A new playground has been handed over to pupils from Corporation Road Community Primary School in Darlington today.
An innovative project, spearheaded by local MP Peter Gibson, has seen the installation of a train and castle themed wooden playground at the school in the town.
Speaking in Parliament, Peter Gibson, Member of Parliament for Darlington, pushed the Transport Minister to invest in the region’s road infrastructure to improve connectivity.
MTE has been successfully awarded its 20th consecutive Gold Award granted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). This prestigious annual scheme recognises those demonstrating the highest levels of health and safety standards in the workplace.
Skerne Park Academy have been named as a winner at tonight’s Levelling Up Awards 2021 in the Successful School Years category. This award recognises the hard work that Headteacher, Kate Chisholm and her team put into ensuring every child successfully achieves their potential in attainment and development.
Around two million of the UK’s lowest-paid workers have benefited from the Conservative Government’s increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. The National Living Wage has risen by 2.2 per cent to £8.91 this year, and has been expanded to cover 23 and 24-year-olds for the first time. 90,000 workers across the North East will receive a pay rise through the increase to the National Living Wage, with 13,000 people also benefiting from the increase to the National Minimum Wage.
A group of local MPs have condemned plans for the Tees Valley put forward by Labour’s mayoral candidate, saying her blueprint for the region amounts to a recipe for decline.
‘Sergeant Elijah’, being inspired by the fundraising efforts of Captain Sir Tom Moore, has arranged a litter pick for an hour a week to help clean up the streets of Darlington in order raise money and awareness for local mental health charity, Darlington Mind.
On Wednesday 24 March 2021, Darlington MP, Peter Gibson, spoke in a debate about a treatment for Phenylketonuria (PKU) – a rare genetic disorder that sadly 4 people, 1 adult and 3 children, in Darlington suffer from.
£21.7million government funding for North East England to upgrade over 4,000 homes to make them greener and warmer. Funding will decarbonise neighbourhoods in County Durham, saving households up to £450 a year on their energy bills. Part of a nation-wide £562 million government pot to upgrade people’s homes, support 8,000 local jobs and ensure the UK builds back greener
