This week’s important meeting was the DCC Cabinet meeting.  You will be interested in the new dog control powers and April’s tax credit changes, and may want to visit the DLI exhibition at Palace Green.
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COUNCIL
• DCC Cabinet meeting report
• DCC Leader Simon Henig explains the new dog control powers
• Lumière to be bigger than ever
• New summer opening hours for HWRCs
• Good news for residents worried about speeding
• A price on our heads
• GAMP Board meeting report
• Latest Roadworks information
COMMUNITY
• NELEP publishes revised economic plan for north-east.
• Jobs growth in County Durham higher than UK average
• Construction starts on £7.4m science park expansion
• Durham Constabulary remains the country’s top Police Force
• Police seat belt enforcement campaign
• Are you aware of the tax credit changes in April?
• DLI Collection Gallery – ‘Courage, Comrades, Community’ – opens at Durham University’s Palace Green Library, Mondays, noon to 4:45pm, and Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-4:45pm
• ‘Terrific Tiles’ for the 5-11s at the Durham Oriental Museum, Saturday 25 March, 1-3pm
• FantaZmagoriA at the Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-4pm, 24-26 March