Quakers may face Magpies

A remarkable day of FA Cup football ended last night with the prospect of Darlington taking on Newcastle United and Middlesbrough playing Manchester United in the next round. The third round ties involving Darlington and Middlesbrough were both victims of the weather on Saturday allowing the club's names to go into the draw for the fourth round. If Darlington manage to overcome Peterborough a week tomorrow, Alan Shearer and Bobby Robson, two of the most famous names in football, will grace their 117-year-old Feethams ground in its last season before the new stadium is completed. Middlesbrough need to beat Wimbledon tomorrow to earn a home tie against Manchester United who last night came from two goals behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in one of the most extraordinary Cup ties of recent times. On a day of upsets, Leeds United were dumped out of the competition by lowly Cardiff City amid ugly scenes.

French delia: Kitchen guru Delia Smith is launching a back-to-basics book in the home of fine cuisine. She has been reborn as simply "Delia" for the French market when the book - La cuisine facile d'aujourd'hui, par Delia - is published in May.

cash bonanza: Payouts to discrimination victims have reached a record £3.53m a year in Britain. The money was awarded by employment tribunals during the year 2000 and was a 38 per cent - or £980,000 - increase on awards in 1999, according to research by the Equal Opportunities Review.

queen mum better: The Queen said yesterday that her mother, who has not been seen in public for several weeks, was "feeling much better". The Queen Mother, 101, has not attended any church services at Sandringham, Norfolk, where the Royal Family is spending the festive holiday, and is said to have been suffering from a chill.

up and running: Tickets for this summer's Commonwealth Games in Manchester are being snapped up faster than for the recent Madonna concert and last year's England game with Greece, organisers said yesterday on the first day of live sales.

museums boom: Visitor numbers at Britain's national museums have doubled overall since free admission was introduced last month. People have flocked to see collections at London's Imperial War Museum, the V&A and the Natural History Museum and others since charges were scrapped last month.

walkers killed: Two hill walkers died last night and a third was injured after they slipped and fell down a steep gully in the Lough Duff area of County Kerry, Ireland