THE number of North Yorkshire residents attending sexual health clinics rose by more than 50 per cent over four years, the latest available figures have shown. An officers’ report to a North Yorkshire County Council health and adult services meeting
A COUNCIL serving a district with a rapidly rising elderly population is putting young people at the heart of a revamped economic strategy. Richmondshire District Council’s scrutiny committee heard while the area boasted high levels of employment
AN APPEAL has been put out to help find a family's missing dog. Izzy, a seven-year-old terrier cross, went missing on a walk near Faverdale fields, Darlington, on Wednesday, March 20. Since then her owner, veterinary nurse Ellie Worrall, has
A JOCKEY has been suspended from horseracing after giving a positive sample for what is understood to be cocaine. Callum Rodriguez tested positive for a banned substance when riding at Southwell on February 27. The rider, who won the 2017 Ebor
ALTHOUGH Guisborough Town’s scheduled match at league leaders Dunston UTS on Saturday was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch – two days earlier the club had the honour of hosting a training session for one of the biggest names in football. Guisborough
DARLINGTON Mowden Park return to the Northern Echo Arena this weekend as they take on league leaders Ampthill (3pm Kick Off). Saturday sees Darlington Mowden Park return to the Northern Echo Arena in Round 26 of the National One season. They take
Boys u10s THE boys under 10 team were at Leeds on Sunday for their second appearance in the YYHL. The boys were supported by Rebecca in goal and Mary in defence with Ned and Harry. With Oliver Q and Oliver S in the midfield and Ewan played as a
ENGLISH Cricket Board Club champions Richmondshire Cricket Club have accepted a prestigious fixture at Lord’s. They will play against the famous Marylebone Cricket Club, owners of the Lord's ground. The club will field a team drawn from their
NORTHALLERTON first team continued their pursuit of a May trip to Twickenham, with a 29-10 victory over Aspull RFC at Brompton Lodge in the quarter final of the National Cup. Aspull were fresh off celebrating winning their league, winning 17/17
ROUND one of the popular North East Motor Cycle Racing Club championship series gets the 2019 circuit racing season underway at Croft Circuit near Darlington this weekend (March 23/24) with another capacity field set to battle out the various classes
AS I write this, I’m listening to the March winds blustering and howling in the trees outside, and thinking that the month’s reputation as a windy one is justified. There is plenty of folklore surrounding wind, which is understandable when you think
MILLENNIALS get a lot of stick in the media - if you're to trust the headlines, this particular group of people have ruined everything from real estate agents to mayonnaise and cereal. The majority of this negative press is arguably unwarranted,
GASTROPUB is not a term I find particularly palatable. For me it conjures up images of skinny-jean wearing hipster types whose too-cool demands turn once-cosy locals into soulless places serving chips from tiny metal buckets and gin from jam jars.
From the Darlington & Stockton Times of March 20, 1869 EXTRAORDINARY goings-on at Guisborough 150 years ago where John Robert Thorley, 47, and Walter Thomas Grinyer, 21, were charged with obtaining five shillings by false pretences from James
WHILE the boast that 'attention has been paid to even the smallest of details' may be overused in property brochures, there are times when it perfectly sums up a home...and so it is in the case of Highfield Lodge. Much enhanced by the current owners
A CHALLENGING but worthy walk across the moors near Stokesley from the pretty village of Lealholm to Scaling Reservoir and back past the lovely viewpoint on Beacon Hill. Lealholm was once described as ‘the prettiest village in Yorkshire’ and they
AT Northallerton Camera Club recently, one of the “Country Members”, Peter Mudd, gave a very interesting presentation on his most recent accolade; he has been recognised by the Royal Photographic Society, who have granted him their Associateship” distinction
A YOUNG war hero who was killed when his Spitfire was shot down by enemy fire is to be laid to rest 74-years after he perished in a foreign land. Warrant Officer John Henry Coates of 111 Squadron was declared missing in action after the RAF aircraft
Investment WHEN I said I was going in for an operation at the end of February, my mate said to me: "There's half of Hawes in't Friarage". That may or may not be true. But it's certain that people in places such as Hawes very much value local health
WE ALWAYS seem to be hearing about the exodus of young people from Dales communities. Declining services, poor connectivity and large distances between towns and villages are all obstacles to overcome – so it is heartening this week to hear about
A WOMAN who saw a gap in the market for pulling together rural businesses is championing other women by helping with support and networking. Sharon Davis, originally from London but now living with her young family in Hawes, has a background in
TICKETS for a festival which brings world-class music, art and entertainment to remote Dales locations will go on sale on Monday. The 2019 Swaledale Festival, running over two weeks, takes place across venues in the Yorkshire Dales and features
A DALES farming family have got inventive with their ideas for diversification and converted a horse box into a mobile milk dispensing shop. Small-scale dairy farming brothers Ben and Adam Spence, and Ben's wife Sam, from Aysgarth in Wensleydale
ENJOY the chance to spend a leisurely weekend visiting colourful and creative studio spaces of York’s potters, painters, jewellers and many other artists and designer makers. This popular free event is the chance to explore creative spaces that
BARONESS McIntosh of Pickering has quizzed the Government on its proposed tariffs in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Speaking in the House of Lords, and reported in Hansard, she asked what assessment the Government had made on the impact of the tariffs
THE founders of a flourishing wood meadow at Escrick, near York, were praised for their "vision, commitment and courage" by Simon King, the leading writer, broadcaster and conservationist. Mr King was speaking before he gave the inaugural Spring
A DALES brewery has done the double by scooping two prestigious industry awards in one month. The Black Sheep Brewery's Milk Stout was awarded Gold at The International Brewing Awards 2019, in the International Dark Beer competition. The Masham
PLANS for a £2m redevelopment to transform a Victorian indoor market into a Covent Garden-style destination have been unveiled. The public are being asked for their views on the ambitious plans to revamp Darlington's covered market which could
A COUPLE have launched new technology to ease the pressure of gift giving. Behavioural psychologist Dr Amanda McNamee and her husband Jonathan, a software developer, have partnered up in business to create Love Presto - a platform which uses algorithms
TWO major hospitals in the North-East are to enforce a total ban on smoking from next month. The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, North Yorkshire are to stop people from smoking cigarettes
OPPOSITION to a planned housing estate on the edge of an historic village has mushroomed after developers submitted proposals to change the scheme which had already received planning permission. Darlington Borough Council’s planning committee heard
A TOWN's bid to become sign language friendly is on track to become the UK's second Makaton friendly town ahead of the Tour de Yorkshire later this year. In January, Bedale announced it would attempt to join the town of Romsey in Hampshire in gaining
