May 15th, 201801633A pensioner has hailed the return of her stolen purse “a miracle”.
Audrey Chapman’s purse contained precious photographs of her late husband and daughter when it was taken from her handbag while she was shopping in Newton Aycliffe’s Aldi store in October last year.
The 84-year-old’s late husband Siril, whom she was...
May 15th, 201801501Community groups and voluntary organisations across County Durham have benefitted from almost £40m in grants during the past nine years.
The cash has been handed out through Durham County Council’s Area Action Partnerships, which have just awarded their 5,000th grant to King’s Church Durham – Achor Community.
The group,...
May 14th, 201801798A round-up of the weekend’s cricket action…
Saturday 12th May – NYSD Division 2
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Bedale 1st XI – weather was warm and sunny. Bedale won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 199 for 9 after 50 overs
Adam Gittins 58 not out, Luke Telford 40 and Jack Slatcher 36
Bedale 1st XI...
May 14th, 201811420Engineering and manufacturing expo EMCON has secured one of Europe’s biggest rail manufacturers as its first ever headline sponsor.
Stadler Rail, which last year was a gold sponsor alongside long term supporter Business Durham, was so impressed with the event that it has agreed to take on the headline sponsor role.
It enables the...
May 14th, 201801545By Donna Campbell
This race report covers two weekends due to holidays.
Firstly in the weekend commencing 28th April 2018 Julie Nisbet travelled to Scotland for the stirling Marathon. She completed this in 4.16.36 which was a massive personal best for Julie.
Also on April 29th Paul Dalton (although competing under his first club...
May 11th, 201801567Businesses in County Durham have been urged to take advantage of a Teesside University-led project which helps them to innovate and grow.
Craig Anderson, the managing director of manufacturing firm Nymas, has said the Innovate Durham project will help SMEs improve their business, making them efficient and...
May 11th, 201802839An appeal to overturn a decision refusing planning for a housing development at Woodham has been dismissed.
Willmott Partnership Homes applied to build up to 430 dwellings at land adjoining Woodham Bridge.
The application included a new access off the A167 into the site by introducing a new turning with traffic lights.
In...
May 11th, 201812790Newton Aycliffe 0, Sunderland RCA 2
Former Newton Aycliffe goalkeeper Scott Pocklington returned to star in a 2-0 win at his former club on the final day of Aycliffe’s disappointing season.
Aycliffe rounded off the 2017-18 campaign empty-handed and 14th in the Northern League first division after a 2-0 reverse at home to...
May 11th, 201811499Newton Aycliffe manufacturer Roman has launched a new website, with its boss saying it “tells the Roman story”.
The market leading shower designer and manufacturer, one of Aycliffe Business Park’s biggest manufacturers, has created a new user-friendly and mobile-responsive website.
The firm’s site has a brand new layout,...
May 11th, 201801481Pupils in County Durham are outperforming the national average in primary school and sixth form after years of steady improvement thanks to targeted support.
Since 2014 the percentage of children achieving a “good level of development” in the Early Years has risen 15% to 72%, while Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils do better than their...
