No Council meetings this week again, but some important Council news and messages, along with a vital hospital campaign and more wonderful business news … plus lots of interesting-looking events. Find the vlog and more info on my blog at: bit.ly/CNB71
COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
• DCC has recruited 50 new apprentices.
• DCC has hosted a national energy efficiency conference.
• DCC bin crews have launched a campaign to stop the abuse, violence and reckless driving endangering bin crew staff and the public.
• Metal Matters! This week you will have received a leaflet about recycling metals.
• Alternatives to the charged Garden Waste Collections.
• Have you supported the campaign to Save Ward Six of Bishop Auckland Hospital?
• Republished, A Far-Off Bell evokes memories of Middridge a century ago.
• Aycliffe Radio has launched the Rewind local history show, 7pm, every Wednesday from 10 October – google: ‘Aycliffe Radio live’ or tell Alexa: “Play Aycliffe Radio”.
• Well done to Aycliffe Business Park’s – Aycliffe Fabrications (high-quality work); Raisco (helping to build Warburton’s R&D centre); Emerald Biogas (planning to run new biomethane-powered trucks); One Gym (expanding operations); and Thrive (doing voluntary work for charity).
THINGS TO DO
• Battle of Neville’s Cross walk (3 miles), meet outside old entrance to Durham Johnston School, Redhills Lane, Durham DH1 4AL, 1:30pm, Sunday 14 October, £4.
• Green GB Week – Electric Vehicle Roadshow, Durham Market Place, 10am-noon, Monday 15 October.
• Teikyo Festival and Japanese Zen (5-11s), Durham Oriental Museum, drop-in 1-3pm, Saturday 20 October, FREE.
• Super Stained Glass (5-11s), Palace Green Library, drop-in 1-3pm, 20-21 October, FREE.
• Gallery of Monsters, Hardwick Park, 10.00am-4.00pm, Saturday 20 – Wednesday 31 October, £1.
• History of Health, Beamish Museum, 20-28 October (entrance charges apply).
• Half-term crafty session at Greenfield Arts, 10:30am-12:30pm, Tuesday 23 October, FREE.
• PCVC Superheroes event, Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-3pm, Saturday 27 October, FREE.
• Kieran Maxwell Legacy dinner, Thursday 1 November, £35 – phone 07596 193981.
