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Truly tempting masterclasses

Budding chocolatiers, both young and young at heart, can enjoy a taste bud-tin-gling masterclass at Bishop Auckland Food Festival (BAFF) this month.The event returns for a weekend of foodie fun April 23rd and 24th, with a range of fantastic masterclasses at its heart.

Amongst those set to provide mouth-watering entertainment will be Truly Tempting Chocolate. Their indulgent classes will offer would-be chocolatiers a flavour of what it’s like to work with one of the world’s most loved ingre-dients. There are separate sessions

for adults and children for just £5 per person. They’ll be run by David and Wendy Sanderson from Darlington who pride themselves on using only quality Belgian chocolate for all of their products.With his masterclass planning complete, David commented, “We have a lot of fun doing the work-shops and really like edu-cating people about good quality chocolate and how it's made from the cocoa beans, and just having fun and getting messy with our groups as everyone loves chocolate.” Cabinet member for culture and regenera-tion, Cllr Neil Foster, said, “We are offering 13 dif-ferent workshops across 26 sessions, ranging from chocolate and charcuterie to cheese and craft beers, but don’t forget to book your place because tickets are selling like hot cakes!”Details on the full range of classes can be found at http://www.bishopauck-landfoodfestival.co.uk. Tickets for workshops can be purchased in person from Gala Theatre and Cinema box office in Millen-nium Place in Durham or by calling 03000 266600.

David and Wendy Sanderson at their workshop in their Darlington home.

A new-look 300-space car park has been given a new lease of life after more than 100 extra spaces have been created by Durham County Council.The additional parking in North Bondgate Car Park will help support the influx of visitors expected to be attracted by the major heritage and tourist-led developments underway in the town, including a £60m programme of preserva-tion, development and re-interpretation at Auckland Castle to turn it into a world class visitor destination. In addition, the Eleven Arches Trust’s Kynren live open air night show will open this summer, taking audiences on an epic journey through 2,000 years of British history.As well as the extra parking, the council has improved access to North Bondgate and installed new barriers and lighting. With this work complete, the ongoing op-eration and management

of the car park has, from April 1st, been passed to the Auckland Castle Trust. Cllr Neil Foster, Durham County Council’s Cabinet member for economic regeneration and culture, added, “The amazing plans that both the Auckland Castle and Eleven Arches Trusts are putting in place promise to massively increase the number of visitors to Bishop Auckland, as well as create jobs and boost the local economy. “By expanding and improv-ing the car park, as part of our ongoing support for the array of projects, we hope to help make sure that residents and businesses benefit just as much as these very welcome new visitors.”Liz Fisher, Auckland Castle Trust’s Operations Director, said the growth of the car park and handover was “great news for Bishop Auckland and the ongoing developments that are underway in the area.”

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Audrey Henderson, from Bishop Auckland, hopes to make a birthday wish come true by getting successful pop star Gary Barlow to perform at her party.Last year, the singer ex-pressed a desire to perform at the landmark birthday parties of his fans and Audrey snapped up the op-portunity to persuade Take That’s Gary to attend hers!Mrs Henderson, who is a massive fan of Take That, and has been to see them twice at the Newcastle Arena and once at Sunder-land’s Stadium of Light said: “It would be amazing.“I’ve been a fan for 20 years. I’ve always liked Take That - Gary being my favourite.”The soon to be 50-year-old has suffered with osteoar-thritis and fibromyalgia all her life and hopes to start a new decade in a more positive manner.

“For nearly ten years I’ve been managing a lot of con-ditions,” Audrey adds.“They are hidden illnesses so I don’t look unwell but every day is a battle with pain levels and medication. “I’ve just had an operation to ease things a bit and I recently lost five stone, so if Gary comes to my party I’ll look good for him!“It has been a difficult year so I’m hoping my 50s will be a nice decade.“I’m looking forward to it and that is why we are having a big party.”The festivities - which will hopefully feature Gary Barlow - are hoped to take place at Shildon Civic Centre and will have approximately 250 guests. Audrey will have a joint birthday bash with her mother, Margaret Braes, also of Bishop Auckland, who will turn 70 a few days before her daughter turns

Help Audrey persuade Gary Barlow to attend her 50th!

50.Audrey spends a lot of time with children as a mother of three and residential childcare worker in a home in Darlington and said she might be interested in inviting some youngsters to her party if Gary Barlow is going to be there!She said: “It would be great to bring him to County Durham. It would put Shildon, Bishop Auckland and the Civic Centre on the map.” Audrey has booked two more of her favourite acts to perform on her special day: The Scandals and JD and The Woodsmen.“I love them too,” she adds.By way of incentive, Audrey has offered to buy tickets to the open air night show Kynren for the Take That star and his wife, Dawn. The offer is not entirely altruis-tic, however: the show will take place in July and might extend the singer’s visit to town! Help to make Audrey’s wishes come true by bom-barding the star’s Twitter profile @GaryBarlow, persuading him to attend Audrey Henderson’s fiftieth birthday party!

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Charlotte nails beauty competitionTalented nail artist Char-lotte Vizor, a student at Bishop Auckland College, has sights on a beauty therapy career after winning a national industry competition.The 23-year-old was rep-resenting the North-East in the Association of Hair-dressers and Therapists UK final at the Winter Gardens complex in Black-pool, after winning the regional final in Gateshead last month, a competition between 14 schools and colleges. And Charlotte, from Bishop Auckland, once again came out top, beating competitors from across the country with her commercial design on the theme of glamour.Charlotte, a Level 3 Diploma in Nail Technol-ogy student who is tutored by Adelle Garnett, said: “I can’t believe that I won but very glad I did. Competing is really fun but winning is even better. I am definitely looking forward to competing again.”

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This year marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Her Majesty the Queen. Here in Bishop Auckland the Town Council want as many local people and neighbourhoods as possible to come together and have fun on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June 2016 as part of the national celebrations.“Whether it's a party in the street, a celebration

Grants celebrate Queen’s 90thin a local hall or a com-munity get-together, we think there are plenty of reasons for brilliant Bishop Auckland people to meet the neighbours, create some memories and have lots of fun,” said a council spokesperson.Established groups and organisations can submit applications for a grant by sending details of how the Queen's birthday is to be

celebrated, and how the grant would be used.The deadline for receiving fully completed applica-tions will be 15th April. For more information on the grants programme, including an application form, contact Bishop Auckland Town Council by email at council@bishpauckland-tc.gov.uk or by telephone on 01388 609852.

A pigeon loft has been set on fire killing 140 pigeons.The incident happened at around 11pm on Tuesday 5th April at an allotment next to Bishop Auckland Rugby Club. Three windows were also

Pigeons set on firesmashed at a neighbour-ing allotment.Anyone with information should contact PC Jamie Pitt on 101. Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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At the National Champion-ships in Hatfield, Bishop Auckland Table Tennis Club (BATTC) was presented with Table Tennis England’s Table Tennis Club of the year award 2016. The awards saw Bishop Auckland beat off stiff competition from over 150 other Table Tennis England Premier clubs across the country.The judges were im-pressed with the club’s success at the community level, supporting the local community by running dementia-friendly sessions, increasing participation by increasing the number of primary school and satel-lite sessions, as well as its national successes with over 25 players on the national ranking lists. The presitigious award comes just as the club of-ficially opened their new table tennis centre on Wednesday 6th April with Table Tennis England Chair Sandra Deaton cutting the

ribbon.The centre, based at Bishop Barrington School, saw over £26,000 spent on turning the hall into a table tennis player’s dream thanks to funding from various partners both locally and nationally, including Coun-cillors Sam Zair and Joy Allen, who donated £2,500 each through their Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP neighbourhood budgets; the Scotto Trust, who donated £6,000; Table Tennis England who also

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donated £6,000 and a mystery donation!The renovation project saw an Olympic level floor installed, Acoustic panel-ling and the paintwork was updated to give the hall a fresh and motivat-ing look. Bishop Auckland Table Tennis Club is always looking for new players of any age and any ability with sessions for over 50s, juniors and adults.For more information, contact Matt on 07411 018 856.

Spring FairWoodhouse Close Church on Proudfoot Drive, will be hosting a Spring Fair on Saturday 30th April.The event will get started

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A carvery and cabaret night will be taking place on Friday 15th April, from 7pm at Bishop Auckland Golf Glub. The event is in aid of Marie Curie, a charity which offers care

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Bishop Trains, which operates an independent national and international rail travel centre based at Bishop Auckland Railway Station, has announced the launch of their new excur-sion trains program.The business, which has operated the ticket office at Bishop Auckland station for the last three years, will be running their first special train in November from Bishop Auckland to London: “The Festive Capital Express” will be the first direct train to leave Bishop Auckland for London in over 50 years.Tickets are now on sale for the festive trip, which is ideal for Christmas shoppers and will feature on-board carol singers, Santa visiting the children on board, gifts for the

children and of course, mince pies! The train will pick up at Shildon, Newton Aycliffe and Darlington stations. For more informa-tion, or to make a booking visit ba-rail.co.uk/london.Bishop Trains are already working on a program of destinations around the UK, details of which will be available via their website and on Facebook.David Million, Business Partner for Bishop Trains said, “We are very excited at the launch of our new excursion trains which will all run from Bishop Auckland Railway Station, giving the local commu-nity some fantastic day trip destinations by rail. Seats on our first train to London in November are selling fast so we expect this to be sold out very quickly.”

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Since the launch of the Bishop Auckland Heritage Project - the product of an ongoing collaboration between The Four Clocks Centre (which is, in turn, a project of Bishop Auckland Community Partnership) and the Auckland Railways Group which seeks to promote Bishop Auckland’s

heritage links - two large photographs are now on display in the area under the stairs in the Four Clocks Centre.Each of the photographs along the ground floor corridor now have story lines beneath them, thus enhancing the original display.

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Police seize booze from anti-social youths

Some of what was seized as part of a ‘stay safe’ operation.

A large haul of bottles of lager was seized from underage drinkers after a ‘stay safe’ operation in Bishop Auckland recently.Patrols, which took place on the afternoon and evening of Thursday 25th March, were in response to a number of recent inci-dents involving anti-social behaviour from groups of youths. Police officers, alcohol harm reduction officers, members of the special constabulary, PCSOs, rep-resentatives from the fire service and street wardens were all involved in the operation.Neighbourhood Inspector Warren Edwards said, “We often plan these nights of action to take place at the commencement of school holidays because we see a rise in anti-social behav-iour at these times. While the majority of young people cause us no issues, there are certain groups who congregate in order to consume alcohol and are responsible for anti-social behaviour.

“This results, understand-ably, in complaints from the local community and an increase in demands to the emergency services.“These children are also putting themselves at risk, which is why we take action to stop their behav-iour.“The operation last week involved representatives from the fire service and follows a number of incidents where youths have been responsible for starting small fires.“On one such occasion, when fire officers attended

the scene they were then targeted by youths throwing stones.“Clearly this is unaccep-table behaviour and so we are hoping that the extra patrols, which will continue throughout the school holidays, will put a stop to it. We often find that the children causing the problems have been left unsupervised.“We would encourage parents to make suitable arrangements for their children and know where they are during the school break.”Any young person found to be under the influence of alcohol during the stay safe patrols is taken to a ‘place of safety’ where they are given suitable advice about alcohol misuse and personal safety before being collected by their parents. Those young people brought to the place of safety are also referred to Lifeline - the local alcohol service - for follow up support, advice and guidance.

Digital Voice for Communi-ties, in partnership with Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre, have announced a new course for residents. They have been supported by County Durham Commu-nity Foundation who recog-nise there is a great need for everyone to be given the skills and confidence to get online and use iPads and tablets to their own advantage.These inTouch courses have been piloted and

developed with carers in the area and now people on Woodhouse Close estate have been asking if they too can receive the training to become confi-dent using the internet to communicate with friends and family, shop online and help solve their problems using online research and communication.Commenting on the course, Julie Nicholson from Digital Voice said, “We are thrilled to have received the funding so we can deliver

this life-changing course to those who need it the most and are confident the project will empower local people to improve their lives.”John Wiseman, Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre Co-ordinator, said, “I'm delighted to be con-tinuing our partnership with Digital Voice follow-ing a successful pilot last year. People from our area, including the hundreds of regular users of our Centre, tell us that they want - and need - to improve their IT skills. This is an ideal op-portunity to do just that, and we expect that many will seize it. As a local community hub, it will also help us to meet the aspira-tions of local people whilst doing our bit to reduce the digital divide.”Anyone interested in the course - running from April 13th for six consecu-tive Wednesdays, 1pm to 3pm, at Woodhouse Close Church Community Centre - should call 01388 450838 or 01207 438718.

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Jot down the name of all the boars you can find on the entry form. The lucky hunter with the first correct entry drawn after 2:00pm will win a large cuddly boar. Two runners up prizes of smaller cuddly boars are also up for grabs. Hint for parents - The boars are hidden in the shops mentioned on this page! Entry forms can be collected from the Town Team stall, outside the Newgate Centre from 10:00am on Saturday 23rd April. All Entry forms should be returned before 2:00pm. Keep your eyes peeled for Bishop the Boar. Good luck and happy hunting!

I’m looking for brave hunters to help track down 18 boars that are lost around the town. (Under 14’s) Your mission is to find as many boars as you can, hiding in shop windows around the town centre.

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Fantastic weekend of football for St Mary’s Youth

St Mary’s Youth had two teams in semi-finals last weekend, with the Under 10 Kings winning a great game 3-2 after extra time on penalties, away at 1st Div New Marske in the Chal-lenge Cup. The Under 17s also played in the semi-final of the League Cup against South Moor, who are currently 2nd in the Premiership. St Mary’s took the lead through Charlie Wigley, while Aidan Hart hit the bar with a 30 yard screamer, but South Moor equalised to make it 1-1 at half time.St Mary’s then took the lead through Harry Coulthard and went further ahead thanks to Ashley Adams after a great free-kick from Luke Bailey. South Moor came back with two goals to take it into

extra time at 3-3, but the Bishop side took the lead again from a Charlie Wigley header, after a great free kick from Luke Bailey. Regan Johnson then got a touch on another Luke Bailey free-kick to win it 5-3. The fantastic result takes them into the final at Sun-derland Nissan on 22nd May against either Newton Aycliffe or Gateshead Redheugh.The Under 7 Aces played well against Billingham and had a good win thanks to goals from Charlie Cranston and MOM Daniel Robertson. The Development game was also a good win with goals from Thomas Neasham, Alfie Richardson, Luca McMahon, Reece Gargett, and MOM Ben Lowerson.The Under 7 Kings had a

great win over Ferryhill with goals from Isaac Chambers (3) and Jake Wilkinson with Joel Carline MOM. The Under 9 Aces had a good performance against a very good Leven side while the Under 9 Kings had a good win over Spenny-moor with goals from Ben Crinnion, Ethan McLough-lin, Cobie Woods and Owen King, with Callum Dale MOM. The Under 12 Aces had a great 4-1 away win at Redcar to stay in conten-tion for promotion with goals from Declan Trotter, Ryan Byrne, Daniel Lowther and Callum Watkinson with Ruadhri Heath MOM.The Under 13s had a good 2-2 draw away at Norton & Stockton with goals from Sandy Gardner and Jack Purdham.

Bishop Auckland Rugby Club under 18’s girls’ team are again the top team in the North East, having recently qualified as North East and Cumbrian Cham-pions. The team played in the Northern Cup Final against Castleford recently, which they unfortunately lost. The girls have now quali-fied for the Northern Regional Finals for the past two years. This is a massive achievement for the club, which only set up its Ladies and Girls rugby section three years ago.The squad consists of 22 girls aged between 16-18 years-old, nineteen of which have also played for Durham County under 18s.Eight of the Bishop squad were put forward from Durham County for North of England trials, which consisted of girls from six different counties. A total of 60 girls attended these trials at Sheffield and two

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Bishop Auckland girls were selected for the team; Imogen Keirl, who is a 16 year-old flanker; and Erin Kelly, who is 17 years-old and plays scrum-half.The club is currently re-cruiting all age groups and Ladies. Training times are Mondays 7pm-8.30pm and Thursday 6pm-8.30pm.For more information contact Sarah Sowerby on 07770 211 912 or Mark Macnair on 07734 530 384.

The Under 10 Kings celebrate getting to their first final on May 15th at Boro’s training ground at Rockliffe Park.

Bishop girls to represent the North

Imogen Keirl and Erin Kelly have been selected for the North of England U18’s team.