Durham County Council has been praised for having one of the top climate change action plans in the country. The local authority is among 13 local authorities that have the best climate change action plans for addressing food emissions, according to a new study. The council has been named following research by Sustain, which looked into 92...

Newtonian Nige Slatcher has smashed his target to run 100 kilometres during lockdown 0.2 – as well as surpassing his fundraising target. The chairman of Newton Aycliffe Juniors FC committed to the fundraising feat during the period of the second Covid lockdown. He has set up a Go Fund Me page and is hoping to raise £500 each for the...

Roads policing officers are once again taking part in a national campaign to target drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol over the Christmas season. From Tuesday 1st December, officers from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit (CDSOU) will carry out random vehicle stops and intelligence led enforcement in a bid to...

Newton Aycliffe-based craft company, Crafter’s Companion, is welcoming an experienced TV shopping production expert to support its digital network, Crafter’s TV. Erin Felipe, who has relocated from Florida for the position, has joined the team as Crafter’s TV’s post production manager. Prior to her new role with Crafter’s...

Ground-breaking digital technology created specifically for use in County Durham and Darlington care homes has been recognised with a prestigious national award. Durham County Council and County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) worked with local care providers and North East based Health Call Solutions to design pioneering...

Hundreds of Armed Forces members and their families have flown out of Teesside International Airport bound for Cyprus for military deployment. More than 510 servicemen and women, based at Catterick, departed Teesside Airport – Newton Aycliffe’s nearest airport – in four flights chartered by the Army during November. The benefit of...

Durham University has launched a joint project exploring how flexible working practices can benefit businesses and communities in the North-East. Working with the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the University’s Good Work Agenda project aims to identify new ways of working after the impact of Covid-19 and highlight...

Durham County Council has set out how it will safely reopen venues and reinstate services affected by the national lockdown next week. The government confirmed this week that County Durham, along with other parts of the North-East, will be subject to Tier 3 restrictions when the national lockdown ends on Wednesday, December 2. This means...

A successful creative design studio based in Newton Aycliffe that doubles up as a distillery is not the most common collaboration. But it’s going down a treat in Redcar – and enquiries are now coming in from Australia too! Friends and colleagues, Arron Stoutt, Andy Mogg (from Redcar) and Steve Gill all grew up in the North-East and now...

Councillors have heard how attempted coronavirus frauds with a value of almost £800,000 have been prevented since the start of the pandemic. Durham County Council’s corporate fraud team has helped to prevent 58 attempted frauds since the start of the pandemic, with a value of around £785,000. The council’s audit committee has been...