February 8th, 201812136The amount of Council Tax the public pay for the police service, known as the police precept, will increase for 2018-19 by 7.09% in County Durham and Darlington.
This equates to an increase of ÂŁ8 a year, or 15p a week for a property in Council Tax Band A.
The increase follows a period of engagement across County Durham and...
February 7th, 201804130Well-known manufacturing specialist and former Gestamp Tallent boss David Land has joined Aycliffe firm Ebac.
Land has been appointed as managing director to drive further growth at the Aycliffe Business Park firm, which is the only British company to produce washing machines, dehumidifiers and water coolers.
His remit is to work...
February 7th, 2018011236Newton Aycliffe 8, Whitley Bay Rockliffe 29
Newton Aycliffeâs first team slipped into the bottom two of the Durham and Northumberland second division after they were comfortably beaten at home to Whitley Bay Rockliffe.
With relegation rivals Richmondshire winning at the weekend to leapfrog Aycliffe, they dropped into the drop...
February 7th, 201822265Students with a passion for their subject are taking part in the latest programme of extra-curricular activities at Woodham Academy.
The Enrichment Programme, introduced by the schoolâs More Able Academy, is continuing with after-school English classes.
The programme, introduced last term in the Art department, is the latest...
February 6th, 201801777There were some exciting fixtures this weekend for the Aycliffe Juniors. Three teams were involved in cup quarter finals whilst others enjoyed earlier rounds of the cup or league games.
The Under 7âs played a friendly at Seaton Carew Tigers. They all enjoyed a few mini games having great fun and there was some excellent football...
February 6th, 201801501A thriving warehousing firm is stockholding thousands of items including upside down wine glasses as part of a new six-figure deal.
Stiller Warehousing and Distribution on Aycliffe Business Park is holding 800 pallets of goods â weighing an enormous 400 tonnes â for Scarborough-based import and distribution firm AddCore.
The...
February 5th, 201802461A Woodham Academy student has been selected to represent her country in a European tournament.
Poppy Stephenson will fly out to the Czech Republic following her call up to the England U17 girls water polo squad. The Year 10 student will take part in the EU Nations Tournament, which begins at the end of March.
Poppy has been playing...
February 5th, 201801679Newton Aycliffe 2, Shildon 1
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe played at Moore Lane for the first time since mid-November and gained a vital win and three points against local rivals Shildon.
The Newtonians were quick out of the traps and were two up early on. Firstly, Jordan Roberts received a pass from Ben Trotter and cut...
February 2nd, 201812286Newtonian Russ Gibson insists Aycliffe Councilâs appraisal of his application to relaunch the Great Aycliffe Show was âriddled with inaccuraciesâ.
Aycliffeâs town clerk Andrew Bailey assassinated Mr Gibsonâs proposal to bring back the once popular Aycliffe show he wanted to scrap four years ago, in favour of a miserably...
February 2nd, 201803137Business Durhamâs new managing director Brian Archer is the feature interview in the 32nd issue of Aycliffe Today Business â the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park.
With Roman managing director David Osborne providing the guest foreword for this edition, there are also features with Commercial Expert, Finley Structures,...
