Charges battle lost

11:59am Friday 4th July 2008

NOW the dust has settled, to some degree at least, on the Hambleton parking charges debate, what now for the opponents of the charging regime adopted by the council last week?

Kill or cure?

11:33am Friday 27th June 2008

THE idea of polyclinics - large health surgeries offering a wide range of services and open at weekends and on weekday evenings - has much to commend it, particularly for those in work with busy lives.

Onus is on us

10:49am Friday 20th June 2008

PROPOSALS to remove dozens of rural phone boxes in North Yorkshire represent another erosion of the basic public services provided to those who live, or spend time in, the countryside.

According to plan

11:25am Friday 13th June 2008

THE Hambleton car parking charges debate is swinging pretty much the way we predicted a month ago.

It’s just rubbish

11:52am Friday 6th June 2008

RUBBISH collection in this country is becoming a mess. Almost every local authority has different ways of gathering it and, worryingly, more and more are switching to fortnightly collections.

Not just a car park

1:58pm Friday 30th May 2008

IT'S hard to understand how a few square metres of asphalt has had such a pivotal role to play in the modern history of Richmond.

Power to the people

12:47pm Friday 23rd May 2008

THE power of parish councils has been debated long and hard for a number of years, with all parties and interests suggesting that parishes being given greater responsibility is a good idea - as a means of involving more people in the decisions that affect their local communities.

PO consultation was a pointless exercise

11:13am Friday 16th May 2008

THE consultation exercise over Post Office closures in North Yorkshire, South Durham and Cleveland has proved to be of little value.

New female faces

2:17pm Friday 9th May 2008

BEFORE the local elections in County Durham, we hoped for some new blood to steer the new unitary council through its early days.

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Charge compromise

12:59pm Friday 2nd May 2008

AS the consultation process over Hambleton District Council's proposals to introduce parking charges in its four main market towns comes to a close, it seems an appropriate moment to take stock of the extensive debate that has been aired in these pages over the past months.

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