A FORMER covert operations police officer has launched a company to help businesses and individuals protect their privacy and information. Espion TSCM of Stockton has been established by John Mason who has 30 years experience in the military and
A CHANGE of identity has led to a flurry of enquiries for one landscape gardener. Andy Smith has run his own business for four years but recently changed its name to Green Onion Landscaping. “We’ve already seen a rise in phone calls since the
RISING fuel costs, reduced bus services, a poor and expensive rail network, and lack of fast broadband is threatening to halt any economic recovery in rural areas. The Country Land and Business Association’s Northern region has warned the Government
AT THE practice, we are starting to see the emergence of lambs from a few early lambing flocks. The decision for farmers to lamb early is often for one of two reasons. Either they are running a pedigree flock and intend to sell the male lambs
A NEW report highlights a £330m gap between the price farmers receive for their milk and their cost of production. “The Cost of Milk production” reveals British dairy farmers are, on average, now losing 3p on every litre of milk they produce
ONE of the region’s colleges has been praised for investing in a new beef unit. Stan Ayrton, group beef procurement manager for leading meat processor Dunbia, said it was what was needed to attract young people to the industry. He opened the
THE true value of upland livestock farming is still not recognised nationally or internationally. David Butterworth, chief executive of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, spoke out ahead of talks about reforming the Common Agricultural
WENDING a way down dark country lanes on a cold, wet night with nary a visible signpost isn’t at the top of my agenda as the perfect way to begin a fun evening, especially after a perishing cold day waiting for a heating engineer to fix a temperamental
EARLY Stockton & Darlington Railway items will be for sale at Durham Book Fair, which takes place tomorrow at County Hall in Durham City. Book dealer Richard Hodgson, of Kirklevington, Yarm, is taking the items to the fair One is an Abstract
HEDGES can be the making of a garden, providing clear boundaries and acting as a windbreak and a handsome green backdrop to other plants. A neglected hedge, on the other hand, can be a total eyesore, especially if it’s bare at the base or totally
WAXWINGS continued to delight local birdwatchers through January, and up to half-a-dozen birds were seen at many places, including three that took up temporary residence outside the booking office of Northallerton station. Larger numbers were
THE core for Stan Tracey’s various groups for nearly 20 years has been his trio, with Clark Tracey on drums and Andrew Cleyndert on double bass, and their performance in the second half of this concert was an ideal opportunity to hear what a
OPERA North’s British premiere of Weinberg’s The Portrait is arrives at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, this month. Based on a short story by the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, it is about a poor but talented artist, who acquires a painting in a
SOME of the greatest names in crime writing gathered in London for the launch of this year’s Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival programme. The festival is the biggest of its kind and each year is chaired by a different acclaimed
PUBLIC involvement in commissioning an artwork by the distinguished Cleveland artist Richard Forster for mima, the contemporary art gallery in Middlesbrough, has been set up through a website. It is the first of its type to offer a new way of
NAMES change. Nothing wrong with that. What for the Romans was Eboracum was slurred by the Anglo- Saxons into Eoforwic, then mispronounced by the Vikings as Jorvik and abbreviated by we moderns into York. However, at least in that case we have
ONE of my travel books, published in 1874, says that Grinton, high in Swaledale, has an ancient church of no great interest. This is in direct contrast to another book, published in 1900, which says that Grinton is perhaps the most fascinating
Is finally writing that novel on your new year’s resolution list? Louise Cole looks at ways of becoming an author. THE North-East has a huge wealth of writing talent, but aspiring novelists face a tougher publishing market than ever before.
From this newspaper 100 years ago A Northallerton Pleasuance. The first impression of a visitor to the new sewage disposal works is that he has come to a pleasuance or garden with revolving fountains playing over great circular brown beds
Sir, – What an immense pleasure it was to pick up the D&S Times on February 4 and read the headline “22 councillors may go to save £200,000”. It can’t come too soon enough. I well remember Denis Healey saying that members were elected to “do something
Sir, – Last year, officers at Hambleton District Council asked councillors to make suggestions for making financial savings. Among a number of ideas I proposed was that of significantly reducing the number of district councillors. After all, it
Sir, – Regarding the de-selection of Yarm ward councillor Jennie Beaumont (D&S, Jan 28), should we really be surprised she’s the latest Tory councillor to be knifed in the back by her own side? The Tories in Stockton South have been at war with
Sir, – I write in response to your article (D&S, Jan 28) referring to my de-selection as candidate for Yarm in the forthcoming borough council elections for Stockton. I wish to clarify that there was no argument between the MP and myself regarding
Sir, – It is both ironic and disappointing that the letter “Open and honest” (D&S, Feb 4) should contain so many misleading inaccuracies. To state as fact that the proposed changes to parking restrictions in Yarm – and in particular the introduction
Sir, – The fact that a new year always follows an old year appears to catch Darlington Borough Council by surprise. For many years the production of the recycling calendar, that is the dates for collection, has ensured that it becomes available
Sir, – Is the A684 the most unloved road in North Yorkshire? Look at it from the perspective of a Dales’ resident in need of casualty at the Friarage in Northallerton. The road between Aysgarth and West Witton was so badly resurfaced in 2009 that
Sir, – I refer to the comments made by Mr Thornton, chairman of the Catterick Village Sports Association (D&S, Feb 4). The sodium lights in the Catterick Village sports field have been off for more than two years because they were too expensive
Sir, – With reference to the article on the closure of Castle Print in last week’s issue (D&S, Feb 4). May I enquire how Coun Stuart Parsons concludes that clients’ late or nonpayment of bills was the cause of the company’s demise. In the light
Sir, – Benjamin Disraeli said the ideals of the Conservative Party were “the maintenance of our institutions, the protection of our Empire and the improvement of the conditions of our people”. This government has lost the plot; acting in extreme
SPECTATOR was in Hawes on Tuesday for the official opening of the Wensleydale Creamery’s spanking new visitor centre. It’s unquestionably impressive and a huge vote of confidence in a business which has had a chequered history, as managing director
THE deal struck by health officials to buy themselves out of a private finance initiative which built a new mental health hospital in Darlington makes a lot of sense. It also casts fresh doubt on the wisdom of the PFI process, pioneered by the old
