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A Ghostly Halloween Story On October 31st we celebrate Halloween, thought to be the one night of the year when ghosts, witches, and fairies are especially active. There are no records anywhere to show why we actually celebrate Halloween but since it takes place on the eve of the major Catholic and Christian Festivals of ‘All Saints Day’ (Sometimes called All Souls Day) and the Pagan Celtic festival known as ‘Samhain’ it can only be presumed that it is a precursor to those important religious days. The Celts believed that evil spirits came with the long hours of winter darkness and on that night the barriers between our world and the spirit world were at their weakest, so allowing spirits to be seen on earth. ‘All Souls Day,’ in fact, was the customary date on which people prayed for the souls of the dead, and because of these spiritual connotations the stories told of evil and ghostly events on that particular date take on a believable quality that makes Halloween the exciting festival it has become. Following is our favourite ‘spooky’ tale that an old lady friend of my mother swears happened to her in the Yorkshire dales! Enjoy!

“After a few years of marriage my family and I moved into a nice house, big with a large garden, but right next door to a small family cemetery. It’s a very sad place.

Most that are buried there are infants, some stillborn and others that passed away shortly after birth, mostly in the late 1880s. The move went well and my children settled into their new surroundings wonderfully, but one day I was downstairs with my youngest daughter when I noticed a movement on the stairs. At first I thought it was my youngest son, but when it dawned on me that he was at school I turned to see a little boy with brown hair and big brown eyes sitting on the stairs smiling at me. A little puzzled I called out the name of my youngest son Paul and the little boy seemed shocked and ran upstairs. I raced after him and. after checking all the rooms, even the usual hiding spots, found no sign of the little boy. I just shrugged it off as a mirage and carried on as usual.

A couple of nights later, when everyone was in bed asleep, I went downstairs to get some water and noticed that the toy cars my boys had been playing with earlier were lined up on the fireplace hearth. I thought maybe one of them hadn’t put them away so I put them in the toy box and went into the kitchen. When I returned a couple of minutes later the cars were back on the hearth. Something told me to say in a very soft voice ‘Paul, it’s time for bed now. No more playing. Just go to sleep.” Then I went

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back upstairs to bed.

Next day my husband had gone to work, the children to school and my youngest was asleep in her cot when the little boy suddenly reappeared at the foot of the couch.

He looked so sad. At first I thought, “I’m sleep deprived. I’m seeing things.” So I closed my eyes and opened them and he was still there.

So I asked him, “Are you okay?” He said no. I asked him if he needed something, and he said no. I asked him if he wanted something, and he said yes. I felt a little uneasy when he answered in that way. I took a deep breath and asked him, “What do you want?” He looked at me and said, “I’m sleepy—can I lay down with you, Mummy?”

Now that did freak me out a little, because the ghosts I grew up with never really talked to me much so this made me a little nervous. I took a deep breath and said the unthinkable—“You can come and lay down with me, but when you go to sleep I’m going to have to put you to bed like I do with the baby.” He said, “That’s okay, Mummy, I just can’t sleep without my cuddle time.” At that point my maternal instinct kicked in and I lay down on the couch and said, “Come, it’s time to sleep.” I closed my eyes and he came closer, and then I could feel him - quite cold - beside me.

I looked down and he was lying there looking at me with a smile on his face. Then he closed his eyes and suddenly he was gone.

I told my husband about it later and he said that I was just seeing things.

Determined to discover the truth I to the cemetery to see if I could find out what the little boy’s name was. I wasn’t shocked to see that the only grave with a similar age to the little boy belonged to someone called Paul. There was also a carving of his face and, sure enough, it was definitely that of the little boy I had seen. It was, however, a kind of relief because since that afternoon I have never seen him again. I think that, after all, he only needed someone to cuddle him just one last time.”

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(This one is so simple and so convincing it is shocking)

This is scary if only because of how simple it is. I'll bet this works all too often.

You arrive at your hotel and check in at the front desk. When Checking in, you give the front desk your credit card (for all the Charges for your room). You get to your room and settle in. Someone calls the front desk and asked for (example) Room 620 (which happens to be your room). Your phone rings in your room.

You answer and the person on the other end says the following, 'This is the front desk. When checking in, we came cross a problem with your charge card information.

Please re-read to me your credit card number and verify the last 3 digits numbers at the reverse side of your charge card.'

Not thinking anything you might give this person your information, since the call seems to come from the front desk. But actually, it is a scam of someone calling from outside the hotel/front desk. They ask for a random room number.

Then, ask you for credit card information and address information.

Sounds so professional that you do think you are talking to the front desk.

If you ever encounter this problem on your vacation, tell the caller that you will be down at the front desk

to clear up any problems.

Then, go to the front desk and ask if there was a problem. If there was none, inform the manager of the hotel that someone called to scam you of your credit card information acting like a front desk employee. This was sent by someone who has been duped, and is still clearing up the mess.

Please everyone, help spread the word by forwarding this e-mail to everyone you know.

Who knows, you might just help someone avoid a nasty experience.

Anyone travelling should be aware of this one! Don't tell them anything, just say, I'll be right down to the desk to clear it up.

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1. One of the most iconic pieces of film ever, but who was the actor who was ‘Singing in the Rain?’

2. In 1990 Ernest Saunders was found guilty of financial misdemeanours when chairman of which company?

3. Who was Henry Paul and how did he die in August 1997?

4. What type of high street outlet was legalised from May 1st 1961?

5. Name the two former England test cricketers who have both won BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing.’

6 .Who wrote the musical ‘Blood Brothers?’

7. Singer Alecia Moore has enjoyed considerable pop chart success under which name: 8. Which newspaper was launched in 1964 as a replacement for the ‘Daily Herald?’

9. Tim Foster and James Cracknell were part of the coxless fours team that won Olympic gold for Britain in Sydney in 2000. Who were the other two members of the crew?

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‘Common – Law’ Families Lose Out

I recently attended a surprise party arranged by children to celebrate their parents 30 years of ‘Living in Sin’. The happy couple got together when mortgage interest relief was still around so to remain unwed gave them two bites of that luscious cherry. They prospered over the years to move up the property ladder and have a lovely home. If either were to die the house would pass to the other, but without the benefit of spouse relief for inheritance tax. On the second death their children will be faced with the hefty tax bill to pay. Not much of a thank you present for their kindness.

My parting advice was – get married, avoid the tax and have another party!

There are couples with successful careers or businesses who have lived together for years but starting out as singles, kept their money and property in separate names.

If these relationships breakdown, real hardship and injustice can result, particularly for the partner who is less well-off or did not own the family home. Contrary to popular belief, the law in England and Wales gives no protection to a ‘common-law’ husband and wife. There is no right to maintenance or a share in the family home.

Proposed reforms for new legal rights have just been shelved.

If one partner dies without a Will to provide for the other, there is no automatic right to inherit. The bereaved partner may find themselves fighting for a share of the estate against their own children or their partner’s parents or siblings. Not a good place to be. Making a Will would at least avoid that heartache.

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Mark Paterson has been a martial artist since the early 80’s when he lived in the Far East with his parents as his father worked for the UN. In 2005 Mark attained the grade of 8th dan Shihan (Master instructor) in Aiki-jiyujutsu, which was the unarmed combat system used by high level Samurai for over a thousand years and was a combat system without equal.

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Mark has developed his own style of Aiki-jiyu-jutsu incorporating techniques from the other combat systems he has trained in and teaching it in a way that makes it very effective for self-defence in the modern world. It can be used by anybody regardless of age or gender and does not require a high level of strength or fitness. It is also easily adaptable for use by people with physical disabilities, as Mark himself has proved. He thinks that Aiki-jiyu-jutsu is the ultimate mixed martial art!

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Your October horoscope

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Aries (March 21-April 20): Although Aries are not known for their organisational skills, you will need these to go alongside your usual routine. Avoid beginning new projects then leaving them for others to complete. Instead, perfect what you already know, seek help from others when it is needed and remember to show your gratitude!

Leo (July 21-Aug. 22): Your most important asset at the moment is routine because it can be constant, continual, planned, systematic, and determined.

Do your best and it’s possible others will recognize your abilities and offer you more assistance. If people want to feed you it’s their way of saying thank you.

Taurus (April 21-May 21): You always have a sense of duty but when a new arrives you’ll be in two minds and won’t know whether to maintain your normally rigorous effort or abandon the idea altogether.

Actually, if you stick to somewhere in between and bring a sense of creativity to your duties, a sense of order and more beauty will result. Your diet, too, needs reorganization and salmon is best.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If there's a wedding this Month it will first bring tears and sorrow then freedom and liberty. All four words apply to Cancer.

Problems will be solved thanks to inner knowledge and cosmic impressions that are currently creating thought forms in your mind. Don't worry any more about money.

Gemini (May 23-June 20): Whatever your occupation you need to have a steadier and introduce a bit more relaxation towards your responsibilities. You’ll find others seeking strength, comfort, and nurturing from you, and that will create a fuller sense of wellbeing in your life. You may not be their parent but that’s how you’ll be treated for a while.

Cancer (June 21-July 20): Don't try to do too many things at once or your life will be filled with a sense of self-interest that no one cares about as they realize that each of your pursuits will just lead to more and none will get you anywhere.

This is because Mercury has taken over your thoughts and won’t leave until you engage it in study, solitude, and movement.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your vision of what life is about will take on a new look thanks to the full sun/ moon guiding you in new ways. The Sun will fill you with lots of goodwill, resulting in better relations all round.

If you stay aware of this opportunity it could lead to very good things.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Normal tasks will be easier if you try to do them communally because there is a possibility that you're out of sorts or are unable to relax. Apart from that, there could be something in your career or workplace that will take on a new sheen in the coming months, but put good human relations at the forefront of your activities because the response will be invaluable.

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Your October horoscope enjoyment into your daily routine it will be rather tedious and dull. Try to resurrect the things you loved as a child and bring them back into your life because spending a few hours with whatever pleases you can only be good for you.

Capricorn (Dec. 21-Jan. 20): Your ambition continues to drive you and so you keep trying whatever you need to do to achieve your goals. This may mean overstretching at times which may suggest nothing is really working but the frustration that brings can be alleviated by an injection of extra discipline, humor and the thought that you provide inspiration to others. However hard you work, though, make sure you maintain intellectual stimulation.

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your attitude to your work has shown you the advantage of being a little more selfsufficient with freedom an essential ingredient. This has meant casting off the excessive demands made by yourself or others and feeling obligated to lost causes is a pointless exercise.

Try to find new ways of working and communicating with others that allow you to be your interesting self.

Pisces (Feb. 18-March 20): A more disciplined routine is needed this month but that is not something that will come easily. You must try to create an organized approach to most aspects of your but achieving that will bring everything else into line.

Concentrate on one thing ata time and ensure it’s perfect before you move on to something else.

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According to recent research British parents are discovering that one of the best ways to improve your health is by having children. A study of 2000 new mums and dads revealed that 63 per cent of them had adopted a more healthy lifestyle following the birth of their child.

Despite the popular misconception that new babies can cause you to lose sleep, making you feel irritable and unhealthy, just over half the people interviewed felt that the added responsibility of their baby after the birth had been the catalyst for them to pay more attention to their wellbeing by taking more physical exercise and paying more attention to the type of food they ate.

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October 2011

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Every month we publish a little brain-teasing quiz that we hope gives you a bit of a challenge. For real enjoyment, however, you simply have to take note of some of the answers that have emanated from major TV quiz shows over the last couple of years.

The following are genuine answers that contestants have come up with. We’ve even shown which programmes they came from. You just couldn’t write humour like this.

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2) Jeremy Paxman: What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'?

Contestant: Homosexuals.

Jeremy Paxman: No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2) Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is?

Contestant: Geography isn't my strong point.

Jamie Theakston: There's a clue in the title.

Contestant: Leicester BBC NORFOLK Stewart White: Who had a world-wide hit with What a Wonderful World?

Contestant: I don't know.

Stewart White: I'll give you some clues: what do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?

Contestant: Arm Stewart White: Correct. And if you're not weak you're...?

Contestant: Strong.

Stewart White: Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?

Contestant: Louis Stewart White: Well there we are then.

So who had a worldwide hit with the song What a Wonderful World?

Contestant: Frank Sinatra?

LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS ) Alex Trelinski: What is the capital of Italy ?

Contestant: France .

Trelinski: France is another country.

Try again.

Contestant: Oh um Benidorm.

Trelinski: Wrong. Sorry let's try another question. In which country is the

Parthenon?

Contestant: Sorry I don't know.

Trelinski: Just guess a country then.

Contestant: Paris .

THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2) Anne Robinson: Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: Prison or the Conservative Party?

Contestant: The Conservative Party.

BEACON RADIO ( WOLVERHAMPTON ) DJ Mark: For 10 points, what is the nationality of the Pope?

Ruth from Rowley Regis: I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE Bamber Gascoyne: What was Gandhi's first name?

Contestant: Goosey?

RICHARD AND JUDY Richard: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?

Contestant: Forrest Gump.

RICHARD AND JUDY Richard: On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?

Contestant: Er. ...

Richard: He makes bread . .

Contestant: Er .. ...

Richard: He makes cakes . .

Contestant: Kipling Street?

NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1) Question: What is the world's largest continent?

Contestant: The Pacific.

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Brains Of Britain (part2) THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV) Steve Le Fevre: What was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918?

Contestant: Magna Carta?

JAMES O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC) James O'Brien: How many kings of England have been called Henry?

Contestant: Well I know there was a Henry the Eighth .. ER. ER ... Three?

CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL ) Chris Searle: In which European country is Mount Etna ?

Caller: Japan .

Chris Searle: I did say which European country, so in case you didn't hear that I can let you try again.

Caller: Er ......Mexico ?

PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE ) Paul Wappat: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?

Contestant (long pause): Fourteen days.

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DARYL DENHAM'S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO) Daryl Denham: In which country would you spend shekels?

Contestant: Holland ?

Daryl Denham: Try the next letter of the alphabet.

Contestant: Iceland ? Ireland ?

Daryl Denham: (helpfully) It's a bad line. Did you say Israel ?

Contestant: No. THE VAULT Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?

Contestant: Nostalgia.

STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON (BBC RADIO 2) Wright: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loin cloth did he play?

Contestant: Jesus

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Halloween Biscuits and cakes Ingredients : 250g/9oz unsalted butter, softened : 250g/9oz golden caster sugar : 2 eggs, lightly beaten : ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract. 500g/1lb 2oz plain flour : red and black food colouring (optional) : 1 teaspoon baking powder : Halloween-themed pastry cutters : red, white and black writing icing : 200g/7oz ready-to-roll fondant icing : 1 tablespoon of apricot jam, warmed with 1 teaspoon of hot water. (You could try colouring the dough with black or red food colouring; it may not be pretty but it will be scary. ) Preparation method: Beat together the butter and sugar in a large bowl, then beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. (If the mixture looks a little curdled, add a spoonful of the flour.) If you’re using food colouring, add a few drops to the mixture.

Sift together the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl then stir it into the butter mixture and work into a dough using floured hands. Turn onto a floured work surface and knead into a ball (the dough will be quite wet). Divide the dough into two portions, wrap in cling film and leave to chill in the fridge for at least one hour. Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas 3. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper. Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on lightly floured work surface. (It’s best to roll out one portion of the dough at a time, leaving the remainder in the fridge.) Cut shapes out with the Halloween cutters.

Take a few limbs and heads off the gingerbread man for added gore.

Place the cookies onto the baking tray, leaving a gap between them in case they spread a little and bake for 12-15 minutes, leave on the tray for 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling. Once cool, use your imagination to create scary scenarios like red writing icing along the edges of the missing limbs and heads as blood. For the skeletons and mummies, roll the fondant icing out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on a work surface dusted with icing sugar and cut out shapes using your Halloween cutters. Brush with the warmed apricot jam and stick the icing on.

Decorate with the white and black writing icing.

And here’s some other easy to prepare ideas to make your Halloween party a success.

Monster Eyes : Cut boiled eggs in half adding an olive in the centre and use red food colouring for the veins!

Bats/Witches Blood : Mix cranberry juice and orange juice, red grape juice or black currant to make a yummy blood curdling drink.

Witches Fingers : Cook some chicken/fish goujons or fish/veggie fingers and stick a finger nail (a piece of flaked almond) on to the end of each finger using a little bit of cream cheese. Alternatively cut pizzas into finger shapes and add a slice of pepper on the end for finger nails!

Green Slime : Make up a packet of lime jelly and leave to set. Once it has set, mash it up with a fork and put in a bowl. Decorate with gummy worm sweets.

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What’s On Locally Remember When Description: A walk along Norton High Street with retired Tees Valley warden Howard Ward. . Suitable for wheelchairs.

Refreshments after the walk.

Location: Norton Library, Thursday 6th October, 10am start Price: Free event.

The battle for the Tees Description: Who won in the battle between the railway titans, 1825-1865?

Free illustrated talk by local author Charles McNab. Location: Norton Library, Friday 21st October, 2.30PM Price: Free Behind the scenes of the Archives Description: Teeside Archives have extended an invitation for users to look behind the scenes. This will consist of a tour of the strong rooms, a opportunity to look at documents in the search room and a short talk by a conservator.

Transport will not be provided. The building has a lift for people with disabilities.

Location: Please note that the tour will meet on Thursday 27th October, 2pm at the Archive in Exchange House – 6 Marton Road, Middlesbrough.

Price: The tour is free and includes refreshments but booking is essential.

Stockton Guided Cycle Rides 2011 Beck Ride (Tees Barrage) Description: Cycling solves so many issues at once; it keeps you fit, it's fast, cheap, reliable and good for the environment too! So why not liberate your bike and burn some calories! It's a great form of aerobic exercise but unlike an aerobics class, it can actually get you from A to B and so much more.We host a varied programme of guided cycle rides, graded according to difficulty: Location: Setting off from Tees Barrage, this is a 8-mile, grade 1 cycle. A completely off-road cycle path ride from

the Tees Barrage to visit the beautiful and wildlife rich Billingham Beck Valley Country Park. Sunday 16 October 2011 10:30am to 12:30pm Tees Barrage International White Water Course, Tees Barrage Way, Tees Barrage, STOCKTON-ON-TEES TS18 2QW Tel: 01642 528689 Price: Free Specialist Markets - Farmers' markets Description:Stockton's famous High Street is to host a monthly farmers' market, offering you the opportunity to try gorgeous fresh and tasty local produce.

From buffalo meat and wild game to cheeses and scrumptious home-baked cakes - your taste buds won't know what's hit them!

Come and join us and try the delicious treats on offer.

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Specialist Markets - Chic Vintique Description:A gorgeous range of vintage and antique clothing, gifts and housewares will be available to buy on the day.

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Helping Tackle Fire Risk In The Countryside PRISONERS on Teesside have been paying something back into the community by making it more difficult for fires to spread at a local beauty spot.

Six low-risk inmates from Kirklevington Grange Prison near Yarm have spent four weeks in a supervised project to make fire breaks in the Eston Hills.

They have created more than a dozen large fire breaks by clearing areas in the gorse and saplings.

The initiative was a partnership between Cleveland Fire Brigade, the prison, Redcar & Cleveland Council’s Greater Eston Neighbourhood Management Team and Cleveland Police.

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Fire Brigade’s Community Liaison Officer, said: “This is the first time we have undertaken a project like this with local inmates and the Eston Hills were chosen for the project because it is one of the Teesside areas which has been prone to fires – accidental or otherwise in recent years.

“The gorse bushes play a particular part in that because they burn vigorously, even when wet.

“The inmates worked with their supervisors to remove the gorse bushes along the tree-line and also to cut a number of 3-4 metre wide firebreaks at other strategic points within the gorse.

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in the area next year, including during Easter and the summer holidays.

“It has had a double benefit – it has helped to protect the countryside and has encouraged the prisoners to develop a sense of their responsibility to society.”

Councillor Steven Goldswain, Redcar & Cleveland Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Protection, added: “We are delighted that we could assist Cleveland Fire Brigade and the prison with this community initiative that also benefits the environment.

“They have made a major contribution to preventing fires on the hills and we look forward to working together with them in the future.”

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A brilliant run whichever way you look at it.

Eight games, five wins, three draws, undefeated and with a goal difference of Plus 8. Had any of us been offered that at the start of the season we would have taken somebody’s hand off!

And yet there are still many fans who don’t seem convinced because with a home record at the time of writing showing played four, drawn three there is a strong indication of an inability to break teams down when they arrive at the Riverside and put men behind the ball.

Away from home the natural pace comes to the fore and ‘Boro are taking advantage of that by hitting teams on the break. But while it’s most gratifying that the Ipswich game was the first time the team have failed to score in a competitive match for 21 games, at home the forwards are simply not getting the service needed.

Overall, however, we should be delighted with the way Tony Mowbray has harnessed the same players that failed Strachan so badly. Some of that was self-inflicted, of course, because the little Scotsman didn’t give the likes of Emnes and Bennett a chance yet they have shown just how good they can be under Mowbray. Both, in fact, have been terrific. A lot of the credit for the run must go to the defence, though, because it is certainly doing its job wonderfully. Last season’s habit of dropping points with late goals seems to have been alleviated and the recent run of three consecutive clean sheets enabled three points to be secured with just one goal at Crystal Palace. Carl Ikeme’s loan spell has also been a big plus and he has certainly brought stability to the defence.

We can only hope a run of home victories starts soon. It would also be nice to top twenty thousand through the gate. The team has been great so far and certainly deserve better support. And despite the negativity of the piece this month, I for one think results have been fantastic and I firmly believe the run can be maintained.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Accountancy A Line Book Keeping . . . . Page 12 Aerials (TV) Digital Media Solutions . . . Page 11 MWC Services . . . . . . . . . Page 29 Sophie’s Aerials . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Appliance Repair Eaglescliffe Domestic . . . . Page 15 Astroturf STM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 Bathrooms Gordon Seymour . . . . . . . Page 11 Slingsby Interiors . . . . . . . . Page 19 Welhams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 Bedrooms Spacemaster . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Welhams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 Yarm Joinery & Build . . . . Page 27 Blinds Screws’n’Things . . . . . . . . Page 32 Book Keeping Service A Line Book Keeping . . . . Page 12 Bricklayers JC Building Services . . . . Page 23 Builders JC Building Services . . . . Page 23 Unique Builders . . . . . . . . . Page 17 Yarm Joinery & Build . . . . Page 27 Car Body Repairs Sprayworx . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Car Servicing & Repairs Merc-Spec . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 32 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Rise & Shine . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Chair Covers First Class Covers . . . . . . Page 2 Cladding MB Distribution . . . . . . . . . Page 25 MB Distribution . . . . . . . . . Page 26 Screws’n’Things . . . . . . . . Page 32 Cleaning Services Belle Casa . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Computer Training Compupal . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 Conservatories Discount Windows . . . . . . Page 29 Decorating Service Rievaulx Decor . . . . . . . . . Page 29 D.I.Y Stores MB Distribution . . . . . . . . . Page 25 MB Distribution . . . . . . . . . Page 26 Screws’n’Things . . . . . . . . Page 32

Double Glazing Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 Screws’n’Things . . . . . . . . Page 32 Window Wizard . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Driveways/Patios Eco Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Gibson Landscapes . . . . . Page 5 Driving Schools Layfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Electrical Services AEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 27 AMP Fields Electrics . . . . Page 3 Powersafe . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Fascias & Soffits MB Distribution . . . . . . . . . Page 25 MB Distribution . . . . . . . . . Page 26 New Plas Roofline . . . . . . Page 1 Fitted Wardrobes Spacemaster . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Welhams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 Garden Maintenance Creative Landscapes . . . . Page 3 Gibson Landscapes . . . . . Page 5 STM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 Guttering Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 MB Distribution . . . . . . . . . Page 25 MB Distribution . . . . . . . . . Page 26 New Plas Roofline . . . . . . Page 1 Screws’n’Things . . . . . . . . Page 32 Heating Gas Gas Gas . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 GTS Plumbing . . . . . . . . . Page 1 Slingsby Heating . . . . . . . . Page 15 Home Maintenance Window Wizard . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Joinery Yarm Joinery & Build . . . . Page 27 Kitchens Gordon Seymour . . . . . . . Page 11 Welhams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 Yarm Joinery & Build . . . . Page 27 Landscaping Creative Landscapes . . . . Page 3 Gibson Landscapes . . . . . Page 5 Unique Landscaping . . . . Page 17 Leather Repairs Leather Tone . . . . . . . . . . . Page 23 Martial Arts Zanshin Self Defence . . . . Page 12 Zanshin Self Defence . . . . Page 13

Oven Cleaning Hobsnobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 25 Office Rentals Wilton Centre . . . . . . . . . . . Page 23 Painting & Decor Rievaulx Decor . . . . . . . . . Page 29 Plasterers MK Plastering . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Plumbers AA Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 M Williams Plumbing . . . . Page 23 Gas Gas Gas . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 GTS Plumbing . . . . . . . . . Page 1 PSP Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . Page 25 Roofing Services A Cook Roofing . . . . . . . . . Page 6 New Plas Roofline . . . . . . Page 1 Restaurants Chef’s Table . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 Satellite TV Installation MWC Services . . . . . . . . . Page 29 Sheds Screws’n’Things . . . . . . . . Page 32 Solicitors Trustlaw Solicitors . . . . . . . Page 10 TV Aerials MWC Services . . . . . . . . . Page 29 Upholstery Cleaning Rise & Shine . . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Weight Loss Slimming World . . . . . . . . . Page 2 Window Cleaning Rise and Shine . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Window Repairs Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 NU Vision Windows . . . . . Page 4 Window Wizard . . . . . . . . . Page 15 www.local-answer.co.uk Deadline for the next edition Friday 21st October for Alterations/ Cancellations While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of claims made by advertisers in The Local Answer, the management can accept no responsibility for any problems which may arise.

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