Our Canadian Rector of the Parish of the Upper Skerne, Reverend David Lucas was in the Parish Hall at St Edmund's Pancake Coffee Morning when "miraculously" the ball arrived in the Fletcher Room.

We would like to use this month’s article to make all of our school families aware of the ‘Sedgefield Swap Shop’. Our ‘Swap Shop’ is very well stocked with many items of brand new or like new school uniform. All items of school uniform, including shoes, are available to ensure all of our students are able to wear their school uniform with pride.

On Sunday 11 May, Durham Bird Club are holding an event to celebrate their 50th year. The Club has a bird hide at Castle Lake, near Bishop Middleham.

A large-scale industrial waste plant is coming to your doorstep - it is an imminent threat to our community! This huge plant is NOT agricultural scale. Its size makes it far better suited to an industrial development area.

If approved, it will process 89,500 tonnes of waste annually, including food waste, animal waste, bloods and syrups, to produce biogas and will operate 24/7.