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Brotton school to hold Eco-Schools Ambassador role

t Peter’s C of E Primary School in Brotton has been selected to hold the prestigious role of Eco-Schools Ambassador, along with four other schools across the country.

The award was presented recently by Tom Blenkinsop MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.

Eco-Schools is the largest Education for Sustainability programme in the world and is run in England by Keep Britain Tidy. To date over 17,000 English schools are registered with the programme, with over 1700 holding the International EcoSchools Green Flag award. Eco-Schools have recently announced that they have selected five new Eco-Schools to hold the Eco-Schools Ambassador role for two years.

Each year Eco-Schools choose exceptional schools across the country to represent their programme and encourage new schools to join.

Schools hold the role for two years, and must have held the Eco-Schools Green Flag award for four consecutive years to be eligible to apply for the role.

Local Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop said: “It was a pleasure to present St Peter’s School the EcoSchools Ambassador award, it shows that years of hard work have paid off and the school is now one of the most Eco-friendly in the country.

“St Peter’s have shown us that we all have a part to play in protecting our environment and making sure we all have clean and tidy places to live, it’s great that this is being instilled at an early age, well done again St Peter’s.”

Julia Lawson Teacher and Eco Coordinator said: “I am delighted that the hard work and efforts of the Eco Team and Flower Pots Gardening Club has been suitably recognised by this prestigious award.

“I would like to thank all the children from across the school for their hard work and the dedication

demonstrated by staff members. We will endeavour to take on this Ambassador role with pride and professionalism, using the increased level of motivation that this award has brought to St Peter’s C of E Primary School.”

Eco-Schools Ambassadors are expected to work above and beyond the expectations of the Green Flag award, going that extra mile to demonstrate that sustainability is core to the schools culture, that they show inspirational leadership and an initiative approach to working towards the Eco-Schools programme, as well as helping other schools to adopt the Eco-Schools framework.

Head Teacher Richard Unthank said: “We strive to provide a broad, balanced and stimulating curriculum for all our pupils and Eco work has a major role to play in achieving a cross curricular approach.

“I am delighted the school have been nominated to be an Ambassador following the retention of the Eco Green Flag since 2006. It is deserved recognition for all the hard work undertaken by the whole school community and we look forward to working in partnership with other schools.”

Dr.Morgan Phillips, Education Manager for EcoSchools, added: “The quality of the applications received this year were extremely high. It was great to assess them and learn about the brilliant approaches staff and pupils are taking to Education for Sustainability across the country.

“As more schools adopt the Eco-Schools framework we can be sure that more children are developing the knowledge, skills and values needed for a more sustainable world. Over the next two years our Ambassador schools will be helping schools and children in their local area to benefit through the Eco-Schools programme, Eco-Schools looks forward to working with them as they do.”

Skelton Townscape Heritage Project Lottery bid successful!

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he Skelton Townscape Heritage Project Partnership Board have recently been advised by the Heritage Lottery Fund that their bid to revitalise the village centre has been approved.

On hearing the news Chairman of the Partnership Board (and also the Skelton & Brotton Parish Council), Angus McDonald, was “delighted it’s going forward” The Heritage lottery Fund are providing £952,200 towards the total scheme cost of £1,528,248. The balance is being provided by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council supported

by Skelton & Gilling Estate and Skelton & Brotton Parish Council Skelton Villages Civic Pride who have originated and are managing the Project are contributing nearly £170,000 in fund raising and volunteer time.

The Tees Valley Rural Community Council are contributing staff and expertise and will employ the personnel to deliver the Project and manage the Project Office at 97, Skelton High Street.

Work will start during late summer this year and will be completed over the next three years

Freebrough Flyer 12 page supplement inside

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 70 June - July 2016

Welcome to Coastal View & Moor News Issue 70 Welcome to our SIXTH Birthday issue!

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here did that time go? It really doesn’t seem that long since we started on our Coastal View journey; one that has taken us down all sorts of roads!

But without the support of our loyal advertisers, the hard work of our distributors, the businesses who act as outlets, the people who contribute on a regular basis by sending us articles, and you, the readers we would not have survived for so long. For this we thank you all.

So what can you find in our birthday issue? Firstly there is the wonderful 12 page Freebrough Flyer, full of the amazing things that have been happening there as well as in our local primary schools.

Our letters pages include many about the EU Referendum, even though by the time you are probably reading them it will have already taken place and the result probably known. We have included them all at the request of the people who sent them in to us. You will find the letters on pages 44/45.

We will be holding our fifth annual Community Awards at Freebrough Academy on September 30, a month earlier than usual. Again this year we

will be making a special award to a true community champion, nominated by our readers. You can find the details of this on page 45, so get nominating now to let us know who you believe does great work in the area you live and is worthy of this award.

There are many great things happening in our communities and in a special centre spread on pages 34/35 you can read about a new business, Holey Molies, due to open on July 1, as well as an expanding business with Skelton Mill making another addition to their already thriving shabby chic shop and luxury glamping pods, having now added their vintage tea room and bistro. Read more about this on pages 4/5.

So, what have we been up to since last time we spoke? We spent a really lovely couple of days in Newcastle at the Rugby League, Magic Weekend supporting our team and are pleased to say they won too!

We managed to get out into the garden, weeding and planting, so we look forward to eating our own home grown tomatoes before too long. We even managed to have a BBQ on one of our fine, sunny days and hopefully will be having many more before the summer is over.

And very soon we are going to Dalby Forest to see the Kaiser Chiefs!

Something really good to look forward

to so long as the weather behaves itself.

Thunderstorms are forecast so fingers crossed they don’t happen on that day as a forest probably isn’t such a great place to be at that time.

We have also treated ourselves to season tickets for Leeds Utd. Yes, we hear you saying as probably most of you support the Boro’ but forgive me (Lynne) for being a lifelong Leeds fan, as I am from that area. Steve is a lifelong Chelsea fan so it shows how much he loves me to agree to go watch my team but London is just too far away. We wish the Boro’ all the best on their return to the Premier League and hopefully it won’t be too long before we are playing them again.

Superstition says finding a dead crow on the road is good luck, well does finding two of them blocked in our chimney count? Unfortunately the other day, we did just that having walked into to our living room the previous day only to find a baby crow hopping around. We managed to save it from hurting itself and put it outside so hopefully that one will have survived. Maybe between the three of them we will get some good luck on our future trips to Elland Road.

We hope you enjoy reading this issue.

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Former pub is charity’s Crowning achievement

O ● Apprentices Ross Whittaker, Matthew Pell and Josh Bennett talk to Leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Cllr Sue Jeffrey and Cabinet Member for Health & Housing Cllr Lynn Pallister.

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former pub in Brotton is being transformed into affordable housing by a dedicated band of charity workers.

Carrying out the conversion are a number of trainees who have been given an opportunity straight out of school to learn new skills like bricklaying, plastering and installing disabled aids on their way to completing an apprenticeship. It is hoped the skills learnt will help them progress into full-time work in the building trade.

Amanda McWilliams from East Cleveland Youth Housing Trust (ECYHT) said: “We are making excellent progress on our Crown project in Brotton and our team of staff young ap-prentices and volunteers have worked hard and the developments are now very noticeable and has received many complements from local people and visitors in particular the new roof is really smart and has greatly improved the look of the building.

“We have had many visitors over the last few weeks some from as far away as Austria and University’s in Amsterdam.”

Leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, Cllr Sue Jeffrey, and Cabinet Member for Health & Housing, Cllr Lynn Pallister, were invited by the East Cleveland Youth Housing Trust to see the work the Trust is carrying out on the old Crown Pub on Brotton High Street.

Amanda said: “Councillors Jeffrey and Pallister visited and were impressed with our project, as was councillor Michael Dick (Councillor for Brotton Ward) when he came out to meet our team and look at the Crown. We hope other local Councillor will accept our invitation to visit soon.”

Cllr Sue Jeffrey said: “I was very pleased to be able to come and see the work the Trust is doing to provide affordable housing to residents who need it. I was also very happy to hear that as well as supporting local people into work, they are also supporting local businesses when purchasing their building supplies.”

This scheme is the biggest project the East Cleveland Youth Housing Trust has taken on, with previous schemes generally focussing on pre-

existing housing left to rot by their owners.

Drisc Wardle, a Trustee at the East Cleveland Youth Housing Trust, said: “I met people who explained to me what the Trust did and I just thought it ticked all the boxes. It’s like a win-win situation, it helps young people to get into training and then it funds itself by helping people who can’t afford accommodation pay rent below the market value. It’s all good stuff.”

Cllr Lynn Pallister said: “The fact that the Trust is turning this previously derelict pub into something that will benefit those who have been unable to afford high-quality housing in the past is wonderful.

The work being done by the apprentices is first class and they should all be very proud of what they are doing.”

Amanda added: “We are keen to work with local people and always use local suppliers for materials.

If anyone is interested in joining us as a volunteer or a young person looking for apprenticeship in building and maintenance should contact our Social Business Manager Andy Petersen on 0128764404.”

Once the flats are finished, they will be let out at below market value to families who have trouble finding and affording suitable accommodation.

The Trust purchased the pub in 2015 and has set about transforming it into three two-bedroom and one one-bedroom flats.

Amanda said: “We have already had a lot of enquiries from local young people who want affordable high quality accommodation in Brotton and anyone interested should contact us on the above number or email tenancy@ecyhtrust.com “We expect properties to be available to let in the autumn and plan to have an open day for interested people before then so anyone who would like to be invited please contact us on 01287644044 or email tenancy@ecyhtrust.com

Loftus community celebrates Queen’s historic birthday

n the morning of Saturday 11th June 2016, Loftus Town Centre witnessed a parade of cadets alongside other uniformed organisations, and a Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate the official ninetieth birthday of Her Majesty The Queen.

At eleven o’clock in the morning the Parade, marching to the unmistakable sound of bagpipes, made its way through Loftus Market Place where the Salute was formally taken on behalf of The Queen by Mr David Kerfoot the Deputy Lieutenant of the County of North Yorkshire.

Following the Parade, the Deputy Lieutenant inspected the cadets and uniformed organisations outside Loftus Town Hall, and three cheers were given for Her Majesty The Queen. The festivities then continued with a historic Service of Thanksgiving in Saint Leonard’s Parish Church Loftus, which had been decorated with flags and flowers donated by local Loftus businesses and by parishioners.

The Service of Thanksgiving was conducted

by Father Adam Gaunt, Rector of Loftus, and

the preacher was the Right Reverend the Bishop of Whitby. A congregation of over two hundred and twenty sang hymns and the National Anthem and thanked Almighty God for the long life and reign of Queen Elizabeth the Second.

The Parade and Service of Thanksgiving were followed by a Civic Reception, which was hosted in Loftus Town Hall by the Town Mayor of Loftus-in-Cleveland Mr Wayne Davies. A buffet lunch of sandwiches, scones and cakes were shared, and the formalities drew to a close with a number of speeches by civic dignitaries.

The event then formally concluded with the Deputy Lieutenant cutting a special Birthday Cake on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen.

Father Adam Gaunt, Rector of Loftus-inCleveland said: “Today’s events have done Loftus proud! The community has rallied around to organise a celebration worthy of Her Majesty’s historic ninetieth birthday. We are grateful to everyone who has helped to organise this event, and to all who shared in this event.

It is an occasion, which will rightly live long in our memory.”

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Hidden gems and amazing transformations

hen we first went to visit Dave and Gill Dunn almost three years ago at Skelton Mill, with its falling down and dilapidated outbuildings it was hard to envisage what it looks like today.

Visible from the main road, yet partly tucked away in one of the most naturally beautiful areas of Skelton the amazing transformations almost take your breath away.

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

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, along with the three luxury glamping pods, each in its own secluded setting.

And now with the introduction of Skelton Mill Vintage Tea Room and Bistro, the magical transformations are almost complete.

As with all the other renovation work Dave has completed it himself saying: “Creating the tea room was my hardest challenge yet but working all round the clock to complete the work was definitely one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. When I look at what’s been created I think, phew, we made it.”

Dave added: “As always I used materials from local businesses and I can’t thank Green & Sons in Lingdale enough for all the help and support they have given. They have been brilliant and really looked after us and we couldn’t have done it without them. Nothing was too much trouble.”

Gill said: “What I am really proud about is the fact that we achieved all this without any funding help whatsoever but it would not have been possible without encouragement and help from certain people. They know who they are, but with a special mention and thanks to Linda and Dave.”

With the addition of the tea rooms/bistro a total of nine jobs have been created.

During the day the vintage tea room serves breakfasts, light bites, Panini’s, ciabattas and afternoon teas with homemade cakes along with specialist teas and coffees and is open from 9am4pm. They can be served inside the tastefully decorated and relaxing atmosphere of the tea room itself or in the outside seating area which is both beautiful and tranquil, while listening to the sounds of nature.

At 5.30pm the tea room is transformed into a bistro which is open Monday - Saturday and takes orders until 9pm. On the menu you will find Surf & Turf, Parmos, Lasagne and Steaks to name but a few and the fully licensed bar selling wines, spirits, beers, lagers, ciders and draught Guinness and soft drinks make any visit to Skelton Mill a

truly memorable experience.

Gill added: “It’s been such a very hard slog to get the tea room open but so worth it in the end. And now it’s open I don’t mind telling you it’s nonstop hard work, but you get to meet so many interesting people and I absolutely love it.”

This amazing transformation, in three years is a testament of Dave & Gill’s resilience, skill and boundless energy.

This is what some of their customers say.

Dale Simpson said: “We popped in today to see what all the fuss is about!

“Really blown away by the exceptional customer service, what a lovely little cafe run by wonderful, happy people. We opted for the Afternoon Tea for two which was great value for money. Unfortunately it beat us and a doggie bag was offered, so the kids also give Skelton Mill a thumbs up. We left with a smile that will last until our next visit.”

Judith Hogan from Loftus said: “Visited for first time today with my mum and sister. My sister and I had afternoon tea, it was the best one we’ve had. Presentation was beautiful as was the selection, cakes were gorgeous I would certainly recommend it. Everything was top class from the location to the friendly staff. We will definitely be going back.”

Maybe it’s time for you to pay Skelton Mill a visit?

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Disagreement over new play equipment for Marske

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t G e r m a i n ’s Wa r d L i b e r a l Democrat Borough Councillors are bitterly disappointed that parish councillors have blocked plans for new play equipment in Marske.

They say the Marske play area’s equipment is over 25 years old and has needed improvement for some time.

Lib Dem Councillor Margaret Wilson has worked closely with Marske Residents’ Association to devise a scheme to refurbish the play area with modern, safe equipment. Together they secured £20k of external funding towards this project. They were also in the process of applying for further funding to achieve the £40k they required in total.

In June 2015 the Residents’ Association received a letter from the Parish Council rejecting the project.

One parish councillor said that they “preferred the old equipment.”

Instead, the parish council permitted only a small roundabout to be installed at a cost of £15,000.

The Chairman of the Residents’ Association said: “Surely the parish council should be working together with the community on something like this.

“Instead they have chosen to block the excellent work of the Residents’ Association and our borough councillors.”

Lib Dem Councillor Margaret Wilson said: “The parish council has delivered a massive blow to the children of Marske.

“We worked really hard with the Residents’ Association to secure

funding for new play equipment, which the parish council rejected.

“Local children could have had a full playground of new equipment, including three pieces suitable for disabled children.

“Instead they have one new roundabout, which is fine, and a load of old, outdated equipment.”

“The people of Marske should be asking serious questions about the value for money they get from their parish council.”

In a statement received from the Parish Council they state that they regret the unfortunate comments and lack of clarity and honesty from Councillor Wilson.

Councillor John Lambert, Chairman of the Parish Council said: “Councillor

Wilson neglected to say that the proposed project was co funded by the Parish Council who has a duty to ensure best value of public money. It is correct that some of the equipment has been in place for some time but it is inspected daily and maintained on a fixed rota and inspected annually by ROSPA, and the equipment is extremely robust.

“The project offered by the Residents Association was not considered best value for the funding available and a letter was sent to Councillor Wilson in July 2015 thanking the Group for their work but advising that they could not support their current proposals but would like to meet and consult with the Residents Association to consider alternative provisions. Councillor Wilson did not respond to this letter.

“A meeting was finally convened with Councillor Wilson and other members of the Residents Association in February 2016. Alternative proposals were put forward by the Parish Council, who had researched alternative quality equipment for the monies available, which in their opinion offered best value and were better suited to the people of Marske. “Councillor Wilson stormed out of that meeting taking the Chairman of the Residents Association with her. Fellow Councillor Madge Moses and other members of the Residents Association stayed at the meeting and engaged in discussions with the Parish Council but ultimately the Residents Association decided that they did not wish to proceed with the project thus risking the loss of the £20000 funding available. The Parish Council managed to negotiate with the funder to secure the monies and some excellent equipment

has been procured and installed and further equipment will be added over the next month.

“The Parish Council invited members of the School Council from Errington Primary School to try the equipment and evaluate it and they thought it was fantastic. They liked the fact that their friends in wheelchairs would be able to play on the inclusive roundabout, and the picnic tables which are specially adapted mean that they will be able to come along with their relatives and friends in wheelchairs and enjoy a picnic.

“This Council has a commitment to providing best value of public money and the Parish Council prides itself on being non political party based and therefore finds it regrettable that Councillor Wilson, a Liberal Democrat Councillor, is seeking to score political points by making these statements.”

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Charltons Community Centre ‘Kicks off the Summer!’

Record Breakers!

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By Rachael Foster

he sun was shining for our seaside crafts workshop which joined part of the Kick off the Summer event hosted by Friends of Redcar on Saturday 28th May. We wanted to give people a taster of the fantastic things we have on offer at Charltons Community Centre, meet new friends and put the community centre on the map! We were invited to the event by Friends of Redcar and Carl and his team did a fantastic job of organising a wonderful day for all the family.

Charltons Community Centre ran a seaside crafts’ workshop which was free to join in; we were making fish plates, jellyfish, sand art cups and ice cream cones! Children then added their creations to our seaside board to enter our seaside crafts competition, for the chance to win a fish supper for all the family, kindly donated

by Pier Vista of Redcar and judged by owner Warren Springay! By the end of the day our seaside board was awash with beautiful seaside masterpieces and Warren had a tough decision to make, but the winner was Isobel with her fantastic seaside plate! Well done Isobel!

All of the craft materials we used on the day were kindly sponsored by East Cleveland Villages Big Local and the Westworth Ward Members who funded their purchase, without which we would not of been able to provide such a wonderful day free of charge for everyone to enjoy.

The day also gave us the perfect opportunity

to speak to mums and dads to spread the word about Charltons CC and the fantastic events and activities we have on offer! On our display board we exhibited a photo montage of our recent renovation work including before and after pictures of our fabulous new kitchen and toilet facilities! We also handed out leaflets about our centre to try to put Charltons CC firmly on the map, as so many local people don’t even know we exist or where we are, never mind what amazing activities we have on offer for all the family to enjoy, such as our monthly crafts workshops, roller booting discos, table top sale, tarot card readings, afternoon cream tea club ... to name just a few!

We welcome any new friends and can also offer hire of our hall for parties and functions; we have our own bouncy castle that can also be hired and can provided bespoke wedding packages, party packages and much more.

The trustees and management committee of Charltons CC have worked tirelessly over the past year to revitalise the building and its events programme, to ensure the building is used to its full potential for all of the Charltons residents and other local communities to enjoy! We have something for everyone and have much more exciting ideas in the pipeline as we continue to grow and welcome new friends to our village!

More information about the centre and details of all our upcoming events can be found on our facebook page @Charltonscommunitycentre, or you can contact Rachael 07746660059.

By Quita Owen

nce again, the children of Chaloner Primary School Garden Club, Guisborough, have proved that they must be real “gold medal winners”when it comes to planting up flowerbeds.

Just before the half-term holiday, nine children, with their teacher, Mrs Kath King, came along from the school, and in just over an hour, planted out no fewer than an amazing 270 bedding plants (some very tiny!) in Guisborough Pool flowerbeds. Some of the children were seasoned “old hands” in their second or third year with the Garden Club, others new recruits, but they all set about work enthusiastically and didn’t stop till all the flower trays were empty and the beds full. A huge thank you to one and all, you are all stars!

We think this is possibly the eighth year the Club has come along to help us. Their hard work provides a dazzling show of flowers for the whole community to enjoy, much

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appreciated by local residents, customers of the Swim and Fitness Centre, and Friends and users of the KGV Playing Field generally. One lady walking past even stopped to congratulate the children on all their good work! The plants are bought every year by Guisborough Aquafit Group who raise money for this purpose to help beautify our town. This year we’d also like to thank Everyone Active, who manage the Swim and Fitness Centre on behalf of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, for their generous contribution to our funds.

A big thank you too to our kind and ever-helpful staff at Guisborough Pool for organising some very welcome refreshments for everyone when the hard work was finished.

The Pool staff, led by Kevin Bowers and Victoria Hayton, also very kindly look after the plants throughout the summer, especially if we have a hot, dry, sunny spell (we can dream...)

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Fund raising for Frasier at Nanny Bears Nursery

Queen’s Honour a fitting tribute for retiring firefighter

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rasier is a three year old boy who attends Nanny Bears Nursery in Brotton.

Frasier suffers from a rare disease called Langerhans Cell Hystiocytosis and from being one year old, Frasier has undergone treatment and chemotherapy for this disease. His chemotherapy had stopped in December 2015 but more tumours where discovered in Febuary this year, which means Frasier is back on treatment four days, in every three weeks for the next six months. This terrible condition affects less than 50 people a year but receives very little research or funding.

With Frasier having treatment now for another six months the staff, family and friends of Nanny Bears wanted to do some fund raising activities to enable Frasier’s family to spend some quality time together once his treatment is complete.

Fundraising activities will include a charity night in August and Dougy Hill, Paul Willsher and Pete Emery entered

a team into the Stonehenge Trader Golf competition and won the event. They have donated £1400 of their winnings to Frasier’s Fund.

Frasier’s Mam Helen and Dad Andy were overwhelmed by the guys generosity and a presentation took place at Nanny Bears Nursery on Saturday 10th June. The Guys also presented Frasier and his sister Imogen with gifts from the Red Devils including Hats and a signed Picture.

Mandy Cutler the owner of Nanny Bears would like to personally thank Dougy, Paul and Pete for their kind donations.

The guys also presented a further £1000to Ward 14 of James Cook Hospital and £1000 to the PinkFields Festival in memory of Dougy’s sister and Mandy’s best friend, Jacqui Hampton who sadly lost her battle with cancer in September 2015 Further fund raising will take place over the next six months to help Frasier and his family to have a great family holiday.

ommy Paterson, who retires this month after 42 years as a Retained Firefighter in Saltburn, says he is as “proud as punch” to have received the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

He said: “It is a wonderful honour for myself, my family, Cleveland Fire Brigade and the people of Sallburn. I have loved every minute of my job and I will miss the work, my colleagues and all the people I have been in contact with. It has been a huge part of my life and it will be very strange not being involved.any more.

“But I am a proud as punch to have been honoured in this way.”

Tommy officially retired on his 61st birthday on June 19.The BEM is for services to fire safety and the community of Saltburn and Cleveland.

Ian Hayton, Chief Fire Officer, Cleveland Fire Brigade, said: “We are delighted that Tommy has been recognised for his long and dedicated service to Cleveland Fire Brigade and the Saltburn community.

“Tommy joined us in 1974 and whilst working at Saltburn Station he has earned the respect of the community, his peers, key partners and other agencies through his hard work and dedication. He not only

acts as a role model to the younger generation of firefighters but always goes above and beyond his duties, showing commitment and passion to his profession and determination to improve the lives of the local community within Saltburn.

“This honour is a fitting tribute to him.”

Tommy has regularly been on-call 120 hours a week to provide rapid response to a variety of emergencies and received a personal citation from the Chief Fire Officer for saving the life of a cyclist by performing CPR alongside other team members until the Air Ambulance arrived.

During his 42 years as a retained firefighter Tommy has dealt with a wide range of incidents – from

rescuing children from house fires to releasing people trapped in toilet cubicles on trains. He has never taken a day off sick in the last 26 years.

He was a gardener for Saltburn Council and was responsible for planting and maintaining the award winning floral displays in the Valley Gardens in Saltburn which received the Britain in Bloom Silver Award for Best Coastal Town in 2011.

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To m m y ’s w i f e S u s a n i s a hairdresser in Saltburn and daughter Sarah, 26, is a music teacher at Yarm School and an accomplished harpist who played at Prince Charles’s 60th birthday.

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Mindless and pointless vandalism

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y the time you read this, the 2016 Loftus Wool Fayre will be over - report in the next edition.

There were several innovations this year including sheep pompoms all around the town (inspired by the Saltburn Yarnbombers) and sheep “scarecrows” in various locations (inspired

by Liverton Village’s Scarecrow Festival).

Sadly, Loftus Community Special Events Group has to report that the second sheep to be put out, one nicknamed Betty, and wearing a sash and a crown, didn’t even survive until dark on her first day in Coronation Park before she was comprehensively vandalised.

Betty’s disastrous day was Tuesday 14 June 2016.

1pm - Betty is placed in the Park, tied on a

bench (to deter passing dogs from investigating her too closely).

5pm - Betty is checked, and is fine.

6.15pm - Betty is found with her head knocked askew.

7.20pm - Repairs to Betty (mostly done with a needle and strong thread, on site) are completed.

9.40pm - Betty is checked again, and is found to be a mangled mess. Her fleece (and the plastic below) has been slashed in several places. One eye has been cut off. Her tail and her crown are missing. Someone appears to have tried to set fire to her fleece in several places, and has managed to melt her sash. Even the boxes which formed the frame of her body have been kicked or punched to bits - the damage is unsalvageable.

This damage wasn’t accidental, or done by

Take the rough with the smooth, Sue!

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By Councillor Steve Kay

t the AGM of Redcar & Cleveland Council, on Thursday 12th May, the opposition councillors had a majority of 30-28 over the ruling Labour group, with the result that the positions of mayor, deputy mayor and the vast majority of committee chairs and vice chairs were filled with non-Labour councillors.

But the public are at a loss to understand why, despite the opposition holding the majority, Sue Jeffrey, the Labour leader of the council, and her Labour cabinet, continue to run the authority.

The explanation is that, perversely, the constitution of the council prevents the removal of the leader of the council and their cabinet at the AGM. The leader of the council was elected last year, after the local elections, to pick a cabinet and head up the council for four years. Constitutionally, the only way to remove the leader is via a special resolution at an ordinary meeting of the council (not the AGM). This explains why, for the present at least, the council continues to be run by a minority Labour administration.

Of course, there is nothing to stop Sue and her cabinet colleagues from resigning at any time, thereby giving the council a welcome fresh start.

Many will think that, having lost control of the council, it would have been the honourable thing to do. But, instead, in a letter to the opposition leaders, Sue has declared it her intention to soldier on, despite the fact that both she and her cabinet have the Sword of Damocles hanging over them.

It does not surprise me that, true to form, Labour will try to hold on to power even without a proper mandate; but I cannot understand why Sue is apparently astonished and dismayed by what

happened in the council chamber.

It is incredible that Sue should be surprised at the way the opposition parties voted, because Labour did exactly the same to the opposition last year, but with an even smaller ‘majority’(the mayor’s casting vote).

In her letter, Sue says that, over the last year, she wanted to be ‘inclusive’. With Labour and the opposition running neck-and-neck, it was hardly inclusive for Labour to monopolise the executive, whilst banishing the opposition to a scrutiny role.

Council leader, Sue Jeffrey, must understand that, in Redcar & Cleveland, Labour does not have a divine right to power, as has been proved in the past.

But, above all, she must refrain from complaining about political realities and learn to take the rough with the smooth!

Cllr Jeffrey told Coastal View: “Labour has many more Councillors than any other political group and rightly continues to lead the Council as set out in the constitution and as it has done since the elections – nothing has changed.

“It is nonsense to suggest that the majority of committee chairs and vice-chairs were filled by non-labour members only because the other parties out-voted Labour. The opposite is true – right from the start of this administration Labour supported the opposition to take the scrutiny chairs and vice chairs in order to secure greater involvement of all councillors and improve decision making.

“My disappointment is that some opposition councillors were prepared to risk the good work we have all done over the last year and the stability and effective working of the council for no other reason than they enjoy playing political one-upmanship – all very sad.”

●● 1pm Betty before vandalism, sitting quietly (tied actually) on a park bench someone’s unleashed dog. It was a vicious attack on a piece of community art, done simply for the sake of spoiling it for other people. If you know who did it, you might consider telling them that this act of criminal damage wasn’t big, wasn’t clever, and wasn’t funny. And they should be ashamed of themselves.

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●● 9.40pm - Betty is found to be a mangled mess.

Refurbishment at Village Hall

hanks to a grant from Biffa Awards to Brotton Village Hall we are able to replace the old chairs and carry out remedial work to the windows and fascia etc.

This Biffa Award was obtained with the assistance and aid of Joe Fearey, R/C Community Relations Officer.

A further sum came from Skelton and Brotton Parish Council. This money went towards fence repair and drainage.

Thanks also to people who donated Wish Tokens which amounted to £129.

There are currently nine groups and organisations using the hall on a weekly basis

and this together with children’s parties, means that approximately 500 people attend the hall weekly. We do have some spare capacity mornings and afternoons on Wednesdays.

Due to the hard work and diligence of our caretaker we now have the Highest Award for hygiene and cleanliness.

First time visitors should note that the artwork on display is from Freebrough Academy and is changed each term.

Finally thanks to the Trustees who give a considerable amount of time each week to make sure everything is running smoothly.

Contacts: Ted village hall 679968, Sue bookings 678720.

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Life of famed explorer to be exhibited at Kirkleatham Museum

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●● Gertrude outside her tent in Babylon. Photo: from the Gertrude Bell Archive

he life and career of famed Middle East explorer Gertrude Bell is to be put on display in the town where she grew up when an exhibition begins at Kirkleatham Museum and Grounds.

The Extraordinary Gertrude Bell tells the story of the North East adventurer who played a key part in the creation of Iraq and Jordan after the conclusion of World War One. The exhibition has been created thanks to a collaboration between the Gertrude Bell Archive, based at Newcastle University, and the Great North Museum: Hancock.

Born in Washington Hall, Gertrude lived in Red Barns on Kirkleatham Street in Redcar during her early years before becoming the first woman to get a First Class degree at Oxford after studying Modern History.

As well as a historian, she was an archaeologist and mountaineer, who climbed Mont Blanc at the turn of the 1900s, and her fascination with the Middle East saw her spend 10 years exploring the region.

The knowledge she gained was put to use alongside

Lawrence of Arabia – T.E Lawrence – at British Intelligence during World Wa r O n e w h e r e s h e w a s instrumental in drumming up support from native tribes to the British campaign against the Ottoman Empire. After the war, she would assist the Government in drawing the borders for modern day Iraq and Jordan.

All this, and more, will be showcased at Kirkleatham Museum until January 2017 with diaries, letters, pictures and other items from her life all on display to the public.

Cllr Carl Quartermain, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Skills and Leisure said: “I am very pleased to see that Kirkleatham Museum will be playing host to an exhibition on one of the most extraordinary women of the last 150 years who has made a lasting impact on the world.

“Many of the exhibits have never been on display before, so it is an exhibition not to be missed.”

To find out more about t h e e x h i b i t g o t o : w w w. redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/ kirkleathammuseum. To learn more about Gertrude Bell, visit: www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk.

Saltburn salutes Queen

●● CELERBRATE: Flags are waved as a lunch at Saltburn’s Earthbeat centre gets underway to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations. From left, Mayoress Olywn Peters, Bobby Crossman, of Marske, Lily Lee with her husband Edward Allen Lee (who is 90 this year), also of Marske, and Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland Cllr Barry Hunt. Picture by Dave Charnley.

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bout 20 people aged over 65 joined at a lunch to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday at Saltburn’s Earthbeat centre on 2nd June.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Redcar and Cleveland, Cllr Barry Hunt and Olywn Peters welcomed visitors at the Earthbeat centre, Marske Mill Lane, who were entertained by both a keepfit trainer and a singer from the 1930s and 40s.

The buffet was prepared by staff of Tees Valley Rural Commnity Council, which put on the event with help from Redcar and Cleveland Council.

The event was one of four to be staged by the Redcar-based rural council. Chairman the Rev Graham Pacey and local MP Tom Blenkinsop were among visitors mingling with guests.

The aim of the occasion was to help over-65s who felt socially isolated to get to know more people.

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Changes to Local Link bus service

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edcar & Cleveland Borough Council’s Cabinet has recently approved changes to the Local Link bus service.

The report presented to Cabinet recommended the revision of routes where there is already a service in place.

These services are made up of daytime shoppers buses serving areas as diverse as Easington, Loftus. Skinningrove and Guisborough. During the evenings, a local link service reaches nearly all of the East Cleveland villages who otherwise would not have proper bus access.

Changes agreed include: • 707/708, reducing this service from four buses to two, with the remaining two concentrating on towns and villages that are currently without an evening service; • 752, this route will be extended to include ASDA at Skelton for a six month trial period; • 758/759, removing this service from the timetable as the 772/773/778 will serve Moorsholm and the other towns and villages affected with the exception of Liverton Village which can access Arriva services; •772/773/778 continuing a Guisborough town service but incorporating two daily round trips to Moorsholm; • 852, removing this service as an alternative already exists through Arriva.

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These changes will come into effect on Thursday, September 1.

Councillor David Walsh, Cabinet Member for Adults, said: “Working with partners, we have looked at what services are already being provided in East Cleveland to ensure that existing Local Link passengers continue to have transport services, but not necessary Local Link.

“If an alternative service is already operating, whether it’s by bus or rail, then we are in effect duplicating, and there is no need for the Local Link service.

“However, where the review has identified that the Local Link is the only means of public transport then we are proposing to continue the service.”

“We feel this is a much more targeted and cost effective approach to improving the sustainability of public transport in East Cleveland.”

Guisborough Councillor Shelagh Holyoake said: “I am pleased that the day time service linking the outlying estates in Guisborough with the Westgate shops is continuing, and that flexibility in the timetable can mean that these buses also travel out now to Moorsholm. That’s good news for shoppers and shops.”

Loftus Councillor Eric Jackson said: “The news that the Local Link 752 it now to run to a constant daily timetable is a boost for service reliability and certainty. It will continue to serve hilly estates around Loftus and Easington and will now run on to the ASDA store at Skelton - a big boost for local shoppers.”

Brotton Councillor Michael Dick said: “Again the council have decided to keep the local link 752 service running to Brotton’s East Cleveland Hospital providing a bus link for patients and staff.

This site will become busier as I understand that a new pharmacy business will soon be operating from the hospital site.”

Loftus Ward Independent Councillor and Town Chair Wayne Davies said: “RCBC Cabinet have voted through changes to local link bus services, that will see the East Cleveland service 752 which runs through Easington, Loftus, Skinningrove, Carlin How and Brotton now continue into ASDA at Skelton.

“Congratulations to the council for seeing sense and giving East Cleveland the link to ASDA they have been asking for, for so long.”

Was arson attack on one of Redcar’s seafront shelters an overreaction to England’s failure to beat Russia?

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By Councillor Chris Abbott Newcomen Ward

or the second time in less than 12 months one of Redcar’s new seaside shelters has been wrecked by an arsonist last night.

The incident happened at around 10.30pm following England’s first match in the European Championships in Marseille. Violence occurred before and after the match in which England failed to beat Russia. Was the arson attack on one of Redcar’s seafront shelters an overreaction to events in Marseille?

The damage, much worse than the previous arson attack on a neighbouring shelter in July

last year, will cost thousands of pounds to repair.

As Deputy Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland and a Redcar Councillor I am calling on the police to do their best to bring the culprits to justice as soon as possible.

The shelters are an important part of the sea front experience. They have only been in place just over two years and are well used. The previous wooden shelters stood for decades and were much loved.

Hopefully there may be some CCTV footage of the incident but I note the fire was clearly started on the seaward side which may have been out of sight.

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Now the warmer weather has arrived there has been a marked increase in people parking illegally at the weekend, congesting the pavement and denying disabled spaces from those who genuinely need them.

To combat this, a dedicated team of Civil Enforcement Officers will be patrolling the Esplanade regularly, issuing notices to cars not parked in accordance with the rules associated with a particular area of the seafront.

Since Sunday 1 May, officers have issued 49 penalty charge notices to drivers and will issue more of the £70 fines to anyone else caught flouting the rules.

Visitors are reminded that within a couple of minutes’ walk of the seafront are four councilowned car parks that offer free parking on a weekend. They are:

• Seafield House Car Park – Kirkleatham Street; • Kirkleatham Street Car Park – Kirkleatham Street; • Redcar and Cleveland Leisure & Community Heart Car Park – Kirkleatham Street; • Fisherman’s Square Car Park – Lord Street.

Cllr Alec Brown, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: “Whilst we are pleased to see that Redcar is such a popular destination for visitors now we are getting some long overdue warm weather, it is important that people park in the correct location and don’t block footpaths or take spaces from people that need them.

“Hopefully with more visible patrols on a weekend, visitors will make the right choice and park in one of the many council-run car parks Redcar has to offer.”

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Fossils of Cleveland Roadshow

Rhys Fence vandalism at Hob Hill Clapton Fundraising P night

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n exhibition of fossils from the local area as well as information about the geology is being held at Winkies Castle Folk Museum, Marske by the Sea, during the whole of June and July.

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Efforts are being made by SNAP (Saltburn Neighbourhood Action Partnership) to get R & C Council to cut grass on the playing field near the football hut.

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T h e K i n g ’s C o n t r a b a n d , w h o formed less than a year ago, opened the night and it can be seen that their performances are improving as their confidence has increased.

They were followed by The Cadillacs who were originally a three piece band but now have increased to six band members. The band play a mixture of 50 and 60s music which was very well received and would be an ideal booking for other events but organisers will need to be quick as I believe the band will not be playing small venues for much longer.

We would to thank everyone who supported the event and especially those people who donated raffle prizes.

Although not a sell out 150 people attended and generously contributed to the donation boxes and the raffle.

The night was a success and raised £760 towards the ongoing fundraising to support Rhys.

olice are on the lookout for vandals who have cut fencing near horses grazing at Hob Hill, Saltburn.

Saltburn Riding School, which bought two large fields from Redcar and Cleveland Council about a year ago, has put up a large “public notice” at a stile near the public playing field off Guisborough Road.

This says: “A number of fences have been cut round the fields in the last few months. This is not only criminal damage, but if any of the horses get out on to the road they could kill someone or a family.

“Police are working with us to catch the person or persons responsible. Call 101 and report if anyone sees anything.”

The notice goes on: “If the fences keep on getting cut we shall have no option but to apply for the public access to be removed off all the fields. This would be a last option, but we have a duty of care to the safety of our animals and public safety.”

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An eye opener to the younger generations

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ack in 1974 Mary Bielby at the there, with damp air, for some months age of 31, became the youngest before I saw them. Our legal document Chairman of Loftus Town Council, was in that lot! I could only ask the having formerly been the youngest farmer how much he had been paid and ever councillor at the age of 25. This then agree a new lease. Fortunately I had record has been broken in recent years known him for years and he showed me but the story of Mary is still worth his copy. A stranger could have really telling. taken the Council for a ride!

She told Coastal View: “My story can Looking back I wonder how I fitted act as a reminder of great changes for my year as Chairman in with work, some readers and an eye opener to the Chapel matters, secretary of the Olde younger generations.

Tyme Dance Club and several other “The Urban Districts had worked well commitments, but it had its good side. and are sorely missed by those of us who On the first ever International Women’s remember when we could meet and talk Day, all lady mayors and chairmen to the officials who ran our towns and were invited to a gathering at St James villages and got things done - potholes Palace. Realising I could not go as it filled next day! was a school day, a colleague told the “When I became the youngest headmaster, who told me to go and later councillor (at 25) I was told that informed the education office he had Councils made the policies and the staff given me permission. It was a stand up carried them out - an efficient system, at with canapes event and I didn’t meet reasonable cost because councillors were royalty (saw Princess Alexandra) but not paid, we did it for love of our home Joyce Grenfell and another actress put ●● Loftus Urban District Council 1973/4, Back row: Tom Smith, Dick Grant, Lily Hodgman, Henry (Harry) towns and villages.” my chain of office straight and I rescued Cullingworth, Philip Brown, Mr Ranson (Borough Engineer), Tim Ellison (Town Clerk), Frank Dixon This is Mary’s story: an elderly, very famous lady’s dropped When our current Town Clerk, Mrs (Borough Architect), Ben Scott, Austin Sanderson, Mike Hodgson. Front row: Mary Bielby, Mike Delaney, walking stick and enjoyed a chat about Alison Atkinson asked me at what Vince Teesdale, Alf Burnside (Chairman), Norman Lantsbery, Richard Aitken. Names courtesy of Alison her younger days. age I became the first Chairman of Atkinson (current clerk to Loftus Town Council). Picture: Courtesy of The East Cleveland Image Archive.

I attended other chairmen and mayor’s Loftus Town Council, I was happy to Civic Church services and Civic there but the office we were to use came as a shock. back I think national government could have given congratulate Councillor Wayne Davies balls and overheard some civic wives as the youngest person to head the council but I It was the large office that had been used by our us more help and advice. wondering how I wore a different ball gown every One of our responsibilities was council time - must have a wealthy husband. I didn’t spend couldn’t help thinking of the contrast between his long term, very efficient Clerk to the Council. Apart from the Chamber, every room in the building allotments. Thankfully, in this we had some useful £40 for the season, I just made my own dresses start in the post and mine.

Wayne has the advantage of moving into a well- had been cleared by the interim team. Our office help. Loftus had an Allotment Society with a good with maximum £5 for my own event! The ‘Chain tried position, with the back-up of Alison and her was left with the massive desk (probably it was committee. Their very efficient secretary was Gang’ as we were described were introduced to the deputy, as well as experienced councillors, whereas too heavy for them to move) and one chair. They uncle to our clerk and we made good use of him. Bishop of Middlesbrough after a church service I was thrown in at the deep end in a totally new hadn’t even left us one typewriter! They must have Allotments were popular and we had a waiting and the young lady reading out names announced system where no-one really knew what would collected dozens of them (pre computer days) from list, so when one became vacant, we allocated it the Chairman of Loftus Town Council and his lady offices in Loftus, Skelton, Saltburn, Guisborough, to the person on top of the list and used Uncle Stan (she mis-read her list) so Robin told the bishop, happen.

When the interim borough council ‘tidied up’ in Redcar, South Bank etc and I suspect many would to pass on the paperwork and useful information “I’m the Chairman’s lady” and the bishop roared 1974, the former Loftus Urban District councillors be later dumped as not needed. Our clerk carried to the new tenant, along with information, spare with laughter. plants from the society and help if needed. One became the new ‘minor’ authority. At our first her own little typewriter to and from home.

Local people were very helpful and supportive We arranged the clerk’s hours with part of her set of allotments gave me a serious problem. The and I enjoyed my year. Charity bazaars sold most meeting in the Council Chamber of what had been the Council Office building, I was elected time after my school day, so we could work ones near the cemetery were on land owned by things before I got home from work, then I picked Chairman. The title ‘Chair’ was just coming into together. If we had someone to see us, the clerk sat a farmer and leased to the Urban Council. In my winning tickets etc. instead of opening the event. fashion and I made it clear that I would NOT use it. on the end of the desk, I sat on the window silll and year of office the farmer told me the lease was due Some events delayed tea from 3.30pm to 4.30pm I pointed out that I was not a piece of furniture and the visitor had the chair. After some months we got for renewal. The Urban Council copy of the lease so I could get there. My pupils didn’t dawdle at was quite happy to be called Chairman. I suspect our money, not enough for an office typewriter, but had been taken away with all the other papers, so I home time when they knew I was going out and that being the youngest and the only woman, I was one councillor’s son worked for a company who asked the Borough Council where it was. I was told the cleaning staff worked round me when I went all papers from Loftus were stored in Sunnyfield back to work around 5pm. elected because no-one really knew how things agreed to sell us one at cost price.

The Town Councils, as a new system, had a lot House in Guisborough, so I went and asked the would work out and none of the men were willing My year was very different from how Wayne’s of things to sort out, especially in how they would man there if I could see them. to risk a fiasco. will be, but with little children he can’t expect his He took me out of the back door to some stone spouse to be his personal chauffeur for evening Our only applicant for part time clerk had no work. Westminster issued a small amount of experience of local government, having been suggestions, but it was left to locals to make their buildings, opened a door and asked if I really events as I could; though being male he won’t need purely a typist for a solicitor. Fortunately, I already own working systems, so I drew up a list, presented wanted to look. There were probably more than as many outfits as I did. knew her, she was happy to learn and we worked it to the members and they mainly agreed. It may 200 large black sacks in each building, none of Have a happy year Wayne and keep a book of well together. The Council had no money at first as sound a simple task, but these became a legal which were named. All papers from every previous what you do - it will surprise you at the end of we had to wait some time for it to come from the document to which we would have to abide for council had been stuffed in the bags and dumped the year.

Borough, so I think paper etc came from my purse. years to come. I didn’t have nightmares but it was The contents of the Council Chamber were still worrying; none of us were experts in law. Looking

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‘Top Cat is back’ in Moorsholm

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● Councillor Steve Kay puts Top Cat back on top

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s the recent, controversial Halifax TV ad tells us, ‘Top Cat is back’.

Coincidentally, in Moorsholm at least, this is true in more ways than one.

Lockwood ward councillor Steve Kay’s house, on High Street, is called ‘Top Cat’ because, most of the time, it boasts a life-sized, wooden, black cat on the apex of its roof.

The house was built in 1971, when the HannaBarbera cartoon, ‘Top Cat’, was all the rage on TV, but there are also other theories to explain the cat on the roof. The house is built in the Breton style, with a high, steep roof and an eyebrow window; and it is a custom, in Brittany, to have figures of animals playing on the roof tops. There is also the more prosaic possibility that, since the property has no chimney, it was thought that some feature was needed to ‘break’ the roof-line.

Councillor Kay explained: “It’s all very well having Top Cat on the roof but, because of the weather we get in Moorsholm, he’s high maintenance. It’s surprising how easily a hardwood, like oak, can rot and how vulnerable

T.C’s tail is to high winds. Last winter, his tail was blown completely off, so my pal, Graham Jacques, and I decided to take him down and give him a complete overhaul, involving screws, fibre glass, putty and a re-paint. The roof was ‘catless’ for about a month. Just getting up to the summit is perilous and, appropriately, we used a cat ladder for the final ascent!

“When I bought the house, T.C. was white but I painted him black to bring me luck when I first stood for election, in 1979. Miraculously, it worked and he’s been black ever since!

“Top Cat MK1 finally gave up the ghost in 2003 but, with the help of wood carver Barry Howcroft of Billingham, T.C. was resurrected.

With tender, loving care from Graham and me, Top Cat MK2 has survived to this day.

“Top Cat’s become a bit of a landmark and was a frequent clue when car treasure hunts were popular in the 90s. I often see visitors to the village pointing him out to their small children.

Whenever he’s damaged, or has to be taken down for repair, I cannot rest till he’s back in one piece, in position, watching over the village.”

By Stuart White

ur ceremony to mark the official opening of Skelton’s Community Orchard, was held on Wednesday 18th May and attended by many residents and friends.

Stuart White welcomed everyone who had gathered at the foot of the Cleveland Way steps adjacent to the site. The project, which remains a ’work in progress’, has evolved thanks to the hard work of a dedicated team of volunteers plus staff from Northumbrian Water, Warburton’s, the Countryside Ranger Service and Work Experience placements through Disc.

Mr Anthony Wharton, who has kindly allowed the use of the land for the Orchard and garden, performed the opening ceremony, gave a short speech: “We are gathered here in the centre of Skelton to open the new Ringrose Orchard. This has been constructed over the last year by a very hard working group of volunteers and helpers.

It was previously neglected hillside covered in scrub and weeds.

“I hope you will all enjoy the peace and the views over the village to the sea . It is called Ringrose Orchard in memory of Mrs RingroseWharton who died 25 years ago at the age of 96. She devoted her life to the village and her property at Gilling, while living here at the Castle.

“I would like to thank everyone who helped,

especially Stuart and Joyce White who have worked tirelessly. The garden will welcome visitors on the Cleveland Way en route to Saltburn.

“I now declare this garden open.”

After Mr Wharton cut the ribbon, held by the ‘eco-warriors’ of Skelton Primary School, the children sowed wild flower seeds, under the guidance of Steve Ashton from Tees Valley Wildlife Trust who has been involved throughout.

The project has been funded through grants from Banks Community Fund, The Rothley Trust, RCVDA, NAP, SVCP and Stuart White.

There are plans to have an Information Panel detailing the aspects of the site, a sculpture of Frank Wild, Skelton’s Antarctic Explorer, with an Information Panel about his achievements.

These will be funded by Skelton & Brotton Parish Council & Elected Members.

Skelton Open Gardens Weekend

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By Stuart White

ver the weekend of 25th/26th June Skelton will be hosting its second Open Gardens weekend, organised by residents in the local community.

We have a variety of interesting gardens for you to look around, some being terraced with outstanding views, whilst others are level with colourful borders and wild life areas. Eight gardens will be open, including the grounds of Skelton Castle, by kind invitation of Mr. Anthony Wharton. Four of the gardens are different to those opened in 2015.

Entrance will be by programme only, valid for Skelton Castle Gardens on either Saturday or Sunday,

all other gardens on both days. Price is £5 per person (accompanied under 12’s free).

Tickets are on sale at Skelton Library and various local High Street shops. On the open days tickets will be on sale in Skelton Civic Hall Car Park, Coniston Road, TS12 2HP. The gardens will be open 11am-4pm, with last entry to the Castle Gardens at 3.00pm and all other gardens at 3.30pm Refreshments will be available at two gardens; also, there will be a raffle, offering outstanding prizes, and garden books for sale.

Free return transport, kindly provided by Frontline Taxis, will be available between Skelton Castle and Skelton Mill.

This year’s proceeds will go to the Great North Air Ambulance, including donations from special stalls set up at Skelton Mill’s Tea Room, selling cup cakes and teas/coffees.

So, come along and explore the gardens of Skelton whilst supporting a very worthwhile charity. We look forward to seeing you.

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Popular anti-dog fouling powers approved by Cabinet

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ough new rules on people who fail to pick up after their pet, which have received overwhelming public support, have been given the seal of approval by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council’s Cabinet.

The new offences, which would be grouped alongside existing offences under a wide ranging Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), are: Failure to have the means to pick up after a dog and not allowing dogs in

fenced-off children’s playgrounds.

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council has become one of the first authorities in the country to introduce the new powers, which carry fines of £100 for anyone caught flouting the orders beginning on Friday 1 July.

The proposals proved popular during a consultation with residents across the borough, who were sick of an inconsiderate minority refusing to clean up after their dog. More than 98% of respondents agreed the council should continue to make it an offence for people who fail to pick up after their dog. More than 85% also agreed dog walkers should carry the means to pick up after their dog.

Cllr Alec Brown, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: “One of the most common complaints the council receives is about mindless individuals refusing to pick up after their dog. These rules, which proved popular with residents since they were first proposed, makes it clear that the council will not tolerate the small minority that ruins the borough for both residents and visitors.”

For more information on the PSPO and to report dog fouling in your area, visit: www. redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/dogfouling or call 01642 774774.

‘Recycling proposals and offering no new action’, MP slams the Heseltine review

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P for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Tom Blenkinsop criticised the Heseltine review in parliament recently saying it would get ‘no marks for originality’ and fails to ‘call for the clear action needed’.

The report, he argued, recycles proposals from previous agreements and offers mostly vague aspirations for the area.

Where specific proposals are made the government seems hesitant to act on them. In response to questions from Tom Blenkinsop, Alan Jones from the Department for Transport said the department would consider the electrification of the rail line between Northallerton and Teesport only after 2022 and would not include it in the currently scheme as recommended. The Department for Education also failed to confirm whether it would act on the recommendation to prioritise the Tees Valley area in a national roll out of the National Teaching Service scheme.

In a debate on the subject in parliament Tom Blenkinsop said: “This report is a missed opportunity. It fails to recommend action to save what’s left of the steel industry in Teesside, secure investment in the SSI site and back the Tees Valley’s businesses.

“The reality is, this report guarantees no

additional action or extra funding from central government. It is essentially Lord Heseltine repeating an old shopping list that has been ignored by government before.

“I hope the government will pay more attention to these local aspirations now they have been endorsed by the former deputy leader of the Conservative party.

“But when I have asked questions of ministers relating to specific proposals in the report on transport, education and additional funding for the Redcar site they have either delayed answering or indicted there will be no follow up on the recommendations.

“Put simply this report and the government’s response to it are not good enough. The report asks the government to “consider”, “make assessment for” and “take account of” all sort of things. But it does not call for clear action to keep our steel industry alive, regenerate the SSI site or make us a world leader again.”

In the debate Mr Blenkinsop also rejected Lord Heseltine’s claim that employment has recovered following the closure of the SSI site in the Autumn last year. Instead, he highlighted the fact that unemployment was up by 23% in his constituency since the closure and by 43% in Redcar.

Disrespect for our beautiful area

●● Anne Brown holds a steel rod from one of three wheelie-bins, which have been burned at Hob Hill. Drinks cans and plastic containers litter the bonfire area.

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By Mike Morrissey

local resident has made an appeal to Saltburn’s young people to “show respect” for the town following a bonfire of three wheelie-bins on the Hob Hill playing field.

Anne Brown, who lives in the area, was upset at youngsters creating a bonfire of wheelie-bins in mid-June.

“This shows disrespect for our beautiful area and the people who live here - a lot, like me, walk their dogs on the field,” she said.

“Few people mind kids having a bonfire, which we all did at their age, but we ask them to respect the area.

“At least they should clear up after making a mess.”

Ms Brown also pointed out that wheelie-bins and their contents contained toxic fumes when lit.

She sugested that householders suffering a loss reported it to the police and obtained a crime incident number.

Ms Brown also deplored the burning of a mature tree at the Hob Hill playing field entrance

to “Spooks’ Wood, behind the town’s cemetery.

“Fires were started under the tree about two years ago and now the result of the damage is apparant,” she said looking at the dying tree.

A spate of wheelie-bins thefts on the Hob Hill estate was reported last September.

Several residents were said to be refusing to pay the £25 replacement fee charged by Redcar & Cleveland Council.

The council has put up a new litter bin on the Hob Hill car park, opposite the golf club. It handles both litter and dog poo.

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Lingdale Lift-Off turns tin into gold!

●● Councillor Steve Kay with Lingdale LiftOff’s Mike Jefferson and Gloria Robinson at the Springfield Community Allotment

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By Councillor Steve Kay

n the Middle Ages, the dream of every alchemist was to turn base metal into gold. Now, Lingdale Lift-Off has achieved this amazing ‘transmutation’, at least in the figurative sense.

This summer, Lingdale Lift-Off celebrates its Tin Anniversary, having been in existence for ten years. But it’s been Gold, Gold, all the way, as we look back on the voluntary organisation’s amazing record of success! Lift-Off was formed to reverse what its members saw as Lingdale’s

slow decline in the decades following the closure of the ironstone mine, in 1962. For that reason, environmental improvements have always been at the top of its programme; often coupled with reminders of Lingdale’s history, such as the village’s sacrifices in the mines and world wars, together with its sporting achievements, in cycling, football and horse racing.

Founder and chairman, Mike Jefferson, said: “We are not a wealthy organisation, so, apart from our own money-raising events, we have to rely on grants from Lockwood Parish Council, Redcar & Cleveland Council, the housing providers and other bodies. Our secretary, Gloria Robinson, has done her sums and calculates that, since inception, Lift-Off has brought funding into the village amounting to £180,000, mainly for environmental improvements. We want the children to value and cherish their village, and have worked closely with Lingdale Primary School, especially on horticultural projects, both at school and at the Springfield Community Allotment. In this respect and others, we have had sterling support, throughout, from our founder members, Vic Davison and Paula Miller, supported by the whole community.”

The Community Allotment is, undoubtedly, the greatest of Lift-Off’s achievements. By sheer hard graft, members converted a derelict, debris-strewn piece of land into a model garden, dedicated to the service of the village.

Providing all the labour themselves, they erected greenhouses and other buildings, as well as developing extensive flower beds and vegetable plots. Everything is of the highest standard, neat and orderly, with good footpaths linking the elements together. In spring and

summer, the whole area is a mass of colour.

The Community Allotment is ‘the jewel in the crown’ when it comes to the Northumbria in Bloom competition. Led by Lift-Off, Lingdale has achieved four successive ‘golds’ in the ‘large village’ category, as well as a plethora of minor awards, whilst the Community Allotment is judged ‘outstanding’, year upon year, in the RHS ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ competition.

Lift-Off’s great successes have helped put Lingdale back on the map, with items on local TV and radio, in addition to countless stories in the press. As well as its floral and environmental work throughout the village, Lift-Off is a sounding board for residents’ concerns, which are relayed to the local authorities.

In partnership with ‘Groundwork North East’, Lift-Off’s latest and possibly most ambitious scheme, is a training unit on about half an acre of land adjacent to the Community Allotment.

The scheme, at present under development, is central to a local ‘Street Eats’ project, with satellites in Dormanstown and Loftus. The purpose of the project is to encourage people to grow and prepare their own produce, which, generally, is cheaper and healthier than modern processed food.

The East Cleveland ‘Big Local’ is to provide a portakabin, for teaching purposes, operating in conjunction with hands-on horticultural activity.

Carillion, MIND and the military charity, First Light Trust, have already expressed an interest in training opportunities.

Lingdale Lift-Off has been a success story from start to finish. If you are interested in becoming a Lift-Off volunteer, or just want a guided tour of the Community Allotment, phone Mike on 07817729278.

Here’s to another ten golden years!

Join the team and run in Redcar Half Marathon

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By Mike Findley MBE

nce again The Mike Findley MND Fund is entering a team in this year’s Redcar Half Marathon, which takes place on Sunday 25th September.

The money raised by the team will be split between MND Research and the Teesside Hospice. For anybody willing to join our team for the half marathon or the Beacon 5K race, we will register you and pay your registration fee (£30).

All we ask is that you guarantee at least £50 sponsorship money (we will supply T-shirts and sponsorship form).

If you are interested in joining our team please contact me by email mikefindley@ntlworld.com

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Turning a childhood dream into reality

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omething amazing is about to happen in Skelton and make a childhood dream come true for one resident.

Andy Oliver explained his story to Coastal View: “When I was a kid about 13 years old, I watched a film called Overboard starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. In the film Kurt Russell’s character designed and built a mini golf course. This was the part in the film that stuck with me. Ever since then I have wanted to build a mini golf course and 28 years later the dream has finally become a reality.

“To get to this point in the design and playing style of the course, I have taken the best parts of all European courses seen while travelling with my courier business and brought them to Holey Molies.

“The idea behind the course is to combine elements of crazy, adventure and mini golf all in one course. This is

going to be the biggest 18 hole indoor course in the UK. The appeal will be for family outings, couples and also all forms of golf enthusiasts wanting extra practice.

“We are very excited to say that we will be bringing the world’s longest hole in the world to Skelton. The current record is 201 feet and is in North America. Our hole will be over 260 feet which will be authenticated

by Guinness world records later in the year. As well as the golf being fun there is also an educational element incorporated of the local iron stoning history. This is aimed at everyone learning about the area we are proud to live in and is ideal for school trips.

“Our mascot Walter the mole the ironstone miner, will be coming to help in September. He is going to be very busy as we will have our children’s birthday parties starting and also the authentication of the world’s longest

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“To accompany the course we will have a large dining area where we will be serving locally sourced quality food, at affordable prices. There will be freshly baked sweet treats available daily. All can be enjoyed in the dining area unless we are lucky to get lots of sunshine, then you can enjoy our safe and secure decked area in the garden.

There will be lots of events planned such as cream teas, school trips, community projects/activities that will all be able to have their own time slot.

We also plan on having fun themed nights such as 70’s disco golf nights, Greek nights and much more.

“Applications have been submitted and plans are in place for our licensed bar to serve a range of beer, lager, wines and cider. Plans are also in for a separate second bar area which will include two UK snooker tables, one 9 ball American pool table, two UK standard pool tables and two dart boards.

“Here at Holey Molies we will have an action packed events calendar. Just some of the events planned are our Halloween Spooky week where the course will be turned into a spooky graveyard. The Christmas period will see the course transform into a Winter Wonderland with a very special visitor called Santa! There will be a tournament called Holey Molies annual open which is going to be backed by The World Mini Golf Federation and The British Mini Golf Federation. This will see up to 520 players battling it out over three days for a £20,000, winner takes all first prize. This will be the biggest prized competition in mini golf.

Coverage of this event will be televised

and will bring players from all over the for business growth through Redcar world to Skelton in order to participate and Cleveland. Ainsley has been a key and is also open to entry from anyone person from the very start in making sure that Holey Molies is a success. that wants to take on the challenge.

“We have created five full time staff “The vision of Holey Molies is to positions, including a baker and cook make the local area proud of having and also 10 part time staff. There is the such a facility in the area. We plan on possibility of future growth which will giving back to the community through mean we will need further staff. We are hosting Charity Events for local keen to employ from the local area and charities in the area. Our team will be also have an interest in apprenticeships. customer focused ensuring everyone “The majority of the project has been receives an excellent experience when funded by myself but we have had visiting Holey Molies. some financial backing from TEDCO “There will be the opportunity Business Support through the Virgin for businesses to advertise with us start up plan, who are also going to give by sponsoring a hole, events and us business support for three years and scorecards.

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Council leader names new Cabinet team

ast month the Labour Leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Sue Jeffrey published the names of her Cabinet for the coming year.

A new member is Labour Councillor Alec Brown a Dormanstown Councillor who is taking responsibility for the environment portfolio. Cllr Jeffrey said it was a great appointment and would bring real strength and new thinking to the eight strong Labour team who run Redcar and Cleveland Council.

In a letter sent to the leaders of the three opposition groups on the council - Conservative, Lib Dem and Independent - Sue said that despite a recent vote at the Council’s Annual General Meeting which saw an independent Councillor installed as Mayor, and a number of previously Labour chaired Committees being taken over by other parties and independents, Labour, as by far the single largest Party on the council will fill the positions of Leader, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Members.

The letter goes on: “When the Labour Group took control in 2015 I made it clear that we wanted to move to a new inclusive way of working. We recognised we were a minority administration (albeit with by far the largest group) and that we would deliver better decisions if we used the talents of every member of the Council, coming together to make policy by consent. To that end we introduced a range of different opportunities for joint discussion, debate and policy-making that had never happened before. Sadly, the decisions taken at the Annual General Meeting undermined this new approach and completely disregarded the positive progress we have made by working together.

“However, the political composition of the Council has not changed either immediately before or since the AGM, so it is Labour’s leadership team that will be leading the Council in the coming year.

This decision accords with the clear wishes of the

majority Labour voters in the Borough as shown in the results of the 2015 elections and confirmed recently by the Police Commissioner ballot.

“We know we will have to make some big decisions - how to proceed with the clear up of the SSI site, attract new jobs and industry to the Borough, finalise the production of the Council’s Local Plan for housing, transport and business, continue the drive to ensure our schools produce excellent outcomes for all our children and maintain our first class social care for older people. All this at a time when we are faced with £25m of government cuts over the next three years.

“I am proud of what we have done in our first year despite the difficulties we have faced and look forward to working with all Redcar and Cleveland Councillors to tackle the real challenges that are to come.”

Cabinet 2016/17 as follows: Leader Councillor Sue Jeffrey Deputy Leader/Adult Services Councillor Dave Walsh Children’s Services Councillor Craig Hannaway Regeneration Councillor Dale Quigley Health & Housing Councillor Lynn Pallister Corporate Resources Councillor Christopher Massey Environment and Neighbourhood Services Councillor Alec Brown Jobs, Skills & Leisure Councillor Carl Quartermain

Warning that government buses bill could wreck plans for the Tees Valley

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he government has announced that their long awaited buses bill could stop councils running bus services and new council run services will be scrapped all together, a move which could damage Lord Heseltine’s plans for the Tees Valley.

Labour Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Tom Blenkinsop, warned that the reliable bus service is key to Lord Heseltine’s Tees Valley could be jeopardised by the government’s new busses bill.

Tom said: “The bus industry across the UK is in crisis. Figures out today to accompany the

launch of the bill show there has been a fall of 27 million passenger bus journeys taken in England since last year - and this follows falls in past years.

“This is a bill with one major flaw in it - it prevents councils running their own bus services in areas where they will be needed.”

“Figures show that since 2005, the number of miles covered by English local authorities supported buses has decreased by a huge 55 million miles. The annual bus stats also shows that bus fares have increased with fares in England increasing by 61% on average between March 2005 and March 2015.

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Post Office to move despite outcry

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By Mike Morrissey

altburn’s Post office is being moved to the new NISA convenience store in Windsor Road despite opposition from 1,000 people.

The figure was given at the May meeting of SNAP Saltburn Neighbourhood Action Partnership, which takes in local residents, groups and Redcar & Cleveland Council.

“One person who wrote in thought it was a good idea,” said Councillor Philip Thomson, who chairs the meeting.

“The PO said there was no alternative to moving to the NISA store.”

Responding to criticism of the Windsor Road site being dangerous for pedestrians, he said double yellow lines would be laid down by the end of May. Geoff Callaghan, of the Hazelgrove residential park, called the decision “unjust” with two dangerous crossings for pedestrians to walk over (Hilda Place and Windsor Road).

The PO’s decision was announced on a large poster at the Station Street building. It said the move would mean a walk of 350 metres from Station Street. The date for transfer to the new location would be announced at a “later date.”

The poster said some additional services would be offered. And travel money would be

available “on demand.” The PO’s services would be available from 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday and a retail counter staffed from 6am to 10pm.

Anne Yoxall, who has run the PO facility for the last 13 years is stepping down, but the other three members of staff will transfer to the NISA operation.

Staff said the new location would be more accessible for people who found the Station Street step difficult to get over.

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Missing Mayoral Chains of Office

Summer Woodland Walks

id you know that East Cleveland is distinctive in high proportion of land covered by precious ancient woodland?

These ancient woodlands fill the narrow valleys that link the moors to the coast. In place probably since the last ice age, the importance of these woodlands lies in their fantastic scenery, complex ecologies and collection of forms, structures plants and animals that have evolved over time.

If you haven’t visited the woods for sometime, or would like to know more about the history and flora of the woods, then join the Wildlife Trust this summer to learn more about your local ancient woods under the guidance of an expert.

“With funding from National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, we will be looking at how the woods change through the seasons and encouraging people to observe their woodlands more carefully” said Kate Bartram of the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust. “We are starting the summer season with guided walks to discover the unique nature of three different ancient woodlands. As well as learning about the woodland plants, people will be guided to stop and draw or photograph elements of the woods to help us build a collective digital diary of the seasonal changes.” For more information visit the website www.teesvalley.org/ woodlanddiaries/

●● Five time former Chairman and Mayor of Guisborough Town Council Malcolm Griffiths, wearing the missing chains

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Clarkson’s Wood, Liverton Mines

Sunday 24th July 1-4pm

Meet at the junction of Cleveland Street and Liverton Road, Liverton Mines

Hagg Wood, Moorsholm

Wednesday 24th August 1-4pm Meet outside the former Toad Hall Arms, Moorsholm

Saltburn Gill, Saltburn

Sunday 28th August 1-4pm

Meet at Cat Nab car park, Saltburn

Please contact info@teeswildlife.org to book a place or ring 01287 636382. Please wear suitable clothes and footwear for visiting woodlands. They walks may be muddy and steep, Bring a drink and snack, cameras and field sketching materials.

t the Guisborough Town Council Annual General Meeting, which took place on Thursday 19th May 2016, outgoing Mayor Councillor Griffiths made the following statement: “It is with great regret the missing Mayoral Chains of Office have not been found despite an intensive search. A Police investigation was followed by an internal investigation, and both have proved inconclusive.

They are missing presumed stolen and action is now commencing to have them replaced.”

Councillor Mrs Alma Thrower was elected Chairman of the Council and therefore Guisborough Town Mayor

for 2016/2017. Councillor Dennis Teasdale was elected Vice Chairman.

Councillor Mrs Thrower has been involved in Local Government for many years and has previously served on the Borough Council as well as Guisborough Town Council.

It will be the second time she has been the Mayor of Guisborough, previously in 2009, she is looking forward to representing the people of Guisborough Parish at many public engagements and official events.

During her Mayoral year Councillor Mrs Thrower will be raising funds for her chosen charities; Friends of Guisborough Cemetery and Guisborough Museum.

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Job joy for Redcar man after volunteering stint

tenacious Redcar man has secured employment after spending time volunteering at Coast & Country’s Westfield Farm.

Brian Atkinson was introduced to Westfield Farm by Redcar & Cleveland Volunteer Development Agency and immediately agreed to help out with garden maintenance for a couple of days a week. He also took advantage of the varied courses available and Coast & Country’s Forging Futures programme.

Located in Dormanstown, ‘The Farm’ is a one-stop-shop that provides the kind of high quality advice, guidance, training and support that helps people get back into work. The facility is also a UK Online Centre, which

gives people access to the Internet. It also offers digital training for all levels of ability.

Brian volunteered in the Farm’s Tenant Resource Centre IT suite reception, learning basic admin skills and building up confidence, which enabled him to support others with job searches and CV advice.

He also joined Friends of Westfield Farm and took a more active role in planning events and raising awareness of the facilities available, particularly for job-seekers.

This has all paid off for Brian who has been offered a contract with Coast & Country as part of its Estate team.

Brian has left a lasting legacy at Westfield Farm, sketching a cartoon of volunteers which

It’s all in the mind

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o often we are told “It’s all in the mind,” and I’m sure they are right.

But that’s about how far it goes – a passing phrase, without thought. Everything in our mind is either fact, or fiction; and it’s all so real, isn’t it?

Have you heard the phrase, “The map is not the territory,” well this is also very true! When we look at a map, we get a good idea of what is where – we can also judge distances and height. But this is just a simple representation of what is really out there, when we walk the route.

Have you ever had that strange feeling, when looking in the mirror – who is that person, it’s not what my thoughts tell me about myself.

It often makes me feel uncomfortable and I don’t want to look for too long. Do you ever feel you are just going through the motions – acting out a part, following a script that has been written for someone else? Following this kind of path, prevents us from beginning to unravel our true self.

We know when an engine, or musical instrument is in tune it sounds just right. We are familiar with looking after our bodies, clothes, food and exercise. So how do we train our minds – after all, this is where reality begins and ends.

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Armed Forces Day events in Redcar

day of tributes to the dedication of all members of Britain’s Armed Forces will take place in Redcar on Saturday 25 June.

The 2016 Armed Forces Day event will see all three branches of the military come together on Redcar High Street with a Welcome Address at 10.45am given by the Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland, Cllr Barry Hunt, and the Deputy Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, Mr David Kerfoot MBE DL, marking the start of a day of events and remembrance.

Events include a Service of Remembrance led by Reverend Rachel Harrison as well as a Drill Competition which will pit the Cadet Forces of the Army, Air, and Sea against each other with the day ended at 2.55pm by a flyover by a Lancaster bomber and an evening colours event.

Led by the Redcar branch of the Royal British Legion, with support from Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and Redcar Rotary Club, a number of current and former forces personnel will be on hand to make sure the sacrifices many servicemen and women made for their country are not forgotten.

To mark the start of the week leading up to Armed Forces Day, there was an Armed Forces Flag raising at Redcar’s Garden of Remembrance on Coatham Road.

The event saw the Mayor raise the flag alongside the President of the Redcar Branch of the Royal British Legion. Also at the event were Standard Bearers, Veterans, Soldiers from the Yorkshire Regiment and local school children.

Mayor Hunt said: “Armed Forces Day is an excellent occasion for everyone in Redcar and Cleveland to pay tribute to the sacrifices made by men and women across the borough who put their lives on the line to keep our country safe.

“Their dedication, from the battlefields of France in World War Two, to the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq more recently, will never be forgotten.”

The event has been mainly organised by Eric Howden BEM and the Redcar branch of the Royal British legion. Eric Howden BEM, who was awarded the British Empire Medal in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours List, is the Chair of the Redcar branch and he said: “This is a very special time for all our local ex-service personnel and cadet forces who can show the work they do, also our local reserve units. It is a time when we can all come together and put on a nice show for the community. We are also joined on this day by local charities, which gives everyone a chance to raise funds and enjoy a day together. A real team effort.”

For more information on Armed Forces Day events in the borough, please visit: www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/armedforcesday

Eston Hills Spring Clean 2016 Volunteers want more!

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They started at the Riding School and an hour later had arrived at the Nab filling dozens of bags along the way. They paused for refreshments and taking in the views and then set to work cleaning up the famous old summit.

Craig Hornby, of The Friends of Eston Hills said: “The amount of litter never fails to astound but it’s always

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great to see the end result of a bit of teamwork and lots of kids getting involved. The spirit was great.

“The hills are besieged with burnt out cars and fly-tipping and you often feel like you are banging your head against a wall but the group was really enthusiastic and are mad keen to do another. We need more people getting involved and we need heavy duty rubbish bags so anyone can help please get in touch.”

Kath Pierson of Flatts Lane said: “Great day out in the fresh air on the beautiful Eston Hills that are such

massive part of our heritage and good way of keeping fit. The amount of rubbish that we found in such a small area was unbelievable.”

Jon Gordon of Redcar said: “I took my four-year old grandson Riley up the hills for the first time. He loved using the picker and was thrilled to reach the top of the “mountain”.

I totally believe you are never too young to learn about the protection of the environment and keeping our local beauty spots clean. My parents always made us bring our rubbish home and it’s an easy thing to do.”

Cleveland Police Cadets win national award for work with dementia sufferers

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leveland Police Cadets have won a national award for their work with people suffering with dementia in the local community.

The cadets triumphed over all other forces in the country to win the National Volunteer Police Cadet Award for Best Social Actions.

Police Cadet Coordinator, Craig Green, was invited to give a presentation on the social actions of Cleveland’s Cadets at the National Volunteer Police Cadet Conference at the Tulliallan Police Training Centre in Fife, Scotland, on Sunday 5th June.

The conference, which was hosted by Police Scotland, heard how Cleveland Cadets have organised a number of events for dementia sufferers and residents from local care homes over the last eight months.

In December, the cadets arranged a screening of the 1954 film ‘White Christmas’ at the Regent Cinema in Redcar, in partnership with The Alzheimer’s Society, Safe in Tees Valley, Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger and The Regent Cinema. The cadets dressed to replicate the era in relevant clothing and they sold ice creams and cakes from wooden usherette trays.

A Christmas party was organised for residents of a care home in Middlesbrough, and computer tablets have been donated to care homes along with training for residents and staff to show them how to use apps such as games or Skype to contact family members and friends.

Ings Road Primary School performed a World War II themed production for elderly people and Cleveland Police Cadets arranged tea, coffee and refreshments for them whilst they enjoyed

the show.

Temporary Chief Constable Iain Spittal said: “Congratulations to the cadets, what a fantastic achievement. They have shown incredible community spirit and dedication to helping our most vulnerable members of society.”

B a r r y C o p p i n g e r, P o l i c e a n d C r i m e Commissioner for Cleveland, said: “This is a fantastic and well deserved accolade and the cadets should be rightly proud of their achievements.

“They are a wonderful bunch of young people who have given their spare time to help communities.”

Police Cadet Coordinator, Craig Green, from Safe in Tees Valley which is funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner to run the cadet programme on behalf of Cleveland Police, said: “This award recognises the hard work that our cadets in Cleveland put into working within local communities and trying to make a difference.

“The cadets will continue with their good work and continue to engage with people who suffer from dementia. One of their next steps is to help introduce the Herbert Protocol in various residential and care homes around Cleveland, which encourages carers, families, friends and neighbours to hold vital information which could help police find someone with dementia if they go missing.

“It is very important for police to better understand conditions such as dementia and working with people who are suffering from this illness builds up relationships and helps to keep some of the most vulnerable people within our communities safe.

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Counsellor goes full circle at college

Zetland Lifeboat Museum re-opens ● Gillian Harrison and Tina Dadd at Redcar & Cleveland College

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former Redcar & Cleveland college student has gone full circle in her career after returning to the college to offer counselling services to students and staff.

Tina Dadds’ counselling training first began in 2008 after a leaflet promoting a reduced £20 fee course was posted through her door.

Eight years and a first class Therapeutic Counselling honours degree later, Tina has returned to the college in her role as student service lead with Alliance Psychological Services to deliver free counselling and psychological therapies to students and members of staff.

Tina first attended evening classes at Redcar & Cleveland College to study Level 2 Counselling Concepts and Level 3 Counselling Skills.

She went on to gain a Foundation Degree in Counselling which led to her securing her first role in the counselling field with a local school counselling service.

Tina, from Marske, said: “The location of the college and the opportunity to study at Higher Education level meant the course was ideal for my needs and I believe the quality of my qualifications helped me to secure employment.”

Alliance Psychological Services, which currently offers a student therapy service covering 11 colleges across Teesside on behalf of the NHS, also provides free talking therapies to adults aged 16 years and over who are registered with a GP in Stockton, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool or Redcar & Cleveland.

Tina, who delivers counselling to students suffering from a number of issues, including

bereavement or relationship issues, added: “I have a sense of achievement in bringing and delivering this service into the very college where I started my counselling journey. My role continues to develop, taking on new opportunities and responsibilities, all of which are possible due to the qualifications I gained whilst studying at Redcar & Cleveland College”.

Due to the successful referral rate to the service, Alliance Psychological Services has also placed a psychological wellbeing practitioner in the college to offer low intensity cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) to students and staff who are struggling with issues including stress, low mood or anxiety.

Gillian Harrison, therapeutic counselling course leader at Redcar & Cleveland College, said: “Tina embraced every aspect of training throughout the complete progression route and was an absolute joy to teach. The course team never doubted that she would make an excellent counsellor.

“I’m delighted that Tina has now been able to return to the college to offer counselling services to our students through her role with Alliance Psychological Services. The counselling course team are incredibly proud to have supported so many students who have gone on to secure employment in counselling services across Tees Valley and appreciate the continued support of agencies offering placements to our current students. Tina is a fabulous ambassador to promote this further.”

For further information on Redcar & Cleveland College, please call 01642 473 132 or visit http://www.cleveland.ac.uk.

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By Jim Veitch Secretary

he Zetland Lifeboat Museum on the seafront at Redcar has now re-opened on a full time basis following the removal of the all-enveloping scaffolding erected to facilitate the repointing of the Grade 2 listed building.

The extensive works carried in repointing the building using original methods and the replacing approx. 900 weather damaged bricks has considerably improved the appearance of this 140 year old building. Following on from the extensive internal redecoration in the early part of the year and the updating of the displays the museum has been totally revitalized both inside and out.

Admission to the museum is free, although donations of any size would be gratefully

accepted to help defray our running costs.

Come along and learn the story of the world’s oldest surviving lifeboat built in 1802 and which has spent her entire life in the area.

Come and view a Whale’s Jawbone complete with its teeth, view the extensive collection of ship models and other exhibits together with our large collection of photographs of Redcar in days gone by.

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Don’t be afraid to pop in and have a look and speak to the volunteers on duty.

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Outrage as three pole traps found set on North Yorkshire grouse moor

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n individual has received a police caution after admitting responsibility for setting three pole traps on a grouse shooting estate inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Pole traps were outlawed in 1904 and consist of a metal spring trap placed on an exposed post in order to target birds of prey. When triggered they snap shut with considerable force, crushing the legs of the bird.

Trapped birds remain present until they succumb to their injuries or are killed by the trap operator.

On Friday, 6 May 2016, a member of the public reported finding three spring traps illegally set in the open on isolated posts about 100 metres apart.

These were at a remote location along the north side of Widdale Fell, on the Mossdale Estate near Hawes, North Yorkshire.

Particularly concerning, was that a hen harrier had been sighted the same morning hunting on the fell a short distance away. The finder made two of the traps safe and reported the matter to the RSPB. RSPB investigators attended that same day and installed covert cameras on two of the traps. The safety catch was put in place on the remaining set trap to prevent it catching anything.

Returning on the evening of Monday 9 May, it was

discovered that all three pole traps had been reset.

The covert footage showed an individual earlier that day taking the safety catch off one trap and resetting another.

RSPB investigators made the traps safe and reported the matter to the police. Wildlife Crime Officers from North Yorkshire Police attended with RSPB the following day and recovered all three unset traps. Two of the traps had small feathers adhering to the jaws, suggesting they may previously have caught birds.

An individual was later interviewed by the police and accepted responsibility for setting all three traps.

He received an adult caution.

Bob Elliot, Head of RSPB Investigations, said: “These are dreadful barbaric devices and have no place in the 21st century. North Yorkshire has long held the unenviable reputation of the worst county in England for raptor persecution.

“The sighting of a hen harrier in the immediate area is of particular concern. This species is nearly extinct as a breeding species in England and it last bred successfully in North Yorkshire in 2007 despite huge areas of suitable habitat. Earlier this year, Defra launched its Hen Harrier Action Plan, which has been supported by shooting organisations. Yet again, we have seen that there appears to be little sign that birds of prey will be tolerated in our uplands.

“These crimes are extremely difficult to investigate.

Whilst we are grateful for the excellent police response in attending this incident, we simply do not understand the decision to issue a caution for such a serious case. We will be writing to the police to ask for an explanation of this decision.

“The UK government has set raptor persecution as one of the national wildlife crime priorities. To create a meaningful deterrent we believe there needs to be a zero tolerance approach to serious crimes of this nature.”

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“Heseltine figures on local school performance false and outdated” says Redcar and Cleveland education chief and local MP’s

ocal school performance figures produced by Tory Peer Lord Heseltine in his recent report on the future of the Tees Valley “were false and outdated” according to Redcar and Cleveland’s Education Cabinet Member, Councillor Craig Hannaway and the Borough’s two MP’s, Anna Turley and Tom Blenkinsop.

The figures were included in a commentary on what Lord Heseltine said was “poor OFSTED attainment judgement on local schools” and which required, in his words, “bloody minded oversight” to correct.

Craig said: “Naturally we sought to analyse his findings insofar as schools in Redcar and Cleveland were concerned and what we found set us back. He said three local schools - Errington Primary in Marske, Highcliffe Primary in Guisborough and the Outwood Bydales Academy in Marske - had “required improvement” status. Yet it transpires that he was basing this on OFSTED reports now overtaken by new reports and results, all of which show marked “improvement.”

“The OFSTED reports he relied on were old ones, dating from the early part of 2014 for the primary schools and late 2013 for Bydales School.

“The later OFSTED’s from April this year for the two primaries both showed that they were now officially recorded as “good”, and whilst Bydales as an academy school has not yet had a fresh OFSTED,

official figures from this year show tremendous improvement in a number of key curriculum areas there. All this was made known to the people preparing Lord Heseltine’s report but was ignored in terms of the commentary. Indeed Council officers seeing a draft of the report pointed these facts out. Again, this was ignored.

“It seems that the Heseltine agenda was to hype up alleged “inadequate performance” against the true facts of overall improvement whilst ignoring the other fact that primary school performance in our Borough is amongst the best in the land - a fact commented on recently by OFSTED boss, Sir Michael Wilshaw.”

Tom Blenkinsop said: “I called the Heseltine report a document full of recycled ideas and facts. Here we see how he was even replying on out of date and overtaken recycled facts. “This shoddiness in an official government report is simply maladministration of the part of Lord Heseltine’s team. These schools deserve better.”

Anna Turley said: “This document was presented as one “centred” in Lord Heseltine’s own words, on the need for local councils and academies to boost “poor” education - even when the facts showed that this poor performance in a number of schools had been conquered.

“I intend to ask questions about this when parliament returns as the report simply inflicts reputational damage on schools that do not deserve this kind of criticism.”

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Church stalwart leaves Saltburn

●● Janet Leafe, of Cancer Research, Elaine Dunning, of Zoe’s Place, James Atkinson, of Great North Air Ambulance Service, Iain Simm, Chief Executive at Coast & Country and Wendy Wilson of Cancer Research

Coast & Country celebrates three years of charity support

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taff at Redcar-based housing provider Coast & Country have raised more than £16,000 for charity, which has been divided between three worthy causes.

Over the past three years, Coast & Country has supported the Great North Air Ambulance Service, Zoe’s Place and Cancer Research UK as its chosen charities.

The money has been raised through various activities including charity quizzes, race nights, cake & bake sales, golf days, charity spa days and other fundraisers.

At this year’s charity event at Coast & Country’s Westfield Farm, each of the organisations was presented with a cheque for an extra £1,440 after already having received £4,000 each.

Iain Sim, Chief Executive at Coast & Country, said: “Coast & Country is honoured to support three such fantastic and worthy charities, the work they do is invaluable to so many people across the area and also nationally.

“The fact we can help make a difference, even just a little bit, is so rewarding for our staff members who have worked hard on various projects to raise money for the good causes.”

Mandy Drake, Head of Fundraising, from the Great North Air Ambulance Service, said: “I cannot thank Coast & Country enough for all its support over the last few years, the donations will go towards helping to save the lives of many people across the north of England.”

Elaine Dunning, Corporate Fundraiser, from Zoe’s Place, said: “We are so grateful to Coast & Country for its continued support, the money raised from the fantastic fundraising activities carried out by its staff will help us to continue to support many children and families at our Middlesbrough hospice.”

Janet Leafe, Area Manager, from Cancer Research UK, said: “Thank you so much to everyone at Coast & Country for their donations and fundraising over the past few years. The work we do is so important in the fight against cancer and we rely heavily on the support of organisations such as Coast & Country.”

Pic caption: L to R Janet Leafe, of Cancer Research, Elaine Dunning, of Zoe’s Place, James Atkinson, of Great North Air Ambulance Service, Iain Simm, Chief Executive at Coast & Country and Wendy Wilson of Cancer Research

●● A TOAST: Well-wishers at Ken Lightfoot’s farewell tea “toast” him at the Evangelical Church hall, Leven Street, Saltburn, on 28th May before he leaves for Northampton. He’ll be living near his son and family. From left David Brooking, Ken Lightfoot, Dorothy Taylor, Janet Carpenter and John Greetham.

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en Lightfoot, who has been a stalwart at the Evangelical Church, Leven Street, Saltburn, since 1987, is leaving the town to live with his son in Northampton.

Ken, 94, a former newsagent at Grangetown, has built up a wide circle of friends in Saltburn and will be sadly missed. But he has also found friends in his new home town after visiting it for the first time in several years.

Ken said that when he arrived in Saltburn membership of the Leven Street “mission” was

only eight, but it has built itself up to around 30 now. A social meeting room was built by members’ contributions several years ago.

An oil painting of Saltburn’s pier and Huntcliff was presented when tributes were paid to his faithful service to the church.

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Artisan Art Fair at the Inspired by… gallery

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Death of worker at Boulby

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Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July 2016

n outdoor fair showcasing some of the region’s most talented artists will be hosted this summer by the Inspired by… gallery at The North York Moors National Park Centre, Danby.

The Artisan Art Fair will take place on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July from 10am to 5pm. It is a joint venture by the gallery and the Scarborough Arts Forum (SAF), a Facebook group of over 400 Yorkshirebased artists.

Organiser Dean Regan of the SAF says: “The Artisan Art Fair 2016 will take place on and around the lawns of the Moors Centre at Danby, and will have a fabulous festival atmosphere.

“Twenty artists will have space in two large marquees, with further pop-up venues around the grounds. The marquees will be a buzz of activity with the artists demonstrating their techniques. Outside on the lawns more space will to be allocated to artists demonstrating an art or craft during the event.

“This new event will have the best of art from North Yorkshire. It will be the place to meet passionate local artists, see demonstrations and chat about creating art.

“We are also looking for musicians, singers and other performers and demonstrators to help with the festival feel who would be willing to showcase their talents for free.”

The artists booked to attend so far include: Dean Regan: fine art landscape paintings and animal studies Keith Blessed: pastel landscapes Gail Hurst: watercolours

Emma Evett: glass design Hanover Studios: three fine artists (Joy Green – watercolours and textures; Trish Shaw – papercuts; Gillian Elliot – mixed media) Dag Hagenaes Kjelldahl: large oil paintings John Turney; arts, crafts and photography Jill Turney: acrylics and watercolours Diane Todd: animal paintings Chris Taylor: landscapes Wendy Tate: multi-disciplinary artist – ceramics, illustration, painting, textiles Ann Bristow: wonderful wobbly art!

Colourful scenes of Yorkshire Vicky Milsom: conceptual illustration and painting Helen Bowes: mixed media, printer and plaster painter The two marquees are fully booked, but outside pitches are available at £20 per day.

Artists wishing to apply are asked to contact Dean Regan on 07816 296929 via the SAF Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/429790067156207/ 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. Admission is free, and the gallery is open daily from 10am to 5pm in the spring and summer months.

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i d d l e s b ro u g h S o u t h a n d E a s t C l e v e l a n d L a b o u r M P, To m Blenkinsop, spoke of his alarm over the death of a worker at the East Cleveland Boulby Potash Mine in the early hours of the morning of June 17th.

Tom said: “The miner who died in the explosion was one of my constituents who lived in East Cleveland.

“My immediate thoughts - and I have no doubt the thoughts of the entire local community - are with his family and friends.

“We cannot allow this death to go unmarked.

Over the last decade and a half, the mine has been a safe working environment, certainly compared to years past where accidents were more frequent.

“However, In the space of just a few months we have seen two tragic incidents. I am concerned that this must not become a pattern.

Mines’ legislation requires a full investigation, and I need to be reassured that this will indeed happen.

“I would also want to be reassured that recent redundancies at the mine have not altered day to day working practices to the extent that risk may have been allowed to creep back in. In the near future I will want to meet with both the mine owners, ICL Ltd, and the mine unions on these issues.”

Cllr Josh Mason, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, said: “Truly saddened to learn of the death of Mr John Anderson (Richie) whilst working at Boulby Potash mine.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and colleagues.”

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Reach for the stars

he most detailed ever satellite maps of England’s light pollution and dark skies, have been released by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), confirming that the North York Moors National Park (NYMNP) has some of the very darkest skies possible and no severe light pollution.

Findings, produced using satellite images captured at 1:30am throughout September 2015, have shown that 92% of the skies above the North York Moors are in the two darkest categories, which is fantastic news for the National Park.

The North York Moors has long been a magnet for those seeking tranquillity and peace, and low levels of light pollution are vital to those who wish to enjoy and be inspired by dark skies at night and the feeling of remoteness they engender. Dark night skies have been identified in our Management Plan as one of the special qualities that contribute to the unique character of the North York Moors. Earlier this year, the NYMNP was awarded another Dark Skies Status for its low light pollution and good public access at The Moors National Park Centre, Danby. Identified as a Milky Way Class Dark Skies Discovery site by the Dark Sky Discovery Initiative.

The North York Moors National Park also hosted its first Joint Dark Skies Festival with the Yorkshire Dales in February, providing 30 events across 13 locations to enjoy an array of celestial activities. The event proved so successful that the two National Parks will be hosting another joint event next year.

This research comes at a time of increasing awareness of the harmful effects light pollution can have on the health of people and wildlife. That these skies were monitored at 1:30am illustrates just how long into the night England’s lighting spills.

The new maps were produced by Land Use Consultants from data gathered by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in America. The NOAA satellite captured visible and infrared imagery to determine the levels of light spilling up into British skies. CPRE is sending lesson plans to primary schools in order to promote the enjoyment of dark skies.

CPRE is calling on local planning authorities to use these maps to identify areas with severe light pollution and target action to reduce it, as well as

identifying existing dark skies that need protecting.

CPRE recommends that: • We develop a policy to reduce light pollution in its emerging local plan.

• We use CPRE’s maps to inform decisions on local planning applications and identify individual facilities that should be asked to dim or switch off unnecessary lights.

• Local businesses review their current lighting and future development plans to save money by dimming or switching off light to reduce pollution.

As the National Park Authority is just starting work on its new Local Plan, this research is very much welcomed and will help inform policies to protect special qualities, including dark skies.

Richard Darn, amateur astronomer, said: “This report confirms that the starry skies of the North York Moors National Park are a treasure of national significance. With light pollution growing in many parts of the UK, we still enjoy wonders like the Milky Way and the stunning Northern Lights. But the findings are also a call to action. Dark areas are fragile and wasteful lighting is a threat to quality of the night-sky as well as nocturnal wildlife.

Anyone who has spent a few hours under a North York Moors sky after sunset will tell you what a special place this by night as well as day. It’s an increasingly rare view worth protecting for future generations.”

Emma Marrington, senior rural policy campaigner at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), added: “Our view of the stars is obscured by artificial light. Many children in urban areas may not have seen the Milky Way, our own galaxy, due to the veil of light that spreads across their night skies.

“Councils can reduce light levels through better planning and with investment in the right street lighting that is used only where and when it is needed.

“Our Night Blight maps also show where people can expect to find a truly dark, starry sky. The benefits of dark skies, for health, education and tourism, are now being recognised, with areas such as the South Downs National Park receiving International Dark Skies Reserve status. Dark skies are a key characteristic of what makes the countryside so different from urban areas.”

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Flatts Lane Country Park campaigners welcomes news of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council action to preserve trees on threatened housing site next to country park

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e have learned that the RCBC Planning Committee have voted unanimously in favour of imposing a permanent Tree Preservation Order for all trees on the site being proposed for a housing estate by developer Theakston Land.

The Borough Arborist visited the proposed development site in light of complaints from the public that trees were being unnecessarily felled across the site. The developer had been only been given planning permission to widen the access road for agricultural vehicles.

After inspection, the Arborist slapped a temporary Tree Preservation Order (‘TPO’) on trees across the site. This lasts for 6 months in which time the person affected can submit objection/comments and the planning committee can consider making the order permanent or not.

The Council Planning Committee received an objection from Theakston Land saying the TPO was not neccesary as the safety of the trees was not in doubt as they were an integral part of the of the scheme. News that the Committee voted unanimously to make the TPO permanent was welcomed by campaigners at a public meeting

on Saturday morning at Normanby Hall Cricket Club...

Spokesperson Janet Jeffrey of the newly formed ‘Flatts Lane Preservation Group’ said: “It is great news from the Council but it does asks questions of the developer - Why would Theakston say the trees were safe in their hands but object to a tree preservation order?

Why do they claim the development will be environmentally sensitive, yet they have tore down trees and filled in ponds.”

Craig Hornby, of The Friends of Eston Hills, also added: “This was a unanimous, all party committee decision and is very welcome.

Theakstons have been exposed again and should reconsider their application. This is not a done deal and we are determined to fight the erosion of our countryside and important wildlife habitat along the bottom of Eston hills. This campaign is growing and we are prepared to fight them all the way.”

We are appealing for people to submit written objections to the council. The deadline is June 24th. There is a link on our website; www. estonhills.info

●● Dark skies above Rievaulx Abbey, North York Moors Russell Norman Photography

●● Milky Way and Perseid Meteor shower at Sutton Bank Russell Norman Photography

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Fighting back for Redcar - Anna Turley MP EU referendum

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y the time this edition hits the streets, I know most readers will be settled in the way they are going to vote.

The great thing about this referendum is that everyone gets to have their say and each person’s vote counts the same as another’s, but I wanted to set out why I personally am intending to vote to remain part of the European Union.’

I recognise the frustration people h a v e w i t h t o d a y ’s e c o n o m i c pressures on things like jobs, wages, affordable housing. Our world is more globally linked than ever before, and in Redcar & Cleveland we have been at the sharp end when decisions made in China led to the closure of our steelworks.

But leaving Europe will not make these problems go away. As frustrating as it is, we can’t shut ourselves off from these challenges.

In fact, we will have even less control over them if we leave Europe because they are issues best tackled

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arers’ week – the annual campaign to raise awareness of caring and recognise the vital contribution carers make – was held earlier this month and I was proud to support it.

Carers make a huge difference to our society, often filling in the gaps in public services. Their contribution towards caring and supporting our elderly and vulnerable is immense and can often go without recognition.

They save the economy billions of pounds each year and without them the NHS would probably collapse. The Tory cuts to social care budgets since 2010 have left the care system facing crisis. This puts carers under even greater pressure. I have pledged to continue to stand up for carers in Parliament

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by working with other countries.

On steel for instance, it is the EU leading the charge against cheap Chinese steel and the Conservative government that has blocked tougher action. The Tories’ claim that they couldn’t save the steelworks because of Europe is also proven false by the fact they are now negotiating support for Tata in Port Talbot.

I know people also have concerns

about uncontrolled immigration but this too cannot be solved by leaving Europe. As a member we have control of our own borders and share data on criminals and terrorists so they can be prevented from entering the country. The European Arrest Warrant also makes it easier to deport foreign criminals so they can face justice in their own countries.

The real problems faced by local

Carers Week

●● Helen Anderson launches Teenage Cancer Trust abseil and to make sure their voice is heard in debates on legislation and government policy that affects them.

In the manifesto I stood on at the last election, Labour committed to a package of measures to support

workers, like the undercutting of wages in the construction sector, can be solved through laws without risking a huge loss of trade.

In the Redcar constituency, we have two major assets which are vital to our economic recovery. Both the Teesport and Wilton International benefit hugely from access to the European Union. The North East Process Industry Cluster joined business leaders from across the region to say that leaving the EU would deter investment, threaten jobs and put the North East economy at risk.

To those planning to vote Leave, I say please think about it one last time. Is it worth the risk to local jobs and trade and our rights at work which the EU protects?

My personal view is the risk is not worth it. We are far stronger and greater as a country by being in Europe and leading on tackling the problems we all face. I urge you to join me in voting Remain.

carers and this is something Labour MPs are continuing to push in Parliament.

Abseil for Teenage Cancer Trust in memory of Georgina Anderson My team and I had an amazing day abseiling 100ft down the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.

I am really proud to have done it in memory of Georgina Anderson from Marske who was such an inspiration. Thanks to Georgina’s family Helen, Paul and Joe for supporting us, to my office team for braving it with me, and to everyone who donated. I am proud to have Teenage Cancer Trust as my charity of the year and hope to raise lots of money to support their great work.

The Queen’s Speech was missed opportunity to help regions

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he Government’s agenda for the coming year was recently set out in the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament.

There was so little substance you might think the Government have nothing to do or say! I wanted to see some concrete action to boost the local economy, support local industry which has had a tough time recently, as well as investment in the NHS and support for the disabled. There was nothing to suggest that the Government takes these issues seriously. In their rhetoric they also talked about wanting to break down the barriers to opportunity and extend life chances but this contrasts hugely with their record which is one of undermining social justice and standing up for the wrong people - cuts to tax credits and the Employment Support Allowance being the most prominent example. After 6 years of a Conservative led Government, it no longer surprises me that, in budget after budget, our region is neglected. I had hoped the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ agenda would change that but too often it feels like that as local MPs in Parliament we are banging against a brick wall of indifference.

Pensions advice session

fter working with local women to set up the Redcar Older Women’s League, the group have organised their first event - an advice session on the changes to pensions for women.

This is a really useful event to get some support on planning for retirement, particularly after the Government poorly

communicated their accelerated changes to the State Pension Age. Attention 1950-1966 Ladies - do you know when you will receive your State Pension and feel you need more information?

Register to attend this free event on Thursday 23rd June 2016 630pm-830pm at The Zetland Rooms, St Peter ’s Church, Redcar

Email jane.tombling@ntlworld. com or text/call 07980154321 to reserve your place.

To obtain your State Pension Forecast BR19 application form – online at www.gov.uk/checkstate-pension – you will need your National Insurance number. ●● Redcar OWL meeting

Contact Anna Write: Anna Turley MP, 10 Milbank Terrace, Redcar, TS10 1ED Email: anna.turley.mp@parliament.uk / Phone: 01642 4851398 www.anna4redcar.org.uk / Twitter: @annaturley / Facebook.com/Anna4Redcar

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X Factor star advises Redcar youngsters on music career

Deadly dog disease continues to spread across the UK

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labama Rot, a deadly disease affecting dogs is spreading across the UK Cases of the mystery illness have been confirmed in at least 27 counties in England and Wales since 2012, with 14 cases confirmed in 2016 alone (to end April) and possibly two further unconfirmed cases in Scotland and Northern Ireland – the first in these two countries The cause is still unknown, treatment is at best 30% successful and dog owners need to be wary of the risks to their pets Dog owners across the UK are being urged to take extra precautions when out walking their pets this summer and beyond, to help combat the deadly disease, Alabama Rot. The mysterious illness, which first appeared in the late 1980s affecting greyhounds in America, has been found in at least 27 counties in England and Wales since 2012, with 78 cases confirmed in the UK and 14 being already identified in 2016 alone.

Scotland and Northern Ireland are thought highly likely to have also had cases recently, but both remain unconfirmed.

Now vets are working together, to increase awareness and help find the causes, including Alabama Rot experts Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists and Vets4Pets.

“The cause of Alabama Rot, clinically known as idiopathic cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV), is still unknown and there is no known way to prevent a dog from contracting the disease,” said David Walker, from Anderson Moores.

“While there is currently no known way to prevent a dog from contracting the disease, there is a very useful guide available online to help people understand where in the UK confirmed cases have been found and advice on how to spot signs.

“Any concerned dog owners should visit www. vets4pets.com/stop-alabama-rot/.”

To help collate correct data for dog owners, Anderson Moores is calling for all UK vets to contact them if they see a dog they suspect has Alabama Rot.

“Only tests on a kidney from an affected dog (most likely post mortem) will give 100% confirmation of the disease,” added David.

“There have been a number of cases ‘confirmed’ by vets, but unless we carry out analysis of the affected pet, we will never be able to confirm the disease.”

Vets4Pets, which has nearly 400 practices across the UK, is supporting the research work carried out

by Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists to help understand the disease, how it can be treated and possibly prevented.

“The concern among vets in the UK is that, unlike the Alabama Rot that affected greyhounds in America, the disease in the UK does not seem to target any specific breed, age, sex or weight of dog,” said Dr Huw Stacey, director of clinical services at Vets4Pets.

“Treatment is supportive, but is only successful in 20-30% of cases, which is why we’re encouraging all dog owners to use the online interactive guide to help them understand the clinical signs and confirmed locations of Alabama Rot. “The first sign that is normally seen is a skin sore that isn’t caused by a known injury. Most commonly these sores are found below the elbow or knee and appear as a distinct swelling, a patch of red skin or are open and ulcer-like.

“If a dog becomes affected the best outcome will probably come from early and intensive veterinary care, which has resulted in some dogs successfully recovering.

“Any dog owners who are worried that their pet might have Alabama Rot should contact their veterinary practice immediately.

“This will help build knowledge about the disease and also give a dog the best chance of survival.

“We would also encourage all vets and owners to work with David and his team at Anderson Moores so we can have a clear picture of confirmed cases in the UK, to help prevent more dogs falling victim to this terrible disease.”

To find out where in the UK cases of Alabama Rot have been confirmed follow this link www. vets4pets.com/stop-alabama-rot/

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●● X Factor star Josh Daniel, with Olivia Kate Smith and Richard Upshall, owner of RU Listening

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illingham singer/songwriter, Josh Daniel, has returned to his Teesside roots to meet aspiring young musicians.

Josh visited state-of-the-art Tuned In! youth centre in Redcar, which has fully-fitted recording studio facilities, to meet young people aspiring to a career in the music industry. Local entrepreneur and music talent manager, Richard Upshall, who is working closely with Josh, arranged the visit to allow the local performer to share his experiences with some of the region’s upcoming talent.

Among those Josh met, was 12 year old singing sensation, Olivia Kate Smith, who recently won the 12 and under category at the Beyond the Lights Awards, 2016 at Rainton Meadows Arena in Sunderland.

Despite leaving the X Factor after the Judges’ Houses stage, Josh’s talent was recognised by Jay Z’s record label, Roc Nation, which helped launch the careers of Rihanna, Rita Ora and

Kanye West. A single from his debut album will be released later in the summer.

Josh Daniel, said: “It was fantastic to visit Redcar and meet Olivia Kate – who has an amazing voice.

“Tuned In! is an amazing centre – I hope the facilities there will get more kids involved in music.”

Local entrepreneur and owner of RU Listening, Richard Upshall said: “Arranging for Josh to visit Tuned In! was a good opportunity for him to meet some of the young people who, like him, are growing up with their heart set on a career in the music industry.”

Fran Golightly, Manager of Tuned In!, Redcar, said: “We were delighted to welcome Josh and Richard to Tuned In!, to see the facilities we have on offer and meet some of our young people who are so enthusiastic about the music industry.”

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Testing the water to get back into work

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oung people have been testing the water in a Cleveland Fire Brigade programme giving them the skills and confidence to get back into education, employment or training.

Raft building and canoeing activities are included in a series of nine-week courses to be rolled out across Hartlepool, Stockton, Middlesbrough and Redcar over the next two years with up to 200 young people expected to take part.

The Tees Valley Pathways Inspire Project also gives young people the chance to try a range of firefighting activities, teamwork and leadership exercises, work experience and one to one support alongside qualifications such as First Aid and Health and Safety.

The project is part of the the Tees Valley Pathways Youth Employment Initiative Programme, managed by Hartlepool Borough Council and aimed at 16 to 29-year-olds who

are not in education, employment or training.

The first course based at Grangetown started last month. It will be rolled out to other venues across Cleveland over the two years and leads to a BTEC qualification in Fire and Rescue Services in the Community.

Sue Knott, Commissioned Services Manager for Cleveland Fire Brigade, said: “The funding is great news and means that many young people will get the chance to get their life on track and gain enough confidence, skills and training to put them on the road to getting a job.

“Each course will have two co-ordinators and a team leader from our Youth Development Team and I am sure all those taking part will hugely benefit from what they learn.”

Anyone wanting to participate or get more information can contact Kelly McNeil, Youth Development Team, on 07802 864017 or at kmcneil@clevelandfire.gov.uk

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Avocets raise a cheer at Saltholme

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vocets, the black and white, long-legged birds with uniquely upturned beaks – and emblem of the RSPB - have just hatched chicks at RSPB Saltholme.

Staff at RSPB Saltholme, the wildlife reserve and discovery park near Stockton, have been working hard to create the perfect home for avocets, and this year, efforts have paid off.

Dave Braithwaite, Saltholme Site Manager said: “This is fabulous news. We used fencing to protect the area we created for the avocets and other ground nesting birds, which has made all the difference. It is brilliant that avocets, the emblem of our organisation, are having success at our fabulous reserve.”

The birds have nested at Saltholme within an area of flooded grassland inside a `fox-proof` fence, which was funded by Teesside Environmental Trust and Impetus Environmental Trust, and hopes are high the chicks will survive and fledge. Currently three clutches have hatched with a further seven nests expected any day soon.

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Dave added: “Avocets are one of the most charismatic birds you can find anywhere in the world and to have them here on view for visitors to enjoy is really special. The news of the hatching raised a big cheer this morning.”

Avocets have long been the subject of intense conservation efforts and these birds, once restricted to a small island off the Suffolk coast, have been spreading northwards and colonising new habitats specially created for them and other associated species, such as lapwings.

In 1884 avocets were declared extinct as breeding birds in the UK. They returned to the Suffolk coast in 1947 and were the subject of intensive conservation efforts. Largely due to conservation measures established by the RSPB, numbers are now at an all time high with around 1000 pairs UK-wide.

The birds first returned to the Tees Estuary in 2008 when they successfully bred. Moving to the Saltholme reserve, where they will be subject to high levels of protection, bodes well for their sustainable future.

Grants up for grabs

he North York Moors National Park Authority is on the hunt for projects that will increase awareness of the area or will benefit local communities.

Two grants are on offer, the ‘Local Distinctiveness and Tourism Grant’ and the ‘Community Grant’. The Tourism Grant is available to fund innovative projects that look to increase awareness of the North York Moors National Park and/or the wider North York Moors area as well as use the area’s local distinctiveness for the benefit of visitors and ensure that any increase in visitors is sustainable.

The Community Grant is offering funding of up to £3,500 to community groups for small scale projects that meet one of the following priorities; providing environmental benefits, conserving cultural heritage and local history, or improving community facilities.

Applications for the Community Grant need to be received by 30 June while the Local Distinctiveness and Tourism Grant is considered throughout the year. However, as the grant fund is limited, applicants are advised to submit their applications as early as possible.

Last year the Authority was able to fund a variety of projects from the Community Grant such as installing barn owl boxes, providing play equipment, refurbishing toilets, resurfacing car parks and printing a publication on local history. And the Tourism Grant has supported initiatives such as electric bike hire for guests staying at Smugglers Rock and new country skills courses at Peat Rigg Outdoor Training Centre.

Catriona McLees, Head of Promotion and Tourism at the North York Moors National Park said: “The grants are a great way to help local communities, organisations and businesses. It gives them a helping hand to make a difference. One example of how the grant has benefited a local business is with Wheeldale Woolcrafts, who have been able to launch locally-produced and processed wool through the use of a carding machine for selling to spinners and felt makers, and to set up a display area and small shop for people to visit.”

More information on the grant schemes and how to apply can be found at www.northyorkmoors. org.uk/grants

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Get involved in Giving Nature a Home, your chance to save nature in North Yorkshire

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ew data reveals that only 33 per cent of people see hedgehogs in their gardens in North Yorkshire at least once a month, 14 per cent fewer than in 2014 • Gardens cover an estimated ten million acres in the UK, an area the size of five million football pitches, therefore have the potential to play a pivotal role in efforts to reverse the fortunes of struggling UK wildlife • The RSPB is calling on people to get involved in Giving Nature a Home this summer by doing at least one thing for wildlife in their garden or outdoor space • New online digital tool launched by the RSPB allows people to create their own personalised nature plan to help struggling wildlife in their area The RSPB is calling on people to get involved in Giving Nature a Home this summer by doing at least one thing for wildlife in their garden or outdoor space after new data revealed further declines in sightings of some of our most familiar and favourite garden species. Results from the wildlife survey showed only 33 per cent of people in North Yorkshire spotted a hedgehog snuffling around their garden at least once a month, 14 per cent fewer than in 2014.

Hedgehog populations are in a long-term decline with the latest figures suggesting that the UK population has dipped to under one million.

UK gardens cover an estimated ten million acres, an area equivalent to the size of five million football pitches. Each green space can make a difference, from a window box full of pollen rich plants for bumblebees to a small pond hosting a whole range of different species.

The RSPB is calling on people to help save nature this summer by getting involved in Giving Nature a Home, and doing at least one action for wildlife in their garden or outdoor space.

Daniel Hayhow, RSPB Conservation Scientist, said: “With the right care and attention your

garden could become a home to all kinds of different species, and you could have a front row seat to some amazing wildlife shows.

The UK is home to some fascinating garden wildlife from bugs to butterflies, hedgehogs to house sparrows – our outdoor spaces provide these species with the vital homes they need to survive.

“It’s interesting to see a rise in the number of people recording sightings of some of our struggling garden wildlife – and although this isn’t suggesting population changes – it could mean that people are becoming much more aware of the species that can find a home in their back garden.”

For the first time participants were asked to keep an eye out for foxes and stoats visiting their garden. The results revealed that foxes were the third most popular visitor with 16 per cent of people in North Yorkshire catching one in their garden at least once a month this year.

Stoats are an elusive species with six per cent spotting one on a monthly basis.

Grey squirrels remained the most common garden visitor in North Yorkshire for the third year running, with 67 per cent of participants spotting one scurrying across their garden at least once a month.

Daniel Hayhow added: “By providing shelter and a safe place to make a home, gardens provide an invaluable resource and are a key element in helping to save nature, perhaps even playing a pivotal role in reversing some declines.”

To help people create their own wildlife friendly garden, the RSPB launched a new online tool this week that will build their own personalised plan for nature. The plan will be unique to the individual and will not only target their favourite species, but the wildlife that is struggling in that particular part of the country.

You can create your own personal plan and give nature a home near you at www.rspb.org. uk/plan

Top scores for Trust in national patient survey

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h e res u lts of th e C are Qu ality Commission’s annual survey of inpatients have been published and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been ranked among the best performing trusts in two areas.

Responses to the adult inpatient survey 2015 were received from 612 patients aged 16 and above who had stayed in hospital for at least one night - a response rate of 52% which was higher than the national average of 47%.

The trust, which runs The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton and a range of community services, has been rated among the best performing trusts in the following areas: Emergency/A&E department Care and treatment The survey looked at 11 areas in total. In the remaining nine areas South Tees was ranked in the upper end of the “about the same as other trusts” category.

Karen Harwood, lead nurse for patient and

carer engagement, said: “We welcome all feedback – good and bad – as it helps us to improve care for future patients.

“We will look at these results, alongside other patient feedback we have collected, to identify any common themes and develop a plan for improvement and these results will support us to identify priority areas.

“We will continue to strive to improve upon the experience our patients receive in our hospitals and our aim is to be among the “best performing trusts” in all 11 areas of questioning. Key to achieving this will be the ability to continue listening and understanding effectively what truly matters to our patients through a variety of methods.

“There are lots of ways patients can tell us about their care whether it’s talking to hospital staff, contacting our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), completing questionnaires or sending suggestions via our website and social media sites.”

The full survey report can be viewed at www.cqc.org.uk/content/adult-inpatientsurvey-2015

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Yorkshire Birdwatchers needed to count breeding Woodcock

he Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is encouraging birdwatchers across Yorkshire to count their local Woodcock from now until 30 June.

There has been a worrying decline in the numbers of breeding Woodcock over the last 40 years and, throughout May and June, the GWCT and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) are working together to raise awareness of our native Woodcock numbers.

“There are likely to be a number of factors contributing to the decline, from changing habitat to increasing predation.” explains Dr Andrew Hoodless, Head of Wetland Research at the GWCT. “Ongoing monitoring is essential to help us understand annual fluctuations in numbers and assess the trend. The more volunteers who are willing to help out, the more accurate a picture we will obtain. We are asking birdwatchers to help us with this year’s survey by making three counts at dusk of displaying males.”

The Woodcock, being largely nocturnal, can be hard to spot. However, males conduct a distinctive courtship flight, accompanied by a shrill call, known as ‘roding’ at dawn or dusk.

Surveys of the male Woodcock show that following a period of relative stability, between 2009 and 2014, numbers dropped in 2015 and we now have about 55,000 breeding males in Britain. Given this trend, it is essential that the counts continue, and greater participation will help to reduce the errors around annual estimates. Key areas in the UK where counting is urgently needed include Yorkshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, North Wales and Scotland.

Dr Hoodless concludes: “We are very grateful to all the surveyors who have already taken part in our annual Woodcock surveys and would urge you to continue.”

For full details of how to take part see www. bto.org/volunteer-surveys/woodcock-survey. To learn more about current research on breeding Woodcock visit:

Sunburn: What to do if you accidentally get burnt

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he British Skin Foundation has sun safety tips available to the public on this page and our primary advice is to follow these to avoid sunburn in the first place.

However, we realise that sometimes accidents can happen. So with this in mind, Consultant Dermatologist and British Skin Foundation spokesperson, Dr Anjali Mahto gives some simple advice on how to reduce pain from sunburn and limit further damage.

Act quickly and get out of the sun Cover up the affected areas and stay in the shade until your sunburn has healed. Wear loose cotton clothing that allows your skin to “breathe” over the sunburnt areas.

Take over the counter pain relief Analgesia or painkillers can help relieve the pain and reduce inflammation caused by sunburn. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen are ideal and should be continued for a period of at least 48 hours if there are no contraindications. Paracetamol will help with pain but has little effect on inflammation.

Cool the skin Apply a cool compress to the skin e.g. a towel dampened with cool water for 15 minutes, or take a cool bath or shower. Aim to keep the temperature just below luke-warm.

Make sure the shower has a gentle flow of water rather than being on full power. If blisters are starting to develop, then a bath is preferable. Do not rub your skin with a towel, but gently pat it dry when you get out.

Moisturise

After a bath or shower, use an unperfumed cream or lotion to soothe the skin. Repeated applications of this are necessary to reduce the appearance of peeling and this may need to be continued for several weeks. Aloe vera or soy containing gels or lotions can be beneficial in soothing the skin. Aloe vera not only has a cooling effect on the skin but also acts as an anti-inflammatory. Be wary of using creams or lotions that contain petroleum, benzocaine, or lidocaine. These can either trap heat in the skin or cause local skin irritation.

Stay hydrated Sunburn can encourage fluid loss through the skin. Drinking plenty of water will prevent dehydration and help your body recover.

Alcohol should ideally be avoided during this time as it will make dehydration worse Use of mild steroid cream Using a weak steroid cream such as 0.5-1% hydrocortisone for 48 hours may decrease pain and swelling caused by sunburn and speed up the healing process. This is best avoided in small children.

Leave blisters alone Try not to pop blisters as this can lead to infection and scarring. They will settle by themselves after a few days. In the meantime, treat the skin gently.

What is sunburn?

Dr Mahto explains “Sunburn is an acute reaction in the skin that follows excessive overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

It causes direct damage to DNA resulting in inflammation and death of skin cells.

The risk is higher in equatorial areas or at altitude, particularly in those with fair skin types. Sunburn in childhood or adolescence can double the risk of developing melanoma in later life.”

Remember sunburn can cause long-term damage to the skin and prevention should be the key. If further information is required about skin cancer and its prevention, make an appointment to see a dermatologist who can discuss sun-protection and mole monitoring with you in detail.

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Holey Molies is the UK’s largest indoor 18 hole crazy mini golf co opening 1st July 2016!

The whole course is based around Walter the mole who is the last ironstone miner from the local area. Walter has created the 18 hole course which is 14,000 square foot garden area that the holes flow through. He lives in a miner’s shed that is incorporated around the course and will teach children ironstone heritage. He will also be present at children’s parties, open days and other special occasions.

You will start the course at the world’s longest mini golf hole at 264 feet. This starts from the highest point in the building, and has each player teeing time, it’s also a fabulous way to start the Holey Molies experience and be able to view the course from this point. The longest hole will be verified later i Guinness World Records, look out for more details. Can you get a hole in one and make your way onto our Hall of Fame?

Then making your way round the rest of the course, you’ll find each hole has it’s own skill level and individual design, making it varied and fun. The specifically built so that it can be played by beginners right through to professional players! The entire facility has been designed with access for ev paramount. All 18 holes are suitable for every member of the family. For those too little to play, let them enjoy our special tiny tots area.

Private Hire During term time we will be available for private hire to schools, community groups and business events. Why not connect with your colleagues over a fun game of golf – just the ticket to let off steam with your team!

Events July Friday 1st - Grand Opening of Holey Molies. Join us for our exciting opening day September Guiness World Record Authentication Introduction of Walter our mascot Commencement of children’s parties

October Monday 24th - Monday 31st Halloween spook-tacular

December Thursday 1st - Saturday 24th Come and visit Santa Winter Wonderland all month January Winter Wonderland open until Sunday 8th February Charity fund raising event April Easter Egg hunt

Mini Golf Tournament date to be arranged for 2017 Updates will be announced on facebook, website and local media

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Holey Molies, Alum Way, Skelton Industrial Estate, Saltbur General enquiries 01287 659110 (10am - 5pm) / Book and Website address is www.holeymolies.com

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First James Cook patient joins global lung cancer trial

Award hopes for unit supporting Parkinson’s sufferers

●● Patient Neil Turver (right) and his wife Phill Turver with the Parkinson’s team including Neil Archibald (back, centre)

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vital service improving the lives of Parkinson’s Disease sufferers has been shortlisted for a prestigious award – just nine months after opening its doors.

The Parkinson’s Advanced Symptoms Unit (PASU) , based at Redcar Primary Care Hospital, is in the running for the ‘Managing Long-Term Conditions’ gong at the Patient Safety Awards 2016.

The unit - a collaboration between South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Tees Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Foundation Trust - is the first of its kind in the UK. It provides patients and their carers with reassuring and quick access to assessments by a range of specialists involved in the management of Parkinson’s Disease.

It also offers home visits for patients with complications arising from their Parkinson’s Disease, whether physical, such as impaired movement, or mental, such as dementia and psychosis.

Dr Neil Archibald, project lead for PASU, said: “We are delighted to have the hard work of the PASU team recognised in this way.

“Since opening in September last year, we have seen improvements in quality of life for our patients, as well as a reduction in emergency admissions to the hospital and reduced length of stay for patients.”

Commenting on their experiences of PASU, one patient recently told the team: “We came away from the clinic feeling much more positive and relieved to know that help was close to hand and that we were not alone.

“As a patient it is so reassuring to know that such a well organised and much needed facility is available.”

The Patient Safety Awards recognise healthcare organisations that are “constantly innovating” and “overcoming challenges” to put patients’ needs first.

Winners will be announced on 5 July at Manchester Central, the first day of the Patient Safety Congress.

More than 800 people from across the NHS will gather for a night of recognition, rewarding and networking.

Alistair McLellan, editor of the Health Service Journal and Jenni Middleton, editor of the Nursing Times, said: “This year, the awards really highlight those organisations who are not only doing their day jobs, but going above and beyond every day to deliver exceptional patient care and safety.”

For more information on the awards, visit https://www.patientsafetycongress.co.uk/awards

said: “Lung cancer survival is still one of the lowest of all cancers but progress is slowly being made.

“More recently, immunotherapy drugs, which are drugs that switch on the immune system to fight cancer, have been proven to be more effective, less toxic and keep more people alive than chemotherapy in the second line setting in lung cancer (patients who have already had chemotherapy and their lung cancer is growing again).

“There are still a lot of unanswered questions. Is immunotherapy more effective treating patients in the first line setting (patients who have not received any treatment for their lung cancer)?

Does combining immunotherapy with chemotherapy result in an even greater benefit? What about if we combine two immunotherapy drugs together, will this increase their benefit further?

“The Checkmate 227 clinical trial is investigating these questions and the results may prove to be practice changing.”

Medical oncologists Dr Mansy and Dr Louise Li worked with a number of teams to bring the trial to James Cook including trials officers, the research and development department, histopathology, radiology, nuclear medicine, pharmacy, the chemotherapy day unit and schedulers.

Dr Mansy added: “To have this as an option for our patients is extremely exciting.”

●● Dr Talal Mansy with patient Kathleen Gilligan who is taking part in the Checkmate 227 clinical trial ust weeks after being diagnosed 227 clinical trial. with lung cancer Kathleen “They said there was a new trial and Gilligan has become the first patient I thought I’m just going to have to give at The James Cook University it a go. I thought it might help me and Hospital to take part in a new it might help some other people further international clinical trial that may down the line,” she said. prove to be practice changing.

“I feel very proud to be the first in this The Middlesbrough hospital is area to take part and I’m surprised at one of 10 centres in the UK taking how well I feel after my first treatment.” part in the global research project to The trial has strict entry criteria investigate the benefits of combining and involves attending hospital for t w o i m m u n o t h e r a p y d r u g s o r treatment every two weeks, but it immunotherapy with chemotherapy. has given Kathleen and her family Kathleen, 63, of Catterick Garrison, hope, especially after reading in the was told that without treatment she national press about others who have may only have four to six months to had successful results from similar live so she was excited to be offered the treatments. chance to take part in the Checkmate Medical oncologist Dr Talal Mansy

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£200,000 awarded to benefit local communities, helping reduce preventable differences in health.

Targeting overweight men, supporting families whose loved ones are spending time in prison and people whose wellbeing has been affected due to unemployment and the closure of SSI.

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outh Tees Clinical Commissioning Group invited community and voluntary organisations to bid for a portion of £200,000 to promote better health in Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland.

The aim is to support and develop health related proposals into practical and inspiring initiatives which make a positive difference to the lives of local people.

Health inequalities are preventable differences between people or groups due to social, geographical, biological or other factors. These differences can have a huge impact, because they result in people who are worst off experiencing poorer health and shorter lives. The money could be used to fund start-up costs and some continuing costs for services or activities, which contribute, at a local level, to the objectives of the CCG. A wide variety of people and groups will benefit from the fund, including Football Fans in Training (FFIT): Middlesbrough Football Club Football Fans in Training (FFIT) is a hugely successful lifestyle programme originally aimed at men aged 35+ and

with a waist size of 38 inches or more.

Participants get the chance to learn about diet & nutrition, health lifestyle choices and take part in gentle physical activity. Each programme runs one evening a week for 13 weeks at the stadium, with participants building up their ability to take part in some football related activity.

“Weight management and dieting are often wrongly viewed as ‘women’s’ issues, meaning that some men do not want to take part in existing weight management programmes. The FFIT programme shows that men are keen and able to make positive changes to their health in the right circumstances, and the football club is a great setting for weight management and other health initiatives. Previous projects have shown that participants really enjoyed being with other men like them, with a shared interest in football and similar health issues to address.

They loved having the opportunity to spend time at the club, using parts of the stadium that they couldn’t ordinarily access. And they appreciated the chance to be encouraged, trained, and informed by the club’s coaches.” Andrew Clay,

●● Little Sprouts MFC Foundation- Operations Manager “The Football Fans in Training course looks right up my street and can’t wait to start working out at the stadium with the lads and shifting some of this weight” Nigel B – A participant on the course.

Little Sprouts - This project will address the health inequalities of the people in Redcar & Cleveland. With deprivation and obesity levels higher than national average, the aim is to provide an innovative, engaging and practical service. The project has participants cooking a variety of healthy food each week. This will help to raise awareness of the effects a poor diet can have on diet-related

illnesses. Additionally, the weekly socialisation has a positive impact on mental health and can reduce isolation in the community.

‘Redcar and Cleveland has higher than average poor health. Adults are making less healthy lifestyle choices; there are key indicators of long term unemployment, and financial hardship in the area. These factors in return have an impact on obesity levels and poor mental health.

Working with established groups we will provide fully inclusive workshops which can work alongside existing health and wellbeing priorities’. Neta Kaur-Brown- Little Sprouts NEPACS - NEPACS works in prisons

across the north east of England, including Holme House in Stockton.

They support and assist prisoners families and friends of prisoners in their visits to the prison, and in their life outside the prison.

The funding will help extend awareness of the hidden sentence served by families of prisoners to health professionals, expand the services to provide additional emotional support to these families in order to address poor health and wellbeing of adults and children, and improve joint working with health professionals in identifying and addressing these needs.

“We are absolutely delighted to receive this funding from the CCG as it demonstrates that the local health service recognises that imprisonment is an issue that impacts on the health and wellbeing of children and families, which can affect mental, emotional and physical wellbeing and can be devastating financially and socially isolating. Prisoners families tend to be overlooked by statutory agencies and this is the first time a local health organisation has funded Nepacs to undertake a project specifically with health workers and we hope this will lead to greater partnership working in the future.” Tina Young Communications and Development Manager, NEPACS Find out more on each awardee at www.southteesccg.nhs.uk

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Your Voice In Parliament

Tom Blenkinsop MP Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

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Steel Sale completed

he British Steel name is back after Tata complete the sale of their long products division to Greybull.

The completion of the sale is good news for the North and it has secured jobs in Scunthorpe, York and here in Skinningrove and Redcar.

Workers at the sites have played their part in making this sale happen by accepting changes to their terms and conditions. The government must not let them down by refusing to take any meaningful action on business rates and high energy costs.

Despite this good news the UK steel industry is still at risk. A quick sale of Tata’s remaining business could jeopardise the long term future of the blast furnace at Port Talbot and locally mills in Hartlepool remain at risk.

There are also serious questions over the government’s handling of the closure of SSI in Redcar and I will continue to ask why it took the closure of the plant and thousands of job losses before the government took any action.

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lans are acceleration to bring Guisborough Town Hall back in to use after it was bought by the Labour Council.

Redcar and Cleveland Council held a series of drop in sessions to hear Guisborough residents ideas to bring the building back in to use and are planning to hold a follow up sessions with a workshop where the responses will be presented and discussed.

This move by the Labour led council is genuine good news for Guisborough; the town hall was the first thing people saw when they shopped on Guisborough’s high street and its dilapidated state left a bad impression.

Unfortunately, Guisborough Town Hall isn’t the only abandoned building, I will be asking for government help to help tackle abandoned buildings and absent landlords in the rest of East Cleveland. ● Tom at British Steel, Skinningrove

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s well as my duties in parliament I have the pleasure of visiting the East Cleveland communities which are part of my seat.

Recently I’ve completed the annual Boosbeck Station Pub charity walk which raises money for the North East Air ambulance.

The 20 mile walk around the village and the Cleveland Hills is a great way to get some exercise and raise some much needed funds for the air ambulance which can be a lifeline in the more rural areas of East

● Tom visits Skelton Bowls club

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n the last issue I wrote about how pharmacies are under threat from the government’s plans to cut their funding and centralise the making up of prescription to ‘mega centres’ and urged you to sign the petition against it.

Since then I have met with local pharmacists in Parliament to hear their concerns first-hand how the proposed changes will affect pharmacies in our area.

With the North East the hardest part of the country to recruit new GP’s, pharmacists are a great and cost effective way to deal with minor health concerns.

These government cuts, estimated to be up to £170 million could result in one in four pharmacies having to shut down. This goes against the principle of duty of care ● Tom meeting with pharmacists in Parliament that the NHS stands for.

Contact Tom

Guisborough Town Hall

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

Cleveland.

I was also invited to the opening of the newly renovated Skelton Bowls Club. The club was given a grant by Sports England to create new facilities for their club house in time for the new bowls season to start. Your club can apply for a grant by visiting www. sportengland.org

Saltburn Post Office Update

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egular Coastal View readers will be aware that Saltburn Post office has been moved from its central square location in to the new Nisa Store on Windsor Road, despite objections from residents.

I wrote to the Post Office headquarters and asked them to hold a public meeting to hear residents’ concerns but they have said no.

It is obvious that the post office is unwilling to listen to the valid concerns of Saltburn residents and is now set on its path.

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Where the wild things were

re you of the generation that was allowed to roam freely outdoors as a child? Can you share your memories?

The Tees Valley Wildlife Trust has launched an innovative new project to capture the memories of the older generation who grew up in East Cleveland. Funded by National Lottery, through the Heritage Lottery Fund and Northumbrian Water, the project is seeking memories of the last of the truly freeroaming outdoor childhoods spent exploring the countryside and its wild places.

“Children today are very limited in how far they can go out on their own,” said Kate Bartram of the Tees Wildlife Trust. “In contrast, their grandparents probably thought nothing of walking five miles to go fishing and would know every woodland, hedge and stream in the area and beyond.

“We are looking for people who would be prepared to share their memories of exploring the countryside as children, the activities and adventures they got up to, the skills they learnt and how far they were able to roam and the wildlife they used to encounter.

“We would also like to engage with older members of the farming community, and

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those that worked on the land to collect memories as to how the landscape and wildlife has changed.”

Through interviews, group sessions, photographs, artefacts and other memories we hope to be able to bring the landscape to life for today’s children, create a wildlife timeline for East Cleveland and create a national archival collection for future researchers before memories are lost.

As well as sharing memories, the Trust is particularly interested in mementos of outdoor childhoods to show to today’s children. For example do you have a rose hip certificate we could loan? Did you keep your birds nest maps? Have you a pressed flower collection? A nature diary? A feather album? Do you have photos of activities as children in the woods, along the streams at the beach or on the moors? The Trust would love to hear from you.

If you would be interested in sharing your memories through interviews, or mementos of outdoor childhoods please contact Kate Bartram at the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust.

Tel: 01287 636382 or email at info@ teeswildlife.org

Football tournament brings communities together

football tournament organised by local charity Justice First has brought diverse communities together for a day of sporting activity.

The annual five-a-side football tournament, which took place at Goals Soccer Centre in Middlesbrough, returned for its fifth year, with the support of former Middlesbrough Football Club and Republic of Ireland footballer Curtis Fleming, together with Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner, Barry Coppinger.

Justice First was established in 2006 and provides support for people living in the Tees Valley area who are seeking asylum.

Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland, Barry Coppinger said: “I see supporting organisations such as Justice First as a key part of my role in bringing communities together to create a more cohesive society.

“Middlesbrough has a long tradition of welcoming people from different countries and cultures and events like this help bring people together through a shared love of football whilst also, more importantly, breaking down some of the barriers between asylum seekers and agencies.

“I know through my work with asylum seekers that many have fled from horrendous circumstances and find trusting authority figures very difficult due to experiences from their country of origin, so to see them playing football alongside police officers from Middlesbrough’s neighbourhood teams is an excellent example of how far we have come in engaging with all sectors of our local communities.”

Pete Widlinski, Justice First’s Communication Manager, said: “When you first set something up like this you are never sure how long it is going to last for. As with all things in the voluntary sector it depends on available funding, so we spend a lot of time fundraising and applying for funds from charitable trusts, but that’s just the nature of the game. To keep the organisation going for ten years I think is fantastic.

“Getting the work we do into the community gives us that higher profile and helps us with fundraising, particularly with individual donations. Any public exposure that we get is good and of course there’s no better way of doing it than with football, it’s

an international language.”

Inspector Tina Notman, from the Coulby Newham and South Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “This year, as a local neighbourhood policing team,

we entered the tournament in order to engage with individuals who would maybe be reluctant to engage with us in any other setting. It’s a great way to break down barriers within our local community.”

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News from the Local WI’s Hutton Lowcross WI For meeting on Thursday 9th June 2016

Saltburn WI

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By Diane Falla

ur monthly meeting was held on the 9th June and opened with us singing the National Anthem in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday.

Our speaker this month was Laura Dicken who gave us a lively and interesting talk about caring for our feet. It was fascinating to hear just how much a podiatrist can tell about you just by examining your feet, from the sport you play to aspects of your general health. As well as giving us tips on exercising our feet, she also suggested that many problems can be avoided by good foot hygiene and of course wearing the correct shoes. (Heels she suggested should be taxi to table shoes!)

During the past month we have enjoyed our usual round of activities from our weekly Saltburn Stroll to outings to Beverley and Newbury Hall. We have a full programme of events planned throughout the summer.

On 10th July we have the 10th Saltburn Craft and Produce show in Emmanuel Church hall. The more entries the better or just come along when it opens to the public at 12 noon.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 14th July in the Methodist church Hall on Milton Street.

We always extend a warm and friendly welcome to visitors so do please come along. To find out more about our activities please visit our website www. saltburnwi.org.uk

By Angela Hibberd

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fter singing Jerusalem, our Speaker Mr Peter O’Brien author of “A suitable climate” the story of the Basque Children evacuated to Hutton Hall in the 1930’s, gave a very interesting talk; taking in the history of the Spanish Civil War and the effects on the children who were at risk of being shelled, and how they were brought to various centres in England for

Loftus W.I.

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By Linda Wilson

uite a busy time has been had for members both old and new.

We had a team represent Loftus in the annual W.I. quiz being held in St Marys Middlesborough , We also had some members sign up for the scarecrow workshop being held in Liverton Village Hall. Our W.I. group intends to have a display of W.I. lady scarecrows in place for the scarecrow festival being held in August in Loftus and the surrounding villages .

One of our previous speakers , Colin Hart from the Cleveland Ironstone Mining

safety.

One group were looked after in our area of Hutton Lowcross at Hutton Hall, and at Ormesby Hall in the care of the Pennyman family. He was helped by one of our members reading the personal letters from the children and was thanked by Jan Olver. We then had our tea and refreshments before the start of the business side of the meeting.

The President thanked all the members for their hard work in helping to make the Group Rally a very successful event. A Thank You note was received from Saltburn WI and

Loftus phoned to say how their members enjoyed the evening.

AGM in Brighton - our link WI was to be with W.I.N.E., but after some delving we found that Eston Grange were to be our link.

They have been contacted, told of our voting decision and we hope they will report back to our members on the resolution carried.

Our members will take part in the St. Nicholas Church Christmas Tree Festival, by decorating a small jar. September 3rd in the Methodist Church Hall, we are having a coffee morning.

Museum appealed to members to “ Buy a brick “ in order to raise funds for the museum.

We did raise to the challenge and £51 was collected .

Our speakers for May, Mr & Mrs Davidson gave us an enthralling insight into life on St Helena sharing with us their record of the time they actually lived on the island, an amazing place which they brought to life for us with their talk and slide show.

Our competition, a holiday snap brought pictures from all around the world into the Town Hall and a well deserved !st, 2nd and 3rd were duly chosen.

The end of May saw us enjoy two outings , firstly to the Parish Hall in Guisborough for our Group Rally where we enjoyed a

delicious supper and were entertained by Jim Wight the son of Alf Wight the author, famous for the James Herriot books and TV series . Continuing on the country theme we had our” Country Lunch “in Guisborough Hall and were entertained delightfully by Amanda Owen who found fame after being featured on Yorkshire TVs “The Dales. “ .

Our own event in August is coming closer when we intend to host a tea party for the De Brus W.I. group and plans are now in place for what should be a very enjoyable afternoon . We have lots still planned, so ladies why not come along to the Town Hall 7pm the second Tuesday of the month and see what the W.I. has to offer; we are a friendly bunch and would make you very welcome.

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Northern Ambulance Alliance launches

hree ambulance trusts have teamed up to work better together to improve efficiency of ambulance services in the North of England.

North East, North West and Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trusts have launched the Northern Ambulance Alliance so that together, they can look at efficiency through joint procurement exercises, major changes to IT, accessing specialist expertise and learning from each other’s achievements.

Ambulance services are already seeing the benefits of collaborating more closely with police and fire rescue services, with tangible benefits to patient outcomes and staff safety.

As a result, the leadership of the three northern ambulance services – North West, Yorkshire and North East - also believe there are greater benefits to be achieved working between organisations; as much as across other services

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such as our blue light partners.

Yvonne Ormston, Chief Executive of North East Ambulance Service, said: “Sharing borders as we do, the three Ambulance Trusts have always worked together for the benefit of patients and the communities we respectively serve.

The NAA will allow us to work even closer as clinicians, sharing best practice and innovation at a scale that has not previously been possible.

This is not a merger of organisations, but it is the creation of a body that will *facilitate greater collaboration and realise benefits individual Trusts are unlikely to be able to achieve on their own.

Derek Cartwright, Chief Executive of North West Ambulance Service, added: “The NAA will work within the existing structure of organisations and their legal frameworks.

The Boards of all three Trusts will still have responsibility for their individual service but

North East Ambulance service thanks volunteers

orth East Ambulance Service (NEAS) joined in The Big Celebration for Volunteers Week (1-12 June) this year, to say an enormous thank you to over 300 volunteers that support the service.

On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of patients who use the service every year and staff across the organisation, NEAS recognised the work of volunteers across the region at an event earlier this week.

Whether as a volunteer porter, ambulance car service driver, community first responder or Governor, volunteers invest thousands of hours in the service every year – unpaid and in their own time.

Last year the service answered 1.107 million emergency 999 and NHS 111 calls, responded to 302,687 incidents that resulted in a patient being taken to hospital, treated and discharged 18,144 patients with telephone advice and treated and discharged 81,990 patients at home. In the same year, emergency care crews reached 134,745 incidents within the national target of 8 minutes.

Chief executive of NEAS, Yvonne Ormston said: “Hundreds of thousands of volunteers give their time to NHS organisations throughout the country, offering fantastic support to those organisations whilst also gaining skills and experience that add something to their personal and professional life.

“Our service spans the entire North East, taking health and emergency care into local communities every minute of every day. In every part of this region we have people who volunteer to support us and they make a real difference to patients and their experience of the NHS. “For us, a volunteer’s work can be as significant as saving someone’s life - our Community First Responders take their life-saving skills into the communities where, in the event of a cardiac arrest, every second counts. But just as importantly, they can make a patient’s experience of our service a much more pleasant one. They are local people, working in their own communities, with a genuinely caring and compassionate approach to their patients.”

Nearly 50 people volunteer as porters with the service, meeting patient transport crews at hospitals to and from vehicles to their hospital appointments. Last year they helped nearly 4,000 patients at four of the region’s hospitals, saving crews nearly 250 hours so that they could be back on the road headed to their next patient and completing over 5,500 shifts – more than 27,500 hours.

Over 170 people work as volunteer Ambulance

Car Service Drivers (ACS) for NEAS. At least 18 of them have volunteered for over 10 years and 1 has volunteered for over 20, totalling over 935 years of combined volunteer service alone.

Ambulance Car Service Drivers (ACS) use their own vehicles to help transport patients to and from hospitals and clinics, which keeps ambulances free for emergencies and for patients too ill to travel by car. Last year the drivers volunteered over 195,000 hours, completing over 165,000 patient journeys all over the region – that’s an average of nearly 8.5 hours per day each.

The service also values the support of approximately 100 community first responders who have been recruited and trained to respond to emergency calls when dispatched by ambulance control. They will deal with a specific list of emergencies and provide the patient with support and appropriate treatment until an ambulance arrives.

They exist in towns and villages where it may be a challenge for the emergency ambulance to arrive within the crucial first few minutes. Their aim is to provide immediate care to a patient where every second counts; a patient who suffers a cardiac arrest stands a much better chance of survival if a fully trained person with a defibrillator can attend the patient in the first minutes of collapse.

Last year community first responders volunteered for nearly 1,000 hours, attending to 1,269 patients across the region.

Yvonne added: “Our volunteers come from all walks of life and choose to volunteer for different reasons. They may be retired, looking to give something back, or they could be at the beginning of their careers, looking for experience to boost their CV. “Our celebration evening was all about celebrating their achievements and, more importantly, saying an enormous thank you for everything they do on behalf of all of our patients, their families and all of our staff.”

If you’d like to learn more skills, get more involved with your local community and improve your career options, volunteering at NEAS might be for you.

If you’re interested in volunteering with the service as an ambulance car driver, porter, governor or community first responder, visit: https://www.neas.nhs.uk/get-involved/ volunteering-opportunities.aspx or email: acs@neas.nhs.uk for ambulance car drivers, porters@neas.nhs.uk for volunteer porters or firstresponder@neas.nhs.uk for community first responders.

will also consider the work and objectives of the NAA when making decisions.”

The aim of the NAA will be to continue to improve quality and service delivery for all patients in the North of England, cross border working for clinicians for the benefit of all patients in the North of England, to sharing examples of best practice and innovation and to identify opportunities for procurement through economies of scale and standardisation of equipment.

Rod Barnes, Chief Executive of Yorkshire Ambulance Service, concludes: “This is a great opportunity to explore how we can deliver the improvements expected from the ambulance service within existing resources and for the benefit of patients.

“This might mean the procurement of a single agreed vehicle specification for all three services, identifying savings through the standardisation of maintenance and equipment contracts, which is something that has proved elusive at a national level.”

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drink driving and a man aged 30 was arrested on suspicion of driving without insurance or a license.

The 30 year-old male and the 17- year-old female remain in custody and the 52-year-old male has been released on bail pending further enquires.

Integrated Neighbourhood Team, Inspector Daniel Harrison, who was leading the operation in Cleveland, said: “Operation Checkpoint is a great way to reassure our local communities that we are present and trying our hardest to stop crime from being committed in our rural areas.

“By working together with neighbouring forces, we are not only building a strong relationship with them, but we are sending out a clear message that any illegal activity will not be tolerated and we are working as a team to clamp down on criminals.”

Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner, Barry Coppinger, said: “I am fully supportive of this operation.

The Cleveland Police force area is predominantly urban but contains large areas of rural and farmland bordering both the North Yorkshire and Durham force areas.

“It is important that we continue to take part in these operations to ensure that our local communities are safe and that we are tackling rural crime and the travelling criminals that target vulnerable and rural properties.”

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major operation involving six police forces saw a clampdown on criminals in rural areas across the north of England.

Dozens of officers from North Yorkshire, Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire and Northumbria, took part in Operation Checkpoint on Tuesday 17 May 2016.

Checkpoint is the largest rural policing operation of its kind in the country.

It aims to gather intelligence about travelling criminals, disrupt their use of the road network and bring anyone found breaking the law to justice. The latest operation is the tenth of its kind since January 2014.

Intelligence shows that organised crime groups from across the north of England are involved in thefts, burglaries and handling stolen property, targeting rural areas in particular. These criminals use their extensive knowledge of the road networks across the region in an attempt to avoid detection.

Last night’s operation took place between 3pm yesterday, Tuesday 17th May, and 3am today, Wednesday 18th May. Police used Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology to target

vehicles suspected of being linked to criminality, as well as checking vehicles in suspicious circumstances and focusing on key locations. Volunteer members of local Watch schemes provided valuable assistance, acting as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the police.

Across the region, more than ten vehicles were seized, for offences including no insurance, failing to stop for police and no tax. Officers also dealt with people for offences of cannabis possession and drink driving.

In Cleveland, more than 30 officers, Police Community Support Officers and Special Constables participated in the operation and they focused on the entire force area in Cleveland.

28 vehicles were stopped in total, three drivers and their vehicles were searched and seized, which led to three arrests.

A man aged 52 and a female aged 17 were arrested on suspicion of failing to stop for police, dangerous driving and

Officers and members of public receive commendations for protecting vulnerable woman

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●● PC Matthew Simpson

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ell done to PC Matthew Simpson and PC Ian Stapley, who, alongside three female members of the public and the ambulance service, received commendations for their brave and dedicated work in protecting a vulnerable woman.

In January this year, a woman was circulated as missing from another force area.

During the course of the day, the missing woman’s car was picked up as being in the Cleveland area, travelling on the A66 through Middlesbrough.

With the assistance of PC Stapley and PC Simpson, the vehicle was brought to a stop near to the A19 interchange and it was clear at this point that the woman was extremely vulnerable and she dashed off into the busy and fast lanes of the A66 in the dark.

Both officers managed to carefully restrain the woman, but were in danger on the road side and needed assistance. Thankfully, three kind women stopped to assist the officers and their quick actions minimised the danger to the woman and the officers by taking traffic cones and placing them in the live lane to fend off traffic on the dark and busy road until further assistance from police and ambulance service arrived. Without their assistance the outcome of the incident could have been very different.

Overall the partnership working from the three women, police and the ambulance service contributed to the safe conclusion of the incident.

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Sergeant Shelli runs her way to victory

itness fanatic Sergeant Shelli Gordon ran her way to victory when she was the first woman out of the ladies who participated to cross the finish line at the 11.2 mile PSUK Police National Fell Race.

Shelli, 38, is from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit and has competed in many running races in the past and over the years she has raised thousands of pounds for charity.

The race took place on Wednesday 18th May from Cod Beck in Osmotherley and followed a route past the Lyke Wake Stone, then back across, towards and up Black Hambleton, Square Corner, Oakdale and then back into the woods to finish at the reservoir.

Shelli also competed for the third time in The Hardmoors 160 Mile challenge which took place on Friday 29th April to Sunday 1st May. The challenge took her an impressive 41 hours and 22 minutes to complete.

Speaking of her achievement, Shelli said: “This year the route

was different as it was in reverse because of Tour de Yorkshire.

“I felt really good after the race and I even took my daughter to a horse riding event the next day - and I returned to work the day after that!

“I love to run and I love to challenge myself as it gives me chance to think in the peaceful countryside and I love the adrenalin you get from competing.”

Shelli is also planning to compete in the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc in France in August which is 160km and 30,000ft of ascent.

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Your Points Of View

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.

Important May we remind readers that in order for their letters to be considered we must have names and contact details even if they want to remain anonymous. A first name and the town/village in which they live is not sufficient. Thank You

Minority rule The palace revolution at Redcar & Cleveland Council’s recent AGM has sent ripples through the local political scene.

With the mayor and other office-holders now coming from the opposition ranks, there is much speculation about how long Labour council leader, Sue Jeffrey, and her all-Labour cabinet, can hold on to power.

The question of whether the council should revert to the former committee system is also in the spotlight, because committee chairmen, unlike the cabinet, are elected by full council, not appointed by the leader.

At present, with Labour in the minority, there may well be a case for reverting to the committee system but, were Labour to re-establish a clear majority, the question of “cabinet” versus “committee” would become irrelevant.

No matter the system, when Labour has a majority on a council, unalterable decisions can be made behind closed doors to which, in reality, less than a third of all councillors agree.

Labour insists on absolute adherence to group decisions, on pain of withdrawal of the whip and the likely end of a rebellious member’s council career (as we saw with George Dunning & Co). If a majority, at a secret Labour group meeting, votes for a particular course of action, all dissenters must bury their consciences and support it in the public arena.

So, around 30% of councillors can impose their will on the whole council. All Labour councillors, must obey the “group” at the point of decision, be it in committee, cabinet or full council, whether they believe in it or not.

In contrast, the Lib Dems and, of course, the Independents have no whip and each member can vote according to their conscience.

Whenever people vote for local councils, they should always remember that a vote for Labour could well be a vote for minority rule. Hardly a democratic outcome!

Steve Kay Lockwood Ward Councillor

Living in the past Most of the arguments I have heard for the EU Leave campaign seem to hark back to some utopian past.

The world has changed dramatically since 1966!

Globalisation is founded on the World Wide Web; container shipping; and easier international travel.

This all means low skilled UK jobs are not under threat from people in the next town or those who have moved to the UK. There are workers on the other side of the world who are paid exploitative wages which are a fraction of the UK minimum wage and the good they manufactured can be cheaply transported here.

So the answer lies in educating and training our young people so that they can perform the high skilled jobs which command a premium wage. We also need to invest in “human capital” to support our aging population. In the UK substantial EU funds are directed to institutes of higher education with this objective in mind.

At the same time we need to protect workers’ rights, wherever they are from, by ensuring that unscrupulous employers do not exploit the failures of unregulated global labour markets in this country.

Joining together with like-minded nations within the EU is the best way of achieving this aim.

Councillor Andrew Murray Guisborough

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Ivory Tower

British Empire Medal

Having just elected our next PCC it is no surprise that the latest Ivory Tower has been unveiled recently.

This Ivory tower is to house a Headquarters for the Cleveland Police, a police force that has no money and falling police numbers swept with ongoing concerns about its ability to full fill the role it is charged with. Or so we are told and yet they can spend a huge amount of money on a replacement for the site they recently sold off for a huge amount of money to a developer.

This for a force that has been closing police stations in the community because of the cost of keeping them open is excessive. Well building a replacement is a total waste of money when especially there are amble alternatives in the town that would provide all that it needs. Why do we need a new building; I am sure there is plenty of room in the current inventory of properties and the monies from the sale of the old site should be used to increase the numbers of officers not provide plush accommodation for the top brass.

We are increasingly moving towards a regional force and to spend money on a building that I expect to be redundant before it is occupied is scandalous and should be stopped and funds reallocated to more front line officers. I would also expect the majority of tax payers in the Cleveland area would also agree.

Chris Gallacher TD VR Chairman UKIP Redcar

I am honoured to be awarded the BEM (British Empire Medal) in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

I would like to thank everyone for their support over the years especially my family and friends who have made this happen.

Hope to see you on 25th June at Redcar Armed Forces Day. Eric Howden BEM

Bigger issues to consider Much of the debate around our future in the EU seems to me to centre around small localised issues whilst ignoring the three big issues of our time: Global warming; widening income distribution; and security. Two of these at least threaten the very existence of humankind.

It is quite right of those supporting the IN campaign to point out that the peace we have enjoyed in Europe for the past 70 years is not the normal state of affairs in the continent.

Judging by the rise of far right political groups around Europe and disputes on EU borders to the North, East and South a continental conflict cannot be ruled out. leaving the EU will surely exacerbate that.

Dave Johnson Guisborough

Calcutta abuse in Cleveland You will have seen many letters regarding the abysmal record of Cleveland Police and their long litany of failures and corruption but yet again we have another one on the horizon.

Hard to believe that a force could be plagued by such a history of disasters by those in charge and those who are there to oversee the operation but it still has further to run. We have had compensation paid to police officers for racial discrimination and it appears that more is to come in the form of a database, called “Calcutta”, which was used to track ethnic officers who were considered a risk mealy by being part of an ethnic group.

This is not a recent event and has been operating for some time which brings into question the creditability of those in charge. Part of that blame must be levied at the PPC who has the primary task of ensuring this sort of thing does not happen and yet it is and has happened throughout his tenure and prior during his time on the Cleveland Police Authority were he sat.

Clearly the people of the area are not very interested in the process and need to vote in the recent elections and sadly this negative approach allows the continued execution of abuse of all. It also will fall to the tax payers to foot the bills that will ensue from the due process of the Dias case. How many more times are we to bail out our force?

Chris Gallacher TD VR Chairman UKIP Redcar

What sort of country do you want to live in?

Councillor David Walsh claims that the EU has abolished war in Europe.

So why was the EU so powerless to avert war in the Balkans in the 1990’s? And what of Russia’s invasion of Eastern Ukraine? This myth is refuted

by Rear Admiral Richard Heaslip: “The claim that the existence of the EU has saved us from war for 70 years is a myth. It is NATO that has kept the peace.”

I might add that possession of nuclear weapons has also been a contributory factor.

Mr Walsh concedes that the EU is “flawed”.

Indeed, it is corrupt, bunglingly inept, wasteful, meddlesome, inefficient, bureaucratic and worst of all, undemocratic. Touchingly, he believes this can all be “remedied”. Alas, the EU is also unreformable, as David Cameron recently discovered - just the latest of our Prime Ministers to make the attempt and fail.

The essential issue at this referendum is not peace or security, or whether you’ll be richer or poorer, employed or unemployed, whether in or out, but what sort of country you want to live in - a democratic nation state making decisions solely in the interests of its citizens, or an offshore island governed by an unelected, undemocratic Brussels elite.

The late Tony Benn explained it with crystal clarity.

If you don’t like our current government, you can vote them out at the next election. But if you don’t like the decisions taken in Brussels, then you’re stuck with them and there’s not a thing you can do about it.

So on 23 June, for democracy’s sake, vote out.

J.R. Nurcombe Saltburn

Hoodwinked by EU claims I am concerned that voters are being hoodwinked by claims that we contribute around £8 billion to the EU each year.

About half of that comes back to the UK and where we live in the NE region we get more back than we contribute. I am particularly surprised that many farmers seem to support Leave as half their income comes from EU subsidies. To misquote that well known saying it’s like they prefer ‘a bird in the bush to two in the hand’.

In any case £8 bn is only 0.5% of UK GDP which currently stands at £1,600 bn. It will only take a small fall in output to wipe out the contributions saving should we leave the EU. Places like Nissan will not close and move to Europe even though they are 44% owned by Renault whose biggest shareholder is the French government. More likely is a slowing of investment in what will become an off-shore operation and a gradual decline. This will lead to a similar slow decline at Teesport which deals with our two largest trading partners, Holland and Germany.

So what about migration if we leave? We will certainly see a reduction in the young, wellqualified Europeans coming to work in the NHS, care homes and hotels. Instead UK OAPs will return from Spain as their pensions will be frozen and they will face charges for healthcare. So much for reducing demands on the health service by leaving the EU. More likely the result will be a fall in supply.

Bill Suthers Guisborough

Training our dogs and owners to be sociable First I would like to thank you for such a useful and interesting paper.

I am prompted to write about dog poo!

We unfortunately don’t have a dog but when I was a child we always had one and no-one in those days seemed to object to dogs soiling everywhere and having often the unfortunate happening of getting our feet and shoes soiled when we were not looking where we were going. I wonder why we accepted being so unhygienic?

I had a conversation with a lady in Marske, because she aired her views on the fact that she could see no harm in the habit on local radio. Eventually she realised the truth and joined the ‘anti poo on pavements’ lobby herself.

My argument, pointed out by a lovely neighbour who is blind was that dogs, like children I suppose, can be trained to have clean habits. This man worked in an office, getting there on the bus with the aid of his dog. It was obvious that such dogs had to be trained and he had an area in his garden that the dog was trained to use; no doubt coupled with his meals being fed at a regular time.

As your reports show we still have some very unsocial people in our midst and I wonder why we didn’t train our dogs in my youth.

Doreen Newson - Guisborough

Dire warnings?

In your latest issue a booze and chip filled David Walsh sends us dire warnings of World War III from his bomb shelter in Whitby Bus Station.

This Referendum is turning up some strange bedfellows when a semi-Communist like him joins our two-faced PM, Cameron in such scare tactics.

In fact the European peace since 1945 has clearly been maintained by NATO and especially by Reagan and Maggie Thatcher, who Walsh no doubt hates. They stood up to Russia with strength, forcing Gorbachev into glasnost and thus breaking down the Iron Curtain.

The present Labour leadership plans to do the opposite.

The EU caused the recent bloodshed in the Ukraine by trying to drag that nation into Brussels sphere of influence, when the Russian half of its population were opposed. Putin naturally responded in their defence, as should have been anticipated.

My Granddad, the only man of the 100 on the Skelton War Memorials awarded a gallantry medal, died of wounds in the First War and my Dad was killed in the Second. I served nine years in the Army in Europe myself in the 1960s.

We do not need simplistic lectures from Walsh on the need for Europe to live at peace with itself.

Britain did not start the Wars. I fail to see why leaving the EU, which Walsh admits is deeply “flawed”, should make conflict between any of the other 27 nations any more likely.

The chief enemy today is clearly extreme Islam. It is obvious that the free movement of people increases the influx of terrorists into the UK. Labour’s open-door policy in the past invited the home-grown ones.

And there is another danger from mass migration.

Civil War. The coloured, ex-head of the Commission for Racial Equality correctly said recently that migrants and particular Muslims do not integrate. It is human nature that people want to live with their own kind, religion and culture.

Social tensions consequently simmer under the surface.

Can this country safely take a never ending stream, projected 3-5 million, of economic migrants, straining all public services and native resentment to breaking point?

Vote OUT and take back control of our borders and especially who we are governed by.

Why tie ourselves to a “flawed” organisation that is bent on further integration and has self-inflicted debt problems like Greece and Italy that are beyond solution and bound for future chaos.

Bill Danby, Skelton

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Do you know anything about this photograph?

Happy Birthday Many congratulations on your sixth birthday.

I really think it is the league who should be congratulating you for the continued support because obviously our input to the newspaper is a way of hopefully pressing the claims of our sponsors and the identification of the league itself. It allows us to develop a link with the local people as well as the players and officials of the Clubs whilst hopefully making ourselves known to any potential sponsors of the league or its competitions.

On behalf of the league and all its clubs a very happy birthday and long may your service be available and flourishing.

Luke Hodgson Eskvale and Cleveland League Secretary

Thanks for bringing Dexter home On Wednesday, 18th May at about ten o’clock at night there was a knock at my door. Three ladies broke the news to me that my beautiful, ginger cat, Dexter, had been killed on the Coast Road in Redcar.

They had found him by the roadside and had taken the time to remove him and get in contact with someone who had an identity chip reader so that they could find where he lived. They brought him back to me and even offered to stay with me until my husband got home from work.

The next day they called on me again, bringing flowers, cards and a beautiful keepsake. I have been overwhelmed by the kindness that they have shown and I would just like to thank Amelia, Debbie and Antonia and everyone else involved in bringing Dexter home so that I could bury him.

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his old photograph was found during the renovation work at The Crown in Brotton.

The writing on the back says, “Taken at top of Sutton Bank. We halted to try and make radio contact. Last 2 trucks of? Scheme July 1951.

We would be interested to find out more about the photo so if you recognise anyone in the picture we would love to hear from you.

Contact Coastal View in the first instance at editor@coastalviewandmoornews.co.uk

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his year will see the fifth of our Coastal View Community Awards Events, when it is our chance to thank the people who do great things in their own communities and in turn provide us with some great stories.

This year the event will take place at the end of September and we want you to nominate your community champion, a person who you feel deserves to be acknowledged and thanked for the work they do.

Start nominating now and the person we

feel is the most deserving will win the award.

All the readers who nominated the winner will be put in a hat and the lucky one whose name is pulled out will be invited, together with a guest along to the awards night.

Send to: My Community Champion, C o a s t a l Vi e w & M o o r N e w s , 6 7 Guisborough Road, Moorsholm. TS12 3JA Or email: editor@coastalviewandmoornews.co.uk The editors’ decision is final.

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It may not be law but microchipping cats is important and necessary

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ets are advising cat owners they can reduce the chance of their cat getting lost, simply by microchipping their feline friend.

Microchipping pet dogs recently became a legal requirement in the UK, but for cats there is no such law.

In 2015 Cats Protection rehomed 44,000 cats, a number which could be dramatically reduced if all cats were microchipped, according to Vets4Pets.

Dr Huw Stacey, director of clinical services at Vets4Pets, said: “Sadly it is not unusual for cats to go missing or get lost as they are generally more independent pets that love roaming outside.

“Many cats enjoy spending hours or even days exploring their territory, but cars and other animals can easily spook them. The result could see them hiding or running away and ending up lost miles away from home.

“Outdoor cats even like to find a warm place to shelter and sleep, like someone’s shed or garage, and end up getting accidentally locked in and trapped, sometimes for days.”

Many cats wear collars with tags with their owner’s details but, as they can easily break off, microchipping is the only permanent way lost cats can be reunited with their owners.

“Microchips are designed to last the cat’s lifetime, so are a permanent source of identification and will significantly improve the chances of cat being returned to their owners safe and sound should they become lost,” added Dr Stacey.

“A microchip is only the size of a grain of rice and is injected under the cat’s skin between its shoulder blades.

“Owners needn’t worry, microchipping is a

quick and easy procedure and causes minimal discomfort. It’s very similar to a vaccination or blood test being taken.

“Each microchip has a unique number which is registered against the owner’s contact details on a secure database.

“Vets, cat charities and rehoming centres have access to special scanners which when moved over a cat’s body can reveal if it has a microchip.

“Cats can usually be microchipped from five weeks onwards, so we recommend that owners ensure their cat is microchipped before letting them outside for the first time.

“There are so many heart-breaking stories of cats going missing and never being reunited with their owners, so we would recommend all cats are microchipped.

“Not only do microchips help prevent theft and ownership disputes, they significantly increase the chances of owners and their lost cats being happily reunited.

“Further information on cat microchipping can be found at www.vets4pets.com/pet-healthadvice/cat-advice/microchipping-your-cat.”

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Celebrating Young Carers in Carers Week!

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his year Carers week ran from 6th – 12th June. During this week The Junction held an event at the Riverside Stadium on Thursday 9th June to raise awareness, celebrate and acknowledge the achievements of local young carers.

Young carers are children age between 5 and 18 who are responsible for or impacted on by a caring role for another family member, this could be due to a learning or physical disability, chronic illness, mental ill health or substance misuse. Their caring roles can involve personal and practical adult tasks which can be inappropriate for their age. Even though every young carers experience is personal to them, as a group these added responsibilities can negatively impact on emotional well being, social skills, and isolation. Young carers can be regular victims of bullying and often struggle to attend school and achieve academically.

These children & young people provide unpaid care for their families on a daily basis, this is why it is important to raise awareness, support, celebrate and acknowledge these inspirational young people.

The evening had a warm atmosphere and trigged a rollercoaster of emotions, it started with a very talented young carer singing and playing his guitar, followed by film clips made by young carers and a presentation delivered by young carers.

Young carers also launched their ‘postcard project’ where 10 individual postcards have been designed and printed, each one telling a young carers own story. This project has been made possible by, Ben & Owen of Squegg Brand Consultants, Boho Print and with sponsorship from Dan, 90SecondStory. Thank you to all involved.

Here is a glimpse of 1 of the 10 postcards produced

Middlesbrough service. The evening brought families together from across both boroughs and we look forward to identifying more young carers and delivering more joint work in the future.

This event was made possible by the support of UK Steel Enterprise, the business-support subsidiary of Tata Steel, has contributed from its special Community Support Fund, set up to back projects that improve the lives of people in steel areas.

Lawrence McAnelly, The Junction Foundation’s Chief Executive said: “The money from UK Steel Enterprise means that we were able to give these deserving young carers a really special evening with the food, entertainment and treats that they deserve. They put so much into helping their families every day, often sacrificing their own leisure time, and deserve a huge pat-on-the-back’’.

Sarah Thorpe of UK Steel Enterprise said: “The Junction Foundation provides invaluable support and encouragement to hundreds of young people, helping to improve their lives and opportunities.

Young carers do an amazing job and we were happy to help say thank you to them. We hope everyone has a great night.”

Janet Walker, Local GP & Chair of the South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group wrote on her blog ‘I had the privilege of attending the Young Carers event, hosted at the Riverside stadium

by The Junction Foundation. It really was fantastic, if emotional at times, to watch videos, hear stories, have live music performed by a local young person and be able to recognise young carers from Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland. Many of the young people received awards as recognition of the work they had done as individuals, in groups as well as individuals involved with peer support and mentorship. They really were an inspiration’ The Junction would like to thank everyone who supported and attended the event, making it the huge success it was.

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Don’t let holiday workforce give you the summertime blues, local business owners warned L

ocal business owners who take on temporary workers over the next few months are being warned not to let paperwork oversights give them the summertime blues.

Mike Turnbull who runs TaxAssist Accountants in Stockton, Darlington , Yarm, Redcar & Stokesley said: “Local small businesses will be taking on temporary staff throughout this summer and with seasonal pressure on employers’ summer holiday rotas and work schedules, it could be tempting to pay workers cash in hand to cut costs.

“But employers who scrimp on the paperwork run the risk of hefty financial penalties. Generally, you should follow the same procedure for temporary or student workers as you do for new full, or part-time, workers.

“If a P45 is missing, a Starter Checklist - formerly the P46 form – must be completed and if the

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employee’s income is more than £155 a week, employers must account for National Insurance. If they earn more than £917 a month on average, they must also pay income tax.

“Employers must also make sure that employees are paid the minimum wage appropriate for their age and circumstances. Since April 2016, over 25s have been entitled to a minimum of the National Living Wage of £7.20 per hour.

“HMRC will hold employers liable for any shortfall in tax or pay, and any short-comings in their records.

We’re urging local business owners not to let paperwork oversights give them a costly headache this summer.”

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Saltburn 500 club sends SOS

By Mike Morrissey

A What to do when things go wrong on holiday

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t’s getting closer to that time of year when many of us jet off for a week of sun, sand and, hopefully, lots of smiles.

But what happens when things go badly wrong on holiday? If you’ve booked a package holiday, Macks Solicitors might be able to help you recover compensation. Here’s our handy guide to what to do if you have an accident or suffer illness that’s not your fault…

1. Make a formal report to the on-site holiday rep, hotel or accommodation reception or service provider. Note the name of the person you speak to and get a copy of the report form if possible.

“This is by far the most important thing,” says Macks Solicitors’ holiday claims specialist solicitor James Pritchard. “Report it as soon as possible and definitely before you travel home.

Try not to take things out on the rep, as it’s good to have them onside. I’ve had experience of reports being doctored, so it’s really important to get a copy, or if not a photograph of it.”

2. If you’ve had an accident, take photos of the area and gather evidence such as measurements showing the dimensions of the defect.

“Make sure you do this before any spillages are cleared up or damage is repaired or fenced off,” says James. “I fought a case where a young boy had cut his toe on a broken tile while jumping into a swimming pool in Turkey. His parents took pictures straight away that showed how bad it was.”

3. Take details of any witnesses.

“This includes any staff as well as other holidaymakers,” says James. “Don’t just get their names, get their home addresses as well.

It might sound obvious, but once the holiday is over they’ll go back all over the world, and tracking them down can be a nightmare.

“I recently had a client who’d slipped on some wet marble steps in Egypt. Fortunately, he’d taken details of a witness, who ended up winning us the case.”

4. If you’ve been affected by food poisoning, write down the details of any other holidaymakers affected by similar illness and make a detailed food diary.

James says: “It’s vital to write down everything you’ve eaten, not just that day, but for the previous three days at least. Your case will be more difficult to prove If you’ve eaten away from the hotel, unless other guests have also been struck down.”

5. If you need medical treatment abroad, keep a note of any expenses, including receipts. Ask for a copy of medical notes.

“It doesn’t matter if these are in another language as we can get them translated if needed,” says James. “Make sure you contact your travel insurer straight away as well.”

6. Keep all your holiday booking documentation and invoices. You’ll need these if you make a claim.

7. Report the accident or illness to your tour operator directly. Again, it’s important to keep a note of who you speak to and the date and time the report was made.

“As long as you’ve reported it to the on-site rep, you can leave this until you get home” says James. “There’s no point spending what’s left of your holiday making expensive telephone calls.

But don’t leave it three months after returning to contact them either – do it as soon as you reasonably can.”

Contact Macks Solicitors specialist holiday claims team for no-obligation advice tailored to your circumstances. Please don’t delay as strict time limits may apply. Call 0800 980 9390 to make an appointment.

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Bronte

emale Boxer Cross now in the care of Maxi’s Mates is in kennel 8.

She is now totally blind in one eye but despite this Bronte is a lovely happy smiley girl. Her eye is not giving her any trouble now so the decision is that she’s not going to have it removed.

Bronte is also now available for adoption. She is vaccinated and micro-chipped. She will need a home without pets as she is not good with other dogs. An adoption fee and a home check will be required. Bronte is at Carlin Howe Farm, Redcar Road, Dunsdale, Cleveland, TS14 6RG. Opening times are 1.30 - 4 pm daily except Sunday as its closed.

For any information you can ring or text Maxi’s Mates on 07507 104636 or find us on Facebook.

n SOS has been issued by Saltburn 500 Club, which raises money for various causes including Saltburn in Bloom flower tubs and the town’s Christmas lights.

Volunteers are needed to collect money at the weekly bandstand concerts and to join the committee.

“We desperately need volunteers,” said secretary Trevor Welburn.

“We don’t want the club to die. We urgently need new blood to provide us with a boost. We are particularly desperate for collectors for the Saturday afternoon concerts which have now started. Donations are collected between 2.30 and 4pm on both Saturdays and Sundays until September 25.”

Mr Welburn said the majority of concert-goers were regulars. Money is collected by passing round a large jar.

“We need money to cover expenses. Traditional brass bands play on Sundays, the more popular day and others on Saturdays when various types of music tend to be played.

“We’ve also had ukulele bands playing on Saturdays. Each type of band has their own followers” The club was started around 25 years ago by Saltburn community stalwart Miss Jackie Taylor.

Now living in a local care home, she was recently granted the Freedom of Redcar and Cleveland for her work including introducing both “bloom” tubs and Christmas lights - and building the bandstand.

The club’s annual meeting has agreed a change in the constitution. A large drop in membership has been reported leading to a reduction in grants for projects like new benches and artistic features being put up round the town.

Trevor can be contacted on trevor.welburn@ btinternet.com, or, by dropping off a letter for his attention into Saltburn library

Yorkshire Ridings fundraising

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orkshire Ridings Society’s North Riding Group raised £58.00 on a bric-a-brac stall as Marske recently.

The proceeds go to help pay for cricket coaching for local schools at Headingley by Pro Coach Yorkshire.

Last year, Redcar and Hillsview Academies both experienced great days there and this year it is planned that they will go again along

with three other schools, Thornaby, Huntcliff (Saltburn) and Nunthorpe.

YRS Chairman Councillor Chris Abbott said: “This scheme helps encourage cricket amongst local youngsters and also promotes Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the areas of uncertainty that have been subject to local government reorganisation but are still part of Yorkshire for all cultural, ceremonial, sporting and postal purposes.”

Successful fund-raising at Skelton Methodist Community Church

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n Wednesday 1st June, a coffee morning was held with proceeds going to the Alzheimers Society. Despite the cold, damp, misty weather, the sum of £205 was raised. Thank you to all who supported this event in any way.

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A whimsical look at our area

A hike for Hannah

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couple of years back I entertained Coastal View readers with an account of the doings of an eccentric (at the very least) 19th century Cleric from Whitby, a guy who took great personal delight in physically opening up pathways in the countryside around Whitby, and generally taking on the rich and powerful landowners in a high spirited way - indeed on one occasion threatening to murder a fellow cleric critical of his methods, whilst that man was preaching to his flock.

That man, the Reverend Haydn Phillips, it now turns out, had a contemporary free spirit in East Cleveland - and amazingly she was an elderly lady in her late seventies. And a direct descendant of that lady is now telling her story for today’s East Clevelanders, and along with others, is planning to recreate a “mass trespass” on roads and paths once blocked by landowners between North Skelton and Saltburn.

Josie Bland, a member of the Skelton History Group, has for the last two years been busy researching her ancestors, the Emmerson family of Hollybush Farm Skelton - now no more (the farm, that is). She firstly discovered that her great grandfather was born and grew up there and that it had been in the Emmerson family since at least the 1600s.

Her great grandfather, one John Emmerson, was raised by his Aunt Hannah and Uncle Stephen, a brother and sister, who lived all their

lives on the farm. They bravely supported the infant Trade Unions representing local Ironstone Miners and when the Cleveland Miners Association called its first Demonstration Day in 1872, the farm was thrown open to the miners for that meeting, the first of many subsequent ones held at Hollybush Farm.

In return, the miners held Stephen and Hannah in high regard. Members of the Emmerson family were always on the top table at the Demonstration Days - even if they were being held at different venues from the farm. They commissioned a painting of Stephen which they presented to him, and photographs of it were sold at Benjamin Wilde’s shop in Skelton High Street (now the present day Post Office).

In the late Winter of 1879, when Hannah was seventy five, she went for a walk and, surprisingly found her way blocked by a newly erected fence. Turns out it had been put up to block the long established path from North Skelton to Saltburn used by the miners and by other Skelton residents. It seems that the Wharton Estate had built a new path to Longacre Mine (near to today’s ASDA store) for the miners’ use and wanted to dissuade them from using the old one.

For the landowners - who had a big stake in the mine - doing this was a win-win. They got a road to the new mine open, and were going to try to block the old one off, so as to stop people walking over their land (and possibly also as a

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● Josie Bland, who researched the history of her descendants, the Emmerson family and Hannah Emmerson handy access for night time poachers).

Miss Emmerson, it seems, was a very feisty old lady indeed, and instead of knuckling down to the landowner’s dictat, she simply got one of her farm hands from Hollybush to bring a heavy harnessed horse, tied a rope round the fence, saddled up the horse and pulled it down.

As you can guess, Major Wharton’s land agent was, like the reigning Queen Victoria, “not amused” and made it clear that he would be taking court action against both Hannah and her farm worker. And at this time, that was a big threat. Unlike today’s world with a professional judiciary and with solicitors and barristers able to act for defendants, the courts then were nothing more than a bench made up of the wealthy and powerful - and they would all be men known personally and by business dealings with the Wharton family. A proper legal defence, for an ordinary person was either out of the question, or extraordinarily difficult and expensive.

News travelled fast and protest meetings were held by the Skelton residents - including many of the miners - to see how best to support Hannah. The first meeting was held in the Bulls Head Pub, North Skelton and was supported by almost all the villagers, and - crucially - by the local miners. Indeed, one of the key people on the top table at that meeting was Joseph Toyne, the local miners’ Trade Union leader. Toyne and the miners were a force to be reckoned with and could be relied on to give vocal and boisterous support to the elderly and rather frail Hannah.

At that time the Miners Association were flexing their muscles well beyond the normal role of representation of their members before the mine owners and were now fast becoming an improving and redressing agency for the entire area - putting up candidates for the School Boards, contesting local elections and establishing the new Co-operative stores so as to both feed the community and to re-invest the profits back into that same community. So taking on landowners over access issues was simply more grist to the mill.

The Gazette reported: “On Friday last (14th November 1879) a meeting at the Bulls Head in North Skelton was held to discuss the actions of Mr Hamilton , the land agent to Mr J T Wharton, Skelton Castle, who for a considerable time has been trying to prevent the public travelling by the fields by Haggs Farm to Saltburn.

“The meeting, via the people present, resolved all they could do to help Miss Emmerson and they decided to contact Mr Hamilton to tell him they intended to walk the path at an early date.”

The story was told eloquently by a writer “a

concerned reader” (possibly Toyne himself as he was both a Methodist lay reader and thus well read by the standards of the time) who addresses an article in the Daily Gazette thus; Sir, Some few weeks since I had the pleasure of reading in your valuable paper the report of a meeting held by the inhabitants of North Skelton to consider what steps ought to be taken to prevent the Lord of the Manor stopping a footpath from Holly Farm by the Hagg Farm to Saltburn, which from time immemorial has been used by the inhabitants of Skelton and neighbourhood.

From the report it appeared that some kind of a fence had been put up which entirely blocked the way. This obstruction was taken notice of by Miss Hannah Emmerson, of Holly Farm, who for seventy years has used the road.

Miss Emmerson then ordered - and in my opinion rightly too - her servant man to pull the obstruction down, which was done. Out of this transaction a lawsuit has arisen, and I am informed by the deputation which waited on Mr Wharton that he intends to stop the road and go on with the case.

I have noticed for many years that encroachments on the right of the public are being continually made by gentlemen such as Mr Wharton, and where such occurs it generally comes under the head of improvement. Sir, I have no desire to prevent improvements being made, especially on the land, but I think that this is one of the “improvements” which, the public ought not to allow. That real business is meant is evident by the placing of a notice-board near the Wesleyan Chapel, North Skelton, which denies the right of way to every one besides miners who work at the Longacres mines.

Now, I want to know by which road l am to get from North Skelton to the “ Holly” or “Hagg” Farms, or to Saltburn. Our ancestors used to go by a public foot road, off the main road from Skelton to Brotton, the entrance of which is some four or five hundred yards on the Brotton side of the village of North Skelton. This road has not been used of late in consequence of the new road which has been made for the miners who work at Longacres mines being most convenient.

What are the facts? Mr Wharton intends, if possible, to do away with the old public road by making a new private road,, which he will have the power to stop when he thinks fit to do so. We hear a great deal nowadays about “ preserving our institutions” - but of these very old footpaths –“relics of the past” — we hear scarcely anything. Why, at the rate we are going

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A whimsical look at our area on in Cleveland, in a few years we shall not be able to go off the turnpike road without trespassing. Where are our “Guardians”? Surely it is a part of their duty to keep intact those public ways for the benefit of the people, and I trust some of them will have courage enough to make the matter a subject for investigation.

The question is one of public against private interest; and if the people who live in the neighbourhood of Skelton allow their lord and master to do what he apparently intends they will prove traitors to their traditions, and be unworthy of their ancestors. I hope to see the people respectfully but earnestly asking that their rights are respected, if not, they may march in a body to assert their right of way over the ancient footpath. By so doing they would put the question to the test, and settle where the right or the power lies.

Trusting you will find space for this letter, I am, for self and fellow sufferers, A concerned Reader Arising from that meeting, a letter was sent to Mr Wharton’s’ bailiff telling him that there was to be a protest walk in early January 1880 and he was being given prior warning so he could decide on a course of action. The day came when on the afternoon of Saturday 3rd January 1880, 800 plus residents of Skelton met outside the Bulls Head and proceeded to simply and solemnly walk the path. Mr Wharton, his bailiff and farm hands arrived on the scene on horseback. riding up to order the marchers to stop, but they were simply ignored - to loud cheers from the crowd - and the group eventually reached their destination of Saltburn.

In the end, the court summons just seemed to fizzle out. My guess is that the Whartons and their land managers, seeing the fuss and the hornet’s nest they had stirred up, simply decided to let sleeping dogs go back to sleep and to allow free access.

The Lord of the Manor on horseback - the archetypal rural figure of authority in Victorian days, had been seen down by his social inferiors. A victory for Hannah, the

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miners and people power.

On Saturday October 8th 2016 Josie, who still lives in the family village of Skelton, along with members of the Skelton History Group and anyone else interested, will be re-creating that walk as a reminder of Skelton’s Heritage.

Josie tells me that everyone is welcome, with a start at 2.00 pm from the Bulls Head.

And strange as you may think, all this coincides with a latter day issue of another well used path in the very same area being unilaterally blocked up to the chagrin of local walkers. This path runs - or rather now - “ran” from North Skelton to Hollybush via the allotment gardens and a footbridge.over a beck valley. At the end of a footbridge a path, with a section crossing the railway line, carried on to Hollybush, via a small copse.

I say “ran” deliberately as - only a few weeks ago - Network Rail closed access across the line as it was not deemed a “Public Right of Way”. According to the local protest leader, Ian Johnson of Skelton: “The gates are now locked and the old stile removed without any public consultation or prior notification. Closing this path has destroyed a wonderful walk, and I feel that this should be reinstated with provision for walkers who would then still be able to access the woodland and onto North Skelton, Brotton, Saltburn and other parts of East Cleveland. The villages of Skelton do not have large areas of public parks and it is vital that our local residents are able to enjoy the open countryside instead.”

Not that I would advocate civil disobedience, but it would be interesting to see if some walkers make a quick detour on this new attempt to deny access to the open countryside that Hannah took on - and won - back in 1880.

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.

Email: holliebush@gmx.com

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Wayfarer’s Travels Budapest – Hungary

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udapest is the oldest and largest city in Hungary as well as being its capital.

It`s actually two cities in one – Buda and Pest. Don`t pronounce it that way though as the locals would be most offended. They`re quite aware of the western meaning of the word “pest” and in any case, the correct pronunciation is “Boodapesh”.

It`s cheap and easy to get to from Teesside with regular flights from Leeds Bradford for under £100 and the best time to go is May or September when it’s not too hot.

Hungary is one of the cheapest countries in Europe for the tourist.

Although they joined the E.U. some 12 years ago, they kept the forint, or HUF, and at the time of writing the exchange rate of 410 forints to the pound makes almost everything you buy in Budapest a bargain.

Food is excellent, with beef high on the agenda and it goes without saying that their famous goulash is second to none. A good place at which to eat is the Great Market Hall, located at the

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● The Hungarian Parliament Building end of the famous pedestrian shopping street, Váci utca, and on the Pest side of the Liberty bridge at Fővám square.

The hall is the largest and oldest in

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he next monthly meeting of SARA will be held on July 6th, at the TocH premises, Albion Terrace, Saltburn at 7.30pm. Please come along and meet members of SARA and we look forward to meeting more new members.

Saturday 2nd July – SARA will be holding their Annual Fun Dog Show from 11am to 4pm, at Foxrush Farm, Kirkleatham Lane, Redcar TS10 5NJ. There will be a wide variety of classes to enter and judging will commence at 11.30am. Entries made on the day at the ringside £1.00 per dog per class. Dogs looking for homes will be on parade between

Hungary. It was built in 1897 and it`s quite unique with its beautiful frontal façade and intricate internal wrought ironwork.

12.45 to 1pm. Please ensure that all dogs are fully vaccinated.

Refreshments will be on sale with homemade food . There will also be a variety of stalls and a raffle. Come along with family friends and pets to enjoy a fun packed day. There is plenty of parking on the Foxrush field. All funds raised will go to the ever increasing number of animals that so desperately need our help.

Saturday 16th from 10 to 3pm SARA will be holding a Summer Bargain Sale at Foxrush Farm with bargains galore, everything must go. Tea and coffee will also be available.

Definitely worth a look.

Saturday 23rd Street collection Middlesbrough. If you would like to help collect please contact the centre on 01642 488108

Strawberry and Chocolate Fayre

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n Sunday 5th June SARA held their annual Strawberry and Chocolate Fayre at Foxrush Farm; there was a good attendance with everyone enjoying the strawberries and cream provided by Tesco.

The event also included a display of flyball by Middlesbrough Dog Club, a parade of dogs for re-homing and those who have been re-homed and had come back to see us. It gives the staff and volunteers a boost to see their former charges so healthy and happy.

Our thanks to everyone who supported the event by attending, volunteering and the staff for the great work they do on a daily basis. SARA raised £631.34.

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Clive

live is a three year old male who came into us as a stray after he was getting beaten up by the other cats in the area.

He is a lovely cat who likes a good fuss after his traumatic time and he is now looking for a nice quite home where he can be an only pet.

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Holly

olly is a seven year old terrier cross.

She came into us after his owner died. She would be an Clive Holly ideal companion to a family with older children but would prefer to be an only pet.

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

The Hungarians have been brewing beer for over a thousand years. One of the best is Koanyai Sor, a rich brown beer at 4.6%. If you prefer a lager, try

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Budapest is of course famous for its therapeutic thermal springs and baths. Many hotels have their own baths and there are lots of public ones dotted about the city. Of the oldest and most famous are The Lukacs Thermal baths on the Buda side of the Danube and just over the Margit Hid bridge.

I`d recommend buying a Budapest City card which gives you free entry to these baths, free city transport and reduced prices to most museums and places of interest.

The rushing thermal waters that feed the baths have carved out a huge cave system, thought to stretch for 60miles.

If you`re feeling adventurous you can take a guided tour through part of the system. The tour takes 2-3 hours so go well prepared. One final tip – buy your forints in Budapest. You`ll get a far better exchange rate.

Wayfarer wayfarer@ntlworld.com In our next issue Wayfarer explores Utrecht in Holland.

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What’s On - Music & Events

Roxby Heritage Weekend

fter having success over the last 4 years, we are looking to hold our 5th annual Roxby Heritage Weekend event which runs over 2 days on 9th & 10th July 2016 Attractions this year are to include Traction Steam Engines (full-size and miniature), Stationary Engines, Vintage Tractors, Classic Cars & Motorbikes,

●● Sam Nattress (Urban Fudge), Anna Espinosa (Anna’s Tapas), Festival Director Lorna Jackson, Liz Ramshaw (The Gingerbread Mam) & Richard Willis (Swine Dining). Photo by Stuart Boulton

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relaxing family holiday to the historic French wine region of Bergerac on the North Bank of the Dordogne sparked an idea that would go on to tickle the tastebuds of thousands of visitors and passionate foodies in Saltburn.

And now planning is well underway for the fourth annual Saltburn Food Festival on Sunday 31 July, when the town’s Milton Street will be transformed into a buzzing Festival village for a day packed full of fun for all the family.

A huge celebration of good local food, it’s all part of a busy day that includes a bustling street market featuring more than 80 of the best independent food producers from the North East and North Yorkshire.

Special guest chefs including Mark Greenaway from BBC2’s Great British Menu and Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch will be cooking up a treat at the Festival’s live Cookery Theatre.

Foodies can also enjoy a family kitchen for children, world street food, veggie & vegan specials, outdoor dining and picnic areas, a Beer Festival at Saltburn House, a Wine Tasting event at The Spa Hotel, street theatre, live music, a vintage bus as part of the festival’s park & ride scheme, and much more besides – all with good local food taking centre stage.

And, for foodies who simply fancy giving the car a day off, Arriva are doubling the X4 Sunday service between Middlesbrough & Whitby, running every half-hour instead of hourly.

And a special Festival shuttle bus will also run between Guisborough and Saltburn, calling at Skelton on the way.

Festival Director Lorna Jackson is co-director of Saltburn’s family-run Real Meals Deli & Bistro, and also manages the town’s popular monthly Farmers’ Market.

Describing the origins of the festival, Lorna said: “I was on holiday in France, sitting at a busy night market with my family, and enjoying good local food right there on the street. And there was just an amazing sense of togetherness around the whole place.

“There was something really appealing about simply enjoying your surroundings with friends and family – basically reclaiming the streets for the whole community to enjoy.

“I thought there was nothing they were doing in France that we couldn’t do in towns and villages in this country, so I decided to give it a go here in Saltburn.”

And, four years later, the town’s food festival has proved a huge hit with foodies far and wide.

“The Festival has been an incredible adventure,” said Lorna. “I hesitate to say it’s taken us by surprise, but it’s become everything we thought it could be and plenty more besides.

“It really transforms the street and the town centre where we live and work, and that’s exactly what we set out to do.”

Looking forward to a busy summer, Lorna said: “The last three years have been incredible, and we’re looking to build again on the family festival buzz around the whole day - with some fantastic people, brilliant chefs and small independent food producers who all share our passion for good local food.

“And then there’s the town itself. We’re lucky to have beautiful natural surroundings, the beach, the pier, the Valley Gardens, and there’s also chance to discover the town’s array of fantastic independent shops and cafes.

“It all adds up to a great day out – all sparked by a love of good local food and a fantastic holiday in France.”

• Saltburn Food Festival: Sunday 31 July. 10am4pm. FREE Admission. For further info & updates, log onto www.saltburnfoodfestival.co.uk • Saltburn Food Festival Family Kitchen: A big hit last year, get your kids’ cooking at the Festival’s Family Kitchen, with fun 45 minute hands-on workshops for children aged 5-15. All ingredients are provided, and children will finish the session with a meal they’ve helped cook themselves and an apron to take home. There’s a small charge of £4.50 per child, and places need to be booked in advance at www.saltburnfoodfestival.co.uk

What’s happening in Loftus?

HERITAGE OPEN DAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 n further recognition of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th Birthday, Loftus Town Council has agreed that the theme for this year’s Heritage Open Day in the Town Hall will be “The Queen’s Ten Decades”.

There will be display material from each of the decades 1920s to 2010s, and a special display on Street House Excavations, and we hope to have activities for all the family, even music and food - but we also need your help. Do you have any material that you would be prepared to loan to add a really local touch to the displays? Would you be prepared to fill in a “reminiscences” slip or even have a researcher visit your community group to chat to your members about what it was like being a child or bringing up children in the area, what difference it made when the Ironstone Mines closed

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or the Potash Mine opened etc.

Contact the Council on 01287 641000, e-mail: office @loftustowncouncil.co.uk.

IS EAST CLEVELAND VISITOR-READY? Everyone who lives in this lovely part of the country must be aware of the beauty of the area - so why don’t we get more visitors to Loftus and the surrounding villages?

Questions like these have been raised in community meetings and Council meetings, most recently in a meeting of the Coastal Communities Team and at Loftus Annual Assembly, and the questions were asked - Is East Cleveland Visitorready? If not, why not? What more is needed?

All suggestions are welcome - these can be used to pull together to help form a strategy for the future, and to support funding applications etc. If you would like to contribute, pick up a “Visitor-ready?” questionnaire from the Council or the Library.

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Military Vehicles and associated vehicles and machinery etc.Tractor Pulling, Plus Various Displays, Birds of prey, Miniature Railway, Trade & Craft Stalls and Children’s Entertainment, and a fun Dog Show. With free camping for exhibitors all in the fields adjacent to The Fox Inn, Roxby near Staithes N. Yorkshire TS13 5EB

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Skelton History Group Heritage Walks

S k e l t o n H i s t o r y G r o u p o rg a n i s e a programme of Heritage Walks each year.

These are open to members of the public as well as members of the Group.

Anyone wishing to have details of this year’s programme of walks should send an e-mail to skeltonhistorygroup@gmail.com. Details of the next walk are given below. A small charge of £2 per person will be made on each walk.

This is to help pay the costs of the Public Liability Insurance.

Friday 16th September 2016 – Carlton and Kirkby This is a walk of two parts, starting from the car park at Lordstones café at 10:30am.

The first part takes us west to the site of Carlton alum works. We then turn around and follow the Cleveland Way, over Cold Moor and towards the Wainstones. Before we get to the Wainstones, we turn back on ourselves and take a lower level path back to Lordstones, passing the site of Kirby alum works. The walk should take between 2½ and 3 hours.

Skelton Ward Surgery

Skelton Labour Ward Councillors David Walsh and Helen McLuckie will be holding a ward surgery on Saturday July 16th between 11.00 am and 12.30 pm at Skelton Library, Coniston Road, Skelton (opposite Civic Hall)

Tea Dance with George and Marie

Every Wednesday afternoon, 2pm - 4pm at Skelton Civic Hall, Coniston Road, Skelton.

Everyone welcome. Suitable for beginners - you don’t even have to dance, just come and listen to the music.

Refreshments served! £2.00

Brotton Bowls Club

St. Margaret’s Way Brotton Ladies and Gents are you no longer fit enough for high impact sports?

Why not come along and try Bowling?

It will give you gentle exercise Make some new Friends. Gets you out of the House Come and have a go you may like it Give us a ring at Brotton Bowls Club 677295 Or ring Dorothy 676994, Josie 676632, Judy 679001 or Pat 651440

What’s on at the Gleneagles Centre, New Marske Monday 10:30 -12:30 Carpet Bowls Monday 3-4 Tai Chi Monday 6-9 Aikido Tuesday 9:30 - 11:30 Quilting Tuesday (fortnightly) 2-4 Friendship Group Tuesday 7-8:30 Mens Self Defence Wednesday 9:30 -10:30 Healthy Living Wednesday 11-1 German (U.3.A.) Wednesday 6:30 - 7:30 Pilates Thursday 10:30 12:30 Carpet Bowls First Thursday 7pm Yorkshire Countrywomen Second Thursday 7pm HIstory Group Friday 10-12 Social Bridge for beginners Friday 2-4 Carpet Bowls Third Friday 7pm Bingo with pie and pea supper First Saturday Craft fair and coffee morning 10am Third Saturday Table Top Sale 10am Sunday 10:30-12 Tribal Masquers Sunday 12:30 - 2 Dog Training Further details 01642 483234

Saltburn Bandstand

Summer 2016 Concert Listings Saturday Concerts 2.30pm-4pm June 25th – Guisborough Big Band July 2nd – Marske Junior Band 16th – Darlington Community Wind Band 23rd – Ukes & Toots 30th –Aycliffe & Brancepath Brass Band

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Get ready for the Saltburn Craft and Produce Show on Saturday, 9th July 2016 in Emmanuel Church Hall.

With 70 classes, there’s sure to be something you can enter!

Schedules are available from local libraries or visit our web site at www.saltburncraftandproduceshow.org.uk

Proms Night Show

Health walk marks Somme

Sunday Concerts 2.30pm-4pm June 26th – Cleveland Constabulary Band July 3rd – Northallerton Silver Band 10th – Hurworth Concert Band 17th – Lockwood Brass Band 24th – South Bank Band 31st – Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band

Saltburn Craft and Produce Show

By Tony Crow As a direct result of the success of a Proms’ Night Show led by Eve Bointon of Middlesbrough and Joan Coulthard of Brotton from The Clare Singers in Redcar last September to raise funds for the Friends of Redcar Cemetery, there will be similar Show at the Redcar East Community Centre on Durham Road, Redcar on Saturday 16th July at 7.30 pm.

This time there will be guest performers too, including the well-known local entertainer, Tom Rolfe to weave his spell of magic and juggle his way to success.

Proceeds from the Show will again be donated to the Friends of Redcar Cemetery whose members will be supporting the Show.

Remember to bring an appropriate Flag to wave if you have one.

Don’t worry if you’ve put it away somewhere ‘safe’, we’ll loan you one!

For further details please phone 01642 481544

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Friends of Redcar Cemetery Events

By Joyce Charlesworth Friends of Redcar Cemetery (FORCEM) will be holding a Summer Coffee morning with assorted stalls including bric a brac and cakes at Laburnum Road Library on Friday July 15.

The event is open between 10am and 12.30 then from 1.30 to 3pm . Please come along and have a chat and a cuppa and help support FORCEM so that they can continue to make the Cemetery a pleasant and peaceful place to visit for whatever reason.

Members of FORCEM will be joining the vigil to commemorate the Somme Centenary at Redcar Cenotaph at 7.30am on July 1 On the first Monday of the month, until October, members of the Friends of Redcar Cemetery will be waiting under the arch at 10.30 to meet people who would like to hear the fascinating stories of local people involved with WW1. No booking is necessary and it is suggested that strong footwear is worn especially in wet weather.

Groups who would like to visit at a different time should contact 01642 478349

Winkies Castle Folk Museum

Guisborough Town Council Annual Crafts & Produce Show Guisborough Town Council will be holding its annual Crafts & Produce Show on Saturday, 13th August at Sunnyfield House, 36 Westgate, Guisborough.

The show is open for entries from residents of Guisborough, East Cleveland and Guisborough Community Groups.

Sections include vegetables, soft fruits, flowers, home baking, children’s and crafts, amongst others.

Winners of each class will receive a cash prize and Section Winners receive a cash prize and trophy.

This is an event staged for the community to take part and show off their talents in all of the above sections.

The show is open to the public for viewing at 11.30am so why not stop for the auction of entries at 2.00pm and grab yourself some bargain veg, flowers and home baking.

We hope to attract a record number of entries, so why not take part? Show schedules with full information are available from Sunnyfield House, 36 Westgate, Guisborough, North Yorkshire TS14 6BA. Telephone 01287 610193

By Mike Morrissey Saltburn’s health walk group, which holds a walk round the town each week, will be marking the centenary of the Somme battles on Friday 1st July, at 10am from Saltburn library. It will be an historic walk around the town covering both World Wars taking in the Glenside war memorial and other points of interest.

The group, which is run by Redcar & Cleveland Council, usually meets on a Wednesday, but the date has been changed for one week only to commemorate the Somme. There is no charge and all are welcome

All Saints Church Skelton News & Summer Events

By Dot Butcher The first Friday of every month we have a charity coffee morning in church. Hot drinks and biscuits are provided for a donation and there is always a warm welcome and a cake stall.

Our church has a wonderful set of tower bells and is seeking apprentice ringers . If anyone over the age of 12 would like to give it a try then they can come along on a Wednesday between 6.30 and 7.30 or contact the tower captain Geoff Scott on 01287 651104 or via the church office at allsaints.staidens@btconnect.com

Skelton & Brotton Parish Council Produce Show 2016 Saturday 27 August Skelton Civic Hall Coniston Road, Skelton, TS12 2HP

Prize money : £5, £3, £2 Prize money for Class 1 (Tray of Vegetables) £10, £7.50, £5. Entry fee 25p per item Trophy to exhibitor with most points Prizes for best overall exhibits (Classes 125 & 2634) Cups and Trophies to be presented at 2.00 pm Prize Money to be Paid at 2.30pm Auction to follow Open to the public from 1.00 pm Exhibits To Be Entered Between 8.30Am 10.00Am Auction , Refreshments Organised By Skelton And Brotton Parish Council Enquiries – Parish Office 01287 348008, Bill Roe 01287 676853, Or Barbara Stocker 01287 653880

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162 High Street, Marske by the Sea, TS11 7NB Tel: 01642 775086 We b s i t e : w w w. w i n k i e s c a s t l e . c o . u k Facebook page: Winkies Castle Folk Museum Open 11.00am – 4.30pm every Thurs, Sat, Sun + Bank Holiday Monday.

SPECIAL EVENT: 3 ROADSHOW DAYS Thursday 28th, Saturday 30th + Sunday 31st July. During these days some unusual Fossils will be on show and you can bring your own fossils along to be identified by experts.

Parish of Boosbeck & Lingdale St Aidan Church Social Events 2016 Every Thursday – Church Open Day – visit us for a coffee/tea and a chat – all welcome 25th June 2016 Lockwood Primary School Fayre To raise funds for St Aidan Church – starts at 10.30 hrs - there will be a bottle tombola – get to know your Church (the stall will advertise the Church) – proceeds to go toward the maintenance of the Church 16th July 2016 Soft Toy Hunt & Picnic This will start from St Aidan at 14.00 hrs. Soft toys will be placed around Boosbeck and the idea is that the kids will hunt them down – finish at St Aidan for a picnic – proceeds to go toward the maintenance of the Church.

30th July 2016 St Chad’s Summer Fayre 13.00-15.00 hrs and an afternoon tea will be served / tombola / raffle and usual stalls – proceeds to go toward the running costs of the Church 6th August 2016 St Aidan’s Summer Fayre in the Boosbeck Community Centre – proceeds to go toward the running costs of the Church 14.00-16.00 hrs A strawberry tea will be served / tombola / grand raffle

Skelton Men’s Group

At present we meet in the Bull’s Head, North Skelton, on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, September to April, starting at 7.30p.m.

During the summer, May to August, we enjoy various outdoor excursions. There is an annual membership fee of £5.00pp and subs of £1.00pp each time you attend a meeting. We round off indoor meetings with a cold buffet supper.

Some events are subsidised from our funds. Our outdoor programme for the next three months is as follows 19th July Newby Hall, near Ripon 16th August Walk—Skelton Green to Slapewath A warm welcome will be extended to anyone who wishes to join us. For further details contact the Group Secretary, Stuart White, Tel 01287 654132.

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The world of theatre

Ethiad Stadium Manchester June 9th 2016

T h e Wi n d R o a d Boys pops up at Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre on the 4th of August. This ummer tends to show has now had a be a time when number of regional the commercial performances, theatres falls silent associated schools and many of the and community local amateur workshops and a or community trip to the Edinburgh

By Kate Bramley companies are left Fringe. According to to fill seats while the their own publicity: managers prepare for the upcoming The Wind Road Boys is a new familyyear. friendly musical fusing comedy, Here’s a taster of some projects drama and gut-thumping, tear-jerking coming up across the region. 18th-19th musical numbers. The ghost of an old July sees the performances of Miss miner has only one night to save a Ella at Middlesbrough Town Hall. disused pit town from redevelopment, According to them: Middlesbrough but to change the future; he must relive Town Hall Performing Arts present a his past. A haunting secret and lost wonderful post war re-imagining of love come together to teach us that the the classic fairy-tale told in their own past we inherit; the future we build. unique and un-paralleled way. Ella If you have any interest in mining lives just off the North East coast in a heritage then it may well be worth a small farm with her stepmother Grace trip out to explore this piece. and her two stepsisters Lucy and Judy.

I know further afield in the Life isn’t easy living and working for Northallerton area the Allerton Players these three ladies but when Ella meets are seeking performers, creatives and a strange and peculiar man in the forest technical supporters for their group. a new life slowly begins to unfold to They perform regularly at the Saltburn her. With a brand new script especially Play Festival and are trying to swell penned for the students, this musical their ranks. If you live to the West of tale mixes classic songs with new and the Moors area and would like to take reworked hits to create a magical story part just contact Deb allertonplayers@ for audiences of any age. hotmail.co.uk for more info. More T h e m i n i n g h e r i t a g e m u s i c a l next month!

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By Dave King

aving seen ACDC at Hampden Park a year ago on part of the Rock or Bust Tour with Brian Johnson in the band I was fascinated to see them again with Axl Rose on vocals.

I watched a few YouTube clips with Axl singing on their European dates which were excellent. So I was really looking forward to another night watching the best and biggest selling rock band in the world. I thought I’d go posh this time so I booked VIP Corporate with a three course meal, free drinks (which i gave away to the next table and drank water all night) and leather padded seats. The hospitality at the Ethiad is second to none the likes of which I had experienced a few times before at the Rugby League Magic Weekend events. I popped out to watch the support band Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown from Nashville who were good and did a great job warming up for Angus and his band.

At 8.30pm, Bang the place blew up, Angus ripped into Rock or Bust, so loud I though Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be Tonight. The rhythm section of Chris Slade and Cliff Williams were on fire, Stevie Young’s tight Rhythm guitar holding it all together kicked in and all heaven was let loose. So, big boots to fill after Brian Johnson and 54-year-old Axl proved he had all the credentials by breaking his foot just

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days after news of the job began to surface. Tonight, some two-months on sporting a cast and limp, the former Guns n Roses wild man showed us exactly why Angus Young took him on. Not too many bands give good stadium shows but AC/DC and Axl have absolutely nothing to learn.

Angus aged 61 is dressed in his classic school uniform with velveteen jacket and short trousers, legs as white and skinny as ever commands the stadium, battering his Gibson SG guitar, it rips through the stadium like Lurpak on a hot crumpet and just as tasty. Flying into Shoot to Thrill, Back in Black, Rock n Roll Thunder, Dirty Deeds, Thunderstruck, Rock n Roll Train then Hells Bells the atmosphere is full on crazy. Every time adversity tosses another curve ball at this band, guitar genius Angus manages to smash it out of the park. Even though Axl’s performances have been almost universally lauded, everyone at the Ethiad needed to hear it for themselves

● Angus Young commands the stadium, and he was brilliant.

Chris Slade on drums was just thunderous all night and the band took live stadium shows to a new level, Axl’s vocal just got better and better as they blasted into If You Want Blood, Sin City, You Shook Me All Night Long, Shot Down in Flames, Have a Drink on Me, Whole Lotta Rosie and Let there Be Rock then finishing off with Highway To Hell, Riff Raff and For Those About to Rock, and the crowd certainly Did Salute Them.

Now in their 43rd year I hope they tour again. Totally Awesome.

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East Cleveland Scarecrow Festival

Every Tuesday at The Redcar Borough Park Bowling Club

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i, all! We’re expecting some great nights at the Cutty Wren Folk Club this month.

First, on July 5th, we’ve Ailsa McKenzie and Graham Walker. I haven’t seen them as a duo, and I’m really looking forward to this. Ailsa is a fine local harp player and singer who is one of the star performers in the recent performances and CD’s of the works of the much-missed song writer Graeme Miles, while Graham has been known on the local scene for decades as a very effective performer and writer of traditionalbased material. Don’t miss this one!

We’ll relax and celebrate on July 12th, when John has arranged pies, peas and cake to celebrate 51 years of our club. I’ve no doubt we’ll have some wonderful singing, and the food will be top-class as well.

It’ll be “Singers and Musicians” on July 19th, when local folk performers and no doubt the occasional visitor will get up and entertain us all. We never know who’ll be along or what they’ll do, but there’ll be some great songs, great singing, and plenty of humour. Come along and have a go if you do anything folky, and come and listen if you’ve not tried a folk club before.

We’re an open, friendly crowd, and we’re always glad to see new faces.

We welcome the duo “PlumHall” on July 26th.

Two songwriters and singers, Michelle Plum and Nick B Hall, they’ve American influences, and should go down well at the club – we welcome all sorts of folk and “roots” music! They’re new to me as well, so I’m looking forward to the night.

August 2nd will be a “Theme Night”. It’s like a singers’ evening, but John gives us a theme to try and find a song for. It’s a good way of getting performers to look through their repertoires, but we do have a “loose connection” clause. This time the theme will be “Come Fill up My Glass” – Songs of Drinking, and there are more than a few in the folk tradition!

The next week will be really busy! The 9th will be “Singers and Musicians”, and the 11th will be our Famous Pre-Festival Night at the Marine Hotel, up on the top at Saltburn. It’s a singaround again, but it’s always special as the Saltburn Folk Festival early birds come along as well. There’s a wonderful meeting of good folk friends as well as wonderful singing. Doors will be open about 6 p.m. and singing can go on until midnight if we’ve the stamina!

The Festival itself starts on Friday 12th, of course – don’t forget your tickets! It ends on Monday, but we’ll recall the fun back at the Cutty Wren the following Tuesday, the 16th, with a singaround we call “Festival Survivors’ Night”!

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Looking ahead, there’ll be a Hot Spot with our own local bard John P. Connolly on August 23rd, and Singers and Musicians on the 30th.

More info next time!

Looking back, Dave and Anne Coulter with Stewart Tonner (aka “Friends of the Family”) gave us some lovely tunes and singable songs on May 3rd, while George Welch and Stewart Hardy were on fine form. Again, we’d great songs and superb fiddling with plenty of humour, too.

Sadly, I had to miss the Hot Spot with “Sadie and Jay” from Australia the next week, but I’m told it was very good.

The Theme Night of “Songs of Graeme Miles” was highly successful. We’d most of the movers and shakers in the work of promoting Graeme’s wonderful songs, and it was very moving to hear his widow thank us for our support in the task.

The songs, mostly Graeme’s, were good, too.

Another special occasion was a Hot Spot from “Geordie” Keith, who we don’t see often these days, but he gave us a typical roistering performance that left us all wanting more. We’d also a young visitor, Den Miller from Keighley, who went down very well.

And the Singers’ and Musicians’ nights were as good as ever!

Right – the practical bit: we meet every Tuesday at the Redcar Borough Park Bowling Club, Thwaites Lane, off Redcar Lane, Redcar TS10 2FD. Just go up or down Redcar Lane and turn in at the big red racecourse sign. We’re at the bottom to the left. There’s plenty of parking space. Doors open about 7-30 p.m., singing starts about 8pm. and ends about 11pm. There’s a good friendly bar and a great atmosphere.

You can contact our diligent organiser John Taylor on 01287 622723 for more info, and we do have a website. Thanks go, as ever, to John and to our kind hosts at the Bowling Club.

See you soon George F

Railway Arms Brotton Sat 25 June - Ezee Goin Sat 02 July - No Regrets Sat 09 July - T.B.A

Sat16 July - Roadstunner Sat 23 July - The Persuaders Sat 30 July - Michael Stevens

By Denise Nesbitt

he Scarecrow workshops here in Liverton Village have been an absolute amazing success, seeing people come together because they love East Cleveland!

People are working together - some whilst not holding their own festival are actively involved with helping others. Only recently saw Brotton Improvement Group walking out the door with a scarecrow badger and Loftus Town Council left with the making of a sheep scarecrow!

Ladies from Nunthorpe made a group of babies and one lady was so inspired she is holding her very own scarecrow event in her garden in Nunthorpe (details to follow as we can support this jesture) The scarecrow workshops will continue through July and August on Friday 8th July - and then 15th, 22nd, 29th July and 5th August in Liverton Village Hall and all are invited.

The dates for our very first East Cleveland

inter-village Scarecrow Festival have now been finalised.

The event will kick off with an amazing launch here in Liverton Village on Saturday August 6th, when Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Mayor, Barry Hunt will be opening the proceedings and everyone is welcome. Our scarecrows will stay up for one week. The following Saturday, 13th it will be the turn of Margrove Park to provide the display of scarecrows and any associated games/ activities/refreshments. Saturday 20th will see Loftus the focus and the whole fantastic festival will be concluded on the Bank Holiday weekend in Easington on the 27th.

This is prime holiday time and that means visitors - let’s show them what an incredibly wonderful place East Cleveland is!

Here in Liverton Village we are all ready planning our activities, possibly running it over two days - but all this will be finalised in the next few weeks.

East Cleveland is a FANTASTIC place to be!

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June Services 26th June-10-30am Rev A Harbottle Holy Communion 6-00pm At Zetland Park July Services 3rd July-10-30am Rev T Haigh, 6-00pm Rev T Haigh 10th July-10-30am Mrs J Rogers, 3-00pm At New Marske 17th July-10-30am Mr J Griffiths, 6-00pm Rev A Harbottle Holy Communion 24th July-10-30am Mr B Rogers 6-00pm At Zetland Park 31st July-10-30am Mr T Hume 6-00pm Rev A Harbottle

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

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East Redcar Residents` Association. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 7th July in the upstairs meeting room of St. Peter`s Church, Redcar Lane, Redcar. The meeting will start at 7pm and finish by 8.30pm. Everyone welcome to come along.

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

Coffee morning in Skelton Civic Hall every Mon 9.30am until 11.00. 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.

Guisborough & District Friends of Cancer Vintage Afternoon Tea in the Church Hall, Bow street, Guisborough on Tuesday 19 July 2pm4pm. Various stalls and all welcome..For more details of times etc contact: Wendy 01287 634571 or Viv 01642 472134.

Footprints Community Cafe held every Wednesday at East Cleveland Baptist Church, Park Avenue, Redcar.

Excellent food at good prices. All profits from the cafe are fed back into Footprints projects including Redcar Area Foodbank.

Men’s Shed ... every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 9am - 1pm at 17 Queen Street Redcar.

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. St Augustine’s church, Warwick Rd (mornings except Mon and Sat which are evenings), Sacred Heart, Lobster Rd (mornings except Sat 6pm-7pm )

Saltburn Friday Friends is an inclusive friendship group open to all over 18, we welcome people with different abilities. We have activities inc bowling, drumming, keep fit, singing, bingo, quizzes and arts and crafts.

We meet Fridays 10-4, at Emmanuel Church Hall, Macnay Street, Saltburn. 1st session is free (Carers always free). Then £2.50 1 session/£4 all day. Ran by volunteers. 07833895501 Thefridayfriends@outlook. com All welcome!

Easington All Saints Coffee Morning. Village Hall – 2nd Saturday in every month. 10am – 12pm. All welcome

Loftus British Legion outreach sessions held 3rd Tuesday of each month in Old Co-op Building. Sessions are run on a drop-in basis between 10am-12 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 WI - Ladies, why not come along and make new friends. Meetings every second Tuesday of the month ( except August ) at 7pm in Loftus Town Hall. New members welcome.

For details telephone 01287 644661

Riverside Building New Company Row Skinningrove hosts the following each week.

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 2.00pm and provide access to computers with internet and office applications free of charge. We also provide full colour Photocopying.

Garden Café – Garden café hot drinks and light snacks. 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.

Charltons Charltons Community Centre monthly table top sale, first Sunday of the month Sellers from 9am buyers 10am - 12pm tables £4.

Refreshments available. Please contact Rachael on 07746660059 for more details.

Stanghow Stanghow Community Centre Coffee morning 10am – 12noon First Saturday in each month – Bingo Fortnightly Wednesday evening 7:15 start.

For further details of any of the above please phone 01287 650098

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

Liverton Mines St Hilda’s - Cake & Chat last Wed in of month 3pm-4pm Coffee Morning on 1st Tues of month 10am -11am. All are welcome.

Liverton Whist. The next Whist drives will take place on Fridays on July 1st and July 15th. New Whist players are allways welcome

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Skelton Library ‘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’ every Monday 2pm-4pm For more information: Tel: 01287 650487 Email: skelton_library@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk 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.

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 - meet the first Thursday of the month, at 10am, in Skelton Library for a cuppa, and an informal chat. A weigh in is available if required. New Members welcome!

A new Men’s Shed in Skelton. At Skelton Industrial Estate, opening times are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 9 - 2pm. Watness Avenue, Unit 7 (27F) Skelton Industrial Estate TS12 2AR.Please feel free to pop along and have a chat about what Men’s Shed is all about and how you can be involved.

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

Moorsholm Moorsholm Memorial Hall Moorsholm WI, every 2nd Mon, 7.15pm. 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. Craft Class - Weaving, knitting, rag rugging, dye and crafts every Wednesday 7pm-9pm.

The July meeting of Guisborough Floral Art Club will be at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 13th July in St. Nicholas’ Parish Hall, Guisborough. Vanessa Wellock is the demonstrator and her title is “This is me”. For up to date information visit our Facebook page. Search “Guisborough Flower Club”.

St Nicholas Church Craft & Collectables Fair on 16 July. Held in the Parish Church, Bow Street, Guisborough.10am to 3pm. Entry is free. The free craft activity for children will be working with Guisborough potter, Dick Graves who will show them how to work with clay. He’ll then take their work home, glaze and fire it and bring it back for collection to the 13 August Craft Fair.

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 Guisborough Museum is open every Thursday & Saturday 10 till 4, till end of October. Full of fascinating objects and photos of past times.

New exhibitions - railway - toys - flower artistry - children’s quiz. Free entry! Find us behind Sunnyfield House on Westgate, Guisborough.

Brotton Brotton Library ‘Knit & Natter’ every Thurs 2pm-4pm. All welcome to come and have a cuppa and a friendly natter.For more info:Tel: 01287 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 Coffee Morning every Wed 10.00am - 11.30am in St. Margaret’s Church, High Street, Brotton.

Prize Bingo in aid of Church funds held at KTS+ site, St. Margaret’s Way, Brotton every Tues at 7pm.

Brotton Village Hall. Every Thursday Prize Bingo 1.15pm Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month Tea Dance 2pm - 4pm

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What’s on in Saltburn Spiritualist church Toc H,Coach House, Saltburn

New Methodist minister due

By Mike Morrissey

(For further information please contact the booking secretary Jean on 07776331333)

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Monday services: Healing 6.30 (free) Open circle 7pm (collection) Classes 8.45pm (costs vary please ask for details) Please note we are closed Monday 30th due to Bank Holiday Please note once a month specials replace these services as above Saturday Divine services all begin at 7pm (A free will collection is taken at the close of our Divine services) 25th Sharon Hall & Lisa Ellis (from Darlington)

New Diocesan Director of Education

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Specials Saltburn spiritualist church are proud to host an evening of mediumship with demonstrator Mrs Yvonne Chapman CSNU from Saltburn on Monday the 4th. £3 on the door. 7pm start Please note that this special replaces our normal Monday services. There are no classes after this service due to a committee meeting.

Monday services: Healing 6.30pm (free) Open Circle 7pm (collection) Classes 8.45pm (costs vary please ask for details) Saturday Divine services all begin at 7pm (a free will collection is taken at the close of our Divine services) 2nd Rodney Hewitt CSNU (from Huddersfield) 9th Barbra Bradley (from Saltburn) 16th Allan Skerritt (from Middlesbrough) 23rd Susanna Munley CSNU (from Middlesbrough)

altburn is to get a new Methodist minister, who will also cover three churches in East Cleveland.

She is the Rev Helena Harbottle, who is currently among three Methodists serving nine churches in Darlington. Her husband the Rev Arthur Harbottle runs churches in Redcar and Marske.

Both are in their 50s and Mrs Harbottle succeeds the Rev Barrie Morris, who is moving to Blackpool after two years in Saltburn.

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he Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu has appointed Andrew Smith, Headteacher of Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, as the Diocesan Director of Education for the Diocese of York.

Mr Smith said: “I’m delighted to have been invited to become Diocesan Director of Education and I am excited at the prospect of working with the 127 schools and academies across the Diocese. I look forward to joining the education team at a time when we are seeking to support our church schools in the changing educational landscape and being able to play a part in promoting the work we do in providing a distinctively Christian education.”

The Archbishop of York, Dr John

Guisborough DMC Dales Trophy Trial

much looking forward to working in East Cleveland,” said her husband. She takes up her new post with a welcoming service at the Milton Street church, Saltburn, on Sunday 4th September at 3pm.

The other churches she will cover are at Skelton, Brotton and Skinningrove.

Mr and Mrs Harbottle have two grownup children, who are both at university.

They aim to live at Skelton.

Mr Morris and his wife Elizabeth have both been active in their churches. Mr Morris has also been a keen member of Churches Together in Saltburn, which runs “unity” services in the town.

Sentamu said: “It is a great delight for me to welcome Andrew Smith as the new Diocesan Director of Education for the Diocese of York. These are exciting times for the Diocese of York as we seek to grow as generous Churches Making and Nurturing Disciples.

Andrew will help to develop and integrate our work in schools within the whole of the Diocesan family.”

Andrew has over 20 years of educational experience working as a teacher, deputy head, and for the last 11 years as the Headteacher of Cawood. He lives in West Yorkshire and worships at his local church. His involvement with the church has been varied over the years including particularly with uniformed organisations, youth work, serving on the PCC and actively supporting overseas partnerships.

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uisborough DMC held their Dales Trophy Trial at Fryup on Sunday 12 June and Whitby`s Andy Chilton, riding the AM Scorpa topped the expert class from fellow AM Beta rider Simon Kershaw from Scarborough.

Three steady starters got the riders away and Kershaw lost one here as Chilton remained clean. Ride of the day came from Chilton on what appeared to be the unridable eighth hazard. The Whitby man, producing his own little brand of magic,

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levelled it on his last lap for a fantastic clean. As the sun burst forth, land dried out apart from the Hoggarth`s wood group. Winner of Clubman B Andrew Dale from Glaisdale, lost all his marks here, but finally put one over riding mates Paul Nelson, also Glaisdale, and Chris Banks from Guisborough who finished further down the order.

A great day`s sport and once Clerk of Course Dave Lee from Loftus recovers, he has the reward of knowing all proceeds raised by his hard work will benefit the local community.

Results Expert: Andy Chilton (AM Scorpa) 42, Simon Kershaw (AM Beta) 60.

Intermediate: Rob Carter (Gas Gas) 64, Peter Sharp (Beta) 71, Ian Hopley (Gas Gas) 88.

C/man A: Stephen Bennett (Montesa) 35, Mark Shearer (Montesa) 45, Andrew Keel (Beta) 50, Darren Johnson (Vertigo) 58.

C/man B: Andrew Dale (Sherco) 27, Dave Wardell (Beta) 30, Paul Nelson (Beta) 38, Steve Kirkwood (Montesa) 45.

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Speedway Redcar Bears he weather still causing chaos at the end of April into early May but when the weather did look down favourably on the Media Prima Arena it seemed to have an uplifting effect on the team.

12th May Redcar 47 - Plymouth 43 Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears recorded their first Premier League victory of the season, with a win over the Plymouth Devils.

In what was a close meeting throughout, the only time the Bears led was after the final heat!

The star of the show was undoubtedly Frenchman David Bellego, who sailed to an untouchable 15 point maximum. Hugh Skidmore continued his return to form with a excellent 10, combining with Bellego for the match winning 5-1 in heat 15 to send the Bears fans home happy. Jonas B Andersen, who celebrated his birthday this week, scored an encouraging 9 with Lee Payne scoring 8.

For the Devils, Stefan Nielsen impressed with an excellent 12 from reserve, with Todd Kurtz scoring 9.

19th May Redcar 43 - Workington 47 Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears suffered last heat heartbreak tonight, as they fell 47-43 against the Workington Comets in the League Cup at the Media Prima Arena.

The Bears trailed by two points going into the last heat, needing either a 5-1 to win or a 4-2 to draw the meeting. Workingtons number 1 Ricky Wells got out the gate superbly however to get the win and guarantee the Comets a victory which leaves the Bears at the foot of the Northern Section League Cup table.

It was a close meeting throughout, with never more than 6 points separating the two teams. Jonas B Andersen was the star for the Bears, scoring a maximum 12 before coming last in heat 15. David Bellego was spectacular as ever in scoring his 10 points, whilst Jacob Bukhave had his best night for Redcar with 4.

Workington were very solid throughout. The impressive Rasmus Jensen top scored with 11, supported well by Wells.

23th May Newcastle 60 - Redcar 31 Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears suffered another heavy defeat at the hands of local rivals Newcastle, losing 60-31.

The Bears, who used rider replacement for the injured Hugh Skidmore, struggled throughout the meeting and only recorded 1 heat winner in Jonas B Andersen. Jonas top scored for the Bears with 8, whilst David Bellego also chipped in with 8.

The next meeting is on Thursday at the Media Prima Arena on Thursday, against Glasgow in the second leg of the KO Cup. The Bears trail 60-29 from the first leg.

26th May Redcar 40 (69) - Glasgow 50 (110) Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears fought bravely on Thursday night, but still fell to a 50-40 defeat against Glasgow in the second leg of the Knockout Cup. (110-69 on aggregate).

It was an almost impossible task for the Bears to go through on aggregate, and Glasgow started the meeting on fire meaning even a Redcar win loo ked impossible. The Bears battled hard though, and in the second half of the meeting pulled some points back. On form Frenchman David Bellego was again the star of the show, scoring a superb 14 points and entertaining everyone with some stunning passing moves. Jonas B Andersen chipped in with 9 points,

and probably deserved more for his determined efforts.

Ex Newcastle man Richie Worrall top scored for Glasgow with 13, with reserve Fernando Garcia providing excellent backup with 9 on his Redcar track debut.

28th May Berwick 46 - Redcar 44 Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears snatched a league point and were so close to getting at victory away at Berwick tonight, going down 46-44 after a last heat decider.

The Bears started off the meeting slowly, and were 6 down after just two heats but from that point on they kept it close throughout. In fact, the Bears had 8 of the 15 heat winners on the night and went into heat 15 just 2 points down. David Bellego duly won the heat, and Hugh Skidmore held a vital third place until lap 3 where he was passed by Thomas Jorgensen to guarantee the Bandits victory.

Star of the show for the Bears was again flying Frenchman David Bellego, who only dropped one point to an opponent in scoring 14 points. Hugh Skidmore supported well with 9 whilst it was an eventful night for Jonas B Andersen with 2 falls, a win and a second.

30th May Rye House 55 - Redcar 37 Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears fell to another defeat on Bank Holiday Monday to the Rye House Rockets in the Premier League.

It was another meeting where the Bears started off slowly, and gave themselves too much to do in the latter stages of the meeting, although David Bellego and Jonas B Andersen again impressed scoring 11 and 13 respectively. A couple of tapes exclusions, and an exclusion for Bellego in heat 15 which meant he had to start from 15 metres back stopped the scores from being closer.

2nd June Redcar 45 - Newcastle 45 Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears battled to a 45-45 draw at home against the Newcastle Diamonds, a result which ensures the Diamonds miss out on the semi finals of the League Cup. In a marked change from previous meetings, the Bears started the meeting well and were 6 points ahead after 3 heats. Guests Ulrich Ostergaard and Robert Branford both won their opening heats alongside captain for the night Hugh Skidmore.

A controversial exclusion in heat 5 for Jonas B Andersen, when all 4 back looked like it should have been the right call, potentially proved pivotal in the result of the meeting. The Diamonds soon struck back and by heat 8 had took a 2 point lead, courtesy of the impressive Matej Kus and Steve Worrall.

The scores stayed close until a heat 13 a 5-1 for the Bears, with David Bellego and Ulrich Ostergaard both passing the Diamonds pair to record a maximum and give the Bears a 4 point lead.

The same pairing came out again in the last heat, but had no answer to Steve Worrall and Matej Kus, who stormed home to snatch a draw for the away side.

David Bellego again top scored for the Bears with 10, supported well by Ostergaard 9, Skidmore 9 and Payne 9.

3rd June Somerset 47 - Redcar 43 The Bears travelled to Somerset to take on the much fancied Rebels but ran their hosts very close and came out with a creditable 47-43 defeat - meaning 1 league point for the Bears. Flying Frenchman David Bellego top scored for the Bears with 11, with Jonas B Andersen 10, Hugh Skidmore

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ew Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears signing Tobias Busch has spoken about how pleased he is to return to British Speedway with the Bears.

The 28 year old German will make his first appearance in the UK for six years, and admits he is happy to return: “I am so happy to find with the Redcar Bears a team in the UK, and

I think that this is a good club with nice people. I have tried for many years to come back to England, but the biggest problem was my high average. I ride in Poland and that was the problem. I am also looking forward to the reaction of the crowds!”

Tobias rode with Edinburgh back in 2010, and admits he enjoyed his time there although is now much more prepared to make the breakthrough in the UK: “I wasn’t at Edinburgh so long, but it was a nice time! I had big problems with myself, and my materials in that time but now that has all changed a lot. I am older, and have more sponsors to get the stuff for England. I will be bringing complete equipment over.”

The Bears squad are not all unfamiliar to Tobias either, with Lasse Bjerre even putting in a good word: “I know Lasse Bjerre and David Bellego. Lasse say to me I have to come to Redcar, there is a good team spirit! We also had a crash together in Pardubice many years ago so we know each other well. I know David from our races in Europe together.”

Tobias will make his Bears debut away at Sheffield on Thursday 23rd June, with his home debut coming the next day at the Media Prima Arena in the return fixture.

Redcar Bears Cubs

By Kevin Keay - Cubs’ manager. he Redcar Bear Cubs have had a difficult start to the season now that the league fixtures have started in earnest.

Having lost number 1 and captain Ben Basford due to his success in attaining a high average with Cradley Heathens in the National league, which means he no longer qualifies to ride within the official Northern Junior League matches.

This has meant his younger brother Carl replacing him within the Cubs side and the 15 year old is determined to follow in his brother’s tyre tracks.

Having suffered defeat in both opening challenge matches at home to Castleford and away at Glasgow the Cubs were beaten at Newcastle in the opening league fixture having lost William O’Keefe in a first heat crash. Whilst Carl Basford rattled up an impressive eight points in his first match he was unable to prevent

a defeat by 24-12.

The return match at Redcar saw a similar result with O’Keefe again coming to grief in his first ride and having to withdraw from the meeting and Carl suffering machine damage in the same incident, whilst young Elliot Kelly suffered mechanical gremlins whilst leading a race.

The young side travelled to league leaders Berwick the following Saturday but their inexperience was ruthlessly exposed by the high flying Berwick side on their big, fast home track and a heavy defeat was inflicted by 30 points to six.

Despite the defeats the young heads have not gone down and the improvement in the side in each match is clearly visible with Elliot Kelly being especially impressive in his first season of league racing.

Extra practice sessions are taking place to keep the riders sharp and their next league fixture at home to Workington based Northside Stars is eagerly anticipated.

7 and Simon Nielsen 6 all contributing well.

4th June Ipswich 61 -Redcar 32 Saturday evening saw the Bears travel to Ipswich to take on the Witches, hoping to build on the performance the previous night. Unfortunately the Bears struggled and fell to a heavy 61-32 defeat.

The returning Lasse Bjerre top scored with 11, with Simon Nielsen scoring 8 from reserve.

9th June Redcar 46 - Somerset 47 Redcar ‘SG Petch’ Bears just fell short at home against Somerset, losing by just a point.

Once again, the Bears started the meeting off slowly, and not helped by some early tricky track conditions found themselves 10 points behind after 8 heats. Heat 9 saw Jonas B Andersen in the black and white helmet, and he duly produced a superb ride alongside Hugh Skidmore to give the Bears a 8-1 and a foothold back in the match.

Once again, the meeting went to a last heat decider, with Somerset leading by one point.

Unfortunately for the Bears, Josh Grajczonek made

a superb start to win the heat and guarantee the rebels the win and keep their perfect record going in the league.

Whilst it was another loss for the Bears, there were plenty of positives to take from the meeting. Lasse Bjerre returned to form with 11 points, whilst Skidmore, Bellego, Andersen and Simon Nielsen all chipped in with decent points.

Jacob Bukhave ended his spell at Redcar with 1 point - it was announced after the meeting that he will be replaced by German rider Tobias Busch in the Bears side. Tobias has not ridden in the UK since 2010, but has recently represented Germany in the recent Speedway Best Pairs series. He will make his debut in the Bears next meeting, away at Sheffield on Thursday 23rd June.

Next home meeting FRIDAY 24June, Sheffield Tigers. More info at www.redcarbears.co Finally some very sad news in the world of speedway.

18year old Polish rider Krystian Rempala died on 28th May a week after a racing accident in Poland.

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misty day greeted Stokesley to Windy Hill Lane and it was the visitors who were the happier team at the tea interval having held Marske to 222 for 6 wickets.

Stokesley captain Andrew Weighell was in fine form and looked set to give his team a great win, with only 66 wanted off the final 15 overs with 8 wickets in hand, Brett Roberts returned to the attack, a fine edge to the keeper removed Weighell for 110, and a further four wickets for Roberts turned the game back in favour of Marske but Stokesley managed to hang on for the draw and were not happy having the game almost won and in the end lucky to escape defeat.

Skipper Lee Hodgson led from the front at Acklam Park with a fine undefeated 134 off 145 balls as Marske closed on 225 for 6 wickets. Middlesbrough going through a team building process started well but once their experienced players departed the Marske bowlers took a share in the spoils in a 70 run win.

The League’s highest scorers Barnard Castle were in a confident mood for their visit to the seaside, they struggled early in their innings

and it was left to the tail end batsmen to give them a defendable total of 202 for 9. Marske had lost opening bowler with an arm injury then Barnard Castle lost their opening bowlers with ankle and knee injuries which made it difficult for the visitors, after losing Bin Nasir for 41 Chris Lince blasted a quick 37 which took the pressure off skipper Lee Hodgson who recorded his third century of the season to win the game with three overs to spare.

For the game re arranged from the start of the season Billingham Synthonia put us into bat, Saeed Bin Nasir with a majestic unbeaten 102 and 50’s from Lee Hodgson and Tom Urwin we set a total of 237 for the loss of three wickets. A thunderstorm during tea led to a mopping up exercise which resulted in the loss of fifteen overs, after only six overs the rain returned and the game abandoned.

We had hoped to have our overseas amateur, Ullrich Boshoff here in time for the Bank Holiday Fixtures but further visa problems arose and it now seems he will not be coming which is a big blow to us.

Away to Norton Saaeed Bin Nasir again shone, out of the penultimate ball for 127 as

It’s not just about the rugby!

●● Marske C.C. Professional Saeed Bin NasirFour centuries during May. Marske ran up a total of 240 for 6. Charlie Helm with a personal best 4 for 24 soon had our hosts in trouble and Johnathon Pickard with 4 for 24 closed the innings for 120.

Bank Holiday Monday Martin Hood batted through the innings for 104* as Guisborough closed on 235 for 5. After losing a wicket in the second over Lee Hodgson 92 shared a stand of 205 with Saeed Bin Nasir who went

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uisborough 5’s x 3’s Domino League will be holding its AGM on Tuesday 12th July at King George V Bowls Club,

By Jeff Lillystone Guisborough U15 coach and

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s part of an on-going commitment to help boost self esteem, fitness, and get teenagers more active, Guisborough Rugby under 15’s coaches are running summer activity ‘boot camps’ for youngsters who want to stay active or get into a more active lifestyle.

With dietary advice on hand if required, qualified fitness coaches will encourage youngsters to get active.

Fitness sessions for under 15s.

Fitness sessions are free to lads born in years 2001 and 2002, who can join in the non contact sessions, based around games, fun and fitness. ‘ It’s unrealistic to drop teenagers into contact rugby sessions, or intense training, when in reality, what some of them need is simply a

good run-around and some fresh air, where no one will criticise them – and all body shapes and sizes are made to feel that they are achieving.

Teenagers can get a bad press sometimes, some just need an opportunity and an activity to divert their energy into.’

Sessions start on Tuesday 5th July at Guisborough Rugby club at 6pm till 7.30pm.

The sessions will consist of fitness and fun sessions and lads can come at any point over the summer.

It’s ideal for new starters with low activity levels or no knowledge of rugby, but also good for lads who want to give rugby a try, a gentle introduction to the sport with a great opportunity to build confidence and work with a fantastic team of young men.

All that is required is basic kit (ie school type) and a drink (hopefully sun protection too!)

All visitors are requested to drive safely in the car park and keep all dogs under control.

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on to score an unbeaten 130 and became only the third Marske player to score three successive centuries. A 8 wicket win with four overs remaining was a tremendous performance and gave us a clear lead at the top of the Premier League.

A cold and windy day at Seaton Carew we committed the major sin of not batting out our overs, the top four all looked set for a decent score then lost their wickets and none of the later batsmen looked at ease as we were bowled out for 144. Seaton Carew set off in fine style and looked set for a big win, 15 year old Harry Pierson on his Marske debut broke the match winning stand and the alarm bells began to ring in the home dressing room, we had left our challenge too late and were beaten for the first time this season by two wickets.

The 2nd XI had to concede their game at Blackhall as too many players cried off due to wanting to watch The Boro play their final game against Brighton. A ten wicket win at home to Shildon B.R was followed by a 7 wicket win at Saltburn with skipper Richard Mains scoring and unbeaten 148 off 102 balls. A five wicket win at home to Preston and a second century from Richard Mains sets up a 22 run win against Bedale which helps the side retain a position in the top half of the league.

The 3rd XI have also had their share of success with wins at Yarm and home wins against Great Ayton and Thornaby

Guisborough 5’s x 3’s Domino League

By Danny Jones - League Secretary

●● Guisboroughs Adam Robinson restarts deep in his own half against Acklam, in their last game of the season, another great game and win for Guisborough’

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8.00pm start.

Anyone interested in joining the league, please be in attendance, or contact myself, Danny Jones on 07804 959003, or 01287 637308, for more information.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 70 June - July 2016

Chairman hails ‘marvellous season’ at annual presentation night

●● Members of Guisborough’s all-conquering Under-23 De-velopment Side pictured with their various trophies won during a tremendous season Photo: By Yvonne Barker

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By Bill Perfitt

uisborough Town Chairman Don Cowan hailed a ‘truly marvellous’ season for the Priorymen at the Club’s annual presentation night at the KGV Priory Suite on Friday, 3 June.

He said the first team had punched well above its weight with a hugely successful season while the Under-23 Development Side had also achieved a fantastic double, winning their league and the North Riding County Sunday Cup. Don said that only seven years ago Guisborough Town was just relieved to have survived a very difficult time

when its very existence had been threatened - yet here we were in 2016 finishing third in the Northern League, North Riding Senior Cup finalists for the third time in a row and quarterfinalists in the Northern League Cup. All of this had been achieved despite an enforced mid-season change of manager forced by the departure of long-serving first team boss Chris Hardy to Whitby Town. Don said everyone associated with Guisborough Town wished ‘Chardy’ - as he became affectionately nicknamed – nothing but the best for the future as he had been a key part of what the club’s amazing revival over the past few

seasons.

Don then went on to praise Chardy’s replacement – his former assistant manager Steve Dowling who had taken over the first team reigns with Dave Markham promoted to his assistant.

Together, said Don, they had done a superb job in steering Guisborough to another very successful season.

Don revealed that after it was announced that Chardy was leaving the club received a number of applications for his role, but he said to him there had been only one question – would Steve (or ‘Dowlo’ as he is affectionately nicknamed) and Dave be willing to take over the managerial

reins. “I believe it was the best thing that could have happened to this club when they both said yes,” commented Don. He said despite the inevitable fact that the close season would undoubtedly see changes with players coming and going, everyone at the club remained very upbeat for next season.

“We take tremendous pride here at Guisborough Town to see our players developing and improving to the point where their next step has to be upwards to playing in higher leagues.

That is the nature of football and it always will be – that said we continue to be an ambitious club and we will continue along the path of progress that we have been on for the past few seasons.

“Our Under-23 Development Side manager Gary Forster and his coaching staff have done a tremendous job nurturing new talent at the club and this is underlined by how many of his squad have broken into the first team over the past two or three seasons,” added Don. Don paid tribute to the incredibly hard-working band of willing volunteers who did so much invaluable work for the club in all aspects from catering and hospitality through to grounds maintenance, PR and media, Secretarial and Financial and not least the running of the club’s highly successful Junior Section.

Tremendous support

He also paid tribute to the club’s many sponsors and particularly two of the main ones, Cleveland

Land Services and Taylor Wimpey who continued to give tremendous support to the club. He added that Taylor Wimpey are to extend their sponsorship for at least a further two years (more details on that to follow shortly).

To mark what has been a tremendous season overall for the club, trophies and awards were presented to players who had been selected to receive honours for their distinguished service to the club over the season. Don invited Stephen Miller, a Director of Cleveland Land Services, to make the presentations which were as follows: Supporters’ Player of the Year: Steve Snaith.

Top scorer: Danny Earl (42 goals in all competitions).

Players’ Player of the Year: Danny Earl.

Manager ’s Player of the Year: Andrew ‘Rio’ May. Cleveland Land Services Young Player of the Year: Connor Smith.

Development Side Top scorer: Ged Livingstone.

Development Side Manager’s Player of the Year: Jack Williams.

Development Side Players’ Player of the Year: Connor Smith.

In conclusion Don reiterated his personal thanks for every single person who voluntarily gives their time and effort in support of Guisborough Town Football Club and he added: “It’s all about expressing our appreciation for all concerned here at the KGV. Together it’s all about making our Football Club an important integral part of the community in the town in which we operate.”

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By Luke Hodgson - League Secretary

he curtain came down on a long and arduous season with a couple of games that were not played and a replayed Cup Final following some irregularities in the original final tie.

The league title was decided in one of the final games of the season as Great Ayton United Royals took on Redcar Athletic Reserves in a one game shoot out with the home side only needing a draw while Redcar Athletic needed to win to wrestle the title away from Great Ayton. A good game saw both sides looking to take the title and following a tight first half Great Ayton used the pace of Ashley Woodier in the second half and this saw them take full advantage as they ran out winners to take the league title and complete a notable treble as they added the title to the UPVC Suppliers Knockout Cup and the Eileen Hodgson Trophy which they had already won.

Redcar Athletic obviously finished as runners up and having won the D & G Trophies League Challenge Cup had the opportunity to win a second cup when they made the Final of the Whitby Benevolent Trophy. The original final of this Competition saw them lose out to Lakes United but some indiscretions saw Lakes United removed from the Competition and it was decided to replay the Final with Great Ayton United the losing semi-finalists replacing Lakes United. A tight game saw Great Ayton take the lead early in the second half and they repeatedly thwarted Redcar Athletic until with a quarter of an hour to go substitute Lam Moores headed an equaliser. The

game looked to be heading for extra time when a clearance was hunted down by Moores and the ball fell kindly and he reacted first to put the ball into the empty net as Redcar Athletic made it a cup double. Dormanstown defeated Loftus Athletic in one of the final fixtures and this lifted them above their rivals as they finished third with Loftus fourth.

A gap of eight points saw the top four clear of the following pack but fifth to eight saw the clubs separated by just three points with a late run by Great Ayton United lifting them into fifth followed

by Stokesley Sports Club, Boosbeck United and Brotton Railway Arms. Three points adrift of these clubs were Lealholm with Hinderwell and Lakes United adrift of the rest but all credit goes to them as they battled hard throughout the season and put in some competitive performances without getting the benefits that their performances perhaps deserved.

The representatives of the league that attended the Presentation Night had an enjoyable evening and the competition and individual winners picked up their awards and in conjunction with the Teesside League, an entertaining and enjoyable night was had by all. The League A.G.M. will be on 29th June at Boosbeck Hotel starting at 7.30p.m. The league is looking to expand again next season and would like to invite any new teams interested in joining a very competitive league to contact the League Secretary on 01642 287609 for details. The league is also looking for sponsorship of some of the league competitions so if anyone is interested in sponsoring the league or its competitions please contact the League Secretary on the number

provided earlier and details can be discussed with any potential sponsors.

May 2016 results; 14th May; Boosbeck United v Stokesley Sports Club home win; Stokesley S.C. v Boosbeck Utd away win.

16th May; Stokesley Sports Club 1 Redcar Athletic Reserves 5.

18th May; Dormanstown 2 Loftus Athletic 0; Great Ayton United Royals 4 Redcar Athletic Reserves 1, Stokesley Sports Club v Lakes United home win.

21st May; Dormanstown v Boosbeck United home win.

25th May; Whitby Benevolent Trophy Final Great Ayton United 1 Redcar Athletic Reserves 2.

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Great Ayton United Royals

20

17

1

2

90

25

65

52

Redcar Athletic

20

15

1

4

85

26

59

46

*Dormanstown

20

12

4

4

55

37

18

37

Loftus Athletic

20

11

3

6

61

40

21

36

Great Ayton United

20

9

1

10

52

39

13

28

†Stokesley Sports Club

20

11

0

9

50

44

6

27

*Boosbeck United

20

9

2

9

36

44

-8

26

Brotton Railway Arms

20

8

1

11

47

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25

Lealholm

20

7

1

12

38

55

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22

Hinderwell

20

3

0

17

23

90

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9

*Lakes United

20

1

0

19

23

93

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0

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 70 June - July 2016

North Riding Tees Valley Girls League Cup Final Day 22-5-16

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By Ian Enderwick

n Sunday 22 May we held our Cup Final day at Marske United with six Finals being played.

Firstly, we would like to thank Peter Collinson for being a great host, providing excellent facilities and catering for over 700 people. I would like to thank Redcar Town for loaning us the goals, Redcar Glazing for transporting the goals, Andrew Readman gate man and first aid, the three refs Tom Readman, John Lucas and Stan Bennett and the players and spectators for being well behaved and providing a great atmosphere.

Also a massive thank you to Dave Stones and his Daves Tees for sponsoring the match balls and to all our Cup Sponsors.

In our Keneallys u10 Challenge Cup, Middlesbrough Girls just pipped Nunthorpe Athletic by 2 goals to 1 in a thriller of a game with Ella Baker scoring first for Nunthorpe before goals from Milly Burns and Amy Green won the Cup for Middlesbrough.

In the Drive Vauxhall u12 Challenge Cup Middlesbrough Girls overcame Boro Rangers u11s by 7 goals to nil with Josie Brown x2, Grace Kane Fidgeon x2, and one each for Atalia Robinson, Grace Golightly and Eden Hall all hitting the target.

The Best Home Improvement u10 League Cup was a close game with neither team able to breach their opponents back line so to the dreaded penalty shootout. Leven

went first with their goalie Ellie Titchner who hammered the ball home with confidence, then the Boro Rangers skipper fired home despite Ellie getting 2 hands on the ball, Leven’s Freya Robinson then scored their next penalty with a shot in off the post, then up stepped Boro Rangers who shot towards goal only for the Leven Keeper to parry the ball away, then Rosie Dunkerton confidently went on to fire home and win the Cup for Leven DFC. In the Enter IT u12 League Cup Cleveland Juniors took on the League Winners Boro Rangers Blues and went down 10 nil with goals from Erin Boyle x4, Sophie Wright x3, Drew Turner x2 and 1 from Erin Bennett.

The Rose and Sons u14 Challenge Cup saw Redcar Town take on Boro Rangers with no clear favourite in this game going on the league results between them. In a very entertaining game Boro Rangers edged it by 4 goals to 2 with Finlay Ashby and Sophie Appleyard netting for Redcar and Rhianna Ward, Evie Thompson, Loren Heatley and Sophie Derbyshire scoring for Boro Rangers.

In the Redcar Glazing u14 League Cup the League Winners Cleveland Junior Terriers took on Cleveland Junior Lionesses in a club derby game. The Lionesses battled hard in the pouring rain but went down 5-0 with Abigail Foy x2, Jessica Tucker x2 and Poppy Hill netting for the victorious Terriers.

●● Middlesborough Girls under10s with trophy

●● Marske’s player of the year Adam Wheatley in action v Shildon.

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By Moss Holtby

orthern League runners-up Marske United and newly crowned league champions Shildon met each other in the highly anticipated Brooks Mileson League Cup Final at Billingham Synthonia on May 11th.

The game started as a cagey affair with Marske going close first when Jamie Owens headed Luke Bythway’s cross wide.

Shildon then hit back as Lewis Dodds tested United goalkeeper Robert Dean with an effort outside the box.

In the 15th minute, Marske thought they had the lead when Owens prodded the ball beyond Shildon goalkeeper Lewis Graham, but despite the ball clearly crossing the line, the referee waved play on as Graham managed to claw the ball away.

The game was beginning to flow and Shildon went close when Sam Hodgson played in Ben Wood who saw his shot saved by Dean.

Anthony Bell almost gave Shildon the lead when his cross-shot looped over Dean and clipped off the bar.

In the 34th minute, Marske lost one of their key players when Glen Butterworth had to go off with an injury.

That wasn’t to stop them though, and they took the lead in the 35th minute when Owens reacted first to fire home after Reece Kelly’s shot had struck the post.

The Seasider’s gained confidence and were in again when Reece Kelly had his shot saved at the angle after Adam Wheatley had played him in, but in first-half stoppage time, Shildon levelled when Lewis Wing’s corner eventually fell for Hodgson who made no mistake from inside the box.

The second-half started off as a quiet affair with Wing setting up two chances for Shildon. First Bell was off-target then Wood fired across goal following a pass from Wing.

In the 65th minute, the Seasiders had their first chance of the second-half when Bythway’s corner was met by Liam O’Sullivan who saw his effort tipped over by Graham.

Ten minutes later, another chance went for Marske when Owens saw his shot charged down after Bythway’s freekick had broke out to him.

Shildon went close again when Wing drove forward before he fired wide of the goal.

There was then a penalty appeal for Shildon turned down when Connor went to ground in the box following an apparent shirt pull from a Marske defender.

The Railwaymen were denied again when Dean saved a strike from Matty Robson who was played

in by Connor.

In, extra-time the only genuine chance of the firsthalf fell to Shildon substitute Mark Doninger who blazed over after it had opened up for him, and in the second-half Marske had a flurry of chances with Bythway going closing and Nathan Mulligan having a long range effort headed over.

But, it was Shildon who could have won it when Connor fired wide after he was played through oneon-one.

After 120 minutes of breathless football, the game headed into penalty kicks.

Misses from Jonny Davis and Connor for Shildon along with misses from Preston and Bythway from Marske left it down to the two final kick takers.

Billy Greulich-Smith remained reliable as ever and tucked away his kick. That left Owens who blazed over to end Marske’s hopes of winning any silverware this season and allow Shildon to complete a historic league and cup double.

At the clubs presentation evening the following Saturday, United manager Carl Jarrett paid credit to his side for finishing second in a very competitive and high standard league and also taking champions Shildon right to the wire in the league cup final despite a gruelling end to the season in which they played 18 matches in the last 44 days of the season.

Defender Adam Wheatley picked up both the players’ player of the season and supporters player of the season awards, whilst local winger Reece Kelly was crowned young player of the year.

United’s pre-season kicks off with a home friendly against Redcar Newmarket on Monday 4th July, 7pm.

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The Community Newspaper for the Towns and Villages of East Cleveland, Redcar & North York Moors, telling the real news and views of the people of our region Issue 70 June - July 2016

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Grow the Game funding for Redcar Athletic welcomed by TV’s Hayley McQueen

ky Sports News presenter, Hayley McQueen, has congratulated Redcar Athletic FC after they received a £3,000 Grow the Game grant from the Football Foundation, the country’s largest sports charity.

The grant, which will provide a boost to grassroots football in Redcar, has paved the way for Redcar Athletic to create two new Girls Teams and recruit The Grow the Game scheme is designed to increase participation in our national game amongst under-represented groups by helping clubs to meet the essential costs of starting new teams. It is funded by the Premier League and The FA and delivered by the Football Foundation.

Grow the Game goes beyond providing temporary activity sessions, which are more susceptible to drops in participation, but instead creates a

solid infrastructure of newly-trained coaches and grassroots teams that play in FA-affiliated leagues for the long term. This means that the participation increases elicited by Grow the Game are sustainable

and long-term rather than transient.

Grow the Game grants enable clubs to provide regular football for three specific sections of society where there is a demand but also a lack of opportunities. These sections are: women and girls; disabled players; and boys and mens’ teams from the Under-15 age group and above. This demographic has been targeted specifically to address the decline in participation in male football that occurs as boys progress through school to the more crucial exam years and eventually leave school and college altogether.

Kevin Fryett Club Secretary, said: ‘’This is fantastic for the Football Club, the Football Foundation grant will help the club set up Girl’s Football again and it will be a great boost for the community of Redcar.’’

Alan Tonge and Ted Swan Memorial Charity Football Match

A Football Foundation Ambassador and one of the UK’s best-known female sports journalists, Hayley McQueen, said: “Very well done to Redcar Athletic FC for working with the Football Foundation and North Riding County FA to secure this Grow the Game grant. This investment, which is provided by the Premier League and The FA, has created an opportunity for more people to play football, which will not only keep them fit and healthy but also develop their life-skills.

“Grants like this one make a real difference to grassroots football. They help clubs meet the costs associated with starting a new team – like getting volunteer coaches qualified with FA coaching badges – and so help to drive up participation levels in the sport, especially amongst under-represented groups.”

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Helmsley, Malton and Whitby

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Wed 13th

Great Yorkshire Show (coach only)

£14.00

Sat 16th

Leeds Shopper

£14.00

Sat 23rd

Sunderland Airshow

£15.00

Wed 27th

Ripon and Skipton

£15.00

Sat 30th

Scarborough Seaside Festival

£13.00

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By Ian Enderwick

n the 28th May we held our annual Memorial Charity game to remember two stalwarts of refereeing, Alan Tonge and Ted Swan and to raise money for a deserving charity cause in their name.

A massive thank you to Redcar Athletic for hosting the game with special thanks to Paul Wilson and Kev Harland, two great guys who do lots for local football in Redcar.

I would also like to thank local MP Anna Turley for showing her support to us and thanking us for supporting her charity cause the Teenage Cancer Trust. Also we couldn’t have staged the game without our organiser Adam Welsh and our volunteers on the day Emma Johnson, Kai and Maisie, Sarah Buckton, our emergency first aider, Eric Buckton, the world’s oldest and slowest ball boy and of course our ref Dave Galloway and the superstar footballers.

We would also like to thank our friends who support us year in year out, Simon at the Mermaid who feeds us and donates a raffle prize, Tan Zone in New Marske who donated a prize and Top shops in New Marske for the tub of sweets.

We raised a superb £187.07 for the Teenage Cancer Trust and hope to keep the charity match going every year.

The Two teams were: The Pinks - Andy Gatenby, Carl Booth, Arran Newton, Simon Wheater, Gary Campbell, Stuart Hodgson, Paul Vickers and Alan Tonge.

The Greens - Nathan Cooke, Kyle Morrison, Adam Welsh, Pat Welsh, John McGuiness, Joel Gordon, Ryan Buckton and Shaun Thompson.

The Greens won 8-6 with Ryan Buckton netting a hat-trick, Joel Gordon with a brace, Pat Welsh with a brace and a single strike from Kyle Morrison.

Replying for the Pinks were Carl Booth x2, Paul Vickers x2, and a goal each for Simon Wheater and Stuart Hodgson.

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South Lakes Zoo (includes entry)

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Freebrough Flyer Vol 17 June 2016

Anna to work with humanutopia as HARmony Camp Ambassador

A word from our Principal

elcome to our final edition of the Freebrough Flyer for this academic year.

As I write this, students are preparing to make their move to their new year group, which happens on Monday 20 June 2016.

By moving everyone up a year before the summer, we can familiarise them with their new timetables, new teachers, and for some, new subjects. This means that when we come back in September it is just business as usual, students don’t spend lots of time settling back into school and are able to quickly make up for being out of their usual learning habits for six weeks!

For the fifth year at Freebrough Academy, the new Year 6 students will transfer to us at the beginning of July 2016. Again they will follow their new Year 7 timetable and be familiar with the building, their teachers, each subject and their new classes before September.

At this time we are also preparing to say goodbye to our Year 11 students. We are really proud of the way they have worked in their last year to prepare for the exams they are now sitting. They have excellent attendance and have shown their commitment to attend additional study and revision sessions on Saturdays and Sundays, after school and during school holidays. My thanks also go to the staff who have given their time to support these young people and given them every opportunity to succeed.

Planning is underway for their Prom at Gisborough Hall in July 2016.

Students at Freebrough are motivated by a challenge! I have been really proud of many individuals and groups of students who have achieved notable success over the last term.

Our students were successful in the UK Maths Challenge, gaining Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.

Hannah Richmond, Gold Award winner, has been chosen to represent the Academy at the next level and is in the top 1% nationally for maths ability in the country. We are really proud of the progress and success our students are achieving in maths under the leadership of Mr Bell who joined us last Easter. He and his team are making a real difference to the confidence our students have and their enjoyment of mathematics, leading to improvements in progress.

A group of Year 10 students achieved success in winning the regional finals and reaching the national finals of the Premier League Enterprise Challenge. Although they didn’t win the final they can be proud of their efforts and achievements.

For the last six years we have worked with a national company, humanutopia, who work with schools all over the country to support the development of a positive culture. We are very proud of one of our Year 11 students, Anna Kennedy who has secured a job working with humanutopia in delivering their national summer school programme this year. The feedback from the interview panel was that Anna was everyone’s first choice.

Congratulations to Harry Thompson in Year 11 who has secured an apprenticeship with York City FC. Football is Harry’s passion and it is great to see he has the opportunity to do what he loves in the future.

These are just a few examples of how Freebrough students are utilising the skills and knowledge they have to their best advantage to secure future success.

Enjoy your summer, whatever you do. I look forward to feeding back the success of Year 11 in September 2016 and continuing to share the good work and success of Freebrough in the new academic year.

Linda Halbert Principal

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ccompanying humanutopia for five weeks during the summer, Anna Kennedy, a Year 11 student and former humanutopia Hero, will be visiting secondary schools around the UK. A successful interview has led to Anna having a summer job with humanutopia as a ‘HARmony Camp Ambassador’. She will be working with other ambassadors at different HARmony Camps over the summer, to empower heroes to run their own for Year 6s in their communities.

After helping to run workshops with transition students at Freebrough Academy, Anna really agreed with everything that humanutopia stood for. A family member of Anna’s showed her the advertisement on Facebook and that’s when she decided to

apply for the job.

Anna had to travel all the way to London for her interview. “I was really nervous, it was a three and a half hour interview, however it was a group activity so it was not as scary as I expected.”

Anna will attend training days before embarking on this exciting programme, so that she has the skills and knowledge to help deliver humanutopia workshop sessions to students who are not much younger than her. With Anna leaving Freebrough after her GCSE examinations, this will be a great opportunity and give her experience, before starting college in September. Anna said: I am most excited about travelling to and visiting different places and meeting new people.”

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Freebrough Flyer Vol 17 June 2016

Freebrough’s Easter Eggstravaganza

Student Leadership Team Inspiring change at Freebrough Academy

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t Freebrough there are many young people who do something a little bit extra to help the school, community and fellow students.

They truly have a can-do attitude, and show grit and resilience in the tasks that they take on.

This year the FAB team, the Academy Council and Team Heroes have all been working to make the school a place that students want to be and to remove barriers to their learning.

On their own these three groups of students have a powerful impact on other students at the Academy, but together they are going to work to inspire even more change at Freebrough. From now on these three groups are all working together as the Student Leadership Team, demonstrating many key skills such as leadership, grit, resilience, ability to motivate and teamwork.

As you can see our logo is incomplete and this half term our students are busy working to design a logo for the Academy Council. Look out for the finished design in the next edition. Please read on for an update on what the SLT have been up to over the past term.

FAB Team The award winning FAB team are continuing to have a sensational impact on the wellbeing of our students, preventing bullying and supporting students who need to access extra support.

• All FAB team members have been working towards their Gold Award in Anti-Bullying Ambassador Training.

• Delivered an e-safety training session to Year 7, 8 and 9 students, and also to Year 5 students at Handale Primary School who also helped to design a new FAB Freebrough Flyer now used in the Academy.

Academy Council The Academy Council have had a very busy term, with all students being given the chance to be a part of the small school council and each tutor group has two representatives who are members of the council.

• Attended a training session on democracy to learn more about it.

• Organised a non-uniform day to raise funds for

the refugee crisis.

• Took part in the Clean for the Queen litter pick in Brotton, helping to keep our community tidy.

• Interviewed prospective new teachers at the Academy.

• Asked tutor groups for their opinions on what is going well and what could make the school even better.

• Took part in the Year 6 Open Evening, meeting and greeting Y6 students, modelling our uniform and helping to answer questions.

Team Heroes The humanutopia team visited the Academy for two days during March, working with our Year 7 and 8 students and Team Heroes to further develop themselves as learners and members of the Freebrough community.

Supported by the Year 9 Heroes, Year 7 students were looking at the topic – Who can you be? This focused on their aspirations and how to achieve them by being a positive member of the Academy community.

Also during the previous term, supported by Year 10 Heroes, Year 8 students were looking at communication. This involved communication with other learners, staff and parents which is really important for all students in the Academy. Team Heroes did a fantastic job again, supporting and challenging students to move out of their comfort zone and into their panic zone.

Our Year 9 Heroes also worked with Year 5 students from Skelton Primary School. On their first day as Heroes they were surprised by the whole of Y5 arriving at the Academy and with no prior planning, had to support a group of younger students to start their humanutopia journey. The Heroes truly demonstrated resilience during the afternoon and the Y5 students from Skelton Primary had a great afternoon.

This term the Year 10 Heroes will be working with Year 8 on their relationships in school and Year 9 students will be planning Harmony Camp for our Year 6 transition students in July. Harmony Camp is a day run completely by Team Heroes, designed to bring the Y6 transition students together.

Masterful mathematicians

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efore Easter four of our Year 7 students were chosen to take part in the Royal Institution Maths Masterclasses at Teesside University.

Each student was chosen for their effort, enthusiasm and potential in maths.

They attended four Saturday morning sessions, giving up their free time to do so.

Studying the maths behind the Rubik Cube, bell ringing, winning the lottery, Braille, and structural engineering. The students found the whole experience interesting and they have

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learnt so much by attending. Each session was led by someone who uses maths in their daily life, many of whom were professors.

To c e l e b r a t e t h e i r c o m m i t m e n t a n d achievement, they were invited to a presentation evening at the University, along with other students from different schools. A massive well done goes to Caitlin, Jacob, Jak and Jacob. They have done Freebrough proud and were commented on by the organisers for their willingness to give it a go and for getting stuck in.

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or two weeks, commencing Monday 14 March 2016, Freebrough Academy ran their Easter Eggstravaganza.

Each day, there was an Easter egg draw with three lucky winners chosen, based on them attending school from the start of the Eggstravaganza.

Joanne Holmes, Attendance Officer, contacted Sainsbury’s informing them about our attendance incentive, Easter

Eggstravaganza. The incentive aims to increase attendance and positively reward students for attending school over the last two weeks of term, which historically sees an increase in absences.

Sainsbury’s were fantastic and were very eager to support us and donated, from their community fund, £50 worth of Easter eggs for our daily competition. We would like to thank Sainsbury’s for their support and generosity.

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Enterprising stars shine in London

Reading Corner: Books & opinions

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eople usually question others on why they read books, saying that they are ‘boring’ or a ‘waste of time’ but, personally, I love the fact that you can immerse yourself into a fantasy like world where anything can happen - for better or for worse.

There are many advantages to reading such as mental stimulation, stress reduction, knowledge, vocabulary expansion, memory improvement and more; these all scientifically proven. Furthermore, there are many different genres for your tastes like adventure, fantasy, romance, science fiction etc. So there will be many books to fill your desired read.

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Name and Author: Red Queen

by Victoria Aveyard Category: Young Adult, Fantasy Review: I truly enjoyed this book. I liked the dystopia world that Victoria has created with two different bloods, one being the ‘poor’ blood as the other made the person elite with power.

The plot twists are unexplainably unexpected yet fit the story perfectly. I enjoyed seeing how the protagonist tried to fit in with the place she hated the most and how she discovered who she really was and her plans to fight back - it’s just great. I would definitely recommend this novel.

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Name and Author: The Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling Category: Adventure, Children’s Literature, Fantasy, Quest Review: Although the genre is classed as child literature, I shall assure you that many teens, adults and others read these amazing books.

And if you haven’t read these books, I can only ask you one question - where have you been?

The world, characters, plot line, twists, humour, and everything is beautiful.

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Name and Author: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Category: Young Adult Fiction Review: This book is about two troubled teens who consider taking their own lives, however, when they first get introduced on top of the bell tower, they start resolving their scars.

Unbeknownst to Violet, she starts to fall in love with the eccentric boy named Theodore Finch.

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This novel is a great, contemporary love story that is both the most heart warming and heart wrenching thing to read. I love how you see the journey they go through, how the author has created individual, unique personalities for all of the characters and the humour that is displayed in this book. The reason why I have rated it a 4.5 and not a 5 is that the ending is all extremely depressing and the stomach churning combination for some reason left me a little disappointed.

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Name and Author: Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan Category: Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Young Adult Novel Review: These books start off following a 12 year old boy who just discovered that his father was a Greek god claiming him to be a ‘half-blood’. These books follow his adventures with his friends and are good for younger ones as the grammar is fairly simply. I did enjoy this series, however, there were some parts where I did lose interest but I did enjoy these books; they had LGBTQ+ characters, different race etc.

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Name and Author: Coraline by Neil Gaiman Category: Dark Fantasy, Children’s Literature, Horror Review: This book is about a young girl moving into a large house and discovering a whole new universe behind a small door. In this universe people have buttons as eyes and they claim to be her ‘other parents’. I gave it a 4.5 because it starts off really simple as the author started writing this book at a young age, however as the story progresses you can see the development of his writing which I really enjoyed. It does not contain swear words or content dark enough to make a person of 12 not read this. I do recommend this if you want to read something different and unusual.

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n 9 March 2016, four Year 10 students travelled to London to compete in the finals of the Premier League Enterprise Challenge.

Over 1300 students took part this year and the girls from the Riverside Social team were four of only 28 young people to be chosen to represent their club in the final.

The students from Freebrough Academy represented Middlesbrough Football Club and after having fought off tough competition in the semi-finals, they had to work incredibly hard to prepare for the final.

Working after school to write a full business plan, prepare promotional materials and develop their idea and presentation, they showed how hard work and effort can help you to learn and progress. During the finals they were asked to market their idea to a host of business professionals at a marketplace, present their idea to the judges within an eight minute time limit and answer questions from the judges. The judges were Peta Bistany (Premier League), Graeme Souness (Ex professional footballer) and Theo Paphitis (Entrepreneur). The first question came from Theo: “Can you all come and work

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Danny Y9, Reporter and Katelyn Y7, Photographer

Prosthetics Club Mr White - Leader of Prosthetics Club When and where is your club held?

Prosthetics club is on Wednesday P6 (in Room 61).

Why did you create this club?

It allows them to try something new, stretching their imagination.

How long has the club been running for?

The club has been running for four and half years.

How many students attend your club?

We usually have huge influx in September (26 at one point). At the moment we have a core of about 10 students, who regularly attend.

What do you enjoy mostly about your club?

The student’s imagination never ceases to amaze me; the creativity is truly spellbinding!

How will this club prepare students for later life?

It gives them the essential skills to complement their GCSEs: collaborative learning, working to deadlines and making decisions. A former student is working as a film makeup artist in Hybrid FX. Why would you recommend this club?

It helps promote creativity, boost confidence and helps develop social skills - it’s not to be missed!

Meet the Students Alannah Y9

for me?” showing just how impressed he was by their creativity and professionalism. Grilled on their idea, the students had to demonstrate their understanding, acting quickly to answer the questions as fully as they could.

At the finals the competition was tougher than ever and the winning team was Manchester Utd. Despite the loss, the girls congratulated every other student on their achievements and showed humility and grace.

As part of the trip they had a tour of the Houses of Commons, escorted by Tommy Guthrie (Premier League) and Tom Blenkinsop (MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland).

They were given VIP treatment when Tom invited them to sit in the special galleries and view the debate that was happening. MPs were debating the Enterprise Bill, probably the most fitting debate that there could have been. The girls were able to sightsee, go on the London Eye and see a performance of the West End musical Wicked.

It is clear that the girls really do have a bright future ahead of them, and their entrepreneurial spirit will be a key part of their success. Well done girls!

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What made you come to this club?

It sounded very interesting and looked different to other clubs.

What do you enjoy about this club?

I enjoy being able to learn different skills and teach them to others.

How do you think the club will help you in later life?

It will add an interesting skill to my CV which could give me a better chance of getting a job in theatrical makeup, SFX. Why would you recommend this club to someone else?

It’s a very different experience. Some people may even find that they are quite good at SFX makeup, even if they never thought about giving it a try.

Aaron Y7 and Andrew Y7, Reporters

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group of Year 7 students travelled to Dickson (Account Manager for Disneyland), Disneyland Paris during February Stef Lewandowski (Hacker), Kate Russell to attend Business Live! and ICT & (Technology Journalist) and Jan Moir (Virgin Atlantic and London 2012).

Computing Live! conferences.

In an auditorium of over 600 people, our Arranged through European Study Tours, they provide subject specific conferences for students were by far the youngest but showed students, that aim to give young people skills maturity, grit and resilience, by asking questions and knowledge about the industry so that they to the speakers. As an Academy we are very proud of their achievements and attitude can apply it to their learning in school.

At each conference the students had the throughout the trip.

As well as learning about the industry, opportunity to listen to three guest speakers, who are all experts in their specific industry. The students were also able to spend two days in speakers were Joe McEwan (Head of Digital and the Disneyland Parks, practising their French Communities for Innocent Smoothies), Clare and enjoying the rides.

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St Joseph’s News

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Y1 Space seeds

FS1 Picnic party

t Joseph’s FS1 class have been learning the letter ‘P’.

In order to help the children with their learning they decided to have a pirates’ and princesses’ picnic party where they could only eat food beginning with the letter ‘P’. The children had great fun eating pizza, pasta, peaches, pork pies, popcorn, POM-BEARs and lots of other yummy things with their friends and parents. They all looked great in their pirate hats and princess crowns. There were some very inventive contributions such as Freddie’s Mr Prickle made from potatoes and pineapple!

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FS2 Recycled sunflowers

t Joseph’s were extremely lucky to have been chosen as one of the schools to be given seeds sent down from the International Space Station to plant along with other seeds, carefully labelling them, to see what happened!

Year 1 made predictions e.g. the space seeds might grow taller or be a different colour than the rest. Taking good care of them and watering them, they have to wait and see what happens and at the end of the experiment Tim Peake will tell them which were the real space seeds.

Y2 Learning musical notes

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etals made out of plastic milk bottles and green wool for the leaves, FS2 have been creative whilst working with artist Bub Bacon, making sunflowers out of recycleable materials.

The class then decided to plant their own sunflowers, adding soil to a cup and planting the seeds. They can’t wait to see them start shooting.

W Y5 Greek feast

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By Kayla and Jake

ecently, Year 5 enjoyed a feast that would have been devoured by the Ancient Greeks!

Eating olives, goat’s cheese, garlic cloves, apricots and feta salad – we had the chance to sample foods we had not tried before.

Nearly everyone liked the honey and olive bread, though the chick peas were not so popular. The

Ancient Greeks drank red wine, but our teacher wouldn’t let us, so we had grape juice instead.

While we were enjoying the feast, we shared Greek facts with each other, which were spread around the tables. We decided that we would not want to eat this type of food all of the time, as we would miss our everyday food, especially sausage and mash and full English breakfast! It was a fun afternoon and we learnt a lot.

orking hard with the Tees Valley Music service, Year 2 have been learning lots of new songs this year.

Focusing on playing tuned and untuned instruments, they have been trying to keep a steady beat and rhythm going. Although they

found it hard at first they are starting to get the hang of it! Starting to read notes such as crotchets (coffee) and quavers (tea), they are beginning to follow musical notes and are hoping to host a performance for parents at the end of the year to share the wonderful work!

Y3 Recycla-snail

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s part of a recycling project, Year 3 were visited by Redcar and Cleveland Council and were able to experience what it was like to work as a refuse collector; they even got to ride in the bin wagon - it was fantastic, although it was a bit pongy!

In response to their visit they made a huge snail from the recyclable items in their packed lunches, along with leftover sweet wrappers from Christmas. Their recycla-snail was taken by the council to be put on display at The Hub in Redcar.

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Handale News Year 5 Arts Award

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h e Ye a r 5 p u p i l s h a v e re c e n t l y been working closely with staff and volunteers from the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum.

Working towards an Arts Award accreditation, they have been learning about works of art in their local area, researching

works of art, reflecting upon their own involvement in the arts and also creating some fantastic model dragon heads, linking with their topic work.

The children’s models will shortly be on display to the public at the mining museum in Skinningrove.

The Queen’s Birthday

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n recent weeks, the children from Handale Primary have been celebrating the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth.

Pupils from Year 3 and 5 drew portraits and wrote pieces about our monarch, which are now displayed in Loftus library for all to see.

This forms part of wider celebrations at the school, culminating in a day of celebration, on the Queen’s official birthday later this year.

We are very proud of what our pupils have produced, so why not pop down to the library and see for yourself?

Linkindness

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ince the Autumn term, pupils in Year 5 have been working with The Link.

They have learned about the importance of friendship, the need for patience and understanding amongst themselves and how they can contribute to their local community in meaningful ways. Part of the children’s project involved visiting their local nursing home, The Hawthorns, spending time with the residents.

The children found this experience extremely engaging and enjoyed the opportunity to share stories and play games with people from their local area. They hope to visit again sometime soon.

The pupils were also lucky enough to be invited to a celebration evening on Thursday 24 March 2016, where they heard about projects in other schools and performed

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a poem written especially for the event.

The Y5 pupils were a credit to the school throughout and we are extremely proud of their achievements.

Skelton News

he highly anticipated, annual Top Trumps tournament has had everyone talking here at Skelton. Sweaty palms, nervous tummies, and nail biting moments took place and that’s just from the teachers!

This year, our Top Trumps theme was ‘Space’ in honour of Spaceman Tim Peake and his incredible journey- needless to say, this only added to the building excitement. Over 80 children entered the competition and after two gruelling rounds, our Skelton Champion

emerged…Harrison!

Harrison was clearly delighted by his victory, his smile said it all. “I was really nervous in the final because I didn’t have many cards but I managed to fight my way back!” He was “elated” with the result and very eager to start the next online rounds.

When asked, Harrison said his goal was set on beating his last two attempts and seeing how far he could go! Well done Harrison, Skelton are cheering you on!

uring the week commencing 8 February 2016, pupils aged between three and eleven took part in the school’s annual Rights, Responsibilities & Respect Week.

This was the school’s fifth RRR week and this year focused on respecting the history of our town. The aims of the week were for children to: 1.Realise that Loftus has a long history 2.Understand that the history of their town has made it how it is today 3.Realise that they are part of Loftus’ history 4.To know that they can shape the history of their town in the future 5.To explore the history of their own family

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Over the course of the week, pupils went out on visits to museums, the countryside and local landmarks to learn about what makes the history of their local area so important, as well as taking part in tailored activities in school. In addition, they had a really special visitor on Monday, when local folk singer and ex Teesside Fettler, Richard Grainger performed a number of local songs to launch the week in a special assembly before spending the rest of the day working with Year 4 pupils. Many other visitors came to talk to the children about the history of their town including local historians, the Vicar of St. Leonard’s Church and members of the Town Council.

Handale achieves Leading Parent Partnership Award

andale Primary School has always been proud of its relationships with parents and carers and they are delighted to announce that they have recently gained Leading Parent Partnership Award accreditation.

The award recognises the commitment the school has shown to strengthening relationships in the past and most importantly, commitment to furthering these, for the benefit of their pupils.

Headteacher Helen Blakeley said: “It is a great pleasure to have the work we undertake with and for our parents recognised through this national award. Working through the Leading Parent Partnership Award (LPPA) has enabled us to focus on what we do well and further strengthen our partnerships with parents. It was a whole school approach to increase engagement with parents, the whole school community including staff, pupils and governors worked very hard. Parents truly are partners in their children’s education at Handale and we want to continue to build on this success and seek further ways of engaging with our parents.”

Handale sporting talent

The last couple of months have been very successful for pupils participating in sporting events.

We are very proud of their achievements and look forward to seeing what the rest of the year will bring.

Jaycee (aged 9) and Matthew (aged 11) represented Handale and Cleveland in a cross country event on Wednesday 23 May. After previously competing in two cross country events, both children were successful and made it through to the final round, which

took place at Stewarts Park. Both children are talented runners and a lot of determination and effort went into their performances.

Shay (aged 11), a Y6 pupil, represented the whole of Cleveland in a Swimming Gala on Thursday 21 April which took place at the Dolphin Centre in Darlington. Shay competed in the Y6 freestyle swim and two relay events.

He is an excellent swimmer and managed to win his individual race and his team came second in the relay events. This is the second year he has represented the school in the swimming gala and he keeps on improving.

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Performing and Creative Arts Faculty Year 11 Drama student’s closing performance

KS4 performance evening

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t u d e n t s f r o m t h e Ye a r 1 0 G C S E Drama and Year 9 GCSE Dance groups performed extracts of their work to an audience on 17 March 2016 during a KS4 performance evening.

The Y10 Drama students had spent three weeks researching the death penalty in America and created a performance which focused on the innocent people who are awaiting the death penalty. Dance performances consisted of a series of solos and duets that the students had choreographed using three movement motifs from ‘Perfect’ by Motionhouse as a stimulus.

Parents and peers were invited and enjoyed a fantastic evening of Drama and Dance.

Year 9 GCSE Drama tackle racism

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ackling some serious issues in their lessons, the Year 9 GCSE Drama class have been looking at racial segregation, stereotypes and misconceptions.

They are creating characters and stories which are helping them to empathise with anyone who has experienced racism. Their biggest challenge so far has been taking part in a racist experiment created by Jane Elliot in 1968.

Photographing ‘A sense of Place’ The Year 9 GCSE Photography group had a delightful afternoon taking a trip to Saltburn.

The students were looking to capture the colours, patterns, natural forms, structures and other characteristics that would capture ‘A Sense of Place’ in the seaside town Saltburn.

The images will be used as part of their developing portfolio of photography work and will form part of an exhibition in the future.

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he Year 11 GCSE Drama students have done themselves proud by completing their Drama course.

All of the students devised and created heart wrenching performances which they performed to an external examiner on Tuesday 19 April for their final practical exam. They explored very sensitive issues and have worked tirelessly to perfect their performances, ensuring that the right messages were received by the audience.

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rehearsals and working really hard in lessons really did pay off.

Parents and staff were lucky enough to see these performances at a showcase evening and every single member of the audience spoke so highly of the students and their work.

“All the performances were absolutely fantastic and you have all done yourselves proud. You have all been an absolute delight to work with over the past two years and I am going to miss you all enormously.” – Mrs Skidmore.

Clay building and inspiring students Artist in residence returns

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eg Ashley previously worked with the Year 11 GCSE Art group and returned recently to inspire other year groups.

Working for a day with Year 9s on their ‘Freebrough’s most unusual tea party’ ceramics, the students had a great time using new clay building techniques and experiencing life as a professional ceramicist. Meg also worked with Year 10s over two afternoons, inspiring them with her own paintings and sharing some

of her paint techniques. The results from her techniques are amazing and the students loved learning how mixed media art could include polyfilla, baking flour and sand. Meg stated it was a pleasure to work with such enthusiastic students. As always it was a pleasure to welcome Meg back to the Academy.

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