thebestof darlington Business

Top marks must go to the people in charge of Darlington's play areas. The one at Broken Scar is the latest to be upgraded, and a visit there shows how much it is appreciated.

There's been a suggestion that dogs should be banned from all public parks nationally. The proposal is being considered seriously in other places, so let's make a start in Darlington with some no-go areas in our parks.

Can Darlington bounce back into the Football League at the first attempt like they did last time?

Gardeners have been busy putting in plants on a number of Darlington's roundabouts lately.

Sainsburys have been quick off the mark to have repairs carried out on their car park.

Several times lately people have been surprised to find the gates closed when they turned up to dump rubbish at Darlington's civic amenity site, it was too windy!

We could do with some new road signs in Darlington to remind dimwit drivers to indicate at roundabouts. Far too many go onto them at speed and do nothing to show other road users which exit they will take.

How many families in Darlington would be willing to pay a private firm to try to keep law and order?