Birtley Town did not play at the weekend, but they were confirmed in the Second Division relegation places as Esh Winning won to seal their safety. Visitors Alnwick led for more than an hour, through Tom McPherson, before Luke Hogan became Esh's hero, ...

Brandon Boxing Club's Georgia O'Connor was crowned a winner at the Junior National Championship Finals for the third time when she made a successful defence of her British title against the visiting Amy Cooper from Gosport in Birtley. O'Connor, who ...

A NORTH-EAST digger firm will make a new model for European markets, The Northern Echo can reveal. Komatsu UK has been chosen by its Japanese bosses to supply a next generation hybrid excavator from its plant in Birtley, near Chester-le-Street.

The machine is a Komatsu PC210-3 and sits in a corner at the business' sprawling plant in Birtley, near Chester-le-Street. Made on September 21 1988, the then rusting digger was rescued by the company when its owner abandoned it for a new model.

The eight men and two women represent clubs in Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Sunderland, North Shields, Gateshead and Blyth, with three hailing from Birtley ABC, which was the most successful club at the 2015 Championships, winning three of the ten male ...

Their meeting took place early on a D & A club show at the Paragon Hotel in Birmingham, so Davies could be present at Birtley to cheer his sibling on. The 20-year-old will now go to the Croxteth Leisure Centre in Liverpool on Saturday. He'll be taking ...