A JUDGE ordered Britney Spears to hand over her children to her ex-husband today. At a hearing behind closed doors in Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Scott Gordon ordered the pop star to turn over custody of her two young sons to Kevin Federline.
TOTTENHAM captain Robbie Keane compared Monday night's incredible comeback against Aston Villa to a victory. Spurs rallied from 4-1 down to net a last-gasp equaliser at White Hart Lane, arguably sparing manager Martin Jol the chop. "To come back from
Middleton U10 "A" team played their first home game at the weekend in their new strip sponsored by Alan Sewell Ltd. Representatives from Alan Sewell came to the game, and enjoyed meeting the Player's, coaching staff, as well as the parents. The result
THE broadcaster, writer and director Ned Sherrin, who was famous for presenting the Radio 4 show Loose Ends, has died, his personal manager said tonight. Sherrin, 76, died of cancer this afternoon at his home in Chelsea, south west London, surrounded
POLICE say the body of a man found in a river yesterday is believed to be that of a missing student. Robert Davies, a third-year chemistry student at York University, went missing after a night out drinking with friends. Police recovered a body from
ROCK star Sir Elton John has asked for an exhibition of photographs he owns to be taken off public display in the North-East a week after one of the images was seized by police in a child pornography probe. The musician on Monday asked gallery bosses
England's bid to end a 25-year losing run in Sri Lanka ended in another dismal defeat in Dambulla on Monday. The series win over India three weeks ago had raised expectations that England's developing one-day line-up finally had enough in their armoury
ANTONY Worrall Thompson took time out of his busy schedule to talk to North Yorkshire primary school children about healthy eating. Eight pupils from Kirby Fleetham Primary School, near Northallerton, travelled down to the famous chef's Greyhound restaurant
MOTORISTS were last night warned of more pain ahead with the price of unleaded petrol yesterday reaching the dreaded £1-a-litre mark in some areas. Prices were hiked up at many forecourts as a 2p rise in fuel duty, announced in this year's budget took
THE body of a man was found yesterday in the city where police have been search for a missing student for more than a week. Officers were alerted when a member of the public called to report a body in the River Ouse at York near the A64 road bridge at
Stokesley 1 - 1 Allstars U13 Goalscorer;Robert Daley Allstars played welll and battled for the full game, had most of the possestion, but couldn't find the net. Allstars went ahead in the 2nd half with a great goal from Robert Daley. We held on until
A paedophile was jailed for five years yesterday after he threatened to kill a youngster if she told anyone that he had sexually abused her. Teesside Crown Court was told that Neville Gray, 49, also punched the girl and he spat on her. The girl
Puzzled residents were turning detective today after mysterious stone heads were left outside their homes in the middle of the night. The sculptures, which all feature the same carved symbol and come with a riddle attached, have been left outside homes
A teenager accused of murdering two sisters who died in a house fire will be tried by a jury next year. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Demi Jade Spence, 12, and her sister Tatum Leah Spence, 14, on April
Hartlepool United boss Danny Wilson has signed defender Danny Coles on loan from Hull City. Coles played for Wilson at Bristol City and faced Pools in the 2004 play-off semi-finals, being booked in the first leg at Victoria Park. He moved to Hull for
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of drugs were seized in an on-going campaign aimed at cracking down on neighbourhood problems in east Durham. Police joined forces with the Custom and Excise, Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue, the DVLA, Easington District
A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND conman and his accomplice have admitted tricking unsuspecting residents into donating to a non-existent charity event. Peter Robert Cannell, 32, of Pounder Place, Hartlepool, and Michael Ian Mathieson, 22, of Garside Drive, Hartlepool
Six points from a possible twelve on home soil, while that total hardly reflects a side struggling against relegation it also does little to suggest the Stadium of Light has become a fortress. It is the latter which manager Roy Keane has been looking
Stand by for the sound of The Sheilas - bringing pure pop back to the UK charts with their sensational debut single, (I'm So) Happy Happy (You're Mine). The Sheilas have teamed up with legendary producers Stock Aitken & Waterman to record the biggest
TWO goalkeepers Sam Allardyce struggles to choose between yet the defensive problems he appeared to be on the road to addressing rear their head again. Shay Given took over league duties from Steve Harper after an assured performance in the midweek
The first DRM-free music video only download website launches today, having inked deals with EMI Music, Domino, XL and many more. Ilovevideo (www.ilovevideo.com) today announced it has launched the first DRM-free (Digital Rights Management-free) music
Sunday, September 30, 2007 Elite League: Mobilx Newcastle Vipers 5-4 Sheffield Steelers (After penalties) Saturday, September 29, 2007 Elite League: Hull Stingrays 1-4 Mobilx Newcastle Vipers VIPERS came back from 4-1 down against the Sheffield Steelers
England may be travelling to Russia in two weeks for a vital football match but one Teesside player came the other way, for an equally important game. Michael McBride, 31, who is working in the former Soviet Union, flew home to Teesside for the special
IT WAS interesting to read about the Baltic Centre in Newcastle (Echo, Sept 24), but I think a small bit of its history was left out. I recall spending hours during the night putting out a fire which could easily have burnt down the building. E Reynolds
AFTER a slow and somewhat repetitive start, Prime Minister Gordon Brown got into his stride and delivered a fine speech to the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth (Echo, Sept 25). With it being his first speech as leader, Mr Brown knew how
I READ Colin Mackenzie's letter (HAS, Sept 26) and I thanked my Maker that I did not have somebody like him for a parent. I was allowed a childhood and I was allowed to explore. I was also expected to travel to school every day "under my own steam
WITH regard to recent correspondence on immigration, it is important to note that migration goes both ways. One in ten Britons now lives abroad, and another emigrates every three minutes. Hundreds of thousands have settled in Spain and France,
I MUST remark on the headline used by The Northern Echo on the first day of the Northern Rock crisis. I buy this paper because it is usually informative and balanced. "Northern Rock crisis as money runs out" cannot be described in this vein (Echo
I WAS saddened to read of the sudden death of Ian Dooley, your superb music columnist (7 Days, Sept 27). I looked forward to Ian's excellent columns each week in 7 Days and I always enjoyed what he had to say. He always invested his writing with
A student exchange behind the Iron Curtain in the 1990s opened Catherine Tate's eyes to the realities of life for Eastern Bloc citizens, she tells Steve Pratt. FILMING the story of a Yorkshire family who defected to East Germany in the 1960s brought back
In its 28 years, the North-East based Viz comic has become a national institution. Lindsay Jennings takes a rare peek inside their HQ and finds politeness personified among its staff - and not a fart joke in sight. FROM the outside, the offices of Viz
WORKERS made redundant when Malcolm Engineering Company (MEC) closed earlier this week are facing fresh financial problems after it emerged the firm has defaulted on its payments into their pension funds. About 60 people have lost their jobs since the
AN energy efficiency company is planning to create up to 35 jobs after receiving £835,000 in Government funding. Domestic Energy Solutions, part of the national Community Energy Solutions (CES), will improve the heating and insulation of about 180,000
As Stepehn Fry's two-part documentary begins on BBC2 tomorrow, the actor reveals to Emma Pomfret how being a 'normal gay' probably saved his life. COMEDIAN Stephen Fry tells me he was lucky to escape the onset of the early Aids epidemic with his life.
AS we race towards the Angel of the North's tenth birthday - construction was completed on February 16, 1998 - I've been contemplating the ability of art to stir up controversy. At the time Antony Gormley's statue was being built, the editor of The Northern
The Great Wall of China (C4, 9pm), Murphy's Law (BBC1, 9pm), The Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC1, 5pm). "So what do we know?" asks someone near the start of Murphy's Law, which is occupying our peaktime attention for three consecutive nights. The answer,
AN affordable housing specialist has hailed its projects in the North-East as a major factor in its record annual results. Keepmoat, which operates in the region through its Frank Haslam Milan and Haslam Homes divisions, saw its profits rise more than
INDUSTRIAL services group Hertel (UK) has made a seven-figure investment on Teesside. The group, which acquired Aker Kvaerner's engineering services workshop and maintenance business earlier this year, has bought the facilities from which the operations
AN energy efficiency company is planning to create up to 35 jobs after receiving £835,000 in Government funding. Domestic Energy Solutions, part of the national Community Energy Solutions (CES), will improve the heating and insulation of about 180,000
THE North-East's trade and tourism communities have been urged to seize the opportunities offered by the arrival of Emirates Airlines in Newcastle. The company's president, Tim Clark, said that Emirates' new daily service to Dubai - the region's first
PATIENT power has led to the creation of a service to provide help and support for cancer sufferers. Breast cancer patients at the Friarage Hospital, in Northallerton, were asked for suggestions to improve their care as part of a service pledge to give
THE first Ripon Enterprise Show is to be held on the city's racecourse on October 2. Local Tory MP David Curry will open the event, which promotes small and medium-sized businesses in the region. More than 100 companies will be exhibiting at the show,
MORE young people are to be given career opportunities with the extension of an apprenticeship scheme. Since North Yorkshire County Council launched its Real Start scheme, in September last year, 70 people between the ages of 16 and 24 have been given
A POPULAR pub is doing its bit to keep the streets tidy by supplying portable ashtrays to customers. The Red Lion, in Upper Poppleton, near York, is the first to join York City Council's campaign to crack down on cigarette litter. The initiative is part
AMATEUR musicians have a new way to express their talents thanks to The Cobweb Orchestra. The group has started an open access network at Middlesbrough Town Hall, to encourage musicians to get together and perform - whatever their level of ability. Rebecca
AN elderly woman was led to safety after her tumble drier caught alight and fire spread through her home. Smoke alarms alerted the 76-year-old to the fire in the kitchen of her home, in Wolviston Road, Billingham, at around 7.45pm on Friday. At about
ENTERPRISING students have raised more than £1,000 for charity after getting a taste for big business. More than 260 students at Northallerton College showed their entrepreneurial skills in a school business event designed to raise funds for local and
A TERRIFIED asylum seeker hammered on a house door shouting that a knifeman was trying to kill him - but was told to go away, a court heard. Iraqi Kurd Taha Ali, 28, staggered away but fell down and his attacker rained more blows upon him, said prosecutor
SIX Middlesbrough councillors will be facing eviction in a week's time, when local young people pass judgement on them. The six are taking part in I'm a Councillor, Get Me Out of Here, an event based on the TV jungle elimination show, starting during
CAR drivers can have their vehicle exhaust emission checked for free at four events this month. Middlesbrough Council's community protection service officers will be on hand to offer advice on how to keep cars running at their most environmentally- friendly
A leading figure in the fight against heart disease will be in Middlesbrough today to help an investigation into the causes and treatment of cardiovascular ailments. Dr Mike Knapton, national director of prevention and care at the British Heart Foundation
A VILLAGE church is planning harvest festival celebrations with a difference. An exhibition of talents will be held at Aiskew Methodist Church, Bedale, on Saturday and Sunday. There will be arts and crafts including embroidery, pyrography, knitting, sewing
SCHEMES to promote healthy lifestyles among youngsters are being rewarded. Staff from 213 primary and secondary schools in the county will receive praise for their efforts. They will be given plaques for achieving healthy school status by promoting healthy
EXPERTS are to give advice on environmental issues at a Fairtrade Green Market in Thirsk. The market will be based at Rural Arts, in Westgate, and will feature local organic and Fairtrade sellers. There will be clothes, food and gifts on sale between
A SCHOOL is celebrating a cash windfall that should help pupils improve its sporting achievement. The Friends of Great Ouseburn Primary School, near Boroughbridge, have secured a grant of £2,232 from the Football Foundation. The school does not have
NEARLY 200 children have attended a city centre event to promote the countryside. Farmers, food producers and schools joined forces for the regional launch of national Year of Food and Farming. The event was held in the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, York.
AN independent transport firm that has served Derwentside for 46 years has sold its bus operation to Go North-East for an undisclosed sum. Stanley Taxis, which runs four routes, including the MC1 and MC2 to Newcastle and the MetroCentre, plans to concentrate
AMATEUR detectives in east Durham are being invited to help solve a murder mystery and raise funds for charity at the same time. Councillor Margaret Nugent, chairwoman of Easington District Council, is hosting the event to raise money for the NSPCC. The
POLICE have issued an appeal for help in tracing this man, who was caught on CCTV breaking into a car. The incident happened at around 1.30am on Wednesday, July 18, in South Fields, Stanley. He was seen on CCTV searching the glove box with a torch. He
A NORTH-EAST city's newest theatre opened its doors for the first time on Friday. The Round, in Newcastle, is a new £1m theatre, slotted into a courtyard within the artists' workshop warehouse, at 36 Lime Street. Nestled between Seven Stories and The
A BUILDING which will provide a joint home for two neighbouring councils' printing services has officially opened. Inprint, a partnership between Durham City Council and Derwentside District Council, is based on Hownsgill Industrial Park, in Consett.
FARMLAND prices in the North-East have risen faster than anywhere else in the country. A combination of lifestyle buyers and mostly arable farmers - including some from Denmark and Ireland - are largely responsible for the 52 per cent rise in the first
INFORMATION and support for older people will be on offer at an advice fair in Hartlepool's Middleton Grange shopping centre today. The event is being run to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons and has been organised by the older persons
A GARDEN centre is raising money for St Cuthbert's Hospice by showing people how to prepare for Christmas. Dobbies Garden World, in Durham Road, Birtley, will use the event, from 6.30pm to 9pm on Thursday, to promote its festive products and will donate
Nick Faldo's Britain and Ireland team, stung into action by television pundits predicting doom and gloom, ran away with the Seve Trophy at The Heritage near Dublin. One point ahead entering the ten concluding singles, Continental Europe took only one
Missoula can supplement a recent success by taking the Bristol University And Literary Club Handicap at Bath. Mark Tompkins' stayer showed bags of resilience in quite a competitive heat at Chester, in which the quick ground and tight track proved vital
PEOPLE in east Durham looking for jobs with family-friendly hours are being invited to attend a recruitment day for Durham County Council. The event will be held on Thursday, at Peterlee Jobcentre Plus, from 10am to 3pm. The council is looking for people
A FANATICAL Middlesbrough fan is hoping to score a winner as he heads for the final of Britain's biggest football fan competition. Garry Bothwell, from Stockton, is one of the final ten shortlisted in Virgin Media's competition to find the country's most
FUNDING for the restoration of Richmond station is nearly in place after a huge donation. The Gunnerside Estate had offered to give £50,000 to the project to turn the station into a commercial and community centre for the town if it could be matched
A controversial new law making it an offence to incite religious hatred comes into force today.The law closes a gap in race legislation that meant only Jews and Sikhs, who were deemed by the courts to be racial groups, were protected.Other groups, including
CYCLISTS, ramblers, riders and runners took part in the fifth annual Milk Stout Ride yesterday.Most competitors took part in a 15-mile bike ride around Hamsterley Forest, in County Durham. Others opted for a six or 25-mile route, one of two walks or a
A school in the region appears to be bucking the national trend when it comes to pupils tucking into meals.Government figures released last month in the wake of Jamie Oliver's high-profile healthy eating campaign show that fewer youngsters had been eating
FITNESS fanatics were given the chance to try a new workout at the weekend.Sherburn Leisure Centre held a Body Training Systems (BTS) taster session to mark the launch of the programme at Durham City Council's leisure centres.The system, devised in New
Fernando Alonso admitted it would be an uphill task for him to claim his third consecutive world championship drivers' title after the Spaniard crashed out of the Japanese Grand Prix. Alonso lost control of his McLaren at Turn Five of a sodden Fuji Speedway
ampaigners behind the failed bid to provide Darlington with an elected mayor have vowed to continue their fight to make the town democratic.A meeting has been called to discuss the way forward for the campaign, which suffered a 59 per cent to 41 per cent
A HOUSE builder has been giving children safety lessons in keeping away from a building site close to their school.Pupils at Errington School, Marske, have learnt the lesson by producing warning posters urging other youngsters to steer clear.Christine
THE efforts of schools in Hartlepool to improve the health and safety of their pupils have been recognised.A celebration of school travel plans took place at the town's Historic Quay recently, where 24 schools were represented.Travel plans are blueprints
A HORSE lover fears she may have to send her seven rescue animals to slaughter because she cannot afford to keep them.Elizabeth Campin already faces losing her home near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, after failing to find work and being told she cannot
THREE schools teamed up to serenade shoppers and tell them about the benefits of independent education at the weekend.Durham School, Durham High School for Girls and Durham Chorister School - where former Prime Minister Tony Blair was pupil - are the
A CONSERVATION group is to pay for a study into a controversial new road that could be built to remove traffic from the centre of Durham City.The City of Durham Trust, which has already raised an objection to the idea, has hired consultants to produce
YOUNG athletes embarking on a sports tour of France are asking people to donate unwanted goods in an attempt to raise funds.The badminton team at Hummersknott School, in Darlington, is holding a market stall in the town, and is looking for good quality
COUNTY Durham youngsters with ambitions of becoming professional dancers are being invited to audition for a training scheme. The Newcastle-based Dance City Academy is looking for dancers aged between 11 and 19. The academy aims to give young people a
NORTH-EAST shipyards are likely to win a major part of a multi-billion-pound order for two aircraft carriers. The contract will create 700 jobs at McNulty's, in South Shields, and at A and P Tyne, at Hebburn, according to an industry source. The news
ONE of the region's most popular museums has been looking back to the early days of Scouting.Beamish Museum, near Stanley, County Durham, dedicates itself to the industrial heritage of the North-East, particularly from the late 19th Century into the early
PATCHED-UP Chester-le-Street staged a tremendous fightback to hang on to their Northern Four Stage Road Relay Championship at Warrington. Hit by the late withdrawals of international Morag McDonnell and the experienced Kathryn Waugh, the Cestrians called
Newcastle Falcons 19, Harlequins 12 World Cup winner Matt Burke steered Newcastle to victory over Harlequins at Kingston Park with an imperious full-back display. Burke scored a crucial second-half try and kicked two conversions but it was his booming
HUNDREDS of pigs died yesterday after a blaze severely damaged a farm building near Darlington. It is not yet known exactly how many pigs died, but it is estimated that it was more than 300. The alarm was raised at 6.22am yesterday with reports of a
CRIME and safety teams will join forces with residents and community leaders to clean up trouble hotspots. The two-week operation, in West Cornforth, will be latest Streetsafe initiative led by the Sedgefield Community Safety Partnership. The project
A WAIT of more than 50 years is almost over for villagers who live near a former quarry. Residents in Newfield, near Bishop Auckland, have been looking forward to the day work to fill in the Todhills landfill site is completed. As of yesterday, no more
HUSBAND and wife team Billy and Sheila Wilthew scored a notable double at their village leek show at the weekend. Mr Wilthew, a former cement worker, came first in the 31st show to be held at Frosterley Village Hall, in Weardale, with a pair of leeks
AN exhibition reliving the glory days of amateur football in south Durham opens today. Durham Amateur Football Trust will display a collection of photographs and memorabilia at Shildon Library, until Saturday, October 20. It will highlight the success
Paula Radcliffe's return to action was overshadowed by a spectacular performance from American Kara Goucher at the BUPA Great North Run. The 29-year-old 10,000-metres World Championship bronze medallist, making her half-marathon debut, clocked the fastest
Darlington Mowden Park 21, Fylde 18 DARLINGTON Mowden Park have back row men by the bucketload and if all are fit they will have to choose between four open side flankers for Saturday's trip to Harrogate. In securing their much-needed win against Fylde
BLAYDON know they need to learn a harsh lesson regarding discipline in National Two after losing 17-15 at home to a less creative Manchester side. The visitors' only try came from a driving maul, but Gareth Wynn kicked four penalties while his team-mates
PUPILS in County Durham who walk to school are to be encouraged to become street rangers this month and help to take care of their environment. Pupils, along with family and friends who walk them to school, are to celebrate international Walk to School
PUPILS in County Durham who walk to school are to be encouraged to become street rangers this month and help to take care of their environment. Pupils, along with family and friends who walk them to school, will celebrate international Walk to School
Haile Gebrselassie smashed the world record by 29 seconds as he won the real-Berlin Marathon for a second successive year yesterday. Gebrselassie had played down his chances of beating the mark set by Kenya's Paul Tergat four years ago over the same course
Nick Faldo said after lifting the Seve Trophy last night he was ''pretty confident'' more star names will be present next time. Britain and Ireland under Faldo's leadership beat Continental Europe 16½-11½ after an 8-2 demolition job in the singles at
England's coaches are certain Australia will not be soft touches during the scrummage battle in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final. The reigning world champions head to Marseille today after booking their last-eight place with a 36-20 victory over Tonga
Ireland 15 Argentina 30 Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan last night vowed to see out his contract and insisted an horrendous World Cup has not diminished his hunger for the job. The Irish were dumped out of the tournament with a 30-15 defeat by Argentina
Paul Collingwood will hope to encourage Durham colleague Phil Mustard as much today as on the wicketkeeper's first-class debut. Mustard makes his one-day international debut at Dambulla against Sri Lanka, who were the opponents at Riverside in 2002
TWO kittens, discovered under the floorboards of a derelict house, are looking for a home. Ten-week-old Holly and Bramble were found in the house by a couple looking to renovate the property. After hearing noises coming from beneath the floor, they discovered
TONY Blair had his moments of bad luck during his ten years as Prime Minister, but he also had the huge good fortune of having an embarrassingly weak opposition. Over the past decade, the Tories have been headless chickens, not knowing which way to turn
MORE than 1,000 children from Darlington will get the chance to take part in an experimental dance workshop. Five is a new dance installation, with three performances taking place every day at Darlington Arts Centre. Every five-year-old in Darlington
The ability and skills of Darlington Reserves proved too much for Jarrow when the sides met in the Newton Moor Durham Challenge Cup at Perth Green. It was a stroll in the park for the visitors who ended emphatic 11-1 winners with goals by Shaun Reay
Bishop Auckland played with ten men for more than half the game to earn a point in Brian Honour's first game back in charge. Bishops had conceded 15 goals in their previous three games, but they overcame the dismissal of midfielder Joe Fairish to earn
HEALTH experts descended on Darlington last week as skin cancers came under the microscope. At the first Darlington Primary Care Trust dermoscopy seminar, more than 70 delegates, including nurses, GPs and consultant dermatologists from across the North-East
West Auckland manager David Bayles reckons his players finally "came good" as they became the only Arngrove Northern League team in this morning's draw after beating Newcastle Benfield 1-0 on Saturday. West battled through the last half hour of the match
Portsmouth 7 Reading 4. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp admitted he never thought Benjani Mwaruwari would end up scoring a Barclays Premier League hat-trick. The Zimbabwe international went away with the match ball on a crazy day of scoring by both
Before Sky invented it in 1992, a game existed in Britain that some of us dared to call football. It was rough, tough and at times dangerous to know. Isn't anyone like me and misses the way football used to be? Nonsense I hear you cry. We've never
Germany made a successful defence of the Women's World Cup after they defeated Brazil in a pulsating final at the Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai. Play flowed from end to end throughout, but in the end goals from Birgit Prinz and Simone Laudehr ensured
Wigan 0 Liverpool 1. Yossi Benayoun has launched a vigorous defence of two Barclays Premier League managers who found themselves in the spotlight for differing reasons last week. Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez's often criticised rotation policy was again
A McDONALD'S customer was not "loving it" when she tucked into a Big Mac and found a large ball of fluff.Leanne Robinson, of Cheviot Walk in Coundon, County Durham, was shocked when she took a bite out of her burger and discovered a furry brown object
A supermarket is supporting efforts by villagers to clean up their community.David Russell, manager of Morrisons, in Bishop Auckland, presented £100 to the 2nd Bishop Auckland Cub Scouts, who joined a clean-up organised by the Escomb and Witton Park Community
RESIDENTS of Chilton shared memories and images of their community through the years at an art and heritage event at the weekend.The workshop, on Saturday, was part of the Chilton in Time project, which is looking at key events and people in the area's
A SCHEME to create links between two communities hundreds of miles apart is celebrating its silver anniversary.The twinning of Sedgefield with the German town of Hamminkeln has successfully fostered friendships between individuals and groups from the
LEEK growers gathered in Darlington yesterday for the 60th anniversary of their show.The Darlington Inter-Club Leek Show attracted 120 leeks from nearly 60 members as the four clubs of Darlington battled it out for supremacy.The event, at Darlington Workingmen's
ONE of Darlington's oldest residents has died aged 105.Dorothy Hoyland, a former housekeeper and one-time explorer, died in Stanton Hall Care Home after an illness.Born in 1902, in Penistone, South Yorkshire, she came to the area after the Second World
DAVID Cameron relaunched the Tories as the tax-cutting party yesterday as he shrugged off dismal poll ratings to insist they were ready to fight - and win - a snap election.Opening the Conservative conference in Blackpool, Mr Cameron unveiled plans to
Farmers were last night hit with a further outbreak of a disease thought to have cost the industry £250m since August.The National Farmers' Union (NFU) said the new case of foot-and-mouth at a farm in Surrey would have severe financial implications.The
FRIENDS and family of a boy who died after falling ill during a school PE lesson have created a lasting tribute to the youngster.Stephen Jones was rushed to hospital when he collapsed during a 100-metre sprint at Sunnydale School, in Shildon, in May.The
A VILLAGE hosted its final farmers' market of the season yesterday with organisers already looking ahead to similar events next year.Monthly markets were reintroduced to the main streets of Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, in April after an absence
FOOTBALL bosses last night shrugged off allegations of phone tapping, sabotage and secret filming during Freddy Shepherd and Douglas Hall's reign at Newcastle United.They dismissed the claims, made in a Sunday newspaper, as "history" that was of no relevance
British campaigners pushing for political change in Burma last night accused the country's oppressive regime of a "token" gesture in allowing a meeting between a United Nations envoy and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.Ibrahim Gambari held talks lasting
HEALTH bosses in the North-East were last night on a collision course with ITV over claims they discriminate against obese patients.A documentary will tonight name County Durham Primary Care Trust (PCT) as one of 16 in the country to restrict operations
DANNY Higginbotham has not quite followed Curtis Davies' lead by criticising his performance, but the Sunderland defender has been far from complimentary about his own display.After making his debut for Aston Villa in last week's defeat to Leicester,
MICHAEL Owen insists he'll put club before country and is targeting a Newcastle return after England's Euro 2008 qualifiers this month.Despite manager Sam Allardyce not ruling out a return as soon as next Sunday against Everton, Owen has earmarked the
Dave Penney refused to use the late line-up changes as an excuse for Darlington's sub-standard display on Saturday.Four-goal striker Pawel Abbott hurt his knee in the warm-up before the game with Peterborough United and goalkeeper David Stockdale injured
IAN Moore was forced out of Hartlepool United's home defeat to Walsall after being involved in a car crash on Friday.After two goals in his previous display at Orient, the striker would have lined-up at Victoria Park on Saturday alongside Richard Barker.However
GARETH Southgate last night defended his decision to finish Middlesbrough's 2-0 defeat to Everton with a strike pairing comprising a 20-year-old making the third appearance of his career and a centre-half who had never played a senior game at centre-forward.But
THE 27th Great North Run may have raised a record amount for charities.Organiser Nova International estimates that fun and celebrity entrants have netted more than £10m for 350 good causes through the sponsorship of their efforts. It is also thought that
Chelsea 0, Fulham 0. Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has accused some of the club's fans of sending abuse bordering on racism after Avram Grant replaced Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge.Chelsea's decision to replace the Portuguese coach with the 52-year-old
SHOPKEEPERS have been banned from selling tobacco products to customers aged under 18 in a law that comes into force today.Some retailers are concerned that the legislation, which raises the legal age from 16, will cause friction with young customers.The
A PENSIONER has returned safely from a solo trip to the Arctic Circle in a 30-year-old Citroen 2CV.Doug Redsell took 11 days to complete the 3,000-mile journey from Richmond, in North Yorkshire, to Norway and back.The 73-year-old undertook the expedition
Darlington 1, Peterborough United 1 It is well documented that Darlington signed several players in pre-season and, with the club among the early-season pace-setters, most of them have started their Quakers careers in style. Xavier Barrau's debut however
Manchester City 3, Newcastle United 1. ON Saturday morning Sam Allardyce's greatest concern was probably how Steve Harper would react to being overlooked in favour of Shay Given in the Newcastle goal.By 2.45pm it appeared that concern had been overtaken
Everton 2, Middlesbrough 0. YESTERDAY was designated 'Ladies Day' at Goodison Park and, to mark the occasion, actress Amanda Holden modelled a limited-edition strip in pink before kick-off. For Middlesbrough, though, there was little that was pretty
DANNY Wilson cut a frustrated manager on Saturday. After seeing his Hartlepool United side lose to an unspectacular Walsall side, he wanted more.More from his players as individuals, more from his players as a team, more people through the gates and more
Sunderland 1, Blackburn Rovers 2. THROUGHOUT last week members of the Sunderland squad took time out to promote the Premier League's flagship good cause initiative - Creating Chances. But, after this frustrating defeat to Blackburn Rovers, Roy Keane
DAVID Cameron relaunched the Tories as the tax-cutting party yesterday as he shrugged off dismal poll ratings to insist they were ready to fight - and win - a snap election. Opening the Conservative conference in Blackpool, Mr Cameron unveiled eye-catching
