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Tykes give Notts a chance
LETTING teams off the hook is rapidly becoming the theme of Yorkshire's season so far. For the fifth time in 2011 the Tykes had an opposition on the ropes yesterday, before ultimately failing to land the crucial knock-out blow which would have seen them
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Durham feature large Blaydon representation for opener
DURHAM have selected seven Blaydon players for the opening County Championship match at Tynedale today (2pm), when they will find several clubmates in the opposition, writes Tim Wellock. Those who live in Newcastle, like Blaydon skipper Matt Hall and
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Whitmarsh hails driver camaraderie
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has hailed the relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button as the best the marque has ever had - and one that prevents him looking like an idiot. In the 16 months the two Britons have worked with one
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Whitmarsh hails driver camaraderie
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has hailed the relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button as the best the marque has ever had - and one that prevents him looking like an idiot. In the 16 months the two Britons have worked with one
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Street’s quest for club title
NEPL champions Chester-le-Street begin their attempt to regain the national club title they won in 2009 with a home match against Durham County League side Crook Town tomorrow. The Cestrians will start as favourites but before then they travel to Preston
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In-form new boys meet after nine-wicket victories
There is an intriguing game in prospect today in the Durham Senior League when Castle Eden entertain newcomers Kimblesworth. Both opened their account with nine-wicket victories last week and now it's time for the two newest kids on the DSL block to
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Pool hoping to build on their form
A week is a long time in cricket, and nowhere is that more evident than in the performances of Hartlepool. A heavy opening day defeat at Richmond didn't look good, but two convincing away wins in three days over the bank holiday weekend have lifted the
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Fahey-trained Castles In The Air looks quality bet
A QUALITY mix of racing this afternoon, both flat and jumps. Several of the big races have a nice each-way feel to them and, hopefully, a nice few big price winners to be found. At Ascot, no less than 24 face the
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Gregan‘s Wembley day out
At the age of 23, Darlington's Sean Gregan strode on to the Wembley pitch for the final match of the 1995-96 campaign as one of the club's brightest prospects. It was the Division Three play-off final against Plymouth Argyle and Gregan had
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Video game becomes reality for comeback kid Chandler
HE might have played at Wembley on the computer game FIFA, but for Darlington midfielder Jamie Chandler, that scenario is about to become a reality. Chandler will be part of the Darlington side that walks out at the home of English football
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Russell eager to avoid more Wembley woe
Losing at Wembley is a horrible feeling that Darlington supporters have experienced twice and goalkeeper Sam Russell can empathise having suffered the same feeling - four times. He might not have been with the club in either 1996 or 2000
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Cooper tells his Darlington players: Don't be losers
AS he prepares to lead a team out at Wembley for the first time as a manager, Darlington boss Mark Cooper hopes his own experience of FA Trophy heartache can help spur his Darlington squad on to victory. The boss is aware that, on the big
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SHE LOVES YOU ,YEAH,YEAH,YEAH
So the latest news in the world of celebrities is that Sir Paul McCartney is engaged again, this time to American business woman Nancy Shevell, whom he has been seeing for four years. According to the rumours they are likely to be married in the USA.
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B&Q owner agrees to buy Focus stores
The owner of the B&Q DIY chain has agreed to buy up to 31 stores from Focus for £23m. On Thursday, Focus went into administration after its business was hit by the depressed housing market and retail slump. Administrators said the deal with Kingfisher
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Lib Dems suffer devastating blow as Newcastle falls to Labour
THE Liberal Democrats lost a flagship city council because of the damage done by the coalition government, its outgoing leader has said. Labour snatched ten wards in Newcastle from Nick Cleggs party today out of 25 up for grabs, holding on to just four
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Train drivers and elves needed for railway
A RAILWAY has launched a search for volunteers, including train drivers, gardeners and Christmas elves. The Weardale Railway Community Interest Company (CIC) has started a two month recruitment drive for volunteers to help with the passenger service
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Metal squad started to crackdown on thieves
THE vicar of a 1,000-year-old church repeatedly targeted by lead thieves has welcomed the formation of a new police squad dedicated to tackling metal thefts. In its first three weeks, the unit of six officers covering the Wear Valley, Teesdale
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Murder probe launched following fatal house fire
DETECTIVES investigating a fatal house fire in which a young girl and her father died have launched a murder probe. Philip Braithwaite, 49, and his daughter, Jessica, seven, died after they were trapped in their semi-detached house in Hawthorn
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Vocal point
Later With Jools Holland (BBC2,11.35pm) A Place in the Sun: Home or Away (C4, 8pm) Baboons with Bill Bailey (ITV1, 8pm) WHEN Adele Adkins graduated from the Brit school in May 2006, many hoped for big things from her, but few had any idea Adele
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Libya
BOTH Libya and Syria are suppressing popular uprisings. One UN resolution authorises action from the air in Libya but the other, involving Syria, is a mere call to behave better. What is happening? Why could one lead us to military intervention
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Royal wedding
WHEN will people (including The Northern Echo) learn that when a couple marry in the Church of England they say “I will” and not “I do”? “I do” merely expresses what is happening at the time, “I will” says something positive about the future. Peter
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Bin Laden's deadly legacy lives on
MANY people will welcome the news and the headline: Osama Bin Laden is dead. For those who suffered the pain inflicted by the leader of al Qaida, his death will in some way be a compensation for their loss, But for those who see this as an end
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Full of wind
I’M not sure where Councillor Martin Jones (HAS, April 30) gets his information from, but his letter in support of the Newton Aycliffe wind farm is full of inaccuracies. Firstly, wind power is a very unreliable source of power that is wholly dependent
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An image of restraint
WITH so much cynicism surrounding the killing of Osama bin Laden by American special forces, it must have been tempting for Barack Obama to publish photographic evidence of the terrorist mastermind’s body. But the US President is right not to do
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Lorry driver killed on country lane
A LORRY driver has been killed after his vehicle overturned on a country lane. The incident happened on Butterwick Road, just outside Fishburn, County Durham, at 8.55am this morning. The driver, a man in his late 50s from the Derwentside area of County
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Obama
SHARON GRIFFITHS comments on the fact that Barack Obama has released a full copy of his birth certificate showing he was born in Hawaii (Echo, April 29). It is a sad reflection on the far right wing of the Republican party that he needed to do
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Development
IT was a touch ironic to read Labour MEP Stephen Hughes’ comments in The Northern Echo (Echo, May 3) about the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). He claimed that the region is about to have £180m of European money snatched away. This is
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Peace and quiet
WHEN my wife and I first moved to the North-East in the Seventies, we deliberately chose a village location. In order to do some research we initially rented, and based our final decision on scenery but mainly the tranquillity afforded by peace
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Model for a healthy NHS
With GPs expected to take over the purchasing of most health care in two years, patient representative David Taylor-Gooby considers how residents from a County Durham town are already working closely with local family doctors. WHATEVER the outcome
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Tributes paid to 'a man with many influences'
A SYMPHONY orchestra member and other musicians played at the funeral of their former teacher yesterday. About 200 family, friends and fellow musicians packed into St John's Church, in Darlington, for the funeral of Alf Hind. Mr Hind, considered
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Connor's first crime story a winner
A TEENAGER who was inspired to write a crime story because his friends were entering a competition has won a place in the national final. Connor Sterling, 13, from Darlington, won the NorthEast section of the National Crime Writers' Competition after
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English football refuses to learn the lessons of the past
CAST your mind back 12 months, and English football was whipping itself into a pre-World Cup frenzy. We'd sailed through qualifying, boasted one of the most successful managers in the game and could field a starting line-up comprised of some of the
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Labour hold Darlington
THE Labour party has held Darlington Borough Council after increasing its majority. Click here for live election results Labour gained 34 seats - five more than in 2007 - taking four from the Conservatives and one from the Liberal Democrat
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Under-fire Mallon re-elected Middlesbrough mayor
RAY Mallon has been re-elected as Mayor of Middlesbrough. The independent candidate won with 50.4 per cent of the total vote. His re-election comes after weeks of controversy where secret recordings were leaked in which he used foul language and
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Health experts call for heart pump cash
EXPERTS at a world-famous North-East heart unit have called for a big increase in the number of artificial heart pumps on the NHS. Heart specialists at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle say the Department of Health must make greater use of
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The build up to Whitley v Coalville: We won't be distracted says Robson.
Whitley Bay midfielder Damon Robson says that the three times Vase winners won’t be distracted by the build up to the big match at Wembley on Sunday afternoon. The Bay are trying to maintain a magnificent record of 25 games unbeaten in the Vase, which
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Richardson to miss rest of Black Cats' season
SUNDERLAND midfielder Kieran Richardson will miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his left leg. The 26-year-old was today ruled out of the final three games of the Barclays Premier League campaign after scans revealed the damage to his
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Durham newsagents robbed in dramatic raid
POLICE are hunting robbers who held up a newsagents near Durham, before stealing a substantial amount of cash. The raiders, who were wearing masks, struck at 9.45pm last night at McColl's in Alnwick Road, Newton Hall. A spokeswoman for Durham Constabulary
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Complaints up against North Yorkshire police officers and staff
THE number of allegations against officers and staff at one of the region's police forces has risen sharply in the last year. North Yorkshire Police recorded an 18 per cent increase in the number of allegations made against the force in the
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Chance to win free market stall
A COMPETITION to encourage entrepreneurs has been launched. Officials from Durham Markets Company and Durham City Area Action Partnership gathered in the city’s Market Place for the launch of Stepping Up Durham 2011 yesterday. (fri) It offers entrepreneurs
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Footy-mad Quaker seeks new home
HE plays in black and white, runs around a lot, has lots of energy, is good with a ball and is looking for a new home. No, Darlington FC's Jamie Chandler is not after a transfer but a loving family is being sought for a rescue dog named in
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Police appeal for witnesses after £10,000 jewellery raid
RAIDERS who broke into a North Yorkshire home escaped with a haul of jewellery worth around £10,000. The thieves forced their way into a house in Duchy Road, Harrogate, through a window sometime during Friday evening. And police have now released images
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Visitors to catch glimpse of peregrines' clifftop nest
A PAIR of cliff-dwelling peregrines are set to become a tourist attraction in a seaside resort this summer. The RSPB will be helping visitors to Scarborough to catch a glimpse of the birds of prey as they raise their young on the cliffs.
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Couple assaulted near busy nightclub
POLICE are asking the public for help after a couple were repeatedly assaulted near a busy nightclub. The 31-year-old man and his 26-year-old wife were approached by a group of men and women outside the Matrix club in Ripon at about 3.10am on Sunday.
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Labour hold Sunderland and South Tyneside
LABOUR comfortably held power in Sunderland and South Tyneside, the two council areas of Tyne and Wear which counted last night. In both cases Labour made gains, with the coalition partner parties suffering a backlash from voters over cutbacks
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Pools offer season tickets for just £100
Hartlepool United supporters can buy a season ticket at Victoria Park for just £100 for the 2011/12 campaign.The club today unveiled its initiative to boost attendances, and if 4,000 fans take up the offer by July 15, then they will cost &
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Wild fire warning for North Yorkshire
THE fire service in North Yorkshire has urged people to take care while in the countryside following a spate of wild fires across the UK. There are about 100 grass, forest and moors fire within North Yorkshire every year, from minor grassland fires requiring
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Estate roads at Fountains Abbey to close for maintenance
A NUMBER of roads through an historic estate popular with tourists are to be closed for essential maintenance. Estate roads to Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, near Ripon, will be closed between Monday and Wednesday, May 18, to repair winter damage.
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North-East scientists in hunt to cure rare genetic disease
RESEARCH which could hold the key to curing a rare genetic disease, which causes kidney failure in children, is being carried out at a new multi-million pound science complex in the North-East. As a result of their ongoing research into improving
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Susan's art sessions prove a hit
A NEW fortnightly art and craft workshop has begun in an indoor market. Susan Platten, of Crafty Nook, is holding twice-monthly workshops in Cafe Cenno, upstairs from her stall in Durham Indoor Market, Durham City. Each session features
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Clegg - We have taken a real knock
DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg admitted today that the Liberal Democrats had taken "a real knock" after a night of heavy election losses. With the party also facing defeat later today in the referendum on voting reform, Mr Clegg admitted
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Lib Dems face anxious wait after region goes to the polls
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS are facing a bruising local election result in the region today. Thousands of people went to the polls yesterday but the majority of results won't be known until later today. Pundits predicted Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's Lib
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'Doctors in France stole son's organs'
A MOTHER is demanding answers after the sudden death of her son in France - and the return of his body without major organs. Andrew Watt, 31, from Durham City, was found dead about a mile from Vimarce, near Laval, in North-West France, in September.
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Grainger the hero as Benfield lift the League Cup.
Newcastle Benfield manager Paul Baker hailed keeper Andrew Grainger as “magnificent” after they beat league champions Spennymoor with ten men in the Brooks Mileson Northern League Cup final last night. Benfield won the competition in 2009 and 2007, but
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Russell Crowe offers Durham University acting masterclass
HOLLYWOOD megastar Russell Crowe could be on his way to the North-East: to teach drama to Durham University students. The Oscar-winning star of Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind and Robin Hood tried to contact Durham University chancellor Bill Bryson
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TV show will attract record numbers to Appleby Hosre Fair
HIT TV show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is set to draw a record number of visitors to the Appleby Horse Fair this summer. The programme captured footage of travellers attempting to find love at last year's fair and tourism bosses have now said
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No extra pressure on us: Chandler
Whitley Bay manager Ian Chandler believes that there isn’t any extra pressure on his players as the Northern League side chase a record fourth FA Vase win at Wembley against Leicestershire side Coalville on Sunday afternoon. Whitley’s quest for a third
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Fat-eating bugs set to end blocked drains woe
A REVOLUTIONARY system which uses fat-eating bacteria to unblock drains has been developed by scientists in the region. The new Bactaerator technology has been launched by CBIO in Stockton following successful trials which showed how troublesome
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Building society chief confirms possible Northern Rock bid
THE Yorkshire Building Society could bid for Northern Rock, its chief executive confirmed for the first time yesterday. Iain Cornish, who heads up the UK's second largest building society with 2.6m members, also put the case for why he believed
