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Bishop blesses steam tribute to vicar
9:00am Saturday 28th August 2010
A MEMORIAL engine named after a former bishop and railway fan has carried 70 vicars across the North York Moors after a £600,000 refit.
The pit, pain and pictures
11:41am Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Twenty-six years ago thousands of pitmen went on strike the length and breadth of the country – fighting for their jobs and their communities. They were branded the Enemy Within by the then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher.
Mother’s words penned in 1938 are off the wall
12:39pm Friday 4th June 2010
A 73-YEAR-OLD North-East man has spoken of his joy after receiving a note written by his mother who died when he was four years old.
Search for portrait of First World War hero
10:50am Thursday 3rd June 2010
A SEARCH has been launched to trace a lost painting of a First World War hero.
Images of a rich heritage
11:38am Wednesday 19th May 2010
RARE pictures of the region in years gone by are now available on an online archive of more than one million prints.
Book remembers village war heroes
1:13pm Monday 3rd May 2010
Seventy men from a North-East village lost their lives in the First World War. A book tells about their battles, their deaths and the families they left behind. Jim McTaggart reports.
Tornado team talks of second locomotive plan
9:05am Monday 26th April 2010
THE team behind the revival of the famous Tornado steam locomotive has announced plans to bring back another icon of railways history.
Loco renovation is on track
9:15am Monday 19th April 2010
RAILWAY enthusiasts have been given a sneak preview of a steam locomotive that will soon be put to work in the Durham Dales.
Test runs for restored Victorian steam engine
9:03am Tuesday 6th April 2010
THE finishing touches are being put to the long-running restoration of a Victorian steam locomotive.
Labour of loaf for team
9:04am Saturday 3rd April 2010
A £100,000 campaign has been launched to provide Britain’s first mainline steam locomotive built in 50 years with its own support coach.
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