May 4th, 202101180
Postal voters are being reminded to submit their ballots by polling day to cast their votes in the upcoming elections.
Durham County Council is reminding residents who have registered to vote by post that they have until Thursday, May 6, polling day, to cast in their votes.
To post their vote, electors can post their ballot packs...
May 4th, 202101526
Classic police TV series, simulating human flesh in forensic research, smartphones that can predict your health and how to build a digital human are the fascinating topics that Teesside University academics will be discussing over a Pint of Science this month.
Pint of Science is a free, annual science festival that normally sees top...
May 3rd, 202101499
A popular County Durham park has provided the inspiration for a group of bell-ringers after their regular meetings were halted by coronavirus lockdown.
A visit to Durham County Council’s Hardwick Park has been recreated in musical form by Sedgefield Handbell Ringers, in a recording which had to be pieced together by its members...
May 3rd, 202101456
Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket…
Saturday 1st May – NYSD Division 2
Northallerton 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was sunny, but cold. Northallerton won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 228 for 8 after 50 oversLuke Telford 50, Adam Gittins 46 and Jack Slatcher 35 not...
April 30th, 202101712
Bill Blenkinsopp has ended his 30-plus year political career after deciding not to run in the 2021 local elections.
The Independent councillor for Aycliffe Village decided not to stand again this year in the Great Aycliffe Town Council elections, being held across the town next Thursday (May 6), for health reasons.
His long-held...
April 30th, 202101606
The importance of training and how to access funding will be high on the agenda for Aycliffe Business Park Community’s next news and networking meeting in May.
ABPC will host the next virtual meeting on Friday, May 21, and will include a panel of representatives from Aycliffe training providers.
They will answer questions on...
April 29th, 202101261
Erica Brown and Demi Haggar have been named finalists in the APD Control Room Awards which recognise the extraordinary commitment and selfless service to the public provided by control room heroes across the country.
The fourth annual event is being held virtually this year and will celebrate the inspiring work of control room teams...
April 29th, 202101330
The chief executive of a North-East law firm is to play a pivotal role in ensuring the future economic prosperity of County Durham amidst the ongoing challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
Glyn Llewellyn, a director at Mortons Law, which has offices in Durham, Seaham and Sunderland, has been appointed as the new chair of the County...
April 29th, 202101166
An initiative to educate young people on stalking and coercive behaviour has been so successful it is now being offered to schools across the country.
Durham Constabulary teamed up with The Alice Ruggles Trust in 2019 to promote learning resources aimed at highlighting unhealthy relationship behaviours and stalking.
It followed...
April 28th, 202101839
Thirty candidates will battle it out for 23 seats on Aycliffe Town Council in next week’s local elections.
But seven councillors are already warming their seats in the council chamber after their nominations passed uncontested.
In the Woodham ward for Great Aycliffe Town Council, there’ll be no election next Thursday, with...