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Crook give Bedlington a scare/13 goals at Esh
Former Darlington striker John Campbell failed to score on his debut for Bedlington after Crook gave them a big scare in the Brooks Mileson Northern League Cup last night. The second division club stunned Bedlington by taking a two goal
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Poppy ban farce
AT the start of this week, The Northern Echo called for the Fifa ban on England players wearing poppies on their shirts against Spain on Saturday to be overturned. We were not alone. Support for the ban to be defied has grown throughout the
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When all Wheatley women were Les Dawson
BEFORE I dash to Heighington WI, where I am curing insomnia with one of my local history talks, a quick apology and a photograph which I hope you will linger over. This morning's Memories contains a couple of mistakes. While doing my Radio Tees interview
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Councillors are cleared of wrongdoing by police
TWO councillors who stepped down from their positions amid confusion over their employment status have been cleared of wrongdoing by police. Cleveland Police were asked to investigate Jim Rogers and Ron Harrison after they were both elected as Lib
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Bank managers help to tidy hospice courtyard
BANK workers have helped to overhaul a hospice's grounds. Seven NatWest managers from the Teesside area swapped their work clothes for overalls to tidy the courtyard at Butterwick Hospice, in Stockton. The bank's association with the hospice began
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Charity holds Doctor Who day
A CHARITY for children with autism has held a Doctor Who activity day. Up to 100 children attended the event at Daisy Chain's farm in Norton. They joined in a number of Doctor Who-related activities, including dressing as characters, face-painting
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Killer cleared of Frankland Prison guard attack
A TRIPLE murderer who stabbed three prison officers has today been cleared of attempted murder. Kevan Thakrar, 24, admitted stabbing the members of staff at Frankland Prison, Durham, in March last year with a broken chilli bottle but claimed
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Tributes to popular town doctor
A NEW doctors surgery that replaced one destroyed by fire will be a lasting tribute to one of its partners. Popular Spennymoor GP, Dr Alan Sensier, suffered a brain haemorrhage hours after the reopening of St Andrew’s Medical Practice in the town. Four
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Youth boost for Trimdons
YOUNG people are being encouraged to make use of a community centre’s expanding youth services. Trimdon Station Community Centre has appointed a youth and community development worker to serve the Trimdon Station, Grange, Village and Colliery
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Gliding club lands youngsters help award
A GLIDING group which introduces 300 youngsters a year to the pursuit has become the first in the country to land a Sport England quality award. Yorkshire Gliding Club, which is based on Sutton Bank, near Thirsk, has been given Clubmark accreditation
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Police voice their concerns over plan to reopen pub
POLICE are opposing plans for a new licensee to reopen a pub where two men were killed, fearing further crimes could be committed. Durham County Council's licensing committee will tomorrow examine an application to reopen the Beehive pub in Bishop
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MP joins farmer in call for supermarket adjudicator
AN MP has backed a farmer's calls for a better way of resolving supply disputes with supermarkets. North-West Durham MP Pat Glass spent a day at a farm in Weardale after meeting the National Farmers Union (NFU) to discuss the need for a supermarket
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Rescuer attacked by drowning man
A life-saving teenager has spoken out after he was attacked by the drowning man he was trying to rescue. Sam Clow, who turns 18 today, was on duty when he was called to the rescue of a stricken man who was struggling in the freezing river
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Benefactor ensures parade will go ahead
A MYSTERY benefactor has given nearly £700 to enable a traditional Remembrance parade to go ahead. As previously reported in The Northern Echo, organisers of the services in Willington had cancelled a parade due to the high cost of funding the road
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Death from the skies
Two Darlington 19-year-olds took to the air to fight for the country in the Great War. Memories recalls their parallel lives and valiant deaths... John Worstenholm, left, and Harold Easby were born nearly a year apart in Darlington at the end
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Maturing nicely
Fresh Meat (C4, 10pm) Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Remembrance Special (ITV1, 8pm) Peter Jones: How We Made Our Millions (BBC2, 9pm) THE terrific Manchester-set student sitcom from the pens of Peep Show scribes Sam Bain and
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Poquelin set for Power play
TOP WEIGHT Poquelin is set to run in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday, owner Andy Stewart has revealed. Although an outsider for the fiercely-competitive handicap, the five-time Cheltenham winner, fifth in this race 12 months
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Winston banned after Sedgefield run aboard On The Right Path
CONDITIONAL jockey John Winston was banned for ten days by the stewards at Sedgefield following his ride aboard On The Right Path in the Norchem Novices’ Hurdle. The 10lb claimer finished fourth, about 16 lengths behind the winner Hawk Mountain
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Changes are planned to IRB disciplinary procedures
THE International Rugby Board are considering altering their disciplinary procedures after finding themselves unable to take action over an allegation of foul play during last month’s World Cup final. The decision relates to the allegation that
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Richmond TIC joins Welcome To Yorkshire
Richmond's now privately run Tourist Information Centre has joined Welcome To Yorkshire, the award winning Destination Management Organization established in 2009 to promote the county's vistor economy. A launch event was held today to promote the
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Joe Frazier loses his biggest fight
BOXING is mourning the passing of one its finest heavyweights after Joe Frazier lost his battle with liver cancer. Leading the tributes to a true warrior, who has died at the age of 67, were two of the men who helped him shape the division’s
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Sight-impaired students help improve access to national park
A GROUP of students with sensory impairments have helped to test a new pilot scheme to help provide people with disabilities with better access to the Yorkshire Dales. Two students from Henshaws College, in Harrogate, who are sight-impaired, and their
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Meeting the voiceless women of Pakistan
In the wake of devastating floods, aid worker Amy Waddell, from Middleton-in-Teesdale, meets the voiceless women of Pakistan. SITTING on the floor in a small room with more than 20 men, I realised I’d fallen into a kind of no man’s land – or
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Ruddigore, Opera North, Newcastle Theatre Royal
Ruddigore, one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s lesser performed works, has been likened by some to Marmite. But, sprinkled with stardust by Opera North director Jo Davies, it proved to the taste of most palates at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal on its first
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MP gives Guisborough big boost
Guisborough MP Tom Blenkinsop has given Guisborough Town a major boost. Blenkinsop, who is also club president, this morning contacted the club's electricity supplier, Eon, and they have agreed to drop their demand for immediate payment of an outstanding
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Thieves
LAST year my eight year old daughter, Emilia, had money stolen from her birthday card. The envelope had been taped down but it had still been ripped open along the top and the money was missing. The gift was from her grandmother to put towards
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Pensioner power
I TAKE it that Keith Dewison is not one of the “rich” pensioners he talks about (HAS, Nov 7). I did an apprenticeship on low wages, studied at night school till I was 25, and, even though I had a wife and three children, we did without for me to
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Appeal to replace arson attack fort launched
AN APPEAL has been launched to raise funds to replace a £48,000 playground fort which was destroyed in an arson attack last month. Jane Blayney, of the Friends of Valley Gardens, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, said a large number of people had expressed
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Shampoo
I PRIDE myself as being a no nonsense shopper, I know what I want, straight in, straight out, job done. My wife asked me to buy some shampoo the other day. No problem – how difficult can that be? I entered the supermarket aisle and stood transfixed
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Grey pride
I AM writing to ask your readers to join Anchor’s Grey Pride Campaign and sign our petition calling for a Minister for Older People, to help end the prejudices faced by the elderly. We hope the minister would be called upon when the Cabinet discusses
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Police inquiry
OPERATION Sacristy, an external inquiry into Cleveland Police, must not be allowed to become another Lancet-style police Inquiry which lasted more than five years and cost more than £7m. We should welcome Middlesbrough Mayor Ray Mallon’s early
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Bus brother
I HAVE taken up further complaints about the condition of some local buses which run between Durham and Bishop Auckland. Arriva has notified me that the first two new buses have arrived at its depot and another 18 new buses should arrive in the
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Greece
EVERY time you go to, or participate in, a theatrical event, or a sporting event (particularly the Olympics), visit a museum, gaze at the constellations in the night sky (whether astronomically or astrologically), you are doing something that
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Coxhoe leisure centre to be handed to villagers next week
VILLAGERS who saved their leisure centre from closure expect to get the keys to the facility next week. Faced with Durham County Council cutbacks forcing the closure of the Linden Centre, Coxhoe residents launched a campaign to take over running the
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War in Europe? Not likely
ONE of the primary arguments put forward for the existence of the European Union is that it safeguards us against another war in Europe. That wasn’t mentioned when we were persuaded to join what was presented to us as a super trade bloc. But now
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A scandal deepens
LAST night, Brodie Clark, the former head of the UK Border Force finally found his voice. Those who have been watching the scandal unfold of Britain’s relaxed border controls have been wondering when his side of the story would be heard. Now we
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Loitering within tent
Tamasyn Guy-Jobson joined protestors outside St Paul’s Cathedral in the controversial Occupy London tented village. This is her diary... Wednesday, October 26 5:45am: I wake early. It’s still dark outside, but I can see it’s drizzling
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Decision expected on plan for derelict village pub
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to demolish a mothballed village pub and build 12 houses on the site where it stands will be debated by planners tomorrow. Developer Yorvik Homes wants to bulldoze the Swaledale Arms, in Morton-on-Swale, between Northallerton
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Thumbs-up for region's bathing water quality
BEACHES in the region are some of the best in the country when it comes to water quality, according Government figures released yesterday. All bathing areas in the North-East and North Yorkshire have been given the green light for meeting the required
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Woman cautioned for inciting riot via web
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman arrested on suspicion of using a social networking site to incite others to commit disorder during the summer riots has been cautioned. Northumbria Police confirmed that the woman, who had been on police bail, had been cautioned
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GPs criticised by health chief over veterans' care
THE head of the Military Health and Veterans section at the Department of Health has criticised GPs for failing to make better use of a new training tool designed to help them take better care of veterans. Dave Rutter, head of the Military
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Going bananas in support of panto plans
KNITTERS from around the region went bananas in their support for a theatre’s Christmas pantomime preparations. The Georgian Theatre Royal, in Richmond, North Yorkshire, is this year staging The Adventures of Sinbad. Yesterday, scores of people clutching
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Thornaby man guilty of one punch manslaughter outside Middlesbrough pub
A TEENAGER accused of a "one punch" manslaughter of a father-of-two has this morning been found guilty. Aaron Hayes, now aged 20, accepted his actions led to the death of married Spencer Freeman, 42. Click here read about our Price of
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Bramble returning to the Sunderland fold
TITUS Bramble is back in the Sunderland fold after the club were forced to end his suspension from first-team duties. Bramble is expected to attend training at the Black Cats' Academy of Light for the first time in six weeks later today and will be available
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Ba is determined to head to Africa
DEMBA Ba has warned Newcastle United officials they will be wasting their time if they attempt to dissuade him from representing his country at next year's African Cup of Nations tournament. Both Ba, who plays for Senegal, and Cheik Tiote, who represents
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Concern over 'bash a burglar' new law
A FORMER North-East police chief urged ministers to abandon plans for tougher “bash a burglar” laws – insisting householders have all the protection they need. Labour peer Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate instead accused some forces of going
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Police arrest Cleveland Police ex-chairman McLuckie
THE former chairman of Cleveland Police Authority has been arrested on suspicion of corruption as a result of a criminal investigation into the force. Dave McLuckie is the latest person to be arrested as Operation Sacristy continues looking into
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Tributes to ex-Roker Park boss Adamson
TRIBUTES were paid yesterday after former Sunderland manager Jimmy Adamson died at the age of 82. Ashington-born Adamson managed the Black Cats between 1976 and 1978, during which time the Roker Park outfit were relegated from the First Division
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Mowbray pays tribute to McDonald
TONY MOWBRAY has paid tribute to Scott McDonald's workrate after the Middlesbrough striker finally broke his goal duck at the weekend. The Australian forward scored his first goal since August against Watford to fire his side back to third
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Community vows to fight problems at Guisborough.
Officials of Guisborough Town FC have insisted that the club will fight vigorously for its future – though it has admitted short-term financial problems. Supporters at a packed public meeting on Monday pledged several thousand pounds to help
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Campbell exits Quakers, with more to follow
John Campbell has become the latest player to leave Darlington since the club's cost-cutting measures were announced. The Newcastle-born striker has joined Bedlington Terriers in the Northern League and hopes to make his debut in this evening's game
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Wadsworth admits Pools owe Victoria Park crowd
MICK Wadsworth admits Hartlepool United owe their fans a decent performance and some much-needed encouragement at Victoria Park. Pools have suffered four successive defeats at home in recent weeks, going down to Sheffield Wednesday, Wycombe, Tranmere
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Chilling echoes of murder of Darlington teenager, Ashleigh Hall
A DANGEROUS internet predator who preyed on hundreds of young girls bore “chilling similarities” to the murderer of North-East teenager Ashleigh Hall, police said last night. Click here read about the tragic case of Ashleigh Hall Dennis
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North-East ready to take on the worst of the winter
THE Highways Agency believes lessons have been learnt from last year’s Arctic conditions to help deal with the forthcoming winter. Phill Beaumont, North-East winter services manager at the Highways Agency, said staff have been working hard
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Remploy factories 'starved of contracts'
FACTORIES that employ thousands of disabled workers are being deliberately starved of contracts under moves to close them, the GMB union says. It said that nearly half of all British councils – 201 out of 408 – did not give any work to Remploy
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North-East construction sector hardest hit in downturn
THE construction industry in the North-East has been the hardest hit in the economic downturn, new research has shown. The study, by the Centre for Economics and Business Research and business intelligence unit Glenigan, found the economic benefit of
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Nissan plans fast-charging post network to boost Leaf take up
NISSAN is planning to install a network of fast charging posts in UK motorway service stations for free, to drive the uptake of its Leaf electric vehicle (EV). The firm, which is to start making the car at its Sunderland plant from 2013, is aiming to
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Deal on empty Durham fire control site due
A DEAL to convert a mothballed regional control centre costing taxpayers more than £100,000 a month into a fire service headquarters could be reached within weeks. However, the latest delay to the project will cost another £200,000 or more.
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Prizes await shining lights of local sport
THE shortlist for the 2011 Local Heroes Awards has been confirmed ahead of the awards night on Thursday, December 1. The Northern Echo’s flagship awards ceremony is known as “the Oscars of grassroots sport” and this year’s list of candidates
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Authors vie for literary award
THREE of the region’s authors could go head-to-head in a battle to win the Carnegie Medal after nominations were announced for the literary award. North Yorkshire writer Ali Lewis has made the longlist for her debut coming-of-age novel, Everybody
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Funding boost for North-East tourism
The North-East's £4bn a year tourism industry, a major employer in the region, is set to be given millions of pounds in extra funding on the back of its spectacular growth over the past five years. Four tourist bodies in the North-East and
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Furious Bennett set to ring the changes
Hebburn manager Paul Bennett is set to wield the axe when his side go to Easington in the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Trophy tonight. Bennett was furious that his team conceded a last minute equaliser against Northallerton last Saturday, and
