Etherley Dene News Today

This year marks the 750th anniversary of the largest parish church in County Durham, and the people of St Andrew Auckland are planning an extensive…

Five years ago, police admitted that their initial response to concerns about two boys plotting a massacre at a Northallerton school was not good…

Two police officers were rushed to hospital with whiplash and concussion on Thursday (July 7) evening after their car was rammed by a vehicle in…

Eight youths banned from retail park and 60 children drink by river and railway CHILDREN responsible for antisocial behaviour at an out-of-town shopping area will be banned from the park for a year. Bishop Auckland Police identified eight youngsters involved in recent trouble at Tindale Retail Park and took them into the police station to be spoken to about their conduct. A spokesperson said each one would be served with a six month civic injunction and a banning order stopping them from ...

WATER seeping up from old mine workings has turned a tributary of the River Wear orange. For more than three decades, discharge from a former mine shaft at Etherley Dene, near Bishop Auckland, has periodically caused pollution of the spring. The Coal Authority has records of the discharge, which is coloured by iron reaching the surface and oxidising, dating back to at least 1986. The issue is widespread across the region and those incidents that pose the greatest risk of pollution to wa...