National gymnastics title for Paralympic hopeful Kieran
8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A TEENAGER who lost part of a leg to cancer is celebrating after he and his partner won a national gymnastics title.
Tue, 21st May 2013
8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A TEENAGER who lost part of a leg to cancer is celebrating after he and his partner won a national gymnastics title.
8:02am Tuesday 21st May 2013
DOZENS of people have died, including several children, after an enomrous twister more than a mile wide tore through Okalhoma City.
7:40am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A COUPLE who want a speeding lorry driver prosecuted for knocking down their son have spoken of their anger that they are still fighting, two years on from the fatal crash.
6:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A BILL to legalise gay marriage was rescued by a last-gasp deal with Labour last night - but at the risk of further inflaming Tory anger with David Cameron.
6:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE family of a popular cyclist said they can take some comfort know he died doing what he loved.
6:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE family of missing teenager Jason Fyles have appealed for him to get in touch.
6:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

A KILLER was yesterday jailed for life for what his own barrister described as the "atrocious" murder of a van driver.
10:36pm Monday 20th May 2013
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a house blaze in Bishop Auckland tonight (Monday May 20).
8:23pm Monday 20th May 2013
TWO fire crews were called out to rescue a boy who fell through a garage roof tonight (Monday, May 20).
8:10pm Monday 20th May 2013
PARENTS of a longed for baby girl have told of their devastation at her death.
7:07pm Monday 20th May 2013
HUNDREDS of Gypsy caravans pulled into Darlington today (Monday, May 20) ahead of a large gathering.
6:49pm Monday 20th May 2013
A CHARITY which helps families of special needs children faces closure within weeks unless it can raise £30,000.
6:25pm Monday 20th May 2013

AMATEUR footballers can often only dream of playing on pitches graced by the highly paid stars of the Premier League.
6:19pm Monday 20th May 2013
RAILWAY passengers could face disruption over the next bank holiday after Northern Rail staff voted to strike over the firm’s use of agency workers.
6:15pm Monday 20th May 2013
ONE of the North-East’s most famous families is locked in a legal fight over a £12m inheritance.
6:10pm Monday 20th May 2013
A BUSINESSMAN who claimed he could barely walk because of a range of health conditions and needed help to get dressed and go to the toilet was spotting pulling a fully loaded “industrial sized” trolley around a cash and carry warehouse.
6:20pm Monday 20th May 2013

CONCERN is growing for a university student who went missing after a night out.
6:16pm Monday 20th May 2013
ONE of the region’s busiest commuter routes has been included in a first round of Government-produced investment strategies.
5:55pm Monday 20th May 2013
A DRIVER involved in a high speed collision after drinking asked his front seat passenger to take responsibility, a court was told.
5:44pm Monday 20th May 2013
THE English Defence League is to hold a demonstration on the streets of the North-east at the weekend.
6:46pm Monday 20th May 2013

AN investigation into “inappropriate comments” made on social media site twitter by a former town mayor has found he breached the code of conduct for councillors.
5:11pm Monday 20th May 2013
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeguards will be returning to keep a watchful eye over beaches in North Yorkshire from this weekend .
5:09pm Monday 20th May 2013

Cavers took a rare opportunity to descend into the gaping mouth of one of Britain's biggest known cave chambers.
5:05pm Monday 20th May 2013

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl who is battling a rare form of cancer is recovering from a potentially life-threatening infection days after an operation to remove her tumour.
4:56pm Monday 20th May 2013

A PETROL station worker has been praised for her selfless actions after rushing to the assistance of a disabled customer who was assaulted in an unprovoked forecourt attack.
5:56pm Monday 20th May 2013
NEW homes are needed for two cats, one of which was found abandoned in a tied plastic bag.
4:22pm Monday 20th May 2013
A COUNCIL is trying to trace the owners of three horses found running loose around a village.
5:22pm Monday 20th May 2013
A SCOUT group has organised a fundraising venture for a school in India.
6:16pm Monday 20th May 2013
A YOUNG man has escaped injury after a shed close to his house was set alight in a suspected arson attack at the weekend.
4:05pm Monday 20th May 2013
A TAKEAWAY owner was warned he may be jailed after admitting stabbing a customer in a confrontation outside the premises.
4:12pm Monday 20th May 2013
VOLUNTEERS who will build a Lego model of Durham Cathedral were briefed on the project today (Monday, May 20).
3:40pm Monday 20th May 2013
A NORTH-EAST firm was today (Monday, May 20) fined £8,000 after a worker suffered horrific injuries and had to have his arm amputated when he fell into dangerous machinery in an asphalt production plant.
5:38pm Monday 20th May 2013
CARE home residents enjoyed a wartime –themed party as staff turned back the clock to the 1940s.
3:47pm Monday 20th May 2013
RESIDENTS are invited to study updated plans for new houses in their village later this week (Thursday, May 23).
6:18pm Monday 20th May 2013
GOLFERS can get in the swing at an annual charity golf day to raise funds for charity.
3:19pm Monday 20th May 2013

A KILLER was this afternoon jailed for life for what his own barrister described as the "atrocious" murder of a van driver.
4:07pm Monday 20th May 2013
AN INFORMATION session on researching family history is to take place at a North Yorkshire library next month.
3:08pm Monday 20th May 2013
VISITORS to a North-East hospital were asked to take part in a chocolate-based research project to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day.
2:34pm Monday 20th May 2013
ATTEMPTS to bring live fighting birds through a North airport in suitcases were "astonishing", authorities say.
3:08pm Monday 20th May 2013
THREE female army cadets have been promoted to lance corporals.
2:23pm Monday 20th May 2013
THE public are being asked for their views on a plan to strip Hartlepool Hospital of critical care and emergency medicine services and centralise them at North Tees Hospital.
2:39pm Monday 20th May 2013
A DARLINGTON councillor swapped her committee chair skills for more creative skills to pen her first book.
3:22pm Monday 20th May 2013
BOOKWORMS from a High Street store have raised more than £700 for the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) by hosting a second hand book sale in store.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

Modern languages have taken a bit of a battering in our schools lately but Pat Howarth, principal of Hummersknott Academy in Darlington argues that acquiring a second language is a great asset in life and can help young people find a good job.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013
A NORTH-EAST school is making waves nationally after setting up its own well-being centre to offer therapeutic support to troubled pupils and their families.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013
CHILDREN at a Darlington school escaped the classroom and embarked on a woodlands adventure as part of an initiative to promote the importance of outdoor learning.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013
QUEEN Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington recently teamed up with Greenfield Community College in Newton Aycliffe to create a series of school house challenges at Greenfield.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

TEACHERS are "proud and delighted" that nearly 20 per cent of the Sixth Formers leaving Yarm School this summer have gained places at dentistry and medical schools.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013
SEVEN schools across the Whitby and Scarborough areas have taken part in a trailblazing speech and language initiative that accelerated pupil progress and increased academic performance.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013
A WEEKEND of celebrations is being held next month to mark the 20th anniversary of Northumbria University receiving its university charter.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013

SUNDERLAND College is helping to ensure the Olympic legacy lives on by starting work on two new multi-million pound academies.
2:00pm Monday 20th May 2013
HUNDREDS of students tackled number-crunching on a national scale as they challenged their knowledge of mathematics.
2:02pm Monday 20th May 2013
A PROUD family made an emotional return to the ground where their footballer father made a small piece of North-east sporting history.
1:56pm Monday 20th May 2013
A MAN caught with indecent images of children and pornographic cartoons has admitted a series of charges.
2:08pm Monday 20th May 2013
VANDALS are threatening the future of one of North Durham’s oldest football clubs.
1:52pm Monday 20th May 2013
A PROLIFIC sex offender was today (Monday, May 20) jailed for the fifth time for breaching a court order banning him from going near children.
3:13pm Monday 20th May 2013
A NUMBER of cars were damaged in a spate of vandalism in Darlington at the weekend.
1:49pm Monday 20th May 2013
PRIMARY pupils held a Geordie assembly to say hello to a visiting teacher from Asia.
1:21pm Monday 20th May 2013
A PLANNED new public garden is to be created by a prison with the help of low risk offenders.
1:44pm Monday 20th May 2013

A NEW initiative has been launched to gather young people’s views on policing and crime across the Cleveland force area.
2:47pm Monday 20th May 2013
A POLICE force is holding a reunion for retired officers and staff.
3:33pm Monday 20th May 2013
A FALL in crime has seen police in Teesdale record the lowest levels of offences in the area for ten years.
12:39pm Monday 20th May 2013
A MAN who broke his girlfriend's arm during a violent row in front of their young daughter has walked free from court.
2:13pm Monday 20th May 2013
TOWN centre businesses in Darlington have been hit by a power cut.
3:21pm Monday 20th May 2013
An appeals been made for urgent work to slow down traffic on one of the major routes through Northallerton before a “major accident “happens.
12:29pm Monday 20th May 2013

A MAN who denied murdering a van driver in North Yorkshire made a dramatic change of plea today.
12:32pm Monday 20th May 2013
Bedale volunteer minibus marks 20 years of providing transport this year with a move to new premises.
12:34pm Monday 20th May 2013
FUNDRAISERS for a village pre-school have said they were amazed by the level of community support and generosity after an appeal for raffle prizes.
12:28pm Monday 20th May 2013
A CHEERLEADING troop has bagged 16 out of a possible 18 trophies at a regional competition.
12:40pm Monday 20th May 2013
THE family of baby suffering from cystic fibrosis are to hold a charity night to raise funds to help tackle the illness.
12:03pm Monday 20th May 2013
THREE North-East teenagers will go wheel-to-wheel with the country’s best kart racers next month (Sunday, June 16).
1:47pm Monday 20th May 2013
STAFF at an organisation set up to help vulnerable people today hit out at thieves who raided their premises.
11:55am Monday 20th May 2013

NAME stones carved in the style of the Lindisfarne Gospels have been unveiled at their priory birthplace.
12:32pm Monday 20th May 2013
AN MP is calling for an overhaul of the appointment booking system at doctors’ surgeries across Darlington after branding the current service “unacceptable”.
11:28am Monday 20th May 2013
A DARLINGTON-based cycling enthusiast has been awarded for his work in encouraging others to get on their bikes.
11:59am Monday 20th May 2013
BOB the Builder and a Meccano exhibition are amongst the attractions on offer to visitors to a railway museum during half-term.
11:03am Monday 20th May 2013

A “BUXOM” female patient has gone missing from a North-East mental hospital.
10:53am Monday 20th May 2013

A WEST End starlet from Darlington has capped her run in Billy Elliot by being part of the cast honoured with an Olivier Award.
12:43pm Monday 20th May 2013
A YEAR long crackdown on criminal behaviour on a troubled Middlesbrough estate has resulted in a massive fall in recorded crimes.
8:00am Monday 20th May 2013
A TEENAGER told police he would have battered a man with a brick if his father had not broken up their fight, a court has heard.
7:00am Monday 20th May 2013
SWEEPING changes to the legal aid system undermine the basic rule of law and could lead to miscarriages of justice, leading North-East solicitors warned last night.
7:00am Monday 20th May 2013
RESIDENTS living near a planned wind farm site have questioned whether the council would be willing and able to fight for their rights if the development causes a noise nuisance.
7:00am Monday 20th May 2013

MORE than 25,000 people have backed a mother’s campaign to find out the truth about the death of her son whose body was found in a French country lane.
6:00am Monday 20th May 2013

A PRISON worker is today facing a lengthy spell behind bars himself after being convicted of a string of serious sex crimes against girls.
6:00am Monday 20th May 2013

A CARE worker who dodged prosecution for stealing thousands of pounds after claiming she was dying from cancer was last night behind bars.
6:00am Monday 20th May 2013

A WORLD famous bridge building company has won a £35m contract that will help transform lives on a tropical island and secure the firm's future for years.