AYOZE PEREZ continued his fine goalscoring form as Newcastle United claimed a 1-1 draw at Brighton. The struggling Seagulls remain in trouble close to the foot of the table, but edged closer to safety as Pascal Gross' second-half equaliser salvaged
TOMMY WRIGHT was denied a win in his final game as Darlington manager, a late Leamington leveller at Blackwell Meadows seeing Quakers end the season with a 1-1 draw. They announced on Friday evening that his 18-month tenure would come to an end
IT might need something close to a mathematical miracle, but Jack Ross insists Sunderland will head into their final two games of the season still believing they can secure automatic promotion from League One. This afternoon’s 1-1 draw with Portsmouth
TONY PULIS has revealed he did everything he could to keep Lewis Wing’s return to action a secret – and it worked as he helped Middlesbrough stay in the play-off mix by beating Reading. Boro are still level on points with sixth-placed Derby County
A NORTH-EAST security guard has spoken of his pride after being crowned the strongest man over 40 in Britain. Gary Gardner, 40, from Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, emerged victorious in the Ultimate Strongman Strongest Master UK contest, held in
HARTLEPOOL UNITED completed their season with a complete performance as they beat Salford City 3-2 – ending any automatic promotion hopes for the visitors. Leyton Orient are National League champions and return to the Football League after Pools
A MISSING man has been found. Northumbria Police have thanked the public for their help in the search for missing South Tyneside man George Dodds. The 72-year-old was reported missing at 6.50pm on Thursday after leaving his home in Cleadon
EMERGENCY services have fully reopened the A19 following a serious crash involving a motorbike. The Great North Air Ambulance Service landed their helicopter on the A19 southbound lanes at the A174 junction between the A174 Parkway interchange
THRILL seekers are set to take part in a zip wire in the name of charity. Newton Aycliffe activity centre ROF 59 has teamed up with the Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) to raise funds to help people with physical and learning disabilities. Half
A MAN died following a multiple vehicle accident on the A66 on Friday morning, police have confirmed. The crash happened at 7.45am on the eastbound carriageway and involved a lorry and a horsebox. The driver of the horsebox, Tom Harker, was
A DRINK and drug driver who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit and run has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison. Gary Smith, 37, of Byram, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, appeared at York Crown Court on Friday and admitted to causing
I have got half a dozen rides over the weekend and, while there are no stand-outs, I am hopeful of nicking a winner along the way. I kick-off at Ripon and the one I’d pick out is Asad, who was formerly trained by George Peckham and now has his first
The threat of significant rain at Sandown Park this afternoon for the final meeting of the 2018/19 jumps season has rescinded, and the ground is likely to be no worse than good although one or two light showers were forecast overnight. In the opening
RAFA BENITEZ wants Ayoze Perez to still be at Newcastle United next season, hopefully driving the bid to power a team back into the Premier League’s top ten under his management. The the Spaniards’ futures are up in the air for different reasons
ECHOES of the Second World War’s Kindertransport operation underpin a drive to find more foster carers in Darlington. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the rescue efforts that saw the UK provide sanctuary to thousands of child refugees from
HE might have only been on Tyneside less than a year, but Fabian Schar has realised exactly why Newcastle United’s supporters are so desperate for Rafa Benitez to stay. Schar must have wondered what he had taken on when life at St James’ Park started
ONE man's dedication to the residents in his village has won him a prestigious award. Colin Reynolds received a Durham County Council Chairman's Medal for years of voluntary work in his home village of Pelton Fell. Mr Reynolds has been pivotal
TWO football fans had their wish come true when staff at their care home organised a trip to a Sunderland match. Joe Brazier, a resident at HC-One’s St Clare’s Court, in Newton Aycliffe, was a Sunderland AFC season ticket holder for many years
A COMMUNITY centre which previously faced closure has announced new opportunities thanks to a funding grant. Fishburn Youth and Community Centre has gone from strength to strength since it planned to close four years ago. The hub was threatened
A GREAT-grandmother and great-granddaughter duo will be making dance school history as they take to the stage to perform together. Barbara Tweddle and her young relative Penelope Summerbell will be the first set of relations separated by four generations
A VETERAN soldier, believed to the last member of Durham Light Infantry to have taken part in the D-Day landings, has died two days before celebrating his 75th wedding anniversary with his wartime sweetheart. Dickie Atkinson, who was evacuated
TOP building projects across the region have triumphed in prestigious awards recognising regeneration, design and conservation of buildings important to generations of North-Easterners. Last night's annual RICS Awards saw Darlington's new cultural
ORGANISERS of a new race hope it succeeds in attracting more people to the sport of fell running. Durham Fell Runners held its first event on Cockfield Fell in the village of Cockfield, near Bishop Auckland, on Thursday night. Race organiser
A STUDENT from Durham University could be named as one of the country’s brightest legal minds. Deborah Longe is a finalist in the annual Future Legal Mind Award. The 19-year-old, who is in the first year of her law degree and aspires to become
A MINISTER has said the Government "can't tell Siemens where to build its trains" following revelations that firm will build the majority of a new London Underground order in Austria. Earlier this year, the Echo revealed the German firm will manufacture
AS Middlesbrough prepare to play their final home game of the season at the Riverside Stadium this afternoon, Tony Pulis has described how much he has liked working in the Championship again and has not ruled out staying on as manager. The Boro
A WATER company has warned owners to keep their dogs on leads whilst using their land. Yorkshire Water issued the warning as a reminder to dog owners that livestock worrying causes 'extreme distress' to sheep when chased. Other news: Colleagues
FOR centuries, Belford, just across the A1 from Bamburgh, in lovely Northumberland, has been renowned for welcoming travellers and the former coaching town still provides the perfect location to sample one of the most stunning counties in the country
ANDY Hamilton is used to the unexpected – the hit television series he co-created, Outnumbered, saw children ad libbing to an outline script. His TV satires turned up the heat on Westminster with Ballot Monkeys and Power Monkeys, filmed on the day
MATCH one resulted in Sunderland’s first defeat in three months after they were reduced to ten men shortly after half-time. Match two, at Wembley, saw Sunderland suffer the heartbreak of a defeat on penalties. Match three, this afternoon, could potentially
IT TAKES a certain kind of vision to look at a building and see how it can be converted from its current use into something else. In the case of The Paddocks at Swainby it's much more than a conversion, though – its owners have transformed it from
From having his windpipe blocked by tumours to running 26.2 miles – meet the North Yorkshire man defying all odds to run this weekend's London Marathon A NORTH Yorkshire man who was diagnosed with cancer just 24 months ago is gearing up to run the
FOR Craig Hignett, next season starts now. Hartlepool United finish a second unflattering campaign in the National League with a home game against Salford City. The visitors can be promoted, but the play-offs look their likeliest route of success
DEVELOPERS of a controversial estate say they will be ploughing £14.4m into the scheme and supporting 49 jobs as work is carried out to build 120 homes. Residents have protested over the plans by housebuilder Barratt Developments Yorkshire East
THE distinctive, Matterhorn shaped hill (not mountain) of Addleborough lies on the southern edge of the central part of Wensleydale. It draws the eye whilst driving and few will not have been tempted. It is a relatively short walk but full of interest
IN most ordinary seasons, if Sunderland were heading into their final three matches with 84 points on the board, they would be all-but-assured automatic promotion. Clearly, when it comes to League One, this has not been an ordinary campaign. They
A COUNCIL is launching an initiative to bring the community together. Cotherstone Parish Council’s new community forum will give residents the chance to connect with people in the area and hear the council's future plans. Councillor Tim Sabey
MIDDLESBROUGH residents are being invited to apply for funds of up to £5,000 to make positive changes to life in their community. The Empower Middlesbrough Community Action Fund will provide grants to fund community-led projects across a wide range
A MAN repaid a lone neighbour for his friendship by binding and robbing him in his own home, before taking his car and cash card to withdraw £300 from his account. Steven Emmerson produced to 9 to 10in-bladed knife and threatened to slit his neighbour
TWO top athletes have joined an initiative to inspire young people to achieve their goals. Former Olympic swimmer, James Kirton, and Commonwealth Games badminton player, Jenny Wallwork, will be mentors at Sanctuary Supported Living’s Victoria Road
STAFF and supporters St Teresa's Hospice gathered to say a fond farewell to a long-standing Trustee last week. Mary Lovell M.B.E. has retired from her role at the Darlington-based charity after 25 years. She said: “We all get great satisfaction
THE next generation was reminded of the atrocities of the Holocaust yesterday as one survivor visited a school to tell students of her own personal experience. Year 8 and 9 pupils at Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College were stunned into silence
PARENTS of pupils at a North-East school are planning to take a petition to Parliament demanding urgent action to sort out the funding crisis after two teachers were made redundant. A group of parents with children at Fishburn Primary School in
AN autism charity's annual open day gives people a rare opportunity to visit the Norton farm site to enjoy a whole host of fun family activities. The Daisy Chain, based at Calf Fallow Farm, only opens its gates to the public twice a year and the
AIRPORT security has been boosted with the appointment of a firm to patrol the area around the site. Durham Tees Valley Airport (DTVA) has announced that it has extended its partnership with Teesside-based Close Protection Security Limited. The
1561 JOHN GLOVER is the first known postmaster of Darlington. His well-established Durham family were skinners and tanners in Skinnergate and made gloves in Post House Wynd – the street between High Row and Skinnergate was then known as Glovers
THE opening events at a rugby club's new community marquee will go ahead as planned after a permissions hurdle was overcome. Consett Rugby Club applied to Durham County Council for temporary events notices for a club presentation and dinner dance
GARRY LAW will today play his final game of rugby as he calls time on his career. After over 100 appearances in a Mowden Park shirt, Law has opted to concentrate next season as head coach. He admitted: “It is a decision that I have not taken
Travellers derailed The column, it may be recalled, is titular president of Darlington Travellers Rest, who began as the Technical College Old Boys and successively became the Greyhound, the Cricketers, the Model T and the Hole in the Wall, not
FIFTY years to the day since North Shields became the last Northern League club to lift the FA Amateur Cup, the surviving players gathered to share happy memories. They’d all been there for the 40th anniversary, Tommy Docherty – then but a bairn
