A FARMING charity has launched its Big Farming Survey on January 11, with the survey running until March 31. The aim of RABI is to collect more than 26,000 replies in order to obtain a balanced response from a cross-section of the farming community
THE man behind the jet suit paramedic concept will be the first speaker at a new networking group aimed at connecting Northern businesses. The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) will launch a business club next month to unite businesses
WHITBY has four piers and their stories are told in a new book, Whitby in 50 Buildings by Colin Wilkinson. Indeed, Tate Hill Pier may be the oldest non-religious building in the town as it was first mentioned in 1190, when it was made out of fallen
A NORTHALLERTON granddad has helped raise almost £1,000 from sales of a children’s picture book. When Richard Martin retired, his daughter, Alex, challenged him to complete a number of tasks including writing a children’s story. During second
Is this progress? I HAVE just finished reading the D&S Times (Jan 8) and came across the article on the proposed business park on the northern edge of Northallerton. Whilst I approve of forward planning in most public ventures, with this
CLIVE BENNETT in Merrybent, near Darlington, takes us back to the art of potato storage in a pie, or clamp. Clive comes from a farming family, as shown by the pictures in his archive from the Richardson family’s farm at Eston, near Middlesbrough
A COTTAGE owner has accused broadband providers of “indifference, incompetence and rudeness” after the quoted cost of installing wifi was doubled to more than £3,000. Kate Slater, 63, a freelance writer, bought a tiny holiday cottage in Middleham
