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COUNCIL
• My report on this week’s Cabinet meeting: bit.ly/DCCCabJan16
• My report on last week’s DCC Economy Scrutiny Committee (housing, spending, performance): bit.ly/DCCEcSJan16
• The Durham devolution poll has gone out to registered electors: bit.ly/DEVOpoll (you can read my summary of the proposals here: bit.ly/NNJCNECA)
• The deadline for people to apply for Primary School places for September 2016 is Friday 15 January – apply online at bit.ly/DCCSA or phone 03000 265896
• Safer Communities exhibition at County Hall, 19-29 January (main dates 20th and 27th): bit.ly/DCCSC
• Free Excelerate road safety training vouchers for young drivers: bit.ly/Excelerate
• Sign up now for news on #DurhamRemembers – a series of events to commemorate the Battle of the Somme – and you could win free tickets: ow.ly/WT68Y
• Funding has been released for the King’s Drive improvements: bit.ly/DCCKDfund
• Report those potholes! bit.ly/DCCpotholes
• DCC Countryside Service – January newsletter: bit.ly/DCCCNJan16
• Give your views on the police budget for 2016-17: bit.ly/PCCJan16
• Last week’s update from our MEP Jude Kirton-Darling: bit.ly/JKD10Jan
COMMUNITY
• My report on the Horndale PACT meeting, 6 January: bit.ly/HorndalePACT6Jan
• The Pioneering Care Centre will be closed 15-29 February for renovation work
• Introduction to Family History – a 5 week course at the Pioneering Care Centre from 16 January, 10-11.30am. Cost £25. To attend call 01325 321234
• MAD choir is recruiting: bit.ly/MadChoir
• Norman Cornish Exhibition – Spennymoor Town Hall: 01388 815276
