What a busy week for Council. Community and the Business Park, plus lots to do over the Bank Holiday weekend! Find out more about the following on my blog at: bit.ly/CNB31
COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY
• DCC Economy Scrutiny Retail Review Group update.
• Digital Durham has delivered superfast broadband to Ryder Court.
• Great Aycliffe & Middridge Partnership May Bulletin.
• DCC Countryside May newsletter.
• Is there a volunteer you wish to celebrate – closing date for nominations is Wednesday 23 May.
• DCC Gambling Act consultation.
• Middridge Annual Parish Meeting, Monday 14 May.
• Small businesses. Are you missing out of business rate relief?
• Swiss manufacturer Stadler has been announced as headline sponsor at Xcel Centre’s EMCON conference.
• Latest roadworks.
THINGS TO DO
• Dementia Action Week, Beamish Museum, 21-27 May (entrance fee).
• Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong, Gala Theatre Durham, 21-26 May, tickets £25.
• OVO Energy Cycling Tour Series, Grove Street, Durham DH1 4DH1 4QW, 3-9:30pm, Tuesday 22 May.
• Balloons in Durham, at Houghall College and Durham City Centre, 25-28 May.
• Hardwick Park Trail: Quest for the Dragon Eggs, 10am-4pm, 26 May-3 June, £1 (collect trail sheet for the Gift Shop).
• Hardwick Park Wood Club, 10am-12:30pm, Saturday 26 May, £10 per family, contact 03000 262845 to book.
• Interesting India (5-11s), Durham Oriental Museum, drop-in 1-3pm, Saturday 26 May.
• DLI Battalion flag (5-11s), Palace Green Museum, drop-in 1-3pm, 26-27 May.
• Aycliffe Angels & train building – 5 hr guided walk led by Cllr Ian Gray, meeting Middridge Village Hall Car Park, 10:30am, Sunday 27 May (£4 – bring a packed lunch).
• Durham Pride, The Sands Durham, 11am onwards (parade starts from Durham Cathedral at 1:10pm), Sunday 27 May.
• Meccano Magic, Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-4pm, 27-28 May.
• Acle Early Medieval Re-enactment Group Meet, Barnard Castle DL12 8PB, 10am-5pm, 27-28 May.