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Beeting High Blood Pressure – The Power of Beetroot
Researchers from the Queen Mary University and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry have discovered that drinking one glass of beetroot juice is an effective way to lower blood pressure. By drinking one 250ml glass of the nitrate rich juice could reduce blood pressure by 10mm hg with the effects lasting for 24 hours [...]
Read More →Academy Time Capsule Celebration
To mark the year which the two main secondary schools in our area became one, Consett Academy are marking this momentous occasion by commissioning a unique and interesting take on a time capsule. 2012 was a big year for the area of Consett with a large number of events which defined this memorable period in [...]
Read More →Consett Scouts Get New Building
The Scouts are one of the oldest and longest running children’s group which teach valuable skills such as outdoors survival and teamwork to children all across the UK and around the world. The 1907 a lieutenant general in the British Army wrote a book concerning recon and scouting for boys. Scouting for Boys was published [...]
Read More →Consett Festival Tickets Sold Out
Pre-sale tickets for the up and coming Consett Festival have all but sold out as the population of Consett are getting ready for one of the most vibrant events the town has ever seen. Even though these tickets have sold out from the various retailers around the area you can still get your Consett Festival fix [...]
Read More →The Transformers – Industry In Disguise
As we all know Consett is an area with a rich industrial history. Consett Steel Works was once one of the biggest producers of steel in the whole of Europe and the legacy it has left behind will always be remembered by those who worked in the heat and danger of the works. There isn’t [...]
Read More →It’s Up 2 U Voting Results Announced
Results from the It’s Up 2 U event to decide which local projects were to receive a share of a £40,000 pot of money available have been revealed. After a session of voting on Saturday 2nd of March at Derwentside College, the funding granted to a number of deserving groups has been announced. The big [...]
Read More →Local Elections Looming
On the 2nd of May voting for the local county councillors will be held across the Durham region. This is your chance to make a difference and have your say on how our area is governed. With the PCC election held in our area in November having such an abysmal turn out, now is the [...]
Read More →The Fraja Ellie Appeal
The Fraja Ellie Appeal is trying to raise a sum of £500,000 to get Neuroblastoma relapse protocol treatment abroad. Fraja is a 4 year old girl who has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer called Neuroblastoma with MYCN amplification placing her in the high risk category. With her current therapy there is always [...]
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SkaMania
Ska music has always had a special place in the hearts of millions of people across the UK. The uplifting beat and catchy rhythms which made Ska music so popular back in the 1970s when the British Two Tone revival saw Ska music becoming popular with Mods and Skinheads across the country. One band which [...]
Read More →Bioshock Infinite Review
The Bioshock games have always been aimed to make the player think whilst immersing them in a story which was designed to throw you into a new and somewhat frightening environment far removed from what we experience on a day to day basis. This new foray into the world of Bioshock Infinite takes you away [...]
Read More →New May Album Releases
May is shaping up to be a great month for music as many huge artists have album releases planned for the next month. This is something for everyone being released in May. Here is a look at a couple of the new exciting May album releases. One of Dupstep’s original stars Benga will be releasing [...]
Read More →New Album Releases – April
April of 2013 will see a number of great albums being released to suit a wide range of musical tastes. Let’s have a look and see what great new music will be gracing our ears this month. will.i.am – #willpower: American hip-hop artist will.i.am will be releasing his 4th studio new album named #willpower. This [...]
Read More →Age of Empires HD – Conquer The World All Over Again in High Definition
The 9th of April will see rerelease of one of the greatest real time strategy games of all time on the PC. The original Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings was released back in 1999 to critical acclaim from reviewers around the globe as PC gamers went crazy over the intuitive controls, intense action [...]
Read More →Battlefield 4 Teaser Released
EA and Dice have released a 17 minute teaser video showing the next generation of Battlefield game for the Playstation 4 and other next generation consoles. This single player footage which has been released gives us a good idea of how the next installment of the Battlefield series will look like on the higher powered and more [...]
Read More →SimCity Release Sees Server Stutter
Electronic Arts are having a horrid time with the release of the long awaited reboot of the SimCity series. With a huge following playing the games since the release of the original back in 1989 this new title in the series looked to bring the game into the present day with the inclusion of a [...]
Read More →Dust Town Dogs CD Review
Dust Town Dogs are a local folk rock band from Consett who take pride in their unique and different take on a number of covers. Their CD Doggy Style showcases the band playing some well known songs with their own flavour. With 10 tracks of nonstop country covers, Doggy Style is perfect for anyone looking [...]
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May Gardening Tips From Briary Garden Services
May Gardening Tips May is one of the best months of the year to be in the garden. Plenty of new growth and the promise of summer on its way. This is a busy month with much to do to ensure your garden looks its best. This can be a month of wildly fluctuating temperatures [...]
Read More →Mental Health Awareness Week
At the end of this month Mental Health Awareness week will be taking place to try and inform and educate the British public about the struggles of people with mental illness. This will try to remove the stigma which is often associated with suffering from mental health problems and help people sitting in silence to [...]
Read More →The Old Mill – Places To Eat & Drink
The Old Mill, Knitsley, Co.Durham, DH8 9EL Having not been to The Old Mill in some time, It was great to return to one of the best local pub/restaurants in our area. The Old Mill had to close at the back end of 2012 due to very extreme flooding, but has since re-opened. The food [...]
Read More →Roast Lamb with Rosemary and Garlic
Now that Spring has well and truly arrived, now is a better time than ever to get one of the best seasonal ingredients on your plate. Lamb is a fantastic meat which is often overlooked as a meat for a Sunday roast when the ever popular chicken and beef are on the menu. With [...]
Read More →NDCS Big Bake Week
On the 4th of May at Leadgate Methodists Church there will be a big cake bake to help raise money for the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS). This week the NDCS are running the big cake bake week to get people in the kitchen making tasty treats to help raise money for this important and [...]
Read More →Use Your Local Butcher
In light of recent events surrounding the presence of horse DNA in beef products across the UK, many people are looking for high quality food from trusted retailers. With many national chains such as Tesco, Findus and Burger King all taking precautions after being dragged into this scandal the British public are looking to find [...]
Read More →April Gardening Tips from Briary Garden Services
April again, time to make the most of the longer days and get out into the garden. Work done during fine spells now pays off in spades later in the year. Weeds that are dug out now are gone forever. They won’t spread and won’t seed. Timely pruning of shrubs can produce a better shape [...]
Read More →The Prince’s Trust Team Program
The Prince’s Trust team program is a 12 week course for people aged between 16 and 25. The course’s purpose is to help those seeking work to build up their confidence and gain experience in their particular field of interest. Since I have started the course, I have been working hard on boosting my team [...]
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Benfieldside – The Devil and the Giants
Benfieldside is an ancient parish and has its origins right back into the dark ages. Benfieldside itself does not exist now as a village but incorporates the villages of Shotley Bridge, Blackhill and Bridgehill as an ecclesiastical Parish. It was also famous as having one of the first Quaker Meeting Houses, built back in the [...]
Read More →Remembering The Holocaust
April sees us remember one of the most atrocious acts of violence this planet has ever seen. During World War Two the Nazi government of Germany decided to commit a mass genocide of a number of minorities including an estimated figure of 6 million Jewish people living in Europe. These dark times saw Jews rounded [...]
Read More →A Brief Account of the Mills at Shotley Bridge
The Mills at Shotley Bridge The River Derwent has long been a source of power and industry in our area. From as early as the 14th Century there are accounts of an ancient water mill in the Parish of Benfieldside given in Bishop Hatfield’s Survey of 1345-1381 AD. At that time it was stated as [...]
Read More →Consett Parish Church
From the initial start of manufacture of iron in Consett in 1839, the workforce had been continuously growing. A once sparsely populated moor had suddenly become an industrial giant. By 1864 the population of Consett and surrounding areas had reached over 15,000. The Church was a very important focal point for the people at that [...]
Read More →The German Sword Makers of Shotley Bridge
Consett has a long history of immigration and integration which all started almost 400 years ago with the arrival of the German Lutherans. In Surtees book he states that they settled here in the reign of William III. However, although there was an increase in the German settlement of the area at that time, there [...]
Read More →Consett’s Era Of Unrest
There had been open conflict between the English and Irish Immigrants in Consett from the early 1840s. The most famous date of March 1858 will forever go down in the annals of Consett history as the date of the infamous Battle of the Blue Heaps. We were all brought up with the story and it [...]
Read More →Dutch Christmas? Racist or an old Tradition
A Racist Dutch Christmas? Culture shock is a common occurrence for many Brits when travelling to Asia or South America, but only 115 miles from our very shores you may be very surprised to see around Christmas time the Dutch “black up” for a tradition we might find a little racist! Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) has been [...]
Read More →The End Of The World As We Know It? – 21st December
Could the 21st December 2012 be the end of the world? This is the belief of many people around the world. It is thought that this date is the end of a 5,123 year long cycle in the mesoamerican long count calender. There are also various astronomical alignments and numerical ideas pertaining to this day [...]
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May Editorial – Consett Magazine
May Editorial The month of May has finally rolled in for the year 2013. With it the snowy weather is finally subsiding and Spring is genuinely settled in. Speaking of Spring, the Consett Magazine team here at Firefly New Media has been doing a little cleaning throughout the magazine. We’ve been working hard to place [...]
Read More →April Editorial
Hello and welcome to the April edition of the Consett Magazine! Things have been extremely busy at the Consett Magazine offices this month as we have gone out of our way to produce an even bigger and better edition of Consett’s only independent magazine. We’d like to thank all of our readers and advertisers for [...]
Read More →March Editorial
Hello everyone and welcome to the March edition of the Consett Magazine. With the wintry weather hopefully behind us it’s just a matter of time before spring starts to arrive. We have endured one of the coldest Februaries which most haven’t forgotten about yet, as the snow just kept on coming. That’s all behind us [...]
Read More →February Editorial
Hello and welcome to the February edition of Consett Magazine. After a freezing cold January we can’t wait for things to get warmer and brighter as we get ever further into 2013. As we all know, February is a time for celebrating the joys of Valentine’s Day. All across the world lovers and romantics will [...]
Read More →Editorial – January 2013
Hello everyone and a happy New Year! After a whirlwind 2012 it’s great to get started with the New Year by bringing you our 6th issue of the magazine. After half a year, Consett Magazine is going strong and we thank you for your continued support over the past 6 months. We have been overwhelmed [...]
Read More →Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year From The Editor
Welcome to the extra special Christmas edition of the Consett Magazine. We have been hard at work over November making this issue bigger and better than ever before. As you can see things have changed at Consett Magazine as the printed issue is a whole 8 pages bigger than the previous print editions. We have [...]
Read More →Issue 4 Editorial – A Word From The Editor
Hello and welcome to the November issue of Consett Magazine. It’s November and winter has well and truly has its grasp on Consett as temperatures start to plummet and people are wrapping up to beat the cold. This glorious time of year sees many of us getting ready for December and the potentially snowy times [...]
Read More →Issue 3 Editorial
Hello and welcome to issue 3 of Consett Magazine. It’s that time of the month that everyone here at Consett Magazine gets excited about. With issue 3 arrive at our office it’s amazing to receive the kind of response we have over the short time we have been in print. With things going from strength [...]
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Mobile Technology & Responsive Websites
Since the advent and popularisation of the modern smart phone, the way we use the internet has changed dramatically. No longer must you be in front of your home computer or at a laptop to access the internet. The mobile data revolution has given us the ability to surf the web wherever we may be [...]
Read More →Keeping The Lights On – Npower Tax Scandal
Keeping The Lights On As energy prices soar, one of the biggest energy firms operating in the UK has admitted that it has not paid any corporation tax in the UK for three years. Npower has told the Energy and Climate Change select committee that it has invested billions of pounds in new power stations [...]
Read More →Elddis Transport Win North East Business Award
After their great success in the Durham heats of the North East Business Awards, local transport firm Elddis Transport has managed to take home the Low Carbon, Environment and Corporate Responsibility award at the regional final. It is great to see a nominee from our local area based just out of Consett take home one [...]
Read More →18 Unemployed for Every Job
In these times of economic downturn finding work is becoming harder than ever. More and more people are applying for jobs without getting any answer on their applications. This is due to the high number of applicants who are all scrambling to try and get that single elusive job which is available. As a huge [...]
Read More →The Changing Face Of The High Street
Online sales in January 2013 rose against overall retail sales. The Office for National Statistics shows that the volume of goods sold in January fell by 0.6% whilst online sales rose 8.7% which is an average weekly spend of £546.5 million. 10.1% of all retail spending excluding fuel took place online. Online food sales rose [...]
Read More →Learning Locally – the SMARTT way
Local company SMARTT North East Ltd was very pleased to be chosen by Durham County Council to offer new learning opportunities for adults. SMARTT is working partnership with Consett AFC to bring courses to the local area. The club has already hosted short courses in Emergency First Aid and Paediatric First Aid for a total [...]
Read More →Perspective Business Centres
Perspective Business Centres Ltd are a brand new offering to the business community within Consett and the surrounding villages. Situated at the Innovation Centre on Genesis Way, Consett, Perspective provide facilities only usually seen in larger towns and cities. A wide variety of services are on offer, from conference rooms to hot-desking, co-working, events, admin [...]
Read More →Royal Bank of Scotland Share Giveaway?
Since it’s nationalisation after a Government bailout, the Royal Bank of Scotland has now reportedly increased in value to a point where it is now worth what the Government originally paid for it during the banking crisis. This is good news as it shows that tax payer’s money has been used in an effective manner [...]
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Space Spring Clean – The Space Junk Problem
We all imagine space to be a desolate and empty place with nothing but thoughts to keep you company whilst orbiting the earth. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The space around our planet is now filled with rubbish. It’s hard to imagine that our local space is starting to look like a landfill [...]
Read More →Lab Grown Kidney Placed Into Rat
For the first time ever a lab grown kidney has been transplanted into a living rat. This breakthrough coming from Massachusetts is a huge step forward in the treatment of kidney disease which has such a large impact on the way over 51,000 people in the UK with end stage kidney disease. 90% of the [...]
Read More →Curved Screens Hitting The Market
Since their unveiling by Samsung and LG at technology shows over the past year, curved screens are using a new means of emitting light in a more efficient manner. Rather than using the normal LED system used in most flat screen TV’s require a back light to allow the LEDs to illuminate and display a picture. OLED [...]
Read More →Augmented Reality – The Future?
At South by South West (SXSW) festival in Austin Texas, Google have released more details on the up and coming Google Glass technology. The idea behind Google Glass is to allow easy access to the internet and useful applications to use when on the move. The device will run in a small screen over the [...]
Read More →Global Warming Debate Cools Off?
New guidelines on the school curriculum for key stages 1 through to 3 don’t contain any information or subject matter in relation to the issue of climate change and sustainable living. This comes as a shock to many scientists and environmental groups all across the country. With pressure being put on a number of industries [...]
Read More →Cure for AIDS on the Horizon?
Scientists in America have recently moved one step closer to finding a cure for AIDS. AIDS is known across the world as one of the most deadly diseases which kills over 1.7 million people dying from the condition in 2011. Scientists have been striving to cure this awful disease since the discovery and recognition of [...]
Read More →The Mobile Phone is Forty Today
Over the past four decades the mobile phone has come a long way. On the 3rd of April 1973 a phone call was made in New York by a Motorola employee. The first mobile phone was aptly named the “brick” because of it’s sheer size. It was 9 inches tall, included 30 circuit boards, talk [...]
Read More →Retron 5 – One Games Console For All Your Vintage Gaming Needs
The Retron 5 will be hitting games shops around the world from July 2013. The new gaming console will allow users to play a host of vintage games from a range of consoles including NES, SNES, Mega Drive, Famicon, and Game Boy. Each system will include two controller inputs and support for bluetooth controllers so [...]
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The Last League Night at Belle Vue For Consett AFC
Tonight at 7pm is a special occasion for Consett AFC. After all of the team’s hard work on and off the pitch tonight’s match against Newcastle Benfield will be the last league game of the season for the Steelmen. With games being postponed all the way through the season, Consett AFC has had to deal [...]
Read More →Pat Glass Visits Consett AFC
As the final fixtures to ever be played at the Belle Vue Stadium are almost over, a number of special guests have been in attendance to celebrate the 50 year life of the iconic Consett landmark. Monday 6th of May saw Consett take on Marske in one of the final Northern League matches to be [...]
Read More →Consett AFC to Play Newcastle U21s
To cap off over 60 years at Belle Vue, Consett AFC will be playing a friendly match against Newcastle United’s under 21 squad on the 15th of May. After getting the support of fierce rivals Sunderland AFC to play at the stadium tonight it seems right that the remaining giant of local football will also [...]
Read More →Sir Alex Retires
One of the biggest legends in the game of football has today announced his retirement from football management. 71 year old Sir Alex Ferguson has been at the forefront of football management for longer than anyone else in the game winning an outstanding number of titles over his years in charge of Manchester United. No [...]
Read More →Consett AFC – The End of an Era
The Month of May will see our local football team Consett AFC play their last games in the historic Belle Vue Stadium. In the sixty-three years since the stadium was initially opened, people across the generations have enjoyed heading down to Belle Vue to see the Consett Steelmen play. Although somewhat modest in size and [...]
Read More →Down and Dirty with Consett Rugby
With the rugby union season now drawing to a close, we can look back on a season of success. The first team achieved their main objective of staying in division one after Junior rugby has seen some great success this year with the under 18s getting some fantastic results and making the final of the [...]
Read More →Newcastle United 1 Fulham 0
Newcastle United left it late once again before taking all three points against London club Fulham. This match had a big bearing on Newcastle’s state in the league as they had been hanging dangerously close to the relegation zone after a somewhat lacklustre season so far. Fulham have been doing OK in the league sitting [...]
Read More →European Dreams Coming True? – Newcastle United
On the 4th of April Newcastle United will be continuing on their quest for European glory after surprising the majority of pundits by making it to the quarter finals of the EUFA Europa League after a tense 1-0 win against Russian opposition Anzhi Makhachkala in the home leg. Newcastle have set their sights on getting [...]
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St George’s Day
April sees the return of celebration of the patron saint of England St George. Although less celebrated than St Patrick’s Day last month, St George has his roots firmly placed in English history and deserves to be remembered and celebrated. The first documented mention of the legendary St George was by local religious figure the [...]
Read More →Electric Cars coming to the North East
The North East of England has become the centre of electric car production in the UK. Nissan has always been at the head of the car industry in the North East and have made another big step forward. The Japanese motoring giants have now started production of the all electric Nissan Leaf at the [...]
Read More →Lindisfarne Gospels Come To Durham
Durham University has been awarded an almighty £487,000 in Lottery funding to help fund the running of a new history exhibit at the University. Whilst initially the University had already secured the legendary Lindisfarne Gosples for an exhibition, this funding will allow the university to expand the Lindisfarne Gospels Durham 2013 and Beyond project increasing [...]
Read More →North East Business Awards – Durham & Wearside
Earlier this month at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland saw a number of businesses across our area up for the North East Business Awards in a number of different categories. At a prestigious venue with local business leaders dressed in their Sunday best this was surely going to be a night to remember. A [...]
Read More →Snow Ceases To Stop!
As predicted the snow is back and Consett has seemed to have had the worst of it so far. To add to the snow which fell over the weekend, last night’s offering of the white stuff has caused chaos on local roads leaving many people unable to get to work or school. It’s becoming somewhat [...]
Read More →Snow Way! Not Again!
This weekend looks to be a cold one with snowfall being predicted across the country. With very little snow over the Christmas and New Year period it now seems that January will be filled with the white stuff as a cold weather front will be coming down across the east of the UK over Saturday [...]
Read More →Fuel Poverty Worsens in the UK
The price of living in the UK is forever on the increase and the rises in fuel and energy bills have not made things any easier for people struggling across the country. In the past weeks, costs have increased as energy prices have added an astonishing 7% to our yearly fuel bills. This rise in [...]
Read More →Premier League Transfer Window Open
Only 3 days into the Premier League transfer window and what Newcastle’s fans feared most has become a reality. On the 2nd of the January 2013, Senegalese striker Demba Ba was snapped up by Chelsea FC due to his electric form and low minimum release clause of only £7 million. Demba Ba was a Newcastle [...]
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