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The savoury duck: a tasty delicacy or a deadly snack?
One hundred years ago, the Darlington & Stockton Times, carried a deeply unpleasant story under the eye-catching headline: “Danger of butchers’ duck in hot weather”. It told how an inquest was examining the death of William Bailey, 50, a painter
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Swaledale Festival artistic director moves on to pastures new after 17 years
The artistic director of Swaledale Festival is moving onto pastures new after 17 years. Malcolm Creese's work has led to the festival growing fourfold, with a greater emphasis on more diverse events. Blues, folk, jazz, world music, film, talks
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Company shows support for canoeist competing in the Olympics
A CANOEIST competing in the Olympics took a break from training to inspire a group of JCB employees – and left with a special good luck message. Adam Burgess headed off for Paris on Friday where he will be bidding for a medal in both the slalom
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Medieval coins found near County Durham village folded in 'ritual pilgrimage'
Two medieval silver coins found in rural County Durham were folded and may have been left as a ritual pilgrimage, an inquest heard. A silver penny dates from the time of King Stephen of England, who reigned from 1135 to 1154 while the halfpenny
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First taste of the Thai restaurant that is about to move into Darlington town centre
The road peters out into potholes and weeds grow up between the bricks of the patio. On the roof of a 1940s building is a model of an RAF jet facing towards the hangars in which the wartime planes were repaired, but part of its cockpit is missing and
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Farmer loses thousands after human waste spills onto his land for 10 months
A North Yorkshire farmer has revealed the "nightmare" of having human waste spilling onto his farm for the last 10 months causing him to lose thousands. Jonathan Richardson explained that the first incident happened on his land near Skeeby beck
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Walk this stunning Yorkshire Dales route and explore three lovely villages
The three lovely villages that surround the prominent Kisdon Fell are some of the most attractive in the entire Yorkshire Dales. Combine a climb of the steep-sided, but quite small, fell with a return along the River Swale. The walk starts in Thwaite