It's “make-or-break” - Darlington school head's plea as teachers write to 300,000 parents over funding fears 1
Darlington coffee shop to throw open doors on Christmas Day for anyone in need of hot meal and company 12
Figures show reading, writing and maths skills up among primary pupils - plus schools that failed to meet expected standard 5
'Debenhams on brink of collapse' claims Mike Ashley as he warns 'shareholders risk getting wiped out'
Tony Pulis outlines his January plans - but admits Middlesbrough will 'have to be lucky' to pull them off
White Gates Cottage and Prebends Cottage - Durham landmarks built at a time when paying a toll was seen as a good and charitable thing
Miniature railway locomotion boiler was pressure tested on the kitchen table... while the wife was out
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