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The Olympic Torch Relay will be making its way to Bishop Auckland on Sunday 17th June, when it will be carried through the town by four torchbear-ers, including Paralympic hopeful for 2016, Lyndon Longhorn, who attends King James school.The Flame will be exchanged from one Torch to another around every 300 metres, an action which is traditionally called the ‘kiss’.The Flame will arrive in Bishop Auckland Market Place at 2.40pm, before turning onto Newgate Street and travelling the entire length of Cockton Hill Road. It will then turn left at St Andrew’s Road before heading up to Shildon. Durham County Council wishes to ensure that the Relay is given a great reception throughout the County with as many people as possible lining

the streets to welcome the Flame.There are two parts to the Relay convoy. The first section is the advanced convoy from which the sponsors, Cocoa-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung, will be distributing keepsakes and entertaining the crowd in advance of the

Flame. The second part is obviously the Flame itself.It is recommended that you should aim to arrive at your selected spot on the route about an hour before the Flame is expected. The left hand side of the street as the Torch comes through is the best place to see the Torchbearer and Flame and the keepsakes will also be distributed from the left hand side of the sponsors vehicles.In most cases there will be no parking restrictions but it would be helpful if local residents could move vehicles from the route before the convoys are due to pass through. Any vehicle parked illegally on the route or considered a risk or hazard could be towed away. Traffic signs will be put in place in advance and on the day Police and marshals will be on hand to give advice.In celebration of the momentous event, Bishop Auckland Town Council has organised an array of activities, including displays from Roman Soldiers, Morris Men and Bishop Auckland Choir. See page 2 for the full programme of the day’s events.

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A police-led initiative launched in July 2010 to help combat crime on industrial parks has been hailed such a success, that Bishop Auckland has now joined the scheme.The Durham 'Business Watch' scheme was launched after increased levels of reported crime on the Newton Aycliffe Industrial Estate. Since then, reported crime has fallen on the estate by 37%, an impressive figure when the theft of metal in other areas has risen to almost epidemic levels.The initiative now boasts a membership of 298 businesses and includes members in Shildon, Ferryhill, Spennymoor, Sedgefield, Peterlee and Derwentside.And in the last few days the scheme has expanded to cover more than 40 business premises in South Church Industrial Estate. Community liaison officer

Neil Langthorne said, “The British Crime Survey regularly highlights low levels of reported crime in active Neighbourhood Watch areas, and Business Watch is now sharing the same principles and enjoying similar results. “The scheme is unique in that business members can register and share informa-tion using a new dedicated internet forum,” he said.Business Watch targets suspects and offenders frequenting industrial sites to commit crime. The new forum is providing the police with increased levels of intelligence and helping to identify offenders and monitor their activities,” added Mr Langthorne.Members can also access impartial security advice at www.durhambusiness-watch.org.ukFor more information on the initiative, contact Neil Langthorne at Durham Con-stabulary on 01325 742755.

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Accounts manager faces jail after railway swindleEx-accounts manager for Weardale Railway, Corina Heslop of Rookhope Grove, Bishop Auckland, has been told to expect a prison sentence for defrauding the rail company. Heslop, 42, was remanded in custody after being found guilty of nine of the ten charges she faced during a three-week-long trial at Durham Crown Court. The allegations against Heslop related to eight cheques paid into her own accounts for a total of £36,781 in 2009, when she was the company’s management accountant. She had altered invoices and company records to make it appear the money had been paid to creditors. Heslop was also accused of damaging computer

records to remove data at the company’s offices, as well as having company documents at her home in Bishop Auckland that could have been used for more fraud. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges but the criminal damage offence and Heslop was remanded in custody by Judge Christopher Prince, pending completion of probation reports.Judge Prince told Heslop that, “The guidelines under which I operate for an offence of this type, involving nearly £40,000 from an employer, mean that you would be expected to receive a sentence of between four and five years.” Heslop is also to be

sentenced for a previous conviction for fraudu-lently obtaining £70,000 in housing benefit over an eight-year period by falsely claiming she was tenant in the house she actually owns. Judge Prince told her, “For an offence of that nature the sentence would be of the order of 12 months and so the overall sentence could be between four to six years.” Heslop will be sentenced on Friday 29th June. Earlier in the trial, Heslop’s husband, 45 year-old James Raymond Heslop, also of Rookhope Grove, was cleared of charges of criminal damage and possessing items for use in fraud after directions from the judge.

Music Society concertThe Bishop Auckland Music Society’s 2012 season of concerts continues with a programme of solos and duets preformed by Soprano, Ruth Jenkins and Bass Baritone, Matthew Fletcher. Accompanying the duo on piano will be Andri Björn Róbertsson. The programme ranges from Mozart, Purcell, Handel and Schubert – through English and Icelandic folk songs – to old favourites by Loewe and Kern.

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2.00 - 3.00 The Bells of St Andrew’s Church To welcome the Torch approaching

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3.00 - 3.30 Bishop Auckland Choir Outside St Anne’s, Market Place

Four Season’s Care Home in St Helen’s is hoping to raise funds to provide a sensory room within the home for adults with dementia.Staff at the home, situated on Manor Road, are

therefore planning to sell items at a car boot sale and are appealing to the local public for contribu-tions of unwanted items.Donations of furniture, clothing, textiles, books, CDs, DVDs, ornaments and

Donations neededgeneral brick-a-brack will all be gratefully received.“If you can help, we can collect it from your home,” said a spokesperson. Contact Steve on 07921 481 087 for more details or to donate.

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X Factor winner to headline town’s music festivalPop and opera star Joe McElderry and soul legend Paul Carrack have been named as the headline acts at Bishop Auckland’s Music And Arts Festival which opens this month.The Tyneside singer, who won ITV’s X Factor in 2009 and Popstar to Opera Star last year, will make a guest appearance at Bishop Auckland College’s Proms held on the final day of the music and arts festival – Sunday 1st July.The Proms concert also includes performances by the Hurworth Concert Band, St John’s School Orchestra and the Cobweb orchestra with guest violinist Min-Jin Kym.Former Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics and Roxy Music vocalist Paul Carrack is the other big name performer, appearing on Saturday 30th June as part of a full line up from 12noon to 10pm. His impressive list of credits include hits The Living Years, Over My Shoulder and Silent Running, and artists he has worked with include Elton John and Eric Clapton.Pop rock five piece band ‘The Silence’ will headline on the opening night, Friday 29th June, having recently toured Europe and recorded in the US.Kevin Burns, Head of Marketing at Bishop

Auckland College, said, “This is our fifth annual music and arts festival and after the success of last year’s event, which attracted over 8,000 people, we are delighted to have secured some excellent headliners to raise the profile of the event and the town over the three day festival weekend.”The Music and Arts Festival is organised by Bishop Auckland College, sponsored by Bishop

Auckland Town Council and STAR Radio and supported by St John’s Catholic School and Bishop Barrington School.Tickets for the three-day festival are available from Bishop Auckland College by calling 01388 443000 or Bishop Auckland Town Hall Box Office on 01388 602610, costing £4 Friday, £6 Saturday, £8 Sunday or £12 for a three day pass. For more details visit www.bishopaucklandcollege.ac.uk.

Muck in with community allotment Volunteers are being sought to muck in with a new community allotment.The allotment, in Tindale Crescent, has been set up by a small number of adults with learning disabilities in order to provide opportunities for groups and individuals to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers in a community

environment. The group known as ‘Growing Together’ is calling for volunteers to help look after the allotment.Julie Lavery, community action officer at Durham County Council, said: “This project is not just about helping out in the community, it’s also an

opportunity for people to get active and improve their health and fitness.”To find out more about volunteering for the project please contact Julie Lavery on 0191 372 9160 or julie.lavery@durham.gov.uk, or Andy Moore on 07786 027 132 or andy.moore@durham.gov.uk.

South Church Nursing Home made a wonderful job of decorating their home both inside and out to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.Activity Coordinator, Janine Humble, spent a lot of time with the staff and residents decorating the rooms with paper chains, made by the residents, along with bunting, balloons and flags.All the residents signed a card congratulating the

Queen and they received a wonderful card from Buckingham Palace. There was live enter-tainment at the party on Tuesday and all the residents either wore red, white and blue or their Sunday best.The home celebrates every special event each year, including Mother and Father’s Days, St Patrick’s and St George’s Days, Halloween, Easter and Christmas.

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To commemorate the start of the Queen’s 60th Jubilee celebrations on Saturday 2nd June, cadet corporal Callum Newton, 15, and 16 year-old cadets James Falconer and David Churm, all from 2505 Bishop Auckland Squadron

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Air Cadets, completed a return journey of eight hours trekking through cloud and mist to the top of Cross Fell, the highest peak in the North Pennines at 893 metres (2,930 ft), to raise the squadron flag on the summit.

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discounted from the first drink at the bar. The group, who are in their second year, have won awards for their fundrais-ing, and have chosen SANE, a leading UK mental health charity, as their chosen charity this year. Every penny the group raises goes to the charity.More information about the group and forthcom-ing fundraisers can be found on the Purple Ladies facebook page by searching facebook for ThePurpleLa-diesFundraisers.

The cadets fly the squadron flag at the summit of Cross Fell in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Shoppers visiting Tesco on Bank Holiday Monday may have thought they had stepped back in time, when the car park of the supermarket was filled with vintage buses of a bygone era.

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Vehicles representing all parts of the North East attended the Classic Rally of Buses at the St Helen’s store, which was organised by The Eden Bus Company and Tesco to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

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The retiring Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Councillor John Lethbridge, handed his chains of office to Councillor Charlie Kay recently, after he was elected at the Annual Council Meeting on 22nd May.Councillor Ann Golightly

was elected as Deputy Mayor. During his time in office, Councillor Lethbridge raised £2,075 for Butterwick Hospice, while Councillor Kay has chosen the British Heart Foundation as his nominated charity for the year.

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Park bench honours Jubilee and OlympicsThe new Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Councillor Charlie Kay, carried out one of his first official duties, when he unveiled a park bench located in the town’s Recreation Ground recently. The inscription on the bench declares that the bench was: “Donated by Bishop Auckland Town Council to the community of Bishop Auckland in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Torch Relay through Bishop Auckland in June 2012.” Councillor Kay admires the inscription.

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The residents and staff of Bishopsgate Lodge Care Home had to make al-ternative plans after the weather prevented them from holding an outdoor street party to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. Not to be deterred, they moved back inside and instead held an indoor street party, colourfully decorating the residents dining area with flags, bunting, union flag table cloths, hats, balloons and all manner of party material.

The party was treated to a delicious buffet of homemade food and every resident received a red, white and blue handmade button hole. All the staff also wore the national colours to work.The well-organised event took three weeks to prepare and a full three days to decorate the entire building. But now that the Jubilee party is over, the cel-ebrations don’t end there. Joining the UK flag and bunting will be the flags

and colours of all the home nations as the residents look forward to watching the European Football Championships on telly. “Even though England is the only home nation playing in the tournament,” explained Head Housekeeper, Mandy Reid, who has been re-sponsible for the Jubilee celebrations as well as the new decorations, “we will be keeping all the home nations in mind while the tournament is on.”“And after the football, the UK flags will all be going back up in time for the Olympics,” said Mandy. It looks like the residents of Bishopsgate Lodge are in for a colourful summer of celebration!

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Songs of praiseThere will be a Songs of Praise service with Churches Working Together held at St John’s School Field,

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Town Hall eventsBishop Auckland Town Hall has a packed programme of events throughout the year. The next fortnight includes the continuing ‘Two Points of View’ exhibition of the personal and independent art of brothers, Geoff and Brian Hewitt in the McGuinness Gallery. Admission is free and the gallery is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm and Saturdays from 9am to 4pm. The Hilarity Bites comedy club returns on Friday 15th June from 7.30pm featuring the award-winning Jim Smallman, who is quickly becoming one of the best acts on the UK comedy circuit. Also featuring are Sam Gore and MC Tony Jameson. To celebrate National Crime Writing Month, there

will be a literary evening with Bill Kitson and local author, Sheila Quigley on Wednesday 13th June at 7.30pm. In an evening entitled ‘Getting away with Murder’, the two will talk about their work and the secret to good crime-writing. The world of music is rep-resented by folk musician, Flossie Malavialle, who will be performing her eclectic repertoire of gutsy guitar and Franglais patter on Wednesday 20th June from 8pm. Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol will be shown on the big screen on Thursday 14th June, Wuthering Heights, Andrea Arnold’s film of the classic novel will be shown on Thursday 21st June.

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Bishop Auckland Town Council held its annual Youth Awards Presenta-tion event in the Town Hall recently, when ten youth groups turned up to see if they were to be the lucky winners in the competition.The evening started with music from The Stray Cats, which is made up of four young men from St. John’s R. C. School Band.The newly-elected Mayor, Councillor Charlie Kay,

presented prizes to:• The Green Dragon Martial Arts (£1,975)• Bishop Auckland Tennis Club (£955)• Lets Get Cooking – King James 1 Community Asso-ciation (£1,400).The remaining 7 groups were given £100 each for their efforts, a token which the Town Council hoped would encourage them to enter next year’s competi-tion.

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While most of us spent the Bank Holiday weekend relaxing, students, teachers and volunteers from King James I Academy took on the challenge of a Coast to Coast cycle ride to raise funds for three worthy projects.The test of endurance saw the fundraising team cycle 137 miles from Whitehaven to Tynemouth over a three-day period, camping along the way. This is the latest in a series of fundraising events and activities, which have been organised by students over the last academic year.Eight Sixth Form students took part in the Coast to Coast, accompanied by five members of staff and two pro-active volunteers who joined the team simply because they believe in the value of the projects and wanted to show their support. Two further staff members took on the support role of organising camps and cooking for the hungry

cyclists at various check points.All money raised from sponsorship will be split equally between three projects: ‘Volunteering in Ghana’, which will see Sixth Formers work on a variety of projects from building and repairing homes to working in schools and hospitals; ‘Jamaica Difference’, organised by Bishop Auckland Theatre Hooligans (BATH), which unites the communi-ties of Bishop Auckland and Montego Bay through exchange visits that celebrate Dance, Drama and international friendship; and lastly, ‘Enterprise USA’, where students work with children of all ages in an American Summer Camp.Headteacher, Nick Grieveson explains the value of student fund-raising activities at King James, especially those that involve the whole school: “Our young people are the future of our

community so we want to encourage them to get involved and take respon-sibility for improving our society, both in and out of school and at a local, national and global level. These fundraising activities really help our students to understand and embrace the true meaning of community spirit. Whether actively taking part in a fundraising event or simply sponsoring a fellow student, everyone can take pride in the overall success of the project and feel a sense of belonging. We would like to thank our local business community and residents who have given us an enormous amount of support so far and continue to do so. This gives our young people a fine example of the value of working together to help others.”All donations towards the fund or offers of sponsor-ship will be gratefully received until the end of the academic year in July.

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Woodhouse library’s Woodhouse on Wednesday meetings (Wow) in the coming weeks include a visit to Thornton Hall gardens on 13th June and a talk by Lynn Dent on 20th June entitled ‘Knitting for George’.As always, the meetings will take place from 1pm until 2.30pm and all are welcome

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Bishop Auckland St. Mary’s Angels sent five teams down to the annual Blackpool tournament last weekend, and came back with two winners’ trophies, while the other the teams just lost out in the semi-finals.The Under 10 Devils had a great win in the final of the Plate by beating Carlisle 1-0 with a goal from Lauren Black, after playing six games on the Saturday and Sunday.The Under 10 Angels were unlucky to lose in their semi-final. If they had won it would have been an all

Darlington to play at Heritage ParkIn a surprise change of plan the new Darlington FC 1883 (DFC 1883) has announced it will play at Bishop Auckland and not Shildon next season, as had been previously announced. According to the Bishop club’s website, a two year deal has been agreed for the groundless club to play at Heritage Park.DFC 1883 says it has agreed to share with Bishop Auckland FC, after citing alleged safety concerns about Shildon’s Dean Street ground, which the club had agreed to use. Shildon has vigorously denied safety concerns, pointing out that Dean Street is inspected annually by the FA and meets health and safety standards for the Northern League.Denis Pinnegar, chairman of DFC 1883, said he had spoken to the chairman of Shildon AFC to advise that Darlington FC would not be ground sharing with the club next season. He added, “This is in no

way meant to be disre-spectful to Shildon – they are a lovely club and nice people, but we have sig-nificant concerns about safety, bearing in mind we will be bringing several hundred fans to the ground.” Pinnegar, whose club is appealing the FA’s decision to demote it by four divisions after it was unsuccessful in agreeing a CVA proposal with creditors, said Bishop Auckland’s Heritage Park had recently received provisional approval to become a Category C ground, which meant it would be suitable to hold Evo-Stik Premier games. DFC 1883 is hoping that, if its appeal is successful, it will be moved up to the Evo-Stik league. Pinnegar said, “This decision was not taken because of our appeal to the FA regarding our placement in the Northern League, but it will poten-tially enhance our appeal.”

Terry Jackson, chairman of Bishop Auckland FC, welcomed the partner-ship with the Darlington club, “It’s fantastic news,” he said. “It will provide us with important extra income and Darlington with a place to play next season.” Gareth Howe, Shildon FC club secretary, was left frustrated by the Darlington club’s claim that the move was due to safety concerns. He said, “We wish them all the best and we hope things work out for them. However, I resent the way they’re using health and safety as an issue when our ground meets health and safety standards for the Northern League. "It suggests there’s something wrong with our ground, but our ground meets Northern League specification. "We are inspected by the FA every year and if there was an issue it would’ve been addressed.”

St. Mary’s final!The Under 12s had a fantastic weekend playing seven games and winning all of them. They scored 30 goals in the process and only conceded three. They beat Lumley in the final 4-0 to win the league cup.The Under 13s played six games, winning one, drawing two and losing three, but only got beat by penalties in the semi-final of the Plate.The Under 15s were unlucky to lose to Cestria in the semi-final of the league cup by 2-1

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