A network to support County Durham food and drink producers is being launched. Durham Food and Drink Network is the fifth key strand of the Durham Business Opportunities Programme (DBOP), which is part of Business Durham. The network will enable small producers and County Durham SMEs who are keen to get their products to market, to tap into...

The wet weather didn’t stop the Aycliffe Juniors footballing action over the weekend when there were many games to enjoy. The Under 6’s took part in a joint training session with Crook. These players have just started playing over the last year and really enjoyed the opportunity to face local opponents. The Under 7’s White played...

Horndale Residents Association was highly commended at Durham County Council’s recent Environment Awards. The voluntary group was nominated by Cllr John Clare for what was a strong Community Partnership category. The association’s chairman Philip Clark said: “John nominated us in recognition of our work in the community bulb planting,...

Newton Aycliffe-based Tekmar Energy has been awarded a contract to supply its cable protection technology to a Dutch offshore wind farm. Dutch maritime contracting firm Van Oord has selected the patented Tekmar Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink for the Borssele 2 (site III and IV) offshore wind farm. Borssele 2, consisting of 77 turbines...

A much-loved police dog has retired from the force after catching countless criminals during his career. German Shepherd Kaizer, a familiar face on Channel 5’s Police Interceptors, has racked up nearly 15,000 hours on the streets to keep us safe. Kaizer, who turned eight last week, has been with Durham Constabulary since he was...

Leading international shower designer and manufacturer, Roman, have won the prestigious consumer safety award for compliance in bathroom products at the renowned NHIC Awards black tie ceremony. Roman won the prestigious NHIC Award for innovation and initiatives to promote consumer safety through compliance in bathroom products and...

Guisborough Town 3, Newton Aycliffe 3 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe came away from Guisborough with a 3-3 draw, but should have taken all three points. They started well, with Vinny Gash getting through the defensive line after only three minutes, but home keeper Nixon saved with his legs. The pace of new signing Jermaine Metz...

A charity fundraiser topped up his totaliser this week thanks to a Christmas wine draw which brought in £800. Newtonian Paul McGeary has spearheaded a campaign which has so far seen over £35,000 raised since he was initially diagnosed with Leukaemia in 2014. Paul’s mother, Mary Warke, along with her friends Marie and Dave Nicholson have...

By Donna Campbell It was another successful week of racing this week with cross-country being the main focus of the weekend. There were however, a couple of PB’s achieved at local parkruns on Saturday. At Shildon Julie Nisbet secured a PB for that course in 24.37 whilst over at Sedgefield’s Hardwick Parkrun Melanie Rowland achieved a PB...

A group of students from Woodham Academy enjoyed a whirlwind two-day tour of the capital during a history field trip. The group, made up of 39 students and three staff, enjoyed a guided tour of Whitechapel before enjoying an evening meal in Covent Garden and a 19th anniversary performance of the ‘Lion King’ at the Lyceum Theatre. The...