Great Aycliffe Town Council has revealed new memorial benches to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the end of World War I. The two benches – now installed at St Clare’s in time for Armistice Day – will be the final part of Great Aycliffe Town Council’s commitment to commemorate the sacrifice which men and women made during the...

Aycliffe Business Park Community is holding its next news and networking meeting next week, the last of 2018, which is open to all companies. The event is being held at South West Durham Training, from 8.15am on Friday November 16. Guests will find out news and updates from the group, will be able to network with other businesses and have an...

Story lovers can now access hundreds more free eAudiobooks anytime, anywhere, with County Durham libraries online. Library members can already download eBooks free of charge but a new contract means they can now choose from more eAudiobooks than ever before via an easy-to-use app. As well as hundreds of thousands of hardbacks and paperbacks...

It was another exciting weekend of football for the Aycliffe Juniors teams with both League and Cup games being played. Before these matches all present observed a minute’s silence in memory of Syd Howarth, who sadly passed away last week. The Under 7’s White were beaten by Pass Soccer Blues after a below par performance. Jack R scored...

Pioneering Care Partnership is inviting armed service personnel, veterans, friends and the wider community to attend their Armistice celebration to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. The event will be delivered in partnership with the Covenant Fund Trust together with the charity, ‘Remembered, who run There But not...

Ryhope Colliery Welfare 1, Newton Aycliffe 1 By David Strickland Newton Aycliffe came away from Ryhope Colliery Welfare with a 1-1 draw, but they should really have taken all three points. They squandered several good chances, and conceded a late goal. Both sides played some good football in the extremely windy conditions. Aycliffe had...

By Donna Campbell The racing for members of ARC began last week on Wednesday night with the last of the Darlington Trail Series. This run took place at West Park, Darlington in which runners had to wear head or body torches. Six of our members took place in this race. First home for the club was Richard Holland in 20.02 (6th place...

Young entrepreneurs have been set the challenge of thinking global when developing their business ideas for a competition designed to inspire enterprise skills among schoolchildren. Future Business Magnates (FBM) – an annual competition run by Business Durham, the economic development organisation for County Durham – was launched at Newton...

Dark age councillors have lurched from one PR blunder to another after refusing to fly LGBT+ flags on the days of the Durham Pride March. Aycliffe Councillor Kathy Beetham proposed the council purchases two £50 LGBT+ to show support and inclusivity. It was proposed the flags be flown at Aycliffe Council’s two locations, annually, on the...