TRIBUTES have been pouring in for a County Durham Army officer with a “glittering career” in front of him who died tragically in a military training exercise. Staff, pupils, parents and alumni at a Durham School are today mourning the death of
It’s the halfway stage of the season, in the Darlington Building Society NYSD ECB Premier League, with Middlesbrough holding a 17-point lead at the top, having played a game more than anyone else. They visit Barnard Castle who had a setback in their
Croft Circuit hosts the latest rounds of the 2022 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship this weekend as the UK’s biggest car racing series heads north. All is to play for in rounds 13, 14 and 15. Seven drivers have sampled victory in the dozen
A FORMER pub landlord rescued in the nick of time by brave firefighters after setting the building alight has been jailed for three years and four months. Timothy Sharp was prone on the roof of the Old Swan Inn on Gargrave High Street bleeding
A blueprint which could see Alfred Wainwright’s 190-mile Coast to Coast route join the country’s top long distance routes as a National Trail looks set to be submitted to the government within weeks. Natural England, the government’s adviser for
A STUNNING new mural has been created to celebrate agriculture and countryside on the Great Yorkshire Showground. The work welcomes visitors to the new GYS Stage – formerly the fashion show building – at the Harrogate site, where the 2022 show
A top rider is hoping to open an Olympic level equestrian centre near Darlington. Plans have been submitted for the facility near Heighington which would help develop youth and para sport in show jumping. Philippa McKeever, who has represented
Work to create a controversial new cycle route is progressing and is due to be completed later this year. The route will eventually run from Middlesbrough town centre, along Linthorpe Road and on to Acklam and will link into sections of the Tees
A HISTORIC regiment is set to parade through Darlington. The Rifles, the successors to the Durham Light Infantry, will be taking part in the Freedom of the Borough parade in the town on Friday, July 1. The regiment was awarded the honour –
THE gardens at Tudor Croft on Stokesley Road, Guisborough were open again last weekend. Blessed by decent weather, it was an extraordinarily busy weekend with many hundreds of visitors from as far afield as the Lake District, Scotland, Newcastle
