Review of Peter Pan and Wendy – Durham Gala
DURHAM Gala theatre is renowned for creating excellent pantos every Christmas, more recently they are creating outstanding summer shows and...
Review of Awful Auntie – Darlington Hippodrome
BIRMINGHAM Stage Company have brought Awful Auntie by David Walliams to Darlington Hippodrome. They are probably the best theatre company...
Review of The Haunting of Blaine Manor – Darlington Hippodrome
The Eerie atmosphere was created instantly as the theatre darkened and the mysterious noises surrounded us, with the sounds of...
Review of What The Butler Saw – Darlington Hippodrome
THE latest production from London Classic Theatre is Joe Orton's What The Butler Saw. This dark farce has been repeatedly...
Review of The School For Scandal at Darlington Hippodrome
THE SCHOOL for Scandal written by Sheridan was premiered at Drury Lane in 1777. As his most popular play, a...
Review of The Importance of Being… Earnest – Darlington Hippodrome
I HAVE never been so confused after spending a night at the theatre before, with Say It Again, Sorry's production...
Familiar, funny and played to perfection
THE Castle Players are mid-way through their annual tour around Teesdale and beyond.This year bringing the winter cheer with These...
Review of Rapunzel – The Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
I HAVE to admit, that every year, I especially look forward to the pantomime at The Georgian Theatre Royal, in...
Review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Darlington Hippodrome
SNOW White and the Seven Dwarfs burst into life at Darlington Hippodrome with the fairest panto of all the land...
Review of Cinderella- Durham Gala
ONE of the longer running pantos in the area at Durham Gala opened with all the glitter and sparkle you'd...
![A COUNTY councillor is backing a campaign to get a pedestrian crossing in Staindrop. Frustrated parish councillors in the village summoned their county council representative Cllr George Richardson to their latest meeting to discuss several issues, including the call for a safe way to cross the A688. Earlier this year their request for a crossing was turned down by the county council’s highways officers. Parish council chairman Jonothan Raper described the reasons for the refusal as “spurious” and called on Cllr Richardson to support their campaign. He added: “One of the arguments they made was there is no clear line of desire when they studied the village – well this isn’t a clear line of desire because there isn’t a crossing, people cross whenever they can. “When the lollipop person was there, one of the things I noticed was people would walk all the way down to the lollipop person to cross the road to go to the shop or to go to the school.” He added a problem of parking at the primary school is exacerbated because people are too afraid to walk their children across the road. Cllr Richardson said he had supported previous attempts for a crossing point with the first being made about 15 years ago. He added: “We went fairly well down the road with that and they looked into it. The only recommended place was where the bus stop is and to get the visibility splays, people on the other side of the road would lose their parking. “That didn’t go down well so it just died a death.” Cllr Raper said he suspected the real reason for the officers’ refusal was the cost of installing a crossing. He added that much of the cost could be recovered from savings made on not having to employ a lollipop patrol. Cllr Raper said: “A lollipop person only provides a benefit of crossing for three hours of the day. You are getting 21 extra hours of crossing time [with a pedestrian crossing].” Cllr Richardson said he would raise the issue with the county council’s cabinet member for highways, Cllr John Shuttleworth.](https://teesdalemercury.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/georgeR-120x86.jpg)
15C Harmire Enterprise Park
Barnard Castle
Co Durham
DL12 8BN
Email: editor@teesdalemercury.co.uk
Registered in England as Barrnon Media Limited. No: 12475190
VAT registration number: 343486488
Explore
Useful links
Follow us on
© Barrnon Media Limited 2024
This website and its associated newspaper are members of the Independent Press Standards Organisation
