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Proud Day for Darlington 9 Sep 2010 | 12:09 pm
The Rifles march into the Market Place, Darlington Cllr. Nick Wallis | MySpace Video A packed town centre today as The Rifles accepted the Freedom of the Borough in a special ceremony in the Market ...
Residents unite to protest about company's antics 8 Aug 2010 | 07:47 am
Around 40 residents from Rockwell Pastures and Albert Hill came together this morning to express their anger regarding Albert Hill Skip Hire Ltd in Nestfield Street. We had decided to organise a mass...
A walk by the river 7 Aug 2010 | 10:35 am
Does this look like a scene from a responsible operator? (photo taken by a resident last Sunday) The campaign against the activities of Albert Hill Skip Hire moves up another notch tomorrow morning, ...
The last Sure Start? 2 Aug 2010 | 06:20 am
Haughton Sure Start Centre - work begins Cllr. Nick Wallis | MySpace Video The Sure Start initiative was one of the last Government's projects that I was most proud of. It invested significantly in ...
Barmpton Lane Allotments Open Day 1 Aug 2010 | 09:25 am
I spent a sunny lunchtime meandering around the allotments at Barmpton Lane, where the allotment association was having its annual open day. It was very well attended, with stalls selling fresh fruit...
Slash & Burn 29 Jul 2010 | 10:04 am
It was a solemn, downbeat meeting of Cabinet this afternoon. We were contemplating the cuts necxessary to balance the books - cuts imposed in-year by the ConDem Coalition, and which were of necessity ...
Five words 28 Jul 2010 | 10:39 pm
Five words. Just five words. How can something so small inspire a unique feeling of anticipation, contempt and dread? No easy task, you might think. But a sub-editor at the Telegraph managed it today...
Civic Accounting for Dummies 28 Jul 2010 | 06:46 pm
The first of what will be a miserable set of meetings in the months and years to come, as a special Cabinet meeting this afternoon considers the Council's response to the early ConDem Coalition cuts. ...
"Boycott Albert Hill Skip Hire" say angry residents 25 Jul 2010 | 10:21 pm
Jenny Chapman addresses the packed meeting yesterday Yesterday morning we held the residents' meeting in the aftermath of the Albert Hill Skip Hire fire. I estimate between 80 and 90 people were ther...
The Cost of the Coalition 23 Jul 2010 | 11:43 pm
Full Council was dominated last night by a spirited debate about the robbing from Darlington of the Building Schools for the Future money by the ConDems. It was, shall we say, interesting to watch Tor...
