AS the festive season is fast approaching, Hambleton FoodShare is urging the community to consider supporting their ‘12 days of Christmas giving’ appeal. The food bank's aim is to help provide a Christmas parcel for those who are struggling during
PROJECTS to plant thousands of trees in Darlington and Durham have been awarded a share of a £10 million from the Forestry Commission. The Darlington Forest project is among 50 schemes to receive cash from the Commission's Urban Tree Challenge Fund
CASH from the sale of the unique AJ1 vehicle registration which raised £243,000 is being ploughed into making the roads of North Yorkshire safer. The number plate, was the first to be used in the North Riding of Yorkshire by the Chief Constable
CRAFTERS who have spent lockdown creating a community quilt are making sure their hard work pays off by raffling it to raise money for Hambleton Foodshare. Morton Quilters Group led by Ainderby Steeple artist and teacher Sandra Morgan meets once
A DARLINGTON charity received a donation of slate products with the value of £1,000 from online homewares retailer Roman. The donation to St Teresa's Hospice comes after the second national lockdown which forced charity shops and non-essential businesses
A GROUP launched to help promote responsible dog ownership and clean up a town has attracted strong interest from members of the public, a leading councillor has said. Councillor Jonathan Dalston, deputy leader of Darlington Borough Council, said
A GLAMPING business is celebrating some good news after enduring the challenges of Covid-19 restrictions. The Wigwam Holidays Sedgewell Barn site near Northallerton has been granted planning permission to almost double its glamping cabins. The
ADMINISTRATION seems to be a difficult subject for Northallerton Town Council at the current time. At their online meeting this week there was mounting fear that they could even be in breach of the law in connection with a protocol they didn't have
THE NSA has been shocked by comments made at the weekend by a Government minister that revealed a lack of understanding about sheep farming. Comments made by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice on BBC One
A THEATRE company has joined forces with an arts organisation to help combat social isolation among older people. The Badapple Theatre Company, of Green Hammerton, Yorkshire, has teamed up with Live & Local: LivingRoom, which works with community
WORK is to start on the construction of 14 new business units in a fast-growing business area. The new-build units in Darlington will provide an opportunity for small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) to set-up or relocate on the Yarm Road industrial
PEOPLE living with dementia across Richmondshire and Hambleton will no longer have access to “lifeline” day services after the closure of two centres in Richmond and Northallerton. Garget Walker House, Richmond, and Bluebell House, Northallerton
NORTH YORKSHIRE will see increased aerial activity when a military base hosts visitors from Switzerland. RAF Leeming will see added aircraft movement during a three-week exercise when a detachment of supersonic fighter planes from the Swiss Air
HERITAGE chiefs are hopeful that the public will soon be able to see an important but fragile part of Richmond’s history. Staff working at English Heritage site Richmond Castle told Rishi Sunak MP that a four-year conservation project to save the
