A MAN has gone all out in thanking the NHS and key workers with giant messages in his garden and images projected onto his – and a neighbour's – house. Darlington man Paul Ferry, owner of Ultrasounds Events, has used his company's tech to bring
PRESSURE is mounting on a Conservative-run council to introduce a series of measures to cut emissions and improve travel safety from opportunities presented by the Covid-19 crisis. The call from Darlington Borough Council’s Labour group to such
A LOCAL authority has been urged to help turn around the fortunes of its best known high street by offering empty premises at a very low cost to people who have lost their jobs due to Covid-19. Business consultant David Cooper said he had been shocked
A KIND-HEARTED schoolboy was given a hero’s homecoming today after completing a seven-mile run to raise thousands of pounds for a hospice that cared for his grandparents. Family, friends and neighbours lined The Wayside, in Hurworth-on-Tees, near
POLICE forces have defended their decisions to issue fixed penalty notices for alleged breaches of Covid-19 lockdown rules as the national police advisory body revealed it was considering calls to review whether fines had been given correctly. While
A DRUGS firm is celebrating business success after recording ten per cent growth on the prior financial year. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) which has a factory on Harmire Road, in Barnard Castle, said it had made £33,754m turnover at the end of 2019 with
TRIBUTES have been paid by Community Action supporters to their longest serving volunteer who has passed away aged 90. George Cobby originally started volunteering with Hambleton Community Action when it was Northallerton and District Voluntary
SPECIAL Constables across North Yorkshire have done over 2,300 hours of work supporting police as they battled to cope with the demands of the Covid-19 pandemic. Chief Constable Lisa Winward applauded the 55 officers who have backed up regular colleagues
A FOODBANK has seen the need for assistance soar with the number of people in need quadrupling compared to last year as the coronavirus crisis bites. Hambleton Foodshare organisers say they do not expect the need to drop for many months to come
THE Government appears to be keen to get certain industries moving again, but what does this mean from an operations perspective and preparations that should be made? Processes: Logistics, operations, as well as the underpinning infrastructure will
THE National Sheep Association is now looking to the House of Lords to put pressure on the Government to adopt the proposals made by MPs Simon Hoare and Neil Parish for the Agriculture Bill to legally require equivalence of standards for imported foods
FARMING organisations were disappointed that crucial amendments to the Agriculture Bill were unsuccessful at its Report Stage in the House of Commons last week. In particular, an amendment tabled by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
NORTH Yorkshire has reopened all but one of its waste and recycling tips, with a further five sites opening yesterday. The latest centres to reopen are at Yafforth Road in Northallerton, Dallamires Crescent in Ripon and Pasture Lane in Malton, as
Countryman’s Daughter (22 May 2020) Scotched by the Scots By Sarah Walker When I was little we used to go on holiday for a week every year to the Lake District, and an en route landmark was Scotch Corner, the point at which the A66 from Penrith
FRAN JEFFERY was never into sport at school – and even now, she doesn’t like team games. As youngster, she got her exercise through horse riding and hiking with her father, and she worked on Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Later, she did an occasional
UNTIL now, our eating-in-while-pretending-to-be-out has featured pubs striving manfully to beat the lockdown and keep their businesses alive by producing pub classics – parmos, fish and chips, burgers etc – which are a cut above the average takeaway
CALLS have been made for a safe path for cyclists and pedestrians between Gilling West and Richmond. A petition has been set up which has garnered more than 300 signatures in just two days. Gilling West resident Janette Povey started the petition
A DOUBLE helping this week with a pair of Northallerton & District Motor Club meetings of different disciplines at interesting venues in the locality. After the hostilities of the Second World War ceased and despite rationing still being prevalent
COUNCILLOR David Richardson was elected the new Mayor of Northallerton and called for greater links with businesses and residents to help the town prosper. Cllr Richardson was elected at a virtual annual meeting of Northallerton Town Council, with
