Dear Sir,
For a while now we residents of Middridge have been aware of a steadily increasing malevolent stench of malicious intent encroaching into the eastern boundary of our parish.
As time went by it transpired that it seeped out from the bowels of Great Aycliffe Town Council, that a section of our colleagues from the adjacent Town Council had  made a hostile proposal to invade our parish.
A move to take a significant piece of our Eastern Boundary, was put into action via a request to DCC to undertake a Community Governance Review.
What on earth are they thinking of? Have they gone mad? We are absolutely outraged that our neighbours should even consider such an obviously  financially motivated attack on our parish.
Although we are small and lack the size and clout of GATC the village will fight with passion and the conviction that we have been seriously wronged by this unwarranted intrusion.
Just because Russia did it to the Ukraine does not set a precedence and make it even slightly right. We will not forget this GATC.
Resident,
Middridge Village