THREE times during his interview following his man of the match performance on his Hartlepool United debut, Macauley Southam-Hailes spoke of a desire to enjoy his football again. Chances at Fleetwood Town have been all to scarce for the right-back
MIDDLESBROUGH-BASED Kate Fearnley, the fashion designer from Stokesley, has won the prestigious national award of wedding dress designer of the year for the second year running. The event was held in London at the Cafe de Paris on January 15, attended
DARLINGTON are asking fans to select their home shirt for next season and there are no hooped options among the choices with the club electing for a “fresh approach”. Since 2004-05 Quakers have had hooped designs in most seasons, but over the previous
A HOTEL which dates back more than 500 years has been to sold. The Black Swan Hotel in Helmsley, in North Yorkshire, has been bought by The Inn Collection Group, which plans to invest in the property, which retains Tudor, Elizabethan and Georgian
A TEAM from the North-East finished as the top British entry in a competition to travel across Australia powered solely by the sun. The Durham University Electric Motorsport (DUEM) team finished 14th in the Challenger Class of the recent Bridgestone
A TEMPORARY dispersal order has been put in place to try and deal with ongoing issues of antisocial behaviour. Cleveland Police made the order to tackle problems in the Trimdon Avenue area of Acklam, Middlesbrough. The 48-hour order was granted
A SERIES of workshops and events are being across Gateshead throughout the year focusing on the action needed to achieve ‘zero carbon’. In declaring a climate emergency in May, Gateshead Council has committed to being carbon neutral by 2030 in its
NORTH-EAST transport bosses have called for more investment in the region following an "horrendous Christmas" for travellers and commuters. Passengers were hit by travel chaos on some of December’s busiest days, with a combination of timetable changes
PROVING it is better to talk about a problem then keep it to yourself, a school has enlisted the help of fellow pupils. Wensleydale School and Sixth Form at Leyburn has now gone live on a new scheme after nine of its young people qualified as peer
A HEADTEACHER has been appointed to lead a new specialist autism school. Prosper Learning Trust has put Derek Cogle in charge at the Harry Watts Academy in Sunderland, which under construction. He studied at Newcastle Polytechnic on a specialist
OFFICERS are investigating after member of staff was racially abused at a Metro station. The incident occurred shortly after 8.30pm on December 17, at Four Lane Ends Metro and Bus Station Interchange in Newcastle It was reported that after a
VICTIMS’ services will be the focus of a new review as Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness sets out her commitment to helping people affected by crime. The Northumbria area police commissioner is carrying out an independent review of services
LUKAS NMECHA is determined to use his loan spell at Middlesbrough as an opportunity to force his way back into the first-team picture at Manchester City. Nmecha was regarded as one of City’s brightest academy hopes when he made his Premier League
THE first pictures from a new adaption of All Creatures Great and Small have been released. The production, based on the best-selling stories of Yorkshire vet and author James Herriot, is due out this spring. It was filmed in Yorkshire last year
CELEBRATIONS to mark the start of the Chinese New Year have been held in Newcastle. A parade involving traditional dragon, lion and unicorn dancers wound its way through the city on Sunday. For the third year running, it started at Old Eldon
EASINGTON MP Grahame Morris attended the RSPCA’s drop-in in the House of Commons to find out more about its work to protect animals. He met with the charity’s chief executive Chris Sherwood to hear about its Generation Kind initiative which helps
Goals: 1-0: Keena (32, close range tap-in after a smart move on the right which led to Shelton’s cross being met) 2-0: Shelton (52, struck into the corner from the edge of the area after Pools opened up the visitors on the left) Booking: McAlindon
IF Darlington’s players did not already know they had put in a poor performance, within seconds of the full-time whistle they were given a stiff rebuke that put Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Chester into perspective. Alun Armstrong is an affable character
PLANS to charge high-polluting vehicles to drive into Newcastle city centre have moved a step closer after two more councils backed the proposals. Coaches, buses, and lorries that do not meet environmental standards will be charged the maximum amount
Shildon manager Danny Moore admitted that league leaders Stockton Town were more clinical than them when the Railwaymen were beaten 2-0 in their top of the table clash at Dean Street on Saturday. Shildon have dropped to third in the table and are
How did the players fare in Newcastle's goalless FA Cup draw with Oxford? NEWCASTLE (3-4-2-1): 7 DARLOW: Didn’t have a lot to do, but made a fine second-half save to deny Browne and ensure Newcastle did not lose 6 Schar: Was solid enough
WHEN Mike Ashley broke his silence to conduct a rare interview last summer, he delivered a candid assessment of the takeover situation at Newcastle United. “I’m not a believer anymore,” said the Magpies owner. “The reality with these deals is that
NEWCASTLE UNITED face a battle with Tottenham as they ponder a loan move for Borussia Dortmund forward Paco Alcacer in the final week of the transfer window. Steve Bruce’s lack of attacking options was exposed in yesterday’s goalless draw with
STEPHEN Dunlop had just reached the top of a steep Lake District fell walk when he collapsed with what he thought was a sudden bout of bad indigestion. Unfortunately for the 65-year-old from North Shields, it turned out to be much something much
FOLLOWING the huge success of Rockliffe Hall’s first ever Festival of Food, the five-star resort says the event will return, bigger and better, in February 2020. The luxury hotel in Hurworth, near Darlington, will welcome some of the country’s top
PLANS for a new £14 million residential housing scheme on the outskirts of a village have been submitted for approval. The move will see proposals for 49 new homes near Burnopfield considered by members of the planning committee at Durham County
SCOTTISH comedian Gary Meikle is heading back out on the road across the UK in 2020 with a 44-date tour titled Surreal, including a date at Newcastle’s Tyne Theatre & Opera House. Meikle has had quite the year – having been on the stand-up circuit
SPIRALLING costs to house Middlesbrough’s most vulnerable youngsters hundreds of miles from home have triggered a new approach. Bosses are working to plug a £4.4m black hole in Middlesbrough Council’s budget in April – with most of this cost due
TWO bungling robbers left a hotel night porter traumatised after they threatened to douse him in petrol when they targeted the luxury venue. Brett Riddell and James Regan drove all the way from Birmingham to carry out their late night robbery of
JACK LAWSON, the politician, is one of the great figures of the Durham coalfield, rising from the poverty of the coalface to become Secretary of State for War in Clement Attlee’s government. But Lord Lawson of Beamish was also a wordsmith, through
THE following cases were among those heard by Cleveland magistrates sitting at Middlesbrough Magistrates’ Court in the last week. MARGARET ATKINSON, 58, of Clive Road, Middlesbrough was ordered to pay a total of £161.25 in court fines and charges
A leading scientist of the mid-twentieth century has died aged 97, writes Betsy Everett. PROFESSOR CUCHLAINE KING, who has died in Bainbridge aged 97, was a leading scientist of the mid-twentieth century whose work took her all over the world, but
For today's Object of the Week, we are taking a look at a beautiful felted panel created by patients and staff from local secure mental health and learning disability services. THIS striking artwork, handmade from felt, is full of mysterious and
MORE than 300 people have signed up to a scheme aimed at getting people to read more this year. The adult reading challenge is meant to get people in Darlington to read more, or read differently by providing a list of different types of books to
AN inquest has opened into the death of a man near Killhope which happened on Monday January 6. David William Young, a steel erector from Bishop Auckland died after he lost control of his quad bike and was thrown from the vehicle on the A689 road
ON about the eleventh billion day of January I was just about ready to curl up in a ball and try to hibernate for the rest of the month. Having been convinced that it probably wasn’t the best plan of action, instead we decided the tonic to sooth our
