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The Centennial Centre at Horden is a superb building which will support a wide range of excellent facilities which will benefit the whole community. Good luck .

Brandon took a big step towards safety in the ENL Second Division when they thumped Birtley 9-0 last night. Birtley only turned up with ten players, and they were soon two goals down inside the first 20 minutes to James Davidson and Stephen Moody

Full-time: Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1 SUNDERLAND silenced one half of Liverpool's SAS strikeforce and threatened to come up with a rescue service of their own at Anfield. After restricting the Premier League title contenders to two goals in the

Regular readers will know that my blood boils when petty-minded, power-mad football club bosses resort to banning journalists from doing their jobs during disagreements. But beware the local paper scorned... Nottingham Forest manager Billy Davies

A SCOUT leader who makes a 100-mile round trip from Northumberland to Darlington each week has appealed for adult volunteers to swell the group’s ranks. Richard Smith drives from Newbiggin-by-the-Sea every Wednesday to help run the 7th Darlington

New signing Adam Mitchell makes his first appearance at Heritage Park in the Darlington side that faces Wakefield this evening. The winger joined last week from Sunderland and impressed in Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Prescot Cables. Fellow new signing

WOMEN’S Institute members from around the region are celebrating their organisation's 100th anniversary. Today (Wednesday, March 26) they took part in a nationwide baton relay event that is being held for the centenary. The baton, which contains

TWO of the region’s MPs have warned of “paralysis” and “a race to the bottom” if Scotland votes for independence, after talks in Edinburgh. Labour MPs Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) and Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) met Scottish

GUSTAVO POYET has surprisingly named two strikers to face Premier League title chasers Liverpool at Anfield tonight. Connor Wickham, who was only recalled from a loan with Leeds United on Monday,  has been thrown straight in to the starting line-up

AN alleged murderer told a jury his co-accused had lost control in a frenzied baseball attack which left a father-of-two with fatal head injuries. Stuart Smith said Nicholas Rought was “behaving like a nutter” when he repeatedly struck John “Jonty

A FORMER vet accused of killing a man during an extreme sado-masochistic sex session has told a jury the man did not respond as he carried out a variety of acts on him. Kirk Thompson said he cut David Kochs with knives, as well as stapled his lips

A NURSE who developed an unhealthy relationship with a 'high-risk' patient and represented him in court has been barred from the profession. Catherine Bennison gave the man regular cash handouts and continued to prescribe him drugs long after she

A MOTHER has spoken of her delight after getting her family’s beloved puppy back after it was stolen from her backyard. Kaya, a female, white American Bulldog cross, was taken from Kayleigh Owens’ house just before midday on Friday, March 14.

THREE men have appeared in court in the latest chapter of an extraordinary multi-million pound feud over ownership of the family farm. Paul Stuart Shepherd, his brother Raymond Anthony Shepherd and Raymond’s son Tony Leigh Shepherd were summonsed

A PENSIONER who was the first bride married in a Ferryhill church has celebrated her 100th birthday. Freda Stoddart, of the Chilton Care Centre, in Chilton, County Durham, reached her milestone birthday today (Wednesday, March 26) which she celebrated

FIVE times Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault says even the French are getting excited about the world's most famous bike race coming to Yorkshire as organisers prepare to mark 100 days before the riders line up on the start line in Leeds. The

FOUR people, including two from the North-East, have appeared in court accused of being involved in a drug supply ring. The quartet are said to have played a part in the supply of cannabis resin between the Midlands and North-East, from October

BUSINESSMEN from the region are to support their local hospice at a fund raising dinner. The Gentlemen’s Dinner, which has raised over £40,000 for St Cuthbert’s Hospice is now in its fifth year. This year, it will be held at the Ramside Hall Hotel

THE Wensleydale School has tasted success at an area football tournament. Year 10 boys won the annual U15 Hambleton and Richmondshire seven-a-side tournament, organised by BTEC students at Risedale School, Catterick Garrison. The team beat

AN insurance company has sold its stake in a home emergency assistance firm as it concentrates on rebuilding its reputation. CPP, based in York, is recovering after being fined £10.5m by the Financial Conduct Authority for mis-selling insurance

ROYAL Botanic Gardens Kew could help Stewart Park in Middlesbrough create its own wildflower habitat. A submission has been made to the iconic beauty spot in London for a ‘grow wild’ project involving local communities and funded by the Big Lottery

IT'S called Dove Step and it will involve four bird watchers walking 300 miles to the North-East. The idea of Jonny Rankin, originally from High Shincliffe, Durham, but now living in Bury St Edmonds, he along with friends Andrew Goodrick, originally

A FORMER butcher has admitted carrying a steak knife in a threatening manner in public. Michael Stoves, 32, is said to have shouted abusively at a man in The Avenue, Seaham, County Durham, on Friday February 21. Appearing at Durham Crown Court

A DOCTOR has insisted he could not have stopped a psychotic mother leaving hospital just hours before she killed her two-year-old son. Dr Clement Agbatar claimed he did not know Melanie Ruddell was suffering from acute psychosis when he examined

SHOPPERS were taken by surprise today as a "flash bounce" broke out in a busy mall. In what is believed to be a UK first, volunteers bounced, pogoed, hula-hooped and took to space hoppers in the Washington Galleries to promote the Great North Commute

PLANS to build a crematorium near an East Durham beauty spot look set to win approval despite local opposition. People in the area currently have to use the crematoria at Sunderland, Hartlepool and Durham but Dignity Plc wants to build one between

UNIVERSITY graduates who studied in the North-East contribute £1.4bn a year to the region’s economy, a new study has found. The report, Smarter Regions Smarter Britain, by the university think tank million+ examines the regional economic gap in

A WOMAN suffered a broken cheekbone and a black eye after being punched in the face by a mystery attacker. She was walking along St John’s Crescent in York when the attack took place at about 11.55pm on March 19. Shortly before the assault

ON the day that thousands of schools were disrupted by strike action, teachers’ leaders warned that more strikes may follow unless Education Secretary Michael Gove addresses their concerns. In the North-East, about 1,000 striking teachers, waving

A SHOP owner has said she is heartbroken after the theft of about £2,000 of valuable teddy bears. On Friday, March 21, Whitby Glass in Sandgate, Whitby – known locally as the Lucky Duck – was broken into and 18 limited edition Steiff stuffed toys

A POSTMASTER was left shocked but unhurt after an armed robbery at a village Post Office. Two intruders, one of whom was brandishing what is thought to be a handgun, struck at Cockfield Post Office, in County Durham, just after 5.30pm, yesterday

A CYCLIST has turned poet to express his gratitude to the unknown good Samaritans who helped him following an accident. Pensioner Alan Thompson, from West Auckland, was cycling through Butterknowle on July 7 last year when he began to feel unwell

PLANS to extend a Darlington primary school will be decided by planning officials next month. St Bede’s RC Primary School, near Thompson Street East, Darlington, has applied to Darlington Borough Council for planning permission to extend their

A TELEPHONE befriending service pioneered in County Durham to help lonely older people is set to expand nationwide. The volunteer Silver Talk scheme, set up in Stanley in 2012 with Lottery funding, is to open a branch in Liverpool. The project

TWO members of the Annapurna troupe will perform the enchanting Hindu epic Ramayana in an afternoon of storytelling, dance and music in the Indian Gallery, at The Oriental Museum, Durham, on Saturday (March 29). The 45-minute demonstration, starting

A SPECIAL project on food and farming is being held to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War One. The Soil Association has received £9,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) through its First World War: then and now programme. The

PLANS to build three detached houses in a Darlington village have been met with opposition. If approved, the four-bedroom houses would be built in Glebe Road, in Great Stainton, near Sadberge, on land to the side and rear of the Grade II listed

A MOTHER has thanked a police officer after he saved her baby’s life while on patrol. Ruth Travis’s baby Harry had gone limp in her arms at their home on Saturday and she ran outside panic-stricken with him in her arms to get help. Luckily

A lipreading class at the Middlesbrough Deaf Centre has been saved from closure after Public Health funding was secured to keep it running for free. Not available on the NHS, the classes were funded through the community learning budget but until

FIFTEEN people have been arrested in dawn raids across the country, as part of the largest intelligence-led operation a North-East police force has ever seen. More than 200 police officers, including some from the National Crime Agency, swooped

A YOUNG singer, with ambitions to go far in this year’s X Factor, has reached the latter stages of another competition. Olly Patterson, from Darlington, is in the regional finals of the Teen Star competition, which will be held in Huddersfield

A WAR memorial for the internet generation is being created in Teesside, one of ten areas across the country to secure funding for the First World War commemoration project. Stockton Central Library has receive £11,000 to work with residents and

A FORMER librarian-turned-writer who believed she wasn’t good enough to even get a rejection letter from publishers is now sitting pretty – after landing a five-book deal. Jodi Taylor wrote her first novel, Just One Damned Thing After Another,

A PLANNING appeal into Darlington Borough Council’s decision to refuse permission for an extension to a gypsy site will be heard next month. Billy Cairney is appealing the decision to refuse plans to extend the existing site off Aycliffe Lane,

FORMER England football boss Steve McClaren today blew the whistle to officially launch a mammoth fund-raising run. Entries are now open for the sixth annual York 10K - organised by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All and predicted to be a huge charity

SEDGEFIELD residents and supermarket staff have gone the extra mile to raise funds for Sport Relief. More than 100 people turned out in force for the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile at Sedgefield Racecourse in County Durham on Sunday, March 23.

RESIDENTS will be encouraged to adopt a healthier lifestyle when a roadshow bus arrives in town. The Check4life Roadshow, organised by the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, will be in Stanley tomorrow. Advisors will be able

A MUSICAL instrument with a reserve price of just £100 surprised auctioneers when it sold for 50 times that estimate. A cello, complete with its case and bow, fetched £5,000 at Thomas Watson auction house, in Darlington, on Tuesday (March 25).

CRUEL vandals killed seven racing pigeons after breaking into an allotment and daubing sheds with graffiti. The perpetrators broke through a boundary fence to access the allotment off Arnold Road near Hundens Park, Darlington, overnight on March

A CHESTER-le-Street charity shop hopes to help poorly pets with the sale of furniture and electrical goods. The PDSA shop has a range of good-quality, secondhand three- piece suites starting from £50, sideboards and cupboards from £35 and a range

PEOPLE are being asked to sleep on the streets of a North Yorkshire town to raise awareness of youth homelessness. The charity, SASH, is looking for people to take part in a Sleepout event in Richmond on Friday, April 4. It is the last in a

ONE of the most important books in English literature has arrived in the region and will go on public show from tomorrow, Thursday. Shakespeare’s First Folio will be on display in the Yorkshire Museum in York to coincide with the city’s Literature

POND dipping, crafts, archery and indoor climbing is being held at Summerhill Country Park in Hartlepool during the Easter holidays. The programme begins with pond-dipping for all ages on Thursday, April 10, from 10.30am to noon followed by junior

POLICE are hunting a man after a flat screen television was stolen from an empty pub in Middlesbrough. The burglary happened at around 8.40pm on Sunday, March 23 at The White Rose Public House on Marton Road. A passing member of the public

A FRAGMENT of St Cuthbert’s coffin has been withdrawn from sale at the eleventh hour. The treasure, believed to have been taken as a souvenir by a 19th century clergyman, was due to be auctioned tomorrow (Thursday, March 27). But a spokeswoman

Winning numbers for the Great North Air Ambulance draw for Wednesday, March 26th 2014 are: £200 N04770, Riding Mill; £100 N24701, North Shields; £50 N20888, Carlisle; £50 N12153, Saltburn; £25 N41588, Whitehaven; £25 N01288, Alnwick; £25 N24433, Thirsk

THE Dementia Friendly Awards have been established to mark the second anniversary of the Prime Minister’s national challenge on dementia. To celebrate all that has been achieved an award ceremony will be held in May 2014. Entries are now open and

MY husband and I were at the Civic Theatre recently to see the marvellous production of Brassed Off. All the cast and the members of the Durham Miners Association Band were brilliant. At the end, when Danny, the band leader, gave an impassioned

ENTERPRISING youngsters made no attempt to duck out of an exciting business challenge at school. Durham Education Business Partnership tasked pupils at Woodham Academy in Newton Aycliffe with setting up their own company, making and selling origami

A CINEMA in Bishop Auckland would be a good thing, Rob Yorke (HAS, Mar 3) is right in saying it will bring people to the area. We travel to Teesside, Hartlepool or Darlington to watch new movies. When we are there, we have a look around the shops

I THINK it’s a disgrace that nurses are only receiving a one per cent pay increase, and some of them are not receiving any increase at all. Medical students have to pay £63,000 in tuition fees and seven years’ rent, food, books and utility bills

LAST week I was talking to a old friend who is an ex-miner like myself. He questioned the validity of the help I have given to many ex-miners over the years since the collieries were closed. For many years I have helped many miners and ex-miners

I SEE that the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) have asked the Government to allow the use of water cannon across England and Wales (HAS, Mar 25). I do hope they are not to be used in conjunction with tasers. That really would be

MRS THATCHER sent a task force 8,000 miles to the Falklands to “protect British citizens” and we lost around 250 of our young men. Russia has annexed Crimea to protect pro-Russians from the neo-Fascists in Kiev. I subscribe to Time Magazine

WERE I starting out in life again, there is one material with which I’d like to work more than any other – sewage. I know some might react to that statement with disgust, but just think about it: sewage is obviously something which society produces

IF the Government abolished stamp duty when buying a house, it would help people who are struggling to get a deposit to buy. The alternative would be to build more houses to rent at affordable prices, making more people independent by giving them

I FEEL sorry for Mick Jagger, whose girlfriend, L’Wren Scott, blew it all – on what? The Bible says “whoever loves money, never has enough”. Ms Scott could have found real peace and satisfaction in the Lord Jesus Christ. I have proved this

IN all walks of life, we only need to look around to see injustice of one sort or another. To say we are all created equal is a fallacy. Some of us are never treated as equals. We undoubtedly live in a “them-and-us” society. I was born

A LATE former colleague of mine liked to tell of a leading article that he claimed appeared in the weekly newspaper on which he started his career. It was the Keighley News, which, according to my old workmate, during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962

Saks hair salons are a staple of the British High Street, but few people know that the chain was born 40 years ago in a small shop in Darlington. Vicki Henderson went to meet the men behind the brand IN 1974, chains of hairdressing salons were

POLICE investigating reports of man exposing himself to women and girls in Sunderland have made an arrest. Over the weekend of Saturday, March 22, and Sunday, March 23, police received reports of two indecent assaults and of a man in a silver vehicle

A LIONS club will be raising money for a cancer charity this week (March 27-28). Members of Durham Lions Club will be holding collections in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal in Tesco Extra, Dragonville, Durham City, on Thursday

CONSERVATIONISTS are urging council planners to save a historic building from demolition to make way for executive homes. English Heritage and The Victorian Society have written to Hartlepool Borough Council in an 11th-hour bid to save Tunstall

HISTORY in Rome and politics in Washington were the themes of recent trips enjoyed by students at Queen Elizabeth College, Darlington. Over 40 history students visited iconic Italian sites including the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum and the Pantheon

CLYDESDALE and Yorkshire Banks are to close 28 “unsustainable” branches and invest £45m in customer improvements under plans to reshape retail banking operations, they announced today. Six flagship branches will be developed, as well as improved

SPRING is finally in the air and, with the prospect of a new tax year on the horizon, many of us will be thinking about moving our money into a new savings account. The juicy carrot in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget, a new £15,000 super Isa

HEAD of Steam museum staff are to visit St Mark’s Church, Darlington, next month (April) to talk about their new project and recruit volunteers. Staff will be at the North Road church on April 9 to discuss the North East Railways in World War One

THE father of a soldier who died at Deepcut barracks, in Surrey, 18 years ago said yesterday he hoped the decision to order a new inquest would bring him closure. The word closure is derived from the Latin clausura, which means conclusion.

CRAIG KIESWETTER is ready to resume a long-standing professional rivalry with his friend Jos Buttler after joining England’s World Twenty20 squad in Bangladesh. Kieswetter and Buttler have spent much of their young careers vying with each other

RICHARD FAHEY has no intention of taking his foot off the gas as he continues to develop his burgeoning empire in the pursuit of winners. On a glorious spring morning at his impressive Musley Bank base near Malton, North Yorkshire, the trainer

FIFTEEN people have been arrested in dawn raids targeting criminal gangs and drug dealers. About 200 officers including some from the National Crime Agency swooped on houses across County Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, Shropshire and Manchester shortly

SCHOOL children suped up their shoes to raise money for charity. Youngsters from Framwellgate School Durham took part in a shoe decorating competition and donned their colourful creations to walk a mile in aid of Sport Relief last Friday (March

A CURFEW has been placed on a recovering alcoholic who stole washing powder and meat from Sainsbury’s. The town’s Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday (Tuesday, March 25) that 28-year-old Robert Thompson stole £14 worth of Ariel detergent from the

MANCHESTER CITY manager Manuel Pellegrini insists he is not thinking about winning the Premier League title, but for United counterpart David Moyes such a scenario remains nothing more than a pipe dream after he admitted full responsibility for their

Full-time: Hartlepool United 2 Mansfield Town 4 COLIN COOPER has used a regular phrase of late. He’s been worried his Hartlepool United side will “fall short” of the League Two play-offs this season. Last night he could add the word ‘well’

1. LEFT OUT IN THE COLD CLIFF Bryant, from Southampton, thought that a heavy snowfall had led to a cash windfall. Having placed two £5 accumulator bets on the odds that snow would fall on Christmas Day 2009 in 24 locations, including Durham

Deborah Bonham, the sister of legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham is giving a rare performance in Darlington on Friday (March 28). She will perform with The Deborah Bonham Band at the Forum Music Centre on Borough Road, supported by North-East

POLICE have appealed for a driver who swerved to avoid a man lying on the road to come forward. Andrew Cook, 34, was lying on South Road, Durham City, and shortly afterwards he was hit by another car and died. The crash happened shortly before

LOSS-MAKING pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as its administrator. The move comes after its lenders said proposed business rescue plans were not viable. Albemarle & Bond said it would not request

STEVE JONES, 36, presenter of BBC Three’s hairdressing competition series, Hair, says: ‘‘The best thing my mum did for me was let me be. Luckily, I was a good boy and was almost doing my own thing by the age of 14, but she always showed total trust

IF you’ve never been pregnant, it’s probably easy to dismiss weird and wonderful pregnancy cravings as an exaggeration or myth. But most experts – and of course women who have been pregnant – say otherwise. A survey, by C&G Baby Club Community

COOKS & Kitchens, in Grange Road, Darlington, has some great offers in time for Mother’s Day so you can treat her to something a little bit special? If you want to help her glam up on glassware, there’s ten per cent off purchases over £40,

DON’T ever work with children or animals – that’s supposedly the golden rule of telly. But the leading lights behind Big Star’s Little Star understand that, actually, it’s the little ones who make the best TV because of their unpredictability.

JOHN TORODE and Gregg Wallace return with a new batch of amateur cooks keen to prove their worth as MasterChef hits its tenth series. As we’re constantly reminded, cooking doesn’t get any tougher than this – and indeed, every series seems to crank

IN his previous programmes, veterinary scientist Mark Evans has gone Inside Nature’s Giants and searched for Bigfoot, but this new series, Dead Famous DNA, sees him taking on his greatest challenge to date. He’s out to track down the last remains of

THE taxpayer's stake in Lloyds Banking Group has been cut to 25 per cent after the Government raised £4.2bn from the sale of more shares last night. Chancellor George Osborne said the stake sale represented good value for the taxpayer and was another

THE “almost experience” of seeing one of the biggest bands of all time live isn’t one you want to miss. This is an uber-tribute show, a fantastic opportunity to jump in a time machine and visit the utopian Strawberry Fields where The Beatles are

HISTORIC steam engines are to go on show outside a rail museum for possibly the final time ever before they head back to America and Canada. The A4 class locomotives Dwight D Eisenhower and Dominion of Canada are on display at Locomotion: The National

WHEN author Sebastian Faulks was first asked permission to turn his novel Birdsong into a play, he responded “Why try to make a painting from a sculpture?”, no doubt mindful of some of the good books than have been turned into bad plays. This current

Darlington this evening play what manager Martin Gray admits is a must-win game when they contest their first match since being given the green light to return to the town. Members of Darlington Rugby Club voted in favour of the Blackwell Meadows

HUNDREDS of North-East schools will be closed or partially closed today (Wednesday, March 26) because of the first national strike by the National Union of Teachers for decades. The last regional teachers’ strikes took place in October when members

DARLINGTON’S unsung heroes have once again had their achievements honoured at an annual award ceremony. Hundreds of people packed into the atrium at Darlington College to celebrate the people and organisations which help make the town great at

JOHN CARVER admitted Newcastle United's lack of a cutting edge was the key factor in last night's 3-0 home defeat to Everton. For the second home game in succession, the Magpies struggled to pose a threat in front of goal, but whereas Papiss Cisse's

GUSTAVO POYET admits Sunderland have suffered a “reality check” since their cup exploits came to an end, but has identified Connor Wickham as the “spark” that could reignite the club's faltering season. Wickham will make his first Premier League

A NORTH-East Labour MP will today (Wednesday, March 26) defy his party leader by voting against a ‘welfare cap’ – warning it will “demonise those on benefits”. Easington MP Grahame Morris will help spark a backbench revolt against controversial

A NORTH-EAST car firm has extended its global reach after driving up sales and expanding Down Under. Acklam Car Centre, near Middlesbrough, says sales have lifted by ten per cent, boosted by strong growth in national and overseas markets. The

A RULING by the Attorney General has given the family of an Army recruit found dead in his barracks fresh hope of a new investigation. The original inquest into the death of Private Geoff Gray, of Seaham, County Durham, who was found with two gunshot

VISITORS will be banned from parking in the grounds of a North-East castle in a bid to boost town centre trade. Motorists heading to Auckland Castle, in Bishop Auckland, which will open to the public for the first time this year on Sunday, March

  AN ambitious technology company is powering into new sectors after clinching a new deal worth £270,000. Gateshead-based Aspire has won a three-year contract with major infrastructure experts px group to supply them with a wide-area network

A LAW firm's casualty risks department has been strengthened with a new appointment. Bond Dickinson, which has offices in Newcastle and Stockton, has recruited director Paul Hughes. Mr Hughes is based in the firm's Newcastle site and joined

BUILDING work to expand a North-East medical centre has been completed thanks to help from a regional law firm. The IntraHealth William Brown Medical Centre, in Peterlee, County Durham, has undergone a major refurbishment, with a new pharmacy,

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady explains why North-East workers need a pay rise. Next Tuesday, April 1 will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the minimum wage – a historic milestone in British labour history. Before its introduction in

A LAW firm has worked on a project to drive up energy efficiency. Muckle, in Newcastle, was approached by energy solutions provider EDMI Limited to support a deal with telecoms firm Arqiva. EDMI, which has its European headquarters in Gosforth

AITOR KARANKA was proud of aspects of Middlesbrough's display at the John Smith's Stadium last night where Albert Adomah grabbed two goals to prevent defeat. Despite ending the long wait for an away goal against Huddersfield, Boro were in the end

A TEENAGE barman who thought he had scooped £1m after correctly guessing the winners of 14 football matches has been told he filled in the wrong form and has won nothing. Jordan Donnellan, 19, from Consett, County Durham, who predicted the outcome

A SENIOR Government minister has confirmed an order allowing Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (Cilex) members to be authorised to practise independently in the reserved areas of probate and conveyancing. Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling says

YOUNG people need to be equipped with soft skills as well as qualifications to impress prospective employers, the new education representative on the Foundation for Jobs board has claimed. Confidence, high self-esteem and good communications skills

A LEADING leading commercial property lawyer has reported an increase in the number of dilapidations claims, with tenants being surprised by unexpected six figure claims when they vacate a property at the end of their tenancy. Andrew Beattie, commercial

A leading distribution specialist across road, rail, land and sea, AV Dawson stands as a dominant figure on the River Tees. Deputy Business Editor Steven Hugill find out out how the firm is navigating further routes to success SHELTERED by a thick

A NORTH-EAST dentist has become the first UK technician to train at a world-famous US centre. Richard Elliott, from Queensway Dental Clinic, in Billingham, near Stockton, visited the Kois Centre, in Seattle, to undertake a five-day treatment planning

A GROWING chartered surveyor has bought two businesses to continue its expansion. Smiths Gore, based in Darlington, has acquired the Sale and Partners' estate agency office, in Wooler, Northumberland, and Berkshire-based Hives Planning. The

DARLINGTON Building Society has announced that its new chief executive is to be former Clydesdale Bank director Colin Fyfe, who will replace David Dodd when he retires in the coming months.  Mr Fyfe, 47, whose last position was Clydesdale Bank's

A THIRD-GENERATION distribution firm that once delivered coal with a £50 horse and cart is now working on £6m plans to strengthen its future and bolster North-East steelmaking. AV Dawson, in Middlesbrough, is building a new storage area to house

A NORTH-EAST law firm has announced a new partner. Mincoffs, in Newcastle, has promoted intellectual property (IP) and IT specialist Antony Hall. Mr Hall, a graduate of Durham University, trained with Mincoffs and qualified as a solicitor in

BUSINESS owners have voiced their frustration that a CCTV system in a North Yorkshire market town is to be switched off despite a long-running fight to keep the cameras rolling. Two years ago Richmondshire District Council said it would turn off

SEVENTY-SIX per cent of children in the North of England know another child who is suffering from neglect, according to a report published today (Wednesday, March 26) by Action for Children. Despite neglect affecting more than 1.5m children the

PUPILS have been learning about space with the help of a NASA medical advisor. Dr Saralyn Mark visited Bishop Barrington School, in Bishop Auckland, today (Tuesday, March 25), to talk about how the students could be the first generation to travel

MPs have accused North-East fire chiefs of excessive pay and perks – even as they plan to axe 114 frontline firefighters to save cash. Cleveland Fire Authority is under fire for employing too many directors and for giving some of them large pay

A TEESDALE museum is appealing for information to help complete a roll of honour to the dales folk who fought in the First World War almost 100-years after the project was started. In April 1915 the Trustees and Curator of The Bowes Museum decided

A TOWN’S former mayor will be put in the stocks this weekend to raise funds for a youth cafe. Brian Myers has volunteered to have wet sponges thrown at him at Willington Community Action’s fun day being held from 11am to 2pm on Saturday (March

A MAN who was waiting for a friend to repay him £30 smashed his window after reading on Facebook that he been on a boozy night out. Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court heard Ikie Llewellyn Mackinlay was angry as he realised he was unlikely to get

The Northern League celebrated its 125th anniversary in style against an FA XI at Bishop Auckland last night, and the first goal of the game was befitting of a commemoration. The tempo of the game was faster and more competitive than a friendly