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Never-before-seen works of Golden Age Spanish art have been unveiled in a new and prestigious exhibi-tion at Auckland Castle.Hidden Treasures: Spanish

Art in County Durham, gathers together paintings and sculptures covering five centuries of religious iconography which have never before gone on

public display.The exhibition, which opened on 15th October, uncovers the fascinating stories behind the master-pieces from their arrival in the North East to their con-servation and restoration. Hidden Treasures displays side-by-side for the first time pieces from Raby Castle, Durham Cathedral and Ushaw College along with Auckland Castle’s own internationally important cycle of paintings, Jacob and his 12 Sons by Francis-co de Zurbarán, which have hung in the Palace of the Prince Bishops for nearly 260 years.The loans include three works by an unknown Spanish artist, that are life-size depictions of St Bartholomew, St Paul and St James the Greater from a group of 10 paintings of the Apostles, owned by Durham Cathedral.The exhibition will take place at the castle until 30th March. Admission costs £8 for adults over 16. For more information call 01388 743750.

Pupils at a Bishop Auckland school have been enjoying bike breakfasts to help encourage more cycling to school.Youngsters from St Anne’s Primary School had a special ‘Bike It’ day where those who cycled or scooted in were rewarded with a free and nutritious breakfast. In partnership with Durham County Council, the break-fasts have taken place as part of Sustrans’ Bike It campaign, where pupils also got the chance to try out a smoothie making bike. Following a National Travel Survey which showed that only 2 per cent of children cycle to school, Sustrans carried out their own survey which found that 45 per cent of children wanted to. As a result, Sustrans have teamed up with the council to provide the Bike It break-fasts which aim to improve young people’s confidence in cycling to boost active

travel to school. Cycling helps children develop balance and co-ordination skills as well as increasing independence and living a healthier lifestyle.Cllr Neil Foster, Cabinet member for economic re-generation, said, “Cycling to school is a brilliant way of helping make sure our county’s kids grow up healthy. Not only does the daily exercise improve our children’s confidence and independence but having fewer cars on the roads during the school run means a much healthier environ-ment for everyone.”Sustrans Bike It officer, Rio Floreza, said, “It’s just so exciting to see so many enthusiastic pupils choosing to scoot and cycle to school, enjoying the fresh air and working up a healthy appetite for a nutri-tious breakfast and a day of learning lots of exciting new things!”

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Auckland Castle’s Dr Chris Ferguson with the 17th century pieta on loan from Durham’s Ushaw College.

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More Time is a wholly owned trading subsidi-ary of DISC, whose main objective is to create employment pathways for people who may struggle to access mainstream em-ployment.They offer a range of services, from commercial and new-build cleans, to facilities management and empty homes projects. It also oversees the DISC Fur-niture Scheme in Newton Aycliffe as well as the More Time cafe and catering services.Business Manager, Julie Nisbet, said, “Bringing our furniture scheme to Bishop Auckland is the perfect op-portunity for us to support the community, and help

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What’s on at the Town HallLocal Weardale artist Sue Abel is holding an exhibi-tion of her work entitled ‘Further Afield’ at Bishop Auckland Town Hall, from Monday 20th October till Saturday 8th November.Sue is involved in Batik sessions and passing on her traditional skills of Rag Rug making. The changing seasons on the moors, from Frost-erley to Middleton in Teesdale and the Scottish Islands, have inspired her latest work. Through her landscapes, seascapes and paintings of local views and communities, she hopes to capture the moment when the familiar and the ordinary becomes

interesting, intriguing and memorable. The exhibition is free. The Fame Factory Spotlight is presenting the panto-mime Sleeping Beauty over 4 days starting at the end of next month. On Saturday 29th November the show takes place at 2pm and 6pm, and on Sunday 30th November at 2pm. Then on Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd December at 10.30am and 1.30pm. Tickets are £8 and £6 for concessions. The Bishop Auckland Choral Society is pre-senting a ‘Celebration of British Music’ on Friday 7th November. All the favour-ite songs and choral pieces will be performed by con-ductor Venera Bojkova and pianist Allan Coombes.Tickets are £8 and £6 for concessions, children £3.Tickets are available from S. Hassall on 01388 834359 or J Weir on 01388 747621 or from any choir member. Tickets for all Town Hall shows can be booked by telephoning the box office on 03000 269 524.

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Air Cadets complete ‘little and large’ to mark 50 years

On Saturday 4th October seven cadets from 2505 (Bishop Auckland) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets scaled to the summit of the 1085 metre high Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia National Park, the highest peak in both England and Wales. The aim was to reach the summit to mark 50 years since the squadron was first formed.Despite heavy rain at the start and after a massive

effort to reach the summit, the cadets held the squadron flag on the top and then took the time to take in the wonderful views as the clouds rolled in and out across the peak.On Sunday 5th October, the cadet and staff team also trekked to the 610 metre high summit of Tal-Y-Fan, officially, the smallest mountain in the national park.Sixteen-year-old Cadet Samuel Cooper from Frost-

erley said, “Getting to the top of Snowdon was hard work but really awesome. We had a great weekend”.Flt Lt Ian Pepper said, “The cadets should be really proud that they reached the summit, and what a great way to mark 50 years of the squadron”.2505 (Bishop Auckland) Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets meet on a Monday and Thursday from 7pm in the Reserve Forces Centre, St Andrew’s Road, Bishop Auckland. For more information call 01388 608668 or email 2505@air-cadets.org.

The cadet team from the squadron on the 1085 metre high summit of Snowdon (from the left) Cadets Kalon Jones (14), Nathan Woodcock (15), Flt Sgt Callum Newton (18), Cadets Joseph Smith (14), Samuel Cooper (16), Luke Smith (14) and James Brennen (14).

Bishop Auckland Civic Society will once again be hosting the Annual Charity Town Quiz on Wednesday 3rd December. Doors open at 7pm for a prompt 7.30pm start at Bishop Auckland Town Hall.“Get a team together to fight it out in the toughest quiz around,” encouraged a

On Friday 17th October, from 7.30pm to 11pm, past staff and students are invited to a night of cele-bration at St John’s School in Bishop Auckland.This year the school is marking its 50th anniver-sary and will be celebrat-ing on the evening with a 60s and 70s night, featuring live music from Re-Ignited, a quiz, a display of old

photos and memorabilia and guided tours of the school (from 6.30pm to 7.30pm).A bar and refreshments, as well as a pie and peas supper, will also be avail-able.Tickets are available for £5 and can be obtained by contacting the school on 01388 603246 or via email at staff@stjohnsrc.org.uk.

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The Stroke Association is holding a volunteer re-cruitment and information event at the Four Clocks Centre in Newgate Street on Thursday 23rd October, between 10am and 12 noon.

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The Butterwick Hospice hosted their very first Sportsman’s Dinner event at Hardwick Hall Hotel recently. Organised in conjunction with Sporteous Speakers and Events UK, the night had a star-studded line-up of former WBC heavy-weight champion Frank Bruno and one of football’s original hard men, Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock.Comedian and compere Jed Stone entertained the crowd with jokes and

games before Bruno took to the stage following a standing ovation. Frank recalled stories ranging from his upbringing to his trio of title fights with ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson.Bruno was a tough act to follow, but from the moment Razor Ruddock took to the stage he had the crowd in hysterics. Ruddock entertained the audience with personal stories from the changing rooms of Liverpool and West Ham, with the likes of

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Ian Wright. With a raffle and auction during the night, total fundraising reached an amazing £20,000, which will be split between But-terwick House and But-terwick Hospice at Bishop Auckland.A spokesperson for But-terwick Hospice said, “We would like to thank Frank, Razor, and Jed, Sporteous UK, Hardwick Hall and eve-rybody who attended and gave so generously on the night.”

Bishop Auckland singer and actor Steven Berry is taking on a total change of char-acter at the end of October for his next role.Steven will be starring in Hysterium in Durham Musical Theatre Company’s production of the hilari-ous musical comedy, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”. His recent roles for DMTC have been very serious characters; Tobias, the half starved waif in “Sweeney Todd” and Charles Darnay, the romantic leading man in “A Tale of Two Cities”.His latest role of Hysterium is a total contrast. He is a grovelling slave who is manic in his behaviour and ends up having to cross-dress as a courtesan before the plot is resolved. Steven said, “It has been a huge challenge to develop the timing needed to keep a farce, such as this, on the boil all the time. It all has

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Steven Berry rehearses for his role in Hysterium.

to appear as though things are happening randomly at break neck speed, but you have to be in total control at all times. I am learning to take advice from my song in the show – to keep calm!” To help him get into char-acter, he and the cast of the show decamped to the Arbeia Roman Fort recon-struction in South Shields, where they sampled what life was really like in a Commanding Officer’s House.“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” plays at the GALA Theatre, Durham, from Wednesday 29th October to Saturday 1st November with evening performances at 7.15pm and a Saturday matinée at 2.15pm. Tickets can be obtained from the GALA Theatre Box Office by telephoning 03000 266600 or online at www.galadurham.co.uk.

Frank Bruno at the recent Butterwick Sportsman’s Dinner. Image courtesy of Paul Dobson Photography.

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The Council, on 9.10.14, made an Order under Section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, as amended, to close to ALL traffic a 105m length of A689 South Church Road between its junctions with Holdforth Close and the service road for Asda, Bishop Auckland to enable rail bridge repair works to be undertaken. The maximum duration of the temporary closure under the Order is 18 months and is required from 10pm on Sat. 25.10.14 for 9hrs and again on Sat. 01.11.14 and from 8am on Fri 07.11.14 to 8am on Mon. 10.11.14. However, on rare occasions, alternative dates for closures may be necessary and these will be signed accordingly. Alternative route: ALL traffic - from the northern side of the closure from A689 South Church Road via Kingsway traffic lights and through Newgate Street traffic lights onto Bob Hardisty Drive then generally southerly onto Cockton Hill Road and continuing southerly to the traffic lights then eastwards along St Andrews Road and northwards along A688 to the junction with A689 South Church Roundabout which leads northwards to the southern side of the closure, and vice versa.

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Join the Bishop Auckland Town Team this Halloween as they bring you spooky goings-on in and around Bishop Auckland Town Centre on Saturday 25th October.Take along your pumpkins and take part in a 'Pumpkin Parade' from 12 noon in the

Newgate Centre, where there will also be special themed performances from the Sandra Welsh School of Dance at 11.30am and 12.30pm.Town Team chairman, Dave Hunter said, “Why not come and enjoy a Halloween-filled day with spooky entertain-

ment as we celebrate the traditional event. Dress up in your scary clothes and costumes and enjoy stilt-walkers, zombie dancers and a witch story teller.”All this Halloween fun and family entertainment will take place between 11am and 3.30pm.

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Twenty Aycliffe Angels, ac-companied by members of their families and compan-ions, attended a special Tea Party at St John’s School and Sixth Form College recently, in recog-nition of their outstanding contribution to the Second World War working at Royal Ordnance Factory Aycliffe.The Lord Lieutenant of Co. Durham, Mrs Sue Snowdon, presented the Angels with

Certificates of Apprecia-tion. Guests were also given a copy of the book produced during a project at St John’s a few years ago and had the opportunity to view the fine piece of stained glass crafted in their honour. The entertainment included the showing of a DVD created for the project, an animation, and

live music performed by students. A spokesperson for the school commented, “Our visitors were looked after by attentive students who greatly enjoyed hearing their stories. “One of the highlights of the occasion was the presence of a TV crew from BBC Look North and the resulting broadcast that evening!”

A new Art and 12 Step Recovery Project has been launched in Bishop Auckland.The 6 month pilot scheme will take place at the Dis-covery Centre at 17 North Bondgate by the Creative Recovery Community As-sociation.The volunteer run and peer-led project exists to help people achieve 100% abstinence from alcohol-ism, drug dependency and eating disorders through

art and recovery work-shops, and by developing a supportive community.An open day will be taking place on Monday 20th October.A spokesperson said, “We would like to invite poten-tial members (and their guests), agencies, partners and future friends to visit the studio and find out more about our programme.”For more information visit www.creative-recovery.co.uk.

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Two of the Aycliffe Angels with pupils from St John’s School.

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Roll up to the Big Circus BallRamside Hall, near Durham, is the setting for what is increasingly seen as the premiere event of its kind locally. On Saturday 8th November you are invited to don your most glamorous outfits for the Butteri-wick’s Big Circus Ball. You will be welcomed with a red carpet drinks reception before your ring master opens the ballroom for a three course meal. Party-goers can expect an evening full of live circus entertainment and music,

as well as various fund-raising activities. “We take our fundrais-ing seriously because its benefits are so clear. It is this approach which makes the Butterwick Ball such a success and guarantees a night to remember,” said a spokesperson. Tickets are £40 per person, dress code is Black Tie and the event starts at 7.30pm.Call 01388 603003 for tickets or visit www.but-terwick.org.uk/circusball.

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Bishop Auckland St Mary’s Juniors FC have been chosen as winners of the County Durham Junior Sports Club of the Year for 2014, at a glittering awards ceremony held at Ramside Hall on Friday 10th October. Katy Mclean MBE, captain of the World Cup winning women’s rugby team, presented the award to one of the club’s youngest players, Cobie Woods, who has gone through life threatening leukaemia operations to come back to play for St Mary’s Under 8s.The club began in 1986 when it was founded by Tommy Kelly, who is now president of the club and can often be found watching the teams play.Now with Steve Coulthard

(chairman) and Catherine Pearson (club secretary), along with hard working of-ficials Will Blacklock, Kevin Waterworth, Gaven Berry and Andy Fletcher, as well as over 50 hard working volunteer managers, coaches, secretaries and clubhouse managers, the club has been brought into a position to be awarded the best Junior Sports Club of the Year in all of the county.With 20 teams and over 300 players, boys and girls, the club plays games every weekend in both the TJFA and Russel Foster leagues with the help of lots of business sponsors, Bishop Auckland College, St John’s R C and Bishop Barrington Schools. It is now one of the largest junior sports clubs in the

county.A recent visit to the club from the Rt Rev. Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, also resulted in him getting on board as a patron of the club. “We hope to award a signed certificate from the Bishop of Durham to each member of our club to commemorate this fan-tastic achievement,” said a spokesperson.The club is currently raising funds to take three of the Under 16 boys teams and a girls team to compete in the Barcelona Junior Cup next July.“Any support will be greatly appreciated,” con-tinued the spokesperson.For more information, or to find out how you can support the club, visit www.basmj.net.

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Bishop Auckland Table Tennis club started their National League season last weekend and are sitting pretty at the top of the league table. This year sees the club having two teams taking part in the Table Tennis England’s National Junior League. The A team, hoping to go one better than last season’s 4th place, started out with an 8-1 win over the Bishop “B” team with Erin Harrison scoring a fine win over Carl Draper.The B Team then took on Ormsby “C” with a 7-2 win, with Sam Hume picking up 3 wins and 2 for Erin and Matt Oldfield, with the A team picking a 6-3 win over

St Mary’s Under 16 Aces made it five wins out of five games with a good 3-0 win away at Tibs in their most recent match, with goals from Bret Davison (2) and Michael Gilbert.The Under 16 Kings game had to be cancelled after Marton resigned from the league.The Under 15s had a good 1-1 draw away at Greatham with Elliott Macnab scoring.The Under 14s had a very good 10-0 win over Ryhope to move into the next round of the county cup.The Under 13 Aces had a great 6-0 win over Nunthor-pe to keep them at the top of the league, with goals from Man-of-the-Match Adam Dovason (2), Liam Robson (2), Harry Lynch and Aaron Willoughby.The Under 13 Kings had a great away win, also at Wolviston, by 3-1 with Man-of-the-Match Matthew Moffat and goals from James Bundock, Andrew Burrows and Wissem

Blitz A from Lincolnshire. Rob Renton won all three of his singles, a double from Zak Hutchinson and a single from Tom Whit-taker. Last matches of the day saw the B team take on last year’s winners North-field, falling to a 7-2 loss with Joe Hume scoring two fine wins over much higher ranked players. The A team finished with a 9-0 whitewash over Ormsbey “B” with Zak, Carl and Rob all winning maximums to finish the day top of the table. For more information on the club contact Matt on 07411 018 856 or visit www.bishopaucklandttc.co.uk.

Azzouzi.The Under 12s also had a great 5-2 away win at Stockton Town Blues with goals from Ryan Raine (2), Jack Purdham, Jack wood and Regan Nixon.The Under 11 Kings had a fantastic 2-0 win over Kader with Man-of-the-Match goalkeeper Piotr Banda saving a penalty and goals from Joseph Foster and Robson Clarey.The Under 10 Aces played Darlington Youth in a close exciting game with George Tinkler Man-of-the-Match.The Under 10 Kings played Golden Flats at home and put up a good performance with Lennon Seymour Man-of-the-Match and Rhys Powton scoring.The Under 9s played Mid-dleton Rangers in a very tight first game, although the second was much better with Calum Flowers and Karn Wood again on the score sheet. Josh Brown also got his first ever goal for St Mary’s

with a neat finish. Dylan Dobson ran his socks off and harried for the entire game, but Joseph Ellison edged him out of Man-of-the-Match with a defensive display that showed com-posure and a determination to both win and keep pos-session of the football.The Under 9 squad are hoping to split into two teams, Aces and Kings, to accomodate more players that want to join the club and gain more experience with more playing time.The Under 8 Aces played away at Seaton Carew in a very close game with James Dent Man-of-the-Match and Charlie Berry scoring (2). Adam Yates and Noah Borley starred in the Friendly.The Under 8 Kings played Wynyard at home and had a great win with Cobie Woods scoring 3 and James Whales (1) along with Owen King starring in the friendly match.The Under 7 Aces play Wynyard at home this Sunday after no game last weekend.The Under 12 Angels played two games last weekend with Wiktoria Lasak player-of-the-match in both games and scoring both the goals.The Under 18 Angels girls team play Cramlington this Saturday morning at home in the league.For more information visit www.basmj.net.

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Bishop Auckland Minis had a busy weekend of rugby with teams from Under 7s, Under 8s, Under 9s and Under 11s all in action at various tournaments across the region.A new look Under 7s team had matches against Durham, Darling-ton Mowden Park and Houghton. They won two matches and drew one. Bishop played exceptionally well with great attacking play and defensive team work.The Under 8s took part in a festival at Durham RUFC with Westoe, Durham and Darlington Mowden Park. In their first games of the season they won two and lost one. The team defended with determina-tion and worked hard for each other. The Under 9s travelled to Houghton for their first games of the season with two wins and a draw against Gateshead, Durham and Sunderland. The new players gelled fantastically and the team

carried on from where they finished last season. All the boys put in some great tackles, closed down their opposite numbers quickly and were well or-ganised in defence. Com-munication was excellent and some of the covering tackles in defence were awesome. Player-of-the-Match was awarded to Jake Sharp for an excellent performance both in defence and attack over all three games.The Under 11 squad kicked off their season at Hebburn in a festival against Westoe ‘A’ & ‘B’, Gateshead and Sunderland. Despite being a couple of players down through injury they won three and lost one and played some very attractive attacking rugby, which drew compli-ments from the opposition coaches. “They were aggressive and tenacious in defence and all of the boys should be proud of the effort they put into a good perfor-mance,” said their coach.

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