Detectorists' amazing finds take us back to Durham's mining past
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…
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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 was told. He drove down Rooley Lane, Wakefield Road, Manchester Road and Halifax Road into Shel...
A Newcastle scene that's been almost totally transformed - see how it looks in 2021 This 1961 view of Newcastle's historic Newgate Street is almost unrecognisable from the one that exists 60 years later Sign up for our free newsletter on Dave Morton's nostalgia and local history stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meS...
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, Eldon Lane, near Bishop Auckland, at 12.40pm on March 14. Uzma Khan, prosecuting, said he was inter...