A series of public consultations were being held this week to help to shape the future of the region’s railway heritage in the run-up to the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. September 2025 sees the bicentennary of the initial journey on the world’s first passenger railway with an exciting programme of schemes,...

By Donna Campbell It was another great weekend of racing and running achievements and, as always, I will begin with the parkruns. We had three people celebrating achieving PB’s this Saturday. First up was Tracey Pickering who attended Hackworth Parkrun in Shildon and obtained her course PB of 32.22. Over at South Park, Darlington, Sam...

Residents at Defoe Court care home in Newton Aycliffe were delighted to receive a handmade bench as a kind gift from local woodwork company, Endeavour Woodcrafts. The Ferryhill-based woodcraft firm, which helps train adults with learning and mental health issues in woodwork, arts and life skills, has established a fantastic relationship with...

Families that are fed up of throwing away food waste are being invited to take part in a challenge. Durham County Council is looking for volunteers to take part in the Food Waste Challenge, which is a fun way to help households reduce their food waste and help make the most of their food by rethinking their planning, shopping, storing and...

Thrive, based on Aycliffe Business Park, is offering free consultations to Aycliffe Today readers for its new PPC service. The expanding agency is now offering PPC packages for businesses across the North-East and beyond, to support its existing content marketing offering, including social media management, paid social advertising, email...

The football season continued for many of the Aycliffe Juniors teams who enjoyed games over the weekend. The Under 6’s continued their development in preparation for joining the league next season. This week they played in joint training sessions with three teams from Hetton and really enjoyed the opportunity. The Under 7’s Juniors also...

One of the aims of the More Able Academy is to break down barriers and access to Higher Education. One way in which this is done is by engaging with local universities, including Durham University. Sixteen year 7 More Able Academy students visited Palace Green Library at Durham to take part in workshops with Durham4schools. These sessions...

Communities and individuals across County Durham and Darlington are being urged to become Litter Heroes by joining the annual ‘Big Spring Clean’. LitterFree Durham & Darlington, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, has once again teamed up with Durham County Council and Darlington Borough Council to inspire local residents,...

The boss of a company which helps other firms train HGV drivers says the logistics could be heading for another recruitment problem this year as key qualifications are due to expire. As part of new legislation introduced in 2009, all drivers of vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes had to undertake the classroom-based training by 2014. The...

Stockton Town 2, Newton Aycliffe 2 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe travelled to Stockton Town and earned a respectable 2-2 draw after being 2-0 down with 20 minutes to go. Stockton went into the game on a six-game winning streak, but Aycliffe matched them for long periods and fully deserved the draw. Stockton started brightly and...