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Lennox Railton-Craggs died after a motorbike on which he was a passenger hit a lamp-post on Sunday.

Lennox Railton-Craggs died after a motorbike on which he was a passenger hit a lamp-post on Sunday.

The child is believed to have been a passenger on the bike, police say.

A CHILD has died after he was injured when the off-road bike he was riding on hit a lamppost near Bishop Auckland.

The child is thought to have been a passenger on the vehicle, which smashed into the post in the Eldon Lane area near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, at 1pm yesterday.

HEAVY industry has departed the Dene Valley. Gone are the pits, which dominated the skyline and filled the sky with their smoky workings, and gone…

A WOMAN armed with a knife carried out a drunken early hours doorstep attack.

Danger driver enjoyed adrenaline rush of trying to outrun police, court hears A DANGER driver’s “adrenalin rush” upped his speed to 100mph when he was being pursued by the police for racing another car. Jordan Firth was out for a drive at midnight when officers spotted him racing the other vehicle, Bradford Crown Court heard today. Firth, 21, of Beldon Lane, Wibsey, Bradford, ignored the police’s sirens and blue lights and accelerated away in freezing weather conditions, the court...

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Defendant Iain Boddy jailed for 15th offence of driving while disqualified A SERIAL motoring offender has paid the price for continual breaches of court orders, following his 15th conviction for driving while disqualified. Durham Crown Court was told Iain Boddy was subject of two suspended prison sentences imposed last year, both for driving while disqualified, a ban which does not expire until 2023. He was pulled over, again, by police while at the wheel of a Volvo car, in Gray Street, E...