July 16th, 202101236Great Aycliffe Town Council is putting £100k from its vast reserves aside for a new Covid recovery fund.
The local authority said it made a “substantial saving” on its revenue budget last year and a significant proportion of the surplus was made up of ‘one-off’ savings that came about directly as a result of the Coronavirus...
July 15th, 20210923Library members can record story times with their children through a new free digital storytelling service.
County Durham Libraries, run by Durham County Council, has teamed up with Featherbed Tales to bring a new kind of storytelling where readers can record themselves as the narrator.
As the second only library provider in the UK...
July 15th, 202101924Year 10 hospitality and catering students at Woodham Academy had a virtual visit from the FUN: Healthy Chinese Cuisine Ambassadors.
The morning consisted of an online talk on Chinese food and culture.
Following the presentation, students then ventured into the brand-new food room where they had a fun practical session making Hoisin...
July 15th, 202101361Aycliffe Business Park tech firm Excelpoint has announced further growth with the appointment of Gary Swinburn as partner development manager.
Gary will drive the successful delivery of global business partnerships, formalise contractual agreements, and have responsibility for the day-to-day management of partnerships.
He will be...
July 14th, 202101106Greenfield students united the whole school as they showed their support for the LGBT+ community both within the school and in the wider community.
The day raised valuable funds and ensured that students were given a voice to raise awareness.
The day involved the whole school with musical performances, stalls and fundraisers...
July 14th, 202102126By Paul Dalton
We start this week’s report at the Lakeland Trails 55K Ultra race, which took place on Saturday, July 10.
The race, which doubled as the British Athletics Championships, takes runners through some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the Lake District, and includes three mountain passes and 7,000ft of ascent...
July 14th, 202101511A local MP has praised the work of a major local employer after visiting their huge site in Newton Aycliffe.
Sedgefield MP Paul Howell was impressed by the state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities at Gestamp Tallent on Aycliffe Business Park.
The original company was formed in 1948 by Roy Tallent and it manufactured fancy goods...
July 13th, 202101281Newton Aycliffe will host Thornaby in the Emirates FA Cup and will travel to take on Campion in the Buildbase FA Vase opening rounds.
The extra preliminary qualifying round of the Emirates FA Cup will see Aycliffe welcome fellow Ebac Northern League Division One side Thornaby to the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium on Saturday, August...
July 13th, 202101019A fun-filled summer awaits County Durham youngsters with more than 100 free activities with healthy food lined up for the school holidays.
Following on from successful schemes over Easter and spring half-term, the Fun and Food programme will return this summer to offer a variety of activities and healthy food during the school...
July 13th, 202101180Business in the life sciences sector are being encouraged to take advantage of the consultancy services being offered by one of the UK’s leading research facilities.
Since it opened in 2019, the National Horizons Centre (NHC), a UK centre of excellence for the bioscience industry, has quickly established itself as a premium facility...
