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  • Four arrested by armed police

    FOUR men were being questioned by police last night after an operation which saw a North-East street sealed off for almost three hours. The men, two of them Polish, were arrested at a house in Lansdowne Street, Darlington this evening. Armed police

  • Union officials to speak to chemical company staff

    UNION officials say they will be speaking to workers at a chemical plant regarding any safety issues following a major leak which left 37 people needed treatment. A major incident was declared when 4.5 tonnes of the chemical hexamethylenediamine, known

  • One dead, another injured in North Sea tragedy

    ONE North-East man has died and another has been injured after an accident on board a North Sea support vessel. Matthew Grey, 59, from Darlington, was working in the cargo tanks of the Bleo Holm 72 miles north east of Aberdeen when he died on Saturday

  • New leader elected

    COUNCILLOR Heather Scott has been elected as the new leader of Darlington Conservative group. The opposition group needed a new leader after Councillor Tony Richmond, who had held the post for 18 years, resigned following a vote of no confidence. Coun