A TOP-performing comprehensive school’s finances have been made "difficult to manage" by its flagship £23.8m rebuild, its headteacher has claimed. Durham Johnston School, in Durham City, was reopened in 2009 - the first in County Durham to benefit from
A NEW way for residents to have their say on how their council tax is spent will be launched later this month. Durham County Council’s ‘Up 2 U’ scheme will begin in the Stanley area before being rolled out across the county. Through Area Action Partnerships
A NEW silversmithing and jewellery making class is to be launched in the North-East this spring. Hartlepool-based Teesside Silvermith, which already runs weekly classes on Monday nights at the Gilley Law community centre, in Sunderland, is to begin a
TWO air cadets from the same squadron have been chosen to represent a county’s Lord Lieutenant. Flight Sergeant Alyx Milne, 17, and Corporal Matthew Leathard, 16, were named Lord Lieutenant’s Cadets for County Durham following a selection process involving
WORLD champion gymnasts are urging the region’s children to drink tap water to help them spring into shape. Deerness Valley Gymnastics Club, in County Durham, has teamed up with Northumbrian Water to promote the health benefits of drinking tap water.
TWO gardening courses will begin at an agricultural college this week. East Durham College’s Houghall campus, near Durham City, will host ten-week Certificate in Gardening courses on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The Tuesday course will focus on organic
POLICE are warning residents to be extra vigilant following a spate of sneak-in burglaries. Over the past two weeks, police have received reports of a number of such crimes being committed in Dipton, near Stanley. Thieves have entered several homes
Record singing Asamoah Gyan got Sunderland out of jail with a last-gasp equaliser to deny Newcastle a derby double. Magpies skipper Kevin Nolan looked to have won the game with his audacious 52nd-minute strike, but with the clock having ticked into the
A woman cyclist was taken to hospital after a collision involving a van which failed to stop. Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident which involved a silver Citroen van on the A658, near North Rigton, Harrogate, at 5.20am on Friday. The
Concerns are growing for a 36-year-old man who has been missing for a week. Darren Waller was last seen at an address in the Rossmere area of Hartlepool at around 5.30pm last Sunday. A spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said: "Officers
A burglar was jailed for three years after telling a judge: "I will take whatever punishment I deserve." David Bielicki asked his lawyer not to say anything on his behalf when he appeared in court to be sentenced. The 31-year-old admitted
TERESA WILKINSON is looking to find lost relatives. She wants to make contact with people related to John Thomas Wilkinson. He was born on April 19, 1921, in Corving Row, Chilton Moor, Haughton-le-Spring, County Durham. His parents were John Wilkinson
AN unusual sight will greet visitors to a job-seekers event tomorrow. The Sedgefield Employability Consortium, which is run and managed by Groundwork North-East, is visiting Ferryhill town centre on a specially adapted double-decker bus, accompanied
Darlington RA surprised promotion chasing Whickham with their first ever win at the Glebe – and assistant manager Jamie Smith said “it felt like winning a cup final.” The RA are now seventh in the table – their highest position for three seasons – and
Bishop Auckland are still looking for their first win at their new stadium as their defending let them down in a 4-0 home defeat by Norton. Former Bishops striker Jamie Clarke fired Norton into the lead from the edge of the box after 14 minutes, and
Dunston became the sixth STL Northern League side through to the last 32 of the FA Carlsberg Vase on Saturday – but manager Billy Irwin admitted that they nearly blew their chance in the 2-0 home win over Heather St John. Dunston improved the league’
