NORTH Yorkshire’s police commissioner has ditched controversial plans for a new Northern police base in favour of a new scheme that will see some of the force’s operations relocated to Middlesbrough. Plans to move North Yorkshire Police force
VICTORIA PARK was in the dark last night as a half-time power cut dropped the floodlights out; by then, however Middlesbrough supporters may had already have seen the light. Spanish striker Kike has arrived for big money this summer. The 3.5m Euros
THE engine of a combine harvester was destroyed by fire tonight (Wednesday).The incident happened on Marsh House Lane, Greatham, near Hartlepool.Two fire engines were called to the scene around 8.30pm.
Sheffield Wednesday 0 Newcastle United 1 NEWCASTLE UNITED manager Alan Pardew remains confident of adding another striker to his squad this summer, but insisted he will only move for players that will suit the club. The Magpies continued their
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy fell 20ft from a North Yorkshire harbour wall - but escaped serious injury. Ambulance crews say it is remarkable the boy was not badly hurt, after falling from the wall at Staithes, north of Whitby, at about 1.30pm. The
Full-time: Sunderland 0 CD Nacional 1 THIS was the night when Gustavo Poyet sent out arguably Sunderland’s strongest starting line-up for the first time during pre-season, yet there were still signs if you looked for them that a big fortnight for
WOOD you believe it? This grey squirrel in South Park, Darlington is clearly a fan of this carving in his own image. Reader Danny Brown snapped the photo and said it was a case of "fantastic luck and timing". "I was in South Park trying
A LIFESIZE sculpture of a soldier is helping a village mark the deaths of all residents who died in the First World War. The willow sculpture of a soldier has been specially commissioned and is now in place on Great Ayton’s village green. The
ROBBERS who pointed a handgun at a payday loan store assistant fled when they were disturbed by another employee.At just after 2.35pm today (Wednesday, July 30), Northumbria Police received a report of an attempted robbery at Cash in a Flash, on Elswick
CHRIS TOMLINSON has refused to rule out one final tilt at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 after his fourth appearance at the competition ended with him still without a medal. Having finished sixth in the 2002 and 2006 Games, and failed to make the
NEW strike duo Ayoze Perez and Emmanuel Riviere spearhead Newcastle United’s attack for tonight’s pre-season friendly at Sheffield Wednesday. Magpies boss Alan Pardew has named a youthful squad for tonight’s game with Lubomir Satka, Mehdi Abeid
ABOUT 80 people played dead on a busy town centre street this evening WEDNESDAY in protest at Israel’s bombing of Gaza. The protest was staged on Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough at a spot where the Teesside Palestine Solidarity Campaign has been
NEW signing Patrick van Aanholt will make his first appearance for Sunderland in Portugal tonight. The former Chelsea signing, after arriving from Chelsea on Friday for £1.5m, will be in the Sunderland starting line-up that faces CD Nacional at
A NORTH-EAST schoolboy has begged world leaders to intervene in the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. Ten-year-old Caleb Stand has issued an emotive plea to Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama to end the suffering of children
JAMES Husband, who completed his transfer from Doncaster Rovers this afternoon, starts for Middlesbrough in their friendly at Hartlepool United. The left-back’s deal was finalised earlier today and with striker Curtis Main moving in the opposite
RIPON'S Jack Laugher started what could prove to be a Commonwealth Games gold rush as he claimed the 1m springboard title this evening. Laugher delivered a masterclass on the low board as he won by 45 points over the six-dive series, a huge margin
DURHAM champion Jessica Hall is celebrating again after adding the Bishop Auckland Club Championship to her growing list of achievements.The 15-year-old, who is believed to have become the youngest ever winner of the Durham Ladies Championship earlier
POLICE investigating two incidents of indecent exposure in Ormesby and Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough have charged a 39-year-old man. He has been charged with exposure, two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and two counts of breach
JAPANESE students have been helping build a Lego model of Durham Cathedral in a bid to improve their English.Five undergraduates from Teikyo University of Japan, which has a base in Durham, have been volunteering on the growing model project over the
THE latest stage of a project to improve facilities in Hamsterley Forest has led to the construction of a bridge costing nearly a third of a million pounds.The bridge is being constructed to span Bedburn Beck to help to create a circular trail for walkers
RESIDENTS have been warned of gunfire noise as the 4th Regiment Royal Artillery marks the 40th anniversary of its Freedom of Sunderland on Saturday.The regiment will mark the event with a parade – with eight of its 105mm guns firing a round each
A SHOW with increasingly popular dog and gymkhana events has proved a success. The 66th Borrowby Show and Gymkhana, which took place today (Wednesday, July 30) at Hillside Rural Activity Park, Knayton, remains a popular attraction for local families
ASDA has been granted permission to make additions to its Whinbush Way supermarket site in Darlington.Darlington Borough Council's planning committee gave the green light for the company to add extra warehouse storage provision, create a home shopping
A COUNCILLOR has given his backing to a campaign by local residents to prevent housing development on a green field site. Councillor Tom Nutt, ward member for Haughton North, said he had concerns about the inclusion of land at Muscar Farm, off Barmpton
A HOUSING development at a prime Richmond location has finally been approved after two failed attempts to impress a planning committee.Members of Richmondshire District Council planning committee yesterday (Tuesday, July 29) resolved to allow applicants
A MAN who threatened a taxi driver with a knife after he dropped him off at home has been jailed for two years, eight months.Nicholas Mannion ordered the terrified cabbie to drive and pointed the weapon at him two or three times, leading him to believe
RURAL communities and landowners are being urged to look out for red squirrels following several recent sightings of the rare mammal in the region. Amateur photographer Martin Rogers, who lives at Middleton-in-Teesdale, in County Durham, snapped
ABOUT 53,000 primary school children in the North-East will be offered a nasal spray flu vaccine as part of a pilot scheme this winter.Youngsters at about 200 schools in Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland will receive a nasal spray vaccine to protect
AN IT provider is to officially move into Hartlepool to take on council work which will save Hartlepool Borough Council £1m a year and secure 235 jobs.The company, Northgate Public Services (NPS), is moving new offices called Northgate House and
PLANS to create a takeaway in a former Shildon working men’s club have been criticised over claims that the town has enough fast food outlets.A scheme has been lodged with Durham County Council seeking approval to convert the old Jubilee Fields
CHILDREN from churches across Darlington are making sure that the start of their summer holiday truly rocks.Bondgate Methodist Church is hosting a big holiday club incorporating children from both St Andrew’s and Elim churches for the first time
MEMORIES of the way people – particularly women – came to the aid of injured soldiers in the First World War are being pulled together for a major local history project.North Yorkshire’s County Records Office has won a £9,800 lottery
HUNDREDS of students prepared for life at the big school in spectacular fashion as they went for gold in an extravaganza of song, dance and drama.Darlington School of Mathematics and Science took on a carnival feel as year 5 pupils from across the town
TENSIONS rose at a planning meeting in which a councillor described a proposed accommodation development for vulnerable youngsters as being like an “open prison”.The comment was made by Councillor Gerald Lee at a Darlington Borough Council
POLICE officers are to target railway trespassing hot-spots in a bid to save lives after a rise in incidents in the North-East.British Transport Police (BTP) say that as many as 14 people a day risk their lives, and those of rail staff and passengers,
A LONG-running campaign to erect a memorial to miners killed in a village’s pits has finally ended in success.A pit wheel mining memorial has been unveiled on Coxhoe’s village green, eight years after members of Coxhoe Banner Group set out
MIDDLESBROUGH have confirmed the signing of full-back James Husband from Doncaster Rovers - with Curtis Main heading in the opposite direction to South Yorkshire. Boro are also understood to have paid around £500,000 as part of the deal, with Husband
AN accountancy practice has been recognised for its commitment to training apprentices.Mitchells Grievson, in Bishop Auckland, has been shortlisted for an industry award.The company entered the National Apprenticeship Awards after being nominated by training
A MAN has been arrested in connection with an assault that left the victim in a critical condition in hospital.The 27-year-old from Hartlepool was identified after Cleveland Police released CCTV footage of the man they wanted to speak to following two
AFTER six years of meticulous work on one of the most iconic stained glass windows in the country a significant milestone has now been reached.Experts will next year begin the painstaking task of returning medieval glass to the restored tracery of the
THE deadline for applications for a prestigious environmental awards scheme has been extended.Entrants for this year’s County Durham Environment Awards have until Friday, August 8 to submit their application.The awards, now in their 25th year, celebrate
NEW figures show that the part of the region recorded the biggest increase in the prevalence of dementia last year.The figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre showed that the number of people added to the dementia register in Durham
A HUSB AND and wife clergy team who look after five rural parishes are about to retire. The Rev Richard Deimel became priest in charge at the Escomb group of Anglican churches, near Bishop Auckland, in September 2010.His wife, the Rev Maggie Deimel,
THE deadline for applications for a prestigious environmental awards scheme has been extended.Entrants for this year’s County Durham Environment Awards have until Friday, August 8 to submit their application.The awards, now in their 25th year, celebrate
A BRAVE teenager who watched her step-father die in front of her, was bullied at school and is her mother’s carer is hoping to win a national beauty contest.Esme Phillips has already been crowned Miss Junior Teen Tyne and Wear and is now preparing
A DRINK driver who crashed his car into a lamppost as he attempted to evade police has been given a suspended jail sentence.Ali Nasser raced at speeds of up to 80mph during a police pursuit on residential roads which ended when he collided with a lamppost
TWO young yachtsmen who are recovering from cancer have set sail on a five-day adventure.Daniel Adams and Jordan Conley, both from County Durham, were among the crew of yachts which took part in a sailing trip out of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust base
A FUNK, soul and jazz act who are earning a national reputation have chosen to launch their new album at Stockton's famous Sound It Out Records.Weekend Sun will perform live in the Yarm Road shop at 2pm on Saturday, August 2.Songs from their Forever
CHILDREN have been getting summer holiday cooking lessons.The Children’s Food Trust ran free courses at Tesco Extra, in Dragonville, Durham City, today (Wednesday, July 30) and will run more tomorrow.Farm to Fork sessions are being held at 50 Tesco
PLANS to help improve nature and the environment in North Yorkshire have been released to the public.The North Yorkshire and York Local Nature Partnership is one of 48 in England that were created by Government to create a “step-change” in
PEOPLE power will again decide how a £40,000 grants pot is shared between community projects in and around Spennymoor.Groups and organisations can apply to Spennymoor Area Action Partnership (AAP) for grants from £500 to £5,000 for schemes
Chelsea winger Christian Atsu is the latest player to be under consideration at Sunderland. The 22-year-old Ghanaian has been interesting Everton, Aston Villa and West Ham but it has emerged that the Black Cats have also been in touch with Stamford
A MAN has been arrested in connection with an assault that left the victim in a critical condition in hospital. The 27-year-old, of Hartlepool, was identified after Cleveland Police released CCTV footage of the man they wanted to speak to following
A FILM historian will be talking about the film industry during an exhibition of show business memorabilia.Tony Hillman will be at Celebrity Movie Treasures at Kirkleatham Museum, near Redcar, to give a talk on films made in the North-East from the 1930s
BAKER Greggs is launching an attack on Cornish pasty heartland to build on resurgent sales.The Newcastle-based company wants to open more stores in the West Country, where tin miners famously ate the pasty at work.Greggs was previously forced to rename
A CHILEAN flamingo egg has been successfully laid at a North-East wildlife centre - the first in seven years.The egg appeared at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's (WWT) grounds in Washington, Wearside, and has since been carefully swapped for a clay
Sunderland manager Gustavo Poyet has successfully arranged a further friendly before the Premier League season. Poyet has been looking for an extra game to fill the vacant weekend on August 9, which is that start of the new Football League campaign
A RETIRED doctor has published a family memoir that tells the story of life in three countries over more than a century. Lindy Cartner’s book And the Twain Shall Meet recounts the experiences of three generations between 1870 and 1977. It tells
AMATEUR photographers are invited to capture the essence of some of County Durham’s most picturesque countryside.Competitors who live within 20-miles of the Morritt Hotel, in Greta Bridge, near Barnard Castle, are eligible to enter the Spirit of
DARLINGTON FC has launched its first official fans’ survey to collect independent views on how the club is being run.The club’s board wants to get a fully representative view from all fans and to ensure their voice is taken into account as
A TRIO of local food lovers will be passing on the tips of their trades with a series of tasty workshops at Saltburn Food Festival.Saltburn butcher Mike Gosnay will be helping people make their own sausages, Brotton based artisan baker Ed Trewhitt will
MUSEUM visitors can learn how to do the Haka at an exhibition devoted to Maori culture.The Great North Museum: Hancock, in Newcastle, will hold its Haka Day Out on Thursday (July 31). People can learn the traditional Haka, see performances of traditional
A COMPANY behind £1.5bn mine plans has extended a public consultation period on the proposals. Sirius Minerals wants to extract millions of tonnes of polyhalite from under the North York Moors National Park, near Whitby. Bosses say people have
A FIRE station is to hold an open day to promote health and fitness for adults and children.Consett Fire Station will host the event on Saturday, August 9, which will offer a range of activities including a climbing wall, exercise and skills sessions
A ROMAN soldier’s prized possession, discovered after having been buried in river silt for 1,700 years, has gone on display. The shield boss, which would have been used to protect a soldier’s hand during battle, is the star attraction of The
A CHEESE expert who has worked in the industry for more than 30 years has been honoured with a national award.The British Cheese Board has presented the prestigious Nantwich Show Cheese Industry Award to Norman McCallum, a cheese grader from Hawes.Now
HOMLESS people in Chester-le-Street will benefit from a charity donation by the town’s Rotary Club. The club made the national homeless charity Changing Lives its charity of the year, and raised £1,700 for the local branch during the year with
WARREN BAISTER’S dreams of a Commonwealth heavyweight gold disappeared as he suffered a narrow quarter-final defeat to Canadian Samir El-Mais this afternoon. The Sunderland fighter raised his hands to the air at the end of a bruising encounter
THIS trip to Albufeira will have brought back memories of previous trips for many of Sunderland’s fans during previous pre-season. Roy Keane was in charge in 2008 when the Black Cats played two games at the Estadio Municipal de Albufeira and Steve
A ROYAL Navy cadet is celebrating after he completed his basic training to pass out as a warfare specialist.Able Seaman (Warfare Specialist) Jordan Walker, 22, from Bishop Auckland, recently completed his training to graduate.The former Bishop Barrington
AN internationally renowned consultant will be using his expertise to help people with spinal injuries at a North-East rehabilitation centre.Munawar Mecci from James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough will spend a day each week at The Gateway,
IMPROVEMENTS around Yarm’s Town Hall and war memorial have been completed in time for the town’s First World War centenary commemorations.Stockton Borough Council has invested £500,000 to improve the High Street ahead of the Yarm 1914
FIREFIGHTERS have issued a warning to householders across Teesside after latest figures show a 33 per cent rise in accidental house fires.Since the beginning of April there have been 65 accidental fires, compared to 44 in the same period last year.The
BOBBY Robson was the England manager that took the national team to the brink of World Cup glory, the man who took Newcastle United into the Champions League and in life and death raised millions for cancer research. Tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary
ENGLAND’S strong table tennis form continued in Glasgow this morning as all three of the region’s players made it through the first round of the mixed doubles competition. Stockton’s Karina Le Fevre barely featured in the women’s team event at
PROFITS at ITV rose thanks to the World Cup boosting its market share and a pick-up in advertising. First half profit rose 11 per cent to £322m as net advertising revenue rose 7%, faster than the market as a whole. Chief executive Adam Crozier
Young women are now more likely than men to see their finances deteriorate to such an extent that they fall into personal insolvency, according to some new figures. Vicky Shaw asks why Women still face battles in many areas of life to gain an equal
The head of the North East LEP tells Business Editor Andy Richardson why he wants an elected mayor and a unified North-East region. PAUL Woolston has signed up for another three years as chair of the North East LEP, but he is already looking forward to
A REGIONAL enterprise agency has added to its team to continue its expansion.The North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) has welcomed special projects manager Lilla Preston.Originally joining Sunderland-based BIC to deliver the SME Innovation
LATIMER Hinks Solicitors is urging people to adopt a more “old fashioned attitude” to their own mortality, as wills become increasingly problematic, particularly when so-called ‘blended families’ are involved.The Darlington based
Power station Drax has reported a 15 per cent fall in earnings to £102m in the half year to June 30 as it was hit by increases in carbon taxes. The tax on fossil fuels rose to £9.55 per tonne on April 1 from £4.94 a year ago. However, North
HEALTH and social care law firm Hempsons has announced the promotion of two associates to partner in the firm’s Harrogate office, along with the promotion of a senior solicitor to associate.The new partners are Wai-Cheung Pang and Richard Pickering
BHP Law has won the vote of a solicitor and politician who has joined its growing business and company law team.Ben Houchen represents Yarm and Kirklevington on Stockton Borough Council. He stood in the Middlesbrough Parliamentary by-election in 2012
WOULD our regional economy be stronger if we had one voice arguing the case for inward investment? The question is prompted by my interview on page 30 with Paul Woolston, chairman of the North East LEP. Mr Woolston believes that the LEP area
MAX CLAYTON has gone on trial to Wolves after Sunderland's failure to reach agreement with Crewe over a fee for the young forward. The 19-year-old impressed during a four-week stay on Wearside but Crewe wanted around £1m in compensation for a player
There doesn’t always need to be a moral to a tale, as Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson tells Kate Whiting On a sunny summer day, the UK’s bestselling author Julia Donaldson is deservedly relaxing in her new garden. She and her husband of almost
THE report on ‘little used’ railway stations in the North-East (Echo, July 26) was depressingly negative. On the Esk Valley line at least, all the ‘stations’ are in fact unstaffed halts, rather like bus stops, and are mostly maintained by volunteers
This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show (C4, 8pm) THE acceptable campaigner for looking good in old clothes Dawn O’Porter brings her celebration of vintage fashion to a close with another bid to persuade others into using the alternative world
ONE thing that we can definitely thank Nick Clegg and the Coalition for is raising the amount people can earn before they start paying income tax. This has helped everyone, particularly people on low incomes and small pensions. This is in stark
THE Government was elected on the basis of three key promises: 1. To wipe out the deficit during five years of parliament (Tory); 2. The abolition of tuition fees (Lib Dems); 3. No top down reorganisation of the NHS (David Cameron). Despite severe
THE Western media has had a high old time bashing Russia. Russia has not killed anyone – separatists perhaps – but what about Israel? It is guilty of a multitude of war crimes but is protected by America. Israeli soldiers can kill Palestinians
DURING the past week or so, Durham County Council has been busy “modifying” street lights in the Crook area. The existing “efficient” street lights have been removed and converted to take “inefficient” LED bulbs. The result is the loss
THE delightful Esk Valley Railway is under threat again. What this newspaper headlined as “struggling stations” along the line face possible service cuts. Since that service amounts to just four trains daily each way – plus one midsummer late evening
IS the answer to the housing crisis to manufacture quality homes in factories which can be assembled on site. These homes would be more affordable as well as creating more jobs. They can be assembled much quicker than building them with bricks
Can the North East ever hope to close the North- South divide? Does the region even have the ability to try? Former Labour minister Nick Brown makes the case for the North THE largest single question facing our region is its employment base. I
THE Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are rightly the focus of athletic achievement at the moment. But we are confident that the likes of Usain Bolt and other sporting greats who dominate the headlines would understand why The Northern Echo has chosen
COTAI GLORY shone as brightly as the Glorious Goodwood sunshine as he offered Charlie Hills some respite with his first British Group winner of the season in the bet365 Molecomb Stakes. Professionally, this has been a difficult year for the young
STUART BROAD senses a new beginning is under way for him and his England team-mates as they finally free themselves from the hangover of last winter’s Ashes whitewash. Broad (three for 65) and James Anderson (three for 52) had to work especially
YORKSHIRE’S mixed bag of a limited overs season continued yesterday as they lost their Royal London one-day Cup clash with Gloucestershire at Headingley by three wickets on the back of a poor batting performance. Just when you think the Vikings
SAVANNAH Marshall’s pursuit of a Commonwealth Games medal finally got underway on Tuesday night – and not soon enough after she revealed the level of her boredom after a first-round win. The 23-year-old was the last of the entire 11-strong British
Kent v Durham Royal London One Day Cup IN what looked like a Canterbury canter yesterday Durham somehow contrived to let Kent off the hook and slipped to a second Royal London Cup defeat. Kent looked doomed on 154 for six with 15 overs left
AIMEE WILLMOTT insists she will be taking away far more than just a pair of silver medals from Glasgow 2014 after her performances provided further evidence she is on track for Rio. The 21-year-old will return home with her first Commonwealth Games
THE dust had barely settled on the previous evening’s defeat in the final of the men’s singles, but James Willstrop insists he had no trouble motivating himself for a return to the squash court as the men’s doubles tournament began yesterday morning
SOPHIE TAYLOR’S remarkable Commonwealth Games ended with a silver lining – and it shows how far she’s come in Glasgow that it was deemed disappointing. Taylor claimed a stunning 100m breaststroke title on Monday and was back on the final evening
ELECTRIC vehicle firm Sevcon has announced plans to double its North East engineering team to 80 and recruit additional worldwide sales staff - as it seeks £6m from shareholders to support its growth.The innovative Gateshead-based business, which
TWO Durham Police firearms officers are being investigated over claims they killed an injured deer with a crowbar. The officers had been ordered to humanely destroy the animal, which had been hit by a vehicle on a road in Tanfield Lea, County Durham
SAVANNAH MARSHALL’S pursuit of a Commonwealth Games medal finally got underway last night – and not soon enough after she revealed the level of her boredom after a first-round win. The 23-year-old was the last of the entire 11-strong British boxing
STOCKTON-based Pickerings Lifts, the UK’s largest independent lift manufacturer, has celebrated the 160 year anniversary of the company by getting staff on their bikes in an effort to raise money for charity. Staff braved the hot weather – many in
ANOTHER major championship, another final where Chris Tomlinson will be battling against his body as much as his opponents in the long jump pit. Tomlinson needed just one jump to negotiate yesterday’s qualifying session and book his place in this
GUSTAVO POYET wants Sunderland to have four new players in his squad within a week or he fears it could be too late to bed signings in for the start of the Premier League season. Poyet’s attempts to put his own stamp on the squad he inherited last
NEWCASTLE UNITED will seek firm assurances about Loic Remy’s long-term commitment to the club before lodging a formal offer for the want-away QPR striker. Remy’s future is in a state of some uncertainty after a proposed move to Liverpool collapsed
FORMER Armed Forces personnel can tap into the expertise of a former Royal Air Force helicopter specialist to pursue a path into self employment.Joe Greener is now an East Durham Business Service advisor but before joining the organisation he was in the
A POLICE force has responded to criticism of its handling of an investigation into claims of institutional racism. The Northern Echo revealed yesterday (Tuesday) that Cleveland Police has been hit by claims that senior officers are attempting to
A BIG increase in patients stuck in the region’s hospitals after they are ready to go home exposes a “crisis in care”, it is claimed today (Wednesday, July 30).The number of “delayed days” – spent in hospital beds,
CAMPAIGNERS for a new free school have expressed confidence in the academy chain which is backing the project, despite heavy criticism from Ofsted.Stephen Fryer, chairman of the Ingleby Manor Foundation Trust, said working with the School Partnership
SERENADED in the sunshine by a brass band playing ‘It’s a Small World After All’, a colourful crowd in resplendent headgear gathered to celebrate the long-awaited opening of The Gerald Lee Pocket Park. Measuring just 25 square metres, the park
OVER the next four years, the Woodland Trust will be commemorating the centenary of the First World War by planting millions of trees across the country – and you have the chance to create a lasting tribute to a member of your family who sacrificed
THE news that the UK economy is now finally above the level it reached before deep recession hit in 2008 is undoubtedly good news, writes Ross Smith, North East Chamber of Commerce director of policy.As I’ve said before, politicians who are used
NORTH-EAST baker Greggs is expected to report a surge in operating profits by almost 50 per cent as its back-to-basics turnaround plan takes hold.The Newcastle-based company will today (Wednesday, July 30) announce interim trading results for the 26 weeks
A NORTH-EAST marine firm has carried out a dredging to improve access to its River Tees base.Able UK says it has spent more than £250,000 on Seaton Port, near Middlesbrough.Bosses say the work will allow larger vessels to access the site.Neil Etherington
BUILDING societies will always have a place on the high street, despite the increase in digital services, a major lender has said. Newcastle Building Society says its traditional branches remain intrinsic to customers’ needs as a strong compliment
A MICROELECTRONICS firm aims to double its workforce in a major expansion, The Northern Echo can reveal. Compound Photonics, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, wants 100 highly-skilled staff to support growth into new markets. The semiconductor
AN energy firm is targeting Teesside workers to strengthen its North-East presence. Air Products has launched a recruitment drive for skilled staff to operate its second advanced gasification plant in Billingham, near Stockton. Bosses say they
A FAMILY-RUN distribution firm has reiterated its commitment to training young people by taking on another apprentice.Stiller Warehousing and Distribution, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, has welcomed Keiran Jones.His appointment means Stiller'
AS the Commonwealth Games progress in Glasgow, the sports industry continues to generate billions of pounds for the UK economy.Prime Minister David Cameron said in 2012 that the London Olympic Games would be worth some £13bn to businesses in the
A LEGAL firm has urged people to think about the importance of writing a will ahead of changes to inheritance law.Archers Law, in Stockton, says people must act before intestacy rules are amended in October.Lawyers say while spouses and civil partners
MIDDLESBROUGH could bring in further signings from Chelsea as Aitor Karanka tries to bolster his squad before the start of the new Championship season. Boro are expected to confirm the arrivals of defender Kenneth Omeruo and Patrick Bamford on
A CRICKET club is working with a training provider to get young people into work. Durham County Cricket club has revealed a partnership with Profound Services, in Peterlee, east Durham to give five people better employability skills. Club bosses
A SENIOR figure at a potash firm is leaving his role just weeks after revealing £38m plans to create hundreds of jobs in the region, The Northern Echo can reveal. Phil Baines, managing director at Cleveland Potash, in Boulby, east Cleveland, is
