JUST when it seemed Sod's Law was continuing to bedevil Durham, Chris Rushworth rode majestically to the rescue yesterday.After batting first in tough conditions under the no-toss option in their first two home games, they lost the toss against Glamorgan
AN imitation firearm has been recovered after police officers stormed a house in Middlesbrough tonight. Cleveland Police officers searched the address in Roscoe Street at about 6pm after receiving intelligence a man may have been in possession of a
FRACKING company Third Energy has been issued with a warning over incorrect air pollution figures from one of its gas wells, prompting an outcry from campaigners. The Environment Agency issued the company with a Compliance Assessment Report in February
A DECISION on the future of an historic library building has been delayed due to a fresh legal challenge. Darlington Borough Council’s cabinet members – who also hold the role of trustees for the Crown Street Library building – decided in a special
A WHISTLEBLOWER who claimed she was dismissed from a North-East council after making allegations of shady property deals was unfairly dismissed, tribunal judges have ruled. But while Karen Whitmore's claims of victimisation and unfair dismissal were
THE Queen’s cousin and County Durham estate owner, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, has left a £40 million fortune in his will.Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon died on February 27, 2016, aged just 58 after a “courageous battle with cancer”.Lord Strathmore
THE Queen’s cousin and County Durham estate owner, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, has left a £40 million fortune in his will.Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon died on February 27, 2016, aged just 58 after a “courageous battle with cancer”.Lord Strathmore
AN internationally-acclaimed poet is to be honoured by a North-East university next week. Former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion is to be awarded an honorary degree by Durham University. The novelist and biographer will be made an Honorary
HOUSEHOLDERS are being urged to be on their guard following a spate of day-time burglaries. Four incidents occurred in Harrogate on Friday - resulting in the loss of thousands of pounds worth of vehicles, cash and personal possessions. The raiders
THE constant restoration and maintenance of York Minster will continue far into the future, thanks to the creation of three new stonemasonry apprenticeships.The new apprentices are being funded through a £170,000 grant from Yorkshire, North and East Ridings
THE last surviving farm in a picture-postcard moorland village which once had 12, has been given a lifeline for its future by planners at the North York Moors National Park Authority.Planning officers had recommended refusing to allow a farm in Levisham
THE proposed merger of two Tees Valley colleges has been abandoned.Darlington College and Stockton Riverside College had been working towards an autumn deadline for their plans but have announced that they will definitely not be going ahead.The move comes
A YORKSHIRE Dales parish is holding an open day with self-guided walks between the four churches on July 1, from 10am to 4pm.The day will be a unique opportunity for visitors to find out more about the four very different churches in the parish of Swaledale
ONE in ten drivers pulled over by police officers in the Teesside and Durham areas have been found to be over the legal drink drive limit in the last two weeks. Officers have breathalysed more than 400 drivers as part of a summer drink-drive campaign
FOOTSORE staff from a Ripon estate agency have pushed themselves to the limit to raise £20,000 for children with terminal illnesses.Linley & Simpson marked its 20th anniversary by setting staff the gruelling non-stop challenge of hiking 20 miles across
COUNCILLORS will be asked on Wednesday to agree to a package of revised terms and conditions for its teaching assistants to be put to the ballot in a bid to solve a long-running dispute. Durham County Council, which last year voted to dismiss its
A SECOND World War veteran has been presented with France’s highest military honour as part of two special events in Darlington to help celebrate the work and dedication of the armed forces.A special Raise the Flag ceremony was held in the town today
RARELY seen charters outlining the first rights granted on ordinary people in the medieval era have been brought together for public display from the archives at Durham Cathedral.The cathedral is putting on show its three issues of the Magna Carta, including
THREE decades of friendship and cultural exchange were celebrated when German visitors spent four days in their County Durham twin town.Sedgefield, twinned with Hamminkeln, in Germany, was home to almost two dozen visitors at the weekend as they visited
PASSENGERS on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway are set for a surprise visitor this weekend.The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is leading a mission in Whitby Deanery this Friday to Sunday.Dr Sentamu will join a Forest Class at Sleights Primary School
A CONTEMPORARY art festival is being held next month. The event, throughout July, at Consett YMCA, is aiming to provide space for talent on a local and national scale. Conny Art Festival is organised by two local undergraduates Elaine Robertson
A CONSORTIUM led by a group of Sunderland supporters has entered the race for control of the club, and is keen to hold formal discussions with owner Ellis Short. The group is spearheaded by television executives Leo Pearlman and brothers Ben and Gabe
THE ORCHID House at an historic walled garden is to provide the backdrop to an art exhibition of paintings inspired by nature. North Yorkshire artists Connie Fairweather and Margaret Rivers will have an exhibition of their work on display in the restored
WOUNDED or sick service personnel and veterans are benefitting from a therapeutic environment – thanks to a donation of £350,000 from GE UK.The money is directly helping to rebuild lives because as it has funded a bespoke GE Wellbeing area at Phoenix
PEOPLE of Teesside are being asked to help identify criminals from the region, including murderers, from almost a century ago. A ‘mug shot’ book of early twentieth century criminals has been uncovered as part of the Middlesbrough Town Hall Refurbishment
ONE of the leading Michelin starred hotels in the region is up for sale for £1.75m.The Yorke Arms at Ramsgill in Nidderdale on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park is a 16 bedroom hotel which currently has special summer offers of £300 per night
A PLANNING application has been lodged to build 69 houses on the edge of a village.Bellway Homes wants to build the homes on four-hectares of farmland next to Scorers Lane in Great Lumley, near Chester-le-Street.The proposed development would include
GARRY MONK will unveil Middlesbrough’s new-look backroom team within the next couple of days after three of his most trusted lieutenants were given the green light to leave Leeds United. Monk’s backroom reshuffle was put on hold until the situation
England Rugby World Cup winner Neil Back is set to offer coaching support and advice to Hartlepool RFC at their NatWest RugbyForce weekend celebration. Now in its fifth year, the community initiative run in partnership between NatWest and England
GLAMORGAN again lost only one wicket in the afternoon session against Durham, reaching 147 for two from 64 overs at tea with Nick Selman still there on 80. He lost Andrew Salter for 25, pushing forward and edging Chris Rushworth to wicketkeeper
ARE you hot under the collar as the heatwave strikes? With the Mercury soaring and workplaces potentially turning into saunas, you may be wondering 'how hot does it really have to be before we can go home?' Unfortunately, thermometer-watching
WATER polo players from the North-East have secured a silver medal at a national contest. Younger members of Sedgefield Water Polo Club picked up the medal at the Sheffield Development Competition earlier this month. At Sheffield Ponds Forge the
NEARLY 10,000 people in the Hambleton, Richmondshire and Selby area appealed for help from the charity Citizens Advice last year. It's a 13 per cent increase in the number of people calling for help on the previous year. Managers of the independent
INTREPID employees from a County Durham company are set to undertake a gruelling challenge - carrying with them a dehumidifier. The team of eight from Ebac, based in Newton Aycliffe, will complete the Three Peaks challenge alongside D’Humfrey,
A TOWN mayor is urging the community to report nuisance behaviour after a surge in vandalism.Several play areas in the Chilton area have been targeted by vandals who have pulled down signs, damaged play equipment and left broken glass and graffiti behind.Last
ONE of the region’s best-loved historic landmarks is to hold a free medieval-themed family day.On Sunday, Durham Castle will be transformed with medieval decorations and will offer visitors the chance to take part in a number of Medieval-themed activities.There
CONTROVERSIAL plans for 237 homes on the outskirts of Bishop Auckland have been resubmitted.Avant Homes is seeking full planning permission for the erection of 123 dwellings and outline planning permission for up to 114 homes on land north of Woodhouses
A CARDIAC surgeon who inserted a heart valve the wrong way round has told his patient's inquest that stitches snapped at a crucial time. Great-grandmother Sheila Hynes, 72, died days after an operation at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle to replace
LET us hope that the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, will follow through his apparent intention to put to the Chancellor his changed views on improving nurses’ pay, and that the outcome is positive. I speak as a 77-year-old who worked
Royal Ascot begins with the 16-runner Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes over the straight mile and Ribchester is the 4/5 favourite at BetVictor. Having thought the four-year-old was a good thing for this valuable prize after he won the Lockinge at Newbury on
CAN you imagine the conversation between an insurance agent and a prospective buyer of a new home approximately 200 metres from an airport runway? One thousand per cent over normal premiums? Airport owner Peel Holdings says to build 350 homes
I WOULD like to thank all those who voted in the General Election last week. I am delighted to be re-elected as the Labour MP to continue to represent Bishop Auckland constituency. Constituents can follow me on facebook.com/helengoodmanBA and twitter.com
WHAT is it about international football that brings out the worst in some English fans? I’m thinking in particular of those recently filmed taunting German fans about the Second World War. What has football to do with the Second World War?
DO we really have to have loud, rubbishy music playing in almost every shop and petrol station we go into? Recently in a large supermarket I was being helped to download photos from my mobile by a member of staff and had to ask for the music to be
A MAN who works tirelessly on behalf of those suffering from dementia has won official recognition for improving the lives of others. Roy Tomlinson, of Northallerton, was named Compassionate Carer of the Year at the Making Space Awards, held to
FUN runners are expected to flock to South Park to take part in a colourful powdered paint fun run next month.Dubbed Run the Spectrum, the event, hosted by the North-East Autism Society (NEAS) , aims to generate over £10,000 while also raising awareness
IF Theresa May is her party’s future, Conservative MPs are living in a dream world. In a society edging towards another Socialist government, the lady is too Thatcherite to be the answer. The Conservatives will not become a force again until
AROUND 100 former classmates will be reunited at a party to mark 40 years since the left school. Former pupils who left St Leonards RC Comprehensive School, in Durham in 1977 will be joined by former teachers at the gathering on Saturday.
LABELLING of types of animal feed in Darlington have failed tests set out by trading standards .Recent testing on animal feed by Darlington Borough Council’s Trading Standards Animal Health Team has found that 60 per cent of the labels on test samples
A CLOSED hotel and restaurant in Sedgefield could get a new lease of life if a revamp proposal gets the green light.Permission is being sought to refurbish the inside and make alterations to the outside of the Crosshill Hotel.The applicant, Crown Alderney
NICK Selman followed his match-winning century against Durham at Swansea by defying them throughout the first session of the Specsavers County Championship match at Chester-le-Street. He lost opening partner Jacques Rudolph in the seventh over
YOUNG people spent some time undertaking voluntary work in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. During their summer camp at Redmire, guides from the Northallerton and Crakehall units worked with park rangers on tree conservation on the bank of the River
A HOTEL is putting the finishing touches to its annual music and beer festival, which begins this Friday afternoon.Thousands of visitors from across the region and beyond are expected to flock to the White Bear Hotel, in Masham, for the three-day event
THE founder of a performing arts theatre is hoping to broaden the horizons of young people with two new apprenticeships.Andrea Flynn, director of Enter CIC, in Ferryhill, says she is looking for “creative young people” aged between 16 and 19 to join the
A VISION to hand local decision-makers new powers aimed at attracting investment and creating jobs in an area rocked by a steelworks closure has cleared another hurdle. Plans to create a Mayoral Development Corporation on Teesside have been formally
NEWCASTLE UNITED are set to miss out on one of their leading transfer targets, with Angers winger Nicolas Pepe on the verge of joining French club Lille. The Magpies have made a number of inquiries about Pepe, a 22-year-old Ivory Coast international
SUNDAY June 18 Gateshead Senators 72 Knottingley Raiders 6 On a scorching hot day at Monkton Stadium, the Knottingley Raiders made the trip up north to face off against the Senators for the very first time. The Senators were looking to
FOOD, drink, entertainment and a free ride on a scarlet-painted London Transport omnibus were all on offer over the weekend in Leyburn. Now firmly-established back in its Market Square location, the two day Dales Festival of Food and Drink certainly
ONE of the country’s best-loved TV sitcoms is coming to Durham A production of Richard Curtis and Ben Elton’s beloved television series, Blackadder The Third, will be performed in the Assembly Rooms Theatre by Durham Student Theatre’s Ooook! Productions
A REFINERY’S renaissance has pushed an operator’s sales and profits higher. CropEnergies says work at the Ensus plant has given its bottom line a boost and allowed bosses to increase full-year financial predictions. According to latest results
A COUNTY Durham technology firm is pushing on to widen its customer base and product range after “tremendous progress” left it primed to reverse a financial loss, its boss has revealed. Filtronic expects to more than double annual group revenues
CONSERVATIONISTS have spoken of their horror after vandals with dogs trashed one of the most successful breeding colonies of the UK’s rarest seabirds. Dozens of little tern eggs were either stolen or destroyed in a fenced area at Crimdon beach,
LATER today, Britain is due to begin the formal process of negotiating its withdrawal from the European Union. David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, is due to attend the EU’s administrative centre in Brussels for the start
NORTHERN Echo photographer Sarah Caldecott saw off competition from around the world to win a coveted Kennel Club photography award. This year's Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year competition received almost 10,000 entries from 74 different countries
SCAFFOLDING collapsed on a main road this morning, causing major traffic problems.. The incident happened in Gillygate, York and the scaffolding completely blocked the road near the junction with Bootham. Nobody has been injured, North Yorkshire
KYLIAN Mbappe will disappoint his Premier League suitors by joining Real Madrid this summer, according to Marca. The Spanish newspaper carries a front page quoting Mbappe, the teenager who starred in Monaco’s swashbuckling run to the Ligue 1 title
A UNIQUE opportunity has arisen to view historic images of the Durham Dales alongside stunning works by talented 21st century photographers. Weardale Museum has joined forces with the photography group I Love Weardale for a special exhibition at
A DECAPITATED rabbit has been found on a car roof in Darlington, its head impaled on the aerial. Richard Harmer was taking a stroll along Hartford Road on Saturday morning when he made the grisly discovery on the top of a black car. The headless
WITNESSES have described the aftermath after a van was driven into pedestrians near a north London mosque, leaving one man dead and eight injured. According to one man at the scene, the suspect - a 48-year-old who was detained by onlookers before
THE Muslim Council of Britain has called for extra security around mosques, describing the Finsbury Park van attack as "the most violent manifestation" of Islamophobia. The council's secretary general Harun Khan said he expected authorities to step
Police were called just after 12.20am on Monday to reports of a vehicle striking pedestrians in Seven Sisters Road. The Metropolitan Police said one man died following the incident. A further eight people injured were taken
DURHAM will promote Cameron Steel to open in the absence of Keaton Jennings for the Specsavers County Championship match at home to Glamorgan, starting today.Jennings is returning to Canterbury to captain England Lions against South Africa on Wednesday
A CHILD whose life was turned upside down by an online sex offender has said spoken of her dismay at the justice system after the man who targeted her was released on appeal. The Darlington girl, now 16, was groomed over internet chat apps by Joe
THE North-East can be the “go-to place” for lucrative process sector investment, an industry organisation’s new boss has claimed. Iain Wright says there is great potential to cultivate fresh growth across the industry, which supports thousands
GARRY MONK will raise around £30m by selling Adama Traore, Gaston Ramirez and Marten de Roon this summer – and the Middlesbrough manager will be handed the biggest transfer budget in the Championship as he looks to replace them. While Steve Gibson
ELLIS SHORT has told the German consortium interested in buying Sunderland they have until the end of the month to come up with an acceptable offer for the club. And while the Black Cats owner accepts he will have to incur a significant loss as he
NEWCASTLE UNITED face a major battle to land transfer target Nicolas Pepe, with Manchester City having joined the race for the Angers winger. The Magpies have signalled a willingness to pay €12m for Pepe, a 22-year-old Ivory Coast international who
THE average price tag on a property coming to market this month rose at the fastest rate in the country in Yorkshire, amid signs that in other areas it is becoming more of a "buyers' market".Property website Rightmove said while asking prices
MORE than 10,000 children in County Durham are still being exposed to toxic secondhand smoke in the home, new figures have revealed. Fresh, the North-East's programme to combat smoking in the region which has among the worst rates of smoking-related
