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Man arrested after fatal accident
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road accident in which a motorcyclist died in North Yorkshire this morning. The collision happened at the A59 York Road junction with the A168 - next to the A1(M) Knaresborough junction.
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Man arrested after taxi hits Grangetown pedestrian
A 35-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after a pedestrian was struck by a taxi in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, in the early hours of today. A spokesman for Cleveland Police said that a 46-year-old man was hit by a Skoda taxi in Leighton Road, near its junction
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Pedestrian seriously hurt outside Harrogate fire station
FIREFIGHTERS were quickly on the scene after a car hit a pedestrian right outside their station. The pedestrian, who suffered serious head and leg injuries - was trapped beneath the vehicle outside the fire station in Skipton Road, Harrogate, after the
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Two homes badly damaged in Ferryhill Station blaze
TWO homes were left severely damaged after a blaze broke out in Encombe Terrace, Ferryhill Station, this morning. Three crews from Newton Aycliffe, Spennymoor and Sedgefield initially responded to reports that one house was alight at 11.20am. The blaze
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Four in hospital after car leaves A1(M)
FOUR people were taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital this afternoon after a car left the A1(M) between the Aycliffe and Bradbury junctions. The car crashed into a field shortly before 2.30pm. Three of the injured were taken to hospital by
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Driver seriously hurt after HGV overturns in York
A LORRY driver was seriously injured after his 19 tonne HGV carrying five tonnes of tarmac overturned on a roundabout on the outskirts of York at 8.15am this morning. Firefighters used cutting equipment to free the man, who was trapped in the cab, before
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Thief hails taxi after wrecking Boro star's Porsche
A PORSCHE owned by Middlesbrough star Robert Huth was stolen after a man broke into his home in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and grabbed the car keys. The Germany international, who is one of a number of players expected to leave the Riverside this summer
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Cockfield Club Members Meeting…
We now know that the club has a stay of closure until the end of September, and the debt to the Inland Revenue has been reduced to £45,000 with further reductions (hopefully) expected. A members meeting - to discuss the way forward - has been arranged
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Durham Diary
DAVID Warner proved an instant hit at Riverside and the fact that he’s also making a big impression back in Australia could work in Durham’s favour. With the Australian Board paying for his flights, he has been summoned home to play in three one-day
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Teenager jailed after biting off part of soldier's ear
A SOLDIER now serving in Afghanistan suffered a potential permanent disfigurement of the ear during home leave in the North-East. Part of Sean Bailey's right ear was bitten off in an attack on leaving a pub after a night out in Evenwood, near
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Darlington swimmer prepares for World Transplant Games
AN athlete is preparing for her final training meeting before jetting off to Australia for the World Transplant Games. Swimmer Denise Baker from Cockerton in Darlington is among the 120 athletes selected for the United Kingdom squad for the event. Mrs
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Trapped boy freed
A BOY who was trapped in his home was freed by fire crews this morning. An extension ladder was used to free the child, who was locked inside a property in Ribble Court, in the Skerne Park area of Darlington. Fire crews were called to the scene at 11.37am
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Lucky escape for car crash pair
A car lost control and flipped onto its roof, but the two occupants managed to escape without serious injury. The incident happened on the A171 near Hutton Mulgrave, Whitby last night. The car, carrying a male and a female, left the road, travelled
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Another North-East MP to stand down
ANOTHER of the region's MPs has announced he is to leave the Commons at the next General Election. Doug Henderson, 60, a former Europe and Defence minister in Tony Blair's administration, said he believed it was time for ''a younger person with more
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Life’s a beach
Rolling Stone Keith Richards is a fan and so is supermodel Kate Moss. Steve Pratt discovers what makes West Wittering beach so special BUYING a beach hut among the sand dunes on West Wittering beach in West Sussex seems an enticing idea – until
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Midge Ure
Prayers seem to work little against some of God’s little creatures at a open-air service in Raydale. SET superlatively, even by the spectacular stands of the North Yorkshire dales, Stalling Busk is a stone built hamlet of 17 souls, officially if
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‘It’s almost time to retire’
Sean Lock tells Viv Hardwick he doesn’t want his children to know about his stand-up comedy as he prepares to top the bill at Hartlepool’s Dockfest. STAND-UP star Sean Lock hopes to be retired by the time his three children are old enough to ask
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Who’s next for Kevin
Kevin Wathen talks to Viv Hardwick about the mod masterclass that is Quadrophenia. GEORDIE actor Kevin Wathen didn’t have a clue about the cult mod following for Quadrophenia until he got involved with a musical version of the 1973 album which
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Michael Jackson
HOW many of those who mourn the death of Michael Jackson, a man they never knew and who gave them nothing more than entertainment, can’t be bothered to visit their elderly relatives who gave them the gift of life? When Michael Jackson’s grave
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BNP
METHINKS that BNP member Adam Walker “doth protest too much” (HAS, July 1). He uses spurious and irrelevant arguments to try to present the BNP as an “ordinary” political party. It is rubbish, and it is time the letters page was filled up with
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A frown called Alex
The Hotel Inspector, 9pm Monday, Five ALEX POLIZZI, whose family are akin to hotel royalty, is not exactly delighted to be compared with Gordon Ramsay. But her show, The Hotel Inspector, is not dissimilar to the celebrity chef’s Kitchen Nightmares
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Steve Race
MUSICIAN and broadcaster Steve Race, whose death at the age of 88 was announced recently, was always admired. He was a presenter of programmes on both radio and television and had a fine knowledge of music. When discussing singers from the popular
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Accidemt drive-offs
I AM disappointed at the amount of drive-offs after what some people regard as minor bumps in car parks. I suffered one of these myself in the car park of Darlington Memorial Hospital on the day my daughter was admitted to Ward 21 The security
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Town traffic
LEFT Northallerton in 1974 for job reasons. At that time, the main street was living hell, parking was at a premium and market days were to be avoided. The biggest problem of all was when the annual fair visited and clogged the streets, yet traffic
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Wind turbines
SEDGEFIELD MP Phil Wilson’s concerns over the “excessive development” of wind farms in his constituency (Echo, June 26) presumably reflect the broad views of constituents likely to be adversely affected? South Durham, basically rural in character
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Henry VIII anniversary
THIS year is the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s coronation. This man changed history and it all came about through blind chance. Henry was never meant to be king and only became heir on the death of his brother, Arthur. Henry married his brother
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A bedroom barquest
THE sultry nights, a throbbing tooth and a singing song thrush – it has not been an easy week. Those sweaty summer nights have led us to sleep with the bedroom window open. Dental trouble in a distal occlusion has meant that sleep has been fitful
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Pride and prejudice
Today, Durham Freemasons hold a family gala at Raby Castle. Chris Lloyd meets the county’s new Provincial Grand Master. STURDY and solid, built of stone with the air of a chapel but the arms of a builder, nearly every town in County Durham is looked
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Time to make his Mark
THE plaudits have rolled in for Mark Cavendish in 2009 – now is the Manxman’s opportunity to cement his billing as Britain’s greatest road racer in the Tour de France. Alberto Contador is the favourite for overall victory in the 96th edition of
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Foster slams speed suits for causing record mayhem
FIVE-TIME Olympian Mark Foster has hit out at Federica Pellegrini and Speedo’s new performance-enhancing swimsuits for robbing Newcastle’s Jo Jackson of her 400m freestyle world record. Pellegrini reclaimed the women’s 400m freestyle world record
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No place like home for Nick
NIGEL Gates, North-East lad but world traveller, will be back in the UK tonight on the trail of a global award for creating change through sport. Bill, his dad, made a few bob from football and millions from sports shops. Judith, his mum, became
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Adlington’s title warning
REBECCA Adlington believes she will have to be in recordbreaking form if she is to add the World Championship crowns to the Olympic titles she claimed in Beijing last year. The 20-year-old won the 400metres and 800m freestyle last summer, the
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Henderson rocked by three-month ban and record fine
NICKY Henderson is unable to make entries for three months and has been fined £40,000 over the Moonlit Path case. The leading National Hunt trainer was last Monday found guilty of using a prohibited substance on The Queen’s mare at Huntingdon
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Saturday Spotlight: Unlikely hero recalls his part in Ashes victory
England begin their attempt to reclaim the Ashes on Wednesday, four years after they beat Australia in one of the most thrilling series of all time. Back then, Gary Pratt emerged as England’s unlikely fourth-Test match-winner, and Chief Sports Writer
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Sea The Stars set to join superstar ranks
SEA The Stars is virtually unopposable in his quest to win the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown today. Plenty was expected of this son of Cape Cross, being a half-brother to the brilliant Galileo, and he has proved to be every bit as good, winning the
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Lawrence Dallaglio: Lions’ credibility very much intact
The former England captain and British Lion, Lawrence Dallaglio, writes for The Northern Echo. A LOT of the talk since the Lions defeat in Pretoria last weekend has questioned the credibility of the tourists after a seventh successive Test without
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Head to head battle in NEPL
Local league round-up IT’S a big day in the Dukes North-East Premier League, as the two big guns go head to head. Six times champions South Northumberland take on the side seemingly best equipped to end their domination, Chester-le-Street. The
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England victory over Australia
ENGLAND’S women clinched a series-winning victory over Australia on the final ball of a nail-biting third one-day international at Stratford-upon-Avon yesterday. Laura Marsh hit the two runs needed off the last delivery of the day to give England
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Springboks unhappy with Botha decision
SOUTH Africa captain John Smit has slammed the ‘‘ludicrous’’ decision that means Springboks hard man Bakkies Botha will miss today’s final Lions showdown. Botha and flanker Schalk Burger are suspended from the tour-ending encounter at Ellis Park
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Bobo joins Falcons
SOUTH African centre Gcobani Bobo has agreed a two-year contract with Newcastle. Bobo brings to an end a nine-year first-class career in South Africa after missing just one game for the Stormers in this year’s Super 14. The 29-year-old won the
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Boro scramble to sign new professional
NYSD League preview MIDDLESBROUGH are desperately trying to have a substitute professional in place ahead of this afternoon’s top of the table meeting with rivals Marton. Mohammad Siddiq, who has only been with the club a matter of weeks, is
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Harrington again misses cut
PADRAIG HARRINGTON’S nightmare run of missed cuts went to five in Paris – just as many as Tiger Woods has failed to make in his entire 13-year professional career. With his Open hat-trick bid less than two weeks away, Harrington’s fate was
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Vickery determined to tame ‘The Beast’
PHIL Vickery is looking forward to today’s third Test against South Africa, his last appearance in a British and Irish Lions jersey, more than any other game of his career. The Wasps and England prop has reclaimed the tighthead role from the injured
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Trego completes demolition job on Yorkshire
SOMERSET chased down the highest second innings target in the County Championship since 1925 to beat Yorkshire at Taunton yesterday. Yorkshire declared with a mammoth lead of 475 which proved insufficient as Peter Trego mauled the Tykes attack
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Perfect timing sees Durham secure victory
FOR the second successive four-day game Durham timed their victory charge to perfection yesterday, with Michael Di Venuto leading the way. He reached his century with the single which levelled the scores and Phil Mustard completed the five-wicket
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Bopara and England bubbling with confidence
RAVI Bopara believes England will approach the opening Ashes Test with confidence after drawing their practice match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston yesterday. The Essex batsman hit his fourth century in as many first-class matches for England
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Harmison shows Miller he is ready and waiting
STEVE Harmison gave another reminder of his ability to watching England national selector Geoff Miller as he piled on more misery for Australia opener Phillip Hughes ahead of the opening Ashes Test. Harmison did all he could to convince
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Martins and Coloccini are wanted men
NEWCASTLE UNITED have received formal offers for Obafemi Martins and Fabricio Coloccini. The identities of the clubs to have made the bids is unknown, but it is the first time this summer that progress has been made in the transfer market. With
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Bates happy to let heart rule his head
MATTHEW BATES last night admitted he turned down Premier League offers to stay with Middlesbrough after listening to his heart. The 22-year-old defender, who can also play in midfield, signed a new three-year contract yesterday after verbally
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Cats target pitch leaders
DISCUSSIONS between Niall Quinn and Steve Bruce over the last few weeks have left the decision-makers at the Stadium of Light clear on what is required to turn Sunderland into a real force next season. Chairman and manager are united in the belief
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Federer coasts into final
ROGER Federer has spent a career making history – now he’s just one win from securing his place as the greatest of the greats. Federer was just the warmup man to the main event yesterday but tomorrow he’ll be the star attraction once again. His
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Todd praise for Singh
COLIN TODD has praised chairman-elect Raj Singh for his instrumental role in helping to bring the life back to Darlington this summer, writes PAUL FRASER. Confirmation of Singh’s takeover of the Quakers is expected later this month and Todd has
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Jamie also bows out
JAMIE MURRAY failed to provide some consolation for younger brother Andy’s failure to reach the Wimbledon men’s final when he and partner Liezel Huber were beaten in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles. The unseeded pair lost 6-2 7-5 on Centre
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Scott Wilson's Wimbledon Diary
WHEN it comes to hosting post-tournament tennis programming, it helps if you have the right name. Mats Wilander is a case in point, presenting Game, Set and Mats on Eurosport during the recent French Open. So the only reason the BBC must have
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Sisters are not about to quit
VENUS and Serena have no intention of quitting, good news for tennis and bad news for their rivals. The Williams sisters might have sport’s most famous and arguably most successful sibling rivalry, but they still don’t like to talk about it.
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Stars return to fight drop
AFTER winning their way to the second tier of British athletics with a series of eyecatching promotions, Gateshead Harriers now face a battle to retain their Division One status. The Tynesiders finished a disappointing seventh, second last, in
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Owen jumps at chance to revive England dream
NEW Manchester United striker Michael Owen admits he leapt at the chance to join the Barclays Premier League champions after a surprise phone call from manager Sir Alex Ferguson. The 29-year-old, whose contract with relegated Newcastle expired
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Murray’s belief stronger than ever despite defeat
ANDY Murray’s Wimbledon dream is over – but his faith in winning the title remains as strong as ever. Murray valiantly shouldered the hopes of a nation starved of success. But for now Britain’s long national nightmare will continue. Seventy-three
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Chrissy slumps to defeat
CHRISSY Ohuruogu is waiting to fight another day after surprisingly slumping to sixth place over 400 metres at the Exxon Mobil Bislett Games in Oslo. The Olympic champion never looked like the woman who won the gold medal in Beijing when on a
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Weakening our voice
THE theme of Baroness Warsi’s address to yesterday’s North-East Economic Forum did not come as any surprise. It is well known that the Conservatives plan to shift power from central Government and regional bodies to local councils if David Cameron
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Market report
THE FTSE 100 Index clung to its opening mark yesterday as progress was held back by poor corporate news flow and disappointing figures from the key services sector. The FTSE 100 closed up two points at 4236.3 after more economic gloom in the
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‘Distractions’ put shares back
JOHN LEWIS sales returned to negative territory this week after hot weather and sporting events overshadowed the start of its summer clearance. The department store’s sales fell 3.7 per cent to £51m in the week to Saturday, following an improvement
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Estate agents merge
A WELL-KNOWN County Durham estate agent has merged with a larger group. Barnard Castle based estate agency, McOwan and Co, owned and operated by Stephen McOwan, has joined residential property agents George F White. The new alliance will see
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Coach builder’s last ride in hearse he restored
A COACH builder who died of bone cancer was yesterday driven to his funeral in a traditional horse-drawn hearse that he helped restore. Glyn Varty, 63, of Hylton Road, Ferrhill, County Durham, died on June 25. His funeral took place in St Luke
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Seventeen schools lose right to lollipop patrols
SEVENTEEN schools in County Durham have lost their crossing patrols. In September last year, the county council’s cabinet discussed the fate of 23 of its 239 lollipop patrols to divert resources to busier roads. Of the 17 that have now been
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Redundant workers taken on by dairy firm
A COUNTY Durham dairy has received funding to triple production capacity and to take on workers made redundant following the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Britain (DFB). Rock Farm Dairy is increasing its capacity from 50,000 litres to 150,000
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A PROMINENT North-East MP who was one of Prime
Minister Tony Blair’s closest allies announced last night that she is standing down at the next election. Hilary Armstrong, the MP for North-West Durham and one of labour’s longest serving chief whips, announced her departure to party members
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Campaigning youngsters show way to green future
YOUNGSTERS from across the region have been honoured for their green campaigning. More than 100 people attended a celebration day for the North- East’s Climate Change Lead Schools – a network of 80 schools that are focused on environmental issues
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Youngsters step in to help
Youngsters step in to help with Tall Ships countdown YOUNG sailing enthusiasts had to step into the breach to unveil the countdown clock for the arrival of the Tall Ships Races 2010. Hartlepool-born Countdown and Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling
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Theme park goes for world record on steepest ride drop
A RECORD will be set today when the steepest rollercoaster in the world makes its first official run. Final tests of the Mumbo Jumbo ride at Flamingo Land, near Malton, North Yorkshire, took place yesterday. The rollercoaster plunges thrillseekers
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Conservatives pledging to shift power back to region
THE North-East would witness a huge power shift from Whitehall and regional groups back to local councils if a Conservative Government is elected. Speaking at a meeting of the North-East Economic Forum, in Middlesbrough, Baroness Warsi, the
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So proud – the junior club where it all began for Ross
A JUNIOR football club is bursting with pride after seeing a former player sign for Chelsea. Ross Turnbull, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, agreed a four-year deal with the FA Cup holders this week after his contract with Middlesbrough expired
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Old school could be university campus
A SCHOOL scheduled for demolition could temporarily house a new campus of one of the region’s universities. Teesside University is seeking to use the Eastbourne School building, in Darlington, from September so it can offer a large range of courses
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Accused in court over raids on post offices
A NUMBER of people appeared at crown court yesterday in connection with raids on village post offices. Three men and a 17-yearold youth are accused of conspiracy to commit robbery, relating to raids at post offices in Wingate and Trimdon Station
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They’re in the running for a great day
AN annual 10k race at Croft Circuit takes place next week with an array of supporting events. Darlington Pitstop 10k, sponsored by Darlington Building Society, will be held on Wednesday. Races include a 2km fun run for eight to 16-year-olds
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Hospital bombs fantasist is jailed
A FANTASIST and serial conman who made hoax bomb threats to two hospitals was yesterday jailed for three years. Lee Flaherty – who also claimed to be a transvestite dancer – sparked panic at Darlington Memorial Hospital and Scarborough Hospital
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60 people searched in crackdown on crime
A CRACKDOWN on shoplifting and crime in a town centre has resulted in 60 people being searched and seven people charged with a variety of offences. In the two-week run-up to the launch of Darlington’s Shopwatch scheme, which began in the town
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North-South split on health pay by Tories
DOCTORS and nurses would be paid less in the North than in the South under shock Conservative plans, it was claimed yesterday. The Government and union leaders raised the alarm over a Tory move to set NHS pay according to “what is necessary to
