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Barningham ram lamb takes top spot in annual show at Middleton Mart
THE annual sale of Swaledale ewes and show of Bluefaced Leicester and Texel rams was held at Middleton-in-Teesdale Auction Mart.A...
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CR Raine & Son show champion pen of ewes at Middleton-in-Teesdale show and sale
THE annual show and sale of uncrossed registered and unregistered Swaledale ewes and gimmer shearlings at Middleton-in-Teesdale Auction Mart attracted a...
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Quality show of sheep at Middleton’s annual sale of Swaledale gimme lambs
THE annual prize show and sale of 6,100 Swaledale Gimmer Lambs at Middleton-in-Teesdale on Friday, September 21.The largest sale of...
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Charlotte does it again with another top result
A DALE horse rider has followed up on her success at the British Dressage Championships by taking several awards at...
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Results from Langdon Beck Show 2018
Open aged tup: 1, S Bentley & D J Mallon; 2, R Hutchinson &Sons; 3, AM Skidmore, MW Skidmore, AD...
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Move proves to be a great success for Eggleston’s 143rd annual show
THE 143rd annual Eggleston Agricultural Show proved to be a great success at its new venue at Hayberries Farm, near...
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The ‘Prince of Dales’ champions farmers
PRINCE CHARLES has reaffirmed his support to an upper dale farming charity during a 25th anniversary celebration.The prince marked Utass...
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Enviro-savvy farmers to prosper post-Brexit
THERE has been a mixed response to the proposed new Agriculture Bill, which will govern post-Brexit farming policy, when it...
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Familiar faces take honours at Bowes
THERE was a familiar look to the trophy winners at this year's Bowes Show which was held last weekend.But that doesn't...
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The big day beckons as dale’s biggest country show ups sticks
ORGANISERS of Eggleston Show say they are looking forward to this year's event, which will see them settle into their...
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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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