March 1st, 20220889Residents in County Durham and Darlington will be able to ask questions about police recruitment and deployment at the Durham Police and Crime Commissioner's (PCC) next accountability meeting later this month.
Accountability meetings - where the PCC holds the Chief Constable and the police force to account for policing in the area -...
March 1st, 202201150Seventy business leaders gathered for an inspirational networking event with a difference on Aycliffe Business Park.
Aycliffe Business Park Community’s news and networking event in February attracted delegates from several of Aycliffe’s biggest employers, including Gestamp, 3M, Ebac, Stiller, Formula Plastics, Husqvarna and...
March 1st, 202201317Durham County Council is redoubling its efforts to protect, maintain and expand its tree cover.
The local authority is adding extra resources to its tree and specialist arborist teams to help maintain the county’s trees and ensure they remain healthy and preserved.
Measures include doubling the current numbers of professional...
February 28th, 202201534Durham County Council has received national recognition for its work to tackle littering and promote positive behaviours.
The local authority achieved success at the Keep Britain Tidy Network Awards, winning Litter Initiative of the Year for its efforts to use education to help tackle the issue.
It follows the development of an...
February 28th, 202201443There are now only three category sponsorships available for the 2022 Make Your Mark awards.
Local firms are encouraged to get in touch and join the likes of Husqvarna, Gestamp and the developers of Forrest Park as sponsors of the event.
The glamorous awards ceremony will be held at the 17th century, listed Redworth Hall Hotel on...
February 27th, 202208696Redcar Athletic 0, Newton Aycliffe 4
By Andy Macfarlane
Newton Aycliffe consolidated third place with a comfortable 4-0 win away at Redcar Athletic.
Two goals from Liam Jarvie, another for the free scoring Marc Costello and a towering header from substitute Andrei Ardelean sent Aycliffe back along the A66 with all three...
February 25th, 202201437Aycliffe Today has marked 10 years in business since launching a decade ago.
The website was launched in February 2012 to deliver daily community, business and sports news to an online audience.
Since then it has amassed millions of page views and grown a huge social media following, while delivering a string of major news stories...
February 24th, 202201178Proposals to meet the increasing cost of adult social care for people in County Durham have been approved by councillors.
Members of Durham County Council agreed the plans when approving the authority's 2022/23 budget proposals and its Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) forecasts.
A report, which had already been discussed by the...
February 24th, 202202132The wellbeing of staff is at the top of the agenda for Newton Aycliffe’s biggest employer.
Automotive manufacturer Gestamp has taken on a full-time wellbeing lead at its huge Aycliffe Business Park site, while the firm has trained up 25 mental health first aiders.
Gestamp – a multinational company which specialises in the...
February 23rd, 202201247Residents in County Durham are being encouraged to give their views on proposals to change parliamentary constituency boundaries.
The 2023 Review of Parliamentary constituencies was formally launched in 2021 by the Boundary Commission for England.
The commission, an independent and impartial non-departmental public body, is...
