February 20th, 201703238Students 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 Bellevue was very aptly named; the views were stunning and the clear blue...
February 20th, 201702296Aycliffe Juniors had a near full weekend of fixtures this week after a near wash out the previous weekend.
The Under 9 TJFA league team were away at Billingham United. They had drawn 2-2 with this team recently but put in a great performance to win this game 9-1. Man of the match Jayden scored a hatrick, there were braces for both...
February 16th, 201722372Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) works in partnership with high quality tutors and establishments to deliver a range of learning courses in the community.
Details of new courses coming soon to the Pioneering Care Centre in Newton Aycliffe are as follows...
Level 2 Equality & Diversity Monday 13th March, 5 - 7.30pm for 8...
February 16th, 201712503Hitachi Rail Europe has committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of its staff at its site on Aycliffe Business Park by signing up to the Better Health at Work Award (BHAWA).
Aycliffe-based Pioneering Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) manage the County Durham sub region of the North East BHAWA and are working with Hitachi to...
February 15th, 201702099Newton Aycliffe will face Ebac Northern League second division side Billingham Synthonia in the semi final of the Durham Challenge Cup.
Aycliffe were first drawn out of the Durham FA hat and so have the home draw for the tie to be played at Moore Lane on Tuesday February 28.
The Newtonians are the current holders of the County's...
February 15th, 201702587Students from Woodham Academy competed in the TE EEP Robotics Challenge at the Caterpillar Centre of Light in Peterlee this month.
The event, entered by over 200 schools, was the culmination of three months careful preparation in school.
The challenge was to develop and build a robot from scratch before programing it.
Students...
February 14th, 201701852Police hope ‘week of action’ will make drivers think twice about using their mobile phones.
During a week long campaign in January, a total of 133 motorists were apprehended for using their mobile phones whilst driving – 72 of those were in County Durham and Darlington, with 61 in the Cleveland area.
The week of action,...
February 14th, 201702885By Ron Eyley
Tireless charity campaigner Syd Howarth has appealed for people throughout the Aycliffe area to help raise £2.5m to buy two state-of-the-art MRI scanners to improve medical services for patients in the region.
The magnetic resonance imaging machines will be sited in Darlington and Bishop Auckland hospitals and replace...
February 13th, 201712336Endeavour Partnership have announced that they will be one of the key sponsor of this year’s ‘Make Your Mark’ awards.
The annual event recognises the achievements of companies based at Aycliffe Business Park and will this year be held on March 1st at the Xcel Centre.
An independent panel of judges will decide on 10 awards for...
February 13th, 201702188The wet weather took account for most of the Juniors action with only the Under 8's and 17's having matches played this weekend.
The Under 8's have continued to dominate the Durham TJFA Division 2. They have played five games since the Christmas break, winning four and losing just once. Throughout these games the 27 goals scored are...
