Residents from homes bordering an allotment site were evacuated on Sunday evening after a fire broke out. About 100 properties in Dunston, Gateshead, were evacuated amid fears acetylene cylinders at the scene could explode. A cordon was thrown around
Moby Interview: 08.06.09 Sophie Stratford talks to Richard Melville Hall, best known as Moby, about his new ninth studio album Wait For Me, released June 30th. Moby is a well established DJ, singer, songwriter and musician, and received worldwide
A MAN was found with serious head and facial injuries after he was attacked. The 55-year-old was found at his home in Devonshire Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, at 7am on Saturday morning. Cleveland Police said they believe the assault happened in
A FISHERMAN had to be brought to dry land by lifeboat after being stung by a Weaver fish at sea. The man was stung on the hand while fishing five miles off Sunderland's Roker Pier. Volunteers from Sunderland RNLI were called away from their annual Lifeboat
SEBASTIAN Vettel proved to Jenson Button this season's Formula One world title fight will not be a walk in the park after a storming British Grand Prix victory. After totally dominating the year with six wins from the opening seven races, including the
A TEENAGER was due to undergo emergency surgery today after being impaled on a metal fence. The 18-year-old man got stuck while climbing over a fence in Newbottle Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside, in the early hours of Sunday morning. He slipped
A SPECIAL memorial service to Canadian pilots who flew from North Yorkshire in the Second World War has been held. Four Royal Canadian Airforce squadrons flew from RAF Skipton-on-Swale, near Thirsk, against the Nazi’s during the conflict.
A MAN who crashed a stolen car into a bus shelter and ran off leaving his seriously injured passenger trapped inside has been jailed for two years. John Beckwith, 29, had stolen the Fiat Punto from the home of a partially blind 81-year-old woman in Stockton
15 year 10 Travel and Tourism BTEC Students from Parkside Sports College were occupied with thoughts of summer holidays when they attended ‘The Workplace’ in Newton Aycliffe to experience a promotion and advertising day for the travel industry. The
POLICE spent almost 24 hours trying to talk a man down from a loft. Officers went to a home on Wear Road, in Stanley, County Durham, at about 10.15am on Saturday, in connection with the man's welfare and mental health. Police tried to talk to the 38
URGENT work is needed to protect residents and homes from flooding in North Yorkshire a local Conservative MP claims. Anne McIntosh, the Vale of York MP and the shadow environment minister, wants the Government to take swift action. Miss McIntosh said
A FORMER Navy officer who has started his retirement by raising thousands of pounds for Help for Heroes is passing through the region today. Dressed in full English Civil War Roundhead uniform, former Chief Petty Officer Malcolm Cray stopped off in
A LOCAL MP has criticised the Government for failing to support her bill on penalising shoplifters with harsher sentences. Anne McIntosh, the Vale of York MP, hoped for a second reading of her Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for Disorder) Act
THE remains of two British hostages handed to authorities in Iraq were identified by forensics today, Government sources said. Results of the tests confirmed neither of the remains belonged to Peter Moore, one of five men held captive since 2007. The
FOR Graham Onions to pass 50 first-class wickets well before the season’s halfway stage is an astounding achievement. He is 20 clear of the field nationally – Steve Harmison is now second with 31 – and has raised the possibility of reaching 100. It
PARKING charges in North Yorkshire towns are to be kept at last year’s levels in a bid to attract shoppers. Harrogate Borough Council has announced no increase in parking charges in Ripon, Pateley Bridge and Knaresborough. The council will also not
A BURSAR has welcomed a decision to increase the speed limit on a busy road outside his school. Last Friday Durham County Councils Highways Committee agreed to raise the legal speed on Newgate outside Barnard Castle School from 30mph to 40mph. Bishop
A WARD at Bishop Auckland Hospital is reopening as an eye care unit for patients across County Durham. The unit will have its own operating theatre so that cataract surgery can take place at the hospital for the first time. It will be housed in the
JAMIE Roberts insisted the 2009 British and Irish Lions are capable of making history by coming back from 1-0 down to win the Test series against South Africa. No Lions team has ever won a series in South Africa having lost the first Test and Ian McGeechan's
BACK-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin has been cut from his father's will. Darwin, 58, faked his own death in a £250,000 insurance scam, but turned up alive five years later. His father Ronald Darwin was left grieving for his son in 2002, only to
A WEAR Valley housing company is improving its service by expanding its estate caretakers scheme. Dale & Valley Homes already employs two caretakers, who work across the former Wear Valley district to improve the look of council estates. By bringing
JENSON Button has virtually written off his hopes of British Grand Prix victory in the wake of his worst qualifying run of the year. In front of a sell-out 100,000-plus crowd at Silverstone today, the championship leader will start from sixth on the
A PENSIONER who went missing from his home near Bishop Auckland on Friday night is safe. Bob Shaw, 77, was found yesterday after disappearing from his daughter's home in Escomb on Friday night. Police said he was safe and well, but have released no
CAMPAIGNERS fighting against a £4.5m mushroom factory expansion have collected 160 names on a petition opposing the scheme. Greyfriars UK, based in Wath, near Ripon, wants to extend its facility despite locals’ concerns. The company, which has international
GARAGES which were daubed with graffiti have been cleaned up, thanks to a neighbourhood warden, councillors and church volunteers. Durham County Council warden Natalie Davies has been working for 18 months to make 14 garages on Chillingham Road, in Newton
