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Shotley Bridge News, Consett (Beta)

Lord Crewe Arms in Blanchland has reopening delayed

THE REOPENING of a landmark hotel in the North East has been put on hold – for heritage’s sake.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

Whittonstall opencast would harm our sick boy, says father

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy with a chronic lung condition may be forced to leave the school he loves if opencast coal proposals on a village’s fringe are given the go-ahead.Read

Villages join forces to fight Whittonstall opencast plan

HUNDREDS of residents braved wintry weather to crowd into a remote village hall last night and tell planners and UK Coal: We don’t want an opencast mine here.Read

Prince's Trust under fire after leaflet issue in Consett

CHARITY bosses have come under fire after unemployed youngsters on a Prince’s Trust programme were spotted distributing political leaflets.Read

Shotley Bridge elderly residents welcome nuisance callers

CONSUMER watchdogs assumed people living in a quiet street would welcome a ban on nuisance callers offering to sell them overpriced fish or tarmac their drive.Read

Anger at Kiln Pit Hill windfarm amendments

CONTROVERSIAL changes to a wind farm application will be allowed to go ahead despite protests from nearby residents.Read

Ebchester farrier suspended after letting son remove horse’s shoes

A LONG-serving farrier last night claimed he had been maliciously targeted after industry watchdogs banned him from trading for a month for allowing his son to work on a horse.Read

County Durham opencast mining bid finally rejected

FAMILIES who spent years fighting opencast mining plans are celebrating after a planning inspector threw out an appeal.Read

Consett ballet dancer Mia Toward helped by community

A COMMUNITY has rallied around to help ballet dancer Mia Toward earn her spotlight on stage.Read

Inquest hears aunt of Tilly Lockey and friend died of drink and drugs

THE aunt of meningitis sufferer Tilly Lockey and her friend whose bodies were found slumped on a sofa both died as a result of taking a cocktail of drink and drugs, an inquest heard.Read

Police plea over sex offence suspect Daniel Williamson

SUSPECTED sex offender Daniel Williamson, from Consett, County Durham, has been on the run for more than a year and has become one of the country’s most wanted criminals. Read

Approval given for Consett regeneration plan

PLANS to regenerate a former steel town were hailed as both “the best thing since the start of the last century” and “nothing more than a charm offensive” yesterday.Read

Police officer honoured for preventing suicide at Gill Bridge viaduct

A POLICE officer who sat on a suicidal man to prevent him from plunging 175 feet to his death was honoured for his courage yesterday.Read

More mystery over death of couple in Blackhill, Consett

POLICE are no nearer to discovering the cause of the death of a man and a woman in a terraced house in County Durham following inconclusive post-mortem examinations.Read

Durham Police treat Blackhill couple deaths as unexplained

POST-MORTEM examinations were taking place yesterday on the bodies of a man and a woman who were found dead in the living room of a house in County Durham.Read

Police launch probe after two bodies found at Blackhill, Consett

DETECTIVES have launched an investigation following the discovery of two bodies in a house in County Durham.Read

Mother tells of son’s coma recovery after Consett nightclub attack

ATEENAGER has suffered horrific injuries after he was attacked in a County Durham nightspot because he didn’t have a cigarette.Read

Grieving Tanfield Lea father is killed on his motorbike

A FATHER still grieving after losing his son to leukaemia has been killed in a motorcycle accident on a North East country road.Read

Limiting device to stop The Derwentside pub noise row

PUB bosses fear for their trade after licensing officials silenced a noisy pub notorious for its booming band nights.Read

Historians tell youngsters about Consett's steel industry

THEY may have looked nothing more than pieces of scrap metal lying in a heap on a building site to the group of curious schoolchildren.Read

The Derwentside pub in wrangle over noise levels

PUB bosses are at loggerheads with residents and officials in a lengthy wrangle over the sound of music at a venue known for its band nights.Read

River Derwent bridge plans upset flood victim

EILEEN Carr has been homeless since floods swept away a 19th-Century footbridge and damaged her picturesque home two-and-a-half years ago.Read

New lead sponsor for Consett academy is named

A NEW lead sponsor for an academy in Consett was announced by Durham County Council last night.Read

Consett academy must get the go-ahead - MP

A RECENTLY elected MP and former education adviser has stepped into the row over funding for a £26m academy.Read

Ex-teacher Ian Ashby faces jail on cocaine supply charge

A FORMER teacher is facing jail after pleading guilty to supplying Class A drugs.Read

Consett man John Ashburn dies after losing control of Porsche

A FATHER-OF-TWO died when his sports car careered off the road in the early hours of the morning.Read

Tesco to give Consett £400,000 if new store approved

DEVELOPERS of an eco-superstore creating 250 new jobs will come armed with a £400,000 cash gift to boost a flagging town centre.Read

Gardener Arthur Hilland follows in his father's footsteps

THE son of Winston Churchill’s chief gardener has shown that green fingers can be inherited.Read

School transport row over Hunstanworth youngsters

SCHOOLCHILDREN from one of the North’s most remote communities have found themselves victims of a cross-border row over school transport.Read

Consett Football club boss has change of heart over academy plans

A FOOTBALL club boss has withdrawn his support for controversial plans to build a 1,500 student academy on part of his ground.Read

Protesters speak out about Consett academy plans

DOZENS of protesters turned up yesterday to persuade council bosses to scrap plans to build a £60m academy on green belt land.Read

Opencast campaigners get ready for fight

CAMPAIGNERS are bracing themselves to fight renewed attempts to mine more than half a million tonnes of coal in their midst.Read

£80 fines will keep Consett streets trouble-free

DRUNKEN troublemakers in County Durham will be waking up with more than a bad hangover. From this Friday, police will be slapping offenders in Consett town centre with a hefty £80 fine.Read

Protest over Shotley Bridge cricket club’s housing plan

GREEN campaigners are preparing to fight plans for a housing estate on a cricket club’s land. Shotley Bridge Cricket Club wants to create a new pitch and pavilion with better facilities by letting a developer build 25 detached homes and 60 flats on its site.Read

Lee Laidler, 32, from Blackhill, near Consett

Car valet who posed as wealthy war hero is jailed

A LOWLY car valet posed as a globetrotting millionaire to con love-struck lonely hearts he met on the web. Lee Laidler was separated from his wife and earning a meagre living at a garage in Durham.Read

Consett sports centre delays cost taxpayers £60,000 a month

LONG-SUFFERING council taxpayers will be hit with extra costs of £60,000 a month due to more delays to a long-awaited sports centre.Read

Young mother in Medomsley armed raid terror

A YOUNG mother was last night recovering from what police described as a terrifying ordeal at the hands of two masked robbers while at home with her two-year-old daughter.Read

Shotley Bridge head suspended at ‘top of class’ school

A POPULAR village primary school has been rocked by the suspension of its headteacher just a year after it received a glowing Ofsted report.Read

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