Ferryhill News

The Leamside Line, a 21-mile route that runs between Pelaw, Gateshead and Tursdale, County Durham closed in 1964

Calls to fund £20m on resurrecting Leamside Line made as government responds

Over the weekend, wardens from Durham County Council patrolled parts of Ferryhill after reports of people leaving fly-tipping

Disgust as mattresses, nappies and children's toys ditched in County Durham

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Police took up pursuit at 1.30am after defendant passed through a temporary red light in Ferryhill

Drug driver sped off in VW Golf after police saw him flout red light in Ferryhill

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Linda Banks died in April 2022, after taking a fatal overdose.

Tributes paid to beloved sister, aunt and cousin after tragic death

Linda Banks died in 2022.

Verdict in fatal overdose inquest delayed as coroner unable to reach conclusion

Linda Banks died in April 2022, after taking a fatal overdose.

Potential learning difficulty was not on medical records of 'vulnerable' woman

Linda Banks died in spring 2022

Woman claims she was told friend was 'putting it on' by staff before overdose

Lisa Heightley-Goggs, inset, jailed for knife attacks on two other women at The Grand Electric Hall pub in Spennymoor, on January 1, 2022

Angry mother jailed for New Year's stabbing of two women in Spennymoor Wetherspoon's

Evidence of messaging between members of rival group accused of fatal attack on Gordon Gault read to jury at Newcastle Crown Court murder trial

Gordon Gault death Teenagers accused of murder threatened to 'exterminate' rivals in messages

Trial of six teenagers accused of the murder of 14-year-old Gordon Gault has begun at Newcastle Crown Court

Gordon Gault death Six teens accused of taking part in fatal stab attack on Gordon Gault in Newcastle

Bill Gates challenging for a header in his playing days and, inset, standgin on the Ferryhill street he grew up on

Funeral of North East footballer: How his legacy will help protect future generations

From left, Michelle Gorman, of Visit County Durham, Pam Porter, of Locomotion, Edward Perry, of The Auckland Project, Cllr Elizabeth Scott, of Durham County Council, and Rhianon Hiles, of Beamish Museum, at campaign launch

'Do Durham Differently' ... new campaign to urge tourists to stay longer in county

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LIVE: Police descend on bingo hall in County Durham town centre

LIVE: Police descend on bingo hall in County Durham town centre

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Four arrested after 2,000 cannabis plants found in abandoned bingo hall

Four arrested after 2,000 cannabis plants found in abandoned bingo hall

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Durham Police executed a magistrates warrant at an address on Main Street in Ferryhill shortly after 9.30am this morning (November 8) Credit: DURHAM CONSTABULARY

Four arrested and drugs seized after police raid County Durham property

Ditched rubbish in gardens in Ferryhill

Bin bags, tyres and furniture ditched in County Durham gardens as action taken

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The North East devolution deal could bring £1.4 billion to the region

North East devolution deal is ‘once in a lifetime' chance to help left behind areas

Emily Snowball, Commissioner's Challenge project coordinator, with PCC Joy Allen

Every primary school in County Durham and Darlington to learn about youth safety

Tributes have been paid to former Middlesbrough footballer Bill Gates, who has died aged 79

Tributes to Bill Gates - Boro football legend, entrepreneur and philanthropist

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Bill Gates, third from left, was described a 'great all rounder'. He lived with dementia during the last years of his life

Bill's legacy lives on - Mike Amos pays tribute to former Middlesbrough player

Paul Howell, fourth from the right, with the cross party group campaigning for the reopening of the Leamside line. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

OPINION: PAUL HOWELL MP Why scrapping HS2 is good news for the North East without a shadow of a doubt

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Police comment in wake of the jailing of Kieran Wynn for robbing a man of cash after following him through streets of Ferryhill in the early hours of June 30

County Durham man jailed after stealing £30 from victim in terrifying alleyway attack

Defendant Kieran Wynn followed man from cash machine through streets of Ferryhill before robbing him of the money he had withdrawn

Victim followed in Ferryhill and robbed by man who made knife threats

Exclusive "I was treated like a dog": Another mother handed foetus in box after miscarriage

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Flytipping at Metal Head cemetery

Council vow crack down on flytipping after waste dumped in Ferryhill cemetery

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Kirsty Rank appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court

County Durham woman snuck into sleeping man's home and demanded cash

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The A167 in Ferryhill.

One hospitalised after crash on A167 in County Durham

Year 6 pupils at West Cornforth Primary School.

Spirited County Durham school pupils stage protest to save endangered animals

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Michael Gough, pictured after previous arrest, spared an immediate prison sentence following conviction for perverting the course of justice

County Durham man pulled over on suspicion of drug driving gave brother's details

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A motorist who failed to stop for a red light at a pelican crossing while driving with no insurance has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 in fines and costs.

Named: Driver who failed to stop at pelican crossing red light fined more than £1,000

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Aaron Whitwell jailed at Durham Crown Court as a 'dangerous' offender to young girls

Man branded 'danger to girls' jailed for second time for sexual activity with a child

Named: Middlesbrough man who beat up a woman in County Durham

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Police who investigateda bag snatch by defendant Glen Wayman in Ferryhill, on July 30, have now recovered treasured old photographs taken in the robbery and returned them to the victim

Treasured old photographs taken in bag snatch robbery of pensioner

Ex-serviceman Glen Wayman snatched an elderly pedestrian's bag on a street in Ferryhill on a Sunday morning in July

Bag snatcher jailed for Ferryhill street robbery of woman, 78

Ferryhill School has delayed the start of the school year after RAAC was found in two of its

RAAC SCHOOLS Two schools faced with RAAC closures had funding for repairs withdrawn

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Ferryhill School is one of several in the North East affected by the concrete issues

Labour plans vote to publish list of schools with collapse-risk concrete

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Ferryhill School has delayed the start of the school year after RAAC was found in two of its buildings.

RAAC SCHOOLS SEN Ferryhill mum speaks of 'impossible task' after RAAC school closures

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Ferryhill School has delayed the start of the school year after RAAC was found in two of its buildings.

RAAC Schools County Durham school forced to delay new term over crumbling concrete fears

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Ferryhill School

RAAC SCHOOLS Schools face major challenges- it is not just the concrete at risk of collapse

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Newton Aycliffe now and then.

Aerial photos show transformation of County Durham from 1945 to 2023

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Suspected night-time burglars with bolt croppers and wearing balaclavas claimed to be collecting a vape from a friend

Teenagers in balaclavas with bolt croppers detained in County Durham town at 2am

Durham Crown Court heard that police seized bundles of cash, totalling £14,000 from cocaine dealer Peter Hudson

County Durham drug dealer's activities revealed after police find messages

County Durham offenders jailed this month, including, from top left, Mark Barclay, Alan Patterson and Allen March, from bottom left, Stephen Ansbro, Andrew Wood and Craig Atter

Durham court round-up Six of the County Durham offenders jailed at crown court so far this month

Alan Patterson jailed at Durham Crown Court for attempting to rob mother and son of mobile phones

Ferryhill man tried to rob mother and son of phones in Shildon street mugging

Cocaine dealer Peter Hudson convicted and jailed in his absence at Durham Crown Court this week

County Durham cocaine dealer convicted and given prison sentence in his absence

Rachel Louise Hawman, 22, of Windsor Avenue, Ferryhill, was ordered to pay £468 after being faced with the littering charge

County Durham woman fined heavily for dropping cigarette end on train station floor

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Ferryhill drug dealer Adam Pick is arrested

Watch Ferryhill drug dealer's arrest as police find cocaine and heroin on him

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Kyle Mawson, who broke into four homes in Ferryhill within a few days last month, has received a 12-month deduction to his previous 56-month prison sentence

Judge reduces County Durham burglar's prison sentence by 12 months

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Newton Aycliffe magistrates

Ferryhill man in court charged with robbery after woman's bag allegedly snatched

Serial burglar locked up after breaking into six homes in rampant crime spree

NAMED: County Durham delinquents and burglars sentenced in courts this week

Ferryhill serial burglar Kyle Mawson given 56-month prison sentence

Fifth-strike Ferryhill burglar described as 'scourge of the community' by judge

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Serial burglar Kyle Mawson warned he is facing a

Serial County Durham burglar facing "long sentence" after admitting six more charges

The incident, which happened on Tuesday, July 4, at Metal Bridge Cemetery, near Ferryhill, at 8pm saw heaps of rubbish left at the scene and chairs scattered near headstones

Chairs and concrete ditched at County Durham cemetery next to family gravestones

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