POLICE are making inquiries following reports of a child being forced into a white van. Felling child abduction 'did not happen' say police There is a heavy police presence in Felling, in Gateshead tonight after reports were made that
DARLINGTON are keeping their fingers crossed that the injury sustained by David Atkinson in today’s pre-season friendly is not serious. The midfielder went to Darlington Memorial Hospital for an x-ray on his foot having left the field just nine
STAFF at a car dealership were shocked to find a ferret running around the premises. Staff at Mill Volvo in Stockton called the RSPCA for help after finding the ferret in the workshop. Animal collection officer Shane Lynn went to collect the
DARLINGTON teenager Thomas Rayner helped England become a top-20 hit at the European Youth Table Tennis Championships in the Czech Republic. Rayner, 15, competed alongside Naphong Boonyaprapa and Louis Price in the cadet boys category in Ostrava
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage after a black Renault car was involved in five separate crashes, including one that left a motorcyclist seriously injured. At around 12.35pm on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 17 the rider
NEWCASTLE FALCONS have signed back rower Philip van der Walt on a three-year deal from South African Super Rugby side, the Sharks. The experienced forward turned 30 last weekend, and will arrive on Tyneside in the coming weeks once his visa is confirmed
THREE teenage golfers are still smiling after becoming the first from County Durham to win the English Schools’ Team Championship. Hartlepool’s Dyke House Academy is celebrating after its golf team became the first school from the area to be crowned
Two over-50s make a hundred – or in this case a pair of centurions Barnes storming The home side is more than an hour into its 45 overs when we pitch up at Feethams, Darlington, for the game between Durham and Northumberland Over 50s. It’s
A SPORTS charity is looking to make the most of the success of Wimbledon by offering up free tennis in County Durham. Tennis For Free has served up an ace for Consett and the surrounding area by investing in a programme of free sessions at the Sherburn
Back in 1996, Darlington Quoit Club – perhaps the town’s least-known licensed premises – marked its 150th anniversary. Here’s the second paragraph of the resultant column: “Behind its ever-closed door it has been exclusive, masonic, Dickensian,
There was rain forecast for Newbury ahead of this afternoon’s card and I feel the opening listed Steventon Stakes can go to the three-year-old Fox Chairman (1.50) representing Andrew Balding. The selection - 5/4 with BetVictor - has only had three
POLICE are growing increasingly concerned about the welfare of a man who has gone missing from his home. Stephen Gilroy has been missing from his home in Sacriston, between Durham and Chester-le-Street, in County Durham, since Tuesday, July 16.
Two jockeys currently leading the national championships will be hoping to add to their tally throughout the Go Racing in Yorkshire Summer Festival, sponsored by Sky Bet. Danny Tudhope heads the race for flat jockeys and has a ride in every race
CROFT CIRCUIT will be staging its own version of The Italian Job this weekend as the inaugural Ferrari UK Challenge Series heads to North Yorkshire for the latest event of its 2019 season. Following rounds at Brands Hatch in May and Snetterton last
JONATHAN WOODGATE is prepared to take the flak from his hometown in a bid to deliver greater times back to Middlesbrough. The Boro head coach has overseen two victories over non-league Gateshead and Hartlepool since witnessing defeat in his opening
STEVE BRUCE will be doing everything he can to keep Sean Longstaff at Newcastle United after the promising midfielder admitted how overwhelming it has been to be linked with Manchester United. Bruce will take charge of his first game as the Magpies
A YEAR 7 pupil at a Stockton school had to be restrained by the head teacher after threatening another child with a small blade. A spokesperson for Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy confirmed that police had been called after the pupil used
AN Indian restaurant has had its plans for a licence to sell alcohol put on ice following a paperwork problem. Spice Island, in Barnard Castle, which is already allowed to serve alcohol, applied for a new permit to increase diners’ drinking time
STARGAZERS are setting their sights on the clear skies of the North Pennines for a now third year of stellar viewing activities later this year. But with the 50th anniversary of the first man to set foot on the moon falling today the programme for
A HEADTEACHER and his assistant have retired after serving 27 years each at a Chester-le-Street school. Iain Veitch began his time at Park View School as head of English, going on to become the head of sixth form and deputy head teacher, before
A POLICE control room resembled an army outpost when a regiment took over as part of their preparations for Afghanistan. Officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment from Catterick Garrison spent a day training at North Yorkshire
AMERICA'S 'special relationship' with the UK was flourishing in Richmond when ten US students dug in to help with the town's In Bloom bid. The teenagers are on an educational visit to England, staying at the Kiplin Hall Study Centre during their
A PRIMARY school has been getting things right on a global scale after receiving a prestigious gold award from UNICEF. Brompton Community Primary School, near Northallerton, which has more than 200 pupils, became only the second school in North
ALMOST 700 schoolchildren have taken part in an annual event that aims to reduce anti-social behaviour in Hartlepool. Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Day was attended by Year 8 pupils from Dyke House Sports and Technology College, St Hild’s Church
A MAN who threatened a shop worker with a gun and demanded cash from the till has been jailed. Luke Hamill, from Wingate, in County Durham, made off with about £660 in cash, a bottle of vodka, wine and cigarettes from the robbery at the village's
AN EVENING of music, dance and comedy showcased the talent of youngsters in a Britain's Got Talent-style competition. Richmond School and Sixth Form College held its first talent show last week, with the line-up of 11 having been whittled down from
COUNCILLORS have agreed to declare a "climate emergency" in Darlington but have clashed over the timescale for the issue to be resolved. Labour councillor Sam Howarth said "time was running out" to address climate change and echoed the words of
ELEVEN siblings were brought together for the first time in 88 years in an emotional get-together. When Joseph and Gladys Moore of Lion House, Hawes, had twin girls, Irene and Evelyn in 1930, little did they suspect that that they would have a
A NETBALL club is urging people to give the game a go. Team Bishop Netball Club will hold the free session for anyone aged 16 or older at its usual training venue, Kings James I Academy, Bishop Auckland, from 7pm to 8.30pm on Monday, July 22.
WHITBY Swing Bridge is to be closed to vehicles for safety on weekends during the school summer holidays. Concerns over safety as a result of congestion on the bridge during summer weekends and special events have grown in recent years as the number
DIRECTORS at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart have dismissed calls to allow an in-depth analysis of the company’s accounts amid a dispute with a group of shareholders. The rebel shareholders will ask for the suspension of the company’s managing
ONE of the fastest men on Earth has been sharing his golden career moments with children as he inspires them to speed ahead with their lives. Stockton sprinter Richard Kilty urged Year 5 pupils at Springfield Academy, Darlington, to “learn how to
KIM CLOUGHTON inspired many by "braving the shave" to raise money for MacMillan Cancer Support. The drastic hair cut was in aid of Kim’s mother, Sylvia Thompson, who underwent bowel surgery this time last year, when doctors found that she had a
PLUNGED into poverty for more than a year and left feeling suicidal, a disabled woman can now look to the future after a tribunal overturned the DWP’s contentious decision to strip her of benefits. Surviving a brain haemorrhage, two strokes, paralysis
YOUNGSTERS weighed in on their learning at an annual conference aimed at encouraging self expression. Children from Greenfield Community College, in Newton Aycliffe, attended a student voice conference, coordinated by Greenfield Arts. The ‘Make
COUNCIL group leaders have put party politics aside to honour three former councillors who dedicated a combined total of 125 years to serving their communities. It was proposed to admit ex-Darlington council leader Bill Dixon as a honorary freeman
A TRADITIONAL cricket tea hut known and loved by players across County Durham for its 'old school' atmosphere is in urgent need of repairs. Etherley Cricket Club hopes to replace the roof on its wooden hut before the rest of the structure is significantly
Fifty years ago today humans took their first steps on the Moon. Dr Vincent Eke of Durham University’s Institute for Computational Cosmology, looks at what the Apollo missions taught us and what the future holds for Moon exploration. WHEN Neil Armstrong
LEGENDARY singer-songwriter Don McLean is coming to Middlesbrough Town Hall this summer. The folk-rock icon is set to perform a one-off North-East concert this summer when he rolls into Teesside as part of his current transatlantic tour. McLean
IN Swaledale lies the pretty market town of Reeth and the neighbouring side valley of Arkengarthdale. A walk up the valley and returning over Low Reeth Moor makes a satisfying day and a greater understanding of the area. From Reeth follow the
A DANGEROUS driver who left a pensioner in a six-week coma after jumping a red light and crashing has been jailed. Mark French, from Peterlee, in east Durham, caused the crash as he sped along Ryhope Road, in Sunderland on May 28, 2017.
HOUSE hunters who are looking to ensure their horses are as well catered for as they are themselves, will find plenty to appeal at The Arches, a spacious barn conversion with superb accommodation, excellent equestrian facilities and even a view of
“EARTHMEN Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin are on the Moon,” began The Northern Echo’s breathless front page of July 21, 1969. “At 9.15pm last night, their landing craft Eagle descended gingerly on to the Moon’s surface while the world waited with its
