DURHAM are in a strong position after day two of their Specsavers County Championship Division Two clash against Worcestershire, holding an 87-run lead over the visitors at Emirates Riverside. The home side added 90 runs to their overnight total
ENGLAND have won the Cricket World Cup after triumphing in a dramatic final at Lord's. Eoin Morgan's side restricted New Zealand to 241-8 in their innings, with Teessider Liam Punkett taking three wickets. England struggled for the majority
TOM KOHLER-CADMORE and Harry Brook posted their first Specsavers County Championship centuries of the season during a dominant second day for Yorkshire against Somerset at Emerald Headingley, with the hosts well placed for victory. The pair hit
ALUN ARMSTRONG has brought in nine players to Darlington so far and wants two or three more to bolster his new-look squad. Bringing in a striker, likely to be on loan from a Championship club, is among his priorities. “It’s ongoing,” he said
CRAIG HIGNETT is confident his summer rebuilding programme will ensure Hartlepool United are a much more powerful proposition in the forthcoming National League season than they were last year. Hignett’s six summer signings were all on display
A VIOLENT thug is facing jail after being convicted of stabbing a man in the neck with a broken bottle in a row over begging. Carl Murtha, 31, and his 33-year-old victim were both sleeping rough in Newcastle city centre and were well known to each
JONATHAN WOODGATE has spelled out his determination to keep Martin Braithwaite at Middlesbrough this summer despite the forward being heavily linked with a return to La Liga. Braithwaite made his first appearance in a Boro shirt since December
A FATHER-of-two has been left counting the costs after his cat was found with injuries that resembled a “gun shot wound” or a wound from an attack. Neil Chantry of Sowerby, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, said he was left with a £360 vet bill after
THOUSANDS of residents came together, despite grey skies, for a day of festivities at an annual parade at the weekend. Staindrop Carnival, near Barnard Castle, boosted community spirit and saw visitors of all ages attend the event. The gloomy
Richmondshire regained control at the Darlington Building Society NYSD ECB Premier League summit, by beating Marske at Windy Hill Lane by five wickets. Josh Dowson made early inroads, taking 3-31 as the home side were reduced to 56-4. Nauman Anwar
JACK ROSS will take his Sunderland players to Portugal this week reflecting on a successful weekend that has seen Aiden McGeady sign a contract extension committing him to the Stadium of Light and defender Jordan Willis join as a free agent after leaving
POLICE made just two arrests during Durham Miners’ Gala, which saw more than 100,000 people stream through the historic city. Despite the steady flow of alcohol, from early in the day in many cases, most people in the crowd were well behaved.
TWO boats that suffered mechanical failure while near the North-East coast were rescued by the RNLI on Saturday (July 13). At 1.55pm, Hartlepool RNLI volunteers were called by the Humber Coastguard to reports of a failed boat, which was carrying
MIKE ASHLEY is adamant he will not be shelling out up to £5m in compensation for Steve Bruce, but Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri is refusing to lower his demands for the current Owls boss. While Newcastle’s first-team squad have landed
TWO pupils from a North-East school are celebrating becoming world dance champions. Millie Turley and Ellie Bancroft, pupils at Polam Hall School in Darlington, struck double gold at the Dance World Cup in Portugal. Millie, 15, of School Aycliffe
SUNSHINE had broken through the clouds by the time Jeremy Corbyn addressed the party faithful at The Big Meeting, but it was a local woman who stole the limelight earlier on. Despite driving rain, North-West Durham MP Laura Pidcock gave a barnstorming
EVERY member of a school community has been credited with turning it from requiring improvement to outstanding. Teesdale School and Sixth Form in Barnard Castle has been judged as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, just five years after the education watchdog
WE may owe Ferryhill an apology. Recently we mocked its manor house. Not that we have anything against the manor house itself. It is now a hotel, and once was the chief mansion in the town. Its roots may date 600 years or more when the Ferryhill
A TRANS rights defender has been nominated for a prestigious award in recognition of her work promoting positive attitudes to diversity. Ellie Lowther has been shortlisted for the Positive Role Model Award for LGBT at the National Diversity Awards
A COUNTY Durham pensioner is urging people to follow their dreams after publishing her first novel at the age of 78. June Wright’s story, titled ‘Our Evie’ is a love story set just before the First World War. The action takes place in Weardale,
AN ambulance service has welcomed its new chief executive to the role. The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has announced Helen Ray has replaced Yvonne Ormston MBE, who left the post in May. Mrs Ray has joined the organisation from Northumbria
NEXT Saturday, George Nairn, the doyen of postcard collectors, launches his latest book, Durham Railway Stations in Old Picture Postcards. It contains 72 images, nearly all of them rare and many of them, in the highly charged world of postcard collecting
IN between the formal structures of Durham Crown Court and Durham City police station is a corner building, shrouded in greenery and framed by overflowing pots of foliage. It is not immediately obvious what it is, in fact I have walked past it
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a council to take on £6.5m debt to help bankroll the refurbishment of the privately-owned Globe theatre have been 'called in' by a coalition of councillors. Stockton Borough Council agreed to borrow the cash last month but
A NORTH-EAST surgical team checked into the NHS Parliamentary awards to collect an award they had been nominated for. The team from the James Cook University Hospital's Thoracic Surgery Team in Middlesbrough were named North-East and Yorkshire Regional
DESPITE the connotations of its name, Glenview Cottage is anything but a small house in the country. In fact, this is a home with an abundance of space – both inside and out. A charming and characterful detached double fronted period home, Glenview
A GUISBOROUGH primary school is seeing a major expansion to help increase capacity. The extension, which includes a new classroom as well as refurbishment work, is expected to be completed in time for the next academic year in September. The
THE Best of Wham! featuring the very best of George, Andrew, Pepsi and Shirlie is coming to Darlington Hippodrome later this year. It’s 37 years since George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley formed one of the most enduring pop groups of the 80s. In four
THE award-winning production of Cabaret is coming to Sunderland Empire theatre, it was announced this week. The Bill Kenwright production of Kander & Ebb’s musical, directed by Rufus Norris, will play at the venue from January 28 to February 1 next
"IT was June 24, 2016 and I found myself contemplating a supermarket meal deal. I only wanted a sandwich and I only needed a sandwich but given that I could get a snack and a drink for only 5p more it seemed financially irresponsible not to. I had
IF you had wandered into the village pub in the pretty Dales village of Barningham just 18 months ago, you might have been forgiven for considering it a little eccentric. The Milbank Arms was little changed since 1860. It hadn’t even got a bar.
A DURHAM law firm partner has joined the panel of the County Durham Growth Fund. The fund is a £4.9 million grant scheme funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), designed to provide grant support to SME’s in County Durham for capital
A SPECIALIST brickwork contractor is celebrating the 20th anniversary of running his own business. Steven Lynn, from Grangetown, Sunderland set up his building firm SJL Brickwork in May 1999 with a small advert in his local newspaper after returning
THE North-East is creating a real buzz in sporting circles by staking a claim to have the UK’s most bee-friendly racecourse. Redcar Racecourse is backing the environment by becoming home to eight beehives and hopes to get onto a winner with its
