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Art lover leaves £31,000 in her will to The Bowes Museum
TWO kind-hearted fans of The Bowes Museum have left volunteers "delighted" after gifting it a total of £34,000 in their...
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Art society to stage 20/20 Vision summer exhibition
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Fun day to celebrate 125th anniversary of The Bowes Museum
IT'S party time at The Bowes Museum with a family summer fete organised to conclude events to mark the venues...
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Shakesbeer… Can you name Castle Players’ new ale?
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Art brings in cash for Gainford’s village hall
AN art exhibition has raised hundreds of pounds for the village hall where it was staged.The 39th annual Gainford Art...
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£10,000 appeal to turn Bowes Museum monkey puzzle tree into keepsakes
ART lovers are being given the chance to own a piece of The Bowes Museum's heritage after a campaign was...
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Enjoy a slice of Pie when trio perform at Middleton’s Teesdale Hotel
A THREE-piece band from Lancashire is preparing to hit the stage in Teesdale for the first time. Hailing form the...
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Teesdale musicians to celebrate 21 years of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme
A DALE folk duo has teamed up with village hall officials in Boldron to help to celebrate the 21st anniversary...
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Artist Steve reveals whistle stop tour of Newcastle
TOP installation artist Steve Messam's latest work is to surround Newcastle's city centre with a wall of sound.The Teesdale-based artist,...
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Comedy and folk head the line-up for summer at The Witham, Barnard Castle
FOR lovers of live performance, comedy and folk music take centre stage at The Witham during the summer season.Comedy highlights...
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![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)
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