Dozens of businesses have pledged to return to EMCON 2020 as they pursue leads to new business made at last week’s expo. Social media has been buzzing with positivity since the event with hundreds of comments on the show and how successful it had been. Over 100 businesses from across the region and beyond attended the 12th EMCON, held at...

Greenfield Community College has been successful in securing a SSAT Leadership Legacy Project place. Lauren Foster from the school has been accepted onto the prestigious Leadership Legacy Project by SSAT, the Schools, Students and Teachers network. Miss Foster will be part of an impressive group of future education leaders from across the...

Billingham Town 0, Newton Aycliffe 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe travelled to Teesside and had to work really hard to beat a determined Billingham Town side 1-0. Aycliffe started the match without leading goalscorer Dean Thexton due to injury, so Liam Jarvie and Johnson Ballan led the line. Aycliffe weren't at their best in the...

A magic show packed full of potentially lifesaving messages has captivated hundreds of youngsters across County Durham. Durham County Council commissioned Allan’s Road Safety Magic Show to deliver entertaining and interactive performances at ten primary schools across the county. With the help of spellbinding tricks, plenty of jokes and...

Spennymoor Town Band will represent the North East at the National Mineworkers Championship after raising £3,000 and receiving a last-minute donation from Newton Aycliffe firm Crafter’s Companion. The brass band has been holding concerts and arranging fundraising events to reach their £3,500 target, which will cover the cost to attend the...

Newton Aycliffe 6, Redcar Athletic 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe won impressively at home against Redcar Athletic in the League Cup on Tuesday night. The crowd at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium were treated to seven goals as Aycliffe won 6-1 - off the back of their 4-0 league win over Penrith last weekend. Redcar are having a...

Woodham’s Sports Academy have had another highly successful launch to the year. The interest and participation in our range of activities has been particularly high, following a newly introduced Year 7 Activities Fair. The school has seen many new faces at all activities as well as dedicated older students. All sports have seen a higher...

By Donna Campbell This race report covers the first two weekends of October. The first, 6th October was a cross country race at Acklam, the first of the NSYD cross country league for this year. Our club had a great turnout for this race. Some of our youths took part in this with three girls taking part in the under 11 race of 1.25 miles....

Organisations across County Durham and Darlington are making a big noise this week in a campaign to raise awareness of hate crime. The Hate Hurts campaign is taking centre stage on social media during Hate Crime Awareness week, 12-19 October 2019. Earlier this year the area’s Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner Ron Hogg brought...

Greenfield Community College insists it has taken some positives from its latest Ofsted report, despite being told it needs improvements for a second time in just two years. The school says the Ofsted report from a September visit highlighted a number of strengths within the school and identified a “small number” of key areas for continued...