Business leaders are being challenged to sleep out for a night when Darlington holds its first ever CEO Sleepout to raise funds in the fight against local homelessness and poverty. North-East-based charity CEO Sleepout is looking for leaders from County Durham’s most compassionate businesses who are willing to get sponsored to give up the...

Funding from Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) has been used to help Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club refurbish the practice net facility at the ground. The original net facility was fitted eight years ago and having been maintained by the cricket club was in need of major refurbishment, including replacement of the netting and...

Police are reminding motorists that an unlocked car is an unsafe car, as they launch a new vehicle security campaign across County Durham. The campaign will run from Wednesday to Saturday (July 21), and aims to reduce the number of incidents involving theft from motor vehicles by encouraging owners to keep their vehicles secure. Figures show...

The mayor of Tees Valley has called on Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling to award a £2.8billion train contract to Hitachi Rail Europe in Newton Aycliffe. In a letter to the Transport Secretary, Ben Houchen – the Conservative elected mayor for the Tees region – said that awarding the contract to the firm would be a...

Hundreds of primary school children gathered at Oakleaf Sports Complex in Newton Aycliffe for a running event arranged by GO Run For Fun. Durham-born Athlete Cameron Boyek, who set the runners off at the start line and congratulated them as they crossed the finish line, joined the pupils in the mass running event on Friday (July...

As Newton Aycliffe Juniors look ahead to their new season, the club would like to recognise those that have supported them and help make it possible for all of their teams to enjoy their football each week. Every one of the teams have sponsors to thank for funding equipment and kits. This year that support has also being enhanced by four...

Durham’s biker cops are gearing up for one of the North-East’s biggest family fun days. Durham Constabulary’s annual ‘BikeWise’ event takes place from 10am to 5pm this Sunday, July 22 at the force’s headquarters at Aykley Heads. World record holder’s Darlington-based stunt rider Dave Coates and the 3SIXTY bicycle stunt team...

North East business IT solutions provider razorblue is planning further expansion at its Teesside office after seeing a 31% hike in revenue. With offices in Catterick, Wynyard, Leeds and London, the firm specialises in managed IT and security services, super-fast connectivity, cloud and hosting and business software solutions for businesses...

A round-up of the weekend’s cricket action… Saturday 14th July – NYSD Division 2 Stokesley 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was hot and sunny. Stokesley won the toss and chose to bowl first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 206 all out after 29.2 overs Michael Howe 79, Sam Telford 45 and Darryn Bancroft 22 Stokesley 2nd XI 207...

A charity fundraiser struck down by cancer twice in recent years saw his fundraising efforts move closer to a £35,000 milestone over the weekend as over £2000 was raised across two challenges. Paul McGeary from Newton Aycliffe was 33 when he was diagnosed with APL, a form of blood cancer, and he has twice battled the disease into remission...