November 15th, 202101246Ground-breaking research led by staff at Teesside University could lead to new approaches in treating aggressive childhood cancers more effectively.
Academics based at the University’s National Horizons Centre have been studying the genetics of aggressive lymphoma and have discovered a link between a specific gene and the survival...
November 12th, 202102648Newton Aycliffe FC has confirmed the appointment of Brian Atkinson as the club’s new manager.
Brian returns to the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium 10 years after departing the club where he formed part of Allan Oliver’s coaching team.
Brian spent five years at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium and played a huge role in the clubs rise...
November 11th, 202101053By Paul Dalton
We start this week’s round up with a whizz around the parkruns on Saturday morning.
Thirty-three members took on the weekly 5K run, with the club represented at the Hackworth, Hamsterley Forest, Jubilee, Sedgefield, Silksworth and the Town Moor events.
Mel Rowland had a great run at Sedgefield parkrun, bagging...
November 11th, 20210863A series of draft masterplans to enhance the vibrancy of County Durham communities will be discussed by councillors next week.
Durham County Council has accelerated masterplans currently being developed for Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee, Stanley, and Crook, Willington and Tow Law, as part of its Towns and Villages programme.
Together...
November 11th, 202101374Students at Woodham Academy have been celebrating their selection for the Bishop Auckland Schools Football Association District teams.
The association is one of the biggest in the country and therefore the field is much more competitive than for most.
Woodham Academy has a strong tradition of students leaving to become professional...
November 11th, 202101025Dozens of businesses have already signed up to the last Aycliffe networking event of 2021 – but there’s still time to register.
The next Aycliffe Business Park Community News and Networking event will take place on Friday, November 19 (from 8.15am), at The Xcel Centre.
More than 50 delegates have already signed up for the...
November 10th, 202101087Giving back to communities in County Durham and Darlington, a successful grant scheme is set to repeat its work of wonders.
County Durham NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and health and wellbeing charity Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP), are relaunching the Happiness Hubs 2021 grants programme to offer community groups and...
November 10th, 20210898A strategy which will maximise the provision of playing pitch facilities in County Durham is to be discussed next week.
Durham County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to adopt a countywide Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) to ensure playing pitch facilities meet the needs of existing and future residents.
Supporting the County Durham...
November 10th, 20210869Landmarks across County Durham are being lit up in red to commemorate Remembrance Day.
Durham County Council is once again lighting up six landmarks across the county as a stunning visual reminder of the poppies which bloomed on First World War battlefields.
From Wednesday (10 November), until Sunday (14 November), Durham Town...
November 10th, 202101382In every issue of our Aycliffe Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner/leader to ask them 20 questions about a variety of subjects.
In our latest edition, Jacksons Law Firm managing partner Tony Wentworth answers our 20 questions over a cuppa…
1: What do you do?
A: I’m a...
