A good time for Mr Darlington to take a bow

2:20pm Friday 9th May 2008

THE achievements of the man known as Mr Darlington were justly celebrated at a special lunch last week.

Car park may be lost but classic line lives on

1:05pm Friday 2nd May 2008

AMID all the hype surrounding the forthcoming demolition of the Get Carter car park at Gateshead, a fleeting moment of black humour from the famous film is being overlooked.

Not greenfield, not brownfield, so where?

12:59pm Friday 25th April 2008

NOBODY wants new housing estates built near them, a fact neatly illustrated by opposition to housing proposals in Northallerton.

An intrepid pursuit of some common sense

12:06pm Friday 18th April 2008

PROBLEM: how to fish a dumped bath, washbasin and toilet out of a beck down a 20ft slope. In these health and safety conscious days, Redcar and Cleveland Council officials immediately had to set about a risk assessment, to use another bit of modern jargon.

A dose of property realism is what we need

1:28pm Friday 11th April 2008

THE evidence mounts of a significant fall in house prices. This week the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Halifax bank, the country's biggest lender, confirmed the trend that the national media has been full of over the last two months.

Second phase of A1 work: we’ll be watching

2:56pm Friday 4th April 2008

YOU read it here first. Two weeks ago, Spectator said the A1 upgrade would go ahead but that the second section would be delayed a couple of years.

How the maths add up at Cleveland Police

12:06pm Friday 28th March 2008

WHEN is an increase of around 10 per cent in police authority tax bills really a rise of under five per cent? Answer: when you hear from Coun Dave McLuckie, chairman of Cleveland Police Authority.

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A1 upgrade decision delay will continue

12:46pm Friday 21st March 2008

THE mystery over that A1 motorway inquiry report, sitting on a minister's desk for over a year, may soon be resolved, Spectator understands.

Parking charges: compromise in the air

1:10pm Friday 14th March 2008

AFEW cracks may be appearing in the hitherto steadfast attitude shown by Hambleton councillors towards the introduction of car parking charges in the district.

Some joined-up thinking needed in Teesdale

1:42pm Friday 7th March 2008

SO, Teesdale is making a major attempt to show off.

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