UNCERTAINTY surrounds the future of hundreds of North-East workers as talks continue over the future of British Steel. Union officials are urging the Government to guarantee the future of the company and safeguard thousands of jobs, including 700
A COUNCILLOR who was once told by a judge he was unworthy of holding public office after cheating on his expenses looks set to achieve a remarkable reversal of fortunes by being handed the most elevated role on a local authority. Conservative members
CHILDREN and young people with disabilities and long-term illnesses will benefit from more than £29,000 worth of funding to free them from isolation and loneliness. BBC Children in Need has announced it will award a new grant of £29,292 to provide
A HERITAGE-steam railway is to be the star of the show in a second series of a Channel 5 television production. The day-to-day operations of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which has been captured over six episodes of ‘The Yorkshire Steam Railway
A CHILDREN'S theatre is offering a post-SATs treats for young audiences in the coming days – and you can win tickets to be there. Muckers, a show exploring empowerment, bravery and the courage to be yourself, by award-winning theatre maker Caroline
MORE than £5,000 has been raised at the Redcar and Cleveland Mayor’s annual charity ball held at Gisborough Hall. Councillor Dennis Teasdale invited many of East Cleveland leading figures to the event which was aimed at raising funds for his two
THE extensive grounds of a church and former Victorian mansion will be open to the community under plans being driven forward by its congregation. Under the proposals, the grounds at Elm Ridge Methodist Church, off Carmel Road South, will be reinvigorated
PEOPLE are being encouraged to pull on their running shoes to enjoy some fun in the foam and support their local hospice at the same time. Teesside Hospice, alongside Extreme Adventure, are organising the Bubble Rush 5km in Stewart Park, Middlesbrough
MAJOR names in television and a North-East football team are expected to join together for a celebrity football match in aid of a new feature film. Former EastEnders actors, Big Brother contestants and former Darlington FC players will play at Northallerton
WILF Scott – a fizzing, coruscating, sparkling, bright burning meteor in fireworks’ phantasmagorical firmament – has died. He was 72. He was born and raised in Shildon, retained a Shildon lad’s passion for railways, spent his last years in Richmond
A RICHMONDSHIRE fire engine is showing off its new livery as part of a pledge to highlight the fire service's 'dementia-friendly' status. In 2018, the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service signed up to the Dementia Friendly Charter and pledged
FAMOUS faces from the BBC were in North Yorkshire this week to celebrate Countryfile Live moving North for the first time. Countryfile presenters including County Durham's Matt Baker and Yorkshireman John Craven visited Castle Howard to mark
RESIDENTS are being given the opportunity to revisit their village as it was 108-years-ago. The Great Ayton History Society group is set to launch its 'Our Village in 1911' project later this month, which will offer residents and visitors the chance
