FINE line in fiery food, for those who like it hot, is being produced in a quiet corner of North Yorkshire. Those seeking a gourmet thrill may have already stumbled on the wares of the One Stop Hot Shop. Spicy stuff from chilli chocolate to chilli
COUNCIL house rents in Darlington may increase by only half the sum originally proposed. The move is aimed at helping tenants who are struggling because of the financial downturn. At a meeting of Darlington Borough Council cabinet on Tuesday, councillors
DIGGING for victory was the response at a children’s nursery where winning an outstanding accolade from Ofsted has been marked by the planting of a tree. Kids 1st, in Alderman Leach Drive, is the only nursery in Darlington to be awarded a top
A VILLAGE near Darlington is to buck the national trend by having its post office restored. Scores of post offices have closed in the past year, including five in Darlington. The branch at Piercebridge was closed in August 2007, but farmer Chris
A POTTY health and safety row which could have seen 20 colourful planters being removed from an east Cleveland village may have been resolved. A last ditch effort is being made to resolve an insurance problem before they are taken off the streets
COUNTY councillors are considering giving a £200,000 start-up loan to the North Yorkshire Credit Union, to enable it to lend from day one, when it begins operating next month. North Yorkshire County Council, which has supported the development
A PRIMARY school is to benefit from a new £1.4m children’s centre. The project at Layfield Primary School in Yarm is scheduled for completion in March 2010. As well as a children’s centre, the school will benefit from a new foundation stage unit
A GLIDING club is celebrating its 75th birthday – with a 93- year-old president who still takes to the skies. The Yorkshire Gliding Club, on the top of Sutton Bank, was set up by a group of enthusiasts on April 21, 1934, and it marked its anniversary
A COUNTY DURHAM schoolboy is leading the charge as kart racing enjoys a massive surge in popularity on the back of British drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Barnard Castle School pupil Daniel Stocks has won the Warden Law winter series
DEFENDING champions Bowes are closing in on their third successive title after they enjoyed two wins last week to move to within three points of leaders Richmond Town Academy, with four games in hand. On Saturday, they won 2-1 at second-placed
Bedlington Terriers 3 Northallerton Town 2 NORTHALLERTON Town remain firmly in the relegation zone after they lost their fourth successive game when they went down by the odd goal in five at Bedlington Terriers on Saturday. Following their 3-
SURPRISE opening day winners Thornaby get their home programme under way tomorrow with a mouth-watering fixture against Hartlepool. Pools also have a win under their belts and expect to have a stronger team out for the trip to Mandale Bottoms.
DEFENDING premier division champions Thirsk Falcons put the disappointment of defeat in the final of the North Riding Cup on Tuesday of last week behind them with a 3-1 home win over Westbrook YMCA on Saturday. A goal from Mark Cobb was not quite
THE Newroc Homes Darlington and District League burst into action with a full opening day round of matches, and a quirk of the fixtures computer saw reigning champions Barton travel to take on runners-up Ingleton. But it was the 2008 bridesmaids
HEIGHINGTON rally driver Guy Wilks saw his bid for a record-breaking third Pirelli International Rally victory literally go up in smoke when a fire destroyed his car when he was comfortably leading last weekend’s Carlisle-based event. The defending
IT MIGHT be a bit early to start making hay, but Dandy Nicholls is training plenty of winners while the sun shines. The Sessay trainer travelled across the Irish Sea with three horses to race at Naas on Saturday and, amazingly, all three were
Barnard Castle & Teesdale Riding Club. – May 3: hunter trial at Brookleigh, contact Viv 07500-967539. Barnard Castle & Teesdale Juniors. – Apr 25: combined training at Brookleigh, contact Jane 01833- 641262. Apr 25: XC lesson at Brookleigh, contact
BOTH Yorkshire point to point meetings held over Easter, the Bedale at Hornby Castle on the Saturday and the Staintondale at Charm Park on the Monday, attracted large crowds and plenty of runners. At Hornby Castle, the Bedale members’ race saw
A LOCAL firm of chartered surveyors and land agents is moving into larger premises – due to an expanding workload. Broadley & Coulson, who are also thriving auctioneers and valuers, have outgrown their existing offices in Wesley Street, Crook.
WHEN Julie and Jason Cole both found themselves redundant, they decided to take some time out and travel abroad. They visited Singapore, Australia and the US while they considered what the future might hold. Mrs Cole had always worked
retailer is helping to support individuals and communities in Indonesia through a tree-planting scheme. James Barker, managing director of Barker and Stonehouse, personally helped to set up the Trees4Trees project. The firm has provided finance,
PLANS are to be submitted for a new business park at Scotch Corner by Buccleuch Property, the commercial property arm of the Buccleuch Group, a rural development business owned by the Duke of Buccleuch. The site is adjacent to the Scotch Corner
THE Wensleydale Creamery is restoring an historic milk supply after a 25-year gap. It has secured a deal with three farms in neighbouring Coverdale to supply it with around 3m litres of milk a year. The dale is one of the Yorkshire Dales identified
THE Northern region of the National Sheep Association is staging its first North Sheep Young Shepherd of the Year Award. The competition will be at NSA North Sheep 2009 at Laund Farm, Chipping, Preston, on Wednesday, June 3. It is open
Quiet, calming – the sound of silence OVER the years, we have sat in a few empty restaurants. The demands of culinary research and the day job have meant early-week dining has been a regular necessity. We can confidently say that if you are going
TWO international food critics have helped select some of the local products to be sold in Fodder, the Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s new food shop and café. The enterprise at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate aims to support the region
LEADING farm organisations have launched a campaign to keep the environmental benefits of set-aside. They want farmers to voluntarily adopt techniques rather than having compulsory measures imposed by the Government, which could take 5pc of land
A YORKSHIRE-BASED company has completed a £1m contract to supply 525 genetically-advanced breeding pigs to China. The pigs, from ACMC of Driffield, were flown under veterinary supervision to establish a nucleus unit for a process and retailing
WE MAY still be admiring all our spring-flowering bulbs as tulips and hyacinths come into their own, but if you want more bulbs in summer, it’s time to start planting them now. There’s a wealth of choice for both containers and borders, from
DARLINGTON Dance Festival may become the only nominated qualifier round in the region for a national competition. The All England Dance Association is considering the event, which takes place at Carmel RC College, as a selection point for one
Veteran journalist John Humphrys talks to Hannah Stephenson about deaths in the family, and the inspiration for his latest book, The Welcome Visitor. HE’S known for his gritty interrogations of politicians on Radio 4’s Today programme and as
LOCAL author Richard Nicholson has had his first crime novel made available on the internet. The Poisoned Well is set in a fictional village in the North York Moors National Park and is being sold as a downloadable ebook on the fiction4all.com website
THE orchestra visited Aysgarth for the last of its Easter concerts in the Dales, performing an eclectic mix of mostly 20th century and less familiar music between two better-known works. These were the Mozart divertimento, K318 in F, in which
DAME Fanny Waterman has agreed to take on the role of president of Harrogate International Festivals. She is the legendary founder of Leeds International Pianoforte Competition and the woman once described by Prince Charles “as doing more for
IAN McMillan, the bard of Barnsley, is among performers at this year’s Swaledale Festival, offering a zany mix of poetry, prose and folk music at Grinton on June 1. His show, Sharp Stories, promises British music at its most ingenious through songs
HAVERTON Hill, in Billingham, on the edge of the Tees, has had a remarkable history – an 18th-century hamlet that grew into a 19thcentury village that then turned into a 20th-century industrial town. What should have been a blessing for
DURING coffee, lunch or tea breaks in the few days before settling down to compile this week’s diary, my wife and I became enchanted by our garden birds as they went about the annual chore of building nests. From our conservatory we have a panoramic
Ruth Campbell talks to a group of jolly nuns about the qualities of North Yorkshire life which have persuaded them to come north. IT is not often you see four nuns dressed in hard hats and wellingtons with fluorescent yellow builders’ waistcoats
THE Post Office is living up to its reputation for making life as difficult as possible for customers visiting its main sorting office in Darlington. After preventing the public from using the car park, it generously provided four spaces (including
Sir, – I want to say how much I appreciate Nick Morgan’s Birdwatch column. I too saw a red-breasted merganser and a water rail (and a little egret) locally this springtime and watched a pair of grebes building their precarious nest. Secreted
Sir, – Liberal Democrats are calling for a crack down on graffiti. John Hemming MP for Birmingham Yardley is calling for an action on spray-painted slogans on walls and doorways. He has won cross-party support to ensure that the mess is removed
Sir, – On the morning of bank holiday Monday, I decided to go for a walk down to the woods with my mother, from Skelton to Saltburn, one of our much loved walks. I was appalled to see the amount of graffiti and vandalism which is destroying our
Sir, – With reference to the letter (D&S, April 10), concerning the comparison of supermarkets such as Tesco and the Co-op, I would like to speak up for the Co-op in Bedale. Two years ago I became virtually blind overnight. For getting on 20 years
Sir, – The prospects for LINk’s public engagement in health provision, as outlined by Janet Seymour Kirk (D&S April 10), is only funded for two more years and LINk’s has already spent £220,000 on organisation. At the AGM I attended, there was
WHILE the nation’s public debt has been uppermost in many people’s minds this week, individual personal debt remains one of the most pressing problems. We trust, then, that North Yorkshire County Council looks favourably on the request for funds to
From this newspaper 100 years ago. On all sides we hear of lack of work and depressed times, and in the usually busy centres of industry we notice crowds of unemployed men parading the streets. This is especially noticeable in the shipbuilding and
Sir, – Another great walk from the D&S Times (April 10). We did the walk on Saturday and it made a very pleasant change to walk in the Ripon area. The village of Bishop Monkton was a delight and the Masons Arms does a very good sandwich
Sir, – Although many children may have enjoyed the Spring time weather during the half term holiday, for many parents the break is not always so carefree. It can be a stressful time, often involving hefty childcare bills. Parents in
Sir, – Mr Quinn’s letter (D&S, April 17) criticising the developers of wind farms was disappointing. Developers can argue that they are simply seeking to follow Government policy and provide the “green energy” the Government is contracted to generate
Sir, –In reply to Mr Ward’s letter (D&S, April 17) I would like to say that of course I haven’t forgotten the footpath needed on Cravengate, Richmond. Those paths highlighted in my original letter (Scotton, Bellerby etc) are footpaths that local
Sir, – Recent publicity arising from the public meeting held on March 15 by the Osmotherley Trust (D&S letters, April 10, and 17) seem to be describing a meeting slightly different to the one that I had the dubious pleasure of attending. Prior
