THE Mayor of Darlington has issued an appeal for residents to help ease mounting pressure on NHS hospitals by avoiding attending accident and emergency departments for inappropriate reasons. Councillor Chris McEwan was speaking after County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust revealed its tremendously stretched hospitals dealing with the pandemic were being put under extra strain by people turning up with very minor issues such as shaving cuts. A meeting of Darlington Borough Council’s health scrutiny committee heard as a result of rising demands, staff at Darlington Memorial Hospital and the University Hospital of North Durham had been moved from ‘back of house services’ to support frontline workers such as emergency departments, but “everywhere is exceptionally busy”.
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By Rachel Conner-Hill echorachelc Chief Reporter (Tees Valley & North Yorkshire)
Young crafter Lainey Strickland, from Darlington, has been making decorations for charity AN eight-year-old has raised thousands of pounds for charity after spending four months creating Christmas decorations. Young crafter Lainey Strickland, from Darlington, was inspired to start making decorations to sell to raise money after getting a new sewing machine in August. Since the autumn, she has spent hours making wreaths, baubles and other decorations. She spent a day selling the items from a stall outside her home in Brinkburn Avenue and has also been selling things online. Lainey, who is a pupil at Holy Family RC Primary School, has raised £2,283, which is going to be divided between Layla’s Legacy UK, Darlington Memorial Hospital children’s ward and the Children’s Ca