January 9th, 202001363Year 11 students at Greenfield Community College were receiving their Art and Design examination papers this week and will begin their final chapter at Greenfield as they work towards their assessment later this year.
The year group have been busy preparing for the months ahead with the expertise and support of specialist staff to...
January 9th, 202001518By Donna Reece
Now that the festivities are over its back to the regular race reporting.
Although I have had a break from reporting, the runners of ARC have not had a break from racing and they have continued racing, training and parkrunning over the holiday period.
In terms of parkrunning this has meant as well as the usual...
January 9th, 202001774Newton Aycliffe’s MP Paul Howell says Hitachi Rail has said its decision to scale-down its factory is not related to Brexit.
And the new Conservative MP for Sedgefield insists Hitachi remains “completely committed” to Aycliffe Business Park.
Around 250 jobs are expected to be cut at the Aycliffe facility after the company...
January 9th, 2020152182Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has laid into Tyne and Wear Metro operators Nexus after Hitachi Rail announced plans to scale down its Newton Aycliffe factory.
Around 250 jobs are expected to be cut at the Aycliffe Business Park facility after the company confirmed it had started a consultation period to “re-size” the...
January 9th, 202043421Hitachi Rail Europe has confirmed it has started a consultation to re-size its factory – with 250 jobs expected to be cut at the Aycliffe train-assembling facility.
A statement from Hitachi said: “Earlier today, we informed staff about a 45 day consultation, which will examine the resizing of the factory workforce.
“We are...
January 9th, 202001477Newton Aycliffe 0, Stockton Town 3
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe played League leaders Stockton Town in the Durham Challenge Cup at the Beaumont Landscapes stadium.
They lost 3-0 but gave a good account of themselves against the Teessiders.
The match was played in very windy conditions, and this contributed to a quiet...
January 9th, 202001519A new sister publication to Aycliffe Today Business was officially launched in the region this week.
Wear Business magazine, the new voice of business in Wearside and County Durham, held its official launch on Wednesday afternoon.
More than 50 businesses from the area attended the unveiling of the first edition of the...
January 8th, 202001935The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) gave a warm welcome to Newton Aycliffe Tesco’s as the wonderful ‘Bags of Help’ scheme, which raised £2,000 for Options, a day service for adults with learning and physical disabilities.
Options was PCP’s first project established over 20 years ago. The group now runs five days a week and...
January 8th, 202002141Eight swimmers from Sedgefield 75 swimming club travelled to Billingham for their first competition of 2020 last weekend.
They racked up 61 swims between them, taking on many bigger clubs including Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough, returning with 26 medals.
Charlotte Lee took on three breaststroke events, getting a personal...
January 8th, 202001378A permit scheme to reduce disruption caused by street works in County Durham could be introduced this spring if councillors give the proposal the green light.
Durham County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to endorse the Durham Roads and Street Works Scheme when it meets at County Hall in Durham City next week.
By introducing a...
