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Teesside Schoolgirls Build Homes For Typhoon Victims
The hard work of two charitable Teesside youngsters has come to fruition after they raised enough money to build houses for families in the Philippines left homeless after Typhoon Haiyan hit the...
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Sensational Sporty Sevens Shine For Red House School
A Teesside school is celebrating a huge sporting achievement which has seen its U12s girls’ teams win six different titles… Red House School’s Year 7s competed in a range of different sports against a...
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Salon Hits Employment Milestone
A hair and beauty learning hub has achieved the notable milestone of creating jobs for 26 young students… Mosaic, a commercial salon based at Redcar & Cleveland College, enables beauty therapy and...
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North East Lettings Agency Lobbying For Change
A North East-based lettings agency has launched a national pledge to help challenge the unethical practices that go on in parts of the industry… The Ethical Lettings Pledge is the creation of Carla...
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Findley Academy Looks To Build Roof Over Skills Gap
A leading North East roofing specialist is launching its own academy to help invest in the region’s youngsters… Washington-based Findley Roofing, will take on four to six apprentices at the Findley...
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Fascinators Are Odds On Favourite As North East Women Prepare For Ladies’ Day
Ladies from across the North East are being encouraged to dress to impress for Redcar Racecourse’s Ladies’ Day with superb designer prizes up for grabs… The Teesside racecourse’s annual Ladies’ Day...
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Lord Lieutenant Commends Newly Qualified F. Jones Apprentices
Apprentices at Teesside’s award winning specialist work surface manufacturers, F Jones Cleveland, received distinguished approval for their hard work, when they were awarded their vocational...
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Tarmac Sending Trainees To Sim Academy Simulation Training Event
Tarmac, the UK’s leading building materials supplier, will join forces with Sim Academy to send two of its trainees to an innovative simulated training scheme… The organisation, which currently employs...
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Teaching Assistant Dispute in County Durham Update
The following statement is issued following a third round of productive talks with Unison regarding seeking a solution to the current dispute involving the terms of employment for teaching assistants...
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10 Things Not To Forget This Christmas
The festive season may be a time of fun and plenty (in theory, anyway), but there’s a huge amount of preparation that goes into a truly successful Christmas. Here are 10 of the things that you really...
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What’s On In Chester-Le-Street And Durham
Durham City’s Traditional Christmas Festival If you’re set to be anywhere near Durham City over the weekend of Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th December – and why wouldn’t you be? – you really need to get to...
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Pub Review: The Company Row, Consett
While there are many fascinating aspects of the County Durham town of Consett, any discussion of its history cannot ignore that it morphed from a village into a boom town in the 19th century on account...
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Library To Close In Preparation For Move
Newton Aycliffe Library will temporarily close later this month in preparation for a move to a new location. The library is set to reopen in refurbished premises within the town’s leisure centre in...
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What’s On TV This Month
Kirstie’s Crafty Christmas Far from the world of Location, Location, Location, Kirstie Allsopp has built quite the reputation in recent years for her televised celebrations of all things humble,...
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Beyond Chester-Le-Street And Durham
Snow Ball, Gateshead Head to St Mary’s Heritage Centre on 10th December for the return of this popular dance night, based on a dress code of Snow and Sparkles. Two international DJs and a great live...
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A Very Exciting Future Awaits For Beamish Museum
A very exciting future awaits for Beamish Museum There are already plenty of reasons to love Beamish Museum, County Durham’s open air recreation of North East life from decades long gone. Visit the...
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Some Easy-To-Overlook Gems In County Durham
National Railway Museum Shildon You only have to think of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which operated from 1825 until 1863, to recall what a huge influence the railways have had on County...
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What Does Donald Trump’s Shock Presidential Victory Mean For The uk?
In the initial planning process for this month’s issue of IN&AROUND, we intended to devote our current affairs section to a rather more mundane subject, albeit one of undoubted importance – the...
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Society Lends A Helping Hand At Dementia Cafe
Darlington Building Society’s Lynn Marriott swapped banking for baking to volunteer at a local Dementia Café. The Society encourages its staff to commit to two working days per year to carry out...
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More Foster Carers Needed In County Durham
The number of foster carers in County Durham continues to rise – but more prospective parents are needed to help provide a loving home for looked after children. Councillors will next week hear how...
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