February 10th, 202001805UTC South Durham student Stephen Henry has secured a competitive degree apprenticeship with BTS Facades and Fabrications, a Newton Aycliffe-based company which manufactures high-quality facade and rain-screen products.
Year 13 student Stephen joined UTC South Durham in 2016 and achieved excellent GCSE results before continuing to...
February 10th, 202001276Newton Aycliffe 0, North Shields 1
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe can consider themselves unlucky to lose 1-0 to North Shields at the Beaumont Landscapes stadium.
They were the better team but went down to a goal in injury time at the end of the match.
In-form striker Adam Burnicle was ruled out with injury, and centre...
February 7th, 202001219By Donna Campbell
This weekend again saw many members participating in the local Parkruns on Saturday morning and we had two members achieving Parkrun PBs.
First was Paula Lambert who achieved her PB at Shildon in a time of 32.54. At Sedgefield Jayne Rudd achieved a course PB of 32.57.
Also on Saturday we had two people take...
February 7th, 202001243County Durham residents are being reminded to sign up soon to ensure they receive all available garden waste collections.
To guarantee they receive all 17 collections for 2020/21, people must sign up to the Durham County Council scheme before February 14.
The first collection for people who subscribe to the service before this...
February 6th, 202001178A group of six Year 10 students from Woodham Academy volunteered to take part in the International Space Challenge, taking place at the Xcel Centre in Newton Aycliffe.
The event was designed to challenge students to create a space hotel and deliver a presentation in French to promote it.
Whilst building their craft model hotel,...
February 6th, 202021297Sarah Slaven is taking on the role of interim managing director at Business Durham, the economic development arm of Durham County Council, following the departure of Brian Archer.
Sarah was part of the management team that established Business Durham in 2012 and held the post of operations director until taking on her current position...
February 5th, 202001294Newton Aycliffe 3, Guisborough Town 0
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe gave another accomplished performance at the Beaumont Landscapes stadium when they beat Guisborough Town 3-0 on Tuesday night.
It was seventh versus sixth, and the win meant that Aycliffe leapfrogged Guisborough (and North Shields) up to fifth position in...
February 5th, 202021327Ambitious plans to invest up to £50m in tackling climate change through more than 100 projects in County Durham will be discussed by councillors next week.
The cash, drawn from grants and invest-to-save schemes, will also include £3m to be spent over the next two years, if Durham County Council’s cabinet approves the proposal when...
February 5th, 202001702Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has announced that a bid has been submitted to Government for funding to dramatically overhaul Darlington railway station.
The redevelopment of Darlington station will cost up to £100m and, at a meeting of the Darlington Station Programme Board, it was agreed that the outline business case that has been...
February 4th, 202001182Students from Greenfield Community College have been taking business seriously showing innovative and entrepreneurial skills.
The students are taking part in the Future Business Magnates (FBM) competition for schools, showcasing their business sense and working together as a strong team.
Working alongside Mrs Randall, subject...
