Whitley Bay are now third in the ENL First Division after they beat Norton, and the teams immediately above them, West Auckland and Bishop Auckland both lost. Bishop Auckland lost 4-2 at Consett after leading 2-1 at one stage. Bishops took
DRASTIC cuts of £11m to council services were recommended by Mayor of Middlesbrough Ray Mallon tonight. At a meeting of Middlesbrough Council, the Mayor also came up with proposals to cut a further £2.4m, subject to a public consultation. Previously
A FATHER whose baby son was shaken to death tonight (Tuesday, December 18) said he hopes the killer "gets what he deserves". Richard Morgan was today (Tuesday, December 18) found guilty of the manslaughter of 13-month-old Slater Sharkey. His
POLICE are seeking information from witnesses as they try to account for the movements of a pedestrian before his death in a bizarre A1(M) accident. Mark Bambrick got out of a taxi he was travelling in, southbound between Chester-le-Street and
A LUNCHEON club’s annual Christmas meal featured some extra VIP guests today (Tuesday, December 18). The Wheatley Hill Community Association in Wheatley Hill, near Peterlee, laid out the welcome mat to the Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, Sir
THE trial of a man accused of murdering a shop worker in his home is going to be delayed. Robert Baker, 24, was expected to face a jury at Teesside Crown Court early in the New Year. But a judge has heard that inquiries into the killing of
A WOULD-BE medic is volunteering for unpaid work experience in trying conditions in neighbouring African nations. But Fiona McGlade must first reach a £1,500 fundraising target by late February if she is to take part in the Voluntary Service Overseas
A North-East MP reckons that the planned closure of a high tech research centre is both a blow for jobs and a bad business decision. Phil Wilson was dismayed by plans announced last month by the Swedish firm Husqvarna to close its research and
IT might seem a million miles away in the current situation Hartlepool United are entrenched in, but John Hughes is dreaming of promotion. The Scot has suffered four defeats in his five games in charge at Victoria Park and Pools are rooted to the foot
AN ACCONTANCY firm has raised £100,000 for charity in less than 12 months. Tait Walker pledged in January 2012 it would raise funds for a number of local charities, to mark its 75th year in business, including the likes of Great North Air Ambulance
A NORTH-EAST healthcare waste management firm has managed to save money on its electricity bill and become more eco-friendly by switching to energy efficient lighting. Newcastle-based SRCL is looking for further improvements in 2013 after installing
CHRISTMAS MARKETS: Richmond markets will be held on Saturday, December 22, Christmas Eve, and Saturday, December 29. The Indoor Market will be open daily except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
SHORTEST DAY: Gunnerside Methodist church will hold its annual shortest day service at 7pm on Friday (December 21). The service of carols and readings will be led by Gunnerside Choir under the leadership of Duncan Bythell. Refreshments to follow.
ORGANISERS of the Durham Miners’ Gala have launched a cash appeal to safeguard the future of the event after being hit with a £1.4m legal bill. The historic Big Meeting is the largest of its kind in Europe and remains an important event in the
A MAN caught drink driving for the third time has been banned from the roads for three years. Adam Arthur, 26, was more than triple the drink drive limit when he was stopped by officers on Allan Street, Darlington, just before 1am on November 25
A GOVERNMENT department which aims to increase the North-East’s record annual £14bn of overseas sales has appointed a new advisor. Jonathan Leonard has been appointed regional export finance adviser for the North-East and will be working closely
A MAN described how he was the victim of an unprovoked attack by a stranger wielding a fence plank or pole outside his garden gate. The 49-year-old man had just returned home from a wedding anniversary celebration at a nearby social club in Landseer
A SUPPORT group’s annual Christmas lunch has raised £160 for the branch’s funds. Nearly 70 members of the Durham and District branch of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society enjoyed a three-course lunch at the Newton Grange pub, in Newton Hall, Durham
A DIGITAL firm has won a series of major contracts after adding a global risk management firm to its client list. Darlington-based Fifteen Digital, which has an office in Stoke-on-Trent, has fought off tough industry competition to win a contract
ELECTRONICS design and manufacturing firm Stadium Group has given itself a head start to next year after ending 2012 by selling its Hong Kong office for a £2.3m profit. The Hartlepool-based firm, which has been expanding over the past nine months
POLICE forces in the region have made “progress” in how they deal with integrity issues but more still needs to be done, according to a report. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) conducted an inquiry into how police forces deal with
Durham University has become the first university to be awarded English Lacrosse High Performance University status, which recognises the quantity and quality of universities’ lacrosse programmes. Quentin Sloper, Durham University’s head of sport,
SANTA VISIT: Father Christmas will call at Preston Park Museum and Grounds on Saturday. Visits to him will cost £4 per child, including a gift. He will be there from 11am-3pm. OPEN MIC: Festive music, carols, a brass band and an open mic session
THIEVES stole gas piping from four addresses in the Chestnut Close area of Lazenby, near Redcar sometime between last night and this morning, Monday, December 17 and Tuesday, December 18. Each piece of piping was about three metres in length.
A SUSPECTED drink driver who claimed he got inside his car to keep warm has appeared in court for refusing to take an alcohol test. Darlington Magistrates’ Court heard today (Tuesday, December 18) that police officers found Arnis Tremarsis, 40,
EIGHT people from the worlds of academia, politics, business and child welfare have been appointed to help former Darlington MP Alan Milburn promote greater social mobility. Mr Milburn, who was Health Secretary under the last Labour Government,
A LEADING councillor said the modest allocations to new NHS commissioning groups next year will leave them with "an impossible financial challenge" to tackle historic debts of up to £75m. Councillor John Blackie, leader of Richmondshire District
POLICE officers attached to Operation Sacristy today (Tuesday, December 18) arrested a 52-year-old man in Wales on suspicion of fraud, corruption and money laundering. The man was arrested at an address in Pembrokeshire and a number of vehicles
POLICE are appealing for help in tracking down a man suspected of stealing a sat-nav from a car in Darlington. Officers were called by a member of the public who reported a man on a bicycle acting suspiciously in Southend Avenue at 1pm yesterday
A FAMILY doctor has been found guilty of serious misconduct by medical watchdogs over the death of an Iraqi detainee and will now face possible sanctions against him working as a medic. The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) concluded
THE harsh realities of life on the streets hit home at a County Durham school today (Tuesday, December 18) when pupils spent a day outside in aid of a national homelessness charity. Wrapped in their warmest clothes, the year eight pupils at Woodham
A CRACKDOWN on those who slash open rubbish bags searching for personal details or goods to sell is underway. An initiative aimed at tackling the issue has been launched after a recent increase in bag slashing across Middlesbrough. Culprits
THOUSANDS of low-paid local government workers got an early Christmas present today (Tuesday, December 18), as the last trade union holding out against a new pay deal voted to accept the package. The big GMB and Unison unions at Durham County Council
A MAN has been killed after being hit by a train near York. He was hit by the Newcastle to Kings Cross service on the East Coast mainline near Skelton Bridge, north of York station, this afternoon (Tuesday, December 18). A spokeswoman for British
POLICE are investigating the theft of £3,000-worth of equipment at a North-East golf club. Thieves broke into Blackwell Grange Golf Club, in Darlington, between 2.50pm on Monday (December 17) and 7.20am the next day. A 50-litre compressor,
A LEISURE trust has launched a website to show members of the public everything it has to offer. Richmondshire Leisure Trust is a charity and not for profit organisation that invests any financial surplus into the services it provides – which include
GRANTS totalling more than £30,000 have been given to community projects in the Yorkshire Dales. The cash forms the latest round of awards from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s Sustainable Development Fund (SDF), which is managed by
A DRUNKEN woman repeatedly swore at a police officer in a Darlington park as children passed on their way to school, a court heard. Claire Dicks, 32, of Wilson Street pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly when she appeared before Darlington
Durham City Cricket Club will hold its annual Boxing Day coffee morning in the clubhouse, on Green Lane, Durham, on Wednesday, December 26, at 10.30am. VALENTE CUP: Durham Photographic Society has announced the results of the Valente Cup competition
POWER supplies to about 500 homes have been restored after a damaged cable left hundreds of people without electricity. Homeowners in Croft and Hurworth, near Darlington, had no power on Monday morning and electricity was off again in about 280
TWO North-East students are preparing to represent their country in the table football world cup. Matthew Warr and Callum Oakes, from Darlington, will compete in the Foosball world cup, in France, in January. The pair, who are junior champion
DARLINGTON students are working hard to help their school achieve its ambitions. Hummersknott Academy is aiming to be named a Fairtrade school. A group of students, known as the Inspire group, organises stalls at break and lunchtime in their
RELATIVES and friends rallying behind a baby with cystic fibrosis are planning a Boxing Day dip to raise funds to help research into the hereditary disease. Gemma Worthington, 23, and her partner Brett Carr, 27, were shocked to learn that their
A MAN has been arrested as part of a police operation aimed at clamping down on shoplifters and drug abuse in a North-East town. About 15 officers took part in the ‘surge’ in Darlington town centre on Tuesday (December 18) lunch time. The man
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of assault after climbing up a tree and throwing a spade at a police officer. The man, in his 40s, climbed the tree in Tom Raine Court, in Darlington, around 7pm on Monday evening, before shouting abuse at police
A WOMAN who received a car as a present from her boyfriend has been banned from the roads after driving while drunk. Darlington Magistrates’ Court heard today (Tuesday, December 18) that Nathan Robson, 19, bought the Ford Puma online for his girlfriend
“DESPERATION” led to a Darlington man fraudulently selling mobile phones online to make money, a court heard. Carl Bravey, 19, of Melville Street, Darlington, pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud by false representation when he appeared before
BOSSES at a North-East hospital trust are urging patients not to go to accident and emergency if they suspect they may be suffering with symptoms of the winter vomiting bug. Norovirus is an extremely infectious stomach bug. It can strike all year
Today saw the second of our Darlington Town Centre surges as part of Operation Simos. The aim as always is to increase police presence, to prevent and deter crime and anti social behaviour especially at this festive time. It was great to see
THE number of people being admitted by North-East hospitals for drinking too much has more than doubled in less than a decade, according to new figures. The highest increase seen is among 60-64 year olds, which has risen by 258 per cent since 2002
MORE and more people are being left out in the cold at Christmas as homelessness figures in England continue to rise. There are 23 per cent more rough sleepers in the country than there was a year ago and that figure will get higher as reforms
A WOMAN who stabbed her ex-boyfriend's new partner after an altercation in the street has narrowly avoided jail. Cassie Wise was told by a Teesside Crown Court judge that almost everyone who uses a knife in public is locked up. Judge Simon
A TEENAGE girl has been airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after being knocked down by a car on her way to school. The 13-year-old was struck by a Vauxhall Corsa as she tried to cross a road on the outskirts of Durham City at around
YOUNGSTERS from Hummersknott School delighted audiences with performances of their annual Christmas pantomime, Cinderella. The students performed the show on two evenings and a matinee. Extracts of the pantomime were also part of the entertainment
A SENIOR Army officer serving in Afghanistan has rounded up his troops to perform a Gangnam Style festive fundraising video. Dozens of soldiers from 21 Engineer Regiment, which is based at Claro Barracks, Ripon, North Yorkshire, have teamed up
THE newly-elected police and crime commissioner for County Durham has made a ‘firm commitment’ to Darlington and pledged to spend part of his working week in the town. Ron Hogg, who was elected to the post in November, said Darlington was of key
HUNDREDS of people have been left without electricity for a second day after a power cut hit about 500 properties. Homeowners in Croft and Hurworth, near Darlington, were affected on Monday morning when an overhead power cable was damaged.
AN actress playing a mermaid in a North-East pantomime had to be replaced at the last minute by Tinker Bell after falling on the ice and breaking her wrist. The dramatic twist – just hours before the opening performance of Peter Pan at Middlesbrough
A FATHER who admitted biting off another man's finger at a childrens' nativity play has been told a jail sentence is almost inevitable. Lee Wilkinson, 40, launched his bloody attack on Michael Dent last December at Harton Primary School, South
AMMUNITION THEFT: Police have appealed for information after shotgun cartridges were stolen from an abandoned lorry. The vehicle jackknifed on the Healaugh to Askrigg road in the Yorkshire Dales on December 6. It was not recovered until December 10
THE arrival of the Tour de France in Yorkshire could help rebalance the north south divide in the economy, it was claimed in parliament this morning (Tuesday, December 18). North Yorkshire MP Julian Smith today led a debate in the House of Commons
A LAP-dancing club which was raided in a drugs bust has had its licence suspended. Red Velvet, County Durham’s only strip club – above a chip shop in Consett, was raided on Friday night, while dancers performed. Today (Tuesday, December 18)
SHOPLIFTERS have been caught with a wide variety of stolen goods as a police clampdown delivers positive results. Officers across Cleveland have made 122 arrests in connection with shoplifting offences since November 30 while there has been 188
WOODLAND WALK: Northallerton Ramblers will be staging an eight-mile walk near Peterlee, County Durham. The walk will involve woodland tracks via Castle Eden Burn. Those wanting to take part should meet at Peterlee at 10am. For more information contact
PEOPLE are being encouraged to put their best foot forward for charity and make an active start to the New Year. The Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland, Councillor Denise Bunn, has organised two walks at Guisborough Forest and Walkway, near Pinchinthorpe
THE homes of thousands of people on Teesside will be made more energy-efficient following the award of grants totalling millions of pounds. People living in properties owned by Erimus Housing and Tees Valley Housing will see their heating bills
A FORMER Royal Navy sailor has been convicted of killing his girlfriend’s baby. Richard Morgan, 32, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of 13-month-old Slater Sharkey at his home in Tantobie, County Durham. Newcastle Crown Court heard
A FATHER who bit off part of another man’s finger during a children’s nativity play has been warned he is facing jail. Lee Wilkinson was told a prison sentence was "almost inevitable" after admitting carrying out the sickening attack at a school
THE owner of a Chinese restaurant has been fined £3,000 after an environmental health inspection found dirty equipment and evidence of cross-contamination between raw and cooked foods. Hai Lin, the owner of New Sing Lee, in Eastbourne Road, Darlington
A POPULAR children’s playground is to undergo a £34,000 upgrade after councillors secured funding from housing developers. Work to build a range of new equipment and replace old items at the Sowerby Flatts playground will begin in the new year,
THE director of a family-run skip hire company is to appear in court charged with serious environmental breaches. Raymond Shepherd, of Albert Hill Skip Hire, in Darlington, is accused of allowing the company to store rubbish without an Environment
FIRE chiefs in Darlington have reaffirmed a pledge to do all they can to stop budget cuts from affecting front-line services. Colin Bage, head of operational delivery for Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, said tough staffing decisions
CAROL SERVICE: Haughton Green Methodist Chapel, in Darlington, will hold a candlelit carol service, at 4pm, on Sunday (December 23). All are welcome. SCHOOL NATIVITY: Corporation Road Primary School’s nativity play takes place at 10am, on Thursday
ST MARY'S Church, Thirsk, will hold a carol service, featuring a Nativity play with a difference, on Sunday (December 23), from 3pm. A crib service will be held on Christmas Eve at 4pm and midnight mass at 11.30pm. Christmas Day holy communion will
SALTBURN X Factor winner James Arthur is leading the race for the Christmas number one - but by only a narrow margin. Bookies had all but written off the chances of an X Factor festive chart-topper, and instead installed the Hillsborough charity
MUSICIANS campaigning to save an iconic rock venue have released a single to gather support. Council budget cuts have left doubts over the future of the 2,000-seat Newcastle City Hall, which has staged gigs by the likes of The Rolling Stones and
POLICE have renewed their appeal for information after a shooting in a pub car park. A 47-year-old man, named locally as former pub doorman Colin Ferry, was targeted outside The Wheatsheaf, in Benton, North Tyneside, at about 5pm on Friday (DECEMBER
A PETITION to keep 480 civil service jobs in a town has attracted more than 1,000 signatures. The Department for Education (DfE) plans to transfer the posts from Mowden Hall, in Darlington, to Newcastle, as part of large budget cuts. The Government
FARMERS are being urged to be on the alert after a number of sheep were stolen and slaughtered for their meat. Police believe the animals were taken and butchered in order to sell the meat on the Christmas market. Officers were alerted when
A SCHOOLGIRL has been airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries after being knocked down by a car. The 13-year-old was struck by a Vauxhall Corsa on the outskirts of Durham City at around 7.50am this morning (Tuesday, December 18). The
A CONTROVERSIAL application to allow a petrol station to sell alcohol has been dropped at the last minute amid opposition from local people. The Total UK filling station, in Grange Road, Darlington, had applied for a licence to trade alcohol between
THE work of three North-East artists has gone on display in Darlington. The Book Borrowers exhibition, featuring work by Yvette Hawkins, Theresa Easton and Dawn Felicia Knox, will be at Crown Street Art Gallery until Thursday, January 17. The
MAN CHARGED: A 21-year-old man has been charged with theft after a mountain bike was stolen from a garage at a property in the Faverdale area of the town. The GT Avalanche bicycle was taken after the owners left a garage door open. HAMPER THEFT
CHARITY staff have raised £200 towards the cost of setting up a sensory room for autistic adults. Support workers from Creative Support, which provides services for people with mental health needs and learning disabilities, hope to create the room
A PIONEERING club for young motorbikers has seen its first graduate reach the highest possible level of expertise on two wheels. Dale Clement was one of the original members of the Mini Bike Club set up in 2007 with help from Durham Constabulary
A HUSBAND and wife team who have invested £350,000 in their business after spotting an opportunity in the market have won two contracts worth £500,000. Engineer Kevin Henry, 51, started 3G Titanium in 2010 with his wife, Yung Li, after securing
A FAST-GROWING County Durham wine and drinks business has plans to become the world’s greenest liquor company following the launch of an energy division. Lanchester Group, which operates one of the biggest and most modern bottling plants in the
A SOFTWARE development firm has added a touch of vava- voom to a car launch after completing a website design project for French car manufacturer Renault. Gateshead-based AYO Digital was approached by the car multi-national to create a web interface
AS SHE poses for her photograph, Leanne Wilkinson looks slightly nervous. The 34-year-old has just earned an award in the Individuals Who Have Made A Difference category at the North-East Equality Awards and, while she is thrilled at the recognition
RAIL commuters endured more travel misery this morning on one of the country's busiest lines. Further overhead wire problems were found on the East Coast Main Line in Hertfordshire which meant trains were unable to run between Stevenage and Hitchin
THIS was a performance by teenagers who sang and danced their hearts out for the children of their home town. However, this was no worthy effort of amateurs but a full-on performance that felt just shy of a real, professional production. All
I LOVED this musical. The way it looked was amazing because of all the coloured costumes and all the dancing. I couldn’t believe it when some of the dancers did the splits in the air. The best scene was when they sang Be Our Guest from the film
THE Northern Sinfonia musical director Thomas Zehetmair’s latest appearance at the Sage Gateshead saw him leading from the front in a rare outing of Haydn’s Violin Concert in C. One of three authenticated violin concertos by the composer, it features
TROUBLED economic times means that some people won’t be able to afford the kind of Christmas they’d really like. Instead, they’re forced to cut corners and perhaps be as inventive as they can when it comes to creating something special for their
JUST a week before Christmas and, alas, a pretty lugubrious column by way of herald angel. Four old friends have died in recent days. Peter Lax, a joyful man who devoted 50 years to Billingham Synthonia FC and had also been an adept wicket keeper
IMAGINE having Christmas with the Great British Bake Off judges. Mary Berry would be there being sweet and friendly in a colourful jacket, Paul Hollywood would be looking slightly less intimidating in a cosy, festive jumper, and they’d both be dishing
OLDER people who would like to learn to swim or improve their confidence in water can sign up to a new course. Age UK Darlington has accessed funding from Sport England to provide swimming lessons for people aged over 50. The funding means
IT was interesting to read Graham Robb’s comments (HAS, Dec 14) regarding a recent “highly misleading and partisan” headline in The Northern Echo. Mr Robb was defending recent tax changes announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Perhaps
I WOULD like to comment on the eating out feature regarding the service writer Scott Wilson received at the Three Tuns, in Eggleston (Echo, Dec 13). Mr Wilson complained about the service but we visited the establishment the same day as the article
I AGREE with Colin Mortimer’s letter regarding the poor quality of Christmas TV (HAS, Dec 15). Comedy is dead. I can hardly raise a smile at shows advertised as comedy. I watched Outnumbered on BBC 1 last Friday which was billed as a situation
I FOUND BG Browning’s letter about cheap Chinese imports (HAS, Dec 15) very interesting, but the problem of trying to boost manufacturing within the UK isn’t just down to foreign manufactured goods. For example, the Hitachi highspeed train factory
FOLLOWING recent floods David Cameron appeared on television to offer reassurance. He pledged: “I will be doing everything I can to help flood victims.” Everything, that is, apart from reversing the savage cuts in flood defence by a third ordered
WHY are we wringing our hands at the massacre of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, when we sit by as our young people are bombarded daily by murder and mayhem on televsion? I’m thinking of reality programs that
IT might interest VJ Connor (HAS, Dec 15) to learn that back in 1963, his “edgy and dangerous” Rolling Stones weren’t too proud to accept a big helping hand at the start of their long career. The band’s first top 20 hit single, I Wanna Be Your
“EVENTS, dear boy, events,” replied Prime Minister Harold Macmillan to a journalist who asked him what was most likely to blow his government off course. And there you have it: there is never any shortage of events and so never any need to spend very
FOR all we speak the same language and share “a special relationship”, the US sometimes seems a very foreign country. We cannot understand the US attitude to guns. One in ten US women owns a gun; 50 per cent of the world’s guns are in the US; in
While most people are tucked up warm at home watching X Factor, Jo Morris experiences what it’s like to sleep rough I’M wearing all the winter woollies I can muster, but despite the extra layers I’m cold within minutes. Stockton High Street is
ENGLAND scored a famous 2-1 Test series victory over India after centurions Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell shut the hosts out to confirm the stalemate they needed. Trott (143) and Bell (116no) barely had a moment’s anxiety in a stand of 208 before
TENNIS has had millions of pounds of funding put on hold unless the sport’s governing body can improve its plan to boost participation. Swimming has also had three years of funding withheld until it can prove its new blueprint to increase numbers
AFTER spending hours on the cold and wet streets of Stockton, I couldn’t bear it any longer. My clothes were wet, I was shivering and even the most sheltered of doorways did nothing to protect me from the elements. When sleeping rough becomes too
NEIL ENTWISTLE was born and raised in Nottinghamshire, the son of a coal miner and a cook. After graduating from York University with a Masters degree in electronic engineering, he married American Rachel Souza and they eventually had a daughter
DAVE Brailsford will wait until just before next year’s Tour de France to decide whether Bradley Wiggins will lead Team Sky during the race or adopt a two-pronged attack that also includes Chris Froome. Wiggins rounded off a dream 2012 on Sunday
CHILD protection officers are reminding people to help children stay safe over Christmas. The call comes at a time of year when reports of child abuse are normally at their highest. Jim Murdoch, business manager of Hartlepool Safeguarding Children
POLICE today appealed for information from witnesses to a fatal accident on the A1(M). Both sides of the motorway were closed between Chester-le-Street and Carrville, near Durham, for four hours last night following a collision involving a lorry
POLICE officers investigating alleged corruption within the Cleveland force have arrested a man in Wales on suspicion of fraud, corruption and money laundering. The man, who has not been named but is aged 52, was arrested at an address in Pembrokeshire
JOHN Hughes accepts that Hartlepool United are living on the edge - and he has to find a way around it. The recently-appointed manager might have engineered some improvement in performances since his arrival last month, but results have remained
NEWCASTLE United will not be panicked into a new round of contract talks with Demba Ba despite the striker's latest hints at a possible January departure from St James' Park. Ba conducted an interview with a French television station at the weekend in
Tickets for Darlington’s match at home to Spennymoor Town tomorrow can be bought at Quakers’ club shop today and tomorrow. The shop, in Darlington’s covered market, is open 10am-2pm today and 1.30-4pm tomorrow. Any remaining tickets will be
NEWCASTLE United's players have cancelled Christmas as they attempt to engineer an improvement over the festive period. With the Magpies having lost six of their last seven Premier League matches, the club's players have opted to cancel their traditional
QPR manager Harry Redknapp will attempt to scupper Sunderland's hopes of securing a permanent deal for Danny Rose by tabling his own offer for the full-back next month. Rose is nearing the halfway stage of a season-long loan from Tottenham and
A CONVICTED murderer who was given a job at a North-East hospital is back behind bars, The Northern Echo can reveal. Robert Bage was given a life sentence for stabbing to death 24-year-old Andrew Stanyer in a jealous rage in March 1991. However
A MAN who sexually abused two underage girls, raping one of them, was yesterday jailed for 11 years. Keith Lee was described by a judge as a “predatory paedophile”, who preyed on “immature” girls. Durham Crown Court heard that Lee only admitted
RECIPES created by popular TV chefs contain significantly more energy, protein, fat, and saturated fat per portion than supermarket ready meals, according to North-East researchers. The researchers - based at NHS Tees and Newcastle University -
THE A1(M) has now reopened after being closed for almost four hours because of a fatal accident in County Durham. The crash, which is thought to have involved a car and a pedestrian, took place at about 7pm between the A690 (junction 62) at Durham
DURHAM Police has recruited nine new Police and Community Support Officers (PCSOs). The group will be trained at the force headquarters Aykley Heads, in Durham before taking to the streets in April. Chief Constable Mike Barton said: “This is
YOUNGSTERS at Bishop Auckland Library have been enjoying reading with the help of some new story sacks. Builder Taylor Wimpey, which has a site next to the library, donated money for the sacks, which include props, scenery, games and a CD of the
AN elderly couple were airlifted to hospital following a two-car collision on the A66 in Teesdale. The 77-year-old driver of a Volvo was severely injured when his car was in collision with an eastbound Fiat 500 as he attempted to turn right onto
BUILDING materials worth £2,000 have been stolen from a construction site in Crook. Sometime between 2.45pm on Friday, December 14, and 7am on Monday, December 17, thieves entered the building site on Stobbs Cross Lane, 500m from the Hare and Hounds
DRIVING into a dry stone wall and then leaving before police arrived has cost a teenager £300. Scott Kevin Smith admitted driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after an accident and failing to report an accident to police when
TOWN councillors in Barnard Castle have been urged to “recognise the pressure” tax payers are under when setting their budget for 2013-14. Members are being asked to consider a number of options, including one which would result in a dramatic increase
A MOTHER who stole almost all of a vulnerable woman’s possessions when they were living in the same hostel has been jailed for three months. Tia Wilkinson of no fixed abode appeared for sentencing at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court today (December
A SCHOOL girl has won £25 for designing a card that judges said encapsulated Christmas. More than 50 entries were submitted into the card competition being run by Dale and Valley Homes and the Wear Valley Customer’s Panel, which represents the
OFFICIALS at an iconic County Durham museum have been asked to lock the gates to its public grounds at night in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour. Police have written to The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, requesting the move following complaints
A PRIVATE firm is raking in millions of pounds because of long delays before telephone calls are answered at North-East tax offices, it is revealed today. Around 6.5 m people - most dialling expensive 0845 numbers - were left waiting more than
RESIDENTS in Bishop Auckland are being urged to protect their property following a spate of break-ins by opportunist thieves. About ten thefts were reported to police from the Bracks Farm area of the town overnight on Tuesday, December 11.
THE founder of a flourishing food festival has been named as the Queen’s first female representative for the North-East. Sue Snowdon will succeed Sir Paul Nicholson as Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, covering County Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool
CHURCH SERVICES: The following services will take place at St Helen’s Parish Church, West Auckland: Sunday, December 23, 10am, parish mass and 6pm carol service; Christmas Eve, 4pm Christingle service and 11.30pm midnight mass by candlelight; Christmas
CHURCH SERVICES: The following services will take place at St Helen’s Parish Church, West Auckland: Sunday, December 23, 10am, parish mass and 6pm carol service; Christmas Eve, 4pm Christingle service and 11.30pm midnight mass by candlelight; Christmas
POLICE are appealing for help to find the owners of a large number of horses which appeared on the streets of Newton Aycliffe last night. A spokeswoman for Durham Police said 17 horses strayed onto roads in the Moor Lane and Greenfield Way area
