Blow for gardeners as Birtley In Bloom competition is cancelled

Nearly every county has a garden competition and the councils run them - but apparently not for the people of Birtley.” In a letter, the leader of Gateshead Council, Coun Mick Henry, told Mr Manders that the annual summer garden competitions w

Birtley delays as burst lorry fuel tank sends 250 litres of diesel across A167 ...

A busy road through Birtley was briefly closed after a lorry

Two County Durham teachers have been struck off for alleged inappropriate ...

The report found that Green, 32, engaged in sexual intercourse with the 15-year-old while a teacher at Lord Lawson of Beamish Community School. It also alleges he sent sexually explicit text messages to the minor, including naked pictures of h