Readers will probably find that Council news falls away during the ‘purdah’ period of the election, but there are some important items of Community News this week, and some fantastic local events coming up. Internet links to the articles below are at bit.ly/CNB22317
COUNCIL
• County Council meeting, 22 March 2017
• There’s still time to register to vote in the 4 May election
• County Durham News published
• Leaflet returns: important issues, big issues and truthful answers
• MEPs’ March newsletter
• Latest Roadworks information
COMMUNITY
• Community Safety Fund funding opportunities
• PCVC’s Annual Report and HoggWatch magazine
• Hitachi’s Karen Boswell on the skills shortfall and gender gap in engineering
• Was Burn Lane a Roman Road?
• ‘This is Durham’ newsletter
• DLI exhibition video
• Bishop Auckland Food Festival, 1-2 April
• Beamish Museum: ‘Old King Coal’ – Banner parades and brass bands – 10am-5pm, 29 March to 2 April
• Low Barns Nature Reserve: pond-dipping, 10am-noon, Saturday 1 April – book at 01388 718606
• Durham Oriental Museum: ‘Dazzling Dragons’, 1-3pm, Saturday 1 April
• Guided Walk: ‘The abandoned farms of Weardale’ (9 miles), 10am-3pm, Friday 31 March – meet at the lay-by on the B6278 just before bridge coming from Stanhope NY 986 393
