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The Tea Pad Orchestra swings into Staindrop
NORTH Eastern swing is coming to Staindrop this weekend, courtesy of Rob Heron and The Tea Pad Orchestra.Featuring their own...
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The show WILL go on for Club Cotherstone as singer-songwriter Jess Morgan is lined up as headliner
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Twelfth Day promise a great night at Barningham Village Hall
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Acclaimed duo Ian MacMillan and Luke Carver Goss head back to school before show at Bowes and Gilmonby Village Hall
POET, broadcaster, comedian and Bard of Barnsley, Ian McMillan has teamed up with Olympics composer Luke Carver-Goss present an evening...
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Irish eyes will be smiling on Startforth Community Centre
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Blues rocker Rebecca Downes heads to Mickleton straight from UK tour supporting Magnum
HAVING just completed the biggest tour to date, blues rocker Rebecca Downes might be looking forward to a well earned...
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Teesdale Players take to stage with latest murder mystery show
A MURDER mystery will be played out against a backdrop of fake tan and Hawaiian shirts this week.The Teesdale Players...
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Celebrating ten years of jamming at Butterknowle
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Retire? Perish the thought, says rock’s ‘greatest failure’
JOHN Otway - rock and roll's self-styled greatest failure - is in chipper mood when he calls the Mercury.Just a...
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Acclaimed pianist to perform at The Witham
LOVERS of classical music are in for a treat with the visit of a critically acclaimed pianist to Barnard Castle.UK-based...
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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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