July 29th, 201603982Young entrepreneur Lisa Fleming tells Martin Walker how her fledgling firm has grown from scratch to a £1m-a-year business...
As entrepreneurs go, Lisa Fleming must be up there with some of the most successful small business owners on Aycliffe Business Park.
The 37-year-old has grown her Driver Hire recruitment franchise from...
July 29th, 201601870Woodham Academy students have been helping youngsters get into golf.
A group of Year 9 and 10 leadership students successfully carried out a Tri Golf event at the Oakleaf Leisure Centre, engaging with seven primary schools from across the town.
It was part of Woodham’s Leadership Academy, a joint initiative between the school and...
July 28th, 201625372Newton Aycliffe FC chairman Allan Oliver says he was “gobsmacked” after Spennymoor Town refused to play the second half of a pre-season friendly this week.
Moors boss Jason Ainsley decided not to play the second half of Aycliffe’s friendly with the newly-promoted side at Moore Lane Park due to some “tough tackling”.
The...
July 28th, 201602097A member of the team at Lidl’s distribution centre in Newton Aycliffe is gearing up to cycle 140 miles in just two days to raise vital funds for the children and young people’s cancer support charity CLIC Sargent.
Assistant team manager Lee Brown and friends Chris Gettins, Andy Dent and Paul Livingstone – otherwise known as the...
July 28th, 201604393An eagerly-awaited ‘Scoot Park’ is now complete and ready for action in time for the school summer holidays.
Local residents at Horndale were keen to get started as soon as the safety fencing was dismantled and the unanimous view from riders who have tried the track is that it is a massive success.
The track is designed to...
July 27th, 201613084A madcap music-lover is taking social media by storm mimicking famous people as he takes on the 22 push-up challenge.
Newtonian Tony Norton was nominated to take part in the phenomenon which has swept across the Atlantic from the US.
It involves people doing 22 push-ups a day for 22 days on social media, to raise awareness of army...
July 27th, 201602214As part of the Aycliffe Festival season, Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) hosted a family fun day in the grounds of the Pioneering Care Centre in Newton Aycliffe.
Over 430 attended the event and had a go at plant potting, animal handling, card making smoothie making and biscuit decorating.
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Visitors also...
July 27th, 201602228Club runner Dave Blewitt participated in the Parc de Boulogne in Paris earlier this month.
This is a Park Run in Paris and it was Dave’s 102nd Park Run. The course is a 5k road race and it was a hot 30 degrees. He completed the course in 22.29 and came in 5th place overall.
On Tuesday 19th July, 18 club runners turned out for the...
July 27th, 201602022Before the end of term, students in Woodham Academy’s More Able Academy travelled to London to spend a few days exploring the city and absorbing the culture.
The students, from a range of year groups, travelled by train, arriving with plenty of time to take in the tourist attractions.
While in London the group had a chance to see...
July 26th, 201602212Newton Aycliffe FC played four games last week as their preparations for the new season intensified.
A draw against Rotherham side Maltby Main was followed by wins over Brandon & Darlington RA.
The final game of the week saw Aycliffe ensure that the Frank Swinburne Memorial Cup stayed in Moore Lane with a win over...
