Sorry Clansman, not explaining myself very well. There was a decision made to build two new academies, one at Stanley , and one at Consett. Although I haven't been past it I've been told the one at Stanley is well on the way to completion.
Unfortunately due to two different groups of power mad politicians, unable to decide where the best place is to build the one in Consett there has yet to be a spade used. Caused a lot of bad feeling in the town and after years of name calling and point scoring between them its still stalemate.
Its cost a lot of money so far and there is no end in sight, but hey when did politicians ever worry about things like that.
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