Woodham Academy has been awarded £370,000 in capital funding following a successful bid to the Department for Education. The funding is available to help schools with refurbishment costs and will finance necessary electrical improvements, providing improved lighting in classrooms and other areas. Woodham has attracted significant backing in...

An investigation into how authorised firearms police officers (AFOs) make decisions in high stress situations is being carried out by researchers from Aston University and University of Nottingham in partnership with Durham Constabulary and Cleveland Police. The investigation uses EEG equipment and high stress scenarios in Virtual Reality to...

Destination management organisation Visit County Durham has made two new appointments to its board. Carol Woods, owner of Durham Cottages and Stephen King, commercial director of Go North East, join the existing 10 directors whose role it is to oversee its strategic direction and corporate management. Both new directors bring a wealth of...

Residents in County Durham are reminded that there will be no change to bin collections over the Easter bank holiday. Bins should be placed at the kerbside by 7am as normal on your usual collection day during the weeks starting Monday, 15 and Monday, 22 April. To check your collection day, enter your postcode into the My Durham section at...

By Donna Campbell After a relatively quiet weekend last week, things picked up this week with runs spreading across the north of the Country to participate in races of all distances. Firstly on Wednesday April 3, Alan Wilks made the journey to South Shields for the monthly mile organised by Run Eat Sleep, South Shields. Alan finished this in...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker discovers how Aycliffe-based staff competency experts Think Eleven can boost productivity for employers… Darren Race is an experienced engineer who has devised user-friendly cloud-based software which enables employers to ultimately boost their productivity. And he’s now delivering his unique approach...

Officers are appealing for information following reports of criminal damage to a vehicle in Newton Aycliffe. The incident occurred outside of St Mary’s Primary school on Burn Lane just before 5pm on March 20. It is believed the suspect(s) damaged the vehicle parked outside of the school by unknown means before making off. Anyone with...

Aycliffe Business Park’s annual awards event to celebrate local companies has been postponed. The fifth annual Make Your Mark event was due to be held at the Xcel Centre on Wednesday May 1. But a statement on the Aycliffe Business Park Community (ABPC) website said it has been postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances”. Aycliffe...

There was a mixture of fixtures for the Aycliffe Juniors football teams this week. Some teams continued league campaigns and others played friendly fixtures. The Under 6’s enjoyed a development game against Darlington. There were some fine performances with Finley and Regan going close to scoring but Darlington ended the match as...

Police have arrested 16 people in what is one of Durham Constabulary’s biggest ever crackdowns on suspected Class A drug dealers across the county. At about 7.30am this morning, teams of officers simultaneously swooped on 21 properties across Newton Aycliffe and Darlington. Nearly 200 officers and support staff were involved, which...