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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November 29th, 201502454Shildon 1, Newton Aycliffe 2
Newton Aycliffe’s in-form Northern League club continued their excellent recent run with a derby win at second-placed Shildon on Saturday.
The victory – Aycliffe’s fifth consecutive league win and seventh in all competitions – lifted the Newtonians up to fifth in the first division.
Peter...
November 28th, 201505582Newton Aycliffe man Michael Watson has been jailed for a knife attack on a 32-year-old local man earlier this year.
Known locally as ‘Spike’, Watson eventually pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and possessing a knife in a public place after originally pleading self-defence.
He was originally charged with attempted murder...
November 28th, 201504040Thousands of people have passed through the doors of a new £1.1m leisure complex in its first two months.
Ten weeks since the activity centre opened at ROF 59 in Newton Aycliffe, just under 5,000 people have visited the former World War II munitions factory to sample its state-of-the-art attractions.
ROF 59 underwent a £1.1m...
November 26th, 201504330X Factor star Josh Daniel is set to perform at a special Christmas show in Newton Aycliffe town centre.
The 22-year-old Teessider, who narrowly missed out on the live finals in this year's competition, will line up alongside other former X Factor contestants in Aycliffe on Saturday 5th December.
Josh, from Billingham, hit the...
November 26th, 201502129In an effort to ensure equity and fairness within the workforce, a consultation exercise has begun within the Council on a proposal to bring teaching assistants’ terms and conditions in line with other council employees.
Durham County Council is seeking agreement to pay its teaching assistants for the hours that they actually work,...
November 26th, 201501770Victims are being asked what they would do if given the chance to come face to face with the young people who commit crimes against them.
Between April and September this year, 236 victims of youth crime were contacted by Durham County Council’s Youth Offending Service to offer them the opportunity to see offenders give back to the...
November 26th, 201502203Police are appealing for information after two bikes were stolen from the same house in Newton Aycliffe.
The black Python Rock mountain bike (above) and the white Carrera Olympic Edition road bike (below) were both taken from an address in Washington Crescent some time between Monday (23rd November) and Friday (24th).
Anyone with...
November 25th, 201502387The Aycliffe Juniors football season continued over a cold weekend with some teams squeezing two games in to catch up on fixtures and others not getting in on the action, due to some wintry weather.
The Under 8’s played a re-arranged game on Saturday at Middleton Rangers. Yet another amazing free kick from Rhys gave a 1-0 lead and...
November 25th, 201502947Newton Aycliffe police are appealing for help after a number of crimes were committed earlier this week.
Officers say several incidents, involving sheds and garages being broken into and also vehicles being broken into at locations across the town, happened overnight from Monday 23rd November through to Tuesday 24th...
November 25th, 201502289In 2015, a host of South Durham companies made the commitment to build happier and healthier workforces with the support of the Local Motion workplace team.
Key companies such as Prefere Resins, Sabre Rail, North East Laboratory Services, Evans Business Centre and Smurfit Kappa all signed up to the Local Motion workplace package,...
