Updated 1:07pm 23 May 2013

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Neil McKay

Neil McKay

Stainless steel memorial tree takes pride of place at Willow Burn Hospice

CREATING a stainless steel memorial tree was a real labour of love for welder Ged Morgan.Read

Childhood friendship leads to renowned pianist playing at The Sage

A CHILDHOOD friendship forged 3,000 miles away almost 60 years ago has led to a world renowned pianist playing in the North East.Read

County Durham lambs given man-made jackets to keep them warm

WHILE it’s easy for people to wrap up against the cold, it hasn’t been as easy for our animal friends during the cold snap.Read

North East child abuse victims part of large study on therapy

HUNDREDS of child abuse victims from the region and beyond are part of one of the largest studies ever carried out into how therapy can help them cope and go on to lead positive lives.Read

Sunderland University students film Kenyan SAFC documentary

THREE film students from the region have returned home after filming the “other” Sunderland AFC – 4,500 miles away from the Stadium of Light.Read

Safety probe after Esh Winning Primary School boiler exploded

A HEALTH and safety probe is under way after a school boiler blew up, injuring a workman.Read

No speed cut at Durham spot where Brandon Nugent died

A MOVE to reduce the speed limit on a road where a teenager was killed was defeated by just one vote yesterday.Read

'Feeding of the Bairns of Gateshead' to be recreated at House on the Hill, Felling

A SOUP kitchen is to be set up tomorrow to mark a gallant but little-known fight by the North East women’s suffrage movement.Read

Durham Market Hall hosts Sweeney Todd theatrical production - GALLERY

A BUSY indoor market has been transformed into a gory theatre featuring demon barber Sweeney Todd after the end of the working day.Read

New Consett Academy gets the green light after three-year fight

A SCHOOL campus will be built after a three-year row that included High Court action, it was confirmed yesterday.Read

Speed limit on killer A690 road in Durham 'unlikely’ to change

HIGHWAY bosses are to refuse pleas to cut a speed limit on a busy dual carriageway where a schoolboy was killed almost two years ago.Read

St John the Evangelist at Dipton to close after thieves strike

LEAD thieves have forced a church where a war hero’s funeral was held to close its doors.Read

Arsonist John Kinsella sentenced for Bishop Auckland attacks

AN ARSONIST was beginning a prison sentence yesterday after causing thousands of pounds worth of damage following a night of mayhem.Read

Sue Snowdon becomes first female Lord Lieutenant of County Durham

THE Queen’s first woman representative for County Durham was last night officially appointed to the post.Read

Durham PCs face hearing over death of Lenny McCourt

TWO police officers who failed to adequately help a prisoner who lay dying in front of them face a disciplinary hearing later this week.Read

Consett Academy objectors vow to fight on

OBJECTORS to a £45m academy and sports centre have vowed to fight on – despite having their bid to have the land registered as a village green rejected.Read

Locals vote for return of Crook sports centre after controversial closure

MORE than 1,350 people braved the snow on Saturday to vote for a new fitness suite after civic bosses controversially closed their town’s old sports centre.Read

Durham County Council rapped over cheap sale of Windlestone Hall

FINANCIAL watchdogs have rapped a cash-strapped local authority after it sold a former prime minister’s stately home for more than £1m less than one buyer was prepared to pay.Read

Badger cull won’t help TB cattle issue says Durham University

A WIDESPREAD badger cull will not solve the problem of tuberculosis in cattle, according to new research by Durham University.Read

South Shields four-year-old footballer spotted by training academy

JAY Brown can bend it like Beckham and curl it like Cabaye – yet he is still too young to attend school.Read

Author Profile

Neil McKay is our Durham reporter. Based in Durham City, he has worked at a number of newspapers in the North East and has been with us since 1997. Adrian Pearson is our Regional Affairs Correspondent. He specialises in North East governance and has been with us since 2007.

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