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Dave O’Higgins/Eric Alexander Quintet, Darlington Arts Centre

12:17pm Friday 12th March 2010

THIS latest concert in the Arts Centre’s series of Jazz Nights featured a very enjoyable mix of the familiar and the new.

ABRSM High Scorers’ concerts, Darlington Arts Centre

12:18pm Friday 12th March 2010

ABRSM High Scorers’ concerts Darlington Arts Centre FOR 19 years, these annual concerts have provided a guide to standards being achieved by young instrumental players in Darlington, Durham and North Yorkshire.

Thirsk book launch

11:35am Friday 5th March 2010

AN AUTHOR who turned to writing after he was made redundant is to launch his new book in Thirsk.

Cheers! Book salutes great sheep survivor

MILESTONE: Cathy Wainwright, chairman of the Hebridean Sheep Society, with one of the black sheep

11:33am Friday 5th March 2010

THE famous Black Sheep Brewery has helped launch a book about a distinguished namesake.

Now’s the time to get bulbs for summer

TENDER: Dahlia ‘langresse’

11:38am Friday 5th March 2010

THE first daffodils may barely be out, but already you should be thinking towards buying your summer-flowering bulbs for a riot of colour which will last you through the warmer months and into autumn.

Swinton Park, Masham, near Ripon

SPLENDID SURROUNDINGS: The bar at Swinton Park Hotel

11:42am Friday 5th March 2010

Great food, shame about the service.

Walking back to happiness – it’s good for you

11:22am Friday 5th March 2010

FOR many people, walking is something that is taken for granted; it is simply a way of getting from A to B.

Premiere of new work by Dales composer

11:26am Friday 5th March 2010

MUSIC written by a composer who lives in Wensleydale has its premiere this weekend. Scoring a Century is David Blake’s fifth composition for the stage.

Early starts part of the learning curve for farmers of the future

EXCITING TIMES: Liz Philip, principal of Askham Bryan College

11:15am Friday 5th March 2010

Mike Bridgen reports on the success of Askham Bryan College in educating agriculture students.

Encore – 15 years on

MEMORY LANE: Robert Younger as Hanna from Hamburg

11:25am Friday 5th March 2010

A DARLINGTON hairdresser will reprise the role of Hanna from Hamburg next month – wearing the same costume as he did 15 years in the same show alongside the late Danny la Rue.










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