Champion jockey 'in race-fixing scandal'

2:06am today

FORMER champion jockey Kieren Fallon was accused yesterday of taking part in a plot to throw races for a crooked betting syndicate at the start of his corruption trial at the Old Bailey.

Local stables provided the inspiration for top jockey

5:06am today

BY far the best known of the defendants in the dock at the Old Bailey, Kieren Fallon has swept all before him in the Flat racing world, becoming champion jockey six times and achieving three Derby wins in the process.

Inquest told how man died after surgeon removed knife

3:07am today

A MAN died in a North-East hospital minutes after a knife he had plunged into his heart was removed by a surgeon, an inquest has heard.

Scientists given go-ahead for hybrid embryos

4:05am today

A GOVERNMENT rethink on so-called hybrid embryos makes it likely that North-East stem cell scientists can soon begin world-beating research.

Second council youth worker suspended

6:05am today

A COUNCIL has admitted suspending a second member of staff employed by its youth engagement service.

Fury as heroes threatened with charge for war parade

4:05am today

A WAR veteran has branded a threat to charge Remembrance Day marchers £54 an hour for street cleaning as "bureaucratic nonsense".

Rail death man identified

6:30pm Monday 8th October 2007

TRANSPORT police have identified a man killed on the East Coast Main Line early today.

Club manager cleared

3:56pm Monday 8th October 2007

A man accused of being involved in the management of a club where a "blind eye" was turned to the use of drugs has been cleared.

Blaze claims lives of newlyweds

3:08pm Monday 8th October 2007

A NEWLY-WED couple died side by side when a blaze ripped through their flat.

Ghost ships showdown begins tomorrow

2:39pm Monday 8th October 2007

THE latest chapter of the North-East ghost ships drama starts tomorrow with the opening of a public inquiry by the Planning Inspectorate.

Pensioner targeted again by vandals

12:08pm Monday 8th October 2007

A PENSIONER who had been organising a Dads' Army convention has had her car turned onto its side in the latest of a spate of vandal attacks.

Boffin uses appliance of science to overturn speeding ticket

12:00pm Monday 8th October 2007

A SCIENTIST escaped a speeding fine after a mobile phone system he devised showed that a police speed camera clocked him at 12mph more than he was going.

Fallon trial set to begin

11:08am Monday 8th October 2007

FORMER champion jockey Kieren Fallon will return to the Old Bailey today for the start of a race fixing trial.

Teenager airlifted after three-vehicle collision

10:55am Monday 8th October 2007

A TEENAGE boy has been airlifted to hospital following a three-vehicle accident on Teesside.

Blair's police team at former constituency redeployed

10:39am Monday 8th October 2007

MORE than two dozen armed police are heading back to the streets - after spending ten years guarding the Prime Minister.

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