A group of business leaders are encouraging their neighbouring companies to support a campaign which will help clean up the region’s biggest business park. Seven Aycliffe Business Park Community (ABPC) board members are supporting Durham County Council’s big spring clean, which runs until April 4. They joined the council’s...

By Paul Dalton The weekend began on Saturday morning with our second parkrun ‘takeover’ event, this time at Hackworth parkrun in Shildon. Members of the club took on all the volunteer roles on the day, once again giving something back to the local running community, and in addition provided cake for the runner’s afterwards in...

As part of the Leadership Academy, 60 Woodham students from Year 8 and 9 completed a weekend residential at Derwent Hill Outdoor Activity Centre in Keswick. The focus of the weekend was centred on outdoor education, learning many different skills, surrounded by the stunning natural landscape of the Lake District. Students took part in a...

The chairman of Durham County Council has planted a tree as part of an initiative which celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year. The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique scheme created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, which invites people from across the country to ‘plant a tree for the Jubilee’. Everyone from...

County Durham businesses are being invited to have their say on a wide range of issues that affect them as part of a large-scale consultation into shaping the economic future of the county. Durham County Council launched its three-month long ‘Big Econ-versation’ in January and is seeking views from people and businesses across County Durham...

By Paul Blythe A round up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section… Under 9’s Whites - Played Herrington FC Greens, Aycliffe went in at half-time level, the link up play between William & Oscar was fantastic. In the second half, another excellent volley from Oscar’s beautifully placed corner gave Aycliffe the...

Two Ukrainian flags are flying high in Newton Aycliffe to show the town’s support for the people of the besieged nation. As a sign of “solidarity and unity” with Ukraine, Great Aycliffe Town councillors – together with staff, church officials and members of the public – gathered at St Clare’s Church for a brief ceremony. Rev Ann...

A North-East council hosted an event with international partners to share information on how to improve ways to get more businesses to become carbon neutral. As part of Durham County Council’s objective for County Durham to become carbon neutral, staff are taking part in SME Power, to learn from other authorities across Europe who are working...

Students from Greenfield Community College have been extending their language studies. The school’s Year 9 ‘Language Detectives’ graduated from their recent journey into different modern languages in conjunction with Durham University. The students visiting were welcomed with a tapas lunch hosted by Chairman of Durham County Council,...

More than 60 extra police officers will be on the streets of County Durham and Darlington to protect the public and deter crime and anti-social behaviour. Durham Constabulary has introduced a new shift pattern which will bolster the number of frontline officers available to deal with incidents and deter crime into the late evening and...