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Making the headlines this week:

Call for drivers to take more care when passing horses,

Toft Hill landlord blasts ‘half a bypass’,

Groups join forces to boost volunteering,

Michael’s skydive raises £1,000 for medics who saved his daughter’s life,

Farmer Richard earns County Durham’s highest civic honour,

Fundraising effort to pay for community gym repairs,

Dale nursery gets top marks from Ofsted,

Musicians help hits right note for wheelchair appeal,

Excitement mounts for Middleton’s first farmers’ market,

Plus puzzles, quiz, readers’ letters, sport and much more.