Commercial training is now available to major engineering and manufacturing players on their doorstep, thanks to an award-winning firm’s move to Aycliffe Business Park. NC Group was started five years ago by managing director Ian Nelson and executive director Lee Childs. The business partners recognised a gap in the market for commercial...

A first glimpse of an exciting new cultural venue for County Durham has been revealed. Durham County Council has released a visualisation of what the former DLI Museum and Gallery will look like after it is transformed into a vibrant exhibition centre, gallery and café. The move closely follows the county’s shortlisting for UK City of...

Great Aycliffe Town Council has recently completed an extension to its pre-school located within St Oswald’s Park. The additional space provides the children with a much-needed lunch area and place to undertake activities such as yoga, as well as a dedicated room to provide one to one support to children with special educational needs. The...

Preparations are well underway for the new cricket season which starts next week. On the opening day of the 2022 campaign, on Saturday, April 16, Aycliffe’s second team entertain local rivals Sedgefield, while the first team play their first home game the following week against relegated Great Ayton. There has been lots of activity both on...

Recent weeks have seen an increase in enquiries for employment advice on post-termination restrictions, in particular restrictive covenants, which is a sign of commercial markets getting busier and key members of staff on the move. It’s a good time, then, for some tips on enforceability, as detailed here by Jacksons Law Firm head of...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Northallerton Town 1 By Andy McFarlane Newton Aycliffe lost at home to Northallerton Town at the weekend. The North Yorkshire side came to County Durham on Friday night and left with a vital three points, which may just see them finish the season out of the bottom two places to retain their first division status, and...

Residents across County Durham are being urged to be on their guard against fraudsters trying to benefit from a national council tax rebate scheme. Durham County Council understands that callers, claiming to be from the authority, have asked residents for their bank details in order to process the £150 rebate. The council will not ask for...

A renowned food scientist has discovered a new vegetable in Newton Aycliffe which he claims could revolutionise the food industry. The much-celebrated Italian farmer and scholar Guiseppe van Nistelrooy claims to have discovered a world-first plant in the Aycliffe wilderness. Floral Poi – said to be part of the Polynesian Poi or Popoi...

By Paul Dalton Thirty members started their weekend with a parkrun this week, with the Club being represented at parkrun events at Ford, Hackworth, Hartlepool, Riverside, Sedgefield, Trelai Park, Town Moor and Windy Nook. At Sedgefield parkrun, Martin Turnbull started the weekend with a Personal Best (PB) for the event, crossing the line in...

Durham County Council has secured £10m in funding to help housing associations make major energy efficiency improvements to their properties. The local authority has been given money from the government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) to award to County Durham housing associations to carry out energy efficiency retrofit...