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The luck of the… err… seat!
I was lucky enough to be invited to this years Local Hero’s awards on Thursday night, held at Hardwick Hall and hosted by Peter Barron, the editor of the Northern Echo. Amongst a whole host of sporting celebrities including Alan Pardew and Tony Mowbray
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Darlington held at home
Darlington 0 Forest Green Rovers 0 Darlington are depleted yet managed to extend their good home form against Forest Green Rovers today. They drew 0-0, meaning they have lost once and conceded only one in their last six home league matches
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Boro steal late victory at Bristol City
MALAURY MARTIN was Middlesbrough's hero of the day as Boro pulled off a remarkabl smash and grab victory at Bristol City. Martin, on as a substitute, scored a 91st minute free-kick to steal the points in what had been a war of attrition between the two
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Woman in Newcastle Uni fatal fall was 20-year-old Chinese student
A WOMAN who fell to her death from a building in Newcastle city centre has today been identified as 20-year-old Xijia Zhang from China. It is believed that Xijia, from Beijing, was a student at Newcastle University. Police and paramedics
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Robson misses Robins trip
BARRY ROBSON misses out again as Middlesbrough travel to Bristol City in this evening's televised fixture. Boro left it until late to give the combative midfielder every opportunity to shake off a thigh strain, but Tony Mowbray has opted to select Julio
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Blues deflate Magpies with help from official
NEWCASTLE UNITED dropped out of the Champions League places for the first time since early September after losing 3-0 at home to Chelsea. A Didier Drogba header seven minutes before half-time and late strikes from Solomon Kalou and Daniel Sturridge
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Harrison makes his Darlington debut
Youth team defender Scott Harrison comes in for his Darlington debut as one of two changes for today's game with Forest Green Rovers. Fellow teenager Adam Reach, on loan from Middlesbrough, also starts while caretaker manager Craig Liddle is
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Cloud Control – Newcastle O2 Academy
Cloud Control are an alternative rock band hailing from the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia. The excitement of the bouncy guitarist and moving singer of Cloud Control on the Newcastle stage is touching, considering the success the Sydney four-piece
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82-year-old assaulted and robbed in Middlesbrough home
AN 82-year-old was attacked and robbed last night after two men - one described as 6ft 6ins tall - forced their way inside the pensioner's home. The pair - both with clothing hiding their lower faces - knocked on the door in Orwell Street,
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Councils stockpile more road salt than last winter
Councils have stockpiled more road salt than was used through all of last winter. Town halls in England and Wales have about 1.4 million tonnes of salt to hand, the Local Government Association (LGA) said. A total of 51 per cent of councils
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O'Neill signs three-year deal to become Sunderland's new boss
MARTIN O'NEILL has been confirmed as Sunderland's new manager after completing negotiations at the club's Academy of Light training complex this morning. O'Neill has signed a three-year contract at the Premier League after agreeing to succeed Steve Bruce
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Lovenkrands faces Chelsea
PETER LOVENKRANDS has been given his first Premier League start of the season as Newcastle United look to stay fourth against Chelsea. The Danish striker looks set to start on the left of midfield in the absence of suspended Jonas Gutierrez. Otherwise
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Time's up: Sedgefield turbine decision referred
PROPOSALS for three wind turbines a few miles from a site where an energy firm wants to create England’s biggest wind farm have been recommended for refusal. Planning officers say Foxton Hill, near Sedgefield, County Durham, is too close to
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Famous song has roots in Dale folk
A SONG which would eventually become a global hit for US duo Simon and Garfunkel was not considered “particularly outstanding” when it was first discovered being performed by a North-East quarry worker. However, the unlikely chain of events which
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Robson absence would be big blow for Boro - Mowbray
TONY MOWBRAY admitted that Middlesbrough will miss the experience and nous of Barry Robson if the midfielder fails to recover from injury ahead of his side's trip to Bristol City. Robson missed Boro's midweek defeat to West Ham United with a tight thigh
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Sunderland set to confirm O'Neill over the weekend
SUNDERLAND officials are confident of appointing Martin O'Neill as the club's new manager this weekend after another productive day of discussions with the former Aston Villa boss. Having held face-to-face talks with Ellis Short in London on Thursday
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Elderkin looking for Durham to progress from
WITH Durham Wildcats having completed "phase one" of their development as a BBL club, Dave Elderkin is looking for his players to start establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with. The Wildcats are in action twice this weekend, hosting Sheffield
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Pardew confident Newcastle are on the right track
HE might have built a team that favours functionality over flair, but Alan Pardew is hoping his current Newcastle United side eventually becomes a match for some of the great line-ups of the past. Newcastle entertain Chelsea in today's lunch-time kick-off
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North-East academic to lead industry/university collaboration group
A LEADING North-East academic has been appointed chairman of an organisation aimed at increasing collaboration between universities and industry. Professor Chris Brink, the vice-chancellor of Newcastle University, has been appointed as the new chairman
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Skeletons of 'superstar' gladiators go on display in Durham
NEARLY 2,000 years after they wowed the bloodthirsty crowds in the arena, six skeletons thought to be the remains of Roman gladiators will go on display today. The skeletons were discovered in York, but are on temporary display in Durham City
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Darlington pervert jailed for raping young boy
A RAPIST is starting an eightyear jail sentence for a catalogue of sickening sex attacks on a young boy. Shaun Hills must also serve a six-year period on licence on release after a judge deemed him a significant risk to children. Hills
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Missing Botham dog reward rises to £5,000
SIR Ian Botham’s family has increased a reward for information about a dog stolen from outside his home. They have now raised the reward to £5,000 for information leading to the return of Woody, a 15-month-old spaniel that went missing from a
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Stockton pervert prosecuted over cartoons of child abuse
A PERVERT from the North- East has become one of the first people in the country to be prosecuted for having a collection of child abuse images in the form of cartoon drawings. Andrew O’Neill’s stash of sick pictures was discovered when police
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Teesside University cuts its tuition fees
STUDENTS have welcomed a move by a North-East university to lower its tuition fees – allowing it to bid for extra places and provide undergraduates a potential £1,000-a-year discount. The decision by Teesside University means hundreds of students
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Caretaker boss Liddle is struggling for numbers
A combination of factors have contrived to decimate Darlington's squad ahead of today's game as they bid to continue their rejuvenation. So lacking in numbers is caretaker manager Craig Liddle that he says some youth team players could feature for the
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The Insider
MARTIN O'Neill's childhood love of Sunderland has been mentioned on more than occasion in the last week, but the future Black Cats boss has previously been reluctant to go into too much detail about his affection for all things red-and-white. However
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Newcastle reschedule Speed tribute
NEWCASTLE have rescheduled the tribute to former player Gary Speed that was originally planned for this weekend. Newcastle officials had intended to stage a rendition of the Welsh hymn, "Bread of Heaven", and were planning to get supporters in the East
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England's opponents in Euro 2012
Yesterday's Euro 2012 draw pitted England with France, Sweden and Ukraine in Group D. Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson looks at the three sides standing between Fabio Capello's men and a place in the quarter-finals FRANCE (Monday, June 11, Donetsk
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Bid status could deliver night-time trade boost
FIRMS operating in a Tees-Valley town's night time economy could be given a £750,000 security boost to attract more customers. Firms in Middlesbrough are presently being consulted on turning the town's shopping centre into a Business Improvement District
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SLK - sexy, but not without its flaws
NO sooner had I opened the roof than the sun came out and Hot Chocolate's 'You Sexy Thing' came on the radio. Coincidence? I think not. I'm not vain enough to think it was because of me. No, there was only one thing worthy of such an
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Muddy marvel or street chic, the Evoque's at home everywhere
POSH and Becks were both present at the launch of the new Range Rover Evoque, although not quite as you might expect. Yes, though the red carpet was quite rightly rolled out for the marque’s stunning new compact crossover, on which Victoria was employed
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Merc rules the class divide
“THAT’S a bit swish,” my friend said as he spied me on the school run. I mused on his description. Posh, elegant and refined would be the dictionary definition. I had to agree the C-Class Coupe was all of these things. If he had said sporty, ostentatious
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AA man to the rescue as trip doesn't go Accord-ing to plan
THE man from the AA took one look and sighed. "After Audis, Hondas are one of the hardest cars to get into," he said. The reason for the man with the bright yellow van was down to my seven-year-old son. On going to the car to retrieve his scooter
