April 10th, 201801870Billingham Synthonia 1 Newton Aycliffe 4
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe travelled to bottom side Billingham Synthonia and came away with a comfortable victory.
Thibault Charmey scored all four goals for the Newtonians. They should have scored more, but wasted several good chances.
They went ahead on 15 minutes when Sean...
April 9th, 201801447Communities and volunteers across County Durham and Darlington are being reminded to register for the eleventh annual Big Spring Clean litter-picking campaign.
This year’s event runs until 15 April and local groups are encouraged to sign up to organise a litter pick in their village, town, or city in County Durham and...
April 9th, 201801647The recent snowy and wet weather has led to some of the Aycliffe Juniors teams needing to play a lot of catch up games in the next few weeks.
All they need now is a bit of a dry spell to get the grass pitches fit for action!
The Under 7’s travelled to face a very strong Stranton FC. A bright start didn’t stop Stranton scoring...
April 6th, 201802276The boss of a multi award-winning Newton Aycliffe firm says gaining recognition is a tangible morale booster for businesses.
Tekmar Energy was recently named Company of the Year at Subsea UK’s annual awards.
The Aycliffe firm has also previously won an Export award at the North East Business Awards, while it has also won the...
April 6th, 201813447A Newton Aycliffe councillor has launched an ambitious £350,000 crowdfunding bid to buy the dilapidated Locomotion No. 1 pub and bring it back to life.
Great Aycliffe Town independent councillor Paul Symons wants to save the historic pub, known affectionately as ‘The Loco’, which has been closed for nearly two years and twice...
April 6th, 201801364Is your organisation in need of a “new look”? Are you looking to update your marketing communications? Branding should be an important part of your considerations.
Often misused and misunderstood, branding is “the idea or image people have in mind when thinking about your specific products services and organisation”.
Thrive...
April 5th, 201802258Local residents group ACORN will be holding their seventh annual Petting Zoo at Newton Aycliffe leisure centre on Saturday (April 7).
Running from 10am till 2pm children and adults will be enthralled with the small creatures.
The event features three petting zoos and numerous stalls together with a bouncy castle and other...
April 4th, 201803605More than 90,000 illicit cigarettes have been taken off the streets of County Durham, councillors will hear.
A total of 94,040 illegal cigarettes were seized in raids carried out by Durham County Council in the financial year 2017/18, the authority’s cabinet is to be told in a meeting next week.
The figure is from a report...
April 4th, 201802849A former South West Durham Training apprentice gave 16 engineering students who hope to follow in his footsteps a tour of 3M’s Newton Aycliffe plant.
John Bayne, plant engineering group leader at 3M, showed the group of full-time electrical mechanical students, who all hope to secure engineering apprenticeships at the end of their...
April 4th, 201801459Landlords are being urged to make sure their properties are more energy efficient ahead of new regulations coming in to force from 1 April 2018.
Members of Durham County Council’s trading standards team are advising landlords with less efficient properties that may fall foul of the new regulations if improvements aren’t...
