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Harrogate squash competitor Duncalf wins doubles Pool A in Glasgow
North Yorkshire's Jenny Duncalf has won her first match in the Women's Squash Doubles in Glasgow.
The 31-year-old from Harrogate, and her team mate Laura Massaro, won 11-4 and 11-5 in Pool A against Papua New Guinea.
Fishermen lucky to be alive after sea drama
Two fishermen are said to be lucky to be alive tonight after they spent nine hours adrift on a lifeboat after their own boat sank 12 miles off the coast of Sunderland.
The men, who haven't been identified, were picked up by a passing Dutch yacht on its way to Whitby and taken to Hartlepool Marina.
Joshua Shrimpton Dean reports.
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Full report: MH17 family meets with Prime Minister
The family of Newcastle United fan Liam Sweeney - who was killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash - has met the Prime Minister David Cameron today to discuss the investigation into the incident.
Barry Sweeney, Liam's father, together with his mother and other family members, left for London from Newcastle Central station early this morning for this afternoon's meeting.
They were also representing the family of John Alder, another fan who died on the flight.
Our correspondent Gregg Easteal joined the Sweeney famliy and has the hour-by-hour story of what was a difficult and emotional day.
PM was 'very humble' in meeting with MH17 families
Prime Minister David Cameron was "very humble" when he met the families of victims of the MH17 air disaster, according to one of the parents who attended the meeting.
Barry Sweeney said: "I've got to say Mr Cameron was very humble. He answered every question that was asked of him. He brought a few experts in to talk about crash sites and how the airplane might have come down."
The Newcastle native attended the hour-long meeting with his wife Angela and seven of the 10 families of British victims. His son Liam died alongside his friend John Alder.
The 52-year-old who spoke earlier with ITV News,said: "We basically asked Mr Cameron just to help. The talking I suppose has got to stop and the doing has got to be done."
He added: "I feel very angry and frustrated. It would be nice if they could just stop fighting for a little bit so that we could get all our boys and girls home."
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Read the full storyRobson Green turns the lights on at Cragside
The Northumberland estate of Cragside was made famous when it became the first house in the world to be lit by hydro-electricity.
Now it is going back to being powered by water again.
And the equally famous Northumberland actor, Robson Green, was the man to switch the power back on.
The modern hydro system is a 17-metre Archimedes screw, an old system used to generate power.
It can generate around ten percent of the electricity the property needs.
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Read the full storyDrinkhall says Table Tennis is a sport on the rise
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Paul Drinkhall says Table Tennis is on the up.
The 24-year-old, from Loftus, was part of the England Men's Team which finished as runners-up to Singapore. Northallerton's Daniel Reed was among the team.
Drinkhall also won a silver medal in the same event at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010.
An egg-stra special arrival in Washington
A Chilean flamingo egg has been successfully laid at WWT Washington Wetland Centre – the first in seven years.
It was spotted on a nest yesterday (July 28) and its arrival marks the culmination of a pioneering two-year conservation breeding project, during which flamingo chicks were hand-reared from eggs brought into the centre and integrated into the existing flock in a bid to encourage natural breeding.
The long-awaited WWT Washington egg has been carefully swapped for a clay dummy as a safety precaution and staff and volunteers now have an anxious wait to see if it is fertile.
This can be determined in about 10 days’ time using a method known as ‘candling’; where a bright torch is shone through the shell to check if there’s an embryo inside.
If there is, then the egg will continue to be incubated and cared for at the centre’s specialist duckery, ensuring it has the best chance of survival.
It will then be returned to the nest shortly before hatching, when the chick begins calling from inside as part of a bonding ritual with its parents, who’s job it will then be to raise the chick themselves.
WW1 soldier finds permanent home in Seaham
People in a County Durham town have raised £85,000 to buy a steel statue which was originally on loan to them for only three months.
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