October 15th, 201804910A transport expert claims to have found a solution to the health and safety issue which is threatening one of Newton Aycliffe’s oldest traditions.
Aycliffe Town Council officers referred a new events sub-committee to road traffic legislation in a report – suggesting the local authority has been breaking the law with the way Santa...
October 15th, 201821841Hitachi Rail is launching a brand new educational programme with Primary Engineer that will see 2,700 5 to 11-year-olds learn about engineering with the help of experts in the field.
The announcement came after Rail Week (last week) and the initiative is part of the Year of Engineering campaign.
It aims to help tackle a serious...
October 15th, 201803003Independent councillors have accused the Newton Aycliffe Labour Party group of being “deceitful and sly” in proposing to scrap the traditional Santa tours.
An events sub-committee has proposed to change the way Newtonians can enjoy the town’s much-loved Christmas Eve tradition, which would effectively stop Santa from touring the...
October 15th, 201801313Newton Aycliffe 2, North Shields 4
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe suffered a 4-2 defeat at home to North Shields on Saturday.
They started well in the gusty conditions, and Tom Gavin put them ahead on eight minutes with a screamer into the top of the net, after a good lay-off by Kurt Matthews.
North Shields started to...
October 14th, 201816431Health and Safety – or ‘Elf and Safety’ – is to blame for Aycliffe Council’s proposal to scrap the 50-year tradition of the town’s Christmas Eve Tours.
Pen-pushing jobsworths have referred Aycliffe’s new events sub-committee to road traffic legislation – suggesting the local authority has been breaking the law with the...
October 14th, 201814463Members of the public have launched a campaign against a proposal to scrap the 50-year tradition of Santa’s Christmas Eve Tours around Newton Aycliffe.
Hapless councillors on Aycliffe Council's events sub-committee have proposed to ditch one of the town’s oldest and much-loved traditions.
The new committee, set up to try to...
October 12th, 201801604Engineers have paved the way for more than 3,000 new jobs and a near half a billion pound boost to County Durham’s economy.
With £13m in Local Enterprise Partnership funding, Durham County Council has been preparing Forrest Park, a 52-hectare expansion of the North East’s largest industrial estate, Aycliffe Business Park.
Now...
October 12th, 201801180County Durham residents are being urged to protect their property from opportunistic thieves this winter.
The onset of dark nights can lead to a rise in burglaries, as a house which is in darkness can look empty to an opportunistic criminal.
As part of Durham Constabulary’s Winter Nights campaign, people are being urged to take...
October 12th, 201801159By Donna Campbell
The runners of ARC were again out racing although it was a slightly quieter weekend.
As always many members joined in the local parkruns on Saturday. This week two members achieved PB’s both at Sedgefield. Simon Turner in a time of 23.03 and Melanie Rowland in 29.00.
Also on Saturday Richard Tonge took part...
October 11th, 201801121Local charity Madathon has donated a portable Defibrillator to Horndale Residents Association which the group will use on coach trips and events.
Madathon is a local charity which raises money for life saving equipment, Northumbria Blood Bikes, MRI Scanner and much more.
After a chance conversion Madathon became aware of...