51.   DRAG racing star Ian Merryweather has launched a quest to raise funds in a bid to defend his European crown.

52.   The group was established to benefit the village area by raising funds for improvements.

53.   The event is being staged to raise funds for Startforth Church Flower Festival.

54.   Painstakingly drawn colour pictures are part of a new memorial book being created to help raise funds for Darlington hospice.

55.   Sands will also raise funds for the maternity ward at Darlington Memorial Hospital.

56.   A COUPLE plan a sponsored walk to raise funds for a new counselling group for bereaved parents.

57.   THREE Darlington men, appalled at an attack on a blind woman, have launched a bid to raise funds to buy a guide dog.

58.   THREE Darlington men appalled at an attack on a blind woman have launched a bid to raise funds to buy a guide dog.

59.   They raise funds for these purposes by borrowing mainly from wholesale banks, taking deposits from insurance companies, pension funds, companies and some private individuals.

60.   Profitable companies will be valued highly, and this should be reflected in the share price, and in the terms on which the company can raise funds.