By Donna Reece This will be the final race report of the year and what a year it has been. Unfortunately, the final week of racing was an extremely quiet one in terms of racing, although our members were out taking part in parkruns (those that hadn’t been cancelled) and trail training runs. There will also be plenty of social training runs...

Generous council staff and elected members have donated thousands of festive treats to foodbanks across the county to help people in need this Christmas. Employees and councillors from Durham County Council donated throughout November to the appeal which asks them to buy an extra item, such as a Christmas pudding, crackers or festive biscuits,...

Residents in County Durham are being reminded of changes to rubbish and recycling collections over the Christmas period. Bin collections across the county will take place as normal up to and including Tuesday, 24 December 2019. The Wednesday and Thursday collections for week commencing 23 December will be two days later than usual, and...

The creators of Aycliffe Today Business have launched a new quarterly publication for the Sunderland and Durham region, Wear Business – the first issue, featuring Hays Travel owner John Hays, can be read on the publication’s accompanying new website wear.business. Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker and his business partner Dave Allan,...

Tributes have been paid to former Durham Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner Ron Hogg, who died on Tuesday. Mr Hogg, who had been a vocal advocate for the right to die, as well as for radical drugs reform, stepped down from his role earlier this year after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Durham chief constable Jo...

Students from Greenfield Community College have been offered valuable opportunities to experience live theatre as part of their extended learning experience. Performing Arts students from Year 10 and 11 were able to see a production of ‘The Woman in Black’. The hit West End production is renowned for being very scary as an atmospheric...

Newton Aycliffe 4, Thornaby 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe put four goals past Thornaby without reply at the Beaumont Landscapes stadium. Both sides played good football on a heavy pitch, but Aycliffe were the better side and ruthless in front of goal, with keeper Adam Pickford equal to all of Thornaby’s efforts. Aycliffe got...

CPI, a UK-based technology innovation centre and a founding member of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, has supported the development of a next generation smart labelling technology aimed at dramatically cutting food waste and health risks across the perishable goods industry. Working in collaboration with the SMEs Intray Limited and Mexar...

Newton Aycliffe FC and Newton Aycliffe Junior FC are delighted to jointly announce that both clubs will be merging from the 2020-21 playing season. The merger sees Newton Aycliffe FC, which currently plays in the Ebac Northern League Division One, combine with a Junior Club which boasts 15 teams and around 200 members at age groups 4-17. By...

Phil Wilson says the Labour Party must return to the centre ground if it wants to get back into government in the future. Mr Wilson was one of dozens of Labour scalps claimed by the Tories in the seismic general election that brought the Conservative Party’s biggest majority since the Thatcher years – and Labour’s worst result in its...