The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) celebrated a double achievement at the North East Regional Charity Awards Ceremony held at the Hilton Gateshead on October 17. The Aycliffe-based PCP was Highly Commended in North East Charity of the Year category, while chief executive Carol Gaskarth was Highly Commended in the category of Charity Leader...

By Donna Campbell Compared to previous weeks, this week was quieter insofar as racing was concerned. However, the bad weather had made an impact resulting in the cross country fixture for that weekend being cancelled as the parking area was waterlogged. Despite the weather members still turned up at several parkruns in the area and we...

People who get their garden waste collected are being reminded that the last collection of the year will soon take place. Residents who are signed up to the garden waste collection service provided by Durham County Council will receive their last collection, on their usual garden waste day, during the fortnight beginning Monday 11...

CPI has announced a new project offering flexible access to innovation facilities and expertise in commercialising new products and processes in the additive manufacturing and coating industries. The IMPACT project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and gives North East SMEs access to a £2.3m funding pot for the...

By Matty Bright Although we had another horrible weekend in terms of the weather, we still had some Juniors teams raring to go and play another round of league fixtures. We first had our U7s who played a friendly against Chester-Le-Street. The man of the match award went to Noah however all of the lads played brilliantly and any single one...

Pupils from around County Durham have been honoured for never missing a day of school. Almost 30 pupils who attend schools in the county achieved 100% attendance during the course of their secondary school careers, never having missed even a half day of school. They included young people from Aycliffe schools Woodham, Greenfield and the...

Outstanding in all areas – that is the verdict of inspectors from Ofsted on Aycliffe Secure Centre. The Durham County Council facility, which provides a secure children’s home environment, has been given the outstanding judgement in all four areas assessed, building on its good rating at its previous two inspections. The centre was...

Bishop Auckland 2, Newton Aycliffe 3 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe went second in the league table after making the short trip to local rivals Bishop Auckland and winning 3-2. Bishops had the better of the opening exchanges; Fairley and Hoganson hit shots straight at Aycliffe keeper Adam Pickford, and Morris hit the side...

Students at Woodham Academy have raised over £500 for charities of their choice. This forms part of the school council initiative to get young people more involved in school life. The council is the body of elected students who have the responsibility for representing the views of the student body within school. In the last academic...

A range of organisations have pledged to support plans to help people live longer, and strategies to create more jobs, at the official launch of a vision for County Durham’s future. The County Durham Vision 2035 sets out three strategic ambitions for the area over the next 15 years – to attract more and better jobs, to help people to live...