by Gilly Fraser
Newcastleton is buzzing with election fever as the village prepares to go to the polls on Saturday to elect its Tub.
Copshaw Common Riding is an equal opportunities body, and indeed the outgoing Tub is nurse and acclaimed artist Paula Downey – but this year it’s an all-male line-up.
Read more in this week’s paper….
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