June 29th, 201602509Newton Aycliffe businesses are being offered a digital ‘tune-up’ by the world’s experts.
Business Durham has teamed up with the experts at Google to bring the Digital Garage Pop-Up to help firms get the most out of online marketing.
The free event is a perfect opportunity for SME's wanting to ensure that they are making the...
June 29th, 201604643Past and present residents of Newton Aycliffe are invited to make history at a unique event marking 70 years of new towns in the UK.
The Recommission for New Towns is a public conference aimed at uncovering untold stories about life in new towns across the country.
Organiser Jonny Matfin, 34 (pictured above), said: “A lot has...
June 28th, 201602663A stairlift manufacturer, which exports across the globe, is targeting new markets selling direct to consumers in the UK.
Newton Aycliffe manufacturer MediTek Stairlifts, which also has a site in North Carolina in the US, exports more than 3,000 of its lifts per year across Europe, Australia and America.
But now the company, which...
June 28th, 201602019Durham County Council is calling on the government to honour its commitment to funding any new burdens imposed on local authorities.
The call is being made specifically in advance of planned changes to how deaths are certified, which are predicated to put additional budget pressures on the council.
The Ministry of Justice is...
June 28th, 201602024Durham County Council’s cabinet has approved the allocation of an extra £500,000 to help over 25-year-olds from across the county improve their job prospects.
The funding will come from the Welfare Assistance Scheme and will be transferred to the council’s Employment and Employability Initiatives scheme.
The funding will help...
June 28th, 201602460Durham County Council has teamed up with a national retailer to urge people to recycle more.
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is backing the national Good to Know campaign run locally by the council, which aims to encourage people who already recycle to do a little bit more.
Sainsbury's Arnison Centre Durham store has already been...
June 27th, 2016011181A man who asked youths to be quiet has been left with serious injuries after an assault in Newton Aycliffe.
Officers were called to Dalton Way in the town just before 11.30pm on Saturday (25th June) after receiving reports of an injured man lying in the street.
It is believed that the victim, a 44-year-old local man, had left his...
June 27th, 201602378Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker meets a growing Aycliffe family firm which is winning local and regional plaudits...
AAA Caring Caretaker does exactly what it says on the tin – and when you get an insight into this family firm, you can see it’s living up to its name.
Winners of the Employer of the Year category at Aycliffe...
June 27th, 201602534A round-up of the weekend's cricket action...
Saturday 25th June – NYSD Division 2
Yarm 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was sunshine and showers. Yarm won the toss and asked Aycliffe to bat first.
Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 237 for 9 after 50 overs
Michael Howe 65, Luke Telford 55 and Mark Woodhead 38
Yarm 1st XI 124 for...
June 24th, 201602567A memorial day for Newtonian Phil Joss has raised thousands of pounds for charity.
Phil tragically died in a motorcycle accident on Middridge Road, in between Rushyford and Woodham Golf Club, on 7th June 2015, aged just 55.
His wife Lydia and brother-in-law Tony Norton organised a memorial event a year on, which was held at...
