DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses to an assault which left the victim hospitalised with a head injury. The 52-year-old was approached by two men on Front Street, in Whickham, Gateshead at 11.55pm on Friday where he was assaulted. The attackers
RAFAEL BENITEZ hailed his Newcastle United super-subs after Ayoze Perez’s second-half header secured a first Premier League win of the season. Perez came off the bench in the final minute of the first half to see off Watford, with his header converting
AIDEN McGEADY’S second-half brace fired Sunderland into the automatic promotion places courtesy of a 2-0 win at Plymouth Argyle. There was little to choose between the sides in the first half, with Josh Maja firing wide of the target and Matt Macey
‘MINDLESS’ vandals have wrecked two cabins at an amateur football club, leaving players of all ages robbed of precious facilities. The portacabins at the Northallerton Town Football Club's grounds have been destroyed in an act of vandalism that
THE head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales today praised the way centuries of history are being projected into an imaginative future at a former priest’s training college in the North-East. The Archbishop of Westminster, The Most Reverend
AN investigation has been launched after a Northallerton man died after being hit by a machine on a Richmondshire farm. The 71-year-old was killed on October 28 after being hit by a Manitou telehandler - a crane-like vehicle - on farm land near
6:20pm DARLINGTON are unbeaten in five matches after a drab draw at Blackwell Meadows with Guiseley. They have now
KNITTING might not be something usually associated with big tough rugby players, although some may have had stitches at some point in their playing careers. But one club in the North-East has swapped rugby balls for balls of wool to create a powerful
A COLOURFUL cascade of poppies will welcome visitors to a Darlington church next week. Painstakingly knitted by dedicated volunteers, the eye-catching display was created in an effort to commemorate those who lost their lives to war. It can be
WELL over 6,000 people enjoyed the first fireworks display hosted by Eleven Arches last night. The creative and pyrotechnics team behind the acclaimed open air show Kynren- and epic tale of England, at Bishop Auckland, wowed the almost sell-out
YOUNGSTERS enjoyed a 'truly life-changing experience' when they set sail on a seafaring adventure. A dozen year seven and eight pupils, and four staff, from Wolsingham School navigated the south coast onboard Queen Galadriel. Setting sail at
History beckons at Churchill Downs this evening for the brilliant dual Arc winner Enable (8.56) ,who is 4/7 with BetVictor to become the first horse in history to win the Longchamp feature and then follow up in the Breeders’ Cup. There was heavy
TONY PULIS has urged Middlesbrough supporters to be patient with Jordan Hugill, and claimed the striker was always going to take time to hit top form after suffering a series of setbacks. Hugill made his sixth start in a Boro shirt during Wednesday
VISITORS have been taking the chance to learn more about the historic ‘finds’ from two digs at Northallerton’s former prison An open morning at the town’s library saw members of the team that explored the 3.4 acre site host a hands-on archaeology
A YOUNGSTER is hoping to cut it in the world of hairdressing after winning an apprenticeship. Jade Walker, who is now studying an NVQ Level 2 in hairdressing at Darlington College, has been taken on by Salon Beautique in Leyburn Market Place.
A presentation tonight will acknowledge a memorable double for Haughton Cricket Club and some welcome good news for the grass roots game. Compelled to submit apologies for absence, the column caught up with club president Norman Sturman and vice-president
Back where it just about began, Frank Clark was at Crook Town last week to launch his autobiography. Since it was near enough Hallowe’en, his ghost came with him. While still a scientific sixth former he’d been left back in the unknown Highfield
Today, the head of the Catholic church is among 200 guests at Ushaw College to commemorate the new visitor attraction’s 450th anniversary. Here Chris Lloyd picks out some of the treasures that can be found on the site. Ushaw: 450 years of
VEGANS are calling on schools across Darlington to put more plant-based products on the plates of the town’s children. Letters have been sent out to all schools asking that they review their menus and offer the choice of a vegan meal alongside
THE sacrifices of a community's fallen soldiers will be commemorated with a special project to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War this month. Young and old alike have come together in Ingleton, County Durham, to create a unique
IT had been a while since Jack Ross was last in the North-East. Before taking over at Sunderland last summer, a spell as an astute right-back who joined Hartlepool United in 2004 didn’t last long. Injury and a desire to get back to Scotland meant
A POSITVE outlook around Sunderland is as welcome as it is unusual. Years of misery, peppered with only the joy of escaping relegation, are gradually being replaced. Winning football, a competitive team, a positive outlook; it might be League
I’m hoping we get some rain soon, as it would have been a busy weekend for me had the ground not been on the quick side. My only ride today is Smackwater Jack in the novices’ hurdle over two miles at Wetherby (12.55). I rode a piece of work on
TWO defeats in a row for the first time this season, and Matthew Bates remains as focused as ever. He won’t allow any distractions to divert his attention from his Hartlepool United side. It doesn’t take much these days for the grumbles to rise
IF Darlington are able to follow up two draws over the past week with a win today it would lift the mood ahead of a fortnight without a game. What was so close to a great week became merely reasonable, the team throwing ceding 2-0 leads inside four
MEMBERS of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have condemned attacks on firefighters as "cowardly" as new figures show incidents have increased by a quarter in the last year. Data released by the FBU shows that this year, there have been 933 incidents
SOMETIMES, you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Or as Tony Pulis put it, as he reflected on the end of his time at Stoke City, “Maybe you get used to getting served steak and chips every night”. Pulis heads back to Stoke’s home ground
Today, the head of the Catholic church is among 200 guests at Ushaw College to commemorate the new visitor attraction’s 450th anniversary. Despite its long history, the place is barely known outside its four immaculate walls. Chris Lloyd tells its
A HISTORY event hopes to reveal untold tales of German children who visited the UK after the end of the Second World War. The event at Durham County Record Office will describe stories about children invited to the UK to receive respite from their
PUPILS at a primary school in County Durham stepped back in time to imagine life as wartime evacuees. Children from Sedgefield Primary School swapped their uniforms for typical evacuee outfits and spent the day at Beamish Museum, near Stanley, as
A NORTH-EAST engineering firm has secured its biggest ever contract win to supply materials to a nuclear power station. Darchem, based at Stillington, near Stockton, has secured a deal to supply the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset
A COLLAPSED lung caused by more than 50 years of smoking resulted in one woman becoming the first patient in the area to benefit from a new valve treatment to improve lung function. Pat Maloney had suffered for years with emphysema – a long-term
A SCHOOL is holding a service to commemorate its 119 former pupils who died in the First World War. Durham School is holding two services to mark the centenary of the armistice. On Remembrance Sunday there will be a service in the school’s chapel
PLANNING permission for a new £10m railway station in east Durham coast has been submitted. Network Rail is working with Durham County Council on the proposal for Horden, near Peterlee. The development would see two 100 metre unstaffed platforms
A DINNER lady has decided to jet off to Benidorm after calling time on her 37-year career. Mavis Little, 82, has been serving lunches at Conyers School in Yarm, near Stockton, for nearly four decades. Staff and students gathered in the school's
PEOPLE are being urged not to host their own fireworks parties this bonfire night. Instead, people are being encouraged to attend organised displays to cut the number of people injured as a result of pyrotechnics. Guide to fireworks displays
A FORMER Olympic canoe coach who is using his love of the water to raise awareness of climate change is now trying to get support from across the Atlantic. David Train, who was born in Stockton, is calling on world leaders to sign his Paddle for
AN MP has vowed to 'keep an eye' on a project to "slash" lengthy hospital stays for frail patients. Bishop Auckland MP Helen Goodman has responded to the Durham Dales Health Federation's (DDHF) latest news which stated it had saved around £30,000
YOUNGSTERS have been planting trees to mark the Queen’s lifetime of service to the Commonwealth. Kevan Jones, MP for North Durham, joined children as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, a network of forest conservation initiatives. The trees
A COMMUNITY centre has had a major renovation to improve it for people attending classes and activities there. More than £5,500 was spent at Cassop Community Centre on the renovations, which included buying new curtains and improving the interior
A SKILLED lecturer has become the first-ever female British Grandmaster Barber. The title, which is only given to the very best in barbering by the British Master Barbers Alliance, was awarded to East Durham College lecturer Alison Brightwell .
TO COMPLETE our commemoration of Ushaw College's 450 years, our archive selection of pictures today features scenes from the college past and present. Ushaw: 450 years of history that began with the outlawing of traditional Roman Catholicism
