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Darlington make their seventh signing
DARLINGTON’S summer squad building continues and signing number seven will be the much-needed goalkeeper that Alun Armstrong has been looking for. Chris Elliott trained on Tuesday evening as Quakers returned for pre-season training and the former
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Art group members compete for prize at historic venue
MEMBERS of thriving local amateur art group dodged the recent wet weather to hold their annual competition at an historic Durham landmark. The grounds of Ushaw, near Durham, played host to the talents of the Deerness Art Group, who were competing
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Ringleader of Sunderland drugs gang ordered to pay back proceeds of his crime
THE ringleader of a drugs gang that operated in Sunderland has been ordered to pay back the proceeds of his crime. Tony Trott, 30, was jailed for 26 years in November 2018 after being found to have been involved in a conspiracy to supply cocaine
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Sunderland University holds special 'mini-graduation' ceremony
A SPECIAL graduation ceremony was held at a university’s on-site nursery ahead of ceremony for thousands of students. Children as young as three donned traditional gowns to get their scrolls at Sunderland University’s St Mary’s Childcare Centre
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Author Terry Deary to lead 'horrible history' run around Durham
A CHILDREN’S author will be combining his love of running and the nastier side of history during a festival set to take place next month. Horrible Histories author Terry Deary, who is also a keen member of Derwentside Athletics Club, will be leading
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Newcastle Falcons start life outside top-flight in Championship Cup
NEWCASTLE FALCONS will begin life outside the top-flight with three games in the RFU Championship Cup after the second-tier fixtures for next season were confirmed. Dean Richards’ side will kick off the new campaign in pool two of the competition
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Passport contract 'comes home to roost' with potential loss of 170 jobs at De La Rue
THE Government’s decision last year to give the post-Brexit passport printing contract to a French company has been blamed for the potential loss of 170 jobs at De La Rue’s plant in Gateshead. Trade union Unite said yesterday’s announcement that
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'Take stalking seriously' - Father of murdered Alice Ruggles calls for better response to stalking crimes
THE father of a young woman who was brutally murdered by her obsessive ex-boyfriend has emphasised the need for more awareness over the seriousness of stalking. Alice Ruggles was just 24 when her throat was slit by her soldier ex-boyfriend Trimaan
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Missing 'vulnerable' 45-year-old woman has been found
POLICE have confirmed that a missing 45-year-old woman has been found. Earlier today Cleveland Police launched an appeal to find missing Angela Simpson. Police said she was last seen at around 2am on Monday, June 24, leaving Flares on Albert
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Upgrade your office space and grow your company with Solway House Business Centre
SPONSORED CONTENT A POPULAR North-West business hub has invited companies keen to take that next big step to visit its newly available, renovated office spaces. Solway House Business Centre, in its own three-acre grounds on Parkhouse Road,
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Online ‘scam’ circulating Barnard Castle
RESIDENTS in Barnard Castle have been reassured following an online ‘scam’ circulating online. Neighbourhood inspector, Ed Turner, has challenged an advertorial article urging residents to buy a personal safety alarm, which had been brought to
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Hartlepool boss Hignett still looking for more signings as ex-Darlington man Kennedy trains with the club
CRAIG HIGNETT is delighted with Hartlepool United’s transfer business so far this summer and, after starting pre-season training in Peterlee, he wants to add more new faces in the weeks ahead. As the Pools players were going through the training
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Training to relieve pressure sores
A HUGE training campaign which led to pressure sores among people in care homes and hospitals being cut by up to 75 per cent has brought applause for the health group involved and the chance of a major award from the Nursing Times. Over 1,700 staff
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Man arrested after Bishop Auckland salon covered in obscene graffiti
A MAN has been arrested and later released on suspicion of blackmail, theft, criminal damage and harassment after a salon was covered in obscene graffiti. The incident happened at Trimmers Hair Design in Bishop Auckland on Sunday, May 12.
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'If anything exposes the folly of Mike Ashley's regime, it's the lack of footballing knowledge at the top of club'
NOW that Rafael Benitez has gone, let’s have a look at which key figures remain on the payroll at St James’ Park. Obviously, there isn’t a manager. Or a head coach. Or whatever Mike Ashley decides he wants to call Benitez’s eventual replacement
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Donald confident of new signings after Sunderland target joins Rotherham
STEWART DONALD insists takeover talk on Wearside has not prevented Sunderland from making progress on the transfer front – on a day when they have missed out on a leading attacking target. Sections of Black Cats fans have been worried that Mark
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£100k worth of roadworks equipment, including 28-tonne low loader, stolen at weekend
POLICE have launched a dashcam footage appeal after £100,000 worth of roadwork equipment, including a 28-tonne loader, was stolen at the weekend. A white King 28-tonne loader and trailer, with the registration AT04 RST, was stolen from a compound
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Flying the flag for the armed forces
DURHAM County Council will be flying the official armed forces flag at County Hall this week to mark Reservist Day on Wednesday and Armed Forces Day on Saturday. Chairman of the Council, Councillor Katie Corrigan, also hosted a reception for representatives
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Organised crime fuelling car fires
ORGANISED crime and ‘fear of retribution’ are hampering efforts to tackle car fires in east Durham. Fire chiefs have also blamed ‘forensically aware’ criminals for driving the issue, which saw firefighters called to a vehicle blaze every three days
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'We're near a village with a pier': lost boat with no navigation kit drifted into Saltburn surf
A WAYWARD cruiser became lost in thick fog last night, Monday, drifting perilously close to Saltburn pier, without proper navigation equipment on board. RNLI lifeboats from Redcar and Staithes launched just after 10pm to search for the 14 metre
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Two men arrested as £250k worth of cannabis seized
TWO men have been arrested after police discovered around £250,000 worth of cannabis at three neighbouring houses. On the morning of Monday, June 24, police made the discovery of three cannabis farms at three houses on Marton Road in Middlesbrough
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Letters: 'Question Time showed election of the Prime Minister should include more than just Conservative Party members'
THE BBC programme Question Time on June 13, was from Brecon, the parliamentary constituency where Conservative MP Chris Davis has been unseated, having been found to have made false expenses claims. In the programme the question arose concerning
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Letters: 'Joe Public is getting stuffed again over new County Hall building'
I REFER to James Cowan’s letter (HAS, Jun 22) re the new County Hall building. At the Cabinet meeting in February 2018, it was me who said that if we had to have new offices, consideration should have been given to the Aykley Heads site, or opposite
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Letters: 'Johnson and Farage pushing Britain towards a damaging no-deal Brexit'
CURRENTLY 0.3 per cent of the electorate is intent on electing a new Conservative Prime Minister, who wants to bring about a no-deal Brexit. This is not something we voted for in 2016, when Brexiteers were saying that making a deal with the EU would
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Letters: 'How did a protestor get past security to within five yards of Philip Hammond?'
MP MARK FIELD has been suspended for handling (no pun) a severe lack of security at the Chancellor’s speech (Echo, June 22). How did a person walk through all security to within five yards of Philip Hammond? When I saw it on TV, my first thought
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Letters: 'The North has as much power as a cheap Chinese battery'
WHEN will the message sink in that the North has as much power as a cheap Chinese battery? We are the whipping boy, always have been, always will be. Five years down the line and the charge has well and truly run out. Don’t get me wrong, I would
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Premier League winner signals desire to take on Newcastle job
CLAUDIO RANIERI has become the latest big-name candidate to express an interest in replacing Rafael Benitez as manager of Newcastle United. Ranieri joins Laurent Blanc, David Moyes and Giovanni van Bronckhorst in signalling his desire to take over
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Disruption on Metro line after attempted cable theft
AN attempted theft of a cable from the Metro line has caused disruption to commuters. The incident happened on Friday, June 21 and caused damage to cables near Palmersville Metro Station. Northumbria Police are appealing for information and
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Man, 30, in serious condition after being stabbed in the early hours of morning
A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been stabbed in the early hours of the morning. At around 2.30am on Tuesday, June 25, police were called to reports of a man with a stab wound on Raby Road, Hartlepool. The man was taken to James Cook University Hospital
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Vandals throw brick through car window in Bishop Auckland
A CAR was damaged in Bishop Auckland after a brick was thrown through one of its windows. Two men and two women are believed to have approached the vehicle and thrown the brick, smashing the front passenger window and rear passenger side window
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Haul of drugs recovered following raid on property
A HAUL of drugs was recovered when police raided a home in Hartlepool yesterday, Monday. Members of Hartlepool's Neighbourhood Police team carried out a warrant on Rugby Street in response to complaints about alleged drug dealing and anti social
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Parent wearing gas mask and military uniform pretended to shoot schoolchildren
POLICE were called in at a primary school after a parent wearing military uniform donned a gas mask and started pretending to shoot children with a toy firearm. Concerned parents raised the alarm after an incident at Huntington Primary Academy,
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Flag raising for Armed Forces Day in Richmond
COMMUNITY leaders and armed forces personnel joined together to fly the flag for the services at a special ceremony in Richmond. Richmondshire District is home to over 7,000 soldiers plus their families at Catterick Garrison with a further 3,000
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Pupil rhymes her way to success
A PUPIL has rhymed her way to the top, securing publication for the second year running in the Terry Kelly Poetry Prize Anthology. Six-year-old Alexandra Prideaux, a pupil at Yarm School, was shortlisted for the top prize with her poem I Love School
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Couples can renew vows at wedding dress and flower festival
A CHURCH will hold a wedding dress and flower festival during which couples can renew their vows. Around 30 dresses will be exhibited at St Mary's Church, on the green at Gainford, along with floral displays by the church's flower arranger Christine
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'A massive learning curve' for after hours health service amid rising pressure on GPs
Pressure on GP practices is high. Local Democracy Reporter Alex Metcalfe went to see how one after hours service is coping, two years on from its launch. PICTURE the scene. You feel rotten, your GP hasn’t got any appointments for a fortnight at
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Newton Hall gardeners celebrate getting new shed at allotment
GARDENERS at a community allotment are enjoying having a place to relax after getting a new shed. The hut on the allotments in Newton Hall is a replacement for the smaller and very run down shed that had served as a small shop for the last 30 years
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Council appoints replacement director for child services
A LOCAL authority has appointed its replacement director in charge of children and family care services. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council announced it had appointed Kathryn Boulton as corporate director for children and families, following the
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Coast to Coast for Alopecia UK
DEVOTED dad Steve Hall has raised more than £7,000 to help his daughter and fellow sufferers from alopecia after cycling the coast-to-coast ride in just one day. Fish and chip show owner Steve, from Bedale, was a bit dubious himself that he could
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Schools have one week to sign up to major careers fair
SCHOOLS have one week to sign up to the eighth annual Tees Valley Skills and STEM Event, the region’s biggest careers fair. The event will take place at the Olympia Building at Teesside University on Tuesday, July 2, but there is still time for
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MP congratulates hospital team for reaching Parliamentary Awards
AN MP has congratulated a North-East hospital's team for being shortlisted into the NHS Parliamentary Awards. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP, Simon Clarke congratulated the Thoracic Surgical Team at the James Cook University Hospital
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Hundreds turn out for recovery centre's first ever open day
HUNDREDS of people have been left "impressed" after an open day showcased the Help for Heroes recovery centre in North Yorkshire. The Phoenix House Recovery Centre in Catterick, which has been open since 2013 and provides support and rehabilitation
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WATCH: Woman who filmed child whilst driving is handed ban and suspended jail term
A WOMAN has been given a suspended prison sentence and banned from driving after filming him a young child whilst she was driving. Kerry White, 35, of Scarborough, filmed the child whilst she was behind the wheel, before posting the video to Facebook
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WATCH: The real-life 'sheep-pig' who thinks she's one of the flock
A REAL-life "sheep-pig" is settling into life as one of the flock after being adopted by a group of lambs. Female piglet Alistair is now firmly apart of the flock at the farm at East Durham College’s Houghall campus, on the outskirts of Durham
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Caravan park fire 'was barmaid's revenge arson attack,' court told
A BARMAID set fire to an old station house on a caravan park where she had been living and working in “revenge” after being evicted from the property, a court heard. Lindsey Norma Dent set out to teach the park general manager “a lesson” after
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Recyclers encouraged not to use plastic bags
STICKERS are to be placed on recycling bins in County Durham to deter people from placing items in plastic bags. The stickers will placed from today and will advise households on which bags are suitable and unsuitable for recycling. Black liners
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Northumbrian Water donate £1m to green projects for historic environmental offences
MORE than £1m is set to be paid by a water company for historic environmental offences. The Environment Agency has agreed a combined total of £1,179,500 will be paid for historic environmental offences committed by Northumbrian Water across four
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School celebrates 110th anniversary
PAST and present pupils and staff gathered to mark a landmark date for a Bishop Auckland school. Founded back in 1909, Cockton Hill Junior School was originally an all-girls school and now welcomes all students ages seven to 11. The classrooms
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Volunteers to help secondary school pupils with education
A VOLUNTEERING organisation is working with a regional building society to provide a new education programme for secondary school pupils. Darlington Cares has launched Homework Club in partnership with its member Darlington Building Society, after
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Lions club celebrates latest handover and charity work success
DARLINGTON Lions Club celebrated their 58th Charter Handover Night at the Grange Community Centre in Hurworth on Saturday evening. Lion Tony Gent who has acted as the club president for the past twelve months handed over the chain of office to Lion
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The average five-hour round-trip for mental health patients in Darlington needing rehab
SERIOUSLY ill mental health patients from the region are being 'warehoused' in privately-run homes often hundreds of miles away from their families, figures show. The British Medical Association's investigation revealed that the practice of NHS
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Laurent Blanc and David Moyes approach Newcastle United over vacant manager's job
LAURENT BLANC and David Moyes are among the early candidates to have expressed an interest in taking over at Newcastle United – but Magpies officials insist the search for Rafael Benitez’s successor remains at an extremely formative stage. Benitez
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Windfarm exercise for RNLI volunteers
HARTLEPOOL RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew carried out a training exercise with the crew from one of the wind turbine support vessels that ferry maintenance teams to and from the 27 Tees Bay wind farm turbines. The hour long exercise took place in
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Literary Champions needed to help improves lives in the community
A CAMPAIGN is encouraging people to come forward and support those in their community. The Middlesbrough Reads campaign, from the National Literacy Trust, is looking for dedicated members of the public to make a difference in their local area by
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Police called out to brawl at McDonalds restaurant in Darlington
A BRAWL between two men in their 30s in front of families at a McDonalds restaurant is being investigated by police. Officers were called out to a disturbance at McDonalds, just off North Road in Darlington on Sunday at about 4.45pm. A verbal
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'I felt I had no control' - Court hears former Cleveland PC took teen's virginity
A FORMER police officer took a teenage girl’s virginity after encouraging her to lie to her parents so they could spend the night together, a court heard. In an interview played to Teesside Crown Court via video link, the complainant said she she
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'We're bursting': Family's pride as County Durham schoolboy impresses TV judges
A TEENAGER from County Durham got to sing on stage with one of his musical heroes after impressing with his performance on a TV talent show. Ryan Lofthouse, from Stanley Crook, near Crook, appeared on The Voice Kids on Saturday. The 14
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Darlington man, 20, sentenced to 12 years after 'vicious' attack over Christmas
A MAN who carried out a ‘vicious and unprovoked’ assault has been jailed for 12 years. Ethan Suttie, aged 20, from Darlington, was arrested after repeatedly punching a man in his thirties in the head, causing him to fall to the ground. The