February 10th, 201702379Durham County Council has ‘cleaned up’ at a prestigious national award ceremony, taking home prizes for best local authority and best campaign.
The council landed the coveted Local Authority of the Year honour at the Keep Britain Tidy Awards, while its anti-fly-tipping programme Operation Stop It scooped Environmental Campaign of...
February 9th, 201713195One of Newton Aycliffe’s prominent councillors has used Lego to demonstrate how the Conservative government is taking £1.5 billion of funding from County Durham after its latest round of savings.
Durham County Councillor John Clare – well-known to many people from Aycliffe for his flamboyant methods of teaching during his...
February 9th, 201703279Newton Aycliffe train manufacturer Hitachi Rail Europe is recruiting for 150 new roles at its Stoke Gifford depot.
The recently built depot is hiring ahead of a new ‘bullet train inspired’ fleet entering service later this year.
Hitachi, which is building and maintaining the new InterCity Express trains to run on the Great...
February 9th, 201705061Officers at County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service are seeking to recruit part-time firefighters in the Newton Aycliffe area.
The recruitment drive for retained duty system (RDS), or part-time firefighters, has been sparked after two RDS crew transferred to become wholetime firefighters with CDDFRS, one retirement and...
February 8th, 201712575Some of the region’s biggest employers have been urged to take advantage of the apprenticeship levy, which comes into force in later this year.
As from April this year, the way the government funds apprenticeships will change – some employers will be required to contribute to the apprenticeship levy, while there will also be...
February 8th, 201702106A delegation from Durham Constabulary travelled to London this week to hold talks with the Policing Minister in an attempt to safeguard funding for the force.
Ron Hogg, Durham Constabulary’s Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner, and Chief Constable Mike Barton, met Home Office Minister Brandon Lewis MP to raise issues which...
February 7th, 201702173A Newton Aycliffe-based project aimed at engaging girls aged 11+ into sport activities is celebrating receiving funding from Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP).
Us Girls is an award-winning programme delivered by Sedgefield School Sport Partnership, and is designed to increase and sustain young women's participation in...
February 7th, 201702037Newton Aycliffe 3, Seaham Red Star 2
Durham Challenge Cup holders Aycliffe reached the semi-finals of this season's competition with a narrow 3-2 victory over The Star, in an entertaining cup tie.
Both sides looked to attack throughout the match, and both missed several good chances.
Aycliffe started the brighter, and captain...
February 6th, 201702059A group set up just three years ago to support cancer patients, their relatives and carers has been given a cash boost to help continue its “extremely valuable work”.
Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group had just eight members when it was launched. Today it has over 80 and more turn up at meetings in the Youth Centre every...
February 6th, 201702739Aycliffe Juniors footballers enjoyed another great weekend of action across both league and cup competitions. There was a one minutes silence before many TJFA games to mark the sad loss of Eddie Hamblett, an Under 14 player from TIBS FC.
The Under 9 TJFA League team played in a Challenge Cup quarter final against Golden Flatts. Their...
