Reprieve for police helicopter after Commons debate

6:30pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

THE threat to ground one of the region's crime-fighting helicopters was dramatically lifted on Wednesday when the Government agreed to delay new safety rules.

ICI memories collected in book

2:36pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

FORMER workers at ICI's chemical complex at Billingham have written a140-page book in memory of the firm which ceased trading on January 2.

Cameras prove effective in catching criminals

12:30pm Wednesday 14th May 2008

SURVEILLANCE cameras have helped police arrest a record number of criminals in Stockton.

Pupils to be consulted on future of schools

12:31pm Tuesday 13th May 2008

THOUSANDS of schoolchildren are to be given a say in a massive rebuilding programme which could see their own secondary schools rebuilt, merged or even closed.

Posters step up bid to find children missing school

10:21am Tuesday 13th May 2008

POSTERS are going up across Redcar and Cleveland in an attempt to track down youngsters who are failing to turn up at school.

Riding school youngsters on charity ride

8:44am Tuesday 13th May 2008

HORSE riders have thanked an air ambulance service for saving the life of a County Durham woman by staging a sponsored endurance pony trek.

Donation helps campaign to ban chip pans

5:29pm Monday 12th May 2008

PARENTS who lost their son in a chip pan fire are a step closer to stamping out the deadly kitchen equipment.

Ramblers make progress in right of way bid

12:17pm Monday 12th May 2008

WALKERS have won a victory to have a disused railway line recognised as a right of way.

Lottery cash pays for park facelift

10:28am Friday 9th May 2008

A MAJOR revamp has been announced for a much-loved park after transformation plans received a 280,000 grant.

Laying down her pen after 93 years

9:42am Friday 9th May 2008

A LEADING historian has decided to call time on her literary career on the eve of her 94th birthday.

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