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Aerial bike stunts wow show crowds
A HIGH-FLYING motorbike display stunt team thrilled the crowds at Stokesley Show on Saturday. The Jamie Squibb Freestyle Stunt Team wowed the packed ground with some breathtaking aerial acrobatics. The four riders performed their own individual
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Costs of new fire and rescue control centres rocket
NEW regional fire control centres serving the North-East and North Yorkshire will cost £1,770,000 more a year to run than the current set-up, it has emerged. Those figures could rise even further over the next three years, project managers have
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Going all Continental in Croft
YOUNGSTERS at a village primary school have had a taste of the Continent this week. Croft Primary School has been celebrating European Awareness Week with a series of activities and events. Each day of the week, the school canteen has been dishing
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Town looks to heavens for better reception
A CHURCH more used to communicating with the heavens may soon be helping people get in touch in a different way. St Mary’s Parish Church in Barnard Castle could replace its flagpole on its 20m-high tower with a model that will shroud a mobile
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Mixed reaction to West End parking permits
A COUNCIL has been criticised by householders over the cost of a controversial new residents’ parking scheme. Some householders in and around Southend Avenue have criticised the Darlington Borough Council scheme, which came into force this week
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Concerns raised over closure of hospital ward
CONCERN has been expressed about the closure of a hospital ward for people with acute mental health problems. One of the two wards at the 13-year-old East Cleveland Hospital, in Brotton, has been mothballed for the past seven months. Coun Brian
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Festival of walks and words
RICHMOND is gearing up for a festival celebrating some of the best reading and walking to be had in North Yorkshire. The Books and Boots,Walks and Words,Walking and Book Festival will take place in and around Richmond from today until October
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Lawson’s title hangs in the balance
RICHMOND-BASED Robert Lawson made his 15th visit to the podium of the 2008 Seat Cupra season at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit last weekend, but the destiny of the championship title remains undecided with the outcome of the Silverstone event four
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Northallerton off to a flier, Horner grabs a hat-trick
NORTHALLERTON’S Sunday team had a winning start to their season at the weekend, with captain Sandra Horner scoring a well-deserved hat trick. The side beat Norton 3-0 at home, but the match started nervously and there was nothing between
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Bagby’s Busutill flies flag for Britain in Italy
ATHLETE Walter Busutill is heading for Italy to fly the flag for Britain. He will be flying to Rimini to represent his country in the World Duathlon Championships. The gruelling event will see him complete a 10-kilometre run, followed by a 40
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Leyburn maintain the pace with five-star victory
Wensleydale Creamery Football League LEYBURN United continue to set the pace at the top of the table as they came from behind to beat Buck Inn Old Boys 5-1 at home last Saturday to make it six wins out of six. Scott Ryan had given the visitors
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Turf ’s 4-2 win continues 100pc start to season
Hambleton League DIVISION one Champions Richmond Turf continued their 100 per cent start to the season with a 4-2 home win over Great Broughton Hibs last Sunday, but they did it the hard way. The visitors stunned Turf by grabbing a shock two-goal
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Fry heads north to contest Travers Trial
JAMES Fry hits the road from Brighton to St John’s Chapel this weekend to ride the final round of the Novogar Clubman Championship – despite having taken the title with a winning round last Sunday in the Mid- Wales Centre’s event. The MRS
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Nine goals conceded in two games by Town
NORTHALLERTON Town conceded nine goals inside two games, a statistic that sees Town hovering above the bottom three with the worst goal difference in the league. Town were well-beaten in midweek by a fluid-looking Whitley Bay, who ran out
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Fourth time lucky for Feversham League as finals day take place
THE FEVERSHAM Cricket League breathed a collective sigh of relief when at the fourth attempt the top four semi-final and final managed to be played, both on the same day at Duncombe Park CC’s ground. Harome and High Farndale were scheduled to
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Grey plays best golf of career in Kentucky
A GOLFER has returned to the region after winning all of his five games in the one-armed equivalent of the Ryder Cup. Darren Grey, from Darlington, played the best golf of his career and became the talking point of the Fightmaster Cup held in
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Darlington teams are equal in defeat after double coincidence
IN A double coincidence, both Darlington teams lost 19-17 away from home last Saturday and both face Humberside opposition tomorrow. Mowden Park visit Hull Ionians still smarting from their defeat at Loughborough Students, who hung on courtesy
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Witton Castle Trials back on the calendar
WITTON Castle Horse Trials are back in the British Eventing calendar running next weekend, with classes ranging from pre-novice to advanced. The estate, which is now under new ownership and management, is fully supporting the horse trials and
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Princess Royal to open new arena
BISHOP Burton College has announced that its brand new equine indoor arena is to be opened by the Princess Royal. Princess Anne will attend an opening event at the college in October, when she will take a tour of the college’s equestrian facilities
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Pony and riding club dates
Barnard Castle & Teesdale RC. – Tuesdays, fortnightly: Ian Brown lessons. Mondays and Thursdays fortnightly: Caroline Jackson flat. Thursdays and Fridays fortnightly: Sarah Tubbs, novice horse/rider. Oct 11-12: trip to HOYS. For information about
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Carson seals one-two for Nicholls in Gold Cup
FROM HIS first winning ride on Pinkers Pond at Catterick Bridge, jockey Willie Carson became champion five times in his long career as a jockey – but on Saturday, he was upstaged by his 19-year-old grandson, William Carson, who landed the one
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Teenager Laura takes third place in Belfast event
ALDBROUGH St John-based rider Laura Ritchie-Bland made the long trip to the Necarne International Horse Trials in Northern Ireland payoff, when she finished in the money competing against a determined home entry. A strong British contingent
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Clients can help design offices on business park
AN award-winning firm of Tees Valley architects has been chosen to design a new business park in Stokesley. What makes the project special is that it allows clients to design buildings to their own needs. Mark Barlow, DKS Architects partner and
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Bra firm supports CLA’s fight for faster rural broadband
A SUCCESSFUL rural business is backing a campaign calling for faster broadband services in the countryside. Sally Robinson operates her Amplebosom.com business from the tiny village of Old Byland, near Helmsley. The company, which was
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Farmers urged to put more into pensions
DAIRY farmers have been urged to put more aside for their pension provision. The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers has recommended they introduce 0.34 pence per litre to the accounts to provide a pension of 50pc of final salary for both
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September 26th, 2008
BARNARD CASTLE. – Fwd: prize show & sale of 3215 Mule gimmer lambs for Nemsa. Overall average £59.37, up £23.83 on last year. Judge: G Stevens, Carrs Billington. Prizes. – 1 J&SE Bainbridge, £120 to G Stevens; 2 J&MJ Walton, £95 to JW Teward &
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NFU meeting will look at ways of reducing poultry production costs
AS POULTRY production costs continue to soar, a meeting will next week look at keeping costs to a minimum. Research by the National Farmers’ Union suggests over the last 12 months costs in the broiler sector have risen 30pc – with feed up a massive
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Darlington farmer wins reserve championship
THE 27th Northern Area Texel Sheep Breeders’ Association Show and sale of pedigree rams and females at Skipton Auction Mart, which took place last Thursday and Friday, enjoyed a much better attendance than last year, when footand- mouth blighted
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National plan for the milk industry will help producers
A LEADING dairy organisation is to press ahead and draw up a national strategic plan for the sector. Lyndon Edwards, chairman of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, said the UK was unusual among major dairying countries in not having
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September 26th, 2008
Thursday’s prices GrainCo, Tyne Dock. – Wheat: Oct £97; Nov £98; Dec £99. Barley: Oct £97; Nov £98; Dec £99. Oilseed rape: Oct £274; Nov £275; Dec £276.
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Dairy farms in need of investment by landlords
LANDLORDS and their agents have been warned against raising rents for dairy farmers. Stephen Wyrill, national vicechairman of the Tenant Farmers’ Association, said it is a critical time for dairy tenants. After a few years of relative rent stability
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Keep yourself in crumbles and pies for months to come
A FRIEND of mine has kindly been giving me great bags of cooking apples from her heavily cropping tree, which I’ve been cooking and freezing to keep me stocked up on crumble and pie fillings for months to come. I’m not lucky enough to have an
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Talents combine for Witham Hall art show
AN EXHIBITION in Barnard Castle is showcasing the talents of several artists from the region. Lee Hutchinson, of Darlington, has brought together three other artists for the show at the Witham Hall. It began yesterday and runs until October
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Aurora Wind Ensemble; Auckland Castle
BISHOP Auckland Music Society's concert by the Aurora Wind Ensemble proved perhaps the most engaging and interesting of the four given so far this season in the throne room of Auckland Castle. Here were five young wind players, full of enthusiasm
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Waiting to stage a classic
RICHMOND Amateur Dramatic Society are busy rehearsing for their next production, Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett, to be performed at the Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond, in November. Voted the most significant play of the 20th century in
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Perk Up, Market Place South, Ripon
Perfectly acceptable to wait a while IT’S A pity some people are in such a hurry – their pace of life so frenetic they can’t even slow down to eat. Is a half-hour wait between courses “unacceptable”? It certainly was to one diner at
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Miniaturist scoops big award for small work
A DARLINGTON artist has won a big award for a little painting. Gina Morton, from Darlington, has won the President’s Special Commendation at this year’s annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers. The
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Lessons in how a caring approach gets the best out of disruptive boys
WITHIN days of starting at his new school, Michael Robson caused thousands of pounds of damage by setting fire to a farmer’s hay bales. He already knew that no other school would have him – but this one was different. At Breckenbrough School,
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“The wind blew the bails off ” – and other cricketing excuses
WE are approaching the season of Michaelmas that has long been one of the milestones of the rural calendar, with Michaelmas Day being the focus of a range of activities. This year the Feast of St Michael the Archangel arrives on Monday. Perhaps
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The grizzly truth – no bears in Bearpark
ENGLISH placenames have a reputation for sounding like something that they are not. So the Yorkshire village of Foul Rice should have something to do with paddy fields, while Commondale in Cleveland should be a valley with common land. But nothing
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IT stinks
INFORMATION technology companies must just love working for this Government. A public sector contract seems to be a licence to print money. Problems with the installation of new computer systems lie at the heart of so many catastrophic cost
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Be fair
Sir, – A seasoned campaigner told me many years ago “Attack the principle, not the person”, tempting though it may be, for example, to vilify Mr Borman of Leyburn (D&S letters, Sept 19). Mr Borman wants less noise. Who can possibly disagree with
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Have your say
Sir, – In 2007, the Scotton Allotments Association was formed by parishioners to meet a genuine need for allotments. The majority of parishioners asked though that unused parish land next to the village hall was a good location for allotments
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Great memories
Sir, – With reference to the Bedale School 50th anniversary reunion, may I say a big thankyou to the organisers and a special thank-you to Ken Billings who pushed to get the event off the ground. I started at the school in 1959 as a first year
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September 26, 2008
From this newspaper 100 years ago. – Rain descended in torrents at Richmond on Sunday night and was accompanied by lightning and thunder, while a dense fog enveloped the surrounding district. The storm raged for something like four hours, the streets
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County madness
Sir, – I must admit I had a snigger last week at your front page article entitled “And the unitary authority will be called..” It explained that after “extensive consultation” involving 700 people and a public meeting no less, the decision was
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Animal welfare
Sir, – Over 900 million animals are reared for food every year – that’s a staggering number. If we want them all to enjoy a higher standard of welfare, we all need to do our bit. This week is RSPCA Freedom Food Farm Animal Week. The charity
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Science and God
Sir, – With so much debate on television and radio about science and religious belief, some readers will be interested to learn of the following curious fact. Immediately after Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon in 1969 and his “One small step
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No payback
Sir, – I was interested in your figures for the solar power scheme at Longfield School, Darlington, and while the project may be interesting it does not make economic sense. You say the scheme cost £20,000 and the generated power is 3300KWh/
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Telling silence
Sir, –Having been bombarded by the media about the financial calamity that is unwinding, there is one omission that stands out. As far as I am aware not one hedge fund has had the courage to stand up and say that they had made a few thousand
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Support academy
Sir, – Although I did not read the letter written by John Severs regarding Eastbourne Academy in Darlington, I disagree strongly with the views expressed by Connie Lingess. I have personal experience of working at Eastbourne School as a supply
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Jarring feature
Sir, – It is interesting to learn that Mrs Simper of Carperby is refused permission for solar panels (D&S, Sept 12) and yet Tan Hill Inn, which must be a listed building, is able to have solar panels. Why such irregularities in planning? If
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Hands off
Sir, – Again it is very sad to read (D&S Sept 19) that this Government is interfering and wanting to cancel the necessary GP surgeries and medical services that they provide so efficiently up and down the Dales, which they have done for 100 years
