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Local businessman, Darryl Meadows is set for the fight of his life as he faces the task of raising funds for Cancer Research UK - by taking on his first boxing match.On his JustGiving page, Darryl explains: “I have signed up to do the White Collar Boxing on Saturday 15th April at Rainton Arena. I want to raise £1,000 to help cancer research.”Darryl, who has recently

Darryl fighting to raise funds for cancer charity

become a dad, added: “I believe cancer is close to getting cracked. “A few good friends have lost people to cancer and now I’m a new father I don’t want future genera-tions to suffer.“I wanted do to something to raise money for cancer research and being a sports person, I always fancied boxing since I was young.Ultra White Collar Boxing gives people the opportu-

nity to develop the skills to box whilst raising money for a good cause.’’White Collar Boxing originated in New York in 1988 when a doctor and a lawyer trained for a few weeks before boxing each other at a black tie event.Ultra White Collar Boxing is the most established organisation in the UK, running hundreds of events since 2009 and raising money for charity.The organisation is one of Cancer Research UK’s biggest fundraisers in the UK, raising over £2 million in 2015.Anyone interested in donating to Darryl’s fun-draising effort can visit JustGiving.com and search for ‘Darryl Meadows’.Donations can also be given to Darryl in person at Shildon AFC home games, where he operates the matchday burger van.

Local businessman, Darryl Meadows has decided to don his boxing gloves in his effort to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.

Coach trips available to book at the CrierGarnetts Coaches 2017 brochure is now available from the Town Crier office. There are a range of day trips on offer throughout the year, including destina-tions such as Scarborough, Whitby, South Lakes Zoo and Liverpool. New to the schedule this year are also a number of Blackpool tribute weekends, where travel-lers can enjoy a two night break in the seaside resort and enjoy a fun tribute act like The Beatles, Freddie

Mercury or Meatloaf.Other brand new trips include a five day tour to Llandudno and an over-night trip to the Harry Potter Studios. Book your trip with the Crier and you will also be helping with the running costs of the not-for-profit newspaper. Pick up a brochure and book with us upstairs in Shildon Town Council Building, Civic Hall Square, Shildon, or call us on 01388 775896.

RBL host Poppy BallThe Shildon branch of the Royal British Legion will be hosting a Poppy Ball on Friday 10th February at Shildon Civic Hall.The black tie event includes music by Big Band Little Band and a three course meal of soup, roast dinner (veg-

etarian option available) and gateaux. The event begins at 7pm and tickets are £20 per person.For tickets, or for more information, contact Ian on 07429 486 343 or Shildon Town Council on 01388 772563.

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In Memoriam

Birthdays

ClassifiedsAll about local people...

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Shildon & District

Dave Waddingham

Your loving Wife Mollie.Love from all your family

and friends.xxx

Simply the best

The first year without you sweetheart.

8.10.1934 - 21.1.2016

Chloe Clark

Love and miss you Chloe,Love from Nelson family

7 Years ago the castle in the sky took our Princess

18th January

Princess Chloe Clark

Sammie-Leigh

Miss you so much, always in my thoughts

Passed Away

Norman Brown

Funeral to take place Tuesday 24th January 2017

at St John’s Church, Shildon, 12.30pm.

A loving Husband to the late Lorna, devoted Father to

Esther and the late Rachel. Much loved Grandad to

Naomi and Neave.

Died peacefully on 12th January 2017, aged 81 years

The CrierWould like to thank the

Wednesday Line Dancers for their kind donation of £50, raised at a recent charity

night. All donations are very gratefully received towards

the running costs of the paper.

Dylan Chester

Lots of love,Mam, Dad, Eve, Grandma

Happy 13th Birthday Dylan

24th January

Margaret Wilson

Your loving Husband, Davey

It’s now four years since you passed away, the family

miss you every day

Died 23.1.13

You were my lightYou were my lifeYou were my day

You were my nightYou were my loveYou were my wife

I’ll miss you for the rest of my life

In Memoriam

Births

Freddie JacksonWelcome to the world.

Congratulations to Ebony & Kris. Thank you for our

Nephew & Cousin.

Lots of love,Aunty Mel, Uncle Dave,

Laura & Hannahxxxx

Freddie JakeThank you, we are so proud

of both of you.

All our love,Mam & Dad

xxx

Our little bundle of joy arrived on 12.01.17.

Congratulations Kris & Ebony on the birth of

Acknowledgements

Nancy RouseWould like to express their sincere thanks to all their relatives,

friends, neighbours and parishioners for all their kindness and sympathy

shown to them during their recent bereavement, and the fondness for Nancy

that they all shared.They would also like to

thank you for your cards and your very generous donations to Macmillan

Nurses and The Butterwick Hospice.

May they also express their sincere and heartfelt thanks to Doctor Bremner,

the nurses and staff of the Bishopgate Medical

Centre, and the Macmillan Nurses whose professional

care and kindness made a difficult time so much easier for the family to

bear.Special thanks to Fr

Michael for his comforting ‘Geordie’ requiem mass; to Kevan and the staff of Gibson’s Funeral Services

for their consideration and professionalism, and

to the Park Head Hotel for their excellent catering and

welcome.

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Around lunchtime on Sunday 9th January a member of the public lost their handbag in the Chestnut Close area of Shildon. A spokesperson for Shildon

Police commented, “Please could you check your garden or bin for a discarded black handbag which may contain a brown purse, bus pass and a pair of glasses.”

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This week in History

After a two-month ordeal, the expedition of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrives at the South Pole only to find that Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, had preceded them by just over a month.

18 January 1912

Following the death of Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi becomes head of the Congress Party and thus prime minister of India. India’s first female head of government, she was assas-sinated in 1984.

19 January 1966

British negotiator and special envoy of the arch-bishop of Canterbury, Terry Waite disappears while at-tempting to win freedom for Western hostages held in Lebanon. He was not released for more than four years.

20 January 1987

One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Con-vention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

21 January 1793

Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, is born this day in Aberdeen, Scotland. Despite his later fortune and title, Byron grew up in poverty. He inherited his great uncle’s title and became Lord Byron at the age of ten.

22 January 1788

On this day in 1556, an earthquake in Shaanxi, China, kills an estimated 830,000 people. Counting casualties is often imprecise after large-scale disasters, but this disaster is still con-sidered the deadliest of all time.

23 January 1556

Paul Trevor Hindmarch had only consumed one and a half cans of beer, so thought himself able to drive, when a cousin asked him to collect him after his lift had failed to turn up. At 4am on the morning of 1st January, police stopped Hindmarch, who was driving an Audi A4 on Eldon Bank, and a roadside breath

test proved positive. The 26 year-old, of Copeland Road, West Auckland, who was released from custody on licence in October, was sentenced to a twelve months driving ban and ordered to pay £215 in fines and costs during a recent appearance at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court.

Driving ban for drink-driver

The next meeting of Shildon and District Flower Club will take place on Monday 6th February at 7.30pm in Shildon Civic Hall when Area Demonstra-tor Audrey Foster, from

Whitby, will present an evening of flower arranging under the intriguing title of ‘Around Every Corner’.The event is free to members and £5 for visitors.

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Helen Goodman MP, speaking at the Small Businesses debate in the House of Com-mons on Tuesday 17th January.

MP questions government’s customs union strategy

Bishop Auckland constitu-ency MP, Helen Goodman has questioned the effect the government’s Brexit strategy will have on local businesses during the Small Businesses debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday 17th January.“The most useful thing that the Treasury could do for small manufacturers in my constituency,” said Ms Goodman, “is announce an objective of staying in the customs union. “Up to now, the Treasury has been a beacon in saying that it wants deci-sions based on analysis, not on rhetoric and ideology.“Can the Minister Secre-tary assure the House that that is still under consid-eration?”Financial Secretary to the

Treasury, Jane Ellison, re-sponded: “These are issues that we are looking at care-fully; the Chancellor has had a series of roundtable meetings with different sectors and industries in recent months, as have all of us Ministers.“We are looking care-fully at what those detailed issues are. “Of course, much more will be said on this and dis-cussed in the House later today, but we are clear that we want to under-stand the detailed issues that businesses face, so that as we move forward to make our future outside the European Union, we can resolve the practical issues that businesses will face in a way that helps the British economy.”

Commenting after the debate, Ms Goodman said: “Theresa May seems not to understand the importance of the customs union (what people used to call the Common Market) to manu-facturers. “In the North East we have an exporting surplus and we can’t afford tariffs or barriers on exports to the EU.”Meanwhile, Ms Goodman’s next contituency surgery will take place on Friday 27th January, from 12 noon at Auckland Youth & Community Centre, Walker Drive, Bishop Auckland.To attend the constituency surgery, register with the Constituency Office on 01388 603075 or by email at goodmanh@parliament.uk.

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The Council on 12/01/17 made an Order under Sections 84, 87 & 89 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, (“RTRA”) the effect of which comes into operation on 23/01/17 and introduces a 40mph speed limit on: (a) C35 Middridge Lane from a point 20 mts west of its junction with Larch Ave., easterly to a point 22 mts south east of its junction with the Unc. 42.9 & (b) Unc 42.9 from its junction with the C35 Middridge Lane northerly for 32 mts. Full details are contained in the sealed Order which may be inspected at County Hall, Durham & Shildon library during normal opening hours & via the council website. Any person wishing to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained in it on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the “RTRA” or that any requirement of that Act or of any regulation made under it has not been complied with may, within 6 weeks from 20/01/17, apply to make an application for that purpose to the High Court.

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Durham County Council’s international relations team is leading a mission to Kostroma, Durham’s twin town, in April.

Teachers wanted for Russian schools visit

Are you a teacher or retired teacher interested in travelling to Russia to teach English classes at Easter?Durham County Council’s international relations team is leading a mission to Kostroma, Durham’s twin town, in April to visit local schools, help Russian teachers with English classes and deliver English lessons to students of various ages and abilities. Attendees will have to pay for their own airfare and visa processing but they will stay with Russian host families for the duration of the stay. Kostroma is 250 miles

north of Moscow and has been twinned with Durham since 1968. Durham County Council has organised many school, cultural and educational exchange visits with the Education Development Institute in Kostroma for several years. Brian Stobie, interna-tional officer with Durham County Council said: “Teachers who have taken part in this exchange in the past have considered it to be a really memorable and worthwhile experience. “It gives teachers in our county the opportunity to discover more about Russian culture and the city of Kostroma, while the

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A Shildon man has been ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation to his victims, after he cut their hair while they were sleeping.Ryan Hallimond, of Cedar Grove, received a message from a former girlfriend on 8th May last year inviting him to her home, however Hallimond had replied stating he couldn’t get there.The woman later fell asleep on the sofa, while her friend had already gone upstairs to bed.One of the women, the householder in Holly Hill, woke at around 4.30am to find the 22-year-old standing above her with a pair of scissors in one hand and holding her hair in the other. Deborah Smith, prosecut-ing, told Durham Crown Court: “She could feel him pulling on it and asked what he was doing and how he got in.”

She went on to explain how the woman saw a clump of her hair on the floor before Hallimond told her she should see her friend upstairs, who was “a lot worse”.She then rushed upstairs and woke her friend, who discovered her hair had also been cut.Hallimond had previ-ously denied two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm, but changed his plea to guilty on the day of trial.Judge Simon Hickey, sen-tencing Hallimond, stated there was an element of degredation about his be-haviour. He imposed a 21 month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, during which Hallimond must undergo 20 days re-habilitation work with the probabtion service. He was also ordered to pay a combined total of £1,000 in compensation and imposed a 15 year restraining order.

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Dear Editor,

I am amazed and somewhat apalled by Durham County Council’s ideas on how to go about saving money by reducing the number of street lights on our local roads here in the south of the county - I wonder if they are contemplating using this method further north? But I digress.

To remove fifty lighting columns is surely going to cost several thou-sands of pounds in labour, not to mention the cost of temporary traffic lights, disruption to traffic and the safe disposal of said columns. It will cost a huge amount again when they all have to be re-instated in a few years time owing to the upsurge in road traffic accidents during rush hours and bad weather, and to even more over-stretching of the Police Force, local hospitals and ambulance service when dealing with said accidents.

I live on a bus route, near several small industrial estates, so our road sees its fair share of heavy vehicles. We also have a new housing estate very nearby, and the entrance to the main car park for Locomotion Museum is at the bottom of the road. Police cars and ambulances use the road as a direct shortcut to Middridge and Newton Aycliffe. Altogether quite a busy road.

However, after about 8pm the road becomes very quiet and in the wee small hours when I’m roaming the house (OAPs often don’t sleep too well) it is absolutely deserted.

Instead of Durham County Council removing lights completely, could they not distinguish the ones that NEED to stay on all night (outside hospitals and police stations, main roads and pedestrian precincts, etc) then turn off all the others, say from midnight to 5am? If this strategy was rolled out county wide, what a saving in electricity costs it would be, not to mention light pollution. What an example to the rest of the country on how to save energy and precious resources!

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Ken Loach’s award-winning film will be screened at St John’s Churh Hall on Saturday, 21st January from 6pm.

Screening of I, Daniel Blake

Shildon and Dene Valley Labour Party, with the support of Saint John’s Church, are to host a screening of the award-winning Ken Loach film, I, Daniel Blake.Entry to the screening will be free of charge in St John’s Church Hall on Saturday 21st January from 6pm. Tickets are limited to 60 so must be booked in advance by calling 07867 411287. The film centres around skilled craftsman, Daniel Blake, 59, who loses his job after suffering a heart

attack.He has assets, but not the kind that the market rates highly since they have little monetary value: qualities such as integrity, honesty and compassion. Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes when it premiered last year, Blake’s attrib-utes carry little weight in a system designed to pitch one human being against another in a time of aus-terity.Monetary or food dona-tions towards the cost of the screening and room hire will be donated to St John’s Church food bank.

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Mayor of Shildon, Cllr Trish Pemberton, went along to watch the fantastic show.

Skaters put on a technicolour dream show

Spectrum North East Roller Skating Club performed family favourite Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat on Sunday 15th January at Shildon Sunny-dale Leisure Centre.The cast of 16 roller skaters (aged from just 5 right up to adults), are Tracy Stevens, Karen Austin, Jo Loring, Nicola Stevens, Sharday Smith, Joseph Kearney (15), Niamh Dawson (11), Benjamin Smithies (11), Hannah Godwin (10), Lucy Richardson (10), Harrison Austin (9), Indie May Clark (9), Jazzmyn Loring (7), Fearne Abbott (7) Heidi Turner (7) and Joel Turner (5). They have been busy

rehearsing since October in order to fundraise to help the club achieve their dreams of attending national competitions this year, and have managed to raise £205.65.The show opened with the Narrator (Tracy Stevens – coach and founder of the club) finding a book and starting to read the story of a young dreamer, named Joseph (Hannah Godwin from Coundon). Hannah started roller skating less than two years ago when she went along to lessons at Spectrum Leisure in Willington as a complete beginner. The club itself has been running less than three years but already has es-tablished regular lessons at two venues and is affiliated to the national govern-ing body of roller skating, competing at three com-petitions, where this year Hannah won a bronze medal.The show is a mixture of artistic skating moves and theatrical acting with lots

of enthusiasm and fun.Tracy Stevens, skating coach and daughter Nicola Stevens - choreographer, came up with the idea of combining their two passions of skating and theatre and have spent months rehearsing with the skaters. Pharoh, played by Jazzmyn Loring (7) from Oakenshaw can certainly entertain a crowd and is one of the most experienced skaters in the group as she started on wheels at just four years-old!Tracy commented: “Thank you to everyone who helps our club develop. Mayor Trish Pemberton attended the show. We would like to thank her for the continu-ous support for our club and thank you also to Sun-nydale Leisure Centre staff for their cooperation. “Bring your roller skates along to Sunnydale Leisure Centre on Sundays from 2.30-3.30pm, or Spectrum Leisure, Willington on Wednesdays from, 4.30-5.30pm. Sessions cost £4.”

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Gary Lee Butterfield, of Regent Street, Shildon, entered two guilty pleas and one not guilty plea to charges when he appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magis-trates’ Court recently.Charges arose out of an incident at Joe’s Bar in Dar-lington on 24th October. The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault and to

criminal damage to an internal door but not guilty to damaging a BMW X1 vehicle belonging to the North East Ambulance Service. Matters were adjourned for trial at Newton Aycliffe on 10th April and Butterfield was released on condition-al bail, conditions of which prevent him from entering Joe’s Bar.

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Residents are once again concerned at the speed vehicles are travelling along West Auckland Road.

Police to deploy safety camera on West Auckland Road

Following complaints to police from residents re-garding vehicles travelling at excessive speeds, which was confirmed through

speed surveys, a safety camera unit will be attend-ing West Auckland Road in Shildon over the coming weeks.

The aim of the initiative is to provide reassurance to the community, reduce vehicle speeds and prevent collisions.

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A Shildon man has been treated for shock following a traffic collision in which another man was killed.Ryan Wilson, 26, from Darlington, died when his bicycle collided with a car on Rotary Way at around 2.20pm on 11th January.Ryan’s family said, “Ryan was a hardworking, quiet lad with a big heart. “He loved Darlington FC and went to nearly all the matches both home and away and kept all the match programmes and

tickets. He always wore his Darlington shirt with pride. “He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends.”The driver of the Honda Accord, a 53 year-old man from Shildon, was taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital and treated for shock.Any witnesses to the col-lision are asked to call Durham Constabulary's Collision Investigation Unit on 0191 375 2159.

Man killed in Darlington collision

Shildon Spiritualist Church, on Middleton Road, is pleased to welcome Monty Havelock, who will take the service on Sunday 22nd January. “Monty is a regular visitor to the church and a very good medium,” said a spokesperson. “The service starts at 6pm and we offer

a very warm welcome to everyone regardless of age or religion. As usual we invite you to stay behind for tea or coffee and a friendly chat. “We had an excellent service last week and hope to repeat it this week so we look forward to seeing you.”

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The latest Shildon AFC Supporters’ Club lottery was drawn on Sunday 8th January at the football ground social club.The numbers drawn from the bag were: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12. There was no winner of the £700 jackpot prize. The con-solation prize of £25 was won by P Douthwaite.The jackpot now rolls over to £750 and players must select the winning 6 number combination from the remaining 13

numbers to collect the top prize.Tickets, which cost £2 each, can be bought at Rakeesh Convenience Store on Main Street, Main Street News, the One Stop Shop on Byerley Road, Elm Road Club and the football ground on match days.The lottery can also be played online via Paypal by emailing £2 per line along with your selection of six numbers from 13 for each ticket to supporter-sclub@shildonafc.com.

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Paul Connor (9) scored to put Shildon 2-0 ahead in the league against Whitley Bay - this week’s League Cup opponents - earlier in the season, but a late rally saw the visitors snatch a last minute draw. Photo: Martyn Tweddle

Shildon AFC look for positive reaction to get back on track

Shildon AFC management will be looking for a positive reaction from their players this week after the disap-pointment of their FA Vase exit was quickly followed by the shock result of the Northern League so far this season when the Rail-waymen’s title aspirations were dented by Chester le Street. The bottom of the table side came from behind against the defending champions to claim their first home win of the season.Shildon remain third in the league table, but a win against the lowly league newcomers would have seen them come within four points of South Shields, with a game in hand, and still with the league’s big spenders to play in February.The shock result has removed the task of re-taining the league title from Shildon’s own hands, although a more positive spin on it may be that it will focus minds on the task ahead.Shildon remain in title con-tention, albeit the climb

to the mountaintop has steepened sharply.They also remain active in both domestic - as opposed to FA-related - cups, with a midweek League Cup Third Round tie against Whitley Bay scheduled to take place at Dean Street as the Crier goes to press.The added incentive of defending the trophy - cur-rently on display alongside the league championship trophy and other memo-rabilia at Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon - should ensure any lingering disappoit-ments are swept aside. The side will also be the bookie’s favourites to progress to the semi-finals of the Durham Challenge Cup after drawing second division side, Billingham Synthonia at Dean Street in the last eight of the com-petition.That match is scheduled to take place on the evening

of Wednesday 1st February.Between the two cup ties comes the opportunity to get back on track in the title race, although that will require wins on the road against lower mid-table sides, Sunderland RCA and Ashington respec-tively.The visit to RCA takes place on Saturday 21st January, followed a week later by the trip to Ashington.Perhaps the strongest indicator that the players remain incentivised in the title battle will come with the visit of Morpeth Town - themselves smarting from their controversial FA Vase exit at the hands of South Shields - to Dean Street on 4th February.Although any loss of league points before that date will almost certainly leave the two cups as the club’s only hope of polishing some sil-verware at the end of this season.

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Palace’s Foundation side in the National Football Youth League (U19) on Wednesday 25th January at Shildon Railway Sports & Social Club (the BR). The match will kick off at 1.30pm and the bar will be open for refreshments.Shildon are currently 7th in the league, two places and one point above next week’s opponents and with a game in hand.Entry to the match is free of charge.

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