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Mayor and Mayoress muck in
THE elevated position of mayor and mayoress did not stop Eric Jackson and Brenda Forster from getting their hands dirty for charity. For the pair assisted behind the counter, stocked rails and priced goods at the British Heart Foundation charity shop
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Getting safety message across
YOUNGSTERS at Leyburn Community Primary School have shown that in today's busy world it is never too early to learn about road safety. Adults in the town will now see the distinctive results of a competition among the children for road sign designs organised
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Look at biomass crops as 'a barrel of oil which has value'
THE changing energy market offers huge opportunities for farmers - but a conference near York was told that they must get to know the market and be prepared to work closely with fellow farmers and others in the chain. Some major power stations were already
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Northallerton club shines in qualifiers
JUNIOR and senior members of the Northallerton Riding Club competed over the hunter trial course at Richmond equestrian centre against the rest of the Area 4 riding clubs on Sunday, October 5. The event was the qualifier for the 2003 hunter trial championships
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A Hoggarth and Sons Eskvale and Cleveland League
Brotton WMC v Lingdale Tavern Lingdale began the better side pushing players forward but were caught on the break in the 20th minute when Ward ran through to give Brotton the lead. The rest of the half was even and this remained the only goal. Lingdale
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Favoured site for college named
A NEW £12m school for children in East Cleveland looks likely to be built in one of the area's smallest towns. But opposition councillors have criticised the plan, saying they believe the district's youngsters could have had a better college from an abandoned
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Degree course for those who love horses
A COURSE at Northumbria University is aiming to merge a love of horses with the skills of teaching others. The course, which is believed to be unique in the country, hopes to reach out to many young people who would not normally consider studying for
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Beware pitfalls, Wayne
THE Rooney clan seem pretty hot at producing teenage prodigies. First there was Mickey, now Wayne, and while one was a Hollywood star for more than 50 years we wonder how the other will cope with instant fame. Mickey had his first starring role at about
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Yorkshire bulls shine at sales
PEDIGREE Limousin bulls sold at Perth on Tuesday to the highest average for an October sale and to a top price of 12,000gns. The 85 bulls forward at the annual autumn sale for the British Limousin Cattle Society averaged £3,545 a head, up by £647 on the
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Horden clinch championship
Durham County Super League Horden have clinched the league title with two games to spare when they beat the visiting Durham B 11-3, this result should put a top three finish out the reach of Durham B. Horden had two wins from Darren Jones, Steve Nixon
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Letters: The real cost
Sir, - I think it would useful to clarify the position of Middleton St George Community Centre. The management committee manages the community centre as a facility for use by other village organisations. In practice the association is the seven or eight
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Old ways prove the best in fight to preserve ancient abbey
THE clock is being turned back at a North Yorkshire heritage site where craftsmen are delving back into the mists of time in a major repair scheme. Medieval methods and materials are being used to put right a failed restoration programme at Fountains
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North Hockey League Mens
Premier Division: Ben Rhydding 3, Harrogate 1; Brooklands Man Uni 0, Sheffield Hallam 4; City of York 4, Wigan 1; Sheffield Bankers 2, Durham Uni 4; Timperley 2, Southport 4; Warrington 1, Oxton 3. Division One: Doncaster 1, Kingston upon Hull 2; Durham
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Letters: Hall needs support
Sir, - I refer to the Gainford Parish Council report "Hall fund fears" (D&S October 11), which, if the proceedings were reported correctly, seems to suggest a lack of understanding regarding the Montalbo Village Hall and Recreational Charity (Gainford
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Games: Bishop Auckland CIU Winter League
Horndale proved that they are the tops at fives and threes for they recorded their second maximum to maintain a 100 per cent record on their visit to West Auckland. The successful Horndale players were Chris Musgrave, David Hodgson, Jeff Bowran and Brian
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Women's Football
Durham City Ladies Durham came from 3-1 behind to draw 3-3 against Wardley Eagles but this was a game they should have won, but an awful start to the game made things very difficult. One wonder goal from Wardley and two speculative knocks in from outside
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Top British calf under hammer in dispersal
THE supreme champion calf at the All Breeds All Britain Calf Show will be auctioned at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, on Thursday. The 16-month-old Cloudnine Leduc Cherish is one of a consignment of 87 pedigree Holsteins in the dispersal sale of the Upsall
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You need hands ....
CHILDREN at a village playgroup had a visit from Bob the Builder on Tuesday when he unveiled their art work celebrating the Queen's golden jubilee. The under-fives from the Cotherstone Pre-school Playtime Group left their mark by making hand prints in
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Honouring an East Riding saint
TODAY is the feast of St John of Beverley, one of our lesser known English saints, who has the unusual benefit of having two feast days in his honour. The other is on May 7, but it seems today is the official one. John was born in AD 640 at Harpham in
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Special autumn livestock sales
KIRKBY STEPHEN. - Wed of last week. Opening day of Swaledale Sheep Breeders' Association C district ram sale. Fwd: 258 aged rams, 88 ram lambs. Averages: aged rams £594 (up £223.36 from 2000); ram lambs £465.56 (up £242.38). Prizes. - Rams 3-y-o and up
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Local leagues
Tow Law Area League Cornsay Royal Oak pulled off their best win of the season when they beat the visiting Championship challengers, Esh Stag's Head with a recovery in the doubles. The home side had singles wins from Stan Windsor, Terry Cairns and Barry
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Grain report
by Robin Twizell RMD Agriculture WHEAT markets have been under pressure over the last week, following lower French markets. This is because of slow export sales and serious competition from other sources of wheat. Oilseed rape prices have remained unchanged
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Willington League
Willington Black Horse Tavern moved up to share the top spot with Hunwick Club after they beat the visiting Hunwick Quarry Burn for the loss of only three points. The Tavern made a great start by taking the first four singles through Neville Ridley, Anthony
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Junior Football
Catterick Juniors: Catterick had two great victories over Richmond. Catterick came from behind in the first game with Aaron Mornington bringing them level before Jak Jex added two goals before Joe Inglis completed the 4-2 result. Man of the match was
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Bright start to season for Darlington youngster
LOUISE Trueman from Harrowgate Hill, Darlington has started the new badminton season in fine form. The new Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College student was runner-up in the under 17 premier standard singles at both the Liverpool Open and the Yorkshire Open
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Bedale: Dales Alliance
Congratulations to Thirsk and Northallerton on winning the 2002 season Dales Alliance Trophy. At the end of the spring session they lay second to Catterick Garrison who have challenge all season until at last pulling clear after their home fixture at
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Wearside League: Ferryhill are on the move
Ferryhill Athletic manager Mark Fanning and his assistant Peter Denton are a lot happier than they were a month ago. The pair took over a month into the season when doom and gloom surrounded the former Northern League club, but worse was to follow when
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Police line up for photo
BOBBIES from across Cleveland took the chance for a last look around their old station. Dozens of policemen, retired and still-serving, were invited back for a photocall at the 150-year-old Loftus police station before it closes. "We've had an excellent
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Stanley and District Sunday League
Chester Garden Farm became the first team to top the half century of goals in the league this season after rattling up double figures against Stanley Masons Arms. Paul Swinburn and Graham Cook led the way in the 10-3 win with hat-tricks. Alan Green chipped
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Mouse pub helps the birds
A PUB and its customers have won a charity's praise after collecting more than 1,000 corks for a campaign. The RSPB asked people to collect wine corks to make a huge eagle symbolising the plight of rare birds threatened by the decline of Portuguese cork
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Darlington Dalecom Church and Friendly League
After last week's good performances in the Minor Cup some clubs were let down badly by the absence of some of their members. Darlington The Mowden visited their bogey ground at Stillington, and once again came away empty handed, after a hard no quarters
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Sunderland Catholic Club Over-40s League
In the Premier the champions Billingham Wanderers drew 1-1 away to Lord Seaham. It was a very closely fought match in which scoring chances were very few and Lord Seaham's defence played well under pressure. the first half ended goalless but after the
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Athletics: Quakers
Two Quakers travelled to Manchester to compete in their annual Marathon on October 13. Andrea Tucker finished the 26.2 miles in a time of 2 hrs, 25 mins, followed by Colin Morris, 2 hrs, 46 mins. Gordon Richards competed in Bridlington Half Marathon on
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Darlington Under-16s
Darlington Under-16s were lucky to get a squad to play at West Hartlepool where Darlington won 22-19. West games are always very competitive, and this continued when only minutes from the start, their winger broke away from a maul and ran from the half
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Why Ulrika must send out the right message
IT seems for the past week the whole nation has been trying to guess who allegedly raped Ulrika Jonsson. I have to admit my hunch was wrong and I owe an apology to the "dark-haired TV celebrity" whom I suspected to be the mystery man. Whether Ms Jonsson
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Hospital land battle looms
DURHAM City Council is being urged to throw out plans to build a hotel, pub and housing which could prevent the city's under-sized hospital from expanding. The privately financed University Hospital of North Durham is under pressure because it was built
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South Durham Royals
The Under-12s Royals entertained Sunderland in a top of the table clash on Sunday and it was a closely-contested match. Sunderland scored after ten minutes but Royals absorbed any further attacks and could have equalised through Vicky Wray and Helen Morrison
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Fears for end of 250-year link
A NORTH Yorkshire family which has farmed the wild uplands for more than 250 years could see the tradition come to an end because of the decline in the industry. Plummeting prices have hit Robin Mackley hard on his farm, which covers some 2,000 acres
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Craving for healthy lifestyle drives expansion
TEN more health clubs are to be built across the UK next year by millionaire businessman Duncan Bannatyne. Darlington-based Bannatyne Fitness, the country's largest independent health club operator, has 23 sites open or under development across England
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Bowls: Durham Central Ladies League
The long-standing league secretary, Doris Rewcastle and President, June Lonsdale were able to announce at the annual meeting that the League had been able to donate over £1,200 to the Macmillan Nurses from their Charity Events. During the season just
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Top challenge for Quakers
Darlington's men bowlers face their biggest challenge ever when they meet Cumbria in the all-England club championship this weekend in the second round of the Denny Cup - often referred to as the FA Cup of indoor bowls. The north west club, based in Carlisle
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New school in two years, parents told
A DARLINGTON primary school could be replaced by a new one on the edge of town in less than two years, the council revealed yesterday. The revelation followed a stormy meeting on Tuesday night when protestors urged councillors to drop the plans and rebuild
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Alternative uses for Richmond's old station unveiled
FOUR potential redevelopers of the former Richmond railway station outlined their ambitious plans for the listed building at a packed public meeting on Wednesday. Richmondshire councillors are expected to decide next month whether it should become a mall
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Impressive Rose and Crown take the points
Tow Law Bass League: Tow Law Rose and Crown recorded their third best win of the season when they only dropped two points to the visiting Tow Law Dan's Castle. The home side took both trebles points and then shared the singles with wins from Stan Smith
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Special market day road closure upsets business association
PLANS to close a main street in order to hold a pre-Christmas speciality farmers' market have caused concern in Guisborough. The proposal by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council involves closing Westgate from New Road to Bow Street to through traffic
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Brompton teenager gets season off to flying start
LUKE Brudenell, from Brompton near Northallerton, has already registered two singles titles, one doubles title and several second places in under 17 tournaments around the north of England this season. The year ten student at Northallerton College has
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North East Christian Fellowship League
Jesmond Parish Church opened a three point lead over Metro Church Sunderland with a 3-0 win at Bethshan Christian Centre. Jon Cook, David Angier and Kieron McGrane connecting for Jesmond. Ryan Pender and Jon Boyd gave Metro Church Sunderland a 2-1 lead
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Darlington Mount Pleasant Rangers
The Under-12s A team played in the County Cup at Barnard Castle and won convincingly 10-0. Rangers scorers were Kevin Coglan (3), Sean Lowe (2), Mikey Smith, Scott Hastie, Luke Smalley, Grant Hickman and an own goal while man of the match was Scott Hastie
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Priority One
NORTH Yorkshire's new chief constable inherits a number of problems as she settles in at Newby Wiske. Early, sickness-related, retirement and the pension burden are among them, but perhaps the most immediately pressing is the continuing teething problems
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Tow Law League
Tow Law Dan's Castle B celebrated their second victory of the season when they beat the visiting Hamilton Row Black Horse in the decider. The Castle went ahead in the singles with wins from Angela Suddes, David Murray, Frank Armstrong and Alison Hopps
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Tyne Tees Girls Youth League
Under-12s Low Fell 0 v 2 Cramlington Aevenly matched game saw Cramlington come out on top. Cramlington took the lead from close range and then doubled it when they caught Low Fell on the counter attack. The goals came from Holly Ritchie and Cara Moran
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Victorian glory could be lit up
A FAMOUS Ripon landmark could soon be seeing the light. The city's Victorian Clock Tower, which stands majestically at the junction of North Road and Palace Road looks set to have its top illuminated by a 50 watt sodium lamp. Harrogate Borough Council
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New museum curator takes on challenge
THE man charged with creating two new museums in Cleveland has been named. Alan Pearce, currently curator of the Timothy Hackworth railway museum in Shildon, will take over as museums manager for East Cleveland. One of his first briefings will be to consider
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The Unibond League
Spennymoor are expecting a big following when they go to Northwich Victoria in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup tomorrow. Moors' win over Droylsden in the last round has brought some of the missing fans back to the club, and interest is high
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Angling
GT Angling's Kevin Wright did it in style winning his first Ripon match when he put together a sensational bag of 79.2.0 during the Piscatorials Tetley Cup, writes Jeff Herbert. Staged on the Norton Conyers Estate waters on the River Ure Kevin left the
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£300,000 for floodlit pitch will benefit all
A SCHOOL in Yarm has been awarded £304,000 to create a floodlit community football pitch. This week, sports charity the Football Foundation backed a bid by Conyers School to develop a floodlit, full-size synthetic turf pitch for the use of boys, girls
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Longhorn Hardware Darlington and District League
Archdeacon 0 v 2 Hole in the Wall The Deacon's mini slump continued with this defeat which saw Hole in the Wall in control from the outset after Robbie Dodworth had opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Man of the match Andrew Wedgewood had several
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Fresh hope for Yorkshire feta made in Thirsk
DESPITE last week's decision by the EU Commission that only Greece may produce cheese called feta, there is new hope that Yorkshire feta may win an exemption. Following meetings between Yorkshire and Humber Euro-MP Edward McMillan-Scott and key EU figures
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Looking Back
From this newspaper 100 years ago. - AN interesting visitor was seen in Darlington on Saturday, who proved to be none other than the individual who is walking from London to Dundee and back (1,000 miles) with a wheelbarrow. He had then come from Richmond
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Darlington Albion
THE Under-9s played two games away to Brompton and drew the first 2-2. The Albion were leading with a minute to go when Brompton snatched a late equaliser. Scorers were D Longstaff and R Lewis. Game two was an 8-1 victory. The Albion played a great all
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Ventured and gained
VENTURE scouts showed community spirit to redecorate a church interior. Five members of the Carver Venture Unit of the 2nd Chester-le-Street Scout stook time out of their own fundraising for a new headquarters to help to paint the interior of Perkinsville
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A Hoggarth and Sons Eskvale and Cleveland League
Brotton WMC v Lingdale Tavern Lingdale began the better side pushing players forward but were caught on the break in the 20th minute when Ward ran through to give Brotton the lead. The rest of the half was even and this remained the only goal. Lingdale
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Bishop Auckland and District Pool League
The League Pairs Championship was held at eight venues with one pair from each moving to the next stage. The winners from Spennymoor Ashtree were Stephen Webb and Peter Mernor of Henknowle Manor House; Ferryhill Greyhound winners were Paul Willey and
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Machinery sale
SCORTON. - Robin Jessop conducted the sale of machinery & equipment at Uckerby Hall Farm, Scorton, Richmond, for Mr & Mrs JD Granger, who had sold the farm and were retiring. Prices. - Same Silver 90 4WD Tractor (N-reg) £9,200; Int 574 tractor
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Durham Ranking Tournament
The final qualifying ranking tournament will be held at Durham Snooker Club on Sunday, October 27 with the entrants needing to enrol by 12.30pm. The four top players, Michael Rhodes, Colin Hutchinson, Gary Carr and Dave Lowery are hoping to hang on to
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Record in danger after Paddywack lands seventh win
PADDYWACK is on course to land yet another record for his trainer David Chapman after the ultra-consistent sprinter landed his seventh handicap win of the season on Monday. The victory at Pontefract after a fine late run under Tony Culhane puts him in
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Northallerton and District League
Division One: Workingmens Club Pld 6, Pts 16, Football Club 6, 16; Cricket Club 6, 15; Green Tree 6, 13; Duke Wellington 6, 13; Wheatsheaf 5, 13; Workingmens Club C 6, 12; Masons Arms 6, 11; County Arms 6, 11; Nags Head A 6, 9; Sportsmans Club 5, 9; Elders
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Water Polo: Sedgefield
The squad took part in the Northumberland and Durham Ladies championships at Sunderland and in their semi-final they played Sunderland and cruised to a 15-1 victory which allowed them to play some of their promising youngsters. Kasha Rogers Smith, Fay
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Worthington Durham County CIU Winter League
Sherburn Village took very kindly to their move into the First Division for they won their first match in style against the visiting Shotton Palms for the loss of only one point. John Armstrong took the only point for the visitors, whilst Alan Bower,
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Darlington under-13s
Darlington traveled to Bullock Steads the home of Gosforth RFC with their smallest squad for some time and lost 32-0. On what was originally scheduled as a free weekend the unavailable list was extensive. The lack of experienced backs proved costly and
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Letters: Survey points
Sir, - Your anonymous correspondents, writing under the title of Quarry Road Residents' Association, stated in your letters column that the survey carried out by Richmond Liberal Democrats into traffic problems in the Quarry Road area of Richmond was
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Junior Football
Willington: The Under-10s had two 1-0 victories in the Russell Foster short-sided leagues, beating Barnes Park Bees and Durham County Colts with Alex Hird scoring the vital goal in both games. The Willington Under-16s won 4-3 away to Sunderland Red House
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Armed raiders strike
POLICE were questioning two men following armed raids around Chester-le-Street and were looking for others after a similar raid at Stanley off-licence. In the first incident three masked men escaped with £200 in cash and £800-worth of mobile phone cards
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Twenty years on, old enemies enjoy mutual respect
TWO decades ago they were deadly enemies. On Monday, the British and Argentinian armed forces welcomed each other as friends. 1st Lt Caesar Amadeo Fragni, a member of the elite Argentine Parachute Regiment, became the first officer to train with his British
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Crook League
Belle Vue and Old Horseshoe share the lead in Division One on 39 points with Fleece A a point behind third. Cricket Club top Division Two on 40 points. Coach and Horses have 34 and Queens Head 29. Results - Division One: Golden Fleece A 4 (1) Blue Bells
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Durham and District League
Cooperage had a good result against the Three Horse Shoes winning 8-5. Tony Kelly and Phil Robson taking the first two points for the Shoes and then the Cooperage replied with three wins from Mel Lindsay, JP Clark and Stephen Teasdale. David Mollon levelled
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Confusion reigns during the A1 roadworks
THE advice on avoiding the A1 at Leeming Bar at present should be taken very seriously - if possible. On Sunday, the movement of an outsize load complicated northbound life, especially as motorists were ignoring warnings that the - apparently clear -
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Worthington Durham County CIU Winter League
Sherburn Village took very kindly to their move into the First Division for they won their first match in style against the visiting Shotton Palms for the loss of only one point. John Armstrong took the only point for the visitors, whilst Alan Bower,
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Durham County RFU
Durham School and Clubs Under-16 XVs played Northumberland Schools A and Development teams at Blaydon resulting in one win apiece. The Schools game was a close affair with Durham recovering from 6-0 down to lead 21-13 before conceding two late tries to
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The Northern Echo Darlington Sunday Invitation League
The weekend's action in The Northern Echo Darlington Sunday Invitation League saw the semi-finals take place in the Division Three Cup. The first of the semi-finals saw a classic cup-tie between Hope Inn and Middleton St George Cricket Club, with the
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Phillipson beats the best to lift Scott Trial trophy
MICHAEL Phillipson from Crook rode brilliantly to take victory against a top quality field in last Saturday's Scott Trial held in Arkengarthdale. The 20-year-old student won the world's toughest one-day time and observation trial by seven marks from Yorkshireman
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Stephen's triumph
A DYSLEXIC student has thanked a college for helping him to fulfil his ambition. Stephen Okey, from New Marske, has been accepted into the Royal Engineers after studying at Redcar and Cleveland College, Redcar. Stephen said: "I am delighted that after
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Sunday Invitation Ladies Hockey League
Northallerton 0 v 2 Stokesley: In Iwhat turned out to be an eventful game with the visitors Stokesley scoring a very early goal from a fast break resulting in a goal from Emma Thompson. Northallerton settled quickly and were back in the game with Jo Lightfoot
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Nursery planned for old church
THE owner of a children's nursery who won the National Lottery has benefitted from it again - this time to help give children the best start in life. Clare McCullagh carried on caring for children after winning a £165,000 share of £2.4m on the National
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Junior Football: Chester-le-Street Town
A DISPUTED penalty kick three minutes ended Chester-le-Street Town Juniors' interest in the FA Youth Cup at the fourth round stage as they were beaten 2-1 in extra-time by Hartlepool United at Moor Park on Tuesday evening. Despite Hartlepool dominating
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Olympic riders among strong Witton Castle field
WITTON Castle Horse Trials attracted nearly 700 entries, the largest field for many years, for the annual event at the end of September. It tested riders and their mounts in dressage, show jumping and cross-country disciplines. Olympic riders Jeanette
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A chance to test your skills or just enjoy the view
THE region's first UK Chasers course is celebrating its success with a drive to encourage more riders to join the organisation to promote off-road riding, writes Peta King. The course, at Ruskill Bank Farm, near Masham in Wensleydale, has recently been
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Junior Football Lasses
Darlington Simply Lasses Darlington Simply Lasses continued their unbeaten run at the top of the Tyne-Tees Girls Youth League Under-12s South this weekend with their fifth successive win, which means they have taken a maximum 15 points from the first
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PM faces dogs of war
HUNDREDS of people and dogs are expected to march through Tony Blair's home village of Trimdon on Sunday. The North-East branch of the Countryside Alliance has organised the rally to protest against the proposed ban on hunting with dogs. It has invited
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Farmers are earning 'virtually nothing' from producing food
FARMERS are earning virtually nothing from food production - but income from non-farming activities has risen. These findings were published in this week's annual Deloitte & Touche Food and Agriculture Group farm survey which, for the third year running
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Water Polo: Durham City
Durham women's team played at Sunderland on Sunday in the Northumberland & Durham County Championship and defeated the home club 7-5 to take third place and the bronze medals. Also on Sunday, the Durham City boys team played at home to Edinburgh side
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The Albany League
Consett defender Jeff Sugden is set to reach a big milestone against Billingham Town tomorrow. Sugden is expected to play his 500th game in all competitions for the club, assuming that he didn't pick up an injury in his 499th game against Gateshead in
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Prices at the markets
BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed. Fwd: 1,677 prime sheep. Std lambs to 102.7p av 97.8p; med to 103.5p av 96.5p; heavy to 100p av 92.9p. Cast ewes: Cont to £50 Mule to £44.50; horned to £27; Suff to £50. DARLINGTON. - Thurs of last week. Fwd: 76 cattle, 824 sheep
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Action call over 'louts' menace
THE heads of two education centres have been called before a special council meeting to account for their students' behaviour in a town centre. Guisborough Town Council has also come up with a programme designed to prevent gangs of youngsters causing
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Star prepares to keep Springfield desirable
A STAR is rising in the east of Darlington. For the past five years, dedicated volunteers have been training to take over the management of all the council houses on their estate in Springfield. In six months time, they will find out if their hard work
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Dog owners take hunting message to PM's village
HUNDREDS of people and dogs are expected to march through Tony Blair's home village of Trimdon on Sunday. The North-East branch of the Countryside Alliance has organised the rally to take the protest against the ban on hunting with dogs to the Prime Minister's
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Boddy Printers Sunday League
Poverina retained top position in the league with a 3-0 victory over Parklands. They have now played nine games with maximum points. Cleveland Inn gave their championship hopes a boost when they beat last season's champions 3-1 to retain second spot.
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Family flies out to identify bomb victim
THE family of a North-East man killed in the Bali bomb blast flew out to the island on Monday to help to identify his body. Ian Findley, 55, from West Pelton, near Chester-le-Street, was one of more than 30 Britons who died when the Sari Club was blown
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Firefighters talks 'constructive' - union
Talks aimed at averting a national firefighters strike were adjourned today after another round of ''constructive discussions''. Leaders of the Fire Brigades' Union spent almost three hours meeting Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in a bid to end the
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Bowman Anderson Accountants Spennymoor Sunday League
A MAMMOTH 50 goals were scored from just seven League Cup games last week as Binchester Hotel and Victoria provided the biggest shocks of the round. Second Division side Binchester beat First Division side Beehive 6-5 to book a place in the second round
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Team's happy returns
AN AGENCY is celebrating its second birthday and success in registering its thousandth client. Chester-le-Street Action Team for Jobs, part of the JobCentreplus Network, aims to remove barriers into employment by helping people with transport, tools,
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Spennymoor ready for Midlands test
Spennymoor Boxing Academy are geared up for another tough season and kick-off the year with a show early next month. The club have a healthy squad of 15 boxers from all over the region with some travelling many miles to represent one of the country's
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Six-figure ram could be dearest ever
A SWALEDALE ram made history last week when it was sold for £101,000. It was believed to be the first ram of any breed to be sold for a six-figure sum. The 18-month-old Brackenber Bronco, owned by Arthur Slack of Stoneriggs, was sold at the Swaledale
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Junior Football round up
New County North Durham Youth League Birtley comfortably defeated Blaydon 4-0 in the Under-16 division when Ross Fanning (2), Barry Morgan and Sam Johnson were the scorers. Beamish lost 4-0 on their visit to Leam Rangers whose target men were Steve Roberts
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Village getting 12pc less for its money than town
MIDDLETON St George appears to have a legitimate grievance that it does not get a fair return for its council tax. In common with other Darlington rural wards, there have been regular complaints about their level of services compared with the town Work
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Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland RUFC First XV had an excellent 31-12 friendly success at home to Whitby RFC, one division above Bishops as a Durham and Northumberland second division side. Bishops started strongly, but it was the visitors who took the lead after 25 minutes
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Darlington Spraire Lads
This week saw Spraire having an mixed bag of results. At mini soccer the Under-8s played Cleveland Juniors and in an evenly fought game, a draw was a fair result. Cleveland started the early pressure, but found Spraire keeper, Jake Wood in fine form.
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It's killing time for the silent assassin
HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN. Publisher: Eidos. Formats: PS2, X Box, PC. Price: from £29.99. X BOX and PS2 owners will be forgiven for wondering what happened to the first instalment, but PC owners will rejoice in the appearance of a sequel to Hitman: Codename
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Tennis: Brown Shipley N E Premier League
Tennis World Middlesbrough and Puma Sunderland are now joint leaders in the Northern Division of the NEPL. They have eight points each from two fixtures. The Teesside Club expected a tough match with visiting Academy from Harrogate and came through by
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Homes plan deferred despite officers' view
A CONTROVERSIAL homes scheme at Romanby, Northallerton, is still in the balance. Members of Hambleton District Council's development control committee yesterday agreed to defer a decision on a plan for 99 homes at Romanby. Councillors were worried about
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Cleveland League
Division One: In week three, Grinkle Park got their season back on track when whitewashing the Redcar Lakes C 6-0. Young Simon Page set the standard for his teammates after beating Paul Humphrey 61-26 and 93-14. Brian Simpson followed this beating Keith
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Success for archaeologists as Iron Age site confirmed
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are hailing the success of a dig at the site of an Iron Age settlement. Professional and amateur archaeologists have discovered evidence of a 2,500-year-old settlement including pottery and farm animal bones during a two-week excavation
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Petch shows Bulldog spirit to finish fourth
SCORTON rally driver Steve Petch ended a traumatic season on a relatively high note when he claimed fourth place in last weekend's Bulldog Rally to end up third overall in the Kumho Tyres National Championship rankings. In their all-new Evolution 2 version
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Major Impressionist show
ONE of the largest groups of French Impressionist paintings to come to the North-East will feature as part of an exhibition which opens at the Bowes Museum next weekend. In addition to pictures from its own collection, the museum, in Barnard Castle, has
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Farmers' stalls back after assurances over trade
A FARMERS' market could become a regular feature in Stockton town centre following a trial run this week. Stockton Council invited the Northumbria Larder Farmers' Market to join its regular Wednesday market as part of an initiative to attract more people
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Squash
Hambleton Ales North Yorkshire League There was a tense finale to a top of the table clash. Bedale went down 2-1 at home to Harrogate Squash II, but still kept their place at the head of Division One with Harrogate yapping at their heels with a match
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Tait in the running as Taylor leaves hot seat
MICK Tait will be hoping a good result at Exeter City tomorrow will help him stake a claim for the vacant manager's position at Darlington following the departure of Tommy Taylor on Wednesday. Tait has been made caretaker manager, while Craig Liddle,
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Swimming: North Hockey League Mens
The early part of October has been so busy for the club with many swimmers competing in both individual and team galas in varying venues around the North-East. The emphasis on improvement of personal best times, a total of 958 being set since the beginning
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Ice Hockey Junior round-up
Sunderland Tomahawks are still without a point from three matches in English Under-19 North A League following a 7-6 defeat away at Blackburn Thunderhawks. Blackburn also pointless before this match took the lead in 90 seconds to give them a good start
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One thousand oppose amusement centre plan
CLOSE to 1,000 people are now opposing plans to have a caf and amusement centre in the middle of Cockerton - but planners are recommending approval. Forty letters have been received by Darlington Council from objectors, mainly concerned that it will become
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Calls system likely to remain problem for another year
THE senior officer given the task of overseeing the introduction of a new call-handling system by North Yorkshire police has admitted that it could be another year before it is working as effectively as he would like. Chief Insp Ken McIntosh told Richmondshire
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Rohm and Haas JOC Hetton Youth League
Ryhope were involved in a ten-goal thriller with Jarrow St Bedes and it was the Wearsiders who came out on top by a 6-4 margin after establishing a 3-1 interval lead. Richard Hall rifled a hat-trick and others on target were Shaun Petch, Paul Fenwick
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Hungry Jacks
Hungry Jacks of Northallerton are looking for more players. The under-13s play in The Richmond and District JSFL but currently only have a squad of 12 players and wish to build their squad up. The club do many things for the players such as days out,
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In good company at Whitby picture sale
THE death recently of the highly respected and knowledgeable Whitby auctioneer Des Burton left something of a vacuum in the world of North-East marine pictures. The market, like nature, abhors such and the Scarborough firm of David Duggleby has sailed
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Bittersweet triumph for Amy
SUPER snapper Amy Cumming of Norton has won a place in the finals of the RSPCA young photographer awards. Sixteen-year-old Amy, a photographic student at Middlesbrough College, was encouraged to enter the competition by her tutor, following the high standard
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Bishop Auckland Bridge Club
Results for Thursday, October 17 North/South: 1 D and I Muse 59. 03%; 2 J Mansfield & P Hall 55.21%; 3 O Blenkinsopp & M Dexter 53.82%. East/West: 1 J Dobson & I Gordon 66.25%; 2 K Durkin & D Wilkinson 58.44%; 3 I & J Heslop 54.06%
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Principal agrees to meeting over student 'disgrace'
A COLLEGE principal has agreed to meet town councillors to discuss concern about the anti-social behaviour of students in Guisborough. Councillors say they have been inundated with more than 20 complaints a week that young people have intimidated the
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Games: Willington Ladies League
Hunwick Joiners Arms moved seven points clear at the top of the dominoes section when they only dropped one point to the visiting at Willington Club A. Willington Burn moved into second place after Willington Cottles only gained one point from their visit
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Wright beaten
Crook light welterweight professional boxer, Nigel Wright, lost his sixth professional fight in Glasgow on Saturday in an unfortunate way. Wright's original opponent, Ronny Naylan, stepped down and he was matched with Scottish champion Kevin McIntyre
