A DRUNKEN yob battered his friend with a brick after being turned away from a flat where pals had gathered. James Jones forced his way into the property in Billingham and attacked Karl Hughes in one of the bedrooms. A court heard that Mr Hughes, 20,
THE REGENERATOIN of Newcastle and Gateshead has been recognised at the Academy of Urbanism awards ceremony, NewcastleGateshead was shortlisted as one of three UK cities in the European City of the Year 2009 category, which focused on cities in
Bishop Auckland Town Hall will host a quiz and raffle in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance on Wednesday December 3. Teams for the general knowledge challenge can have up to six members. A charge of £9 applies to each team. For more information
A community put their best foot forward today to raise money for a County Durham toddler severely disabled by meningitis. The fashion show and Christmas emporium event at the Derwent Manor Hotel, near Consett, raised around £1,000 for the Give Tilly
THE BUPA Great North Run - the world's biggest half marathon race - has been awarded a prestigious accolade. The organisers Nova International are celebrating after winning a gold label road race rating by the International Association of Athletics
HOW time flies... It is a year ago tomorrow since one of the most fascinating North-East stories I can remember began to unravel. A man called John Darwin walked into a London police station and said: "I think I'm a missing person." Those six words
CHILDREN are invited on board a festive trip to see Santa Claus in his grotto from now until Christmas Eve. The Weardale Railway began running Santa Specials journeys at the weekend that go from their station at Wolsingham, in County Durham up to Stanhope
A £1m project to improve river water quality and reduce flooding in Teesdale is essential for the environment, says a district councillor. Work by Northumbrian Water to upgrade ten sewers in the Barnard Castle, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Cotherstone and
A GIANT jigsaw puzzle that represents a united community was solved at a special church service in south Durham today. Residents of Shildon filled St John’s Church in the town this morning to complete the Putting the Pieces Together art project
FIRE crews are calling on youths to think about the dangers of playing in a "death trap" after a teen had to be rescued from a hole at a derelict industrial site. Fire, police and ambulance crews were called to the former Steetley site in Old Cemetery
Non-league Barrow earned themselves a plum draw with a trip to Premier League Middlesbrough. Sunderland will face Gary Megson's Bolton who subjected Roy Keane's side to a humiliating 4-1 defeat yesterday. Hartlepool face a tough test
ROY Keane won't have been happy at the FA Cup third round draw - after his Sunderland side was paired against Bolton Wanderers at the Stadium of Light, just a day after being thumped 4-1. Middlesbrough will host UniBond League Barrow, Newcastle
ONE man died and two others were injured in a single-vehicle accident in North Yorkshire in the early hours of today. The Mini Cooper the three were travelling in left the road and collided with a tree on the road between Strensall and Sheriff Hutton
ACTOR Tom Graham has proved his sausage-cooking prowess is not merely the stuff of fiction. As Tom Archer in the long-running Radio Four soap The Archers his banger business is the subject of recurring storylines. And he showed he was pretty nifty with
ONE man died and two others were injured in a single-vehicle accident in North Yorkshire in the early hours of Sunday. The Mini Cooper the three were travelling in left the road and collided with a tree on the road between Strensall and Sheriff Hutton
THE founder of a media group which uses a threatened workshop has criticised council plans to demolish the building. Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College hopes to buy land at Darlington Arts Centre from the borough council for a £15m expansion. However
A selection of memory scrap book pages are displyed here. Showing the various memory pages that the memory Company can produce from peoples photographs and mementoes. Made into an individually designed scrapbook. And will make a great keepsake
A SWIMMING pool has taken on a new role - as a giant font. The New Life Baptist Church in Northallerton has been using the pool at the Hambleton Leisure Centre for baptisms for the last ten years. And more than 100 people came along to the latest service
CHILDREN from Grangetown Primary School will be planting a number of trees to help brighten up the area. The pupils will be get their hands dirty planting four flowering cherry trees and two pear trees as part of Redcar and Cleveland Council’s National
VOLUNTEERS have joined forces to brave the bitter cold and hail to carry out access improvement works, replacing old board walks and bridges on the cliffs at Boulby, near Loftus. Redcar and Cleveland Council’s countryside service, National Park staff
THE star of a series of horror films signed autographs and memorabilia for film fans doing Christmas shopping. Doug Bradley, who played Pinhead in the eight Hellraiser films, was the latest guest at the Wow Factor, in Darlington. The shop, which sells
A 26-YEAR-OLD man was arrested this morning in connection with an attempted murder. He was stopped by officers in Durham City at 8.35am after a member of the public spotted him and the car outside the Durham Light Infantry Museum at Aykley Heads. The
Firefighters were called to Rockcliffe House, in the Eastbourne area of Darlington at 2.14pm on Saturday, November 29, to deal with a flat fire. Two appliances were sent. Firemen using breathing apparatus dealt with the blaze which was confined to the
Saturday, November 29 2008 Elite League: Nottingham Panthers 6-3 Mincoffs Newcastle Vipers VIPERS fell to their sixth straight league defeat on Saturday night in a bad tempered encounter in Nottingham. With two fights inside the first
THE ghosts of two of Darlington's historical figures were present at an event to celebrate the towns heritage. Darlington Civic Trust held a special coffee morning on Saturday to showcase their own work and that of similar organisations in the town.
HIGHBURY Stadium was the venue for the game between Fleetwood Town (Blue Square North) and Hartlepool United (League One). Some 75 places separated the sides, the fog was thicker than the soup sold at the overflowing catering huts, the pitch was cut
Dogs for the Disabled - Xmas Draw It was a case of best foot forward when staff from a shoe shop boosted the funds of a charity. The charity - Dogs for the Disabled - received a helping hand when the girls of the Stead and Simpson shoe shop
