Author: Stockton Advertiser

A MOBILITY miracle takes place every time octogenarian care home resident Shirly Naylor is near a dance floor.

Watch: Shirly the line-dancing octogenarian

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill following an incident outside a pub in Stockton.

Man arrested for making threats to kill outside pub

TICKETS for RSPB Saltholme Christmas event ‘A Saltholme Christmas’ go on sale from Monday.

Christmas is coming to Saltholme

A NUMBER of weapons have been seized by police when they carried out a drugs operation in Stockton.

Weapons seized followed drug raid

PARENTS are complaining that a key school uniform supplier in the region has not delivered orders on time for the new school term.

Parents' frustration as children start new school year without full uniforms

A NURSE from Darlington is among the for a national NHS award for his service to palliative care.

Darlington nurse in the running for national NHS award

A MAN who had hoped for a new heart in time for last Christmas is “living in hell” and “waiting all night for the phone to ring” as he continues to wait for a life-saving operation.

Couple 'living in hell' after two-year wait for heart transplant

THE year 2025 is pencilled in everyone’s diaries as the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway – the first railway to open the world’s eyes to the immense possibilities of this new, revolutionary form of transport.

In a meeting 200 years ago today in Darlington, the idea for world's first modern railway was born

THE DRIVER of an Audi seen speeding by an unmarked police car near Stockton, failed to stop for officers and collided with other cars before being abandoned last night.

Speeding Audi collides with cars after failing to stop for police

A MAYOR is calling on ambitious members of the business community to help deliver economic transformation across the region.

Mayor wants businesses to join community