February 26th, 201801901Students from Woodham Academy have just returned from a week of ski tuition in Pila, Italy.
After a long coach journey the group arrived mid Sunday afternoon to their hotel high up overlooking the mountain range of the Gran Paradiso National Park.
The hotel St Nicolas boasts one of Interskiâs most picturesque locations; the views...
February 26th, 201802010Thrive Marketing has been busy checking out the âmust dosâ and âbest practicesâ for North East companiesâ social media strategies.
The Aycliffe Business Park-based organisation has highlighted a number of new trends coming to the fore in 2018 as they run their new-look social media packages for a variety of...
February 23rd, 201802234Highways improvement schemes, a new primary school and support for fledgling businesses to develop and grow across the county, are just some of the projects set to benefit from an extra ÂŁ117m capital investment programme in County Durham.
But councillors also voted to increase council tax bills by nearly 5% - including 2.99% normal...
February 22nd, 20180197Acklam 81, Newton Aycliffe 5
By Ben Carpenter Merritt
The First XV travelled to Teesside and to league leaders and all but certain league winners, Acklam.
Given the difference in recent form, there was little expectation on Aycliffe, and missing a few key players the First XV were free to be a bit more creative with their...
February 22nd, 201802016Concerns have again been raised relating to the damage that cheap alcohol is causing in the North East of England and the increasing pressure it puts on our policing services.
The three North East PCCs have collaboratively penned a letter to the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, calling on the Government to follow Scotlandâs innovative...
February 22nd, 201802663Have you considered the benefits of hiring young people?
It can lead to improvements in everything from performance and productivity to growth, innovation and morale.
The DurhamWorks project helps unemployed 16-24 years old living in County Durham into jobs, training or education and hundreds of businesses have benefited from their...
February 21st, 201801846The football season continued with the Aycliffe Juniors teams hoping for a consistent run of fixtures and an end to the weather enforced postponements.
The Under 6âs enjoyed a great match day experience at Rockcliffe Hall when they visited the Middlesbrough FC academy and played a variety of local teams including an MFC Development...
February 21st, 201803088As part of Rights Respecting Day, students from Greenfield Community College gained an insight into the lives of Paralympic athletes and the difficulties they have to overcome to compete in their respective sports.
Year 9 students had the opportunity to take part in activities such as sit down volleyball, boccia and blindfold...
February 21st, 201802045A large section of Aycliffe Business Park has been brought to the market with an asking price of ÂŁ7m.
Commercial property specialist Naylors has been appointed to sell Whinbank Park â at the heart of Aycliffe Business Park â on behalf of Manchester-based property company MCR Property Group.
The 18-acre estate comprises of over...
February 20th, 201801688Newton Aycliffe 2, Morpeth Town 1
Newton Aycliffe beat Northern League runaway leaders Morpeth Town at Moore Lane Park to stretch their unbeaten run to nine games.
After beating local rivals Shildon in their last outing on February 3 â which came off the back of five straight draws â the Newtonians were voted Team of the Week...
