Andrew Coxon News Today

A GROUP of students have given up their Easter break to give back to the community, and earn vital experience. Painting and decorating students from Bishop Auckland College have given up their free time to help give Stanhope Community Hall a new look. The hall had been in need of a fresh coat of paint, but the church struggled to find the time and the funding to facilitate it. The hall has many uses including a food bank, toddlers’ group, and polling station. The group of students w...

PAINTING and decorating students tested out their newly acquired skills refurbishing a manor house on the historic Raby Castle estate. The seven-week project at Raff Yard House is part of a multi-million-pound investment at the historic visitor destination, near Staindrop, which has just received planning permission from Durham County Council. Existing buildings at the medieval castle are being repurposed for mixed tourism, leisure and educational uses, along with the formation of a new c...