Corus Special Profiles in Skinningrove has unveiled a bespoke product for the sector, which has led to it securing five European orders for steel used in the construction of both onshore and offshore wind towers.

Together, on and off shore wind power is thought to be worth more than £100bn over the next 12 years to suppliers like Corus.

Chris Elliot, Corus director of product line management, said: "This is part of our strategy to capture the increasing value of fast-growing industrial sectors, in this case renewable energy.

"Our ambition is to be both supplier of choice for renewable energy customers and a key player in sustainable supply chains in this emerging sector."

Peter Gate, commercial manager for Corus Special Profiles, added: "There are only a handful of companies around the world capable of making this product. There was a tremendous amount of commitment and enthusiasm from the Skinningrove workforce to develop it in a very short-time frame - just two months, which included the trials."

The Skinningrove business supplies steel products to a range of markets across the globe, from earth-moving equipment to shipbuilding.

The new product has boosted the company following a decline in other markets.

"We're always looking at new markets and how we can diversify so that if we see a decline in one area, we have opportunities in others," added Mr Gate.

The orders were secured following development work by Corus engineers in Scunthorpe and Skinningrove, as well as at the company's research labs in Rotherham.

Researchers and engineers worked together to identify the processes needed to create the high quality steel at the Skinningrove mill.

The steel is manufactured in Scunthorpe and transported to Skinningrove where steelworkers reheat it to 1,250 degrees C before rolling it into the desired shape to meet individual customers' requirement.

The end product is a bar of steel which typically measures 15m in length and weighs four tonnes.

The steel is then shipped to manufacturers of flanges, which are used to join sections of tubular steel used in the construction of towers for wind turbines.

Bosses Tim and Janet Hill, say their Marske Road facility is used by hundreds of locals and tourists each year and is one of the few of its type in the region.

They want to hand on their "three generation" business - begun by Tim's late father Raymond and mother Sally 50 years ago - to their 27-year-old son Christopher.

But Redcar and Cleveland Council has announced that Saltburn Golf Club wants to buy a slice of the 40 acres of rough pasture at Hob Hill which they have been leasing from the authority, for grazing 25 horses, for the last 35 years.

Golf club chiefs stress their club is thriving and needs to expand with a practice range for members on about 20 acres.

Mr Hill says it's impossible to run his business without sufficient grazing and no alternative exists locally.

He said: "I'm willing to buy land there myself. It could be sold to the highest bidder, split between the club and ourselves, or the council may extend the lease. We hold a licence to graze on the land and hope as tenants for so many years, councillors will look on our plight favourably."

Cabinet members will debate the issue at their meeting on Tuesday, November 24.

Mr Hill said: "We have seven full-time employees and five part-timers. There's also the Priory Saddlery shop on site which is also threatened, with several more staff.

"There are farriers, horse dentists, vets, feed merchants and all those ancillary jobs will be affected if the school goes."

Borough Cabinet member for corporate resources Peter Scott, pictured, said: "The area is partly let under licence to Saltburn Riding School, who have submitted a counter offer for the site and additional land at Hob Hill."

Golf club president Dave Tongue said they have 700 members, with a thriving junior section of about 120 on its Hob Hill site.

He said: "Our aim is to provide facilities for our members to improve their game, bring on junior golf and provide a programme to involve the community.

"There's ample land available for the club, the Riding School and residents. I'm keen on working to achieve a happy solution."

The 19-year-old man from Brotton was driving a Rover 414i along the A174 towards Whitby when he apparently lost control of the vehicle.

He was near to the Newholme turn-off at the beginning of the Whitby Golf Club grounds and was negotiating a bend when the crash happened at 9.35pm yesterday.

The car left the road at the nearside and went through a wooden fence.

Part of the fence went through the driver's side window.

The vehicle eventually came to a halt on the golf course.

As a result of his injuries the driver was taken to James Cook University Hospital by ambulance.

Today his condition is described as "serious" but his injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

The incident is being investigated by PC Paul Merritt of the eastern area Road Policing Unit.

He said: "We would appeal for any witnesses who saw the accident or saw the vehicle on its journey prior to the accident to contact us."

PC Merritt can be contacted on 0845 6060247, extension 5333 with any information.

Anthony Rennard went missing from his Skelton Green home last Monday.

His family then spent a traumatic week searching for the autistic 14-year-old.

But just hours after we carried the story on Saturday's front page, the youngster was back at his home safe and well - and reunited with his loving family.

"It was very scary at one time," mum Sylvia, of Newlands Road, said.

"I have barely slept worrying about him. He was found in the South Bank area on Saturday afternoon which is where we are from.

"I think it had got to the stage where he thought that he was in trouble if he came back.

"But it's just great to have him back."

Sylvia, 35, says that after the news of Anthony's disappearance broke and he appeared on the front page of the Gazette, she was inundated with calls and messages of support.

The mum also received several text messages and calls pointing her to where Anthony may have been staying.

When Sylvia, herself, spotted him in the Fabian Road area of South Bank, the teenager actually ran away from her. But following a quick call to police, officers managed to track him down and reunite him with his family.

"I think he was scared," Sylvia said.

"He thought he was in trouble so ran away from me. But I phoned the police and they managed to find him."

Anthony's family say that the teenager's autism means that he has the mind of a nine or 10-year-old.

Sylvia believes that even now her son is completely unaware of the commotion he caused.

And she believes that his condition has made it hard for him to adjust to living in a new home and area.

"We have just moved here about seven or eight weeks ago and I think it was just the change," she added.

"I think it was just a bit too much for him. He was shocked when he saw himself on the front page of the paper.

"But it's part of his autism - he just doesn't realise how much people have put out for him."

Anthony's worried family had spent the week frantically searching for him and had fixed posters to lamp-posts appealing for information.

Cleveland Police also spent days trying to trace Anthony, after he was reported missing on Monday night.

The teenager, a pupil at Beverley School in Middlesbrough, had been grounded by his parents but climbed out of his bedroom window and disappeared.

His parents and big sister are now just happy that he is back home and safe.

Dad David, 47, said: "It's just a relief that he's OK.

"He's back to his normal self which is great. We'll just have to make sure it doesn't happen again."

Big sister Adelle, 17, added: "I was worried but it's great to have him back."

The family also expressed their thanks to the people of Teesside and Cleveland Police for their help in finding Anthony.

"I really want to thank people for all their support and help," Sylvia added.

"Everybody has been very supportive and kind and the police were brilliant."

Redcar and Cleveland Planning Committee members approved proposals for 68 homes on land last used as general allotments off Newbury Road. They also gave outline planning approval for a two-storey block of eight apartments on the site of the former Primitive Methodist Chapel at Wilson Street.

Melissa Phillips said she was relieved to be caught after her home on Laburnum Road, Brotton was searched by the police on March 9, Teesside Crown Court heard.

She pointed officers to a bedside cabinet where they found 11.4g of low-purity amphetamine, said prosecutor Jolyon Perks yesterday.

The 20-year-old admitted possessing the Class B drug with intent to supply.

Julian Gaskin, defending, said Phillips used the drug since she was 17 as she had problems with bereavement and depression.

He said: "It led to her using amphetamine as an emotional crutch. In the short term it gave her a lift. In the long term it exacerbated the problem, coupled with an addiction.

"To some extent she's relieved she's been caught. That was the kick up the backside she needed.

"It's allowed her to make headway with her life.

"She's managed to get herself clean from drugs. She presents at court as a different person.

"She has shown determination to rid herself of what has become an addiction. She can now reflect on the depth of despair that she was in.

"She wants to make something of her life. She wants to go back to college."

Judge Peter Bowers told Philips: "It's pretty unsophisticated and low-level dealing in the sense that you were sharing it with friends just to share the costs, probably not that much different to buying a round of drinks in a pub.

"I think in the circumstances a community order with supervision for 18 months is probably all that's needed."

Jeanette attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama before working with many highly acclaimed English opera companies, while Jane is an internationally acclaimed singing coach.

Working with, among others, opera singers Willard White and Lesley Garrett and conductor John Eliot Gardiner, she is now head of training for the Young Singers Programme at English National Opera.

Jeanette teaches more than 100 students in Saltburn - thirty-five of whom will be joining her in some of the performance's show- stopping numbers.

Hinderwell Village Hall will be the venue for the show on November 14 at 7.30pm. Doors open at 7pm.

Tickets are £8, with concessions £5, available at Hinderwell post office or by calling 01947 840561, or 01287 624622 /624946.

Daniel James Pearson, 20, faces a long prison sentence after he admitted causing the death of 22-year-old Gareth Stonehouse.

He yesterday admitted causing Mr Stonehouse's death by driving dangerously on the A174 Brotton Road on May 9.

It was revealed at Teesside Crown Court that Pearson, of Lingberry Garth, Loftus, was a close friend of Mr Stonehouse, pictured, from Carlin How.

His barrister Peter Makepeace said: "A custodial sentence is absolutely inevitable and the defendant knows that. And it's inevitable this will be a sentence of some considerable time." He requested a psychiatric report as well as a pre-sentence report before sentencing in the new year.

He added: "The deceased was a very close friend of the defendant.

"Very tragically in the near past this defendant's own father was killed in a car accident. There are psychiatric implications.

"I deeply regret this matter will be dragged out for all concerned, for the defendant and his family but much more importantly for the deceased and his family. He has pleaded guilty at the first opportunity. That must be some reassurance at least for the deceased's family."

The full facts of the case have not yet been opened in court, pictured above friends of Garteh Stonehouse hold a vigil for him after his death.

Pearson was driving a BMW 318 at the time of the accident. Mr Stonehouse was a passenger of a BMW which hit a signpost yards away from his Coronation Street home in the early hours of the morning.

Judge George Moorhouse bailed Pearson yesterday, telling him: "Before sentencing you for this offence the court needs a pre-sentence report and a psychiatric report.

"The mere fact I'm asking for this report mustn't give you any false hopes. As your barrister has wisely said, you're facing a custodial sentence."

Pearson, visibly emotional in the dock, is also charged with using a vehicle without insurance. That will be dealt with on the day of sentence.

After the collision friends and family left tributes to Mr Stonehouse with a makeshift shrine set up in his memory on the A174.

More than 100 friends gathered to pay tribute, held a few minutes' silence at the spot where he lost his life and hundreds joined a Facebook group dedicated to the car enthusiast's memory.

Gareth's mum Joanne said he was very popular, happy-go-lucky and the "life and soul of the party".

Autistic 14-year-old Anthony Rennard, pictured, was last seen by parents Sylvia and David at their Skelton Green home on Monday between 10am-11am. Today, his emotional mum pleaded: "Come home son. We are so worried about you. We love you to pieces."

Days before his disappearance, Anthony had tried to run away.

His parents grounded him but on Monday the teenager let himself out of his bedroom window. The couple say Anthony's condition makes him oblivious to danger. "As old as he looks he still only has the mind of a nine or 10-year-old," said Sylvia, 35. "He is vulnerable. He senses no danger and he won't even understand the concept of his mum and dad being so worried."

Anthony, of Newlands Road, was wearing a black Henley tracksuit and took with him his pet Alsatian, Tyson. The teen also took his mobile phone. His family and police have rung the number repeatedly. Sometimes it is answered before being hung up. On other occasions it is switched off. Police believe the youngster is still in the area.

Meanwhile his family, including big sister Adelle, 17, have been out putting up posters in the areas Anthony knows well including South Bank, Grangetown, Whale Hill in Eston and Middlesbrough.

Dad David, 47, said: "We can't sleep. We are waiting for the phone to ring or a knock on the door. I'm walking the streets or Sylvia is driving around in the car. We are all on tenterhooks."

Anthony is a pupil at Beverley School in Middlesbrough where he studies mechanics.

He was excluded from St Peter's Primary School in South Bank aged eight because teachers could not cope with his behaviour. He was later diagnosed with autism.

The story of how his parents fought for him to return to full-time education - which they won last year when he started at Beverley School - was highlighted in the Gazette.

Earlier this year Anthony was presented with a Mayor of Middlesbrough Award from Ray Mallon after completing a course of skills, services, physical recreation and expedition.

His family have urged anyone who knows where he is to contact police. "I just want them to pick the phone up," said Sylvia. "We want him home."

The family moved to Skelton Green six weeks ago from South Bank. They believe their son's autism may have led to him becoming unhappy with the change in his circumstances.

Skelton councillor Dave McLuckie, who is also chairman of Cleveland Police Authority, said: "I can only imagine what Mr and Mrs Rennard must be feeling at the moment.

"I would ask everyone in the local community to keep an eye out."

Inspector Ashley Harvey said there had been several contacts made with Anthony by friends since his disappearance. "It is suspected that Anthony may be in the Marske or the Grangetown area," he said.

Anthony, who enjoys camping, fishing, animals and motorbikes, is described as 5ft 7ins tall with blue eyes and dark blond hair.

Contact Cleveland Police on 01642 326326 if you can help.

Skelton started off the brighter side and took control of the game early, with Hart, Cole and Dunn dictating the pace of the game.

Skelton took the lead after 10 minutes when a lovely driven ball from Cole found Hartnett who dispatched the ball into the top corner with a thunderous drive from 10 yards.

Skelton then added a second a couple of minutes later with a low, powerful strike which found its way into the net via the post.

Half time: Skelton United 2, Stokesley FC 0

Skelton picked the game up from where they'd left it, playing some lovel, flowing football. With Bladen and Wedgwood strong at the back Stokesley didn't look like scoring.

Skelton took further control of the game with Cole sliding the ball into the net from an acute angle with the help of the post. Cowey nearly got his name on the score sheet moments later when a long goal kick was just deflected wide.

Full time: Skelton United 3, Stokesley FC 0

Before kicked off the Ladies held a minute's silence in memory of tragic Boosbeck youngster Conner Tann.

The game was fast paced due to the high winds, but it was East Cleveland who were the stronger team. The Thirsk goalkeeper showed some very brave goalkeeping to keep the Cleveland strikers at bay. Bobby Barwick hit the crossbar before East Cleveland started to score goals at a steady pace.

Sue Fox scored five goals, Lucie Cardwell slotted home two, and Louise Skiba, was also on target. The game finished 8-0 with the three points going to Cleveland.

Now a sprightly 70, the Somerset-based artist was just 23 when her sealife work was installed at the entrance to Loftus County Modern School (later Rosecroft).

When the school was demolished recently after being amalgamated with Freebrough College, Loftus Town Councillor Barry Hunt started a quest to save what was Philippa's first ever commission.

Barry enlisted the help of Councillor Mary Lanigan. In a rare twist of fate, Mary was one of the school children chosen to pick stones and fossils for the mural from Skinningrove beach 46 years ago.

Highways staff have now brought the inclined 18ft by 9ft, four-and-a-half tonne masterpiece to Skinningrove.

It was officially opened by the artist at the village's Doorstep Green Park. Philippa said: "I'm very excited to see it. It's one of my favourites. It was my first big mural. Some have been kept, some destroyed. This one's been kept and it's lovely."

The relocation was also supported by Skinningrove resident and councillor Tom Evans, who wanted to preserve the artwork.

Borough council highways partner, Carillion, dismantled the large 18 separate blocks, storing them in their depot at Grangetown, then working for three weeks on the new site.

Cllr Lanigan said: "It's absolutely wonderful. We gathered the material from the beach in 1963 when I was 13.

"It's been a real piece of partnership working and I'm sure residents and visitors to Skinningrove will appreciate having this superb new piece of public art that could have been lost."

Chuffed Barry Hunt said: "We're delighted to see it saved. It's come home."

Alternatively, if you're a fan of the pantomime season then visitTeesvalley is giving you the chance to win a family ticket to the enchanting adventure of Aladdin at the Darlington Civic Theatre, which is running from the 5th December to 17th January.

For more on how to enter either competition then visit www.visitteesvalley.co.uk.