The Pioneering Care Partnership in Newton Aycliffe is joining the Time to Change campaign aiming to end the stigma around mental health problems. Around one in four people will experience a mental health problem yet there is still a shame and silence about talking about how people feel. On World Mental Health Day last Wednesday (October 10),...

A transport expert claims to have found a solution to the health and safety issue which is threatening one of Newton Aycliffe’s oldest traditions. Aycliffe Town Council officers referred a new events sub-committee to road traffic legislation in a report – suggesting the local authority has been breaking the law with the way Santa has been...

Hitachi Rail is launching a brand new educational programme with Primary Engineer that will see 2,700 5 to 11-year-olds learn about engineering with the help of experts in the field. The announcement came after Rail Week (last week) and the initiative is part of the Year of Engineering campaign. It aims to help tackle a serious shortage of...

Independent councillors have accused the Newton Aycliffe Labour Party group of being “deceitful and sly” in proposing to scrap the traditional Santa tours. An events sub-committee has proposed to change the way Newtonians can enjoy the town’s much-loved Christmas Eve tradition, which would effectively stop Santa from touring the streets...

Newton Aycliffe 2, North Shields 4 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe suffered a 4-2 defeat at home to North Shields on Saturday. They started well in the gusty conditions, and Tom Gavin put them ahead on eight minutes with a screamer into the top of the net, after a good lay-off by Kurt Matthews. North Shields started to come into the...

Health and Safety – or ‘Elf and Safety’ – is to blame for Aycliffe Council’s proposal to scrap the 50-year tradition of the town’s Christmas Eve Tours. Pen-pushing jobsworths have referred Aycliffe’s new events sub-committee to road traffic legislation – suggesting the local authority has been breaking the law with the way Santa...

Members of the public have launched a campaign against a proposal to scrap the 50-year tradition of Santa’s Christmas Eve Tours around Newton Aycliffe. Hapless councillors on Aycliffe Council's events sub-committee have proposed to ditch one of the town’s oldest and much-loved traditions. The new committee, set up to try to rescue...

Engineers have paved the way for more than 3,000 new jobs and a near half a billion pound boost to County Durham’s economy. With £13m in Local Enterprise Partnership funding, Durham County Council has been preparing Forrest Park, a 52-hectare expansion of the North East’s largest industrial estate, Aycliffe Business Park. Now a major...

County Durham residents are being urged to protect their property from opportunistic thieves this winter. The onset of dark nights can lead to a rise in burglaries, as a house which is in darkness can look empty to an opportunistic criminal. As part of Durham Constabulary’s Winter Nights campaign, people are being urged to take simple...

By Donna Campbell The runners of ARC were again out racing although it was a slightly quieter weekend. As always many members joined in the local parkruns on Saturday. This week two members achieved PB’s both at Sedgefield. Simon Turner in a time of 23.03 and Melanie Rowland in 29.00. Also on Saturday Richard Tonge took part in the...