http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/ Darlington and Stockton Times /comment/leader/ en-gb Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:10:26 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:10:26 +0000 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/resources/images/999292/?type=rsslogo http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/ http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/5072359.Avoiding_mischief/?ref=rss TWO reports in this week’s edition underline the importance of providing young people with meaningful activities or places to meet. Firstly, Thirsk’s acclaimed and highly valued youth project, The Clock, is set to complete its controversial move to a new home in a residential area away from the town centre where it used to be. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:08:55 +0000 ef9752aa45059b314383e66451cf1cb8 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/5058153.Cause_devalued/?ref=rss POURING a glass of beer over your MP’s head might seem, to some, a clever thing to do. After all, MPs are held in such low esteem after the expenses row, they are fair game, aren’t they? Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:29:08 +0000 e4def7acb9ec37b405a0d374ecfbc546 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/5043816.Expansion_on_hold/?ref=rss THE case for extending the boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks to encompass landscapes like the northern Howgill and Orton Fells appears, simply on the basis of the quality of those uplands, to be strong. Who can deny that the Howgills are at least as beautiful as the neighbouring areas that fall within the park boundaries. So it follows that they should enjoy the protection of similar quality landscapes. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:45:55 +0000 51fc5b0d45ea1fd4df19c74e2e5cd1b5 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/5030807.Curlew_grounded/?ref=rss WE can’t imagine many Richmondshire taxpayers will lament the passing of The Curlew, the council’s twice-yearly newspaper. With local authorities generally facing the economic squeeze already experienced by the private sector, all areas of council service are being scrutinised and The Curlew is an easy sacrifice. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:16:50 +0000 a6c8d9fb26d235a280605ba5e50ac3be http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/5017961.Same_problems/?ref=rss JUDY Bell and her husband, Nigel, are universally respected for the hard work, dedication and no little flair with which they have turned their family farm between Thirsk and Northallerton into one of the country’s leading artisan cheese producers. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:21:07 +0000 3492ff97f27b8decb1e922584ff1199d http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/5004648.Regional_aid/?ref=rss SIGNS that the Conservatives may be changing their attitudes towards the regional economic development agencies are welcome in more ways than one. Apart from demonstrating the party is not in an ideological straitjacket about how regional development should be best achieved, the change of heart indicated by the Shadow Business Secretary Kenneth Clarke, suggests that the importance of One NorthEast and Yorkshire Forward to their respective regions has been understood. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:55:31 +0000 c0229d19ccf69234db7ac9e90f8afc7b http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/4984645.Grand_derailment/?ref=rss WE can only say more power to Grand Central Railway’s elbow as it seeks to challenge the Government’s apparent fait accompli announcement of a new timetable for the main line to London. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:22:32 +0000 5fd752c9b7ff32b26c3799d1538f527e http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/4880061.In_praise_of_wool/?ref=rss THE site of Masham auction mart was placed on the market this week. It is likely to be sold for housing – a sad end for a mart once considered one of the best in Yorkshire for sheep sales. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:12:54 +0000 2a496d4203598a7b4d84b0c87a9b8dea http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/4865845.Chiefs_and_Indians/?ref=rss THE shared services initiative being pursued by Hambleton and Richmondshire councils is to be welcomed in that it appears to be producing savings without affecting service levels. Local authorities are often accused of having too many Chiefs and not enough Indians, but it’s certainly not an accusation that can be levelled here. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:59:15 +0000 127611a8a903761410fcbd5b81774339 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/leader/4853352.Battling_on/?ref=rss THE problems faced by four of North Yorkshire County Council’s gritting lorries this week brought home the hazardous nature of the tasks faced by many public servants during the bad weather. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:55:21 +0000 6f7d387bd7d1ffa6856d5ff3c1d72503