July 26th, 202101143Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket…
Saturday 24th July – NYSD Division 2
Darlington 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was cool and cloudy. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bat first.
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 180 all out after 45.3 overs
Michael Howe 37, Sam Telford 33 and Luke Telford...
July 23rd, 202101263Aycliffe’s MP Paul Howell, whose constituency office is on Aycliffe Business Park, provides the guest foreword for the 52nd issue of Aycliffe Business…
I’m delighted to provide the guest foreword for a fantastic publication which is really helping to put Aycliffe Business Park on the map.
I am delighted I have been able to...
July 23rd, 202102007Two Newton Aycliffe schools are set to benefit in the second round of the government’s School Rebuilding Programme.
Sugar Hill Primary School and Woodham Academy are among 50 schools across the country to have been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) for investment through the £1billion scheme.
Both schools will now...
July 22nd, 202101128Older drivers can feel more comfortable on the road with the restart of refresher driving sessions.
Durham County Council is restarting its Safer Driving with Age (SAGE) driving assessment, which was temporarily stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Designed to help residents over 55 drive safely as they get older, SAGE consists...
July 22nd, 202106256Aycliffe manufacturers are among a host of North-East companies benefiting world-class support from the SAM Project.
Peter Barron explains what’s on offer in the 52nd issue of Aycliffe Business – the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park since 2012 – as he talks to Aycliffe Fabrications and Pollite.
3M Aycliffe plant manager...
July 21st, 202101459A new twist in the North-East’s devolution saga could see County Durham push for its own elected mayor rather than linking up with neighbours.
There have been hopes that seven local councils either side of the Tyne could reunite under a new mayor covering Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, Sunderland, South Tyneside,...
July 21st, 20210938By Paul Dalton
The Chapelfell Top Fell Race, which took place on Tuesday, July 13, is our first port of call in what has proved to be a busy week.
The race, hosted by the Durham Fell Runners, is approximately 7km in length, but includes 400m of ascent.
Initially on tracks, the race soon progresses onto open fell and rough...
July 21st, 202101003A flagship qualification offered by Teesside University for senior business leaders is the first in the country to be remapped to a new accredited standard by a leading professional institute for managers.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has remapped and accredited Teesside University’s Senior Leader Apprenticeship (SLA)...
July 20th, 202101016Councillors and stakeholders are to be given the opportunity to contribute to a review of the future of a treasured regimental collection.
Durham County Council is holding a meeting next week at which its members and invited interested parties will be given the chance to feed into the review of options for the display and storage of...
July 20th, 202101040A new, government-backed business support programme, aims to increase digital technology take up in the North-East’s manufacturing sector.
The innovative programme is specifically aimed at helping manufacturing SMEs in the North-East increase digital technology adoption, innovation and skills and was launched this month.
Made...
