A MAN was left with cuts, bruises and a broken nose after he was kicked and punched unconscious by a gang of teenagers. The attack happened at Redcar High Street on Saturday night. As many as 14 teenagers were involved in the apparently unprovoked assault
A 15-year-old boy is in hospital receiving treatment for burns described as "life-threatening" after a house fire in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, today. The boy was rescued from the home at St Matthew's Terrace, Newbottle, at 2.15pm on Sunday. Police
A COUPLE and their daughter escaped from a house following a suspected arson attack at the weekend - alerted by a smoke alarm which had been fitted by for free by firefighters. Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service community safety manager Dave
ENGLAND are closing in on a 2-0 series whitewash after claiming ten West Indian wickets on the fourth day of the second Test at Riverside. Resuming their first innings on 94-3, the tourists were forced to follow on after they were dismissed for 310.
HOMEOWNERS are being urged to tighten up security to stop a sudden spate of burglaries in an area used to seeing crime figures fall. Burglaries in the former Wear Valley area have reduced during each of the last three years but in recent weeks there
MORE than 100 homes could be built on a former factory site, after it was declared “clean” by inspectors. Esh Group has applied for permission to build 121 homes on the former Cape asbestos factory site, in Bowburn. Contractors have spent 10 months
A TOWN council has given youth projects a boost by rewarding their achievements with grants to keep up their good work. The second Bishop Auckland Town Council youth awards was held at Bishop Auckland town hall on Friday night. Mayor Alan Anderson said
VILLAGERS who enjoyed a traditional annual fair packed with activities at the weekend are already looking forward to next year’s event. Hundreds of people turned out for activities and family entertainment at Sedgefield medieval fair in Sedgefield
ENGLAND are close to enforcing the follow on after a successful afternoon session against the West Indies at Riverside. The tourists are 303-8 at tea, a score that leaves them 66 runs short of the follow on with two wickets remaining. Wicketkeeper Denesh
CHARITY hikers are walking from Coast to Coast to raise funds for a trust set up in memory of a North Yorkshire soldier killed in Iraq. Lance Corporal Ben Hyde, 23, from Northallerton, was killed in June 2003, while serving with the Royal Military Police
POLICE are seeking witnesses after a teenage boy was mugged for his mobile phone by two hooded youths. The incident happened last night between 10.15pm and 10.30pm in the car park at Sainsburys on Victoria Road in Darlington. The 15 year old boy was
HOSPICE fundraisers and supporters stepped out and pedalled for the charity at the weekend. About 60 people today took part in the 12th Sunflower Cycle or Saunter, which raises money for St Cuthbert’s Hospice, in Durham. The course followed a circular
A COLOURFUL production of the Little Shop of Horrors - complete the a giant man-eating plant - will be staged by dozens of young people this week. The production by Starset Theatre - formerly the Durham Stage School - will open at the Assembly
WILLIAM Hague is to get rid of all his lucrative outside interests by September, he confirmed today. The shadow Foreign Secretary said he would be ending his directorships and after-dinner speeches in order to concentrate fully on the next general election
STUART Broad removed West Indies dangermen Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan at Riverside this morning to leave England in the driving seat on the fourth day of the second Test. The West Indies were 188-5 a lunch, a deficit of 381 to England's
CRIMEFIGHTERS are celebrating in North Yorkshire as crime levels hit a ten-year low and public confidence in the police grows. North Yorkshire Police Authority has unveiled statistics which show crime has been driven down on a significant scale. The
VISITORS to a mental health support centre will be sitting comfortably after fundraisers gave £700 to buy a new chair. Yorkshire Building Society’s Charitable Foundation gave the funds to the Mental Health Support for its centre in Northallerton. The
DRINKING pals are hoping to be toasting success after they clubbed together to save their local pub from been shut. Four friends joined to buy The Buck Inn, at Maunby, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, for £250,000 when it was threatened with
THE owners of a derelict factory which has become an eyesore strewn with rubbish are to clean up the site or face prosecution. Hambleton District Council have given Wordsworth Holdings, of Grantham, six weeks to tidy up the site in Northallerton
A HERITAGE scheme to help people trace family trees and to tour a rural churches graveyard has been boosted with a £4,050 grant. Aysgarth Church, in Wensleydale, has been given the funds via the National Lottery’s Awards for All scheme. It will be spent
A CONTROVERSIAL six foot high security fence built to tackle teens damaging a £78,000 play area has been deemed a success. Troublemakers targeted the Flatts Walk play area, in Sowerby, near to Thirsk, where they smashed empty booze bottles. The youths
RESIDENTS of an east Durham community have been invited to a public event to have their say on further healthcare provision in their area. To help with the process in a third event will be held in the lounge of the Horden Social Welfare Centre, Seventh
A NORTH EAST MP today said he had done nothing wrong over claims he bought his partner's share of their London flat with a taxpayer backed mortgage. Labour MP for Tyne Bridge David Clelland was said to have bought out his partner's share of
