Author: Stockton Advertiser

A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital following an assault.

Man critical in hospital after assault

A TEENAGE ping pong player finally swapped silver for gold after winning an international competition.

Table tennis gold for teenager with cerebral palsy

HORSE mad youngsters returned home with three dozen rosettes after taking part in the Riding for the Disabled Association National Championships.

Joy as disabled youngsters secure rosettes at national riding champs

IT has been one of those long and sweaty times when all you can think about is something cooling like ice cream.

As Britain bakes thoughts turn to ice-cream and the hokey pokey men

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help support the families and children of prisoners on Teesside.

Prison charity seeking new volunteers

SAD times are ahead for some of the shops we grew up with and loved. More and more retailers are going to the wall as a combination of business rates, online shopping and changing tastes leave them in debt and out of time.

How to support your local shops

A CHEF who worked for famously foul-mouthed TV chef Gordon Ramsay is celebrating a successful first year in business alongside his wife.

Gordon Ramsay's protégée celebrates village pub success

A NEW appeal for information has been made after an 85-year-old man with Alzheimer’s was robbed by two men on bicycles.

New appeal as man, 85, robbed of irreplaceable sentimental items

COUNCIL chiefs say a partnership between two local authorities to deliver back office functions has saved more than £13m.

Council partnership 'has saved £13m'

AN RAF medic who went through the trauma of losing his three-day-old son, has climbed Roseberry Topping 28 times in one day to help other bereaved parents.

RAF medic climbs Roseberry Topping 28 times in memory of three-day-old son