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  • Player Ratings: Tottenham Hotspur 0 Newcastle United 1

    How did the players fare in Newcastle's 1-0 win at Tottenham? TOTTENHAM (4-2-3-1): Lloris 5; Walker-Peters 5 (Eriksen 62, 5), Alderweireld 5, Sanchez 4, Rose 4 (Davies 88); Winks 5, Sissoko 6; Lucas 5, Lamela 4 (Lo Celso 62, 5), SON 6; Kane

  • Ben Stokes: A national treasure

    FOR his first trick, Ben Stokes won England the World Cup. He’s now followed it up with another super-human performance at Headingley to keep the Ashes series alive. From the desperate first-innings capitulation on Thursday, England looked a

  • Brilliant Ben Stokes wins Headingley Test

    Ben Stokes produced his second 'once-in-a-lifetime' performance of the summer as his magnificent century powered England to an unprecedented, unthinkable one-wicket victory at Headingley to keep the Ashes alive. Stokes hit 135 not out, channelled

  • Mixed results for Gateshead and Harrogate

    HARROGATE snatched an added-time winner to end a run of three successive defeats with a 2-1 victory over Stockport. Jack Emmett fired over early for Harrogate but the first save came after 20 minutes as Stockport's Adam Thomas was denied by James

  • Marton close the gap at the top

    Richmondshire still rule the roost at the top of the Darlington Building Society NYSD ECB Premier League, but their lead reduced to 14 points, with three games remaining. Marton, in second place, claimed a maximum 25 points from their home game with

  • Moors boss Ainsley still positive after York defeat

    Spennymoor Town 1 York City 4. Spennymoor manager Jason Ainsley was still feeling positive after his side was beaten 4-1 at home by league leaders York City on Saturday. Moors have invested heavily in their pitch and other facilities during

  • Drinks break ends Northallerton's FA Cup chances

    Northallerton manager Darren Trotter reckoned that a drinks break upset his team’s momentum in their 3-0 home defeat by Stockton Town in the FA Cup preliminary round on Saturday. Northallerton were optimistic of picking up some more prize money

  • West manager Forrest blasts "mentally weak" side

    West Auckland manager Gary Forrest said that his team is “mentally weak” after they lost 3-2 at Newton Aycliffe after being 2-0 up at one stage. They also had Alex Francis sent off, but they are hoping that the referee will reverse his decision

  • Player ratings: Middlesbrough 1 Millwall 1

    How did the players fare in Middlesbrough's 1-1 draw with Millwall? MIDDLESBROUGH (4-1-4-1): 7 Randolph: Gave his team-mates a scare at the start of the second half, but produced a sensational first-half stop to deny Thompson 6 Howson

  • Redcar's Best-Dressed Couple face being 5,000 miles apart

    TEACHER Alex Moore is going to have to set his new designer watch for seven hours ahead after winning the Best-Dressed Couple competition at Redcar Races with partner Emma Carter. Alex, who teaches PE, leaves to work in China next month but he

  • Harlow Carr expert turns up the heat on composting

    WEEDS are a well-known, much-hated part of gardening, and there are some pernicious ones. With this year’s spells of heat and rain, they seem worse than ever, having had fantastic conditions to grow in. Thankfully, the prolific swathes of bittercress

  • Getting up close with artist Anna Thompson

    THE artworks Anna Thompson creates in her lovely studio on the family farm near Durham are striking. The main subject is country life in many forms – a fox sneaking across a field; boxing hares in a tangle of legs and fur; a colourful cock pheasant

  • Recycling firm looks for innovative way reuse 'filter cake'

    A RECYCLING firm is working alongside a team of academics in a bid to solve the problem of unwanted 'filter cake'. Scott Bros run a wash plant which processes construction and excavation waste into high quality sand and aggregate for use in the

  • Photos of 'Lost Durham' to go on display

    OLD photographs of Durham will take centre stage at an exhibition on Saturday. The photographs, which have been collected by Michael Richardson, from Gilesgate, date from the 1850s to the 1960s and include some of the earliest photographs of the

  • Cremation costs in County Durham among lowest in UK

    GRIEVING families in County Durham pay less than almost anywhere else in the country to have their loved ones cremated. The service provided at the county’s two council-run crematoria are some of the cheapest in the UK and the lowest in the North

  • 'Dragons' Den' bid to secure essential funding for Darlington

    COMMUNITY groups are being urged to come up with innovative ideas to help deliver improvements in their area. Bids are being sought for funding of up to £7,500 to support projects to benefit and enrich the lives of those living or working in Darlington