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The collection of threatened Zurbaran paintings at Auckland Castle have been saved thanks to a £15million donation from a locally-born millionaire. The Church Commissioners announced on Wednesday 30th March that they are working towards a new future for Auckland Castle. The proposals have been made possible thanks to the donation from investment manager, Jonathan Ruffer, via The Zurbaran Trust - a new charitable trust set up to ensure the 17th century paintings remain in the town.It is intended that Auckland Castle shall become a leading public heritage site, bringing tourism and economic regenera-tion to the North East. In addition, early conversa-tions are taking place involving the National Trust and Durham County

Council regarding opening up the historic castle and its grounds to provide much greater public access - although further funding needs to be found in order to achieve this. Discussions are also taking place with the Department for Media, Culture & Sport and The Art Fund, as well as the

National Gallery regarding possible loans from the National Collection.Welcoming the Commis-sioners’ public statement Durham County Council leader Cllr Simon Henig said, “In recent months we have been in discussion with the Commissioners and the National Trust to consider a future for Auckland Castle which would put this fabulous asset at the heart of regen-eration proposals for the county. “I believe we now have a once in a lifetime chance to secure a future for the Zurbarans at Auckland Castle and ensure both can be enjoyed by a wider public audience.”The council is currently leading on two important pieces of work involving Auckland Castle. The first is a ‘Statement of Significance,’ which will establish what is special about the castle; it’s importance as an historic and cultural centre. The second is an ‘options study’ of the castle and its grounds. This is being undertaken to establish the possibilities these assets may offer in the future.Both are to be completed before the summer.

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The Francisco de Zurbaran paintings at Auckland Castle.

Worried about changes to bene�ts?Are you worried that recent changes to the benefits system may affect you, or are you looking for free confidential debt adice?If so, go along to the Eden Room at Bishop Auckland Town Hall on Friday 15th April, between 10am and 12 noon.MP for Bishop Auckland Helen Goodman will be taking along a team of advisors from local or-ganisations, including the Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Jobcentre Plus, R3 and Grant Thornton will be on hand to help you with your worries.There will also be displays from organisations offering a range of services which people can access around these issues.Helen hopes that the session will help people who may be feeling over-whelmed over recent changes to the benefits

system and those concerned with the effect recent budget cuts will have on them. She said, “I want to give people the chance to find out exactly how they will be affected by the sweeping changes that the government have made to welfare benefits. “I also want to help people in debt or worried that they may fall into debt. This is a difficult time for people, with support being taken away from people who need it most.“This session will offer free and impartial advice on a confidential basis for anyone attending.”For more information contact the office of local MP Helen Goodman on 01388 603075, email goodmanh@parliament.uk or write to Constitu-ency Office, 1 Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6EN.

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Visitors to Bishop Auckland Food Festival on Saturday 16th April can park their cars for free on Bishop Auckland College’s Woodhouse Lane campus and catch a free shuttle bus to Auckland Castle from 9.45am; the last shuttle bus will leave the castle at 4.15pm. While at the Castle they can take advantage of the opportunity to learn how to cook one of Thailand’s signature dishes and sample delicious and fragrantly spiced authentic Thai Cuisine made by

Bishop Auckland College Catering & Hospitality Lecturer Aranya Davies, as part of the chef demon-stration programme. Aranya who is originally from Thailand, will be on hand to share her cooking skills with the visitors. She said, “I have been to the Food Festival for the past few years and thoroughly enjoy the event; there is something for everyone there.”For more details about the festival view the website at www.bishopaucklandfood-festival.co.uk.

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Lecturer Aranya Davies will be demonstrating Thai cooking at the Food Festival.

When a student, at Bishop Barrington School recently asked her teacher, Charlotte Thompson what she thought of Pink Floyd’s song “Another brick in the wall”, it gave some of the staff a great idea for raising money for Comic Relief. Bishop Barrington students, like many schools, have been very generous when it comes to raising money, so this song led to a novel way of expressing interest in a musical legend in a modern day setting.Students at the school all paid £1 to “buy” a brick. A member of the school site team, Bret Osborne is a qualifi ed bricklayer and he built a wall using the bricks bought by the pupils. By the end of the day, the school had raised a mag-

nifi cent £1,100.Charlotte said,” I was quite stunned when I was asked about the Pink Floyd song, as it was clearly not the most complimentary assessment of education. However, it turned out to

have a very positive effect by leading to this fantastic contribution by our young people. Building the wall not only supports Comic Relief, it provides a work of art that the school can be proud of.”

Just another brick in the wall at Bishop Barrington

The Comic Relief wall at Bishop Barrington School.

As spring approaches, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is encouraging blood donors old and new to make use of the longer days and help save lives.Easter is a time to celebrate new life and what better way to breathe new life into those who need your help the most than by giving just an hour of your time to give blood? Darren Bowen, Lead Donor Relations Manager

at NHSBT said, “With this year’s Royal Wedding taking place as well as the normal Easter holidays, we need to make sure blood stocks remain healthy over both bank holiday weekends. “So what better way to celebrate than by offering patients in local hospitals life saving blood?”Anyone aged over 17, weighing more than 50 kg (7 stone 12 lbs) and in

general good health could potentially start saving lives by becoming a blood donor. A session is to be held at the Scout Centre on Kingsway, Bishop Auckland, on Thursday 14th April between 2.30pm and 3.45pm - and again from 4.30pm to 7pm.To book an appointment call the Donor Line on 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.uk .

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Easter egg appealThe Co-operative Funer-alcare at Fylands House in Tindale Crescent is appealing for donations of Easter eggs following the huge success of last year’s appeal.This year, all donations received will be shared

between the children of women at local women’s aid refuges and local learning disability groups.Eggs will be gratefully received at the Tindale office - as well as all other local offices - until Monday 18th April.

Bishop Auckland and Shildon Area Action Part-nership is offering support to a project which will get people to think smarter about their finances. The AAP is helping to develop the Durham County Credit Union which offers financial services as an alternative to door step lending or loan sharks. The project will be delivered by a dedicated team of volunteers supported by a develop-ment worker and will benefit all members of the local community.It’s hoped the project, which will concentrate on the Woodhouse Close community, will

support people in need of immediate help and could see savings schemes set up in local primary schools to hit the message home at an early age. Councillors June Lee and John Lethbridge are supporting the Credit Union with £2,500 via the AAP.Michele Armstrong, chair of the AAP board, said, “In these difficult times we need to ensure credit unions get our full support and the more people know about this valuable service the better.”For information and advice contact Durham County Credit Union on 0191 375 7677 or email info@dur-hamcountycu.co.uk.

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Five young actors from Bishop Auckland Theatre Hooligans (BATH) have been awarded the Durham County High Sheriff’s Award for their part in an award-winning short film.Jake Jarratt, Jordan Hymas, Michael Webstell, Katie Rewcastle and Grace Davidson starred in the production ‘But It’s Legal’ - a film about the dangers of lethal highs. The short movie, which was produced by Teeny Tiny Films, won

the prestigious Royal Television Society Award for Best Non-Broadcast Factual Film on Saturday, March 12th.The film was up against some other powerfully emotional films, and it was a surprise to the production team when they were announced as winners, but the film, which highlights the conse-quences of selling and using drugs, was a hit with the judges. They commented

that the film was “A very effective myth busting film for a young audience.” Stephen Elliott, founder and leader of BATH said, “BATH rarely enter awards or their work into compe-titions. Without the lead from Teeny Tiny Films, our young people would not have received this tremendous accolade.“We are always grateful to perform work that represents real issues that affect our community.”

BATH leader Stephen Elliott (centre) with Grace Davidson, Jake Jarratt, Jordan Hymas and Michael Webstell from BATH along with Sam, Sarah and Ollie from Teeny Tiny Films.

A new autistic society is planning to get underway in the Bishop Auckland area, however organisers are keen to discover if there will be enough interest for such a venture

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Stone the crows! A group of unusual characters are lining up to visit Bishop Auckland Food Festival this year.A trail of scarecrows created by children from primary schools in South Durham will be on display at the festival this month.Durham County Council, which organises the event at Auckland Castle, is appealing for other straw pals to join them.

Community and youth groups around the county are being invited to create their own figures to add to the trail.Beryl Anderson, Durham County Council events officer, said, “The food festival gets bigger and better each year with more and more to offer.“The scarecrow trail is just one of many new features for this year’s event so we’re keen to get as many

exhibits as possible.”Pupils from several schools have been studying the history of scarecrows and will be exhibiting their creations at the festival on Saturday 16th April.The festival, which runs from 10am to 4pm, will include more than 120 stalls offering a variety of fine food and drinks.For more information visit www.bishopaucklandfood-festival.co.uk.

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Win Take That ticketsThe Butterwick Hospice in Bishop Auckland is holding a fundraising trek to Machu Picchu in Peru, and one of the team members is hoping to help boost funds by giving people who donate the chance to win

two tickets to see Take That in Sunderland.To enter the competi-tion, simply visit www.justgiving.com/pat-lewis and donate £5 to the worthy cause.Full details are on the site.

All 14 to 19 year-olds are invited to go along to Bishop Auckland College’s free Showcase Saturday event on 7th May.Activities on offer to try-out range from Glam Up to Test your Fitness on the College’s indoor climbing wall, Bakery Masterclass to Basic Motor Vehicle Skills.The event will run from 9.30am to 1.00pm and

will be rounded-off by a live performance from the next big female duo ‘Oh My! - described by music critics as Lily Allen meets the Saturdays.To find out about all the activities on offer or to book a place, ring Kevin Burns on 01388 443028 or check out www.bisho-paucklandcollege.ac.uk/showcase.

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End-to-End challengeMembers of a local gym are hoping to run the distance of Land’s End to John O Groats in aid of Diabetes UK.Fundraisers at The Gymz in Newgate Street will use the equipment available to run, walk and cycle the 1400km - the furthest possible distance in the British Isles.A spokesperson said, “If anyone out there is willing to support us in any small way, please dig deep to support us. We are going to cycle and run until we bleed if we have to in order

to complete this distance! But we are doing it to raise as much as we can for Diabetes UK. Any donations will be greatly appreci-ated.” To sponsor the team for this worthy cause, simply pop into the gym at 136 a-c Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland.If you feel you are up to the challenge you can also join in and help the group complete the distance. Enter by calling 01388 600080 or email theteam@thegymz.co.uk.

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Stockton Riverside College in partnership with the Prince's Trust are embarking on a new course in Bishop Auckland entitled 'The Team' which starts on Tuesday 3rd May.This twelve week course is aimed at 16 to 25 year-olds from any background.Young people who are unemployed, not sure what to do, are looking to take a year out, are unable to work for any reason, or are disadvantaged in some way

could benefit from this course.It is designed to enable young people to develop their personal skills, such as confidence, leadership and problem solving, through a series of projects and challenges, with an emphasis on teamwork within the local community. It is also an opportunity to gain quali-fications and experiences to enhance their CV.Whilst on the course the

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Year 11 and 6th Form students from King James I Community Arts College enjoyed a 2 day visit to the fantastic city of Liverpool recently, to take part in guided tours of two of the city’s Universities.Staff and students visited the world renowned Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) and gained an insight into the Creative and Performing Arts courses available.

The group also visited the Creative Campus of Liverpool Hope University. Seventeen year-old Hayley McKenna said, "I really enjoyed visiting the different Universities so I get a clear idea of where I want to apply to," while 6th Form student Elsa Hare, stated, "Being given the chance to visit universi-ties in cities like Liverpool, Edinburgh, Oxford and London as young adults

hoping to go to University gives us a chance to talk to students about university life and the choices we can make.” After visiting the University campuses the group enjoyed a tour of the city sights including The Cavern Club - home of The Beatles - and the Albert Dock. They were also treated to a meal in China Town before returning to Bishop Auckland.

Students gain an insight into university life

The King James students at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Art.

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Tesco sponsors Bishop FMBishop’s Tesco store recently presented local community radio station Bishop FM with a cheque for £358.60 to cover the cost of the station’s pro-motional material for a whole year.Erika Lucas, Tesco’s Community Champion handed over the cheque to Lee Brownson, Station Manager and Breakfast Show presenter. Mr Brownson said, “It’s great to work in partner-ship with the local Tesco

Supermarket and the cheque will be a big help for us. The money will be used to buy t-shirts, mugs, key-rings and other promotional items, which will be used at our outside community events - including the up-coming Food Festival on 16th April.Bishop FM are a not-for-profit organisation, broadcasting 24 hours a day. Tune in at 105.9FM or online at www.bishopfm.com.

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Fundraiser on a mission!Julie Nisbet, a Fundraiser for Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland, is well and truly on a mission to help support the hospice that she has come to know and love.Julie is pushing herself to the absolute limit this year in aid of the Hospice. In April she is taking part in the Paris Marathon and only a few days later will be hitting the pavements again; this time as a runner in the Virgin London Marathon.Julie is keeping up the pace planning to take part in a skydive and a bungee jump later this year, and in September she has signed up as part of the team trekking in Peru! If that wasn’t enough to deserve a well-earned rest; the fearless fundraiser has signed herself up to top off her mammoth year of fundraising by doing yet another marathon.Julie said, “I’ve been running for a couple of years since entering the Great North Run in 2008. By 2010, I felt like I needed to challenge myself more, and decided to enter the first Kielder Marathon which took place in October 2010. It was

my first marathon, and despite being a difficult run, it was exhilarating. “After this, I decided to push myself to the limit in 2011. I wanted to raise the profile of Butterwick Hospice in Bishop Auckland, a cause I am very passionate about.”

Julie has set up a JustGiving page on which she hopes to raise £3,000 or more. Visit http://www.justgiv ing.com/butter-wickbigone/ for Julie’s own story and to donate to her epic adventures this year!

Talented art teacher Jonathon Carney has landed himself with a labour of love in Bishop Auckland. Jonathon, who teaches at Bishop Barrington School has been commissioned to design a wide range of art work for the new 2000 capacity stadium at Bishop Auckland Football Club.“The Heritage Project,” as it is known, will see specific art work produced for three different areas. General collage and detailed work will be produced for the Function Room and a range of posters will be wall-mounted in the tunnel. But the most exciting display will be in the directors’

room. Here, all of the history of the club will be on show ranging back through the years and the successes that the club has seen. Posters, England amateur football caps, shirts programmes and other memorabilia will be gracing the walls of the roomJonathon said, “When club chairman Terry Jackson asked me if I would like to take on this project, I was both elated and honoured. There is a fantastic history to this club which has always been judged as one of the best amateur clubs in the country. I am determined that the final displays will show how great this club really is.”

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Members of Bishop Auckland Town Council and Forum; Sue Snowdon, Lesley Zair, John Lethbridge and Barbara Laurie.

Music and art fans of all ages can look forward to a three day live outdoor music & arts festival again this summer at Bishop Auckland College.The event, sponsored by Bishop Auckland Town Council, Bishop Auckland Town Centre Forum and Star Radio, has grown in numbers and popularity year on year.The ‘BACstage Music & Arts Festival’ including PROMS will run from Friday 1st July until Sunday 3rd July. Fans will be enter-tained on the Friday by Festival favourites ‘The Wild Cats of Kilkenny’ and on Saturday by

‘Martin Stephenson & The Daintees’. Other bands are being confirmed - to keep up to date visit the website www.bacstage.co.uk. On Sunday classical music lovers can enjoy Proms at the College (originally Proms in the Park at the Bishop’s Palace) featuring the rousing Mowbray 46 piece Orchestra and Soprano.This year’s event is ticket only, £2 on Friday, £3 on Saturday and £4 on the Sunday (a combined ticket of £7 will also be available). Advanced tickets will soon be available from Client Services at Bishop Auckland College and can

also be bought on the day.Councillor Lesley Zair, Mayor of Bishop Auckland said, “The Town Council and the Forum are delighted to support the BACstage Music & Arts Festival and PROMS event for the fourth year running. It is great that the people in Bishop Auckland and the surrounding areas have an opportunity to enjoy fantastic music on their doorsteps. The event also helps bring visitors into the area and helps showcase what we have to offer. Best wishes to the organisers Bishop Auckland College for a very successful event.”

Staff from the town’s Sainsbury’s store raised a fantastic £835 for their Charity of the Year at a recent Race Night held at Bishop Auckland Football Club.All of the money raised will be donated to Heel & Toe, a charity which provides free therapy to children in the North East with Cerebral Palsy and

Dyspraxia.PR Ambassador, Nicky Watson said, “The support from the staff is amazing. We all know what Heel & Toe do is important and want to continue to help as much as we can.”If anyone is interested in holding a charity event or fundraising for Heel & Toe, contact Jane@heelandtoe.org.uk or call 0844 3350512.

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Bishop Auckland Music Society’ Summer Concerts will be get underway on Friday 8th April with a per-formance by the Birbirolli String Quartet in the Throne Room at Auckland Castle. This event is followed by Lada Valesova on the piano on Friday 13th May, and then the Aurora Ensemble on Friday 17th June.

All concerts start at 7.30pm at the same venue. A ticket to all of the concerts planned this year costs £48 (£44 for conces-sions) and for a single show is £12 (£11 for concessions.) Under 26s are free due to the Cavatina Free Ticket Scheme. Single tickets are available from Cameo Fine Art Ltd. at 93 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland.

Summer concerts

Trophy winners take to stage Lucy Robinson Jones, aged 11 and Sally Cresser, aged 8 gained Disctinctions in their respective singing classes at the recent Darlington Festival for Performing Arts. They are now using their talents to star on stage with Bishop Auckland Amateur Operatic Society in their

production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Shildon Civic Hall. The production runs from Tuesday April 12th to Saturday April 16th starting at 7.15pm. Tickets are available now by calling 01388 604285 or 01388 604457.

Bishop Auckland MP Helen Goodman is inviting ladies to a talk and workshop at the conference suite at Bishop Auckland College on Wednesday 13th April - from 6.30pm to 9pm.The talk is entitled 'Women

Women as agents for changeas Agents for Change' and will see guest speakers Anne Isherwood from Bishop Auckland College, the Reverend Brenda Jones from Woodhouse Close Community Church and Carol Sheeve, manager

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St Mary’s Under 11s had an exciting 3-3 draw with Marton F.C. at the weekend.The Under 14Bs had a magnificent semi-final win over Bedale after going in at half-time 1-0 down. St. Mary’s came back to win 2-1 with goals from Dean Hutchfield and Wayne Whitfield and can now look forward to the challenge cup final at Middlesbrough’s training ground on May 15th.The Under 7s had a great 2-1 win against Boro Rangers with goals from Kyle Blacklock and Dylan Nicholson. Joseph Foster was awarded man-of-the-match. Sonny Richardson was selected as man-of-the-mathc in the friendly.The Under 8s lost 2-0 against 21st Allstars with Thomas Hindmarch man-of-the-match.The Under 9As lost 2-1 in a very close semi-final match against Billingham Rangers with Aaron Willoughby scoring and Ben Shaw winning man-of-the-match.Under 10Bs won 1-0 with Harry Dinsdale scoring and man-of-the-match going to Dylan Rutherford.The Under 11s drew 3-3 in a very exciting game against Marton FC, with goals from player-of-the-match Emily Scarr and Bailey Prudhoe (2) and Harry Robinson saving a penalty for St. Marys.The Under 12As lost 5-2 against Leven with goals from Josh Reay and Charlie Wigley while the Under 12Bs had a magnificent 9-0 win to stay top over Mount Pleasant. Goals

Bishop Auckland brother and sister Hayley and Matthew Bradley were on top form at the National Schools Biathlon finals at at Crystal Palace in London on the 27th of March.As previously reported Hayley (aged 16) and Matthew (aged 13) qualified for the finals after success in the northern qualifier at Hexham in October and then at the semi-finals in Macclesfield in January.Hayley, a pupil at Durham High School for Girls, ran her 1000 metres run in a personal best

time of 3 minutes 58.20 seconds improving on her semi-final by 7 seconds. She then swam a 100 metres freestyle, again achieving a personal best time for a 50M pool swim of 1 minute and 06.88 seconds. This positioned Hayley in 8th place overall. Hayley was very excited to have achieved such a high position and to have improved her place in the rankings.Matthew, a pupil at St. Johns Roman Catholic School and Sixth Form College in Bishop Auckland,

also ran a personal best time over 1000 metres of 3 minutes and 20.86 seconds. Matthew excelled yet again in his swim achieving a time of 59.86 seconds for 100 metres freestyle. A personal best in a 50M pool, he also took the best swim medal in the Year 8 category being the only year 8 to go under the minute. Matthew finished in 2nd place overall.Hayley and Matthew enjoyed the whole event and were pleased to represent their schools at such a prestigious venue.

Success for siblings at national biathlon �nal

Thirteen year-old Anthony Stout, a pupil at Bishop Barrington School in Bishop Auckland, is enjoying a promising football career on the one hand and boxing successes on the other.He played for England when he was in the under- nine team against Wales, scoring one of the winning goals in their 4-3 victory.Anthony has 47 football trophies and now plays for St Mary’s under-14’s team.He had his first fight aged ten and has won 12 out of his 19 fights. He has also won “Fighter of the Night” on four occasions and now has 16 trophies.The highlight of his career to date is that he has been declared North East junior boxing champion for the past two years. Head of Boys’ Sport at Bishop Barrington School, Martin Broom said, “Anthony is such an unassuming boy we did not know of his success until it was revealed in his PE file!

Boxing clever

Anthony is a keen young sportsman.

St Mary’s weekend update

came from Sam Parnaby (3) Harry Coulthard (2) Ashley Adams (2) Gareth McMahon and Carl Draper while Thomas Hewitt was awarded man-of-the-match. A magnificent performance from all of the team with James Hauxwell pulling some outstanding saves in goal.The Under 13As had a great 2-0 win away at Stockton Town with goals from Jack Dixon and Jack Pollard with Henry Cooke man-of-the-match.The Under 13Bs lost at Brompton with James Ingham outstanding but the Under 14As drew 0-0 with Redcar.The Under 15s had a very exciting 2-2 draw with Cleveland Juniors. The goals were scored by James Lupton and Danny Hardy made the save of the season.The Under 16As had a great 4-0 win at Saltburn with goals from Lewis Rowell, Sam Dixon (2) and Cameron Wilkinson. Man-of-the-match went to Joe Atkinson.The Under 16Bs also had a great win over 21stAllstars by 1-0 with a goal from Haydn Lewis.St Mary’s Angels Under 9s drew 0-0 with Washington. Amber Tait-Hopps was awarded player-of-the-match.The Under 10 Angels drew 1-1- with Washington. Taylor Brown scored the only goal while Alex Wardman earned player-of-the-match.The Under 12s lost against Cestria in the Cup.The Under 14s had a good 2-1 win over Gilesgate Jaguars.