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LOCAL NEWS
Foster Care Fortnight Share Information and Stories of the Rewards of...
From families, social workers, to the local community, there is a full support network available for those who are considering foster caring.
Durham County Council...
CONSETT ENTERTAINMENT
The Animals and Friends Farewell Tour Comes to Consett!
Original founding member of the most iconic groups in the 1960s, John Steel comes with Farewell Tour to play in the Empire Consett.
The Animals...
Summer Programme Announced for Bishop Auckland Venue
A fun-filled summer season of entertainment has begun at a historic venue in County Durham.
Bishop Auckland Town Hall has launched its summer programme of...
Places to Go: Woking
I was first encouraged to visit Woking by train in order to echo Prince Andrew’s famous visit to the Pizza Express on...
Dancing in the Street
By Lorraine WeightmanI was lucky enough to be at The Empire Theatre in Consett on Thursday March 10th...
Rotary Row – By Lorraine Weightman
Consett Rotary and some of their family members have been busy helping to plant trees as part of a project in the local area...
CONSETT BUSINESS
Budding young scientists at Castleside Primary School have been kitted out with mini lab coats courtesy of Consett-based international chemical manufacturer Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd.
John MacKenzie, Thomas Swan’s Regulatory Affairs Manager, visited the school on the outskirts of Consett on the final day of the Spring term to...
Richard Holden MP is excited to launch a fantastic and fun competition for schoolchildren in his North West Durham constituency.Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after an incredible 70 years of service.
An eggciting partnership between a community radio station, a charity and a freemasons lodge has been hatched to provide Easter eggs to good causes throughout the North East.
Radio Northumberland, Bedlington charity Leading Link and Lodge Temperance Freemasons have teamed up to distribute Easter eggs to children and special schools,...
NORTH EAST NEWS
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
CONSETT HISTORY
The fascinating story of a First World War hero will be told at a special event in County Durham this month.
Durham County Council’s Gypsy, Roma, Traveller (GRT) service; Community Cohesion; and Safer Communities teams will be hosting an event with the authority’s Durham County Record Office to celebrate the...
WHO AM I?
I’m Mr. Nobody, for nobody knew
my name,
named after the gardens where I was found,
my only claim to fame,
as a baby I was left, on a doorstep
all forlorn,
a doctor decreed November 35, was the year
I was born,
Taken to the cottage homes, in Medomsley,
to be precise,
I grew up there...
I guess this may be true for many of us in Consett. From being a child I have felt an affinity with Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne.
I went on trips and pilgrimages there with my family when I was young, and although
I didn’t know all of its history...
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