PAT EDDERY'S impending retirement at Doncaster this afternoon quite simply marks the end of an era. Only Sir Gordon Richards (4,870) booted home more winners than Pat (4,632) on domestic soil, although the eleven-times former champion jockey reckons at
WRITER Colin Teevan has been named as the new North-East Literary Fellow at Durham and Newcastle universities. It is the first time in about 20 years that a playwright has been appointed to the role and he is hoping to focus on writing for the region's
ONE of the biggest toy auctioneers in the world is to make the North-East its full-time home. Vectis Auctioneers, which claims to be the largest toy auction house on the planet, is to base nearly all of its toy sales work in Thornaby, near Stockton, Teesside
REGIONAL development agency One NorthEast has appointed a new director of communications. Stacy Hall, 35, has worked in a range of marketing posts around the region, culminating in her current job as head of communications and marketing at Northumberland
TWO men were jailed yesterday for a petrol bomb attack on a seaside pizza shop run by Iraqis and asylum seekers. The attack, on the first day of the war in Iraq, was suggested by Gordon Robb, whose soldier brother was stationed in Kuwait. He even waged
British Airways, which has already borne the brunt of the Iraq war and the Sars crisis, is set for a fivefold dive in profits after another string of setbacks in the second quarter - traditionally its strongest. Higher fuel costs and backdated pay for
SNUBBED Sunderland striker Kevin Kyle has been overlooked by Scotland for their European Championships play-off double-header with Holland next week. But Black Cats boss Mick McCarthy is backing his powerful young forward to prove to national team coach
RIPON Cathedral is to host a Christmas Gift and Food Festival to raise money for charity. The Mayor of Ripon, Councillor David Parnaby and mayoress Anita Gray will open the event at 10am on Saturday, November 22. The Ripon Cathedral Development Campaign
AN environmental team will be knocking on doors to urge residents to recycle their rubbish. The team of four will be touring areas where the Kerb-it recycling scheme operates, to encourage households to recycle cans, glass and paper. They will also be
JEFF WHITLEY believes he is now receiving his just rewards at Sunderland for starting the campaign playing the patience game. The tough-tackling midfielder has become a regular in Mick McCarthy's side in recent weeks and has impressed along the way. But
SIR BOBBY ROBSON reckons he has finally won his two-year battle to get the best out of Laurent Robert - but only after the exasperated Newcastle United manager had to issue the mercurial winger with a final warning. Robert has scored six times in his
IF brooding and sulking were international sports, Gordon Brown would win many gold medals. As it is, they are not. In fact, they look like character flaws that are so major that anyone exhibiting them should never be considered as a potential Prime Minister
ELECTRONICS and ceramics group Cookson continued its revival by returning to the black in the third quarter of its financial year. The group, which employs around 17,000 people worldwide, said it managed profits of £5m in the three months to September
THIS year's Remembrance Day ceremonies will have a special significance for a North-East family whose thoughts will be thousands of miles away in the hills of Burma. Almost six decades after his death, the children and grandchildren of Army cook Matthew
A MODERN landmark which will provide a facility for new businesses to grow is likely to be built on a North-East industrial park. One NorthEast, the regional development agency, has submitted a planning application for the building with Sedgefield Borough
THE first two toxic ships on their way to the North-East will be allowed to dock before being forced to return to the US, the Environment Secretary said last night. Plans to dismantle the ships have been shelved after the proposal was deemed to flout
Shildon will be praying that fortune tomorrow really does favour the brave after bad luck dogged their last FA Cup adventure 42 years ago. The Northern Echo reported back in 1961 that 'Lady Luck favoured the professionals' and even before the match started
NOBBY SOLANO last night threw down the gauntlet to Sir Bobby Robson and begged the Newcastle United manager not to axe him for the game at Chelsea. With Lee Bowyer available again after he was suspended for Thursday's UEFA Cup win at FC Basel, Solano
IF Sir Bobby Robson needs any reminding of the financial chasm that divides the Premiership's haves and have-nots, he has only to cast an envious glance at the Chelsea team tomorrow. There are more than 111 million reasons why Chelsea, who spent last
NEWCASTLE Falcons will be pressing for players to be allowed dual registration after current regulations left Martin Shaw without a game this weekend. An injury scare over Tom May persuaded the Falcons to recall Shaw from Darlington Mowden Park ahead
FOR a manager whose side's FA Cup aspirations rarely extend beyond the first round proper, Harry Dunn's respect for that most famous of competitions would put many of his more illustrious colleagues to shame. The Whitby Town boss is someone who genuinely
OUTSIDERS have a good record in the November Handicap, so the fact that Nuit Sombre (3.15) isn't among the market leaders should not put punters off backing Mark Johnston's three-year-old. The last two winners, Red Wine (16-1) and Royal Cavalier (50-1
The new bishop of Durham began his parish ministry with a fast track anecdote about go-karts - and a shield against misquotation. It was a long way from the purple pageantry of two weeks earlier, the knock three times rigmarole of his enthronement in
NEVER mind Shildon and the first round of the FA Cup, Lee Ellison could have had it all. As Ellison aiming to becomes part of Shildon and FA Cup folklore tomorrow when the Railwaymen play their biggest match in 42 years, the striker once touted as Darlington's
SHOPPERS were surprised by an early sighting of Santa yesterday, resplendent in his traditional red and white costume. But it was the boys in blue who caused an even bigger stir when they swooped to arrest Mr Claus as he sampled the festive cheer outside
A DOZEN young people took their first steps towards a military career last week at an Army recruitment drive. The enlistment of 12 recruits, aged between 17 and 27, is the largest single enlistment of adult soldiers seen at Bishop Auckland's Army Careers
A FATHER had his eight-month-old daughter with him in a pushchair when he was arrested in a town centre for being drunk, a court was told yesterday. Anthony Kirkley had one of his seven children in his care while he was out drinking in Darlington with
A WOMAN described a bus collision in Darlington as a horrific ordeal. The local resident, who did not wish to be named, was sat behind the driver of the Arriva bus heading to Whinbush when it crashed in the Mayfair Road area of Harrowgate Hill, on Thursday
TWO Darlington post offices are to be scrapped next month, to the anger of campaigners who fear pensioners will lose a community lifeline. The Faverdale and North End post offices had been the subject of speculation for several weeks, while a public consultation
PUPILS were yesterday presented with a healthy school award by Langbaurgh Primary Care Trust. Youngsters at Whitecliffe Primary School, Carlin How, received certificates, bulbs, plants and a tree for their quiet playground area during a celebration assembly
STEVE McCLAREN is on the look out for a new striker as he tries to find a solution to Middlesbrough's scoring problems. Boro go into this afternoon's clash at Aston Villa with the Premiership's lowest number of goals scored - along with Southampton -
A MAN was hit by a car as he got out of a taxi following a night out, a court was told. Stuart McManus drove towards his victim, with whom he had been involved in a disturbance in a nightclub earlier in the evening. Durham Crown Court was told that the
LOW energy light bulbs are being given away to help the fight against burglaries. Durham Police are giving the bulbs, which use 80 per cent less electricity than conventional bulbs and last ten times longer, to vulnerable households. These include houses
A NIGHT of fun and dancing is being held to raise money for the NSPCC in the Riverside Suite at Middlesbrough Football Club. Guests will enjoy a three-course meal and music by the band Jump the Q . The black-tie event is being held next Saturday and has
A NIGHTCLUB toilet attendant who was assaulted by Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy has launched a civil action against the star. Tweedy, from Heaton, Newcastle, has apologised to fans, her family and other members of the band in her first interviews since
YESTERDAY, postman Nigel Bolton was just an ordinary man doing an ordinary job in an ordinary town. But tomorrow he will be hoping to deliver the goods for Northern League club Shildon when he lines up in an extraordinary FA Cup match. The 28-year-old
FIVE Things I Hate About You (I think my wife could probably triple that number), What Not To Wear - The Tribes Of Man and The Million Pound Property Experiment were a Wednesday night triple whammy on BBC2 which successfully fuelled the battle of the
THE sweet taste of success is beckoning for a North-East performer, thanks to the hit ITV1 show Pop Idol. But while Simon Cowell and Pete Waterman are passing judgement on the real-life performers, there is another competition going on throughout the
David Hodgson makes his long-awaited return as Darlington manager in the FA Cup tomorrow having already set about making his presence felt. Hodgson took charge of team affairs for the first time this week and immediately made some big decisions. Quakers
THE most northerly surviving villa and complex in the Roman empire will be open to the public for the first time today. Parts of the ancient settlement at Ingleby Barwick, near Stockton, are thought to date to pre-Roman times. Housing is to be built there
SIR BOBBY ROBSON reckons he has finally won his two-year battle to get the best out of Laurent Robert - but only after the exasperated Newcastle United manager had to issue the mercurial winger with a final warning. Robert has scored six times in his
A CLUTCH of lenders announced they were raising their mortgage rates in the wake of the Bank of England's decision to increase the cost of borrowing. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee raised base rates for the first time in nearly four years on Thursday
The Prince of Wales went on the offensive with his denial of allegations made by a former sewrvant, but has his damage limitation done more harm than good? Christen Pears reports THE rumours have been circulating for weeks but, until Thursday night, only
TRADE and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been handed a report outlining a raft of conditions required as part of the merger of ITV companies Granada and Carlton. The Secretary of State last month indicated she would back the £4.5bn tie-up between
After the "thunder and light" of Newsnight, journalist Jeremy Vine may have been forgiven for finding presenting the former Jimmy Young radio show a bit tame. But, with an audience of over five million, Vine's far from withering Jeremy Vine is recalling
DIALYSIS patients are getting to grips with technology by using their regular sessions to receive computer training. Kidney patients visit York District Hospital three times a week from all over North Yorkshire and must stay for four hours each time.
FORMER pupils of a village secondary school renewed acquaintances after absences of up to 50 years. More than 70 ex-pupils of the former Waterhouses Secondary Modern School, in the Deerness Valley, west of Durham, met for a reunion. They were joined by
EMPLOYERS are invited to learn about their responsibilities under new disability legislation and to celebrate the European Year of Disabled People. JobCentre Plus is hosting the event at Durham County Cricket Club, at the Riverside in Chester-le-Street
AN array of goodies are to be auctioned when a Northallerton school holds a fundraising event. Allertonshire School's Parent, Staff and Governors' Association holds an auction of promises on November 21 at 7pm, in West Hall. In the past, the event has
GHOST SHIPS: THE recycling of the redundant American ships is business, and who in the world better to deal with it properly than our British experts? We have good environmental protection, though beware of "pressure groups" getting too big for their
PUMPKINS are really cheap at the moment. They appear in the shops a week before Halloween at an extortionate price, and then immediately after the 31st go straight into the bargain bucket. They may be on sale for another week at the most and then won't
Dave Horsley and family go afloat on their first narrowboat holiday and find excitement, adventure, peace and tranquillity all rolled into one. IT was a massive leap for two teenage boys to make. One minute it's the flashing, bleeping, helter-skelter
YESTERDAY, postman Nigel Bolton was just an ordinary man doing an ordinary job in an ordinary town. But tomorrow he will be hoping to deliver the goods for Northern League club Shildon when he lines up in an extraordinary FA Cup match. The 28-year-old
MY young daughter came running in this week and said we were very naughty people because we weren't remembering Guy Fawkes. "Remember, remember, the fifth of November," she said. Because we hadn't let off any fireworks we weren't remembering him. This
A FATHER-OF-TWO, who died after falling into a storage silo at a chipboard plant, was missing for several hours before his body was found, an inquest heard yesterday. The family of 56-year-old Brian Allinson are considering taking civil action against
THE first two toxic ships on their way to the North-East will be allowed to dock before being forced to return to the US, the Environment Secretary said last night. Plans to dismantle the ships have been shelved after the proposal was deemed to flout
Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were probably suffocated before their bodies were dumped in a remote ditch and later set on fire, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Richard Latham QC, prosecuting, also told the court that sexual assault
DETECTIVES are hunting a gang of bogus officials who targeted three elderly women. The victims, who are all in their 70s and 80s, were unhurt after gang members burgled their homes, but police said they were left badly shaken, shocked and frightened.
BIG-hearted Andrew Boldison is preparing to give his sister the greatest gift of all. In a moving effort to ensure she has a better life, he is to donate one of his kidneys. Andrew, 43, of Pottery Lane, York, has only one more medical test to pass before
SHOPPERS were surprised by an early sighting of Santa yesterday, resplendent in his traditional red and white costume. But it was the boys in blue who caused an even bigger stir when they swooped to arrest Mr Claus as he sampled the festive cheer outside
YOUNG people in County Durham who have shown initiative in setting up projects for their peers are to be honoured next week. A group of teenagers who made a horror film, called the Mad Monk, and young people who produced a book encouraging young people
IT is a close friendship that has survived a world war and distance over nearly 70 years. In 1937, Barbara Wilkes, from Darlington, was learning German at school when her teacher asked if anyone wanted a German penfriend. The teenager eagerly put up her
A KNIFE-CARRYING heroin addict tried to rob a woman and a teenager to pay for his next fix, a court was told. Paul David Thompson, 23, had taken a cocktail of drugs and drink before approaching the woman, who was making her way to her car parked at the
ONE of the most senior figures in the region's health service has spoken out about the abolition of health watchdogs. Ken Jarrold, chief executive of County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority, told the last meeting of Darlington and Teesdale
FEARS that a private school could abandon a community persuaded councillors yesterday to approve its controversial building plans. Red House School, in Norton, Stockton, faced opposition to its plans to destroy part of a Grade II listed wall and put up
MORE than 60,000 teenagers in North Yorkshire are to benefit from a project designed to ease problems associated with growing up. A Young People's Network is to be launched, pulling together the many youth organisations that run independently across the
THIS year's York Festival of Remembrance could have been the last following the planned sale of the Barbican Centre. More than 1,400 people packed into the centre on Sunday to see the festival, which featured a parade of standard bearers and music from
STUDENTS yesterday remembered those who went off to fight for their country in the two world wars. Students and staff from Redcar and Cleveland College, Redcar, joined the Reverend Graham Pacey, the rector of Skelton and Upleatham, and Royal British Legion
A PROGRAMME of winter walks across north-west Durham has been launched. Twelve Derwentside Door-step Walks are scheduled for the coming months. Each is a three-mile stroll designed for people with health problems. More seasoned walkers can look forward
FIRE chiefs are working with children in a bid to remove Teesside from the top of the UK league table for arson attacks. Cleveland Fire Brigade has introduced the six-week course to deter children, aged between ten and 16, from starting fires and making
Outdoor and indoor sport facilities for east Cleveland were unveiled at a school in Guisborough yesterday. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Dr Ashok Kumar opened Laurence Jackson School's floodlight synthetic pitch and saw how more investment
Business and shop owners in Hartlepool are being asked to give their views on proposals to promote growth. Firms in the town's New Deal for Communities area are invited to attend a series of workshops. A strategy to improve commercial areas, including
CHESS clubs at two Eaglescliffe schools are making the right moves thanks to a £22,000 grant. The Links Primary School and Teesside High School have received the grant to develop the chess clubs, which they operate between them. The two-year grant has
THE Mayor of Durham and the city's MP helped to create a Field of Hope in Durham yesterday. Daffodil bulbs have been planted at a site behind Milburngate House, off Framwelgate Peth, in memory of people who have died of cancer. The Marie Curie Cancer
JUST over a decade ago Andy Linighan carved his name into FA Cup history by grabbing a late winner for Arsenal in the 1993 Final. The big defender's extra-time header secured a 2-1 replay victory over Sheffield Wednesday - an achievement never to be forgotten
STEVE McCLAREN is on the look out for a new striker as he tries to find a solution to Middlesbrough's scoring problems. Boro go into this afternoon's clash at Aston Villa with the Premiership's lowest number of goals scored - along with Southampton -
Mick Tait could not resist asking where exactly Hornchurch was on hearing the FA Cup draw a fortnight ago. And who can blame him? The Essex side are hardly big names - even in non-league circles. It was in the wake of a 3-1 defeat at home to Bury that
TWO ladies with an historic link to a 172-year-old bridge played a special role when it re-opened yesterday after a £100,000 overhaul. Whorlton Bridge, the oldest wrought iron chain link suspension bridge in the country, has been closed for the past eight
A ROYAL Navy ship built in the North-East returns to renew affiliations with the region this weekend. HMS Richmond, which was involved in action off the Iraqi coast as part of Operation Telic in the recent conflict, sails into the River Tyne today. During
PUMPKINS are really cheap at the moment. They appear in the shops a week before Halloween at an extortionate price, and then immediately after the 31st go straight into the bargain bucket. They may be on sale for another week at the most and then won't
A NIGHTCLUB toilet attendant who was assaulted by Girls Aloud star Cheryl Tweedy has launched a civil action against the star. Tweedy, from Heaton, Newcastle, has apologised to fans, her family and other members of the band in her first interviews since
It was a long way from the purple pageantry of two weeks earlier, the knock three times rigmarole of his enthronement in Durham Cathedral. Now the new bishop was at Hamsterley parish church - admitted without obstruction, greeted informally and bearing
