The EFL's head of youth development, Darren Wassall, on the success of the league's academy system and what more needs to be done.

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Former pubs in Bishop Auckland will be demolished for the development, the applicants say.

The RMT union says train station ticket staff at Northern will walk out on 7 and 8 October.

Durham pick up five crucial batting bonus points in their fight against relegation as their game against Worcestershire is drawn.

The Five Bridges skatepark is to be demolished, along with the crumbling Gateshead flyover.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

It's purely about batting points now at Chester-le-Street and Durham have 38 overs remaining in which to try to reach 450.

They need 4.5 runs an over to do it and are going along at 4.8.

Worcestershire's task has not been helped by the fact Brett D'Oliveira injured his ankle after one delivery earlier and can't bowl. He's not on the field.

They have now used nine bowlers, including Kashif Ali. I had him down as a leggy but he's bowling medium pace. Daniel Lategan is bowling for the first time in a championship match as well.

Emilio Gay has just added two runs to take his total to 151. And with Hampshire five down at Somerset, a defeat for them and a draw here would see Durham out of the bottom two. And any bating points would be an added bonus.

Hundreds of students are evacuated from Thornhill Academy after reports of a gas smell.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Worcestershire skipper Brett D'Oliveira has spent the afternoon off the field after he rolled his ankle bowling his first ball of the match.

It could be a bitter blow for The Pears, who are just two days away from the One-Day Cup final against Hampshire.

Durham lost two wickets in the morning session before Emilio Gay and David Bedingham put on 122 for the third wicket.

Bedingham has been struggling for any kind of form this season, following a broken toe against Warwickshire back in the spring. When he was fit to play again he was away with South Africa.

In the few glimpses we have seen of him since, there's not been much form to talk about. He had a scratchy start today before settling in and reaching 50. But then he got carried away and paid the price.

Having hit Matthew Waite for a four and a six, he tried to pull him for another maximum off the final ball of the over and was caught on 58 at fine leg.

Live by the sword die by the sword, as they say. But given Durham's relegation predicament he could have been a bit more risk averse today and spent most of the afternoon in the middle.

Meanwhile, Gay has 92 runs and has hit some lovely cover drives to the boundary.

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Worcestershire's relegation is confirmed on day three of their County Championship match at Durham after missing out on maximum batting points.

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Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

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Ethan Brookes has become the second Worcestershire batsman to score a century in this game.

Gareth Roderick made 151 earlier, but Brookes has just been bowled on 100 by Matty Potts. He threw the kitchen sink at a ball and lost his off stump. The knock included 11 fours and one six. The only six of the match.

And I have no idea why they have not declared. Tom Taylor has also just reached 50.

Durham didn't bother taking the second new ball until the 164th over with the score 554-8. They have been in the field for 165.4 overs and as a result of that this is their second longest bowling spell in FC cricket.

The longest is 176 overs batted by Yorkshire in 2010 when they made 610 runs.

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The Liberal Democrat leader says net zero policies were saving money for taxpayers in Durham.

Martin Emmerson
BBC Radio Newcastle

Given the amount of time lost in this game to the weather, I was hoping Worcestershire would pull the plug on their first innings at tea.

The track is flat and slow and Durham don't look like they will bowl them out any time soon.

I can't see the point in them batting on. They can't stay up. They were relegated earlier this afternoon. So why plod on at three runs an over?

If they want to go down fighting their best hope of victory would have been to give themselves four sessions to try and bowl Durham out twice.

Gareth Roderick has 140 and Ethan Brookes 40. But it's all desperately dull.

The groundstaff are now doing a co-ordinated lap of the field, rather slowly, a bit like the pace of this game. Commentator Melinda Farrell says it's a funeral march to commemorate the death of this pitch!

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