February 7th, 202401188Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen has announced funding for a new specialist worker to enhance support for victims and witnesses of road tragedies.
The new specialist victim care officer will be based within Durham Constabulary’s Roads and Armed Policing Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) and will work directly with...
February 6th, 20240839Ossett Utd 3, Newton Aycliffe 4
By Ryan Livingston
Newton Aycliffe came out victorious in a seven-goal thriller in Ossett on Saturday.
Aycliffe were 3-0 up at half time, but had managed to concede three times before the 60th minute to make it 3-3.
Aycliffe were resilient, however, and were eventual victors in this gripping...
February 6th, 20240758Leaders of Durham County Councilv will consider the authority’s budget plans for 2024/25 when they meet next week.
The authority’s cabinet will consider the council’s final draft budget proposals before making recommendations for consideration by full council at the end of February.
At next week’s meeting, Cabinet will hear...
February 1st, 20240934By Steven Dawson
This week’s report is a little different with not as many races taking place, although the Junior Section had a hugely successful weekend by becoming County Champions!
The Under 13’s and Under 15’s took part in the in the County Durham Sportshall Athletics regional finals on Sunday 28 January coming first...
February 1st, 20240934Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen has put forward her plans to protect policing levels across County Durham and Darlington in the forthcoming financial year as the force continues to miss out on crucial extra government funding.
The Commissioner is recommending increasing the policing portion of the money people pay towards...
January 30th, 202401190Newton Aycliffe 1, Belper Town 2
By Ryan Livingston
Newton Aycliffe were incredibly unlucky not to defeat Belper Town on Saturday.
Their 4-3 away win at Belper was arguably their greatest performance of the season. Aycliffe spent that game soaking up great deals of pressure after taking an unlikely 4-1 lead, so it was somewhat...
January 30th, 202401346South West Durham Training’s new CEO Shaun Hope will be hitting the ground running as he spreads the word about exciting future plans to the engineering and manufacturing sector.
Shaun, above right, is joining SWDT next month from Hartlepool College of Further Education, where he is vice principal of curriculum and...
January 24th, 202402078By Paul Blythe
A round-up of football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section.
Under 8’s Whites – Played Houghton Albion Lions, with only five players available, Aycliffe gave there all, battling hard and playing some good football. Louie was awarded opposition POTM for his display in goal and Cody was awarded parents POTM for his...
January 24th, 202401267Aspiring entrepreneurs with ambitions to set up retail, leisure or hospitality businesses in County Durham can apply for a new grant to help make their dream a reality.
Durham County Council has launched the Retail Start Up Grant to support businesses in their first six months of trading.
It is part of the local authority’s Towns...
