Increasing the enjoyment of modern train travel and reaching new standards in passenger experience and reliability are key ambitions for Bombardier and Hitachi Rail’s HS2 Rolling Stock bid. The Bombardier/Hitachi bid team has been setting out how they intend to build on the design and engineering excellence of the hugely successful train they...

Health and wellbeing charity Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) continues to lead the way after successfully retaining a prestigious European quality standard. The internationally recognised standard, ISO9001:2015, demonstrates PCP’s commitment to their clients and must be recertified every three years during a two-day external audit, by the...

PD Ports has announced an all-time record in container volumes handled at Teesport. This new record comes at a time when the Department for International Trade published its annual maritime statistics confirming Teesport, one of the deepest water ports on the east coast of England, experienced an overall volume increase higher than any other UK...

HRH The Earl of Wessex has presented Durham County Council with an award for its support of the Armed Forces community. The local authority received the Ministry of Defence’s Gold Award, as part of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. The award recognises employers who demonstrate outstanding assistance towards serving and ex-members...

Funding from Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) has been used to help a local residents association provide day trips for the local community. The funding secured through Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) via the Neighbourhood Budget allocations of County Councillors John Clare, Paul Howell and Scott Durham helped the...

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and even Captain America – they’ve all been spotted in Durham City. The awesome foursome are just some of the superheroes whom disbelieving visitors to Wharton Park were treated to a glimpse of. And it was a particularly evil baddie that they were here to fight – litter. The heroes, or mini-replicas of...

Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club’s junior development manager Adam Gittins has been named Coach of the Year at the Active Durham Sport and Physical Activity Awards for East and South East Durham. The awards ceremony, held at East Durham College last Friday, saw Adam nominated alongside six other coaches from a variety of sports, including...

To mark the centenary anniversary of World War One, Year 11 History students, Macy Cane and Joe Richardson, were selected to represent Woodham Academy on a visit to Ypres in Belgium and Northern France with the First World War Centenary Battlefields Tours Programme. The tour was to honour those who had fought and died in the First World War,...

Volunteer groups working on horticultural projects can still apply for up to £500 of funding. Funding can be claimed for a variety of projects, with previous groups using money to improve church yards, woodlands, local parks and allotments through planting and gardening. Applications are open till Friday 7 December. Once submitted,...

The footballing action continued for the Aycliffe Juniors teams over the weekend. There was some strong performances and great effort form the players across the age groups. The Under 7’s White faced Shotton Colts and it was a tight match with the teams level at 1-1 with five minutes left. It was Shotton though who finished the stronger team...