Did you know you can access council services by television, internet or mobile phone.
It is called “Looking Local” and can be viewed in any of the following ways:
- Sky viewers – go to channel 539 and press the red button.
- Virgin viewers – press the red home button, choose Interactive (option 7), select news and info then Looking Local (option 6).
- From a Wii or PC – visit www.lookinglocal.gov.uk
- From a web-enabled mobile phone – text your postcode to 61061.
I have sent a road patching request for Flambard Road/Priory road to see what happens – the particular area has probably had pothole s filled in more an 5 times and can be seen from space using Google Maps as a blurred area on the road.
Other services you can see include looking for the availability of council houses across County Durham. You will need to register with Durham Key Options before using that part of the service.
You can also check for bus and train times from a specific bus stop, if registeed deal with gp and nhs services, and see what is going on in County Durham today, tomorrow or over the weekend. Though looking at this section I think it isn’t being fully utilised yet.
Other services include reporting:
Abbandoned vehicles, flytipping, road repairs, graffiti and housing repairs.
And a key section has details of where to get help about a whole raft of things including:
Family issues, rights, medical conditions, coping and caring, crisis, well being, work and education.
If anyone sees any gaps – for example I can’t find the Durham City Citizens Advice Details, let me know.