Neighbours to object to pub music licence.

(From The Northern Echo)

Byline: Rachel Wearmouth

A WEARDALE community pub set up to fund village projects faces its first hurdle after residents lodged objections to a late live music licence.

Proceeds from the Grey Bull, in Stanhope, will be ploughed back into activities for its customers after the Upper Weardale Community Trust took on the disused pub last month.

Director Chris Jones says extra cash will benefit villagers and has applied for a live music and cinema licence to boost takings.

Neighbours of the pub, however, say changes will lead to disruptive noise.

Nigel and Heidi Jenkins, whose home adjoins the pub in …