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Match report: Wigan Athletic 1 Middlesbrough 1
FULL TIME: Wigan 1 Middlesbrough 1 MIDDLESBROUGH spurned another opportunity to reach the top of the Championship after Malky Mackay led Wigan Athletic to his first point as Latics manager. Boro had hoped to nip under the radar and come away
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Darlington denied at the death by Clitheroe
Darlington 1 Clitheroe 1 Darlington were denied a tenth successive league victory after an injury-time goal by Sefton Gonzales snatched a point for mid-table Clitheroe. After what had been a goalless and well-contested first half, it was still
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Pools slump to desperate home defeat
Full-time: Hartlepool United 1 York City 3 HARTLEPOOL UNITED are in dire straits at the foot of the Football League table, losing 3-1 to York City in a game they were in control of. It was also one labelled a six-pointer and one they couldn't afford
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Match Report: Newcastle United 1 QPR 0
Full-time: Newcastle United 1 QPR 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED moved into the European positions as Moussa Sissoko’s second-half winner secured a sixth successive victory for Alan Pardew’s in-form side. Sissoko’s precise 78th-minute finish settled a
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Match Report: Leicester City 0 Sunderland 0
Full-time: Leicester City 0 Sunderland 0 LEICESTER CITY survived some late Sunderland pressure to prevent Gus Poyet’s from leaving the King Power Stadium with more than a point. After a largely even encounter in wet conditions there were chances
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Police name man found dead in bin store
POLICE have named a man who died in Whitley Bay. Darren Robson was aged 43 years and from the town. Police were called to Whitley Road just before 6.20am, on Friday, November 21, following reports of a fire at a bin store. The fire was
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North-East Football Live: Saturday, November 22
5:03pm Here's the Match Report from Newcastle's 1-0 win over QPR: In-form Magpies move into European positions %if(after3) %if(after7)
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Aycliffe Village schoolchildren stage road safety protest
CHILDREN joined forces with the police on Friday (November 21) to protest against dangerous and inconsiderate parking outside their school. Youngsters at Aycliffe Village Primary School in County Durham made posters urging parents to drive and park responsibly
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Pond row settled as ducks move to new home
A HOUSING association which caused a major flap over plans to fill in a duck pond has agreed to rehome the birds. Residents in Bedale were in uproar after Broadacres Housing Association Broadacres said it wanted to remove the pond at Tom Hall Court, a
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Fault with police 101 telephone number
POLICE forces around the region reported technical difficulties with the non-emergency number 101 earlier today. The fault is believed to be a national issue, which was resolved at about 1pm. All of the region's police forces issued alternative
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Children's author tells school pupils about how he comes up with his scary characters
ANauthor who has written for one of the most popular children's television shows visited a Darlington library to talk to school pupils. Barry Hutchinson gave a talk to year six students from Corporation Road School at Crown Street Library as part of the
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Schoolgirl lands accolade at top baking competition
A PRIMARY schoolgirl has beaten competition from scores of aspiring bakers to win an accolade at a prestigious contest.Lilly Lofthouse, of Sowerby, impressed judges at Cake International in Birmingham with her attention to detail and craft work on the
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Call to youth after parish council resignations
A PARISH council chairman has urged aspiring young politicians to come forward, following the shock resignations of three councillors.Hurworth parish council this week announced the departures of council stalwarts Ken Pattison, Jeff Kemp and Tony Needham
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Darlington ace Portas says there's more to come
By general consensus, Tom Portas has been Darlington’s best player so far this season with the midfielder making a big impact since signing from Whitby Town, though midfielder believes there’s more to come.His is among the first names on Martin Gray’s
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Brilliant Brusselton comes back to live
TWO by two, the stone sleepers are again marching along the embankment at Brusselton. They were laid very neatly very nearly 200 years ago, but as the centuries swept by, they became abandoned and then overgrown.But this summer, local volunteers have
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Hints and recipes from the First World War
ONE hundred years ago, "the Lady Editor" of The Northern Echo invited the paper's readers to contribute to its Hints and Recipes column. The column gives a fascinating insight to how life on the home front was unfolding as the privations of
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A lost story of gallantry
HEROISM came in many different shapes and forms during the First World War.Rowland Steventon, for example, joined the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) when he was only 16 at the start of the war. The RHA specialised in moving its 13 pound guns – comparatively
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A shelf-load of local books for Christmas
WW1 Chronicle of Spennymoor & Neighbourhood by Bob Hall (£10)WARTIME newspapers provide a fascinating day-by-day running commentary on the First World War and Bob Hall has chronicled how the war unfolded in the Auckland and County Chronicle, pulling out
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Memories of Haughton-le-Skerne
HAUGHTON-LE-SKERNE is a village to the east of Darlington. Until the 1930s, it was in County Durham but then it moved into the Borough of Darlington. Today it joins almost seamlessly into the town, as garages and DIY shops have filled in the vacant
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Pardew: This Newcastle attack has superior strengths to the one that finished fifth
ALAN PARDEW has praised Newcastle United’s counter-attacking capabilities and claimed the current side boasts superior pace and incision to the team that qualified for Europe in 2012.The Magpies head into today’s home game with QPR looking to record a
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For all his failings, Barton will return to Newcastle as a favourite son
With Newcastle United hosting QPR this afternoon, Joey Barton is poised to make his first return since leaving the club three-and-a-half years ago. Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson assesses the controversial midfielder’s time on Tyneside and examines
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Boro boss feels English football's sacking culture is mirroring the continent
AITOR KARANKA claims English football is adopting the continental trend for chopping and changing managers, and counts himself fortunate to be working for a chairman who is renowned for giving his bosses time. Karanka takes his Middlesbrough side
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Saturday Spotlight: Meet England's six North-East stars
ENGLAND manager Mark Sampson selected six North-East-born players in his squad to face Germany at Wembley Stadium tomorrow. Sports Writer Steph Clark profiles the region's representatives Steph Houghton The South Hetton defender, 26, became
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Saturday Spotlight: Nobbs ready to make history with England Women
England women will make history tomorrow when they take on European champions Germany in front of 55,000 at Wembley Stadium with six North-East-raised players in the squad. Sports Writer Steph Clark spoke to Jordan Nobbs ahead of the game IT’S
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Sunderland could have signed Ulloa in the summer
LEONARDO ULLOA has proved he can handle the Premier League with Leicester City, and Gus Poyet considered signing his fellow South American for a second time during the summer.Poyet decided against paying the £8m asking price which the Foxes agreed with
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Sunderland boss Gus Poyet admits he was wrong to prejudge Cattermole
GUS POYET has urged Roy Hodgson to take a closer look at Lee Cattermole by calling him up for the next England get-together – particularly if the opinion he has of the Sunderland midfielder is based on an ‘unfair’ bad-boy reputation.Poyet feared he would
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Cattermole becoming a real northern light under Poyet at Sunderland
WHETHER it is through age, settling down with a girlfriend or working under a foreign manager he has a bond with, Lee Cattermole has changed. He has matured off the pitch and adapted his game to suit a continental style on it. Will it continue?
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Pair sentenced for eBay Army goods racket
TWO military men who sold stolen Army equipment on eBay have been handed community orders.Alan Lovett admitted handling stolen goods in respect of a framed Scots Guards sergeant’s tunic, three utility kits, a ration pack, helmet and gas mask he was caught
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Family call to action over loss of loved pet
A DEVASTATED family is backing a campaign for a change in the law after a desperate search for their beloved pet ended in tragedy.Thousands of people joined the three-month search for golden cocker spaniel, Fern, before her owners discovered she had been
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Motorist jailed for 18 months for "grossly misjudged" overtaking manoeuvre
A DRIVER who collided with a motorbike while carrying out a “dangerous” and “impulsive” overtaking manoeuvre has been jailed for 18 months. Ronald Hall was travelling down a single carriageway stretch of the A66 in his Mercedes C22 when he hit
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Countdown begins for grand opening of £1.6m Darlington nightspot
THE countdown has begun for the opening of Darlington’s newest nightspot.After nearly a year of refurbishment and renovation work costing £1.6m, The Keys nightclub and restaurant is set to open on Skinnergate this Friday. (November 28)The former Mechanic
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North-East Labour MPs shrug off fears of UKIP surge at general election
LABOUR MPs in the North-East have shrugged off predictions of a UKIP surge at next year’s general election – insisting their seats are not at serious risk.The party’s MPs spoke of their confidence despite Labour’s disastrous performance in the Rochester
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Howzat!: Pensioner regains sight in his eye 48 years after freak accident
A PENSIONER who has regained his vision 48 years after a cricket ball robbed him of his sight in one eye last night spoke of his "new lease of life". Alan Read, of Sowerby, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, was aged 36 when he suffered a freak accident
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Beards are the way forward
EVERYBODY is growing a beard these days. Well, maybe not the women of the world. But everyone else who is capable of growing a beard, seems to be doing so. I’ve got involved in it, too. Eschewing the gimmicky, got-too-big-for-its-boots, message-has-got-lost-somewhere
