August 14th, 201801528A project designed to help County Durham businesses to make financial savings through energy efficiency has been praised by European experts.
Business Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP) received recognition from the Interreg Europe programme for the excellent support it provides to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
BEEP – a...
August 13th, 201801615Financial pressures on families has led to a plea for donations from foodbanks across the region, which housing and communities organisation Livin has responded to.
An article published in the local media about families struggling to give children a hot meal a day during school holidays prompted Livin to step up and take...
August 13th, 201801525Dozens of manufacturing and engineering companies from around the region have booked their place at this year’s EMCON event.
Among those to have confirmed they’ll be exhibiting are Advanced Handling, the Bignall Group, Advance Automation, Tinius Olsen and Hiatco.
Also booked up is Aycliffe-based engineering company M5Tec, which...
August 13th, 201801686Guisborough Town 3, Newton Aycliffe 3
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe were denied an FA Cup win away to Guisborough, when the home side scored an equaliser with virtually the last kick of the game.
Guisborough took the lead in the 12th minute when a cross from the left was headed in by their centre forward Hume.
Aycliffe...
August 10th, 201804056It’s hoped a new specialist school will open in Newton Aycliffe within the next two years.
As revealed on Aycliffe Today in June, the Durham Gateway Academy has been proposed for young people from across the county who are not flourishing in mainstream secondary education but would thrive in a setting offering practical,...
August 10th, 201802721When staff at a Newton Aycliffe pet shop tried to track down a missing baby corn snake, they definitely should’ve gone to Specsavers.
That’s because Sammy the snake – who mysteriously escaped out of her tank at Julie’s Pets and Reptiles – had sneaked into the nearby opticians.
The whereabouts of the harmless reptile had...
August 10th, 201801529A new innovation support service is helping a County Durham company develop a pioneering approach to tyre safety.
Innovate Durham, which is led by Teesside University, is helping Silent Sensors to grow skillsets in its business as it develops its innovative tyre management system.
The company, which is based at Netpark in...
August 10th, 201802286A derelict park has been transformed into a £150,000 refurbished outdoor play area.
The Cobblers Hall play area has been re-opened after a new multi-use games area (MUGA) was built on the site, with new seats and bins also added.
Councillor Brian Hall, vice chairman of Great Aycliffe Town Council recreation committee, and the...
August 10th, 201801379Newton Aycliffe are in FA Cup action this weekend after recovering from their opening day defeat.
The Newtonians won 3-1 at Penrith on Wednesday night following their 2-0 reverse at home to Ryhope CW in the first game of the season last Saturday.
Aycliffe had to come from a goal down after Penrith opened the scoring in the third...
August 9th, 201801508Heroin users will be able to be given injections of the life-saving antidote, naloxone, in police custody suites in County Durham and Darlington from later this year, under plans announced this week.
Naloxone is the emergency antidote for overdoses caused by heroin and other opiates such as methadone, morphine and...
