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The much publicised Shildon Loyalty Card is finally here, officially launching after the lighting of the town’s Christmas tree by the Mayor of Shildon, Councillor Henry Nicholson. The tree lighting and the

launch of the Loyalty Card followed Shildon’s first Christmas Market, a collab-oration between the town Council and the Chamber of Trade, an event which kept the Town buzzing throughout the day.The President of the

Chamber of Trade, Chris-topher Bowman presented an award to the girl who designed the front of the Loyalty Cards. This bright colourful image was created by 14 year-old Courtney Johnson. Loyalty Cards cost £5.00, renewable yearly, and are available from participat-ing retailers. Once pur-chased, they can be used to redeem discounts and special offers at a number of shops. A spokesperson said “By having a card you are showing you care about your town, care about sup-porting local businesses, and care about saving money.“As for the design com-petition, all the entries were fabulous, making the judge’s decision so much harder. Eventually prizes were awarded to the two winning design entries, and they were, in the Primary School category, Chloe Sisson aged 8, and in the Secondary School category, Courtney Johnson aged 14. Courtney’s was chosen as the overall winner. To all who entered their designs for the competition, a great big thank you.”

L to R, Shildon Mayor Councillor Henry Nicholson, Chamber of Trade Vice President Neil Thompson, Courtney Johnson, Chamber of Trade President Christopher Bowman, and Chloe Sisson.

Shildon Loyalty Card is officially launched

Do you enjoy carol singing? Why not go along to the Methodist Church on Thursday 18th December when a carol singing service will take place.

There will be coffee, tea and mince pies on offer after the service.A spokesperson said, “We will be pleased to see you. Come and help us put Christ into Christmas.”

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On Saturay 13th December from 10am to 2pm residents and members of staff at Redworth House in Shildon will be putting on their best Christmas fancy dress for the day as they play host to a festive Christmas Fayre.Members of the com-munity are invited to the home’s Christmas market, which will be made up of stalls with wooden Christmas presents, handbags, jewel-lery, arts, crafts and cakes and, of course, attendees are

welcome to wear fancy dress too.All the funds raised will be put towards the residents’ Comfort Fund for activities and entertainment during the winter months.Based on Byerley Road, Redworth House is part of Bondcare Shaftesbury and provides nursing and residen-tial care for up to 57 residents. The home predominantly offers nursing and residential care for elderly residents, in-cluding those with dementia.

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Thanks to a partial grant from County Durham Com-munity Foundation and fundraising by members, all those visiting Shildon Methodist Church will receive a warm welcome in more ways than one. The wonderful new double glazed frontage of the Church, installed by Furness Windows, completes a full range of energy conscious im-provements to the Church

and Hall which includes installation of new boilers, cavity wall insulation and complete double glazing throughout. “Thanks to County Durham Community Foundation for their help and also our band of hard working members for continually fundrais-ing in order to make our Church an environmentally friendly building, as well as a ‘people friendly’ place to be,” said a spokesperson.

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As Christmas approaches, a range of agencies in County Durham including the Police, Public Health and local councils are launch-ing a new campaign to raise awareness about domestic abuse.The ‘Sorry’s not enough – there is no excuse for abuse’ campaign has been launched as Christmas ap-proaches, as in the past there have been increases in reports of abuse at this time of year.The campaign was devel-oped as part of ongoing multi-agency work and the Police and Crime Commis-sioner Ron Hogg’s Regional violence against women and girls strategy.As part of the campaign a dedicated website has been set up and posters will be appearing at key locations across the force area. The posters will depict images of differ-ent victims in the hope of showing that this abuse

really can affect anyone. Promotional items like pens and notepads have also been produced with the campaign branding. Ron Hogg, Police and Crime Commissioner said, “As well as raising awareness, the aim of the campaign is to encourage victims to get the help they need and to warn abusers that domestic abuse will not be tolerated. “I can’t stress enough that tackling domestic abuse is everyone’s business. There were 14,500 domestic abuse calls made to us last year, which is about 40 calls every day. Domestic abuse accounts for 8% of all crime in County Durham and Darlington and 40% of violent crime reported to us was domestic abuse. “This is staggering, and although Durham was only one of a few forces that received a positive inspec-tion from HMIC around how we work with a range of

agencies to investigate domestic abuse, we are determined to continue to work hard together to eradicate domestic abuse across Durham and Darling-ton.”Lucy Hovvels, Cabinet Member chairs the Multia-gency Group who tackle domestic abuse in County Durham and holds the Portfolio for Healthy, Safer Communities said, “Whether it’s happening to you, a friend, a col-league or a member of your family we want you to take action. This campaign is ultimately a call for action to ask everyone to play their part in tackling this crime by ensuring they are aware of it. As a society we should not tolerate this type of criminality and be committed to working together to tackle it.”More information about the campaign can be found on www.sorrysnotenough.co.uk.

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The incidents have been occurring between 6pm and 10pm, with the damage being caused on the evening of 27th November.If you know who is respon-sible then call the non-emergency number, 101.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a window was broken to the down-stairs front room of a house in Dent Street, Shildon, at around 8.40pm on Sunday 7th December.

A male wearing a woolly hat was seen running away from the scene. Any information can be passed to PC 2218 Surtees at Bishop Auckland Police Station.

Twenty three of Shildon’s youth descended on the Metro Centre on Saturday 6th December with one mission in mind. Winding their way through the crowds of Christmas shoppers they were there not for themselves but for others. Each was armed with a £5 note and a plan, they were to buy a gift for someone who may not get any presents, along with a

The bodies of two young adult lurchers, a male and female, were found by resi-dents in Shildon at approxi-mately 8.45am on Sunday 7th December.Police officers received a call saying one of the dogs had been found on Rose-berry Terrace. The second was found already dead outside Hallgarth Surgery in Cheapside.The RSPCA confirmed one dog was approximately two years-old and the other was

decoration to remind the eventual recipient that this was about being cared for at Christmas. After two hours the group reformed outside the cinema proudly showing off their purchases, gifts bought with real thought. “I didn’t get anything that needed batteries,” said one young person “they might not have any.” “I tried to get something to speak of warmth during a

just one.The dogs were both taken to a vets in Darlington where an x-ray confirmed that both had been shot in the chest, with a single pellet found in both of the animal’s lungs.The RSPCA are now working with police to examine CCTV footage in an attempt to discover what happened and are appealing for any witnesses.RSPCA Inspector Krissy Raine said, “Obviously,

cold period,” said another as he hoisted a hot water bottle out of his bag. The gifts will be given to Shildon Alive! to include with food parcels over the festive period, a way of saying the Saint John’s Youthy cares. The young people contin-ued the festive feeling by going inside the cinema and watching the film ‘Nativity 3!’

these dogs have had a horrible, painful death in freezing cold conditions. They died on the street and I think someone knows who it was and who is responsi-ble for what has happened to them”.Inspector Raine said the dogs were possibly brother and sister and where not collared or microchipped.If you have any informa-tion regarding the incident contact the RSPCA on 03001 234 999.

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Twenty three members of Saint John’s Youth Group purchased thoughtful gifts for people in need at Christmas.

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Company’s staff donate holiday pay to Shildon Foodbank

Photo (left to right): Derick Dunn, Salvation Army Shildon; Margaret Dunn, Salvation Army; Beverley Reece, Identity Consult; Peter Maclellan, Durham Foodbank; Andrea Kerry, Salvation Army; Linda Watson, Salvation Army.

Staff at the Shildon Depot of Durham Foodbank were delighted to learn that they were to be the beneficiar-ies of a staff fundraising event at Sunderland-based company, Identity Consult.Staff at the quantity sur-veying firm were able to buy an extra day’s holiday over the Christmas period with all the funds raised going to the Shildon charity, operated from the town’s Salvation Army. Shildon – home town of Identity Consult’s Managing Director, David Dent – is one of 25 distri-bution centres operated on behalf of Durham Foodbank. The project is run by the Durham Chris-tian Partnership and which has grown from a single centre in Durham city into a county-wide project feeding over 15,000 people this year, up from 10,000 last year.

Each member of the Identity Consult staff paid £25 for their extra day’s holiday while company directors paid double. In all, the firm raised a total of £775 which was handed over to Peter Maclel-lan, Director of Durham Foodbank, and Derick Dunn of the Shildon branch of the Salvation Army by Identity Consult’s Finan-cial Controller, Beverley Reece. “All of the staff were very keen to help this worthy cause,” said Ms Reece. “We are in the fortunate position where we can afford to buy an extra day’s holiday but there are so many people in our communities who are not so lucky. The company already sponsors Shildon Football Club and the Shildon AFC Development Centre so it was natural to choose the Shildon Depot

of Durham Foodbank for our support.”Identity Consult Managing Director, David Dent said, “I grew up in Shildon and have retained an involve-ment with the town. Our support with this initia-tive is just another way of putting something back into a frontline service where hopefully some less fortunate than ourselves will not have to make the decision between heating or food; maybe now they can have both.”For anyone wishing to help Durham Foodbank by making a cash or food donation or by volunteer-ing; or to find out more about distribution and col-lection centres, its Christ-mas appeal and other ways to help, further informa-tion is available at the Durham Foodbank website at durhamfoodbank.org.uk.

The number of County Durham residents signed-up to the extended garden waste collection scheme has already topped the 15,000 mark.Cabinet member for neighbourhoods and local partnerships, Cllr Brian Stephens said, “These are early days but the initial feedback is hugely support-ive. There is still plenty of time for others to subscribe and it is really good that we are able to offer the service to even more households.” By signing up for a £20 annual fee, residents receive 16 fortnightly col-lections between spring

and autumn. Anyone opting to take up a three year subscription will get a dis-counted rate of £50.Rotters will continue to work in partnership with Durham County Council in Teesdale in 2015 and the same annual fee applies.Residents are reminded they need to subscribe by February 1st to get all garden waste collections in 2015.To find out if a property is eligible for garden waste collections and to sign up to the service, go to www.durham.gov.uk/garden-waste or call 03000 261 000.

Garden waste hits 15,000

South Durham Counsel-ling Service is proud to announce they have expanded and now have a new counselling suite in the Foundations Building at 51 Church Street Shildon.

The South Durham Coun-selling Service offer free counselling, operating Monday to Friday.For more information contact Luan Deakin on 01388 773598 or 07535 545894.

New counselling suite

Another roll overThe Shildon AFC Support-ers’ Club's weekly lottery draw took place on Sunday 7th December, during the half time break in the club's quiz night at the football ground's clubhouse.This week's drawn numbers were: 1,3,12,13,14 and 15.There was no winner of the jackpot. The consolation

prize of £25 was won by D Wilkinson.The jackpot now rolls over to £550 and with one number coming off, players must now choose the winning 6 number combi-nation from 17. Tickets are priced at £2 each and can be bought at Dean Street on match days.

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Jackie Layfield is the new John Hay Memorial Domino Handicap champion after beating last year’s winner Lee “Chesney” Gardiner in the final at Dean Street clubhouse at the begin-ning of the month.The Domino tournament was inaugurated last year by Sue Charlton to celebrate the memory of her partner, John Hay, a Director of Shildon Football Club who passed away in 2012 while watching his team play. The tournament also acts as a fundraiser for charities close to John

and Sue’s hearts: the Artificial Limb Centre at the James Cook Memorial Hospital; Diabetes UK and Shildon AFC.The tournament was well supported again this year and raised £59 towards the causes.While Lee blamed his pre-tournament prepa-ration, having failed to eat a steak before the competition, Jackie ex-pressed her delight at winning: “I can’t believe it,” she said, “and it was good to beat last year’s champion, especially as he knocked my son out of the competition in the

quarter finals.”The annual tourna-ment takes place on the Saturday closest to John’s 30th November birthday.Sue added, “I would like to thank everyone who attended and sup-ported the event, and also those who sponsored the previous weekend’s sky dive. It seems the luck is with Jackie at the moment as she also won a signed Shildon top on the day of the sky dive.”The Crier will bring more news of the sky dive when the final total of the funds raised has been calculated.

Jackie knocks spots off opposition

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Shildon Crafters’ Christmas Draw took place recently, with the first prize of a food hamper being won by the holder of pale yellow ticket numbers 16-20.The second prize pamper hamper goes to pale yellow

tickets 166-170, while tickets 71-75, also pale yellow, won the lap quilt and bottle of wine.“Merry Christmas to everyone from the Crafters!” said a spokes-person.

Crafters’ prize draw

The December meetings of Shildon Town Council will take place on Monday 15th December from 6.30pm

in the Town Council Chambers.Members of the public are invited to attend.

Council meetings

The Busy Bees Fundraising Group made the fantastic sum of £400 at their recent stall and Christmas Raffle.“We want to say a big thank you once again. It was all down to your ex-cellent support,” stated a

spokesperson.There was only one unidentified winner in the raffle - the holder of ticket number 696-700.If you are the lucky winner contact Marion on 01388 774519.

Busy Bees’ thanks

Caution at Christmas

Jackie Layfield with her winning domino board and the John Hay Memorial Handicap Shield.

In the run up to Christmas police are asking shopkeep-ers and staff to be extra vigilant, as shoplifters are often active at this time of year. They would also en-courage anybody to report suspicious behaviour that they might observe whilst

out shopping. “Please also make sure when going out to keep your blinds and curtains closed at home and leave a light on, as ever we would advise you to ensure your windows and doors remain locked at all times.”

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This week in History

16 December 1707

The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean.

Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.

15 December 2001

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, were killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

December 2012

Apollo 17 became the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.

December 1972 12 December 1963

Kenya gained its independ-ence from the United Kingdom.

Sir Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

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BR hold Country and Western night for charity

PACT MEETINGSPolice & Communities Together

Thickley Ward - Christmas PACT - All ShildonThursday 18th December, 6pm, Shildon Civic Hall

Byerley Ward & Sunnydale WardWednesday 31st December, 6.30pm, Shildon Civic Hall

Previous issues - Anti-Social Behaviour on the Jubilee Estate. All residents of Shildon are invited to this Christmas PACT meeting. Mince pies, tea and coffee will be available.

Previous issues - There have been numerous complaints from residents regarding the speed of vehicles travelling on Byerley Road. Peak times appear to be during school drop off and pick up times.

Eldon, Close House, Coronation and Auckland ParkWednesday 28th January, 1.30pm, One Stop Community Shop

Previous issues - No priorities which require action at the moment.

MiddridgeMonday 5th January, 6pm, Middridge Village HallPrevious issues - Vehicles travelling through Middridge Village above the signposted 30mph limit .

The BR in Shildon held a Country and Western Charity Night on Wednesday 3rd December, in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance.

Artist Ron Spence enter-tained the appreciative crowd and raised a wonder-ful £220. The next charity event at

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On Saturday 6th December Ineos Golf Club, Newton Aycliffe, held it’s end of year presentation evening in the clubhouse, which was attended by members and their families.Before any trophies were handed out for this year’s winners, a cheque for £550 was given to Nora Brewster from The Busy Bees based in Shildon.The Busy Bees are a fun-draising group which helps a number of charitable

organisations.Each year the club captain chooses a charity to raise funds for. This year’s captain Ian Evans decided the Busy Bees were his special choice.A spokesperson said, “Ian has done an excellent job as the 2014 captain and we thank him for his efforts, and now incoming captain Dave Pinkney has a hard act to follow, but with members support I’m sure he will do a great job too.”

The BR in Shildon held a Country and Western themed charity night on Wednesday 3rd December raising £220 for the Great North Air Ambulance.

Ian Evans presents Nora Brewster with a £550 donation to the Busy Bees.

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Shildon AFC Juniors Under 8’s opponents in their most recent game were 21st All Stars. The match got under way with the All Stars scoring the first goal. Shildon played well and Noah Fawcett scored for

Shildon to bring the score level to 1-1 at half time.All Stars went on to score another two goals to bring the final score to All Stars 3 – Shildon 1. This was the team’s first league defeat of the season.

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For the 2nd time in a week Shildon AFC’s away game against Shaw Lane Aqua-force from Barnsley in the F.A. Vase was cancelled because of pitch problems. The Railwaymen were due to play the Yorkshire side on Saturday 6th December, then on Tuesday 9th December, but both games were called off. The match has now been re-scheduled for Tuesday 16th December with a 7.45pm kick off. If the game is called off again it will be played the follow-ing day on Wednesday 17th December at Dean Street. These cancellations are causing Shildon problems in their league fixtures as the Railwaymen are falling behind in games played. They have now only played 17 games in the league,

whilst top of the table West Auckland Town have played 24. If Shildon beat Shaw Lane they have been drawn away to Walsall Wood FC from the West Midlands in the 4th Round of the competition. The game will be played on Saturday 17th January. There is a scheduled league game taking place on Saturday 13th December when Shildon travel to Morpeth Town.

First defeat of the season

Shildon Under 14 Juniors put in arguably their best performance of the season when they came away with all 3 points after Sunday's game away at North Ormesby. Due to crippling injuries, Shildon only had 10 fit players available to start the match. Tom Andelin was named Captain in place of the injured Cain Smith. Many of the youngsters were played in strange po-sitions out of necessity but despite the changes, gave a fantastic performance. Shildon fell behind after 10 minutes when a weak clearance was thundered home via a deflection to put Shildon 1 behind.

The ten men battled on bravely and, 5 minutes before the break, Adam Campbell rode a desper-ate challenge and powered home a left foot drive into the bottom left corner for the equaliser. After the break Shildon, to their great credit, started to dominate proceedings and added 3 more goals. Ben Oliver dribbled past a couple of the home side defenders before lashing the ball in then, starting as centre forward for the first time, Steven Dawson claimed two goals. The first came after his initial shot rebounded off a post and he cracked it home but his 2nd goal was of

the highest order. Adam Campbell turned the home side’s left back inside out then crossed the ball towards the centre of the goal. Dawson leapt into the air and scored with a perfectly executed bicycle kick which tore into the top left hand corner, for what must be one of the goals of the season. A soft penalty was awarded and scored by the home side but the brave 10 men of Shildon were not to be denied. A spokesperson com-mented, “Fantastic result, what character shown by the boys.”Final score 4-2 to Shildon Juniors. MOM Steven Dawson.

On November 29th at the North East Harrier League cross country meeting, at Wallington Hall in North-umberland, Lizzie Cramb ran in the U15 girls race and came in 5th position in a time of 14:08.The following day a number of club members competed in the North Yorkshire & South Durham XC league meeting at a chilly Croft Circuit.Chloe Fairclough ran in the U13 Girls race and came home in 8th position in 9.28. In the U15 Boys Cameron Stainsby finished in 3rd position in a time of 15:21 and Harrison Daglish, also in the U15 boys ran the course in 17:58, finishing in 13th Position.In the Senior Women’s race Elizabeth Wood finished her course in 26:57 in 14th position.On December 6th six members of the Sprint group attended the Northern Athletics open indoor meeting at Shef-field.

In the 60mtr U13 girls Leah Rutherford finished in a time of 9.51 whilst Rachel Bennett and Maddie Wells competed at the same distance at U15 level recording times of 8.16 and 8.28 respec-tively. Kyle Walton made his debut for the club at U15 level, and put in an excellent performance in his 60mtr race to finish in 7.92.In U20 women, Georgia Hirst competed at the same distance to finish in 8.6 whilst Scott Michael ran 7.31 in the senior men’s race.Next up were the 150mtr sprints which saw Leah finish in 23.39 at U13 level. At U15 level Rachel ran home in 19.91 in her race followed closely by Maddie in 20.24. Kyle rounded off a good day’s work sprinting home in 19.10.Scott put in a strong per-formance in the senior men’s 300mtr to finish in 37.88 with Georgia rounding the afternoon

off completing her 300mtr race in 43.10.At Hackworth parkrun number 91 on December 6th, Elizabeth Wood racked up another personal achievement as she became the first ever female first place finisher at Hackworth Park in a time of 21:26.Gary Bainbridge was 3rd place male finisher and 6th place overall in a time of 23:53.Shildon Running and Athletic Club is open to anyone from the age of 8 upwards. If you are inter-ested in joining the club then go along for a free tryout session. For details of club nights and times to suit your age group, check out www.shildonrunning.co.uk or email [email protected] parkrun is open to everyone, is free to enter and takes place each Saturday morning starting at 9am prompt. To register simply go to www.parkrun.org.uk.

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