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Richardson leads local girls in sunny Lincoln
A SUN-BLITZED Manton Quarry, near Lincoln, where Lincoln Motor Cycle Club staged the third round of the Ladies and Girls British Trials Championship. Joanne Coles scored her third win in three events. Silsden’s Danielle Whitham had Hurworth youth
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Whitaker among winners in packed Croft weekend
CROFT Circuit held a full weekend of motorsport when it played host to Hampshirebased British Automobile Racing Club National Championship Racing over the two days. Newton Aycliffe’s Amanda Whitaker had a busy weekend racing in both the Classic
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Malzeard on brink of title with Pateley draw
Harrogate League: KIRKBY Malzeard moved a point nearer the Premier Division title with a 1-1 draw at Pateley Bridge last Tuesday evening. A close-range effort from Ashley Atkinson gave Kirkby a first half lead, but the hosts equalised midway through
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Hill leaves it late to win Trophy for Stokesley
Bob Seymour Trophy Final Brompton on Swale 0 Stokesley SC 1 A SUPERB late winner from James Hill was just enough to give Stokesley SC the Bob Seymour Trophy after a hard fought victory over Brompton on Swale at the Regency Stadium, Northallerton
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Stokesley promotion party can begin
skilltrainingltd Northern League Division Two Northallerton Town 0 Stokesley 4 STOKESLEY, who won promotion to the Northern League First Division in midweek when they defeated Marske United, celebrated in great style with this superb 4-0 away
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Bowes close in on title with Broncos victory
Wensleydale League: BOWES are now just three wins away from lifting the league title for a fourth year in a row after they won three times in five days. They began a very good week with a 4-1 success at Buck Inn Broncos a week last Wednesday.
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Cooke on the spot to send Police out
League Challenge Cup Semi-Final Unison GLR 1 Northallerton Police 0 (after extra-time) A PENALTY by David Cooke in extra time was just enough to keep holders Unison GLR on course to retain the League Challenge Cup after a hard fought semi-final
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Darlington face test of mettle
BOUYANT Darlington, fresh from an opening day victory in the NYSD League, face a real test of their credentials this week when they entertain championship favourites Middlesbrough. At least the Quakers won’t have to face the skills of Pakistan
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Wellington Restaurant, Wynyard Hall, near Sedgefield
WE thought it was jolly nice of Sir John Hall to turn out to greet us as we drove along the lengthy driveway to Wynyard Hall for dinner last Saturday. It was, in truth, entirely coincidental that he was taking an early evening stroll with his
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Can your mower do the business?
IS YOUR lawnmower too big, heavy and cumbersome? Do you have trouble manoeuvring it round those awkward little corners or up and down steps to get to your grass? If so, it may be time to trade it in for a new model. If you have a small lawn,
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Listen out for the beating of long-lost wings
CORNSAY, to the west of Durham City, should set you thinking of water and giant, flapping wings. We say this for the word would have originally been written, back in the eighth or ninth century, as the Corneshoh and translated into modern English
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Northern Sinfonia, Middlesbrough Town Hall
IT WAS pleasantly surprising to see one of the largest audiences of recent years assembled in Middlesbrough Town Hall for the latest concert in the Northern Sinfonia’s current season. The reason was probably a combination of rather more spring-like
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Sporting life in all glory – and gory
A PAINTING by Stubbs and pictures of racehorses by other leading British artists of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries have been brought together for a major exhibition at the Bowes Museum. Private owners, including the Earl of Strathmore
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Deep sounds from Russia
FIVE male singers from St Petersburg will sing in Saltburn next month. The Hermitage Ensemble, which sounds like a barber shop quartet one minute and the massed ranks of the Red Army the next, has performed twice before in East Cleveland – at St
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By George, he’s still our hero
FEW of us will need reminding that today is the Feast Day of St George, the patron saint of England. He is also the patron saint of Germany, Venice, Aragon, Portugal, Ferrara and Greece while being honoured by soldiers, armourers, chivalry, butchers
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Rising through the ranks to prove that beer is not just a male preserve
Ale was an acquired taste for Astrid Hewitt, one of the UK’s few female brewers. Andy Walker found out more over a pint. DEPENDING on what shift she’s on, the working day can begin as early as 7am for Astrid Hewitt, the only woman on the Black
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Plea from Rockliffe piano player: don’t shoot me
MIDDLESBROUGH football club owner Steve Gibson will not be pleased by the first national newspaper review of his pride and joy, Rockliffe Hall at Hurworth. The Sunday Times’ deputy travel editor Matt Rudd gave the £60m hotel development a bit
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April 23, 2010
From this newspaper 100 years ago. – On Tuesday a beast walked into Messrs Taylors’ drug store at Northallerton. Fortunately the floor space was large enough to turn it around and get it out of the shop without any damage being done. From this newspaper
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False claims
Sir, – Politicians have been known to be “economical with the truth” in the past, but it concerns me when they do so in your letters page. The Liberal Democrat candidate for Richmond in his letter “Vote for Change” (D&S, April 16) made a number
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At Hardwick
Sir, – Regarding the letter from Pamela Watson asking the location of the Zetland Point to Point around 1960 (D&S, April 16), if my memory serves me correctly I think it would be at Hardwick Park, Sedgefield. The South Durham Point to Point was
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Market stalls
Sir, – Following various articles on market stalls in your paper, could I clear the confusion up? The council may be justified in not providing stalls any more and saving money. It also may have made a short-sighted mistake. This is not a problem
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Consider benefits
Sir, – “Northallerton is unique among market towns in North Yorkshire and County Durham in that it doesn’t have a clearly defined heart. Certainly, the town hall and market cross are rather lost in the streetscape ... a more defined town square
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Ugly addition
Sir,. – I refer to your leading article about public buildings – “Tawdry times” (D&S, April 16) . Perhaps the D&S Times should seek nominations for the worst new public buildings in the North-East? My candidate for this “concrete turkey” award
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My agenda
Sir. – I refer to last week’s edition in which reader, Peter Chadwick, of Eaglescliffe, asked a number of questions of those seeking to represent him as MP in Stockton South. I would generally follow the party whip. I believe that Lib- Dems have
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Grow up
Sir, – As a man I do not know whether to be mildly amused or upset and offended at the actions of a member of the public and the police, for reporting and removing the stone phallus from Simply Dutch at Leeming Bar. Mildly amused at the thought
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Planning process
Sir, – May I take this opportunity to set the record straight for all the many people who have written to local newspapers recently about various planning concerns. In a nutshell: ● It is the local authority, be it county, district or unitary,
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Matrix matters
Sir, – In the report of Gilling West parish meeting, Coun Hesletine is in favour of a flashing matrix to control the traffic through the village. The same councillor told Skeeby parish that flashing matrix signs were ineffective and that there
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Very bothered
Sir, – In response to B L Crowe “Why bother? (D&S, April 16), while I found his front door I was unable to locate the letterbox. I therefore left the survey card on the ledge, adjacent to the door, and it must have, inadvertently, fallen to the
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Election kick-start
IF there were any doubts about the enduring power of television, the debates between the three major political leaders have ended them. What was a weary general election campaign – hardly surprising given it has been running since the beginning of
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Darlington firm awarded top safety accolade
A Darlington engineering company has won one of industry's highest health and safety awards. Mech-Tool Engineering Limited earned RoSPA's President's Award after collecting ten consecutive gold awards. George Hodgson, technical services
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Designer's lingerie is voted top new brand at Paris exhibition
A NORTH-EAST designer is taking the lingerie world by storm after her collection caught the eye of some of the biggest names in retail. Michelle Taylor, of Hartlepool, exhibited at the top international lingerie show in Paris earlier this year
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Pipeline company wins Queen's award
A North Yorkshire company received the Queens Award for Enterprise this week. Pipeline Engineering of Catterick Bridge has 178 staff and is a world leader in pipeline cleaning and inspection products and services for the oil and gas industry. Its exports
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Positive signs for dairy industry
The first signs of a small rise in the confidence of UK dairy farmers has been detected particularly among those in dedicated supply chains. The 2010 DairyCo Farmer Intentions Survey found that although 1,174 milk producers nine per cent intend
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Dairy board chairman calls for better prices
THE new NFU dairy board chairman has demanded price rises for producers. And Mansel Raymond also promised to investigate the dairy market to ensure farmers get what they are owed. He told the NFU Council that he feared their rising confidence would
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Farmers anger over RPA "fiasco"
THE NFU Council this week expressed anger and dismay over the Rural Payment Agency's (RPAs) mapping fiasco. It said the RPA must end the "manmade bureaucratic incompetence" that has left members without maps, inaccurate maps, incomplete paperwork
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York farm wins European award for conservation
A NORTH Yorkshire landowner has won a major European award for his contribution towards improving the rural environment. Charles Forbes Adam, owner of the Escrick Park Estate near York, has received the Anders Wall Award from the Brussels-based European
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Region is best in England for increase in farm birds
FARMLAND birds are doing better in the North-East than any other region in England. The region enjoyed a three per cent increase between 1994 and 2008 compared to an 11 per cent decline in England as a whole. The South-East suffered the biggest decline
