DERBY COUNTY 1, SUNDERLAND 0 SUNDERLAND slumped to their second Premiership defeat in the space of four days with a disappointing display against struggling Derby County at Pride Park. Ten players were booked - seven from the home side - by Orpington
ANGRY traders have vowed to fight plans to site bicycle and scooter parking frames outside their shops. Workmen were embroiled in a row when they tried to start work on the project in Claypath, Durham City. Traders said they knew nothing of the plans
A COUNCIL is sharing its vision of the future with residents. Middlesbrough Borough Council has gone into print, setting out its plans and targets to March 31, next year. Its goals are contained in a 40-page prospectus which is being circulated around
MINERS' campaigner Pat Daglish has revealed her ambition to stand for Parliament. Ms Daglish, 45, from East Stanley, County Durham, has helped to spearhead the fight to speed up compensation payments for pitmen with lung disease. Now her efforts, and
DETECTIVES are hunting the fourth sex attacker to strike in a Wearside town in the past seven months. The latest attack happened in the Princess Anne Park, Glebe, Washington, when a 40-year-old woman was indecently assaulted in daylight. It follows three
QUESTIONS were asked about the relevance of a new bypass even as it was being officially opened in the region. Ashok Kumar, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, yesterday cut a tape to allow the first vehicles along the final stretch of the
A FORMER magistrates' court has been turned into a £392,000 housing development. The Old Court House, in Barnard Castle, has been turned into flats and a cottage by the Three Rivers Housing Association after being unused for three years. The grade-II
David and Lydia Taylor had all five generations of their family helping them celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary. The couple, who have three children, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild, six-month-old
Middlesbrough 1 Manchester City 1 Centre-back Colin Cooper's second goal in four days preserved Terry Venables' proud unbeaten record in the Boro hot-seat. But the precious Riverside point came at a price, with Keith O'Neill sent off for a wild challenge
A JEWISH place of worship has been set alight in the latest attack on a religious site by vandals. Firefighters were called to the Hebrew congregation building, at Ayresome Green cemetery, Middlesbrough, at 7.45pm on Wednesday. The building was damaged
A NATIONAL conference on the urban plague of graffiti is held in the North-East next month. Newcastle's International Centre for Life is to hold the pioneering multi-agency Tackling Graffiti conference on March 29. Home Office representatives, council
CUP HERO Danny Dichio is ready to return to the Sunderland firing line this afternoon determined to blast a way towards a place in Europe. The 26-year-old Londoner, whose spectacular match-winning goal against Ipswich Town last week earned the Wearsiders
Breaking pieces of wood has helped prove to Manchester City's players they can avoid relegation. It may sound no big deal, but the lesson in mind over matter from a motivational speaker has boosted the players' confidence. The squad had the latest of
THIRTY FIVE football fans appeared in court yesterday charged with conspiracy to cause violent disorder following a battle between Newcastle United and Sunderland supporters. The supporters appeared together in Newcastle Crown Court for a preliminary
Darlington manager Gary Bennett will tell centre forward John Williams to prove his doubters wrong when Quakers go to York City for their crucial basement battle today. Quakers go to Bootham Crescent two points in front of their neighbours, with the gap
Natural Flow Newcastle Eagles are hoping to take their fine BBL championship form into the uni-ball trophy this weekend as Tony Garbelotto and his team take on London Leopards in the quarter-finals at the Skydome Arena in Coventry tomorrow (3.45 pm.)
THE coaches no longer rattle through the arch of the White Swan. Gone are the days when the clopping of hooves echoed in the stable yard and weary travellers hurried into the warmth of the inn for supper and a bed for the night. The smugglers have gone
A ROW over a road closure is poised to go before the European Court of Human Rights. Gypsy Lane, Marton, straddles the boundary between Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland borough councils. Residents living at the Middlesbrough end are so angry at
AN organisation which charts the history of a seaside town through exhibitions of hundreds of old photographs is looking to expand. The Whitby Archives group has been given a year to produce a business and funding plan, explaining how it would buy and
GANGS of teenage tearaways behind a rise in reported crime in communities around Catterick Garrison are the subject of a public meeting on Monday night. Hipswell, Colburn and Catterick Village have been included in a police operation aimed specifically
INVESTIGATIONS are to be carried out to discover who is to blame for severe damage caused to homes in Yarm which back on to a rail line. Residents of Dentdale Close claim cracks in their plasterwork, ceilings and door frames are caused by trains rattling
CHILD victims of a paedophile priest have won an out-of-court settlement from the Catholic Church. The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle has paid an undisclosed sum to parents of three boys assaulted by Father Adrian McLeish, the first pay-out of its kind
SMALL community groups throughout east Cleveland could receive grants to help people achieve healthy lifestyles. So far, 42 small groups have received cash from Redcar and Cleveland Easy Access Health Action Zone Fund. The projects range from education
PLANS by Durham County Council to hold cabinet meetings in public have been welcomed. Consultation on plans for the management of the Labour-run authority revealed 95.5 per cent of people asked felt there should be public access to meetings. Cabinet meetings
A WRECKER'S ball is again to swing into action on a Teesside housing estate. Six empty but vandalised homes at St Hilda's, Middlesbrough, have been earmarked for demolition. Four are to be flattened imminently. It was only two years ago that a housing
ELDERLY people have been urged to take care of their belongings after an attempted theft in Hartlepool town centre. Police officers fear a spate of attacks which happened last summer in the York Road area could be starting again after an 81-year-old was
FASHION student Natalie Roux looked to the grim past to help find a happy future in the final of a national competition. The bedroom of her home in Ripon overlooks Gallow Hill, a site of executions in the time of Mary I. It was Bloody Mary who provided
SIR Brian Moffat is the ''most hated man in Wales'', screams one newspaper headline in the Principality. Don't suppose the boss of steel company Corus is the best-liked bloke on Teesside just at the moment. And believe you me, it'll take a whopping donation
THE chairman of the North-East branch of the National Grocers Benevolent Fund is stepping down after quarter of a century. Peter Beaty, from Newton Aycliffe, in County Durham, has been working hard to raise money to top up the pensions of ex-greengrocers
AN east Cleveland pub is celebrating 12 months of fundraising to help the community. The landlord at The Green Inn, Skelton Green, has teamed up with customers to raise money for such events as a trip to the pantomime for 35 children, and a festive buffet
The straight and narrow isn't what it used to be, the line of the land precipitous. When the farming folk of Masham gathered on Sunday evening to speed the plough, it was impossible not to suppose that it was struggling in first gear, uphill all the way
THE first of 80 new bus shelters was installed in Darlington yesterday. Darlington Borough Council has teamed up with Adshel, one of the UK's biggest street furniture companies, to install the shelters over the next two years. Adshel provides the shelters
TWO councils have joined forces to introduce "townies" to the countryside. Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland borough councils are organising a 17km walk linking the Cleveland Way at Highcliff Nab, above Guisborough, to the Teesdale Way, at Middlesbrough
THE community of Richmond has been invited to be part of a new partnership, which will see the town's secondary school designated a centre for the arts. Parents have been sent letters this week, informing them of a bid for £100,000 in Government grants
COUNTY Durham community groups are celebrating after their numbers came up on the National Lottery. Twenty-two organisations, in the Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington and Sedgefield areas, are sharing £61,824 of Lottery money given through
HEALTH Secretary Alan Milburn is backing a plan to speed up the treatment of heart attack victims which could save thousands of lives. The Darlington MP, who has made the battle against heart disease a personal crusade, has asked medical watchdogs to
NEWCASTLE Jesters general manager Mike O'Connor knows the next month is critical to the team's season. After a seven-game losing streak was ended on Wednesday night with a victory over Manchester Storm, the GM sees a chance to not only consolidate in
FINAL details of a £300,000 scheme to make a Weardale community safer and greener go on display on Monday. An exhibition of work proposed for Wolsingham will be launched at the town library. It will illustrate how the views of local people and police,
A £400,000 operating theatre was opened in Darlington yesterday by Health Secretary Alan Milburn. The Darlington MP visited his constituency to open the new ophthalmic theatre at Darlington Memorial Hospital. It is the ninth theatre at the hospital, and
THE fastest milkman in the east will soon discover if he is one of the best in the country. Stan Green, 54, of Warsett Road, Marske, Cleveland, has been nominated for the Milkman of the Year award by his customers. Not only were they impressed by his
PEOPLE in Shildon are to combat the menace of heavy lorries driving through the town by installing their own spy camera this weekend. Residents are setting up the camera to highlight the number of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) travelling along Spout Lane
COUNTY Durham community groups are celebrating after their numbers came up on the National Lottery. Twenty-two organisations, in the Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington and Sedgefield areas, are sharing £61,824 from the Awards for All programme
PICKERING residents have spoken out against supermarket giant Safeway's plans to build a new store in the town. A public meeting was overwhelmingly opposed to the development proposal on the Old Coalyard site, saying it would ruin small businesses. Victor
SUNDERLAND manager Peter Reid last night allayed fears that the playing career of Republic of Ireland international Niall Quinn might be threatened after spending two days in hospital after the home defeat against Manchester United. The 34-year-old striker
A FRESH spate of airbag thefts has taken the total plundered from across North Yorkshire over the past 12 months to more than 100. Police suspect a gang is at work targeting quiet rural communities in the sprawling county where there are no security cameras
The prospect of creating a new multi purpose centre at Easington Colliery moved a huge step nearer when the village's Old Miners Welfare Scheme became one of a handful to be accepted onto an innovative national initiative. Easington is the sixth scheme
DURHAM bowlers came out on top in the area final of the Warner Holidays Champion of Champions singles event after 16 of the North's top rinksmen competed for the two National Finals places at Hayling Island on March 24-25. At the end of a highly competitive
MANAGER of the month Chris Turner last night reflected on a confidence-boosting week and declared: "The hard work is still to come.'' In the week he signed a new contact at Victoria Park and was named Division Three manager of the month as Pool make their
Spennymoor are facing a crucial away game at Frickley this afternoon. Moors are currently bottom of the table, six points behind their opponents, and to have any chance of avoiding the bottom two places they need a victory this afternoon. Manager Peter
Durham manager Brian Honour believes today's home game against fellow title challengers Dunston is "massive." City go into the game top of the table after ending a three-game losing run at West Auckland last week. And Honour is confident that with seven
Q My daughter received £16,000 as a divorce settlement, much of which she had to spend renovating a rented house. When the DSS found out they stopped her Income Support for 13 weeks. Why? A Income Support stops if capital goes above £8,000. Benefit may
NEWCASTLE City Council has set up a constitutional forum to examine the future of the city's decision making processes. The Local Government Act 2000 requires all councils to carry out public consultation before drawing up proposals to move towards one
THE traditional art of lead work glazing is slowly becoming a thing of the past, but a father and son team are hoping to revitalise the industry in the region. Bill Laidler and son Scott, 20, have started their own Chester-le-Street business combining
