February. Hip Operation are a professional act of top musicians from the North East, and made up of a pool of 6 to
A MAN has been remanded in custody after facing an attempted murder charge. Martin Clarkson did not indicate a plea when he appeared at Teesside Magistrates Court this morning. The 59-year-old, from The Fleet, Redcar, will next appear before
A NEW independent study supports moves to outsource local authority housing, a leading councillor has claimed. Councillor Clive Robson, Durham County Council’s (DCC) cabinet member for housing, was speaking following the publication of a report
THERE was a slight fall in the total number of alcohol-related deaths in the North-East in 2011 compared to the previous year, but the death rate for women increased slightly. New figures from the Office of National Statistics show that 461 men
DARLINGTON Flower Club’s first meeting of 2013 will be held at 2pm, on Wednesday, February 6, at St Cuthbert’s Church Centre, in the Market Place. National demonstrator Bill Dixon – not the leader of Darlington Borough Council - will give a flower
A CARE home has undergone a major refurbishment. St Margaret’s Care Home, on Crossgate, Durham City, has been given new floors, carpets and furniture in all communal areas, plus new wet rooms. Manager Carol Jones said: “It’s great to see the
TWO of the best known independent girls' schools in the North-East have announced they are to merge. Central Newcastle High School and Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School announced plans to join together to form Newcastle High School for Girls
IT’S always the same – we get a winter freeze, snowfall and ice and yet every year a drama unfolds. People start panic buying. We know that where there are hazardous conditions there should be caution. Advice should be taken and acted upon with
IN reading VJ Connor’s letter (HAS, Jan 12), I was sorry to see that his father was a heavy drinker, meaning money was short at Christmas time. It seems he was an unhappy child, until he was taken into care and he woke up on Christmas morning to
RELIGIOUS violence has swept through Africa and re-emerged in Northern Ireland. Here’s how this appears to an atheist. Strolling to church on Sunday you pass neighbour Paul, who is digging his front garden, helped by his wife and children.
REGARDING food labelling and the recent furore over horsemeat in burgers (Echo, Jan 16). I think people are being misled by packages in supermarkets which read “packed in the UK”. In fact, we now know that the meat is actually produced abroad
WE need urgent action to build and renew our canal systems. Britain needs to extend and control its waterways and to build new dams to produce energy and for the expansion of British industry. Let’s save the cost of a high-speed railway, stop subsidising
A GIANT metallic orb installation at York Minster helped boost visitor numbers by nearly a quarter towards the end of last year. The ten metre-wide and three metre-tall dome featured five panes of stained glass taken from the Great East Window
I AM a woman who was born in June 1953. Under the old pension provisions I would have been retiring this year. Then the goalposts were moved for me to retire at 63, then again, because I was born after April 1953, to 65 years. Now I find out
WHEN a ship is sinking, what do you do? Nick Clegg may have the answer – step onto a ship that isn’t sinking. The Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem leader has finally admitted George Osborne’s austerity measures are way past their sell-by date
I RECENTLY visited Darlington Memorial Hospital after my mother became ill. All the staff, from accident and emergency to the intensive care unit, were very kind and caring and I would like to thank them for their help. However, during my visits
BEN ORD (HAS, Jan 26) made reference to keeping snowy paths clear in Spennymoor and not seeing any council workmen in the town doing this work. I have seen workers clearing the paths in Spennymoor high street every morning from 8am. I approached
TAP CLASS: A Tap Dancing class is held at Chester-le-Street Community Centre, Newcastle Bank, on Tuesdays between 7.30 and 9pm. The cost per session is £3.People can turn up or ring 0191-452-2010 for details. ROCK NIGHT: The Stone Idols will play
A SHARP rise in the number of new engineering and manufacturing apprenticeships has been hailed as a major boost for North-East industry. The latest figures released by Semta, the sector skills council for science, engineering and advanced manufacturing
DAVID CAMERON is absolutely correct in his efforts to redefine our relationship within the EU. He wishes, in effect, to rewind the clock back to the scenario that voters believed they were deciding on in the 1975 referendum. He wants to pursue
THE first ever film footage of a giant squid in its natural habitat has been captured thanks to a North-East company. Analox Military Systems (AMS) which is based in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, supplied Sub Aspidas to monitor the atmosphere inside
COMMUNITY groups in areas without public transport have been invited to a roadshow that will look at possible solutions to the problem. The Community Transport Association (CTA) Roadshow, held in partnership with the Tees Valley Rural Community
“WAKE up and smell the coffee,” David Cameron told the hordes of politicos, economists and financiers at the World Economic Forum. It was a typically blundering dig of the sort Dave specialises in, this time directed at Starbucks for the company
LYNDA WINSTANLEY is making a drama out of a crisis. Lots of drama, if you peruse the new season programme at Darlington Civic Theatre. With the threat of closure lifted and staff working under one roof, the theatre’s director moves into 2013 with
FIVE students at a Darlington college are celebrating after winning coveted places at the prestigious Oxbridge universities. Competition for entry to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge is increasingly intense, particularly for students who
NORTH-EAST television presenter Matt Baker is to become patron of one of the region’s most successful sports clubs. The One Show host, whose parents still farm near Lanchester, County Durham, has been announced as patron of the world-renowned Deerness
SEVEN months ago, it seemed that the next phase of Britain’s £32bn high-speed rail network was likely to shoved into the sidings, with speculation that the Government had gone cold on the idea. But since then, pressure has mounted on the Government
FORGET amateur cake-makers Edd Kimber, Joanne Wheatley and John Whaite – the real winner of The Great British Bake Off is arguably Mary Berry. Before the series launched in 2010, she was a respected food writer, but now she’s been elevated to national
LIKE one of Ewing Oil’s lucrative drilling sites, there’s a rich seam of nostalgia to be gleaned from the slick revamp of Dallas. This fresh series includes the final performances of Larry (JR) Hagman, with a full episode later in the season devoted
FOR the rest of the country, it seems that the only way to think about Essex is as the home of spray tans, vajazzling and people who use “shut up!” as a term of endearment. However, Jonathan Meades is keen to point out that there’s more to the
IT was the turn for fans of old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll spiced with a dash of swing and soul when the Oklahoma native JD McPherson took to the stage with his four-piece band Sold-out signs were posted within hours of the announcement of the gig, hence
ANDY Murray will head for home feeling his tennis is ‘‘going in the right direction’’ despite his Australian Open final defeat to Novak Djokovic. The Serbian became the first man in the Open era to claim three successive Melbourne crowns by seeing
ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster is wary of rushing of Manu Tuilagi’s rehabilitation after the Leicester centre was ruled out of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations opener against Scotland. Tuilagi will miss the game at Twickenham with the ankle injury that
A CONTROVERSIAL decision by Darlington Borough Council to close two nurseries will be examined by a scrutiny committee on Thursday. Cabinet members voted to close the Kids and Co nurseries on Borough Road and Northwood after a 90-day consultation
THE disgraced Lance Armstrong maintains he did not take performance-enhancing drugs when he returned to professional cycling in 2009 and 2010. The 41-year-old recently admitted to doping during each of his seven Tour de France triumphs, from 1999
HAPPILY, the orchestra has found a new home following the closure of the town’s arts centre – under the chandeliers of the Dolphin Centre’s Central Hall, and celebrated with a colourful display of orchestral fireworks. The concert opened with a
A HORSE owner has warned about thieves who stole two protective rugs within days of them being bought. The navy blue with red trim Shire’s Tempest rugs were taken from a horse and pony grazing in a field opposite the Black Horse pub, in Hamilton
THE Mayor of Seaham, councillor Sue Morrison and consort Steven Greenhalgh, host a charity night at New Seaham Conservative Club. Organised by the club, it will feature a range of entertainment, raffles and bingo, with all funds raised to go towards
SUNDERLAND’S bid to bring former Middlesbrough striker Danny Graham back to the North-East took a significant step forward last night. Graham's advisors are believed to have outlined the player's preference to leave the Liberty Stadium even though
TONY Mowbray has urged an out-of-sorts Marvin Emnes to use the negative reaction of the Middlesbrough supporters as a spur to rediscover his best form in the final three-and-a-half months of the season. Emnes was booed from the field as he was
MIKE Ashley has delivered on his promise to provide new signings this month - now Tim Krul admits it is up to Newcastle United's players to live up to their side of the bargain and guide the club away from the relegation zone. The Magpies have
ALL five of Newcastle's January signings will be in the squad that travels to Aston Villa tonight, with Alan Pardew expressing confidence they will be able to hit the ground running. Full-back Massadio Haidara will not be part of the starting line-up
A MOTHER-OF-FOUR had a night to remember as a makeover project reached its glamorous conclusion last night. As Phyllis Samuel descended the grand staircase at Rockliffe Hall Hotel, near Darlington, dressed in the best that money can buy, she was
THE A19 Southbound has reopened after a lorry went through the central reservation at 5.13am today, Tuesday, January 29. There were no serious injuries, but the road only re-opened at about 9.45am and there have been serious tailbacks with traffic
BUSINESSES are being encouraged to put themselves forward for an award in an annual ceremony. The Nigel Wood Recruitment North-East Accountancy Awards aim to reward the best accountancy and finance firms across the region. Nominations are now
THE Government must use the North-East steel industry to build its £32bn high-speed rail network and safeguard thousands of Teesside jobs, it was claimed last night. The 250mph rail service will run between London and Newcastle, cutting journeys
NORTH-EAST baker Greggs has invested in new security measures after a rise in attempted burglaries. The company is using SmartWater spray, which covers intruders with an invisible liquid and can only been seen under UV lighting. The move comes
FROM a childhood in rural County Durham to almost two decades of helping women overcome atrocities and devastating illnesses in Indian suburbs, Leah Pattison talks to Duncan Leatherdale about her surprising life choices. LEAH Pattison had never
COMEDY FANS: The Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society will meet at Bishop Auckland Town Hall on Tuesday, February 5, at 7.30pm. All are welcome. STARGAZING NIGHT: A stargazing workshop will be held at Killhope mining museum in Weardale, County
A LONG-term solution is being sought after 10 lightning conductors were twice stolen from a County Durham museum. The Bowes Museum, in Barnard Castle, is to trial an 'armoured' model in the coming weeks after thieves targeted traditional copper
AFTER 150 years of teaching, advising and praying, nuns are set to leave Crook for the last time. Sisters first came to the town in the 1860s to teach at the newly built St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School. They have been in Crook ever
A NEW project which delves into the history of Ferryhill will be launched this weekend – and residents are being urged to take part. Newcastle-based The Archaeological Practice is leading the Village Atlas project which aims to explore the history
A DISABLED man claims he has been left with just £1 a week to live off after his benefits were cut and a bid for extra housing funds was rejected. Stephen Smith, who was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 20 years ago, a condition which causes hours of
BLADES from an 18m high wind turbine have snapped off after a night of heavy rain and winds. The turbine in a field near Bishop Auckland was built last year after planning permission was granted in November, 2011. The 18m high turbine, which
A MOVING company has the right name for the job after being brought in to take the Bishop of Durham to his new home in London. The day after his last service at Durham Cathedral, removal men started to move the Right Reverend Justin Welby’s belongings
A HISTORIC Teesdale church has received a £58,000 heritage grant to tackle a leaky roof – but more cash must be raised to cover the cost of repairs. Officials at St Andrew's Church, Winston, near Barnard Castle, had hoped to receive £160,000 from
BAND NIGHT: A Band night will be held at Willington Cricket Club on Friday (February 1) to raise money for the Durham Cricket Board’s girls’ team’s trip to a tournament in Dubai. The event starts at 7.30pm and tickets cost £2 on the door. CANDLE
TEESDALE sculptor Phil Townsend is about to start work on a series of six representations of the dale's best know landmarks. The Eggleston-based craftsman has been commissioned by Barnard Castle Town Council to produce the work, which will form
MORE men are being sought for a dance club in a County Durham town. Half a dozen women are being left without partners at the weekly sequence dancing club held in Bishop Auckland. The club, which meets every Tuesday from 1.30pm to 3.30pm at
