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Concert to jazz up Dalton and Gayles Village Hall
JAZZ comes to Dalton and Gayles next week in the form of saxophonist Ian Millar and pianist Dominic Spencer.The Edinburgh-based...
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An evening of love, loss and longing at Mickleton
OLIVIER Award-nominated actress Elizabeth Mansfield plays legendary singer Edith Piaf in a musical homage to the star which is being...
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Matinee movie proves a silver screen success
BIG screen entertainment could be coming to a village hall lunch club near you following a trial run at Staindrop's...
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Pub gives Catherine the chance to display her dale-inspired art
A NEW cafe in Barnard Castle is to double up as a dale artist's gallery.When landlady Rima Chatterjee transformed the...
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Battling on – Lucy brings new show to Barney
TV and radio star Lucy Porter is to bring her new tour show Choose Your Battles to The Witham, in...
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Orchestra honour for dale violinist William
A DETERMINED violinist has seen his hard work rewarded with a spot in a prestigious national orchestra.Staindrop Academy pupil William...
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Making music with the Bard of Barnsley
YOUNGSTERS in Bowes enjoyed an afternoon of words, music and laughter during a visit from one of the UK's best-known...
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Gin festival could be just the tonic to pep up summer at Scarth Hall
STAINDROP'S Scarth Memorial Hall is to play host the first gin festival to be held in the village - possibly...
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Comedian Lee heads to Barney as part of ‘before I’m famous’ tour
NORTH East actor and comedian Lee Kyle is on a national tour and stops off at The Old Well Inn,...
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Quartet bring jazz and blues to Middleton
A JAZZ quartet with a unique sound are to hit the upper dale as part of a whistle-stop tour of...
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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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