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Welcome to the November edition of Darlington Monthly!

November is here.The month of firework displays and toffee apples is finally upon us, and so is the release of the long anticipated James Bond film, No Time To Die. You can read our review on page 22.

For a tasty meal to go alongside your movie night, jump ahead to page 32, to check out our recipe for slow cooker pork casserole.

As always, Darlington has been bustling with activity. Flick to page 24 to read about a former soldier, who won big at the Darlington College Awards, or start at page 6 to learn about two local lasses who have entered the beer business in an unconventional way.

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Enjoy your read and, of course, we’ll be back next month with our Christmas edition!

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Booming beer Cand-dle business had humble lockdown beginnings What did you find yourself getting up to during lockdown? Maybe you took up baking or got crafty.

Perhaps you started your own business…

That’s what Sophie Craggs from Darlington did last year, when she started making candles out of empty cans she had left over from some of her favourite beers. Her friend Laura Ferguson jumped on board over Christmas, and Beer Can-dles was born.

Cut to a year later and the duo are working with some big names in the beer industry. In fact, they’re supplying candles to go into Black Sheep Brewery’s 2021 Christmas hampers.

Where did it all begin?

The pair started the business as a little lockdown project, after they were both furloughed from their day jobs at Northgate Vehicle Hire. But it wasn’t until January of this year that they decided to take what they were doing a bit more seriously.

Now the pair have collaborated with businesses within Darlington and even further afield, with their products reaching Manchester and Scarborough.

Although the business is still in its infancy, Sophie and Laura have started to branch out into new items. The duo have turned Corona bottles into hand sanitiser dispensers, as well as developing other fun alcohol inspired designs.

They are also working on establishing their own signature scent to enhance their brand.

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Although the girls buy their cans based on aesthetics, they regularly receive calls and messages from friends and strangers alike, offering them donations. People are subconsciously thinking about upcycling their cans as a result of their good work.

Sophie said “Instead of it just going to recycling we can reuse the product and put it to good use.”

She also made the point that designers are paid to create the art work we see on our cans of beer. For someone to just drink it and bin it is a bit of a shame.

Beer Can-dles focuses on upcycling cans and moving towards being more environmentally friendly. The two Such innovative work from two local girls. We wish have seen a huge outpour of suppor t from friends, great success to the pair as they continue to grow their business. family and the wider community.

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Double platinum and BRIT award-winning artist Paloma Faith will embark on a huge UK summer tour and is delighted to performing at some amazing outdoor venues throughout the UK, including a date right here in Darlington on Saturday 16th July, at the Darlington Arena.

Talking about the tour Paloma said, "I've been touring my recent album Infinite Things and it's been so invigorating seeing everyone out on the road around the UK. I've loved playing live again and I am beyond excited to announce my Summer 2022 tour. I love nothing more than singing for you all and hearing you sing back to me. There’s nothing like it.”

Performing an array of hits from her extensive and much loved repertoire. These homecoming shows will have fans singing along to classics such as “Only Love Can Hurt Like This” and “Lullaby” as well as new songs from her fifth studio album “Infinite Things”.

It’s been a busy year for the singer with Paloma releasing her BBC documentary ‘Paloma Faith: As I Am’ earlier this year which received praise from critics and fans for it’s insight into the pop star's life and frank discussions around motherhood. She also entered the world of interior design with the launch of her Paloma Home collection as well as filming season 3 of Pennyworth and the prequel series to Stephen Fears’ movie Dangerous Liaisons.

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It’s great to be putting on another show at the Arena and we’re already looking forward to welcoming you all back next summer!”

The summer 2022 tour will feature songs from her most recent album ‘Infinite Things’ as well as all of her hits. Tickets for the tour go on general sale on Friday 15th October.

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2,000 seasonal jobs created at North East Amazon sites Looking for a bit of seasonal work to get you through the Christmas season? Well Amazon could have you covered, as they have announced they will be creating 2,000 jobs across all three North East sites, including Darlington.

What about the rest of the UK?

The retail giant confirmed the huge recruitment drive for seasonal workers will be for both their Fulfilment Centres in Darlington, Durham and Gateshead, as well as for smaller distribution and delivery centres in Gateshead and Newcastle.

The company spends most of the year preparing for the festive season, it being the time of year where the company gets a huge influx of work. According to Radek Stegbauer, the General Manager at Amazon Durham, “Our seasonal associates play an integral role in helping us deliver an exceptional experience for our customers.”

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Amazon is looking for both full and part time staff.

Pay at the warehouses is certainly an incentive to apply, as rates start at £10 for day shift, £11 for night shift and are expected to go up to £20 an hour for overtime.

Nationally, Amazon is predicted to hire around 20,000 seasonal workers to work across the UK’s networks of warehouses.

The growth of the company, particularly across the North East, has been unprecedented. Perhaps the most significant par t is that employment opportunities have been granted to people who otherwise might not have made it onto the career ladder.

Not only that, but these seasonal contracts are expected to lead to a permanent position for the Seasonal roles at Amazon are still live. Apply on the right candidates. official website.

News of the huge recruitment drive in our area has not gone unnoticed. Rachel Anderson, who is the assistant director of policy at the North east Chamber of Commerce, said “This is great news for the region and a testament to our tremendous workforce and logistics expertise here in the Nor th East.”

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FILM REVIEW

When Daniel Craig first appears in the 25th James Bond film as the iconic super-spy, he’s adopting a surprisingly – brace yourself – romantic persona.

Narratively, No Time to Die follows almost straight on from its predecessor, as Bond drives into the sunset with Dr Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux playing Bond’s main love interest a second time).

At one point, Madeleine urges her beau to drive more quickly, but he resists. “We have all the time in the world,” he says dreamily.

As fans of 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – where George Lazenby’s Bond utters the same line in a similar context – will probably expect, things abruptly take a tragic turn. While in Italy with Madeleine, Bond decides – on Madeleine’s suggestion – to visit his deceased ex Vesper Lynd’s tomb. However, when he does, Spectre agents ambush him – leading the now-embittered Bond to accuse Madeleine of a covert betrayal.

There’s a lot of ensuing story to take in – especially as it soon emerges that Bond and the crime syndicate Spectre have a common enemy in the form of terrorist leader Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek). Millions of lives are at stake, as Safin has stolen Project Heracles, a bioweapon originally developed at MI6 but since reprogrammed at Safin’s behest to target the DNA of specific people he seeks to eliminate.

To reveal why Spectre boss Ernest Stavro Blofeld (a returning Christoph Waltz) is in Safin’s sights – despite having remained imprisoned in Belmarsh since the events of the previous Bond film – would probably be entering spoiler territory.

However, we at least get an inkling with the backstory told in No Time to Die’s opening sequence, the menacing tone of which proves a chilling bellwether.

Fortunately, perhaps largely due to Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hand in the script, the Bond franchise hasn’t entirely forgotten how to lighten up. In an early scene, Bond meets up with CIA agent Paloma (Ana de Armas) – and the chemistry between them is so

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much fun, it’s easy to wonder how much livelier the film could have felt if she had spent a lot more time accompanying Bond on his mission.

Admittedly, though, it could have jarred too much with the sombre tone director Cory Joji Fukunaga evidently intended for much of the (almost) three-hour runtime. Fukunaga turns out to be an inspired choice of director, being no stranger to adapting either the romantic (see his 2011 take on Jane Eyre) or the macabre (having co-wrote the 2017 feature-length treatment of Stephen King’s It) for the big screen.

These are both qualities he brings in abundance to No Time to Die, which often feels equal parts melodrama and conspiracy thriller. These aspects harmonise in brilliantly dark fashion – and, while No Time to Die isn’t quite as taut as 2012’s Skyfall (possibly the spectacular peak of Craig’s time in the tux), it’s close enough in overall quality to make for a fitting send-off to this particularly gritty Bond era.

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Recognition for former soldier at Darlington College Awards A former soldier who studies at Darlington College, has been rewarded for getting his life back on track.

Kieran Rodgers, a HNC engineering student, began rebuilding his life at Darlington College after a crane crushed his leg while he was working on overhead power cables on the railway.

Before Darlington College Prior to this, the 28 year old served for six years in the infantry, serving in Afghanistan for seven months on his first tour. During his time with the 4 Rifles, Rodgers was in daily contact with Afghan project management, surveying and inspections nationals and went on daily patrols, not knowing and one day I hope to be able to launch my own businesses.” where the next danger may lie.

Fortunately, Kieran left Afghanistan unharmed after his first tour. He was then deployed on Operation Gritrock with the 3 Rifles, where he was sent to Sierra Leone to help local people cope with the outbreak of the Ebola virus.

He also paid tribute to the other people on his course, crediting them for helping each other and saying he learned a lot from them.

Kieran was not the only person recognised at the awards ceremony. Olivia Ferguson, who successfully In 2016, Kieran left the army completely unscathed completed her Level 3 technical extended diploma to work on the railways and begin his engineering in Health and Social Care with two A*’s, also took qualification at Darlington College. Disaster struck home a top award. Olivia has autism and for many when Kieran was working away. His leg was crushed years was not able to attend mainstream school due to her health condition. leading to amputation.

The awards ceremony was hosted by journalist and author Peter Barron, who presented awards to full The irony of being injured at home didn’t escape and part time students from a variety of courses, Kieran, but according to his lecturers he remained saying “Darlington College continues to transform upbeat and was adamant he would finish his HNC lives thanks to the dedication of its staff ”. engineering course with the rest of the students.

There are some truly amazing people in Kieran’s optimism has continued to shine through. Darlington. We are so proud of Kieran and Olivia’s In fact, he said the accident “has opened up a wide achievements, and hope they continue to push range of opportunities in more office-based work, boundaries in the future!

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I explored Marshall’s Yard, a former tractor and roller manufactory which is now a successful retail park close to the centre Places to go... apart from the reception, and breakfast only available at a cafe up the road. Not finding any restaurants for an evening meal, and eschewing the many takeaways, I settled for a meal in McDonalds. I returned to my room to find the key card did not work, and was looking forward to my visit to no staff about. I entered my room only by Gainsborough on 30th September, staying overnight. I was arriving from pumping the handle up and down and belting the keycard on the door’s reader London on an LNER Azuma into Lincoln, simultaneously until it eventually gave way. and changed on to a new Northern two carriage train which was going through to Breakfast in said cafe was quite good and I Sheffield. Gainsborough has two railway stations, one is Gainsborough Central, close explored Marshall’s Yard, a former tractor to the town centre (but Newcastle Central it and roller manufactory which is now a successful retail park close to the centre. ain’t), and it sees few trains and has zero And then Gainsborough’s glory, the old Hall facilities. The other, which I arrived at, is on the north edge of town, a Tudor and Gainsborough Lea Road which is better Jacobean edifice of palatial size with a served, but likewise has zero facilities, not timber Great Hall and Kitchen, and even a ticket machine. and is a good mile excellent views from the roof. The house and a half south of the town centre. was built in the late 15th century by Sir There’s a ramp for buggies and wheelchairs Thomas Burgh, with later Elizabethan additions. It is one of the best preserved with three flat refuges which were puddled medieval manor houses in England. It’s over an inch deep and I had no alternative but to jump through them, getting one foot now in the care of English Heritage, and it is really worth a visit, but the rest of the town wet in the process and keeping the other is something of a let-down. foot dry. It was a good half hour walk into town and I found the very central With four hours before my train home and Gainsborough Hotel under renovation. I think, reading the reviews, that I got one of the famous Gainsborough model railway which was started in the late 1940s now a the less good rooms, but I could not really recommend the hotel, with no public space COVID-19 casualty, I really had nothing to

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Indeed, as the picture shows, representatives of the Wampanoag community in the USA had recently visited Retford to built a traditional Wetu in the grounds of the Bassetlaw Museum. The museum is quite extensive and when leaving I found I had missed out an entire wing, but I needed to make my way back to the railway station. The compact town centre was fascinating to explore, and overall I found Retford a good deal more interesting and resumed my trip north on another LNER Azuma with a ten minute same platform change at Doncaster for Durham which I reached bang on time at 1826. .

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6th November - 4pm - Middleton St George Cricket and Social Club If you’re looking for a local fireworks display to take the kids to this year, check out Middleton St George Cricket and Social Club’s display. Tickets for this event are £4 and entry to the site begins at 4pm, with the display starting at 6pm. To reserve your place, go to ticketsource.co.uk

21st and 22nd November - 7.30pm - Stockton Globe Theatre Tim Minchin returns to the UK with his tour Back, first performed in the UK back in 2019. Since his last visit to us, Minchin has released his first studio solo album “Apart Together”, which reached number 3 in the ARIA charts.

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