October 15th, 201901583As well as the Pioneering Care Partnership’s chief executive being shortlisted for Charity Leader of the Year, PCP celebrations are continuing after finding out they’re also a finalist for the highly-coveted North East Charity of the Year.
PCP were nominated by Livin for recognising that to make communities great places to live we...
October 15th, 201901419The number of stray dogs found in County Durham continues to decrease as partnership working keeps man’s best friend safely off the streets.
Durham County Council in the past three years has seen a significant reduction of 29 per cent in stray dogs being picked up in the county.
On 1 June 2017, a Public Space Protection Order for...
October 15th, 201901895Tekmar Group has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Pipeshield International from its founder Steven Howlett.
It’s the third acquisition of the Newton Aycliffe-based group since its admission to AIM in June 2018 and is continuing the strategy to acquire offshore energy businesses.
Tekmar says the deal...
October 14th, 201901520Newton Aycliffe 4, Penrith 0
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe climbed to up fourth place in the Northern League first division table after a 4-0 home win over Penrith at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium.
They started brightly, and they went ahead with only five minutes gone when Dean Thexton headed in a corner. The play was...
October 14th, 201901663A major drive to recruit new officers to one of the top-performing police forces in the country has begun.
Applications to join Durham Constabulary as a police constable has opened, with potential new recruits having until 5pm on Friday, October 25. to submit their application.
For the first time, the force is offering Police...
October 14th, 201901700Heather Mills took to the stage to give the keynote address at this year’s EMCON event on Aycliffe Business Park.
Ms Mills, whose vegan food empire is the biggest producer of vegan-based food in the world, took to the stage to share her entrepreneurial journey and the growth of her business.
She spoke to an audience of over 100...
October 11th, 201905012A man who was tragically killed in a multi-vehicle collision has been named by police.
William Edward Turner, who was known to his friends and family as Eddie, died when the Vauxhall Viva he was driving was involved in a collision on the A167 at Coatham Mundeville on Tuesday morning (October 8).
The 74-year-old, from Newton...
October 11th, 201901299A council team has been named as the best in the country at a national awards ceremony.
Durham County Council’s building and facilitates maintenance team has been named as Best Service Team of the Year in the Facilities Management and Building Cleaning Service category at the 2019 APSE awards.
The APSE awards encourage and...
October 11th, 201902033Newton Aycliffe-based global craft supplier, Crafter’s Companion, is inviting customers to take part in its 14th birthday celebrations.
The ten-day event, which will take place from October 17 to 27, marks the anniversary of when founder and creative director, Sara Davies MBE, made her TV debut on shopping channel Ideal World with...
October 10th, 201901338Work to support the residents of County Durham with their mental health and wellbeing is the focus of a new report.
‘Time to Talk’ is the annual report of the director of public health for County Durham, which is going before Durham County Council’s Cabinet next week with a recommendation that it be published by the...
