Together 21 spread the joy of Christmas last weekend when they welcomed customers to the Tesco store in Newton Aycliffe by signing and signing a wonderful rendition of “This is Me” from the popular film ‘The Greatest Showman’ and a selection of Christmas Carols. The children, their families and PCP staff and volunteers were keen to show...

Residents are being reminded not to place items in black bags when they fill their recycling bins and boxes as part of a campaign to reduce contamination. Durham County Council’s Recycling Matters campaign aims to educate residents about what can and cannot be recycled. One mistake people can sometimes make when recycling is putting items...

Newton Aycliffe 1, Guisborough Town 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe progressed to the last eight of the League Cup with a good win against Guisborough. They had to shuffle the pack somewhat due to injured and cup-tied players, but they played some attractive football and gave Guisborough no real chances throughout the...

Year 9 engineering students from Woodham Academy recently attended a discovery event at Nissan UK in Washington, near Sunderland. Students got to meet and speak to engineers and find out first-hand what it takes to be an engineer working at the modern plant in Sunderland. During the visit students learnt about how a company like Nissan is...

The 37th issue of Aycliffe Today Business – the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – includes a feature interview with Johnny Woods, director of growing digital agency Thrive. We also feature Stiller Warehousing and Distribution, Avec Partnership, South West Durham Training, Endeavour Partnership, Resolution Media and Publishing, Webahead...

Two new services are aiming to help people aged 25 and over across County Durham into employment, thanks to European funding. The Community Led Local Development (CLLD) North Durham Assist and South Employability Mentoring projects will support people to take practical steps to get into work or start their own business. The projects,...

Commercial Expert managing director Mike Coates with some useful business finance advice… In the commercial funding sector we hear lots of business stories (something we particularly enjoy) and increasingly varied reasons behind business loans – from start-up investment to working capital. What we’ve also been hearing recently is...

Bishop Auckland FC kindly provided their facilities at Heritage Park for the Year 8 Bishop Auckland District Schools team to play their Darlington counter parts on Friday night, which featured many players from Newton Aycliffe. It was a great experience for the players to show off their skills in the stadium under the lights. Bishop settled...

Greenfield Community College head teacher David Priestley was one of only two headteachers invited to speak at a prestigious national conference. He spoke to more than 1,000 educationalists at the SSAT Conference (Schools, Students and Teachers Network), which was titled ‘Pure Imagination’, at the International Conference Centre in...

Two northern engineering powerhouses have formed a partnership to bid for a £500m contract to build new trains and a depot for the Tyne and Wear Metro. From 2022, the existing metro fleet will be replaced with brand new high technology trains and maintained at a newly-constructed site at Gosforth, Newcastle. Hitachi and Spencer Group will...