A SYRIAN refugee is set to launch his own restaurant, just a year after going into business in an effort to give something back to his adopted home town. Source: Local News from the Northern Echo

A NORTH-EAST film club is to show two festive movies as part of a Christmas special double bill on Monday, December 23. Source: Local News from the Northern Echo

SHIRLEY Ballas, the head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, is showing her moves on the stage at Darlington Hippodrome. “Not bad for nearly sixty,” she jokes. It really isn’t. Source: Local News from the Northern Echo

TWO young businessmen who won the “entrepreneurial spirit’ gong at the Best of Darlington awards this year are growing the business and employing new people. Source: Local News from the Northern Echo

A COUNCIL has declared there is ‘no one sleeping on the streets’, according to an annual count. Source: Local News from the Northern Echo

If you’re in a rush this morning, here’s what you may have missed throughout the night in the General Election. Source: Local News from the Northern Echo

THE North-East has SEVEN new Conservative MPs this morning following the dismantling of Labour’s so-called red wall in the region. Source: Local News from the Northern Echo

THE sound of Dublin will come to town for one night only, as a theatre’s stage will be transformed into a pubg for a night of high-energy Irish Music and more than a little bit of Irish Craic. Source: Local Read More …

A TOWN centre is waiting with anticipation for good news after being assessed for its entertainment and facilities. Source: Local News from the Northern Echo

HUNDREDS of tiny bears have made their way to children’s wards across the region as part of an annual joint initiative by The Northern Echo’s sister paper Darlington & Stockton Times and Boyes department stores. Source: Local News from the Read More …