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…
A free parking scheme is expected to give Chester-le-Street a weekend shopping boost. People travelling to the town on Saturdays can now park for free at the Civic Centre where there are 135 spaces. The scheme, which runs until July 2012, has been arranged through the Chester-le-Street and Dsitrict Area Action Partnership (AAP) to underpin…
Hundreds of local youngsters and residents have been making a beeline for Chester-le-Street market place to take part in Activity Week. Dozens of activities have been included in the programme that runs until the end of the week (Aug 26) They involve groups and organisations that make the community tick and include the work of…
The Chester-le-Street community is being challenged to ‘get active’ throughout next week. A week long programme of activities has been organised and will take place at the town’s Market Place. Activity Week is about all the groups and organisations that make the community tick – with plenty of fun activities thrown in for good measure….
She brought fame and fortune to Chester-le-Street for decades and now there’s a debate brewing about her future. The Chester-le-Street icon in question is Dainty Dinah, the symbol of the former Horner’s toffee factory who has taken pride of place in the town’s Civic Centre for the past 20 years or so. She had previously…
Thousands of people thronged the centre of Chester-le-Street as the town played host to another international helping of music and street theatre. The big event (this year mercifully without the downpour) thrilled young and old alike as bands paraded down Front Street for fireworks and top class entertainment at the market place. The event, part…
Where there’s BRASS there’s spectacular entertainment in store and Chester-le-Street will be staging some of the best over the coming week. Chester-le-Street has been rocking to a packed programme of BRASS 2011 events and there’s a sensational centrepiece taking place in the town centre on Thursday night (July 14) when the town welcome the internationally…
Chester-le-Street’s Roman past is helping put the fun back into playtime at the new Northlands play area. The revamped facility now incorporates 16 giant dice carved from stone boulders to represent Roman dice, reflecting the history of the town and the theme of play. And vice chair of Durham County Council, Linda Marshall, joined youngsters…
DNA tests that will determine the next moves of a Chester-le-Street family’s fight for justice for their dead son could be completed in a matter of days. The remains of 24-year-old Christopher Rochester were exhumed from Ropery Lane cemetery earlier this week (June 27), 11 years after he fell 40ft from a hotel balcony in…
Pelton Sure Start Children’s Centre has recently reopened following a refurbishment which will offer help and support to all families with pre school children in the community. Nichola Pitt, Pelton Children’s Centre Principal Family Worker, said: “Our team of family workers welcome all local parents and carers to call in and see our fantastic facilities…
