February 20th, 201901756Residents at Defoe Court care home in Newton Aycliffe were delighted to receive a handmade bench as a kind gift from local woodwork company, Endeavour Woodcrafts.
The Ferryhill-based woodcraft firm, which helps train adults with learning and mental health issues in woodwork, arts and life skills, has established a fantastic...
February 20th, 201901227Families that are fed up of throwing away food waste are being invited to take part in a challenge.
Durham County Council is looking for volunteers to take part in the Food Waste Challenge, which is a fun way to help households reduce their food waste and help make the most of their food by rethinking their planning, shopping, storing...
February 20th, 201911508Thrive, based on Aycliffe Business Park, is offering free consultations to Aycliffe Today readers for its new PPC service.
The expanding agency is now offering PPC packages for businesses across the North-East and beyond, to support its existing content marketing offering, including social media management, paid social advertising,...
February 19th, 201901605The football season continued for many of the Aycliffe Juniors teams who enjoyed games over the weekend.
The Under 6’s continued their development in preparation for joining the league next season. This week they played in joint training sessions with three teams from Hetton and really enjoyed the opportunity.
The Under 7’s...
February 19th, 201902284One of the aims of the More Able Academy is to break down barriers and access to Higher Education.
One way in which this is done is by engaging with local universities, including Durham University.
Sixteen year 7 More Able Academy students visited Palace Green Library at Durham to take part in workshops with...
February 19th, 201901866Communities and individuals across County Durham and Darlington are being urged to become Litter Heroes by joining the annual ‘Big Spring Clean’.
LitterFree Durham & Darlington, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, has once again teamed up with Durham County Council and Darlington Borough Council to inspire local...
February 19th, 201901411The boss of a company which helps other firms train HGV drivers says the logistics could be heading for another recruitment problem this year as key qualifications are due to expire.
As part of new legislation introduced in 2009, all drivers of vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes had to undertake the classroom-based training by...
February 18th, 201901351Stockton Town 2, Newton Aycliffe 2
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe travelled to Stockton Town and earned a respectable 2-2 draw after being 2-0 down with 20 minutes to go.
Stockton went into the game on a six-game winning streak, but Aycliffe matched them for long periods and fully deserved the draw.
Stockton started...
February 18th, 201901308Looked after children are set to receive exciting new reading packs, with the hope of inspiring them to fall in love with books.
Durham County Council’s Virtual School, working in partnership with Durham Learning Resources, has designed a reading pack called Curious Kids that will be delivered to the homes of children in...
February 18th, 201901620A young Dad who migrated to Teesside with few qualifications has engineered himself a new future after studying hard and landing a sought-after job.
Adam Juma, originally from Tanzania, came to the UK from Sudan and started a cleaning job at Middlesbrough College to support his family.
Juggling being a father of four children aged...
