Some significant events this week, two important newsletters … and some interesting things to do next week. Find more information on my blog at: bit.ly/CNB113

And don’t forget to join me on POLITICAL / Aycliffe Radio, 6-7:30pm, Sunday 5 May, when the Big Story will be the local election results: bit.ly/ARLIVE

COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY NEWS

• DCC Environment Scrutiny Meeting on Climate Change, Wednesday 30 April.

• Celebrating a decade of AAPs, Wednesday 24 April.

• Business Durham Advisory Board meeting, Wednesday 24 April.

• Launch of Discover Brightwater, Friday 26 April.

• Extinction Rebellion: ‘Funeral for Our Future’, Saturday 27 April.

• Ron Hogg PCVC assures residents on Anti-Social Behaviour.

• Neighbourhood Watch May newsletter.

• Healthwatch County Durham – May news update.

• ‘Fleet Revolution’ seminar for SMEs on EVs, Friday 26 April.

THINGS TO DO

NEXT WEEK

• Wildlife Watch (5-11s), Low Barns Nature Reserve, 10am-noon Saturday 11 May, £1.

• Egyptian Mummy (5-11s), Durham Oriental Museum, 1-3pm Saturday 11 May, FREE.

• Watch the Durham Locomotive Preservation Group at work, Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-4pm Tuesday 7 May and Thursday 9 May, FREE.

• O-Gauge Model Railway Group live demos, Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-4pm, Saturday 11 May, FREE.

• Multimedia Exhibition: ‘Exploring Masculine Gender Stereotypes’, Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-4pm, 11-21 May, FREE.

• Georgian Fair, Beamish, 10-12 May (entrance fee).

• Guided Walk: ‘In Search of a Lead Mining Railway’ (10 miles/5 hours hard walking/ bring a packed lunch), meet 10am Saturday 11 May opposite Black Bull Inn Frosterley DL13 2SL, £4: phone 03000 264 589.