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Driver makes off after car overturns

POLICE say the driver of this car made off after it overturned.

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Archbishop Welby's shock over biological father revelation

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Serious crash on the A691 near Lanchester

Woman and three children, including one-year-old baby, taken to hospital following crash near Lanchester

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Durhamstrang's quidditch players, seen in action against Holyrood Hippogriffs, from Edinburgh, last November

Durham team leading the field in sport inspired by Harry Potter series prepares to play in largest tournament of its kind

Artist's impression of the completed riverside promenade at the redeveloped Riverwalk leisure complex

Shopping centre to be rebranded as part of £30m transformation

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The award-winning Durham Pointers scheme is hoping to recruit more volunteers to welcome visitors to the city over the summer

Durham Pointers launches recruitment drive ahead of summer season

Police appeal over missing Durham man Daniel Wood

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The car after the accident. Photo: Durham RPU

Driver crashes after losing control of car near Durham

An artist's impression of the proposed Everyman Cinema in Durham

Contracts exchanged for Everyman Cinema at Durham

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Gary Bennett at the launch of Footgolf at Ramside golf club. Picture: TOM BANKS

FootGolf phenomenon kicks off in the North-East

An Esh Parish Council notice informing Langley Park residents of the closure of Sir Bobby Robson play park, displayed on the park gates. Picture: MARK TALLENTIRE

Sir Bobby Robson park closed by 'mindless' vandalism

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Demolition work gets underway at the old Durham Constabulary HQ in Aykley Heads. Picture: TOM BANKS

'Take him down' - demolition begins at old Durham Police HQ

Artist Frances Anderson and McMillan Therapy Assistant with some tea-themed art at Willow Burn Hospice. Picture: TOM BANKS

Exhibition with a tea theme opens at Willow Burn Hospice, near Lanchester

Kevin Wathen and Victoria Elliott in Get Carter

Get Carter play at Gala Durham

The Birthday Party. Picture: SHEILA BURNETT

Macabre Pinter comedy at Gala Durham

CCG hosts patient congress

The proposed site of the new Durham Diagnostics and Treatment Centre on Belmont Industrial Estate, Durham, with a new car showroom and the Soccarena sports complex in the background. Picture: MARK TALLENTIRE

Multi-million pound health centre planned for Durham

Sport

Magpies fans have to keep believing

I SPENT most of last Saturday trying to distract myself from the goings-on at Carrow Road, but failed.

Sunderland's Jermain Defoe. Picture: Richard Sellers/PA Wire

Can Cats copy Foxes example?

DeAndre Yedlin, one of only four Sunderland players on international duty

Black Cats Banter: Sunderland seek clean sheet against West Bromwich Albion

Durham Women's Nicki Gears, seen here in action against Sunderland Ladies last year, was in fine form in the 2-0 win over London Bees on Monday Picture: CHRIS BOOTH

Two clean sheets help Durham Women make winning start

Newcastle goalkeeper Rob Elliot, who has been ruled out for the season after suffering a knee injury while on international duty with the Republic of Ireland

Middy's Magpies Musings: Benitez facing goalkeeper conundrum

Callum geared up for Olympic trials

Newcastle United's new manager Rafael Benitez after his press conference at St James' Park, Newcastle. Picture: Scott Heppell/PA Wire

Middy's Magpies Musings: New boss, time for a whole new outlook

Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Black Cats Banter: Magnificent seven is the target

Sunderland's Fabio Borini is brought down by Southampton's Jose Fonte on the edge of the area, resulting in a red card for Fonte, during the Barclays Premier League match at the St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

Black Cats Banter: Tighter defence is key for Cats

Newcastle United manager Steve McLaren looks to the heavens for inspiration

Middy's Magpies Musings: McLaren needs to solve travel problems

Billingham Town’s Gary Redman, right, and Northallerton’s Damon Reakes in action in last Saturday’s Ebac Northern League division two encounter. Picture: STUART BOULTON

Shildon brush aside Dunston to go clear

Sunderland's Wahbi Khazri celebrates with his team-mates after scoring his side's first goal during the 2-1 win over Manchester United last Saturday

Black Cats Banter: Escape plan starts to bear fruit

South Moor Golf Club youngsters Dan Welsh and Abbi Wheatley splash out of the practice bunker on the biggest Astroturf golf practice area in Europe

Golf club makes the most of grant aid

Newcastle United's Aleksandar Mitrovic celebrates scoring his side's winner against West Brom

Middy's Magpies Musings: Makeshift Newcastle rise to the challenge

Lamine Kone and Jermain Defoe celebrate the England striker's equaliser at Anfield last Saturday

Black Cats Banter: New signings must gel quickly

Crystal Palace end long wait for league win in 2016 to leave Norwich in danger

Relief greeted Crystal Palace's first Premier League win of 2016 as Jason Puncheon's fine strike earned a 1-0 win over Norwich.

Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the winner in Swansea's 1-0 Barclays Premier League victory over Chelsea

Gylfi Sigurdsson on the mark as Chelsea are beaten at Swansea

Jonny Bairstow, left, has dethroned Jos Buttler, right, as England's first-choice Test wicketkeeper

Jonny Bairstow in relaxed mood ahead of big season for Yorkshire and England

Rule The World is Grand National hero at Aintree

Frank Halai runs in to score his side's second try

Wasps move through to the semi-finals after beating Exeter in a classic clash

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A plan to unite behind

AS well as sharing many of the North-East’s problems arising from industrial decline, County Durham has its own unique set of challenges.

Tributes have been paid following the death of Don Robson.

A striking, long-lasting legacy

Supporters of the Save the DLI Museum campaign stage a protest at County Hall, Durham, on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Not the end, only the beginning

Durham County Council leader Simon Henig

In search of fairer funding for councils

The ultimate sacrifice of ordinary folk

A powerful and poignant exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme has opened to the public.

The Pals bathing in the Suez Canal. Copyright Durham County Record Office D/DLI 2/18/24(168). Reproduced by permission of Durham County Record Office and the Trustees of the Former DLI

Boat crashes, near-misses and panic on the deck as the Pals set sail again

New recruits to the 18th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, known as the Durham Pals, reporting for duty at Cocken Hall

Pals march with pride and passion as fervour for war grips the country

Items stored in an Ancient Egyptian tomb, now on display at Durham University's Oriental Museum. Picture: TOM BANKS

World's first prosthetic limb and 'must see' Egyptian treasure part of new £100k Durham gallery

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Motorcyclist killed in collision with fire engine

A motorcyclist has died after a collision with a fire engine.

Tragic toddler Ayeeshia Jane Smith, aged just 21 months, was stamped to death by her mother Kathryn Smith (Staffordshire Police/PA)

MP warns against internal inquiry into death of tragic toddler Ayeeshia

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A girl looks out of a doorway in the Ambedkar Nagar slum area in Mumbai

Slum children bemused by William and Kate's 'fairy tale' lifestyle

The death by stabbing of historian Adrian Greenwood in Oxford has prompted a murder investigation

Murder inquiry after historian found stabbed to death in hallway

Classical musicians to stage charity concert at Durham Cathedral

TWO of the North-East’s leading classical musicians are to give a performance in aid of a charity that helps talented youngsters join Durham Cathedral choir.

Kynren shows will bring England’s glorious past back to life

Castle concept event is a historic extravaganza

Bob Elliott, of the City of Durham Freemen, presents a £950 donation to Anthony Smith, chairman of Durham Musical Theatre Company, to support the Company's The Best of British Musicals production

Review: The Best of British Musicals by Durham Musical Theatre Company

Easter Procession in the Region of Kursk

The Durham Singers to stage concert performance of Rachmaninov's Vespers at Ushaw College

Review: The Gardens Cafe, Wynyard Hall

THE rose garden at Wynyard Hall could be thought of as the final piece in the jigsaw for the man who rescued the most stately of the North-East’s stately homes from ruin.

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The Cross Keys Inn at Esh. Picture: STUART BOULTON

Review: The Cross Keys Inn, Esh

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