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Changes to highway code will make horse riding safer’

Changes to highway code will make horse riding safer’

ByTeesdale MercuryFeb 5, 20222 min read

HORSE riders have only partially welcomed changes to the highway code which gives them priority over vehicles on public roads.However, they complain that cyclists have unfairly enjoyed priority over horses.Changes…

Pay us more? No thanks, say Durham county councillors

Pay us more? No thanks, say Durham county councillors

ByTeesdale MercuryFeb 5, 20222 min read

COUNCILLORS have voted overwhelmingly against taking a pay rise, rejecting it as “a massive disservice to the county” .A recommended two per cent increase in county councillors’ allowances prompted numerous…

Take a chance on new contemporary dance’

Take a chance on new contemporary dance’

ByTeesdale MercuryFeb 4, 20222 min read

GIVE contemporary dance a chance.That’s the message from the artistic director and choreographer of a new work which will be performed in Barnard Castle later this month as part of…

Tom Howe – a showman on stage and behind the bar

Tom Howe – a showman on stage and behind the bar

ByTeesdale MercuryFeb 4, 20223 min read

DALES PEOPLE – BY CHRIS FOOTE-WOOD GREETED by the ever-cheerful Tom Howe behind the bar, the first thing that strikes you is his magnificent retro quiff. And he might well…