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Poyet pays tribute to 'unique' Aguero
GUS POYET admitted Sunderland were unable to cope with a rampant Sergio Aguero as their fine recent record against Manchester City came crashing to an end at the Stadium of Light.Aguero scored two goals and set up another as City shook off the surprise
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Witness tells of explosion as Ferryhill Station tyre fire took hold
A WOMAN whose house is close to the scene of a tyre blaze has told how she heard a loud explosion before the flames took hold. Fire crews were called to High Street, Ferryhill Station at around 9pm tonight (Wednesday) after a fire broke out in
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Outstanding Aguero and Co. force Sunderland to chase shadows
Full-time: Sunderland 1 Manchester City 4 SO much for history repeating itself then. Sunderland’s remarkable run against Manchester City was always going to end at some stage, but few would have anticipated it coming to quite as abrupt a finish
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Consett let three goal lead slip
Consett let a 4-1 lead slip away and lost 6-4 at Bedlington in the ENL tonight. They scored twice within a minute early on through Michael Mackay and Luke Sullivan, but Bedlington pulled one back through Lee Scott. However, Sullivan soon made
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FA investigate allegation of racism at Middlesbrough match
The Football Association is investigating an allegation that Blackburn Rovers' Rudy Gestede was racially abused during the 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough last Saturday. Gestede scored a controversial equaliser five minutes into stoppage time, denying
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Sticking to the long-term economic plan?
THIS Autumn Statement like many others had a number of the big announcements trailed in the run up to the Chancellor’s speech to the House of Commons. We already knew that there was an increase in infrastructure spending most notably in improving roads
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Police release CCTV images of woman wanted in connection with McDonalds shopping bag theft
POLICE have released images of a woman they would like to speak to in connection with the theft of a shopping bag in McDonalds. It happened between 1.30pm and 1.45pm on Saturday, May 24, when a shopping bag was stolen from the restaurant, in High
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Darlington man, 20, airlifted after off-road motorcycle fall in Northumberland
A DARLINGTON man was flown to hospital after falling from a motorcycle in Northumberland. The North-East Air Ambulance was called to an inaccessible area near Ashington at 1.45pm after the 20-year-old fell from the off-road machine. "The patient
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Fracking fund for North is 'fantastic opportunity', say business chiefs
GOVERNMENT plans to use income from controversial fracking to boost the North of England economy are a "fantastic opportunity", say business leaders.However, environmental campaigners claimed the Chancellor was taking the country in the wrong
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Chancellor's bid to woo North
AMBITIOUS plans to create a ‘Northern Powerhouse’ are gathering pace George Osborne claimed yesterday, as he unveiled a raft of measures for the region in his Autumn statement. The Chancellor pledged cash for new manufacturing and innovation centres
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Coates makes first Premier League start for Sunderland
SEBASTIAN COATES will make his first Premier League start for Sunderland in this evening's home game with Manchester City. Coates, who joined on loan from Liverpool on August transfer-deadline day, replaces Wes Brown from the side that drew with
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Broadcaster Angela Rippon praises school for its work with dementia sufferers
BROADCASTER Angela Rippon has praised a North-East primary school for being a role model in its work with dementia sufferers.Ms Rippon, who has become an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society visited Bernard Gilpin School, in Houghton-le-Spring, today
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Explorer talks of his 'Race Against Time' expedition
AN explorer enjoyed a warm welcome when he dropped into a school to speak to pupils as he prepares to combat freezing temperatures when he tackles his latest expedition.Mark Wood, a British adventurer and explorer, visited Egglescliffe Primary School
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Sainsbury's fined £10,000 after two staff injured within 17 days at same Middlesbrough store
SAINSBURY’S has been fined £10,000 following two separate incidents in a North-East store which left one female shop assistant with a broken bone in her spine after a cage stacked with dog food toppled over and trapped her underneath.The prosecution was
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Chancellor boosts North-East bid to become global innovation leader
ALMOST £90m is being invested in two new centres of excellence to help the region become an innovation hotspot. In his Autumn Statement the Chancellor pledged cash to build laboratories at Netpark in County Durham for scientists to develop the
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Still time to sign up for Santa run
SANTA CLAUS is coming to a North-East town for a fundraiser this weekend, and there is still time to take part.There are just a few days to go now until the St Teresa's Hospice fun family run at West Park Academy, in Darlington, on Saturday (December
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Gang stole £460,000 worth of 4x4s which were stripped for parts
A CRIMINAL gang stole almost half-a-million pounds worth of 4x4 vehicles from three counties which were then stripped down and sold for parts. Teesside Crown Court heard how police raided a lock-up on Dodsworth Street, Darlington, catching one
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Man hurt after car plunges down rural embankment
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after his car plunged down a steep embankment. The 38-year-old was taken to Hexham General Hospital by the Great North Air Ambulance following the incident in St John’s Chapel, Weardale. He suffered non-life
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Carols for a cause
STUDENTS have been bringing some festive cheer to shoppers in a city centre.Members of Durham University Charities Kommittee (Duck) sang carols in Durham Market Place today (Wednesday, December 3).The event was part of a fundraising Duck Week.A carnival
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Barnard Castle Meet to tackle festive loneliness with Christmas Day Dinner
A COMMUNITY group is determined to tackle loneliness this festive season by cooking Christmas Day dinner for anyone at risk of being on their own.Barnard Castle Meet came are hosting the event and have already raised about £400 of their £1,000 target
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Are worries keeping you awake at night?
MANY of us probably knew this already, but now it's official - women are fretting far more frequently than men. A lot more, in fact.An enormous survey by YouGov has revealed that 4.5 million women are losing sleep over financial fears, compared to 2.9
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Charity benefits from insurance support
A SPECIALIST autism charity has been boosted by a cash injection from insurance company’s Aviva’s Community Fund.Norton-based Daisy Chain picked up £2,000 after being nominated for a slice of the fund by Henderson Insurance Brokers, which has been a supporter
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New homes boost for Middlesbrough will see 7,000 homes built in next 15 years
THE first new-style Local Plan to be adopted in the North-East will see 700 new homes built in Middlesbrough over the next year, the highest number in 30 years.Proposals for future property development in the town have been given the go ahead by a planning
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Council's time restrictions could kill £20m Durham City student digs scheme, says developer
DEVELOPERS say a £20m student accommodation scheme will collapse unless council planners cede ground on project timings. When Alumno Developments was given the go-ahead to build privately-run digs for nearly 400 students on the former New College
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Legendary PC
SOME years ago we had a police constable in Coxhoe called Jimmy Johnson. Was there a better police officer that ever walked the beat in Coxhoe? I doubt it. When Jimmy was on duty after the pubs and club closed he soon cleared the street of rowdy
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Light show thanks
I WOULD like to congratulate the ladies of Thirsk Chamber of Trade on all the hard work they have put in to raise the money for the lovely Christmas lights in Thirsk Market Place. Thanks should also go to the people who erect and dismantle the
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Autumn statement
CHANCELLOR George Osborne’s Autumn Statement has turned into a Winter’s Tale. I hear tax receipts are down, which is no surprise as few big businesses pay any. They make billions in profit yet some of Britain’s biggest companies don’t pay a single
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City warren
THE planning and architecture of Durham City could not get worse. I think it will end up like a scene from a modern-day Dickens novel, no planning or thought has gone into it. They are building modern day squalor every where you look. It’s
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Ukip protests
I WOULD like to reply to Hugh Pender’s letter (HAS, Dec 1) about Ukip and protest voting. Mr Pender, by his own admission, is a life-long Labour voter, but he is willing to forego those principles which he has stood for for many years. What
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New police recruits ready for the beat
NEW police recruits are ready to protect North Yorkshire communities after a passing out ceremony.The 14 new police officers were welcomed to the force by Chief Constable Dave Jones at the end of their intensive 18-week, initial training course, during
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Christian message
IT is, of course, true that if the real Christian message about Christmas got through it would be more than a shopping spree. The observant would see the reality of the words: “Let your light show to all men that they see your good works and glorify
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Cannabis plants seized in Delves Lane
POLICE seized cannabis plants worth an estimated £50,000 during a series of raids in north Durham today (Wednesday, December 3).A man was arrested for alleged cannabis cultivation following the discovery during a search in Chapel Drive, Delves Lane, near
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Darlington dance crew takes top prizes at regional competition
TWO North-East dance crews showed they had all the right moves after winning the top prizes at a regional competition.Darlington-based Hustle won the under 18 advanced category at the United Dance Organisation (UDO) North-East Street Dance Championships
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Embarrassed kids reject couple's 6ft Lego cathedral
A LEGO-mad couple have built a six-foot high plastic brick model of Durham Cathedral.Mike Addis and Catherine Weightman have built a unique Lego structure every Christmas for the last 20 years, despite their children becoming increasingly embarrassed
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Making a point
CAN anyone suggest any (polite) ways in which I can get rid of the glut of cheap ball point pens which I have acquired over the past three weeks? It seems such a waste just to put them in the bin, although all the begging letters which accompanied
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'I feel healthier and happier than ever'
Denise Welch is the first to admit that life's been a bit of a roller-coaster, but things are finally running at a smooth pace. The former Loose Women presenter reveals how love, LighterLife and speaking up have all helped her face her demons A
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Barnstorming performance at Mainsgill Farm Shop
Sharon Griffiths turns off the A66 at the hugely successful Mainsgill Farm Shop, where everything is growing, from barns to baby camels ALL Andrew and Maria Henshaw ever wanted to do was farm. Now, not only are they successful farmers, but they
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Temporary suspension for Bishop Auckland off licence
AN off licence has been temporarily banned from selling alcohol after twice being caught serving underage children.A G Lazenby, of Newgate Street, in Bishop Auckland, has had its alcohol licence suspended for six weeks following the breaches and conditions
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Police briefly lose suspect after slowing car chase to adjust wing-mirrors
TRAFFIC cops almost lost a suspect during a high-speed chase - because they slowed to adjust their wing mirrors, a court heard today (Wednesday, December 3). Officers were pursuing a speeding vehicle through Darlington when they came upon the so-called
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Super Kev's a jolly good fellow
A NORTH-East footballing legend will be honoured by the university in the city where he is still revered.Striker Kevin Phillips will return to Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on Friday (December 5) to receive an Honouring Fellowship from the Sunderland
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Woman who smuggled drugs into Stockton prison facing jail term
A WOMAN who smuggled prescription drugs into a North-East jail was told by a judge she is facing an inevitable jail sentence. Amanda Keenan, 34, of Cresswell Road, Grangetown, Middlesbrough, admitted taking a quantity of diazepam and buprenorphine
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GPs chose out of hours provider
THE second major NHS contract in North Yorkshire to be awarded to private healthcare provider Northern Doctors Urgent Care within a week has been announced.NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has signed a new deal with the Newcastle-based
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Food collection for the less fortunate
PEOPLE across the Hambleton district care urged to help the less fortunate this Christmas.They are being asked to join forces with local council staff and members to collect food and household items to distribute around the area.The authority is gathering
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Top athlete's achievements recognised with civic award
WORLD Champion Richard Kilty has had his athletic achievements recognised with a civic reception.Mayor of Stockton Barbara Inman awarded the leading sportsman with a certificate and plaque bearing the Borough’s Coat of Arms to recognise his excellent
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Wealth firm hails progress despite rising costs
A WEALTH management firm employing hundreds of North-East workers has revealed IT troubles hit profits. Brewin Dolphin said pre-tax profits sank from £28.4m to £8.6m in the year to September 28, with the cancellation of a software system delivering
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Air tax risks 1,000 North-East jobs
AIRPORT bosses and politicians last night called on the Prime Minister to keep his promise on airport taxes, or place 1,000 North-East jobs in jeopardy. Bosses at Durham Tees Valley and Newcastle International airports had their fingers crossed that
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Talking to children about the birds and the bees
IT'S not easy to talk to children about the birds and the bees, and some parents are so embarrassed about it, they leave the job to their child's school. But because it's not a statutory part of the national curriculum, sex education in primary
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Fishing taken to the extremes
Living On The Edge: Blood In The Sea (Channel 5, 7pm) CHRIS Terrill is clearly up for a challenge. The film-maker was in his mid-fifties when he trained as a Royal Marines Commando so he would be able to follow new recruits on the frontline in
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Gig Review: Rooted – A Teesdale Suite, The Witham, Barnard Castle
NOTHING identifies regional character more effectively than music, and the Heart of Teesdale music project, with its aim of reviving the folk traditions of the dale, has certainly touched the places other music cannot reach. Talented musicians with
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Stagecoach shares on the right track
SHARES in coach and bus operator, Stagecoach, were boosted by an impressive 8 per cent last Wednesday, following the surprise news that a consortium involving Virgin and Stagecoach had fought off their hotly tipped French rivals to run the East Coast
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Small firms alerted to changes in workplace pension law
SINCE its introduction 2012, almost five million workers have begun saving for their retirement thanks to automatic enrolment.But despite the huge numbers of people already saving as a result of the changes in workplace pension law, the roll out of automatic
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Law firm backs foundation
COUNTY Durham Community Foundation recently received a donation of £5,000 from Latimer Hinks Solicitors to add to its grant making fund.The amount was raised at the firm’s Charity Ball 2014, held at Wynyard Hall. Through an auction and a pound-for-pound
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Cool children call 999 and save fitting epileptic mum
THE cool actions of two young children probably saved their mother’s life after she had a major epileptic fit.Debbie Watson fell unconscious at her home in Thornley, near Peterlee, County Durham, last Thursday (November 27) afternoon after collecting
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Helping developers with access to finance
WE are continuously trying to stay on top of the many ways that developers can gain access to finance, writes Tracy Hall, partner and head of real estate at Watson Burton LLP.Our main objective has been to ensure our clients are aware of all the options
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Apprentice inspires next generation
PUPILS will be given a first-hand insight into the opportunities work based training offers when a recently qualified former apprentice visits their school today, writes Owen McAteer.Thomas Murdoch, who recently completed his four year engineering apprenticeship
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Are our High Streets really struggling?
It's the most wonderful time of the year - or is it? Lydia Willgress examines the North-East High Street in the run up to Christmas WHAT do you think the worst thing about Christmas is? Some people might say it is the shops. Shops that are
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Karanka invites former team-mate Mastroeni to work with him at Middlesbrough
AITOR KARANKA has invited former team-mate Pablo Mastroeni to work with him at Middlesbrough for a few days, sparking suggestions the Colorado Rapids head coach could be in line to replace Craig Hignett on the Riverside coaching staff. Mastroeni
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Mocktails served to older people in Durham to highlight impact of alcohol
NON alcoholic cocktails were at the top of the menu at an event aimed at highlighting the impact of drinking on older people.Elderflower mojitos and mock champagne were among the drinks served alongside more traditional morning refreshments at North Road
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Fuel duty to rise from September 2015
Drivers' hopes that the current freeze on fuel duty is set to last appear to have been dashed. Chancellor George Osborne confirmed today that the already-announced freeze for April 2015 would go ahead. But today's report by the Office for Budget
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Charity celebrates TV vote cash win
A DISABILITY cycling charity based in Chester-le-Street is celebrating a pre-Christmas Lottery windfall.Gateway Wheelers won almost £50,000 best of Big Lottery Fund money as the runner-up in The People’s Millions competition run on the region’s ITV service
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Duke of York hails Nifco UK's apprentice drive
THE Duke of York has officially opened a car part maker’s factory and hailed the company’s commitment to apprenticeships. Prince Andrew visited Nifco UK, in Eaglescliffe, near Stockton. The company, which employs more than 400 North-East workers
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Campaign to create nursery cricket ground is up and running
A CAMPAIGN to create first class training facilities for promising cricketers is up and running after more than £10,000 was pledged in the first few days.Durham County Cricket Club launched an online Crowdfunder appeal to raise £50,000 to help deliver
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Cars with their engines running stolen from driveways in Stockton during first cold snap of the year
DRIVERS have been warned about the dangers of de-icing their cars by leaving them unattended with the engines running after two were stolen in Stockton. Opportunist thieves have pounced on unsuspecting motorists waking up to first cold snap of
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Full steam ahead for locomotive project
A CAMPAIGN to raise money to build Britain’s most powerful locomotive has reached an important milestone, just over a year after it began.Pledges for the construction of No. 2007 Prince of Wales reached £1.5m recently, ensuring that the project is well
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Four released as police conclude robbery did not take place
DETECTIVES investigating a reported violent robbery have now concluded no offence actually took place.Four people arrested in connection with the alleged robbery have all been released from police bail without charge.The incident in the Valley Road area
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Staindrop panto hailed a success
RESIDENTS flocked to see the Staindrop Guides, Brownies and Rainbows at the weekend as they performed their pantomime: Aladdin.It was a sell-out for all three nights with the girls “pulling out all the stops to give outstanding performance”.The pantomime
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RAF Leeming opens new youth centre named after a friend and colleague who died earlier this year
AN AIRBASE has officially opened the doors of its new youth club in memory of a friend and worker who died earlier this year.The purpose-built club at RAF Leeming was named the Arnett Building in memory of Judith Arnett, who worked at the airbase for
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Council pays out £200 compensation to resident over wheelie bin complaint
A COUNCIL has apologised and paid £200 compensation to a resident, following a complaint over rubbish collections. Darlington Borough Council accepted it had not treated the complainant fairly, after they complained to the Local Government Ombudsman
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Panto season gets underway in Spennymoor with Sleeping Beauty
PANTOMIME season gets underway at a Spennymoor venue this week. Spennymoor Settlement’s Everyman Theatre, on O’Hanlon Street, will host professional show Sleeping Beauty on Thursday, December 4; Friday, December 5 and Sunday, December 7. Spennymoor
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School hopes to buy kit for community hospital
A SCHOOL has launched a £2,000 appeal to support a community hospital’s elderly residents.Wolsingham School and Community College wants to raise the money by July to pay for an oxygen concentrator for patients at Weardale Community Hospital in Stanhope.Deputy
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Memorial plaque to be restored to honour war dead
A DISTINCTIVE wooden plaque recording the names of men from an east Cleveland village who lost their lives during the First World War is to be refurbished to ensure future generations will be able to pay their respects.The plaque is mounted in the entrance
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Osborne vows to continue cuts agenda
GEORGE Osborne appealed for voters to "stay the course" with his economic prescription today but warned of more public sector cuts.Delivering his last Autumn Statement before the general election, the Chancellor said forecasts showed Britain
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Community centre reopens with Christmas fair
A COMMUNITY centre is to host its first major event following major renovations.Blackhill Community Centre, in Blackhill, near Consett, is to hold an open day and Christmas fair this Saturday.Between 10.30am and 3.30pm visitors will be able to see the
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Darlington care home broadens its horizons
A DARLINGTON care home is celebrating the opening of a new wing for its building.Springfield Care Home, in Wylam Avenue, officially opened a new wing on Tuesday (December 2).It sees the addition of a sensory room, a physiotherapy clinic and en suite bedrooms
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Hague officially opens Bedale's new scout and guide HQ
A NEW £360,000 Scout and Guide headquarters which took over eight years to build has been officially opened by honorary scout, Richmond MP William Hague. Over 300 people a week use the new building in Bedale, which has been designed as a centre
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Risk can't be eliminated
AS one columnist wrote, the death of the Australian Test cricketer Philip Hughes, struck by a bouncer, has caused cricket to “look into its soul.” Alas, the result seems unlikely to match the magnitude of that profoundest of introspections. All the
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NHS stroke care changes for the better
CHANGES in the National Health Service are often greeted with suspicion because, rightly or wrongly, the public perception at a time of relentless austerity is that the main driver is cost-saving.However, the reorganisation of stroke care services in
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Autumn Statement: Osborne asks voters to let him 'finish the job'
GEORGE Osborne appealed for voters to "stay the course" with his economic prescription today as he hailed surging growth. Delivering his last Autumn Statement before the general election, the Chancellor said forecasts showed Britain was booming
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Prizes on offer in festive draw
A FREE prize draw with prizes including bicycles and an iPad is launching in Darlington’s Indoor Market on Thursday (December 4).Shoppers can collect a free ticket from one of the stalls in the Market Hall which are then placed in weekly draws taking
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Finn thinking of Hughes ahead of Sri Lanka game
Steven Finn will remember a "great man" on the day of Phillip Hughes' funeral - before England take the field against Sri Lanka.Finn spoke for so many, colleagues and supporters but himself more than most of course, as he prepares for a uniquely
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City missing Kompany
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is short of defensive options for Wednesday's trip to Sunderland following the loss of Vincent Kompany to injury. City's influential captain suffered a hamstring problem in the latter stages of the champions
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The day the world went retail mad
Andrew Lightbown, an Anglican deacon and co-editor of Theonomics - a book bringing together theology and economics, reflects on Black Friday and Cyber Monday ON Friday, the world went retail mad. The message of Black Friday was: spend, spend
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Six of eight charges dropped after death of Sedgefield boy at Highland Show
PROSECUTORS have withdrawn six of the eight charges against the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland in connection with the death of a three-year old boy from County Durham. Ben Craggs was just three-years-old when he suffered fatal
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Soldiers thought explosion was terror attack
SOLDIERS believed they were under attack from terrorists after being rocked by an explosion near Britain's biggest Army base, it has emerged. Last night more details emerged about what happened when troops on security duty at Marne Barracks, Catterick
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New Sage boss reveals strong profits
NORTH-EAST based software company Sage Group has reported a 69 per cent rise in pre-tax profit to £278m and reaffirmed its commitment to support the growth of Britain's small firms. Operating profit was also up 65 per cent to £298m for the year
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After failing to balance the books Osborne asks: let me finish the job
GEORGE Osborne will appeal today for voters to let him finish the job of overhauling the economy, despite rising borrowing and the prospect of more painful spending cuts.In his final Autumn Statement before the general election, the Chancellor is expected
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Darlington man 'embarrassed' by vodka theft
AN unemployed man said he was embarrassed after he stole a bottle of vodka from his local shop. Darren McPhee stole the £8.99 bottle from a McColl’s store near his home in Dickinson Street, Darlington, on the evening of November 5. John Garside
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Quakers announce ticket initiative that includes replica shirt
Darlington have attempted to combat falling attendances by launching a mini-season ticket initiative that for £100 enables supporters to see the club’s home matches in the second half of the campaign and collect a replica shirt. The package gives
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Nissan battery plant charges forward
Business Editor Andy Richardson was at the front of the queue this week as Nissan finally opened the doors of its top secret battery plant. FIAT’S famous ‘built by robots’ advertising campaign envisioned a future when cars would roll off production
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Why we should welcome rising prices
IT might sound like a strange thing to say, but falling prices aren't always a good thing, writes Robert Little of chartered financial planners Bob Little & Co Ltd. There’s been lots of discussion in the news recently about some countries’
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Overseas duo ready to take over touchline duties following Hignett's Middlesbrough exit
LEO PERCOVICH and Carlos Cachada will take over touchline duties if Middlesbrough head coach Aitor Karanka receives a touchline ban, following yesterday’s surprise decision to part company with Craig Hignett. Hignett has left his position as assistant
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Road to Rio: North Yorkshire swimmer targets World Championships success
HARROGATE’S Sophie Taylor is part of an 11-strong British swimming squad that will compete at the World Short-Course Championships in Doha that start later today. Taylor, who was one of the stars of this summer’s Commonwealth Games as she won gold
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Poyet plays spy game ahead of Manchester City test
GUS Poyet has enlisted the help of some spies in a bid to guide Sunderland to a fifth straight home win over Premier League champions Manchester City. The Black Cats go into this evening’s match at the Stadium of Light buoyed by their performance
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Road to Rio: McLean hoping to achieve unique double by adding Olympic gold to World Cup success
SHE has already entered the record books by becoming only the second English woman to lift the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy, now Katy McLean wants to create history by becoming the first woman of any nationality to skipper her side to an Olympic
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Pardew praises Cabella's game-changing capabilities
ALAN PARDEW last night hailed Remy Cabella’s second-half display against Burnley and claimed the Frenchman was finally starting to live up to his billing in a Newcastle United shirt. Cabella, who was an £8m summer signing from Montpellier, spent
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Road to Rio Diary: Training at camp is when races are won and lost
Durham's world champion rower, Nathaniel Reilly O'Donnell, continues his exclusive diary charting his preparations for the 2016 Olympics in Rio 07:00 - Wake up, take heart rate, submit a pee sample and have a blood test 07:15 – First breakfast
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Match Ratings: Burnley 1 Newcastle United 1
Goals: 1-0: Boyd (34, hammered home from 20 yards after Ings headed Tripper’s long ball into his path) 1-1: Cisse (48, prodded home from the edge of the six-yard box after Gouffran flicked on Janmaat’s right-wing cross) Bookings: Williamson
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Film crew member could face prison after drunken prank left friend in coma
A FILM crew member suffered a fractured skull when a drunken prank with a colleague went horribly wrong. Adam Vines spent a fortnight in hospital and was put in an induced coma by doctors after the accident. He fell off the back of a flat-back
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Osborne urged to tackle North-East jobs blackspots
THE Chancellor must use today’s Autumn Statement to tackle soaring unemployment rates which continue to plague parts of the North-East more than four years after the Coalition came to power, say union chiefs. Analysis from the Northern TUC reveals
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Subsea firm hopes vessel will deliver new work
A SUBSEA firm says construction is continuing on a cable-laying vessel it hopes will extend its energy industry prowess.DeepOcean UK, which has a base in Darlington, says it is taking the unnamed ship on a long-term charter from conglomerate Maersk to
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Army vehicle repair staff in ten-day strike
STAFF at an Army vehicle repair firm will take ten-day strike action over a wage dispute.Workers at Defence Support Group (DSG), in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, plan to walk out next week.The Unite union says staff have been betrayed by management
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Dean proves the value of apprenticeships
AN engineer says he’s proof an apprenticeship can be the gateway for a great career.Fully qualified site engineer Dean Wallace studied at Redcar and Cleveland College since he was 17.The 23-year-old, who gained a level three NVQ in trowel occupations,
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Offshore engineer's apprentice drive
AN offshore engineering company is building for the future after taking on nine apprentices.OGN Group says its recruits will study NVQ level three qualifications in fabrication and welding.Bosses say their four-year learning programme will include practical
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Students arrested at 'neighbours from hell' party house
POLICE have arrested two students and seized hundreds of pounds worth of sound equipment after raiding a ‘party house’ that had been making life hell for harassed neighbours. Durham Police said the house on Neville Street, in Durham city centre
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Battle of the buffet car goes to Parliament
THE department for transport was under fire last night in a growing row over plans to deprive North passengers of buffet cars on intercity trains. A group of MPs tabled a parliamentary motion to condemn the specification for Intercity Express (
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Impulsive behaviour 'linked to stress'
IMPULSIVE behaviour in adults could be linked to stressful experiences during early life, according to new research by North-East academics.The study, led by experts from Newcastle University and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, has
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New advice for parents on risks of sleeping with their babies
NEW advice on whether parents should sleep with their babies has been drawn up with the help of a North-East academic. The new guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is that parents should be aware of the potential
