A County Durham engineering training provider has announced its new apprenticeship starts are up nearly a third this autumn. The excellent news for South West Durham Training coincides with the launch of a national campaign today promoting engineering to young people. The Royal Academy of Engineering is running the second ‘This is...

Aycliffe-based property and maintainace experts deployed a team of ex-services staff to help a major NHS Trust get Covid-ready. AAA Caring Caretaker – formed by RAF veteran Richard Tucker MBE – is an award-winning property maintenance and cleaning company covering all forms of site maintenance to cleaning. The firm was approached...

Students at Greenfield Community College have settled well this term in a safe and supportive environment. Learning opportunities have also seen an added dimension through an extensive extra-curricular programme. Led by Mr Butterworth, subject leader for PE, the programme has attracted students from a range of year groups. “We launched...

Lower Breck 3, Newton Aycliffe 2Buildbase FA Vase By Bob Wood It was a Halloween horror for Aycliffe as two own goals contributed to their demise in this season's FA Vase. Even more unfortunately both OG's were scored by the same player, Marc Costello. Saturday saw Aycliffe travel to the Anfield Sports Centre, Liverpool to play Lower...

Tenants in County Durham are being reminded to check their landlords are complying with property and rental standards following new and updated housing legislation. With the return of university students to the county in September, Durham County Council’s trading standards team wants to ensure that all tenants, including students, are living...

Managed IT service provider razorblue has seen 363% growth over the last five years and shows no sign of slowing down. Due to businesses increasing their investment in IT throughout the pandemic - paired with many companies being let down by other suppliers, demand for razorblue’s wide ranging portfolio of services remains high. To meet...

By Gary Beacom Newton Aycliffe U8s Blacks hosted Darlington Spraire lads this week. Playing into a strong wind in the first half, Aycliffe were up against it from the start and struggled to get their game going. A tough first half found them heading in behind at half time. Despite the score Aycliffe did not let their heads drop and put in a...

A new project aiming to make local neighbourhoods cleaner and greener is underway across County Durham. Launched by Durham County Council, Find and Fix involves the council and community working together to tackle a range of unsightly issues in the community such as graffiti, chewing gum, or clearing pathways. The new Find and Fix teams are...

A long-established Newton Aycliffe institution has received mayoral recognition for its work in a local community. ITEC NE, based at the Digital Factory on Aycliffe Business Park, won the ‘Improving Employment Opportunities’ award at Middlesbrough Council’s Civic Community Awards 2020. ITEC was also highly commended in the ‘Helping...

Six landmarks across County Durham will be lit up in red next month to commemorate Remembrance Sunday. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, many traditional services, parades and wreath laying ceremonies due to take place on 8 November have been cancelled. However, Durham County Council is planning a different but equally special...