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Leeming ready for a quieter life but RAF fighters will be missed
THE arrival of the Tornado heralded a wind of change in the shadow of the Cold War and its departure has left communities near RAF Leeming contemplating a quieter future with mixed feelings. Only three days after the RAF celebrated its 90th birthday,
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Planning objectors ruin retirement plans
A COUPLE who say their dream retirement home has turned into a nightmare have refused to move in for fear of being victimised. Harry and Pauline Hair, who live in Wensley, bought a house in Thornton Steward, near Ripon, in January. They planned to renovate
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Police chief faces demo by angry procession organisers
A CHIEF constable has condemned as "misguided" protesters who staged a demonstration at a meeting he attended. Grahame Maxwell, chief constable of North Yorkshire, was greeted by the demonstration on Thursday of last week as he arrived for a meeting
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Record numbers chase seats on new council
EVERY seat on the new unitary authority for County Durham is to be contested at May's election after a record number of candidates put their names forward for election. As nominations closed last Friday, it emerged that almost 400 candidates were to
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Housing estate agreed for old schools site
A VACANT school site is to be transformed with more than 100 new homes. Land at the old Beaumont Hill senior, middle and first schools site, at Harrowgate Hill, Darlington, is to be sold by Darlington Borough Council so developers can build the new estate
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Coach trip to cereals show
FARMERS from the Teesdale and Darlington areas are being given a chance to go on a coach trip to Lincolnshire to attend a large-scale cereals show which includes crop-spraying demonstrations. Ian Douglas, of Cotherstone, is organising the trip on Thursday
