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Bishop Auckland College Student Support Team with in Centre Left: Michelle Jones presenting certifi cate to Claire Holiday, Deputy Student Support Manager.

Bishop Auckland College is delighted to achieve “You’re Welcome” status; the fi rst FE College in Co Durham and Darlington to do so. You’re Welcome is a robust national audit supported by the NHS and Department of Health to ensure that the health services provided for

young people are friendly, relevant, confi dential and totally supportive. To achieve the You’re Welcome Award the College had to demonstrate how the staff have engaged with young people to help develop, monitor and evaluate the services

offered. Claire Holliday, Deputy Student Support Manager said, “The College’s Student Support Team and Sexual Health Clinic Team are dedicated to supporting students’ health and wellbeing to enable them to access help to support their emotional and mental well being, their relation-ships and sexual health as well as drug and alcohol issues if needed. We also work closely with external partners and are able to signpost to additional specialist support for a student when required.”Michelle Jones, You're Welcome Co-ordinator for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust said, “It was a pleasure working with Bishop Auckland College, their commitment and motivation was inspiring and the You’re Welcome status was defi nitely deserved. I have no doubt that the College is dedicated to their students, ensuring both student services and the health clinic are safe, friendly and informative environments where all young people are welcomed.”

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Police have acted on calls to tackle ongoing problems at The Beehive pub in Bishop Auckland by suspending its licence to sell alcohol. The action comes following another unfortunate incident at the pub when a man was killed outside the premises a fortnight ago.Anthony George Hancock, 42, of Bishop Auckland, died after he was attacked outside the pub on Saturday 16th April. The father of three was rushed to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough where he later passed away.Lee Ballan, 32 of Lusby Crescent, Bishop Auckland appeared at a preliminary hearing at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday 27th April. He was granted conditional bail to reside at an address near Newcastle and ordered not to return to Bishop Auckland except to see his lawyer or for medical appointments.

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The police tried, and failed, to get the Beehive’s licence suspended last January, following another violent incident when Stephen Wilson, 48, was killed by Maurice Rowell, 27, outside of the premises. Rowell, the son of the Beehive owner Maurice Rowell Snr, was jailed for 6 years.Superintendent Graham Hall from Durham Police said, “We have a good working relationship with licensees who share our concerns about crime and anti-social behaviour. However, if there are serious problems with disorder we always aim to take positive effective action against it.”Richard Langdon, solicitor for the council said last week, “Following an incident at the Beehive at the weekend, the committee heard an interim review application and decided to suspend the pub’s licence.”

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Staff at Co-operative Funeralcare in Bishop Auckland have expressed their appreciation to everyone who donated Easter Eggs to their recent appeal.The funeral home received

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Barry Alan Kirkbride, aged 26 and Karl Raine, aged 22, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Jonathan Paul in Bishop Auckland on 19th December and consented to a trial at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on 29th June. Kirkbride, of North End Gardens, Bishop Auckland and Raine of St. Cuthberts

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Bishop Auckland Town Council is inviting youth or-ganisations in the town to apply for funding as part of its Youth Awards Competi-tion 2011.The competition is open to established youth groups within the town, as well as new groups which are intending to establish themselves with a youth project in mind. School groups and PTAs are also eligible to apply, as long as the cash would be used for extra curricular activites.Groups can win up to £2,000 to fund a project which will enhance the experience, skills, creativity and enjoyment of the young people involved.In order to qualify for the award, a project will have to be submitted by two adults from an established organisation for young

people of any age between fi ve and twenty. Applica-tions will have to be fully costed and winning groups must keep a record of their projects in order to give presentations about their progress the following year.Each application will be given equal treatment - whatever the sum applied for - and each will be assessed anonymously.Up to three awards will be given at a ceremony in May.Application forms are available from the Town Clerk’s Offi ce at The Four Clocks Centre on Newgate Street or from the Town Hall.Alternatively, call 01388 609852 or email batc@btconnect.com.Deadline for applications is Friday 6th May, 2011.

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Gardens around the town will be looking smarter thanks to a new scheme to tidy up the area.Housing company Dale & Valley Homes is introducing the scheme to help people keep on top of their gardens throughout the year.Council tenants will be eligible for the new garden maintenance service, although they will be charged.Pat Wanless, director of housing operations for Dale & Valley Homes, said, “We know some people have diffi culty maintaining their gardens for a variety of reasons and we have been looking at helping out. Rather than creating com-plicated rules over who can have help and who can not we decided to open up the service to all customers.“There is a charge for this service, which ranges from £3 to £6.50 per week, depending on the size of the garden, but we feel the service is value for money and will help a lot of people, particularly the elderly and those with dis-

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Villagers want new development approvalResidents of Witton Park are urging the council to approve proposals for 31 new homes and a shop to be built on disused land in the village. Although planning offi cers have rec-ommended that planning permission should be refused, local homeowners living near the site have said they would welcome the new development and urged the committee to reconsider.A document supporting the new build has been signed by many locals in support of the project. The affordable housing devel-

opment would comprise of 31 two to three bedroomed homes, including nine bungalows and a small shop being built on the unused land, which has been described as “an eyesore”.Applicant Terry Jacques said, “They would all be affordable houses, an ideal solution for ordinary people wanting to get on the property ladder. Seventy two people in the village have signed a petition in favour of the plans.”Clifford Howe, who lives on Park Road opposite where the proposed development would be built said, “It

would be brilliant to have the shop and the bungalows for the older people. Everyone on the street wants the development to go ahead.”He continued saying, “People cannot afford the big houses, they are too expensive. I was born and bred here and my daughter wants to move into a house here but she can’t afford them. Witton Park is a really nice place but this piece of land on Park Road is the worst part of the village, it is an eyesore. Something needs to be done with it.”

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Bishop Auckland mayor Lesley Zair was on hand last week to present a lovely bunch of flowers to sprightly centenarian Mrs Mary West from Escomb Road.Mary reached the wonderful age of 100 years on 18th April.Born in Shildon, she married Charles in 1933 meeting at the show-field in Shildon when he took her on one of the rides. They moved to their current home in Bishop Auckland when she was 22. The couple used to go down to Escomb Road every Wednesday afternoon, on Charles’ half day to see their home being built.Charles worked at the Co-op in Newgate Street for 58 years, starting when he was 14 and retiring when he was 72. Mary left school when she was only 12 to look after her poorly mother. During the war she worked for two years as an Aycliffe

Angel, toiling in the munitions factory. She later moved to Alness in the Highlands of Scotland to be with her husband Charles, who was a wireless mechanic there during the war. Mary and Charles did everything together with people saying they were inseparable. Unfortunate-ly, Charles died 11 years ago. Mary said “Charles was

the love of my life and I missed him so much. I never thought I would get over him, but you have to carry on”. On her birthday, around 40 family and friends held a special party in her home. Nephew Barry Walker said “Mary was not only an Aycliffe Angel, she is a true angel without wings, dedicating herself to look after her home and Uncle Charles so well.”

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Mary received a beautiful bouquet from Mayor Lesley Zair to mark the special occasion.

Police seek store thiefPolice officers are seeking a man aged between 25 and 30 of medium to heavy build, with short-cropped dark hair, regarding a theft from Aldi supermarket in Bishop Auckland on March 5th.The man, who is about 5ft 8in entered the store in Waltling Road at 4.15pm and stole a boxed Auto

XS Compressor. He was wearing a dark jacket with grey stripes across the chest, a white shirt, dark trousers and shoes and left the shop on foot heading towards Brooklands.Anyone with any informa-tion is asked to contact police on 0345 6060365 or Crimestoppers anonymous-ly on 0800 555 111.

Bishop Auckland PACT meetingsThe next PACT meeting for Woodhouse Close, Green-fields and Etherley Dene is on Wednesday 11th May from 6.30pm at Woodhouse Close Community Church. The meeting for the Town Centre and Toronto areas will be held on Wednesday

4th May at 6.30pm in Weth-erspoons.Residents are encouraged to attend meetings in their area if they would like to have a say on how their neighbourhood is policed, or would like to raise any issues.

Police are appealing for information after two car tyres were slashed in Lowther Road, Bishop Auckland. The crime took place between 9pm on Sunday 17th April and 7am the following day. A male, around 19, wearing a

grey hooded top with the hood up was seen running from the vehicle at round 9.10pm.Anyone with any informa-tion is asked to call PC Sarah Rooney in Bishop Auckland Police Station on 0345 6060365 or Crimestop-pers on 0800 555 111.

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This weekend The Grand in Bishop Auckland is hosting a Charity Beer Festival in aid of the charity KidsCan.The Festival is from Friday 29th April to Monday 2nd May with the aim of raising over £1,000 for the charity which specialises in researching cures for cancers in children.There will be a mix of over 20 beers and ciders as part

of the festival and enter-tainment throughout the weekend from karaoke to live bands, not forgetting the charity auction which will be drawn on Bank Holiday Monday. Chris Swinton, originally from Bishop Auckland, will be climbing Mt Kili-manjaro this Summer for KidsCan. To help him hit the sponsorship target you

can try specially-made purple beer named ‘Kil-Ale-Manjaro’!Landlady, Sandra Simpson said, “It’s great we can support such a fantastic cause. We’re hoping to bring people together from all over County Durham to sample locally-produced beer and try something from further afield too.”

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Charity golf dayThe Butterwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland is seeking teams of four golfers to take part in a charity golf

day on Thursday 12th May at Wynyard Golf Club.Entry cost £150 per team which includes a bacon roll and coffee on arrival as well as a two course meal at the Tournament Presen-tation Dinner. For further information call 01388 603003.

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A charity social night in aid of the MARA Unit at Bishop Auckland Hospital is being held at The Belvedere W.M.C. on Friday 13th May.The evening will get underway at 7.30pm and will feature popular singer and entertainer Mark

Hodgson as well as talented magician Steve Waller.There will also be dancing, raffle, tombola and a pie and peas supper.Tickets cost £5 and are available by calling 01388 832737, 01388 609223 or 01388 832066.

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CCTV caught David Cullen stealing two X Box games from Sainsbury’s Store in Bishop Auckland on 9th April and the 34 year old pleaded guilty to the charge at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court. Cullen, of Snowdon Court, Bishop Auckland was said to have a signifi-cant record with the court and was currently serving an intensive supervision order for other offences. In mitigation it was said that Cullen had had made full admission upon his arrest stating that the games would

Caught on camerahave likely been sold on for £15 each. The defendant was said to be in financial difficulty having borrowed £250 from a loan shark for which he had so far repaid £2000 and had been the victim of enormous abuse and very real threats. Magistrates revoked the current community order and imposed a new one to run for 15 months, part of the course to include an element of “thinking skills” and ordered Cullen to pay part compensation to Sains-bury’s.

Funding boost for loan scheme

A scheme providing free fun and games for disabled youngsters has been handed a funding boost.The Learning Library, which loans out specialist toys and equipment for people aged up to 19 years-old with physical and learning disabilities in the Bishop Auckland and Shildon areas, has received £1,370 to buy extra stock.Parents and carers who use the scheme receive a visit from an outreach worker once every six weeks and can borrow up to six items at a time.

Outreach workers from The Learning Library are delighted to receive the funding.

Many of the items available through the scheme can help children’s overall wellbeing and develop-ment, improving their social skills, confidence and educational achieve-ments.The money for extra equipment was donated by county councillors David Hancock and Garry Huntington from their neighbourhood budgets with support from Bishop Auckland and Shildon Area Action Partnership (AAP).Alan Boddy, chairman of the AAP’s task and

finish group, said, “The Learning library provides an essential service to families who may otherwise find it difficult to access such a wide range of toys and specialist equipment.“We are delighted to be able to support this worthwhile service and recognise the hard work and dedication of this group.”For more information about the Learning Library call 01388 420 267 or email learninglibrary@spennymoor.eclipse.co.uk.

A man has been arrested after reports of exposure on a popular country track.Three women reported a man exposing himself on the former railway line known as the Bishop Auckland to Brandon walk.The alleged offences took place on Friday 25th March, Friday 8th April and Sunday 10th April.The path is well used as

Man arrested after reports of exposure

a recreational facility for families, walkers, runners and cyclists. The three women who were unconnected reported the incidents and two other girls who were nearby were also able to give a description of the offender to officers.Neighbourhood Inspector Kevin Tuck said, "We are grateful that these women came forward to tell us

what happened and we'd be interested in speaking to anyone else who may have experienced similar incidents in the same location."The old railway line is a pleasant and popular area and we want everyone to feel comfortable using it."A man in his 40s will appear before South Durham Magistrates in early May.

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A fund-raising event at Twinsburn Farm in Heigh-ington on Sunday 17th April, organised by Jean Wombwell of Trimmers on Newgate Street, raised £490 for the Durham Deafened Support charity.A display of Easter bonnets was presented by Trimmers with Lady

B Wear displaying prom dresses, whilst Simply Fruit & Veg supplied the food. Chittocks grocers served afternoon tea and freshly-prepared cakes. “Thanks to everyone who supported the event and made it such a big success” said a spokesperson.

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Bishop Auckland Choral Society presents Songs from the Proms, a selection of popular songs from the Proms at Bishop Auckland Town Hall on Friday 6th May from 7.30pm.Conductor Venera Bojkova and pianist Allan Coombes will play favourites such as

Rule, Brittannia! and Land of Hope and Glory. Tickets are available on the door priced at £7 for adults, £5 for conces-sions and £3 for children. Contact Jennifer on 01388 747621, or Sophie on 01388 834359 for further informa-tion.

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Mayor Of Bishop Auckland Cllr Lesley Zair (left), Sue Richardson (right) and Gary Adam Watson (back right) with the children from Richardson’s Dance Studio.

On Tuesday 19th April and Wednesday 20th April, children from Richardson’s Dance Studio in Bishop Auckland were treated to two fabulous days of workshops by leading West End Dance Star, Gary Adam Watson.Gary, who originates from Sunderland, has starred in Shows such as Les Miserables, Saturday Night Fever, Evita and Cats and featured in the 25th An-niversary of Les Miserables spectacular at the 02 in London. He will shortly be off on a nationwide tour with the new Michael Ball show, Heroes.The children, who are aged from 6 to 16 years, enjoyed the unforgettable experience of working

with Gary on some of the original choreography from the shows Mama Mia! and Chicago with the added bonus of some unexpected singing lessons.Everyone was also treated to a full on West End Experience of working on Cats the musical. To bring it all to life children then created their own Cats characters with the help of Theatrical Make-up artist, Naomi Watson. No show would be complete without a fabulous poster to advertise it, so Brian Ellwood, from Barretts Pho-tography in Fore Bondgate, kindly helped the children create their poster for the occasion.At the end of the day all

of the childen performed their Jellicle Cats Dance for parents and the Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Lesley Zair, at the Studio.This time around the experience was only available to Richardson’s Dance Studio Members, however, Gary Watson and Sue & Gary Richardson are planning to bring The West End Experience Days and the very popular Glee and Pop Video workshops back in time for the School Summer Holidays. These workshops will be open to everyone who just loves to dance and have fun. Keep an eye on the Studio’s website for details available shortly www.richardsonsdancestudio.co.uk

Community Partnership AGMThe Annual General Meeting of the Bishop Auckland Community Partnership will take place on Thursday

12th May from 10.30am in the Wesley Room at the Four Clocks Centre. All are welcome to attend.

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Bustin’ a move in BishopBudding young dancers in Bishop Auckland are able to bust some moves thanks to funding from the Bishop Auckland and Shildon Area Action Partnership (AAP).The Four Clocks Youth Project and Groundwork funded a recent street dance exhibition in the town centre and free dance workshops, which proved very popular.Research showed there were no free classes locally and cost was a barrier

for local parents. Local children were very enthu-siastic about the exhibition and parents were thrilled to have something on offer, that children were interested in and where cost wasn’t an issue. Demand for further sessions was huge so £720 has been set aside from the AAP’s Children and Young People’s Small Grants Fund to enable more sessions for young people to get involved.

Sue Elms, senior youth worker with the Four Clocks Youth Project, said, “We are very grateful to the Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP for their funding which will enable us to continue to offer the sessions free of charge for another 24 weeks.”To get involved in the sessions, contact The Four Clocks Youth Project on 01388 665038 or email youth.project@btconnect.com.

St. Peter’s Church on Princes Street, Bishop Auckland is excited to announce its first ever ‘Crafternoon’ – an afternoon of craft showcasing local talent.Taking place on Saturday May 7th from 1.30pm – 4pm in the church hall, Crafternoon will present mat making, soap and bath bomb crafting, bag

‘Crafternoon’ at St. Peter’s

making, flower arranging and more, with live demos and the opportunity for people to have a go themselves. Entrance costs just 50p which includes re-freshments. A wide range of handmade crafts will be available to purchase. Details of forthcoming events can be found on the church’s website at www.stpetersba.org.uk.

Save a life this springA blood drive is to take place at Bishop Auckland Rugby Club on Tuesday 10th May. Sessions will be held between 2.30pm and

3.45pm and again from 4.30pm to 7pm.To make an appointment, call 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.uk. Civic Hall Manager Paul Watson (second left) presents the cheque to Neil Davies, Roz

Peverall and Adrian Jones from Bishop FM.Shildon Civic Hall were able to hand over more than £1,000 to local radio station Bishop FM this week, thanks to the success of a recent Battle of the Bands competition at the venue.The event was held over four heats and attracted 29 bands from across the North East, including Hartlepool, Newcastle and York.After much delibera-tion between the judges,

Abduction of Margaret from Newcastle were declared winners of the competition.The band was awarded a £500 cash prize as well as a custom-made snare drum - courtesy of Liberty Drums of Shildon - and a publicity shoot from Paul M White Photography.Due to the enormous success of the event, £2,200 was raised from the cover charge alone and the Civic Hall was happy

to hand over half of this amount to Bishop FM, who co-hosted the event, to help towards the running costs of the community radio station.Paul Watson, the Civic Hall’s manager, will use the remaining £1,100 to promote more local music events.Abduction of Margaret are scheduled to appear on Bishop FM’s Anything Goes show on Monday. Tune in at 105.9fm.

Battle of the Bands success helps local radio station

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, County Durham Branch would like to thank customers and staff from Sainsbury’s Bishop Auckland for their donations when they collected in store on Friday 8th April. An amount of £249.82 was collected. A retired guide dog and

a trainee guide dog went along to the store and joined in the fundrais-ing, which created a lot of attention from both customers and staff. “They were so well behaved and we enjoyed having them in the store”, said a Sainsbury’s colleague.

The guide dogs got a lot of attention from staff and cus-tomers at Sainsbury’s.

Four-legged friends encourage donations

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Bishop halted by the weather By John Phelan

The Bishop Auckland C.C. 1st Team travelled to Normanby Hall last Saturday but were thwarted by the weather with the game evenly balanced. The home side batted first and made 233 all out with Dan Conway claiming 4-55, and Ian Grainger 3-86. Ben Thompson and Richard Arnott each took a wicket.Bishop were 52-1 in reply with Ben Thompson gone for 5 runs when rain

stopped play. Dan Conway was 29 not out and Phil Holdsworth 10 not out.The Second Team lost by 9 wickets at home to Preston with no-one doing anything outstanding while on the Sunday the Third Team lost by 5 wickets against Saltburn. The Thirds, who batted first, were 32-5 at one stage but a sixth wicket stand of 114 runs between Mark Little 107 not out and Joe Thompson 27 helped them to recover

to 184. Saltburn replied with 185-5.Issy Ismay, who runs the Spice Lounge restaurant in the town, has sponsored the Third team by supplying 6 brand new cricket balls.Fixtures - Saturday; 1st Team v Northallerton home & 2nd Team v Seaton Carew away.Sunday; 3rd Team v Seaton Carew away.Monday; 1st Team v Stokesley away & 2nd Team v Yarm home.

Etherley Cricket Club is seeking new players for their forthcoming season, which commences on 30th April. The club play at High Etherley every week.

There are two senior teams and two junior teams (Under 13s and under 15s). The seniors play every Saturday and the Under 15s play on a Tuesday evening, whilst

Toft Hill Homing Society is looking for new members in the Toft Hill & Etherley area to join their club.The season runs from April until 17th September.

The club meets every Friday evening in The Sportsman in Toft Hill at 6pm. “If anyone is interested in pigeon racing, even if you are not involved personally, you

Bishop Auckland Football Club's annual sponsored walk will take place on the morning of Saturday 14th May, starting from the club's Heritage Park stadium at 8 30am.The club is looking for volunteers to take part in the walk and raise some sponsorship, either for the football club or any other chosen charity, or a combi-nation of the two.The walk costs just £5 to take part to cover adminis-tration and planning costs.The walk is an 11 mile circular route from Heritage Park taking in Dean Street (Shildon's football ground),

Bishop Auckland Football Club is in the last phase of the brick sale in the sup-porter's wall in Heritage Park. The last 40 bricks have gone on sale - about half of which have been sold recently. So, if you

wish your name to be on show forever as a two blues supporter in the Heritage Park wall now is the time to contact the club before it is too late. Contact Pamela Cowey at www.bishopafc.com for more information.

Football club’s sponsored walk

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the under 13s play on a Sunday morning. If anyone would like to join the club contact Hilton Balmer on 01388 832858 as new members are always welcomed.

Cricket club seeks new members

Fancy pigeon racing?will be more than welcome to join our society,” said a spokesperson. For more information contact Mr. Val Jackson on 01388 834184

Locomotion, Redworth, Royal Oak, Brusselton and back to Heritage Park.Walkers should arrive back at the ground around 12.30pm to 1.30pm, in good time to see the F.A. Cup Final between Stoke City and Manchester City on the big screen.“Even if you can't take part in the walk, it would be great if you could join us at the ground in the afternoon,” said a spokes-person. The bar will be open with food on sale. The club shop will also be open for a sale of books, magazines and football programmes.

Last chance for a brick in the wall