SOMETIME in the autumn of 200 years ago, George Stephenson accosted some farm labourers in a field near the River Tees at Stockton.“Come, give me a spade,” he shouted in his broad Northumbrian accent. “Let it never be said that we haven’t made a beginn…
Vivian Linacre, who has died aged 93, was a property developer who became a vigorous anti-metric campaigner.
Linacre formed the Imperial Weights and Measures Preservation Society to resist the compulsory metrication that was being pressed on the prop…
A HEROIC farmer with a forklift truck helped rescue a stricken motorist.John Holmes responded to a call for help from a man and his dog trapped in a 4×4 vehicle in the middle of the swollen River Browney.
Visibility was poor and the water levels had ri…
MORE than 100 independent traders from the region will show off their produce at Bishop Auckland Food Festival.The free Durham County Council-run event will return on Saturday, October 2 and Sunday, October 3, with two days of activities…
Cinema staff prepare for their reopening at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Malaysia’s government announced the reopening of most entertainment and art sectors to fully vaccinated individuals in all states…
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THE headlines that wagon drivers are to get £1,000 per week is surely to be followed by nurses are to get £2,000 per week and children’s pocket money is to increase along with inflation to £20,000 per year. What a croc!
Surely this is one of the most m…
A search is ongoing to find a popular food trailer which was stolen in Darlington.
Owners of Salt Street Food Kitchen and Bar say the trailer was stolen from their drive at around 10pm on Wednesday, September 8.
The food trailer was last spotted near M…
Durham batsman David Bedingham is into his second season with the county, having signed as an overseas player after the Kolpak loophole closed earlier this year.
And Bedingham has certainly delivered for Durham this season, scoring key runs in all thre…
THE OWNERS of a restaurant whose £10,000 food van was stolen have told of the damaging impact it will have on their business.SALT – Street Food Kitchen & Bar, on Grange Road in Darlington, has become a firm favourite around the region for its stree…