TOMMY Walsh was the star of the BBC show Ground Force, alongside Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock. Tommy is currently back on BBC1 fronting his new show Cowboys and Angels, which meets the tradesmen who come to the rescue of homeowners and also
A STEEL company has been fined £62,000 and ordered to pay £38,000 in costs after a catalogue of safety failings led to the death of 42-year-old delivery driver. Married father-of-three Robert Ismay, of Sowerby, North Yorkshire, was knocked off
A NEW photographic collection showing the history of the original St Hilda's in Middlesbrough has been published by local historian Araf Chohan.Araf was born in the Boro in 1952, his parents being among the first Asians to settle in the town. He has been
IN December 1984, a Bishop Auckland funeral director undertook a job he will never forget. “It wasn’t very nice at all,” he says. “It was unbelievable that there was so much left.”His experiences of a highly unusual exhumation complete the story of Windlestone
SECOND DIVISION Howden Australian beat Darlington Burns 3-2 to set up an Albert Vickers Cup final against Witton Park. After a goal less first half Adrian Weston gave Burns the lead but sub Adam Blair and Michael Winter turned the game in favour of
HARTLEPOOL UNITED were rolled over at Luton – but it’s as you were at the bottom of the Football League. Defeats for relegation rivals Tranmere and Cheltenham mean Pools stay out of the bottom two with just two games remaining. Pools first-half
THE boys of Bede went to war on April 19, 1915, cheering crowds waving them off from Newcastle station in railway carriages on which had been chalked “Up the Bede” and “Bede v the Kaiser”. But it was an unequal fixture. Poorly trained and ill-equipped
DAY one of Bishop Auckland Food Festival has gone down a treat with crowds of people who enjoyed the event. Over the weekend more than 150 food and drink stalls, master classes and celebrity events will pull thousands of visitors into the town.
I HAVE now been a police officer for more than 35 years and I can hand on heart say that the service has travelled light-years in that time. Therefore, it makes my toes curl when I hear young, serving cops getting verbally abused for mistakes made
MEMORIES 222 strayed into Stillington, the village north of Stockton, to tell the remarkable story of the Surgeon Extraordinary, Sir Anthony Carlisle, who hailed from there.Now let’s stray a little north-east from Stillington, following an old road that
TWENTY college staff have celebrated clocking up more than 443 years’ service between them.Fifteen tutors, two managers and three support staff at Darlington College were given a special celebration to mark their personal landmarks.Human resources manager
A SERIES of new courses from specialist arts workshops to language lessons are about to start in Newton Aycliffe.Booking is essential for the classes at Greenfield Arts, based at Greenfield Community College.Arts sessions include a five week course on
A HOUSE was burgled and a safe containing cash and personal items taken while the owner was away on holiday last weekend. The property on Saxon Green, Escomb, near Bishop Auckland, was raided between Friday, April 10 and Sunday, April 12. The
A FESTIVAL held in County Durham this summer will have a funny feeling about it after comedians were added to the line-up.Hardwick Live 2015, at Hardwick Hotel Hotel, Sedgefield, on Saturday, August 22, will feature three stages of live music headlined
JEREMY Clarkson has spoken of how much he will miss hosting Top Gear, and thanked fans for their support after he was axed from the popular motoring programme. The presenter, released by the BBC after attacking a producer at a North Yorkshire hotel
THE North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership will recognise someone who goes 'above and beyond' to conserve the special qualities of its unique landscape with an award.The Pendlebury Award, named after the Partnership’s first
A TWO time rapist who police said targeted women and took advantage of their vulnerabilities has been jailed for nine years. Kelvin Wilson attacked one woman in his hotel room after meeting her on a night out in Hartlepool on December 4, 2013.
COUNDON AND Leeholme of the Durham Alliance league defeated Frank Hudson Transport Crook and District side Middlestone Moor Masons Arms 2-1 at West Auckland to win the Auckland Charity cup Favourites Coundon started well and had a lot of the ball in
MISSING jade Sutton has been found safe and well, Cleveland Police said this morning. The force had earlier issued an appeal to help trace the 16-year-old who had not been seen since Tuesday. Although she had made contact with friends, officers
A SEASON-DEFINING four days begins for Darlington today with the first of two away games that will go a long way to deciding the outcome of the title race.With a match at home to relegated New Mills rounding off the league programme in seven days’ time
VICTORY at home to Old Albanians today is likely to see Darlington Mowden Park crowned North-East top dogs in National One ahead of next week's final match at Blaydon.After losing at home to Esher, Blaydon can hardly expect to win away to a Hartpury Students
THE battle between lenders to chop down the mortgage rates on offer has intensified, with a company unveiling a new five-year deal with a record low rate of under 2 per cent.On Monday, HSBC said it will launch a five-year fixed-rate mortgage with a rate
GOALS remain in short supply on Tyneside, but John Carver is not ready to thrust teenage talent Adam Armstrong in to the potentially career-damaging Premier League atmosphere from the start just yet.The 18-year-old has established himself as a key member
AS United Airlines prepare to start flights from Newcastle to New York, Business Editor Andy Richardson samples the Big Apple. IT is like a gigantic movie set. That is what friends said to me when I told them I was flying to New York City.
A BARE chested van driver was dragged out of his vehicle by armed police following a pursuit in which he nearly knocked an officer over.Gary Wilson was chased around streets in Hartlepool teeming with pedestrians and children leaving school on a weekday
CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGE, MAIN PAPER Newcastle United Supporters Trust have backed the notion by recently created supporters’ group Ashleyout.com, which appears to have received further backing following the club’s announcement that they had more than
THREE games to go, three games to save their Football League status. And, for Hartlepool United, the pressure should be off. After being bottom of the table from October to March, Pools finally lifted off and out of the bottom two.But since their unprecedented
WES BROWN’S future at Sunderland is in the balance amid fears he could have played his last game for the club.The experienced former Manchester United defender is out of contract this summer when his four-year stay at the Stadium of Light looks set to
JEMMA LOWE insisted she could do no more after she was pipped to 100m butterfly gold on day four of the British Swimming Championships.After claiming 200m butterfly silver on the opening day at the London Aquatics Centre, Lowe was back for more on Friday
STAFF shortages, low morale and increasing numbers of dangerously unstable prisoners have been highlighted in an independent watchdog's report into a young offenders institute. The Prison Service last night (Friday) hit back at the Independent
1. THOUSANDS of people are expected at the annual Bishop Auckland Food Festival today and tomorrow. More than 150 stalls make it well worth a visit. 2. THE first launderette opened on this day in 1934. It was in Forth Worth Texas and it was called
Andrew Gale is hoping to buck a personal trend of recent summers by getting some early runs on the board when he returns to action as Yorkshire captain against Nottinghamshire tomorrow.Captain Gale retakes his place in the Yorkshire side having missed
