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Operation Spoke

July 23, 2014

The Neighbourhood Policing Teams are continuing their FREE Operation Spoke bicycle and scooter marking events. There are two in the Shotley Bridge area ….

Friday 25^th July @ Benfieldside YIAM Event, St Cuthberts Avenue 11am-4pm.

Thursday 31^st July @ The Station Yard, Shotley Bridge 10-4pm

The aim is to increase the chances of having valuable items returned to you should they be lost or stolen, by making the items identifiable and logging them onto the Immobilise website: www.immobilise.com

This site is completely FREE and logs the details of your valuable items, keeping them all in a safe place. Officers are able to search this site when looking to identify the owner of recovered property, so well worth spending a rainy day logging your items.

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Land of Oak & Iron

June 13, 2014

A project to restore some of the undiscovered features of one of the North East’s most historic landscape is progressing with support from the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The Land of Oak and Iron Landscape Partnership is now in its development phase leading up to a stage 2 submission in 2015. HLF have earmarked a £2.2m grant towards the £3.4m 4 year delivery programme aimed to commence in 2016.

The project area includes most of the Derwent Valley. The area has a fascinating heritage that stretches back to the Roman era and was since home to lead and coal mining, coke production and world leading iron, steel and sword making. The multi-agency Partnership led by Groundwork NE aims to restore some surviving traces of that industrial heritage as well as protecting much of the area’s woodland, wetland and river based natural heritage; all of which will be brought to life by harnessing the areas’ rich cultural heritage.

The Landscape Partnership will also improve access, help promote the area to visitors and engage local communities in activities to discover, learn about and celebrate the area. The partnership is currently undertaking a number of feasibility studies and community consultation events exploring and developing project ideas that will harness and promote the unique heritage for generations to come.

The nearest consultation event is in Consett on 8 July.

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Play tennis for free

May 11, 2014

Shotley & Benfieldside Tennis Club are taking a very active part next weekend in a major LTA initiative to promote tennis across the country – the GREAT BRITISH TENNIS WEEKEND.

There will be free play, free coaching, free use of balls and rackets etc for all who go along – for whole families as well as individuals. They will also have some special membership deals on offer over the weekend.

This link gives further information on the event across the country, and allows people to pre-register to ensure they are expected and welcome when they arrive: https://clubhouse.lta.org.uk/opendays

The Club’s website at www.shotleytennis.co.uk is now packed with information about events, coaching, team matches etc, and includes an up-to-date diary so all members can check at a glance to make sure there will be courts free before going to play.