A STUDENT business venture could win four teenagers a national award for budding entrepreneurs. The group from Sunnydale School, Shildon, will travel to London at the end of the month to compete in the televised final of the Big Zipper Student Challenge
A MAN in his 30s and a teenage boy were recovering in hospital yesterday after one fell from a tree and the other through the roof of a school. The 13-year-old was thought to have been skateboarding on the roof of the primary school in Colburn, North
MORPETH Harriers staged a great fightback to complete a hat-trick of wins in the North of England 12-Stage Road Relay Championships at Stockport. Already without former AAA half marathon champion Ian Hudspith and Army international Craig McBurney, Morpeth
BONNIE the Rottweiler has bounced back from hard times and is looking for a good home. The three-year-old bitch was in poor condition when she was found by RSPCA officers in Bishop Auckland. But now she is ready to move to a new home after being nursed
VANDALS are putting children at risk and costing ratepayers a fortune, council workers have warned. Les Oakley and Graham Milsom, who work for Northallerton Town Council, in North Yorkshire, said that nearly half their time is spent repairing damage.
FORMER members of an Army battalion gathered to mark the 50th anniversary of the branch being reformed for the fourth time. More than 200 members and guests of the 300-member 2nd Battalion of The Green Howards Association, which has its headquarters in
FOUR Tees Valley companies have been honoured for commitment to disabled workers. They were among 37 North-East firms to receive recognition at a ceremony in Newcastle. All four have clinched Disability Symbol Status, which means they have agreed to meet
A HOUSING group is at the centre of a £12m supported housing programme for young parents. Tees Valley Housing Group (TVHG) hopes the scheme will help single parents including Caroline Jones, 17, from Hartlepool. Caroline, a full-time student with a four-year-old
THREE pupils have been rewarded for their sporting achievements. Christopher Garbutt, a year 11 student at Bedale High School, was awarded the Meynell Cup for outstanding achievement in football. This season he has been a regular in the North Yorkshire
RIPON seems likely to remain a political battleground in the run-up to the local elections, despite a move to mollify people unhappy about having to pay to park in the city centre. Liberal Democrat district councillors have confirmed they will be lobbying
STAFF have been raising their glasses to their first award, just six months after opening their doors for the first time. The Tithe Barn, in Friargate Street, Northallerton, has been named the winter Pub of the Season by the Richmond and North West Yorkshire
TIPS on how to make the best use of water are available in the latest edition of a water company's magazine. The spring edition of The Source, Northumbrian Water's customer magazine, gives information on bathing water quality, offers ideas for recreation
A POIGNANT cash gift has been handed over to Stockton's Butterwick Hospice. The cheque for £632 was in memory of a theatre worker at the town's University Hospital of North Tees, who had been cared for at the hospice. The money was presented to Butterwick
PARISH councillors are hoping to give a park a majestic makeover to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The plan, to completely refurbish the Memorial Park, in Victoria Road, Eaglescliffe, will cost £22,500. Egglescliffe Parish Council has pledged £2,500
A GROUP examining the economic viability of Bedale as a market town is to consider its findings in a final report. The environment and economy scrutiny committee of Hambleton District Council has been reviewing council policies on market towns and trying
A GIANT statue of Buddha is putting a couple in good spirits for their new business. The 5ft 6in granite sculpture, weighing one-and-a-half tonnes, is one of the features at the Paddock Farm Garden Centre, Dalton-on-Tees, near Darlington. As well as the
DARLINGTON FC chairman George Reynolds last night said he was still a happy man - despite an annual "rich list" which claimed his fortune had slumped by by £185m in a year. And the entrepreneur, who made his fortune manufacturing kitchen worktops, said
Darlington may have lost on Saturday, but with the season all but over the result was far less important than rumoured off-the-field activities. According to one weekend newspaper report, Craig Liddle has been "ordered to take a huge cut in wages" while
A NEW litter education pack put together by a Teesside council has won the backing of Environment Minister Michael Meacher. A delegation from Stockton Borough Council took a trip to London to meet the minister and officially launch the pack, which has
WATER voles and other vulnerable species are to be given a helping hand by a Teesside wildlife group. Tees Valley Wildlife Trust has been awarded £27,466 to implement a biodiversity action plan across the Tees Valley area. The Wealth of Wildlife plan
NOMINATIONS have closed for candidates contesting next month's elections for seats on the five metropolitan councils in Tyne and Wear. A third of the seats will be contested on May 2 in Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland
The Queen is expected to address the nation today with a eulogy for her mother. The address is also expected to thank the people who have queued around the clock to pay their respects at the Queen Mother's coffin as it lies in state, in Westminster Hall
AN RAF hero who gave the only parachute aboard a doomed training plane to a teenage cadet was remembered at a ceremony yesterday. Flight Lieutenant John Quinton was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his selfless act, which followed a mid-air collision
YOUNG people are preparing a charity concert in aid of Save the Children. The Barnard Castle branch of the charity is supporting this year's Save the Children week with a concert by the town's youth band and Teesdale School soul band at Glaxo Sports and
The first members of the public yesterday began claiming vantage points for the Queen Mother's funeral procession, preparing to wait on the chilly streets for more than 48 hours. The moves came as thousands continued to pour through Westminster Hall last
A FARM has come to the rescue of a vet who lost his favourite breed of cattle during the foot-and-mouth crisis. Will Christie visited Newham Grange Leisure Farm, in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, at the weekend to buy back Juniper Linnet - a British White
MIDDLE EAST WHAT a pity we don't see as much brouhaha being made whenever some young "Palestinian" (like 16-year-old kids ) brainwashed by their elder, political Islamic and Arafatsonian thugsters that a perverted paradise awaits them by committing suicide
UPBEAT Hartlepool United boss Chris Turner is relishing the end of season run in. Saturday's win at Halifax leaves Pool trailing the play-offs by three points and with two games to go, Turner is bracing himself for a thrilling end to the season. Pool
BABIES born with no defence against infection could be given pioneering gene therapy in the North-East. Last week, it was announced that gene therapy had been used by Great Ormond Street Hospital in London to "cure" Welsh toddler Rhys Evans. Now doctors
A NATIONAL park is widening the consultation process for its blueprint for the future. Under Government guidelines, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has to make the first draft of its Local Plan available in its offices, advertise its availability
A YEAR ago a group of young swimmers raised hundreds of pounds for a cancer charity, cheered on by parents and friends. This year they did it again - but this time without the backing of 18-year-old Anna Saxby's father, Bob, who lost his battle against
A DISCOUNT card for some of the region's leading attractions has been launched. The birds resident at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, in Washington, Wearside, provided the backdrop for the launch of this year's Powerpass card. Now in its sixth year,
PRAISE has been heaped on three North Yorkshire teachers by the chairman of Premiership football club Leeds United. Peter Ridsdale commended the primary school teachers for their hard work in gaining leadership qualifications. Aileen Moss, headteacher
JOBSEEKERS with a head for heights and a love of good food and drink are being offered the chance to get to the top. Catering training opportunities are available for the Rooftop Restaurant, Riverside Restaurant and Caf Bar within Baltic, The Centre for
CRAIG BELLAMY has echoed manager Bobby Robson's belief that Newcastle fans should cherish Alan Shearer because they may never see his like again. Bellamy hopes to be back in attacking tandem with his skipper at some stage tonight as Shearer bids to reach
A PIONEERING scheme to involve youngsters in decision- making will serve as a national example, a conference in the region heard. Senior Open University research fellow Wendy Rose told an audience of young people and public service representatives at
FIT-AGAIN Newcastle midfielder Gary Speed has called on his teammates to fight the fatigue of a gruelling season to ensure they don't blow their chances of a Champions' League place. Speed is back in contention for tonight's home game against Fulham as
OLD school friends from north-west Durham are proving real troopers as events unfold in London before the Queen Mother's funeral tomorrow. Gareth Smith and Guy Ridley, from Consett, County Durham, both 20, are members of the King's Troop, based in St
A PIONEERING partnership is bringing education to inmates and staff at a Durham prison. Low Newton is thought to be the country's first jail with Learning Prison status thanks to a scheme involving County Durham's Learning and Skills Council and New College
A HARTLEPOOL community has received a boost with the opening of a new resource centre for meetings, advice and activities. The former council house in Chatham Road, in the Dyke House area of town, is proving to be a focal point for community life. It
TEACHERS and care workers who say their lives were destroyed as a result of one of the North-East's biggest child abuse inquiries have launched a bitter attack on police. Operation Rose - the codename for Northumbria Police's five-year inquiry - investigated
A pub boss apologised last night after a cancer sufferer was reduced to tears when she was forced to reveal her bald head after a bouncer ordered her to remove a cap. Denise Laybourne, 43, took to wearing a baseball cap after losing her hair through intensive
The Queen addressed the nation on Monday evening. This is the full text of her televised speech. "Ever since my beloved mother died over a week ago I have been deeply moved by the outpouring of affection which has accompanied her death. My family and
Darlington boss Tommy Taylor lamented his side's poor defending at Rochdale - and admitted his team played well only for the first seven minutes. The result, and performance, were all the more disappoint-ing after two good displays against Hull and Halifax
SPEEDING and dangerous motorists face a crackdown under Government proposals. The Home Office is considering automatic three-year bans, or possibly bans for life, and minimum one-year jail terms for death by dangerous driving and drink-driving. Ministers
An ex-serviceman who had always planned to attend the Queen Mother's funeral last night paid tribute to the Royal as he faced up to being unable to fulfill his wish. Cyril Cooke, 73, from Darlington, feels he is too old to camp out in the capital overnight
BT's new chief executive Ben Verwaayen has unveiled his long-awaited strategy to control costs, cut debt and drive growth at the telecoms group. Mr Verwaayen said his three-year strategy was to focus on "customer satisfaction" and "financial discipline
Moorland farmer Maurice Medd has quit sheep farming - to breed worms! Mr Medd's family have been leading sheep farmers for some three generations on the North Yorkshire Moors at Newton-on-Rawcliffe for some 70 years but now he has switched to producing
Redcar and Cleveland Council has been told by the Government it can draw up a plan for a Private Finance Initiative which it is hoped will bring a £45.8m boost to the borough's schools. The scheme could include the creation of a new £9m Roman Catholic
Newcastle Utd 1 - 1 Fulham - LOUIS SAHA returned to haunt Newcastle and deal a damaging blow to their hopes of clinching a Champions' League place. The French striker, on his first appearance at St. James' Park since former United boss Ruud Gullit decided
FARMERS preparing for the show season face further misery caused by ongoing restrictions on the movement of livestock in the wake of foot-and-mouth. Officials from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), fearful of a flare-up of
THE world's first Internet-based degree in cancer care is being launched in the region today. It should provide doctors and nurses with better knowledge and expertise through their computers. Patients in this region should be among the first to benefit
POLICE have sent out hundreds of leaflets to village people asking them for information about a series of airgun attacks which have been made on local schools. The attacks on schools in Hurworth, near Darlington, have all happened since January. They
THE oldest water-balanced lift in the country re-opened for business on Good Friday with ambitions of smashing last year's passenger record. The Victorian cliff lift at Saltburn attracted more than 100,000 visitors last year. In its heyday in 1954, it
Binns in Darlington will be closed to the public until 1pm Tuesday as a mark of respect for the Queen Mother. The House of Fraser store, in High Row, is allowing those staff who are working to watch the funeral of the 101-year-old royal in two specially
TEACHERS and care workers who say their lives were destroyed as a result of one of the North-East's biggest child abuse inquiries have launched a bitter attack on police. Operation Rose - the codename for Northumbria Police's five-year inquiry - investigated
SIGNS that a £50,000 regeneration programme is finally under way should start appearing in a village from to-day. Following years of decline, the cash has been secured for Ushaw Moor and the surrounding area as part of the Lower Deerness Valley Settlement
Q WERE any of the Romans who served in Britain actually from Italy, or were most of the men in the Roman army recruited locally in Britain? - DS McKenna, Stockton. A THE soldiers who served in the Roman army came from all parts of the Roman empire and
UGO EHIOGU has admitted the loss of on-loan striker Benito Carbone for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final with Arsenal is a major blow. Carbone, scorer of Boro's first goal in the 2-1 win over Aston Villa, has been a crucial influence in the Riverside club's
A NORTH-EAST woman caught up in the Middle Eastern conflict has pledged allegiance to the Palestinians, despite warnings against them. Claire Theret, 44, from Newcastle, spoke after the Israeli army rounded up 350 family members of Palestinian martyrs
For years horse owners have made do when caring for their animals' teeth. But a new profession is emerging and formally trained horse dentists are graduating for the first time. Ian Lamming gets the full story. AS RUTH Parker nursed her broken nose and
A SERIES of initiatives are being developed to protect Darlington's trees. Darlington Borough Council adopted its tree strategy, called The Enhancement of the Urban Forest, last July. Tree planting schemes have taken place across the borough since the
The Queen Mother's funeral service begins at 11.30am tomorrow. Here is a timetable of the main events: * 06.00: Westminster Hall is closed to the public. * 10.30: The general congregation is seated at Westminster Abbey. * 10.35: Foreign heads of state
A YEAR ago a group of young swimmers raised hundreds of pounds for a cancer charity, cheered on by parents and friends. This year they did it again - but this time without the backing of 18-year-old Anna Saxby's father, Bob, who lost his battle against
Prime Minister Tony Blair last night threatened military action to topple Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's "brutal" regime. Mr Blair pledged there would be no "precipitive action" but delivered a blunt warning to Saddam that he had to allow weapons inspectors
MORE than 400 people gathered to pay their respects to the Queen Mother at a thanksgiving service in Ripon cathedral during the weekend. The Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, Lord Crathorne, civic leaders, members of the armed forces and the Royal British
A NATIONAL balloon release is to benefit a disabled riding centre. The Unicorn Centre in Hemlington, Middlesbrough, will receive proceeds from the Round Table appeal. Members from across the UK are raising funds by selling 60,000 balloons, to be released
SOME of the region's bus users are facing an increase in their fares. Before April 1, Stockton's 18,000 Gold Card holders in Stockton could travel anywhere by bus within the boroughs of Stockton, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland for a 25p flat fee
POLICE are hunting an attacker who stabbed a man in the back as he made his way home. The incident happened as the 41-year-old victim was walking along Shepherd Way, in the Fatfield area of Washington, Wearside, at 11.50pm on Friday. He was approached
ABOUT 250 residents in the village of Snainton on the A170 Scarborough to Thirsk road have signed petitions calling for action to cut the speed of traffic. Garage owner Des Winks said: "There have been dozens of minor accidents and it is only time before
A GIANT statue of Buddha is putting a couple in good spirits for their new business. The granite sculpture, which is 5ft 6in tall and weighs one-and-a-half tonnes, is just one of a number of features at the Paddock Farm Garden Centre, in Dalton on Tees
HARTLEPOOL United supporters are seeking a favour from the most unlikely of sources on Saturday. Saturday's stroll at The Shay brought Pool a 2-0 win over Halifax and leaves Pool three points off a top-seven spot with six points to play for. Pool have
AMATEUR actors are setting the stage for mystery and intrigue. Cestria Amateur Operatic Society will perform the Revenge of Sherlock Holmes, in Park View Community School theatre, Church Chare, Chester-le-Street, from Wednesday until Saturday, at 7.20pm
STEVE McCLAREN maintains he has restored Middlesbrough's respect in the eyes of a football world which looked on with incredulity at the events of last season. Terry Venables was recruited halfway through the campaign to bail out beleaguered boss Bryan
BOBBY Helen Graham has been named as Northumbria Police Force's Community Police Officer of the Year. She beat 14 other hopefuls to win a statuette at the inaugural award ceremony at force headquarters in Ponteland, Northumberland. She also received a
A HERO of the Titanic is to be commemorated in his home town 90 years after the tragedy. James Moody, 24, the youngest officer on the liner's maiden voyage, took the message from men on the watch that the ship was about to strike an iceberg. The son of
A LANDSCAPE artist is aiming for flower show success after securing a £10,000 grant. Alan Capper, who runs Newcastle company Kent Design, has been given the grant from the regional development agency One NorthEast to prepare his entry, the Great North
HIGHWAY bosses are to devise a traffic management plan for Whitby because of the town's increasing popularity as a tourist centre. A partnership of councillors and highway engineers has produced a 15-point plan for the strategy, said Mike Moore, director
A NORTH-East company has been awarded a £5.5m design and construction deal to upgrade nine stores for Marks & Spencer. Amec, of Sedgefield, County Durham, will carry out the work as part of the retail chain's ongoing store renewal. During the past
FOUR Tees Valley companies have been honoured for commitment to disabled workers. They were among 37 North-East firms to receive recognition at a ceremony in Newcastle. All four have clinched Disability Symbol Status, which means they have agreed to meet
IMPROVEMENTS are to be made to a magistrates' court to secure its future and ensure that justice is seen to be done. Work will start shortly at Guisborough magistrates court. Cleveland Magistrates Courts Committee says cells will be built and an access
AN imposing house once owned by a Bishop of Truro and which has breathtaking views over the Vale of York is opening its gardens to the public shortly. The Hutts, at Grewelthorpe, near Ripon, was built in 1750 as a farmhouse and is regarded as a North
Golf professional Steve Cor-bally will be running a course for young golfers at Durham City Golf Club, Littleburn, Langley Moor, from May 4 to June 22. Places on the course, which costs £15, are limited and can be booked by telephoning Durham City Council
PEOPLE living in the village of Hunwick say they are having their peace disturbed by eight stray horses. The animals have been grazing on land alongside the old railway line which runs past the village to Bishop Auckland. One resident, who asked not to
THERE were views expressed in some quarters a few days ago about the public's apparent apathy over the death of the Queen Mother. Indeed, one national newspaper devoted its entire front page to a photograph depicting the absence of a queue of people waiting
SEDGEFIELD Community Association had good weather and a good turnout for its annual children's holiday picnic, held in the grounds of Ceddesfeld Hall. More than 50 children and their families visited the Grade II-listed former rectory, which is home to
POLICE are widening their search for a missing former miner after a riverbank exercise proved fruitless. Five officers and a search and rescue team spent five hours on Saturday morning searching the river from Finchale Abbey to Chester-le-Street, in County
A REAL ale pub has won a coveted title for the second year in succession. Licensees of The Ship Inn, in Middlestone Village, were celebrating at the weekend after it was voted Wear Valley Camra Pub of the Year 2002. Landlord Graham Snaith, who runs the
A FLOWER festival on the theme of patron saints, is to take place at Holy Trinity Church, Startforth, from July 12 to 14. A grant for the event, called Saints Alive, has been given by Teesdale Marketing, but festival chairman Celia Clarke says fundraising
SOLDIERS based in the region will be involved in the Queen Mother's funeral in London tomorrow. Four members of the King's Regiment, four from the Queen's Dragoon Guards and 20 from the King's Own Scottish Borderers - all based at Catterick Garrison,
The death of a man whose body was found by the side of a busy road is not being treated as suspicious, police today. A postal worker made the grim discovery just before 5am this morning near the New Park roundabout, on Skipton Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
A NORTH-EAST social worker has been honoured for his work by Prime Minister Tony Blair. Nick Murray, who is based in Peterlee, east Durham, was among 200 staff from across the country invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street to mark their commitment
A PRODUCTION team has been recruited to a popular magazine thanks to a partnership's £175,000 contribution. Two trainees and a production manager are now helping to publish Eastwise, the east end of Sunderland and Hendon's community magazine. Founded
Swinton Park, Masham, will host a charity folk night in aid of the Save the Children Fund on Saturday. Ian Scott-Massie and Friends perform at the ancestral home of the Earls of Swinton from 7.30pm, with both music and poetry on the programme. Tickets
A RENEWED bid for National Lottery cash to benefit a North-East railway museum is to be made. Darlington Borough Council is taking a fresh look at its five-year development plan, which could turn Darlington Railway Centre and Museum into the hub of a
A TEESSIDE filmmaker has been awarded £75,000 to complete a documentary about the mining heritage of his home town and to set up a local TV channel. Craig Hornby, 35, said he had always been obsessed with Eston and its place in history as a major ironstone
THE grounds of a medieval castle will be the setting for an exotic flower show, which attracts hundreds of enthusiasts each year. The British Orchid Growers' Association will hold a show at Raby Castle, near Staindrop, County Durham, next month, following
A TEAM of students from a Teesside school have been picked to compete in the final of a national chemistry contest. Four pupils from Teesside High School, in Eaglescliffe, have reached the final of the Royal Society of Chemistry's national schools' competition
A NORTH-EAST museum will host an exhibition of Meccano later this month. The displays at the History of Meccano show will be created by members of the North-East Meccano Society, at Beamish Museum, in County Durham. There will be working models dating
SUNDERLAND slumped to a third consecutive away defeat at Elland Road after giving Leeds a few late scares in front of the Sky television cameras and England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. Leeds dominated the proceedings after being gifted an eighth minute
A STUDY by a North-East university has revealed that farmers, far from quitting the industry in the wake of foot-and-mouth, intend to stay put. The study by Newcastle University - Coping With Crisis in Cumbria: The Consequences of Foot and Mouth Disease
PLANS for housing developments on the outskirts of Aycliffe Village have been halted before they began. Stonegrave Aggregates applied to Sedgefield Borough Council for outline planning permission to build on two former landfill sites on the edge of the
THE early exit of Paris Pike in Saturday's Grand National must have been a bitter blow for Ferdy Murphy. But the show must go on and at Kelso this afternoon he can at least look forward to a small measure of compensation via Khan Kicker (3.05). Khan Kicker
TWO things at least became clear in North Division One on Saturday. Middlesbrough are relegated after their 29-21 defeat at Chester, while Darlington cannot catch second-placed Hull Ionians, despite winning 40-10 at Aspatria. The defeat for Aspatria further
A NORTH-East woman accused of killing a family friend in Spain has protested her innocence in a letter. Anne-Marie Monteith, 47, and her husband Richard, who recently moved to Spain from Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, were arrested by police in Malaga after
THREE months after A1's scheduled performance as part of the launch of a North-East theatre was cancelled, the band returned to the venue on Saturday to thrill their patient fans. As well as two shows at Durham's £14m Gala Theatre, the chart-toppers also
Two schools marked for demolition have won a ministerial accolade for improving exam results. Doomed Langbaurgh and neighbouring Keldholme secondary schools, in east Middlesbrough, will close for good in July to make way for a multi-million pound city
A druken bus driver stabbed a man who intervened when he swore at children in a shop. Christopher Willis produced a knife and plunged it into the chest of the young man who merely asked him to calm down as he shouted at youngsters at the late night convenience
WITH only next Saturday's visit to champions Doncaster to come in their National Three North programme, Mowden Park's sights are on regaining the Durham Cup. But if they were saving themselves on Saturday for tomorrow's semi-final at home to Westoe it
TEACHERS and care workers who say their lives were destroyed as a result of one of the North-East's biggest child abuse inquiries have launched a bitter attack on police. Operation Rose - the codename for Northumbria Police's five-year inquiry - investigated
NORTH-East pensioners will support a campaign for free transport by asking people to sign petitions this week. As part of the National Pensioners' Convention (NPC) campaign for free national bus travel, pensioner groups throughout the UK will petition
MOURNERS who have visited a Darlington cemetery for decades have added their voices to criticisms of the state of the burial ground. Last week, Darlington Borough Council denied claims that its workers had carried out no work at the town's East Cemetery
Parents are calling for better security around a railway track near their homes after a serious incident involving a five-year-old boy. The call comes after a 12-year-old boy was charged with endangering the safety of the child on the track. The boy,
A POLICE shake-up is giving beat bobbies a key role at the heart of Wear Valley communities in response to public demand. The new team will be travelling by bus instead of panda car to get even closer to the people of their patch. From next week they
HUNDREDS of homes in Redcar have put the spotlight on burglars in a ground-breaking initiative. Specialist property marking kits have been sent out to 1,000 households and all the valuables registered will be logged on to a computer database accessible
Promise If you stand in desolation By the one you loved so well. Feeling your life is over I have good news to tell. Death is not the end at all In fact it's just the start. Of a journey through valleys green And though you're now apart. If you read the
The Forsyte Saga (ITV) NO-one would dare to accuse this new adaptation of the John Galsworthy novels of being slow-moving. London 1874 noted the first caption. And we were off: Bournemouth, nine years later. London (again). Six months later. Two years
A CRACKDOWN on racism at football matches in England and Wales was launched at the weekend. The Association of Chief Police Officers said officers had been told to arrest and charge offenders, and pursue banning orders wherever possible. They will use
Easter is over for another yer but here are still bunnies taking up every spare inch of Gwen Butler's home. LUCIA CHARNOCK meets the over of Bunny Burrows IF Gwen Butler's dream ever became a reality, she would be out of a job. For the saviour of hundreds
A MAN has died after falling from a bridge just hours after being released from police custody. The man, who has not been named, plunged from the Gateshead side of the Tyne Bridge just before 9pm on Saturday. Earlier that day, he had been released from
A KEEN gardener has been honoured for his work with one particular type of bloom. Joe Kidd of Nevada Gardens in Darlington has been awarded a silver medal by the National Dahlia Society. The medal was awarded in recognition of Mr Kidd's dedication to
For Durham County Council, the region's biggest local authority, it will be "business as usual" tomorrow but there will be a two-minute silence at 11.30am. "We've got our books of condolence at County Hall and on the Internet, the flag is at half mast
Gas pipeline business Transco is investing more than £60m in its gas supply network in the North and Yorkshire. The company plans to replace almost 250 miles of iron gas pipes with plastic ones across the North-East, Cumbria and Yorkshire. Around £35m
A dream of restoring one of the region's parks to its Victorian glory is to come true, thanks to a £2.9m Heritage Lottery Fund grant. The fund has announced that it will award Darlington Borough Council 75 per cent of the total £3.9m needed to restore
Rail passengers across the region will be asked to fall silent tomorrow as two-minute silences are observed in memory of the Queen Mother on mainline stations. GNER's stations at Darlington, Durham, Newcastle and York will fall silent at 11.30am and trains
A family butchers business has unveiled a £2.5m development plan, which would create up to 50 new jobs. The plan was presented by Michael Dickson, managing director of M.I. Dicksons, to South Shields MP David Miliband when they toured the firm's production
