51.   Dick Corden dropped a bombshell on relegation-haunted Darlington when he resigned as chairman yesterday.

52.   DICK Corden yesterday resigned as chairman of Darlington Football Club which is threatened with relegation.

53.   The Rev David Richardson team vicar at Brayton is the new Rector of Monk Fryston and South Milford while the Rev John Roden has resigned as Diocesan Youth Officer.

54.   Richard Lines, executive chairman of chemicals company ITM, has resigned as chairman of Teesside Polytechnic.

55.   Another former North-East player, ex-Sunderland winger Terry Curran, has resigned as manager of HFS Loans League Goole Town.

56.   The latest casualty is Bettino Craxi, who this week resigned as leader of the Socialist party, the PSI.

57.   Mr Mellor, who resigned as National Heritage Secretary, offered to answer.

58.   The scandal has forced former prime minister and strong Amato backer Bettino Craxi to resign as head of the party.

59.   He became a vice-president of the club three years ago, on resigning as a director to make way for Mr Bill Kenwright.

60.   Also in January, Shelby Coffey III resigned as president of CNN Business News.