Teesside Basketball in association with Game Time & Principul PSD There was injury woe for both sides entering the game with Lions' Matthew Brown and Vikings Ashley Farrelly, their teams' respective top scorers unable to feature. Mark Williams exploded
Junior Basketball in associtaion with Game Time & Principul PSD Richmond Vikings hosted two games this week with their impressive junior outfit playing the Tees United Lions juniors prior to the TBL Division 2 fixture for the senior players. Both clubs
THE third round of this year's SG Petch ANECCC Stage Rally Championship moved to Cumbria for the Malcolm Wilson Rally in the Lake District forests. William Jarman/Mark Fisher (Escort Cosworth) led the SG Petch ANECCC contenders from the start with fastest
Under 10 Colts4 - 0 St Francis 2000 B GOALSCORERS:Stannard (2) Mills ,Griffiths M.O.M: EVERYONE!!!! REPORT: Allstars were well motivated for this game and keen for a good result and it showed from the start both in terms of attitude and positive
A BURGLAR who was caught at the scene of an early-morning shop break-in pretended he worked there in a hopeless bid to trick police. Officers found Graham Clayton inside a newsagents at a Teesside railway station, but he claimed that he too had been
THE parents of a 18-year-old girl stabbed to death by a younger teenager high on a cocktail of drugs and drink tonight called on politicians to tackle the growing problem of violent teenage crime. Aspiring model Samantha Madgin was knifed 10 times by
TWO teenagers are due to appear before Teesside Magistrates Court this afternoon charged with the murder of father-of-two Ron Sharples. An 18-year-old and 17-year-old were charged when they answered police bail this morning. Mr Sharples, of Charnwood
A MAN who had been missing from home for a week has been found. Brian Anthony Hewitt, 39, from Coxhoe, in County Durham, had not been seen since Sunday February 24. He had been staying the previous night at his sister's house in Spennymoor and left
A PARISH priest has been removed from his church as he faces a child abuse probe. Father David Taylor, 59, has left a stunned congregation behind while his past is investigated by church chiefs. The priest has left St Peter's Church, Low Fell, Gateshead
MORE than half a million children will find out this week whether they have secured a place at their preferred secondary school. Figures suggest up to 100,000 could miss out on their first choice schools, with problems likely to be far worse in England's
CHILDREN at a Darlington school weighed in for a fitness class with a boxing star. Former pupil Chris Burton - the undefeated heavyweight contender - returned to Abbey School to put pupils through their paces during a skipathon. The event was
THE leader of Darlington Borough Council has defended a decision to scrap free early morning bus travel for the over-60s. Thousands of town residents have put their name to petitions against the move, which will see pensioners denied concessions
POUNDLAND RE your reports on the reaction to Poundland replacing Waterstone's in the former Dressers store in High Row, Darlington (Echo, Mar 1). I don't know why so many people are against Poundland moving into High Row. Poundland is not lowering
ORGANISERS have hailed the first weekend of a performing arts festival a success. There were about 450 entries for Darlington Festival of Performing Artsf 166 music and song classes, held on Saturday at Eastbourne Academy. Entrants were from
A RUNDOWN part of Darlington could be transformed into a residential quarter if regeneration plans go ahead. Proposals have been revealed to build 45 apartments with car parking on a former railway yard in Melland Street, near the Civic Theatre
POLICE have adopted a new tactic to help combat under-age street drinking in south Durham. Neighbourhood policing teams in Ferryhill and Spennymoor are the first in the county to establish a Bottlewatch scheme. Inspector Bill Bentham said the
PRECEPT RISE AT Spennymoor Town Council's meeting on February 26, Labour members voted not to accept an amendment to minute 84/07 of the council minutes to reflect accurately a Liberal Democrat statement made at the council meeting on January
A FAMILY has paid tribute to a woman who has died aged 101. Jenny Henderson celebrated her 100th birthday in May, 2006. She was born in Bouch Street, Shildon, and lived all her life in the town. She worked at Shildon Wagon Works during the Second
A CHURCH has finally opened in a former pit village after efforts by volunteers which have spanned more than 20 years. Witton Park Methodists have been raising money to build a chapel since their former building was demolished because it was too
ENTERPRISING students have raised funds to help tackle a disease that has blighted their college. Three teachers at Northallerton College are currently receiving treatment for various forms of cancer. The students - Kyle Young Daniel Shepherd
A NATIONAL park authority has won nationwide recognition for its efforts to tackle climate change. Measures taken by the North York Moors National Park Authority to cut its carbon output include reducing car allowances, issuing fleeces to staff
A GROUP of performing arts students have helped promote an arts group for people with learning disabilities. College students Louise Baker, Bekah Jerram, Ally McDougal and Ben Clifton, from Northallerton College, had to organise an event as
ORGANISERS of a town's traditional parade have vowed it will go ahead as normal this year, despite soaring road closure costs which threaten to close it for good. St Wilfrid's Procession, in Ripon, has followed the same route since 1954 and has
CHARITY was a winner when a club staged a men versus women football match on Saturday. Women from Sherburn Hill Club competed against men from The Lambton Arms, Sherburn Village, to raise money for St Cuthbert's Hospice, in Merryoaks, Durham
COUNTY Durham is to get nearly £8m from the Housing Corporation for affordable houses. This is the first allocation from the corporation's National Affordable Housing Programme for 2008 to 2011. The money will pay for 211 affordable houses to
COUNTY Durham's legacy as a centre for the coal mining industry has inspired an art exhibition. The Newcastle-based artist collective, Gluegroup, put its work on display at the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery on Saturday.
THE organisers of a football tournament are staging a music festival to help promote it. The Consett the World Music Festival, this month, will feature four concerts and three quiz nights. The event will promote the first Consett International
PEOPLE have been providing perches on the property ladder for their wildlife neighbours. The Friends of Newham Grange Park, in Stockton, gave up part of their weekend to install a hedge as a refuge for birds and small mammals. But before getting
EMERGENCY teams have won a national award for making Middlesbrough a safer place to live. Working with the police, the council and other partners, Cleveland Fire Brigade focused on four neighbourhoods across Middlesbrough in a clean-up campaign
A TOWN is returning to old fashioned values and teaching youngsters respect. The initiative is being taken in Middlesbrough, whose mayor, former police detective superintendent Ray Mallon, was the architect of zero tolerance police techniques
A COUPLE'S dream of turning Hartlepool into a caravan holiday mecca took a forward at the weekend. Mark and Andrea Ashton opened their £500,000 Ashfield Caravan Park, in Dalton Piercy. The site, which will hold touring caravans and tents, will be open
DRIVERS face days of delays as road works force them to make extended detours around a seaside town. A councillor in charge of a Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's highways department has apologised for the inconvenience which lies ahead
THE tricks of Pete Firman's trade can upset audiences, as the Middlesbrough-born magician discovered during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year. An illusion in which he puts a mouse in a food processor, switches it on and blends the creature
Mrs In-Betweeny (BBC3, 9pm); Life In Cold Blood (BBC1, 9pm) UNCLE Brendan is a changed man. He's a she now. Brendan is Emma, and legal guardian to his, sorry her, dead brother's three children. If you're confused, spare a thought for the family
Neither Ashley Day nor Lorna Want had any idea just how big High School Musical was before they auditioned for parts in the musical phenomenon. They talk to Steve Pratt ASHLEY Day and Lorna Want are learning what its like to be part of
After being named creator of Britain's Best Dessert, chef Sean Wilkinson has been pinpointed as one of the rising stars in the culinary world. Deborah Johnson meets the man who cites Heston Blumenthal, Marco Pierre White and his beloved Aunt
SEEING a letter headed Liberal Democrats (HAS, Feb 28) reminded me that I had not received a reply to an email I sent to their party HQ asking how they intended to calculate a local income tax to replace the council tax should they ever gain power
AFTER watching Match of the Day on February 23, I am at a loss as to why Middlesbrough's Jeremie Aliadiere was sent off. It is beyond belief how this was called "violent conduct". It was little more than a tap on the cheek of Liverpool's Javier
BARBARA Gatford wanted to know what a puddler does in the steel industry (HAS, Feb 28). A brief description is as follows: "after the pure iron begins to form flakes, the work of the puddler was to keep the bath in motion with an iron pole, and
RE your correspondence from MEP Richard Corbett (HAS, Feb 13) and John Waiting (HAS, Feb 22) on the above subject. Monnet did not want to trick people into federation. The Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe, which has records of all of Monnet's
FLUORIDE used in drinking water is not harmless. It is an established poison with a clinical toxicity rating equivalent to lead and arsenic. It does not occur naturally in food, but is there because it is a killing agent in insecticides used for
WOEFUL as it may be, is anyone surprised at England's record in international football? We have struggled for years, always "nearly men". Not now - we are where we belong as also-rans. Take the 2006 World Cup. I sat at the first game in Frankfurt
WHAT kind of people have we running this country? At least one in five MPs employing relatives at taxpayers' expense. For example, Derek Conway - £40,000 to his absent sons. Now we have the Commons Speaker, Michael Martin, who claimed more than
HOW sad to read letters advocating the restoration of the death penalty. Just why would we want to do this? Murder by the state simply justifies the taking of life of one human being by another. It cheapens life which should be valued at the highest
IT became known as "The Understanding" - the agreement reached between the British press and the Ministry of Defence over Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan. I was first contacted by the Society of Editors about the possibility of the agreement
Singing at his friends' weddings was the perfect preparation for Jonathan Wilkes as he brings the musical of The Wedding Singer to Newcastle. He talks to Viv Hardwick about the lure of the West End, Ant and Dec and playing celebrity football at St James
NORMALLY, an announcement that a business park was to be created wouldn't make front page news. Normally, an announcement by developers that their new business park would create up to 2,000 jobs would be treated with scepticism - it is not the
DONALD McCain admits the nerves associated with training the Grand National favourite are already surfacing after Cloudy Lane completed an impressive hat-trick in Doncaster's Coolfun Limited Grimthorpe Chase. The Trevor Hemmings-owned eight-year-old
Middlesbrough 20 Darlington 13 ON A bad day for the Richardson brothers, Boro skipper David was the only one to emerge with any joy, despite having to be helped off with a leg injury ten minutes from time. His brothers in the opposition, Lee and
SUNDERLAND Harriers were thwarted in their bid to become the first Start Fitness North East Harrier League Club to win the menfs and womenfs team championships in the final meeting at Prudhoe. The Wearsiders ran away with their tenth successive
WITH Tynedale, and possibly Mowden Park, joining Blaydon in National Two next season a rumour is circulating among Newcastle Falcons members that the academy is to be scaled back. Tynedale clinched promotion on Saturday, while Mowden moved into
GLOUCESTER wing James Simpson-Daniel has been added to the England training squad that assembled in Bath last night for Saturdayfs RBS 6 Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield. England head coach Brian Ashton has opted for the Teessider
AFTER struggling through the front nine, New Zealander Mark Brown enjoyed a fine finish to his round at DLF Golf and Country Club to lift his second title in as many weeks with a three-stroke victory at the Johnnie Walker Classic. Brown was
MATHEW Sinclair is preparing for his maiden Test appearance against England, admitting his brief experience of their attack has left him more confused than ever about their abilities. Despite making a stunning 204 on his Test debut against West
Newcastle Eagles 79 Guildford Heat 86 IT IS recognised as the easiest shot in basketball but for Newcastle Eagles, beaten in both of this season's showpiece finals to date, the free throw is fast becoming the most difficult attempt to nail. As
GRAEME STORM fought off a mystery illness to claim his highest finish of the season on the European Tour. The Hartlepool golfer was always in contention at the Johnnie Walker Classic but, after a failure to finish with a flourish, he had to
TIM Ambrose is poised for an emotional family reunion as he prepares to become the latest incumbent to try to establish himself as England's Test wicketkeeper. Since the retirement of Alec Stewart in 2003, England have tried Chris Read, Geraint
DEAN WHITEHEAD feels Roy Keane's treatment of teammate Liam Miller for poor timekeeping is a reminder to the rest of the Sunderland squad of the manager's strict streak. Whitehead, the club captain, was part of the team that drew 0-0 at Derby
WHITLEY Bay manager Ian Chandler was unconcerned about the performance after his side clinched an FA Vase semi final place with a 1-0 win at Hungerford on Saturday. Whitley are now a two-legged semi-final tie away from a Wembley appearance after
HARTLEPOOL Reserves moved to the top of the table for the first time this season with Saturday's comfortable win over Windscale. Shaun Ross gave them an early lead with a spectacular free kick from 25 yards and Ryan Ross added the second goal
SCOTLAND boss George Burley has confirmed Phil Bardsley is in his thoughts C but stressed he would not beg the Sunderland defender to play for the Scots. Bardsley, who was born in Eccles and brought up nearby Salford, qualifies for Scotland
CHRIS Mort has insisted that Kevin Keegan retains the full support of the Newcastle United board despite Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Blackburn having dropped the Magpies to within three points of the Premier League relegation zone. Keegan was only
AN honest Michael Owen accepted full responsibility for Newcastlefs dramatic last-minute defeat to Blackburn on Saturday, claiming: "If I'd taken my chances, we would have won the game. Owen spurned three gilt-edged opportunities before Matt Derbyshire
JULIAN JOACHIM has issued a rallying call to his Quakers teammates by insisting they have not come this far to throw away the chance of League One football. While much of Darlington's success has been put down to skipper Steve Foster and the
JASON Scotland scored the only goal of the game to help Swansea claim a 1-0 win over Huddersfield and take a step closer to the League One title. The Trinidad and Tobago international turned in Ferrie Boddefs corner from close range on the stroke
CESC Fabregas insists Arsenal have the mental strength to dig out the results that will make them Premier League champions. The Gunners looked to be heading for a first home defeat of the campaign against Aston Villa, which would have seen them
Everton 3 Portsmouth 1 AYEGBENI Yakubu took his goal tally for the season to 18 with two against his former club, making sure Everton reclaimed fourth spot in the Premier League. Liverpool, winners earlier in the day at Bolton, had taken fourth
MANAGER Gareth Southgate says he wants Middlesbrough supporters to have a greater say in the Teessider's progress as the team strives on two fronts - to beat the drop and attempting to win the FA Cup. The last 15 years has proved to be the most
THE Northern Echo's new business team takes up its post today. Our new business editor is Owen McAteer, who joined the newspaper as an assistant news editor in 2006, having spent six years as a reporter for the Evening Chronicle, in Newcastle.
WORK has now been completed on a £2.3m refurbishment of the former MFI factory, in Teesside, which is expected to create up to 250 jobs. The MFI factory, on the Preston Farm Industrial Estate, in Stockton, closed in 2006 with the loss of 500
THE owner of Century Radio is launching a rock music station in the North-East. GMG Radio, which also operates Smooth Radio, is launching Rock Radio, a digital station, next month. The station, which will be based at GMG's studios, on the Team
A REGIONAL arts award has been relaunched. The Dover Prize was founded after Peggy Nonhebel funded the Dover Family Fund charity to promote art in and around Darlington. The fund also gives grants to the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College,
THOUSANDS of lives in the region have been saved since screening programmes for breast and cervical cancer were introduced two decades ago, figures show. Today marks the 20th anniversary since the introduction of the national breast cancer screening
TWO novice jockeys hope to fulfil the dream of a lifetime by racing at Aintree on Grand National Day. Gary Lynch, from Bedale, North Yorkshire, and Stewart Bellas, from Middlesbrough, have been shortlisted in the John Smith's People's Race, which
FALLEN war heroes will be remembered in a church's tribute to the men who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the World Wars. The tragic past of the parish of St Matthew and St Luke in Darlington will be remembered in a hand-made book that has just
COLLEGE chiefs will investigate the possibility of selling a campus on the outskirts of Durham City and moving to a new site. The board of East Durham and Houghall Community College has decided that the closure of its Houghall College site should
A DELIVERY driver has spoken of his terror as robbers threatened him with a taser gun. The 25-year-old said he was in no doubt that the stun gun was going to be used on him, as it was switched on and pointed at him. The man, who works for a firm
ALMOST a third of British nurses suffer frequent violence at work, according to research published today. Only France has higher rates of violence, the study found, from a list of ten European countries. The research, published in the journal
Bolton Wanderers 1 Liverpool 3 Rafael Benitez saw his Liverpool side end years of misery at the Reebok Stadium to emphasise their Champions League credentials.It was a sweet success for the Spanish coach but he got a helping hand from Jussi Jaaskelainen.The
Newcastle United 0 Blackburn Rovers 1 SOMETIMES, in football, you have to be careful what you wish for. When Sam Allardyce was boring everyone into submission at the start of the season, the accepted view of the 'average Newcastle fan' was that it was
EIGHTEEN months after stepping into management, Roy Keane returned to the place where it all started before using one of his mentor's favourite cliches to describe Sunderland's ongoing battle against the drop.Squeaky bum time has become synonymous with
Bournemouth 2 Hartlepool United 0 HARTLEPOOL UNITED'S away day misery continued with a below par performance at struggling Bournemouth.It's now 11 games since Pools last won away from Victoria Park - at Millwall on November 3 - and since then they have
THE head of the Roman Catholic Church in the North-East, the Right Reverend Kevin Dunn, has died in hospital of pneumonia, aged 57.Bishop Dunn, the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, died in his sleep in the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, on Saturday night.His
A DETERMINED group of choral die-hards has pledged to resurrect the dying tradition of boys' choirs in the North-East. As boys are reluctant to join youth choirs, adult choirs in the region are struggling from a lack of bass and tenor singers coming
UP to 160,000 children will be living in poverty in the region by the end of the decade unless drastic action is taken, a hard-hitting report warns today.The study by MPs urges Chancellor Alistair Darling to dramatically step-up efforts to get poor parents
IF nine-year-old Mica Newcomb's life story was made into a play, the script would seem far-fetched.But next week, she will tread the boards alongside two West End stars, despite suffering from a rare kidney disease.Mica, from St Helen Auckland, County
MORE than £100m will help transform one of the region's worst unemployment blackspots into a business park that could create more than 2,000 jobs, The Northern Echo can reveal.A consortium of developers is drawing up plans to create office accommodation
A MINING memorabilia exhibition has closed early, but the organisers are hopeful of winning funding to open its doors again.The Durham Miners' Heritage Group's display was closed to the public last Wednesday because the organisation's insurance policy
Darlington 3 Brentford 1 AFTER one of the most uninspiring first half performances of the season, Darlington manager Dave Penney proved there is far more to his managerial capabilities than merely exploiting the temporary transfer market.When it comes
Middlesbrough 0 Reading 1 MIDDLESBROUGH made it known prior to their fixture with Reading they were throwing their weight behind International Women's Week and supporting their domestic violence campaign. The Teessiders warmed up in T-shirts displaying
A MOTHER is preparing for a charity skydive to mark the anniversary of her son's death in a parachuting accident.Airman Andrew Wilson, 25, of St Helen Auckland, County Durham, fell to his death in June 2004 following a jump at Shotton Airfield, near Peterlee
AN exhibition to encourage people to shun foreign holidays for domestic ones will promote York as a prime British tourism destination. The city's tourist attractions look set to draw a lot of interest at VisitBritain's British Travel Trade Fair (BTTF
If you like to hear music that recalls glorious moments from pop and rock and music that inspires saxophone solos and key changes, you really should have a listen to Luke Leighfield because that is exactly what he's about. He's played all around
