THE North-East operator of a care home has been fined £270,000 following the death of a resident who ate chlorine tablets he believed to be mints. James McConnell, 72, who had Alzheimer's, was staying at Lomond Court Care Home in Glenrothes, Fife
A FORMER Army communications expert has pledged to put the community at the heart of every decision after being voted in as leader of Richmondshire District Council. Five-time Mayor of Colburn and Independent councillor Angie Dale has been elected
RESIDENTS will have no incentive to start accessing council services online if a local authority continues to improve its call answering times, a meeting has heard. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive was told while the last year had seen
HUNDREDS of veteran vehicles will be roaring into a North Yorkshire racecourse next month. The Classic Car and Bike Show will be held at Ripon Racecource on Sunday, June 9. Classic cars such as restored MGs and Austin Sevens, plus vintage motorcycles
A CAMERAWOMAN is swapping life behind the lens for a starring role as she takes part in a new campaign. Lauren Byrne, from Darlington, is one of seven film industry workers featured in a campaign movie designed to encourage new and diverse recruits
A GRASSROOTS girls' football team that was on the verge of folding four years ago is celebrating winning a major trophy. Earlier this month, the Darlington Spraire Lasses lifted the Russel Foster League Shield, their first honour since the club's
A MASKED gang armed with a machete smashed their way into a family's home while the children were getting ready for bed and stole their bulldog puppy, a court was told yesterday. DNA from a Dracula mask believed to have been inadvertently dropped
A NORTH-East school has become the first in the country to join a national campaign designed to stop students being short-changed with their lunch money. Carmel College, in Darlington, has already made changes to the school IT system which allows
