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Injured North Yorkshire jockey Graham Lee successfully undergoes surgery in Newcastle
GRAHAM LEE has undergone surgery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital in Newcastle after a serious fall last week, with his daughter Amy thanking the racing world for its “overwhelming” support. The Grand National and Group One-winning jockey
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Government praise for pioneering work creating homes for elderly in North Yorkshire
Pioneering work in North Yorkshire is being held up as an example of how to tackle social care and housing challengees. Extra care work in the county has created 1,500 apartments where older and disabled people can live in their own communities
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Carlisle-based H&H Group appoints Will Hamilton as chairman
The new chair of the H&H Group based at Carlisle is Will Hamilton of Bee Edge Farm, Coldingham, who takes over from retiring Michael Scott. A highly and widely respected farmer and businessman, Mr Hamilton brings his experience and commitment
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Festivities are high as County Durham town prepares for light switch on
With less than a week to go, anticipation for the festive season to commence with the annual Christmas lights switch on in one North East town and this year Santa Claus himself is due to attend. Darlington’s annual Christmas light switch-on will
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The Darlington school with pupils from 28 countries is putting kindness on the map
On the eve of International Tolerance Day, PETER BARRON visits a North-East school with pupils from 28 countries – and finds how it is providing a lesson for us all in understanding, diversity, and acceptance… ON the wall of a corridor inside the
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200-year-old brewery's legendary beer back on shelves in USA after TEN years
Masham-based brewery, T&R Theakston has recommenced US exports of Old Peculier after an absence of ten years. The almost 200-year-old brewery is working with Iron Horse Beverages, a newly appointed importer and wholesaler of high-quality beverages
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Chapel to become centre for teaching heritage crafts
A proposal to transform a Yorkshire Dales chapel into a centre to teach heritage crafts has been approved after it was agreed such skills were needed to conserve the area. Rebecca Watkins told the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s planning
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Driver caught at 'fastest ever seen' speed of 151 mph on A1(M) in North Yorkshire
A motorist has been banned and fined after being caught driving at 151mph on a North Yorkshire motorway - the 'fastest ever seen' by police. Jorden Jay Barwick, 22, of Magnolia Way, Sowerby, near Thirsk has pleaded guilty to exceeding the motorway
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Woman in 70s dies following North Yorkshire crash earlier this week
A woman in her 70s has died following a crash in North Yorkshire earlier this week. The collision involved a pedestrian and a car on North Park Road in Harrogate at around 4:10pm on Monday (November 13). Her family have been informed of the
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County Durham castle digs deep to find new green energy source
Raby Castle and Estate, in the heart of County Durham, is committed to sustainability as part of its highly ambitious two-year redevelopment and restoration plan, known locally as The Rising. The Estate has drilled two exploratory geothermal boreholes
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Whitby Goth Weekend: Residents raise concerns about ‘chaos’ and impact of tourism
Whitby residents have raised concerns about the “utter chaos” of events that attract large numbers of tourists to the town. Concerns have been raised about the impact of tourism on Whitby by residents who highlighted the recent “chaos” of the Goth
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Mystery of city’s wonky roads solved at last
The 20-year mystery of why the roads around Ripon’s market place are uneven and blighted with potholes has been solved – they were made with sand. At a full meeting of Ripon City Council on Monday night, council leader Andrew Williams gave an update
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Police hunt Catterick Garrison sex attacker with victim's bite mark on arm
Detectives are hunting a sex attacker who was left with a bite mark on his arm after grabbing a woman near a North Yorkshire army base. The incident happened in the Scotton Road area of Catterick Garrison - near Helles Barracks - between 1am and