THE A19 Tees flyover has now re-opened after being closed in both directions since around 7pm. The A19 Tees flyover has now reopened. Thank you for your patience. @ClevelandRPU — Cleveland Police UK (@ClevelandPolice) September 14, 2018
A WOMAN who sent a sex photo with her boyfriend to her ex-partner who went on to murder his love rival has admitted "encouraging or assisting the commission" of an offence. David Jeet Saunders, left, was reacting to an intimate photograph
RAW human sewage has been pouring into a beck, leaving hundreds of fish dead and the surrounding area contaminated with potentially hazardous waste. Residents of Colburn, near Catterick Garrison, were horrified to discover the waste pouring out
IT would appear that it took today’s mass walk-out of prison officers for the Ministry of Justice to finally accept it must take action over the state of the country’s jails. Staff and unions have been issuing warnings for years that conditions
A WOMAN was seriously injured during a hit-and-run collision in Sunderland. Police received a report that ‘pick-up style’ van had struck a pedestrian on Chester Road, at 3.25pm on Friday. The truck did not stop at the scene and an investigation
AN investigation is underway following an alleged attack on a dog. Police in Newton Aycliffe received a report of an individual mistreating a puppy in the town centre at 8pm last night. Witnesses reported seeing a man kicking a dog near to Aldi
RAFA BENITEZ insists Newcastle United's Jonjo Shelvey can solve England’s search for a playmaker after a week when Gareth Southgate admitted he could do with having Paul Gascoigne in his ranks. Southgate bemoaned the national team’s lack of creative
A DRIVER is still critically ill following a crash on the A68 yesterday. The incident, involving a green Vauxhall Astra and Silver Kia, happened at about 7.30am, between Witton-le-Wear and Toft Hill, near Bishop Auckland. A spokeswoman for Durham
The A1M is now fully re-open following a four-vehicle crash. The accident happened at around 3.30pm on the northbound carriageway of the A1M, just before the Bowburn exit. No-one is thought to be injured in the accident but it caused tailbacks
Graeme Storm, the Hartlepool golfer, has underlined his commitment to the next generation of sports stars by snapping up a signed Liverpool shirt in an auction for Hartlepool United’s Youth Development Fund. The European Tour professional set up
A MILITARY charity is helping veterans get used to ‘Civvy Street’ by serving coffee at youth football games. Veterans charity, Forward Assist, helps servicemen and women with combat experience and unresolved trauma issues, so they can adjust to
AMATEUR motorbike racers did the region proud by going full-throttle for podium finishes on the Isle of Man. Ripon rider Matt Stevenson finished first in the Manx GP Senior Race in what was just his second year riding the course. He finished
A MOTHER whose son underwent surgery for a brain tumour last month has spoken of her pride after he completed the mini Great North Run. Aston Sullivan, eight, from Pelton Fell, Chester-le-Street, took part in the event in Newcastle on Saturday
A CONTROLLING bully waged a "threatening and sinister" campaign of harassment against his former partner and her family after the couple split up. Gary Dunn recruited his new wife Rebekah to help threaten and intimidate the woman and her parents
Betvictor Brand Ambassador Michael Owen shares his thoughts on the weekend Premier League with for The Northern Echo. Tottenham v Liverpool 1-2 This is a real test of Liverpool’s title credentials and a win at Wembley will go a long way. With
THE wreckage of a Scottish whaling ship has been discovered in the Canadian High Arctic by a graduate from the North-East. University of Sunderland PhD graduate Matthew Ayre worked with underwater archaeologist Michael Moloney to find the previously
THE sister of a little girl killed by falling rocks on a coastal holiday has spoken of how the family felt 'helpless' after her death. Harriet Forster, nine, was killed on August 8 after rocks from the cliffs at Staithes, near Whitby, fell on her
THE death of a homeless man is not being linked to an earlier attack where he was spray painted red. Cleveland Police confirmed that his death was not being treated as suspicious following death in Eston Cemetery on Wednesday, September 12.
A SCHOOLBOY’S favourite Greggs pasty proved unpalatable after he bit down to find chunks of wood mixed in with the filling. Nine-year-old Henry Hardy was enjoying a cheese and onion pasty as part of a family treat when he discovered pieces
SIMON HAMMERSLEY insists Newcastle Falcons will not be taking anything for granted when they look to record their first win of the season at Worcester Warriors this afternoon. Worcester started the season as strong favourites for relegation, and
DARLINGTON MOWDEN PARK might be sitting at the top of the National One table after winning their opening two games of the season, but stand-in skipper Jake Brady is confident there is plenty more to come from Danny Brown’s side. Having seen off
FEMINISTS have criticised Apple for focusing on bigger-sized iPhones they say are not suitable for women's hands. The Cupertino-based smartphone giant released three new handsets earlier this week, while discontinuing the iPhone SE, the company's
THE annual Darlington Rhythm & Blues Festival will return on Sunday with plenty of live music and a number of bars hosting bands. The Market Square will be the focal point of the musical event with the Midnite Johnny Band kick-starting proceedings
RAIL services at two train operators will be hit by a fresh guards' strike on Saturday, causing more disruption for passengers. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union on South Western Railway (SWR) and Arriva Rail North (Northern) will
SPORTS Direct boss Mike Ashley has launched a stunning assault on minority shareholders in the retailer, accusing them of stabbing him in the back over the departure of chairman Keith Hellawell. Sports Direct chairman announces retirement
CELEBRITY Big Brother and "civilian" Big Brother will no longer be airing on Channel 5. The long-running reality show will come to an end on the channel after the upcoming series set to begin tonight. Channel 5 announced that it will no longer
NORTHALLERTON born 4X and BMX rider, Scott Beaumont was back in action in the final round of the 2018 British Cycling 4X National Series last weekend. Beaumont was seeking to build upon his recent ninth win at the British 4X Championships by snatching
ROD Stewart will be visiting York Racecourse next summer as part of his new tour. In support of the release of his 30th studio album, Blood Red Roses, the singer will perform at the racecourse in York on June 1. Tickets go on sale next Friday
I HAVE been on this wonderful planet of ours now for some 75 years and this year I have not seen a single red admiral butterfly or a lady bird. I’ve not seen a hedgehog for about six or so years and then there were three on my lawn at once. I
AS the Lib Dems assemble for their Federal Autumn Conference in Brighton this year, I am put in mind of the fact, when Tony Blair won his first general election in 1997, he did so because he allowed people to believe he would not introduce university
MIKE TAYLOR discusses income inequality and then mentions local government and public servants in his criticisms (HAS, Sept 12). I am puzzled why he and other writers in Hear All Sides never mention the private sector. Bankers and heads of FT100
BRITISH Steel is planning to cut 400 jobs in countries including the UK under moves to secure a "sustainable future", the company has announced. Managerial, professional and administrative roles will be affected, but the firm said no closures were
IT is interesting to see Durham County Council’s latest proposal “aimed at reducing congestion and improving air quality in the city” (Echo, Sept 7). Meanwhile they are busy producing the opposite effect in Barnard Castle. Major road works, at
Spennymoor are looking to stretch their unbeaten run to five matches at home to lowly Nuneaton Borough on Saturday. Moors have climbed impressively up the table in recent weeks, and with ten points from the last twelve, are now just two points
BISHOP Auckland manager Ian Chandler is wary of a banana skin in Saturday afternoon’s second qualifying round Vase tie against West Allotment at Heritage Park. Bishops saw off Newton Aycliffe in a replay in the last round, and Chandler is wary
A DRIVER suffered a broken leg when his car was involved in a crash with a tipper truck. Emergency services were called to a two vehicle collision on the A689 near Coundon, Bishop Auckland, at 4.25pm yesterday. Durham police said that a black
A DOCTOR running the Great North Run sprang into action to save a fellow runner when he collapsed during the half marathon race. Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary, Dr Chris Johnson, was running
THREE giant rabbits were killed by a group of males when they entered their enclosure and punched them to death. The incident happened at around 11.30pm on Wednesday, September 12 in Stewart Park, Middlesbrough. A witness reported seeing a
A STRETCH of a busy commuter route was shut following a crash involving a lorry and a car. The A19 northbound was closed to all traffic between the A689 at Wynyard Park Services through to Elwick, near Hartlepool. Emergency services were on
A SCHOOL has won two awards for its efforts to give children a voice and to tackle bullying. North Park Primary School, in Spennymoor, has been recognised by Investing in Children (IiC), a UK initiative that promotes the human rights of young people
A NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch meeting for County Durham and Darlington that was due to take place next week has been cancelled due to lack of interest. The meeting was due to take place in Peterlee on Tuesday, September 18 at 7pm. Jim Allen, chair of County
SUNDERLAND’S new Northern Spire bridge will be closed this Sunday, September 16, when it hosts a celebratory artistic event to mark its opening. The bridge across the River Wear, and its associated link roads, will be closed to both vehicles and
THE political conference season has just begun and before the heavyweights have had a chance to take the lectern, the Archbishop of Canterbury has already weighed in with speech of the year. Justin Welby won a “storming standing ovation”, according
PRISONS across the region were hit by an unexpected walk-out as officers protested against “unprecedented” levels of violence. Members of the POA, the trade union for jail staff, started the action to highlight concerns over assaults and safety
KEEN golfers could be in line to win a host of great prizes as well as raising money for two good causes at the Mayor’s Charity Golf Day. The annual event at Hunley Hotel and Golf Club, Brotton, near Saltburn, will take place on Friday, September
A FLOWER show is celebrating the power of love by exploring the flora used to create the sweet scent of success with suitors. The Plants of Pleasure exhibition opens at this year’s Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, staged at the Great Yorkshire Showground
GROUPS and organisations supporting military personnel, veterans and their families in Catterick Garrison are being invited to take part in a round of Tesco's Bags of Help dedicated to the military. They have the chance to share in more than £100,000
TONY PULIS has revealed that new recruits George Saville and Danny Batth are ready to compete for a Middlesbrough starting spot – even if he is no rush to put them in the side. Centre-back Baath has been training with the Boro squad over the international
PLANS to cut the number of train services from the North-East to Manchester have been blocked by northern mayors, including Ben Houchen. The Tees Valley Mayor blocked plans by TransPennine Express that would have seen services across the Tees Valley
MARIAM Khattab is a third year journalism student at the University of Sunderland. Originally from Alexandria in Egypt, the 22-year-old explains why she took the decision to remove her hijab – the head-covering worn by many Muslim women – after living
THE Head of Steam – Darlington Railway Museum has issued an invitation to educational groups to climb aboard to help make leaning fun. The museum has a packed programme of pre-bookable visits that are free to educational groups including schools
A NHS trust has scrapped plans to outsource more than 500 staff to a private company. The proposal would have seen around 600 employees, including maintenance workers, porters, housekeepers and caterers outsourced from the Tees Esk and Wear Valley
AS THE weather turns cooler, many fruits, including outdoor tomatoes, become slower to ripen and you may end up with trusses of fruits looking more green than red. There are, however, things you can do to help your tomatoes ripen, either on or off
INDIVIDUALLY designed and built to exacting standards and specifications, this unique five bedroomed detached property stands on the prestigious Ramside development near Durham. This light and spacious property has an impressive array of technology
DAVID Wilson Homes North East is encouraging potential house buyers to visit its Five Acres development in Barnard Castle to make the most of a range of incentives it's offering on selected plots until September 17. These include free flooring and
A DRIVER has crashed into woodland in a car he had owned for just two days. North Yorkshire Roads Policing Group said the driver failed to get his vehicle round a bend on the A64 near Malton, and ended up crashing into the trees. No one inside
THE familiar saying “everything is bigger in Texas” comes to mind when describing powerhouse Country vocalist and Texas native, SaraBeth, who visits Tyneside later this year. Born and raised in Dallas, SaraBeth is a contemporary country singer-
TONIGHT'S TV Ancient Invisible Cities (BBC2, regions vary) MICHAEL SCOTT uses 3D scanning technology to reveal the historical secrets of ancient Athens and tell the story of how this remarkable city created the world's first democracy.
WORK is well underway on a new business park in Darlington which has the potential to create thousands of jobs and bring an international online retailer to the town. Work began on the 94-acre Symmetry Park site, which is located near Lingfield
A SCHEME to support vulnerable children has been boosted by a donation from a mayor's fundraising year. Darlington Mind’s Young Persons Self Harm Prevention Project received a generous donation of £3,800 from Councillor Jan Taylor, who was the Mayor
ROTARIANS collected dozens of unwanted bicycles for a charity which puts them to good use. The Rotary Club of Crook teamed up with the charity recyke-Y-byke for an environmental initiative which resulted in 45 bikes being collected and recycled.
I am a big fan of the William Hill St Leger and I remember riding in it a few years ago when I was eighth aboard Dandino behind Arctic Cosmos. That horse then took me to a Japan Cup, which was a tremendous experience. Those who crab the world's
AN investigation is underway after a crash on the A68 on Thursday morning left one man critically ill and two others injured. The incident, involving a green Vauxhall Astra and Silver Kia, happened at about 7.30am, between Witton-le-Wear and Toft
IN the week that England’s finest Test batsman retired, the nation’s most successful one-day international has also called it a day. Paul Collingwood, the Durham stalwart and England’s most capped ODI player, announced he is to retire at the end
SEPTEMBER 14 1741: A weary Handel finished his Messiah, 24 days after he had started it. Supplied with the libretto, he confined himself in his room at Brook Street, London, living almost entirely on coffee until he completed the music. 1812:
FRIENDS and family of a young boy fighting cancer have rallied round to organise a family fun day to raise vital funds to help support him through his treatment. Luke Bell was diagnosed with High Risk Neuroblastoma in April last year and has endured
THE GARDEN of a charity supporting vulnerable adults and their families has been transformed this summer thanks to employees of a holiday park operator. More than 20 people from the Parkdean Resorts’ human resources team in Gosforth stepped in to
A MARKET town has scooped ten awards from Yorkshire in Bloom in its first attempt at entering the gardening competition. Richmond was awarded a silver gilt and also won the 2018 Yorkshire Rose Discretionary Award for best new entry. Charity
JACK ROSS admits Sunderland have to learn the lessons of the disastrous recruitment decisions that resulted in Papy Djilobodji and Didier Ndong signing lucrative long-term contracts that helped bring the club to its knees. Djilobodji’s two-year
THE dedication of council staff has been heralded after a local authority achieved all of it key performance targets for the first time, in the face of mounting financial pressures. Hambleton District Council’s scrutiny committee heard its 100 per
A RAFT of measures to combat fly-tipping, including installing cameras on a fleet of vehicles, have been unveiled in a rural district where the clean-up costs have soared. The move follows Hambleton District Council’s scrutiny committee finding
A LANDLORD has been given the go ahead to extend a three-bedroom student property. The application had been made to extend the property in Prospect Terrace, Neville’s Cross, Durham to give it five bedrooms. Despite calls to use council powers
A POLICE officer has been dismissed after groping two of his colleagues while they were off-duty in a pub. Detective Inspector Warren Hawes was dismissed by Durham Police following an investigation into the incident, which happened at the Woodman
MIXED fortunes for a father and son racing-team duo saw one crash out just after the starting line and the other finish up on the podium. Simon and Owen Walton, of Sedgefield, got behind the wheels of their Audi TTs in the seventh round of the
REMOVAL men more used to ferrying furniture to new homes and businesses have lent their expertise to an unusual gratis client. Watson's Removals, headquartered in Darlington, were called on by the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) Hartlepool
THE new general manager of a publicly-funded Hilton hotel says he is 'confident' it will prove a success. John Lambourne-Richardson will manage Stockton's new mid-market Hampton by Hilton hotel, which is due to open in spring 2019. Artist's
THE parents of a baby who died of sepsis have criticised his hospital care, as legal proceedings concluded. Layton Boys-Hope was rushed to Sunderland Royal Hospital by parents Dave and Nicol on February 8, 2015. The one-year-old had been recovering
A DRUNK man spat in a police officer's face after being arrested for kicking a hanging basket. Jack Peter Snow, 26, was heard "screaming and shouting" in the street at around 11.30am on August 15 after a neighbour looked out of his window to find
YOUNGSTERS from a North-East performing arts academy have returned from a battlefields trip in memory of fallen soldiers. About 30 students from Enter CIC in Ferryhill, County Durham, performed in Belgium, at the Menin Gate, a memorial dedicated
A CELEBRITY chef has given his seal of approval to a recipe book specifically designed for the older generation. The North-East half of the Hairy Bikers, Si King, praised the creative and healthy menus included in the newly launched Eat Well, Feel
DURHAM Police is launching a week-long knife amnesty inviting residents to anonymously surrender bladed articles that could otherwise be used in crime. The amnesty, code named Operation Brassen, will see ‘knife bins’ located at police stations across
RAFAEL BENITEZ has defended his decision to sell Aleksandar Mitrovic, and agreed with the striker’s assessment that his playing style did not match the requirements of playing with Newcastle United. Mitrovic joined Fulham in a £22m move this summer
A FATHER has apologised to a police officer for threatening to "bite his nose off". Michael Thompson, of Ash Crescent, Seaham, struggled after officers arrived to arrest him on suspicion of assault at 9.30pm on August 19. Neighbours believed
ASTRONOMERS have captured a spectacular image of a massive galaxy cluster embedded among thousands of previously unseen galaxies scattered across space and time. The image of the Abell 370 galaxy cluster and its surroundings was made as part of
AN MP has called on Government health chiefs to make sure pubs, cafes and restaurants display their food hygiene ratings. A current anomaly in the law means that while it is mandatory for hospitality businesses to publicly display the ratings in
A NORTH-EAST film club will show a host of productions as part of its annual free festival. The Darlington Video Makers Club is set to host the festival at its base at Aycliffe Village Hall, in Aycliffe Village, near Newton Aycliffe on Tuesday.
GARETH Southgate, former Middlesbrough manager and World Cup hero, has been named the most admirable leader in the eyes of North-East youngsters, a survey has found. Research conducted by the Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE) asked young people in
ONE of the region's most popular magicians is bringing a variety of performers to Darlington's Majestic Theatre for an evening of family-friendly entertainment. Chris Cross, a renowned magician and escapologist, will be performing on the Magic
FANS of fish and chips have raised over £10,000 for charity, according to the fundraising team behind the campaign. Customers from The Golden Inn, at Delves Lane, and Blackhill Fish and Chips, both near Consett, have been helping Macmillan Cancer
A POPULAR city centre restaurant is due to have its licence to sell alcohol scrutinised after police say they discovered two suspected illegal workers there. Durham Police say they found two people working at Lebaneat Wrap House, in Claypath, Durham
Columnist and trained counsellor Fiona Caine offers her perspective to a guilty mother, and a girlfriend who dislikes her boyfriend mentioning his ex I'M so glad the summer is over and my kids have gone back to school. Although I don't work, the
MARKET traders are being offered free help to promote themselves to counter threats posed to their future by discount and online retailers. Hambleton District councillors were told that while some markets in its five market towns were clearly thriving
