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Authority faces court over worker who lost arm in wood chipper

Shaun Talbot

9:00am Saturday 11th February 2012

A COUNCIL will face prosecution over an accident in which a landscape worker lost an arm.

Injustice victim Sean Hodgson is still in jail

AWAITING APOLOGY: Sean Hodgson was jailed for a murder he did not commit.

2:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

A MAN wrongly jailed for 27 years for a murder he did not commit will spend at least another four weeks behind bars.

Driver knocked over flyover after getting out of car to help at accident scene

Police close the A66 between County Durham and Brough

10:04am Thursday 9th February 2012

A MOTORIST suffered serious injuries after being thrown over a barrier on a flyover in one of several accidents in icy conditions during morning rush hour today.

Vandals destroy nettie at rail pioneer's home

Timothy Hackworth

8:00am Thursday 9th February 2012

A 187-YEAR-OLD toilet once warmed by a world-renowned railway pioneer has been destroyed by vandals.

Council planning £26m of cutbacks

8:00am Thursday 9th February 2012

LIBRARY opening hours face being reduced, community wardens cut and service charges increased as a council faces cuts of more than £26m in a year.

Rope trap horror on mountain bike trail

LUCKY ESCAPE: Lukasz Sikorski

8:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

A REWARD is being offered for information leading to the arrest of whoever sabotaged a North-East mountain bike track by tying a rope across one of its main runs.

Teenagers speak of terror crash ordeal

LUCKY TO BE ALIVE: The badly damaged car which dragged three teenagers 40 metres after the driver lost control in wintry conditions. The car hit two other vehicles before slamming into a fence and wall in Eldon Bank, near Bishop Auckland

8:00am Wednesday 8th February 2012

A GROUP of teenagers left seriously injured after being dragged more than 40 metres along an icy road by an out-ofcontrol car last night spoke of their ordeal.

Scheme named best in county after 25 years

5:32pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

COUNTY Durham's longest-serving Neighbourhood Watch scheme has been named the best in the county, 25 years after it started.

Cyclist has lucky escape after mountain bike track sabotaged

The cyclist's helmet cam captures the moment he is thrown from the bike

5:24pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

A CYCLIST was fortunate to escape serious injury when he was “clotheslined” by a piece of rope tied between two trees on a North-East mountain bike track.

Teenagers lucky to be alive after being hit by car and dragged along icy road

LUCKY TO BE ALIVE: The badly damaged car which dragged three teenagers 40 metres after the driver lost control in wintry conditions. The car hit two other vehicles before slamming into a fence and wall in Eldon Bank, near Bishop Auckland

8:00am Tuesday 7th February 2012

THREE teenagers had a lucky escape after being being hit by a car and dragged along an icy road for more than 40 metres after the driver lost control in heavy snow.


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