Council business has begun in Great Aycliffe and Middridge with their AGMs. Please do the DCC consultations.

Some amazing local events coming up.

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COUNCIL
• Consultation – Council Tax and Care Leavers
• Consultation – 20mph parttime speed limits
• Consultation – Garden Waste Collection Service
• County Durham Handyman Service
• Great Aycliffe Town Council AGM
• Great Aycliffe Neighbourhood Plan Referendum, 22 June
• Middridge Parish Council AGM
• Latest roadworks

COMMUNITY
• Report on the Woodham PACT meeting
• Free Nursery and Pre-School Care
• Hoax-Slayer
• Short film & presentation: Riseburn and Eden Pit, 7:30pm, Tuesday 23 May, Bishop Auckland Town Hall, £2
• Hot Air Balloon Festival, 26-29 May, Houghall, Durham
• Tour Series Cycling event, 3-7pm, 27 May, South Street, Durham
• Find out about the Japanese Tea Ceremony (5-11s), 1-3pm, Saturday 27 May, Durham Oriental Museum
• Reach for the Beach Festival, 27 May-4 June
• Meccano Magic, 10am-5pm, 28-29 May, Locomotion Museum, Shildon
• Durham Pride Parade, 11:30am, 29 May, meet at Durham Cathedral
• Join the NE Autism Society’s Run the Spectrum on 1st July

ECONOMY
• Ebac named as one of the Stock Exchange’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain
• Great news for Tekmar – from Taiwan
• Great news at Finley Structures