By Adam Steel One of Aycliffe Business Park’s most iconic buildings with outstanding facilities to match its charitable owner’s incredible backstory is toasting its 10th anniversary. Hidden behind preservation order-protected trees on Heighington Lane, The Work Place, a purpose-built business and conference centre, is one of the business...

Durham will host its most ambitious ever Lumiere light festival in 2019, featuring a selection of some favourites from the past decade of festivals. Durham County Council’s Cabinet this week agreed to re-commission Artichoke to deliver large scale events in both 2019 and 2021, with community activities and legacy artworks in the years...

Aycliffe Running Club round-up – by Donna Campbell The first race of this week took place on Wednesday night when several members attended the Pitstop Festival hosted by Darlington Harriers. It was yet another extremely hot night especially for a race run on tarmac. This event takes place on the actual race course at Croft. In previous...

Police have thanked football fans after England’s devastating World Cup defeat passed without trouble. Officers were on patrol across County Durham and Darlington last night as England faced Croatia in the World Cup semi-final. However, despite losing 2 – 1, spirits remained high across the county with no major incidents being reported...

A battalion of Roman soldiers is preparing to march on County Durham this weekend. Foot soldiers, cavalrymen and barbarians will be setting up camp at Binchester Roman Fort, near Bishop Auckland, on Saturday, 14 and Sunday, 15 July for the site’s annual Roman Festival. As well as speaking to traders and artisans, visitors will be able to...

Newton Aycliffe Juniors celebrated the success of their 2017/18 season at their 21st annual presentation day, held at Woodham Academy. It was great for the club to reward all their players and thank all the coaches for their work at the school which is our new home ground. Chairman Nige Slatcher presented special awards to the Under 11’s...

Opportunities to protect and improve rail services in the region must be maximised, councillors heard this week. Members of Durham County Council’s Cabinet were asked to agree a series of key messages setting out how the authority will work to support and promote the interests of the rail industry when they met on Wednesday (July...

Leading international shower designer and manufacturer Roman won the Marketing and Branding Award with their Future Business Magnates Team. Roman was a business mentor for a team of Year 8 entrepreneurial students in this year’s FBM competition. This exciting and fun competition aims to build enthusiasm in young people and introduces them...

Children with special educational needs in County Durham will have better access to the facilities they need to thrive thanks to a funding boost from central government. Durham County Council has received £1.3m from a national fund which aims to help transform the lives of thousands of children with special educational needs and disabilities...

Primary school students built and launched their own rockets at Woodham Academy’s after-school science club. Woodham Academy runs ‘Sparkies’ to provide fun and interactive science sessions for Key Stage 2 students. At the last Sparkies session of the year, students competed against each other to build the water rocket which reached...