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Police investigate serious incident in Darlington
POLICE are investigating a serious incident in the Glebe Road area of Darlington. Officers are at the scene carrying out inquiries in an effort to establish exactly what has happened. A spokesman for Durham Police said he was unable at this
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Darlington's six of the best
Darlington 6 Ashington 1 Darlington’s ninth win from nine home games took them nine points clear at the top of the table today. After the disappointing display in midweek against South Shields, an impressive performance saw Quakers overcome
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Pools pegged back at the death
HARTLEPOOL United were denied only a second victory at the season as Doncaster nabbed an 88th minute leveller at Victoria Park. Leading thanks to Neil Austin’s spot kick, Pools were left deflated when Rob Jones knocked in a free-kick at the far post
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Teesdale Poets: Past, Present and Future
An evening of poetry by Teesdale poets past, present and future will be held at NeST gallery, 25 Newgate, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NG on Thursday 15th November at 7p.m. Neil Diment will begin the evening by appearing in period costume to recite extracts
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Live Saturday football blog
Welcome to The Northern Echo's live football blog. It's a bit of a sparse affair today with only Hartlepool and Darlington in action. Nick Loughlin is at Victoria Park for Pools' vital home game with Doncaster, while Craig Stoddart's afternoon
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Council worker spat at in dog mess dispute
A DARLINGTON man spat at an environmental officer when he became upset about dog mess in the town, a court heard. Daniel Wright, 22, berated the Darlington Borough Council streetscene supervisor on August 1, before spitting at his shirt. Wright
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Barclays to close branch after fall in customers
BANKING giant Barclays has announced it is closing a Darlington branch. The company will axe its Cockerton outlet, in West Auckland Road, in January. Customers were informed through a letter, telling them to use the bank’s larger branch in
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Man arrested after assault in street
AN 18-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after a teenager was seriously assaulted in a Darlington street this morning. The victim was left with a deep cut to his arm after the incident in Lowe Street, which took place around 3am. Police confirmed
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Senior North-East MP Sir Stuart Bell dies, aged 74
LABOUR leader Ed Milliband has led tribues to long-serving Labour MP Sir Stuart Bell has died after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. The 74-year-old had been MP for Middlesbrough for nearly three decades, and served in key positions in Parliament
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African encounter will shape Newcastle's plans
NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew will reshape his plans for the January transfer window in the wake of today's Africa Cup of Nations decider between Senegal and Ivory Coast. The two sides meet in Dakar for the second leg of their final qualifier with
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Walcott injury sours England's success
ROY Hodgson last night admitted a serious injury to Theo Walcott had soured England's emphatic 5-0 victory over San Marino. Walcott spent the night in hospital after he was involved in a sickening collision with San Marino goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini
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England stroll past San Marino
SO much for there being no easy games in international football. England barely broke sweat as they regained top spot in their World Cup qualifying pool by slamming five goals past the part-timers of San Marino, yet it was hard to detect any sense
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Armed police arrest man in Middlesbrough pub
ARMED police last night arrested a man in connection with a series of robberies. At just before midnight, Northumbria Police officers - in co-operation with officers from Durham and Cleveland constabularies - arrested a 28-year-old man at the Blue
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Premature twins beat odds after early arrival
TWIN babies Archie and Harley Garthwaite are among the most premature babies in the country after being born at only 23 weeks. Hayley Kennedy, 20, from Grasmere Street, Hartlepool, worried her twins would die after doctors told her to fear the
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No reason why clubs can't get instant information
In recent years you've probably heard more and more from Premier League managers criticising the impact that international duties are having upon their players and more specifically, causing injuries. Recently it's been the turn of Newcastle United
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Two men in court over Darlington pub assault
TWO men have appeared in court charged with assaulting a man in Darlington. The victim was left with facial fractures and a bleed on the brain, following the incident at the William Stead pub on Monday. Michael Thompson, 36, of no fixed address
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Middlesbrough lecturer says empathetic questioning techniques should be used on sex offenders
EMPATHETIC techniques used by a Nazi interrogator should be used to interview child sex offenders, according to a leading psychologist. Dr Gavin Oxburgh, a lecturer in forensic psychology at Teesside University, has looked to Nazi Germany’s “master
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Fears as heating bills soar again
THE region’s largest energy supplier yesterday announced a major price rise, sparking warnings that the elderly and vulnerable face a long, cold winter. Npower, which has 500,000 customers in the North-East, said it is increasing its gas prices
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Anger as A66 floods for second time in two weeks
THE Highways Agency faced more questions last night after flooding severely affected the A66 for the second time in two weeks. The flooding – at the site of a new £12m improved junction which opened four years ago at Long Newton, near Stockton
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Teesside jobs under threat at outsourcing company
MORE than 500 staff could lose their jobs at two North- East call centres, it was revealed yesterday. Outsourcing company Firstsource confirmed that 542 staff working for Barclaycard on Teesside have been told they are facing redundancy. Firstsource
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Further blow to Shildon as Co-op faces closure
A TOWN that lost its only bank yesterday has suffered another blow with the news that the Co-op is planning to shut one of its stores. As HSBC closed in Shildon, County Durham, it emerged that the Co-operative Food store, in Church Street, will
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Bus death was tragic timing, judge rules
A BUS driver who killed a passenger as he ran alongside trying to catch the last service home walked free after a judge said it was a “tragic coincidence”. David Luck was yesterday told he had been careless and should have noticed Paul Siddoway
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Johnson raises his sights
Steven Johnson's exuberant goal celebrations have become a feature of Darlington's flying start to the season and he described his match-winning moment in midweek as the clear highlight of his time with his hometown club. The Darlington-born forward
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Heartbeat village sees seven men arrested over magic mushrooms
IT is not only TV fame that has visitors flocking to a picture-postcard village on the North York Moors. Goathland, near Whitby, won worldwide fame as the real-life Aidensfield – location for the 1960s-set TV series Heartbeat – and became a tourist
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I’m hurt, I’m honest enough to say that and it’s hard, admits Cooper
FOOTBALL management can be the most rewarding and enjoyable of jobs. It can also be one of the harshest. Neale Cooper, the Hartlepool United manager, has experienced the full gamut of emotions. But more often than not this season, it's been the former
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Morpeth can top the North-East tree
MORPETH Harriers will be aiming to finish top of the North-East's six teams in this afternoon's re-arranged Nike ERRA National Six Stage Road Relay Championships at Clumber Park, Nottingham. Despite being seriously depleted following club runners' commitments
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Falcons hand out two debuts
WINGER Zach Kibirige and prop Scott Wilson are handed debuts in Newcastle Falcons' British and Irish Cup match at home to Welsh club Cross Keys today. Kibirige is a Yarm School product who has also played for Darlington, while 18-year-old Wilson is a
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Miller convinced his Yorkshire team-mates can shock in t20
David Miller has backed his Yorkshire team-mates to spring some more surprises during the Champions League t20 group stages in South Africa. The county's overseas player suffered a fractured nose and a black left eye during the opening qualifying match
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Heart transplant baby's 25th anniversary
THE 25th anniversary of the first successful baby heart transplant was marked by a gathering of dozens of transplant recipients. Kaylee Davidson-Olley, who underwent the historic procedure 25 years ago, was joined by more than 30 people who have
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Best of both worlds on offer
Today's racing is the best of both codes, a quality card at York for their final meeting of a stellar season, alongside the small matter of the Betfred Cesarewitch, and if that's not enough, there's the first proper meeting of the jumps season at Chepstow