- Brand and Perry divorce finalised
- Bank set to add £50bn economy boost
- Man arrested in US over 1993 raid
- Lottery winners thank 'lucky' vibe
- Ofsted boss outlines rating changes
- BBC boss backs more 'older' women
- PM urges more women in boardrooms
- Award for Harry the Apache pilot
- Disruption fears as snow forecast
- Watchdog warning over defence cuts
- Elderly man dies after dog attack
- Junk food ads 'aimed at children'
- Results reveal cost of hack probe
- PM, Osborne 'wedded to old rules'
- Falkland military claims rejected
- Coogan settles NotW hacking claim
- Mills will give evidence to Leveson
- Race abuse fan gets three year ban
- Tory MPs demand Livingstone apology
- Airport tweet 'made law look silly'
Football
Hartlepool boss Neale Cooper hails Paul Murray as a mirror image of himself as a player
NEALE Cooper wouldn’t be the first manager to laud the merits of Paul Murray – but the Pools boss admits he sees something of himself in the midfield terrier.
Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray praises young striker Curtis Main after FA Cup disappointment against Sunderland
DISAPPOINTED Tony Mowbray took few positives out of Middlesbrough’s spirited FA Cup exit to neighbours Sunderland.
Sunderland’s Stephane Sessegnon hails team effort after FA Cup win over Middlesbrough
STEPHANE Sessegnon today played down the impact of his scoring streak despite a fourth goal in eight ensuring Sunderland prevailed in the Tees-Wear derby.
Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill hopes Stephane Sessegnon is fit after FA Cup marathon against Middlesbrough
MARTIN O’Neill hopes Stephane Sessegnon suffers no after-effects of his match-winning display on Teesside.
Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill relieved to avoid penalties in FA Cup tie against Middlesbrough
MARTIN O’Neill admits he was a relieved man after Sunderland avoided the “lottery” of a penalty shoot-out against their neighbours.
Other Sport
Onward and upward for Martin video
TOWN boxer Martin Ward declares his intention to be England bantamweight champion.
Six of the best for Saunders in boxing pro debut
BRADLEY Saunders will take on one of British boxing’s most durable figures when he makes his professional debut on Friday night.
Mixed luck for Poolie punchers in Brazil
POOLIE punchers Amanda Coulson and Savannah Marshall experienced mixed fortunes in their international bouts in Brazil last night.
Hartlepool golfer Graeme Storm reflects on finishing 30th in HSBC Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
GRAEME Storm will today be looking forward to the next leg of golf’s desert tour after a superb start to 2012.
Danny Cope set for quick return to boxing ring after defeat
DANNY Cope will make a quick return to the ring on Tuesday in a bid to bury the frustration of a disputed defeat.
National
Tremlett undergoes surgery
England paceman Chris Tremlett has had back surgery to address the problem which forced him out of the ongoing series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Jones set for lock role
Former Wales captain Ryan Jones will take the place of banned lock Bradley Davies in Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash against Millennium Stadium visitors Scotland.
England unchanged for Italy clash
Chris Robshaw will captain an unchanged England team in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy in Rome's Stadio Olimpico.
Capello tight-lipped
Fabio Capello has insisted that he will not go into detail on the reasons behind his resignation.
Botha warning over Italy clash
Saracens lock Mouritz Botha has warned his England team-mates not to take Italy lightly as they bid to build on their opening RBS 6 Nations win over Scotland.
Columnists
Exports are key to business success
There is much doom and gloom about the state of the country’s economy and the long-term prospects for economic recovery.
Budget’s best we can do
AT regular intervals over a number of months, I have tried to explain the budget process through this column and describe the difficult situation we find ourselves in.
A local take on the ‘killer vanilla’ treat
I WAS chatting to a friend in a Hartlepool restaurant the other day (well, Greggs the pasty shop) and, not for the first time, we were pondering our town’s Scottish links.
Bill does nothing for the jobless
AS I write this, I am in Westminster waiting to vote on the Welfare Reform Bill, which is a piece of proposed legislation put forward by the Government to change provision on benefits.
Good in theory
JUST over a year ago David Cameron announced that the Government was going to turn around the lives of the 120,000 most troubled families in the country by 2015.
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Weather for Hartlepool
Thursday 09 February 2012
Today
Light sleet
Temperature: 0 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 7 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: -3 C to 2 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: South
