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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Spennymoor Town 3 Leek Town 3
Spennymoor Town were thankful for a late, late goal by Paul Johnson which rescued a draw at home to Leek Town in the FA Trophy. Having taken an lead through Stephen Capper, Leek soon levelled with Liam Shotton scoring the first of his two goals
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Mongolian yurt opens its doors in Sedgefield country park
A COUNTRY park can now offer environmental education in a cosy setting thanks to its new Mongolian yurt.The yurt, at Hardwick Park in Sedgefield, County Durham, is one of the largest in the region and can accommodate up to 60 people.Kitted out with colourful
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Local drivers flock to Croft for Rallycross spectacular
A bumper 65-car entry will compete at Croft Circuit tomorrow as the North Yorkshire circuit hosts the penultimate round of the 2014 Autosport International BTRDA Rallycross Championship.The main attraction on another action-packed programme are the turbo-charged
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Match Report: England 3 Slovenia 1
ENGLAND’S march towards Euro 2016 continued this afternoon as they maintained their 100 per cent qualifying record with a 3-1 win over their closest rivals at the top of Group E, Slovenia. Having failed to fire during a listless first half, Roy
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Ten-man Darlington knocked out of FA Trophy
St Neots Town 3 Darlington 1 Darlington played with only ten men for most of the match and put in determined display, but it was not enough to avoid a 3-1 defeat at St Neots Town in the FA Trophy. Liam Hatch was sent off after only four minutes
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Match report: Southend United 1 Hartlepool United 0
HARTLEPOOL UNITED went down to another defeat, falling 1-0 at Southend United. While the home side hadn't impressed at Roots Hall in recent weeks and lost there to Chester in the FA Cup seven days previously, they had too much for Pools. The
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Addict claimed voices told him to commit robbery at filling station
A COCAINE addict claimed he heard voices telling him to carry out a robbery at a petrol filling station, a court heard. George Henry Cairns was armed with a knife when he followed the lone attendant into the kiosk at the Esso station, in Sunderland
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Steamsong composer inspires young musicians
AN award winning composer hopes to have dispelled the myth that his line of work is beyond the reach of young musicians. John Kefala Kerr told a group of 11 to 14 year-olds that simply messing around with noises from raindrops to whistles can
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Merry Christmas from Lucas and the Bishop
A SCHOOLBOY’S design has been chosen for a Bishop’s Christmas card.Children at St Hild’s College CE (Aided) Primary School, in Gilesgate, Durham City, were challenged to design cards for the Right Reverend Mark Bryant, the Bishop of Jarrow.The winner
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Pop up art exhibition in Hurworth
A HOST of artists are descending on Hurworth, near Darlington, for a one-off ‘pop up’ art exhibition tomorrow (Sunday November 16). Twenty-two artists will showcase their work at the Shout About Art exhibition at Hurworth Grange community centre
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High Force picture crowned winner in Teesdale photography competition
A PICTURE of one of Teesdale’s iconic beauty spots has been crowned winner of an amateur photography competition. Photographers who live within 20 miles of the Morritt Hotel in Greta Bridge could enter the Spirit of Teesdale contest, which was
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School presentation evening celebrates successful pupils
A SCHOOL held a special celebration night to recognise students who have gone the extra mile. The presentation evening at Wolsingham School and Community College on Thursday night (November 13), with dozens of pupils receiving pastoral, curriculum
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Firefighters issue chip pan warning following Bishop Auckland fire
THE fire brigade has issued a fresh warning over the dangers of leaving chip pans unattended after a man had a lucky escape this week.Firefighters were called to a flat on Newgate Street in Bishop Auckland on Wednesday, November 12, following reports
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Graydon looks ahead to new challenge
One of Spennymoor’s favourite sons, Keith Graydon, says he’s looking forward to a new challenge at Morpeth. Graydon said farewell to his team mates after the Darlington game in the Evo-Stik League last week, and has moved back into the Northern
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Shildon haven't ruled out application for EvoStik League
Shildon haven’t ruled out an application for promotion to the Evo-Stik League. During the summer, Shildon revealed that as part of their long term plans for the club – which might mean a move from Dean Street – they would consider promotion to
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Skinner aims to improve away form
Northallerton’s new manager Steve Skinner says that distance is no object as he starts the task of curing Northallerton’s away day blues. Skinner beat 16 other applicants to the post – including one from Iceland and one from the USA – and even
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Hillerby's aim is to strengthen defence
Billingham Synthonia manager Conrad Hillerby says that his immediate priority is to strengthen the team’s defence after being appointed earlier this week. Hillerby has returned to Northern League management after a break of over two years, when
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Get safety tips today
EMERGENCY services in Bishop Auckland are holding a safety event today. (Saturday, November 15) Police officers from the neighbourhood team and the roads policing unit will be at Sainsbury's car park, on St Helen Retail Park from 10.30am to 5pm
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Darlington ace Thompson puts team ethos first
It took longer than anticipated, but finally Stephen Thompson has reached his half century of goals, though he says he is not in competition with Darlington team-mate Amar Purewal.The ex-Durham City pair began the campaign with Purewal on 45, one behind
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Thompson's first 50 Darlington goals
Stephen Thompson has been a regular goalscorer since joining Darlington the club in September 2012 from Durham City with his sublime strike in the 3-0 win at Mossley being his 50th goal for the club. With expert timing, it came in his 100th game. Craig
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SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT: Quakers captain Brown continues to triumph in adversity
A member of Darlington’s academy as a 14-year-old back when the club’s home was Feethams, within two years Gary Brown was working as an apprentice heating engineer.Thirteen years on, and with the club now of amateur status having fallen from the Football
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McEnroe urges Murray to take break
John McEnroe has urged Andy Murray to take a break from tennis rather than get straight back onto the practice court.The Scot's instinct when times are tough is to throw himself into hard work, and it was no different after his mauling by Roger Federer
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Djokovic on top of the world
Novak Djokovic celebrated a special hat-trick after ensuring he will finish a year as world number one for the third time with victory over Tomas Berdych in London.Djokovic's 6-2 6-2 win also booked his place in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals
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Harping on about old Bishop, getting sosed with Tot Blair, and the derivation of Jeep
MEMORIES 200 included an unprepossessing picture of the Harp Inn in Bishop Auckland, ready for demolition in 1969. Despite the pub's dereliction, the picture appealed to Gavin Bake because his ancestors ran it more than a century ago. The pub
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Bite-sized Blackwell
The Blackwell Neighbourhood Forum has just been formed in one of Darlington's most exclusive suburbs, and to help inform its "neighbourhood development plan", it has created a heritage group to investigate the village's rich past. As a starting
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Vunipola vows to be vocal
Billy Vunipola insists he must overcome his cultural instincts as well as South Africa's giant forwards if he is to impose himself on today's QBE International at Twickenham.By his own admission Vunipola underperformed in the 24-21 defeat by New Zealand
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Karanka thinks Boro have got personality back in hunt for promotion
AITOR KARANKA thinks Middlesbrough are playing with personality again after a brief spell in August when he realised his squad needed an injection of new blood.When Boro lost at Leeds United on the second Saturday of the season, he was left puzzled by
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Bridcutt won't be changing his style to win back his Sunderland place
LIAM BRIDCUTT remains confident of winning back a regular place in Sunderland’s starting line-up – but insists he will not be changing his game in an attempt to mimic Lee Cattermole.With Cattermole serving a one-game suspension, Bridcutt made his first
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Better to be safe than sorry when head injuries happen
The subject of head injuries in sport is in the news again. I think the more exposure that these types of injuries get is actually great for the grassroots game, because it raises much-needed awareness of the often unseen dangers lurking. I
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Rooney reveals 2018 World Cup aim
Wayne Rooney has spelled out his desire to play for England at the 2018 World Cup.Rooney will become England's ninth centurion on Saturday when he leads the team out against Slovenia in their Euro 2016 qualifier at Wembley.Rooney suggested earlier this
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Death Cafe to serve up chance for mortality chat
A MOTHER-of-two is inviting people to a cafe where the sole topic of conversation will be death. Former palliative care nurse Naomi Wood said the Death Cafe event in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, would create an informal environment for the community
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Newcastle defender not worried about Dutch omission after welcome return to form
WITH debate ongoing in his homeland about the reasons he was left out of the latest Holland squad, Daryl Janmaat thinks Newcastle United’s rise up the Premier League table will earn him a recall.The Dutch defender was instrumental and named man of the
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Fears for school's future as emergency meeting is called
AN MP has called an emergency meeting with council chiefs to discuss the future of a £16m academy rated “inadequate” by Ofsted. St Aidan’s Church of England Academy, in Darlington, was set up in 2007 to replace the town's failing Eastbourne Comprehensive
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Killer weeps as he is cleared of Middlesbrough barber murder
A KILLER wept in the dock as a jury cleared him of murdering a friend in a street fight after he was called "a divvy", Craig Conway stabbed Simon Bennett in the heart when they met for what was said to have been an arranged clash in May. The
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Ding dong merrily on high
IN CASE you didn’t notice, Christmas is nearly upon us. In the past, I had been fairly dismissive of the whole affair. It generally started too early, was too expensive and most of my shopping, if at all, would be completed courtesy of a desperate
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Miliband turns on Newcastle United boss, saying Sports Direct is a "bad place to work"
NEWCASTLE United owner Mike Ashley will today be accused by Labour leader Ed Miliband of exploiting thousands of staff at his Sports Direct empire who are on so-called “zero-hours” contracts. In a speech Mr Miliband will say Sports Direct is a
