ROGER ROPER wants to finish the English Senior Open with a strong 36-hole finish after holding his nerve following a disastrous opening hole at Rockliffe Hall yesterday. The Hurworth-based golfer suffered a two-stroke penalty before he had even
AS the trolleys carrying Tour bags rolled around the fairways and members of the public turned out for a glimpse of some experienced golfing talent on a County Durham track, Rockliffe Hall was in the spotlight. Forty-two years have passed since
A SMALL fire in an upstairs room in a barn conversion was out before the arrival of the fire brigade. The incident happened around 7.35pm on Friday in the Wheatley Hill area of County Durham. Appliances from Wheatley Hill and Peterlee responded
DARLINGTON’S finest gardeners have been recognised for their efforts at an awards ceremony. The Darlington in Bloom awards celebrated the work of horticulturalists from across the borough, regardless of the size or location of their garden.
POP stars Little Mix, two of whom are from the North-East, are to become unlikely additions to the Radio 3 playlist after the station commissioned orchestral versions of their hits. The station has assembed male and female ensembles who have recorded
HE walked away from a gang as a youngster but actor Daniel John Williams tells LUCY RICHARDSON why he hopes playing a gun-shooting tough guy alongside Vinnie Jones will inspire other wayward teenagers. Hollywood is beckoning. Although he is coy
A GANG of young robbers on a crime spree left a former Tyneside man to drown when they pushed him into a canal. Simon Brass, 40, who had moved to Salford, Greater Manchester was heard to twice shout "I can't swim" but three of his five assailants
TWO thieves who stripped lead flashing worth more than £2,000 from council houses after being employed to repair a broken roof have walked free from court. Michael Alan Milburn and Jimmy Nicholson, both from Darlington, were asked to repair the
A TASK force aims to tackle the scourge of empty properties and absentee landlords in part of Shildon. The issue has been highlighted during a clean-up operation by the Durham County Council-led Community Action Team (Cat) in the New Shildon area
DRIVERS are being warned to watch out for roadworks on one of the main routes in and out of Hartlepool. The borough council will start work on Monday (October 7) to repair and improve the Belle Vue Way/Brenda Road roundabout on the A689. The
ABBEY ruins will be brought to life with music and lighting throughout autumn. Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, will be floodlit every Saturday in October and on the first Saturday in November. And each Saturday night the National
A NORTH-East born Championship footballer has been jailed for 18 months after he was found guilty of punching two men in separate nightclub attacks. Sheffield Wednesday striker Gary Madine, 23, from Gateshead and who has a previous conviction for
FORMER Sunderland striker Stephane Sessegnon has been banned from the roads for 20 months after admitting driving over the limit. The player, who signed for West Bromwich Albion in the transfer window, also pleaded guilty to two counts of driving
A TURF-CUTTING ceremony was held today (Friday, October 4) marking the start of a new community hub in an east Durham community. The New Thornley Partnership, Durham County Council and Thornley Parish Council are working together to deliver a new
A BID to create Europe's largest area of protected night sky in the North-East has now been lodged with a global organisation campaigning to keep the world's skies dark. The move to designate nearly 1,500 square kilometres of Northumberland as
NORTH-East Hairy Biker Dave Myers has set his sights low for his next appearance on Strictly Come Dancing - and said he would be delighted with just three marks from tough-scoring judge Craig Revel Horwood. The 55-year-old is bottom of the leader
NORTH-EAST political leaders have vowed to highlight the impact on the region's vulnerable of cuts to local government. Members of the Association of North East Councils (Anec) and North-East MPs met on Friday to discuss the proposed council funding
A LORRY driver who should not have been at the wheel when he was involved in a fatal accident, has escaped an immediate prison sentence. David Trevor Bate was not blamed for the collision with a Renault Kangoo van, which was overtaking three eastbound
It has taken more than 200 years but the French have finally returned to Hartlepool to investigate the tale of the hanged monkey. French authors Wilfrid Lupano and Jeremie Morrow have created a graphic novel called the Hartlepool Monkey, about
INDEPENDENT shops and businesses in a North Yorkshire town have pooled their resources for help in promoting their community. Organisations in Boroughbridge have formed a new co-operative to engage the help of media experts in promoting the town
ANGLICAN, Methodist and Catholic clergymen performed blessings on a new funeral parlour in Darlington. Michael Rea and his wife Barbara have opened Darlington Funeral Service, in North Road. The town’s mayor, Charles Johnson, was also presented
MORE than 150 people attended a tea and twirl charity fundraiser to raise money for the Darlington and District Samaritans. To help boost the charity’s coffers, guest enjoyed a traditional afternoon tea dance and a raffle, with prizes including
THE way stray dogs are dealt with in Hartlepool is about to change following the appointment of a new company to run the Borough Council’s dog warden service. From October 14, dogs that cannot be immediately re-united with their owners will be
Morris dancers from the Durham Rams and Benfieldside Dancers will be performing in Durham City’s Market Place from 10.30am to 2pm tomorrow (Saturday, October 5). The event is in aid of the Motor Neuron Disease Association, which will have a stall and
A MIND, body and spirit fair will be held at Darlington Spiritualist Church, in Denmark Street, Darlington, on Saturday, October 12 from 10.30am to 2.30pm. Tickets are £2 and can be bought on the door. The fair will be followed by an afternoon
A GRANDMOTHER with a 20-year heroin addiction stole clothing because she could not make ends meet, a court was told. Lisa Michelle Burnside, of Elmfield Street, Darlington, stole clothes from Matalan on August 8 and again on August 10, as well
AN HISTORIC home is running a fortnight of apple celebrations from this weekend. More than 35 varieties of apples are grown in the walled gardens of Beningbrough Hall and Gardens near York. There is also a community orchard where predominately
DURHAM University has retained its place in the world’s top 100. The university, which is ranked 80th, is one of only ten UK universities in the World Top 100, according to the 2013/2014 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
A MAJOR theatrical festival will continue this weekend, with the public urged to try out some of its many offerings. The Jabberwocky Market has taken over a number of venues around Darlington and will stage a number of productions in an effort
Christian Aid and Durham Cathedral are staging an evening of debate for young people about hunger at home and abroad. Hungry for Justice takes place in the cathedral on Friday, October 11 from 7pm to 9.30pm. Among the speakers will be Bishop Auckland
A NORTH-EAST power plant, once capable of producing three per cent of the UK's electricity, is set for demolition. Preparations for the decommissioning of the mothballed Teesside Power Station at Wilton, near Redcar have started, owner GDF SUEZ
A coffee morning held in Stokesley on Friday, September 27 has raised £720 for Macmillan nurses. The event, at a home on Levenside, Stokesley raised its funds from cake sales, a tombola, sales of refreshments and other initiatives on the morning.
Take That singer Gary Barlow will perform at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle on Saturday April 12 as part of his UK tour to promote his first solo album in 14 years, Since I saw You Last. Tickets cost £35 to £55 and go on sale on Friday, October
A YOUNG couple who have been reunited with precious glass ornaments stolen from their baby sons' grave are calling for CCTV to be installed at the cemetery. John and Joanne Newman were devastated when a commemorative plaque and ornaments were taken
A FORMER sergeant-major in the Paratroop Regiment has fulfilled a boyhood dream by building a Wild West town to stage high-octane paintball shoot-outs. John Wayne fan Will Scullion said he hoped the town of Purgatory, set in Black Plantation, on
An exercise drop-in session for people aged 40-plus will be held on Monday in the Chester-le-Street Community Association’s centre on Newcastle Bank, Newcastle Road, from 1 to 2pm. The cost is £3. Irish dancing: An Irish dancing class for children
THE Teesside Coroner is appealing for family members to come forward after the death of 85-year-old Anne Marie Pemberton of Fairwell Road Stockton. Mrs Pemberton died on Thursday, October 3. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her
Ahead of their showdown at the Stadium of Light, the term 'club in crisis' has been used to describe both Sunderland and Manchester United. The Black Cats prop up the rest having taken just one point from their opening six fixtures so it's perhaps not
POLICE have issued a dispersal order in an area of Middlesbrough to help tackle anti-social behaviour in the run up to bonfire night. From October 28, neighbourhood officers in Coulby Newham will be able to move on anyone causing a nuisance or
CAMPAIGNERS against a proposed secondary school closure could mount a legal challenge to the move. Durham County Council is consulting on shutting Roseberry College and Sixth Form, at Newfield, near Chester-le-Street, claiming it is at about a
IT was party time as an old people’s home celebrated the 100th birthday of its oldest resident. Grace Gibbs has been living at Lindisfarne Care Home at Ouston, near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, for the last six years. A special tea was
A PROLIFIC offender who has been subject to every punishment a court can impose has been given one last chance to change after stealing almost £100 worth of meat from a Darlington supermarket. Long-term drug addict, Barbara Taylor, who has 106
A CHAINSAW carver has put the finishing touches to a wooden bird of prey, which will play an important part in this month’s Countryside Live. Tree surgeon and carver Mark Bell completed his carvings watched by his own three-year-old Harris Hawk
COUNCIL bosses held talks with William Hague MP to push the Government to make a decision on the future of Northallerton Prison – while a taskforce has been set up by local business leaders to tackle unemployment before crisis hits. Leader of Hambleton
Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice is still closed to sick children, a month after a serious leak from a water tank. The respite centre in Normanby, Middlesbrough, is hoping to welcome back youngsters up to the age of six and their parents by the end of October
A NATIONAL internet crime evidence-gathering centre is being launched to stem an “epidemic” of web-based scams. The unit, based at North Yorkshire County Council’s Northallerton headquarters, will include a team of nine computer analysts dedicated
GROUP WALK: The Darlington Ramblers will take part in a ten mile walk around Startforth and Deepdale, in Teesdale, on Sunday, October 6. Walkers should meet at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, in Darlington, at 9.30am or at Startforth car park at
A FORMER prolific young offender with a talent for cutting hair has restyled his life and opened his own barbers. At the tender age of 14, Sky Taylor was already well-known to the police in his hometown of Leicester. His bad behaviour got him
The Dalesmen Singers Male Voice Choir is staging its annual Gala night concert on Saturday, October 19 at 7.30pm at Danby Methodist Chapel. Guest artist will be the celebrated violinist Mark Ostyn. Mark has travelled the world performing with many
Newcastle United midfielder Dan Gosling has joined Blackpool on loan until January 1st 2014. Paul Ince's side are currently sixth in the Championship, having made a bright start to the season, and play at Charlton on Saturday where Gosling will
A GRANDFATHER who hid a handgun and deadly bullets under a haystack in his garden has had his jail sentence more than doubled by top judges. Police found the loaded and "potentially lethal" Luger 9mm pistol at the home of 58-year-old Joseph Wright
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 350 homes in a market town has been given the go-ahead following an appeal. Nearly 450 letters and emails of objection were received by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council over plans by Taylor Wimpey North Yorkshire
RAY Mallon is encouraging sports fans to look at proposed plans for a ‘sports village’ in Middlesbrough. If approved, it would include an athletics field and stadium featuring 400m track with 10-lane straights and eight-lane bends together with
RETAILERS are being invited to Hambleton District Council and Federation of Small Business-run workshops about maximising shop window potential ahead of Christmas. The sessions on October 23 and November 15 will be presented by Helen Goodwin, of design
A DARLINGTON resident is urging people to be vigilant after a hoax caller attempted to con money out of her by pretending to be from the charity, Help for Heroes. The resident from Middleton St George, near Darlington, did not wish to be named,
A FAMILY-RUN poultry business has won national acclaim. Brothers Richard and Stephen Tulip were this week crowned Poultry Farmer of the Year 2013 at the Farmers’ Weekly Awards. The pair who run Lintz Hall Farm - the North East’s biggest egg
Bishop Auckland manager Martin Swales says that he is eagerly looking forward to his first derby match against Spennymoor this afternoon at Heritage Park. Swales, who was appointed last week, will sample the atmosphere between the two old rivals
A FILM festival featuring titles from around the world and a wide range of genres will hit Richmond cinema screens next week. The Station Cinema is hosting its fortnight-long film festival from Friday, October 11 until Thursday, October 24, and
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a modern eco-house dubbed as a “custody suite” lookalike in a conservation area have been rejected by a planning committee. Residents living close to the site of the proposed property in Quarry Hills Lane, Leyburn,
A WENSLEYDALE community has been recognised as the best-looking village in the district. Richmond Rotary Club announced West Burton as its winner of this year’s Richmondshire best kept village competition, with Ravensworth as the runner-up.
PROPOSALS to build nearly 500 houses in Hambleton and Richmondshire have moved forward despite concerns about a lack of jobs for new occupants. David Wilson Homes has lodged an application to amend a controversial scheme to build 244 homes on the
VISITOR access to a wildlife habitat has been improved thanks to a new boardwalk. Joe’s Pond Nature Reserve is a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Rainton Meadows, headquarters of Durham Wildlife Trust, at Chilton Moor, near Houghton-le-Spring
RESIDENTS of 16 villages are to be asked what projects they would like to receive funding. The Mid Durham Area Action Partnership (AAP) has £80,000 to spend and is looking to give £5,000 to each of the communities it serves. Earlier this year
The Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio is playing Middlesbrough Town Hall on Tuesday, October 8, at 7.45pm. Tickets are priced from £13, with concessions from £12, students £8 and family tickets (one adult and two children) from £18. The
A GARAGE owner whose daughter successfully battled breast cancer turned his birthday bash into a fundraising night for a charity that funds research into the disease. Gregg Little, of Gregg Little Testing Centre in Newton Aycliffe, raised £400
SINGER Michelle Heaton is fronting a campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer by encouraging people to take part in a fitness craze. The Liberty X star, who underwent a voluntary double mastectomy last year, is leading a Zumba dance session
KENT'S Peter Mitchell was the first man to tee off at the English Senior Open and delivered a sublime round of golf to claim the clubhouse lead at Rockliffe Hall. Mitchell carded a flawless round of 66 to edge one shot ahead of Spaniard Jose Manuel
A STREET TRIAGE initiative pioneered in the North-East which has dramatically reduced the number of people detained under mental health legislation is being rolled out across the country. The project developed in the area covered by Cleveland Police
A UNIVERSITY lecturer who re-trained as a taxidermist is displaying her work at a North-East museum. Katherine O'Connor, senior lecturer in computer animation at Teesside University, is exhibiting at Preston Hall museum at Eaglescliffe in Stockton
A GROUP of ten North Yorkshire musicians have bared all for a charity and produced a revealing calendar. Whitby bands The Vampire Prawns and Arguments Yard have posed for a series of 12 tasteful shots featuring themselves wearing little more than
A planning application for the construction of a single-storey extension at the side and rear of a house in Park Road North, Chester-le-Street, has been submitted to Durham County Council planners for approval. Pub gig: Singer Alan Knights will
Volunteers are being sought to help with this year’s Poppy Appeal in Durham. Helpers are needed to sell poppies from October 26 to November 9. Anyone interested should call local appeal organiser Eamonn Loftus on 07711-887435. Advice session: The
ARTISTS from across the region will display their work at the first pop-up exhibition organised by a college art lecturer. The first Shout About Art exhibition will feature original work from 20 regional artists and designer-makers, including textiles
A 93-YEAR-OLD former landlady has fulfilled her wish to pull a pint of beer again. Mollie Bates, who ran a pub in Coverdale, near Leyburn, with her husband, Stan, more than 30 years ago. The former landlandy at the Thwaites Arms pub, in Horsehouse
When the generations socialise together, yob culture doesn’t stand a chance SO there we were in the city centre late last Friday night. The bars and restaurants were packed, the pavements thronged with people. Middle-aged groups leaned back
ROCKLIFFE HALL started life as a European Senior Tour venue this morning and their very own Roger Roper suffered disaster on the opening hole. When Roper was due to tee off at 10am in the third group, his caddy went missing. Rather than join him
WORK will start later this month on a controversial academy school after years of legal wrangling. It is hoped the £43m Consett Academy pupils will be ready for pupils in September 2015. Students started at a neighbouring multi million pound
RESIDENTS are being encouraged to join their local credit unions. Durham County Council is holding sessions at which its staff and members of the public can sign up with the Prince Bishops Community Bank and the Durham County Credit Union.
A SMALL business owner says his and other similar sized firms are being made to “suffer” as a result of an increasingly common credit card fraud. Tony Dartnall, who runs Catertech, in Ferryhill, County Durham, claims he was left £3,500 out of pocket
SINGER Joe McElderry is performing a gig in north Durham next year. The X Factor and Pop Star to Opera Star winner, from South Shields, is playing the Empire Theatre in Consett on Friday, May 30. The show forms part of his new Set Your Soul
Joe Willis recommends taking flight with the family to Flamingoland DAYS out to theme parks like Flamingoland and Lightwater Valley were the stuff of school trips and very rare family outings as a boy growing up in Gateshead. Always during the
CITIZEN KHAN is back for a second series despite criticism in some quarters of the oldfashioned gags and cliched characters in creator Adil Ray’s comedy about community leader Mr Khan and his family. You can’t please all of the people all the time
IT’S been a long time since Marvel created a hit, live action TV show. However, when Avengers Assemble struck box office gold last year, the time was finally right to exploit one of Marvel’s most enduring organisations, Shield. And who better to guide
WHEN Elton John has a new album to plug, that usually means TV companies fall over themselves with tribute shows, and gigs such as this one. BBC Radio 2 listeners will know he recently performed for their In Concert series. Now comes Elton
LES DAWSON was a man of many talents. The comedian, who died 20 years ago, is fondly remembered for his monologues full of inventive dialogue, his deliberately off-key piano playing, the man behind the fat dance troupe the Roly Polys and his peerless
ALTHOUGH its grand exterior harks back to an age long gone, Tanton Grange hasn’t yet celebrated its centenary, built as it was in the early 1920s. The property forms the major part of the original Tanton Grange, which was split into two houses
A CHILDREN’S hospice is aiming to get hundreds, even thousands, of birthday cards to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Butterwick Children’s Hospice, based in Stockton but helping children from across the region, wants to fill a large wall in the
SWANSEA goalscorer Wayne Routledge believes Thursday night’s hard-fought Europa League win over St Gallen shows his side’s character. Routledge got the only goal of the game six minutes into the second half, tapping in at the far post, as Swansea
ROYAL Northern Sinfonia and Chorus, performing for the first time under the title bestowed by the Queen, opened its new season with contrasting accounts of the Requiem. Takemitsu’s Requiem for String Orchestra, all but ten minutes long, featured
WHEN families split up, there’s sometimes a bidding war for the affection of the children. It’s sad, expensive and totally pointless. As the conference season ends, we all feel like one of those kids-in-the-middle. First we had Nick Clegg offering
I AM so pleased that the Quakers are returning home to play football in Darlington next season in the relatively new surroundings of Blackwell Meadows (Echo, Oct 2). Since the demise of Darlington FC a couple of years ago, the new team has been
FAMILIES are facing the threat of care home closures, as we did in 2010 (Echo, Oct 2). Eighty-three elderly people at five homes operated by Durham County Council - Cheveley House, in Belmont; Feryemount, in Ferryhill; Grampian House, in Peterlee
ON a walk in the Cleveland Hills last week, I was amazed at the integrity of the old Skelton Park iron ore mine, near Guisborough. It’s crying out for renovation as a living museum, after the style of Beamish, and would be a big attraction.
I AGREE with Mick Peacock (HAS, Oct3) about today’s so called boy bands. In fact, music in general today isn’t about talent, it’s about how much money you can make before the next one-hit wonder comes along. Groups like No Direction (sic) etc
MY great grandfather was a miner from Eldon Bank, in County Durham. Our family has a miner’s lamp. My mother told me that it belonged to him. My aunt’s family say it was bought. It has a serial number, so is there a register of who owned which
ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson accepts Joe Hart has to tackle the criticism of his recent poor displays head on to again show why he was hailed by Wayne Rooney as the best goalkeeper in the world. Hart - who last season returned the most clean sheets
SCHOOLCHILDREN from three schools held a parade to celebrate jointly achieving academy status. Abbey Hill School for children with learning disabilities and the two Westlands Schools, one primary and one secondary, for children with challenging
1st TEE 09:40 Peter Mitchell ENG; Marc Farry FRA; Paul Way ENG; 09:50 Mike McLean ENG; Steve Van Vuuren RSA; Gerry Norquist USA; 10:00 Bill Longmuir SCO; Roger Roper ENG; Luis Carbonetti ARG; 10:10 Mark James ENG; Paul Wesselingh ENG; Barry
DAVID CAMERON’S statement that he wanted to turn this country of ours into “a land of opportunity” (Echo, Oct 3) made me wonder, where has he been all of his life? Someone should remind him that this country has been the land of opportunity for
OF the 500 or so people to have visited the Citizen’s Advice Bureau office in Darlington since April, half of them had payday loan repayments hanging over their heads. The charity says these alarming figures represent a huge rise on the previous year
COULD the bedroom tax become the new poll tax? The principle may be sound – why should a couple rattling around a fivebedroom home receive more benefit than a family crammed into a two-bed flat? But the implementation has been clumsy and, in some
A MEDIEVAL battlefield, lost for centuries but crucial to the formation of modern England, has been located in the North-East, a leading historian has claimed. The Battle of Brunanburh of 937AD, took place on the site of Longovicium, the Roman
COLIN Cooper has revealed some interesting feedback for Hartlepool United this week. The Pools boss was left disappointed and frustrated last weekend during the last five minutes of the home defeat against Oxford, as three big decisions went against
WITH an international break on the horizon, Sunderland caretaker manager Kevin Ball has called for Paolo Di Canio’s permanent successor to be named as soon as possible and admits Ellis Short’s next move could be pivotal to the club’s future. Ball
MIDDLESBROUGH announced another ticket initiative in a bid to boost ailing attendances yesterday, but Tony Mowbray would rather focus his attentions on the supporters who come rather than attempting to re-engender the ones who do not. Boro’s 1-
BORN in Australia, based in New Zealand, but Peter Fowler is still jet-setting around the other half of the world playing golf on the European circuit. Despite being the other side of 50, he says life on the Senior Tour is just as demanding and
The English Senior Open starts today and at yesterday's Pro-Am golf writer Paul Fraser got to experience 18 holes with Senior Tour Order of Merit leader Paul Wesselingh FOR those golfers familiar with Rockliffe Hall, a little trip there over the
NEWCASTLE UNITED manager Alan Pardew insists he has owner Mike Ashley’s support despite mounting speculation regarding his future on Tyneside this week. In the wake of Monday night’s defeat to Everton, rumours began circulating that Pardew had
WHEN the English Senior Open begins at Rockliffe Hall today, the outcome of the £200,000 event could have a significant bearing on the Tour’s Order of Merit. The battle for supremacy in the European Senior Tour heads to a new venue in County Durham
A MOTHER says she had a lucky escape after her electronic cigarette exploded while charging, setting fire to her kitchen while her children slept upstairs. Gina McGee was sleeping on her sofa while her husband and three children were asleep upstairs
A NORTH-EAST dock, which once sent helicopters to the Falkland Islands and acts as an international gateway for regional firms, has marked its 50th anniversary. Tees Dock was the first dock to be built in the UK since the Second World War and replaced
AN IT firm says it wants to create North-East posts after moving to the region. Specialist Computer Systems (SCS), in Boldon, South Tyneside, provides IT support for a number of secondary school and academies across South Tyneside and Gateshead
AN extra £20m will be pumpied into a scheme to will help North-East youngsters into work. The Government has released a fresh cash pot to help its traineeships programme and get students into apprenticeships. The traineeships, which started
A GROWING computer game firm wants to create North-East jobs after expanding to meet increasing demand. Pitbull Studio, which specialises in video game development, transferred to a larger studio in Sunderland’s Evolve Business Centre, to cater
DURHAM'S Police and Crime Commissioner is being investigated over a deal which allowed him to keep his £21,000 car when he retired as deputy chief constable of Cleveland, The Northern Echo can reveal. Ron Hogg was given the car by Cleveland Police
A TRUCK building firm, which received flagship Government cash to fund an expansion, is cutting more than 100 North-East jobs – just months after axing 300 posts. Caterpillar, in Peterlee, east Durham, says about 70 production workers and 45 office
THE grooming of a 13-year-old girl by scores of men highlights the dangers of not knowing what your child is doing on-line, police and child protection charities warned last night. Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Mason, head of crime at North
A HOST of Darlington Football Club heroes last night (Thursday) attended the launch of a book which chronicles the turbulent past two years of the Quakers. Chris Senior, Jamie Chandler, David Hodgson and Martin Gray were among those at the Dolphin
NEW road markings have been installed in two villages as part of a bid to slow down speeding drivers. The increased safety measures include new speed limit signs, rumble strips and painted road markings in Stanley Crook and Billy Row. Durham
AN allotment holder suffered a fractured arm while beating away a burglar who had broken into his shed, a court has heard. David Gary Ryan broke into the shed at Schoolfield Allotments in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, to find a drink, magistrates
A DRINK driver who was stopped by police because he had no headlights on at night has been banned from driving for three years. Richard James Ord was found to have 102mcg of alcohol in 100mll of breath, the legal limit is 35mcg, magistrates in
A MAN who was found guilty in his absence of stealing copper wire after he was 15 minutes late for his trial has been handed a three month curfew and ordered to pay the court £370. Colin Frederick Murray had denied stealing the wire worth £20 from
A MAN whose car was spotted doing handbrake turns and donuts in a supermarket car park moments before it crashed with a roundabout has been banned from driving for 18 months after admitting drink driving. Anthony Blacklock’s Audi A4 was seen by
A FORMER footballer visited a Wear Valley school today (October 4) to give the pupils a lesson in anti-racism. Children at Peases West Primary School took part in workshops provided by Show Racism the Red Card, a national education charity originally
