MOTOR dealer Steve Petch, from Scorton, came out of retirement to contest last Sunday's E W Motor Services Lindisfarne Rally on the Otterburn military ranges in Northumberland. The event, organised by Tynemouth and District Motor Club, consisted of approximately
BOTH Darlington clubs bounced back impressively from their disappointing starts in National Three North with welcome wins on Saturday. Darlington edged home 22-20 at Hull Ionians, while Mowden Park were delighted with the quality of their rugby in a 34
A PLANNED expansion may not give a North Yorkshire brewery all the extra capacity it needs, now it has secured its biggest export order to date. Hambleton Ales is shipping its gluten-free ale to the US for distribution in 33 states, in a deal potentially
A BRONZE Age hoard found at Sedgefield was officially declared treasure trove on Tuesday, and could now find a home in The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle The three amber beads, two bronze rings, one bugle-shaped fitting and one spearhead fragment, thought
ON SUNDAY, St Mary's Church, Nunthorpe, was packed with 200 people of all ages to celebrate 80 years since the building was consecrated. Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, went to the church for the festival near St Mary's feast day. Dr Sentamu had
ARMY plans to buy and lease dozens of houses in rural areas would cause further hardship for young families who could not afford to stay in the Dales, community leaders have warned. Up to 60 homes in Richmondshire and dozens in the Darlington, Northallerton
A COUNTY Durham farming family is diversifying to secure the future for the children. Andrew and Sara Moralee run Low Field Farm in Willington and have a large herd of sheep and cattle, as well as 600 acres of arable land which they farm with Mr Moralee's
DARLINGTON go into tomorrow's home game against Bristol Rovers looking to build on back to back victories. Quakers followed up last Saturday's impressive 3-1 win at Peterborough United with a workmanlike 1-0 success over visitors Bury on Tuesday evening
BARNARD CASTLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,832 sheep. Lt lambs to 103p av 98.6p; std to 110p av 104.5p; med to 112p av 107.8p; heavy to 108p av 102.8p. Cast sheep: Cont £42; Suff £36; Mule £36; Swale £27.50. CARLISLE. - Wed of last week. Fwd: 953
THE councillor who claimed Darlington Borough Council meetings are pointless has been backed by members of the public. In last week's D&S Times, Coun Peter Foster, who represents Hurworth, said the Labour cabinet did not listen to other council members
NORTHERN riders Pippa and Millie Allen and Paul Barker were among the national title winners at the 2006 Easibed Scope BSJA Festival, the biggest show jumping competition in Britain. The festival is show jumping's end-of-season championships and attracts
TWO schemes aimed at easing traffic problems in the Catterick area are unlikely to go ahead for at least two years, a highways chief has warned. Mike Woodford, of North Yorkshire County Council's Richmondshire highways division, said traffic calming measures
CARLISLE. - Mon. Fwd: 2,163 store lambs for annual show & sale. Judge: Mike Lawson, Kirkland Green. Champion: J Knight, Church Style, Wasdale, pen of 20 Texel X, £49.50 to judge. Church Style consignment of 438 av £42.66. Prizes. - Texel X: 1 champion
DESPITE the torrential rain, exhibitors and visitors alike enjoyed the 90th Moorcock Show at Mossdale, near Hawes, on Saturday, September 2. The date had been brought forward by two weeks this year to encourage a larger crowd. The show, normally a one
EDUCATION chiefs have defended plans to knock down newly-built classrooms as part of a £30m school redevelopment. A £600,000 dance and drama studio, opened just six months ago, is among buildings facing demolition at Richmond School. Other recently-built
VILLAGERS have repeated calls for urgent action to improve a dangerous road junction near Yarm. Hilton Parish Council says the junction, on the A1044 at the top of Leven Bank, has become increasingly dangerous and is the scene of regular traffic accidents
THE management of Redcar and Cleveland Council's call centre has been taken back into council's control after being run for two years by private "outsourcing" company Liberata. A joint statement by the council and company said the switch was part of a
WENSLEYDALE School, in Leyburn, has received funding towards a major new sports facility. Richmondshire district councillors have agreed to give £150,000 to the school for a floodlit all-weather pitch. The money had been earmarked towards a sports hall
TESTS are being carried out on a skeleton unearthed in the Dales village of Low Row, Swaledale. The bones were discovered by a workman in the garden of a cottage in the village. Police were called and the remains were removed for forensic tests. Pete
WI DUD, runner-up in the Molecomb and the Gimcrack, finally gained his first, well-deserved Group success in the Flying Childers at York last Friday. Neil Callan kept Kevin Ryan's charge handy throughout and took up the lead about a furlong from home
WHEN Neville Nixon decided to scale back on his farming operations, he got the surprise of his life as an old tractor he had bought as a spare from a neighbour has been identified as one of only 100 ever produced. Mr Nixon, of Village Farm, Hunderthwaite
A CHAMPION pony has been crowned the supreme ridden coloured pony of 2006. Marmite also qualified for the Horse of the Year Show and will be one of only 16 horses and 16 ponies to take part in the prestigious event at the NEC in Birmingham next month.
THE acclaimed OperaBabes visit the Gala Theatre, Durham, for one night on Saturday, September 23, with a new stage production that moves from 19th century Parisian decadence to the fiery passion of the Arabian nights. Discovered busking in Covent Garden
A GALA concert, with music by Dvorak, Schubert and Suk, will be given at the Bowes Museum on Saturday, September 23. The Angell Trio have put together a "soiree" programme for the occasion, which is a formal dress event at which wine and canapés will
THE cathedral has been turned into a stunning art gallery showing 210 paintings of the highest quality. The exhibition, which forms part of Ripon International Festival, is not to be missed, for there is something for everybody to enjoy. It is open each
WITH local council services under the spotlight thanks to an imminent White Paper on local government structures, the decision by Ryedale District Council to pull out of a mooted merger of its revenues and benefits sections with those of Hambleton District
THE lecturer swept a glance over the new group aspiring to MScs in computing and expressed relief that there were no women present. For the unnoticed lone female, it was a hint of things to come because, of the 1.2m employed in IT - information technology
DARLINGTON Borough Council needs a cabinet member with responsibility for villages, rural councillors claimed this week. Seven of the council's 53 members represent village wards, but none of the nine cabinet members have a rural portfolio. This week,
WHEN Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott set up his Standards Board for England five years ago, he said it would ensure high ethical standards in local government and, to that end, local councillors with a particular interest in a subject or who have
POLICE in Barnard Castle believe passers-by may have witnessed a high-value theft which took place on Tuesday evening. Thieves stole £18,000-worth of property from Teesdale Conservation Centre at Deepdale, near Barnard Castle, between 5.30pm and 10.15pm
A YARM woman has paddled herself into the record books by wining a gold medal in the Dragon Boats' European championships at Prague. Dot Hart, 55, was the only member of the Powerhouse Club, based near the Tees Barrrage, Stockton, to be in the 22-strong
Sir, - I agree with the sentiments expressed in the two front page reports last Friday's (D&S, County Durham edition, Sept 8) regarding the Tesco bid and also the pointlessness of ward councillors. Currently, I have three issues with Darlington council
THE last independent electrical shop in Darlington has closed, blaming the controversial Pedestrian Heart project. Alan H Goodrick, an independent electrical store which has been operating in Darlington for 40 years, closed its doors for the final time
DURHAM Tees Valley Airport described its shock yesterday as low-cost airline bmibaby announced it was terminating all services from there from November. Airport authorities questioned the wisdom of the airline's decision, accusing it of questionable route
Premier DivisionTHREE records were created on the final day of the season when Great Ayton's Stephen Pennock and Gary Bolton of Guisborough reached new personal heights and Amul Mazumdar and Ben Usher of Bishop Auckland figured in the highest-ever opening
THE rolling hills of the North York Moors are better known for their natural, untamed beauty than their international export trade.But the Forestry Commission has been busy securing a contract to ship heather, harvested from the moors, to Holland, not
HOW does it feel to be one in a million, actually one in 1,392,440, the number of identified species, which is the relationship explored in All Creatures: Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950 by Robert E Kohler (Princeton University Press
OUTRAGED at not being given the lead role in a school production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the eight-year-old Beryl Dixon experienced one of life's defining moments. Not only did she know all the songs, but she had the frock, since wearing a
FROM this newspaper 100 years ago. - If any confirmation were needed of the improved industrial conditions, as compared with those which prevailed in the back end of 1904 and the early part of 1905, it is to be found in the return of pauperism throughout
A CLASSICAL music society has been accused of sexism after it produced a leaflet with a "bevy of beauties" on its front cover.Former headteacher and music fan, Paul Thompson, is boycotting Darlington Music Society after dubbing the brochure "sexist drivel
WOMEN in Middleham have revolted against the "dictatorial" and "undemocratic" behaviour of the National Federation of Women's Institutes and have voted to leave the WI."We don't have a name for the new group yet. Someone suggested Middleham Independent
A CLASSIC motorbike enthusiast has been reunited with his pride and joy after it was stolen from his home in Eaglescliffe.Frank Wait, 72, bought the 1963 Triumph Tiger Cub machine as a wreck four years ago, and spent about £1,000 restoring it over three
THE unmistakable signs of autumn are all around. In the distance from our hilltop viewpoints, the ripened yellow of dozens of harvested fields makes a patchwork quilt of our landscape. It is not entirely yellow and gold however; here and there, the plough
A legendary beast of "prodigious proportions" the Comet - a Shorthorn bull bred by a Darlington farming family - achieved celebrity status long before the genre became fashionable. And when in 1810, he was sold for a record-breaking 1,000 guineas, Comet
