Immediately after being revealed as Aycliffe Business Park’s Company of the Year, plant manager Paul Hind dedicated the award to his team. 3M won the big award at the end of the 2022 Make Your Mark Awards ceremony, held at Redworth Hall in May, pipping BTS Facades and Fabrications and Valhalla North, who had already earlier won...

Those looking to cause anti-social behaviour in Newton Aycliffe will be targeted as a new project sees the installation of CCTV cameras across the town. The project – led by the Neighbourhood Policing Team – is a first for County Durham and Darlington seeing partners tirelessly work together to install five Rapid Deployment CCTV...

By Paul Dalton It has been another busy week for members taking place in a variety of races across the region. First up on June 12, we had Robert Young take part in the Burton Leonard 10k. Rob finished the course in 44:49 enough to earn 3rd place in the Male Veteran 35 category. On June 14, one member took part in the North Yorkshire...

County Durham and Darlington Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen has funded the appointment of Robin Brierley, who will chair a new local panel to coordinate the response to modern slavery and human trafficking and increase support for victims. Robin Brierley is an independent consultant on modern slavery and human trafficking who has been...

Students from Greenfield Community College are about to tread the boards once more! Each year Greenfield’s Performing Arts Department put on their annual school production. In previous years, they have had successful shows including ‘School of Rock’ and ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. The pandemic, however, brought a halt to the...

A flag symbolising unwavering support for forces personnel has been raised by the North East’s largest local authority ahead of Armed Forces Day. Durham County Council is flying the Armed Forces Day flag this week to mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday June 25 and Reserves Day, which takes place on Wednesday June 22. Representatives of the...

An award win for innovation to an axe-throwing venture was the result of 16 months of blood, sweat and tears, say its founders. Valhalla North is the UK's number one independent axe throwing venue, owned and run by husband-and-wife Carl and Kat, the IATF highest ranked male and female in Europe. The young venture won the Innovation category...

Lee Weldon's weekly round-up from the wicket... Saturday 18th June – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Middlesbrough 2nd XI – weather was warm and sunny. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 255 all out after 49.5 overs Joe Teasdale 64, James Layfield-Carroll 41 and Sean Morgan...

A prolific offender suspected to be responsible for the majority of antisocial behaviour in Newton Aycliffe is now behind bars. The teenager – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was arrested in the early hours of June 16 and charged with two assaults, assault causing actual bodily harm and multiple breaches of his Community Behaviour...

Retail workers and business owners can take advantage of new training courses and workshops on offer. Durham County Council’s Employment and Skills Service is running the sessions as part of the authority’s Towns and Villages programme. It will focus on areas such as digital media for business, dementia awareness, customer service across...