The council has been carrying out a series of repairs since April and closed a number of roads to traffic including Woodcock Street, Bishop Lane and Princes Street.

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The incoming Bishop of Blackburn has been announced by Downing Street as the Venerable Julian Henderson.

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In Bishop Auckland, runners have been using buildings especially in the Newgate Street and Tenter Street areas, as well as the bus station and other places with scaffolding and access to roofs, such as building sites.

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When I was a young science writer at the Wall Street Journal, I sat in the cubicle across from Jerry Bishop.

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Mr. Bishop said he had had a shock watching an earlier newscast that was reporting from the street where he grew up.

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