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CHILDREN have had the chance to explore their new global village playground following a community project. Volunteers spent the last week of the school term building a new playground at Corporation Road School in Darlington. Headteacher Ann Pringleton said: "It's even better than I thought it would be. It's absolutely amazing. "It's a huge legacy for the community because it does belong to the community. "We've got a global village and it doesn't get any better than that." The playground, which has been in planning for three months, was inspired by the school's diversity and featu...

PUPILS from a North-East school have become the first children to receive free hiking boots thanks to a charity dedicated to inspiring a new generation of walkers. Fifteen youngsters from Corporation Road Primary School, in Darlington, received the boots from The Walk & Talk Trust, which is organising a series of 50 fundraising walks in a campaign called The Big Smile. The first walk starts from Raby Castle on June 21 and, as a warm-up, the Darlington pupils were treated to a four-mile nature trail in the stunning grounds of the magnificent estate, near Staindrop. The event was sponso...

CHILDREN had the chance to have a first look at the working replica of a historic engine ahead of the reopening of a museum. Pupils from Corporation Road School in Darlington were the first to get a glimpse of the newest exhibition at the town's Head of Steam Museum. The museum took receipt of the working replica of Locomotion No. 1 last week and is hoping it will attract visitors back when it reopens later this month. The replica engine will play a key part in celebrations of the bicentenary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, when it is hoped it will make the same...