• Durham Wildcats play Sheffield Sharks, 4pm Sunday 14th December-Leisure Centre.
• Monday, 15th December, 5:30-8pm at the Xcel Centre, there is an exhibition about the proposal to site a 20-acre solar farm at School Aycliffe
• Welfare Champions’ Day of Action, 10am-2pm, Tuesday 16 December at Newton Aycliffe Youth Centre – welfare, health and finance signposting, tea, coffee and mince pies!
• Darlington Sword Club – free foil, epée & sabre session, 7:45-9pm, Thursdays at the Leisure Centre – just turn up or phone 07758398184
• Winter health tips – vital to share this, especially with your older friends and relatives bit.ly/NHSwinterhealth
• Don’t fall for a chain email scam about missed delivery cards in the run-up to Christmas: http://ow.ly/EAqI4
• A car left unattended with its engine running to warm up gives out a clear message – ‘Steal me!’
• Is Durham Constabulary the best police force in the country? bit.ly/DCPEEL
• Youth Unemployment remains a scourge and a worry:  bit.ly/DCCYouthUnemployment
• Has your Voluntary/Community group working with Children & Young People in Aycliffe & Middridge area applied yet for its small grant? For information contact the PCP on 01325 327462 or kath.ferry@pcp.uk.net
• Green scheme community grants: bit.ly/DCCRHSGrant
• This week, I passed 1000 followers on twitter … and 750 friends for my councillor facebook blog: bit.ly/JDClare #stayinformed