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Residents of the Bishop Auckland Constituency packed into Saint John’s Church, Shildon on Friday 19th May to engage in a lively debate around

Prospective candidates debate ahead of General Election

matters of concern to the local community. A number of hot topics drew passionate comment from the audience as the parliamentary candidates

in the upcoming election sought to be clear about where they stood and what they had to offer. Sitting MP, Labour’s Helen Goodman, defended the record of her party in government, telling the audience that under Labour’s watch, huge im-provements to education hade been achieved. Christopher Adams, standing as the Conserva-tive and Unionist Can-didate, made clear his willingness to support the struggles of local people even when those struggles were caused by Conserva-tive government policy. Asked if he would chal-lenge the unfair nature of the bedroom tax he was unequivocal in simply saying yes. He went on to clarify that for many an additional bedroom was vital, while others were unfairly pe-nalised because there was no alternative property to move into. Ciaran Mor-risson, standing for the Liberal Democrats, was

Hustings organisers with prospective General Election candidates, Helen Goodman (Lab), Christopher Adams (Con) and Ciaran Morrison (Lib Dem).

In the wake of the devas-tating terrorist atrocity in Manchester on Tuesday 22nd May, in which 22 people died, including children and teenagers, and 64 were injured, Durham Constabulary sought to reassure local residents in County Durham: “The national security threat level is now critical.“We’ve stepped up patrols across County Durham

and Darlington to provide a visible, reassuring presence. This will remain the case for as long as nec-essary.“There is nothing to suggest there is any specific threat to our communities in County Durham and Dar-lington.“However, we will continue to review public events due to take place in our area over the coming days.“We have sent a small number of officers to assist the policing operation in Manchester.“Durham Constabulary have plans in place for situations like this and currently it is extremely unlikely that members of the public will see military staff on our streets.“Please remain calm but alert. “If you see anything that causes you concern, then call the anti-terror hotline immediately on 0800 789 321. In an emergency dial 999.”

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Durham Constabuilary sought to allay fears in the wake of the terror attack in Manchester.

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In Memoriam

Good Luck

ClassifiedsAll about local people...

Passed Away

Young(Nee Forbes)

May 19th peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family, Margaret,

of Shildon, aged 80 years. Wife of the late Raymond Cockburn. Treasured Mam

to Kay, Carol and Claire. Dear mother in law to

George and Rob. Devoted grandma to Stephen, Elizabeth and Megan.

Proud great grandma to Jenson, Bella and baby Harry who is in heaven. Will be greatly missed.

Would family and friends please meet for service at Shildon Methodist Church on Wednesday 31st May

at 1.15pm followed by committal at the Wear Valley Crematorium,

Coundon. Family flowers only. Any donations can be made to the charities

close to Margaret’s heart, Air Ambulance, British

Heart Foundation and the Macmillan Nurses Appeal.

John James Buckle‘Jimmy’30.5.1987

In loving memory,Remains in our hearts,Forever remembered,

Missed so much

All our love,Nancy, Hayley & Pauline

xxx

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In Heaven above we send our love and wish you a happy and peaceful

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It is estimated that the closure of the A6072 between Shildon and Heighington will be in place for anywhere between three days and two weeks. Image: Google Earth

Closure of main road set to cause major disruption

A road closure is set to cause major disruption to commuters after the Bank Holiday weekend.Darlington Borough Council (DBC) will close the 1.8 mile stretch of road between Shildon and Heighington for surfacing works on Tuesday 30th May. DBC anticipate that the closure - between Future Business Park in Shildon and Heigh-ington Bypass roundabout - will be effective for ap-proximately two weeks, however Arriva, who’s services will be affected by the closure, have been informed that work may in fact take as little as three days.

For drivers needing to access Aycliffe Industrial Estate or Darlington, alter-native routes will be sign-posted via the A68, A688 and A6072, while access to Redworth and Heighington Village will be from the south only.During the period of closure Arriva’s Service 1/1B will divert between Hilsdon Drive and Heigh-ington via Middridge and School Aycliffe, non-stop. However the X1 will divert between Burtree Gate and Tindale Crescent via the A68 and will not serve Shildon during this time.Tony Batty, Head of Opera-tions North commented,

“We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, however regret-tably these circumstances are beyond our control.“Arriva will be putting information on the stops affected.”Tony Batty, Head of Opea-tions, North at Arriva said: “We apologies for any inconvenience this may cause, however regret-tably these circumstances are beyond our control. Arriva will be putting information on the stops affected and I understand Durham County Council provide a Link2 bus service for those areas left without access to a bus service.”Link2 is a pre-bookable bus service for people making journeys (up to five miles) where there is no other suitable bus. The service can be booked up to an hour before a journey.For details of the Link2 bus service, visit durham.gov.uk and enter ‘Link2’ in the search bar at the top of the page.

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Bishop Auckland constituency candidates in the general election engage in lively debate at St John’s Church, Shildon last Friday.

Prospective candidates debate ahead of General Election

critical of the proposed changes by the Conserva-tives to the free school meals policy introduced by his party when they were part of the coalition gov-ernment. He restated his Party’s contention that only the Lib Dems could offer the kind of opposition required in coming years. Chaired by Rev’d David Tomlinson, questions from the floor were collated before the formal part of the evening began with those attending submitting questions on entry. A question from Lisa Shaw, a teaching assistant, drew much comment as the candidates unanimously condemned the handling of the issue, of the terms and conditions of teaching assistants in the county, by Labour’s Durham County Council. A number of questions were tabled expressing concerns about the NHS, the decline of services in Bishop Auckland and the financial problems at Dar-lington Memorial. Helen Goodman made clear her conviction that austeri-ty measures were to blame whilst Christopher Adams, who does consultancy work with the NHS, was critical of inefficiencies within the service. The event was recorded by Bishop FM and streamed

through social media so those unable to attend in person could listen in to the debate. Following the formal part of the evening a buffet, provided by the County Durham Residents’ Asso-ciation, was served while the candidates mingled informally taking individual questions. Rev’d David commented that the evening was a great success, energising debate, and giving local people a chance to speak

directly to those for whom they will be voting on June 8th. “I am delighted”, he added, “with the support the event received and the enthusiasm and the civility of the debate.” The BNP candidate Adam Walker was not invited, with the Revd. David citing safeguarding concerns fol-lowing Mr Walker’s convic-tion in 2012 for verbally abusing three boys and slashing their bike tyres with a sheath knife.

Pc Pete Akiens of Shildon Beat Team will be holding his regular drop in session, Cuppa with a Copper at Costa Coffee on Church Street, between 1pm and 2pm on Thursday 1st June.Residents are welcome to

go along and meet him for an informal chat. The next Police and Com-munities together (PACT) meeting for Shildon will take place at the Civic Hall on Wednesday 31st May at 6.30pm.

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Teaching Assistant Lisa Shaw questions the recent treatment of herself and colleagues by Durham County Council’s Labour Administration.

Shildon Town Council and its partners will be hosting the Fun4All 2017 Partnership Event in Hack-worth Park on Saturday 5th August, from 11am - 3pm, and is encouraging members of the community to take part.Kath Regan, Community Development & Project Support Worker at Shildon Town Council said, “We would like to welcome any and all groups who work with, or deliver to children, young people and families,

who could provide a dem-onstration of what they do. Or you may wish to come along and promote your organisation’s activities, group or club to a new audience, or you could even use the event to fund raise. “However you would like to get involved we would love to have you on board.”If you would like to get involved, contact the Town Council on 01388 772563 or email k.regan@shildon.gov.uk.

Fun4All in Hackworth Park

The Annual General Meeting and next board meeting of Bishop Auckland and Shildon Area Action Partner-ship is set to take place on Thursday 13th July, between 6-8pm, at Shildon Civic Hall.Residents who have any

neighbourhood issues they would like raised at the meeting should contact one of the team by Thursday 29th June.To raise an issue, or to confirm your attendance, call 03000 268 663 or email bishopshildonaap@durham.gov.uk.

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On Saturday evening, 20th May, the Shildon Salvation Army Songsters celebrated their 65th Birthday with a programme of Christian music and song, which was enjoyed by all.

Also making a guest ap-pearance was Amber Sko-ropinski from Whitworth Park School, who played three solo items and ac-companied the Songsters on her flute.

Songsters celebrate 65 years

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Once again this June, young people will be showing off their entertainment talents at the Civic Hall in the annual Youth Variety Show. A spokesperson told the Crier, “This event is a chance for local people to come along and be enter-tained for just over two hours by young people, who’s ages range from 6 to 25 years. There will be a variety of entertainment on the events programme from schools and skaters, singers, dancers, instru-mentalists, comedians, etc. Something for everyone to enjoy. So please do come along and support these

young folk.“Can we point out there are a couple of places left to fill on the programme, if any young person would like to fill them with their entertaining expertise?”The two shows will take place on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th June at 7.30pm. Tickets, which are priced £5 for adults and £3 for children, are payable on the door on both evenings.All money raised will go to supporting the Young People’s Awards Evening in October. For more information call 01388 774838 or 07747826324.

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Saint John’s Youthy joined young people from across the diocese of Durham on Saturday at ‘The Big Night Out’. The diocese, along with the ‘Lads and Girls brigade’, had taken over the Lightwa-ter Valley theme park near Ripon for Christian youth to come together for fun, fel-lowship, and learning. With every ride in the park open, the 35 Shildon young people were soon scattered across the site laughing and jumping on and off rounda-bouts, roller coasters and other rides.

During the shared picnic Youthy leader Neil Cleasby found himself nominated for a challenge on stage. Much to his consterna-tion he discovered the challenge involved having Haribo sweets stuck to his face with peanut butter as the adhesive. Despite a peanut butter covered face, Shildon Youthy were runners up, and Mr Cleasby headed for

a washroom. At 8pm a concert complete with lasers and a live band came on stage and the young people enjoyed dancing and singing along. Arriving back in Shildon at 10pm one young person asked, “I had an awesome time, can we go again next week?” Saint John’s Youthy meets at 7pm on Sunday nights at the church.

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donations are always grate-fully received.The Shildon Food Bank is run by the Salvation Army in Cross Street, which is where residents can take their donations of food and sanitary products.

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Richard Wearmouth and friends will be taking on the Coast to Coast cycling challenge to raise funds for the chemotherapy ward at University Hospital of North Durham.

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Four Shildon lads will be joined by eleven other friends from around the country at Whitehaven on Friday 2nd June as they prepare to take part in the 135-mile Coast to Coast cycle ride to raise funds for the Chemotherapy Ward of University Hospital of North Durham.The fundraising effort was organised by one of the Shildon riders, Richard Wearmouth, while recu-perating from cancer treat-ment in August last year.Richard said: “I was diag-nosed with Stage 4 Non Hodgkin Lymphoma in February 2016 and the cancer was fairly well advanced so I was lucky, very lucky. “The treatment involved intensive chemotherapy which was provided at the University Hospital of North Durham Chemotherapy De-partment. “They were amazing, and it is surprising how busy the ward is, with people of all ages being treated for various types of cancer. “My chemo treatment lasted three months and they looked after me well.

“The rest of the treat-ment included a month of radiotherapy once a day then the worst part of all, an autologous bone marrow transplant - meaning that my own stem cells were collected in advance and returned at a later stage.“They were used to replace stem cells that had been damaged by the high doses of chemotherapy needed for the treatment. “The reason for this sec-ondary treatment was the cancer had spread to my bones and as I was young and fit enough, and not many people are, the doctors decided to throw everything at me to ensure I was totally cured from cancer.”The idea for the bike ride came in the pub, joked Richard, whilst on a night out with many close friends “to celebrate my lack of hair, body fat and getting the all clear”.Since the ride was first set in motion, Richard admits that he is not as fit as he originally felt after the successful chemotherapy, “so it will be a real test of endurance to keep going”.

And the ride is likely to test the endurance of most of the participants, added Richard: “Most of us haven’t been for a bike ride anything over 10 miles since about 20 years ago, so this should be fun.”The Coast to Coast ride begins in the west at White-haven on Friday 2nd June. “By the end of the first day we will reach Penrith,” said Richard. “The second night we’ll rest in Allenheads and we’ll finish with a couple of beers at the Yacht Club in Sunderland.“We are raising money specifically for the Chemo-therapy Ward as it is so busy and they did a great job of looking after me.“As I am one of the lucky ones who has been cured I thought it would be good to give something back.“The original fundrais-ing goal was £200 but we reached that in the first three days so figured £2,000 was a manageable figure, especially if we have the good folk of Shildon behind us.”To donate, visit justgiving.com and search for ‘Richard Wearmouth’.

A Shildon man has pleaded guilty to possessing a Class A drug, obstructing a con-stable and using threaten-ing or abusive behaviour after he was found col-lapsed in a bus shelter.Matthew Marshall, of Primrose Drive, admitted consuming alcohol and cocaine hours before making threats to hospital staff.Officers found cocaine on the 20 year-old, who was inside the Shildon shelter on 29th April.Magistrates in Newton

Aycliffe heard how he was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital where he became abusive towards nursing staff, held a metal chair in the air and strug-gled as he was arrested.He told police he had drunk vodka and taken cocaine.In mitigation, Andrew Clinton said his client could not recall the episode but accepted what happened.He was given a two-month community order, a two-month curfew from 7am to 7pm and was ordered to pay £170 in costs.

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Don't miss your chance to say goodbye to Cornwall as it makes its final outdoor appearance at Locomo-tion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon.This bank holiday weekend (Friday 26th - Monday 29th May) you will be able to see Cornwall on outdoor display at the museum for the last time. After this weekend Cornwall will not be on

outdoor display again at Locomotion, and will shortly be leaving the museum on loan to Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton.Please note that this display is weather depend-ant and that the museum reserves the right to change the programme.The museum is open 10am - 5pm with free admission and parking.

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Methodist Church funds and for the Alzheimer’s Society.A spokesperson for the church said: “Many thanks to all who supported this event. Thanks to Shildon Civic Hall and all the staff and a huge thank you to all choir members for giving of their time to support us. “It was much appreciated.”

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Dear Editor,

A plea to parents and carers in Shildon.

In recent weeks there has been several inci-dents of vandalism, damage to property and suspected underage drinking happening at the Scouts Field.

This facility is maintained by volunteers on a very tight budget to keep the costs of pro-viding football training to a minimum. Un-fortunately funds must be spent on repairing damage to the facility, which is totally un-necessary.

Can we ask that if you are aware that your child is going to the Scouts Field, warn them that the police have been informed and it is an offence to enter the ground without permis-sion.

Thank you in advance.Shildon AFC Community Football Centre

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Buggy Walks for parents and their young children take place every Monday and Friday, between 9.30 - 10.30am from Shildon Library, while Health Walks

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take place every Thursday between 10 - 11am from the same destination. Anyone is welcome to take part, simply go along on the day.

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An example of Stephen Bainbridge’s work, which will be on display in the Collection Building at Locomotion from June 7th to 28th.

Exhibition of Aycliffe artist’s work at Locomotion

An exhibition of art by Newton Aycliffe based painter Stephen Bain-bridge will be on show at Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon from Wednesday June 7th to Wednesday June 28th.Stephen has worked in the acrylic medium for 40 years, initially develop-ing techniques under the tutelage of the profes-sional artist Noel Gregory.

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detailed and technically accurate, while portray-ing the atmosphere of the days of steam.The exhibition of Ste-phen’s work will be on display in the museum’s Collection Building. The museum is open daily from 10am to 5pm, and parking and admission are free of charge. For more information call 01904 685780.

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Friday 26th May 2017 Shildon & District Town CrierIssue 819Page 8

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Shildon Football Club has appointed Paul Scott as its new first team physio after the departure of Dean Walker to West AucklandA club spokesperson said: “Paul is a Sports Medicine Practitioner with over 25 years experience working in pre-hospital emergency medicine and trauma. “Paul has also worked in sports medicine with professional and semi-pro-fessional football teams, professional boxing and world rally car teams.“Currently working at the FA and England Boxing as medical education tutor, Paul also spent four years

with Whitby Town FC.“We are delighted to welcome Paul to the club.”

Shildon appoint new physio

Joseph Kearney with proud parents Joe and Sarah after receiving his Contribution to Sport Award at the Best of Darlington Awards ceremony last week.

Paul Scott is Shildon AFC’s new first team physio.

Roller skater Joseph receives Contribution to Sport Award

Joseph Kearney, a member of Spectrum (North East) Roller Skating Club won Best of Darlington Award for Contribution to Sport on Friday 19th May. There were inspirational stories and amazing dem-onstrations during a night of celebration at Darling-ton Dolphin Centre.Joseph (16), who is from Darlington, went along to roller skating lessons hosted by Spectrum Roller Skating Club’s coach Tracy Stevens at Planet Leisure almost three years ago. “I was a little surprised to have a teenage boy join in as it is predominantly females who take up the sport but I was keen to encourage Joseph as he showed enthusiasm and talent right from day one,” said Tracy, who nominated Joseph for the award.“He was eager and ambi-tious and was able to ac-

complish new moves very quickly,” said Tracy. “In a short time he worked through grades 1-5 and has lately been assessed by judges to gain grade 6, 7 and 8.”Joseph took part in local competitions and per-formances earlier this year, attending his first national competition with his skating partner, Nicola Stevens, where the pair came 4th.“I nominated Joseph not only because of his deter-mination, dedication and contribution to artistic roller skating but also for his commitment to the club,” said Tracy. “During the three years, Joseph has joined in with paired work, group work and has helped to coach others. “Most significantly for Joseph he has helped with fundraising,” added Tracy. “Although he initially

wasn’t entirely comfort-able with bag-packing - speaking to the general public and advertising the club, he persevered, gained confidence and found he was actually very good at it!“Joseph has gained so much from taking part in physical activity and being part of a club. “He has grown in confi-dence and is a role model for other boys taking part in artistic roller skating.”Spectrum Roller Skating Club have a facebook page which is regularly updated.They have summer holiday activities planned and from June 10th and skate at Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centre on Satur-days and Sundays from 2.30pm. For more details about learning to roller skate contact Tracy on 07891 461958.

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Shildon AFC Supporters Club lottery, drawn on Sunday 21st May, failed to produce a jackpot winner after the numbers 2, 3, 7, 12, 14 and 15 were pulled out of the hat. One ticket was then drawn from all the week’s entries, with E Taylor winning of the £25 consolation prize. This week, the jackpot rises to £650 with players choosing 6 numbers from the remaining 15.

Latest lottery resultsTickets for the lottery can be bought from various outlets in the town: Rakeesh Convenience Store on Main Street, Main Street News, the One Stop Shop on Byerley Road, Elm Road Club and the football ground social club during opening hours, includ-ing on Sunday evenings prior to the draw which happens during the Sup-porters’ Club Quiz Night, which begins at 8pm.