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The popular Parklife pro-gramme is back for the summer, kicking off with a ‘Go Play’ launch day event at Bishop Auckland Recreational Park this

month.The fun day will take place on Saturday 18th April, between 10am and 1pm, when there will be fun sports including golf,

orienteering, football, cricket and rounders, as well as painting your own targets for family archery.Following the launch day event, weekly sessions including ‘lads and dads football’, ‘smash up badminton’ and family archery will run from 13th April until 2nd October, with weekend activities running from 18th April to 5th September. Venues will include the park, as well as Bishop Barrington School.Marie Urwin, sport and physical activity devel-opment officer, Durham County Council, comment-ed, “We are delighted to announce an exciting summer programme which is packed with activities everyone can have a go at, while also keeping fit and healthy.”Other venues in addition to Bishop Auckland are Hack-worth Park in Shildon and Glenholme Park in Crook. For more information on Parklife activities and timetables visit www.durham.gov.uk/parklife.

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Health chiefs have an-nounced plans to build a £20m accident and emergency department to meet a surge in demand at Durham City Hospital.Health chiefs want to demolish the Grade II-listed but now derelict Dryburn House, opposite the current A&E entrance, replacing it with a health hub for urgent and emer-gency care.The news has angered many residents in Bishop Auckland, following the removal of A&E services from the town’s brand new hospital five years ago.MP for Bishop Auckland Helen Goodman is of the same feeling, branding the decision a ‘complete waste of taxpayer’s money.’She stated, “Bishop Auckland people will be astonished at the proposal to spend £20million on the A&E unit in Durham City.“We opposed the closure of

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the A&E unit at BAGH five years ago. It was obvious then that Durham and Dar-lington would not be able to cope. “It is a complete waste of taxpayer’s money to close down facilities in a new hospital and then develop new facilities in a new building elsewhere. Durham & Darlington Trust must explain themselves to the people of Bishop Auckland. “We also want to see a com-mitment to maintain Urgent Care in Bishop Auckland and I have written to Durham County Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee.”Professor Chris Gray, medical director for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, said, “Our plan for Durham is to provide a new type of “front of house” facility, different to the A&E services of the past to meet the challenges we face now and in the future.”

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The re-instated Summer Sunday through-train service to Whitby began on Sunday 29th March.The train leaves Bishop Auckland at 8.12am

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What’s on at the Town Hall?As usual there is something for everyone this month at Bishop Auckland Town Hall. The film on Thursday 9th April, at 7.30pm, is Pad-dington. A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. (Cert. PG, 95 mins, £5). The fol-lowing Thursday, 16th April, the film is Mr. Turner, which explores the last quarter century of the great, if ec-centric British painter J.M.V. Turner. He forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito

in Chelsea, where he dies. (Cert 12A, 150 mins, £5).Town Hall favourites Bram Taylor & Roly Hindmarch return on Wednesday 15th April at 8pm for a great evening of good humour, banter and song. They are supported by Lacewing. Tickets are £10 & £8 for concessions. To book, or for more infor-mation call the Town Hall on 03000 269 524.

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Residents in Bishop Auckland can now call in to see their local cops at the town’s hospital, where the beat team now have an office.The new base, situated beside the out-of-hours service on the lower ground floor, has been set up to make the police more accessible to local people and to continue the close working relation-ship between officers and hospital staff. PC Vicky Coxon and PCSO Ian Feldon will both use the office as a base during their regular patrols of the area, although it will not be manned on a daily basis.

PC Coxon said, “This is an excellent facility which allows us to have more contact with the public, while still remaining visible within the community. “We have tea and coffee making facilities and when our door is open we are happy to have a chat and help with any problems you need to discuss.“We are over the moon with the working relationship we have established in the hospital and with security staff. By working together we have already managed to reduce incidents of anti-social behaviour and crime in and around the immedi-ate area.”

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Thousands of people across the North East could lose the chance of retraining for new job opportunities as a result of “drastic” govern-ment cuts.That is the stark warning from college principals in the region, who have united in their opposition to a 24% cut in funding for adult learning for 2015/16 announced by the Skills Funding Agency.The £460m reduction, which follows five years of funding cuts for the furthereducation sector, will result in swathes of adult education courses being removed.They will include employ-ability programmes that are crucial in enabling unemployed adults to access the labour market and in tackling social and economic exclusion.Vocational courses that develop the practical skills demanded by employers will also be affected, in sectors such as engineer-ing, manufacturing, health and social care, and con-struction.This comes at a time when the proportion of over-50s in the workforce is set to rise to a third of the workforce by 2020 (from 27 per cent at the moment) and 50 per cent of workers aged over 55 are proposing to work beyond the state pension age.In an unprecedented move,

principals from colleges across the North East havejoined forces with union leaders to lobby publicly against the swingeing cuts. They have written to MPs asking for questions to be tabled in Parliament and signed a nationwide petition led by the Uni-versity and College Union (UCU) which has thou-sands of signatories. The principals are also asking students and the business community to support the campaign.Natalie Davison, Principal of Bishop Auckland College, said, “How can we improveskills to help North East firms compete in the global

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Food festival launches first food masterclassesFoodies of all ages are invited to go back to school at Bishop Auckland Food Festival with the event’s first ever masterclass sessions.From mixing the perfect cocktail to crafting handmade chocolates, this year’s festival will offer the chance to learn new skills under the guidance of some masters of their trade.The sessions will take place in Auckland Castle and Bishop Auckland Town Hall.Kids and grown-ups can get a ‘pizza’ the action at pizza-making masterclasses run by Earth & Fire.Under the guidance of expert tutor Michael Oswald, students will make their own artisan bread, shape and top it and then watch it cook in a wood-fired clay oven.This is the company’s first visit to Bishop Auckland Food Festival but Michael is looking forward to sharing his enthusiasm for good quality food.“I really wanted to be involved in the food festival so was pleased when I was offered the opportunity to run masterclasses. They’re a way of getting people, especially children, inter-ested in food,” he said.“The sessions will be very messy and very floury but a lot of fun and I’ve found that getting children to make their own food is a great way of encourag-ing them to try different things.”Expert chocolatiers Wendy and David Sanderson from Truly Tempting Chocolate will be running two mas-terclasses. The first will show festival-goers how to make a chocolate-covered marshmallow caterpillar, while grown-ups can sign up for lessons in making mouthwatering truffles and caramel-filled chocs.

Durham Gin’s masterclasses are strictly for grown-ups only. Learn about gin flavours, how to make the perfect G&T and the secret to cocktail-making before enjoying the fruits of your labour.Chef and festival regular Richard Fox has joined forces with food festival regulars Black Paw Brewery for a beer tasting master-class. Richard will also be matching beers to char-cuterie and cheese.Black Paw owner Phil Whitfield said, “The food festival seems to grow in stature every year, with people coming from all over so it’s a great showcase for our products. We’ve taken part before but this is the first time we’ve run mas-

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A man was left shaken after an unprovoked attack by occupants of a passing car while he was walking home from a night out.The incident occurred when the victim - a 48 year-old man from Bishop Auckland - and his friend were walking along Cockton Hill Road in Bishop Auckland at around 1.15am on Thursday 19th March.A dark vehicle containing three men pulled to a stop near to the working men’s club. Two men left the vehicle and crossed the road, at which point one of the suspects carried out an unprovoked assault on the victim. The suspects

then left the scene in the vehicle, travelling in the di-rection of Bishop Auckland town centre.PC Sue Bainbridge said, “This was a nasty and un-provoked attacked which left the victim and his friend extremely shaken, but thankfully not seriously injured.“We are hoping that by releasing the details, someone might come forward with information that can help us trace those involved.”Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Sue Bainbridge at Bishop Auckland Police on 101, or call Crimestoppers anony-mously on 0800 555 111.

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A TV chef and author of a best-selling cook book has been sharing his love of Indian cuisine with catering students in County Durham.Ivor Peters, better known as the Urban Rajah, is joining forces with young chefs from Bishop Auckland College to launch a pop-up restaurant during Bishop Auckland Food Festival.The Urban Rajah’s Great Indian Food Feast will be located in the grounds of Auckland Castle on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April and will serve up traditional Indian dishes freshly prepared by Ivor and the students.Ivor visited the college this week to meet the students and pass on the recipes they will be cooking on the day.“The students did a bril-liant job and worked really well as a team,” he said. “They worked hard and fast and as a result they managed to put out four different dishes in a rela-

tively quick period of time.“The pop-up restaurant is a great way of engaging local talent. There’s nothing like having a bit of hands-on industry experience. It’s the sharp end of what it feels like to be in a com-mercial environment and it makes the theory come alive.”Each of the dishes on offer at the pop-up restaurant comes with its own story, taken from Ivor’s cook book, which tells of his love affair with curry.“People can expect a food journey of epic propor-tions,” Ivor added. “This isn’t going to be restaurant curry, it’s going to be au-thentic homemade Indian food. The recipes all hail from my cookbook and have been passed down through generations. People will be tasting home-cooked Indian food and tasting history as well.”Ivor will also be delivering a series of cookery demon-strations in the restaurant tent while diners enjoy

their meals.He said, “I can’t wait – I’m really looking forward to it. I’m proud to be part of Bishop Auckland Food Festival. I attended a couple of years ago and am thrilled that the plans we discussed for a pop-up restaurant have come together.“Bishop Auckland has quite a special place in my foodie heart. It was the festival that launched my book as it was the first time that advance copies of it were available so I can’t wait to come back.”The pop-up restaurant will be open from 11am to 4pm on Saturday 11am to 3pm on Sunday.All of the ingredients used to create the dishes are being supplied by Sains-bury’s at Tindale Crescent, which is sponsoring the pop-up restaurant.For more information visit www.BishopAucklandFood-Festival.co.uk. To book places for ticketed events, call 03000 26 26 26.

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Cockton Hill Infants School held a sponsored run on Tuesday 24th March. In total the children ran or walked the equivalent of the distance between Cockton Hill Infant School and Buckingham Palace. The pupils, aged between 4 and 7 years-old, thor-

oughly enjoyed participat-ing. One of the youngsters commented, “This is the best day of my life!”. Most of the children exceeded their expected target of 24 laps and thor-oughly embraced the chal-lenge, with one year-two

boy even achieving 66 laps! The school’s Head Teacher Mrs Graham and all of the staff participated too. Monies raised will be divided between each class so the children can choose resources which will benefit their educa-tion.

Young people from three European countries are set to come together to take part in a sporting interna-tional challenge.Each year, pupils from County Durham compete against students from the county’s French and Hungarian partner areas, with each country taking a turn to organise a sporting event. This year it’s County Durham’s turn to play host, and St John’s School in Bishop Auckland are taking part in the fun.Events take place over two days later this month, and include ‘activities for all’ at St John’s School and a swimming competition at Woodhouse Close Leisure

Complex. There will also be an informal mini water polo tournament in the adjacent pool followed by ‘It’s a knockout’ style team games in the main pool.Lucy Turzynski, assistant international officer with Durham County Council, said, “It is hoped that the young people involved will be able to find out more about a different part of Europe, practise newly-acquired language skills and create new memories and friendships which will last a lifetime.”The event has been or-ganised by Durham County Council and will see forty-five 13 to 15 year-olds from the county take part.

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The Council intend in not less than 7 days from the date of this notice to make an Order under Section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, as amended, to close to vehicular traffic a 65m length of Etherley Lane that extends westwards from its junction with Grove Road, Bishop Auckland to enable drainage improvement works to be undertaken. The maximum duration of the temporary closure under the Order is 18 months and is required from 20.04.15 and for the duration of the works, anticipated to be 3 weeks. Alternative route: from the eastern side of the closure from Etherley Lane south onto Grove Road and westwards along Escomb Road onto Etherley Lane to the western side of the closure, and vice versa

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(UNCLASSIFIED ROAD 34.4 NEAR BINCHESTER HALL,BISHOP AUCKLAND) (TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE) ORDER 2015

The Council, on 27.03.15 made an Order under Section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, as amended, to close to all vehicular traffic, including pedal cycles, a 200m length of Unclassified road 34.4 Dial Stob Hill that extends eastwards from the access to Binchester Hall / Roman Fort to the lay-by opposite Footpath No 81 near the north eastern bend of the River Wear, Bishop Auckland to enable carriageway reconstruction works to be undertaken. The maximum duration of the temporary closure under the Order is 18 months and is required from 30.03.15 and for the duration of the works, anticipated to be 4 weeks. Alternative route: from the northern side of the closure from Binchester Crag Farm north easterly to Long Lane crossroads then south easterly along Long Lane passing Binchester to A688 (and north easterly to and around Middlestone Moor Roundabout) then south westerly along A688 to A689 Roundabout, westerly onto C130 Durham Road and onto C188 Castle Chare leading to Bishop Auckland Market Place to the southern side of the closure, and vice versa. However, on rare occasions, alternative dates for the above 2 closures may be neces-sary and these will be signed accordingly.

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A careers fair staged by Bishop Auckland College attracted 25 em-ployers and more than 500 students seeking work.The event, held at the college’s main campus in Bishop Auckland, was attended by a wide range of employers from sectors including engineering and manufactur ing, food, hospitality, social housing, leisure, automo-tive and social care.They included: Hitachi; livin; Dale & Valley Homes; In-novations; Bell Truck and Van; Durham County Council’s Sport & Culture department; Ebac; Army; Royal Navy/Marines; Army Reserves; Sainsbury’s; Emergency Medical Services; Vision for Education; Adventure Valley; Mears; Trimmers; Bromack; Audi Benfield Motor Group; Gentoo; Premier Community Care; National Citizen Service; Headlam Hall Hotel and Thrills & Skills for Life.With many promoting current vacancies, more than 500 full and part time students at the college

attended to discuss career opportunities with the em-ployers.Sophie Cornwell, a re-cruitment consultant for teacher recruitment agency Vision for Educa-tion, said, “We are on the lookout for supply teachers, classroom support staff and perma-nent teaching staff for jobs in primary, secondary and special needs schools.“We were therefore grateful to attend the careers fair at Bishop Auckland College, who we know provide training in a range of areas including

teaching. We had a lot of interest from students and it was a very successful day.”Stephanie Nattrass, Head of Student Services at Bishop Auckland College, added, “Whilst many of our students will progress on to higher level courses including higher national diplomas and degrees, a large number will be seeking employment and apprenticeships. We were delighted that so many employers were able to join us and put real jobs on the table in front of our students.”

Students find out about job opportunities at Hitachi at Bishop Auckland College’s careers fair.

Ladies Day with Jake Quickenden

The Butterwick Hospice Ladies Day will be taking place on Sunday 26th April, when the star of the show will be Jake Quickenden, of X Factor and I’m a Ce-lebrity fame.Also performing will be former Pop Idol finalist Aaron Bayley and his band, as well as the ever-popular Tess Tickle.

There will also be a disco, raffle, games and shopping.The event will be held between 12 noon and 6pm at Hardwick Hall Hotel, with tickets costing £36 per person, which includes a 2 course lunch and a welcome drink.To book, call 01642 628930 or visit www.butterwick.org.uk/ladiesdayapril15.

Jake was runner-up in the most recent series of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.

Careers Fair attracts 500 students

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In a recent South West Durham Netball Tourna-ment, the Year 7 & Year 8 teams from St John’s School & Sixth Form College per-formed extremely well in order to achieve silver medal place.Year 8 in particular played a nail biting semi-final against Teesdale, which went to extra time due to a tie at the full time whistle. The girls remained calm and worked together as a team to score the first goal which enabled them to qualify for the final against Greenfield. Year 8 were unbeaten last season but unfortunately a very challenging final against Greenfield resulted

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the true spirit of the game, showing improvement in their skills throughout the tournament in order to win silver medal place.

St Mary’s Under 7 Kings finished off the last of their league games with a great win over Ferryhill, with goals from man-of-the-match Jay Bulch (2), Joel Butler (3) and Tyler Rich-ardson (2).The Under 8 Aces played away at Leven AFC in the semi-final of the league cup and, after going 3-1 up at half time with goals from man-of-the-match Charlie Berry, Finley Rose and Dylan Robson, it was con-gratulations to Leven who came back in the second half with a great display to win 5-3.The Under 8 Kings played a friendly at Barnard Castle with goals from Cobie Woods, Sam Aspinall, Taylor Brownson and man-of-the-match Noah Fawcett. The Under 10 Aces played away at Stockton Town Blues and drew with Jack Dixon scoring, along with Jake Heighington man-of-the-match.The Under 10 Kings were held to a 0-0 drew against Billingham Synthonia.The U11 Aces lost 3-1 away at Trimdon with Cameron Bass scoring and Ryan Byrne man-of-the-match.The Under 11 Kings had

a great game against Greatham but lost 4-3 with goals from Kyle Blacklock, Sunny Richardson and Luke Brownless. The Under 12s lost away at Stokesley in their last league game of the season.The Under 13 Aces had a great 6-1 win away at Hartlepool St Francis with goals from Luke Penberthy (2), Adam Midcalfe (2), Noah Ellis and Liam Robson, with Cameron Thomas man-of-the-match.The Under 16 Aces lost out in a very close game 3-1 at home to Kader with Brett Davison scoring for St Mary’s.The Under 16 Kings drew 1-1 in a very close game at home to 21st Allstars with Harry Coulthard scoring for St Mary’s and James Hauxwell pulling off some great saves. The Under 16 Aces versus the Under 16 Kings game is scheduled for Thursday 9th April, which will hope-fully take place at BAFC’s ground, Heritage Park.The Easter raffle has been drawn and the first prize went to club founder and President Tommy Kelly. Check out www.basmj.net for games and events.

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Silver medals for netballers

St John’s’ Year 8 Netball Team.

Local athlete selected for Team GB in World Transplant GamesVicky Horan from Bishop Auckland will be repre-senting Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Transplant Games. The team, which will be the largest ever, will travel to Argentina in August 2015.More than 140 transplant athletes, including 14 juniors and many more supporters will descend on South America, the first time the World Transplant Games have been held on this continent. Vicky, 39, from Oak Terrace, has had three kidney transplants since being diagnosed at the age of 13 and will be competing in Volleyball. She hopes to

emulate her success of 20 years ago where she won a gold medal in Volleyball at the 1995 World Transplant Games held in Manchester.As well as raising awareness for organ donation, Vicky is seeking financial support from local businesses to supplement the kind dona-tions already made from family, friends and fellow transplant patients through her just giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/Vicky-Horan to meet the costs for attending the games.The World Transplant Games, supported by the International Olympic Committee, represents the

largest organ donor aware-ness event in the world, featuring a week of 13 sporting events. Team GB and NI will join over 1000 other transplant athletes from 55 countries across the globe. Lynne Holt, Team Manager and Trustee at Transplant Sport said, “We are thrilled to announce our team and welcome the new faces to our squad.“Not only are these athletes ambassadors for our country, but they are also representing the charity, Transplant Sport, and hope to raise more awareness here in the UK and globally.”

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