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North-East candidates miss out in Labour Shadow Cabinet election
The region lost its voice at the top of the Labour Party tonight, when all four North-East candidates for Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet lost out in a dramatic election. Kevan Jones (Durham North), Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland), Iain Wright(Hartlepool
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HARVEST HOME
Although I once again followed a tractor travelling at snail’s pace into work this morning, it is evident that harvest time is drawing to a close. The beans in my garden have reached their end turning bitter and stringy, the last of the broccoli
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On the move
Moving house is quite an exhausting process- except for when you’ve done it so many times, it kind of becomes your forte. Although I’m sure there must be better ways of going about it than simply piling your dinner plates on the passenger seat
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The station master
Here is the story of a station that has it all: sex, railways, royalty, racehorses and even a little football – what more could you possibly want? It is the story of Broomielaw, which is a racehorse owned by Sir Alex Ferguson More importantly,
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Postman stole so much mail he had to move out of flat
A POSTMAN who stole so much mail he had to move out of his flat where he stashed it and live with his mother was jailed for 14 months today. Paul Noga, 38, of Broomlee, Ashington, Northumberland, admitted stealing, stashing or burning almost £50,000
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Masons gift to servicemen
FREEMASONS this morning handed over £5,000 to a charity which helps former servicemen and their families. George Clark, assistant provincial grand master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham, visited the Durham branch of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen
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Public exhibitions for £200m waste scheme
CONTROVERSIAL plans to create a £200m waste treatment facility in North Yorkshire are to come under public scrutiny. A series of exhibitions are planned across the county to allow the public to find out more about the proposal for Allerton Park, near
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A66 closed near Darlington after car hits central reservation
The A66 westbound at Long Newton was closed after a black Vauxhall Vectra collided with the central reservation shortly after 2.30pm today. The 25-year-old driver was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital with suspected spinal injuries. The road was closed
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MP backs search for the country's best lollipop person
THE search for Britain's best lollipop person has received the backing of Redcar MP Ian Swales. He said schools in his constituency should recognise the role school crossing patrols play in road safety. The Kwik Fit Insurance Lollipop Person of the
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Dog fouling campaign dates changed
THE dates for a series of dog fouling campaign roadshows have been changed due to unforeseen circumstances. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council are hosting the community awareness events across the borough to continue its crack down on dog fouling.
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Economic masterplan targets regeneration of Redcar and Cleveland
A BLUEPRINT designed to spearhead a multi-billion pound economic rejuvenation of Redcar and Cleveland is going on display for residents to inspect the ambitious proposals. The council has drawn up a wide ranging masterplan aimed at bringing in 14,000
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Trickery of Clown Prince of football
ENGLAND return to action next week, and when Darren Bent fired in his country’s third goal against Switzerland in last month’s Euro 2012 qualifier, he became the first Sunderland player to score for the Three Lions in 56 years. The previous
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Pearce explains Carroll Under-21 snub
Newcastle striker left out of England Under-21 squad because of loyalty to his other strikersStuart Pearce has revealed he left Andy Carroll out of the England Under-21 squad because of a sense of loyalty to the strikers who starred in the final two rounds
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New technology to enforce parking rules
COUNCIL staff who enforce parking regulations in Hartlepool have been equipped with mini video cameras. The cameras, cost £600 each, are being used to help resolve disputes over tickets and to provide a degree of personal protection to the ten-strong
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Bus lane ready ahead of schedule
A NEW bus lane in Thornaby will be completed this weekend, two weeks ahead of schedule. Mandale Road will close for resurfacing and lane marking from 10pm on Saturday until 5am on Monday, from its junction with Thornaby Road to the Westbury Street/George
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Clampdown on anti-social behaviour
A CAMPAIGN to combat anti-social behaviour in Hartlepool has been taking place this week. Police have been targeting troublemakers in Burn Valley Gardens and the surrounding area as it has been identified as a nuisance hotspot. Increased patrols have
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The Black Thursday battle for the North-East's skies
ONE afternoon in the middle of August, 1940, five sections of 607 (County of Durham) Squadron were scrambled in their Hawker Hurricanes from their home base at RAF Usworth, a few miles east of Sunderland. Their orders were to intercept two
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Probe into remand prisoner's death
AN inquiry is underway into the death of a remand prisoner at Durham Jail. James John Clarke, 51, was found unconscious in his cell at the Old Elvet prison, in the early hours of Monday. His death was confirmed 25 minutes later despite efforts to revive
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A64 closures for roadworks
ONE of North Yorkshire’s main arterial roads will be subject to road closures next week. The Highways Agency will be renewing the existing road marking and road studs on the A64 eastbound between the Pickering interchange and the Brambling Fields interchange
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Bid to axe town hall newspaper
A COUNCIL-RUN newspaper that costs taxpayers almost £400,000 a year to produce could be scrapped, after a motion to discontinue production was tabled. The Conservative-led North Yorkshire County Council publishes 11 issues a year of North Yorkshire
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Specials to take over town's policing
OBSERVANT members of the public in a market town may notice a temporary change in the way the area is policed next week. A group of special constables will be handed the reins at Bedale police station on Saturday, October 16. They will be undertaking
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Free flu jabs now available
FREE ‘flu jabs are now being offered across North Yorkshire to those most at risk from the illness - and this year the swine ‘flu vaccine is contained within the vaccination. The jab is available from GPs to those aged 65 are over or who have
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Hen-pecked man jailed for four years for partner's death
A HEN-pecked man who was nagged for 30 years before he stabbed his partner to death was jailed for four years and eight months today. Dennis Long, 59, was cleared of murder and convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter on the grounds of
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Major improvements to pumping station
WATER chiefs have announced a £58m programme to upgrade or replace sewage, clean water and raw water pumping stations across the region. The Yorkshire Water scheme will see hundreds of pumping stations upgraded over the next five years. And among the
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Roman helmet fetches more than £2m at auction
A BRONZE Roman helmet found by a North-East metal detector enthusiast has shattered all expectations by raising more than £2m at auction today. A man in his 20s from Peterlee. County Durham, stumbled across the helmet in a Cumbrian farm field
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Tom Kelly: Kelly brothers
TOM KELLY is trying to find descendants of three brothers on the 1851 census in Lanchester, County Durham. They were Nicholas Kelly, aged 21, James, 18 and Patrick 14, who all worked in the iron works. Their mother died in 1852, and father, James, was
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The Monteverdi Choir, Durham Cathedral.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner's arrival in the North-East with his Monteverdi Choir was anticipated with a frisson of excitement among music lovers - and with good reason. Having taken the Monteverdi Vespers to some of the world's most esteemed secular
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The station master
Following the railway tracks of John Bowes, the illegitimate son of the 10th Earl of Strathmore and whose legacy to the region was The Bowes Museum. Here is the story of a station that has it all: sex, railways, royalty, racehorses and even a little
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Watch out for Alun’s one night stand
Comedian Alun Cochrane tells Viv Hardwick he enjoys listening to The Twits as his current UK tour brings him to the North-East and North Yorkshire. NOT many comics would admit to touring the UK listening to Roald Dahl audio book. Alun Cochrane
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Any dream will do
Teesside performer Chris Stoddart reveals to Viv Hardwick that he raced back from Spain to clinch his first big professional role in Joseph. THE appeal of Joseph seems never-ending and, in the case of young Middlesbrough performer Chris Stoddart
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A matter of death and life
Zak Efron talks to Steve Pratt about his good looks, growing an ‘ugly’ beard, his internet fans and filming The Death And Life of Charlie St Cloud. SO Zac Efron, has being good-looking held you back? “Um, I, Jeez,” he says stumbling for words
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Jackboots On Whitehall (12A) / A Town Called Panic (PG)
NOT one but two stop motion animated films that put actors out of a job. Both are by turns inspired and silly, but vastly enjoyable. Jackboots On Whitehall,(91 mins), from directors Edward and Rory McHenry, offers an alternative outcome to
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The Death And Life Of Charlie St Cloud (12A)
Stars: Zac Efron, Charlie Tahan, Amanda Crew, Augustus Prew, Kim Basinger, Ray Liotta 99 mins ★★ OR I See Dead People. Or A Dozen Excuses For Zac Efron To Go Topless. The High School Music star is all at sea as young sailor and local regatta
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (12A)
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Susan Sarandon, Frank Langella, Charlie Sheen 132 mins ★★★ THE last time Gordon Gekko was on screen he told us that “Greed is good”. After eight years behind bars
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Waxing lyrical on stage
Ruby Wax admits to Viv Hardwick that she didn’t set out with the intention of being the poster girl for mental illness, but arrives at Richmond tomorrow with a sell-out tour. COMEDIAN turned campaigner Ruby Wax avoids using the term bipolar disorder
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40 years of Wishbone Ash Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash, Darlington
LIKE all good wishbones this is one of two good touring versions of the band formed in 1969 by Martin Turner, Steve Upton, Andy Powell and Ted Turner (no relation to Martin). Martin Turner launched his version of the band in 2005 and currently has
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SHH: Wonderful Night/Tiger (Sindormir Records)
ENTERTAINING, retro, sexy electro pop with a South American lilt, SHH’s debut single sets the bar high. With a style that will delight and annoy, depending on your particular leaning, they are bound to be a big hit in the clubs. Those who saw
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Blake: She (MPP Records)
TWEE to the point of inducing nausea, the chisel-jawed quartet rework the Charles Aznavour classic, which reached No1 in the charts way back in 1974. There’s nothing wrong with their note-perfect rendition, it’s just that it’s all been done so
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Maitland: I'm so proud after eight straight wins
Crook manager Brian Maitland said he couldn’t have asked for more from his side at the Millfield this season. Crook’s 6-0 hammering of Horden on Wednesday night was their eighth straight home win, to put them into the top three of the Second Division
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October 7, 2010
WORD reaches me that Vin Garbutt is to be feted in spectacular fashion, when the premiere of a new autobiographical film about Teesside’s favourite singing son will be premiered at the Cineworld Multiplex Cinema on November 11, followed by a week-long
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October 7, 2010
WHAT’S ON: The Houston Symphony, The Sage Gateshead, 7.30pm, Wednesday. Conductor Hans Graf gives a performance of Holst’s The Planets, featuring new images direct from NASA. 0191-384-4600. REVIEWS: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 (Naxos 8.572305
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Honour says that Horden fell apart
Horden manager Brian Honour revealed that he told his players some “home truths” after their 6-0 pasting at Crook on Wednesday night. Horden were in the game at half time at 1-0 down, but they folded in the second half after giving away a sloppy goal
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October 7th, 2010
WHAT’S ON: Next Thursday Mujician and Aki Takase, Gateshead Old Town Hall, 0191-433- 8420. CD REVIEWS: The Dave Liebman Big Band/Live As Always (Mama Records MAA1039) Soprano saxophonist Liebman is riding the crest of the wave at present with
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The Essential Dixie Chicks (Open Wide/Columbia)
ALMOST ten years ago, 13-time Grammy Award and ten-time Country Music Association winners the Dixie Chicks became the first and only female group in music history to earn two consecutive diamond album certifications. US sales were in excess of
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Tom thinks Big
Hardwick talks exclusively to Tom Chambers about moving on from White Christmas at Sunderland Empire to a starring role in the new touring stage adaptation of Big. ACTOR Tom Chambers has got the musical bug in a Big way, thanks to landing a starring
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Five minutes with... Josie Long
JOSIE LONG is touring her award-nominated Edinburgh Fringe Festival comedy show, Be Honourable, to Harrogate Comedy Festival, Darlington, Scarborough and York. The 28-year-old began performing stand-up comedy at 14 and has written for C4’s teen
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DVDs new to rent October 7, 2010
The Losers (12, 93 mins, Optimum, DVD £17.99/Blu-ray £23.99) ELITE Special Forces commander Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) survives a mission in the jungles of Bolivia with his team: tech wizard Jensen (Chris Evans), demolitions expert Roque (Idris
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Bang goes friendship
HERE in Soapland the big news of the week is that Soapwatch is going twice-weekly (which is the number of times Ian Beale changes his pants in a week) with a second episode on Saturday in The Northern Echo’s new Weekend magazine. There hasn’t
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And a hippo birthday to her
I KNOW it’s hard to believe but, as of last week, I am now married to a 50-year-old. But what do you get the woman who has everything? It was a dilemma which started taxing my brain months in advance of the big day. And, even if I say so myself
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What Katie did next
War destroyed Katie Willkomm’s family, then came Stalin. She tells her story of survival. THE knock that they had been expecting – dreading, rather – came when Katie Willkomm was just three years and four months old. The blood Red Army marched
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Out takes
Emmerdale (ITV1, 7pm and 8pm) LAST night the train crash, tonight the repercussions – and for several months to come, according to Emmerdale producer Gavin Blyth. “This is the start of the story, not the end,” he says. In yesterday’s
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Griffin visit
THANKS for your report (Echo, Oct 4) about the visit of BNP leader Nick Griffin to the region to support our part in the national campaign to bring our troops home from Afghanistan. The new Government seems as willing as the last to spend the
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What's in a name?
NO, I’m not the Messiah (but I have occasionally been a naughty boy), despite being referred to as “Christ” in Peter J Brown’s response (HAS, Sept 30) to my previous letter (HAS, Sept 7) about the late Sir Cyril Smith. However, I do agree with
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Miliband brothers
A FALSE dichotomy has been created about the Miliband brothers. My youngest son is in the Labour Party and in the leadership ballot he gave David Miliband as his first preference and Ed Miliband as his second. Though he is in an affiliated organisation
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Spending cuts
WITH unemployment remaining high in the US and President Obama’s approval rating at an all-time low, as his $800bn “stimulus” plan continues to flop, the obvious is abundantly clear. A country cannot borrow its way out of a debt crisis.
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King Lear, Theatre Royal, Newcastle
DAVID FARR’S interpretation of King Lear leaves a lot to be desired; his directorial insight is just not there and this production lacks emotion and theatrical coherence. It’s even difficult to pin down the period, as the characters wear medieval
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Six arrests in East Durham organised crime raids
SIX people were arrested in a police strike against suspected organised criminal gangs today. The four men and two woman detained, who age from their mid-20s to mid-30s, are from the Peterlee, Shotton Colliery and Wingate areas of east Durham. They
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Teacher stress
LARGE numbers of teachers are suffering from stress, anxiety and depression (Echo Comment, Oct 4) and the cause of these problems is poor pupil behaviour, according to the unions. Many teachers are frequently faced with verbal and physical aggression
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Bank lending
SMALL businesses are the backbone of the North-East economy and will drive the growth needed in the coming months and years. However, they are being held back by the lack of lending from the banks. Recent Bank of England statistics show that
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Sir Norman Wisdom
WHAT a sad start to a day it was to wake up on Tuesday and hear that Sir Norman Wisdom has passed away. The actor and comedian was a British institution and an amusing character who graced our TV screens for decades. He always seemed to be a polite
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Conference ‘coup’ turns to clanger
GEORGE Osborne has become the darling of the Conservative conference in recent years – but his bravado turned to bungling here in Birmingham. Autumn after autumn, the Chancellor has made the political weather with eye-catching announcements
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Harrison: RA must bounce back
Darlington RA manager Nick Harrison is looking for a positive reaction from his players as they prepare for Saturday’s home game with Hebburn. The RA’s recent good run came to a sudden end wit ha 4-1 reverse at North Shields on Tuesday night, and now
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No common sense
I’D just finished reading J Keith Banks’ letter about the often lacking correlation between intelligence and common sense (HAS, Oct 2) when my wife rang for a lift. I arranged to meet her at the bottom of South Street, Durham. As I approached,
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Working the system
AFTER waiting 14 years for the opportunity to celebrate being in power, it will be a matter of regret for many Conservatives that their party conference has been overshadowed by the controversy over child benefit cuts. David Cameron has been forced
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Call to alms
David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference yesterday was a rallying cry to the troops to get behind beleagured Britain. Political Editor Chris Lloyd responds to the call, IF David Cameron had a bushy moustache nestling on his
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Moody may miss All Blacks
ENGLAND captain Lewis Moody faces a race against time to be fit for the autumn Test opener against New Zealand at Twickenham. Moody’s club Bath say he is expected to be out of action for up to four weeks after suffering bruising to his eye during
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Daniell delivers a silver
WHO needs Sir Chris Hoy when you’ve got David Daniell? The four-time Olympic champion might be absent from the Commonwealth Games but one of his young rivals was quick to take advantage. Daniell claimed silver in the men’s keirin, taking advantage
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Hogg will lead Falcons
SCOTLAND international Ally Hogg will captain Newcastle in this evening’s night’s Amlin Challenge Cup opener against Bourgoin at Kingston Park. He leads a much-changed side from the one beaten by Harlequins in Aviva Premiership action last
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McCracken denies claims Khan was ‘frozen out’
GREAT Britain performance director Rob McCracken has slammed suggestions by Haroon Khan’s father Shah that the young boxer was frozen out of the national team setup for political reasons. Haroon made his Pakistan debut with a first round win
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McDowell admits to doubts
RYDER Cup hero Graeme McDowell has admitted that he nearly spoke up when he heard he was down for the anchor role at Celtic Manor on Monday. “I was on the verge of saying something,” said the Ulsterman, whose win over Hunter Mahan won the
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Swann misses out on ICC’s top award
GRAEME Swann was yesterday beaten by Sachin Tendulkar to the International Cricket Council Cricketer of the Year prize. England spinner Swann was edged out by India legend Tendulkar for the top gong at the ICC Awards in Bangalore. But there
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No more arrivals at Yorkshire
YORKSHIRE have confirmed that the signing of Ryan Sidebottom will be the last before the start of the 2011 season. That statement may seem premature, with the new campaign not beginning for another six months, but the Tykes insist that they
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Wadsworth praise for Pools matchwinner McSweeney
DOUBLE matchwinner Leon McSweeney has been praised by his coach after two goals in as many games earned back to back wins for Hartlepool United. The Irish attacker netted the only goal in Tuesday’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy game at home to Bradford
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Bardsley’s “Scot” what it takes
PHIL Bardsley has assured the Tartan Army he is “100 per cent committed” to Scotland after switching allegiance and earning his first call-up to the national team. The Sunderland rightback, 25, jetted to Prague for Friday’s Euro 2012 qualifier
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Gordon insists Black Cats must do better
GOALKEEPER Craig Gordon believes Sunderland have made a solid start to their Premier League campaign but insists Steve Bruce’s side must do better against teams similar to themselves. The Black Cats have already held Arsenal, Manchester United
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Cooper still wants a striker
DARLINGTON manager Mark Cooper says he remains determined to bring in a forward as he seeks to bolster a team that has found goals hard to come by in recent weeks. He had been hoping to bring one in before Tuesday’s trip to Rushden, which Quakers
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O’Neil backing Boro pair to come good
STRIKERS Kris Boyd and Scott McDonald have been backed to spark a Middlesbrough renaissance. The misfiring forwards were expected to be at the forefront of a Boro rebirth this term after a largely disappointing campaign on Teesside last season
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Americans claim they will stabilise Liverpool
LIVERPOOL’S prospective new owners last night promised to rid the club of their crippling debts and restore the Reds to their “rightful place” in football. New England Sports Ventures (NESV) said they will remove all “acquisition debt” from
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Hughton backing Carroll
CHRIS Hughton believes Andy Carroll won’t be affected by Fabio Capello’s decision not to select him for England’s Euro 2012 qualifier next week. Carroll has impressed this season, scoring four goals in seven games – including a hat trick against
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Thomas to tank up at Newmarket
THOMAS Tompion lools the solution to the Sir Gerald Whent Memorial Nursery at Newbury. An initial mark of 83 does not look too harsh for this son of Captain Rio, who has registered one win in three starts to date. A half-brother to the
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Massa is still number one
FERRARI president Luca di Montezemolo has handed Felipe Massa a vote of confidence ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, insisting he “is and will always stay a number one driver”. Massa has been put in the shade by team-mate Fernando Alonso this
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Croft stages final meet of the season
THE curtain comes down on racing action at Croft Circuit, near Darlington this weekend when the British Automobile Racing Club hosts a 17-race programme, including a number of leading championships. Headlining the action is the prestigious Formula
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Amec in global agreement
BLUE chip engineering firm Amec, which has its industrial headquarters, in Darlington, has entered into a global agreement with BP International to provide Engineering and Project Management Services for BP’s onshore developments around the
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Showing respect to champion of miners
THE annual tribute to the leader of the first miners’ union will be held on Saturday. Former Labour, and later Respect, MP George Galloway will attend the Thomas Hepburn commemorative service along with Tony Benn, the former Labour MP who attends
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Crucial day for future of arts and leisure in town
CRUNCH meetings will take place today to establish how to protect a North-East town’s museums, theatres and leisure facilities against forthcoming cuts. In what is being seen as a crucial day for arts and leisure in Darlington, two meetings
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Weather inspires funky business
THE British weather has inspired a new online business selling fashionable rainwear imported from Europe and Japan. North-East based rainfrog. co.uk, created by Karen Thorne and Heather Goodhand, has experienced high demand for its products
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Oliver: Our best ninety minutes yet
Newton Aycliffe manager Alan Oliver reckons that his side played their best 90 minutes of the season when they won at Marske in midweek. Aycliffe’s 2-0 win lifted them over Guisborough at the time to go top of the table, and Oliver said: “It
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Hot spot for new business ventures
SUNDERLAND has become the national hotspot for entrepreneurial spirit, a study has revealed. The Royal Mail’s business start-up barometer reveals the city is leading the UK in the number of new businesses established in the six months to the
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A boost from trade overseas
AN international trade boss has seen how a North-East manufacturer is playing its part in helping boost UK trade around the globe. Robin Barnett, managing director of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) Business Group, yesterday had a tour of Bonds
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Showcase for electric vehicles
ELECTRIC vehicles will be showcased at an annual North-East event for engineering and manufacturing today. Wearside-based Smith Electric Vehicles, the world’s largest producer of electric vans and trucks, and Cramlington firm AVID Vehicles,
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Peugeot outlet to take on staff
A CAR dealership is investing nearly £1m in one of its flagship branches, creating more jobs. Simon Bailes Peugeot’s site, on Stockton Riverside, is to undergo a refurbishment over the coming months. The site, one of the best performing Peugeot
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Greggs plans to strengthen its presence in North-East
NORTH-EAST baker Greggs continues to defy the tough market conditions which have forced some of its rivals in the region out of business, as soaring sales of bacon butties helped drive growth. Greggs chief executive Ken McMeikan refused to label
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Industry to fight ban on vending
THE boss of a North-East family firm has said he will be forced out of business if cigarette vending machines are banned. Ken Normington, who owns JKN Vending in Washington, Tyne and Wear, is angry that cigarette vending machines in England
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Catherine comes home in a warship
A ROYAL Navy officer has spoken of the huge privilege of sailing her own ship into her home town port. Lieutenant Commander Catherine Jordan, 36, navigated fishery protection vessel HMS Severn into Hartlepool yesterday for a three-day visit
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Council is ready to face harsh winter
THE North-East’s biggest council claims it is as well prepared as it can be for another harsh winter, following a regional salt summit. Earlier this year, many of the region’s councils came close to running out of salt during the worst winter
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Teen’s appeal in beauty title bid
A BEAUTY pageant hopeful is urging the region to get behind her quest to become Miss England. Courtney-Anne Proudlock is one of 50 contestants in the Teen Queen 2011 competition. But the 17-year-old needs to get enough votes to finish in
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Microscope brings new hope to cancer sufferers
A POWERFUL microscope that will assist doctors identify different forms of leukaemia and the best treatment available is to help patients in the North-East. The sophisticated equipment will be used to study chromosomes in the bone marrow cells
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Mother’s tribute to tragic teenager
THE mother of a teenager who died in mysterious circumstances after a nightclub altercation has spoken of her son’s final days. Almost a year after Nathan Allen, 19, died following a fall outside Darlington club Inside Out, his mother, Jayne
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Father pledges to fight on for justice for tragic son
THE father of a teenager who died outside a Greek nightspot after being thrown out by bouncers is determined to see justice done. Matthew Cryer died of brain injuries after he was found outside a nightclub on the Greek island of Zakynthos in
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Charity event is Extra special
AN annual shopping extravaganza which raises tens of thousands of pounds for charity takes place this month. On Wednesday and Thursday, October 13 and 14, the Durham Shopping Extravaganza will return to the Northern Echo Darlington Arena.
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‘Do your duty for the Big Society’
DAVID CAMERON shrugged off gloom about the looming spending cuts yesterday with a call for people to become “doers and go-getters” to help him build the Big Society. In an upbeat speech to close the Conservative conference, the Prime Minister
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Armed police swoop after burglary report
ARMED police raided a house in a North-East town yesterday following reports of an aggravated burglary. An armed response unit from Durham Police along with a dog squad and regular officers surrounded a property in High Northgate, Darlington
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Wife saw neighbour in pool of blood
A FRANTIC wife disarmed her husband moments before he grabbed another kitchen knife from their home and stabbed his next-door neighbour, a court heard. Helen Thornley told a jury that she hoped her husband James had not “done something stupid
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Chorister on song to take top title
A TEENAGER who has already sung alongside Sting and Katherine Jenkins has been shortlisted for Chorister of the Year. Liam Jones, 13, will compete against seven other youngsters for the BBC Radio 2 prize in the final at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral
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Sainsbury's charity work
NORTH-East MP has visited a supermarket to learn more about its work with charities and schools. Roberta Blackman-Woods, Labour MP for Durham City, visited Sainsbury’s store at the Arnison Centre, near Durham, yesterday. She was given
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MP hopefuls await shadow cabinet vote
FOUR North-East MPs were waiting on their political futures last night, as Labour prepared to unveil its shadow cabinet line-up. The four are among 49 MPs in the running for 19 places at new Labour leader Ed Miliband’s top table, with the result
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Drugs menace being tackled
A ONCE-LEGAL drug linked to dozens of teenage deaths around the country is no longer a major problem in a rural dale. Teesdale, in County Durham, was once considered the epicentre of the drug mephedrone. The area was identified as the place
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Call for answers in phone jobs row
BOSSES at the company formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile faced fresh questions last night over a move which could see North-East jobs shifted abroad. Everything Everywhere confirmed it was proposing to outsource some of the work done
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Dementia drugs watchdog U-turn
dementia sufferers could be prescribed previously denied drugs after a U-turn by health watchdog Nice. The change of heart comes four years after The Northern Echo launched its Don’t Stop Dementia Drugs Campaign. The 2006 campaign helped rally