EVERYBODY loves SUVs, right? People love the way they look, the upright driving position, the interior room and the big boot. Unfortunately, the average Chelsea tractor isn’t top of the Green Party’s Christmas list. Those brick-like aerodynamics
A COUNCILLOR is urging colleagues to support reversing a decision to close a Durham dales care home.Anita Savory has tabled a motion asking fellow Durham county councillors to request that the authority’s cabinet reconsider closure of Newtown House
THE village of Ingleton is so famous for its beautiful waterfalls and deep caves that MP Helen Goodman waxed lyrical about them as she opened a County Durham fair. Unfortunately for the Bishop Auckland MP she was talking about Ingleton, in North
A PROJECT to protect birds in County Durham has been given a boost after a man left a £5,000 legacy towards helping protect the area he loved.Thomas Raine always had a soft spot for Teesdale despite moving away from the area some years ago.When
A PROCESSION of vintage vehicles motored round a challenging annual test of reliability and endurance yesterday.Conditions proved less favourable than usual, but most competitors managed to complete the 44th Beamish Run, taking in a spectacular route
A BUILDER and his son had an "extremely lucky escape" after a freak fishing boat accident saw them thrown into the North Sea without lifejackets. Neil Westmorland was shaking violently as an off-duty lifeboatman responded to a mayday call and pulled
A FANCY dress pram race held in memory of a baby girl who was stillborn is expected to raise thousands of pounds for charity. Gary and Lisa Bowes, of Trimdon Colliery, near Sedgefield, in County Durham, were heartbroken when their daughter, Darcie
Emergency crews were called to a traffic accident involving three vehicles on the A1M in North Yorkshire today (Sunday, June 15).Police, paramedics and fire crews from Bedale, Northallerton, Richmond and Ripon were called to the collision on the northbound
A TEESSIDE care home owner is set to make a £2,500 donation to the Finlay Cooper Fund after promising to double whatever seven members of his staff raise when they take on a gruelling three peaks challenge for the charity. Prestige Group managing
FAIR weather and record numbers of entries attracted a bumper turn-out at the 36th North Yorkshire County Show.Show organisers estimated more than 12,000 visitors flocked to the event, featuring a diverse range of agricultural, traditional and eclectic
A NEW initiative to encourage families to look into fostering or adoption is taking place in North Yorkshire.The Hope for 800 event has been organised by a group of six adopters and fosterers and is named after the 800 children in Yorkshire and Humberside
A MULTI-MILLION pound house described as one of the “finest country estates in northern England” has been put up for sale by a theme park chief executive.With sweeping lawns, tree-lined boulevard, orchard and coach house, the historic country
A NORTH-EAST college is encouraging aspiring reporters to get onto the career ladder as soon as possible.Darlington College now offers school-leavers the chance to work towards a career in the media from the age of 16.A new BTEC in media production, journalism
WORLD CUP fever took hold at a Darlington shopping centre yesterday (Saturday, June 14).Visitors were encouraged to kick off their day with a penalty shoot-out staged in the middle of the Cornmill Shopping Centre.To mark the FIFA 2014 World Cup Brazil
LEGO railways, buildings and vehicles of every imaginable kind were on display at a school event.The celebration of the timeless construction toy took place at Mowbray School in Bedale, North Yorkshire this Saturday (June 14).It was organised by the
NORTH Yorkshire’s police and crime commissioner has announced a £250,000 grant to promote community safety.Julia Mulligan has announced the new pot of funding which will be made available to charities and community groups who want to run safety
A FOUR year delay in plans to build a new North-East hospital has been condemned by the region's MPs.It was on June 17 2010 that then Health Minister Simon Burns announced the Coalition Government was cancelling proposals to open a state-of-the art
ORGANISERS have hailed the 181st Durham Regatta a resounding success.Crowds lined the banks of the River Wear through Durham City for the 'Henley of the North' to enjoy the racing and entertainment. More than 600 crews contested almost 700 races
NORTH-EAST Army Reserve soldiers swapped rocket launchers for light guns to fire a 21-gun royal salute for the Queen’s birthday.The Geordie Gunners from 101 Regiment Royal Artillery based in Blyth, Newcastle, Gateshead, South Shields and Leeds fired
DETECTIVES say a random and serious sex attack on a 52-year-old grandmother was "very, very rare", as they moved to reassure the public.Cleveland Police also released a CCTV image of a key person they want to speak to who they believe can assist
LANCASHIRE picked up where they had left off after lunch and, with conditions in their favour, the pressure applied by their seamers brought its reward. Although wicketless, skipper Glen Chapple led the strangulation in a 14-over spell, broken
A SERIES of public events at Durham University will reveal how bats, people and machines use sound-echoes to ‘see’ the world.The free lectures will reveal how humans and bats use echolocation to navigate and to orientate themselves.The lectures
A NEW group has been set up to support the transgender community in the North-East.The Cleveland Transgender Association (CTA) held its inaugural meeting recently and set out its aims to empower, educate and accept all who identify as transgender around
PHONE companies will be the next corporate giants targeted by Labour for ripping off their customers, a North-East MP has revealed.Helen Goodman, her party’s communications spokesman, accused the big firms of costing the average family around £
THE total number of arrests in a major sex abuse inquiry now stands at 97.Northumbria Police launched Operation Sanctuary in January to investigate allegations that vulnerable women and girls were being taken advantage of on Tyneside.The total number
DIVERSIONS will be in place during night closures of the A66 this week.The A66 between Neasham Road and Morton Palms in Darlington will be closed overnight between Thursday, June 19 and Saturday, July 5.The closures will affect both eastbound and westbound
Dolly Parton - Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, Saturday June 14To say I was excited about seeing Country legend Dolly Parton perform in Newcastle last night (Saturday, June 14) would be putting it mildly. In the months leading up to the Blue Smoke Tour,
A NEW Dean of Ripon has been installed at an historic service at the cathedral.Canon John Dobson was chosen in March to succeed the Very Reverend Keith Jukes, who died last year from stomach cancer, aged 59.The new dean was until recently a vicar and
PEOPLE were invited to take a step back in time yesterday (Saturday, June 14) and enjoy a vintage garden party marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The event at Finchale Training College near Brasside, Durham City, helped raise funds to enable
SCHOOL pupils were handed disposable cameras and asked to take photos of what they thought was good and bad in their area.The results were analysed and culminated in the children joining police officers, Durham Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Ron
THE attempt to moveYarmback under the control of a Yorkshire council has moved to the next phase.YarmTown Council, which paid for a recent referendum on the issue, has now decided to ask Stockton Borough Council to refer the issue to the Government&rsquo
FOR the second successive home match Durham looked set to take advantage of being invited to bat first until Tom Smith showed the other Lancashire bowlers how it should be done. He took two wickets in his third and fourth overs and also troubled
A TEENAGER from the region will represent Great Britain in an international sporting competition.Emily Alderson from Darlington is gearing up to race in the ETU European Triathlon Championships in Austria later this month.The sports-mad 17-year-old qualified
IVORY Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi warned his side not to get carried away after they came from behind to defeat Japan 2-1 in their World Cup Group C opener in Recife on Saturday night. Headers by Wilfried Bony and Gervinho just 98 seconds apart
COLOMBIA coach Jose Pekerman has told his players they must keep their feet on the ground and stay focused after their impressive start at the World Cup. The South Americans, making their first World Cup appearance since 1998, beat Greece 3-0 in
COLD callers who harass residents are being targeted by a combined operation by Durham County Council and police.Residents in Hamsterley Mill and West Auckland are to be given stickers to warn unwanted callers to stay away.Warning signs will also to be
CHILDREN at a village primary school run, leap and cartwheel their way out of class every Friday - but not because they are desperate to see the back of the school week.Instead, year six pupils at Fishburn Primary School are keen to get to an afterschool
SCORES of one-bedroom flats will be created when a former tax office is transformed this summer.The 47 town centre properties are set to be housed in Darlington’s Regent House, which has stood empty on the town’s Commerical Street for several
MANY months of fundraising by villagers of all ages has enabled a community to raise more than £60,000 needed to redevelop its village hall.Plant sales, domino drives, treasure hunts and a Girl Guides’ beetle drive are just a few of the events
THE last of Nelson’s frigates, HMS Trincomalee, has joined an illustrious fleet.Britain’s oldest floating warship - which since 1987 has been berthed in Hartlepool - has become a full subsidiary of the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN
A man who went missing from the Ormesby area area of Teesside on Friday evening has been found safe and well in the Cleveland area. Police wish to thank the public for their assistance in locating Manojpal Uppal, 48.
AN appeal has been launched to help find a 28-year-old man who has not been seen since Thursday (June 12). James Miller was last seen at an address in Stockton and police are concerned as it is unusual for him to go missing. They would like to
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a 60-year-old Billingham man who suffers from dementia and has not been seen since 4pm last night (Saturday, June 14). Kevin James Haswell left his home in Finchale Avenue to walk his white long-legged terrier
A GOOD Samaritan moved a Darlington pensioner to tears - by returning his lost wallet. Thomas Nicholson, 86, returned home from shopping last week to find his wallet – containing almost £200, his driving licence, bus pass and bank cards - missing
ENGLAND put on a thrilling display of attacking football, but they emerged from their trek into the jungle with a 2-1 defeat in their World Cup opener thanks to Mario Balotelli's winner in the draining heat of Manaus. Balotelli scored the decisive
