May 11th, 202101019
A new four-legged recruit has joined the Durham Constabulary family to help support officers and staff with their mental health.
Police officers and staff face many pressures in their demanding roles and can sometimes find themselves struggling with their mental health.
So this week, as part of the launch of the national Oscar...
May 11th, 202101984
The Aycliffe candidate who polled the most individual votes in last week’s county council elections insists now is a time to put class wars behind us and encourage partnership working at grass roots level.
Conservative David Sutton-Lloyd (pictured above, right) won 1,269 votes in the Aycliffe North and Middridge ward of the Durham...
May 11th, 202101151
By Adam Cayless
U8’s whites took on Hebburn Town on Saturday in awful conditions and were outstanding in the first half. They did everything but find the back of the net, Josh and Oscar hitting the woodwork several times. Second half didn’t go their way, the highlight being Oscar nearly scoring a worldy from half way. MOTM went...
May 11th, 202101176
Police are appealing for youths to think twice about making a hoax call following an incident in Bishop Auckland.
Officers blue lighted through Bishop Auckland when a child was reported to have been hit by a car in Tindale on Wednesday, May 5.
But when officers and the ambulance service arrived on the scene, ready to give...
May 11th, 202102084
Plans of what a revitalised Darlington Station will look like once a major multi-million redevelopment is complete have been revealed – meaning more frequent and better services across the region and beyond.
The £100m scheme, which has been backed by the Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen and the Tees Valley Combined Authority with...
May 10th, 202101718
Labour's leader at Durham County Council is to step down over “deeply disappointing” election results, which saw the party lose overall control.
Simon Henig, who has held the post since 2008, saw Labour lose control of the council for the first time in a century, with 21 seats lost.
The party has 53 of the authority's 126...
May 10th, 202101160
Newton Aycliffe’s two cricket fixtures were washed out by the rain on Saturday.
Aycliffe’s first team were due to play Darlington’s second team at home in the NYSD Division Two on Saturday, while our second team were scheduled to play Guisborough’s seconds away.
But both fixtures fell four of the weather.
This week’s...
May 10th, 202101310
A Newton Aycliffe-based charity has launched a new befriending research project to target mental health needs across the region.
Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP), a health and wellbeing charity, are underway creating a befriending focused insight that will engage with professionals, organisations and service users in and around...
May 10th, 202101861
The balance of power has moved away from the Labour Party in Newton Aycliffe after the Lib Dems took six seats in the 2021 elections.
With 13 Labour councillors out of 30 voted in by the Aycliffe electorate, the party no longer holds a majority, although is still the party with the most number of representatives.
But Aycliffe's 11...
May 7th, 202102794
Lib Dem candidates Michael Stead and Nev Jones have rocked local Labour with shock wins in the 2021 Durham County Council elections.
The pair stormed to comfortable victories in their Aycliffe wards, with both taking seats from Labour.
Popular community champion Nev – co-owner of Aycliffe bus firm J&C Coaches – stormed to...
