Television presenter, podcaster and author Tom Heap was the keynote speaker at an event aimed at strengthening County Durham’s response to climate change. The BBC Countryfile host, who has a podcast and book called 39 Ways to Save the Planet, joined representatives from the County Durham Partnership (CDP) for its first in-person meeting since...

Newton Aycliffe 8, Whitley Bay 0 By Bob Wood Newton Aycliffe took their first three points under Brian Atkinson with an emphatic 8-0 win over Whitley Bay at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium on Tuesday night. The win was a huge lift for the club, having lost seven of their last eight games. Aycliffe took the game to Bay from the start...

Durham Constabulary has today been named as one of the UK’s most inclusive employers for the second year in a row. The force has been named in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List, in recognition of its continued dedication to workplace diversity, equality and inclusion. The annual list celebrates the UK’s top 50 organisations that...

A new collaboration between two tech firms has created an ambitious new company which is taking its services global and creating new jobs. What used to be Pixel Media on Aycliffe Business Park has merged with Gloucestershire-based Infuze Group to create Digital Edge. Directors Ian Proctor and Graham Marsh started Pixel Media in 2017,...

Three men who ran and controlled several county-wide cannabis farms – including an address in Newton Aycliffe – have been jailed. The farms, which combined turned over £2m each year, were shut down in April 2021 following a protracted 10-month covert operation. Edlir Ganoshi, Elidjon Pashallari and Arber Ganoshi who oversaw the gang...

Residents can now have their say on a series of draft masterplans aimed at enhancing the vibrancy of County Durham communities. As part of its Towns and Villages programme, Durham County Council has prepared draft masterplans for Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee, Stanley and Crook, Willington and Tow Law. Alongside a new regeneration framework for...

Aycliffe Business editor Martin Walker introduces the latest issue of the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park… This edition of Aycliffe Business – which was originally known as Aycliffe Today Business – marks our ninth anniversary, after launching the publication in December, 2012. A fresh-faced Pamela Petty adorned the façade of the...

By Bob Wood Storm Arwen put paid to all but one of the Ebac Northern League fixtures last Saturday, including Newton Aycliffe's trip to Newcastle Benfield. That game has now been re-arranged for Wednesday, January 5. Aycliffe welcome Whitley Bay to the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium on Tuesday (November 30, 7.45pm ko) with Seaham Red Star...

Young people who have been supported into employment, training and education have been honoured at a County Durham awards ceremony. Seventeen young people received recognition for their successes in the DurhamWorks Achievement Awards in an online video. Seven prizes were handed out to young people who received help from the DurhamWorks youth...

Husqvarna manufacturing director Caraline Robinson features on the cover of Aycliffe Business issue #54, talking about her firm's support of the 2022 Make Your Mark awards. This issue also covers not one, but two Aycliffe Business Park news and networking events, both of which were well attended. We had a photographer on site for both events...