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Save Our Station! Campaign launched to save the world's oldest railway station
An appeal to save the world’s oldest railway station has been launched by the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Heighington station lies in a disgracefully derelict state beside the line on the edge of Newton Aycliffe, and it is estimated
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Three North East bookshops shortlisted as indie store of the year finalists
A Stockton book store has said it is thrilled after being shortlisted as a finalist for The British Book Awards. The store was one of three in the North East and North Yorkshire named among the 77 finalists aiming to scoop the Independent Bookshop
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Massive mining project near pumps £1.5BILLION into regional economy
Anglo American has now contributed more than £1.5billion to the regional economy through the Woodsmith Project, its game-changing polyhalite mine near Whitby. In 2023 the project generated an additional £305 million to the region’s economy, bringing
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Family supports farmer's charity fundraising efforts
A PICKERING farming family is supporting a neighbouring farmer in his bid to raise £25,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The Douglas family from Wray House Farm at Marishes are hosting tours of the Ryedale Anaerobic Digester Plant on April 23 and
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North Yorkshire firm set to launch 'green' burgers
A PLANT-BASED food manufacturer is set to launch 'Britain’s greenest burgers' following a £1.5m investment. MYCO’s plant-based protein, Hooba, is produced from vertically farmed oyster mushrooms grown at the firm’s huge new production site in North
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Excited about soup at this revamped North Yorkshire country pub
Soup is not one of things we tend to get excited about, is it? It is the journeyman option on any menu, the sort of thing to choose when no other starter enthuses. And nine times out of ten it is perfectly acceptable. It is rarely disastrous
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Peaceful walking in this little-explored corner of the Yorkshire Dales
The lands above Long Preston are perfect, great to look at, but in addition, challenging to follow the footpaths. This is because the area from Long Preston towards Malham is rarely visited by the walker and therefore ripe for exploring. It is why
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Work starts to refurbish and reopen village pub closed three years ago
A builder and his business partner have bought their local pub, which has been closed for nearly three years. Daniel Robinson and Geoffrey Robinson, who are not related, decided to buy The Station Hotel in Picton after it failed to sell at auction
