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Hospital sorry for botched op
HOSPITAL officials have apologised after surgeons left a piece of medical equipment inside a patient during a hip operation. David Bould was paid £4,000 in an out-of-court settlement with the University Hospital of Hartlepool after the mistake
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Derelict site could be used for homes
A DERELICT garage site could now make way for terraced housing after a supermarket giant failed three times to win permission to build a new store there. Tesco put up for sale the former Shell garage, in North Road, Darlington, last summer after
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Company seeks partners to invest in airport operation
THE company which owns Durham Tees Valley Airport has admitted for the first time it could give up some of its stake in regional airports. Peel said it was looking for a “like-minded partner” to invest in its loss-making airports division, which
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Fireworks planned for bridge opening
A SPECTACULAR sound and light show will launch the Tees Valley’s newest landmark structure. The £15m Infinity Bridge, at Stockton, will be officially opened on Thursday night with an exciting programme which ends with a huge firework display.
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Day centres set to close in disability service shake-up
A NUMBER of disability day service centres are facing closure as councillors discuss their future. The two East Cleveland centres in the spotlight are the Zetland Day Centre, in Marske, and at Guisborough Rugby Club. Two others under threat are
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Stars add tasty treats to pupils’ recipes
celebrities thanks to a new healthy recipe book. Pupils at Hartburn Primary School, near Stockton, have produced the book using their own recipes, together with meals from their favourite stars. Year six children wrote to a number of famous people
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Affordable homes bid for village rejected by council
PLANNING concillors have rejected an application to build a new housing estate in a growing village. Developers hoped to build the homes outside Middleton St George, but the bid was defeated after opposition from residents, the local parish council
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Festival boost for scheme
A LOYALTY card scheme to encourage shoppers to get behind local independent retailers has now signed up more than 80 businesses. The ShopLocal North Yorkshire project, launched in March in Bedale, had a stall at the weekend’s Dales Festival of
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Learning to look after themselves
CHILDREN at a Darlington nursery had a lesson on the world of work during a visit from a doctor. Dr Alex Calabro, the father of Ferndene Nursery four-year-old Michael, gave the toddlers a talk on the medical profession. The visit was part of the
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Garrison oil on fuel duty
A PILOT project converting cooking oil into biofuel is under way at an Army base. Vegetable oil from the kitchens at Catterick Garrison is being converted on the base into biodiesel for use in vehicles. If it proves successful, the scheme will
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Darlington’s Ambrose hopes to box clever in Olympics
A TEENAGE boxer, who has claimed second place in an international tournament is set to represent his country in European championships later this year. Ambrose Burnside, 13, is set to be selected for the England team for the second time this
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Title set to stay in Richmond as Turf see off Star
Hambleton League DEFENDING division one champions Richmond Turf are now just one win away from retaining their title after they beat Blue Star 3-0 at home last Sunday. Man of the match Stephen Butterworth hit a brace with Steve Allison also on
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Stallions take first victory – but coach warns against complacency
Northallerton Stallions 66 Winlaton Warriors 18 NORTHALLERTON Stallions opened their second season in the Co-operative Rugby League performance with a 66-18 victory over new boys Winlaton Warriors. Four tries each for man of the match Rob Johnson
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Quakers home is set to host first ever professional rugby league tie
DARLINGTON’S Northern Echo Arena will make history this weekend when it hosts the first professional rugby league match to be played in County Durham. Gateshead Thunder will host Oldham Roughyeds on Saturday at the 25,000 capacity arena for their
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Mowden Park captain pledges to stay at club
DARLINGTON Mowden Park skipper Danny Brown has pledged to carry on next season, confident he can bring the team straight back up to level four status, writes Tim Wellock. “I took them down and I will take them back up,” said the prop forward.
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Ingleton and Middleton keep it perfect
AND then there were two – a defeat for Middleton St George last week in the Newroc Homes Darlington & District League left just Ingleton and Middleton- in-Teesdale with pristine records after three matches. George came up against two dragons on
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Hobbs bounces back to take Oulton podium finish
AFTER a season on the sidelines when he sustained serious shoulder injuries in the very first race of the 2008 season, Guisborough road racer Dennis Hobbs bounced back in inimitable style with a superb podium finish at round two of the Fuchs Silkolene
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Halliday realises dream of Badminton debut
LUCY Holliday is set to make her debut at the Badminton three-day event, held over the Duke of Beaufort’s superb Gloucestershire parkland and the most famous equestrian event in the world. The Thirlby 25-year old has received a last minute call-up
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Pony and riding club dates
Barnard Castle & Teesdale Riding Club. – May 30: junior combined training @ Streatlam, call Jane 01833-641262 or Sarah 01833-640147. Bedale & West of Yore Pony Club. – May 30: Thorp Perrow Fun Day, clear round, show jumping, handy pony, games,
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Boro’s title credentials to be tested by Hartlepool
NYSD League THE SCENE is set for a clash that could decide the course of the rest of the Darlington Building Society NYSD Premier League season as leaders Hartlepool take on champions Middlesbrough tomorrow. Pool flew out of the blocks with three
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Ryan steals the show with Thirsk hat-trick
WITH evening racing now in full swing, there has obviously been a lot more racing over last few weeks, but there has also been an abundance of local winners. Kevin Ryan, who trains at the top of Sutton Bank, stole the show at Thirsk last Saturday
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Dales pony show is a great success
COMPETITORS from across the country took part in a North-East pony show at the weekend. The Dales Pony Society Spring Stallion and Breed Show took place at Streatlam Farm, near Barnard Castle on Saturday. More than 150 ponies from as far away
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Rural business given tips on coping with downturn
ALMOST 70 farmers and rural business advisers from the region attended a one-day conference on how to cope with the economic downturn. Organised by the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants and supported by rural practitioner George F White
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Howards 30 College Square, Stokesley
Execution fails to match promise THE last time we ate in Howards restaurant in Stokesley’s College Square, it was called the School House Café and I was suspected of being an undercover environmental health inspector. I had ordered pork and the
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Perk up your patio with new containers
IF you’ve lost lots of your old terracotta pots to the frost this winter, it may be time to perk up your patio with some new containers. However, think carefully before buying and consider the style of your property and garden. If you don’t,
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Local inspiration for short stories
A WOMAN who has written and illustrated two short stories says she was inspired by her own pets and the area in which she lives. Artist Jo Brodie, from Cockfield, near Barnard Castle, has just completed her books, The Snow Queen and The Heaven
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Straight-talking about the Lake District
WITH more people expected to holiday at home this summer, the Lonely Planet has just published its first guide to the Lake District. Author Oliver Berry, originally from Cumbria, has done a comprehensive job with more than 250 pages of straight-talking
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Prize winner breaks with tradition
THERE was a break with tradition at the annual three-day Richmond Art Festival, held over the bank holiday weekend. The Darlington & Stockton Times prize is normally presented to the best view of Richmond in the exhibition. This
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The White Horse, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk
ON A day when half of Thirsk seemed to be off to the races, the Zillah Bell opened an exhibition dedicated to another nag – and the betting is it will prove hugely popular. More than 40 artists were invited to produce work inspired by the Kilburn
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Awash with colour in the garden
Awash with colour in the garden ANTHONY Clark, a distinguished professional artist who is an associate of the Royal College of Art, has been inspired by a forays around the gardens of Eggleston Hall, near Barnard Castle. The result is a
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Prepare to be scared by a spooky new play
A NEW play by North-East writer Margaret Wilkinson is among the season’s highlights at Darlington Arts Centre. Queen Bee, set in a ramshackle Northumberland manor house, is a ghost story which looks at the relationship between three women made
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Pull the otter one – this village’s origins are predictable
THE VILLAGE of South Otterington on the A167 past Northallerton has a name in two parts. Working backwards we have ton an antique English word embedded in hundreds of English placenames – think Darlington or Brighton. Ton meant, in the seventh
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Cathedrals, airfields, imps and architecture – all to see in Lincoln
THIS week’s diary comes from the beautiful and historic city of Lincoln where my wife and I attended the annual conference and Annual General Meeting of the Crime Writers’ Association. Our hotel overlooked the magnificent cathedral with its
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Celebrating 75 years of silent flight above the North Yorkshire landscape
The Yorkshire Gliding Club is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Ian Noble reports PILOTS are soaring into history over Sutton Bank as the Yorkshire Gliding Club rattles up its 75th anniversary. Gliding enthusiasts are gearing up to help mark the
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My aunt
Sir, – Having read the letter by Joyce Richardson (“Helping hands” D&S May 1), I called my aunt in Helmsley to ask what she was doing on April 13. Of course she could not remember, but when I read the article out she said it was her and my cousin
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True county
Sir, – Your leading article (D&S, May 1) claims that “Land of the Prince Bishops” is an accurate description of County Durham; I beg to differ. The Land of the Prince Bishops was the Diocese of Durham which until 1882, when the Diocese of Newcastle
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Keep it up
Sir, – The Government’s defeat in the House of Commons vote on the right of Gurkhas who have fought for Britain to settle here is wonderful news. Conservative, Liberal Democrat and some rebel Labour MPs joined together to defeat the Government
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‘Pay’ freeze
Sir, – Richmondshire residents will certainly be pleased that, at a special council meeting held on April 28, 31 of the 34 councillors voted to freeze the large increase in allowances they had agreed to award themselves at an earlier council meeting
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Workers’ day
Sir, – Can I take issue with Nicholas Rhea (D&S May 1) when, in his article on May Day, he argued that its political connotations only began in 1978? While May Day became a bank holiday that year, thanks to the Labour Government of that time,
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Workers’ rights
Sir, – There are fewer greater injustices than unemployment, yet Labour MEPs continue to make it more difficult for businesses – large and small – to employ people. Not only did Labour MEPs back the Agency Workers Directive, which the CBI estimated
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Curiouser
Sir, – I thank Dave Morris, chairman of the Osmotherley village hall committee (D&S letters May 1), for confirming at least one of the rumours bouncing around the village, that a meeting of the village hall committee was held at which Coun Tim
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Happier days for stalwart cheesemaker
THE cheeriest smile at last weekend’s festival was undoubtedly that of Swaledale cheesemaker Mandy Reed. It may have had something to do with the small glass of champagne she was holding, but also, I suspect, the fact the future’s looking a lot
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Get shooting
Sir, – Which annual event was the sports minister recently praising when he said that it “gives an opportunity for all the misconceptions to be put to one side and also gives people the chance to understand that this is a sport than can be for
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Backing the Gurkhas
Sir, – On April 28, Richmondshire District Council voted, unanimously, to support a Liberal Democrat motion, proposed by Coun Clive World and seconded by Coun John Robinson, calling on the Government to accept the High Court ruling which would
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Visibility is obscured
Sir, – After waiting for very many years, and after numerous minor collisions and some serious accidents, including fatalities, improvements were finally made to the Tree Bridge junction, where the road from Great Ayton, the B1292, joins the Stokesley
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May 8th, 2009
From this newspaper 100 years ago. Darlington Town Council: Mr Starmer asked if the Mayor would arrange to have the plans prepared sometime ago for extending the council chamber over the Covered Market brought before the General Purposes Committee
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Local and frugal
A CRITICISM of the local food movement has been that, because of its small-scale nature, it is inherantly expensive and, for many families, a luxury they cannot afford. Last weekend’s Dales Festival of Food and Drink at Leyburn helped prove that
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Not much help
Sir, – You report that Hambleton council is “boosting its help for businesses during the recession” by paying invoices within 20 working days, “cutting the waiting time by ten days” (D&S, May 1). Why should it take it four weeks to pay a bill,
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Border views
Sir, – The Boundary Committee would like to offer a warm welcome to the new unitary authority in County Durham which started work last month. We’re working at the moment to decide the electoral arrangements for the new authority and your readers
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More than 6,000 farmers expected at sheep event
A TRADITIONAL hill farm, which also runs a successful milk sheep co-operative, hosts North Sheep 2009 next month. More than 6,000 farmers are expected to flock to John and Christine Stotts Laund Farm at Chipping, near Preston, Lancashire, on
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Willow coppice can provide green energy and income
The benefits of growing willow coppice for a power station were explained to a group of farmers last week. Mike and Rita Corrigan are growing short rotation coppice on around a third of their 230 acres at Eastfields Farm, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough
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Defra offers discount vaccine
THE Government's remaining stocks of Bluetongue vaccine are being sold off at 50pc discount. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs wants to encourage uptake and get its Merial stocks sold before the expiry date later this year. Officials
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Pioneering firm in oil and gas sector looks for larger premises
A WORLD leader in the design of vital monitoring equipment used in the oil, gas and petro-chemical industries has just celebrated its 15th anniversary. MHT Technology Ltd is based in rural offices in the North Yorkshire countryside. Although its booming
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Check in with new machine
A LOCAL firm of solicitors has played a key role in helping a company which has created a machine to help airline passengers avoid excess baggage charges. Entrepreneurs Gerard and Carole Stewart, from North Tyneside, turned to TBI Solicitors when they
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Prison work earns award
An employee of a Teesside civil engineering firm has become the first in the country to receive a Considerate Constructor award for work at a prison. Brian (Jock) Paterson, a site manager for Guisborough-based Henderson Campbell, received his bronze
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Sawmill owner on list for rural award
A TIMBER business is celebrating two pieces of good news. Duncombe Sawmill in Helmsley has just acquired one of its competitors and owner Emma Woods has been shortlisted in the Entrepreneur of the Year category of the Yorkshire Rural Awards. The
