County Newsbits Compiled by County Councillor John Clare

In this Recycling Week, my County Newsbits include: three DCC meetings, an Aycliffe Business Park networking event, a mental health consultation … plus some interesting-looking events. More info on my blog at: bit.ly/CNB59

COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY NEWS

• DCC Full Council Meeting, Wednesday 19 September – condolences to Durham (North Carolina); Archives Service accreditation; employee Code of Behaviour; Audit report – plus important reports on Corporate Parenting and Youth Offending.

• DCC Economy Scrutiny Committee, Tuesday 25 September – preparing for Brexit; tackling empty properties; Business Durham; and DCC Performance indicators.

• GAMP Board meeting, Tuesday 25 September – DCC budget; County Durham Food Partnership; Neighbourhood policing; and GAMP funding grants.

• Aycliffe Business Park Networking event – S&DR and Emcon.

• This week is Recycle Week.

• From 1 October, Heighington Lane household waste recycling centre changes to its winter hours, 9am-3:30pm every day.

• Durham Community News.

• Have your say – mental health services.

• Well done Aycliffe Business Park’s Prefere Resins and BTS Facades and Fabrications.

THINGS TO DO

• Durham Book Festival, 6-14 October – selling out quickly.

• Handel’s Messiah, Bishop Auckland Town Hall, 7pm, Saturday 6 October, £8: 01388 834 359.

• Magic colours of plants (4-11s), Low Barns Nature Reserve, 10am-12noon, Saturday 6 October, £1.

• Korean Wedding Ducks (5-11s), Durham Oriental Museum, 1-3pm, Saturday 6 October, FREE.

• Model Railway Exhibition, Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-4pm, 6-7 October.