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![The petition demanding Paula Vennells be stripped of her CBE has reached over a million signatures](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17622364.jpg)
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![A reader asks what's the point of sorting our recycling when the binmen tip it all in the same binwagon?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17208702.jpg)
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LETTER OF THE DAY
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![Can Darlington's Labour-controlled council really do anything to reduce the cost of living?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17563001.jpg)
LETTERS
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LETTERS
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