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• Halloween Fundraiser Fun Run at Thorpe Farm Centre

  Thorpe Farm Centre is holding a spooky Halloween Fun Run in October, and raising funds for Butterwick Hospice. Families and runners are invited to sign up for the fun run on Sunday 19th October, with a choice of a 5K or 2K route, with the shorter route designed for children.

• Tudhoe children’s club looking forward with new backing from the Banks Group

  After-school activity sessions for young people in a County Durham village are set to continue thanks to new funding from a regional employer. Tudhoe Community Centre is using a £2,000 grant from the Banks Group to cover the cost of the twice-weekly activity groups that it runs on Monday and Tuesday afternoons for children aged between six and 12 years old.

• Cast of Mary Poppins visit Beamish Museum

  To mark the arrival of MARY POPPINS in Wearside ahead of a 4-week run and a Sunderland premiere, the cast of Cameron Mackintosh and Disney Theatrical Group’s MARY POPPINS, stepped back in time and visited Beamish Museum’s 1900s Town to relive the era in which the classic story is set while welcoming the cast to the region.

• Create magical family memories at Santa’s Grotto this Christmas at the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool

  This Christmas the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool is getting in the festive spirit, with a chance to visit Santa in his grotto, explore the decorated quayside and take part in festive storytelling.

• Local Lass Katrina Fisher Crowned IMMAF Bantamweight World Champion

  Local Woman, Katrina Fisher, mum, coach, and co-owner of TFT MMA with her husband Andrew Fisher, has struck gold at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) World Championships —essentially the Olympics of MMA.