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A CARE worker who cheated taxpayers out of more than £11,000 dodged prison after a judge heard she has started paying it back.

Stockton benefits cheat pocketed more than £11,000

THREE descendants of the earliest railway pioneers met for the first time at a dinner celebrating the 193rd anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

Descendants meet to toast historic railway

A SUPERMARKET is seeking permission to open two new stores in the North-East.

Lidl reveals plans to open two new North-East stores

Concern is growing for a 60-year-old man who has been missing from the Stockton area since Friday.

Can you help find missing Trevor Hall?

CYCLISTS turned out in force this morning for the annual bike ride in aid of a North-East hospice.

Pedal power helps raise money for hospice

STOCKTON is a town of many surprises, one of which must be the architectural richness of its main street.

In Pictures: Stockton sweet factory among photos of town from Northern Echo archive

A POLICE and crime commissioner has pledged to investigate a new approach to tackling the illegal riding of off-road motorbikes in Darlington after being told he was “missing a trick” being used elsewhere in the Tees Valley.

Off-road bikers could face one-strike policy

TWO men will appear in court this morning charged with murder after a man was found injured in a street, and later died.

Two charged with murder as family pays tribute to dead man

POLICE are calling on the public to help trace a 60-year-old man reported missing.

Have you seen missing man, Trevor Hall?

A MAN in his 50s has been seriously injured following an assault in the early hours of Saturday.

Man in his 50s seriously injured in early hours assault