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Fire crews rescue three from crashed car
THREE adults have been taken to hospital after a car crashed off the road. The accident, outside East Edmondsley Farm, on the road from Edmondsley to Holmside, near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, happened at 10.50pm. A spokesman for
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Airport announces new flights
A HOLIDAY company has increased its flights out of a North-East airport. Thomson Airways new winter programme for flights from Durham tees Valley Airport (DTVA) between November 2010 and April 2011 includes for the first time the popular Red Sea destination
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Girl sexually assaulted in street
A MAN sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl then exposed himself in front of her and her friend early on Saturday evening. They were walking on Durham Road in Stockton, near to the Tesco store when he approached them. He was aged in
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Lovenkrands starts for Newcastle despite family bereavement
PETER Lovenkrands is in Newcastle's starting line-up to face West Brom despite the death of his father last Friday. The striker flew to his native Denmark over the weekend, but has returned to take his place in this evening's top-of-the-table clash at
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Hunt for park gang
POLICE are hunting a gang of teenagers who attacked three younger boys in a Bishop Auckland park. A 12-year-old boy was repeatedly punched in the head by three of the group around 12.40pm on Saturday, said PC Michael Banks, who believes that one of the
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Muck Chuck
Gardeners who would like some manure can have have some thanks to Catterick Young Farmers. Their first Muck Chuck for charity takes place on Sunday 28th February. In return for a minimum donation of £2, they will let you have bags of
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Words and Pictures
THREE groups of performers will team up to present a show next month. An Evening of Words and Pictures will be performed at Trimdon Labour Club, in Trimdon Village, on Saturday February 6, from 7pm. Music will be provided by the Sedgefield-based choir
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Witness appeal
POLICE are appealing for information after a brazen thief stole a power tool when workmen were not looking. Workers carrying out repairs to the railway bridge on Cockton Hill Road, in Bishop Auckland, had turned their backs briefly when the opportunist
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School praised for creativity
A NEWTON Aycliffe school has been highlighted by education watchdogs for its creative approach to learning. Ofsted praised the work of Greenfield School and Arts College in a report about how creative learning practices can improve standards. The school
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Anti-wind farm groups unite
A pair of action groups which oppose two wind farm plans in Teesdale have joined forces. Woodland Against Land-wind turbine Keystones (Walk) has become part of Hamsterley and Upper Gaunless Action Group (Hugag). Both groups are against plans by Banks
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Free healthy heart check
TEESSIDERS are being given help to beat one of the region's biggest killers - heart disease. NHS Middlesbrough's Life Store is offering a free Healthy Heart Check to adults in Teesside between the ages of 40 and 74 who have not already got
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Bedale: The Way to the Stars
THE 1945 film, The Way to the Stars, must have been on over the weekend as it prompted an anonymous reader to give me call following the Memories in the paper and on the blog about Bedale. "I belong Bedale and I'm going to soon be 90," she said, "and
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Free bus pass from roadshow
A WOMAN from north Durham has won free bus travel for a year. Melanie Heslop, from Consett, won a 12-month bus pass at the Go North-East Catch a Bus Roadshow when it visited the Eldon Square Shopping Centre in Newcastle in December. She said: "I was
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College opens to new students
ONE of the country’s best art and design colleges is throwing its doors open to new students. Cleveland College of Art & Design is holding an open day in Green Lane and Burlam Road, Middlesbrough and Church Square, Hartlepool to those interested in studying
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Early finish to windows revamp
THE installation of new doors and windows to more than 3,000 former council houses has been completed ahead of schedule. Cestria Community Housing, which owns and manages the former Chester-le-Street District Council stock, is carrying out
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Latest guide promotes market town
AN updated town guide has been launched to promote businesses and voluntary organisations in a market town. The Guisborough Family Focus Guide, which contains information about almost all the town's 140-plus voluntary, charitable, sports and
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Darlington museum is the best for railway history
A REVAMPED museum has been named as the number one place to visit for information about the birth of the railways. Darlingtons Head of Steam Museum was selected among nine sites by the BBC History Magazine in a search of Britains most important
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Final stage of roadworks begins
ONE of the last stages of work on a major new Middlesbrough road system has started. The fencing work on the nearside westbound lane of the A66 over Newport Interchange was due to begin earlier this month, but was put on hold due to the severe weather
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Police confirm missing fisherman's body has been found
POLICE have confirmed the body of a man found on the beach at the weekend is that of a fisherman who went missing nearby. George Darbyshire, 61 from Blackhall, east Durham, disappeared on Tuesday last week when he failed to return home from a day's fishing
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Museum named as heading steam history
A REVAMPED museum has been named as the number one place to visit for information about the birth of the railways. Darlington's Head of Steam Museum was selected among nine sites by the BBC History Magazine in a search of Britain's most important locations
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Battle of the Bands nears
EIGHT local bands will be taking to the stage in Northallerton next month as the town’s first ‘Battle of the Bands’ this year takes place. Band members are being invited to showcase their talents at the February 26 event at the Hambleton Forum. Organised
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Panto raises cash for Haiti
THE cast and audience of a tiny village pantomime joined forces to raise more than £500 for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. The entire proceeds of the Saturday night performance of Jack and the Beanstalk by Tholthorpe Follies was donated to the
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Tackling North Yorkshire's housing problems
A major new housing strategy is being drawn up for North Yorkshire - and local people are being urged to have their say. They will get their input during six-week consultation programme and, once finalised, the strategy will be used to secure and direct
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Credit union launched to reduce risk of debt
A NEW credit union is being launched to help people in Middlesbrough avert the dangers of loan sharks. The creation of the Pioneer Credit Union follows the merger of four of the towns nine existing unions. Pioneer is being officially launched on Wednesday
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Local butcher scoops top award
A LOCAL butchers is bidding for national glory after it was named as a regional winner in the fifth Countryside Alliance Awards. Johnson’s of Thirsk, on Kirkgate, won the Daily Telegraph Traditional Business Award recently in the competition. The butchers
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Nurse-turned-author to sign book based on hospital killer
AN author will be signing copies of her new novel in a town centre book store this weekend. Darlington author Kath Radford will be at the Waterstone's branch in her hometown on Saturday, January 23, signing copies of Beyond Belief. Beyond
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Panellists prepare for first Question Time-style debate
THE first in a series of Question Time-style debates takes place on Tuesday night to discuss a range of issues important to Darlington residents. Four panellists from across the North-East will face questions from an open audience. The
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Shining event
EVERYDAY buildings in a North-East city are set to be transformed by shining artwork and animation. A special launch event of Shine 2010 - the Urban Gardens arts festival - will be held at the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, at 6pm on Friday.
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Climate proposals put forward by North Yorkshire authorities
CLIMATE change proposals that have been drawn up by all local authorities in North Yorkshire are to be sent to the government for possible inclusion in new environmental laws. The suggestions were put forward by the seven district councils, including
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Council raises over £100,000 with parking charges
A COUNCIL has collected over £100,000 in fees since it brought in parking charges across part of Hambleton three months ago. Hambleton District Council brought in car park charges in Thirsk, Northallerton and Stokesley last October. It was hoped the
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Brothers in court over murder of father
TWO brothers have appeared in court accused of murdering a father. Keith Redpath, 46, of Tower Street West, Sunderland, was stabbed in the chest on Saturday and collapsed in nearby Ridley Terrace. Police said Mr Redpath, a roofer who
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Northern Rock extends Newcastle United sponsorship deal
NORTHERN Rock has confirmed it will continue to sponsor Newcastle United after signing another four-year deal worth up to £10m. The contract will see the bank remain the main sponsor of the Magpies following a long-standing relationship dating back to
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January 18, 2010
THE BIG FREEZE We woke up on 18th of December, with a big white carpet – snow. The trees and gardens looked pretty, very Christmassy. It snowed again and again, getting deeper and deeper. Was it reality of fantasy? The roads were dangerous, people
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Phil’s new location
Phil Spencer leaves the comfort zone of his double act with Kirstie Allsopp to go it alone in Australia. He talks to Susan Griffin. THERE are some TV personalities who come as a pair: Geordies Ant and Dec being the best example. It’s the same with
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Kilimanjaro climb for John
A FAMILY has scaled Africa’s highest mountain in memory of a lost loved one. The Dickenson family - mother Nikki, sons Stephen and Mark and daughter Gemma - climbed the 19,341 feet of Mount Kilimanjaro in tribute to John, who died last April. John Dickenson
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Forging ahead
He was a factory machinist who went on to become a blacksmith and artist. She was a secretary who retrained as jewellery maker. Ruth Campbell meets an inspirational couple who have just realised another dream. WHEN Matthew Dwyer first laid
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Starters... and quitters
Gordon’s Great Escape (C4, 9pm); Celebrity Quitters (Five, 7.30pm); Dear Diary (BBC4, 9pm) REGULAR presenters on C4 have been packed off abroad as part of the Indian Winter season. Last week, we saw Grand Design’s Kevin Mc- Cloud in the slums
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Labour record
THERE is always a debate about the state of the country’s finances under Labour. There is no dispute that there is a budget deficit, but this is largely due to the need to rescue the banks. As to any deficit before it was necessary to take extraordinary
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Think about it...
YOU know that indestructible black box that is used on planes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff? George Appleby, Clifton, York.
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Brown/Corus
COULD the reason that Gordon Brown has not influenced the plight of Corus workers on Teesside be due to the fact that most of the employees live in safe Labour constituencies and he therefore believes he has nothing to gain? I wonder what his
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Council members
FROM time to time it is necessary to remind all 126 elected members of Durham County Council that their sole requirement is to effectively serve the interests of all the people they represent. Not the interests of the party of which they may be
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Winter weather
IN the dreadful weather at the beginning of January, we managed to get out of our little back street in Langley Park in a Transit van and travel all the way to Holland and back in a Force 8 gale, through snowbound roads in Holland and from the
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Energy supplies
GRAHAME Morris informs us that there will be “enough offshore wind energy to supply nearly all the homes in the UK from an extra 64,000 turbines” (HAS, Jan 14). He omits four words – when the wind blows. Over recent weeks we have had many very
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Climate
JIM Allan points out that the biggest contributor to the greenhouse effect is water vapour and questions whether an increase in carbon dioxide can have much of an effect on the global climate (HAS, Jan 14). Water vapour makes up about one per
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Priviliged MPs
CORRESPONDENT AJ Cummings (HAS, Jan 14) should look a little closer at his beloved Labour Party before he criticises David Cameron’s privileged background (HAS, Jan 14). Naming just a few: Charles Clarke, son of Sir Richard Clarke; Harriet Harman
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Consett academy
RESIDENTS may have seen that former Derwentside District Council leader Alex Watson has written to the Schools Minister calling for a public inquiry into the proposed academy school in Consett (Echo, Dec 29). The academy’s Expression of Interest
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Dogs on ice
RECENT icy conditions have again reminded us of the perils faced by pets – and their owners – when winter weather takes hold. At vet charity PDSA (People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals) we have seen many unfortunate victims of the big freeze, so
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Historic 'Pool
MARTIN Birtles, who struggled to think of anything historic about Hartlepool (HAS, Jan 13), has led a very sheltered life. In 731 AD, the Venerable Bede wrote – in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People – that “Oswui’s daughter, who had
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'Bus surfing' dangers
YOUR article with the accompanying photograph of three youngsters clinging on to the back of a bus (Echo, Jan 15) suggests that “bus surfing” is a new craze. I would not describe it as new because more than four months ago I got a visual shock
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Mrs Kipling ‘Nukes’ Exceedingly Good Pasties!
We’re very lucky in Cockfield to have one of the best butchers in the north east; Joe Simpson sells some of the finest locally sourced and home reared meat that money can buy. There’s nothing better on a cold winters day than popping down to Joe’
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Inside racing
FOR the first time in nearly two weeks jump racing beat the cold snap on Saturday, with both Kempton and Huntingdon well supported with future equine stars. The WilliamHill.com Lanzarote Hurdle was the feature race at Kempton and it was turned
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Acting in the public interest
THE danger of encouraging copycats is a consideration editors should never take lightly. When we give coverage to young people playing games of “chicken” on railway lines, are we acting in the public interest or enticing others to have a go?
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A life worth living
THE extraordinary story of how Mo Mowlam refused surgery for a brain tumour so she could keep her place in the Cabinet will be told in a new television drama later this month. According to the programme’s researchers, the much-loved MP for Redcar
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Thunderbolt ready to strike
WITH jumps racing finally back in the saddle, Hinton Thunderbolt can preserve the feelgood factor at Plumpton. Trained in Herefordshire by Grand National-winning handler Venetia Williams, this unexposed eight-year-old clearly has a bright future
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Golden Boy Khan could fight Hatton
AMIR Khan has paved the way for a blockbuster showdown with fellow British superstar Ricky Hatton after announcing he has teamed up with American giants Golden Boy Promotions. The WBA light-welterweight champion yesterday confirmed he has joined
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Murray is hoping for net gains at Australian Open
ANDY Murray has admitted he is not yet a complete player as he attempts to win his maiden grand slam title at the Australian Open. The 22-year-old has been feted for his counter-punching style of play from the back of the court, which helped
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Colly in lone fight to avoid defeat
ENGLAND collapsed to 169 all out as South Africa wrapped up an innings and 74 run victory at The Wanderers to share the four-Test series. The tourists, who had needed a draw in Johannesburg to pull off an improbable 1-0 success, were beaten just
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Strauss full of pride, despite last Test flop
THE final Test proved one too many for England at The Wanderers, leaving captain Andrew Strauss nursing disappointment but insisting his team still have reason to be proud this winter. The innings-and-74-run margin by which South Africa raced
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Henry faces up to FIFA
THIERRY Henry will face FIFA’s disciplinary committee today over his infamous handball against the Republic of Ireland. The French striker’s case will come before FIFA after it was referred to disciplinary chiefs by the world governing body’s
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Stoke City 1 Liverpool 1
Stoke City 1 Liverpool 1 LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez has told the club’s fans ‘‘I will be fighting until the end’’ after a 1-1 draw at Stoke left him under pressure. Benitez had to dismiss claims that captain Steven Gerrard had been involved
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Bolton Wanderers 0 Arsenal 2
Bolton Wanderers 0 Arsenal 2 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger hailed the return of captain Cesc Fabregas after the midfielder inspired their 2-0 victory at Bolton and warned the rest of the Barclays Premier League he will only get better. The Spain
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Premier chief on warpath
PREMIER League boss Richard Scudamore has admitted that any top-flight club which went out of business would be guilty of ‘‘rank bad management.’’ But the chief executive of the world’s richest football league would not rule out a Premier League
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Blackburn Rovers 2 Fulham 0
Blackburn Rovers 2 Fulham 0 FULHAM boss Roy Hodgson fears striker Clint Dempsey could face a lengthy spell on the sidelines after limping off in the second half of yesterday’s 2-0 Barclays Premier League defeat at Blackburn. The news will come
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Wigan Athletic 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Wigan Athletic 2 DAVID Whelan has insisted Wigan will sell none of their major players during the January transfer window. Leading scorer Hugo Rodallega has been linked with a £10m move to Stoke and there has
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Manchester United 3 Burnley 0
Manchester United 3 Burnley 0 SIR Alex Ferguson is hoping the old and the new can combine to produce another successful Manchester United title challenge. For so much of the season, United have appeared below their best and it was the same again
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Wearside League
ONLY one game went ahead on Saturday when Ryhope CW had the distinction of hosting the first fixture in five weeks. Their efforts in making the ground playable were rewarded with a comfortable victory over Willington in a top-versus-bottom
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Comment: Sturridge ruling gives Boro hope
IT is little wonder Middlesbrough are holding on to Adam Johnson. When Chelsea were ordered to pay £3.5m rising to £6.5m for Daniel Sturridge last week, Boro’s determination must have been strengthened. Johnson is one of the lowest paid
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Bay boss hopes for better in last 16
WHITLEY Bay manager Ian Chandler agreed that his side produced a less than vintage performance to beat Poole Town 3-1 on Saturday. But they are through to the last 16 of the FA Carlsberg Vase for the third successive season. Whitley showed understandable
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Reid all about it
READING Paul Fraser’s online blog (January 3), about Steve Bruce granting an exclusive interview to the Barrow reporter reminded me of my own experiences as a young journalist. While on work experience at a North-East paper, I was at Sunderland
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Sunderland
EXPECTATIONS are very important otherwise we would have nothing to aim for. This is very much the case for our football clubs. In the case of Sunderland it is in reclaiming the early momentum in the season, which petered out towards the end of
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Whatever the weather
I WAS always led to believe that our national sport, football, was a winter sport, until now when our league fixtures were decimated with the first sign of snow. Even though most grounds have the benefit of undersoil heating systems, football was
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Poor show continues bad form admits Cana
LORIK Cana claims Sunderland’s players were “shocked” by their seven-goal humiliation at Stamford Bridge, but admitted the defeat was the continuation of a worrying trend that has developed in the last six weeks. The Black Cats slumped to their
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Boro boss lines up more new recruits prior to Swans flying visit
GORDON STRACHAN expects to have landed a couple more players before Swansea arrive at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday. Having failed in his attempt to land Gary Caldwell, the Middlesbrough manager is trying to find another centreback which
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Game off verdict angers Quakers
DARLINGTON’S fixture backlog has increased due to their latest postponement, with Saturday’s easily their most controversial. Quakers were due to host Alderhot Town but the match fell victim to the weather and became their sixth consecutive game
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Disappointment for Newcastle as Beckford opts to stay at Leeds
NEWCASTLE suffered a major transfer setback yesterday when Jermaine Beckford committed himself to Leeds United until the end of the season. A statement released on Leeds’ official website confirmed that Beckford had agreed to remain at Elland
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Ameobi admits he’s fallen short
THE story at Newcastle United this season has been one of regeneration. The club as a whole has picked itself off the floor following last season’s relegation, while senior players like Alan Smith, Kevin Nolan and Fabricio Coloccini have earned
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No excuses, we need a quick reaction says Humphreys
RITCHIE Humphreys admitted there was no excuses for Hartlepool United’s humbling at the hands of MK Dons. Pools were whacked 5-0 in front of their own fans, leaving captain Humphreys and his team-mates stunned. And, after the most lacklustre
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Hartlepool United 0 MK Dons 5
United 0 MK Dons 5 NO manager in the world could have saved Hartlepool United on Saturday, and that, according to Chris Turner, includes Jose Mourinho. In losing 5-0 to MK Dons, Pools fell to their biggest home reverse since May 1994
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Cats chairman defends under-fire boss
HE might have suffered one of his most embarrassing days as Sunderland chairman on Saturday, but Niall Quinn has thrown his complete support behind manager Steve Bruce and insisted the Black Cats will still finish in the top half of the Premier
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Chelsea 7 Sunderland 2
Chelsea 7 Sunderland 2 EXPLANATION A is that it was a blip. A sizeable one admittedly, given that Sunderland conceded seven goals in a game for the second time in three seasons, but there were mitigating factors and Chelsea played with a
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Sheffield United 1 Middlesbrough 0
Sheffield United 1 Middlesbrough 0 IF there was an unfamiliar look about Middlesbrough at Bramall Lane, the Teessiders could be almost unrecognisable if Gordon Strachan has his way during the next fortnight. Having started the job in October,
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One balmy summer night...
A STARTLING letter arrived from Ken Lavery, Darlington's former divisional police commander. Mr Lavery was responding to the news that a poultry farmer had been awarded £40,000 by the Ministry of Defence because noise from the Red Arrows had caused his
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Firm wants to leave market
CONSTRUCTION firm Tolent said it wants to leave the AIM, saying the costs and management time needed to maintain the listing were not worth it. The Gateshead-based company said requirements to provide trading updates for the market, which is
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Future for sector ‘bright’
DESPITE the process industry bearing the brunt of some of the toughest economic conditions of modern times, a brighter future lies ahead, delegates heard. The North-East Process Industries Cluster (Nepic) held its annual awards dinner on Friday
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Tributes are paid to novelist ex-teacher
A FORMER headteacher who launched a new career as a writer of historical novels has died just months after achieving a notable overseas success. Tributes were paid to Linda Carlino, 70, who produced three highly praised books about Spanish
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Rewarded for treating customers fairly
A NORTH-EAST based mortgage lender has won national recognition for the way it treats its customers. Darlington Building Society has won the Treating Customers Fairly title at the Mortgage Finance Gazette (MFG) Awards, held in London. The awards
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Business confidence falls back
BUSINESS confidence among UK firms fell back in recent weeks, showing that the recovery from recession was likely to be ‘‘gradual and uneven’’, according to a report. A survey of 200 companies by Lloyds TSB showed that just over half were more
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Business start-up rate among lowest
A THINK-TANK report paints a bleak picture for 4,000 workers potentially scouring the Tees Valley for jobs if the mothballing of a steel plant goes ahead. An annual analysis of 64 British cities and regions released by the Centre for Cities today
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Roofer bullied elderly woman into payment
AN elderly woman gave £80 to a roofer who bullied her into paying for work that had not been carried out. Edward Barclay, 19, said repairs to a neighbouring property in James Street, Seaham, east Durham, required work extending onto the 84-yearold
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Officers welcome gunman’s jail term
POLICE have welcomed the jail sentence imposed on a man who fired a sawn-off shotgun outside a shop in daylight. Raymond Ian Hetherington, 34, was jailed for nine-and-a-half years at Durham Crown Court on Friday. The court heard he had intended
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Crisis over lack of foster carers
A MAJOR shortage of foster cares in the region means children are spending years in care unnecessarily, a charity said last night. Barnardo’s estimates that 1,300 foster families will be needed in the North-East this year. However, the
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Work to start on £4m site for war veterans
WORK will start today on a £4m training and housing centre to bring fresh hope to war veterans who have fallen on hard times. The £4m Beacon project will be built at Europe’s biggest Army base, in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire. The centre
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Rink supporters urged to get their skates on
A TEMPORARY ice rink has suffered because of the wintry weather. The extreme cold of recent weeks has cut the number of skaters able to travel into Durham to reach the facility. Heavy snowfalls over the past month have also added to the problems
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Murder trial told: I feared lover’s temper
A MAN accused of murder has blamed his lover for killing her partner and told a jury that he was disgusted with himself for not intervening to stop the fatal attack. Steven Martin said he sat and watched while Clare Nicholls punched and kicked
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Comfort zone for strays
IMPROVEMENTS at a centre which seeks to speedily re-home or re-unite stray dogs with their owners have been officially opened. Stray Aid is a welfare charity set up in Coxhoe, near Durham, in 2006. It was launched by vet Sue Bielby and her
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Pensioner makes final court plea to save his beloved pet
A PENSIONER will today make a final plea with the courts to save his pet dog from being put down. Retired mechanic and former soldier John Marley fears the worst for his three-yearold German shepherd Blue. But he hopes when a judge today considers
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Lib Dems demand an end to ‘death tax’
GRIEVING relatives across the region were last year forced to pay a total of more than £500,000 to release the bodies of loved ones for cremation, figures have revealed. The Liberal Democrats have demanded the scrapping of the system, under which
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Generous sports fans come to the aid of African footballers
SPORTS fans from the region have come to the aid of an African football team after their coach launched an appeal for kit. Jonathan Laverick, from Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, graduated in maths at Durham University 12 years ago, but left
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Appeal for help to trace suspected drug dealer
POLICE have appealed for help to trace a man accused of being involved in the supply of cocaine in the North-East. Michael Geoffrey Branson has failed to appear in court since he was granted bail at his first hearing, the day after his arrest
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Widows issue plea to retain under-threat care homes
TWO widows in their 80s have issued a heartfelt plea to a council not to close their care home. Audrey Holmes and Betty Waller spoke out in the hope of convincing Durham County Council to keep open East Green, in West Auckland. They said they
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Mo hid cancer truth from party – doctor
AN MP knew she was dying before she was appointed to Labour’s cabinet, it has been revealed. Mo Mowlam, the MP for Redcar, east Cleveland for 14 years, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour months before Labour swept to power. However,
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Pedestrian dies after accident in thick fog
A PEDESTRIAN walking through a village late at night in thick fog died in a car accident. Visibility is believed to have been as little as ten metres when the accident happened, shortly before midnight on Saturday. Police are appealing for witnesses
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North-East soldier dies in bomb blast
Tributes paid to Bishop Auckland corporal killed in Afghanistan. A NORTH-EAST “all-action hero” was last night named as one of two soldiers killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan. Father-of-two Corporal Lee Brownson, 30, from Bishop Auckland
