| Making democracy up as you go along | | 2:01pm Friday 19th September 2008 | |
AT the time Durham
County Council
submitted its case
to be a unitary
council, we made
the point that the arrangements
for managing the county's
affairs at very local level
were somewhat vague. |
| Proof that testing can be a good thing | | 4:06pm Friday 12th September 2008 | | OUR congratulations
to the headteacher,
governors
and pupils of
Sherburn Hill Primary
School for their joint success
in turning round a school
which appeared to be in terminal
decline. |
| Unity is needed after the closures | | 1:15pm Friday 5th September 2008 | |
THE farce that is the
Post Office consultation
over branch closures
continued this
week with the announcement
that another 80
are to go in Durham and Tyneside. |
| Why Bishop’s woe is Durham’s too | | 1:15pm Friday 5th September 2008 | |
THE axe hangs over the accident
and emergency department at
Bishop Auckland General Hospital
- bad news for the residents
of west Durham but also Darlington
and Durham. |
| City’s mayor should be chosen by the city | | 2:11pm Friday 29th August 2008 | |
WHILE party political
forces are clearly at
work, we share the
Mayor of Durham's
horror at the prospect of the
city mayorality being decided
by a county-wide authority. |
| Toll of the highway | | 1:27pm Friday 22nd August 2008 | |
YORKSHIRE has its
Highwayman from
Hell exhibits at the
York Dungeon. |
| A foolish idea – but not without reason | | 2:46pm Friday 15th August 2008 | | CONSERVATIVE
leader David
Cameron was
quick to distance
himself this week
from the startling suggestion
made by a right-wing think
tank closely associated with his
party, that regional aid was a
waste of money. |
| Royal Mail heading for risible status | | 2:10pm Friday 8th August 2008 | |
THE decision of the
Royal Mail to suspend
deliveries to a hamlet
in the Pennine Dales is
a ridiculous one - and frightening
too for any community
at the end of a steep hill. |
| Time for public cash to solve rural needs | | 11:45am Friday 1st August 2008 | |
THE Taylor report on
the rural economy
and affordable housing
is an encouraging
document for those
who struggle to find a home in
the countryside where they
grew up. |
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