January 8th, 201802080The hunt is on for the North East’s Best Bridesmaid with stag and hen experts Red7 leading the search.
Did your Bridesmaid go above and beyond to make your big day the best it could be? Perhaps she created a perfect bridal survival kit or took charge of the wedding to ensure that bridezilla did not surface.
Whatever the reason,...
January 5th, 201822094Community groups and individuals are being encouraged to get involved in the 2018 Aycliffe Festival.
The series of mini events is due to take place in July this year, and the town’s council is looking for local groups, businesses and voluntary organisations to create their own events as part of the festival’s...
January 5th, 201811673Police boss Ron Hogg has revealed he’s to increase the amount of Council Tax which goes to the police service, known as the precept, by 7.09%.
The rise equates to an increase of £8 a year, or 15p a week for a property in Council Tax Band A, and members of the public are being asked to comment.
Police, Crime and Victims’...
January 5th, 201821616Teesside University Business School (TUBS) is launching a new MBA programme which aims to build the region’s entrepreneurial leadership skills.
The course will be the flagship programme for the newly-launched business school and puts enterprise at its heart.
The MBA has been inspired by Babson College in the United States, a...
January 4th, 201801509Budding writers are invited to explore their creative side at Newton Aycliffe library this month.
North East writer Rachel Cochrane is heading to Durham County Council libraries to host ‘New Year, New You’ themed writing sessions to encourage and inspire creative minds.
In the two-hour sessions Rachel will use diaries, archive...
January 4th, 201802308Police Interceptors have helped raise more than £9,000 in memory of their colleague PC Gavin Smith.
The money was raised at an afternoon tea event in aid of Butterwick Hospice which 350 fans attended on January 2.
PC Gavin Smith who died of cancer in February 2017, had been with Durham Constabulary for 12 years and worked with the...
January 3rd, 201802007Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker meets Dr John Suggate, the chairman and founder of injection moulding specialists and major success story Formula Plastics...
It’s safe to say most of us take for granted what goes into making the everyday machines and devices we rely on to live and work.
On Aycliffe Business Park, we’re...
January 3rd, 201801574A £1.75 million investment programme continues to brighten up playtime for children across County Durham.
Durham County Council’s play space refurbishment scheme has seen it provide funding to improve children’s play spaces countywide, with further financial support from local members’ Neighbourhood Budgets, Area Action...
January 2nd, 201801729Companies on Aycliffe Business Park are being urged to get involved in a survey which will help to form a new programme of workshops designed to help businesses grow.
Business Durham – the economic development organisation working on behalf of Durham County Council – is supporting Aycliffe Business Park Community’s plans to...
January 2nd, 201801684Newton Aycliffe gained a well-earned draw away to sixth-placed West Auckland.
The Newtonians stretched their unbeaten league run to four games after coming from behind twice in this derby just before Christmas.
Aycliffe almost scored in the first minute when a Kurt Matthews header was cleared off the line.
After that, the first...
