A BUSINESS consultant has returned from a gruelling Everest charity trek – which included him spending a day in hospital. Mitchell Smith, who was sponsored by the Darlington-based Bondgate IT, fell ill on the second day of his 15 day walk to Everest
A CHEERLEADING team from North Yorkshire claimed top honours at an international competition held in America last week. Colburn-based Lazer Cheer Academy travelled to Atlanta to take part in the Cheersport Nationals, which saw 22,000 athletes take
VILLAGERS fighting plans to transform a former police headquarters into a children’s holiday centre have vowed to battle on after the Court of Appeal dealt a fatal blow to a key part of their campaign. Residents of Newby Wiske, near Northallerton
THE government has rejected a plea to give funding to communities left devastated by last July’s unprecedented floods in the Yorkshire Dales that it has promised to communities on the opposite side of Yorkshire hit by flooding in November. The coalition
TWO students who interviewed their MP last year were invited to be part of a BBC Radio 4 programme upon his appointment to Chancellor of the Exchequer last week. George Whyatt, a year 10 student at Richmond School, was invited to talk to the BBC
AN art school graduate now training to be a teacher has had a major career break as her latest work is being showcased during London Fashion Week. Phoebe Ackers, 22, created a collaboration with renowned fashion boutique Browns, and her collection
UNDAUNTED by rain and gales as Storm Dennis wreaked havoc, visitors to Dog Kennel Cottage in Askrigg stopped by at the weekend to admire the snowdrops in one of the village’s prettiest wooded gardens. In the midst of surging rivers and flooded
A NORTH-East business organisation has called on the chancellor to power up the North in a letter ahead of budget. The North East of England Chamber of Commerce (NEECC) delivered a letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer calling on government to narrow
POLICE say there will be no further action over allegations of financial irregularities at an auction mart in relation to its move out of town. An investigation was launched last summer after shareholders at Darlington Farmers Auction Mart (DFAM
