Freelance media consultant based in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Martin is a trained journalist, having completed his NCTJ newspaper journalism qualification with the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette. He has since worked for the media and publications team at Middlesbrough Football Club (2000-05) and the media department at Sunderland Football Club (2005-09) before setting up his own company, Mantis Media, in the summer of 2009.
He's now Managing Editor of Mantis Media Ltd, which has offices in Newton Aycliffe and Middlesbrough, and represents a number of clients covering a broad range of industries including construction, manufacturing, education, politics and sport, as well as managing and editing all Mantis Media publications including Aycliffe Today Business, Tees Business and www.aycliffetoday.co.uk
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June 14th, 201505293A Newton Aycliffe man has been charged with wounding with intent after a knife attack in the town on Friday evening.
As reported on Aycliffe Today, a 32-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach during an incident near Reeth Place in the town at around 6.30pm on Friday night.
The victim was air-lifted to The James Cook University...
June 13th, 201502530Plans to build a new care home on the site of the former police station in Newton Aycliffe have now been submitted.
As exclusively revealed by Aycliffe Today in March, Durham Constabulary agreed to sell the 1.1-acre site to a care home group.
It was confirmed in May that Gateshead-based Helen McArdle Care had acquired the site for...
June 13th, 201505104A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in Newton Aycliffe.
It happened on a stretch of grass next to Reeth Place in the town at around 6.30pm on Friday night.
A 32-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach with what police believe may have been a kitchen knife.
He remains in a stable...
June 13th, 201502467Millions of telephone users in the North East will benefit from clearer call charges being introduced next month by the telecoms regulator Ofcom.
From 1st July, landline and mobile charges will become clearer for calls to numbers starting 084, 087, 09 and 118, while Freephone will become free from mobiles.
People use these...
June 12th, 201502307Woodham Academy's PE Department is celebrating after three students qualified for the County Durham Athletics Championships.
Lisa Robinson (200m), Blake Airey (High Jump) and Harry Condren (800m) have all qualified in their age range to represent the Durham County squad at the event which is due to be held at Monkton Stadium on Sunday...
June 12th, 201513083A recent successful project funded by Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) and delivered by the Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) has helped residents of Newton Aycliffe with long-term health conditions get back into work, volunteering or training.
The Work for Health programme aimed to support 35 local unemployed residents...
June 9th, 201504698A Newton Aycliffe man has been identified by police as the victim of Sunday's fatal road accident near the town.
A police statement released today (Tuesday) has named him as Philip Martin Joss, aged 55, from Aycliffe.
The accident happened at 1.50pm on Sunday (7th June), on Middridge Road near Rushyford, as the Triumph 675cc...
June 9th, 201502953Greenfield Community College’s Year 8 boys football team reached the final of their cup, but lost to Whitworth after an impressive run.
They played St John's in the quarter-final, winning 5-1 in challenging weather conditions.
The semi-final against Durham Johnston was a great advert for youth football.
It was a hard game...
June 9th, 201502106Newton Aycliffe's Neighbourhood Police Team's boss is set to host the first online PACT meeting this evening.
Acting Inspector Mark Edwards will hold the one-hour web chat on the police team's Facebook page on Tuesday night (6.30-7.30pm).
The forum will be an online version of the police's regular PACT (Police And Communities...
June 9th, 201502844By Martin Walker
A company boss who trained as an Apprentice in Newton Aycliffe has been appointed president of the North East Chamber of Commerce.
The NECC this morning proposed Nifco boss Mike Matthews MBE as its new leader, as Newcastle International Airport chief executive Dave Laws hands over the chains of office to become the...
