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New staff can advise on conservation plans
NATURAL England has appointed two new advisers to help Durham farmers benefit from the entry level stewardship scheme. Philip Bull and Alison Hiles have joined its North-East land management advice team. Over the coming months they will attend shows
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Supermarket seeks major extension in town centre
FEARS have been raised that proposals to expand a supermarket could affect town centre trade in Darlington at a time of economic downturn. Sainsbury’s has submitted plans to expand its store in Victoria Road to include a single-storey decked car
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Commons airing for film criticising council scheme
A HARD-HITTING film is to be screened at the House of Commons after campaigners garnered support from an MP. Film-maker Craig Hornby made Coatham: A Common Concern to highlight the fiveyear campaign to prevent the controversial development of
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Plea to Queen over nesting swans’ plight
A BIRD lover is to write to the Queen in a desperate quest to have a swans’ nest in Darlington protected from vandals. David Reid said that, for the past three years, the nest near the town centre has been a target for attacks. The swans usually
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Early risers will hear the first birds
A WALK to hear the dawn chorus takes place on Sunday along the Tees. It starts at 5.30am at Broken Scarr picnic area in Darlington and ends with breakfast at the organic farm café in Piercebridge. Similar walks to hear the birds in full early
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Coroner and bike star unite to spread safety message
Coroner and bike star unite to spread safety message A SUPERBIKE racing star and a North Yorkshire coroner have teamed up to try to reduce the high number of motorbike fatalities. Leading the campaign are British Supersport Championship rider
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Leisure company aims to improve watersports centre
A POPULAR watersports centre is under new management. The family business which set up the Four Seasons watersports centre more than 15 years ago has given up running the venue. Stockton Active, a company which provides leisure facilities across
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Town hope for Morpeth reprieve after finishing in drop zone
Northrn League Northallerton Town 1 Bishop Auckland 5 NORTHALLERTON Town will now definitely finish in the bottom three of the skilltrainingltd Northern League Division One following this 5-1 home defeat by fourth-bottom Bishop Auckland who themselves
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Archbishop joins the celebrations
THE Archbishop of York has helped a village church mark a centenary of worship there. Dr John Sentamu visited All Saints’ Church, East Cowton, on Sunday to lead the service. The church was founded in February 1909 when a memorial stone was laid and
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Coroner and Superbikes star unite in road safety call
A SUPERBIKES racing star and a North Yorkshire coroner have teamed up to try to reduce the high number of motorbike fatalities. Leading the campaign are British Supersport Championship rider Dennis Hobbs and Geoff Fell, coroner for the western
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Bowes in pole position
Wensleydale League DEFENDING champions Bowes look set to retain the title for a third successive year after they won three times last week to jump to the top of the table. They began their busy schedule with a 2-1 win at Buck Inn Old Boys on Wednesday
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It’s business time for NYSD teams
AFTER the opening rounds of sparring in the Darlington Building Society NYSD Premier League, teams get down to serious business this weekend with a double programme of matches. At the moment, there is a glut of eight teams separated by just three
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Ingleton keep up their early season pace
Darlington and District League FOR THE second time in a week, Ingleton held their nerve to record the closest of wins and join the two Middletons in becoming the early pacesetters in the Newroc Homes Darlington and District League. But the Ingleton
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Bean does the business
MORTON ON SWALE driver Jonathan Bean proved to be the pick of the local competitors who ventured over to Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland for rounds two and three of the Fuchs Lubricants Rallycross Open Championship. Driving the Snigwig.co.ukbacked
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Double for Sowersby at Cleveland’s Point to Point
TRAINER Mary Sowersby picked up a double at the Cleveland Point to Point held at Howe Hills last Saturday. First leg came in the Members race when Cherryland took the race. Ridden by the highly promising Colm Mc- Cormack, Cherryland quickened
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Mousley among the best in the country at NEC
NORTHALLERTON-BASED Hannah Mousley was among 24 of the country’s best amateur riders in action at the annual British Open Show Jumping Championships, in the lofty surroundings of the NEC, in Birmingham. It was the first year the British Open Amateur
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Lucky Nellerie eases to victory at rain-sodden Durham National
WITH the Jumps season coming to a close last Saturday, the Flat really is getting into full swing and there was a full house to watch a competitive card at Ripon last Saturday. Proclaim won for the second Saturday in a row for Mark Johnston in
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Pony and riding club dates
Barnard Castle & Teesdale Riding Club. – May 3: hunter trial at Brookleigh, contact Viv 07500-967539. May 30: junior combined training @ Streatlam, call Jane 01833-641262 or Sarah 01833-640147. Bedale & West of Yore Pony Club. – May 30: Thorp Perrow
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Fish and chip firm puts safety on the menu
AN AWARD-WINNING fish and chip chain is supporting a campaign to prevent accidents at work. Barnacles is backing the Health and Safety Executive’s Shattered Lives campaign, which targets slips, trips and falls in the work place. The firm, which
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Firm is 90 years old
A COMPANY celebrating its 90th anniversary has appointed a new director. Marc Dale joined international pump manufacturer and distributor Tomlinson Hall and Co straight from school 20 years ago. He rose to become pump sales manager and now, aged 36
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Demand for pet products leads to firm’s expansion
A DARLINGTON company has had to invest in extra process and warehousing facilities to cope with demand. Cleveland Studios Ltd has quadrupled its floorspace with a purposebuilt building next to its headquarters in Lingfield Way. The company began
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Ye Olde Punch Bowl, Marton-cum Grafton, near Boroughbridge
A pub performing not at all badly THOSE who remember Neil Morrissey playing one of the lager-loutish lads in the TV sitcom Men Behaving Badly will probably think it sort of inevitable that the actor would end up as the owner of a pub. That it
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Family life means Lisa shows her darker side
Chick lit queen Lisa Jewell talks to Hannah Stephenson about the reasons behind the darker tone of her new book. SHE started her literary career as a chick lit queen, gaining a £120,000 two-book deal with Ralph’s Party, a light-hearted yarn which
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Messiah, St Mary’ Church, Richmond
WITH the extensive coverage given recently on Radio 3 and in music magazines, it would be hard to be unaware that this year is the 250th anniversary of the death of G F Handel. It was fitting, therefore, that Richmondshire Choral Society chose
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Bake, beat to a pulp, drown - just get rid
WEEDS are springing up in flower beds, but it’s the persistent perennial weeds that cause most problems. While bindweed snakes its way through borders and up hedges, ground elder is emerging from under my neighbour’s fence and couch grass is
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Mighty abbeys are stars of historic handbook
YORKSHIRE is famous for many things – not least its once powerful magnificent abbeys and monasteries. A new book on all aspects of Yorkshire’s history relates how some of the most famous were founded out of hardship and tragedy to become enormously
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From anything goes, to everything will
DARLINGTON Operatic society, whose production of Anything Goes is reviewed on the opposite page, has announced its next show will be The Full Monty. After final curtain on the Cole Porter musical tomorrow night, rehearsals will start on Thursday
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Carpenter by name, she inspired carpentry
KIPLIN Hall’s link with the Arts and Crafts Movement is the subject of a new exhibition based around the activities of Beatrice Carpenter, who lived at the hall during her married life and was active in spreading the ideals of the movement in
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Family link with Dan Leno
THE production of Dan Leno – The King’s Jester by Richmond Georgian Theatre Royal was of special interest to Paul Harman, director of Cleveland Theatre Company until his retirement last year. Mr Harman, an actor himself, is the great-grandson of
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Village of vineyards . . . where winter folk lived
WINTRINGHAM, a village east of Malton, has a name that, for those of us who suffer the cold northern spring, will come as a surprise. Ham is an old English name for settlement – nothing strange there. But the most likely explanation for Wintring
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Traditions twirl on despite Puritans’ efforts to do away with rural fun
THERE is no doubt that May 1 was formerly one of the most significant dates in the rural calendar. At the time of Merrie England it was marked by a host of colourful celebrations. They ranged from maypole dancing to parades of May Queens by way
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Beekeepers are getting busy as concern and interest grows
Bees are in crisis, but the region’s interest in beekeeping has never been greater. Joe Willis reports. PRINCE Charles has joined a growing number of people who claim the honey bee could be extinct within ten years. Researchers claim the number
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Mr Darling: thanks for destroying the pound
AT LEAST one person last week had nothing but praise for Chancellor Alastair Darling. Roy Stephenson, the man behind the rather swish and impressive eco-lodges holiday development between Richmond and Brompton on Swale, paid fulsome tribute
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Read my lips
Sir, – There are over eight million people living in the UK with a partial or total hearing impairment. Hearing loss can cause devastating communication difficulties in every aspect of a person’s life, including family, friends and work. Lipreading
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Helping hands
Sir, – On Monday, April 13, I had a fall at Helmsley and broke my ankle. I should just like to thank the lady who came and comforted me until the arrival of the ambulance. She was walking her dog with her mother and, although I cannot recollect
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Long holidays
Sir, – MPs now have an extra week towards the total of three months summer holidays. They may feel guilty as they think of the thousands who are also on “holiday” – people call it unemployment. Every year our MPs disappear on official paid visits
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Forces help
Sir, – As the 65th anniversary of D-Day approaches, it is a time to reflect on the courage of those who fought so bravely to protect our way of life. On June 6, 1944, the Allies landed more than 150,000 troops on the beaches of Normandy in
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Missing fans
Sir, – I read recently that the average number of fans attending Darlington Football Club’s home games is is 2,000-3,000. What I find annoying is that when Darlington were in the play-offs, they suddenly had 11,000 for each game. Where were they
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Bad budget
Sir, – This year’s budget began to unravel within minutes of the Chancellor sitting down. The focus now is rightly on the eyewatering debt levels and total failure to address the financial problems we face. Locally, the Tees Valley was denied
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Bins for bags
Sir, – On waking to a lovely sunny morning, I decided to go for a drive to Hamsterley Forest with my well-trained lurcher. Such a beautiful tranquil place, be it not for mountain bikes flying round corners out of nowhere onto paths clearly marked
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Moaners
Sir, – I have been following your reports and the subsequent letters (for the past year) regarding the proposed planning application for Bagby airfield. It has brought much amusement with every new story and the letters which follow. I wonder
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Proudly Durham
IF this is to be a bumper year for British tourism, thanks to the pound’s woes and a general tightening of belts, it is right that the county of Durham sorts out what it is called. Durham, Durham County, County Durham have been used to describe the
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Publish lane survey results
Sir, – I have been waiting since about mid-January for Richmondshire District Council to provide some information about how it intends to solve the problem it created by leaving 289 properties in the rural areas having to take their refuse etc
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Teesside denied
Sir, – The budget was bad news for families and business in Teesside. It was revealed there would be: tax rises of £1,000 on every family in Britain; tax rises on everyone earning over £19,000; tax rises on all new jobs; higher taxes for motorists
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Only proposals
Sir, – I feel a correction of Brian S Lees comments is due (D&S letters, April 24) regarding the meeting of the Osmotherley Village Hall committee with the Osmotherley Community Trust, and the rumoured plan to turn the present hall into residential
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Not such a ‘super’ store
Sir, – We refer to the comments from Mrs C M Bisby of (D&S letters, April 10) regarding the Co-op in Stokesley. We could not agree more with her observations. Put bluntly, it is expensive, the range of products is nowhere near as extensive as
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May 1st, 2009
From this newspaper 100 years ago. It is to be hoped that the North Eastern Railway Company will soon see the advisability of establishing a waiting room at the Thirsk Town End for the benefit of persons catching the motor buses at that point. The
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College farm grows maize crop under plastic
A COLLEGE farm has become the first in East Yorkshire to grow maize under plastic. Bishop Burton College hopes it will lead to a consistent yield which will provide good, starchy forage for its dairy herd. The college has grown maize
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New staff can advise on conservation plans
NATURAL England has appointed two new advisers to help Durham farmers benefit from the entry level stewardship scheme. Philip Bull and Alison Hiles have joined its North-East land management advice team. Over the coming months they will attend shows
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First Sauvignon calves born from Asda's discount semen offer
THE first calves resulting from a supermarket's discount bull semen offer have been born on a farm near York. Tom and Mike Powley, of Green Hammerton, are now the proud owners of twin heifers and half a dozen other Sauvignon cross South Devon
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Faster licence agreed for foreign sheep shearers
FOREIGN sheep shearers are to be fast-tracked through the immigration system to try and avoid millions of UK sheep suffering during summer temperatures. New entry rules led to fears that much of the UK flock would go un-shorn this summer - causing huge
