Goals: Noble pen (45, two penalties confidently converted in two home games after an errant spell from the spot last season) Hodges (81, cut inside and cracked a finish high across the keeper into the far side) Bookings: Donaldson (kicking
MOLLY SHARPE and Lisa Robertson scored their third goals of the season as leaders Durham maintained their 100 per cent start in the FA Women’s Championship against Charlton. Precious little separated these two clubs last season and there was not
HOME-GROWN flowers and vegetables went head-to-head this weekend in a bid to be crowned best in show. Peppers, potatoes and plum tomatoes were all on display at the return of the annual Leek Show in the 1900s Pit Village at Beamish, the Living Museum
IT must have felt all too familiar to Darlington legend Alan Walsh, who was a spectator on Saturday for the match against Gloucester City when his former club suffered another defeat. It was their fifth in ten games, four of them coming in their
WHEN it comes to homecomings, they don’t come much happier than the one experienced by Richard Kilty at the weekend. The ‘Teesside Tornado’ seized the opportunity to compete in his native Stockton with both hands as his victory in the 100m provided
WORLD-class athletes were competing in the region as Stockton high street was transformed into a venue to host the Great North City Games on Saturday. About 20,000 spectators turned out to see the elite athletes take part in the event, which was
Darlington Building Society NYSD ECB Premier League In a dramatic end to the season, the title and relegation scrap went down to the last ball of the season, as Richmondshire drew at Marton to claim the title and Darlington were relegated, after
SIR MO FARAH has created history by winning a sixth successive Great North Run title. Farah was pushed all the way by Ethiopian Tamarit Tola, but the multiple World and Olympic champion broke clear in the final half-mile on the run-in towards South
ENGLAND returned to the top of Group A in Euro 2020 qualifying as they cruised to a comfortable 4-0 win over Bulgaria. Harry Kane scored a hat-trick, with Raheem Sterling also making it onto the scoresheet at Wembley – what were the main debating
SIR Mo Farah CBE won The Great North Run for the sixth time this weekend as thousands of supporters lined the streets of Newcastle. The 36-year-old Olympic champion completed the 13.1 mile course in 59 minutes and seven seconds, a new
IN his first 40 appearances for his country, Wayne Rooney, England’s all-time leading goalscorer, scored 14 goals. In the same number of matches, Harry Kane has notched up 25. Saturday’s hat-trick, his second with the Three Lions on his shirt,
Spennymoor Town 2 King’s Lynn 2. Spennymoor manager Jason Ainsley was very happy with his team’s performance even though they were held to a 2-2 draw by league leaders King’s Lynn at the Brewery Field on Saturday. Moors played some of their
Crook Town were left to regret their missed chances when they were beaten 2-0 at Redcar in the ENL Second Division on Saturday. Crook are enjoying their best start to the season for several years, but they were undone by poor finishing and a goal
RECORD numbers of people turned up to the 240th Wolsingham show at the weekend. The show is one of the biggest in the North-East and this year was no exception, with it expanding into another ten acres. Show secretary David Richardson said
“THE new bridge at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, which spans the well-known Skelton beck glen, is within a day or two of completion,” reported The Northern Echo’s sister paper, the Darlington & Stockton Times, on August 14, 1869. And so, 150 years ago this
ANTIQUES proved to be everyone’s cup of tea when a celebrity expert dropped in to help raise funds for charity. BBC Antiques Road Trip presenter David Harper joined guests at St T’s Superstore, Darlington, which had been transformed for the day
A TEENAGER who lost the use of her legs two years ago due to a debilitating condition – and learned to walk again – has been named as a Young Hero by police in Darlington. Lydia Shale, 16, a former pupil of Wyvern Academy in the town, had experienced
A PILOT scheme featuring trips to the theatre and sporting activities for Darlington children from challenging backgrounds looks set to be extended for three years after it was concluded the initiative had improved the youngsters’ wellbeing. Darlington
THIS picture was taken by Richard Gaunt who remembers it was from the Rise Carr area of Darlington, and the little girl was far more interested in his camera than in the coal man in the distance. Northern Echo readers have been in touch to shed
A COMPLAINT has been made against Yorkshire Water by an anti-bloodsport campaigner over a request to release data on the number of red grouse shot on its land. Luke Steele, from Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire's Moors, has lodged the complaint with
MEADOWCROFT may not be the biggest or the most stunning property on the market, but it does have one special attribute besides its spacious and beautifully-presented property...its versatility. Situated on an elevated plot in a quiet location on
A PROJECT linking older people with chickens and creativity to combat loneliness is spreading its wings. Over the next three years HenPower, run by the Equal Arts charity, will launch in new venues across the country with more projects in County
QUITE rightly, most of the post-flood attention in Swaledale has been concentrated on restoring lives and livelihoods and getting the dale back on its feet and open for business. To aid this process, the county council has replaced the stone Victorian
DESCRIBED as “classical music’s guitar hero”, Miloš Karadaglic received unanimous acclaim for his 2016 Beatles album and now makes a much-anticipated return to recording and performing. “This tour and the album are a very personal scrapbook of music
A MUM-of-two who attempted suicide after battling postnatal depression is hoping to travel to America following her success in a beauty competition. Lucy Franklin, the current Mrs Teesside Galaxy, is hoping to secure a transatlantic trip for the
A NEW piece of public art has been installed at garden attraction. The metal sculpture, which has been named the Fungate as it depicts a series of giant fungi, provides an attractive gateway to the native woodland area at Durham University's Botanic
A SEX offender “flagrantly” breached a suspended prison sentence, later on the day it was imposed, by repeating the offence, a court heard. Craig Gilbert was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Durham Crown Court on March
THE owner of a Chinese restaurant who is about to shut shop, following a housing developer’s plans to demolish it, says his business will live on following a last minute deal with another landlord. Ben Tsoi, the owner of the family-run MyAsia restaurant
IT is arguably one of Richmond's most iconic buildings, and while I knew a few people who hate its striking gothic architecture, I have always loved it and was delighted when I heard it was to be transformed into a new hotel, restaurant and flats in
