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  • Darlington look to Park in bid to stop rot next season

    DARLINGTON are hoping to get at least one of their former players back from Mowden Park as they attempt to stop the rot next season. While Mowden will look to strengthen their squad in a serious attempt to reach National One, Darlington know they

  • Richmondshire confident they can repeat 2012 triumph

    HAVING gone through the 2012 season undefeated champions Richmondshire, with a virtually unchanged squad, are quietly confident that they can retain their crown, but with a number of clubs having strengthened during the winter the title race looks

  • ‘Mad’ Mark wins at Mallory Park

    AFTER a testing start to his Monster Energy British Rallycross Championship campaign with a few problems at the opening round at Lydden Hill earlier in the month, Barnard Castle driver “Mad” Mark Watson emerged victorious in the second round of the

  • Kidstones venue attracts big entry for Noel Peacock Trial

    ONE down, ten to go. Richmond Motor Club got cracking on Saturday with the rearranged Noel Peacock Trial at remote Kidstones, in the Yorkshire Dales, where 75 competitors enjoyed a fine course prepared by Richard Sadler and Will Reynolds. Despite

  • Minstalad well-backed

    A TOTAL of 103 entries have been received for the Cleveland Hunt Point-to Point at Morden tomorrow. Racing starts with the Hunt Members raceat 1.30 pm which looks to be a very competitive affair. Minstalad has been running well in Opens for

  • Fifteen years – by royal appointment

    THERE are not many charities in Teesside that can boast Royal approval, but the Unicorn Centre has had two Royal visits so far from The Princess Royal since 1998. In1998,The Princess Royal officially opened the Riding for the Disabled Association

  • Dods continues his top start on the Flat

    IT’S a busy start to the new week with both Redcar and Newcastle racing on Monday. Michael Dods, who has made a flying start to the turf campaign, sent out his first two-year-old runner at Redcar and One Boy didn’t disappoint, coming home in front

  • Opponents show united front

    POLITICS in Richmondshire are never straight forward. Who can forget the time when the district council had three separate groups of independent councillors? Political groupings are rather more predictable these days but still the word independent

  • Questions that need an answer

    THIS year’s county council elections will be different in as much as the traditional offering of candidates will be supplemented by a significant increase in the number of UKIP would-be councillors in wards usually occupied by Conservatives. In

  • Working together

    Sir, – Further to Mr Loader’s letter regarding emergency ambulance responses to incidents in the Dales (D&S letters, April 5), we thought that your readers would appreciate clarification on how the Yorkshire Air Ambulance operates alongside the

  • Crazy business

    Sir, – Further to last week’s Eating Out review of The Bridgewater Arms at Winston (D&S Weekend, April 12) and Greene King’s involvement in its demise, I would like to add the following. Although Greene King is a plc with breweries and public

  • Shared prejudice

    Sir, – I refer to your Eating Out review of The Bridgewater Arms (D&S Weekend, April 12). Your prejudices happily coincide with mine. Well said. Ian Sheppard Eaglescliffe.

  • A sad loss

    Sir, – I cannot believe that Richmondshire Leisure Trust in its infinite wisdom has decided to dispense with the services of Colburn Sports Centre Manager Craig Nicholson. Craig has been at the centre from day one. I have attended the gym since

  • Disrespectful

    Sir, – I am writing about the comments made by David Hopper the so called Durham Miners’ Association leader on the television news on Monday, April 8, about the death of Margaret Thatcher and that a party was to be held to celebrate. He also said

  • Sutton facts

    Sir, – In reply to Mr T Lowey’s rant (D&S letters, April 12) about Suttonunder-Whitestonecliffe’s Parish Council, perhaps it would do him no harm to establish some facts. Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe PC never has had or ever would have had

  • I’m a woman

    Sir, – Re “Its what we do” (DST April 12) I would like to inform Mr Bloom that women do also write letters and J Lilley is in fact Judy Lilley (D&S letters March 29) not Mr Lilley as he wrote JUDY LILLEY Caldwell, Richmond.

  • Village history

    Sir, – I am obliged to correct Mr Lowey’s many misunderstandings (D&S letters, April 12) of the recent history of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe. It was not, as he states, the school building which was condemned, but the old village hall which

  • Heritage opportunity

    bridge designed by country house builder Ignatius Bonomi on John Street, Darlington. The bridge, which spans the River Skerne,is the centre piece of a big display at the nearby railway museum. It is possible to reach the bridge from the north

  • Keep trade local

    Sir, – I was pleased to see that the boss ofBIBInsurance Services,Brian Jackson, is saying in last week’s issue of the Darlington & Stockton Times how important it is to trade locally. This is something my wife and I always try to do, and I

  • Archive memories

    Sir, – I am one of the nurses in the From the Archive (D&S Weekend, April 12), I’m the Wham groupie look-alike second from back row right in the middle. Kim Johnston was my maiden name.I married a boy who lived in Northallerton and I worked at

  • Meat company scoops top award for new product

    A SPECIALIST rare breed meat company from Thirsk has received a top award at the BPEX ‘Food service Pork Product of the Year’ competition 2013. The competition finale, held at London’s Butchers Hall, saw 18 finalists recognised for product excellence

  • Producers invited for cheese week

    FOOD producers from across the North-East and Yorkshire are invited to help a historic Northumberland house celebrate its 150th anniversary. Cragside, near Rothbury, was the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. It is to host

  • Demand grows for trailer fleet

    THE trailer arm of specialist logistics firm AV Dawson has seen demand for its fleet grow across the globe following an investment of more than £1.8m in the business. Tees Valley Trailers offers fully serviced commercial large goods vehicle trailers

  • Support for technology print project

    A TECHNOLOGY company which has developed touch sensitive clothing is working on a project to improve printable electronics. Peratech, based near Richmond, is being supported by The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), in Wilton, near Redcar, as

  • Pilot gas conversion plant begins operation at Redcar

    A PILOT plant to validate the commercial viability of a gas to liquid (GTL) process has begun operating. Gas2 chose to build the plant at the Wilton Centre, near Redcar, after gaining £5.5m funding to develop its ideas. The company believes

  • Manufacturer to share secrets of overseas success at event

    A FIRM which specialises in making horse bits will share the secret of its overseas success at a special event organised by UK Trade & Investment(UKTI). Neue Schule, of Stokesley, has developed a range of highly-specialised horse bits to improve

  • Horse meat scandal boosts firm’s sales

    A NORTH Yorkshire company has seen its sales in Asda stores increase by 30 per cent since the horse meat scandal. The Yorkshire Dales Meat Company already supplies its burgers and steaks to all of its Yorkshire stores and will now feature in 16

  • Building firm secures police station contract

    A DARLINGTON construction firm is continuing to thriveafter securing a major contract to refurbish the town’s police station and three other contracts which are about to begin. Wharton Construction’s strong order book also includes a £1.6m arts