A MAN has been jailed for 20 months for a number of offences, including burglary and attempted burglary, which took place across Darlington in May and June this year. During one burglary, Simon McPhee tried to break into a shed while the homeowners
A POLICE and fire commissioner has outlined her determination to implement measures to prevent bullying in her office following criticism that she failed to act upon a series of recommendations to address the issue. North Yorkshire Police, Fire
A COMMEMORATIVE event to mark the closure of a Dales school after 360 years of service took place to remember its history. Blue skies, inspiring displays, strawberry teas, more than 200 visitors with memories to share were the perfect ingredients
A CELEBRATED artist’s plan to re-build traditional stone buildings to create a sculpture trail for visitors across a national park, has been recommended for refusal, despite receiving support from many of the world’s leading art experts. The North
A PICTURE postcard river is getting a £2m cash injection from the National Lottery to improve water quality and give native species a fighting chance to survive. The River Rye stretching from the edge of the Cleveland Hills above Osmotherley through
SAUSAGE makers Heck Food has been getting a grilling after a visit by PM hopeful Boris Johnson during which they created a special banger in his honour cooked up a storm on social media. The company, 50 per cent of whose workforce is from Eastern
IN a marked contrast to the drafty waiting rooms of the past, the Wensleydale Railway has a new food stop at Bedale. Platform One the café tearoom at Bedale Railway Station has now been taken over by a new couple Ian and Tracey Morrison and is open
RENOWNED Wensleydale Longwool sheep breeder Ernie Sherwin met Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson during the MP’s visit to North Yorkshire. Mr Johnson visited Mr Sherwin’s Grange Farm at Nosterfield, near Bedale, to hear his views
AN EXHIBITION into hill farming in Teesdale and Weardale hopes to shine some light onto the isolated communities. Opening at St Thoms church Stanhope, and St James-the-Less Church, Forest-in-Teesdale. Its a culmination of work by Ewan Allinson
SCIENCE was the buzz word at the Great Yorkshire Show this week with farmers and landowners all promoting the need and indeed the desire to look to the future hand in hand. Spectator can see that the agricultural community is well aware, and to be
APTLY named Simmental bull Important carried off the big prize of Supreme Beef Champion at the Great Yorkshire Show. Just two years old the prize animal beat off competition from some of the major breeders in the country. Owners David and Lesley
THE new Conservative ruling group of a unitary authority serving 106,000 people has demonstrated residents can expect a fresh approach of “integrity and honesty” from those charged with key decisions, an Opposition group leader has claimed. Darlington
A “GREEDY and dishonest” fraudster who posed as a kitchen fitter has been jailed after defrauding customers out of thousands of pounds with an “appalling catalogue of lies”. Christopher Willey was handed 19 months in prison after he repeatedly pretended
A YOUNG girl has had her ponytail cut off as she raises money to support her best friend's efforts to buy a specialist motorised wheelchair. Rosie Bromfield raised £510 for Chloe Smith's appeal when she took part in the charity event. The generous
