Jonny Manning

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Bill Edgar

A former town hall is to be brought back into use after a council agreed to hand over the building to a community group. Stanley Civic Hall, in County Durham, will now be run by Lamplights Arts Centre Ltd, which is to turn the site into a venue for sports, stage productions and events. The building, also known as the Lamplight Arts Centre, requires significant investment to bring it back into use after falling into disrepair, Durham County Council said.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Martin Emmerson

Ex-police officer accused of inappropriate conductJonny Manning and Martin EmmersonBBC News, North East and CumbriaGoogleA number of the alleged instances of inappropriate conduct took place at Bishop Auckland Police StationA former police officer has been accused of pursuing a relationship with a woman he met on the job and inappropriate conduct towards a female colleague.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Mark Denten

Record number of artworks submitted to exhibitionJonny Manning & Mark DentenBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCExhibition visitors will have the chance to vote for their favourite artworkAn art exhibition showcasing works produced by artists from across the north-east of England has attracted its largest ever number of submissions. The Northumberland Open Exhibition at the Woodhorn Museum, in Ashington, received 458 submissions from 197 amateur and professional artists.

Dec 4, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Jim Scott

Northumbrian Water is working to fix the burst water main, which flooded the road on Tuesday [BBC]A residential street has been flooded by a burst water main. Chester Road in Sunderland has been closed while engineers repair the leak at the Western Hill junction. Bakhtiar Ali, who owns the Sultan Halal Superstore, said the street had flooded before but on Tuesday evening the water was just a few centimetres away from entering his shop.

Nov 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Matt Bailey

When six-year-old Blake threw a message in a bottle into the sea, he hoped it would reach far away shores. But when the person who found it had no way of contacting him, it was not the end of the tale. The problem with finding a mysterious message in a bottle is there is often no way to reply to whoever sent it. Six-year-old Blake thought he had solved the problem by including an email address when he threw his into the sea at South Shields.