The County Council of Durham intend not less than seven days from the date of this notice to make an Order under the provisions of Section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984.
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On 4 March 2010 the County Council of Durham confirmed the above order made under section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. 
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Up to 2,500 bikes are set to be security marked in a bid to reduce bicycle theft.  
Durham Safe Partnership and Durham County Council are launching a ‘Pedal Safe’ initiative which will use Selectmark’s bike register system to deter cycle theft in the Teesdale and Wear Valley areas of the county.  
Each bike owner will be issued with a personal log book as proof of ownership and will be registered on a police approved national database.
In addition to the bike marking kits, the partnership will also be fitting free bike lights to improve the visibility of cyclists to other road users.
 Steve Arkley, Strategic Manager for Safer Communities with Durham County Council, said: "We have every confidence that the introduction of Pedal Safe in County Durham will help keep our cyclists safe by increasing their road sense, as well as having the added bonus of significantly reducing the problem of bike theft.”  
Sessions will take place on the following dates:  
Sunday 21 March, Newgate Centre in Bishop Auckland, 12-4pm Wednesday 24 March, Wolsingham Methodist Church, 3.30-6.00pm Sunday 28 March, Teesdale Leisure Centre, 09.30-1.00pm Thursday 8 April, St Catherine’s Community Centre, Crook, 2.00-6.00pm   
 

Women living in the Spennymoor area are being invited to box clever with a new class.  
Durham County Council’s Young Women’s Sport and Active Recreation Project are working with Spennymoor Boxing Academy to provide women only boxing sessions for beginners.  
 The sessions are aimed at women aged between 16 and 25 who want to lose weight and tone up through a cardio vascular workout.  
Samantha Morgan, a Club and Volunteer Development Officer with Durham County Council, said: “The take up rates for people starting to learn to box have risen by 700 per cent in four years.
The 2012 London Olympics will see the ban on women’s boxing lifted for the first time and we hope these sessions will encourage women to get involved in this great Olympic sport at a local level.”  
 Taster sessions will be held in the leisure centre, on High Street in the town, starting 29 March, between 7:00 and 8:00pm.
 If the classes prove popular, they will be rolled out over a longer period.

Residents in Durham can find out how local issues are being tackled when the local area action partnership meets later this month.  
Mid Durham Rural West board will meet on Tuesday 17 March at 05:30pm at Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School and local people are invited to go along to observe proceedings. 
   Members of the public can also raise any local issues they would like the board to address.  
 If you would like to attend the meeting please contact the team. Tel:  01207 529857  

Lessons in Arabic and workshops in Middle Eastern crafts will be on the curriculum at schools in County Durham this week.
A party of teachers and education experts from Jordan will be talking about their country and culture during a three-day tour of schools in the area.
The visit has been organised by Durham County Council as part of the Government-funded Connecting Classrooms project.
Brian Stobie, Durham County Council International Officer, said: “The scheme is an extremely valuable one for all involved because it’s all about building better relationships with other countries and learning about the wider world outside our classrooms.
“Education chiefs in Jordan specifically chose to be partnered with County Durham so we are particularly pleased to welcome them here.”
The group will be visiting Durham Trinity, Finchale and Framwellgate primary schools as well as Framwellgate secondary school.
They will take part in question and answer sessions, demonstrate local crafts and talk about issues including climate change.