COUNTY NEWSBITS Compiled by County Councillor John Clare

All this week’s Newsbits seem to be about protecting/regenerating our communities. Find out more about the following headlines on my blog at: bit.ly/CNB27

COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY

• A DCC Environment Scrutiny site visit focused on engineering and energy efficiency.

• The latest DCC Scrutiny Retail Review Group reports.

• A thought-provoking regeneration visit to Craghead.

• A report on the Town Council Meeting of Wednesday 25 April.

• Time running out for GAMP funding applications.

• A report on the Aycliffe Anti-Social Behaviour Group, Thursday 26 April.

• County Durham suffragette Connie Lewcock has been recognised as a ‘Suffrage pioneer’.

• Healthwatch County Durham May newsletter – have your say on mental health services, cancer, heart surgery research, and learning disability services.

• Could you be a Trustee of the Vocational Learning Trust?

• Latest roadworks information.

THINGS TO DO

• Festival of Steam, Locomotion Museum Shildon, Saturday 5 – Monday 7 May, 10am-5pm.

• Nostalgia Day, Market Place Durham, 11am-4pm, Monday 7 May.

• The Nasty Nile (5-11s), Durham Oriental Museum, Saturday 12 May, drop-in 1-3pm.