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Smith's home rule at Gosforth Park
North-East trainer Michael Smith raised the roof at a rainy Newcastle on the first day of the Northumberland Plate meeting. Smith, who trains at Kirkheaton in Northumberland, won the feature tradersbettingexchange.co.uk Seaton Delaval Handicap with the
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Cooper gives Terry a hand to find new club
Mark Cooper has explained that he has tried to help former Darlington midfielder Paul Terry find a new club. The 32-year-old was released a fortnight ago with manager Cooper explaining that he needed to safeguard funds for players in other
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Mowbray is aiming for football utopia
MIDDLESBROUGH midfielder Kevin Thomson has offered a further insight into the tactical talents of manager Tony Mowbray. Thomson was part of Mowbray’s relatively successful Hibernian team between 2004-06, as they claimed a UEFA Cup spot behind
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Wadsworth signs new contract with Pools
MICK Wadsworth yesterday signed a new contract with Hartlepool United. It means the club’s first-team coach will continue in the role he took on last season. He stepped up when Chris Turner left his position as director of sport at the start
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Celtic chasing Forster
NEIL LENNON plans a fresh call to Newcastle United as Celtic bid to land a new goalkeeper after having a £1.5m offer rejected for Fraser Forster. The Scottish Premier League runners-up received short shrift from the Magpies when they launched
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Bruce woos Larsson
SEB LARSSON has revealed Steve Bruce's determination to secure his services for a second time and the manager's vision for Sunderland helped seal his move to the Stadium of Light. Larsson has been the subject of plenty of interest in recent
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Two arrests as police seize firearms in swoop on truck
POLICE swooped on a truck in front of a shocked motorists, arresting a man and recovering two guns from his vehicle. The dramatic scenes unfolded on the eastbound carriageway of the A66 just outside Darlington around 6.20pm tonight in what
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Yorkshire batsman has the Ballance
In-form Gary Ballance is relishing the fight for a regular place in Yorkshire's first team. The Zimbabwe-born 21-year-old has slotted into the middle order well in both County Championship and t20 cricket of late. He has fifties in each
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Collingwood absent for Durham double header
DURHAM will review their bowling plans as well as their personnel ahead of the Friends Life t20 home games against Lancashire this evening and Leicestershire on Sunday afternoon. Paul Collingwood misses both games because of his groin injury
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Navy's 'Lusty' lady causes a stir off the North-East coast
HMS Illustrious, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier, caused a stir when she was spotted off the North-East coast tonight. The carrier, known affectionately as 'Lusty' left Rosyth in Scotland earlier this week after a 40m refit and is currently undergoing
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Residents asked how £1m should be spent
A SERIES of fun days are being held so residents can have their say on how they want £1m spent in their area. The south-west of Bishop Auckland is one of 50 areas in England to be allocated ten years-worth of funding by the Big Lottery Fund's Big
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Missing cat
AN AMERICAN businesswoman has appealed for help to find her well-travelled cat - which has miaow with a drawl from the Southern States. Michelle Faber of Brancepeth, near Durham City, said the powder puff Persian cat called Jazz disappeared days after
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Witnesses sought to knife attack
A TEENAGER suffered superficial wounds to his face after being attacked by a youth brandishing a vegetable knife. Police in Bishop Auckland are investigating the incident, which occurred at the skate park located in the Town Recreation Ground, behind
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Plan for retirement apartments opposed
AN application to build 48 retirement apartments could be blocked by councillors on the advice of planning officers. The proposed scheme in Blair Avenue, Ingleby Barwick, would include a two storey building with car parking, gardens and a community
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Students design school badge
PUPILS at a Teesside school have designed a badge and uniform to declare a new start for their school. St Peter's RC College of Maths and Computing in South Bank, Middlesbrough, was told it would have to close. Parents, children and staff fought
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Match is fun way to unite cultures
A SHARED love of the beautiful game will see Teessiders and refugees play against each other in a community football match. To coincide with Refugee Week 2011, the Hope Foundation, in partnership with the Middlesbrough Black and Minority Ethnic Network
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Stadium hosts athletics contests
HUNDREDS of youngsters from across a Teesside town tested their fitness against each other in a range of events. They were taking part in the Middlesbrough Primary Schools Athletics Association's Quadkids Athletics Championships, at Clairville Stadium
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Spreading division
David Cameron's mantra during the coalition Government's austerity drive has been: "We are all in this together." The problem is that scepticism is rife about whether that is really the case. On our front page tomorrow, we look ahead
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Report any potholes on new helpline
A POTHOLES hotline is being launched in a drive to improve a town's roads. Streets in Middlesbrough have been ravaged by the exceptionally cold weather over the past two winters. From Friday, July 1, residents can call a freephone helpdesk during
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Soldier's body flown home
THE bodies of two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan, including one from North Yorkshire, have been repatriated to the UK today. The remains of Craftsman Andrew Found, from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and Private Gareth Bellingham
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Plans for new tourist attraction
THE tourism capital of the north looks set to get a new multi-million pound attraction. A scheme has been unveiled to celebrate York's history as a centre for the chocolate industry with the creation of a £2m confectionery-themed visitor attraction.
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Kristen’s bride and doom
Kristen Wiig was keen to used improvisation to create the comedy movie Bridesmaids, which also stars Chris O’Dowd. Steve Pratt reports. US funny woman Kristen Wiig is reluctant to say how she feels about rolling around in bed with Mad Men’s
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Cheryl Cole's dresses to raise thousands for charity
A CHARITY foundation set up by pop star Cheryl Cole is expected to raise thousands of pounds for work carried out by The Prince's Trust in the region. The Cheryl Cole Foundation aims to help disadvantaged young people in the North-East through grants
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Avalon Trio/Forlana (Marquetry Records MR936)
Avalon comprises Pete Churchill piano, Terry Woods saxophone and flute, and Rob Millett percussion. Their particular slant is to reinterpret works by English early 20th Century composers, many of which were inspired by the folk tradition. This
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Death becomes her
Cathy Shipton chats with Viv Hardwick about her interest in the supernatural and Philip Meeks’ new thriller which features the high profile world of the medium. THE world of the seriously spooky has never been far from the life of actress Cathy
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Local folk scene winds down
WITH summer bearing down upon us, the local folk scene is starting to wind down to its seasonal routine of festivals and special events, rather than a regular stream of weekly club nights and concerts. There’s still a lot to watch out for though
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Dale/Bowen, Danny Driver (Hyperion CDA67827)
Benjamin Dale’s sweeping Piano Sonata in D minor, dedicated to his friend York Bowen, is a work of elaborate originality. Danny Driver’s expressive and sensitive handling of the work does full justice to its rich tonal palette. The disc is rounded
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Randy Ray
SOME 25 years ago, I received a vinyl album featuring an artist called Randy Ray. It was entitled Randy Ray at the Nashville Palace. For a virtual unknown artist it was a great release and some two months later I received a single called On the Other
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Plenty to fear
Indie rockers Tellison play Middlesbrough on Sunday. Matt Westcott spoke to lead singer Stephen Davidson about recording the new album, The Wages of Fear, classic films and life on the road. THE Wages of Fear is a 1953 film about a group of
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Mum's the word
MAMMA Mia. Never mind who’s the daddy, who’s the mummy in Coronation Street (ITV1)? One resident reveals that she is, in fact, the mother of a long-time Weatherfield resident. Thankfully, Roy Cropper isn’t named as the love child of Ken and Rita
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Toddlers raise funds for charity with sponsored walk
DOZENS of toddlers have taken part in a fancy dress walk to help raise money for a children’s charity. The children from Scorton Village Pre-school were joined by their siblings, parents and guardians on a toddle around the village, raising £300 for
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Lord Coe to be honoured by North-East university
TWO of Britain's greatest ever middle distance runners will come face-to-face once more when the man behind Britain's successful Olympics bid is honoured by a North-east university. Lord Sebastian Coe is to be presented with an honorary degree from the
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Sweet success for city's tourism industry
THE tourism capital of the north looks set to get a new multi-million pound attraction. A scheme has been unveiled to celebrate York’s history as a centre for the chocolate industry with the creation of a £2m confectionery-themed visitor attraction
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'Tornado' uproots trampoline
A FREAK gust of wind - possibly a small tornado - picked up this 14ft trampoline, pictured, and carried it more than 30m, narrowly missing two parked cars. The trampoline was blown clear of the garden of a house in Eppleby, near Richmond, North Yorkshire
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Police warning to drink drivers
POLICE have warned drivers who drink before getting behind the wheel that they will remain vigilant as a summer drink drive crackdown comes to an end. North Yorkshire Police’s month long campaign against drink drivers has proved successful, with a
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Grisly story behind Neolithic bones to be aired
A TELEVISION programme is to try and uncover the grisly story behind some 2,000 year old skeletons found on a remote part of the moors. For decades experts have remained baffled by the jumble of human bones discovered in a series of caves on the North
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Top scorer Benjamin signs for Newcastle Benfield
Last season's top scorer in the first division, Alex Benjamin, has signed for league cup winners Newcastle Benfield. Benjamin bagged 39 league goals last season for Bedlington, and the season before that, scored 30 for Ashington, Tow Law and Ryton, and
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New power station plans announced
MINISTERS have announced plans to build the next generation of nuclear power stations, including one in the North-East. Hartlepool has been earmarked as one of eight sites around the UK where the new reactors will be located. In the first major announcement
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Tales from the Amazon
Walking The Amazon (Channel 5, 9pm) Planet of the Apemen: Battle for the Earth (BBC1, 8pm) History Cold Case (BBC2, 9pm) ED STAFFORD, pictured above, really is a man in a league of his own, having decided to walk the length of the Amazon
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I could be a YouTube star
I HAVE to be careful of everything I say and do in our house. I feel as if I am under constant surveillance. For round every corner, there are boys, lurking, with mobile devices capable of capturing every sound and movement and transmitting
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Roar meet
A voluntary organisation is marking its golden jubilee. The column learns about life with the Lions. Darlington Lions Club, one of 45,000 in 206 countries, celebrated its 50th anniversary last Sunday with a splendid tea party in the Blackwell
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George Gently
I WOULD like to urge Northern Echo readers to take the fundraising plunge for Cancer Research UK. I lost my mum, Marie, to cancer in 1998. So I know just how important it is to raise vital funds for the charity’s lifesaving research and help
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Religion
PETER MULLEN’S article (HAS, June 21) is yet another example of how ancient religious beliefs have become outdated by centuries of forward thinking. He states that “One person’s unnatural death diminishes all those who observe it.”. Does he realise
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Lay off Wardell
WHY do some of the contributors to this page insist on having a go at Christopher Wardell, especially Dave Cook and his cronies? Their barracking of Mr Wardell is tantamount to bullying. I often have a chuckle at some of Mr Wardell’s observations
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Pedestrian Heart
REGARDING the letter from P Rees (HAS, June 17) about Darlington town centre, Councillor Bill Dixon may recall the petition signed by several thousand Darlington residents who didn’t want the pedestrian heart at all. The council decided to go
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Help Ronan's cancer fight
I WOULD like to urge Northern Echo readers to take the fundraising plunge for Cancer Research UK. I lost my mum, Marie, to cancer in 1998. So I know just how important it is to raise vital funds for the charity’s lifesaving research and help
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Not cricket
WITH the start of Wimbledon and the onset of Murray-mania in the workplace, we’d like to remind businesses that if staff are watching the tennis at their desks, the company needs to be appropriately licensed. Audience statistics show that 6.8m
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Scotland to benefit as we suffer
IT is now crystal clear what the North-East needs to do to become an economic powerhouse – threaten to quit the United Kingdom. This is, of course, the action followed by the Scots, who are being love-bombed by the Treasury to bribe them into staying
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A moral victory
THE historic deal signed earlier this year by Thai firm Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) removed a dark cloud hanging over hundreds of Teesside jobs. The agreement to take over Teesside Cast Products, in Redcar, will create 800 jobs on top of
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The victims’ champion
A long-serving Darlington GP was among the North-East worthies recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Health Editor Barry Nelson talks to Dr Susan Waterworth about her work. ONE of the most surprising things about a doctor who has examined
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Count on Gigha at Newcastle
FIRST-TIME blinkers will hopefully work the oracle for Mark Johnston’s Tartan Gigha in the tradersbettingexchange.co.uk Seaton Delaval Handicap at Newcastle. The six-year-old has dropped like a stone in the handicap this season, and for good reason
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Yorkshire suffer defeat
YORKSHIRE suffered a damaging defeat in the Friends Life Twenty20 last night when they lost to Derbyshire. In a thrilling encounter at Headingley, the Tykes were beaten by just 12 runs. A victory would have taken them to third in the North Group
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Backing for school plan
CAMPAIGNERS for County Durham’s first free school say they have received ‘overwhelming’ support for the plan. Parents in Bowburn, Shincliffe and surrounding areas want to set up their own secondary school as they have struggled to get their children
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Inquest into death of man on Spain holiday
A WELL-KNOWN businessman died after an accident on the first day of his holiday on the Costa del Sol. Self-employed plumbing and heating engineer Gordon Taylor, 49, of St Helen Auckland, County Durham, slipped on rain-soaked paving tiles on a
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Wife is witness in child images hearing
THE wife and daughter of a man accused of downloading child pornography have given evidence against him at his trial. Linda and Michelle Adderley were among six people to appear at Teesside Crown Court as witnesses for the prosecution. Albert Adderley
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Nine-year-old's art in London show
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl’s picture has been displayed at a London art gallery. Grace Tallentire’s picture, called Apple, is in the Saatchi Gallery after Grace, from Barnard Castle, won a competition with children’s online gallery mydrawings.me The
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Cats make first signings of the summer
SUNDERLAND have completed deals for free agents Seb Larsson and Keiren Westwood, but the duo’s arrival will not be formally confirmed until July 1. The Black Cats are also poised to make a third summer signing, with South Korean striker Ji
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The rough stuff does not intimidate Marveaux
NEWCASTLE new boy Sylvain Marveaux insists he is not afraid of suffering the same fate as Hatem Ben Arfa, even though he admits English football is much more physical than he is used to. Marveaux became Newcastle’s third summer signing when
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Police criticise dangerous internet 'planking' craze
AN image of a teenager laying across a railway track as part of a “planking” stunt has been condemned by police and those who take part in the online craze. Planking, which began in Australia, involves people posting pictures of themselves
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Three admit part in attack on reveller
THREE men yesterday admitted their involvement in a savage attack that shattered the peace of an 18th birthday party – leaving a village pub smashed up and spattered with blood. Revellers looked on in horror as masked men armed with machetes and
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Accomplice in sex sting walks free from court
AN accomplice in a sex sting that left a terrified pensioner fearing a rape charge walked free from court yesterday. Alex Clarke was freed after a judge heard he has spent the equivalent of a two-year sentence behind bars on remand. Clarke, 25
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Thousands of homes are 'under water'
THOUSANDS of North-East homeowners are finding themselves stuck with an “under water” home worth less than they paid for it. Figures show that 93 per cent of properties in the region bought since 2006 are now worth less than their purchase
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Driver in court for causing A66 havoc
A DRUNK motorist who drove the wrong way on a busy dual carriageway after crashing into a lorry was banned from driving for three years yesterday. Sandra Summers, 47, from Richmond, North Yorkshire, appeared before magistrates, in Newton Aycliffe
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Electrical engineers target new clients after investment
AN ELECTRICAL engineering firm is targeting clients for whom data security is vital, after receiving a £100,000 investment. Resilient Power Solutions (RPS) design, install and commission critical power systems for sensitive sites such as data centres
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Darlington construction firm marks quarter of a century
A TEES Valley construction firm celebrates its 25th anniversary today as it continues to buck the boom and bust trend in the industry. J & RM Richardson of Darlington was launched after managing director John Richardson and his wife Ruth claimed £80
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Consortium which put region's steel industry at risk agree compensation
A consortium which almost caused the collapse of 150 years of North-East steel making after pulling out of a contract with Tata Steel has agreed to pay £80m compensation. The then Tata owned Teesside Cast Products (TCP) plant was partially mothballed
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TA soldiers dress the part for their day jobs
THE alter-egos of men and women across the region have been revealed. Territorial Army (TA) soldiers carried out their day jobs in their military uniforms yesterday, ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday. The annual event is designed
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Staff crisis hits maternity unit
EXPECTANT mothers have been given only a fortnight’s notice that a maternity unit is about to close for two months. Staff shortages at Bishop Auckland Hospital maternity unit mean it is unsafe to continue the service until more midwives are
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"Most valuable player" signs for Shildon
Shildon have signed a player who was once regarded as the Most Valuable Player at his US College. The Railwaymen have signed central defender Chris Hunter, who came through the Chester-le-Street youth system before going to the USA on a soccer scholarship
