May 4th, 201801585Businesses are being urged to make their staff happier through song, by signing up for the North East’s first Workplace Choir of the Year contest.
Durham Music Service is offering to help companies set up and run singing groups, who will go on to perform Christmas carols at Ushaw College and compete at Durham Cathedral.
Cllr...
May 4th, 201802711Following the great success of last year’s ‘We Will Rock You’ students at Greenfield Community College are now in the final stages of rehearsals in preparation for their production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘School of Rock’.
Tickets are now on sale for what is sure to be a fabulous evening with Greenfield showcasing their...
May 3rd, 201801397Schools and community groups in County Durham are being encouraged to take part in a pumpkin and sunflower growing challenge in support of a worldwide campaign.
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) 2018, which runs from Sunday May 6 to Saturday May 12, aims to make people more aware of the benefits of home composting.
Durham...
May 3rd, 2018060A total of 52 nominations have been received for the fourth annual Make Your Mark awards event being held on Aycliffe Business Park in three weeks.
The submissions involve 32 separate companies all vying for 11 different awards which will be dished out during the grand final at the Xcel Centre on Thursday May 24.
Tickets are still...
May 2nd, 201802424As the football season comes to an end the Aycliffe Juniors teams were busy getting all their remaining fixtures played.
The Under 8’s played their penultimate league game hosting Bishop Auckland Aces. A great performance sealed a 3-2 win. Thomas, Dylan and Oliver scored the goals as they came back from being 2-1 down to win....
May 2nd, 201801505County Durham-based business Dyer Engineering has seen the energy efficiency light after reducing its energy costs by thousands thanks to advice and grant funding from a council-led project.
The Business Energy Efficiency Project (BEEP), led by Durham County Council and supported by the European Regional Development Fund, aims help...
May 2nd, 201801791There will be no changes to bin collections in County Durham over the two May Bank Holidays.
Residents are advised to put their refuse and recycling bins out for collection by 7am on their normal collection day during the weeks beginning Monday May 7 and Monday May 28.
Residents who have signed up for garden waste collections...
May 1st, 201801576Woodham Academy students got on their bikes explore the great outdoors at Hamsterley Forest.
The school offers mountain biking to its students as part of its extensive range of sporting and extra-curricular activities.
Launched last year, the weekly after-school trips have resumed with the return of lighter evenings.
Deputy head...
May 1st, 201801380Details of the teams set to take part in this year’s Tour Series have been announced ahead of the competition returning to Durham later this month.
Eight men’s teams will ride at every round, including defending champions JLT Condor who emerged as overall victors in last year’s competition, hosted by Durham County Council in...
May 1st, 201801435A programme which helps young people into employment is celebrating after reaching a significant milestone.
DurhamWorks, a partnership project led by Durham County Council and part funded by the European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative, has now supported more than 4,000 people between the ages of 16 to 24 to become ‘work...
