Coastal View Issue 63

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Issue 63 September - October 2015

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Ten years on, new campaign to remember ‘Our Mo’ a statue, a memorial event or concert, or even a fund for a bursary award to enable a young person from the area to fulfil their potential.”

“Mo was an amazing woman and a true inspiration. She played a major role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and was a hugely influential woman in the last Labour government but at the same time here in Redcar, was just ‘Our Mo’.

“Everyone I meet has a story to tell of how she helped them with a problem, or just shared a hug or even a whisky.”

If you have an idea about how we can remember Mo, or would like to get involved with the campaign to bring the tribute to fruition, please contact Anna at 10 Milbank Terrace, Redcar or message her through Facebook or via email anna.turley.mp@ parliament.uk

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n the tenth anniversary of Mo Mowlam’s death, Redcar MP Anna Turley has called for a new tribute to the former Redcar MP and has asked members of the local community to come forward with ideas.

Mo was the MP for Redcar from 1987 to 2001 and was regarded as one of Britain’s most popular politicians with a straightforward and affable personality that endeared her with the general public. As Northern Ireland Secretary 1997-99 she was instrumental in the peace negotiations between the IRA and Protestant unionists that led to the Good Friday Agreement.

Mo sadly lost her battle with a brain tumour

on the 19th August 2005. A publicly-funded tribute in the form of a mosaic depicting images from her life was unveiled in 2009 near Coatham boating lake, close to her former home.

Anna has called for a further tribute to remember ‘Our Mo’ ten years on and has asked local people to come forward with their ideas.

Anna said: “We have a lovely memorial mosaic down by the boating lake, but a lot of people have contacted me asking for more to be done to commemorate her achievements.

“I am asking local people to come forward to join me in setting up a campaign to find another way of paying tribute to her contribution to our area. Ideas so far have included a blue plaque,

Inside: The 24 page NCS Times supplement

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Welcome to Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63

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Changes planned

s most of you are probably aware Coastal View is produced by two people and delivered to your door by our amazing team of distributors.

When we started the newspaper in 2010 we didn’t realise just how much it would be welcomed into your homes and just how popular it would become.

We joke about it by saying we have created a monster and to a certain extent we have become victims of our own success.

The last few issues have seemed very hard to put together as one issue of the newspaper seemed to be running into the next one and giving us no time at all to pause for breath, which of course is not good for either our health, well being or state of mind.

In the early days when we had a 20 page paper it was hard enough as we were learning all the way about how to put the paper together and when we produced our first 56 page paper it almost saw us off! These days an 80 page paper is not uncommon and this month’s bumper issue of 96 pages has

been a very hard slog but always worth it when we see the end result.

So, recently we had to make some big decisions about where to go from here, to enable us to make some time for ourselves and to be able to get out more in our towns and villages to see the amazing things that happen around us.

But don’t think for one minute that stopping to distribute Coastal View was ever an issue! With that decided we had to find a way to move forward to ensure the existence of the newspaper for years to come. Carrying on the way we have been, would probably have resulted in total burn out after maybe another year or two and we’re sure you wouldn’t have wanted that to happen.

So, here’s our solution. Instead of putting together 12 papers a year we will reduce it to ten papers a year meaning that we have more time in between publications to fit other things in and as a result, we hope to carry on for many more years.

We have run this idea by a few of our friends and advertisers who all agree it’s a sensible way to go.

Our biggest complaint is usually “Why don’t we get Coastal View delivered where we live?” (That’s not such a bad complaint to have as it means people do want to get it and read

it.) And the second biggest complaint is “My paper is late.”

We ask you to please be patient with us as your paper will arrive and there is really no such thing as late as each paper covers a period of two months anyway. Yes there will be events in the paper that may have happened before you get it delivered but we have to make a decision each month on whether to include them or not. We decide in most cases to include, as we know at least some of you will have got the paper in time. There is a lot to read in the paper; we pride ourselves on that, so Coastal View contains much more than events and we hope you understand our position on this.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all who help make Coastal View possible, the distributors, the advertisers, the contributors and of course you the readers.

Long may we continue.

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Standing ovation at war hero film show

Craig Hannaway, Eddie Straight, Craig Hornby and Stuart Smith at the Saltburn Premiere of the film “Eddie Straight: to Hell and Back”

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By Mike Morrissey

capacity crowd at Saltburn Community Theatre rose to their feet for a minute’s silence before the Saltburn premiere of the film “Eddie Straight - To Hell & Back” and again afterwards to give a standing ovation to the man himself who was in attendance along with film-maker Craig Hornby.

95-year old Eddie, a former Co. Sgt. Major of the elite tank regiment, the 11th Armoured, fought across Europe and liberated the Belsen death camp before being sent into the jungles of Burma. He told the audience, many of whom were in tears: “It is nice to know that what we did is appreciated.” Craig added: “Today we are marking the end of world war two and the outbreak of peace - peace that was

won at great cost by people like Eddie. But Eddie was lucky - he survived bayonets and being shot six times but somehow his name wasn’t added to the cenotaph down the road.”

Craig made the 40 minute documentary after one of Eddie’s friends, John Connolly of Skelton, suggested this unknown hero needed to be recognised. As John says in the film: “We remember those who didn’t come back every November but I felt not enough recognition is given to those who survived like Eddie who have had to live with troubling memories all their lives.”

Reaction to the film’s first screening in Saltburn was rapt. Powerful and often harrowing archive scenes, especially of Belsen, with Eddie’s personal testimony

A Plea to Dog Owners

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By Deborah Barwick of Brotton

n a hot Sunday afternoon in August a small cat was basking in the tall grass at the edge of a playing field in Brotton. She was inches away from the gap in the fence which led to her home could she hear my husband pottering just a few feet away in her garden.

Cookie, our beautiful little cat, was attacked by a dog, off its lead and out of control, its owner unable to stop the onslaught. On the other side of the fence my husband and our neighbours could hear the awful noise but were unable to scale the six foot height to help.

Cookie finally escaped and crawled home, her injuries too horrible and graphic to detail here.

We rushed her to our vet, who worked tirelessly for 24 hours to try and save her, but the damage was just too severe. We took the decision to end her suffering on Monday afternoon.

The dog owner disappeared like mist, taking no responsibility for his dog or his inability to control it. We’ve not even had an apology, let alone a contribution to the £500+ veterinary bill.

My plea to all dog owners, but particularly those with hunting breeds (hounds, terriers etc), please keep your dog under control, better yet on a lead, in areas where there may be children or pets. Our Cookie was a shy, timid little queen who would have run from confrontation. She was caught unawares and ended her life in great suffering. It should never have happened and all feels so very pointless and unnecessary.

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stunned the audience. Not a sound was heard.

People were humbled and many queued to shake his hand afterwards.

The supporting film “Redcar Remembers WW1” was also well received. This 30 minute film was put together by Craig last year in association with The Friends of Redcar Cemetery who had received Heritage Lottery funding. Rare footage of Redcar Air field was featured along with a priceless interview with the now late Vera Robinson MBE who witnessed a bi-plane crashing on Redcar Lane back in 1918.

Craig Hornby told the crowd that he is hoping to arrange another showing of the

two films at the Cineworld multiplex in Middlesbrough in the near future.

There was also an exhibition of photographs of Eddie by Saltburn photographer Ian Forsyth in the Theatre bar. They are on show until October.

The evening was sponsored by Saltburn’s ward councillors Craig Hannaway, Stuart Smith and Philip Thomson, who receive a small annual community budget from Redcar and Cleveland Council. Councillor Smith said: “It is an honour to support this special event and pay tribute to a living war hero in person.”

For more information on the film go to www. pancrack.tv

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The Lockwood witch project

Parish Chairman, Mike Jefferson and RCBC councillor Steve Kay measure the deep ruts on Jenny Frisk Lane

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By Councillor Steve Kay

edcar & Cleveland Council has sworn to take on Lockwood Parish’s resident witch by invading her lane and hauntingground.

Jenny Frisk Lane is the southerly two thirds of the “minor highway” joining Boosbeck with Ridge Road, near Stanghow Tanks.

It is classed as a “green lane” and is the responsibility of Redcar & Cleveland Council.

The lane was named after an old woman who died from being ducked in a well, at the Low Moor end of the lane, because local people thought she was a witch. It is said that Jenny’s spirit still haunts the lane.

It certainly appears that the witch’s curse is on travellers using the lane because, once vehicles travelling from Boosbeck continue beyond the end of Mutton Scalp Road,

they soon find themselves in tremendous difficulties. Even 4x4s find it impossible to navigate water-filled ruts as much as 3ft deep.

What makes matters worse is that Jenny’s familiar, the Sat Nav Demon, frequently guides innocent drivers to their doom.

In defiance of all witchcraft, Redcar & Cleveland Council is bravely planning to bring the lane back into a condition fit for walkers, cyclists and horse riders, whilst, at the same time, introducing some measures to combat fly-tipping.

The first step will be to prohibit motor vehicles by a traffic regulation order, and both ends will be bollarded. Then the lane will be made passable by the council’s footpath team.

We hope all this will not upset Jenny too much. At least, with a nicer lane to haunt, she should be better humoured!

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GCSE Results 2015

he percentage of children in Redcar and Cleveland having achieved 5 or more GCSE Grades at A*-C including English and maths has risen by 3% to 53.6% as is now in line with the 2014 national average of 53.4%.

We want to celebrate the achievements of the young people of Redcar and Cleveland, and to thank our schools for their hard work and passionate commitment to helping every child reach his or her true potential. Many congratulations to all our students on their results today.

Cllr. Craig Hannaway, cabinet member for children at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council said, “Congratulations to all the young people of the borough who have achieved so well, and my thanks to schools, academies and the local authority education service for all their hard work. Whilst we very much welcome the improvement in results this year, we also recognise that a challenge still exists to raise the achievement of young people in Redcar and Cleveland.”

In recent months, as part of our First 100 Days’ Education project, the council has worked very closely with the School and College Improvement Partnership (SCIP) to provide direct support to two schools. This support has resulted in some improved results and a successful Ofsted inspection. We have also improved transition arrangements from our highly successful primary schools; the real effect of this initiative will be seen in 2016 when our secondary schools and academies will welcome Year Six children from the beginning of July. Working with SCIP an independent review of accountability was commissioned and has identified a number of

key questions for head teachers which will be the basis of this year’s action plan for school improvement.

Last year’s results were affected by late changes to examinations, the raising of grade boundaries and the confusion between “first” and “best” results. This year there has been a greater degree of clarity, though schools have also had to react to a constantly changing national picture, including changes to the curriculum, course content and inspections.

Our schools and academies work tremendously hard to react to this constant change.

As well as these initiatives Cllr. Craig Hannaway is to embark on an informal tour of our secondary schools and academies next term, to share ideas and seek the views of head teachers on how to continue to raise attainment.

The 2015/16 action plan will involve a new collaboration between schools and the local authority and will be boosted by independent advice from Tom Grieveson, a recent Senior Regional HM Inspector. Our Schools have already agreed a common approach to improvement in the major subjects. The local authority is also participating strongly in both the Tees Valley Education Challenge and Great North Futures’ North East Education and Skills Challenge. Across the Tees Valley nearly £1mill has been invested in education improvement and more widely the region is working with the Education Endowment Foundation and Northern Rock to deliver a major literacy initiative.

We are very pleased with these results, but we are not complacent and we recognise the extent of the challenge that our work to drive improvement must address.

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Kiddies art competition results announced

ocketts Bridge Car Boot kiddies drawing/painting competition results have been announced.

A s p o k e s m a n s a i d : “ We would like to thank everyone involved in the drawing/painting competition, especially our judges, the Facebook fraternity whom without we could not have found our top three.

“We hope you all enjoyed the fun of creating the pictures and the involvement in picking the

Pictured are: 1st Alfie Gray age 3 (front centre) 2nd Harvey Aldred age 8 (front left) 3rd Faith Andrews age 10 (front right) The back row from left to right are Millie Pattinson age 8 Brendon Swann age 10 Faith Perry age 11 David in the yellow, the Car Boot/competition Organiser

winner and we seem to have some budding artist amongst them all.

“One day maybe a new Banksy will emerge from one of them.

Watch this space.

“Also we would like to thank all those who supported our Thursday evening Car Boots during the kids summer holidays.

Don’t forget our weekend booties continue till the 2nd week in October (weather & daylight hours permitting).”

Alfie Gray age 3

Faith Andrews Age 10yrs

Faith Perry Age 11yrs

Harvey Aldred Age 8yrs

Millie Pattinson Age 8yrs

Brendon Swann Age 10yrs

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Local councillor calls for House of Lords reform

10 years of ‘Nellie’s retirement from the sea

Celebration for Nellie’s retirement

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ongbeck Independent, Redcar & Cleveland borough councillor and fundraiser Mike Findley MBE is calling for House of Lords reform as the numbers of Lords have steadily increased over the years and the cost to the taxpayer is huge.

The House of Lords currently has 826 members and the average daily attendance in the house is around 483.

Mike explains: “If they can certify that they have carried out appropriate Parliamentary work in Westminster they are entitled to claim a tax-free daily allowance of £300, plus they can claim expenses for lunch without any receipts. They can also choose to claim a lower rate of £150 tax-free for work away from Westminster. The net operating costs for the chamber totalled £94.4m for 2014/2015 and of this £20.7m was spent on members allowances and expenses.”

Mike explains why he believes reform is needed. “Think about all those people relying on food banks and some carers plus other workers on zero hour contracts.

“I’m going to write to my MP and I’m also writing to my union General Secretary asking him to bring this up at the TUC. If you’re a member of a union please write to your General Secretary and ask them to bring this up at their TUC meetings and why don’t we all do the same, encouraging others in our families, in the workplace, our neighbours and our friends to take some sort of action.

“David Cameron says there is no point reviving efforts to reform the House of Lords.

But surely this should be put to a referendum of the people?

“We must have reform of the House of Lords.

People may say that nothing will change, but if you never try then it never will.”

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By The Garden Group

n Thursday 13th August The Garden Group celebrated 10 years of ‘Nellie’s retirement from the sea in 2005 with a party theme and a display in Winkie’s Castle.

After an overhaul, Nellie became the focal point of the garden on 13 August 2006.

Nadean Porritt and Doreen Quine have been instrumental in the gardens success over the last 10 years along with their various volunteers.

In June 2016 there will be another milestone as she reaches her 70th birthday. This is another time to celebrate her part in Marske’s history when fishing was an important part of village life.

The Village – the conservation areas in the centre of Marske High Street and parts of Redcar Road are still know and referred to today as the Village.

Winkie’s Castle is a fascinating place for further information on the history of Marske – referred to in the Doomsday book as Mersk.

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Tough approach to dog mess in Saltburn

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By Mike Morrissey

toughening attitude towards wayward dog-walkers has surfaced in Saltburn.

A householder in The Crescent has put up four “get tough” posters behind his house in the cul-de-sac known as “Pig alley” to warn that a hidden CCTV camera is in use to catch dog walkers who don’t pick up their pets’ mess.

The posters say: “Pick up your dog crap. We use this gate every day.

Hidden CCTV camera. Pictures will be given to (Redcar and Cleveland) Council enforcement team.”

A reaction to the posters came from a young couple who walk through pig alley - and pick up their two dogs’ mess - regularly. Robert Winders and Kathryn Titchmarsh, of Primrose Terrace, off Windsor Road, walk their two greyhound crossbreds Milly (a whippet cross) and Joe, a German shepherd cross, through part of the alley, though not past the rear of the irate householder’s house.

“We always pick up after our dogs.

We spend £1 for 200 bags at Jackie’s Superstore in Saltburn and feel there is no excuse for failing to pick up,” said Kathryn. “If you can afford a dog you can afford to spend 1/2p a bag.”

Robert said: “The new signs are fine but maybe they could be more tactfully worded. On the other hand, if dog owners are blatantly ignoring appeals to pick up I can see how

others get annoyed.”

Several signs have been put up round Saltburn by upset householders.

Some, as in the Hazelgrove allotments, are light-hearted. The council put up some prepared by Saltburn primary school pupils. These are rotated round so-called dog mess hotspots.

And recently the council carried out a public consultation exercise to pinpoint Saltburn’s hotspots. The beach area near the pier car park and in back alleys near Upleatham Street were named as the worse offending areas.

A former teacher told how she was upset at being approached by an angry beach walker for failing to pick up after her dog. “The beach walker didn’t give me a chance to explain - I was caught without a bag and was walking back to my car to collect one.

“It annoyed me so much to be accused of not doing my civic duty, which I was about to do, that I said it almost made me feel like leaving the mess on the beach. The wrong approach can be counter-productive.”

I was introduced to picking up some 20 years ago when a Victoria Terrace resident caught me failing to pick up (a new concept in the 1990s). She politely asked me to do so and offered to give me a bag. I meekly complied and have been doing so ever since.

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Welcome news of Banks Renewables decision to withdraw application

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abour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, Tom Blenkinsop, has welcomed the decision by Banks Renewables to withdraw their planning application for a wind farm on Bank Field near Dunsdale.

Reacting to the news Tom said: “I’m very pleased that Banks Renewables have made the decision to withdraw their application for a wind farm on Bank Field. It will come as a huge relief for local residents in Dunsdale Village, Mount Pleasant and north Guisborough who I have campaigned alongside in opposing this application.

“It was completely the wrong location for such a development and, I believe, only got so far due to the land being owned by an estate associated with a local aristocrat who allowed the development to even begin.

“Hopefully, this will be the end of the issue and local residents can now move on.”

Peter Berry, Secretary of FIGHT (Fight In Guisborough to Halt Turbines) welcomes the withdrawal of the Planning Application for the proposed wind farm.

He said: “We assume that Banks Renewables had been waiting for the outcome of the recent general election before finally making their decision and that the present government’s withdrawal of subsidies and insistence on

strengthening the public participation in the planning process finally convinced them of the futility of continuing.

“We also think that the almost 2000 letters of objection from the public coupled with the North Yorks Moors National Park and other public bodies stance against the Wind Farm went a long way in convincing them that it was unfeasible to continue.

“We would like to congratulate you all for helping to achieve this result which proves that the public do have a voice and should use it.

“It should however be noted that the application has been withdrawn and not refused, therefore it could, theoretically, be submitted again should the political situation change so I would urge you to keep your eyes open for this or any other developments that may arise in the future.”

Will Goodhand, Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman said: “This is a triumph for the Guisborough FIGHT campaign against the wind farm and for all 2,000 of the residents who put in objections to the proposed development.

The leaders of the campaign are very clear that these objections helped slow the progress of the development until the election, since which the Conservatives have been able to make good on our promise to withdraw subsidies and

strengthen public participation in the planning process.

“People power has proved considerably more powerful than the electricity which would (on occasion, and providing the wind wasn’t blowing too little or too much) have been generated by these atrocious blots on the landscape.

“With this news about the wind farm, I am proud that at least one wind of change has blown

through Teesside recently, and one which helps preserve our beautiful and unique landscape.

Now may our Councils collaborate and drive tourism to Teesside and East Cleveland.

“Congratulations to everyone who fought against these turbines – be assured your voice has been heeded. Though, of course, we remain vigilant as to any possible future applications.”

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Marske Traders’ day a great success

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L-r; Local shopkeepers Cath Jarred from Marske Furnishings, Karen Byrne from The Wynd Fruitiers and Garry Stonehouse from GbizIT

t was encouraging to see the support for the recent Markse Traders’ Day from the businesses, community groups and residents alike after a host of communityspirited shopkeepers teamed up to create their own market as part of a fun-packed day for all the family on Saturday 22 August.

On a fine, dry day, people came out in their droves to celebrate the completion of the gas maintenance work and the endless sets of traffic lights which had virtually cut off the village for what seemed like an eternity and caused so much disruption.

We arrived quite early in the day to find that already the place was buzzing and right at the heart of the fun, local traders had set up stalls and brought their own shops out into the open air for the day, accompanied by the sounds of the Marske Brass Band.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse paid a special visit, plus others in fancy dress to the delight of the many children, some of whom were in fancy dress too and with face painting, a prize

raffle and cream teas it was quite an occasion.

Cath Jarred from Marske Furnishings, who helped to organise the day, told Coastal View: “We wanted people in our area to know just what they may be missing by not being able to see just what Marske has to offer especially during the traffic disruptions when cars seemed to be avoiding Marske altogether.”

Computer and IT specialist Garry Stonehouse of GbizIT, one of the day’s organisers, said: “We’re lucky here in Marske to have so many good local shops and business that help keep the High Street and the town centre feeling good day in day out right throughout the year.

“It’s all part and parcel of Marske being such a nice place to be, and all the shops here feel proud to be part of such a strong community.

“So we thought we’d team up and create a special day for people of all ages to enjoy.”

Judith Findley who was helping to man the Marske Community Partenership stall said: “Today is quite amazing, the people turning out as they have. I see no reason why we couldn’t make this a regular event.”

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Did you go WILD on your summer holidays?

Did you go there or here?

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By Eileen Goodenough Secretary (SVEIG)

ere is where local children went WILD to find out just what is alive and kicking and swimming in their very own local fish pond and its surrounding grasses in Skelton.

First, just take your time to follow the goose make its way along Whernside (off the Skelton/Brotton bypass) towards the pond.

Then, listen! You will find the pond by following the quacking.

On the 11th August, 2015 – there was more – much, much more.

It was a lovely sunny afternoon. Dr. Sue Antrobus, Project Manager and Paul Bamber, Project Officer, from the Tees Valley Wild Green Places set up stall at the entrance to the Skelton Fish Pond. The Tees Valley Wild Green Places project aims to inspire people to enjoy wildlife on their doorstep; involve people to improve their local environment and equip people with skills and knowledge to care for wildlife. Along with Skelton Villages Environment Improvement Group (SVEIG) and Jo Fearey, Community Development Officer, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council they set about helping the local youth, their parents and grand parents to find out just what is living on their doorstep.

There were numerous pots containing animal skulls. There was a selection of pictures of animals. The task? To match the

skull to the picture. Yes, this was indeed interesting.

There were nets trawling the pond to release into trays and magnified pots to catch a glimpse of: the lesser water boatman (did you know that this creature swims – very fast, on its front? It is the greater water boatman which is a backswimmer), the pond skater, leech, mayfly nymph, daphnia, caddis fly larva.

Swooping nets amongst the plants revealed varieties of ladybirds, moths and snails.

All creatures were returned to their homes/ habitat before we left.

But, I hear you ask, “What about the poo?”

Well that was an interesting lesson of ‘Can you match the poo to the animal?’ This is important you know. What if you need to know – or want to know – the animal which is living in your area, or visiting your garden?

Well, there is in fact a chart which shows images of such things; and importantly, whether they are vegetarian.

Then, why not choose a picture of an animal, colour it in and by the magic of an ancient machine, turn it into a badge?

From 1p.m. to 3.30p.m., children with their parents and grandparents rolled up and delved into the wonderful wildlife which exists on our doorstep and which is a very important space.

If you need any further information, please contact Eileen Goodenough sveig@live. co.uk or look on www.tvgreenplaces.co.uk.

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Magical Mill with all its treasures

isible from the main road, yet partly tucked away in one of the most naturally beautiful areas of Skelton is Skelton Mill and all its treasures.

This former mill, partly destroyed by aerial bombardment in 1942 and once supplied electricity to Skelton Castle, dates back to at least 1272 and is owned by Skelton and Gilling Estates but in just two years has been transformed, beyond all recognition, from a rundown and derelict area into a magical place by husband and wife team Dave and Gill Dunn.

Since August 2013, this community minded couple, have renovated the house and former mill, both inside and out, together with some of the eight outbuildings, former milking shed, forge, cartshed, stables, cowshed and pig pens.

Dave said: “I have done all the renovation work myself, using materials from local businesses and especially Greens in Lingdale. They have been brilliant and really looked after me and I would really like to thank them for that.”

Part of this renovation work was creating their already well established shabby chic, vintage and retro shop selling furniture which has been finished to a very high standard.

Gill said: “I have turned what was once a hobby into a successful business, restoring and transforming ‘tired’ old furniture using the former greenhouse/orangery building as a retail outlet.”

The latest innovative project at Skelton Mill is the addition of an eyecatching, luxurious and tastefully furnished Glamping Pod which saw its first holidaymakers just before the August Bank Holiday weekend.

The Pod, which can sleep two people is the first of four, to be built by Dave, with plans for another double (ready by 18 September) and two family units, holding two adults and four children, (one of which will be pet friendly). The first family Pod will be available for booking from the end of October with the fourth ready by Christmas.

Prices start at £69 for two adults, including a choice of breakfast and your very own luxury private, bathroom facilities a ten second walk from the pod and the optional extras could mean you can hire a hot tub during your stay. Now that’s got to be special!

Each pod will have its own decking area at the front and the use of BBQ facilities and you can even purchase your BBQ pack containing everything you need on site.

Gill said: “We have just applied for a licence so we will also be able to sell alcohol sometime in the future.”

Nicola Dinsdale said: “We stayed in the pod and it was truly amazing with beautiful shabby chic furniture and matching fabrics down to the very last detail.

“It was an amazing place to stay for a peaceful,

scenic experience and the service was exceptional with warm and friendly hosts, Dave and Gill. We would recommend anyone looking for a change from the norm to try it.”

Kayleigh Davison-Charnley said: “If I could rate this more than five stars, I would!”

Dave and Gill already have many reservations between now and the New Year so if you are interested in making a booking you better act fast!

With further plans for a tea room which will be open before Christmas, a function room that can be hired for any occasion, but will specialise in children’s parties with farm themes and by next spring miniature pigs, goats, rabbits and possibly peacocks will be added to the sheep, pony, dog and chickens already there to create a petting farm for the children.

To find out more about what’s happening at Skelton Mill call in or ring on 01287 651301 or check them out on facebook - Skelton Mill (for shabby chic furniture) or Skeltonmill Glamping Pods.

Website to follow.

Skelton Mill, Marske Lane, Skelton in Cleveland TS12 2HD

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Local literacy charity Beanstalk launches Cleveland firefighters in ‘Back to School’ volunteer campaign Zimbabwe charity mission

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s a new school year begins, local children’s literacy charity Beanstalk has launched a ‘Back to School’ campaign to recruit 30 volunteers to provide much needed one-to-one reading support to local children.

It is estimated that this year more than 10% of children will leave primary school in the North East without reaching the required level of reading. Beanstalk is calling on the local community to help rewrite this story and support more children in reaching their true potential.

Janet Skeen, Area Manager for North East & Yorkshire said: “Sadly, far too many children in local primary schools are struggling in school due to reading difficulties. The start of the school year is the perfect time to change this and for people to make a real, long-lasting difference to a child in their local community.

“The Beanstalk volunteering programme allows you to have a direct impact on changing the life of a child.

By sharing your passion for reading you are able to give

a child the skills and confidence to succeed in life. We encourage anyone who would like to give a child the gift of reading to contact us!”

With the support of the local community Beanstalk aims to help 90 children across Tees Valley, County Durham and Tyne & Wear by recruiting 30 Beanstalk reading helpers by the end of September Each Beanstalk reading helper supports three children and sees each child for two 30 minute sessions a week, during term-time, for three terms. With Beanstalk’s support the child’s approach to learning and enjoying reading is transformed.

Volunteering as a Beanstalk reading helper is extremely rewarding, makes a lasting difference to children’s lives and is a great way to give something back to your local community.

To find out more, or to become a Beanstalk reading helper, call Beanstalk on 01325 315040 or visit http:// www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk/reading-helpers

group of Cleveland firefighters recently set off for Africa as part of a worldwide charity mission to pass on skills and expertise to their counterparts in Zimbabwe.

The two-week long visit is part of Cleveland Fire Brigade’s partnership with the international fire and rescue charity Operation Florian and Zimbabwe’s Harare Fire Brigade. This will be the second of five planned visits between 2014 and 2018.

Firefighter Andy Cook, who is based at Redcar Community Fire Station, will lead the team and will be accompanied by Nick Jones, Dave Bradshaw and Mike Williamson along with retired Cleveland firefighter Bill Hatfield.

Andy Cook said: “Cleveland Fire Brigade has been working in partnership with Operation Florian to help develop the Fire and Ambulance Service in Harare, through the donation of surplus equipment, uniform, personal protective equipment and allowing our firefighters to carry out training in Harare.

“This project provides excellent development of our own staff and the equipment that is no longer required in Cleveland is helping to save lives in communities worldwide such as Zimbabwe. Everyone is looking forward to the trip and if we can play our part to assist vulnerable communities around the world then that can only be a good thing.”

Operation Florian is a UK Fire and Rescue Charity that works to assist Fire and Rescue services worldwide through the donation of equipment, appliances and training. Over the past twenty years the charity has worked in Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.

The Cleveland team will be joined by a number of firefighters from other UK brigades including Lancashire, South Yorkshire, Royal Berkshire and Kent.

The training provided to the Harare fire-fighters will include Incident Command, road traffic collisions, use of breathing apparatus, emergency care, hazardous materials and fire safety.

Ian Hayton, Chief Fire Officer with Cleveland Fire Brigade, added: “I am delighted that once again we have been able to join forces with other fire and rescue services in the UK to offer support to our counterparts in Zimbabwe.

“Clearly, the level of advancement of UK fire and rescue services means that we can help by putting our old equipment to good use and by passing on our knowledge and expertise there’s no doubt that this will help to save lives and prevent injuries.

“I wish the Cleveland team well on their mission and applaud them for their commitment to helping others less fortunate than ourselves.”

If you would like to follow the progress of the team whilst in Zimbabwe, visit Cleveland Fire Brigade’s Facebook page (www. facebook.com/clevelandfb). For further information on Operation Florian visit www.operationflorian.com For further safety information and news about the Brigade visit www.clevelandfire.gov.uk or follow us on Twitter (www.twitter. com/clevelandfb).

To help keep you and your family safe from fire, the Fire Brigade provides free Home Fire Safety visits and will fit smoke alarms if needed. Call 01429 874063 to arrange a visit to your home and you will receive specific fire safety advice for you and your family.

Redcar Rotary Club

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By Ann Allan

n Friday the 14th members of the Rotary club of Redcar along with their partners, family and friends made their annual visit to the Esk valley theatre (www.eskvslleytheatre. co.uk) in Glaisdale to see a production of “All Things Considered”.

The comedy by Ben Brown is based on an actual event, in which a philosopher committed suicide simply because he thought,” it would be a good time to go”. The play was originally produced in 1996 and was given its first showing by Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarbrough.

The play could certainly be described as, something different; it was great entertainment and a good night was had by all.

A pre theatre meal was enjoyed at the Arncliffe Arms who are major sponsors of the Theatre.

We shall certainly be returning to the Esk Valley theatre once again in August next year..... why not join us.

If anyone is interested in learning more about Rotary and what we do they can contact us via-club secretary :Ron Goodwin 01642 941053 website - www.rotary.org

Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Apprenticeships Are they what they seem?

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e were recently contacted by a friend concerning a financial dilemma she found herself in after her daughter started an apprenticeship.

Redcar resident, Pauline Wright told us her story: “My daughter recently decided to leave 6th form and start an apprenticeship. Fine, not everyone is suited to the academic route so I was quite happy to support her decision. BUT what I didn’t know was that the way the apprenticeship scheme works means that parents suffer considerable loss of financial support eg child tax credit, child benefit etc and it impacts on single parents especially even if they themselves are employed.

“I also discovered that most apprenticeship schemes are now classed effectively as being in employment.

BUT not when it comes to the apprentice claiming working tax credits, or any other form of financial help to supplement the totally insulting “wage” of £2.73 per hour. I now find myself trying to run a house and continue to feed and clothe etc. not only myself but my daughter too on my ESA which has been on the preassessment rate for almost a year!!

“Which raises another issue, where does it say that the benefit I receive - which policy clearly states is “the amount the government say I need to live on” must also stretch to supporting my daughter?

I would be interested in any comments from those in a similar position.

Meanwhile, I contacted my MP, Anna Turley’s office in the hope that this issue can be raised in parliament to ensure that clear and honest information is available

so people can make an informed decision.

“So many people are struggling now, it’s unbelievable. I just felt so strongly that the lack of open, honest and accurate information is such an important issue that I decided to speak up.”

Redcar MP Anna Turley told Coastal View: “The Conservative government claims to have a successful approach to apprenticeships. But there are a number of problems with their plans. Firstly many apprenticeships are not what most of us would understand by the term.

I have heard of young people having apprenticeships in fast food chains making sandwiches. To me these are just jobs, not apprenticeships - which should involve acquiring valuable skills and substantial training in a particular profession to set a young person off on a potential career. We should be wary of apprenticeships being used to undercut the minimum wage.

“Secondly is the issue raised here where young people or their families are financially penalised for taking up apprenticeship opportunities. This is creating a disincentive for young people to take up these opportunities if they and their families would be better off out of work. It is totally wrong. We all want our children to fulfil their potential and this means they need to be able to access the best education and training.

But if there is insufficient financial support for young people to take up these opportunities, and family finances suffer as a result, then the system is not working and is excluding those that need these opportunities the most.”

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Redcar MP demands government action to support steel on Teesside

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abour MP for Redcar, Anna Turley, recently met Northern Powerhouse Minister James Wharton to demand that the government take more action to support the steel industry on Teesside amid warnings of cash flow problems at the SSI steel plant due to falling global prices.

Anna said: “It is about time the government replaced words with action and showed its commitment to our steel industry and the jobs it sustains both in Teesside and across the country. I called an urgent meeting today with the Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, James Wharton in order to discuss what support the steel industry needs from his government as a priority.

“Whilst many of the external pressures on the industry are out of our control, there are steps the government can take to level the playing field between UK steelmakers and our main European competitors. Support for energy intensive industries has been slow

to materialise when the French and German governments have been supporting their producers in this area for a number of years.

Our government should also be taking action to support UK steel in areas such as business taxes and procurement where UK steel is also at a disadvantage.

“We have an excellent plant and committed workforce on Teesside and the enduring commitment of Thai-based SSI to invest in the plant is reassuring. However, the industry also needs government to play its part in helping to create resilience against a challenging global steel market. Where other countries are actively supporting their steel producers, our government do not appear to have the same enthusiasm for an active industrial policy. Steel is important to our region and should be a key part of the Northern Powerhouse. I asked the minister today to demonstrate that his government gets that.”

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Tees Valley Powerhouse Plan gathers steam

Chair of the Shadow Combined Authority for the Tees Valley and Leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, Councillor Sue Jeffrey

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he Tees Valley has recently submitted ambitious proposals for devolution to the Government.

The Tees Valley Powerhouse plan builds on the effective work of the five local authorities and the Local Enterprise Partnership, Tees Valley Unlimited. It asks for a greater number of powers to be devolved to the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which relate to transport, education, skills and employment, economic growth and business support and investment.

The area already has a proven track record of successful partnership working to secure investment including the City Deal and the Tees Valley’s Strategic Economic plan.

The devolution deal would bring increased jobs to the area, at a quicker pace, across a range of industries and ensure that local people have the skills to take up these new jobs. There would be improved road and rail links, enabling people to travel to work and attracting investors to the area. The Tees Valley would play a crucial role in the Northern Powerhouse and make a bigger contribution to the UK’s economy.

Chair of the Shadow Combined Authority for the Tees Valley and Leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, Councillor Sue Jeffrey said: “These proposals present an exciting opportunity for the Tees Valley to be at the forefront of the Northern Powerhouse.

We have put a robust deal before Government, which would enable us to improve our road and rail networks, generate economic growth, stimulate housing development and create opportunities for local people. We know that we are best placed to understand what the challenges are for the Tees Valley, and what we need to put in place to accelerate and unlock sustainable growth which will benefit our businesses and our people in the long term.”

Councillor Bill Dixon, Leader of Darlington Borough Council said: “The Tees Valley is a functional economic area in its own right, distinct from other areas and other economies.

We have always been an area of significant innovation and will continue to build upon these strengths. Devolution will give us the opportunity deal directly with the issues that matter to us, to our residents and to our businesses to help us prosper.”

Councillor Christopher Akers-Belcher, the Leader of Hartlepool Council, said: “The five Tees Valley councils have an excellent track of working together and delivering successfully when we have been given the opportunity to do so.

“Devolution presents an excellent opportunity to build on what we have achieved already and enable us to have much greater influence over key areas such as job creation, the economic development and transport which are all so vital to the area’s future prosperity.”

Middlesbrough Mayor Dave Budd said: “Devolution has the potential to make a real difference across the Tees area, with improvements to infrastructure and transport links helping to drive job creation and lay the foundations of a sound economy.

“We have already shown what can be achieved by working closely together, and a successful bid will help to ensure we can compete on equal terms with city regions both in this country and

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Leader of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Councillor Bob Cook, said: “The Tees Valley is a great place to live and work and through devolved powers we can further improve the fantastic work we already do to attract further business, investment and create jobs.

“We have a very clear and ambitious vision for the region’s future growth and more localised decision-making and control would help us successfully and swiftly implement it.”

Ambitious plans which may be great for

Redcar, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Darlington and Hartlepool. But where would that leave East Cleveland the already forgotten area?

Improving road and rail links may be what these areas need but East Cleveland would be happy with better bus services, better than snail pace broadband connections and in some areas a natural gas supply.

Let us know what you think of these proposals by writing to or emailing The Editor, 67 Guisborough Road, Moorsholm, TS12 3JA editor@coastalviewandmoornews.co.uk

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Guisborough Annual Local Craft and Produce Show

uisborough Town Council held the annual Local Craft and Produce Show in Sunnyfield House on Saturday 8th August.

The show attracted a good variety of exhibits and the standard was excellent throughout all of the sections.

The Town Mayor, Councillor Malcolm Griffiths, thanked all of the exhibitors, organising team and volunteers for making the show a success.

Section Winners and Master Trophies were awarded to the following exhibitors: Marjorie Osborne Memorial Cup for Best Single Bloom – Jeff Osborne An auction of produce also took place which raised £136 for the Town Mayors nominated charities – Guisborough Town Pride and Take Heart Support Group.

The Town Mayor also announced the winners of the ‘Best Kept Allotment Garden’ Competition and presented awards to the following: 1st Place (Ken Barker Memorial Shield) – Mrs F Robinson With three Allotments being highly commended with certificates going to Mr Allan Lee, Mr Michael Berry and Mr Luke Berry.

Garden Produce - H. Walby Onions & Leeks - H. Walby Soft Fruits - M. Rooks Cut Flowers - Jeff Osborne Pot Plants - Robert Sutherland Flower Artistry - Cheryl Macfarlane Home Baking - Kat Carter Photography - Rick Singleton Handicraft - Kevin Bilham Master Gardener - Jeff Osborne Master Baker - Kath Arthur Master Craftsman - Kath Arthur

A photo is also attached which shows the Town Mayor presenting the Trophy to Kath Arthur for Master Baker.

News from the KGV

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By Quita Owen

hings were certainly buzzing at the KGV Jubilee Nature Area in Guisborough recently, when Sue Antrobus and Sarah Batty brought along the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust’s latest “Buzzy Bee” event.

Grown-ups and youngsters alike enjoyed a wide range of bee-related activities - everything from honey tasting (the organic honey was voted favourite) to badge-making, to creating homes for solitary bees, ladybirds and lacewings, which could then be taken home. Also present was local naturalist Keith Ferry of “Woodland Connections” who brought along his mobile “bird-box workshop”. This also proved hugely popular - at one time the children were queuing up for their turn in making a bird box.

Aided by Keith, ten bird boxes were eventually completed, and later in the autumn these will be carefully sited in the Nature Area. All the children were invited to write their names on their boxes so hopefully, they’ll be able to spot them once they’re in position.

The following evening Sarah led nearly twenty-five adults and children (and one very well-behaved dog) on a fascinating evening walk round the Nature Area, using bat detectors so that we could pick up the bats “clicking” as they hunted for insects, using echo location. It was a fine evening and happily some bats, which Sarah identified as pipistrelles, began swooping and darting around us, much to everyone’s delight, including

Sarah’s. Sarah now hopes to carry out a proper bat survey at the Nature Area as part of her East Cleveland Batscape Project.

The KGV Friends would very much like to thank Sue, Sarah and Keith for such an enjoyable weekend of Nature activities. Thanks also to the Heritage Lottery Fund, whose generous support makes events like these possible for us to enjoy.

The next meeting of the KGV Friends is on Wednesday, 7th October at 5.45pm, at the King George V Bowls Club (on the Playing Field).

All are welcome, please come along if you can.

AND THERE’S MORE Tees Valley Wildlife Trust are hoping to hold a special “Youth Day” at the KGV Nature Area in mid - October.

This will be a free event and everyone is welcome. The aim of the day is to plant more wildflowers in the Nature Area to improve the habitat for bees and butterflies, and to give pleasure to our visitors. Please come prepared to do a bit of gardening! Plants and trowels will be provided. As well as local children and their families, we hope local youth groups and schools will also be interested. As well as flowers, hedgehogs are in the limelight this year, and we hope to have a variety of hedgehog-themed activities, to add to the fun.

Date to be announced, but most probably a Sunday, from 11am to 3pm.

More details next month, so please keep watching this space!

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Digital Doorways

A little knowledge can go a long way

an opening to young people

MP Tom Blenkinsop votes for Saltburn’s “Employment Digital Hero” John Pearson, seen here on right at the Destinations café with Paul Davies, who nominated him for the national award.

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nderstanding technology, computers and the Internet remains something of a moving target.

As technology, society and the economy c h a n g e a r o u n d u s , s o d o p e o p l e ’s motivations, attitudes and even access to technology. Skills fade, priorities alter, and new software or online trends hit our streets, offices, schools and homes. Digital technology is not an area where knowledge will ever be fully complete, and where we can sit back satisfied we’ve got it all figured out. It is vital that we keep asking questions, and that we are able to put the right questions we have about it to the right people.

It is not uncommon for people who come along to learn about the internet and computers to describe a feeling that the internet was ‘dehumanising’, and encouraged people to communicate like ‘robots’ rather than have proper conversations and interactions. People also express fears about security issues or crime involving the internet. Some even report experiences of online fraud – usually affecting someone they knew rather than personal experience.

Other worries centred around inappropriate content, and there understandably remains a

particular feeling that the internet can be a potentially dangerous place for young users.

Some people consider the internet unnecessary because they could find the information elsewhere or simply ‘read a book’. Many believe it wastes time rather than saves it, because there is just too much information to sift through to get to an answer. Furthermore, worries persist about weather content can always be trusted. This indicates people are increasingly aware of the need to evaluate information and sources, no bad thing.

While there may still be lots of issues that prevent people getting online or using digital technology, you can be assured all can be worked through and the marvels of the internet and how to make it work in a fascinating, safe, entertaining and productive way are only a few short steps away. If you’re one of those who have yet to use the Internet or computers it’s easy to become sceptical of the benefits and become too worried about the uncertainties you have. Come along for a chat with us here at Destinations and we can help put your fears behind you and hopefully set you on your way to online exploration.

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By Mike Morrissey

eople of our area are being urged to vote for Doorways to win a £5,000 grant, a national award from the TalkTalk communications company.

The 17-year-old charity, which is based at the Destinations Internet café in the centre of Saltburn, has been nominated by cafe owner Paul Davies.

Paul said: “Doorways do fantastic work with young people, who visit coordinator John Pearson in his office upstairs here, in a steady trickle.”

He urged local people to get behind the voting scheme in which Mr Pearson is up against four others nominated as “Employment Digital Heroes” throughout the country.

Mr Pearson is pleased his Facebook page, “Redcar and Cleveland Job Site” has now reached over 3,100 “likes” registered among users. Each week the site reaches over 5,000 people in our area.

“It is good to see the positive comments,” he said.

“I spend a lot of my time in counselling/lifecoaching young people who have depression, addiction and lack of aspiration, it is good to see positive outcomes.”

And he spends time each day working on his computer, particularly the Digital Doorways aspect. He is also managing three arts students who are preparing a video on promoting a healthy lifestyle through animation work, and a 23-year-old apprentice Paul Dobson, of Redcar, who specialises in website design.

Local MP Tom Blenkinsop visited Doorways on 12th August and said: “It is great to see the valuable job being done to help vulnerable young people to achieve.”

He has voted for the £5,000 prize being put up by TalkTalk. Intending voters can access the scheme by logging on through either Facebook or TalkTalk website http:// Digitalheroes.talktalk/vote/

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Your Voice In Parliament

Tom Blenkinsop MP Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

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Controversial Wind Farm plans scrapped

welcomed the recent decision by Banks Renewables to scrap their planning application for a wind Farm on Bank Fields near Dunsdale.

The decision will come as a huge relief for local residents in Dunsdale Village, Mount Pleasant and north Guisborough who I have campaigned alongside in opposing this

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Gaskell Bridge solution finally found

inding a solution to repairing Gaskell bridge has been a long a difficult process, I have met numerous times with residents, the Council, Northumbrian Water and local Labour councillors to help get this outcome.

Following the floods in 2013 residents of the lane were virtually cut off from the rest of Loftus while the ownership of the bridge

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application.

It was completely the wrong location for such a development and, I believe, only got so far due to the land being owned by an estate associated with a local aristocrat who allowed the development to even begin.

Hopefully, this will be the end of the issue and local residents can now move on.

was queried in a long legal process which has resulted in the council doing the right thing in taking ownership of the bridge.

I’m pleased that Northumbrian Water have listened to residents’ concerns and will reroute their sewer pipe to reduce the possibility of another flood, I’m sure that this will come as a great relief to those affected by the floods.

Tata exec’s comments on EU membership

ndoubtedly TATA Steel are a key employer for many locations across our area so when Tata Sons Group executive council member Nirmalya Kumar said that its major businesses in the UK gain from membership of the European Union it perhaps worth listening to his comments.

These comments are the latest from companies employing thousands of British

workers making clear that pulling out of the EU would be bad for jobs, trade and investment in the UK. Mr Kumar said “for our British operations being part of the EU makes it easier for them to have market access and many of our investments in the past have been based on that understanding.”

Tata is not an EU based company but Mr Kumar makes clear that their investment decisions in the UK are influenced by us being part of the EU. It’s important to show leadership on these issues and not allow Britain to volunteer to be marginalised. Many jobs are on the line here, as well as our influence in the world. It’s in the interests of our economy – both local and national - and our workers to be part of the EU, taking advantage of the trade and investment opportunities membership gives us.

Mortality statistics should be a wakeup call for Tory Government

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lmost 2,400 people died after being declared fit for work between 2011 and 2014 having previously claimed Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit or Severe Disablement Allowance.

Many constituents had written to me concerned that the government seemed to be supressing these statistics and I had wrote to Iain Duncan-Smith highlighting these concerns. Ministers even went as far as appealing a ruling by the Information

Commissioner that they were acting unreasonably in not releasing the statistics.

The delay and the lack of transparency in publishing this information is a disgrace and has caused huge distress to the families and friends of those affected.

These figures should be a wake-up call for the Government. Ministers need to focus on sorting out the assessment process so that everyone can have confidence in it, and providing support for disabled people who can work in order to help them do so.

Contact Tom

Please do not hesitate to contact me with your questions or concerns.

I aim to reply to all enquiries as quickly as I can.

Write: Tom Blenkinsop MP, Harry Tout House, 8 Wilson St. Guisborough TS14 6NA. email: info@tomblenkinsop.com Phone 01287 610878 Fax 01287 631894.

Twitter:http://twitter.com/tomblenkinsop

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Pictured l to r. Jade Guthrie, Neil Thirkell, Carl Cockerill, Cllr Peter Spencer, Cllr Carl Quartermain and Brian Thirkell at Guisborough Forest & Walkway.

Castles: Dragons, Romance and Rotten Fish Exhibition

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n interactive exhibition has been launched at Kirkleatham Museum, displaying model dragons, paintings and castles.

The exhibition demonstrating Medieval England is available to be viewed until the upcoming May of 2016.

Models showcasing four local Medieval England castles: Kilton, Skelton, Danby and Mulgrave, in addition to maps, illustrations, photographs and armour telling the story of a bygone age when lands and property were protected in a constant battle of life and death.

Cllr Carl Quartermain, cabinet member for jobs, skills and leisure at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council said: “We are delighted with the launch of the interactive exhibition and its imaginative approach to Medieval England.

“Now is the ideal occasion for families to take part in visiting the current exhibition of ‘Castles: Dragons, Romance and Rotten Fish,’ alongside many of the other displays that may be of interest to families especially.”

Admission for the exhibition is free, and opening times for Kirkleatham Museum are TuesdaySunday 10am – 5pm.

ore parks and green spaces than ever will be flying the Green Flag Award this year and three of those awards have been given to the Country Parks in Redcar and Cleveland.

F l a t t s L a n e Wo o d l a n d Country Park, Guisborough Forest & Walkway and Saltburn Valley Gardens are among a record-breaking 1,582 parks and green spaces that have received a prestigious Green Flag Award – the mark of a quality park or green space.

The award recognises and rewards the best parks and green spaces across the country. A Green Flag flying overhead is a sign to the public that the space boasts the highest possible standards, is beautifully maintained and has excellent facilities.

Cllr Carl Quartermain, cabinet member for jobs, skills and leisure at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council said: “We are absolutely delighted to receive three Green Flag Awards from Keep Britain Tidy.

“These awards recognise and highlight that people in the borough are benefitting from

green spaces of the very highest quality.”

He added: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the hardworking and dedicated volunteers who help keep these areas beautiful, clean and green.”

International Green Flag Award scheme manager Paul Todd said: “We are delighted to be celebrating another record-breaking year for the Green Flag Award scheme. All the flags flying this year are a testament to the efforts of the thousands of men and women, both staff and volunteers, who work tirelessly to maintain the high standards demanded by the Green Flag Award.”

The announcement of this year’s award winners came in the same week that thousands of people up and down the country enjoyed Love Parks Week (July 24 to August 2), an annual celebration of our country’s fantastic green spaces and the community groups that bring them to life.

A full list of Green Flag Award and Green Flag Community Award winners is available here http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/ greenflagawards2015/2334

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By John Roberts

The Saltburn Ciderman 3 to 6 July 2015

On the way to somewhere new we can fall back on the familiar yet make connections, more so on a train.

Larkin’s ‘curve southwards’ comes to mind as we leave Teesside for Weston, while reading an obituary to Val Doonican that recalls ‘A Boy Named Sue’.

Men fishing by a midlands canal and it’s ‘Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’!

A change of direction at Crewe then we’re passing Housman’s blue remembered hills.

Is there a word for anxiety when far from the sea?

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fter Saltburn Railtours’ 2014 excursion north to Inverness, this year’s long weekend went the other way with the Somerset resort of Westonsuper-Mare our destination.

A hot journey was happily punctuated with meals and refreshments served by an attentive team of volunteers as we viewed the passing scenery of middle England. We also took in some of Wales with Abergavenny and Newport on the route before we hurtled through the Severn Tunnel and back into England. Like many seaside resorts, Weston-super-Mare grew with the development of the rail network and here we were, continuing that connection.

Although seaside resorts may seem alike in what they offer, they all have their own character, particularly in terms of natural

features. The seafront at Weston is situated between two headlands and as you look westward to the Bristol Channel two large rocks, Steep Holm and Flat Holm, come into view. In the far distance is the south Wales coast and you come to realise how the shape of the Bristol Channel contributes to a huge tidal range here, more than double what we see at home. In early July there’s another significant difference between the north east and south west of England, though only the early birds might notice that sunrise at Weston was nearly half an hour later than at Saltburn.

As usual on a Saltburn Railtours annual weekend, we saw familiar faces in unfamiliar places but while some went on excursions to Wells, Glastonbury and elsewhere, Joan and I chose to explore the local area. We went on an open-top bus over the hillside to Sand Bay and also found an attractive park with a dedication to Jill Dando, born and raised in Weston.

We walked in Weston Woods with its fine views then discovered a former quarry

from which some of the imposing houses we passed had been built. Eating in Weston was a pleasure: there was an excellent Greek restaurant and a cafe serving delicious lunches in, of all places, the quarry!

Another regular feature of Saltburn Railtours’ trips is a return journey on a different route to the outward one.

Again, we were treated to fine food and refreshments as we conversed with those around us, so some travellers may not have noticed that we passed through places such as Bradford-on-Avon, Salisbury and Basingstoke. A common factor in both journeys, however, was the sight of those huge power stations in south Yorkshire, features in the landscape which - like the White Horse of Kilburn - help to locate us in relation to home.

The 2016 tour is to Bournemouth, departing on Friday 1st July and returning on Monday 4th. For more information, visit the website www.saltburnrailtours. co.uk or phone 01287 625956.

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FREE STEM CoMMuniT y Day Saturday 17th October 2015 • 10.00am - 3.00pm Taking place at Middlesbrough College, this free family event aims to get more young people interested in Science, Technology, engineering and Maths and there will be a range of fun interactive stalls, workshops and activities.

• Learn about space in the immersive theatre

• Take a tour of our State of the Art STeM Centre

• Have a picture with the cast of Star Wars

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• Train to be an astronaut on a Batak Lite and hoverboard

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Joseph Shephard, a flawed hero?

oseph Shephard is not a name that jumps to most people’s minds when they think about ironstone mining, yet, in his short time as the leader of the Cleveland Miner’s Association (1872-1876) he managed to influence the budding trade union movement and set the groundwork for a relatively peaceful relationship between the ironstone mine owners and workers.

This charismatic man, sometime inspired leader and at other times rolling drunk is remembered in this year’s annual Tom Leonard memorial talk at the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum on Saturday 19th September at 2pm. The talk, by local historian and author Sheila Crossman, is entitled “Joseph Shephard flawed hero? The story of the charismatic leader of the Cleveland Miners’ Association – his rise to fame & downfall 1872 – 1876” The lecture will follow Shepherd’s life from his early years, to his short but significant time in office as Secretary of the Cleveland Miners’ Association and from there to his sudden mysterious downfall in 1876. He was able to organise the men into a union, which was a considerable achievement, and many of the major improvements made in the miners’ wages, working conditions, hours of work etc. were due to Shepherd’s leadership. He courted the press, gaining their support when he promised them an increased readership, but fell out with each newspaper in turn when they refused to print what he wanted. He was criticised on the one hand for putting on airs and pretending to be like the masters, aping their mode of dress and living with comfortable furnishings, and for spending excessive amounts of the Association’s money. On the other hand, he came to be seen as too uncouth and too extreme to be the leader of an organisation which craved respectability.

He was criticised for his fondness for drink, his holding of meetings in public houses and his tendency at times to resort to violence. He was dismissed for losing important papers on his way back from London when it was said that he was ‘the worse for wear’ through drink, but the story of his dismissal is a story in itself. It was then claimed by the press that had been admitted to a lunatic asylum.

“Tom Leonard was a local reporter with the Evening Gazette and founder of the museum” says Jean Banwell, Education and Development Officer at the mining museum. “He died in 1981, sadly before he could see the completion of his dream, a permanent home for his massive collection of ironstone mining artefacts and papers. He would, I’m sure, have approved of this talk as he had as much of an interest in the

characters linked to ironstone mining as in the artefacts.”

Future Events Sept - October: Skinningrove’s Zig Zag Railway Exhibition – by Cleveland Model Railway Club. An exhibition of research undertaken to design and build a model of this historic railway.

17 October at 2pm: The railway lines of East Cleveland – Talk: Cleveland Model Railway Club. Exploring the impact of railways on the industry of East Cleveland.

24 October at 6 – 8pm: Terror in the Tunnels – Bring a torch for spookie tales in the tunnels and meet the odd ghost along the way. *Admission charge.

Anyone interested in events who want further information should contact Jean

Banwell, the education officer on 01287 642877 or email jean@ironstonemuseum.co.uk .

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Lifetime achievement for Loftus fundraiser

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oftus fundraiser and community activist, Ann M i d d l e m a s w a s re c e n t l y awarded the lifetime achievement award from RCVDA (Redcar and C l e v e l a n d Vo l u n t a r y Development Agency), after being nominated earlier in the year by recently elected Loftus Wa r d C o u n c i l l o r, Wa y n e Davies.

Friends and family of Ann had gathered at Loftus Youth and Community Centre, where as usual, Ann was hosting one of her regular knit and natter clubs, when she was presented with the award, along with flowers and a card, by Councillor Davies. (pictured) Cllr Davies said: “Ann is a huge credit to Loftus and the greater East Cleveland area, her fundraising efforts are second to none, a truly inspirational lady.”

He added: “Many in Loftus will agree, your one in a million.”

After receiving her award, Ann, for once, was lost for words.

Thanks to Marjorie Magor for organising the presentation and photo.

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College praises students’ 97% pass success in GCSE maths

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edcar & Cleveland College students have succeeded in gaining a 97% success rate for GCSE maths.

2014-15 was the first year that students with a grade D in Maths achieved at school, had to continue with their studies and re-sit the GCSE with the aim of improving their grades.

Whilst the national average pass rate for re-sits isn’t yet available, the college are confident that they are bucking the trend and are celebrating the success of the students. From the 97% success rate, 61% of students achieved an A-C grade. From leaving school and to studying at college, the students have had just nine months to study and work towards their resit GCSE exams.

With students at Redcar & Cleveland College going on to study for their chosen trade at college, the teaching staff for Maths focused on embracing the challenge of making Maths relevant within the workplace.

Director of Maths and English, Mandy Morris commented: “We are extremely proud of our student’s hard work and willingness to relearn Maths. The team headed by Sharon Bell has aimed to show how we use maths in many different workplaces and for everyday things in life. We’ve held extra revision sessions and workshops and abolished anxieties that many young people have if they have struggled with Maths. Our students have been engaged and motivated and the results speak for themselves.”

For more information please call 01642 473 132 or visit http://www.cleveland.ac.uk.

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Street Eats project in Redcar & Cleveland

ver fancied cultivating your own cauliflowers or growing your own garlic?

Residents of Dormanstown, Lingdale and Loftus are being sought to join an exciting new Lottery funded project.

Groundwork North East and Cumbria have successfully secured around £178,000 from the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund to implement an exciting new three year project called ‘Street Eats’ in Redcar & Cleveland.

‘Street Eats’ aims to address health inequalities and create healthier and more active communities by bringing growing activities and nutritional education to the priority communities of Dormanstown, Lingdale and Loftus, working with at least 100 key households plus members of the wider communities in these areas over the lifetime of the project.

“This is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to learn more about growing their own fresh produce and cooking that produce in a healthy way,” says Sarah Ransome, Senior Project Officer for Groundwork.

“Whether you have a tiny space on your windowsill for herbs or a large garden, no experience is necessary. Street Eats will provide all the help and support you need as well as regular opportunities to make friends, swap experiences, share spare produce and learn new skills, including foraging for wild food in your local area”.

The project is being delivered by Groundwork in partnership with a number of other organisations and community groups, including Coast and Country Housing, Lingdale Lift Off and the Loftus Co-op. A

varied programme of monthly events is due to start in September and will take place at various locations within Dormanstown, Lingdale and Loftus. A number of participants joining the sessions will also be invited to take part in ‘doorstep growing’, where all the seeds, compost, containers, tools and advice are delivered directly to them and tailored to each season and the space they have available to grow.

Any residents interested in joining the project should contact Laura Henry at Groundwork on 01642 815663 or email laura.henry@groundwork.org.uk for an expression on interest form.

‘Street Eats’ project launched in Lingdale

Tuesday 24th August saw the launch of a new project called Street Eats in Lingdale.

The project, being delivered by Groundwork North East & Cumbria using Big Lottery Fund money, promotes healthier eating, vegetable growing, green exercise and developing closer communities in Lingdale, Loftus and Dormanstown. As as well as producing crops for participants to take home and working one to one with some people on their own doorstep growing it also aims to help supply local Foodbanks and Co-op’s to help those struggling to feed their families.

Residents got together at the Lingdale Youth Centre for an informal afternoon of food related fun and games and the two organizers, Sarah Ransome and Laura Henry from Groundwork North East and Cumbria chatted to local residents about the full scope of this project, which is actively supported

Teddies for Loving Care

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By Ian Williams

n amazing total of 140 teddy bears have been delivered recently to James Cook Hospital A&E Dept. (South Tees NHS) which have been provided by Teddies for Loving Care (TLC) Yorkshire North and East Ridings.

The aim of the TLC Appeal is to provide teddy bears to Hospital Emergency Departments to help distressed children.

More information can be found on Facebook at TLC-Yorkshire North and East Ridings and Twitter @TLC_Yorkshire.

by the Lingdale Lift Off Community Group.

Further monthly events, like wild food walks, cooking activities and allotment based growing activities are planned and the residents attending were given the opportunity to join this project in whatever capacity they considered suitable. All residents were invited to create their own free herb planter for their homes and lessons on how to make a healthy fruit smoothie were

available.

This day also saw the implementation of the new notice board funded by the Youth Centre Partnership (Lingdale Lift Off, Lockwood Parish Council, Lingdale Youth Centre, Lingdale Primary School, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Cllr. Steve Kay, Coast& Country Housing and Cleveland Police) who had also funded the restoration of the national flag at the front of the Youth Centre.

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Saltburn Beachwatch - Unflushables

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By Roy Smith

fter the last Saltburn Beachwatch litterpick and survey in June the amount of sewage-related debris [SRD] was considerably higher than the average found on our beach.

The figure was 18.1% as opposed to an average of 7—8%. Several people have contacted me to ask what the reason is for the sudden increase. Often when we get a large amount of rainfall in a short period of time untreated sewage can be discharged into storm water drains which then ends up in the sea and on our beach. However there are other reasons why SRD ends up on

beaches throughout Britain.

According to Water UK no matter what it says on the packaging most of our personal, healthcare and beauty products must never be disposed of down the toilet. Many of these products don’t break down easily and collect in our sewers causing blockages. Manufacturers are developing evermore brands of toilet paper, biodegradable sanitary towels and wet wipes. These are frequently disposed of down the toilet and into the sewage system, and once they are flushed it is easy to forget about them. Water companies have practical concerns about the suitability of disposing of many so-called ”flushable products”

into the drains and sewers.

Most products should be treated as solid waste which goes in the bin and not down the toilet. Smaller items that are flushed such as cotton buds, can escape through waste water filters at treatment plants and reach our rivers and beaches when the “cleaned” water is returned to the environment.

Many other dangerous and unsuitable items are also incorrectly put into the toilet such as razor blades, condoms, tampons and applicators, panty liners, wet wipes, nappies and healthcare waste. Items marked as “flushable” or “biodegradable” by manufacturers is no guarantee that an item can be flushed into the drainage system without causing

problems. Such products cause or contribute to blockages in drains and smaller sewers, leading to flooding and pollution. They can also be discharged into the marine environment via storm overflows at times of heavy rainfall.

The Marine Conservation Society [MCS] have proposed that in order to address the problem a national “Bag it or Bin it” campaign should be undertaken to educate the public about the issue. This could be in the form of messaging and labelling or focussing on behavioural change.

It is also proposed that the disposal of SRD’s should be brought into the early curriculum as part of sex education and to integrate

the disposal of litter into other compulsory education topics. There is a need to consolidate reports and evidence and to understand why people continue to flush unsuitable items down the toilet in order to better focus efforts that will result in behavioural change.

The MCS Great British Beach Clean takes place in September and Saltburn Beachwatch will be undertaking a litterpick and survey on Saturday 19th September from 10am until 12 noon. If you would like to help us keep our beach clean meet at the pier car park from 9-45 am where grabs, gloves and bags will be provided. Mid-session free refreshments will be available.

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Superintendent trains officers in Tanzania

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Superintendent has contributed to training officers in Tanzania on behalf of the United Nations and the College of Policing.

Superintendent Mark Thornton visited the country for three weeks from 26th June. His day-to-day role is Head of the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, which includes firearms units, traffic units and dog units from both the Cleveland and Durham forces.

Forty two officers from across Tanzania were trained over three weeks on the UK command and control structure, decision making and audit trails. The student officers were ranked Inspector and above.

The work was commissioned by the United Nations, due to historic issues around disorder in the run up to the Tanzanian elections, which come around again in October this year. It is hoped that the training will assist the local police to deal with those issues better, through

an audit trail of decision making.

Superintendent Thornton travelled to the country with three others from around the country to deliver the training. All have now returned to their respective forces and eight others have now made the same journey to further train the officers on tactics.

Mark said: “There is an expectation that there will be public protest in the run up to Tanzanian elections in October. The training that we delivered was aimed to help the Tanzanian commanders embrace the principles used by Commanders in the UK to assist and deal with these protests and incidents of disorder better, through having an audit trail of their decision making process.

“The trip to Tanzania was very insightful.

I saw how restricted they are in terms of numbers and it was good to see their style of policing. The food was great and we also had a bit of spare time to explore and see some of the animals on safari.”

Let there be light

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edcar in Bloom have obtained funding of £15,000 through the Boroughwide Public Realm programme to re-install and upgrade lighting to the Shoreline Park, Touchstone Sculpture.

The funding which will also cover the purchase and installation of three new park seats which will match the design of the sculpture.

Michael Bateman secretary of Redcar in Bloom said: “The sculpture was originally installed with lighting but has not been working for some years.

“Now that the works on the seafront in the town are complete the committee of Redcar in Bloom felt that it was a good time to upgrade this park which is a continuation of the now modern look sea front.”

Once the work is complete (which is due to start shortly) Redcar in Bloom intends to ‘plant up’ the park.

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Nature reserve celebrates student’s success

SPB Saltholme are celebrating the success of their first ever apprentice. Kira Wilkinson who has successfully completed her NVQ level 2 in Food and Beverage whilst working at the nature reserve.

Kira said: “Working with the team at Saltholme has been a real pleasure. Everyone is really supportive and has helped me develop whilst I have been studying, and one of my ideas, for milkshakes, is even being rolled out across the whole of the RSPB!” The wildlife reserve and discovery park, near Stocktonon-Tees, is currently working with partner Learn Direct to find a new apprentice who can begin to learn the ropes in their busy cafe.

Anne Myers, Catering Manager at RSPB Saltholme said: “Kira has been a real asset to the team, but having completed her qualification she has found a new job in Stockton, which is great news for her. So, we’re looking for an enthusiastic, hard working young person to become Saltholme’s Kira Wilkinson at RSPB Saltholme second apprentice.

Kira added: “Every day is different at Saltholme. Whoever takes my place will enjoy it here. I would like to share one piece of advice... do your assignments on time! Working full time and trying to play catch up can be really very hard work.”

For more information on becoming Saltholme’s next apprentice, please contact Anne Myers on 01642 546625 or via email anne.myers@rspb.org.uk

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Teesside business woman visions success

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Julie Breen, of Redcar, has returned to her native North East roots to launch IntelliSight, an opticians focused on state of the art technology, with the aim of providing the best possible eye and general health care in the region.

The ambitious entrepreneur, who has been an optometrist for 30 years, has employed Redcar locals, Karen Wilson as senior optical assistant and Katie-Lee Armstrong, Janet Walker and Rachel Giles as optical assistants, to help push the business forward.

Julie, who is chair of the Local Optical

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Patients support East Cleveland GP practices

Save Our Saltburn Campaign Mind the gap !

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he strategic gap of green fields between Saltburn , Marske & New Marske is under threat from speculative builders.

A petition (below) is intended to establish the level of public objection to opportunistic housing applications.

Signed petitions can be left with either Gosnays (butchers) or Real Meals in Milton St, Saltburn who have kindly agreed to be collection points. Alternatively they can be left in a sealed envelope addressed to a named Saltburn Councillor at the Saltburn Library.

Petition objecting to any further House Building on GREENFIELD Land West of Saltburn.

We, the undersigned, totally support the rejection by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council of the Planning Application (R/2014/0631/OOM) by Taylor Wimpey for up to 130 Houses.

This rejection is also fully supported by our MP and Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council.

Taylor Wimpey has now appealed this decision (REF: APP/V0728/W/15 /3006780) so we now request our community to show the extent of opposition to this appeal by signing this petition.

The appeal inquiry is expected to commence 13th October, 2015.

Please Print your Name and Address with Post Code and sign where indicated.

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By Peter Sotheran

ast Cleveland patient groups start their next round of work in the next few weeks. Every GP surgery now has a patient group attached to it. The group is made up of a cross section of patients at each practice and anyone over the age of 16 can join.

“Each group does things slightly d i ff e r e n t l y, ” s a i d P h i l l i p a P o o l e , Partnership Project Officer for NHS South Tees CCG. Some meet as an online discussion group, others meet in person every few weeks. The groups represent the views of patients and work in an advisory capacity to the practices. Often they act as a sounding board for proposed changes and they feedback the patients’ views to the practice managers and the clinicians.”

Typical activities include: • Creating advisory leaflets explaining the surgery’s services • Helping update the displays in a reception area • Conducting surveys of patients • Negotiating improvements to appointment systems • Assisting with the design of a surgery’s website • Producing the surgery’s newsletter “Now is the ideal time to get involved,” said Bernard Horne who chairs the Patient Group at Redcar’s Saltscar Surgery.

“We are just beginning to plan our autumn and winter activities. New members with new ideas are always welcome.”

Every East Cleveland surgery has a Patient Group. For information about your nearest group, contact the practice manager at your own GP’s surgery.

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Fighting back for Redcar - Anna Turley MP T

Challenging times for our steel industry

he steelworks are such an important part of our economy and industrial heritage in Teesside and I take every opportunity to stand up for the industry in Parliament to ensure its concerns are heard by the government.

Since the threat of closure loomed over the blast furnace several years ago, the plant has come a long way which is a testament to passion and skills of local people and the enduring commitment by SSI to invest.

However, as the recent warnings of cash flow

problems at the plant due to falling global steel prices show, it is still a very difficult time for UK Steel.

Whilst many of the external pressures on the industry are out of our control, there are steps the government can take to stop British producers being at a disadvantage to our European competitors. For instance, support for energy intensive industries has been slow to materialise when the French and German governments have been supporting their producers in this area for a number of years.

Our government do not appear to have the same enthusiasm for an active industrial policy.

Following the warnings from SSI, I called an urgent meeting with the Minister for the Northern Powerhouse, James Wharton in order to discuss what support the steel industry needs from his government as a priority. Steel should be a key part of the Northern Powerhouse and I will keep working with unions and management to lobby the government to ensure the industry has the resilience it needs in the challenging global steel market.

Local organisations supporting our young people

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was really pleased to visit two excellent local organisations working to support young people in our community.

The Link offers help, advice and support to children and young people who are experiencing mental health and emotional wellbeing issues. It started a few years ago with just a small grant and has since grown with more funding to support 120

children, with a further 120 on the waiting list. It was brilliant to hear about the amazing early intervention work they do and the ‘Resilience Doughnut’ model for developing strengths to cope in the modern world.

I also visited Coatham House who provide supportive accommodation to homeless young people aged 16 to 25 in Redcar. It

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was great to hear about how they help young people to get back on their feet and continue to offer advice and support to residents after they leave the accommodation. Both organisations are doing fantastic work in their respective areas. If you know someone who you think may benefit from their support please contact my office and we can provide you with the details.

ots of residents have contacted me to raise their concerns about local bus services, particularly in areas previously serviced by Leven Valley Coaches which closed earlier this year.

For many residents, especially the elderly and the disabled buses are a lifeline allowing people to remain active, access the shops and doctors surgery, and visit friends and family. I have started a campaign to take the fight to providers for better bus services and more local control over routes and I will be meeting with Arriva over the coming weeks to discuss the situation. At a time when funding from central

Contact Anna Write: Anna Turley MP, 10 Milbank Terrace, Redcar, TS10 1ED Email: anna.turley.mp@parliament.uk / Phone: 01642 485138 Twitter: @annaturley / Facebook.com/Anna4Redcar

government is scarce and routes are decided by private companies, there are no easy solutions. However, as part of the ongoing discussion over the formation of a Tees Valley Combined Authority, Te e s s i d e ’s c o u n c i l s a r e asking the government for regulatory powers over bus services so that they can be made to serve local people.

I will continue to work with the community, the council, the bus companies and other organisations to find solutions to the problems faced by residents. If there are any specific issues with local bus services that you would like me to raise please contact my constituency office.

Net migration at an all time high

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ew figures show that UK net m i g r a t i o n , t h e d i f f e re n c e between the number of people leaving the country and the number of people entering, has hit a record high.

In the year to March the figure was 330,000 which is more than three times higher than the government’s immigration target. This follows the mishandling of the migrant crisis in Calais earlier this summer. Their consistent failure to turn inflated election rhetoric about being tough on immigration into results is undermining public trust in the system further.

One of the biggest issues they have failed to tackle is exploitation by employers and agencies which is driving low skilled migration and undercutting wages and jobs.

Meanwhile universities and businesses are finding the current system is restricting their ability to attract international talent which hinders economic growth. The current target is clearly unachievable and it is time the government thought again and put forward a sensible plan for controlling immigration that the public can have confidence in. With my colleagues on the Home Affairs Select Committee I will be scrutinising the government’s record further over the coming months.

Are we still all in this together?

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hen the Conservative and Lib Dem coalition came to power five years ago, a minister couldn’t give a speech or interview without claiming ‘we’re all in this together’.

New figures from Barclays UK demonstrate how hollow that claim was with the number of millionaires in the UK rising by 200,000 over the last five years. The same prosperity has not been felt on the streets of many of our communities with too many people struggling to get by on low paid and insecure work. Our government appears indifferent to rising inequality and the impact it has on the people left behind, cutting back on tax credits and support for the sick and disabled while those at the very top prosper.

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Battler Kerry in thank you run

Scouting about Marske Valley Gardens

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By Mike Morrissey

altburn people are getting behind Kerry Thompson, a 35-year-old mum who survived a potentially-fatal blood clot two years ago, in her sponsored Great North Run on Sunday 13th September.

“My £500 target on the Just Giving page was smashed in 24 hours. Thanks to all the people who have donated and shared my story. The money will go to the neurosciences unit at James Cook University Hospital where the wonderful staff saved my life,” she said.

A former teaching assistant Kerry, who went to both Saltburn primary school and Huntcliff School, was suddenly taken ill in August 2013 and rang her mother Sheila Willis, of The Fairway, Saltburn, for help.

She passed out and Sheila phoned for an ambulance. She needed emergency surgery to remove part of her skull and clip a blood vessel.

The operation had a 30 per cent chance of surviving, but she pulled through and is now recovering at home in Exeter Street while

looking after two-year-old son Drew. She decided to try the 13 mile Great North Run and a 1st November zip-wire crossing of the Tyne, as a thank you to the hospital.

“I’m not a runner and hope to jog round half the course. I’m training four miles every other day.”

Kerry wrote on her Just Giving page: “My injury is not visable and it’s easy to assume I’m fine now.

“I’m fiercely independent and have battled my way through the last two years trying to prove this to myself. I have good and bad days. I refuse to be beaten!

“My hope is that my little story inspires you to be totally awesome, reflect on our NHS service and sponsor me.”

Husband Scott, 34, an engineer, is backing her all the way and send a large bouquet of flowers to mark the second anniversary of the operation for the burst brain aneurysm and subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Kerry is pleased at the response of local people towards the appeal. She knows of at least one other Saltburn runner taking part in the Run.

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Making a difference to the lives of children, young people and families

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oung carers out and about again!.

Quote of the day “it’s been super awesome!”

First things first, for the computer literate and connected of you please show your support for young carers and take a few moments to read Kelly’s story about her amazing 62 mile running challenge, called ‘Hard Moors’ for a reason. All donations, large and small very, very welcome. Read Kelly’s story below and if you want to support her go to https://www.justgiving.com/KellyBrearley1 Thank you.

We’ve had an incredible busy summer working with vulnerable children, young people and their families. Including residential activities, providing support for young people who feel without hope, empowering young people to be prepared for and get jobs. Busy, varied, fun, rewarding, challenging. Without the support of our local community, funders, partners and of course our excellent staff team and volunteers our work would be much, much more difficult.

There has been some recent bad publicity for charities, particularly of the national type, but we know being a local charity and part of our community is an important part of what makes The Junction tick.

Working with our community to make change happen There are some incredible people in our community that are always prepared to give up their time to support us. Including young carers, who have helped us to develop our services, speaking with funders and raising awareness. Partners in the private sector whose staff get sponsored, host fundraising events. Thanks to Sainsbury’s Local at Greenstones in Redcar, there staff are incredible and tireless, The Halifax and Darlington Building societies who have raised awareness for young carers, supported young people in developing interview skills and sponsored volunteer awards.

With out support we just couldn’t change children’s and young people’s lives. Of course there is the incredible Coastal View and Moors News!

Going the extra mile or 60 (62 Actually!)

An amazing woman called Kelly Brearley is running, yes running the HARD MOORS 60 (62 actually) mile ultra marathon.

“The Hardmoors 60 will be run on the 19th September 2015. The Hardmoors 60 route follows the Cleveland Way from Guisborough to Filey passing through coastal resorts and fishing villages such as Saltburn, Staithes, Robin Hoods Bay, Ravenscar, Scarborough and Filey while following cliff tops for the main duration of the race. Competitors will have 18 hours to complete the 62 miles” Kelly has set up her own page on www. justgiving.com/Kelly-Brearley1/ Her motivation in Kelly’s own words; “I will be taking on the hardmoors ultra trail marathon of 60 miles with almost 7000 feet of ascent on the 19th Sept with my friend Brenda and would really like to support the Junction because they support children who are carers for their parents/siblings or both.

My challenge will finish in hours whereas these children will need support long after I have finished! The money raised will help towards activities, support and counseling for these youngsters. Please please help with anything you can spare, I would appreciate it so much. Thank you” Inspired by Kelly’s more than marathon effort The Junction Chief Executive, Lawrence McAnelly has been challenged by Kelly and agreed to complete a much shorter “Hard Moors “ challenge. Lawrence said: “Kelly’s challenge is amazing, 62 miles is the equivalent of running to Leeds and all over the moors. Respect is due! Completing a 6 mile (ish) run? Admittedly I’m not quite the stream lined athlete but it’s the very least I can do to get involved, the training starts here!”

To make a donation www.justgiving.com/ Kelly-Brearley1/ Thank you

Activity and Wellbeing service relaunched by council

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edcar & Cleveland Borough Council has re-launched its services dedicated to the activity and wellbeing of older people and adults with learning disabilities.

Activity and Well-being services, which were re-launched recently, cover a diverse range of tailored activities including creativity, self-care, domestic care, leisure pursuits and health and fitness, catering for a variety of people and needs.

These services provide opportunities for those who are particularly vulnerable, and most at risk of needing more intensive care, with stimulation and structure.

Activity and Well-being services are based at various locations across the borough including Redcar, Markse, Skelton and Brotton. They welcome any person in the borough who feels they, or their carers, may need extra support.

Cllr David Walsh, Cabinet Member for Adults at Redcar & Cleveland Borough

Council said: “We are pleased to be offering this service to the vulnerable people of our borough by promoting independence, health, function and wellbeing through meaningful activities.

“It is also so important that we support hardworking carers by providing them with much-needed respite and to ensure that all concerned can lead happy and healthy lives.”

If you are interested in the service, please call Belinda Etherington on 01642 444664 where you will be invited to try a free taster session.

The first session is free but then the new rates* apply for the service, which are £30 per day for older people and £69 for people with learning disabilities.

The social worker will do a financial assessment for each individual wishing to be referred to the service and depending on their income the rate will be adjusted accordingly (Means tested). *These new rates were agreed by cabinet and came into force in July 2015.

Registered charity number 1125578

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New counselling service for young people with cancer

Modellers wanted for special exhibition

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n East Cleveland Church is looking for a group of aero modellers to present a special exhibition.

At the end of October, a special window will be installed in St. Mark’s Parish Church at Marske-by-the-sea. The window will commemorate all the airmen who trained to fly at Marske-by--the-sea 100 years ago in 1915, many of who subsequently gave their lives n the service of the country.

“We are urgently looking for modellers who have specialised in WW1 aircraft in the hope that we can mount an exhibition in the church as part of the special weekend when the window is dedicated to the airmen’s memory,” said Peter Sotheran who is assisting with the plans for the weekend.

The airfield was used as No.2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery until operations were wound down in 1919.

W. E. Johns, author of the famous ‘Biggles’ stories trained at Marske and was infamous for crashing two airplanes in two days!

Capt. Roy Brown who was credited with later shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace known as the ‘Red Baron’, also crashed and was seriously injured at Marske.

Special guests at the weekend will include the descendents of Edward Petre who was fatally injured as a result of crashing at Marske whilst attempting to set a long distance record by flying from Brooklands in Surrey to Edinburgh.

Offers of help to Peter Sotheran at sotherans@hotmail.co.uk

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he James Cook University Hospital has started a new specialist counselling programme for children and young people who have been affected by cancer.

The counselling sessions will be delivered by an experienced, qualified counsellor from the Trinity Holistic Centre at James Cook which provides support to families affected by cancer and long term conditions.

The counselling service is open to children or young people who have a cancer diagnosis themselves or to children and young people who have a family member with a cancer diagnosis.

Parents and guardians are also able to access the service for advice and guidance to enable them to provide appropriate support to their child or young person.

This service is available for families who live across the area and is aimed at supporting children and young people aged between five and 24, though there is some flexibility depending on individual needs and maturity of the child or young person.

The scheme has been funded as a result of a community innovation fund from South Tees CCG bringing new expertise to South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is expected to be in high demand.

Heather McLean, business manager at the Trinity Holistic Centre said: “The services provided at the Trinity Holistic Centre are expanding rapidly and we are delighted to now deliver this specialist counselling service to support our local children and young people and their families affected by cancer from our beautiful purpose built centre.”

For more information or to ask to be referred contact the Trinity Holistic Centre on 01642 854839 or trinity. holisticcentre@stees.nhs.uk

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Teesside student takes medallion of excellence in Brazil at worldskills championships

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Huntcliff School GCSE achievements

here were cries of delight on 20th August as students celebrated their GCSE achievements at Saltburn’s Huntcliff School.

Hard work has paid off, with 96% of students achieving 5A*G grades including English and maths.

A massive 75% of students achieved A*- C grades in English, an improvement for a second consecutive year and in maths 76% of students achieved A*- C grades. One third of students were awarded A*- C grades in the key subjects for English Baccalaureate; an increase of 6% on last year and

the best Ebbac result in Redcar and Cleveland.

Almost 20% of students achieved three or more A and A* grades and special mention must go to Daniel Braund who achieved A*s in every subject he sat.

Mrs Juckes, Head of School said: “We are really pleased with our students’ success - a commemoration of their excellent work as well as the support they have received from their parents and the impact of our great staff.

“We are thrilled that they now have choices open to them to pursue further education and training.”

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edcar and Cleveland College s t u d e n t R o b J o h n s o n ’s plastering talents have been recognised on the world stage.

The 22 year-old from Eston represented the UK in the 2015 WorldSkills Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil and was awarded a Medallion of Excellence, acknowledging that Rob worked to international standards in plastering.

Rob commented: “The competition was extremely tough and the standard of contestants showcased amazing talent. Though I didn’t win a gold medal, I’m really pleased to have been recognised with the Medallion of Excellence award.

The competition was extremely hard work and consisted of four days working on plaster boarding and metal framing, finishing, decorative and freestyle skills.

“I was pleased to be awarded full

marks on the freestyle element for my plaster globe. The whole experience has been fantastic and the 8,000 volunteers who managed the event did a great job. I’m grateful also to British Gypsum who shipped plaster out for the practice sessions.”

Rob had previously participated in the WorldSkills Championships in 2013 after enrolling on a Level 3 Diploma in Plastering at Redcar and Cleveland College. Through the course he acquired a sound understanding of safe working practices, building methods and key construction technologies.

Acting Principal at Redcar and Cleveland College, John Chance commented: “Rob has done himself proud. He is a very talented individual and a worthy competitor in the championships and we wish him every success in the future.”

N o w i n i t s 4 3 r d y e a r, t h e WorldSkills Championships scheme allows talented students across the country to compete against each other, with the cream of the crop going forward to do battle against the world’s finest in the international heats. This year students from 60 countries and regions in the Americas, Europe, Asia, South Pacific and Africa competed in a wide range of disciplines, from plastering and plumbing to engineering, IT, logistics and the creative arts.

Rob aims to play his part in growing the North Ormesby-based family business, Classic Plaster Moulds, which also employs his mother, brother and sister.

For further information about Redcar & Cleveland College contact 01642 473 132 or visit the website www.cleveland.ac.uk

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Course helps tenants polish their skills

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ne of the largest social housing companies in the North East, Coast & Country, has helped five of its unemployed tenants and residents polish up their job skills and gain paid work after completing its first ever Cleaning Academy.

The Cleaning Academy is a new scheme funded by the NEP and European Social Fund and run in-house by Coast & Country to help unemployed residents gain qualifications and experience that will help them secure employment. The three-week accredited course aims to teach everything the modern cleaning professional needs to know and includes both practical and classroom-based learning that is intended to build the confidence of participants while providing them with the experience, skills and qualifications that will make it much easier to gain employment.

Those who attend the Cleaning Academy

are taught skills such as self-marketing, interview technique and how to tailor their CV to a particular job, whilst also receiving job specific training such as how to safely handle cleaning chemicals.

Everyone who completes the programme gains a NCFE qualification in Level 2 Principles in Cleaning and is given the opportunity to access hands on experience in the work place with Coast & Country or one of its partner organisations.

The unemployed Coast & Country tenants completed the first ever Cleaning Academy and now all of the participants have successfully made the next step into employment, with five of the group about to begin paid work placements with Coast & Country as cleaning operatives.

One of the inaugural course’s success stories is Lynne Henderson from Teesville.

The 61-year-old heard about the course from the Job Centre and went on to

finish with flying colours and went on to be offered a paid placement at Coast & Country. Now six weeks into the placement, Lynne has secured herself a part time job with a local pharmacy.

She said: “The Cleaning Academy from start to finish was great. It gave me so much more than I thought it could and then to gain a placement with Coast & Country at the end of it has topped off what was already such a rewarding and enjoyable experience.

“Everyone that was on the course gained so much, it was more than just cleaning – we gained skills, confidence, new friends, interview experience and even jobs at the end of it.

“I’m so grateful for the chance to take part in this fantastic training opportunity and can’t thank Coast & Country enough for all of the support and guidance throughout the whole process. I would recommend the course to anyone.”

Emma Tooth, community investment officer at Coast & Country, said: “We’re really pleased with the success of the Cleaning Academy. It’s the first time we have run the course, so the fact that those who took part have found employment is excellent news.

“One of the aims of Coast & Country is to improve the lives of our tenants and helping them find meaningful paid employment is a big part of that. We run several schemes that help people find work and gain experience, so we are able to help most people find work no matter what their previous experience is.”

Coast & Country tenants who are looking to gain employment or experience should contact Coast & Country’s Community Investment Team who can discuss with them their available options and help them find the most appropriate pathway.

Don’t let parasites tick off your pet

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combination of warm and wet weather over the summer holidays has led to vets warning pet owners about an increased risk in the number of ticks and fleas in the countryside.

The weather has led to grass and general flora growing taller than usual in many areas, which is leading to popular summer walking destinations becoming very overgrown.

And with dogs and their owners often making the most of warm and sunny weather outdoors, this has provided excellent conditions for these pests, particularly ticks, with a launching platform to jump onto an unsuspecting passing dog.

“We’ve enjoyed a number of warm, sunny days this summer, which many people have taken advantage of by taking their dogs on longer walks to the countryside,” said Dr Huw Stacey, director of clinical services at Vets4Pets.

“But with the potential increase in numbers of fleas and ticks this summer, it’s important that dog owners check their pets thoroughly following a walk.

“Ticks are a particularly nasty problem and can attach themselves anywhere on a dog’s body.

“Fortunately ticks can be removed safely and effectively with a tick remover and fleas can be easily treated, although prevention is better than a cure, especially for fleas.

“Our advice is to ensure your dog has effective and safe flea and tick control that provides protection all year round, but particularly in the warmer months. That way pets can safely enjoy the freedom of the outdoors.”

Ticks feed on blood and can transmit Lyme d difficult to detect and can sometimes cause serious complications isease, which can be without proper treatment.

Dr Stacey added: “If a tick is found, it is advised not to try and remove it with your fingernails. The best way of getting rid of one is either with a tick remover or by taking your pet to the vet.

“By checking your pet after every walk, it will help keep them healthy and prevent the spread of these unwelcome pests.

“Of course if a dog owner finds a tick on themselves, it’s advisable to go straight to the doctors.”

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Cool down your energy bills with Warm Up North

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s the temperature rises in the North East, it’s easier than ever for Teesside residents to save money on energy bills this summer.

With thousands of homes across the region living in fuel poverty, the landmark energy efficiency scheme Warm Up North is urging residents to find out how they could benefit from energy saving measures, with its top 10 tips.

From quick fixes like turning down the temperature of hot water in the home, to long-term measures such as replacing an old inefficient boiler before winter, these handy

tips can help reduce the cost of energy bills, leaving residents with more money to enjoy the last of the summer.

Warm Up North’s Graeme Stephenson, said: “Making small changes to our daily habits can make a big difference to the cost of energy bills. It’s never too early to prepare for winter and start being more energy efficient and our expert team is on hand to give help and advice.”

Check out Warm Up North’s top 10 tips for being energy efficient to help cut energy bills even further: 1. Set your fridge at 3-5°C and

your freezer at -18°C to make sure they’re working at their best and don’t forget to dust regularly around the back as this can affect your fridge’s efficiency.

2. Replace an old inefficient boiler for a new energy efficient low cost gas boiler while the weather is warm so you’re ready for the next cold snap. Warm Up North is offering low cost fully fitted gas boilers for only £250 including VAT, subject to qualification and survey, to those who really need them, people on certain benefits, with a lower income and an inefficient gas boiler.

3. Dry washing outdoors using a clothes horse or take advantage of the good weather by using a washing line to avoid using an energy hungry tumble dryer.

4. Keep cool by taking shorter showers and turning down the temperature of hot water during the summer months and invest in a shower monitor to track how much water you’re using.

5. Insulate your home to keep hot air at bay during the summer as well as cool air out during the winter.

6. Unplug electronic items and appliances when they are not in use, as this not only saves energy, but also avoids adding any

unnecessary heat to the home.

7. Block out the mid-day sun by closing curtains and blinds during the hottest parts of the day, keeping the home feeling cooler and saving money on the cost of powering a fan or air conditioner.

8. Don’t miss out on soaking up the sunshine by spending evenings trapped in the kitchen. Put together a simple salad to avoid long cooking times and using multiple kitchen appliances.

9. Don’t spend all your time cleaning the house and the miss what’s left of the summer sun.

Make sure you empty your vacuum cleaner regularly as a full vacuum will take longer to do the same amount of work and will use more energy. It’ll also be more likely to breakdown.

10. Summer is the perfect chance to enjoy the great outdoors and spending more time out of the home in general will help reduce the amount of energy being used.

For more information on Warm Up North and its range of energy efficiency measures including £250 gas boilers for eligible residents, contact the team. For the boiler offer, please call free* on 0800 316 4320. For all other energy efficiency measures, call free* on 0800 297 8073 or visit www.warmupnorth.com.

Early morning shock for flat dweller

By Mike Morrissey

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he occupier of a flat above Saltburn’s Chocolini’s shop was “very shocked” to be woken at 4.30am when a mini Cooper crashed into the chocolatier’s front door at the corner of Windsor Road and Albion Terrace.

The incident, which caused the vehicle’s three young occupants to be arrested, happened on Sunday 8th August and led to at least £25,000 worth of damage.

“There was a loud bang and the flat occupier was very shocked at the impact of the crash. The mini had hit the wall in the alley in Windsor Road and crashed into a parked car, causing it to be written off,” said James Haddow , a local vet, who owns the Victorian building and shop.

He and his wife Tereena, who live elsewhere in Saltburn, were called to the scene and contacted local builders Woodall and Sons. “We were very grateful that they were willing to come out early and do emergency repairs, including putting in temporary steps. Our staff, too, were very cooperative and came in to open up as usual.

“But we’ll have to close the business for a while as repairs to the doorway will take time. It will mean a Halifax firm making 50 specialist bricks - at £200 each - to fit in with the rest of the building.”

Mr Haddow said insurance specalists were due to see him the day of our conversation.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Two-thirds of treatments will be cut from Cancer Drugs Fund

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ommenting on reports that twothirds of treatments will be cut from the Cancer Drugs Fund, local Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop said: “The public will not have forgotten the crystal clear pledge made by the Tories at the General Election: ‘We will continue to invest in our lifesaving Cancer Drugs Fund’. So news that two-thirds of treatments will be cut from the Cancer Drugs Fund is yet another broken promise from a Prime Minister who

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Will Forbes will take part in his fifth Big Tees Sleepout on November 13, raising money to fight local homelessness and poverty.

y his own admission, Will Forbes is a “glutton for punishment”.

The 37-year-old conceded that he possessed that character trait as he signed up to take part in the Big Tees Sleepout for the fifth time in two years.

He has committed himself to braving the elements in November to help homeless people on Teesside.

“I’ve taken part in all bar one of the previous Big Tees Sleepouts because I feel passionately about the need to tackle poverty and homelessness,” said Will.

“I wouldn’t say I’m looking forward to the next one because sleeping rough is never something that’s nice, so I suppose it shows I’m a glutton for punishment.”

Will is one of the first people to have signed up for the sixth Big Tees Sleepout which will see scores of people brave the elements to raise awareness of and funds to fight homelessness and poverty on Teesside.

Will, who lives in Middlesbrough, added: “I was an army cadet so I’ve become familiar with sleeping in worse conditions.

“That said, giving up my home comforts to help people who are not fortunate enough to have a roof over their heads is still a big test.

“And it means a lot to me because I know how easy it is to become homeless. It’s almost happened to me a couple of times. I’ve had to ring a landlord begging for extra time to pay the rent because benefits have been delayed.”

Organised by charitable movement Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation, the sleepout aims to raise as much money as possible for those suffering poverty or homelessness, whilst shining a light on the issues.

Since holding the first sleepout in March 2013, the five events have raised a combined total of £67,000.

Will, who works for one of the Foundation’s newest patrons Barclays Middlesbrough, will be among those hardy souls who curl up in their sleeping bags on the pavements surrounding Middlesbrough College on Friday, November 13.

“It might make for a rough night but the next morning you get to go home and have a shower and have a bit of a sleep,” Will continued.

“A night under the stars puts things into perspective, as one night of discomfort is not that big a deal.

“But the folk who I am doing this for wake up the next morning and have to work out where their next meal will be coming from and where they will be sleeping that evening.”

Will is also concerned that there is a rising number of former soldiers who fall on hard times and end up being homeless.

“It’s the sort of thing that seems to be affecting more and more ex-servicemen and I don’t know why we are not doing more for them,” he said.

“Many have to leave the army due to injury or stress-related problems. They’re back on civvy street and are just told to deal with it, which sometimes they can’t cope with and struggle to adapt.

“That’s why the Big Tees Sleepout is so important – it helps raise money for local charities but it helps increase awareness of homelessness as well, which is just as important because we need to change things for the better and be more understanding.”

For more details or to sign up for the Big Tees Sleepout, visit www.bigteessidesleepout.co.uk.

Participants must be aged 16+.

Exciting News!

We are holding a Craft Workshop on Saturday 14th November 11am.

There are still places left. We still have a couple of places available for our Tuesday night craft class. If you would like to know more information about either of these then please contact us on 01287 651005

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Sanctum vaults installed at Redcar Cemetery

ixty new sanctum vaults have been installed in Redcar Cemetery to provide an alternative resting place for loved ones.

The vaults will be used to place ashes with the option to fit two urns into one space.

Tablets are placed on the vaults, which are near the memorial wall and sun dial, so inscriptions with flowers, photographs or other emblems can provide a lasting tribute.

Cllr Helen McLuckie, cabinet member for neighbourhoods at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council said: “We are pleased we can provide families an alternative resting

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cannot be trusted on the NHS. “On David Cameron’s watch growing numbers of patients are waiting too long to get tested for cancer and the NHS has repeatedly missed the two-month waitingtime target for cancer treatment too.

Further cutbacks will just mean potentially thousands of desperately ill cancer patients could lose out.

“The Government must be held to account over their failure in treating cancer patients.”

place for absent friends and loved ones.

“Redcar Cemetery is a beautiful place and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Friends of Redcar Cemetery and the staff at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council for all their work.”

The memorial is leased for a period of 25 years. At the end of this period the burial team at the council will contact families to have the release renewed or the ashes can be scattered in the Scatter Garden near the sun dial.

For more information on the sanctum vaults, please call 01642 444420.

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AFE Solutions Ltd: We offer a HR Service (People Management) to SME’s. This can include support and guidance with regards to employment law issues, inductions for new starters, and contracts of employment or help to deal with a disciplinary issue. Remember regardless of how small your business is you need to protect what is yours so prevention is better than cure.

AFE Valeting: New and Exciting!

We now have a new vehicle detailer who not only is an exceptional valeter he has many other skills to offer. Due to our recent appointment we can now offer Vehicle Wrapping (Full vehicles/Bonnets/Roofs etc.) As well as Window and Light Tinting. We

have a wide variety of colours and textures available to choose from.

Please feel free to come along and have a chat with John who will be more than happy to discuss your requirements.

AFE Training: We have some new and exciting modules to offer for our Driver CPC Periodic Training, which is a mandatory requirement for all PCV & LGV Drivers. Registered Centre Number: AC01240 Don’t forget our Training Centre is now able to offer 1st Aid Training, H&S, Manual Handling this will soon include Essential Food Hygiene.

AFE Creations: We currently hold a craft class on a Monday Evening which is to its capacity, therefore we are taking names so that we can run a class on a Tuesday 7 – 9pm we do many aspects of crafting including paper crafting (making cards, boxes, book folding etc.) if you would like to attend the class please call us for further details. We also offer craft workshops look out for information in the near future.

If you require any further information about any of the above provided or want to pop in to take a look at our new premises, please call 01287 651005 where a member of the team will be more than happy to help.

Due to moving premises our meeting room and craft room facilities are also available to hire at competitive rates, room hire also includes refreshments. Within our craft area we also have a shop offer gifts and cards for many occasions.

If you require any further information about any of the above provided or want to pop in to take a look at our new premises, please call 01287 651005 where a member of the team will be more than happy to help.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Belt up - for your children’s sake

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oad policing crews from Cleveland and Durham Police are supporting a Europewide seatbelt campaign.

The initiative will see officers stopping vehicles where drivers or passengers are not wearing their seatbelts from Monday 7th September as part of the work carried out by TISPOL, the European traffic police network.

And with schools having just gone back across the region, police will be paying particular attention to parents dropping off or picking up their children Under current legislation, drivers are responsible for ensuring that suitable safety restraints are worn by all passengers under 14 years old. Children must use an appropriate child car restraint for their weight until they are 135cm tall or their 12th birthday, whichever is first.

As seatbelts do not fit children correctly, an appropriate child car restraint is needed to offer the same level of protection as a seatbelt does for adults. Passengers over 14 years are responsible for wearing their own seatbelt and can therefore face prosecution.

Inspector Wendy TINKLER, from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, said: “If you travel in a vehicle and fail to wear a seatbelt you are putting yourself and potentially others at a hugely increased risk of serious injury or death.

“Our aim is to keep motorists and passengers

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as safe as we possibly can and to reinforce the message that children are especially vulnerable.

“We need to protect them in the right manner whenever they are travelling in a vehicle, no matter how short or familiar the journey might be.”

Insp Tinkler added: “All too often our road policing officers have to deal with crashes where the simple act of wearing a seatbelt could have saved someone’s life. The action we are carrying out over the week should remind drivers they must belt up at the start of every journey.”

This operation follows on from the success of the first TISPOL seatbelt campaign of 2015 which was held in March. Officers issued 4,608 penalties for the non-wearing of seatbelts across the UK, including 30 in Durham and Cleveland.

Improving road safety is one of the key areas that Ron Hogg, Durham’s Police and Crime Commissioner, is focusing on in his Police and Crime Plan 2015-17. He said: “Drivers have a duty of care to ensure their passengers wear their seatbelts, especially young passengers, who may not be old enough to take responsibility for themselves and need to learn how to stay safe.

“There is no excuse. No one should die because they weren’t wearing a seatbelt, and I fully support this campaign.”

Cleveland PCC Barry Coppinger said; “Seatbelts are of paramount importance when it comes to road safety. Thousands of people are needlessly killed on roads up and down the country due to seatbelts not being worn. This campaign will raise awareness so that we can do all that we can to prevent more unnecessary and tragic deaths.”

Key facts: * There were 53 child deaths in 2014, 5 more than in 2013. It has been identified that the majority of car seats across the UK are incorrectly fitted, where two in every three are not fitted properly. This may be contributing to the continuing rise in child road death and injury. * There were a total of 194,477 casualties in reported road traffic accidents during 2014, the first increase in overall casualties since 1997.

• Failing to wear a seatbelt now carries a penalty of £100, should motorists be given an on-the-spot fine. Prosecution can lead to a maximum fine of up to £500.

Force launches Community Remedy Initiative

scheme aimed at repairing harm for victims and addressing offender behaviour has been introduced in Cleveland.

Community Remedy will offer a voice to victims of low-level offences on out of court disposals under the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

The initiative works in conjunction with several agencies including Durham Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company, Victim Support and Unite to offer services around drug and alcohol intervention, reparation or unpaid work, mediation and anger management programmes. These interventions can also be used when giving conditional cautions.

Eligibility for an offender’s suitability for Community Remedy is dependent on the type of crime and the offending history of the subject.

Cleveland Police Restorative Justice Coordinator, Danielle Gibson, said: “Restorative justice has been used successfully in the Force and up and down the country for some time.

Community Remedy is an extension of this, but it gives victims more of an input into how those who commit low-level crimes are dealt with.

“The initiative concentrates on repairing the harm for the victims whilst also addressing offender behaviour. By tackling the reasons as to the offender committing the crime, it is hoped to reduce the risk of them re-offending.”

Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger said: “In working with other agencies to break the cycle of crime, we hope that there will be fewer victims in the future.

“Community Remedy gives victims a voice and helps to determine the best outcome for them.”

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New police puppy, Kane, joins Dog Unit

welve-week-old Malinois puppy Kane is the newest wet-nosed recruit to the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit.

Kane joins the 54 dogs already working in the joint Cleveland and Durham Dog Unit.

He has already settled into his home well, with trainer PC Darren Gobie, and will remain with Darren for a few months whilst he continues his training before allocated to a dog handler. His training will last until he is 16-18 months old.

PC Gobie said: “Kane has settled in well and has been taking training in his stride. He’s already done some tracking and obedience work and is an active dog who chews everything, including stones and soil. I look forward to training him over the next few months.”

Kane was brought into the unit from Cerberesk Kennels.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Redcar MP Anna Turley impressed by social housing company

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he Member of Parliament for Redcar, Anna Turley, visited social housing company Coast & Country recently to learn how the not-for-profit enterprise works for its tenants and the wider community.

The Labour MP spent the day shadowing various Coast & Country teams to see for herself how the housing company goes above and beyond to help its tenants with more than just housing, assisting them with benefit applications, enabling vulnerable people to continue to live independently and tackling antisocial behaviour.

The day began with Anna visiting the Welfare Reform team to see how they assist Coast & Country tenants with their welfare applications. With new rules brought in by the previous coalition government, the main task currently facing the Welfare Reform team is the introduction of Universal Credit and the impact that it will have on its tenants.

Universal Credit will affect many Coast & Country tenants who are looking for work or on a low income and it will eventually replace many of the benefits and tax credits that are currently claimed. The welfare team is proactively approaching Coast & Country tenants who are affected to provide guidance in order to ensure that they are ready for the changes and remain financially stable.

One of the schemes that most impressed the MP was the HomeCall initiative.

HomeCall enables vulnerable, elderly and disabled tenants to continue to live independently for longer. The scheme issues tenants with a pendant alarm

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Anna also spent time with the Rents team and saw how they assist tenants with financial planning and budgeting advice.

She was particularly impressed with the flexibility the rents team provides its tenants by allowing them to pay in weekly, fortnightly or monthly intervals depending on their financial situation, meaning that when a tenant has a cash flow problem the team can work with them to provide as much leeway as possible.

Anna Turley MP said: “I was really impressed with the broad range of support Coast & Country provide to tenants and more widely in the local community. I was also blown away by the commitment and dedication of everyone I met to helping local people, particularly the most vulnerable.”

“Coast & Country’s work is about so much more than just housing and I could really feel how much they care about making a difference.”

Iain Sim, chief executive of Coast & Country said: “It’s great that Anna took the time to spend a day with us. She was really interested in the work we do, not just with our tenants but with the community as a whole.

“It’s vitally important that we engage with decision makers, including MPs, to make them aware of the challenges our tenants face and the positive work we are doing to support our tenants and the local community.”

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

James Cook hospital launches memory lane appeal

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Above: Karen Ainsworth, Helen Robinson and Hannah Parkin (left to right) of the dementia education team.

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he James Cook University Hospital is launching the memory lane appeal to ask the public for donations of publications, old photographs and old newspapers for innovative dementia patient care.

Dementia can cause loss of memories leaving people confused and upset. The appeal aims to combat this by encouraging patients with dementia visiting James Cook to talk to staff about their past as this is what they remember the longest and clearest.

Karen Ainsworth, dementia clinical educator, said: “This is especially reassuring for patients who think they are living in the past because it is something they are familiar

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with in an unfamiliar environment.

“The use of old photographs can act as a catalyst for patients to reminisce about their lives, often leaving them less anxious and feeling positive emotionally.”

Copies of publications with old photographs of Teesside such as Remember When would be ideal donations, as well as photographs of big national events and old maps.

If you can spare any donations then please send them to memory lane appeal, Karen Ainsworth, Dementia team, Murray building, The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW or call 01642 835947.

Here come the girls!

ini manicures, make-up tutorials and taster massages are just some of the fun activities to enjoy at Trinity Holistic Centre’s charity ladies night.

The Refresh and Renew event takes place on Wednesday 16 September from 7pm to 9pm at the centre at The James Cook University Hospital.

There will also be hair consultations (courtesy of Chintz hairdressers), lingerie

(courtesy of the Little Bra Shop in Yarm), high quality second hand clothing, a raffle and refreshments.

Tickets for the event are £5 from 01642 854839 or trinity.holisticcentre@stees.nhs.uk Funds raised will help Trinity Holistic Centre continue to provide support to patients and families affected by cancer and other long term conditions at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Elizabeth McCormick, Heather McLean and Judith Pennington (left to right) at the Eat Well Feel Good launch

ollowing the success of last year’s Eat Well Feel Good scheme, The James Cook University Hospital’s Trinity Holistic Centre is delighted to be launching a new six week programme for this year which started on Monday 24 August.

The Eat Well Feel Good programme was specially designed by Macmillan and the British Dietetic Association to support those living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis in managing a healthy weight and making healthy food choices.

Thanks to support from Middlesbrough Environment City the programme will also include some cookery skills to put new knowledge straight into action in the centre’s newly refurbished kitchen.

Heather McLean, the centre’s business manager said: “We know that many people worry about their diet following a diagnosis of cancer or other long term conditions and this programme is an opportunity to receive

evidence based guidance from an experienced team.”

Following feedback from participants last year and funding from South Tees CCG community innovation fund, the upcoming programme will also be open to anyone living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis or other long term condition and their loved ones.

Patient Johnathon Taylor said: “It was incredibly useful and helped us all make more thoughtful food choices after my cancer diagnosis. It was really helpful to be able to share experiences with others in the group. I would recommend it to anyone.”

All sessions are developed by a professional dietitian with experience of cancer and other long term conditions. Sessions are delivered in a relaxed informal setting within the centre.

To pre-register for the programme contact The Trinity Holistic Centre on 01642 854839 or email Heather McLean at heather.mclean@ stees.nhs.uk

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

We want to hear Your Points of View - Send your letters to us or email to: editor@coastalviewandmoornews.co.uk

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR The Editor wishes to point out that this page only contains the views of readers and are not necessarily the views of Coastal View.

A Pleasant Surprise

Dear Editor, As I recently travelled to Hartlepool for a meeting I was pleasantly surprised by the wonderful display of wild flowers that had been planted on the central reservation on the A689 as you approach “Sappers Corner”.

I do not know who is responsible for the planting, I assume the local council, but whoever it was it is great to see and should be copied by other councils around the area and in fact the country. I realise that it would not be appropriate in all cases but there are a great many places that it could be adopted and improve the road scene.

Not only does it provide a pleasing display it provides support for wild life and encourages insects and pollen for the bees. I expect the cost is relatively small and there is a saving on grass cutting which is an offset. The bonus is we have a much more colourful and enjoyable reservation to look at which will enhance our journeys.

Well done and keep up the good work. Come on Redcar & Cleveland give it a try.

Mr Chris Gallacher TD Chairman UKIP Redcar Dear Lynne and Steve Reference issue 62 Mr Tom Blenkinsop MP comments on Arriva Bus service and the lack of weekly travel tickets for children.

Families across his constituency will be looking to utilise Arriva’s bus service to travel around this and surrounding areas. Mr Blenkinsop has written to Arriva on this subject.

That is fair comment but unfortunately the residents of Liverton Mines, young and old can’t travel around this area since on 16 February, 2014,

Arriva bus company reduced the service by stopping the X4 which was an excellent and well used service to Redcar, Saltburn and on to Middlesbrough, with travel to and from these destinations.

The X4 still operates from Middlesbrough to Loftus. The turn left and right to serve residents of Liverton Mines was removed on that date. There appears to be no reason whatsoever for the removal of the X4 via Liverton Mines. The service would take just a few minutes as it was before the change, making no difference to the overall timetable. And what is more important, the return to some form of normality to the residents, with their lifestyle to what one would expect in the 21st century.

For the good of all concerned the X4 should be reinstated to again serve Liverton Mines.

Harry Tyerman Liverton Mines

Marske Traders’ Day

Dear Editor I wanted to pass my congratulations to all the small business traders in Marske who organised such a successful day for Marske Traders’ Day. It was great to see the day went so well with so many people attending.

Your businesses play a vital role in both the economy and the broader community of Marske, and I am glad that this special day recognised your contribution.

Thank you for all you do for the village and the local community.

Best wishes Anna Turley MP for Redcar

Yorkshire v Cleveland

Dear Editor, In response to Steve Kay’s letter in the last issue, I for one am bored of the whole Yorkshire or Cleveland debate.

However, it did amuse me to read that Cllr Steve Kay really believes one of his biggest achievement in his many years as a councillor is

changing the fourth line of the council’s address.

Cllr Kay is also somewhat obsessed with the appropriate naming of landmarks, I hope he can tell readers the last time he saw a ship in Moorsholm Docks?

Yours faithfully, James McGIll, Loftus

Missing handbag

Dear Lynne On Thursday 20th August my sister left the Saltburn train at Redcar Central to find that she had left her handbag behind.

She waited for the train to return from Saltburn to find that a young man had handed her handbag to the female conductor.

As you can imagine my sister was so pleased to get her handbag back containing money, bank card etc. My sister is a senior citizen on holiday from Australia for five weeks visiting family and friends.

Many, many thanks to the honest young man who has made my sister’s holiday which would have been ruined if she had not got her handbag back.

Regards Linda Richardson Redcar

Labour Party Election Dear Editor, I have been watching the ongoing Labour leadership election with passing interest and feel that the only genuine and honest candidate is Jeremy Corbyn. I do not agree with much of the policies he advocates but believe he earnestly believes in them, which is more than you can say for the cardboard cut outs that make up the rest of the candidates who come across as power hungry career politicians. He at least does not.

Of course whether he is an electable leader, come another general election, is quite another matter. However, we supposedly do live in a democracy and if the majority of those entitled to vote select him then he will be their leader; how

he then conducts himself after that is down to him and the support he has within the parliamentary party. This of course is open to conjecture by the pundits and vested interests within the Labour grouping who expect problems. He does in many peoples eyes reflect the true expectation of Labour voters who are looking for a more traditional left leaning Labour party.

In many ways that traditional outlook does not carry total support within the Labour vote, a vote that tends to vote Labour because they always have and then are surprised when nothing changes, perhaps a successful Corbyn will galvanise the more Left sided voters and bring change and a new party vision. It however will loose many “New Labour” voters who will gravitate to more centrist parties, thus their market share will diminish resulting in a smaller parliamentary party. We might even get “New New Labour” led by the bland Blairites.

Chris Gallacher TD Chairman UKIP Redcar

Not what it seems!

Dear Editor Last year, I warned Redcar & Cleveland Council that if they wanted the imagined benefits of a combined Tees Valley authority, the government would demand an elected “metro mayor” for the five boroughs – Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool, Darlington and Redcar & Cleveland. This has now come to pass.

I am surprised a Conservative government is so much in favour of a latter-day Cleveland County, when it scrapped the original in the nineties. Labour, on the other hand, has always wanted to resurrect a Tees-wide authority, so it is not surprising they are gobbling up the Tory proposals hook, line and sinker.

As an admirer of James Wharton MP, I am sorry to see him in such an invidious position. As Minister for the so-called Northern Powerhouse, he has got to support a combined Tees Valley

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authority, yet many of his constituents in Stockton South want to leave Teesside altogether and join North Yorkshire, where they rightly belong.

Like all government promises, the £44bn investment is not what it seems. Not all would be “new money” and the rest would be shared out, throughout all the northern regions, over a decade and a half. The only reason we are being offered anything at all is that, with the success of the SNP, the government has to play lip-service to English devolution.

As for us in East Cleveland, we do not want to be part of a new Teesside and we do not even live in the Tees Valley. What is more, we have absolutely no desire to be run from Middlesbrough, with or without an elected metro mayor.

Steve Kay Lockwood Ward Councillor

Nothing wrong with being old

Dear Editor How sad to read in your last month’s paper about the closing down of the home in Moorsholm and what great work Molly and her staff have done; and we do wish her well in her retirement at the grand age of 87!

I was interested to read what the Pope had to say a little while ago (quote), “neglecting the elderly is a mortal sin.”

Speaking at a general audience the 78 year old Pope said: “We must reawaken our collective sense of gratitude, appreciation and hospitality, helping the elderly know they are a living part of their communities “An elderly person is not an alien,” he said.

“The elderly person is us. Soon, or many years from now – inevitably anyway – we will be old, even if we don’t think about it.

“If we do not learn to treat the elderly well,” the Pope added, “we won’t be treated well either” when the time comes.

These words truly give us food for thought.

Conservative Parish Cllr James Carrolle Skelton/Brotton

Proposal for Wharton Arms Skelton

Dear Editor There is a petition going around Skelton which is gathering momentum about the proposal for Coast and country to purchase the Wharton Arms to develop into dwelling accommodation for 20 recovering alcoholics.

Very few people knew about this and a consultation meeting took place a few weeks ago, with a very limited number of residents on the high street and some businesses being invited.

The petition reads as follows: We the undersigned object to the proposals that the Wharton Arms Hotel is developed into dwelling accommodation for recovering alcoholics. We feel this will be detrimental to the village of Skelton and could deter local people from using our local businesses and visiting the High street if there were episodes of anti-social behaviour. We feel this proposal will seriously undermine the Heritage Initiative for Skelton.

The people I have spoken to had no prior knowledge of this proposal and do not welcome the idea. I hope by letting you know about this you can perhaps find out more about this, inform others in the area and encourage some debate with Redcar council. Thank you.

Mrs Sheelagh Evans

Centenary celebrations for Hutton Lowcross WI

Report poor experiences to improve quality of care services Dear Editor, A lack of good quality care services is having a huge impact on families. Uncoordinated, unreliable or poor quality care is stressful, puts families under increased pressure and can make them ill with worry; that’s on top of the profound effect it has on the person receiving the care.

Carers UK research shows that many people have given up work to care because they cannot always rely on services, in turn causing long-term financial insecurity.

Great care transforms lives. It helps people have a good quality of life and enables their families to stay in work and maintain a life outside of their caring role. Knowing that Mum or Dad is being well cared for really matters.

We need your help to improve the quality of care services in England. Carers UK is working with the health and care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), to gather your experiences of poor quality care.

While the CQC doesn’t settle individual complaints, they will take the information you give, which can be anonymous, and deliver it to their inspection teams. This helps them decide when, where and what to inspect, and enables immediate action to be taken on serious matters.

From recent work carried out by Carers UK and CQC, 69% of the feedback provided by carers was used in CQC inspections; in one in five cases, more urgent action was taken, for example an inspection was brought forward.

Please help us improve care quality. Tell us about your care experiences at www.cqc.org.uk/ share-your-experience-finder or find out more at www.carersuk.org/cqc.

Heléna Herklots Chief Executive, Carers UK

Skelton Residents and East Cleveland The good news announced recently that Skelton Villages Civic Pride’s bid for the Skelton Townscape Initiative Project of more than £1m has been granted.

The bad news, although the grant has nothing to do with this project but it is planned to sell the Wharton Arms (Skippers) to a consortium of Redcar & Cleveland Council, Coast & Country Housing and Living Sober to provide single accommodation for people recovering from alcoholism.

Living Sober has an accommodation site in Ormesby which has proved to be a great success.

First of all Skelton is not Ormesby. We are in a rural area with a historical high street and trying to encourage tourists to come to Skelton and see all that is to offer.

Skelton Civic Pride has opened a new office in the high street to promote the image of Skelton.

I went in there recently and although they could not comment on the scheme, they said a lot of people had come in and expressed their concern of having this project in the high street. The project is in the wrong place and will be detriment to what the lottery funding is for. I believe that Coast and Country are forwarding plans to present to the council for evaluation and approval.

I must ask people if you are against this scheme to write to your council officers and Amanda Skelton at Redcar and Cleveland Council.

Once again a hair brained scheme that does not take into consideration the views of residents.

Time to act!

Malcolm Crow

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By Patricia Bolton

his has been a very special year for the Women’s Institute as they have been celebrating their Centenary with numerous events both nationally and locally.

The most notable of these took place in June when thousands of members descended on London; some to attend a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace hosted by Camilla and supported by other royalty and some to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Women’s Institute in the Royal Albert Hall attended by Her Majesty the Queen along with The Princess Royal and Sophie Wessex.

Local events have also taken place both within Teesside Federation including the scaling of the Transporter Bridge and within individual Institutes.

The members of Hutton Lowcross WI in Guisborough held a special lunch at Hunley Hall in Brotton . Their speaker before lunch was Anne Harrison from near Leyburn, who has for many years been a members of the National Board of Trustees as well as Chair of Denman College (the

WI’s own Training Centre near Oxford).

Anne spoke about her very busy and interesting life as a Trustee and a member of her own institute as well as her life as a farmer’s wife and mother in the Dales. She is also on the Committee who organise the Yorkshire Show with her most recent claim to fame that she made the 5000 pieces of fruit cake given to every member who attended the AGM in London.

After a delicious lunch the group was entertained by local singer Janie St John who took us on a musical journey from 1915 to the present day.

After the cutting of the cake, decorated by Marion Game, one of our committee members, the day was rounded off with some Morris Dancing provided by local team called Locos in Motion, who talked about their origin and the history behind the different dances they performed.

All in all we had a wonderful day and there are more celebrations to come on the actual WI day on 16th September when our President Pat Bolton, will host a Garden Party at her home.

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New Community Agents join ground-breaking service in Redcar & Cleveland

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n innovative project set up to improve the quality of life for the elderly and vulnerable in Redcar and Cleveland has taken on two new members of staff.

Tracy Lean and Jayne Anderton, who are both local to the area, have just joined the Community Agents Service which was established two years ago and since then has solved problems for more than 900 elderly and vulnerable people, helping them to continue living independently in their own homes.

The scheme is funded

by Redcar and Cleveland Council, with additional Better Care Funding and m a n a g e d b y t h e Te e s Valley Rural Community Council (TVRCC), with engagement from health social care professionals.

The service also aims to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and can offer ongoing support following discharge.

As Community Agents, they will be part of the ground-breaking service as a single point of contact linking those who need support with to access community resources and other services. The Community Agents are at the end of the phone for referrals involving any elderly or vulnerable

person in the area who is struggling to manage.

Referrals come mainly from community health staff, social workers, GPs, James Cook University Hospital and council officers, as well as from voluntary groups and members of the public.

The Community Agents have a database of all the voluntary organisations in the area to help them find the right support - a volunteer driver, someone to do gardening and DIY or a group that runs a befriending service or lunch club.

Help has included volunteers who can offer help to get to hospital for an appointment, or to do shopping, gardening or some simple DIY work.

Then there are those who are lonely and isolated who can be matched up with a befriender who will pop in for a chat once a week.

Tracy and Jayne will be working part time and will join established full time Community Agent Liz Toon who has been a problem solver with the service from the beginning.

They will all be based at the Old Co-op building in Loftus and will cover the whole of the borough.

“Sometimes it is simple situation with an easy solution. For other people with complex needs, it

takes more time. These are people with non-medical needs who otherwise might fall through the gap,” said Liz. Doff Pollard, TVRCC Chief Officer, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Tracy and Jayne to this service which has been a great success. Supporting people in their own homes is really important for their wellbeing particularly those isolated by living in outlying rural communities.

TVRCC is delighted to be working with partners from the wider voluntary sector, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and S o u t h Te e s H o s p i t a l s NHS Foundation Trust and to bring some joined up working which will support this.” * Community Agents are available 10am 4pm, Monday to Friday and can be contacted on 01642 201096. If you would like to be a volunteer, ring TVRCC on 01642 213852.

New Community Agents for Redcar and Cleveland, l to r, Jayne Anderton and Tracy Lean.

Tourism Officer

Salary £25,440 35 hours per week This position is one year fixed term contract with an option to extend subject to funding.

The East Cleveland Villages BIG Local is one of 150 BIG Local groups that have been allocated £1million over a 10 year period to make a lasting positive difference to their communities.

It’s about bringing together local talent, ambitions, skills and energy from individuals, groups and organisations who want to make their area an even better place to live.

Community Engagement Officer Salary £21,530 pro-rata, 20 hours per week

The East Cleveland Villages BIG Local is one of 150 BIG Local groups that have been allocated £1million over a 10 year period to make a lasting positive difference to their communities.

It’s about bringing together local talent, ambitions, skills and energy from individuals, groups and organisations who want to make their area an even better place to live.

We are seeking to employ a highly motivated Tourism Officer that would be responsible for the strategic development, marketing and promotion of tourism within East Cleveland in order to attract visitors and produce significant economic benefits to sustain the tourism offer for years to come.

We are seeking to employ a highly motivated Community Engagement Officer that would be responsible for raising the awareness of the Big Local Partnership and the Big Local Plan with residents and stakeholders in the 11 towns and villages which form the Big Local Area.

Recruit more residents to actively participate in all areas of the Big Local Development through engagement activities, encouragement and support.

This post would suit someone with good knowledge of the local area, experience of working within the tourism sector, good communication skills and IT literate.

The post would suit someone with good communication skills who has experience of working with community groups and the general public; they must be IT literate.

We are sorry but we do not accept CVs. For information/application pack Tel: (01642) 213852. Email: kreeve@teesvalleyrcc.org.uk or write to: TVRCC, 2a Cadcam Centre, High Force Road, Middlesbrough TS2 1RH. Completed applications to be marked Private & Confidential and returned to Karl Reeve at the above address. Closing Date noon 5 October Interviews will be held week comencing 19 October Start Date to be confirmed. TVRCC is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered Charity No 1080282. Registered as a Company in England no. 3750700

We are sorry but we do not accept CVs. For an information/application pack Tel: (01642) 213852. Email: kreeve@teesvalleyrcc.org.uk or write to: TVRCC, 2a Cadcam Centre, High Force Road, Middlesbrough TS2 1RH. Completed applications to be marked Private & Confidential and returned to Karl Reeve at the above address. Closing Date noon 5 October Interviews will be held week commencing 19 October Start Date to be confirmed. TVRCC is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered Charity No 1080282. Registered as a Company in England no. 3750700

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Housing association helps forge the future of its tenants

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Simon with Mac Bell from Galliford Try and Steph Pew from Coast & Country

oast & Country, one of the largest housing and regeneration companies in the North East, has helped secure a job for one of its tenants at leading construction firm Galliford Try - as part of its Forging Futures initiative.

Following his enrolment on the Forging Futures programme Simon Horton, 37, from Guisborough, is now working at a site in Spencerbeck, where purpose built housing is being built for people

with learning disabilities.

Forging Futures is a unique venture between Coast & Country and its partner organisations that aims to deliver bespoke training and engagement opportunities to unemployed residents across Redcar and Cleveland. The three week course is designed to build self-esteem, confidence and provide the employability skills that will help get the unemployed into work.

Simon joined the programme having seen an advertisement at

the Job Centre and enrolled on the seventh course of the project.

Over his three weeks, he worked through Maths and English booklets and was taught everything that someone looking to get into work should know; interview techniques, how to sell yourself and how to prepare a CV. Simon also successfully gained a SFEDI Level 1 Qualification in Self Marketing and Personal Enterprise from the New College Durham.

At the end of the course, Emma

Tooth, a Community Investment Officer at Coast & Country, informed him of a work placement that had become available with Galliford Try Partnerships North and shortly after handing in his CV, Simon was shortlisted and successfully gained a placement there doing such work as general labouring and site welfare.

Simon said: “Forging Futures is a great programme. While the Job Centre teaches you lots of things that are very useful, Forging Futures takes the process to the next step.

“The people who run the course are always willing to go the extra mile. They run mock interviews and help you perfect your interview technique, so that you feel more confident going into an interview, which is half the battle for some people.

“I think the best part about Forging Futures is that they help you get relevant paid experience that puts you in good stead for the future. My placement with Galliford Try has taught me a great deal and I now feel confident that I could go onto any site and get straight to work.”

Mac Bell, site manager, said: “These placements are an excellent way back into employment.

Although Simon had no previous experience in construction, he picks things up quickly and is very

conscientious, hardworking and punctual - just what the site and any other workplace needs.

“I was happy that I was on the interview panel as I would be working with the successful applicant. I think a big part of getting a job is knowing how to put yourself across in the best possible way in an interview.

“Simon knew what we were looking for and made sure we knew that his skills and personality were perfectly suited to the role. I really hope Simon can move on to our other sites and continue to impress us.”

Everyone who completes the programme is given the opportunity to access hands on experience in the work place with Coast & Country or one of its partner organisations.

These placements provide them with vital soft skills as well as firsthand experience of the workplace and most importantly, sector specific training aligned to the current jobs market - meaning that everyone who completes the course leaves with a much greater chance of securing a job.

The development at Spencerbeck is part of the Redcare extra care scheme being delivered by Coast & Country Housing and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, in partnership with Galliford Try. For more information please visit www. redcare-extracare.co.uk.

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ECCO Update

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By Bob Moodie

CCO was established on the 9th July 2015 and has representation in many of the towns and villages in East Cleveland from Councillors, residents, Town and Parish Councils.

ECCO is resident led and non political and is providing a bigger voice for the many residents and communities in East Cleveland on major issues, helping to challenge their rights, in the main with R&CBC and Cleveland Police.

ECCO is looking to represent many East Cleveland residents and currently is looking at a number of high profile issues and support and representation for many residents and their communities is now underway to help them.

Flooding: High level discussions are ongoing with R&CBC, to endeavour to establish the accuracy of the data and facts, in their Draft Flooding Review Report – appendices (DFRR), covering six villages affected by the flooding on the 6th September 2013.

Many affected residents have seen either, their insurance premiums and or policy excesses for their buildings and contents insurance cover rise significantly, or have found it is not possible for them now to have insurance against flooding.

R&CBC will shortly be presenting their Surface Water Management Plans (SWMP’s) to residents, for carrying out new and remedial works to improve the drainage infrastructure, to prevent risks from further flooding in the future.

Policing in Neighbourhoods A meeting was held between eight ECCO representatives and the P&CC Barry Coppinger on 27th July 2015, when we informed him that the Neighbourhood Policing services in East Cleveland are no longer working and together with the lack of police visibility in the communities, is a major concern being raised by residents across all the area.

We presented the P&CC with a list of 21 issues and concerns we have and have requested a further meeting with him and operational management, to discuss these and hear their plans to address them. We are awaiting their response and a date for the meeting.

Planning and the Local Plan ECCO have made representation to the Strategic Planning Team (SPT) to be one of

Maxis Mates Dora

is a lovely staffy tan and white girl that has been in the kennels since 26/6/15 and is looking for her forever home.

Wolfie

is an older boy and has been in the kennels since 17/7/15 and is looking for his forever home, he just loves a good fuss.

If you can offer Dora, Wolfie, or another dog their forever home please pop along to the Waterfall Kennels, Guisborough between 1.30pm to 4pm or call 01287 634240.

the consultees and to be consulted throughout the process of them preparing the new Local Plan. Consultation starts in January 2016 on the Draft Local Plan, which is to be submitted to the Secretary of State in February 2017, prior to implementation in August of that year.

We have asked the SPT for ECCO to be consulted on any other issues that arise, pertaining to sustainable development, that will affect East Cleveland residents and communities, which covers most aspects of the Local Plan.

In the event that any residents have any concerns or issues they want to raise, they should in the first instance, take these up with their local ward councillors, such that at the consultation stage, councillors can raise them with the SPT and or ECCO as appropriate.

ECCO is also supporting the Petition that is still circulating, objecting to any further House Building on Greenfield Land west of Saltburn. The Planning Appeal inquiry is due to start on the 13th October 2015 and the Council are defending their decision not to grant Planning Approval, with Taylor Wimpey now appealing against this decision.

Residents and communities need to show the extent of their opposition to this appeal, by signing the petition, to be found in shops in Saltburn and on page 29 of this newspaper, which gives full details.

We realise that not everyone will want to become involved in ECCO major issues that are affecting communities in EC but we do want you to remain in contact with us, via your Ward Councillor’s and by acting as a conduit between your village or community, to allow information and or intelligence etc to flow in to ECCO and then back out to yourselves in the village communities, when we have acted on your behalf.

If you decide you want to participate in any of the ECCO issues, then please let us know by e mailing the ECCO Facilitator at bob. moodie@ntlworld.com we would welcome any enquires from residents..

For too long now, no one has been really listening to the people of EC, we have too often been ignored and left feeling very frustrated.

Only we can change this culture, by making our EC voice be heard, loud and clear wherever it is needed.

Thank you for your support so far, so onwards and upwards.

Beloved dog Q&A

Q. I want to make sure my beloved dog and cat will be well looked after when I die. Is it possible to give them to a relative in my Will, or can you suggest any other ways I might be able to see that their needs are taken care of?

A. The UK’s pet population is estimated to be 65 million, with 46% of all households having a pet or some kind.

We are a nation of pet lovers – a quarter of all households have a dog and almost a fifth have a cat. It’s not unusual, therefore, to worry what would happen to their pets if they should pass away before they do.

Lynda Monks, an expert in Wills at Macks Solicitors, is frequently asked: “What happens to my pets when I die?”

The advice given depends on the age, expected lifespan of the pet and the number involved. What is right for one pet may not be right for another.

If you ignore the question, then this places a burden on your executors (the persons administering your estate) to find a home. The urgency may mean the pet is placed in a shelter or faces being put down.

One of the best ways to care for your pet after your death is to make provision in your Will, by setting aside a sum of money for your pet’s future care, food and veterinary bills. This can be held in trust and paid at the discretion of your trustees. If you think this may impose a burden on your trustees, you can specify a sum

of money being paid to a named and trusted family member or friend.

Before designating a family member or friend it is important to check they are willing and able to take on such a role. You cannot legally force anyone to take your pet if they do not want to.

Some people do not have any relatives or friends ready to assume such a role, or their relatives’ or friends’ circumstances may change.

What are your options then?

Some request the animal be put to sleep.

This cannot be legally enforced and a vet may not be prepared to euthanise an animal that is physically fit.

Another option would be to consider the schemes offered by a number of animal charities, which include Dogs Trust’s Canine Care Card, Cats Protection’s Cat Guardians and the RSPCA’s Home For Life. Such charities usually try to find a suitable new home for your pet and, if they cannot do this, they will look after your pet at one of their centres.

Your solicitor can advise on how to make provision for your pet in your Will, and to include a letter of wishes to be stored with your Will, regarding vaccination, medical records, details of your vet, feeding and care instructions.

As with many aspects of making a Will, a few simple steps taken now can save a lot of trouble for those you leave behind – and that includes animals as well as people.

For all your training needs A brilliant training facility is based here right on your doorstep at the BHive Business Centre in Skelton who offers training to clients both locally and throughout the UK. TB Training NE Ltd provides fully accredited professional training services with state of the art facilities and a fully qualified instructional team.

The courses they offer are designed to enable clients to meet current forklift operating legislation and Health & Safety regulations.

The company is managed by Tom Booth, who has been specialising in the training sector for many years.

Having previously worked in the food industry Tom has experience in all aspects of training.

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Business might be Barking Mad, but it’s proving a hit

Chesney

Chesney is a lab cross who is a gorgeous older gentleman who has recently come into our care through tragic circumstances. Poor Chesney found himself homeless when his beloved owner passed away leaving him and three cats with nowhere to go. Thankfully we were able to take him into our care and he is now looking for a loving new home to call his very own. Chesney is a very affectionate and sociable chap who will happily live with other animals and loves every person he meets! He certainly doesn’t know his age and is very sprightly and loves to run and explore and play before settling down in a nice patch of sun to snooze. Chesney is looking for a home where there are people around for most of the day and where he can get lots and lots of cuddles and TLC. He is very loyal and loving and will make a wonderful companion for most families. Chesney will be rehomed on a pension plan through SARA so they will pay any age related vet bills in the future.

Max and Frankie

Max and Frankie are a six year old brother/sister pair who have come in through no fault of their own. They are the most wonderful loving pair and love affection and cuddles. They will make a great addition for the family lucky enough to adopt them.

These are just some of the lovely animals looking for new homes at SARA. For more information call Monday to Friday 10am to 2pm 01642 488108 The Foxrush centre is open to the public from Tues to Sun closed Monday 1pm to 3pm.

Foxrush Farm, Kirkleatham Lane, Redcar TS10 5NJ. Check out the website at http://s-a-r-a.org.uk

Birthday event at Foxrush

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n Saturday 8th August 2015 Saltburn Animal Rescue Association held its Birthday and Reunion event.

This is a special 20 year celebration for the charity and eight years for Foxrush Farm.

Many of our rehomed dogs came together with other doggy friends to enjoy games and flyball. We were helped by a contingent of police cadets together with their instructor.

Thank you to everyone who made this event a success we raised in excess of £800.

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n Thursday 6th August 2015, six members of staff from Analox Ltd of Stokesley used their charity days to come and help Saltburn Animal Rescue Association at their centre at Foxrush Farm.

As you can see from the photos they undertook many tasks and they all enjoyed the day. We at SARA are grateful for their help and welcome any assistance offered to us by organisations and individuals.

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Time to help charity

n 12th August 2015 Sembcomp Utilities Ltd celebrated their 20th year by allowing sevenof their Teesside staff to use their charity days to help Saltburn Animal Rescue Association. The charity days are a way of industry and commerce helping charities by donating time to help in any way they can.As the picture shows they thoroughly enjoyed the day whilst providing invaluable help.

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eople say the best thing about being a grandparent is handing the children back at the end of the day. The canine equivalent for dogs is a company called Barking Mad. The company has been so successful since its launch last year in the Redcar/Teesside area, that franchisee Tracy Johnston is keen to recruit additional host families in order to keep up with the continued demand for the service, particularly through the summer months.

Barking Mad offers a professional, caring service where pets are accommodated in a loving home environment with select families whilst their owners are away from home for whatever reason. Pets are suitably matched with a loving host family who continues the owner’s existing routine for exercising and feeding, and whose environment is similar to the pet’s home.

Barking Mad’s host families are very special people. They have all, without exception, met the strict criteria and are dedicated pet lovers. Many host families are retired people who miss the routine and exercise when they suddenly find themselves without a pet.

Alternatively, they may be at home during the day with children or pets of their own, and a visiting dog compliments their existing situation perfectly.

Potential hosts must be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of dog care, have somewhere warm and cosy for pets to sleep, continue home life routines for exercising and feeding, have a safe garden, and be at home during the day.

All applicants are met at home, where an initial interview and home inspection are carried out. At this time straight forward questions about dog care experience and personal situation are asked, and then together the type of dogs the host would be able to look after and the host’s availability are discussed.

If the application is successful, becoming a host family with Barking Mad is rewarding and great fun from the onset. For many people working as a host has quite literally changed their lives. Caring for a dog at home offers a real focus. Dog walking is incredibly sociable, and keeps you fit.

Hosts are provided with a comprehensive Barking Mad host handbook, which includes information about pet behaviour, pet care and first aid, although every host has the added peace of mind knowing that they have 24 hour back-up from the area office, seven days a week.

Great reasons why you should consider becoming a host …

• You are able to enjoy the companionship of looking after pets, without the full time responsibility – a bit like being a grandparent or favourite aunty or uncle!

• Great exercise • Very sociable •You become part of a pet loving organisation • You provide an invaluable, worthwhile service to pet owners • You are supported 24 hours a day 7 days a week • Collection and delivery is carried out by Barking Mad • Public and Employers Liability Insurance is provided

by Barking Mad.1 22/05/2014 1213-BMad-Calssified 50x64 TJ_Layout If you would like apply to become a host family please get in touch. For further information, contact Tracy on 01429 860846 or visit our website www.barkingmad.uk.com

Dog lovers wanted to care for friendly dogs whilst their owners are away.

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Moorsholm Show 2015

Wayfarer’s Travels Tangier - Morocco

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By Graeme Aldous Show Co-ordinator

oorsholm Show was held this year on August 29th — the Bank Holiday weekend.

We were blessed with perfect Show weather — not too hot, not too windy... and (above all) dry! Entries could have been better compared with recent years — if anyone has any idea for new classes and attractions, then we’d love to hear from you — but there were plenty of visitors, and a grand afternoon out.

Congratulations to everyone who won a prize card (and maybe a trophy), and thanks to everyone who put in an entry — without entries we’d have no Show.

Thanks to our judges, and to everyone who helped with the organisation — stewarding, running the tombola and raffle, catering (very important!), providing the sports and pony rides, and trade stands. And thanks, as ever, for Ray Richardson and his team for providing, putting up and taking down the tent.

It will be a few days before our Treasurer can give a final total of the money raised, but as the Show is a vital part of the Memorial Hall finances, it will go a long way to making sure that the Hall continues as a community asset in the future.

F o r t h e f u l l R e s u l t s a n d Tr o p h y winners for the 2015 Show go to www. moorsholmmemorialhall.org.uk

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angier has much to offer but before I extol its virtues – a word of warning.

Take extra care. I`ve been to Tangier twice – on the first occasion I witnessed a youth stabbed through the eyeball and on the second my wife and I were trapped

by Arabs and held at knife point. Having said that I`m sure there must be hundreds of thousands of visitors who encounter no dangers. The bright side of our latter experience was that the following day we were treated like royalty. The police obviously took it very seriously. They were waiting outside our hotel and for the rest of our tour we had an armed guard – in front, behind and at the side! Beware also of the countless bargains on offer.

If only for the fact that it looked like the real thing, I bought a lovely “Rolex” watch for a few quid. It was much admired and kept accurate time - for two days till it needed winding. The winder came off in my hand, closely followed by the minute hand dropping off!

It really is fascinating though, wandering around the narrow alleys lined with stalls selling everything imaginable.

Tangier is also an easy place to get to.

The best way is to take a short flight from Newcastle to Malaga, a bus to Algeciras, and then the ferry over to Tangier.

A good place to stay is at one of the many riads. These are typical Moroccan houses or palaces with open internal gardens in the centre. In fact the name comes from the Arabian word for garden—ryad. Everything is ridiculously cheap – except for alcoholic drinks. A pint of Casablanca beer will set you back around 100 Moroccan Dirhams (about £8). Everything else is an absolute bargain. Food is excellent especially if you like couscous and spicy dishes. Morocco`s most well known dish is of course the tagine, so named after the oriental style clay cooking pot with the pointed lid. The dish comprises meat or poultry and spices such as ginger, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, and saffron all slow cooked for several hours.

Tagines are usually served with bread or sometimes with couscous. They can be seen bubbling away at every roadside café, top notch restaurants and in every home.

You can spend several days just exploring the city itself. In fact you can easily get lost

in the old medina, with its maze of narrow alleyed souks. There`s also the Kasbah (old city fortress) where you can take a guided tour or perhaps visit the Kasbah museum.

Then there`s a wide sea frontage with sandy beaches. If ever you`ve fancied riding a camel, this is the place to do it. Its cheap and better still there`s a soft landing when you fall off (or when the beast suddenly decides to kneel down and you fly unceremonially over its head).

Then if you need a break from the hustle & bustle you could take a stroll round the Mendoubia Gardens, a shady spot full of fig and dragon trees situated just to the north of the Grand Socco square.

Its also worth exploring a little further afield.

Hercules Cave, for example, is only about eight miles to the west of Tangier in Cape Spartel, near the summer palace of the King of Morocco.

The cave leads to the sea and the opening at the end is known as “The Map of Africa”.

It is believed that the Phoenicians created the sea opening which is in the shape of Africa when looked at from the sea. There are also some markings on the wall in the shape of eyes, that are said to be made by the Phoenicians and which make up a map of the local area.

The cave itself is part natural and part man-made. The man made part was used by Berber people to cut stone wheels from the walls to make millstones, thus expanding the cave considerably.

If you`ve still got a spare day to venture a little further I`d recommend taking the bus or a taxi to Tetouan. The bus takes just over an hour and a taxi about half that time.

This fascinating old city dates back to the thirteenth century and little has changed since then. You won’t see any motor vehicles in the ancient medina and never will as the maze of streets are far too narrow to accommodate any.

Wayfarer For any further information on this or any other destination, e-mail :- Wayfarer@ ntlworld.com In our next issue, Wayfarer stays at the strange but beautiful town of Zakopane in Poland.

I collect used stamps for charity and they are a valuable source of income. There are boxes in Skelton, Saltburn and Marske libraries.

Please support me and others and thank you in anticipation of your support. Eric Matson (Volunteer) Tel: 07985767587

Plum or damson cobbler

Well shipmates looks like the weather is changing.

Was around at Tony and Julie’s house and I asked how Tony’s plums were.

Julie informed me: “Nice and juicy but I have to grab them before the wasps do.” sounded painful ! English damson and plums are at their peak at the moment but won’t last long, then it’s back to woody imports. Nice simples one which can be frozen and used in the future on a winter’s night.

Fruit - 2lb washed cored and split fruit 6oz sugar lay fruit in a medium casserole dish and stir in sugar. cobbler mix 10 oz self raising flour 3 tsp baking powder 4oz diced chilled butter 1 medium egg 6 fl oz milk 2 oz ground almonds in a large bowl mix flour, butter, baking powder, almonds using rubbing method until they resemble fine bread crumbs. mix egg in milk and pour onto dry mix. bind with a spoon then spoon onto fruit 6 or 8 lumps. bake in a medium oven for 25- 30. If cobblers brown before finished cooking cover in loose foil. leave at least 5 mins before serving. ef If freezing make sure it is very et Ch r c e well wrapped in cling film.

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Notice of Compulsory Acquisition Under Section 134(7) of The Planning Act 2008 THE DOGGER BANK TEESSIDE A AND B OFFSHORE WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER 2015 To each person occupying or having an interest in the Order land NOTICE OF AUTHORISATION OF COMPULSORY ACQUISITION The above Order, made under the Planning Act 2008 by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and published on 5 August 2015, includes provision authorising the compulsory acquisition: of land, existing rights over land and of rights over land by creating new rights over it as described in the Schedule.

The Order includes provision authorising the acquisition for the purpose of the construction and operation of the Dogger Bank Teesside A and B offshore wind farm (the project). Dogger Bank Teesside A and B is the second stage of development of the Dogger Bank Zone in the North Sea. It comprises two offshore wind farm arrays (Dogger Bank Teesside A and Dogger Bank Teesside B) each with a generating capacity of up to 1.2 gigawatts and associated infrastructure. Dogger Bank Teesside A wind farm array is 560 square kilometres in area and located 196 kilometres at its closest point from the coast. Dogger Bank Teesside B wind farm array is 593 square kilometres in area and located 165 kilometres at its closest point from the coast.

The Order grants development consent for the construction and operation of both Dogger Bank Teesside A and Dogger Bank Teesside B. This includes export cables that will connect the offshore wind farm arrays to the UK on the Teesside coast between Redcar and Marske-bythe-Sea; and onshore cables from the coast to the two proposed converter stations and connection to the existing National Grid substation near at Lackenby, in the borough of Redcar & Cleveland.

A copy of the Order granting development consent has been deposited at the following locations and may be inspected at all reasonable hours (opening times set out in the table).

Copies of the Order granting development consent and supporting documents, plans and maps are also available through the Planning Inspectorate website [http://infrastructure. planninginspectorate.gov.uk/] as well as through the Forewind Ltd website www. forewind.co.uk.

A person aggrieved by the Order may challenge the Order only in accordance with section 118 of the Planning Act 2008, which stipulates that any proceeding must be brought by filing a claim form for judicial review during the period of six weeks beginning with the day on which the Order was published (or, if later, the day on which the statement of reasons for making the Order is published).

SCHEDULE Description of the land, existing rights and the new rights.

The onshore cable route within which land and rights are being acquired can be broadly categorised into three sections, from the landfall up to the connection to the existing National Grid substation at Lackenby, more fully described in the Book of Reference: a) Landfall to A174 – Land Plans 1 to 3 The area is predominantly urban in character with the landfall located between the towns of Redcar to the north and Marske-by-the–Sea to the south. The route crosses under the Coast Road (A1085) before passing through arable land and passing south of the Marske Sewage Treatment Works. There are a number of buried services including water mains, foul sewers, gas and telecommunications between settlements. b) A174 to the Wilton International site and Main Dike – Land Plan 4 The proposed cable corridor between the A174 and the Wilton International site is predominantly rural, comprising mainly of large arable fields. The route passes close to the development of New Marske and the village of Yearby. It crosses two minor roads, Grewgrass Lane and Yearby Bank. The area is flat and relies on a number of drainage channels, the two largest being Rogers Dike and Main Dike. Buried services include telecommunication cables and gas pipes. c) Wilton International site and Main Dike to Existing National Grid Substation at Lackenby – Land Plans 5 to 6 This area is predominantly industrial in character with large areas of hard standing, buildings (including offices, warehouses and industrial units) and areas of bare ground ready for future

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development, or having recently been cleared of previous land use. To the south of the area there are several arable fields which form part of the Wilton International site but are yet to be developed for industrial uses. The area has a number of buried services connected to the activities of the Wilton International site. The proposed location of the converter station is close to the settlement of Lazenby.

Compulsory purchase powers are authorised in respect of the acquisition of land and of permanent and/or temporary new rights over 164 plots within the Borough of Redcar & Cleveland. Rights are being acquired for the purposes of, in general: (a) installation, inspection, maintenance, renewal, repair, replacement and use of export cables, together with fibre optic cables for the transmission of electronic communications; (b) construction, inspection, maintenance, renewal, repair and replacement of a new connection bay within the National Grid substation containing isolation switchgear and electrical equipment for the connection of the export cables to the transmission network; (c) inspection, maintenance, renewal, repair and replacement of the converter stations; (d) landscaping associated with the installation and construction of the authorised development; (e) access associated with the authorised development and the construction, inspection, maintenance, renewal, repair and replacement of it; and (f) temporary working areas for construction compounds associated with the installation and construction of the authorised development.

And specifically, as set out in the Book of Reference: i. To inspect and survey the land, which will include excavations and the carrying out of soil tests; ii. To lay down, install, adjust, alter, construct, use, maintain, repair, renew, inspect, remove and replace up to three underground cables (together with such telephone signalling and fibre optic lines and other apparatus as is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity along such cables (which, with the underground cables, are collectively referred to below as “the cables”)) and to take such steps to protect the cables as are reasonable; iii. At its own expense and in a good and workmanlike manner to remove trees and bushes and the roots thereof and to fell and lop trees and to remove any thing which would if not removed, obstruct or interfere with the lay down, installation, adjustment, alteration, construction, use, maintenance, repair, renewal, inspection, removal or replacement of the cables; iv. The right to restore the ground level to that at the date on which the installation of the cables was completed to remedy any increase or decrease in the ground level above the cables;

v. To use horizontal directional drilling, where appropriate, for the installation of the cables; vi. To construct and thereafter use temporary roads and bridges for the duration of the installation, repair, replacement or maintenance of the cables; vii. To construct fences and keep such fences in place for the duration of the installation, repair, replacement or maintenance of the cables; viii. To install aerial marker posts and to keep such aerial marker posts in place for the duration of the installation, use, repair, replacement or maintenance of the cables; ix. To lay down, install and use electric cables, telephone signalling cables, fibre optic cables and ancillary equipment and other conducting media, together with conduits or pipes for containing the same, for use when any of the cables are faulty; x. To construct, use, maintain, repair, renew, inspect, remove and replace access roads (including landscaping areas and passing places) to be used in connection with the lay down, installation, adjustment, alteration, construction, use, maintenance, repair, renewal, inspection, removal or replacement of the cables and, where appropriate, the landscaping and the new connection bays within the National Grid substation containing isolation switchgear and electrical equipment for the connection of the export cable to the transmission network; xi. To construct and improve routes for access and thereafter use, maintain, repair, renew, inspect, remove and replace the routes for access in connection with the lay down, installation, adjustment, alteration, construction, use, maintenance, repair, renewal, inspection, removal or replacement of the cables; xii. To access to make good any damage caused in connection with the exercise of these rights; xiii. To use as a construction and maintenance compound, working area, lay down and parking area for all plant, equipment, materials, machinery and vehicles in connection with the lay down, install, adjust, alter, construct, use, maintain, repair, renew, inspect, remove and replace up to three underground cables (together with such telephone signalling and fibre optic lines and other apparatus as is ancillary to the purposes of transmitting electricity along such cables); and xiv. To create pedestrian and vehicular access to and egress from the temporary work area from the highway (which shall include without limitation construction traffic), and with plant, equipment and machinery.

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Hollie Bush Writes

A whimsical look at our area A chip off the old block - our contribution to road making history

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was over in very sunny Manchester the other week, and a friend of mine - a long time Mancunian - pointed out to me something of interest under my own feet, and which I would never have spotted if he hadn’t tipped me off.

There, on the kerbside were iron strips buttressing the paving setts. I was then told that these iron strips were laid way back in Victorian day for a purpose that still benefits us today. Then, it was to fight the possible damage that could be caused to pavements by the iron rims of horse drawn wagons servicing the cotton warehouses, now, it is to fight the possible damage caused on the same streets by today’s cars and lorries - and they still work a treat, I was told.

Odd how some of these things survive; a bit like the “Ghost Signs” still adorning a lot of commercial premises in East Cleveland which boast of previous shop owners or the products they sold.

Mind, we have our own history under our feet if we care to look, and nothing is so emblematic of Teesside and East Cleveland as the “Scoria Blocks” still found on many of our streets.

These shiny grey-blue bricks are part of the fabric and the character of this area. But these bricks can be seen elsewhere and, indeed, across the world.

Streets in Canada, the West Indies, Holland, the US, India and South America were - and still are - lined with these blocks So what were the “Scoria Blocks” and why the connection with our area ?

The word ‘scoria’ comes from the Ancient Greek word meaning, in one sense, ‘excrement or dung’.

The Romans applied this Greek word (in a refined sense it is spelt “scoriae”) to the lava tossed from the top of a volcano. Then, about 140 years ago, the iron masters of Teesside applied it to the waste found at the bottom of a blast furnace.

Now you and I would call this material “slag”, for that is what it is - melted iron ore rock allowed to cool and re-solidify. But our Victorians were fond of fine phrases and “scoria” made it sound more refined and scientific. Whatever it was called, it was a headache.

Producing one ton of iron produced one ton of slag.

As the furnaces of Cleveland were producing 2.5 million tons of pig iron a year towards the end of the 19th Century, there was an awful lot of slag turning up everywhere.

At first, it was tipped onto the boggy marshlands around Middlesbrough to raise them up. When these were filled, the ironmasters then ended up paying the then Tees Conservancy Commissioners 4d a ton in old money to take the slag away. The Conservancy Commission used it to good purpose, with over 20 miles of riverside walls and the North and South Gares built up on slag, a base still there to this very day.

But not only was this product a waste - it was a waste of money as well. The ironmasters did not want to pay to have their rubbish removed. They wanted to profit from it, to really show that where’s muck, there’s money.

Someone had a brainwave; in fact, three brainwaves. Firstly, they found that if you fired a jet of air through liquid slag, it dried into long, thin strands of slag wool. Slag wool had good insulating properties. Production began at the Tees Iron Works in 1877.

Then, secondly, the chemists got to work on slag. Not only did it contain iron, but a lot of other

elements - and in particular lime. They also found that if you granulated slag down to a dust and buried it in soil, it acted to release phosphates. Put lime and phosphates together, and you have an active fertiliser - the farmer’s friend.

But a third brainwave from a Darlington man, Joseph Woodward, was even better. In November 1872, he formed the Tees Scoriae Brick Company to turn slag from the Clay Lane Blast Furnace, in Eston, into the shiny-blue bricks that now line our lanes. It was a complex process. The molten slag was tapped from the bottom of the blast furnaces and transported in bogies down a railway to a revolving table. The slag was tipped out of the bogies into brick-shaped moulds onto settling tables. As the table rotated, the slag cooled. After two minutes, the slag was still red hot, but it had set. At the vital moment, the turning motion of the table tipped the brick out of the mould and onto a conveyor belt which carried it into an oven, heated by the furnace. In this ‘annealing kiln’, the bricks were cooked for three days ‘after which they are perfect, cool, solid and hard, and ready for use’, according to the Colliery Guardian newspaper of 1873.

A US observer for the “Journal of Workshop Practice and Receipts described the process as follows “At the works of the Tees Scoria Pavingblock Co, blocks are made by running the liquid slag into a series of open-topped moulds. The moulds are of cast iron and are held by one end upon the periphery of a horizontal wheel.

The wheel is suspended by tie-rods upon a central pillar. The moulds, when being filled up, are brought in succession under the slag-runner by the man in attendance, who watches until the mould is full.

When the slag has become consolidated in the moulds, a catch-hook is knocked up, the moulds fall to pieces and the bricks drop to the ground. When they come out of these moulds they are still in a half-molten state, and are immediately removed into annealing ovens, which are always kept at a high temperature, so that the blocks receive no chill.- The ovens are of small size, -and when full are sealed up, and allowed to cool down by themselves. There are about 70 moulds upon each machine and the hotter these are kept the better; whilst, to prevent chilling of the molten slag as it runs into the moulds, they receive a thick coating or washing of chalk or lime after each casting, the lime acting as a non-conductor as well as assisting the block more readily to drop out of the mould, as the casting is not allowed to remain in contact with anything which can extract its initial heat, so as to produce unequal cooling; and, as before stated, the whole success has been eminently a practical one, and reflects great credit upon those who have so patiently worked it out.

Large quantities of these bricks or paving-blocks are used in the North of England for crossings, stables, yards, and streets, possessing durability, uniformity, and good general appearance when well set. From a series of tests recently made against a crushing strain, some of these blocks carried a weight equal to the hardest granite.

Stockton Corporation bought the first consignment and discovered the bricks to be just the job. Many of their secondary roads off the High Street started off with beaten down earth surfaces, which just churned up into liquid mud at the first sign of rain. They then tried cobbles, which were too bumpy. Then they were laid with “setts”’ -lumps of stone hewn by hand into a regular shape but which could be brittle as the weight of wagons increased.

Later the works expanded from Eston to a second location within the perimeter of the old Cargo Fleet steel works. There, said the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Plant comprises “one rotating wheel fitted with 140 moulds and also eighteen separate kilns, each capable of holding 1,000 blocks at any

Scoria Brick laying - Middlesbrough’s Marton Road, (by the old Exchange) in the 1890’s, And now Scoria brick helps out as a design feature on a local front drive..........100 years on one time. From twenty to thirty different sizes of block can be made.” At its peak, the Tees Scoriae Company was taking fully 30% of all the slag from the South Tees steelworks.

Scoria bricks were a master pavers dream.. They were impossible to break. They were very durable, even when being run over by the metal rimmed wheels of heavy carts. They were completely waterproof; Darlington and Guisborough laid them in their disease-ridden yards so they could be sluiced out. They were even chemical-proof. In the 1920’s Billingham laid them in ICI’s drainage channels.

Being from the same mould, scoria bricks were identical in size and so could easily be laid flat (they were laid on a 6in bed of sand and then compressed down by men with heavy wooden rammers). And they were cheap and plentiful.

Soon it was not just Teesside towns that wanted scoria bricks. In 1912, 62,881 tons of scoria bricks were exported from wharves along the Tees. Thirtyseven per cent of these went to Canada and 36 per cent to the West Indies. Smaller quantities went to Holland, Belgium, the US, South America and Africa. As the average scoria brick weighs 13lbs (or 5.9kg), this means that in 1912 alone, nearly 11 million bricks were exported.

The world seemed to be the Scoria Bricks oyster. (or, if you are Arthur Daley, its lobster). But nemesis was at hand. It was a business that was killed by the motor car. A new breed of passengers in cars wanted a smoother ride than scoria bricks could provide. The stripping out of the scoriae started in the Thirties, to be replaced by tarmac. But it took a very long time to die. The Tees Scorriae Brick Company finally went bankrupt in 1966 but was only finally formally wound up in 1972 - just 43 years ago.

Still, though, they remain as ubiquitous fixtures in our back lanes and gutters, each one proof that they share a fascinating history The Tees Scorriae Brick Company appears to have produced 12 different types of scoria brick. The most common are either plain bricks or the double bricks, which have a dividing line down the middle.

There were also mosaic like bricks where the surface was divided into eight, and then came the fancy stuff - worth a bob or two more a gross to cash rich councils. Some were covered in small diamonds, while there was a double hexagon design which cleverly locked together with its neighbour.

Finally, there were a couple of designs with writing on. One bore the legend: ‘Tees Scoriae Brick Co patent’, whilst another had the logo of an upstart Darlington based competitor Because this is the saddest column in Coastal View, we would love to know if you’ve got any unusual scoria in your street. To start off there are some great examples on Guisborough’s Westgate, much of it the patterned variety, blocks which have survived a century of continuing road works and which complement marvelously the cobbles running up to pavement. The back alleys in Saltburn’s Jewel Streets quarter are almost all made up of scoria, whilst there are examples on the road junctions leading into Skelton High Street which are still brilliant after all these years, despite the pounding of cars, lorries and buses. Aptly enough, Brotton’s “brickyard” district is pretty well lined throughout by scoria. Some have been the subject of disfigurement by double yellow lines painted over them, but, in time, the yellow heavy duty paint goes and the bluegrey of the scoria reasserts its history and its roadside domination of old.

And today’s Teesside slag? Scoria brick may be no more, but the first two brainwaves continue and to this day by products from the Lackenby BOS plant and the Redcar blast furnace go to make slag wool and fertiliser - lots of it. Muck still makes money.

Hollie Bush

Hollie Bush can be contacted directly if readers want to comment on articles, or to suggest topics (the odder, the better) that help to define the East Cleveland we all live in.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Redcar Development Trust Helping People to Help Themselves

Redcar Development Trust is a small, local charity which works for the benefit of people in Redcar and Cleveland.

We provide a friendly, informal service to local people on the basis that everyone deserves a second chance.

Over the past five years we have transformed the near derelict Coatham Memorial Hall in Redcar into a thriving community hub providing sport, employment training, community entertainment and community services for all members of the community young and old.

Redcar Development Trust Coatham Memorial Hall Wednesday 23rd September 2pm – 7pm Redcar Development Trust is inviting you to come along to our Open Day. You will be able to have a look around the Hall and get information on the activities and events which are currently offered.

You will also get the opportunity to have your say on future building work as well as new activities we can provide for the local community. So if you would like a new toddler group, chair based exercise classes or a lunch club this is your opportunity to come and tell us!

Community Funding Fair Real money for Real projects Wednesday 16th September 2015 10am – 3:30pm Coatham Memorial Hall, 7 Coatham Road, Redcar, TS10 1RH Find out how to bid for funding, talk through project ideas with 1-2-1s (to book see below) and pick up information directly from the funders Funding Organisations Attending: •Tees Valley Community Foundation • Tees Valley Rural Community Council • Redcar and Cleveland Council • Big Lottery • Arts Council • Greggs Foundation • Northumbrian Water - Just an Hour scheme • Heritage lottery • Tyne and Wear Foundation – Henry Smith & Garfield Weston With more to be confirmed.

Tea and coffee served throughout the day.

Feel free to call in anytime between 10am-1pm.

Between 1pm-3:30pm you will need to book slots with organisations marked with a * please contact Sarah on the contact details below.

For more details feel free to contact Sarah Hodgson on s.hodgson@teesvalleyfoundation.org or Tel: 01642 260860.

Entertainment, a free prize draw and refreshments will be offered. For more information please contact Lou on 01642 483263 or email info@redcardevelopmenttrust.com

Dementia Friends Helping to create dementia friendly communities

CARNABELLS SHOOT THE POET DOUGIE HEGGERTY EALYBIRD TICKETS: £8 OR £10 OTD AVAILABLE FROM THE MEMORIAL HALL, BLINK EYEWEAR & ONLINE AT REDCARLIVE DOORS 7PM - 12PM 01642 483263

Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society led initiative, funded by the Department of Health and Cabinet Office.

It aims to increase dementia awareness and change the way the nation thinks, talks and acts about dementia and is part of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia.

A Dementia Friend is someone who has attended a 45 minute information session and has committed to an action that will make the lives of people living with dementia a little bit better. Anyone of any age can be a Dementia Friend and every action counts - from helping someone to find the right bus to spreading the word about dementia on social media.

1in 3 people over the age of 65 will go on to develop dementia, so let’s act now to meet the challenge of creating dementia friendly communities.

Current numbers of dementia friends = 1,133,010 If you are interested in becoming a Dementia Friend and joining a national initiative that will help people living with dementia feel included in their communities, then I need 45 minutes of your time; so why not drop in to one of our planned sessions at Redcar Development Trust.

Date Thursday 10th September Time 6pm – 7pm Date Thursday 24th September Time 3pm – 4pm To book your place please contact: Redcar Development Trust 01642 483263 Email: info@redcardevelopmenttrust.com Website www.redcardevelopmenttrust.com

Redcar Development Trust “fighting for the community” Coatham Memorial Hall, 7 Coatham Road, Redcar, Cleveland, TS10 1RH / Telephone: 01642 483263

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oots North , a celebration of acoustic roots ,blues, folk and alternative music is back for its second year at Whitby Rifle Club between September 18th and 20th.

This year the focus is very much on new music and musicians from the local area and farther afield.

No strangers to the venue are local band Nocturnal Dictionary who bring their own unique sound to the opening night.

There are many other ‘new faces’ in the guest list including Fran Wyburn and The Indigos, The Freewheel, Heather Coulton, Ian Brown, Keiandra Lowery, Twos Company, Wilson and New Zealander Rachel Dowick all songwriters and talented musicians.

They’ll be joined by more experienced performers such as Richard Ridley and Raymond Greenoaken of the band Devils Water, Midlands based singer and songwriter Colin Pitts, celebrated harpist Fiona Katie Roberts and Blues-man Roger Sutcliffe.

Sundays Northern Lights Concert will feature Stormcrow, Sandra Sowden, Bob Fortune, Chris Milner, Blue Sun, Tony and Margaret Maughan and Richard Grainger.

Jeanette, co-organiser of the event said: ‘’Through our work with young people we never fail to be impressed by their energy and creativity. We know there are many talented writers and performers out there and we aim to present some of the finest here at Roots North 2015. Tickets are on sale now.

Top orchestras heading for Middlesbrough Town Hall

lassical Music fans have an incredible batch of autumn treats coming up at Middlesbrough Town Hall, thanks to funding from Arts Council England.

The Dresden Philharmonic and Prague Symphony Orchestras are the latest top international orchestras to grace the Town Hall stage, with homegrown favourites the Royal Northern Sinfonia also set for a welcome return.

Renowned international soloist Timothy Ravenscroft is set for an intimate piano recital, and the wonderfully lazy Sunday afternoon Classical Café returns for its fourth season.

Here’s a very brief look at what’s coming up this year.

• Weds 23 Sept: Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Conducted by Lars Vogt, with special guest clarinet soloist Sharon Kam. Featuring works

by Mozart (The Impresario: Overture, K486 and Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622), and Grieg (Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 & Peer Gynt Suite No.2, Op.55). 7.45pm. Tickets from £8 (students) / £12.50 (standard).

• Sat 26 Sept: Piano recital in the Crypt with renowned soloist Timothy Ravenscroft.

Featuring works by Mozart, Janacek, Chopin, Beethoven and Schubert. 7.45pm. Tickets from £6 (students), £15 / £13 concs, or £10 each for two tickets (£9 concs). Up to two children (U16) go free with any adult ticket.

• Tues 13 Oct: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by Michael Sanderling, with cellist Sol Gabetta as special guest.

Featuring works by Sibelius (Finlandia), Elgar (Cello Concerto) and Brahms (Symphony No.4). 7.45pm. Tickets from £8 (students) / £12.50 (standard).

• Weds 18 November: Prague Symphony

Inspired music… at The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Saturday 19 September, 6.30pm The Caedmon Instrumental Ensemble

Early, Renaissance and Baroque music will… at The Moors National Park Centre later this month when the Caedmon Singers and Instrumental Ensemble give a concert in the unique surroundings of the Inspired by… gallery. Using instruments of the period, they will take their audience back to the times of Campion, Weelkes, Handel, Vivaldi and Scarlatti. Tickets are £5 and advance booking is recommended on 01439 772737 or moorscentre@northyorkmoors.org.uk Music-lovers will also be able to grab a last-minute viewing of the exhibition A Meander Down the Esk, which closes on 22 September. Featuring watercolours and drawings by Whitby artist John Freeman, it can be seen at the Inspired by… gallery daily from 10.30am to 4pm. Entry is free.

The Inspired by… gallery at The Moors National Park Centre hosts changing exhibitions of work by artists who draw their inspiration from the landscape, life and colour of the North York Moors.

For more information on the North York Moors National Park and forthcoming exhibitions and events, please go to: www.northyorkmoors.org.uk

WINKIES CASTLE FOLK MUSEUM 162 High Street Marske by the Sea OCTOBER SCHOOL HALF TERM Opening We shall be having Activities for children Sat 24th + Sun 25th October Thurs 29th Sat 31st + Sun 1st Nov 11.00am – 4.30pm each day Sat 31st Oct Halloween Special event Dracula will be paying a visit, along with a friendly witch or two!

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Future date for your diaries: Santa will be at Winkies on Thurs 10th December 4.30pm – 6.00pm.

Sol Gabetta Orchestra. Conducted by Jan Kucera, with special guest violinist Chloe Hanslip. Featuring works by Smetana (Sarka), Beethoven (Violin Concerto), and Dvorak (Symphony No.9).

7.45pm. Tickets from £8 (students) / £12.50 (standard).

Classical Café: Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt. The Classical Café returns for its fourth season of wonderfully lazy Sunday afternoons.

With an emphasis on emerging and established local musicians, these informal concerts are a great way to enjoy classical music over coffee & cake. 3pm. £3 (under 12s FREE!).

• Sunday 4 Oct: Piano duo Alison Gill and Rebecca Topping.

• Sunday 8 November: Harps of the North, directed by Anita Aslin.

• Sunday 6 December: VOX, directed by Jeremy Harbottle.

Box Office: For further info, tickets, or brochures, call the Box Office on 01642 729 729 or visit www. middlesbroughtownhallonline.co.uk

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What’s On - Music & Events Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Music for a Harvest Eve The idyllic St Cuthbert’s Church of Wilton Village is presenting a Harvest Concert

Fiona & David stood up behind Francis (organist/choir master)

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h e s o l o i s t ’s a r e D a v i d G r a y o f Guisborough and Fiona el-Tawab (nee Moody) who both have been persuaded to come out of retirement to perform, neither having given public performances in more than a decade.

David, Bass Baritone, has won many first prizes in singing competitions including The Mayor’s Trophy Stockton, Vocal Championship at Middlesbrough, Whitby and Blackpool.

He has taken lead parts in musicals including Carousel, La Belle Helene and Oklahoma.

David can trace his once aristocratic ancestors back over 1,000 years, being the Bulmer’s of Wilton. Stone effigies are displayed in the church foyer and date from the 10th & 11th centuries.

Fiona a soprano from Margrove Park, is as accomplished vocally as David, having won many awards over the years, including the Elizabeth Botham award for Excellence and a pupil of the late great Betty Middleton of Saltburn. Some years ago Fiona’s performance at the Darlington Music Festival was deemed to be outstanding and as a result won a place at the National Festival of Arts in Warwick Castle; it was this performance which was chosen to be screened to greet HM the Queen at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London.

Fiona met her husband while performing on a cruise liner on the river Nile in Egypt. She has two children and teaches singing and piano part time locally.

Under the directorship of organist & choir master Mr Francis Jowsey, St Peter’s Church Choir will be performing some harvest anthems with solos by boy treble Daniel Cubitt.

Organist Winifred Walker who has played at St Cuthberts for over 70 years is also featuring.

Musical items will include Danny Boy, Ave Maria, Bless this House, Jerusalem and many more favourites.

The concert forms part of St Cuthbert’s Harvest celebration weekend and is on Saturday 26th September at 7.30pm.

Including cheese & wine, tickets are priced at £5 and can be obtained by telephoning Dorothy on 01642 478018 or Christine on 01642 458391 alternatively by email: evansfamde@ntlworld. com All proceeds are to be used to replace the aisle and altar carpet.

Calling young people of Redcar and Cleveland!

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oung people from the Redcar and East Cleveland have the exciting opportunity to become a professional company for a week and tour a show around the district, free of charge.

In late October, Rural Arts are running the #CREATEtour – a scheme which has been running since 2012, #CREATEtour gives young people aged 11-18 the chance to work with touring companies and a taste of what life as a professional performer is like.

During the project the participants spend 4 days devising a short performance, which then tours around the district as an opening act for a professional show. This year, acclaimed jazz singer Lindsay Hannon and her band are taking time out of their busy touring schedule to be a part of the #CREATEtour.

“The #CREATEtour is one of my favourite projects we run here at Rural Arts, because all young people can get involved- there is no experience required” says Sophie Backhouse, the projects organiser “ Everyone always has a fantastic time and I am really excited to see what the young people create when they work with Lindsay, who is an amazing performer!”

An acclaimed and experienced jazz singer, Lindsay’s gutsy, bluesy vocals puts her “in the top bracket of singers currently working the jazz club circuit” according to Bebop spoken word. This year the band have released their first full length album – ‘The Spy’ If you think you would like to be involved with the project, or know someone who does, there is still time to sign up! If you are interested in being involved, Rural Arts are running a taster day on the 4th October at Tuned In, Redcar to give you more of an idea

of what you will be doing during the project. #CREATEtour runs at Tuned In from the 27th – 30th October from 10am-4:00pm, with performance nights on the 4th-7th November.

This project is completely free for participants and on performance nights Rural Arts will provide travel to and from the venues.

To book onto the taster day or to ask any questions about the project, e-mail joe@ ruralarts.org, or call 01845 526 536. To learn more about the #CREATEtour’s other projects and previous participants experience of the scheme, more information can be found at www.ruralarts.org/createtour/.

Join the conversation online at @RuralArts /#CREATEtour

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• Children’s Meals from £1.50 • Pensioner Specials £2.50 daily Mon to Fri 12 to 2pm

With entertainment such as Quiz night, Darts, Pool, Dominoes, Shove Ha’Penny, Giant Jenga, Poker….

• Children’s Play areas

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Liverton Village Scarecrow Festival 2015

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his is a momentous year for me as in June (17th) it was 10 years since I was diagnosed with MND, and in September (15th) it will be the 10th Anniversary of my MND Fund.

Please make a note of this year’s proposed Fundraising and Awareness Events below, hopefully you can give your support.

Sunday 20th September The Mike Findley MND Fund 10th Anniversary Concert in St Marks Church with the Marske Fishermen’s Choir and Guests. Tickets £3 each (2.30 – 3.45) 4pm refreshments in the White House Sunday 27th September Redcar Half Marathon There will be more information and publicity nearer each event.

Mike Findley MBE ((07805) 764212 mikefindley@ntlworld.com

Skelton History Group Heritage Walks 2015 A small charge of £2 per person will be made on each walk.

Wednesday 16th September 2015 – Errington Woods and Upleatham Meet: 10:30am in car park Car parking: at Errington Woods (NZ 618201) Duration: 3-3½ hours Tuesday 13th October 2015 – Stephenson and Steam – the moorland railway The details of this walk will be finalised once the new North York Moors Railway timetable is published and an initial reconnaissance has been done. The intention is to ride the train one way between Grosmont and Goathland and walk the other. Being a lazy so-and-so, my preference would be to walk downhill, i.e. from Goathland to Grosmont!

Monday 16th November 2015 – Skelton from The Hills Meet: 10:30am at Skelton Library Car parking: above and below the Civic Hall Duration: 2-2½ hours

Saturday September 12th Liverton Village Hall 10am - 4pm Refreshments served all day.

Tombola Children’s traditional games Home baking/Preserves/ Produce and Plant Stalls Face painting.

Scarecrow trail Plenty for Everyone.

All Saints Church Skelton Our Christmas Bazaar this year will take place on 28th November at the Civic Hall in Skelton, from 11am. till 2 pm. There will be the usual Christmas stalls, raffle , tombola and excellent lunches and also light refreshments.

Our regular charity coffee morning (1st Friday of the month ) is in aid The Mother’s Union on 2nd October.

Craft Fair

Loftus Community Forum are holding a CRAFT FAIR on 31st October 10am till 2.00pm, This will be at the L.Y.C.C Duncan Place, Loftus.

To book a table Please contact Marjorie on 01287 641873, or marjorie.magor@ gmail.com Table are £5.00 each.

Also the Community Animateurs will be coming to tell Halloween stories and role playing.

Redcar Marie Curie Fundraisers

had a very successful day at Redcar Market Fri 7th August when we raised more than £260. Many thanks to Billy from the market who provided a gazebo, all who gave goods for our stall and those who bought or donated so generously.

News from Redcar and Cleveland Labour Group

Skelton Labour Councillors’ Surgery Councillors Helen McLuckie and David Walsh will be holding a surgery on Saturday 18th September at Skelton Library, Coniston Road, Skelton. The Surgery is between 11.00 am and 12.30 pm

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of VJ DAY

Ken Bibby will present a talk on the subject of “Japan: then and now” at Laburnum Road Library on Thursday 15th October At 10 a.m.

All welcome

Redcar Lecture Society

The 59th Season of Presentations will start on Tuesday 22nd September at the Redcar East Community Centre, on Durham Road, Redcar at 2.15 p.m. with Bill Ferguson presenting ‘Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways and Aqueduct.’

13th October David Rodway presents ‘’Tyrolean Travels’ 27th October A Presentation featuring R.S.P.B.Saltholme Recently, we sadly lost our Life President, Vera Robinson M.B.E. who was our last remaining Founder Member from 1956.

Membership Fee for the new Season has been raised but admission for visitors is unchanged..For further details please contact Tony Crow on 01642 481544

Model Railway Club shows the way

After a very successful Summer Show, Cleveland Model Railway Club is holding an AUTUMN OPEN DAY on Saturday 26 September 2015 (10am-4pm).

The club’s much improved clubhouse offers the opportunity for the public to be a member for the day for £1 (child 50p), view 7+ layouts running or at various stages of construction, modelling demonstrations, browse club sales and tombola stalls and talk to members. Light Refreshments are available. There is disabled access and free parking at the clubhouse in Unit 2, The B-Hive, Skelton Industrial Estate, (signposted off the A174 at ASDA) Skelton, Cleveland, TS12 2LQ. The Club meets every Tuesday and Thursday, 6.00-9.00pm when visitors and new members are always welcomed.

Tel: 07864880242 (Martin Smith, Exhibition Manager).

E-mail: enquiries@cleveland-mrc.org. uk Website: www.cmrc.club

Friends of Saltburn Cemetery

By Deana Jefferson Our Quiz night and buffet held on 26/08/2015 made a CLEAR PROFIT OF £254-00, a fantastic result!!

Thanks to all for the support the town has shown us.

Help for Heroes Charity Night

At Guisborough Quoit Club Saturday 17th October SKA BOOM plus Tempest Lets have a night of SKA and Rock Tickets £6.00 Non members welcome Ring Quoit Club 01287 632947 Dave 01287 638161

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Friends of Redcar Cemetery More Remembrance Walks in Redcar Cemetery are planned for Friday 11th and Monday 21st of September plus Wednesday 14th and Friday 30th October.

People who are interested in taking part should make sure that they wear suitable footwear as the ground is often uneven plus warm clothing would be advisable.

For more information and to book a place on one of the walks please ring 01642 478349. The walks will be led by a member of the Cemetery Group who will tell the stories behind many of the WW1 family and War Graves Commission graves.

Claire and Rachael would like to thank everyone who attended the prize bingo evening on 14th August. We raised £234.21 for St. Aidans church, Boosbeck. We would also like to thank all the local shops/ businesses who donated prizes to us.

BROTTON BOWLS CLUB St Margarets Way Brotton

We would welcome some new members Have you got some spare time to fill Come and have a go you may like it Gets you out of the house. Gives you gentle exercise. Make new Friends Come on Ladies and Gents come and Join us and have some fun Contact Pat 01287 651440 Josie 01287 676632 Dorothy 01287 676994 Judy 01287 679001 We will arrange times to suit you to come and give bowling a try

Skelton & Brotton Parish Council

Table Top Sales

Will recommence on September 12th (2nd Saturday of the month at: Skelton Civic Hall, Coniston Road, Skelton, TS12 2HP 10.00am – 1.00pm Free Admission. Free Parking Refreshment Stand Tables available - £5 each Contact the Parish Council Office for more details: Telephone 01287 348008 E-Mail: office@skeltonbrottonpc.co.uk

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What’s On - Music & Events Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

The world of theatre It’s been an inspiring month for me, managing to catch some great performances during my brief visit to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer.

The full range of performances for young and old alike were there, including a lovely new kids show from the ‘Gruffalo’ t h e a t r e c o m p a n y Ta l l Stories (Alfie White Space Explorer). Other shows of note included a compelling one woman show written by award winning Oldham based playwright Renny Krupinski, featuring Kaitlin Howard (The Alphabet Girl). Worthy winner of the ‘Best Innovation in Musical Theatre’ Award was Middle Child Theatre Company’s Weekend Rockstars, and their director Paul Smith has joined my own company in rehearsal this weekend ahead of our own upcoming Theatre On Your Doorstep tour.

T h e T h e a t r e O n Yo u r Doorstep project was created some years ago to fill the gap left when regional repertory

By Kate Bramley theatres stopped taking satellite shows out to smaller rural venues, and we stepped in to provide high quality entertainment for local audiences which removed the need to travel at night to the city centre to enjoy a full theatre experience.

We start our autumn tour of The Carlton Colliers on 18th September at Helmsley Arts Centre and also bring performances to the region at Fylingdales Village Hall on 4th October and Moorsholm Memorial Hall on the 10th October.

The Carlton Colliers

An original comedy by Kate Bramley with music by Jez Lowe

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ollowing the successful recent comedy play, The Unlikely Dads, Coastal View are proud to announce another Badapple Theatre performance, again with the amazing Robert Angell (ex Waterloo Road) and introducing two new cast members.

Badapple Theatre are renowned for their innovative and superb new comedy dramas, at the smallest of venues through their ‘Theatre On Your Doorstep’ programme.

A comic, backstreet fairytale that sees a hard-up village transformed forever, almost overnight.

A hapless bunch of social outcasts and local-league cast offs, with barely a stud to their boots, are transported magically to a whole other level, a league apart. And we can only watch in wonder, as the rays of light from their new found success spill over to envelop the whole village in a swathe of glory that transforms it from grey

drabness to multi-coloured mystery.

This uplifting love story is surely what everyone would wish for their own town, to grant it a future, however far-fetched and no matter how whimsical. We don’t ask you to suspend your disbelief, we merely ask you to never stop believing that

magical things can still happen, just before the whistle blows full-time.

It’s a show for football fanatics and their long suffering partners to enjoy together, but also just as much fun for those who have no interest in football at all! We’d love to see as many as possible of you out on the road....

This is one not to be missed.

Moorsholm Memorial Hall (TS12 3JE) Saturday 10 October, 7.30pm Tickets Adults £9.50 Under 16s £5 and are available from www.badappletheatre.com or call 01287 669418 or 01423 339168

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What’s on at the Cutty Wren

Every Tuesday at The Redcar Borough Park Bowling Club

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Moorsholmlive rises from the grave For one night only!!!

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i, all! First, if this reaches you in t i m e , r e m e m b e r i t ’s our all-afternoon-andevening grand concert on Saturday 12th Sept to celebrate 50 years of the Cutty Wren.

I f y o u h a v e n ’t g o t a ticket, ring John on 01287 Pete Hayden Pete Morton 622623 to see if there are any tickets left, or perhaps a cancellation! (Thanks to entertaining, as was that of “Beyond The “Coastal View” for letting us have so much Pail” on 11th August. This is the rumbustious space for this in the previous issue.) trio formerly known as “Bucket List”, and After that, we’re having a steady couple they lived up to their reputation for growing of weeks to get our collective breath back old disgracefully and giving everyone else with “ordinary” evenings for Singers and plenty of musical fun in the process. They Musicians on Sept 15th and 22nd. Of course, put a fine act together also, and with plenty they’re rarely ordinary. The format’s steady of supporters in we had a great lively night. enough, but the range of songs, tunes, and The Theme “A Miner’s Life” was naturally styles isn’t ordinary. Nor is the creativity popular and equally naturally brought lots of amongst our performers, whether local great songs, full of the power, passion, anger regulars or visitors. For an admission fee of and and finally pathos that the industry has £1.50 you’ll get great entertainment worth always had. A great night. far more than that, and it’s a good time to Pre-Festival night, an away match at the come along if you’ve not tried a folk club or Marine in Saltburn was the usual wonderful used to go years ago. We’re a friendly lot, gathering of old folk friends with many, and you’ll have a great time. many great songs, and a fine anticipation Sept 29th brings a “Hot Spot” with local of a great Saltburn Festival weekend, as Pete Hayden. This is an evening when all who went agreed it was. But “Festival someone gets a chance to do a much longer Survivors’ Night” the following Tuesday spot then the normal two songs. It gives was no anti-climax. We had a few in from them a chance to put a proper “act” together, Stockton Morris side “Locos in Motion” and longer for us to enjoy the result! Pete who normally practice on a Tuesday, and is an experienced singer - he’s a member with all the performers somehow having a of Marske Fishermen’s Choir - with a fine full head of steam (couldn’t resist that!) it voice, and a taste for powerful and passionate was a great night. songs, preferably with a something of a story.

So - come along and experience it if So don’t miss this chance to see him. you’ve not been. We meet every Tuesday We welcome national figure Pete Morton at the Redcar Borough Park Bowling Club, on October 6th. This Pete is also very much Thwaites Lane, off Redcar Lane, Redcar influenced by the British folk tradition, but TS10 2FD. Just go up or down Redcar Lane, isn’t afraid to put his own enthusiastic slant and turn in at the big red racecourse sign. on it, as all folk singers have done down the We’re down the bottom to the left. Doors centuries. This will be a very interesting open around 7-30 p.m., singing starts around night as well as an enjoyable one, so make 8 pm and we finish about 11 pm. You can get sure you get along. more information from our ever-inventive Looking ahead, we’ll have a Hot Spot from organiser John Taylor on 01287 622623, and a local with a very wide repertoire, Cliff we do have a website. Thanks as ever to John Healey, on October 20th, and very popular and all who make the club what it is, not least Durham group the John Wrightson Band as our kind hosts at the Bowling Cub. guests on the 27th.

See you soon I suppose folkies like to look back, but George F we’ve had some great evening this last month. We’d two Hot Spots. Jan and Christina gave us a lovely set on July 21st, COASTAL VIEW APOLOGY with a fine mixture of old and new songs, Due to space limitations, we have been and some examples of Christina’s witty unable to include the Saltburn Folk song writing. Jan deserves mention, too, Festival Centre Spread in this issue. We for doing all the guitar work since Christine promise it will be in the next one! had damaged her arm. It was all thoroughly

Railway Arms Brotton 11 Sept - Marty Scott

12 Sept - Striking Back 18 Sept - Mark Carter

19 Sept - Smashed Glass 26 Sept - The Cadillacs

03 Oct - The Wainstones 09 Oct - Big Sigh & The Yawns 10 Oct - P. A. Wood 16 Oct - So What 17 Oct - Asa Elliott - From TV series Benidorm

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oorsholmlive was a regular monthly event in Moorsholm Memorial Hall, with a variety of musical and comedy events, until we decided to have a rest about three years ago – it was hard to keep going every month with just six of us sorting everything out.

However, in many ways we missed the excitement, and we have decided to return for a one-off gig with our most popular act, who always ensured a sell-out performance – our old friends The Happy Cats. They have continued to come to our area from Tyneside for occasional gigs in Saltburn and Stokesley, but we have always felt that their spiritual home on Teesside is Moorsholm, and we have booked them again for a Halloween Ball. What better time for raising from the dead?

Luckily for us all, Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. So rather than going round the houses with your halloween lanterns, bring them to Moorsholm Memorial Hall – we are giving a prize for the best lantern! As it is a fun

night, Halloween inspired fancy dress will be encouraged, but optional.

As usual, there won’t be a bar – we encourage the audience to bring their own refreshments – and glasses – and many people in the past have brought their supper, too.

Tickets are £10 each, and you will have an allocated seat, so no need to queue up before the doors open – just let us know when you buy your tickets if there are people you want to sit with.

To order your tickets, and get details of where to send your money, phone 07454 454 118 or email trevor@thehappycats.com. This will inevitably be a sell-out, so don’t delay, or hope that you can turn up and pay on the door – that road could be dead disappointing (sorry)!

All proceeds from the event will be donated equally to Moorsholm in Bloom and Moorsholm Memorial Hall – so as well as having a great time you are contributing to two worthy causes.

Saturday October 31st 2015 Doors 7.30 for 8pm – allocated seating so no need to queue.

STUDIO / REHEARSAL ROOM Available in Saltburn, Drum kit and amps in situ £ 8 per hour txt Phil on 07908117312 Theatre - Hall - Cinema Saltburn Film Club FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD – Cert 12A

Thurs 10th September Doors 6.30pm Screening 7pm Members £3 Visitors £6

JustHappyToBeHere presents Alan Ayckbourne’s SUGAR DADDIES

Saturday 19th September Doors & bar 6.45pm Curtain up 7.30pm All tickets £8

Saltburn Film Club A LITTLE CHAOS – Cert 12A

Thursday 24th September Doors 6.30pm Screening 7pm Members £3 Visitors £6

Buddy HollyTribute RAVE ON

Saturday 26th September Doors & Bar 6.45pm Curtain up 7.30pm All tickets £15

Saltburn Jazz Club

SLIDE BY SLIDE

Fri 2nd October Doors 6.30pm Bar 6.45 Starts 7.30pm Early Bird £10 On Door £12

THE CAFFREYS

Fri 9th October Doors 6.30pm Bar 6.45 Starts 7.30pm Early Bird £10 On Door £12

Saltburn Community Theatre, Albion Terrace, Saltburn by the Sea, TS12 1JW box office 01287 624997 or online at www.saltburnarts.co.uk

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You will start by completing three projects, with the option to continue with your own work. No experience necessary, and all ages & both sexes welcome. After you have learned the basic techniques,

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Marske Methodist Church September Services 6th 10-30am Mrs E King 6-00pm At Zetland Park 13th 10-30am Rev A Harbottle Chapel Anniversary & communion 6-00pm Rev A Harbottle Chapel Anniversary 20th 10-30am Mrs J Feather 6-00pm At Newcomen 27th 10-30am Mrs J Haigh 6-00pm At Zetland Park Services at St Mark’s Church, Marske-by-the-Sea Every Sunday: Holy Communion 8.00am Parish Communion 9.30am Every Wednesday: Holy Communion 10.00am All are welcome to attend our services.

Coffee is served after Parish Communion on Sundays and on Wednesdays.

Messy Church This is held every second Saturday of the month in St Mark’s Church. Families are welcome to come along to try activities (some messy) hear a story and enjoy something to eat. We start at 4.00pm and finish at 5.30pm. There is no charge but donations are welcome. Everyone welcome!

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Around The Towns & Villages Redcar East Redcar Residents Association hold their meeting on the first Thursday of every month at 7pm. Next meeting is 1st October.

The meeting is held in the upstairs meeting room of St.Peter`s Church, Redcar. Entry is through the side door at the right hand side of the Church. All East Redcar residents are welcome. For further information e-mail Ken Bibby at Wayfarer@ntlworld.com The Dormanstown and Redcar Branch of the Merchant Navy Association The September branch meeting will be held on Wednesday 9th, starting at 7.30pm as usual in the Coatham Social Club.

Footprints Cafe - every Wednesday between 11am and 2pm. East Cleveland Baptist Church, Park Avenue, Redcar, TS10 3LJ. Home-made soup, sandwiches, paninis, yummy cakes and scones etc!

Parkinsons Friendship Group Social/Drop In. Would you like to join us? Then come along. We meet on the first Thursday of the month in the lounge of the Coatham Lodge, Redcar 2 - 4 pm. On the second Thursday of the month we meet up for lunch (usually in a pub) For both carers and the cared for. It’s a chance to relax with a cup of coffee/tea, piece of cake and to talk to people in the same position. Long term friendships can and do happen. For more information please contact Ann on 01642 482066

Redcar Area Foodbank

Donations can be made at Tesco Redcar and South Bank (and they top up by 30%).Any Redcar & Cleveland Library.

Co-op at Marske. Halifax Bank on Redcar High Street. Circles on Life, Queen Street, Redcar. Any Foodbank Centres i.e. St Hilda’s Church Redcar; Park Avenue Baptist Church, Redcar; South Bank Baptist Church; Old Co-op Building in Loftus.St Peter’s Church, Redcar. St Georges Church, Normanby All Saints Church, Dormanstown. Sainsbury’s Ennis Square Dormanstown and The Ings Redcar.

Easington Easington – All Saints Coffee Morning.

Village Hall – 2nd Saturday in every month.

10am – 12pm. All welcome

Lingdale

Lingdale Community Art - We are a group of people from East Cleveland who meet weekly to paint for pleasure. Approximately once a month we have a “ master class” with a variety of art teachers. We meet each Thurs at 2pm until 4pm at Lingdale Village Hall. If you are interested in joining us please contact Jim Marvell on 01287650485 or Anne Lake on 01287 650671

Brotton Brotton Library hold a ‘Knit & Natter’ every Thursday at 2pm-4pm.

We would invite anybody to join, come and have a cuppa and a friendly natter.

F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n : Te l : 0 1 2 8 7 676342 or e-mail: Brotton_library@ redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Coffee morning Brotton Methodist Church every Tues & Sat 9.30 - 11.30 Thurs 10-12 A Coffee Morning is held every Wednesday morning 10.00am - 11.30am in St. Margaret’s Church, High Street, Brotton and also a Prize Bingo in aid of Church funds is held at KTS+ site, St. Margaret’s Way, Brotton every Tuesday commencing at 7.00pm.

Brotton Village Hall. Every Thursday Prize Bingo 1.15pm Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month Tea Dance 2pm - 4pm

Skinningrove

Skelton

Skinningrove Village Hall Weekly Events Mon – OAP Bingo 6pm-7pm Tue - Free for hire Wed - Breakfast Club. Doors open 9am.

Served 9am-12pm Thur – Kid’s Craft Night 5pm-6.30pm Fri - Breakfasts 10am-12, Bingo 5pm-6pm Sat - Free to hire Sun - Free to hire

A coffee morning is held in Skelton Civic Hall every Monday morning from 9.30am until 11.00. Why not come along and enjoy tea or coffee and some real home baking. All proceeds go to Skelton Villages Civic Pride towards environmental improvements and floral displays.

Skelton Library holds a ‘Sharpen your mind’ cake and cuppa session every 4th Friday 10.30am - 12am with a short quiz, reminiscence information and a sing-song to finish. Come along, make new friends, have fun and exercise your brain. Everyone is welcome.

‘Knit & Natter’‘Crafts & Chatter’ Join our friendly group at Skelton Library every Monday 2pm-4pm For more information: Tel: 01287 650487 Email: skelton_library@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

Riverside Building New Company Row Skinningrove hosts the following each week.

Healthy Eating Club – Mon 10.45am.

Keep Fit Club – Tue 12.00pm – 1.00pm.

Gardening Club – Wed 10.00am - 12.00pm.

Choir – Wed 7.00pm – 9.00pm.

Over 60’s Luncheon Club – Fri 12.00pm.

All newcomers welcome.

Monthly Film Club featuring a Big Screen, Surround Sound HD Experience. Check notice board for details. Open Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 3.00pm and provide access to computers with internet and office applications free of charge. We also provide full colour Photocopying.

Garden Café – Teas and Coffees, cold drinks, light snacks and sandwiches. See us on Trip Advisor. To find out more or book a room (£5 to £15 per hour) call in at the Riverside Building or call 01287 642508, e-mail at slu@btconnect.com or check us out on Facebook at Skinningrove Riverside.

Ladies Knit and Natter Group In Skinningrove Village Hall on Tuesdays 1-3pm. We would invite anybody to join, come and have a cuppa and a natter. We are short of wool and are wanting to knot hats for the homeless so if you can help with any spare wool this would be much appreciated.

Contact Jacqui on 07419 989786

Loftus British Legion outreach sessions held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the Old Co-op Building in Loftus. The sessions are run on a drop-in basis between 10am-12 noon and are open to any veteran and their family. The British Legion can also be contacted using our free helpline number 0808 802 8080 every day between 8am - 8pm or on our easy to use website at: www.britishlegion.org.uk.

Loftus Town Hall Is host to a Tea Dance on the first Tuesday of every month. Doors open at 1.30 for an informal practice session with dancing from 2.00-4.00. Entry is only £1 and this includes a raffle and light refreshments.

Loftus Flower Club have their meetings upstairs in Loftus Town Hall, usually the third Monday of each month. We have flower arrangements by area and national demonstrators, which members and guests have an opportunity to win in the raffle.

Starting at 19.15 refreshments are also available. £3 for guests per visit, and for members £22.50 per year. All welcome to come along and see the beautiful arrangements that the demonstrators do. For more information contact Mrs Susan Hall 01287 676269 or Mrs Maureen Brown 01287 644822.

Charltons

Hall to hire for parties/functions or regular block bookings prices starting from £7.50 per hour discount for residents and block bookings. Contact Rachael on 07746660059 for more details. We can be found on Facebook at ‘charltons community centre’

Marske Winkies Castle - 162 High Street, Marske by the Sea. Opening Hours: Until the end of Sept, plus the Oct half term. Every Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 11.00am – 4.30pm. Admission: Adults £1.50 Children 75p. Members of Friends of Winkies Castle: Free. Out of hours + Group visits can be arranged. Tel: 01642 775086

Skelton Methodist Community Church, on Castle Grange at Skelton Green, holds a coffee morning on the first Saturday of each month from 10am to 11.30am.

An Open Church Charity Coffee Morning is held on the 1st Friday every month from 10.00 am - 11.30 am at All Saints’ Church, Skelton. Pop in and enjoy homemade cakes, scones, etc.

ASK (All Saints Kids ) This is a group for boys and girls of primary and junior school age and involves crafts, games , stories and other activities. It takes place in All Saints Church, Skelton on Monday evenings from 4pm to 6pm and there is a £1 subscription per session. It is a very friendly little group and new members will be welcome.

Skelton History Group meets on the second Friday of each month at 9:30am in Skelton Library. Anyone with an interest in the history of the Skelton villages, or in family history, will be warmly welcomed.

Skelton Weight Management Group who meet weekly have a range of activities throughout the session and are looking for more people to come along. Meet at 10am every Thursday at Skelton Civic Hall. Everyone welcome!

Moorsholm Moorsholm WI, every 2nd Monday in month, 7.15pm at Moorsholm Memorial Hall. Guest speakers, crafts, outings, fun and friendship. All welcome. For more info call Lily on 01287 660641.

Church Hall activities Don’t sit alone at home come and join us at our Social afternoon for bingo, dominoes a good natter and some tea and biscuits. Alternate Thursdays. Next date 20th August & 3rd September2 pm-4pm.

Craft Class - Weaving, knitting, rag rugging, dye and crafts every Wednesday 7pm-9pm.

Carpet Bowls every Tuesday in Moorsholm Memorial Hall 2pm-4pm. All welcome.

Guisborough

Guisborough Museum is open every Thurs and Sat 10-4 until October. Full of fascinating objects and photos of past times. New exhibitions, railways, toys, children’s quiz.

Free entry! Find us behind Sunnyfield House on Westgate, Guisborough.

St Nicholas Craft Fair 12th September,10th October and 14th November.Held in the Parish Hall, Bow Street, Guisborough from 10am to 3pm. With a wide range of craft stalls and a free children’s craft activity, there’s something for everyone. The Crafters will create items specially for you and are happy to talk about their work.

Refreshments are available all day, and entry and parking are free.

Guisborough Floral Art Club The next meeting will be at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 14th October in St Nicholas’s Parish Hall, Guisborough. Julie Cook is the demonstrator and her title is “Indigo & Oranges, Textiles & Textures”.

Guisborough & District Friends of Cancer Research UK- Wed 23 Sept, Soup & Dessert Lunch at Guisborough Football Club. 12.30pm start. Tickets £7. Friday 23 October. Fashion Show in conjunction with M & Co. St Nicholas Church Hall.

Further details to be confirmed.Thursday 26 November - Quiz by Wendy & Peter Wilson at Guisborough Football Club. 7.45pm start.

Tickets £6 (includes supper) Raffle.

Tickets for all our events can be obtained from committee members, listed below or of you would like to help with any of our events please contact us on either of the following numbers. Wendy 01287 634571 or Viv on 01641 472134 Afternoon Tea Dance St Nicholas Church Hall Bow Street Guisborough each Thursday 1pm to 3.30pm with interval for tea/coffee & biscuits. Sequence dancing with music provided by Kevin & Val with tuition when necessary. £5 per person. Friendly atmosphere with newcomers welcome. Enquiries: Rita & Tony Morris 01287 281737 Hutton Lowcross WI meets on the second Thursday of the month at 7pm in Sunnyfield House, Guisborough. We have a monthly guest speaker, crafts, computing, outings, and much more. Come along and see what we do.

Visit our web-site huttonlowcross-wi.co.uk

Stanghow Stanghow Community Centre Coffee morning 10am – 12noon First Saturday in each month – Next date 3rd October. Bingo Fortnightly Wednesday evening 7:15 start. For further details of any of the above please phone 01287 650098

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Local tax expert urges landlords to act as HMRC campaign reaches £20m milestone L

andlords who rent out residential property in North East are being warned to act now as an HMRC campaign to recover tax it believes is being underpaid each year in the sector reaches a £20 million milestone.

Mike Turnbull who runs TaxAssist Accountants i n R e d c a r, S t o c k t o n , Darlington and Yarm, said: “HMRC’s Let Property Campaign has now collected over £20 million from almost 10,000 landlords across the UK, so it is safe to say they will continue to focus on the residential rental sector.

“Some landlords may not even realise that they are landlords, or that tax may be due, but that won’t stop them facing hefty fines or even criminal prosecution.

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Coming forward under the Let Property Campaign will give them the best possible terms to settle any tax and interest owed. It is vital local landlords grasp this lifeline to get their own house in order.”

The campaign applies to all residential property landlords, including those with just a single rental, student or holiday letting.

HMRC estimates that landlords in residential property could be underpaying up to £500 million in UK tax every year.

TaxAssist Accountants in Redcar, Stockton on Te e s , D a r l i n g t o n a n d Yarm, provides tax and accountancy advice and services purely to individuals and small businesses in the North of England.

Business Accounts and Taxation.

Sole Trader Accounts Partnership Accounts Limited Company Accounts Self Assessment Bookkeeping and Vat Returns Payroll Services CIS Contractors and Taxation Company Secretarial Business Plans Free Initial Consultations Home Visits available

TaxAssist at Parker Stag Redcar

TaxAssist Accountants c/o Parker Stag 6 Craigton House Queen Street Redcar TS10 1DL Tel: 01642 614022 Mobile 07905497905 Email: michaelturnbull@taxassist.co.uk

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Speedway Redcar Bears Monthly round-up

by John Gallon 1st August Edinburgh Monarchs 61 Redcar Bears 29 Depleted Bears out of KO Cup. Injury-hit Redcar Bears are out of the KO Cup after suffering a heavy 61-29 defeat away to Edinburgh on Saturday night. It was always going to be a tall order for the Bears, with 4 of their 7 riders missing through injury. Matej Kus top scored for the Bears with 11 and guest Aaron Summers scored 8 but the rest of the side found scoring hard on the tight Armadale circuit.

6th August Redcar Bears 42 Glasgow Tigers 51 Bears home run ends.

Redcar Bears five match winning streak at home ended on Thursday night as the they fell to the high flying Glasgow Tigers. The Bears battled hard in front of one of the biggest crowds of the season.

Up until heat 5 it was a very close meeting, with the scores tied at 15-15, but two successive Glasgow 5-1’s gave the Tigers the edge and they never looked back. Ex-Bears Aaron Summers and Richard Lawson clearly remembered the fastest way around the Redcar track scoring 14 points apiece. Matej Kus top scored for the Bears with 15, whilst Jonas B Anderson rode very well for his 12 points.

7th August Somerset Rebels 55 Redcar Bears 38 Rebels too strong for Bears Redcar Bears fell to their second defeat in two nights, losing to the Somerset Rebels on Friday night. It was again a patched up side representing Redcar, but the lads battled hard for little reward.

Matej Kus top scored with a superb 16, while the hard working Jan Graversen scored 7. Brady Kurtz raced to an impressive 15 point maximum for the Rebels, who were just too strong on the night for the Bears to cope with.

9th August Glasgow Tigers 62 Redcar Bears 28 Tigers roar past Bears.

Redcar Bears suffered another heavy defeat on Sunday afternoon losing to league leaders Glasgow Tigers. It was always going to be a tough ask for the Bears to get anything against a very strong Glasgow side, and that proved to be the case. Guest Arthur Sissis top scored for the Bears with 9, whilst Jonas B Anderson scored a creditable 8. Ex-Bears Aaron Summers top scored for Glasgow with 16.

14th August Away meeting at Scunthorpe abandoned due to waterlogged track.

15th August Workington Comets 61 Redcar Bears 29 Comets too strong for Bears Redcar Bears suffered another heavy defeat on their travels on Saturday evening against the Workington Comets. Already weakened by

injury, the Bears were forced to track a National League rider, Rob Shuttleworth, in the main body of the side as Dimitri Berge was away on World Longtrack duty. Guest Steve Worrall top scored for the Bears with 11, whilst Matej Kus scored 8.

20th August Redcar Bears 50 Plymouth Devils 42 Bears beat Devils in thriller Redcar Bears defeated the Plymouth Devils on a very entertaining night of speedway on Thursday night. The Bears started the meeting very well, and after 6 heats had established a strong 10 point lead. Plymouth staged a mid-meeting fight back and with 2 races to go the sides were only split by two points. Two heat advantages to the Bears ensured they won the meeting and let the Devils go home empty handed.

It was an excellent nights racing from both sides, and Jonas B Andersen cemented his reputation with the Bears fans with some superb racing on his way to a score of 8 and gained the rider of the night award. Guests Richard Lawson and Matthew Wethers both proved shrewd bookings as Lawson only dropped one point on his way to 14 and Wethers notched up 9. Todd Kurtz top scored for the Devils with 11.

23rd August Newcastle Diamonds 61 Redcar Bears 31 Bears fall to Derby defeat at Newcastle.

Redcar Bears fell to another away defeat losing at Newcastle Diamonds on Sunday evening. On another difficult away night for the Bears, Matej Kus top scored with 10 points, with guest Ricky Wells scoring 9. Steve Worrall top scored for the Diamonds with 14.

27th August Sheffield Tigers 50 Redcar Bears 40 Bears, away at Sheffield, lead by 2 points up to heat 8 then it all starts to slip away with the Tigers gaining a series of 5 - 1’s and 3 - 3’s. Ricky Wells (guest) top scored for the Bears with 13 and Dimitri Berge following up with 7.

28th August Redcar Bears 43 Sheffield Tigers 47 Only a slightly better outcome for the Bears at home against Sheffield. The Bears managed a 4 point lead as late as heat 12 but two 5 - 1’s and then a 3 - 3 in heat 15 for the Tigers soon changed the final scoreline. Once again Ricky Wells (guest) top scored for the Bears with 12 while Matej Kus and Jan Graversen made 7 points each.

29th August Polish GP results from Gorzow, Poland, round 8.

1st Matej Zagar, Slovenia 2nd Greg Hancock, USA 3rd Tai Woffinden, UK 4th Bartosz Zmarzlik, Poland The overall GP standings at 29th August are, 1st Tai Woffinden, UK 109 points 2nd Nicki Pedersen, Denmark 85 3rd Greg Hancock, USA 82 4th Matej Zagar, Slovenia 81

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Darcy Ward.

eam Manager Jitendra Duffill and everyone at Redcar would like to pass on their best wishes to Darcy Ward. Darcy, an Australian who rides for British elite league team Poole Pirates, was seriously injured in a crash in Poland at the weekend, 23rd August, he has now been transferred to a UK hospital.

Jitendra said: “I’d like to send my best wishes

to Darcy Ward. I think that the whole of the speedway world is devastated to hear of the injuries that he has sustained and I am still completely gutted and in shock. My fingers are crossed for him and I pray he will recover. The sport we all love can be so cruel at times and I honestly believe that things need to change as serious injuries appear to be commonplace now rather than a rarity.”

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Guisborough Town Pride Charity Shield

Terry Rutley (Competition Organiser) presenting the trophy to Danny Jones winning captain from the Territorial Club in Guisborough.

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By Danny Jones

he Guisborough Town Pride 5’s x 3’s Domino competition was held on Thursday 20th August at the Fox Inn, Guisborough.

In the 1st Round Guisborough Town F.C. and The Abbey received byes whilst The Globe dismissed last year’s winners, The Fox - Score 6 - 3 simultaneously The T.A. Club beat the

3 Fiddles - Score 6 - 3.

In the Semi Final T.A. Club beat The Abbey 7 - 2 whilst G.T.F.C. beat The Globe 5 - 4.

In the Final - a tight finish with The T.A. Club winning 5 - 4.

Thanks to Terry Rutley the competition organiser and the hosts The Fox Inn for another sporting night.

Next year’s event will be held at the T.A. Club (the holders) at a date to be arranged next season.

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South Tees NHS team completes London to Paris charity bike ride

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By David Beach

fter a successful start to the season the Marske committee were pleased to announce that they had signed Saeed Bin Nasir and Lee Hodgson as their professionals for 2016 and had high hopes that 19 year old Ullrich Boshoff would be able to return if commitments back home in New Zealand allow.

With all our opening bowlers suffering from injuries the team spirit was going to be challenged for the visit of Middlesbrough, an unfortunate slip and a dubious decision against Bin Nasir was not the ideal start for us, Lee Hodgson brought us back into the game scoring his 3rd century of the season, his 119 not out off 140 balls gave us a score of 218 to defend. Our new look attack performed well and were well backed up by the fielders and we delighted to gain a draw with Middlesbrough closing on 177 for 7.

Away to Darlington the home side failed to take advantage of some poor fielding, Darlington professional Liam Coates with 111 off 126 balls helped them to 244 for 6. losing two wickets in the opening overs was not an ideal start. Saeed Bin Nasir anchored the innings and gave the amateurs the chance to shine. Boshoff with 29 and Lynch with 37 frustrated the home side and the draw seemed certain with 70 runs still required off 9 overs. Saeed Bin Nasir completed his 6th century of the season before Chris Lince stole the show with 52 runs off 27 balls to win the game with three overs to spare.

A tremendous victory for Marske which brought a unique record for Liam Coates, the first player to score a century then concede over 100 runs off his own bowling.

Home to Championship hopefuls Barnard Castle, the weakened attack did well to contain them to 224 for 4. The batsmen struggled against the two Durham Academy bowlers and a heavy defeat seemed likely, Saeed Bin Nasir’s innings of 18 made him the first player to score 1000 Premier league runs for the season. The lower order batsmen frustrated the visitors managing a couple of batting points and claimed the draw and robbed Barnard Castle of 8 valuable points.

Away to Redcar, skipper Johnathan Pickard won the toss, with thunder threatened for late afternoon the decision was made to bat first. Batting proved difficult early on and the loss of both professionals gave Redcar an early advantage. The middle order took no chances and used up valuable overs and kept the scoreboard ticking over, Brett Roberts with a run a ball 50 helped take the closing total to 201 for 9. Redcar lacking in confidence never looked comfortable, at the drinks break six wickets were still required and with thunder rumbling in the distance and heading for the coast the pressure was on Marske to take the wickets quickly. Brett Roberts having taken three of the first wickets to fall returned to the attack and took a further four wickets in 4.4 overs to return with figures of 7 for 30 and leave Redcar all out for 102.

With the NY&SD league restructuring the lower divisions the 2nd XI with two draws and three defeats have slipped into one of the four relegation spots and need some good results against fellow relegation strugglers in the final few matches of the season. The 3rd XI have moved off the bottom of the league and continues to give the youngsters valuable experience.

The Kerridge Cup Final The rain had caused The Kerridge Cup final to be cancelled last month with Richmondshire in a commanding position. A warm windy day soon dried the ground after heavy rain the night before and another high scoring game was anticipated. Great Ayton won the toss and chose to bat first, the batsmen went for their big shots from the start and paid the penalty, with no one able to build an innings, their total of 149 was thought to be well short of a winning total. Richmondshire’s innings followed in a similar vein and Great Ayton made the most of been given a second chance and bowled out Richmondshire for 114. Not the sort of game that had been expected but a thoroughly entertaining game.

As a result of our success at holding this final the Club have been rewarded with staging the final of the Wilikinson Trophy between the North Yorkshire & South Durham League and the North East Premier League on the 13th September. A highly competitive game is expected between the North East’s top Club cricketers.

Duncan Harris, Nigel Puttick, Sally Puttick, Janet Goswell, Vanessa Chadwick and David Chadwick (left to right) celebrate in Paris South Tees fundraising team has undertaken in Northern Africa, in 2012. the gruelling 315 mile London to Paris cycle The Cutting Edge Fund was set up in 2010 with the challenge to raise over £2,600 for the South Tees aim of bringing robotic surgery equipment to The Hospitals Cutting Edge Fund. Starting in central James Cook University Hospital. With fundraising London, the charity cycle event took place over contributions robotic surgery was achieved in for the four days and saw participants cycle through South first time at James Cook in November 2014.

East England and Northern France, finishing on As a result of this technology, patients with prostate the Champs Elysee in Paris. cancer and urological conditions now benefit from In the fundraising team were consultant urological minimally invasive surgery which has resulted in surgeon David Chadwick, sonographer Vanessa excellent outcomes and faster patient recovery.

Chadwick, retired anaesthetist Nigel Puttick and his Mr Chadwick, the urologist co-ordinating the wife Sally together with friends Duncan Harris and fundraising, said: “We all found the ride to be a Janet Goswell. All of whom comfortably finished the significant challenge. We are all occasional cyclists but long distance event. none of us would ride 100 miles in one day for fun!”

This follows the trend of adventurous fundraising for You can support the Cutting Edge fund by donating to the Cutting Edge Fund as David Chadwick and fellow David Chadwick’s JustGiving donation page at https:// urologists climbed Mt Toubkal, the highest mountain www.justgiving.com/LondontoParis-cuttingedge

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Guisborough Ladies Guisborough Ladies are looking for new players to join their team for the 2015-16 season!

Interested?!Come and join us!

Where? King George V Playing Field When? Wednesday 1830 - 2000 and Sun-day 1030 - 1200 Like us on Facebook; guisboroughladiesafc Or contact 07917 532448

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By Ian Enderwick

ur youngest girls team the minions entered the Cleveland Juniors Tournament at the weekend and did our Club proud by reaching the u10 final.

They just missed out on the trophy after losing on penalties to East Middlesbrough.

The girls scored nine goals and didn’t concede a goal in open play throughout the tournament.

Also a big thank you to Scully and Zlatan for their coaching skills.

Redcar Town u18 Girls Our u18 girls are desperately in need of some more players.

We compete in the Russell Foster u18 league on a Saturday morning and train Tuesday and Thursday nights at Mo Mowlam Park, Trunk Road, Redcar.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

FA Cup run gathers steam as unbeaten league run is derailed by ‘Railwaymen’

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By Bill Perfitt

uisborough Town’s superb start to the new season temporarily hit the buffers at the Railwaymen of Shildon on 26 August when the Priorymen were desperately unlucky to go down to an agonising 1-0 defeat after a terrific tussle.

But three days later the resilient Priorymen bounced back to beat Newcastle Benfield 4-2 in the final Preliminary Round of the FA Cup to earn a mouth-watering trip to higher league opponents Ashton United in September.

Against Benfield at the KGV, Guisborough twice went behind but their superior levels of fitness and skill told in the second half as the Priorymen overturned a 2-1 deficit into a comfortable 4-2 victory with goals from Luke Bythway, Danny Earl, Connor Smith and Curtis Round.

Guisborough now travel to Evo Stik Premier League team Ashton United, based in the Manchester area, on Saturday 12 September (kick-off 3pm). Ashton play in the same league as Whitby Town – two levels up from the Northern League – so Guisborough know they have a mountain to climb if they are to progress to the 2nd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. In the game at Shildon, the home side got the solitary winning goal just after the hour mark when centre forward Paul Connor found the net with a low shot from 15 yards which squeezed just inside the right hand post.

Despite a gallant fight back which saw Guisborough pour forward in their droves for the last 20 minutes in search of an equaliser which never came, the Priorymen could feel justifiably proud of their performance.

Even Town Manager Chris ‘Chardy’ Hardy, as hard a taskmaster as you’ll find, acknowledged that Guisborough were unlucky not to get at least a point from the game and he felt his players could take a lot of positives from their performance.

After the game Chardy commented: “On reflection, after a competitively fought fixture this evening a one goal margin proved to be

enough for Shildon to take all three points.

“I do think our lads can feel a little hard done by as a share of the spoils in my opinion was the least they deserved from this fixture.

“Having said that, we conceded a bad goal this evening and were unable to find the back of the net ourselves so with that taken into account we can’t have too many complaints overall.”

The defeat still left Guisborough well placed in fifth position in the league with nine points from four games which is a much better tally than they had at the same stage early season last year.

Up to the Shildon game Guisborough were undefeated in five league and cup games, with victories in the league over North Shields at home (2-1), West Auckland away (2-7) and Consett away (1-2) plus a 3-2 FA Extra Preliminary Round replay win over Sunderland RCA after the teams had drawn 4-4 on Wearside.

The 2-1 home win over North Shields in the season’s opening league match was another tight and hard-fought contest, with Luke ‘the Lionheart’ Bythway capping a fine performance with a goal and the impressive young Curtis Round getting Town’s other goal. North Shields gave themselves hope with a late goal but Guisborough held out quite comfortable for a well-deserved victory.

The thumping 7-2 win at West Auckland – traditionally one of the league’s strongest sides – was a memorable affair which left Guisborough’s large contingent of travelling fans literally in seventh heaven.

Guisborough travelled to Consett on 22 August and came away with another well-merited win, made memorable by a fine display by stand-in goalkeeper Liam McPhillips who answered his manager’s SOS for an emergency ‘keeper when regulars Nick Liversedge and Danny Dixon were unavailable for selection.

After a dramatic game finished with Guisborough the fully deserved 2-1 victors, ‘Chardy’ commented: “I don’t often make reference to individual players and their performances, but I believe Liam McPhillips merits a special mention today.

The Sunderland RCA net bulges as Guisborough striker Danny Earl (out of picture to the right of shot) hammers home his side’s first goal in the 12th minute. Photo by Yvonne Barker “With our regular ‘keeper Nick Liversedge having a last minute availability issue and our reserve ‘keeper Dan Dixon away on holiday, it meant we had to look to one of our outfield players to don the goalkeeper’s jersey and gloves.

“To make matters worse, previous emergency goalkeeping deputies Leon Carling was unavailable and Luke Bythway was nursing a shoulder injury, so this meant our options for the Number One shirt were very limited.

“But when asked if he would prepared to go in goal Liam typically had no hesitation in putting himself forward and I personally thought he did the jersey proud, so a massive ‘well done’ to Macca,” said a proud Chardy.

Commenting on his side’s overall display at Consett, he said: “On reflection, today’s performance warranted maximum points in a game in which we showed great control and a good cutting edge.

“In all honesty, we should have had the game wrapped up by the half time interval, but missed

chances once again meant that wasn’t to be the case,” he added.

Away from the league, Guisborough managed to progress to the next Qualifying Round of the FA Cup after they overcame Sunderland RCA after a replay in a tie which yielded no less than 13 goals over the two games.

In the first meeting at Sunderland on 15 August, a see-saw match ended all square at 4-4 with the hosts getting a last-minute equaliser.

Guisborough had dominated most of the match and despite scoring four goals through Danny Earl (2), Nathan Steel and Jon Helm and at 4-2 up with less than 20 minutes to go looked home and dry until they relaxed their grip too much to allow Sunderland to come back and force a replay.

Four days later in the replay at the KGV Stadium, Guisborough made no mistake - but it was another close-fought affair with the Priorymen finally winning 3-2 with goals from Danny Earl, Curtis Round and a late Steve Snaith clincher.

Alan Tonge and Ted Swan Memorial Charity Football Match

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By Ian Enderwick

n 6th August we held our Annual Football Match to remember two legends of our local referee community.

These two men had put in over 60 years of service between them to our local leagues and were well respected and big characters, with many stories about them still being passed down to the young referees of today. So we play this Charity match to honour Alan and Ted and give something back to the community they have so served well.

A big thank you to Redcar Town for hosting the game and Lesley for looking after us on the night, Tim and his team of coaches and young lads, Adam Welsh and Colin Ward for sorting out the refs’ team, and they do take some sorting out, the three officials who were not biased at all to the refs’ team, Ian Ramsey, Elliott Lam and JP Gatenby and our photographer Steve Bullock. DG

Trophies for sponsoring the man of the match award, Paul Smithson for paying/donating the buffet, our lovely two ladies for selling the raffle tickets, Simon the Boss man at the Mermaid for hosting us and a massive thank you to everyone who played and donated money and raffle prizes to help raise a grand total of £406.26 which will be donated to Ward 14 at James Cook.

Also on a sad note we would all like

to wish young Harry Hodgkinson a speedy recovery after being bitten by a dog.

The refs were hoping to hold onto the DG Trophies Alan Tonge Trophy after last year’s brilliant win at Cargo Fleet and Tim brought a strong squad to try and win it for the coaches and regain their respect after last year’s shock defeat.

The coaches took the lead against the run of play in the 19th minute

from a corner when after a great one handed save by Graeme Lewis, Terry Lane headed in the rebound.

The refs fought back and after a sublime lay off from Peter Quine our super sub Danny Woods fired home from an acute angle on 24 minutes.

The refs had a lucky escape when they hit our post after it was easier to score and both teams deserved to go in all square at the interval.

Then two minutes into the second half, Joe Searby beat two players and smashed the ball past Graeme Lewis to give the coaches the lead. Joel Gordon then had a good chance to equalise but shot straight at the keeper; then we had a bit of luck with a dodgy penalty from ref JP Gatenby and up stepped Adam Hudson to shoot straight at the keeper, Josh Enderwick reached the rebound shot at the keeper, another great save; then it fell to super striker Danny Woods to show Adam how it’s done to bring us level.

The game was decided in the 38th minute after a great run by Deano

beating three players and firing past the keeper.

Well done to both teams for the sporting way the game was played with only one card given

by JP, a record for him. The Man of the Match Award donated by DG Trophies went to young Ryan Buckton. Squads;- Refs Team; Graeme Lewis, Ryan Buckton, Len Thurlow, Peter Quine, Danny Woods, Nathan Scrafton, Josh E n d e r w i c k , S i m o n W h e a t e r, Anthony Duffy, Mickey Weston, Adam Hudson, Shaun Thompson, Jon Kamara, Joe Warrior, Gary Broughton, Joel Gordon, Adam Welsh, Flash Gordon, Craig Gall, Tom Readman and Ken Wright.

Coaches; Tim Hodgkinson, Nick Searby, Joe Searby, Nicky Carne, Mark Ferguson, Dan Bennett, Stephen Willis, Charlie Roberts, Paul Robinson, Tom Sheridan, Mark Skirving, Mark Tonge, Alan Tonge, Lewis McGravey, George Robinson, Terry Lane, Michael Tonge, Carl Johnston and Dean Harper.

Coastal View & Moor News Issue 63 September - October 2015

Eskvale and Cleveland League Review

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By Luke Hodgson

he League is proud to announce that it has been able to secure a new sponsor for the season in the form of Carcare of Marske.

The deal will certainly help the league going forward and in return the league will be doing whatever it can to promote the new sponsor while hoping that the league teams will also take the opportunity to use the facilities, products and service that the sponsor provides in the motor trade.

The season has got off to its usual fragmented start due to pitch and team unavailability in the first few weeks but already it looks like it could be a long and interesting season. Following the first two weekends of games all four of the new teams have got off to a winning start while a team expecting to challenge for the title following an influx of players over the summer have started with two defeats at the hands of two of the new teams.

Redcar Athletic Reserves joined this season from the Teesside League and although they fell behind to Dormanstown they came storming back in the second half to record a good victory. Stokesley Sports Club rejoined the league this season and also got off to a winning start as they beat Lakes United while Great Ayton United opened their account with victory over Boosbeck United.

Midweek fixtures saw Great Ayton United Royals put in a strong performance as they condemned Hinderwell to a heavy home defeat while Loftus Athletic opened their season with a four nil win over Brotton Railway Arms. The second weekend saw Boosbeck and Brotton bounce back from their opening game defeats as they beat Hinderwell and Lakes United with the two latter teams slipping to their second defeats. Nunthorpe Athletic Under 21’s played their first game and in a highly contested game they overcame Dormanstown in a tight game to get off to a winning start while title hopefuls Dormanstown slid to a second defeat as they try to gel after a lot of changes. The Nunthorpe keeper put in a man of the match performance and saved a penalty in his first full competitive game in two years following a cruciate ligament injury as well as several other saves as he kept the Dormanstown attack at bay.

The league will start to settle down during September once all teams and venues are available and although cup competitions will start in October things will be more normal for a league campaign with a league table appearing next month as only a few games have been played at the time of writing.

August results; 22nd August; Dormanstown 2 Redcar Athletic Reserves 6; Great Ayton United 4 Boosbeck United 0; Lakes United 2 Stokesley Sports Club 4.

26th August; Hinderwell 1 Great Ayton United Royals 8; Loftus Athletic 4 Brotton Railway Arms 0.

29th August; Boosbeck United 3 Hinderwell 1; Lakes United 2 Brotton Railway Arms 4; Nunthorpe Athletic U21’s 2 v Dormanstown 1.

September fixtures; 12th September; Dormanstown v Great Ayton United; Great Ayton United Royals v Lakes United; Hinderwell v Nunthorpe Athletic U21’s; Lealholm v Brotton Railway Arms; Redcar Athletic Reserves v Stokesley Sports Club 19th September; Brotton Railway Arms v Lakes United; Dormanstown v Hinderwell; Lealholm v Redcar Athletic Reserves; Loftus Athletic v Boosbeck United; Stokesley Sports Club v Nunthorpe Athletic U21’s 26th September; Boosbeck United v Lealholm; Brotton Railway Arms v Hinderwell; Great Ayton United Royals v Dormanstown; Lakes United v Loftus Athletic; Stokesley Sports Club v Great Ayton United.

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Champions find their feet N

By Moss Holtby

orthern League champions Marske United have found their form following a stuttering start to the 2015/16 season, and have now gained momentum after putting together a six match unbeaten run.

Carl Jarrett’s men lost the annual curtain raiser 2-0 with last season’s runner’s up and league cup winners Shildon lifting the Cleator Cup, and that was followed a week later by an opening day defeat at Newton Aycliffe in the league.

But the Seasider’s have climbed into the top ten, starting with a creditable 2-2 draw in a pulsating match at title challengers Consett. The Steelmen drew first blood, taking the lead with a diving header from new signing Michael Sweet, but eight minutes before the break Craig Ruddy set up Sam Garvie to equalise.

Former Hartlepool United front man Michael Mackay opened his account for the season with a fine 25-yard strike on 78 minutes to put Consett back in front, only for Nathan Mulligan to level for Marske with his first for the club two minutes from the end.

United then hosted newly promoted Norton & Stockton Ancients for the first derby match of the season, and came away with a 3-1 win despite an un-enthralling game.

Adam Wheatley headed Marske ahead shortly before half-time, with Daniel Riley and Glen Butterworth scoring late on as the game sprang to life in the last ten minutes.

Bishop Auckland’s good start to the season then came to an end as the Seasider’s inflicted their first league defeat of the season upon them in a midweek game at Heritage Park.

Marske were dominant throughout but it took until the 52nd minute for Craig Gott to open the scoring when he picked his spot from 15 yards after being set up

by Riley.

United made sure of the win ten minutes from the end when a short corner was played into Adam Wheatley at the near post who fired in from close range.

Seven points from their last three games has catapulted Marske up to ninth in the table, and with upcoming games at the GER Stadium against Newcastle Benfield, Penrith and Durham City, United will be

Austin Johnston battles for the ball versus Lancaster City. hoping to be amongst the leading pack by the end of September.

Meanwhile, away from the league, at the time of going to print, Marske are still involved in this season’s FA Cup competition.

Their campaign started at Seaham Red Star and looked to have ended early after the home side raced into a 2-0 half-time lead. But Ruddy netted immediately after the break with a deflected free-kick, and Marske escaped with a replay after Riley blasted home a 90th minute equaliser.

The Seasiders progressed three days later with a vastly improved performance, seeing off Seaham by three goals to one.

Last season’s leading scorer Jamie Owens got off the mark this term with the opening goal and a brace from Gott ensured Marske safe passage to the next round.

Marske must go again though once more at Evo-Stik First Division North Lancaster City after being denied preliminary round victory by an 83rd minute Ryan Winder goal in a tight cup tie between two wellmatched sides.

Marske were in the ascendancy early on

Tata / Corus Football Competition

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By Ian Enderwick

n behalf of the ground staff and referees who have worked for Tony Dixon, we would like to thank

Tony for his efforts over the last eighteen years in organising the Tata/Corus Cup. Tony is hanging up his clipboard to concentrate on his Flamingoland To u r n a m e n t s . T h e Tournament was one of the biggest in the country with teams coming from all over to compete against the best and to try and win this prestigious competition, and to keep going for as long as it has is a testament to Tony’s drive and determination. He will be missed.

but the visitors gradually grew into the game as neither side created much during the first 45 minutes.

Both sides rattled the woodwork at the start of the second half, before long throwin specialist Liam O’Sullivan gave United the lead 11 minutes from time when he stabbed the loose ball home from six yards after substitute Craig Ruddy’s cross fell invitingly for him after hitting a defender.

Skipper Craig Gott came close to scoring a Marske winner with time running out as his free-kick drew a flying save from Lancaster keeper Michael Donlon with the ball destined for the top left corner, but the two sides will have to battle it out again in a midweek replay in Lancashire.

Should the Seasider’s get past Lancaster, who are managed by former Newcastle United defender Darren Peacock, then they will travel to Padiham of the North Western Counties League in the 1st Qualifying Round on September 12th.

After that, Marske’s next two matches at the GER Stadium take place on Tuesday 15th September (7.45pm) and Saturday 19th September (3pm) against Penrith and Durham City respectively

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Issue 63 September - October 2015

Triumphant return for young athletes from Special Olympics World Summer Games Youth Service, KTS Academy in Brotton and Special Olympics Northern Region who provided facilities, equipment, coaching, support and funding for the young people who wanted to learn to play and compete in basketball.

“A massive congratulations to everyone involved and hopefully it is just the first in a long line of successes.”

K e i t h Wi l c o x , N o r t h e r n R e g i o n Chairperson and Special Olympics GB Board Member, was delighted with the local athletes performance at the games: “Every team member rose to the occasion and after many weeks of training the athletes were rewarded

with an amazing experience and memories to last forever.

“Around the world, families and friends of our athletes will never forget what their children and loved ones have achieved against the expectation of many.”

He added: “The World Games have given what all people with intellectual and learning disabilities require in life ‘A Chance’. The Special Olympics GB gives people with intellectual disabilities an opportunity to thrive, strive and feel alive every day, through sport, every week, across our country.”

For more information on the World Games, please visit www.specialolympics.org.uk

October 2015

Steven Johnson from Loftus with his parents Kenneth and Beverley

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IVE young people from Redcar and Cleveland have scooped Gold and Silver medals as part of the GB Team at the Special Olympics 2015, World Summer Games held in Los Angeles in July.

Our local sporting heroes are: Steven Johnson (23) from Loftus who took Silver in 7-aside Football; From Eston, Stuart Tipp (17), Lewis Johnson (17) and George Dunkerley (14) and from Ormesby, Shaun Smith (17), who all took Gold in Basketball.

The athletes from the Northern Region joined up with their team mates from across Great Britain on July, 20 to fly out to Los Angeles, USA. The 115-strong team joined 7000 athletes from 165 countries across the world. They were all supported by 3000 coaches and a further 15,000 volunteers to help this amazing sporting event.

The total medal tally for the GB Team was 68 Gold, 69 Silver and 42 Bronze.

Kenneth and Beverley Johnson, from Loftus, parents of Steven told Coastal View: “We are both very, very proud of what our son

Steven has achieved. It’s really great for the East Cleveland area and in particular Loftus.”

Cllr Craig Hannaway, cabinet member for children at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council said: “We are incredibly proud of Steven, Stuart, Lewis, George and Shaun who have done a magnificent job in these games.

“We hope that these fantastic achievements will inspire more young people to take part in Special Olympic Sports.”

He added: “I would like to recognise the Early Help Youth Service, run by the council, in taking the lead in a partnership between KTS Academy Brotton and Special Olympics Northern Region by providing facilities, equipment, coaching and support for the young people who showed a real passion and commitment to the sport.”

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop said: “This is an excellent achievement for these local athletes and is a great reward for all their hard work over the previous months and years.

“I hasten to acknowledge the work put in

by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

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