Residents are being asked to have their say on plans to transform County Durham’s leisure facilities. As part of Durham County Council’s £78 million Leisure Transformation Plan, there are plans for three new state of the art leisure centres and a full programme of wider improvements to the council’s existing leisure facilities. The...

Teesside has been selected as the premier net zero project to lead the UK’s net zero ambitions – sharing a pot of £1 billion. Net Zero Teesside (NZT), to be based at Teesworks, will now receive a share of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Infrastructure fund to create the country’s first decarbonised industrial cluster in the...

Following a long hiatus, Macmillan Cancer Support is pleased to launch the return of its Macmillan Professionals Conference and Excellence Awards 2021. Amongst those exclusively invited to this year’s event, a dedicated cancer support worker from the Macmillan Joining the Dots service delivered by delivered by a partnership of North East...

Strengthening international links and creating more opportunities for young people to travel the world and learn about other cultures are the key aims of a new alliance. The Durham Global Alliance (DGA) will build upon the many connections that already exist in County Durham by bringing together organisations with a shared commitment to forging...

Lucid Technology Solutions was shortlisted in the 2021 North East Business Awards, having been selected as one of three finalists from hundreds of entries in the small business category. Lucid has been in business for over 30 years and now has a team of over 20 people. The local IT experts – who work with a growing number of firms on...

Durham Constabulary continues to buck the trend when it comes to reducing rural crime. That’s according to figures released by leading rural insurer, NFU Mutual, in their annual Rural Crime Report. The report has revealed how the cost of rural theft in County Durham fell nearly 16 per cent to an estimated £365,000 in 2020 as Covid-19...

Charity staff put their best feet forward in support of World Mental Health Day by organising wellbeing walks across the region where it operates. From Stockton to Newton Aycliffe to Sunderland and Durham, the groups of motivated walkers brought their canine friends and blew the cobwebs away, whilst enjoying some fresh air, exercise and a...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Sunderland RCA 3 By Andy McFarlane Newton Aycliffe's unbeaten run came to an end on Saturday against Sunderland RCA as attention now turns to cup action with two games this week. Saturday saw a bad day at the office where a win, given results elsewhere, would have put Aycliffe level at the top of the league with a game...

A community orchard of fruit-hanging trees in Newton Aycliffe was wrecked by vandals just hours after being planted. The £10,000 trees – which grew apples, pears and nuts – were part of a volunteer project at Horndale Park, funded by the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP). But, just hours after the first set of 40 had been...

It doesn’t sound like the most natural of transitions – from managing a landscaping company to producing cryptocurrency. But that’s what Alex Lineton has done, after taking on an audacious new international project. Entrepreneur Alex has ambitions of floating a Bitcoin business on the Toronto Stock Exchange after investing £500,000 in...