A DEDICATED volunteer who can be seen watering hanging baskets early in the morning on a daily basis has received a national award. “Local hero” Rab Moran, 77, has been a member of Blooming Haddington since the group was set up in 2013. Now, his green-fingered efforts throughout the year for the award-winning horticultural group have been recognised with a certificate of merit from the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, also known as The Caley. The national organisation held a virtual awards evening last month, with Mr Moran among those being recognised. The Station Court resident downplayed his role with the group and said
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First 300 Treasury workers to move to Darlington within a year as major businesses set to relocate MORE than 1,000 Whitehall officials will have relocated to Darlington when the full scale of the Government s Treasury North project is complete, The Northern Echo can reveal today. Earlier this month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced Darlington had won the battle to be home to the Government s new northern economic campus, with 750 Treasury officials set to relocate from London. The Echo can reveal today that up to 300 of these officials will arrive in Darlington within 12 months, and, with hundreds of staff from other Government departments including Business and International Trade set to join them, the final total will be well in excess of 1,000.
MORE than 1,000 Whitehall officials will have relocated to Darlington when the full scale of the Government s Treasury North project is complete, the D&S Times o can reveal today. Earlier this month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced Darlington had won the battle to be home to the Government s new northern economic campus, with 750 Treasury officials set to relocate from London. The D&S can reveal today that up to 300 of these officials will arrive in Darlington within 12 months, and, with hundreds of staff from other Government departments including Business and International Trade set to join them, the final total will be well in excess of 1,000.