A new report highlighting the positive impact of international students has shown that just one year’s intake is worth over £240m to the Tees Valley economy. The report, The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK economy, has been published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Universities UK...

Durham County Council’s customer access points (CAPs), which closed at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, will reopen to visitors this month on an appointment-only basis. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, CAPs, which offer help and information about council services for people who are unable to use telephone or online services, have been...

North Shields 2, Newton Aycliffe 3 By Andy McFarlane Newton Aycliffe headed home from North Tyneside with all three points from a game where both sides had opportunities to have changed the outcome of the game. Colin Stromsoy’s side started brightly penning their unbeaten hosts in before they started getting a foothold in the game,...

Durham County Council has received national recognition for its response to the coronavirus pandemic. The local authority has been highly commended in two categories at the MJ Local Government Achievement Awards 2021. The awards celebrate the best in local public service and this year’s ceremony highlighted the work of councils across the...

An ambitious business leader is smashing the glass ceiling of the grounds maintenance industry after being appointed to lead a growing firm. Sophie Lineton has taken over the role of managing director of Newton Aycliffe-based Beaumont Landscapes. The family-run business has excelled during the pandemic, with sales increasing and staff...

Newton Aycliffe’s former town clerk has become only the fourth person to be made an Honorary Freeman of Newton Aycliffe. During a presentation after a council meeting at Great Aycliffe Town Council’s offices on Wednesday night, Andrew Bailey was officially handed the prestigious honour by the town’s mayor, Sandra Haigh. Mr Bailey...

A flagship County Durham technology park is set to expand significantly following a £50m investment by Durham County Council, which will create over 1,200 jobs. Plans to expand the North East Technology Park (NETPark) in Sedgefield have been given the go ahead by the council’s cabinet, which has agreed to £49.6m to finance the first phase...

By Vicki Aspinall It was a welcome return back to grassroots football after the summer break for NAFC Junior Section at the weekend. As per FA regulations this season, we will not be reporting actual scores for teams aged U11 and under. U9 Whites met with Hebburn Town Juniors Valencia. Harry scored a fantastic goal early in the game and...

A Newton Aycliffe charity is aiming to relaunch its once popular community café. The Pioneering Care Centre, based at Cobblers Hall in Aycliffe, refurbished and rebranded the coffee shop in 2019 as the Garden Kitchen. Now the PCP wants to get the Garden Kitchen back to pre-pandemic popularity – but needs a team of volunteers to offer...

A Teesside University academic is spearheading a national campaign which aims to help change the way people understand and manage persistent pain. Professor Cormac Ryan, Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation in the University’s School of Health & Life Sciences, is community pain champion for the Flippin Pain campaign which aims to change...