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Hello! Welcome to June’s edition of Darlington Monthly. Hello, and welcome to June’s edition of Darlington Monthly! It’s our 100th edition, and once again we are filled with amazing advertisers and happy news stories from cover to cover. Head over to page 26 to read about an inspiring Darlington schoolgirl, who has raised an incredible amount of money for charity. You can also find out more about the Darlington man who has been chosen to carry the Commonwealth Baton, on page 10! As well as being our 100th edition of the magazine, we are also commemorating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! Flick to page 42, to check out all of the events in the local area this month, including jubilee celebrations. As usual, if you’re stuck for some media to sink your teeth into, our review of Sandra Bullock’s latest outing can be found on page 40.

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spirit world with their Black Diamond Banana Rum winning Gold and finishing as the highest ranked rum in the entire competition. ‘We sometimes almost take for granted just how well we’ve done considering we’ve been working full time whilst growing the business organically smiles owners Paul and Leanne Colman. Indeed in the last month Quaker Gin original and Old Tom editions have been competing in the European Spirits Challenge where they won Gold and Silver respectively making the original Quaker Gin a three time Gold medal winner. This now means the Darlington Distillery have won 12 industry awards making them one of the most decorated distilleries in the country. What next for the distillery, Paul and Leanne talk with enthusiasm about what comes next for them in the Spirit world. Paul Said ‘Our Gin tastings are so popular and we will be expanding them to include our Rum collection. On top of this the team at Little Quaker have been conducting Ghost hunts in the distillery with The Spectre Detectors a local group who conduct paranormal investigations and the results have been staggering. We have two resident ghosts and old gentleman called George who likes to watch us distilling and a little mischievous girl called Connie who likes to take pictures off our walls and hide things “we chat about this during the gin tastings and we are working on a ghostly gin” said Leanne. For purchases pop into the shop in Clarks Yard every Friday and Saturday, for Gin tastings email the team on info@littlequakerdistillery.co.uk or again pop into the shop. Their website is www.littlequakerdistillery.co.uk

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Celebrating 100 editions of Darlington Monthly, with some of our amazing advertisers! In January 2014, Timber by Pitbull (feat Ke$ha) was playing in our speakers, David Cameron was the Prime Minister and the first edition of Darlington Monthly was published!

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Over the years, some incredible things have happened in our little town and across the county. In fact, in 2016, we had an Olympian in our patch. Amy Tinkler, from Bishop Auckland, was part of Team GB for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, coming home with a bronze medal in floor exercise.

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Brave The Shave: why a Darlington schoolgirl has completely shaved her head An 11-year-old from Darlington has “braved the supportive of the challenge, it means shave” to raise money for Macmillan Cancer. she has already Tiffany “Tiff ” Holliday made the decision to raise smashed her much-needed funds for the cancer charity, by f u n d r a i s i n g shaving her head with the support of her dance t a r g e t , teacher and fellow students at Sonya Marie and is still collecting Academy of Dance. even after has “I want to help them by raising as much she braved the money as possible” shave. So far, she’s The idea of temporarily losing her locks doesn’t raised a whopping phase Tiff, who cares more about raising £962.68! awareness of the vital work the charity does. You can donate to her fundraising page Macmillan works with people who have been here: bravetheshave.macmillan.org.uk/ diagnosed with, are receiving treatment for, or shavers/tiffany-holliday are recovering from cancer. Tiff wants to help them raise as much money as possible, to support as many people as she can in their fight against cancer. Tiff set herself a target of raising £300, but says that her friends at dancing have been so

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Darlington ranks in “Top 10 places to live for hybrid workers” quality and GPs per 100,000 people. These factors contributed towards Edinburgh and Belfast taking the second and third spots on the list, respectively, while the bigger cities such as London, Birmingham Based on factors such as average broadband and Manchester ranked significantly lower. speeds and proximity to cities, the comparison and switching service Uswitch.com has worked out the Why are so many rural areas on the list? best places to live if you are a hybrid worker. According to Uswitch, the change in working circumstances over the last few years has resulted How has hybrid working changed? in many people wanting to escape from the “rat Before the pandemic, only 11% of people divided race” of city life and move away to more affordable their time between home and work, which has rural settings. since doubled and is expected to rise further over the next six months. On top of that, only 56% of As a general rule, very few English cities actually made the top 10 list, with exceptions being York workers actually work full time from their office. and Bristol. This list will be extremely helpful to York took the top spot in Uswtich’s ranking, with those looking to relocate soon, as a major thing Harroate coming in at fifth and Darlington securing hybrid workers will be looking for is broadband seventh place. Darlington made the top 10 thanks speed. to its average broadband speeds of 106Mbps and its commutable distance of 31 miles from Of course, you need to remember to tell your existing provider and your new provider know Newcastle. that you’re switching, to make sure you aren’t left The index also takes into account quality of life without on the big day. factors such as crime rates, school rankings, air Our little town has made a list of ‘The Top 10 Places to Live in the UK for Hybrid Home and Office Working’.

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