Youths throwing eggs cause crash in Darlington

Updated 12:05am Thursday 24th May 2012

THIS is the dramatic moment a pensioner was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a rush-hour accident caused by yobs throwing eggs.

Updated 5:04pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012

NEWCASTLE UNITED have completed their first signing of the summer in the shape of Frenchman Romain Amalfitano.

Former fire chief tells how he saw man fall off Thirsk pub balcony

Updated 1:57pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012

A RETIRED fire chief has told how a crowded pub froze in horror after a man tumbled backwards off a balcony, leaving him fighting for his life.

Tall Ships Race wins best tourism event of the year

Updated 12:57pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012

Hartlepool's Tall Ships Race has won best tourism event of the year at the national Visit England Awards for Excellence.

'NHS cash will not go to the South'

Updated 8:00am Wednesday 23rd May 2012

HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley last night appeared to perform a major U-turn over future NHS funding reforms after it was revealed his proposals would leave the North- East at a massive disadvantage.

Falcons spared from relegation

Updated 1:59pm Wednesday 23rd May 2012

NEWCASTLE FALCONS have been spared from relegation after London Welsh failed to meet the minimum standards criteria for entry into the Aviva Premiership, English rugby chiefs have announced.

Arsonists leave trail of destruction in South Stanley

Updated 4:56pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

FIVE cars were burnt out when arsonists left an early morning trail of destruction through a town.

Hundreds attend funeral of Sunnybrow boy swept away by river

Updated 4:30pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

MORE than 300 mourners attended the funeral of a schoolboy who drowned after being swept away by a river.

Policeman crashes car into house in Horden

Updated 3:32pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

A POLICE officer was injured after his patrol car hit a family’s home while responding to a robbery.

Durham batsmen finally find their form

Updated 7:05pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

THE high noon start at Taunton yesterday saw the Durham batsmen come out will all guns blazing and after gaining one batting point from their first five games they picked up four.

Six people injured in gas explosion

Updated 6:52pm Monday 21st May 2012

SIX people have been taken to hospital after an explosion in a flat tonight.

Worker dies on North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Updated 2:49pm Monday 21st May 2012

A RAIL worker has died after becoming trapped between two trains on a heritage railway.

Residents can look forward to more peaceful future as crack den is shut down

Updated 6:27pm Monday 21st May 2012

RESIDENTS living in a block of flats in Darlington can look forward to a more peaceful life in future, after a property used for the suspected dealing and misuse of Class A drugs was boarded up.

Laidlaw's eleven boundaries keeps Tynedale top

Updated 2:41pm Monday 21st May 2012

In the NTSL only two matches survived the weather which again favoured leaders Tynedale.

Focus on Lockerbie victims - PM

Updated 4:34pm Sunday 20th May 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron has said the victims of the Lockerbie bombing should be remembered following the death of the only man ever convicted of the atrocity.

Updated 10:45am Saturday 19th May 2012

Hartlepool boxer Savannah Marshall has to be favourite for Olympic gold after a knockout performance at the world championships in Qinhuangdao, China.

York City back in the Football League after Wembley win

Updated 5:01pm Sunday 20th May 2012

YORK City have beaten Luton Town 2-1 in a nailbiting Conference play off final at Wembley this afternoon.

Reports: Lockerbie bomber has died

Updated 1:48pm Sunday 20th May 2012

THE Foreign Office is investigating reports the Lockerbie bomber has died.

Three vehicle crash closes A19 in County Durham

Updated 12:38pm Sunday 20th May 2012

A THREE vehicle collision caused a lengthy the closure of a busy dual carriageway today.

Chelsea win Champions League penalty shoot out

Updated 10:31pm Saturday 19th May 2012

Chelsea have been crowned European club champions for the first time in their history after a dramatic penalty shoot-out win in Germany.

Savannah Marshall wins world championship gold

Updated 10:45am Saturday 19th May 2012

Hartlepool boxer Savannah Marshall has to be favourite for Olympic gold after a knockout performance at the world championships in Qinhuangdao, China.

Updated: Large fire destroys six shops and restaurants in Eaglescliffe

Updated 1:40pm Saturday 19th May 2012

A FIRE which has destroyed six shops and restaurants in Eaglescliffe, Stockton, has now been extinguished.

Stockton predator groomed girls on Facebook

Updated 8:00am Saturday 19th May 2012

FRESH warnings were issued last night over the dangers of the internet as a pervert who targeted hundreds of girls in the North-East was starting a six-year prison sentence.

Swaledale cheesemaker died in snow feet from house after son's 21st

Updated 8:00am Saturday 19th May 2012

AN award-winning cheesemaker died in the snow only feet from her house hours after being the “life and soul” of her son’s 21st birthday party.

Tributes paid to biker killed near Hawes

Updated 8:00am Saturday 19th May 2012

TRIBUTES have been paid to a motorcyclist who died after his bike collided with a tractor in the Yorkshire Dales.

Magpies may miss out on target Vertonghen

Updated 8:00am Saturday 19th May 2012

NEWCASTLE UNITED are set to miss out on the signing of Jan Vertonghen after Tottenham moved into pole position to sign the highly-rated defender.

Fire crews to the rescue after horse and cart dragged into River Derwent

Updated 9:19pm Friday 18th May 2012

A HORSE had to be rescued from a river after falling in while attached to a cart.

Armed man who targeted Durham Tesco was depressed

Updated 6:48pm Friday 18th May 2012

A DESPERATE and heavily armed man who roamed the aisles of a superstore was suffering depressive illness at the time, a court was told.

Houghton-le-Spring crash claims its fourth victim from same family

Updated 2:23pm Friday 18th May 2012

A FATAL road accident in which a lorry collided with a car last month has claimed its fourth victim - all from the same family.

Falcons sign Scotland international

Updated 12:29pm Friday 18th May 2012

NEWCASTLE Falcons' fight-back has continued with the eye-catching acquisition of Scotland scrum-half Rory Lawson.

Alert over cannabis and legal highs spiked with crystal meth

Updated 8:00am Friday 18th May 2012

DRUG workers last night issued an urgent warning after tests revealed batches of cannabis and legal highs circulating in a North-East town have been contaminated with potentially deadly crystal meth.

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Biker dies after collision with tractor in Yorkshire Dales

Updated 10:29am Friday 18th May 2012

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after his bike was in a collision with a tractor.

Former Cleveland Police officer from Coxhoe denies cigarette smuggling

Updated 8:00am Friday 18th May 2012

TWO former North-East police officers were part of a sophisticated criminal gang behind a cigarette smuggling operation that spanned the globe, a jury was told yesterday.

Johnson is becoming England's forgotten man

Updated 9:05am Friday 18th May 2012

WHEN Roy Hodgson announced his England squad for the European Championships on Wednesday, there was plenty of discussion about some of the players that missed out.