A TEENAGER from the North-East died after he was tied to a tree, made to drink petrol and then set on fire, detectives said today. Read more here
Elton 'still going ahead' 1:03pm today ORGANISERS of the Elton John concert at Darlington Arena have reassured fans it is still going ahead despite the weather.
Rainy welcome for salsa dancers 2:47pm today SALSA dancers got a flavour of the North-East weather when they arrived in Darlington to promote a dance festival thisd afternoon.
F1 chief under fire as Hill fumes at decision 6:05am today Damon Hill has severely criticised Bernie Ecclestone, accusing him of sucking money out of grand prix organisers without re-investing in Formula One's infrastructure.
Durham fall well short in their game of catch up 9:47am today WHEN Dale Benkenstein lifted
the Friends Provident Trophy
last August, he spoke of
Durham's first piece of silverware
being "the first of many
trophies". It still might be
given the county's position in
the top three of the County
Championship and impending
quarter-final in the Twenty20
Cup, but despite the
South African's best efforts
yesterday, it will not be the
first half of a Friends Provident
double.
Business quarter is ‘tremendous boost’9:09am today ENERGY company npower
has taken more than 100,000sq
ft of office space at Terrace
Hill's £300m Baltic Business
Quarter in Gateshead.
ABBA cadabra10:29am today As the film version of Mamma Mia opens next
week, Oscar-winner Meryl Streep talks to Steve
Pratt about starring in the mother of all musicals
No comment on Applegarth job rumours9:08am today
ZERO-EMISSION vehicle
maker Tanfield Group yesterday
refused to comment on
speculation that Northern
Rock's former chief executive
would be joining the company.
‘No one should go through this’9:16am Fri 4 Jul 08 Emma Bryant
suffered years of
abuse from her
husband. Today,
she waives her right to
anonymity to urge others to
speak out against their
tormentors. She talks to Jim
Entwistle.
IAN Bryant subjected his wife to a decade
of violent abuse, a campaign of intimidation
and physical harm that continued
even after their divorce. The unprovoked
attacks culminated in him breaking into
the former marital home and raping her on the
kitchen floor.
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