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Village meeting shows little support for new homes
RESIDENTS have largely rejected plans which could increase the population of their Teesdale village by 25 per cent. Families in Whorlton, near Barnard Castle, attended a public meeting on Wednesday evening when planning consultant Ted Jackson outlined
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Trust agrees to look again at refusal to fund cancer drug
A DYING cancer patient who is taking legal action to obtain a life-extending new drug has been given new hope after NHS officials agreed to look at her case again. As proceedings in the High Court in London were adjourned on Thursday of last week, North
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MP backs wind farm protesters
AN MP is standing shoulder to shoulder with villagers objecting to a planned eight-turbine wind farm. Stockton South MP Dari Taylor says the installation of 120m-high turbines between the villages of Hilton and Seamer, near Yarm, will be an eyesore.
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Courage under fire of young Army medic
A YOUNG Army medic commended for her bravery in Iraq has been honoured at a special ceremony. Pte Lynn Main, 20, of 3 Combat Medical Support Regiment, was mentioned in dispatches for her actions after repeatedly risking her life for the soldiers in her
