AN ILLEGAL travellers' camp has appeared over the weekend. Residents have voiced their concern over the camp, which runs alongside the river Skerne at Great Burdon in Darlington. About 30 caravans have settled on the site, and up to 40 vehicles an hour
FAMILY and friends of a tanker driver who was killed when his vehicle fell from a bridge have collected 1,413 signatures in support of their campaign. Mark and Janet Williams, from Darlington, are calling on the haulage industry to fit seat belts in
Basketball in association with Game Time Birthday Parties & Decorative Concrete Solutions The success of the Schools season, especially the Finals Event would be hard to top, but Game Time promised an awards ceremony to remember and with over 200 people
AN OFCOM report which claims there is now no broadband divide between rural and urban areas has been attacked as unrealistic. The report suggests that take-up of broadband in rural areas is now higher than in the UKs cities. But William Worsley, Yorkshire
A SECURITY guard was badly beaten in a violent attack over the weekend. Three youths set about the man at a building site on Grange Road in Darlington in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police believe the man was subjected to an attack which lasted
SCOTLAND'S Andy Murray was made to fight all the way before securing a second round spot on day one of the French Open in Paris. The British number one was up against a partisan home crowd as well as Frenchman Jonathan Eyserric, eventually winning 6-
MONTY Panesar claimed Test-best figures as England clawed their way back against New Zealand at Old Trafford. The left-arm spinner took six for 37 as the New Zealanders capitulated for just 114 for nine - injured batsman Daniel Flynn not batting - in
JAMES Hayter's second-half header helped Doncaster win promotion and consigned Leeds to a second season of third-tier football after a tense Coca-Cola League One play-off final at Wembley. Hayter took advantage of dismal marking to head in a 47th-minute
LEWIS Hamilton won an action-packed Monaco Grand Prix to regain control in the fight for the Formula One Drivers' crown. The McLaren driver survived an early run into the barriers on a wet track before becoming only the fifth Briton to take the chequered
I caught up with Lead vocalist from Kids In Glass Houses, Aled Phillips just before they launch into their new UK tour to promote their new album "Smart Casual". When Aled first started the band it was to become nothing more than merely a hobby but now
Kids In Glass Houses are a five-piece indie rock band from the surrounding valleys of Cardiff. Their sound emerges into rock and roll with some added 80's twists. The opener Good Boys Gone Rad starts the proceedings off pleasantly enough followed by a
A POLICE drugs strategy has been hailed a success, after it led to more people getting potentially lifesaving treatment for drugs overdoses. Under the new system, which was introduced across North Yorkshire in December, police are no longer routinely
A MAN remains in intensive care after being found with head injuries in the early hours of Saturday morning. Detectives working on the case have not yet established whether the man was attacked or if his injuries were the result of an accident. The
POLICE in an area that has seen the biggest fall in crime in the county have vowed to target the one growing problem on their patch. Crime figures for the past 12 months across County Durham show the biggest improvement on the previous year was in the
AN awards scheme that praises and supports initiatives for a town's young people has held its inaugural prize giving night. Ten groups entered Bishop Auckland Town Council's first youth awards which recognise positive projects and enhance them with prizes
A VILLAGE primary and its headteacher came top of the class in a regional education awards scheme. St Joseph's RCVA Primary School, in Coundon, enjoyed double success in the North-East Schools Awards last week when it picked up the two top awards. It
OFFICERS trying to trace a missing mother and her five young daughters have evidence that the family travelled to London on the night they disappeared. Natalie Bracht, 34, left her home in Sunderland on Saturday, May 17 with her children, aged between
