NO DECISION has been made on what will happen to the site of an independent village school which closed earlier this year. Since Hurworth House School, in Hurworth, near Darlington, closed in July, speculation has been mounting in the village
PLANS for a large housing estate which would more than double the size of a Teesdale village have attracted a mixed response. The Ministry of Justice has announced initial plans for an 84-house development on land east of Startforth Park Estate
A CHURCH which has been the centre of a tiny Teesdale village will close today after almost 100 years of service. Kinninvie Mission Church, near Barnard Castle, began after a lay mission in 1911 but a steady decline in congregation numbers has
A LANDMARK deal to help improve a community blighted by a rundown property has been secured by Stockton Borough Council. Other private owners of dilapidated properties are being warned they could face similar action if they don’t take responsibility
A MAJOR project to revive the little-known Arts and Crafts past of one of North Yorkshire’s most beautiful buildings has reached a milestone. During its medieval heyday, the honey-stoned Manor House at Mount Grace Priory, near Osmotherley,
A MAJOR project to revive the little known arts and crafts past of one of North Yorkshire’s most beautiful buildings has reached a milestone with the hanging of some historic wallpaper. During it’s medieval heyday, the honey-stoned Manor House
PEOPLE are being asked to share their memories of a hospital to celebrate and preserve its history. The Stead Hospital, in Kirkleatham Street, Redcar, was closed earlier this year following the opening of the new £37m Redcar Primary Care Hospital
COMMUNITIES could be given responsibility for clearing minor roads and footpaths in their area in the event of another harsh winter, under proposals put forward by North Yorkshire County Council. The plans are part of an initiative by the council
COMMUNITIES could be given the responsibility for clearing minor roads and footpaths in their area in the event of another harsh winter, under proposals put forward by North Yorkshire County Council. The plans are part of an initiative by the
A MAJOR project to revive the little- known Arts and Crafts past of one of North Yorkshire’s most beautiful buildings has reached a milestone. During its medieval heyday, the honey-stoned Manor House at Mount Grace Priory, near Osmotherley,
AT the beginning of the school summer holidays a group of 23 players and staff from Hummersknott Badminton Club, in Darlington, set off on a five-country, seven-match badminton tour. After 16 months of planning and fundraising, the journey looked
NEW signing Charlie Simpson- Daniel, an England Sevens player, went on at half-time and scored one of the six tries as Darlington Mowden Park won 41-20 at home to Lymm. The 20-year-old utility back, one of four rugby-playing brothers from Yarm
AFTER 18 months away from the sport, Castleton driver Ryan Champion was back in action on the Omloop Van Vlaanderen Rally, which comprised a round of the Belgian championship. The former British Championship contender was in his ex-Subaru World
THE final round of the Horsforth DMC UK Challenge Lusky British Youth Championship, Class C and D, at Tong, West Yorkshire, on Saturday finished in dramatic fashion with Class C champion Dan Peace taking on section 12 at Home Farm, with a broken
Barnard Castle & Teesdale Riding Club: Sept 25: Parelli De Spooking four-week course at Eggleston. Sept 29: Senior S/J lesson. Oct 6: Members only. Regular flatwork lessons with Caroline Jackson. Saturday morning and Thursday, from 2pm to 3pm. Contact
RIDER Andrew Bartlett from Bolam, was the youngest winner at Hutton Horse Trials recently. The 13 year old Barnard Castle School pupil competed on his own gelding Cappagh More to beat off stiff competition from riders up to four times his age in the
COLBURN Town maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a surprisingly comfortable 6-0 home win over Buck Inn Broncos last Saturday, writes RICKY BUTLER. The Broncos were expected to be one of the biggest threats to the Colburn title
WITH one of the largest crowds for years urging them on, Barnard Castle emerged triumphant from the final day of the NYSD season to claim the Division One championship and their place in the league’s Premier Division. Barney began the day requiring
WHO says lightning doesn’t strike twice? It did last Saturday for Frankie Dettori and a sixth time for trainer David Nicholls as the pair teamed up to win the Ayr Gold Cup with Redford. But it had been touch and go whether Dettori would make it to the
Northallerton Police 3 Unison GLR 2 NORTHALLERTON Police maintained their 100 per cent start to the season after withstanding a second half onslaught against town rivals Unison GLR at Newby Wiske last Sunday. The Police looked to be cruising
THE preliminary round of the League Challenge Cup failed to throw up too many surprises last Sunday, but there was one at Barton where the Division One hosts were beaten 2-0 by Division Two side Hanson Sports. Elsewhere, the other ties went
A TEESSIDE chemical company plans to invest £1m over the next year. Exwold Technology operates from three sites in Hartlepool and Billingham and is investing in new roll compaction technology and a new stock control system. It has secured a
RITCHEY, the Masham-based agricultural company, has been sold as part of a £3.25m deal. Parent company, Animalcare, has sold it and Fearing International, of Northampton, to Tru-Test UK. The new owners have given assurances that all 59 jobs in
WELL-KNOWN North Yorkshire dairy farmer Bernard Liddle was this week elected president of Holstein UK. Farm manager of the award-winning Dalesend herd of Newton le Willows, near Bedale, he is the first member of the North- East Holstein Breeders
UNITE has stepped up its campaign to stop Government plans to scrap the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) in England and Wales. At a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat party conference in Liverpool on Tuesday, the union appealed to party members
AN AGRICULTURAL college has announced a major £250,000 re-development of its beef enterprise. Jeanette Dawson, principal of Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, has given the goahead for a new unit to be built as part of its overall £25m campus
Market café moving up in the world. THE waitress behind the serving counter at Café Cenno in Durham’s Market Hall looked at your reviewer as if he was from outer space. “You want Sweet-chilli-crayfish- pasta-salad?” She said it very slowly and
is published in hardback by Bantam Press, priced £18.99. Sophie Kinsella’s latest book in the Shopaholic series will have you chuckling away at Becky Bloomwood’s madcap, parallel universe. In the midst of a recession, Becky is introduced to the
WITH summer barely over, it hardly seems the right time to start thinking about Christmas – but if you want a splash of colour indoors during the festive season, now is the time to prepare forced bulbs in pots. You can have a mass of colour
THIS first concert in the second Norton Music Festival got off to fine start, with a substantial audience enjoying a stimulating performance from this renowned string quartet. This was despite the fact that regular cellist Jacqueline Thomas was
Crossfire, by Dick Francis & Felix Francis, is published in hardback by Michael Joseph, priced £18.99. The master of the equestrian thriller, Dick Francis, died earlier this year, so it is hard to know how much he contributed to this novel co-written
When a history group started compiling stories of folk who left the Dales, for an exhibition, it soon became clear a book was an inevitable byproduct. Sharon Griffiths reports. WHEN Samuel and Elizabeth Laidman left West Witton, Wensleydale,
AWARD-WINNING folk duo John Tams and Barry Coope will be in concert at Reeth Memorial Hall on Saturday, October 9. Mr Tams was a member of The Albion Band and Home Service and is perhaps best known for his work at the National Theatre and as
MATTHEW Truscott, who grew up in Hutton Rudby and went to school in Great Ayton, is guest performer at Teesside Music Society’s concert in Stokesley Methodist Church on Sunday. Early violin lessons showed he had great promise and his studies
A FAN of one of Britain’s greatest painters has recreated long-forgotten paint colours to produce a watercolour based on the artist’s work. Chris Ware, 50, has produced a painting of Helmsley Castle in the style of JMW Turner. The North Yorkshire
RYEDALE’S professional creative community is coming together to celebrate its success with the first Ryedale ArtFest. Ryedale ArtFest is a new showcase for Ryedale’s artistic talent. A host of artists, craftsmen, galleries and studios willhold
IT IS perhaps apt that in the International Year of Biodiversity, we have had two exciting discoveries here in the North York Moors National Park. The first came in April, with the news that scientists from Leeds University had discovered Alcathoe
AN UNEXPECTED visit to the lovely village of Felixkirk, on the south-western slopes of the North York Moors, produced much of interest. Only 2½ miles from Thirsk, it is a short distance outside the boundary of the national park and enjoys a
If you love the outdoors and want to get fit, Nordic walking could be for you. Ruth Addicott found out more about the benefits and potential hazards. THEY may look a bit odd, striding up the street in their Pac-amacs with a pole in either
IT was a sombre and reflective audience that drifted away from the Station cinema in Richmond on Monday night. The second screening of a documentary, Shed your Tears and Walk Away, during the cinema’s annual film festival had been held, accompanied
Sir, – I refer to various letters in the D&S recently on the subject of speed cameras. Speed cameras do not work as the Department of Transport traffic laboratory reports show. One or two at very selected sites might, but not saturation at the
Sir, – I must correct the impression given by Reg Collins in your article last week entitled “Hall chairman hits back at critics” (D&S, September 17) that I have put my own interpretation on the survey report for the wooden section of Brompton
Sir, – What on earth was the Thirsk Regeneration Initiative doing buying such a large table (D&S Yorkshire editions, Sept 17) in the first place? Unless it was actually made in or close to Thirsk, which might just about be permissible, it is
Sir, –In view of the recent bad press received by hospitals, I feel compelled to write and express my views on our own local hospital, the Friarage at Northallerton. I recently had need to spend almost two weeks as an in-patient in Allen Ward
Sir, – As a former member of Brompton Village Hall committee, serving for 15 years with ten years spent as secretary and treasurer, I feel I must reply to the criticism levelled at my colleagues about the decision, taken at a full committee meeting
Sir, – The European Parliament’s support for the report by Joao Ferreira about a “community approach to the prevention of natural and man-made disasters” shows the rampant megalomania that the EU is growing. What can this report possibly be
Sir, – Hurworth School was saved by a great campaign run by local people. Hurworth School was saved because the governors were able to claim a degree of independence from the local authority Darlington Borough Council. A change in the law will
Sir, – I read with interest the recent correspondence about the new warehouse and the £800,000 visitor centre expansion at the Wensleydale Creamery (Mr Emerson & Mr Robinson, D&S letters, Sept 17). The company prides itself on quality and customer
From this newspaper 100 years ago. People at a distance, knowing that Darlington is a manufacturing town, often imagine it with a canopy of smoke and a dirty appearance generally. They are, however, agreeably disillusioned on arrival. An instance
THE Government’s decision earlier this year to drop, or at least put back, targets for the roll out of universal broadband, was a bitter pill for rural communities to swallow. While nobody expected the countryside to escape the Government all-embracing
Sir, – There are usually only two occasions when (regardless of what they really think of you) colleagues, friends and relatives are usually magnanimous in what they say about you, one is when you die and the other is to step down or retire.
Sir, – Richard Akers (D&S letters, Sept 17) alerts us to just how outrageously destructive and increasingly unstable our debt-based economy has become. It is shocking to realise that only three per cent of the total UK money stock is real money
