EDUCATION bosses battling mounting numbers of pupils being excluded from schools have been praised for a move to provide children more support in mainstream schools, but told it will not be a “complete solution”. North Yorkshire County Council has
A HORSE rider suffered an 18 month nightmare after she suffered a potentially catastrophic brain aneurysm. Caroline Shepherd, 37, was riding on the North York Moors when she suddenly collapsed and fell off her horse. “One minute I was speaking
DOGS of all breeds turned out for the biggest show of its kind in the North-East at the weekend. Now in its 51st year, the Darlington Championship Dog Show hosted thousands of visitors and competitors at Ripon Racecourse from Friday, September 13
GLORIOUS weather shone on more than 3,000 visitors as the ninth annual Hurworth Country Fair got underway at the weekend. Fair rides, stalls, dancers, a Viking re-enactment troupe, a brass band, a Punch and Judy show, and pig racing were among the
BROTHERS with the same condition are raising awareness for children’s genetic disorders. Darlington siblings 11-year-old Regan and six-year-old Jenson both have Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS), inherited from their father, Chris Airey.
A NORTH-EAST council is to launch a crackdown on the number of rogue and unfair landlords operating in two of its boroughs as it attempts to raise the standards of the privately rented sector. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, which said there were
TRUE grit is the order of the day as North Yorkshire heralds the biggest sporting event ever held in the county by bringing out the big guns in the shape of an 18 tonne gritter. The gritter emblazoned with the slogan ‘Salt of the Earth’ will be
CAMPAIGNERS are set to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner over a council’s failure to provide details relating to a £120,000 government grant given to develop new models of transport for rural areas. Former bus firm managing director
