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Hebburn consider complaint to league
Second Division Hebburn are considering a complaint to the league after a wasted trip to Whitehaven on Monday. Hebburn made the cross country trip after they set off at 9am, only for the referee to call the game off at 2.15 because of a frozen
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Earthquake strikes in North Yorkshire
NORTH Yorkshire has been struck by an earthquake, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed. The epicentre of the tremor was near Ripon and measured 3.6 on the Richter scale - the biggest quake to shake the area for 230 years.
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Road closed after serious accident
A SERIOUS road traffic accident has caused the closure of a road in North Yorkshire. The accident, involving a car and a lorry, happened on the A66 at Gilling West. The road is closed in both directions between Gilling West Crossroads
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Fastest goal of the season for Byrne
Second division leaders Newton Aycliffe are now seven points clear at the top after they beat Morpeth 5-0 at Moore Lane. Warren Byrne scored possibly the fastest STL goal of the season after 16 seconds when the Morpeth defence misjudged the bounce of
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Moors reach DCC semi finals
Spennymoor Town reached the semi finals of the Durham Challenge Cup by knocking holders Billingham Synthonia out of the competition 4-1 at the Brewery Field yesterday afternoon. The holders stunned Moors by taking the lead after 4 minutes
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Mowbray downbeat despite Middlesbrough draw
TONY Mowbray insisted his struggling Middlesbrough side were disappointed to come away with a point in a 1-1 draw with promotion hopefuls Norwich and hinted at better times to come. Boro quickly clawed back an early Norwich opener from Grant Holt as
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Quakers make four changes
Darlington have rung the changes for today's game against Barrow with four players returning to the side at The Northern Echo Arena. Manager Mark Cooper has selected a teenage strikeforce with Michael Smith, who has returned from a loan at
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Pools make three changes
MICK Wadsworth makes three changes for Hartlepool United's game at Notts County. With Sam Collins nursing a knee injury, Steve Haslam starts at centre-half, with Andy Monkhouse and Joe Gamble starting with James Brown and Paul Murray on the bench. Notts
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The life of Reilly
Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent (ITV1, 9pm) Stargazing with Brian Cox (BBC2, 8pm) Silent Witness (BBC1, 9pm) Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2010 (C4, 9.30pm) LYNDA LA PLANTE has penned countless scripts worthy of more comment than a word count will
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Stolen purse
I would like to thank all the people who were kind to me when my purse was stolen recently. Yorkshire Bank, which stopped all my cash cards, the police, who were so kind, people in the council offices who replaced my bus pass free of charge, BHS
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Mind your language
WE seem to be acquiring a few of what I call “Americanisms”. The one which sticks in my memory is “chill out”, which I presume means “relax”. Maureen Brighten, Darlington.
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Missed point
WAYNE HARRIS, executive director of homes and assets from Sedgefield Borough Housing, you are missing the point (Echo, Dec 29). If I suffer a fire in my kitchen, I have no way of getting out via my living/dining room. When my kitchen floor was
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Bad language
HAVING reached the age of nearly 73, I and many other older people are sick and tired of hearing foul language. If we take a trip to town, and are unlucky enough to travel on the school run, the air is usually blue. Today’s so-called comedians,
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Nursing care
IT makes me very sad to read about elderly or very ill patients being left without food or drink. It often makes me want to turn the clock back to when nurses were trained in hospitals instead of universities. I did my training on the wards, when
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Travellers are paying
IT is extremely tough being a traveller this New Year. If you take the car, a litre of fuel is rising this week alone by 3.5p, due to Government tax rises. A similar tax rise is expected in April, and in between the price of the fuel itself is likely
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Monday, January 3, 2011
LOVE A glance And meeting of the eyes. Coded messages With sparkle and glitter Stars in the night sky. One of life’s mysteries Two hearts Beating together Synchronised in harmony. Soma Weera, Middleton St George THEIR
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Jump jets
THE Government has axed the Royal Navy’s harrier jump jets, leaving the fleet without fixed wing aircraft and vulnerable to air attacks. This is after axing the still seaworthy HMS Ark Royal, the Royal Navy’s sole aircraft carrier. Now in The
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Civic Theatre
FOR more than 50 years my life, and that of my family and friends, has been enriched by productions at the Civic Theatre and, lately, at the Arts Centre, in Darlington. In the pursuit of economies I understand that these two centres of excellence
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Vince Cable
I find it hard to believe that David Cameron can promise some of his MPs that he will look at changing the rules on expenses before April so that MPs will be able to able to claim more. No one forces them to be MPs. If they are unable to live on
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Time to mothball MIMA?
THE Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) is a controversial attraction. We cannot charge an admission fee and it currently costs tax payers £1.3m a year to maintain. That figure will surely rise year by year. We were told by Ray Mallon,
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Labour
IN reply to Charles Johnson, Tory Party chairman for Durham and Cleveland, and his attack on socialism (HAS, Dec 27). The reason we are here is because of people like you and the ideology that your party advocates. The idea of profit before people
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McDonald hopes to have to fight for place
HE might not want to sit on the bench, but Scott McDonald signed off club duty by admitting he does not want to walk straight back in to the Middlesbrough team on his return. McDonald flew out yesterday to join up with the Australia squad for the Asian
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Just the ticket
I WOULD like to thank The Northern Echo for the tickets to the Newcastle v Man City match, it was a tremendous experience for my daughter and myself. In the Keegan era I used to take her to cup and European matches up there, but it wasn’t the
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News, views and resolutions
Peter Barron continues his review of 2010, using the archives of the From the Editor’s Chair column. JUNE PIERS MORGAN displays a worrying lack of judgement. Firstly, as a judge on Britain’s Got Talent, he says a bloke chopping wood (badly)
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King backs beaten duo
ALAN King still has the Cheltenham Festival in mind for Medermit and Karabak even though both horses were beaten at the Prestbury Park track on Saturday. Medermit has a choice of novice chase options at the March meeting while the Ladbrokes
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Pearly can take giant step to glory for trainer Daly
HENRY Daly’s Pearlysteps has been found the perfect opportunity in the Lindley Catering Beginners’ Chase at Hereford. The eight-year-old has been brought along very slowly by his ever-patient trainer, but looks to be getting the hang of things.
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Boro bard
A few years ago, while watching TV, I saw the Boro beat Man Utd quite easily, They played with flair and style and brought great cheer, But when I see them now, I think “oh dear”, What has gone wrong you may ask?, Many managers have come to
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Peace in our time?
THE news that the threat of Billingham Town going out of business has been lifted is a good thing for Northern League fans like myself. I wrote to SHAS at the time urging Hartlepool United to think again and it would appear that the message has
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Con trick
DECIDING the destiny of the World Cup was nothing but a blatant diabolical con trick, and why our hierarchy fell for it leaves me totally bemused. As well as geographical rotation, if FIFA have a sympathy policy this should be made public so
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Sunderland 3 Blackburn Rovers 0
A DECADE ago, Sunderland were third in the table after beating Ipswich Town 4-1, with Europe in their sights and money in the bank. Of course, then, same as the season before, it was not to be, and a lack of activity in the transfer market that winter
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Leeds United 1 Middlesbrough 1
IT was never going to happen overnight, but Middlesbrough are making steady progress under Tony Mowbray and are finally showing flashes of the sort of quality opposing managers have feared this season. Now Mowbray, 11 matches in to his reign
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Birtley furious with late call off
Second Division Birtley are furious with Gillford Park after being told to travel for their STL Second Division game this morning – only to be told 90 minutes later that the game was postponed. The game was scheduled to take place at Gretna, and at 8.15
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Remembering Faustino
I WORKED at Durham University for many years and ran the psychology department five-a-side team, which played in a very competitive lunchtime league at Maiden Castle Sports Hall. It was about 1996 and Kevin Keegan and the Newcastle team used
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Much to savour in search for 2011 champions
With 2010 in the memory bank, thoughts are already turning to the sporting treats that lie in wait in 2011. Assistant Editor Scott Wilson previews ten of the events that should not be missed. ARSENAL VS BARCELONA (February 16 and March 8
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Boss looks to loan market
MICK Wadsworth is likely to move into the loan market this month, after losing Sam Collins to injury. The captain suffered damaged medial knee ligaments in the early stages of Saturday's win and, while Steve Haslam will stand in at Notts County
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Hartlepool United 4 Oldham Athletic 2
PETER Hartley admits the feel-good factor is back at Hartlepool United; and it's there for the first time since 2006. Danny Wilson's side were invincible in League Two as they romped to promotion. While Mick Wadsworth's class of 2010/11 wasn't expected
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TV company pulls the plug on Darlington match
The plug has been pulled on Darlington's game today with Barrow with television company Premier Sports deciding not to broadcast the game live. Quakers' match at The Northern Echo Arena was due to be screened by the subscription channel, hence the kick-off
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Fleetwood Town 1 Darlington 0
Must do better. That would be the verdict on Darlington's stuttering season so far as they sit a disappointing 13th at the turn of the year. Thirteen is also the number of points they are off the play-off positions so they have a great deal
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Growing injury list a worry for Bruce
STEVE Bruce is fearful that a spate of injuries may scupper Sunderland's bid to secure his sole objective of a top-ten finish. The Black Cats eased to a 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers on Saturday to go sixth in the table, but, rocked by the news that
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Quakers game goes ahead
DARLINGTON'S game at home to Barrow today is definitely on. TV company Premier Sports withdrew their coverage of today’s game before the weekend, but the match will still go ahead at 4pm. Quakers general manager Alan Murray said: “There’
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Town’s Mr Fix-it works hard behind the scenes
Dave Hewison has kept his town’s streets, parks and alleys clean for the past nine years, winning awards for going beyond the call of duty. Andy Walker caught up with him. IN a tidy little room, near an immaculate car park, close to a pristine public
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Newcastle chasing Beckham and Keane
NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew is ready to launch an audacious attempt to secure January loan deals for Robbie Keane and David Beckham. And despite yesterday's 1-0 win at Wigan having proved there is life without Andy Carroll, Pardew has also revealed the
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Newcastle prove there is life after Carroll
A ONE-MAN team? Not exactly. If this is what life without Andy Carroll looks like, the biggest fear for the next few weeks might be that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley decides his club can do without their leading goalscorer permanently. With Carroll beginning
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Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64
Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite has died, a spokesman announced today. He was 64. Mr Postlethwaite received his Oscar nomination for his performance as Guiseppe Conlon in the 1993 film In The Name Of The Father, about the wrongful convictions
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Agency criticised over use of funds
A REGIONAL development agency has been criticised for cutting grants to a major eco-project while handing over £2m to help develop Durham County Cricket Club’s facilities. Eastgate Renewable Energy Village, planned to revive the fortunes of upper
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Cyclist killed in collision with taxi
A CYCLIST has been killed after a collision with a taxi as he made his way home from a night out. Anthony Joseph McGee died just after midnight this morning in James Cook University Hospital following the accident on Redcar Lane in Redcar, near the junction
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Volunteers needed to assess diet plans
A UNIVERSITY research team is hoping to recruit volunteers to help in a study of weight-loss programmes. With an estimated 14 million people across the UK about to embark on a new year diet, the scientists are hoping they will have no shortage
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Playboy: Jail is like expensive health club
A SELF-STYLED international playboy convicted of handling a priceless stolen Shakespeare First Folio has likened prison to an expensive health club. Raymond Scott, who was jailed for eight years in August, is in Castington, Northumberland, where
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Raider breaks into services through roof
A BUSY service station closed for several hours after a thief broke in through the roof and stole a large amount of money from an ATM machine. The Moto services at Scotch Corner, just off the A1 and A66 junction in North Yorkshire, was raided between
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Milestone is reached in steam locomotive project
A GROUP of rail enthusiasts building a replica of a historic North- East steam locomotive has reached a milestone. The Class G5 Locomotive Company Ltd, which is in the process of recreating the G5 Class 0-4-4 tank locomotive, has completed work
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Charity dippers brave the elements
HARDY fundraisers marked the arrival of the New Year with a swim in the North Sea. Nine people took part in the annual Saltburn Animal Rescue Association (Sara) dip. The swimmers braved choppy seas and near-freezing temperatures. Some took the
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Baby joy as families welcome their New Year’s Day arrivals
LITTLE Jonathon Green put in an early appearance as the region’s first New Year’s Day baby. He was born at 1.23am at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough – two weeks before his due date. His mother, Annemarie Green, of
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Sword attack leaves two men in hospital
TWO men have been seriously injured after being attacked with a Samurai sword-type weapon just minutes into the new year. Police yesterday charged a 31-year-old local man in connection with the incident. It happened at about 12.30am
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New Year mum and her New Year baby
HISTORY repeated itself in more ways than one when a North-East woman went into labour early on New Year’s Day. When Steph Johnson gave birth to a baby boy on January 1, it was 25 years to the day since her own mother gave birth to her. And,
