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Petition for 40mph limit to cut A167 accident rate

11:25am Friday 3rd July 2009

CALLS are being made for a 40mph speed limit on one of the main roads into Darlington from the A1.

Double take for postman

IT’S ME: Peter Campbell and his alter ego, Postman Peter Scarecrow

11:26am Friday 3rd July 2009

POSTMAN Peter Campbell came face to face with himself this week.

Ferrets stolen from hutch overnight

DEVASTATED: Sharon Davies and her younger son Jack, five, beside the empty hutch

11:27am Friday 3rd July 2009

A FAMILY is in shock after pet ferrets were snatched from a hutch in the middle of the night.

Public square plan to revive rundown area of town centre

11:29am Friday 3rd July 2009

A NEW public square could be built in Darlington town centre.

Official praise for device that helps in care of children

Dr Richard Hixson: praised by health minister

11:33am Friday 3rd July 2009

A PAIN relief device invented by a Darlington doctor has been praised by health minister and leading surgeon Lord Darzi.

Developer told housing flood risk must be revised

3:31pm Friday 26th June 2009

BUILDERS have been asked to look again at plans for a controversial development after an environment watchdog raised concerns about flooding at Hurworth Place, near Darlington.

Sweet success

3D:  Old-fashioned sweets

3:30pm Friday 26th June 2009

ART student Laura Houley was commissed to create a work for a candy store in Darlington.

Lesson in landscapes and the legacy of Dotheboys

ON LOCATION: presenter Charles Evans talks to camera in Teesdale

3:34pm Friday 26th June 2009

A TELEVISION series that explores historical places while teaching amateur artists how to improve their painting will feature links between Bowes and Charles Dickens.

Raids on scrap yards in bid to clamp down on theft of metal

3:35pm Friday 26th June 2009

A CANNABIS farm and a stolen van were seized by police during raids on scrap yards in Darlington this week.







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