QUAKERS were encouraged by their display on Tuesday and there is more to come, believes manager Tommy Wright, though he admits he is yet to settle on a favoured first-choice XI. Having lost 2-1 to Curzon Ashton seven days ago, Darlington were on
BY ALL accounts Jack Laugher has had a dazzling year on the springboard but the Olympic champion insists he’s just happy to be diving at all. The 23-year-old underwent ankle surgery last November but when that failed to rectify the injury, Laugher
A BRAVE young girl dialled 999 and saved the life of her unconscious mother who lay bleeding from a head wound after a fall in the family home. Quick-thinking Mila Dobby stayed calm and phoned Durham Police when her mother fell unconscious and
THE terrible news this week of the death of nine-year-old Harriet Forster in a landslide on the beach in Staithes, North Yorkshire, is every parent’s worst nightmare. What should have been a carefree, summer trip to the seaside ended in unimaginable
LOVERS of fresh fruit and vegetables are invited to have a look around the the Hummersknott Allotments of Nunnery Lane in Darlington for the annual open day. The site, will be open between 1pm and 4pm tomorrow, is hosting a beekeeping display, raffle
THREE people have been charged in connection with the supply of drugs following raids carried out in east Durham last week. Two men and one woman have now been charged with the supply of Class A drugs and are due to appear in court. Dean English
A SEAL pup has been rescued after it was discovered in distress on a beach. The juvenile common seal was spotted by a couple as they walked along South Gare at Redcar on Thursday night. Dr Jonathan Allinson, who found the seal pup, said: "We
YOU have to say one thing about the Newcastle United hierarchy, for a group that have a strained relationship with the media – and that’s probably putting it mildly – they do love issuing an official club statement. Sure enough, less than 24 hours
TORRENTIAL downpours are affecting the County Durham and Teesside area. Many roads such as the A19 and A66 are flooded with traffic down to a crawl in places. Traffic is queuing on the A66 near Teesside Park and progress is slow on both the
REVAMPED facilities have been formally reopened at a North-East hospice following a successful “DIY Cry For Help” to local businesses. Butterwick Hospice Care issued the appeal to refurbish the upstairs offices, kitchens, and bathrooms at its Bishop
NEWCASTLE UNITED have released a joint statement signed by Lee Charnley, Rafael Benitez and Jamaal Lascelles defending the club's transfer activity this summer. The Magpies made a net profit of around £20m from this summer's transfer business,
GARDENERS are invited to enter produce in an annual show. Bishop Auckland Hospital Garden Show will be held at 32A Escomb Road, Bishop Auckland, on the weekend of September 1 and 2. There will be flower and vegetable classes and a special free
A FOODBANK is hoping to gather hundreds of kilogrammes of food from Boro fans at this weekend’s Birmingham City fixture. Middlesbrough Supporters Forum is asking generous fans to take a donation for the Middlesbrough foodbank to the home game on
RAFAEL BENITEZ has shelved talks over a new contract – but claims Newcastle United “did well” in their summer transfer dealings. The Magpies had the lowest net spend of all Premier League clubs, making around £20m of profit during the summer window
THREE wild seals have been released into the North Sea. Céline, Axl and Meatloaf have been receiving treatment at Blue Reef Tynemouth’s marine rescue centre. Céline was underweight when she was brought into the centre in November and has had
JAMIE Oliver is relentless in his bid to revolutionise home cooking - but change must start with the restructure of education, he tells Gemma Dunn. Jamie Oliver has made no secret of his desire to educate the masses. In the past two decades
At the wrong end of the Dukes ECB North East Premier League table, bottom club Sacriston are 24 points from safety and they have a tough game at home to Benwell Hill. Daniel Anderson, Callum Appleby and Graham Hubber return, while skipper and wicketkeeper
GREAT British Menu is back and, as Gemma Dunn finds out, there's few more deserving recipients of the chef's culinary delights than the heroes of the NHS. Forget unlucky 13 - Great British Menu's latest series could well be its best one yet.
IF you're a fan of smash-hit teen comedy The Inbetweeners, you're bound to enjoy The Festival. The film's lead, Joe Thomas, and director, Iain Morris, tell Georgia Humphreys about the laughs in store - and whether an Inbetweeners reunion could
UNBEATEN juvenile Dark Vision has been purchased by Godolphin but will stay in training with Mark Johnston at Middleham. Bought for just 15,000 guineas at Tattersalls, he has won all three starts in impressive fashion for the Kingsley Park 10 syndicate
AFTER visiting the south-eastern shores of Lake Garda a couple of times in the past, my wife Rachel and I know all about the area's beauty and tranquility. But with our two growing daughters, Isla, 11 and Evelyn, seven, wanting more than sitting by
Europe's big blue BALANCING gingerly on a paddleboard, I'm torn between basking in the dry heat of Slovenia's midday sun and abandoning everything to dive into the cool blue water beneath me. I'm in - or, rather, on - Lake Bohinj, a fine example
MORE than £1 million of fraudulent transactions have been prevented thanks to an initiative which sees police work with banks to protect vulnerable people being swindled out of their savings. Northumbria Police has joined with UK Finance and a
BEEN on your hols to the Mediterranean this year? Hannah Stephenson offers 7 ways to bring a touch of the Med to your own garden. So, we're having a Mediterranean summer, with long, sunny days and hot, balmy nights - perfect for enjoying evenings
ALEX Main spent years searching for his dream home only to discover it had been right under his nose all along. As a child growing up in a North Yorkshire village, he never knew what lay behind the tall hedge he passed every day. Having left to
THE trial of Durham and England cricketer Ben Stokes has continued for a fifth day at Bristol Crown Court. The 27-year-old all-rounder is accused of affray in the Clifton triangle area of Bristol during the early hours of September 25 last year
Bishop Auckland are hoping to pull off a shock against Pickering from the EvoStik League East in the extra preliminary round of the FA Cup today – and pick up nearly £3,000 in the process. FA Cup prize money has been doubled this season, which
Spennymoor manager Jason Ainsley is hoping that his team picks up their first league win of the season at home to Altrincham today. Moors have collected a point apiece from games against Chester and Darlington so far, but Ainsley says that his
POLICE are investigating after trainspotter with learning difficulties was wrongly branded a sex offended on Facebook. North Yorkshire Police have launched an investigation into malicious communication after a member of the public uploaded a photo
STAFF at a supermarket have raised thousands of pounds for a cancer charity. Macmillan Cancer Support was the chosen Local Charity for Sainsbury’s Victoria Road store in Darlington to support over the last 12 months. Workers organised various
A MAN is recovering in hospital after being stabbed. Police were called to a report of an altercation on Stevenage Close, Thornaby, at about 3.10pm yesterday, Thursday. A spokeswoman said: "A 25-year-old man suffered a puncture wound to his
HOLIDAY? Even if you decide on a staycation, there are so many options nowadays, from luxury hotels with spas and superking, super-sprung beds to seaside bed and breakfasts with a full English to set you up for a walk along our lovely coasts. But
The fight to survive continues, with only six games remaining. Bottom club Marske are 27 points from safety and they have an important game at Acklam Park, where they will face Middlesbrough who have a 46-point gap above the relegation trapdoor.
ANYONE who thinks veganism is for wimps need only look at David Haye. The former world heavyweight champion, who recently retired from boxing, turned vegan in 2014 after an injury forced him out of the ring. He changed the way he did everything
COOKERY writer and presenter Rachel Khoo tells Ella Walker that meatballs are a non-negotiable necessity in Sweden WHEN you're in another country, perhaps the easiest way to begin to fathom a culture is through its food - and Rachel Khoo is an
HUNDREDS of Ryanair flights will not take off as planned on Friday due to pilot strikes in five countries. Staff in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands are staging a 24-hour walkout over pay and conditions. The airline said
BEYONCE singer says the pre-eclampsia, also known as toxemia, put her on bed rest. Beyonce is certainly no stranger to breaking boundaries - she's the most nominated woman in the history of the Grammy Awards, as well as being one of the world's
Missed connections THERE are lots of situations in life that we dread. Making small talk with strangers is enough to push many people over the edge. The thought of being stuck in a lift with James Blunt playing over the tannoy on repeat chills
THESE viral must-haves are vying for a place in your suitcase, says Katie Wright. Try as they might, designer brands and high-street retailers can't always predict the trends that are going to go stratospheric and those that are going to fall flat
NISHA Katona, 46, turned her back on a stable job to open her own restaurant - but, with her very own TV show about to start, she has no regrets. The food writer talks to Georgia Humphreys about the moving inspiration behind Recipes That Made Me, plus
STARS aren't shy to have their say. Here is who has been saying what in this week's quotes round-up. "Kim saying that I'm the least interesting to look at - who even speaks like that? You don't say things like that. You guys just have really different
I WOULD like to say to Michael Hawkins not to give up hope for a reply from his MP, Laura Pidcock (HAS, Aug 2) to the letter that he wrote asking for “none of the above” to be put on the voting slip. I wrote to Esther McVey at the Department of
DESPITE Middlesbrough’s good win in their first home game of the season (Echo, Aug 8), I cannot help but feel they have made a mistake in transferring Patrick Bamford to Leeds. Given a regular team place, it is going to be interesting to see how
THE Newcastle football squad received an £11m bonus last year, plus an average wage of £40,000 to £50,000 a week. Twelve months on and the ugly bonus payment has reared its head again (Echo, Aug 7). A lot of fans would have been looking forward
A PENSIONER suffered a broken wrist after being hit by an off-road motorbike. The 76-year-old was on green belt land close to Foxes Wood, near Newfield Crescent in Acklam, at about 7.30pm on Sunday, August 5 when the incident happened. He was
A REPORT of the Government’s Air Quality Expert Group was given to ministers in 2015 but not published for three years – and then it quietly appeared on the library page of the air quality website. This was no oversight, as the report was released
THE dust has settled after the Friends of Darlington Libraries took Darlington Borough Council to the High Court over the proposed closure of Crown Street. So the Friends lost the battle, but how shameful for a council to be taken to court in the
A DERELICT park has been transformed into a £150,000 refurbished outdoor play area. The Cobbler’s Hall Play Area which opened in Newton Aycliffe south of Burn Lane, saw a multi-use games area built on the site and new seats and bins added to the
I SEE that the artist Banksy stepped up in early July to save 17 libraries in Bristol from threatened closure. I hope it’s not too late for Darlington Borough Council to consider a Baldrickesque cunning plan to save the Edward Pease Free Library
TEN years ago this week, the top five highest grossing films on the box office chart were... 1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2. The Dark Knight 3. Mamma Mia! 4. WALL-E 5. Make it Happen The most popular films 20 years ago
WHEN I began writing a regular opinion column for The Northern Echo, back in 1996, I had three children, aged five, three and one. I wrote about everything from politics and religion to women’s issues and whatever happened to be on telly that week
WITH its tempting bowls piled high with pasta and cheese-laden pizzas, the mid-range Italian restaurant market is a particularly crowded one. After all, who doesn’t like a cheesy garlic bread and a carb-induced food baby? But I have to confess
UPPER Swaledale may be difficult to get at but a walk here brings together all that is very best of the Dales; rivers, rolling hills, exquisite little villages and a sense of history. It is not overly long but in this weather a perfect place to dawdle
OUR take on the latest movie releases THE MEG (12A) IT'S definitely not safe to go back into the water in director Jon Turteltaub's supersized horror thriller, which wedges tongue firmly in cheek to imagine the carnage wrought by a 75ft-long
NEW FILMS TO STREAM, RENT ON-DEMAND OR BUY ON DVD/BLU-RAY FILM OF THE WEEK Funny Cow (Cert 15, 102 mins, Entertainment One, Drama/Comedy/Romance, available from August 13 on Amazon Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and
MULTI-AWARD winning dance company balletLORENT have cast five local 70-plus people to take part in its latest fairytale show at Darlington Hippodrome. Following an informal workshop held at the theatre, five young at heart members of the local
TONY PULIS has expressed his intense disappointment at Middlesbrough’s failure to make any deadline-day signings, and candidly admitted the current squad is “not good enough to win promotion”. Boro tried to sign more than half-a-dozen players ahead
SUNDERLAND have completed the signing of former Wigan Athletic midfielder Max Power. Power moves to the Stadium of Light on an initial loan deal until January, with a view to a permanent transfer at the turn of the year. 👊 'Everyone wants
FANS of hot-blooded musical Dirty Dancing are to be invited to have ‘the time of their lives’ when a new stage version of the film takes residence at Sage Gateshead for a week early next year. Tickets for Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage
THE little girl killed in a rock fall has been named. Harriet Emily Nicola Forster, aged nine, from Oxford, died in the incident at Staithes, north of Whitby. Harriet was visiting Staithes with her family when the incident occurred near the
ROSS NOBLE likes to keep his fans on their toes. For more than 20 years the Geordie comedy wonder has been spinning spontaneous stand-up, regularly touring the globe and playing to packed houses. In a Ross Noble show, the mischievous comic takes
A GUIDE to what's on across the region Friday, August 10 Barnard Castle: I is a Big Friendly Giant, become The BFG and bring the story to life by creating your very own Big Friendly Giant ears and dream horn! In addition, explore the original
Manchester-based stalwarts James drop their impressive new album Living In Extraordinary Times, but have competition from Hull newcomers The Black Delta Movement. ALBUM OF THE WEEK JAMES - LIVING IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES More than 30 years
THE sounds of four decades of indie and pop will be ringing out across Sedgefield next month as Hardwick Live returns with its most exciting line up yet. Hardwick Hall will become the focus for music lovers from across the North-East and beyond
FEEL the thrill and passion of love, jealousy and violence of 19th Century Seville in one of Bizet’s most popular pieces. Its mix of fierce passion, gorgeous melodies, nail-biting dramatic confrontations and musical wit has found favour all over
SHARON is worried about Dennis’s behaviour in EastEnders so she agrees to let Phil have a go at discipling him – which, considering his own son ended up doing time for murder, shows just how desperate she really is. Dennis’s welfare isn’t the only
Reggae-soul sensation Natty will embark on an exciting UK tour this coming November and will perform his debut album Man Like I in its entirety for the very first time. Celebrating his 10 year anniversary since exploding onto the scene in 2008 with
Durham Jets were in danger of slipping to a second defeat on the bounce in the Vitality Blast in their contest against Lancashire Lightning before Liam Trevaskis turned the game on its head. The Lightning needed only six runs off the final over
[STANDFIRST] Columnist and trained counsellor Fiona Caine offers her perspective to a concerned sister, and a woman who is struggling to conceive. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY BROTHER'S HEAVY DRINKING? My brother has always been a good man, but over
FOLLOWING his hugely successful debut UK tour, comedian, choirboy and co-host of Soccer AM, Lloyd Griffith is going back on the road with his brand new stand-up show, All Rounder. Beginning at Edinburgh’s The Stand on 29th January 2019, the tour will
STANLEY’S Burning Rock festival returns for its third year on Saturday includes live music from headliner Blakk Sabbath, plus Tubesnake, Balls of Steel, Fallen Mafia, No Ordinary Angel and Conner Middleton. Blakk Sabbath, who will headline with
OUR pick of tonight's TV choices Performance Live: Taxi Tales (BBC2, regions vary) ASPIRING authors are often told to 'write what you know', and Middlesbrough cabbie-turned-playwright Ishy Din obviously took the advice to heart. His Taxi Tales
MIKE Ashley's Sports Direct will attempt to keep as many House of Fraser stores open as possible following a £90 million rescue of the ailing retailer. The tracksuit tycoon struck a deal to buy the firm out of administration earlier on Friday,
Dog training A NEW eight-week dog obedience training course, held in the Hurworth Community Centre, will begin on Thursday, September 6, not September 30, as published in The Northern Echo earlier this week. The Skernedale Dog Training Club will
SUNDERLAND were working to finalise the signing of Max Power from Wigan Athletic last night, and aim to follow that up by landing Manchester United striker James Wilson. Even though Jack Ross, the Sunderland manager, was chasing a forward to boost
FIVE young people have secured employment with community regeneration charity Groundwork North East. Dylan Constantine, 17, Robbie Harris, 20, Brandon Thompson, 20, Harry Atkins, 18, and Ben Taylor, 19, who were formerly not in education, employment
A MAN caught with a knuckleduster and a hidden machete in his car has walked free from court after spending three nights in prison. Brian Moss was at risk of a minimum sentence of six months for what was his second offence relating to possession
TWO young hairdressers in training have won prizes for their work. Nicholas Greeves, 17, from Durham and Caitlin Pollard, 19, from Brandon, were first and third in the competition run by training provider BL Hairdressing. They both work at Janet
HAVING had their shortest away trip on Tuesday, tomorrow Darlington undertake one of their longest and do so buoyed by their midweek display. Only a last-minute Spennymoor Town equaliser, meaning the game ended 2-2, prevented Quakers from taking
A CHARITY shop has reopened with the support of an MP. The Sense charity shop, located in Middlesbrough's Hill Street Shopping Centre, raises money to support people with complex disabilities. The shop reopened this week, with new staff and volunteers
TEN thousand street lights have been replaced with more efficient LED lanterns as part of a three-year upgrade plan. The scheme, from North Yorkshire County Council, began last October and aims to have 25,500 new street lights installed by next
A CHARITY fun day at a Northallerton pub has raised more than £3,000 for a hospital cancer ward. The Nags Head held the festival event on Sunday, August 5 in aid of the Sir Robert Ogden Unit at the Friarage Hospital, in support of customer and patient
A MADCAP race which sees amateur daredevils ride self-built contraptions down a steep cobbled hill is returning for the third time. York's Micklegate Run Soapbox Race is revving up for action on Bank Holiday Monday, August 27. The event is already
A TRADITION spanning three centuries shows no sign of fading as the 218th annual Egton Bridge Gooseberry Show was hailed a great success. The Gooseberry Show took place in Egton Bridge on the North York Moors, as it has done since the 1800s, and
OLD met new when a founding member of a military unit paid a call on serving personnel - 67 years after he joined the corps. Peter Gannon was just 18-years-old when he joined the newly formed 34 Squadron, RAF Regiment, which almost immediately deployed
ACHIEVEMENTS of a health and wellbeing charity were celebrated at its base in Newton Aycliffe. The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) welcomed Phil Wilson MP, the Deputy Mayor of Great Aycliffe, Cllr Mary Dalton, her consort Cllr Sarah Iveson, along
SOME of the country’s top authors will be taking part in the region’s biggest book festival later this year. Tickets are on sale for the 2018 Durham Book Festival, which takes place from October 5-14. Headline guests at this year’s event include
BURGLARS caused more than £2,000 of damage when they tried to steal a boiler and copper piping from an empty flat. Jack Ramsey and an accomplice flooded the Redcar property and one below it after breaking in and tampering with the water system.
A GRANDAD with a pornography addiction "fell into" looking at and sharing images of child abuse, a court heard. Philip Archer was invited to join a chatroom by an unknown man where he said pictures of "normal porn" were on show. Over time,
ROSS TURNBULL is ready to register as a player with Hartlepool United. The club’s goalkeeping coach, a former Middlesbrough and Chelsea keeper, has not had a club since leaving Leeds in May last year. His last appearance came for Leeds in a League
A VETERAN has appeared in a Navy magazine after being named the first British seaman to receive a US honorary award. Tom Robson, originally from Trimdon Grange, joined the Navy at 15 after working at Fishburn Colliery for a year. Mr Robson,
A NEWLY renovated bridge is been given a protective surface to help keep it looking good in the future. Durham County Council is carried out the work at Elvet Bridge, in Durham, as part of its programme to give the city a deep clean this summer.
FUTURE financial wizards from a Darlington school were given the chance to demonstrate their skills to an industry expert from the Bank of England The bank's chief economist, Andy Haldane, visited Hummersknott Academy during term-time with Year
HUNDREDS of cyclists from across the country descended on Thirsk to take part in a sportive with a distinctly Yorkshire flavour. The Yorkshire Lass Cycling Club’s charity sportive is one of the few ladies-only events in the region and more than
TEENAGERS are being encouraged to vaccinate themselves against potentially fatal meningitis. North Yorkshire County Council is urging youngsters - including students going to university for the first time - to take advantage of the free vaccine
ELDERLY ex-servicemen and women living in care homes across the region were represented at a show to honour the survivors of war. This Is Not For You took place at the Stockton International Riverside Festival, performed by veterans and backed by
Digger fire REETH and Richmond firefighters attended an excavator on fire in a wooded area at Marske just before 1pm on Wednesday. The excavator suffered 70 per cent damage. The crews used a dry powder extinguisher to put the fire out. The cause
A NEW data matching service used by a council has uncovered a serious case of fraud by a woman who claimed more than £2,000 of benefit she was not entitled to. It was the first case of its kind to be discovered through a data matching exercise conducted
THE painstakingly-built replica of Captain Cook's ship HM Bark Endeavour will be welcoming aboard visitors from today. It becomes Whitby’s newest permanent visitor attraction, floating proudly in the harbour of the port that Capt Cook once called
WORKERS are to stage a series of fresh 24-hour strikes in the row over the role of train guards. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Arriva Northern will walk out on three consecutive Saturdays, August 25 and September 1 and
COUNTY Durham’s largest Roman fort has attracted archaeologists and volunteers from across the globe for a new series of excavations. Dating back to the first century, the seven-hectare site at Binchester Roman Fort, near Bishop Auckland, is believed
A COASTAL landmark is opening to the public for the first time in its history. Following years of planning, restoration and repairs, tours of Sunderland’s Roker Pier lighthouse and tunnel begin on Monday. The Grade II-listed structure, built
A BURGLAR is behind bars for a one-night crime-spree in his own neighbourhood. Gavin Smith targeted garden sheds on the Skerne Park estate in Darlington – a place he has lived all of his life. Smith's lawyer said he will have to face his neighbours
A CONVERSATION in a pub led to a group of men, many who have not ridden for years, completing a punishing bike ride to support a North-East children’s charity. Sixteen cyclists, who did little or no training, raised more than £8,000, with the 170
AN 18-YEAR-OLD drink-driver who overturned his car just two weeks after passing his test had been offered £20 to take friends home from a night out. Jacob Gardiner lost control and wrote off a Seat Ibiza he bought three days earlier after he crashed
A GROUP of friends who have raised £25,000 for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation have set off on their latest challenge. The friends from Sunniside, Whickham and London take part in a regular fundraising event, Three Days for Bobby. This year they
FOOTBALL fans can take a sneak look at a mounting myriad of memorabilia in a growing collection at a former station museum. The Fans’ Museum, in North Bridge Street, Sunderland, is to be officially opened in coming months, but it is throwing opens
A CELEBRATION of Asian culture is set to bring a splash of colour to Middlesbrough this weekend. The Middlesbrough Mela, which takes place in its original venue of Albert Park, brings together a mix of music, performances, food, family fun, an
FIVE talented boxers hope to be the first females to represent their club in a high-profile competition in Ireland. Four juniors and a senior from Spennymoor Boxing Academy hope to compete in the Esker All Female Box Cup in Dublin, in October.
