MOTORISTS should be restricted to driving at 40mph on rural single carriageway roads and children be given routes to school as part of numerous measures to increase the numbers of people walking and cycling, it has been claimed. Four months after
A YOUNG girl who has used her singing talent to raise hundreds of pounds for charity will sing at Redcar Christmas lights switch-on, on Saturday. Rayven Skye Masters, of Redcar, wowed judges when she won the Redcar and Cleveland’s Got Talent competition
CHURCH leaders are reeling after lead thieves targeted the 20th church this year hiking repair costs to over £2.5m as they battle to stop a rising epidemic of damage. Residents in Brafferton and Helperby, near Easingwold, were left devastated after
LAST-minute talks are being held ahead of a meeting to decide the future of a crumbling historic mill overlooking one of the most popular attractions in the Yorkshire Dales. Developer Dave Peacock’s proposal to rescue the grade II listed former
A COUNCIL serving a largely rural 509sq mile area looks set to line up alongside parishes and residents to battle against a telecommunications giant’s proposal to remove public phone boxes that are still being regularly used and others that serve as
A LOCAL authority serving a rapidly rising elderly population has issued reassurances over its commitment to helping those struggling with technology as a councillor walked out of a meeting as a hearing loop failed. Six minutes into a meeting of
STAFF and volunteers have urgently relaunched their annual Christmas appeal after finding themselves 'significantly down' on donations. Every year, the Salvation Army in Darlington spends the festive season collecting gifts and toys from the public
A FAMILY-RUN recycling firm is preparing to make a £3m investment in Teesside’s economy. Scott Bros is looking to install a second and much larger ‘urban quarry’ to convert construction and excavation waste into high quality sand and aggregates
TWO hundred children in the region are homeless and living in temporary accommodation - a rise of a third in the last five years, figures have shown. The figures, from homeless charity Shelter, also showed that four children lose their home every
THE trust which runs Darlington Memorial Hospital and the University Hospital of North Durham has been ranked as 'good' overall by inspectors. County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has received a ‘Good’ rating from the Care Quality Commission
