People in the Chester-le-Street district have been invited to take part in the UK’s biggest events of the year. They are being offered the chance to put their stamp on the celebrations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralymic Games and to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The initiative – Let’s Join In - is…
Community feedback has prompted a firm response from the Chester-le-Street and District Area Action Partnership. After meetings with local people the AAP has announced a new set of priorities that will be introduced from April 2012. From then organisation has determined its new focus will be:- Opportunities for young people Improved Local Environment Local regeneration,…
Chester-le-Street district’s popular community mobile cinema programme is ready to roll again this week. The initiative, organised by Chester-le-Street and District Area Action Partnership, will be bringing the big screen to communities from this Saturday (February 11) with Happy Feet 2. The screening schedule is:- Saturday 11th February at 10.30am – Pelton Youth & Community…
The start of work on a new £4.5m health centre and library in a County Durham village was marked with a groundbreaking ceremony for the project at Pelton, near Chester-le-Street. The development, which will be called the Lavender Centre, is a joint project between Durham County Council and NHS County Durham and Darlington. Based on…
People in the Chester-le-Street district have called on Durham County Council to think again over plans to close the Hett Hills waste disposal centre near Pelton. A petition against closure is being raised and organisers report a brisk response to sign up. Hett Hills has come under scrutiny, along with several other sites countywide, as…
Supermarket giants Morrisons has taken over the extensive car parking facilities around its store in Chester-le-Street. The move directly reunites car parking facilities with operations at the town centre superstore. Originally a free car park when the store was owned by the North Eastern Co-op it ended up being privately run and parking came at…
We can always find time for a walk down memory lane. Local historians Dorothy Hall and George Nairn are the guides for a trip back in time to the villages of Chester Moor and Waldridge. They have spent the last three years researching and compiling information and collecting photographs from the neighbouring communities just outside…
Halloween Night came early to a Front Street Public House in Chester-le-Street. The annual Halloween Party night took place at The Black Horse, where regulars and friends dressed to thrill, or kill in fancy dress guises that moved from Devils, Witches, Ghouls and Spooks to The Flintstones and Diana Ross and The Supremes. Attended…
A new business initiative has been launched in the Chester-le-Street area. BNI Centurion is a referral organisation that now meets at Chester-le-Street Cricket Club every Thursday morning 6.45am. Business Networking International (BNI) is a global company established 25 years ago and the biggest networking organisation of its kind in the world. It caters for businesses…
Chester-le-Street and District Area Action Partnership (AAP) is leading a new project to encourage children and young people to take pride in their local environment. The All Together Blossoming project, which will be delivered by Groundwork North East, will link up with local schools and children’s centres to organise planting activities across the Chester-le-Street and…
