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Sunderland Central: Labour win
DESPITE winning another seat Labour looks set for a bruising night. The Sunderland Central seat was 230th on the Tories "hit list" - virtually unwinnable. The results are: Lib Dem: 7,191. Labour: 19,495. Conservative
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Washington and Sunderland West result: Labour win
Labour has held on to the Washington and Sunderland West seat. Results: Lib Dems: 6,382 Cons: 8,157 Lab: 19,615 UKIP: 1,267 BNP: 1,913 That represents an 11.6% swing from Labour to the Conservatives - more than double the swing
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Portillo: Hung Parliament would cause problems for economy
Michael Portillo has warned that a hung Parliament will exacerbate fears over the British economy. With stock markets around the world falling amid fears of a European sovereign debt crisis Mr Portillo said a new Government would need to take decisive
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Anger as thousands are unable to vote
A THOROUGH review into incidents around the country where people were unable to vote by the time polls closed at 10pm was pledged by the Electoral Commission today. Hundreds of would-be voters in areas including Newcastle, London, Sheffield
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Burnham: "We will lose some valued colleagues tonight"
HEALTH Secretary Andy Burnham has admitted Labour is set for a bruising night. Mr Burnham said the party would "lose some valuable colleagues tonight." But he refused to rule out trying to form an alliance with the Lib-Dems. BBC
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Lib Dem activists caught up in armed police operation
LIBERAL Democrat activists were detained in their office by armed police investigating an incident outside, one of them said tonight. The Newcastle Falcons rugby ground at Kingston Park to the north of the city was sealed off after loud bangs
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Schwarzenegger jumps the gun on Tory "victory"
THE Terminator may have jumped the gun in declaring a Tory victory tonight. A Conservative Party spokesman said Arnold Schwarzenegger had phoned Mr Cameron to congratulate him on victory. The governor of California posted on the micro
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First blood to Labour - but Brown still set for defeat
LABOUR swept to victory in the first declaration of the night as the party secured a majority of 10,990 in Houghton and Sunderland South. Bridget Phillipson held on to the seat for Labour as her victory was greeted with loud cheers
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Wilks going for four in a row
GUY Wilks will be aiming for his fourth straight Intercontinental Rally Challenge podium finish next month, when he takes his Skoda UK Motorsport Fabia S2000 to Sardinia. Two out of the four rallies contested so far this season - Rally Brazil and Rally
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Mandelson: result likely to be a cliffhanger
PETER Mandelson has predicted a cliffhanging result of tonight's election. The Business Secretary said he had "no problem" with trying to supply the country "with a strong a stable government" - refusing to rule out a Lib-Lab pact. Mr
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THE EX FACTOR
I thought the X Factor would be an appropriate title for an election night entry to this blog. However, I anticipate that you will already have visited your local polling station to place an X against the name of your favourite candidate. Accordingly
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Hung Parliament likely
DAVID Cameron said tonight that he would do "whatever he could" to form a minority government as early exit polls predict a hung Parliament with the Tories tantalisingly short of a majority. Exit polls conducted for the BBC predict the Conservatives
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Ferryhill Annual Town Survey
Ferryhill Town Council is in the process of compiling this year’s Annual Town Survey. As in previous years the survey will ask for the public’s opinion on the various facilities provided by the Town Council as well as views on the local Police
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Europe Day marked in city library on Sunday
THE 60th anniversary of the birth of the European Union will be marked at an activity day at a central library on Sunday. Visitors to Clayport Library, in Durham, will be invited to take part in a variety of free activities to mark Europe Day. As well
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Delight for Scottish left-winger
SCOTTISH winger Andy Halliday has agreed a three-year contract to join Middlesbrough. The 18-year-old who scored 16 goals in 23 starts for Scottish Third Division champions Livingston relishes the prospect breaking into Gordon Strachan’s side.
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Queen to open 6,500-seat theatre
THE QUEEN will be visiting the region later this month when she officially opens one of the biggest theatres of its kind in Europe. Accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, she will formally open the Open Air Theatre in Scarborough on May 20 following a
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Purcell to leave Darlington
Striker Tadhg Purcell has played his last game for Darlington after turning down an offer of a new contract. The Irishmans current deal expires at the end of June and Quakers had offered him a contract to play in the Blue Square Premier next
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Cost of swine flu containment put at £4.3m
THE cost of containing swine flu last year cost North-East and North Yorkshire health authorities more than £4.3m. There are fears that this could result in spending cut-backs and a reduction in services during the current financial year. The figure
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Pools hit by three point deduction
Hartlepool United have been plunged into a fight to save their League One life after being hit with a three-point deduction. Pools were deducted the three points earned in the win over Brighton on Easter Monday after defender Gary Liddle played
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Former Quakers boss Penney sacked
OLDHAM ATHLETIC have parted company with former Darlington boss Dave Penney following the club's dismal League One campaign. The Latics were tipped for a play-off spot at the start of the season, but they lie just four points above the League One relegation
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Herriot centre offers budding writers the stage
A POPULAR visitor attraction is to provide a showcase for visitors to perform their own work based on James Herriot. Budding writers can take along their poetry, short stories or songs to the World of James Herriot, in Thirsk, to perform to a live audience
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Bruce "sickened" by Meyler injury
Steve Bruce has labelled David Meyler's injury as the "worst-case scenario" for the midfielder. The 20-year-old faces months out after tearing the cruciate ligaments in his right knee and will undergo surgery on Friday to help correct the damage.
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Identity of body found after hotel blaze may not be known for days
A BODY found at a hotel which has been seriously damaged by fire may take days to identify. More than 130 guests and 25 staff were evacuated from the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate yesterday when a fire ripped through the 19th Century building
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Claudia: Police come under fire
THE family of missing chef Claudia Lawrence have launched a stinging attack on police - and called for fresh personnel to be involved in the case. They accused officers in the investigation of developing a "bunker mentality" and said police
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Woman dies in Shildon house blaze
INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into a severe house fire that killed a North-East woman today. The woman died in the fire at Scott Street, in Shildon, County Durham, which broke out just after 12.30pm. The fire service reached the scene
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All’s really well
Open-air Shakespeare actor Gordon Duffy-McGhie explains what it’s like to belong to the Castle Players, one of the region’s most acclaimed amateur theatre groups. WHEN I left school, I trained as an actor at Mountview Theatre School in London
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Super circus
Cirque du Soleil returns to the region next month with a baroque show called Saltimbanco. Viv Hardwick talks to brave performer James Clowney. JAMES Clowney had the perfect name when it came to joining the greatest show on earth, Cirque du Soleil
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Furry Vengeance (PG)
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields, Ken Jeong, Matt Prokop, Angela Kinsey, Skyler Samuels 91 mins ★★ HAS Brendan Fraser done something to offend Hollywood executives? Why else would he find himself being peed, pooed and rained upon for an
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The Back-Up Plan (12A)
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O’Loughlin, Eric Christian Olsen, Noureen DeWulf, Michaela Watkins, Anthony Anderson 104 mins ★★ AFTER a four-year absence from the screen – has anyone missed her? – Jennifer Lopez returns in a rom
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Hot Tub Time Machine (15)
Stars: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Chevy Chase, Clark Duke, Sebastian Stan, Crispin Glover 99 mins ★★★ SOME titles like Hot Tub Time Machine, tell you exactly what to expect. This is indeed a film in which a hot
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Haley ready to play Freddy
Jackie Earle Haley is delighted to step out of the shadows as Elm Street monster Freddy Krueger. Steve Pratt reports. NO ONE one will argue with actor Jackie Earle Haley when he says “I guess I like playing the darker guys”. The former child
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May 6, 2010
THERE’S been a beacon of songwriting shining from the Teeside area for several decades, in the persona of Graeme Miles, whose songs have played an integral part in proclaiming the working class culture of the industrial North across the world for
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Happy land
Viv Hardwick talks to Kate Bramley about her new play which focuses on the Land Girls of Yorkshire. THE subjects might be well into their Eighties now, but the Women’s Land Army who helped keep Britain fed during World War Two remain one
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Muasic of the future
BEZ, the former dancer with the Happy Mondays, is the latest act to liven up the Durham Live venue on Saturday. The tambourine-playing entertainer is bringing along his new band, Domino Bones, for one of the biggest nights at the club so far.
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May 6, 2010
WHAT’S ON: Pianist Olli Mustonen directs the Northern Sinfonia, The Sage Gateshead. Mozart, including the Piano Concerto No 40. 7.30pm, tonight. Box Office: 0191-443- 4661. REVIEWS: Hans Gal: The Two Piano Concertos etc (Avie AV 2182) Violinist
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Rosanne Cash: The List (Manhattan Records)
"MY Dad became alarmed that I was so steeped in the rock and pop music of my time that I did not understand the vital importance of the songs that were my musical genealogy. He spent the afternoon making a list of songs for me. He called the lists
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Social whirl
David Burn of Sunderland’s Detroit Social Club talks about the band being tipped for success. Viv Hardwick reports. TYNESIDE’S Detroit Social Club release their debut album, Existence, on May 31 with a single, Prophecy, due out on May 24 and
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May 6, 2010
WHAT’S ON: Saturday Steve Grossman/Damon Brown Quintet, Darlington Arts Centre, 01325-486555, and Clare Teal, Gala Theatre, Durham, 0191-332-4041 CD REVIEWS: Martin Taylor’s Spirit of Django/Last train to Hauteville (The Guitar Label P3MCD023)
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New to rent
Where The Wild Things Are (PG) 97 mins Warner Home Video, DVD £15.99/Blu-ray & DVD Combi-pack £22.99. Stars: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo and the voices of James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Catherine O’Hara, Paul Dano LONELY youngster
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Bishop Auckland candidates go head-to-head in live debate
CANDIDATES vying for votes in Bishop Auckland went head-to-head in a Question Time-style debate that was streamed live on the internet. David Brothers (Ukip), Barbara Harrison (Conservative), Sam Zair (Local Liberals People Before Politics), Helen
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Super Sixties
Young Geordie performer Glen Joseph talks to Viv Hardwick about appearing in Dreamboats and Petticoats at Sunderland Empire. HE might be a Geordie Dreamboat at the moment, but Glen Joseph is hopeful that it will lead to more musicals and another
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Killing time
YOU’D think that Gail the hamster would feel at home in a prison cell. Surely being locked up in a small space with bars is her natural habitat. Okay, so the authorities haven’t provided a wheel for her exercise but otherwise her new home away
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In the line of fire
THE smell of smoke was unavoidable when my wife picked me and a few friends up from the match. “What’s that smell?” I asked. “Oh, I’ve been in the garden all afternoon and I’ve had a fire going to avoid having to go backwards and forwards to the
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Red letter day
The County Durham expat who went from writing a front page obit on a dead horse to witnessing one of the biggest revolutions in modern times. BACK in the USSR, or whatever these days it has become, Andy Potts views the general election
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Stop Messing About, Darlington Civic Theatre
DIRECT from the West End comes this Kenneth Williams extravaganza, with Robin Sebastian brilliantly recapturing the outrageous personality of the actor who introduced radio listeners to Julian and his friend Sandy, Rambling Sid Rumpo and countless
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Islands, Darlington Arts Centre
HEXHAM’S resident theatre company, Theatre Sans Frontieres, has collaborated with companies in Cyprus, Berlin and Tenerife, as well as German director Franziska Schutz, to bring this multicultural story to life. Two tourist friends, one from
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In the swing
Election 2010 (BBC1, 9.55pm); Election 2010 (ITV1, 9.55pm); Sky News Decision Time (from 9pm); Alternative Election Night (C4, 9pm). SO who will you vote for? Could Jessica from Middlesbrough still be Dorothy? Sorry, wrong competition
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Hung Parliament
WHAT is all this nonsense about the tragedy that befalls us all should we have a hung parliament? In 1939, this country was in danger of being invaded and taken over by Hitler and his Nazi regime. We stood alone in Europe. Politics were then
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Peter Mullen
GH GRIEVESON wondered whether the Reverend Peter Mullen is a “wind-up merchant” (HAS, May 4). Sadly, I am afraid to say that the Echo columnist does not qualify. Anyone looking him up on the internet using Google will find a selection of his homophobic
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Bureaucrats
GH GRIEVESON may be correct in thinking that the Reverend Peter Mullen is sometimes winding us all up (HAS, May 4), but not with his latest column (Echo, also May 4) I feel. “Now scythe away the bureaucrats” is eminently sensible. Indeed, I have
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Israel
IT is inevitable that contributors to Hear All Sides will comment on the dispute between Israel and Palestine. On both sides of the dispute are people who will argue vociferously for their point of view. In the end, there will be negotiation in
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Homeless hostel
I AM amazed that Darlington’s Labour-run borough council has forgotten its socialist roots and decided to evict 37 of the town’s most vulnerable citizens from their home at the Salvation Army hostel at Tom Raine Court (Echo, some editions, April
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Ash clouds
HAS anyone thought of asking Lord (Peter) Mandelson to order the wind to change direction, therefore solving the renewed ash cloud problem? If anyone can, the Mandyman can. After the General Election he’ll have plenty of time on his hands. Dennis
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Oarsome struggle
ACCORDING to David Cameron we are all in this recession together. He might have said that we are all in the same boat. The problem with the boat is that most of the people are shackled to the oars. As an oarsperson passes out they are thrown into
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Colossal cake sale
SOMETHING very special happened in Darlington last Saturday. A true feeling of what I would call “what it means to be British” – people determined to do all they could to help our gallant servicemen and women. I would like to acknowledge everyone
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Gulf of Mexico oil slick
GOVERNMENTS all over the world have over the years spent millions on environmental conferences – all justified, they claim, by the desperate need to clean up our world and climate. Then, the US grants BP a licence to drill off its coast and ends
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And the key of the house goes to...
THE new Prime Minister could be in place early tomorrow morning – or his identity may not be known until the end of the month. The decision could be made quickly by the voters – or slowly by the party bigwigs in frantic discussions in what used
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Waiting at the stations
What happens after the polls close tonight? Chris Lloyd predicts what you should be looking for and when it will happen. 10pm POLLS close. Exit polls released. In 2005, they predicted Labour’s 64 seat majority: Labour won
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It’s time for change
IT is make your mind up time. And the intriguing thing about this General Election is that there are so many voters who have gone into the final days of the campaign without having a fixed idea about which party to trust. For all the disillusionment
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Red ready for a Gold run
REDWOOD can strike gold for the Barry Hills operation when he lines up in the Betfair Huxley Stakes at Chester. Chief cause for optimism can be derived at Sandown last month, where he made a hugely promising return. The four-year-old was put
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County Durham man killed in A19 collision
A 29-year-old man from the Wingate area of County Durham was killed after an accident involving a heavy goods vehicle. The pedestrian died following an incident just after 8pm last night on the A19 at High Stotford, near Elwick north of Billingham.
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Tykes on course for win, weather permitting
IF you believe the weather forecast for the Scarborough area today, the players of Yorkshire and Essex will be arriving at North Marine Road two by two. Rain is supposed to hit the North Yorkshire coastal town by the bucketful, and it would be
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Stoneman pushes recall claims with a century
DURHAM City’s Racecourse ground in springtime is one of those rare delights where, from most vantage points, it is possible to believe there are still a few havens where time stands still. Reminders of endless tinkering are never for away, however
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Falcons coach is delighted
ALAN Tait has spoken of his delight at taking the reins at Kingston Park, having been named as Newcastle Falcons’ head coach. The dual-code Scotland and Lions international replaces Steve Bates, who was sacked as director of rugby on Tuesday
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Thunderbirds are go on election night
Election nights on a newspaper are always exciting and chaotic - and I'm reminded of 1997. With the pressure building in the newsroom, I had to take a call from my eldest son, who was then six. Christopher had fallen in love with a little
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Honda are back on top
GUISBOROUGH-based Swan Honda returned to the top step of the podium at Oulton Park as Stuart Easton took the opening victory of the day at the third round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship. Easton took a lightning start
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Morgan shines for England
ENGLAND team director Andy Flower has praised the contribution of Eoin Morgan as England prepare to take on defending champions Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights at Kensington Oval today. The Dublin-born left-hander’s contributions
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Bank steps up support
A BANK has created the only business development team of its kind in the region, as it increases support for North- East companies. The team is being launched by Yorkshire Bank’s Tees Valley and Newcastle Financial Solutions Centres. It will
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Parmo chef wins regional praise
A CHEF who is helping to introduce the legendary Teesside Parmo to the nation after winning a deal with Asda has been commended for his efforts with a regional award. Geoff Johns, who runs Jeff the Chef Foods, was named as best manufacturer
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Darlington make an offer to striker
LEADING scorer Tadhg Purcell is mulling over an offer from Darlington manager Simon Davey. The Irish striker joined in January and has wasted little time in making a name for himself by scoring nine goals in 22 appearances. The strike-rate
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Hartlepool focused on football
CHRIS TURNER wants Hartlepool United’s away form to take a turn for the better this weekend, regardless of the outcome of today’s hearings over the Gary Liddle affair. Pools will today discover whether or not they will be punished for fielding
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Manchester City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Manchester City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 FOUR years after an ill-timed bout of food poisoning cost them a place amongst Europe’s elite, Peter Crouch’s late winner ensured Tottenham will get their chance to tuck into the Champions League next season
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Motherwell 6 Hibernian 6
Motherwell 6 Hibernian 6 MOTHERWELL manager Craig Brown admitted he had never seen a game like it in his life after his team came from four goals down to draw 6-6 with Hibernian. The former Scotland boss was proud of his players’ character
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Brain injury experts move to Teesside
A COMPANY working with people with brain injuries is to create 75 jobs with an expansion to the Tees Valley. Neuro Partners, which is based in Newcastle, wants to open a centre in Middlesbrough, this year. The plan forms part of expansion proposals
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‘Northern League not affected by troubles’
THE Northern League will not be affected by the administration of its main sponsor, it was claimed last night. Skill Training Ltd, which employed 12 people in Darlington and 44 in Annfield Plain, County Durham, called in financial services firm
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Riordan takes helm of city
THE North Yorkshire-born head of a regional development agency is to leave his post to take up a new role. Tom Riordan, who was given the task of setting up Yorkshire Forward in 1997, has been appointed chief executive at Leeds City Council.
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Software firm reports profit
THE Sage Group predicted small firms’ demand for new technology would help drive it forward as it reported an 11 per cent jump in pre-tax profits for the first half of the year. The Newcastle software company yesterday reported profits before
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Giving professionals freedom from addictions
AN undercover detective who spent years infiltrating the drug-dealing underworld is using his experience to help professionals kick the habit. Tim Murphy has launched Freedom Now, a training company designed to reduce sick days by helping employees
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Bringing in the expertise
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS has appointed a new boss for its government and public sector practice for the North. Roger Marsh is a senior partner, formerly with the firm’s business recovery services, and has spent the past two-and-a-half years working
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Bannatyne expands spa empire
CELEBRITY entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne has embarked on a £5m expansion of his North-East based company’s hotel and spa operations. It forms the first part of a £15m investment programme by the Darlington based Bannatyne Group during 2010
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Furniture firm courts success in ‘first year’
A HOME improvement business from the North-East wants to continue its expansion after being bought by three of its employees. Court Homemakers, in Stockton, has been sold by founders Ian and Ann Goodwillie to Paul Davies, Paul Henderson and
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News on a postcard
THe national media website Holdthefrontpage has picked up on yesterday's blog about the local Labour Party using a Northern Echo front page without permission as part of its election campaign. To be fair to Darlington Labour candidate Jenny
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Magpies happy for Xisco to head home
NEWCASTLE UNITED are pinning their hopes on Racing Santander winning the fight to stay in La Liga in the hope that it will secure Xisco’s move away from St James’ Park. Xisco has spent the season on loan at Racing and has already been told
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Turner not fazed by England call-up talk
SUNDERLAND centre-half Michael Turner will not let talk of a potential England call-up distract him from becoming an even more accomplished defender next season. The 26-year-old reflected on a memorable campaign that began with him playing at
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Strachan heads north of border for Driver
GORDON STRACHAN will spend the next few months working on ways of assembling a tighter squad after admitting that a summer of dramatic change has already started at Middlesbrough. He is keen to follow up changes to his backroom team by making
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Sisters recall their rollercoaster of a ride
A WOMAN who spent 20 minutes trapped upside down in a rollercoaster carriage has told how she feared a family day out would end in tragedy. Emma Johnson, 26, and her ten-year-old sister, Amy, were left dangling 50ft from the ground when the
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Village pays homage to fallen hero Daryn
A SHRINE has been created in a North-East village to a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. Sapper Daryn Roy, 28, from Dipton, near Consett, County Durham, was killed by a bomb on Monday in the Nad-e Ali area of Helmand province. Two flags
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Guardsman’s pride and joy vandalised
A SOLDIER returned home from Afghanistan to find vandals had attacked his car with paint stripper and slashed his tyres. John Pearson discovered the damage to his £14,000 2004-reg black Jaguar Xtype when he arrived home in West Rainton, near
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Employing pedal power for support charity
FRIENDS are employing pedal power to raise cash for a charity which helps people cope with the loss of a baby. A group of five cyclists who work for Co-op stores in the region are taking on a 43-mile round trip in Weardale, County Durham, on
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Pervert locked up for failure to register
A SEX offender who was found hiding in his girlfriend’s wardrobe after failing to tell police of his change of address has been jailed. Steven Lumley also admitted a string of burglaries, one of which involved the theft of £11,000 worth of
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Grandfather jailed for rape he committed 30 years ago
EIGHT who raped a woman has been jailed for five years, more than 30 years after the attack. Raymond May grabbed the woman from behind while she was walking home from Ramside Hall Hotel, near Durham City, late on November 4, 1978. He
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Getting the hang of it now
PRICELESS – and fragile – remnants of an elegant age have gone back on show after undergoing conservation work. The rare silk damask four-poster bed pelmets have been restored by Barnard Castle-based National Trust conservator Caroline Rendell
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Staff and students protest over job cuts
PROTESTS against funding cuts were held at four North-East colleges yesterday. Staff at Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Bishop Auckland and South Tyneside colleges are angry that budgets have been slashed by the Learning and Skills Council
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‘My son’s no Darwin,’ says kayak mum
A MAN who disappeared while kayaking has not “done a John Darwin”, his mother insisted yesterday. Shane Smith, 30, vanished under water after his kayak capsized about 400 yards off the North Sea beach at Seaham, County Durham, two weeks ago tonight
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Dozens raise awareness with blind date
DOZENS of diners were given a taste of what it is like to eat with impaired sight when they were blindfolded during a fundraising meal. The County Durham Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted asked diners to wear a blindfold during dinner
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Fatal crash mum had just seen son in nativity – inquest
A MOTHER-OF-TWO died after losing control of her car shortly after she saw her son in a nativity play. An inquest heard yesterday that Marina Raimondi, 30, of Estoril Road, Darlington, died in the crash on the A167 only a week before Christmas
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Award bolsters young stonemason’s prospects
A YOUNG craftsman is developing his skills helping to preserve one of the North-East’s most famous buildings. Durham Cathedral trainee stonemason Joe Robb has proved a quick learner as he has recently won an award. The 18-year-old apprentice
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Leaders’ last dash to win over electorate
THE leaders of the country’s three biggest parties made their final pitches yesterday as they travelled the country in a day of frenetic campaigning. Prime Minister Gordon Brown hammered home his message that only Labour could guarantee the
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Verdict returned in Dreamspace deaths
THE families of two women who died when an inflatable artwork became airborne said they hoped lessons would be learnt to prevent such a tragedy happening again. Durham coroner Andrew Tweddle yesterday directed the jury to return verdicts of
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Charity run will keep Sophie’s memory alive
FAMILY and friends of a brave toddler whose battle against cancer touched the nation’s hearts are to run in her honour this weekend. Two-year-old Sophie Atay, from Birtley, near Chester-le- Street, suffered from a rare form of neuroblastoma
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Cathedral city plays host to the final day of campaigning
Four-in-ten people are undecided about how they will vote. Speaking yesterday while in the region, three leading politicians explained why, in a nutshell, their party deserves your vote. ELECTION 2010 came to a frenetic end in Durham City yesterday
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Undecided hold the key to power
VOTERS go to the polls today in Britain’s most exciting General Election for 20 years, with the result likely to be in doubt until dawn tomorrow. With the polls still pointing to a hung Parliament, all three leaders spent the last hours of the
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Airport wins four year legal battle with airline
AN airport is seeking millions in compensation after winning a landmark legal battle with a budget airline. Yesterday, the Appeal Court ruled that bmibaby had breached its contract with Durham Tees Valley Airport when it axed its services from