July 8th, 20210839A North-East charity is appealing for volunteers to join a befriending service to improve mental health.
Newton Aycliffe-based Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) launched Every Call Counts (ECC), a free phoneline service in 2020 that is dedicated to supporting people through isolation with a friendly support network.
The phoneline...
July 8th, 20210897By Paul Dalton
Undoubtedly the most popular race amongst members this week was the Pie and Peas 5K Trail Race, which took place in Trimdon on Wednesday, June 30.
Serving as one of the club’s Championship races, it meant that valuable points were up for grabs.
Set off in waves to ensure the race remained Covid-secure, members...
July 8th, 202101395Former Woodham Academy Art student Alivia Hoy has been crowned North East ‘Artist of the Year’ 2021.
Alivia’s work, an acrylic painting of her sister, who still attends Woodham Academy, stood in front of a wild seascape, wowed the judges (Artists Stuart Jones and Emily Ward and Dr Solomon Lennox, Head of Northumbria University...
July 8th, 20210884A new campaign from destination management organisation Visit County Durham inspires consumers to ‘Escape the Everyday’ in Durham this summer.
The campaign, which received grant funding from VisitEngland’s Destination Management Organisations’ (DMO) Recovery Marketing Fund, will see local recovery marketing activities...
July 7th, 202101639By Bob Wood
Newton Aycliffe FC's second pre-season fixture saw them come out with their first win having finished on the end of a 1-3 defeat, albeit in respectable fashion, against Vanarama National League North side Spennymoor Town prior.
It was the Wearside League visitors who took the lead early on when the referee's assistant...
July 7th, 20210971Drivers who put the lives of others at risk are being encouraged to change their ways as Durham Constabulary launches three new safety camera vans.
The force’s Road Safety Bureau (RSB), which was launched in 2020, has been targeting those who continue to flout the rules of the road by speeding, not wearing seatbelts or using mobile...
July 7th, 202101139Students from a leading college in County Durham are supporting the future of workplace health and wellbeing.
The brief from the Better Health at Work Awards (BHAWA) will see students from New College Durham channel their creativity to create engaging videos to promote health and wellbeing for organisations in County...
July 6th, 202101161Patients being treated for long-term effects of coronavirus in County Durham and Darlington are benefitting from a new mental health and wellbeing initiative.
The Reading Well initiative, by The Reading Agency, is providing book collections to support patients in the region being treated for post covid syndrome, also known as long...
July 6th, 202101631Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket…
Saturday 3rd July – NYSD Division 2
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Blackhall 1st XI – weather was mild but with frequent showers. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first. Match Sponsored by Unison
Blackhall 1st XI 253 all out after 47.2 overs
James Layfield-Carroll 4...
July 6th, 202102294Young people are being encouraged to make a splash with free swimming sessions at County Durham’s leisure centres.
Durham County Council has put together a host of summer pool activities for children and young people aged 18 and under living in County Durham.
From fun with inflatables, to general swimming, the free sessions are...
