71.   The thieves had stolen a Mitsubishi Shogun from Neasham Road, Darlington, in the early hours.

72.   Miss Jeanette told how in the early hours of that day she had gone with Nichol to a nearby beauty spot and they tried unsuccessfully to have sex.

73.   Firefighters were called to a house blaze in Sedgefield in the early hours of Saturday morning.

74.   A policewoman discovered the blaze which occurred in the early hours of yesterday.

75.   A SHIFT worker rushed out to witness a ram raid on a Darlington fashion shop in the early hours of yesterday.

76.   Vandals smashed the glass front door of Jaze hairdressers in Yarm Road, Darlington, with a rock in the early hours of yesterday.

77.   Fire crews were called out to Farmway at Piercebridge in the early hours of yesterday to tackle a blaze involving animal feed.

78.   Ian James walked in during the early hours of the morning and stole a leather jacket and a handbag from the hall.

79.   Burglars who struck at Barclays Bank in Barnard Castle immobilised the cashpoint in the early hours of Sunday morning.

80.   The man, of no fixed address, was found collapsed in his cell in the early hours of yesterday.