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Talented 10-year-old, Satine Cator from Chilton, has created an eye-catching poster to encourage people to pick up after their pets.Satine’s design was named overall winner in a com-petition run as part of Durham County Council’s responsible dog ownership campaign in Ferryhill and Chilton.Pupils from five local primary schools - Ferry-hill Station, Broom Road, Cleves Cross, Dean Bank and Chilton - were asked to design a poster remind-ing residents to pick up and dispose of their pets’ waste correctly. Satine, who attends Chilton Primary School, came out on top with her Scoop that Poop poster, which will be made into bin stickers and put on dog fouling bins in the area. Every entry will also be displayed on school fences.The campaign, which was run by the council and

Winning poster promotes responsible dog ownership

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people of Ferryhill and Chilton, also saw school-children take part in a special walk identifying dog mess on their routes to school to highlight the problems they face every day.There was also a Golden Ticket incentive where anyone seen cleaning up after their dog was entered into a prize draw.Twenty-seven golden tickets were handed out and the winner was Carol Baker, who won a £25 shopping voucher.Additionally, a dog health check and free microchip-ping event, held in partner-ship with The Dogs Trust, saw 106 dogs microchipped and 72 owners sign up to the Green Dog Walkers scheme, which involves pledging to always pick up after your pet and encour-age others to do the same.The campaign was funded by county councillors for Ferryhill, John Lindsay and

Satine Cator, 10, with her winning poster design.

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are looking to donate can contact one of the five charities which make up the forum.The County Durham Furni-ture Help Scheme in Chilton is open Monday to Friday, 9am-4pm and Saturdays from 9am-1pm. Its contact number is 01388 721 509.All of the charities collect unwanted household items, such as beds, furniture and electrical items, free of charge if they are reusable and in good condition.Upholstered items, such as sofas, chairs and beds, should be clean, without tears and must have the current UK fire safety standard labels attached.All electrical items should be working, be free from rust, reasonably clean and have intact seals.Items will need to be checked before collection is agreed. If there is any reason why an item cannot be accepted this will be explained.

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Pauline Crathorne.Cllr Lindsay said: “It is really important to spread the message about being a responsible dog owner and picking up after your pet to everyone, so it was pleasing to see such a positive response to the campaign.“We were delighted to see so many local schoolchil-dren take part in the com-petition and come up with some fantastic designs and congratulations to Satine for being named the overall winner. “It was also encouraging that so many attended the dog health check and microchipping event and signed up to the Green Dog Walkers scheme.“While the majority are responsible dog owners, we hope the hard work and effort that went into this campaign will go some way to changing attitudes among the few who don’t

always pick up after their pets.”Dog fouling can be reported at www.durham.gov.uk/dogfouling or by calling 03000 261 000.People can join the Green Dog Walkers scheme by downloading a form at w w w.d u r ham.g ov.u k /greendogwalkers or call 03000 261 000.Find out more about the council’s Civic Pride team at www.durham.gov.uk/civicpride and email civicpride@durham.gov.uk or call 03000 261 000 to receive the Civic Pride newsletter.

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Satine designs winning poster

Every term the whole of FBEC, teachers included, enjoy Big Learning Day (BLD), a day off timetable to enrich the curriculum and in many cases do some-thing fun and different. This term Year 7’s took part in My Teacher is a Vampire, delivered by staff from the Durham Education Business Partnership at Ferryhill Community Hub. The aim was to provide an opportunity for students to use their literacy and enterprise skills to develop a story with the scary sounding title.Working in small teams, students took on the role of a publishing company con-sisting of creative writers, illustrators and marketing experts hoping to launch the next bestseller. The activities develop students’ teamwork, com-munication, creativity and presentation skills. The winning team consist-ed of Holly Newton, Kirsty Robson, Deacon Bellas, Gemma Arrand, Callum Wilkinson, Keaton Cargill, Cameron Temple and Tyler Powell. Kirsty, Gemma and Holly said: “It was a lot of fun to work with the Business Ambassadors. It was a new experience to write our own book which we all really enjoyed”.Year 8 students worked in the Technology and Citi-

zenship departments com-pleting festive activities in-cluding creating Christmas decorations, producing desk alarms and cookery.Students then sold their produce at a Bake Sale the next day to raise money for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. SSAFA provides lifelong support to anyone who is currently serving or has ever served in the Royal Navy, British Army or Royal Air Force and their families.Students who particularly impressed the teachers were Shaun Bates, Xander Edwards, Alex Forster, Elizabeth Carvell, Lisa Edwards, Nikki Ross and Ebonie Gibbons.Year 9 students enjoyed a carousel of activities de-livered by OASES (Outdoor and Sustainability Educa-tion Specialists).The aim of their School Carbon Reduction pro-gramme, funded by Durham County Council, is to educate students and teachers about how they can save energy and have less of a negative effect on the environment. Sessions consisted of a fossil fuel game, floating garden session and many more activites. Year 10 took part in You’re Hired, You’re Fired, which is always a popular activity at FBEC, delivered by the

Durham Education Business Partnership (DEBP). The aim of the day was to raise students’ awareness of the recruitment and se-lection process and the im-portance of employability skills and job applications.Students took part in a range of activities such as Tied up in Knots and Tricky Triangles to develop their teamwork, which is an es-sential skill employers look for.Sarah Tiplady from DEBP said: “The fantastic students were positive and enthusiastic. I really enjoyed the event.”A spokesperson for FBEC said: “Last year’s Year 11 students achieved a record breaking set of results in the summer, managing to achieve the best ever in the school’s fifty year history and propel it into the top seven per cent of achievers nationally. “The current Year 11s now have to work hard and con-centrate on preparing for their GCSEs and BTECs to make sure they reach the same high standard.“Their Big Learning Day consisted of a range of coursework catch up, controlled assessment and revision for the impending exams in the Summer. “All of this hard work will hopefully lead to another set of amazing results for FBEC.”

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Operatic tenor and alma mater of Ferryhill Technical Grammar School, Ian Storey, above right, presented FBEC Year 11 students with their awards at the annual celebration.

Ian Storey presents FBEC students with annual awards

The annual red carpet Key Stage 4 Celebration event took place on Thursday 26th November for Year 11 students at Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College. 78% of students achieved an A* - C in English and 68% achieved an A* - C in Maths, placing the school in the top 7% nationally.Students were nominated by staff for prizes such as most improved, personal development and exceed-ing expectations. Each subject area within the College rewarded two students: the first for ex-celling in their subject and the second for achieving ‘beyond expectations.’The year group’s Learning Co-ordinator, Miss Barnaby awarded ‘Student of the Year’ to Shaun Nattrass.

Michael Ball received the Rhys Wayman Memorial Award in memory of Rhys, whose mum was present.The prestigious Head-teacher’s award was pre-sented to Sophie Hopper who also won an amazing three additional awards for Business Studies, Art and Child Development. Mr Brennan commended Sophie saying: “The reason for Sophie’s success is determination, determina-tion, determination.”Other awards presented included the Deputy Head-teacher award which went to both Alan Gray and Rebecca Emmerson; the Gill Roddam award which went to Danielle Charlton and the Pete Malkin Award which was presented to Kieran McGowan.Mr Pinkney, Deputy Head

teacher who organised the event said: “It was great to catch up with students and to recognise their fantastic achievements. All the award winners should be very proud of their success. It was great to see that they are all settled into their new colleges and courses.”As usual the event was well supported by students, staff, parents and Gover-nors. FBEC were also fortu-nate to have Ian Storey, the internationally acclaimed operatic tenor, an ex-pupil of Ferryhill Technical Grammar school, present-ing the awards to students. He inspired students with his success story saying: “Don’t ever close your eyes to a possibility. Never close your mind to opportuni-ties.”

Ferryhill and Chilton li-braries will close for the festive period on Thursday

24th December at 12.30pm and reopen on Monday 4th January at 9.30am.

Library holiday closure

Ferryhill local councillor, Joe Makepeace, will be holding his next surgery in January 2016, with the date to be advised in the Chapter.

“As always I remain con-tactable by phone,” said Mr Makepeace, “and I would like to take this opportuni-ty to wish everyone a very merry Christmas.”

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There are still a few un-claimed raffle prizes from the Mayors Charity Night held in Ferryhill Working-mens Club on Friday 20th November 2015.The following prizes can be collected from Ferryhill Town Hall during normal office opening hours:• Blue 51-55; Mulberry &

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Residents of Chilton are being advised that Chilton Town Council offices will be closed during the Christmas holiday period. The offices will close on Friday 18th December ’15

at 3pm and will re-open on Monday 4th January ’16 at 9am.In the event of an emer-gency please contact the Town Clerk, Paul Gray on 07918 685895.

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On Wednesday evening, 2nd December, Ferryhill Village WI held their Christ-mas Party when they were entertained by Ferryhill Town Band. They also had the usual Christmas market stalls. Institute President, Sylvia Bell said: “Thank you to Joy, Ellen and anyone else who helped them on the night whilst I was away on holiday. “We will be holding our January night out at the Old Mill, Metal Bridge, near Ferryhill on Wednesday

evening, 6th January.“Would everyone who has booked their place please make sure that they are at the Old Mill and settled for a prompt start of 6.30pm.“We will have a fabulous meal and raffle and we will be entertained by Ray Banks. “May I take this opportunity in wishing all our members a Very Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous and healthy New Year. “I am looking forward to seeing you all on the 6th January at the Old Mill.”

Ferryhill Village WI Christmas party

Churches across the area will hold Christmas Mass, including All Saints and Sacred Heart at Chilton and St Joseph’s at Coundon.Service times are as follows: • Christmas Eve:

All Saints, Dean Road, Ferryhill, 5pm;

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St Joseph’s, Victoria Lane, Coundon, 7pm;

• Christmas Morning: Sacred Heart, South View, Chilton, 10am.

St Joseph’s will also be holding their Carol Service, led by St Joseph’s Choir, on Monday 21st December at 7pm.

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Christmas bin collectionsResidents in County Durham are being advised of arrangements for bin collections over the festive period.Collection arrangements will remain the same for all residents whose rubbish and recycling bins are emptied on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.This includes both Christ-mas Eve and New Year’s Eve, which fall on a Thursday, when normal collections will take place.However, collections which normally happen on a Friday will change during the Christmas and New Year weeks.Collections which would

have taken place on Friday 25th December will instead be done on Monday 28th December.And instead of Friday 1st January, rubbish and re-cycling collections will take place on Monday 4th January.Normal collections will resume on Tuesday 5th January.There will also be changes to the council’s bulky waste collections, which will not take place between Monday 21st December and Monday 4th January.Residents who have bulky items to dispose of are reminded that they should ensure anyone they employ

to take items away is properly licensed to help prevent flytipping.People can arrange to have their real Christmas tree collected free of charge by contacting the council on 03000 261 000 before Friday 8th January.Residents are urged to double check their dates over the festive period and are reminded to put their bins out by 7am on their collection day.People can find more in-formation and download a bin collection calendar by entering their post code on the My Durham section of the council’s website at www.durham.gov.uk.

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The High Sheriff of Durham, James Fenwick, is working in partnership with the Sir James Knott Trust and County Durham Community Foundation to spearhead the High Sheriff’s awards.He is calling for commu-nity groups to submit their entries for these leading community awards that

reward young people for doing ground-breaking and life-changing work across the community.James Fenwick said: “During 2015 I have trav-elled throughout the County and have come across many extraordinary individuals and groups of all ages who voluntarily give their time to improve the communities in which they live and work, and make County Durham a better and safer place to live. “The awards are a great opportunity to recognise local groups and volunteers and celebrate their mag-nificent work.”Vivien Stapley from the Sir James Knott Trust added: “We are delighted to support the Durham High Sheriff Awards which recognise and reward the achievements of young people and would encour-age community groups who are helping children and young people to be inspira-tional to enter the awards.”

Barbara Gubbins, Chief Ex-ecutive of County Durham Community Foundation said: “Many young people learn about good citizen-ship by engaging in commu-nity projects. This could be a youth club teaching young people about respect and equality or intervention services tackling harder issues in the community. “We are keen to hear from voluntary groups who are doing great things and whose efforts make such a difference to the local community. They deserve our recognition, as much of their work goes unno-ticed. What’s more, volun-tary groups can win up to £3,000 which could have a significant impact on their work.”The awards will be pre-sented at a ceremony at Durham Castle on 30th March 2016. Nomination forms and more information are now available online www.cdcf.org.uk.

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The opening times of Fer-ryhill Food Bank over the Christmas and New Year period will be: Wednesdays 23rd and 30th December

from 10.30am until 12 noon. Co-ordinator, Janet McDonagh said: “I would like to thank the people of Ferryhill who have kindly given donations and support to the Food Bank.“I wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year.”

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Closing date: Wednesday 6th January 2016√ The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to this end any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory CRB Enhanced Disclosure. The County Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We want to develop a more diverse workforce and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. √ √ Applicants with disabilities will be invited for interview if the essential job criteria are met.

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Recipient of a winter survival pack, Barbara Johnson, with CEO of the Social Resource Centre, John Davison, centre, and volunteer driver, Doug Readman.

Dear Editor,It was extremely disappointing to note that the recent proposed debate on teaching assistant pay was “talked out” of time by Labour Councillors. A disgraceful tactic that was obviously pre-arranged by our representatives who will now shamefacedly try to deny this and plead they were operating within the rules. That may be the case but shame on you all, particularly our local Ferryhill representatives who are reported to have participated in this most undemocratic tactic and subsequent vote. Roll on the elections.Yours Sincerely,Joe MakepeaceRamsay Drive, Ferryhill

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A Ferryhill-based charity is spreading early Christ-mas cheer to some of the region’s most socially isolated elderly people.The Social Resource Centre (SRC), which recently cel-ebrated its 21st birthday, is delivering Winter Survival Packs. These consist of heat packs, woolly socks, fleece blankets, salt for footpaths, soup and other essential supplies to help elderly residents aged over 80 to be prepared for the winter months.

As well as giving out the packs, SRC already provides support to the elderly community through other services such as a Health Appointment Volun-teer Car Scheme. All 300 of the packs will be hand delivered by the volunteer drivers before Christmas.John Davison, CEO of SRC said: “We’ve always aimed to take on the responsibil-ity of looking after the elderly and like to think that we go the extra mile in every way possible.

Social Resource Centre delivers Christmas cheer to the elderly

“Christmas is a tough time for them and many suffer with cold and are unable to get out.“We’ve received some great support which has made this possible and would like to thank Evans & Co solicitors, County Durham Community Foun-dation and other individu-als for their kind donations. “2016 is set to be a huge year for the SRC with exciting developments in the pipeline.”Barbara Johnson, a recipi-ent of a pack, said: “The Social Resource Centre has always been there to support me. The contents of this pack are very useful.”SRC is always looking to increase its number of vol-unteer drivers. To find out more about The Social Resource Centre visit www.durhamsrc.co.uk or call 01740 658 880 to ask about volunteering.

Dear Editor,Can I please say “thank you” to the people who made DIDO’s 10th Christmas party a lovely afternoon: Jean, who as usual made us a beautiful cake and DIDO’s amazing committee and volunteers who worked so hard and provided a smashing buffet. The wonderful Mark Elvis Nixon entertained us again for the fifth time and was great as always with pink and blue microphones and matching hair. Shy duo Janice and Noreen backed Mark in a couple of songs and they were fab, as was Nancy Hardy who read us a selection of funny poems.Thank you to all who helped or entertained and to all DIDO members for their support. Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year . Yours Sincerely,Ann, spokesperson for DIDO, Ferryhill

Dear Editor,Could I please thank all those who generously contributed to and volunteered at our Xmas Fayre on December 1st. Also to our local community of Ferryhill and the WI, it was a fantastic turnout! The event raised a grand total of £792 which will be used to fund new markings on the playground. Thank you!Yours Sincerely,Joanne Wigley, Chairperson of Friends of Cleves Cross School, Ferryhill

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This week in History

An amateur archaeologist discovers two skulls that appear to belong to a prim-itive ancestor of man in Piltdown Quarry. ‘Piltdown Man’ is proved to be a hoax more than 40 years later.

18 December 1912

After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeach-ment against President Bill Clinton as a result of the Monica Lewinski scandal.

19 December 1998

While spending the Christ-mas holidays at Graceland, his newly purchased Ten-nessee mansion, rock-and-roll star Elvis Presley receives his draft notice for the United States Army.

20 December 1957

Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, as well as 11 Lockerbie residents on the ground.

21 December 1988

Fyodor Dostoevsky, author of Crime and Punishment, is led before a firing squad and prepared for execution for alleged antigovernment activities but is reprieved at the last moment and exiled.

22 December 1849

Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from depres-sion, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor. He later documented the event in a painting titled Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.

23 December 1888

Voters in Ferryhill and Chilton will be asked for their views on the North East’s devolution agree-ment via a postal vote next month (January 2016).A pack, including informa-tion on the agreement from Government to the North East Combined Authority, and questions, together with details on how to take part will be sent to all people registered to vote in the county.The approach was agreed by Durham County Council members at a meeting of full council and will be funded from the coun-cil’s revenue contingency budget.The proposed devolution agreement was negoti-ated with Government by the North East Combined Authority, which is made up of the seven councils covering Gateshead, New-castle, North and South Tyneside, Northumberland, Sunderland and County Durham.It would see decisions about transport, invest-ment, funding, skills

training, business support, housing and strategic planning being made in the North East instead of in London.It would also bring an ad-ditional £30m a year over the next 30 years, which would be pumped into the regional economy through investment, job creation, transport improvement and more targeted skills training.Cllr Simon Henig, Leader of Durham County Council, said: “Consultation with residents is really impor-tant to us. It’s vital we understand how decisions affect people and the devolution agreement contains some really big changes for the region.“I would therefore en-courage everyone who is eligible to vote in the county to let us know what they think via this poll once they’ve received the information pack from mid-January.The results of the poll will not be binding but they will help to inform the county council’s decision.

Household poll on devolution agreed

Chilton Town Council is advising residents that the cost of a pack of dog

bags will increase to 60p from Monday 4th January 2016.

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Windlestone Hall was sold to William Davenport by Durham County Council for £241,000.

Stately home owner facing fraud chargesThe current owner of what has been described by English Heritage as one of the region’s most impor-tant buildings, has been charged with fraud and is due to appear at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court in the new year.William Davenport, who bought Windlestone Hall near Rushyford from Durham County Council, has been charged with a number of offences related to a mortgage taken out on the property.The 30-bedroomed Grade II listed stately home, which was built on land owned by the Eden family in 1835, was the birthplace of Con-servative Prime Minister, Anthony Eden.From 1957, the building passed into the owner-ship of the local authority before being sold in con-troversial circumstances, with the authority accused

of a lack of transparency in the sale and of receiving a poor deal for taxpay-ers when Davenport paid £241,000 for the building.

Its value since the sale has increased to £2.5m.Davenport will be appear-ing before magistrates on January 13th.