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Quakers could miss out on target
Darlington are continuing to work on bringing in potential new players to The Northern Echo Arena, but have hit a stumbling block in their pursuit of James Walshaw. The Guiseley striker, who scored 32 goals this season, this week held talks with Quakers
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Sweeney out to maintain his improvement
WITH a new contract in the bag, and his future secured, Antony Sweeney is looking forward to further developing his game next season. His 14 goals earned Hartlepool United's player of the year award and, despite interest from other club, the midfielder
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Sea danger warning after near-miss
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy had a lucky escape after falling into the sea while fishing. The teenager was on North Gare, Hartlepool, with a friend yesterday afternoon when he slipped and fell into the sea. Three police officers and a Police Community Support
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Sowing the seeds of success
TEENAGERS have been using their green fingers as they build relationships with businesses. The eight youngsters, aged 14 to 16, have been involved in a project to build and cultivate planters of flowers and vegetables, which have been presented tobusinesses
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Dine like an Anglo-Saxon princess
A MUSEUM cafe is serving up an authentic menu of Anglo-Saxon cuisine. The amazing story of the life and death of a Seventh Century princess will be told at Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar, when an exhibition opens tomorrow. The venue is preparing to showcase
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No end to road noise misery for residents
RESIDENTS in Billingham are devastated that their pleas for a new road surface for the A19 have been rejected. Excessive noise caused by cars travelling along a concrete section of the busy road has been seen as a problem for some time. But now the
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Daniel's strike helps Mowden break their duck
A SCHOOL football team regularly cast as unlucky losers have finally gone one better. Mowden Junior School won the Darlington schools football tournament last week for the first time. The school's victory came after a number of runner-up spots
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Ferguson pens long-term deal with Magpies
NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew today tied up the future of one of his most promising prospects as Shane Ferguson signed a new five-year contract. Just days after it was revealed that key midfielder Joey Barton will not be offered an extension, the 19-year-old
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Honour for governors
TWO former councillors have been honoured by a school in their old ward. Darlington mayor Councillor Lee Vasey opened the Hartley Flowers Community Room, at Borough Road Nursery School, yesterday. The extension is named after former councillors
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Barker defies Durham
FORMER professional footballer Keith Barker, who had played no part in the match until today and had a previous best first-class score of 31, defied Durham by making 101. Fortunately for Durham, he departed four balls before tea, leaving them to take
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Cleveland police chief probed by IPCC
CLEVELAND Police Chief Constable Sean Price is being investigated over an allegation that he used undue influence over an appointment to the force, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said today. Mr Price was told today that he
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Bywater targets a bright future
NORTH-EAST wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater insists Great Britain's BT Paralympic World Cup disappointment will be banished to the annals of history by the time the European Championships in September come around. Great Britain had grand designs
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Police probe theft of 200-year-old barometer
DETECTIVES are investigating the theft of a valuable antique barometer. It was stolen, during a burglary, from a cottage in West Tanfield, near Ripon between 10pm on Monday, May 23 and 1pm Tuesday, May 24 2011. The 200-year-old stick
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Mobile service for pet lovers
PET owners in the North-East can access treatment for their animals close to home after a vet practice launched its own mobile clinic. The mobile surgery, which is owned and run by Prince Bishop Veterinary Hospital in Leadgate, Consett, is now on the
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Rocky start to Yorkshire's final day
Yorkshire are in trouble on the final day of their LV=County Championship match against Somerset. At lunch on day four they had reached 296 for nine in their second-innings – a lead of only 202 runs. Resuming on 248 for six they got off to the worst
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Two arrested over fraud claims in police road swoop
TWO men were arrested on suspicion of fraud during a road policing initiative involving three of the region's forces. They were arrested at Scotch Corner, in North Yorkshire, on Friday, May 20, as part of Operation Mermaid, which involved officers from
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Catwalk show for model pupils
MODEL pupils strutted their stuff on the catwalk at an event designed to get them ready for their end-of-school prom. Year 11 students from the Education Village, in Darlington, were given style makeovers in preparation for the summer ball at an event
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NORTH YORKSHIRE: News in brief
CHARITY TOTALS: More than £1,250 was raised for during street collections in Harrogate, York and Northallerton, as part of Red Cross Week earlier this month. Red Cross services set to benefit from this fundraising include first aid at public events
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Market report
FASHION house Burberry was the top faller in the FTSE 100 Index yesterday as its stellar annual results were overshadowed by a bout of profit-taking. The chain reported a 39 per cent increase in underlying pre-tax profits to £298m, in line with
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Enough to make you a royalist
DIDN’T she do well? The Queen I mean – off to Dublin in her green, 85 years old, dogged, gracious, tactful, speaking Irish, laughing with fishmongers, regretting the past, but not apologising. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. That’s what you get
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Care home to create 40 jobs
ABOUT 40 jobs are to be created with the multi-million pound extension of a care home. The jobs for nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, healthcare assistants and kitchen and domestic staff will be created at Belle Vue Care Home,
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Software company wins Bacs status
A NORTH-EAST based technology company has become the first firm in nine years to have its software approved for secure online payments by UK banks. Unified Software has been given approved software supplier status by Bacs, the organisation
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Issues that are best left unsaid
WHEN I became a local government employee I discovered the wonderful world of performance indicators. They’re the endless reams of statistics that are supposed to tell us whether we’re doing our job properly. They were too complicated for me, so
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NHS
HEALTH Minister Simon Burns claims that the number of NHS managers in our region has fallen since May 2010 (Echo, May 25), after this number apparently doubled under Labour. Under Labour, a new health centre opened in Stanley and hospital facilities
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Fairness
AM I the only one that thinks that the Government has it’s priorities the wrong way round? They appear to give everything to young people who have done very little, if anything, for this country – apart from keeping the pushchair manufacturing
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Easington Colliery remembered 60 years on
ON May 29, it is the 60th anniversary of an explosion in Easington Colliery which killed 83 miners. About 2,500 men worked underground at Easington in 1951, and the village's population was about 11,000. These are the names of the victims: Anson
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Storytelling celebrations at libraries
THE library service in North Yorkshire is urging families to get on board for the Bookstart storytime celebrations from June 6 to 12. More than 40 transport and journey-themed events, storytelling, singing and rhyming sessions will be taking place across
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Wurlizer
THE Wurlitzer organ at the James Finegan Hall did not “begin its organ life” in Redcar as Councillor George Dunning suggests (HAS, May 25). In 1978, the Cleveland Organ Society removed the seven tonne organ from the Granada Theatre in Bedford
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The special relationship
OVER the years Britain’s links with America have been significant, socially, economically and politically. At times there have been tensions but never a falling out. Like any relationship, there is the question of who has been the more dominant
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Ireland
I UNDERSTAND why the editor upholds the principle “Hear all sides” but sometimes the tosh which appears is excruciating. Ireland has been “independent” for 90 years. The troubles which cost so many lives arose because Britain recognised the right
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Soldier blue
WITH reference to LD Harding’s letter,( HAS, May 24), I never saw the film Soldier Blue but read about the incident that inspired it in Dee Brown’s book about the native American wars, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. The action was led by Colonel
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Medals
MICK PEACOCK (HAS, May 24) was not the only one to find himself feeling slightly dismayed at the number of medals worn by certain members of the royal family at the royal wedding. It brings to mind the behaviour of the pig Napoleon in George Orwell
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Royalty
IN HER support of Tony Kelly’s letter on the royal wedding, Joyce Rutter ponders whether some contributors to HAS “ever have a laugh” (HAS, May 24). I do, frequently. And enjoying myself doesn’t require the spectacle of watching vapid, over privileged
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Injunctions
IT IS clear that there will soon be a debate in Parliament about the way rich celebrities can obtain super injunctions after committing actions which they want to have kept outside he public domain because of embarrassment. It is not justice when
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Overseas aid
IN REPLY to Dr Abdul Jaleel’s criticism of JM Gowland (HAS, May 24), I don’t think to question the ethics of giving so much aid to Pakistan are the words of a “little Englander”. Surely in times such as these, when everyone is suffering economically
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The trouble with Joe
Parents who have children with behavioural problems now have a support group in the region. Health Editor Barry Nelson talked to the new group’s co-founder. IT was when she caught her three-yearold, Joe, climbing over a 6ft fence for the umpteenth
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Tickets sell strongly for Swaledale Festival
IT'S one of the biggest little festivals in the country - and this year's musical extravaganza gets underway tomorrow. The Swaledale Festival has won national renown since it was launched just over 30 years ago and has brought some of the world's finest
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'Fraud' arrests in road policing operation
TWO men were arrested on suspicion of fraud during a road policing initiative involving officers from around the region. They were arrested at Scotch Corner, in North Yorkshire, on Friday, May 20, as part of Operation Mermaid, which involved officers
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Former bar to be converted into flats
PLANS to turn a former pub and nightclub into flats have been given the go-ahead. Elder’s Bar, in Elder Road, Northallerton, closed last year after almost 20 years of trading in the town. Landlord Paul Cochrane had hoped it would be taken over by
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Law firm to open in market town
AN independent law firm will open in a market town next week. Calder Meynell LLP will begin trading above Northallerton Estate Agents, in the town’s High Street, on Wednesday. The firm is being set up by solicitor Kerri Calder, of Kirkby Fleetham, and
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Live lute music
A RECITAL of lute songs and solos from the Jacobean age are being performed live in Durham City. Lute player Jacob Heringman and vocalist Faye Newton are playing at the Durham University Music School on Palace Green in Durham on June 8 at 7.30pm. The
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Cooper hoping trio will stay put
DARLINGTON manager Mark Cooper is busy tempting players to move to The Northern Echo Arena, but he hopes three of his current squad will extend their stays. He is confident that Paul Arnison, Paul Terry and Sam Russell will all put pen to paper
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Nearly 40 jobs 'at risk' at Houghall
ALMOST 40 jobs are at risk at an agricultural college, it has emerged. East Durham College has informed 37 staff at its Houghall campus, near Durham City, that they are at risk of redundancy. A consultation period has begun, running until Friday, June
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Pet owner doubts whether Great Dane bit off man's nose
A DOG lover told a court she believed her Great Dane would not have bitten a delivery driver after he dropped off a package at her home. Carol Crawford was signing to confirm receipt of the package when Jessie, her three-year-old Great Dane, leapt up
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Man in court accused of girl kidnaps
A 64-YEAR-OLD appeared in court yesterday accused of abducting and indecently assaulting four young girls in a series of attacks in the Eighties and Nineties. David Edward Bryant, 64, of Ulverston, in Cumbria, appeared before district judge Gary
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Slaughterhouse plan approved to dismay of David Cameron's father-in-law
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a slaughterhouse close to the stately home of Prime Minister David Cameron's father-in-law have been given the go-ahead. It is estimated the abattoir, which will be created in the village of Sutton-on-the-Forest, near York, will
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Great Dane ‘just wanted to say hello’
A DOG lover told a court she did not believe her Great Dane could have bitten a delivery driver after he dropped off a package at her home. Carol Crawford was signing to confirm receipt of the package when Jessie, her three-year-old Great Dane,
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NHS reform on hold
THE troubled NHS shake-up hit a fresh crisis yesterday, when the legislation was delayed again for up to six months – as Nick Clegg vowed not to allow a “dog-eat-dog market”. The Deputy Prime Minister announced that the Health and Social Care
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Wildcats delighted after joining the BBL big boys
THERE will be another high-profile string to County Durham's sporting bow this autumn after Durham Wildcats were accepted into the British Basketball League. Having spent last season in the National League, British basketball's equivalent of
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Bruce has his eye on Doyle
STEVE Bruce is pondering a summer move for Wolves striker Kevin Doyle, but the Sunderland boss will definitely not be offering John Mensah a return to the Stadium of Light. Having discussed a number of attacking targets with chairman Niall
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Ferguson poised to sign new five-year deal
TEENAGE full-back Shane Ferguson is poised to sign a new five-year deal that will commit him to Newcastle until 2016. Ferguson, who is being courted by both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at full international level, made seven
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Newcastle in no rush to sell unsettled Barton
ALAN Pardew last night claimed Newcastle will not be selling Joey Barton just because the unsettled midfielder has rejected the club’s offer of a new contract. Barton, who is about to enter the final year of his current deal, refused to
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Dedicated Take That fans brave the cold for their idols
HARDY Take That fans from across Europe braved torrential downpours yesterday to make sure they are first through the doors of Sunderland’s Stadium of Light for the band’s tour-opening concert tonight. Dedicated women camped out overnight ahead
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Delving into the super-injunctions
IF you're a football fan reading this column, you'll probably know who Ryan Giggs is. And unless you've been living under a rock for the last week, there's also a fair chance you'll know all about Imogen Thomas and the pair's alleged relationship
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Reverend tells blaze girl's funeral: "We should not be here"
THE funeral of a young girl who died in a house fire left many mourners struggling to contain their emotions. Saltburn Methodist Church was silent as Jessica Braithwaite's tiny white coffin was carried in but the moving eulogy of Reverend Chris
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Hundreds of businesses examine Hitachi opportunities
HUNDREDS of North-East businesses have been given a glimpse of the opportunities created by the £4.5bn Intercity Express Programme (IEP). The £4.5bn contract was described as the "perfect project" - bringing thousands of jobs, as well as delivering
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Easington Colliery prepares to mark 60th anniversary of pit disaster
THE seaside community of Easington Colliery will this weekend unite to mark the 60th anniversary of a pit disaster - one of the blackest days in County Durham's mining history. It was just before dawn on May 29,1951, that a pit explosion
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Re-launch of plan to revive County Durham's economic fortunes
COUNCIL chiefs have re-launched multi-billion pound plans to transform County Durham into an economic powerhouse, admitting they underplayed towns and villages outside Durham City. Durham County Council bosses unveiled their County Durham Plan
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Town centre shopping scheme 'will go ahead'
DEVELOPERS behind much-delayed plans to build a shopping centre have claimed the project will still go ahead, despite fears to the contrary. Discovery Properties hopes to submit a revised planning application later this year for the Oval, in Darlington
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Train boss on right track at open day
Businesses from across the region descended on Newton Aycliffe yesterday to find out how they could get involved in the Intercity Express Programme (IEP). Joe Willis reports. IT was billed as an open day but the scenes outside resembled
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Eminent architect died without learning of prestigious award
TRIBUTES have been paid to an eminent North-East architect who died without learning his practice had won a prestigious award for one of his last projects. Tony Burns, 74, whose practice, Burns Architects, Castle Eden Studios, Castle Eden,
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22 Lloyds branches in region to be sold as part of state aid deal
MORE than 20 bank branches across the North-East and North Yorkshire are amongst those Lloyds Banking Group will relinquish control of under the agreement which saw it granted state aid. The branches of Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham and Gloucester, employing
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Furniture repair firm plays Royal Wedding role
A FAST growing international furniture repair business played an integral role in the Royal Wedding by ensuring two historic planes looked their best. County Durham based Furniture Clinic was approached by the RAF to carry out leather restoration work
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Usual guessing game ahead of annual dinner.
The usual guessing game will be taking place tonight at the Northern League dinner. Around 300 people will attend the league’s popular bash, with World Cup final referee Howard Webb the chief guest, and Burnley chief executive Paul Fletcher the main
