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More than half of shops fund left unused
MORE than half of a £150,000 fund to rejuvenate Darlington's town centre shops remained unclaimed after the scheme received a lukewarm reception from the town's independent traders. Shopkeepers claimed £67,832 of the One NorthEast fund, which was set
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Fighting Joanne’s gift of life
A COURAGEOUS teenager's dying wish not to be forgotten has been realised - 5,000 miles away. Joanne Gillespie of Stockton inspired the nation in her fight against brain cancer by writing a book Brave Heart, aimed at inspiring other ill youngsters
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CRICKET: New season promises plenty of thrills
FOUR different champions in the last four seasons highlights the intensity of competition in the Darlington Building Society North Yorkshire and South Durham Premier Cricket League. With the dawning of the new season this weekend, another enthralling
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Jarvis misses out in Scottish Highlands trial
WHAT a weekend. Graham Jarvis lost out big time as Michael Brown and James Dabill ruled the roost in the Scottish Highlands in round one of the Colin Appleyard ACU British Trials Championship. Shaun Morris got back on the podium at Kinlochleven
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Lawson extends lead in race for drivers’ title
A STRONG performance at the Rockingham track, near Corby, last weekend has seen Barton farmer Robert Lawson extend his lead in the 2008 Seat Cupra Championship. Fastest throughout Friday's testing, Lawson ended up second in the opening qualifying
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Sharks aim high after cup win
DARLINGTON Mowden Park Sharks have earned the chance to tilt for a place in the top division of the women's game in England. The Sharks have been beaten only once this season in the Northern division of the national league, scoring 514 points
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Prizes awarded for Unicorn winter dressage series
THE Riding for the Disabled Association's Unicorn Centre at Hemlington has been holding a monthly winter dressage series since last October, and the March competition resulted in the awarding of the points championship after a close fight all through
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Pony and riding club dates
Barnard Castle & Teesdale RC. - Mondays, Thursdays: regular fortnightly lessons, flatwork with Caroline Jackson, call Lezley 07891- 660317. Monday evenings: SJ with Chloe Gosling, call 07967594685. May 1: tack and togs sale, contact Viv. First
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Campanologist hits the right notes at Newmarket
THE Derby prize might, just might, return to Middleham after more than half a century. Campanologist won the Listed Fielden Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday, beating Derby hopeful and race favourite Kandahar Run. Mark Johnston trains the winner
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Double success for Dawson at Hornby Castle
JOCKEY Chris Dawson was in double-winning form at the Bedale Point to Point held at Hornby Castle last Saturday. Dawson won the opening confined hunts race on John Wade's Always Right (South Durham). The pair led three from home and pulled clear
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The Black Swan, Oldstead, near Thirsk
APRIL has turned out to be a month of atonement for me but it's got nothing to do with blockbuster movies. On the Saturday before last, we had one of the best meals we've had for ages. So why the guilt? To whom is the reparation due? Almost
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Plethora of choice in the matter of mowing the lawn
AS THE weather warms up, gardeners will be setting lawnmower blades high to give their grass the first cut of the season. But if your mower is past its best, what is the best new option? There are many mowers on the market, but do you need a rotary
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Stan Laurel, Please Stand Up: Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
SPLITTING Laurel from Hardy and dissecting the personality of the British-born element of one of the best-loved cinematic comedy duos of all time is bound to raise a few eyebrows. Bob Kingdom's incisive look at the life of Stan Laurel captured
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World premiere of music written in homage to Bach
RICHMOND can look forward to three cultural treats C including one musical premiere C as part of Swaledale Festival, which runs from May 24 to June 7. Sponsorship from Shepherd Construction, which is building the new Richmond School, has secured
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Circus skills for singers
ACROBATICS, juggling and a tricky spot of tightrope walking have seen Darlington Operatic Society members facing one of their biggest ever challenges. The group's spring production of Barnum opens at the Civic Theatre on Wednesday for ten nightly
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Cool and wet month with a lion’s share of the wind
MARCH kept to tradition by coming in like a lion. It was fairly tame during the first week, but then turned more ferocious at times. The month went out like a lamb as well, but this was limited to the final day, giving a welcome hint of spring
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Making a connection with the past in a vibrant house packed with stories
FORMER archaeologist Jacquelyn Frith finds she can mix the past with an energetic present looking after visitors to Beningbrough Hall, as SHARON GRIFFITHS found out JACQUELYN Frith was an archaeologist, sitting soggily in a hole full of mud at the
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An intrepid pursuit of some common sense
PROBLEM: how to fish a dumped bath, washbasin and toilet out of a beck down a 20ft slope. In these health and safety conscious days, Redcar and Cleveland Council officials immediately had to set about a risk assessment, to use another bit of
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Boosbeck – actually, ‘Cow Shed Beck’
THAT the name of the village of Boosbeck just outside Skelton involves running water should come as no surprise. - beck after all, today means, as it meant a thousand years ago, a stream. But what about that mysterious Boos? Well, streams and
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Manor houses – welcoming waifs and strays long before the pubs
IHAVE come across an interesting theory that some of our country inns might have developed from ancient manor houses. An alternative is that our inns were initiated, probably from ordinary houses or farms, when people began to travel extensively
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April 18th, 2008
From this newspaper 100 years ago. - The season at Ripon Spa may be said to be begin with Easter, though the baths and the sulphur water have been in requisition more of less throughout the winter. Easter, whether early or late, always bring its
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Back, brown, green
WHAT'S in a name? Is back-land always brownfield? Of course not. Backland Developments, however, a firm whose speciality is to build homes on large gardens previously inaccessible behind splendid Victorian or Edwardian houses, would probably
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Civic defence
Sir, - I worked for many years in newspapers, and also edited a council publication, and I find Jean Jones' comments about the Darlington Town Crier (D&S, April 11) well wide of the mark. Local newspapers like this one do a good job in keeping
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Schools nonsense
Sir, - What utter nonsense we read in your columns from Stockton Conservative James Wharton, who criticises the Labour Government's school building programme in our borough. To suggest that our £150m programme to replace, rebuild or revitalise
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Moor views
Sir, - Reading Mr Tyldesley's letter regarding the Defra inquiry about Middleham gallops in March (D&S, April 11), although I was at the meeting, I did not feel there was any vitriolic attack on the trainers by Mr Tennant's lawyer - in fact I
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Station parking
Sir, - We would like to alert your readers to the imminent threat to one of Richmond's precious remaining recreational spaces. Richmondshire District Council have put in an application to fill the grassy area at the start of the old railway line
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Help what is here
Sir, - Hambleton is a collection of market towns. The primary purpose of a market town is to provide consumer goods, through shops and market stalls. The council's own "Vision" for Hambleton in 2021 is "of vibrant and prosperous market towns
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Postcode care
Sir, - My GP recently referred me to the audiology department of the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, and I saw the audiologist on March 11, when all the necessary tests were carried out and a hearing aid ordered. I was informed it would take
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Lunch hour blues
Sir, - We are parents of children at Easingwold School, a rural comprehensive and a very fine school, a designated language college which has provided an excellent education for our children, and whose students are by and large a credit to their
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Consulted?
Sir, - Richmondshire District Council places much emphasis on the importance of engaging with the public and, in particular, with consultation with the public about matters that concern them. The district council debates this week whether or
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Fewer members
Sir, - In a letter printed three weeks ago, I stated that the membership of the club that is negotiating to relocate to Enfield Chase has a membership of 1,800. I am informed that it is, in fact, between 500 and 600, and would like to put the
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Green wedge threat
Sir, - May I draw your readers' attentions to last week's D&S, in which Hambleton District Council placed public notices of planning applications for housing development on Castle Hills and Yafforth Road in Northallerton. The Castle Hills development
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Biofuels refinery on Teesside closes with loss of 40 jobs
BIOFUELS producer D1 Oils is to close its Teesside refinery with the loss of 40 jobs. It has blamed spiralling production costs and pressure from cheap imports of biodiesel - US imports are selling for as little as 11p a litre. D1, which announced
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No change planned at pubs following takeover
THE freeholds of three wellknown local hotels have been acquired by the family trust of entrepreneur Jim Walsh (pictured) as part of a £4m deal. The George, at Piercebridge, near Darlington, the Bridge Hotel, at Catterick Bridge, and the White
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April 18th, 2008
Thursday's prices GrainCo, Tyne Dock. - Wheat: April £171; May £172. Barley: April £150; May £151. Oilseed rape: May £343.
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April 18th, 2008
HAWES. - Tues. Fwd: 23 calves, 381 sheep. Spring show of rearing calves for the Bill Thompson trophy. Judge: D Thwaites, Kirkby Stephen, and AW Thompson, Malton. Champion: Continental bull (BB), T&LM Goad, Dent, £370 to D Thwaites. Prizes. - Cont
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Staff reveal nearly all to raise funds for charity
GETTING down to the bare essentials has proved a nice little earner for a farmers' charity. Dairy Daughters, the livestock AI company, produced a 2008 calendar featuring its own scantily-clad female staff. They were sent to customers free of charge
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Rural programme has provided £1m in grants to businesses
A SCHEME which helps young rural people set up in business has reached a £1m milestone in providing grants. Growing Routes was launched by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society at the 2003 Great Yorkshire Show. Director George Hamilton said: "So
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Biofuels will improve motorists’ carbon footprint
THE introduction of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation on Tuesday means fuel companies are now obliged to include 2.5pc of renewable fuels in all road fuels. While there will be no noticeable change for motorists there will be an improved
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Tesco denies stalling but says eyesore site will take time to sell
DERELICT land owned by Tesco on the outskirts of Darlington may take time to sell, the company has warned. The run-down former filling station at Harrowgate Hill has been subject to a series of controversial planning applications. The supermarket giant
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Bathroom suite discarded in beck
AN ENVIRONMENT campaigner was horrified to see a whole bathroom, including bath and toilet, lying in a beck at North Skelton this week. They had been carried 600 yards from the nearest road. The discovery was made by James Windross, 20, a postman of
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Welcome sign that sticks 'should go'
A TORY councillor has called for someone to take responsibility for an expensive sign in Darlington town centre which still does not work properly after being erected 18 months ago. The digital sign on Stonebridge cost just under £10,000 and was intended
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New order to cut nuisance groups
POLICE have a new tool in the fight against anti-social behaviour in Great Ayton. A dispersal order has been granted for the centre the village, allowing officers to break up groups of two or more people believed to be causing trouble. The order comes
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History society objects to green belt homes
PLANS to build 150 houses on green belt land have been criticised, with objectors claiming it should be turned into public parkland. Developers want to build a total of 481 homes on two neighbouring sites, at Castle Hills and Yafforth Road, in Northallerton
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It took a lot of cleaning ...
THE silver swan at the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle has a special significance for 76-year-old Margaret Asquith. Though now the museum's most distinctive symbol and used as part of its marketing ploy, the automaton was once - as she remembers well
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Concern at farm development near Fountains Abbey
A LANDSCAPE expert has expressed concern about the closeness of a planned farming development to the World Heritage site at Fountains Abbey. The work is planned to serve one of the premier dairy herds in the country. Jennings Farmers wants to erect
