October 4th, 201903928A Newton Aycliffe school says staff morale and retention is high – despite claims there’s a “chronic” shortage of teachers in the classroom.
A ‘revolutionary’ new national initiative has been launched to ease what’s been described as a chronic shortage of teachers in North-East schools.
Schools are said to be facing a...
October 4th, 201901272A campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the services and expert advice on offer in County Durham pharmacies.
There are currently 126 pharmacies in the county that provide a large variety of services, ranging from advice on and the treatment of many minor ailments, to guidance about medicine and stop smoking and drug misuse...
October 3rd, 201901713PCP volunteer gardeners were celebrating this week having achieved the highest accolade at the recent Royal Horticultural Society and Northumbria in Bloom awards.
Britain in Bloom assessors deemed the community garden to be ‘Outstanding’ and ‘A fabulous hidden gem!’ in the It’s Your Neighbourhood category.
The Assessor...
October 3rd, 201901188By Donna Campbell
The first race of this week saw the start of the Cross Country season get underway.
ARC compete in two cross country leagues and this race was in the Start Fitness Harrier League and took place at Wrekenton, Gateshead.
In this series the ladies run approximate four miles and the men approximately six miles. Due...
October 3rd, 201901374Visitors to customer access points, libraries and leisure centres around County Durham can pick up free cycling rewards this autumn as an incentive to get on their bikes.
Durham County Council is offering anyone who cycles to one of its libraries, customer access points or leisure centres which have cycle parking facilities a free...
October 3rd, 201901730High-profile Brexiteer John Elliott admits it’s been a “difficult year” for Ebac, as the Newton Aycliffe manufacturer posts a turnover dip and losses of £1.2m.
But sales of the company’s much celebrated washing machines, the only in the UK, have increased by 13%, Ebac revealed in its annual results.
And its chairman...
October 2nd, 201902022It was an unusually quiet weekend for the Aycliffe Juniors’ teams due to the weather resulting in many games getting cancelled and postponed.
The Under 8 whites travelled to Farringdon to play a very good Hetton side. Goals from Jonah, Joel and a hattrick from Jack rounded off a good performance. Joel walked away with the MOTM from...
October 2nd, 201901273The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) supported Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning last Friday and achieved sweet success for the cancer awareness charity, raising over £340 from cake sales, stall fees and a raffle.
The event was well attended and everyone was spoilt for choice at the amazing stalls in the centre, ranging...
October 2nd, 201902070Leading logistics provider Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has made the move to the cloud with a fully-managed solution from award-winning IT specialists razorblue.
With multiple on-premise servers reaching end-of-life, Stiller evaluated the marketplace before deciding to transition their on-site servers to razorblue’s cloud...
October 2nd, 201902876Four people were arrested on suspected drugs offences after firearms officers were called to an address in Newton Aycliffe.
The drama unfolded after officers were called to Skipton Close after reports of a man with a gun in a residential area.
Several police units, with specially trained armed officers, were deployed just after 3pm...
