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Newton Aycliffe town centre during the coronavirus lockdown Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT THESE are the areas in County Durham and Darlington that have reported new Covid-19 cases in the past week - as the majority of the areas record little or no new cases. Fourteen postcodes across both council areas have reported new infections, according to latest data from Public Health England. Postcodes in Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor, and Albert Hill in Darlington, are among those where new cases have been confirmed in the seven days to May 11. The data, which is compared with the previous week...

From the Darlington & Stockton Times of April 23, 1871 “FOR reasons stated elsewhere,” said the D&S Times 150 years ago, “an imposing ceremonial for opening the new bridge at Barnard Castle on Thursday was altogether foregone.” Frustratingly, the D&S does not explain what the reasons were for the opening ceremony of the Thorngate footbridge over the Tees to have been abandoned at the last moment. Yet it was a popular bridge, because the villagers of Startforth, on the Yorkshire side, had long been campaigning to be joined directly with the large textile mills on the Durham ban...

From the Darlington & Stockton Times of April 23, 1871

Titanic's rudder was made in Darlington Many in Darlington will know someone who knew a friend or family that worked at the Forge on Albert Hill, but perhaps not the role it played in the Titanic's birth. The huge brick workshop, which can to this day be seen beside the East Coast Main Line, was responsible for the manufacturing of parts for the new "Olympic-class" ships. The owners of the Titanic, White Star Line had actually commissioned three almost-identical vessels between 1908 and 1914, the Olympic, Titanic and Britannic.  Part of the monumental order saw Darlington Forge bein...

Share Gbarnga — The decision by President George Mannah Weah to rescind the transfer of Jonah Nulee Togbah to Rivercess County against the wishes of Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor appears to signal yet another twist in the reported rift between the president and his vice president. The Ministry of Health on January 22, 2021 transferred Togbah, administrator of Bong County Health Services, to Rivercess County, replacing him with Lasanah Kromah, Warehouse manager of the Ministry of Health. In a letter addressed to Togbah by Norwu Howard, deputy minister for administration of the Ministry ...