Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club have purchased a sparkly new ride-on grass cutter costing £8,000 after securing funding through the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP). The grass cutter, although secured by the cricket section, will be used by Newton Aycliffe Sports Club to help keep their cricket, rugby and football pitches in top...

Aycliffe-based international leading shower designer and manufacturer Roman is due to showcase its products at this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week. Clerkenwell Design Week is the UK's leading independent design festival taking place in EC1, the heart and home of design. At this year’s event, British Ceramic Tile is holding a...

Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club are well into their preparations for the new season which kicks off on Saturday April 28 when the first team entertain Stokesley, while the second team make the short trip to Sedgefield. The season was due to start on Saturday April 21 but, due to the recent wet weather which had hindered ground preparations, the...

Woodham Academy’s debating team pitted their wits against students from across the North of England when they competed in their first championships. Members of the school’s new Debating Society took part in the Up for Debate championships, held at York High School. Staff recently launched the society as one of the latest additions to...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Jarrow Roofing 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe suffered a narrow defeat at home to Jarrow Roofing, as a goal from ex-Aycliffe player Dennis Knight gave Roofing the points. Roofing started brightly and Knight had two shots on goal in the first five minutes, but both missed the target. Then another ex-Aycliffe...

A family-run grounds maintenance firm is flying high with five new members of staff – including a former Royal Air Force engineer. Craig Taylor, who spent his RAF days fixing fighter jets, has joined Newton Aycliffe-based Beaumont Grounds Maintenance as the firm’s new head of maintenance. The 32-year-old, originally from Aycliffe but who...

An extra £700,000 of council funding will be invested in improving the condition of roads around County Durham over the coming year, it has been revealed this week. The cash will increase the local authority’s overall budget for road repairs to £17.2m. But the news comes as figures showed between January and March this year, the...

By Donna Campbell As usual the racing weekend began on the Saturday with many members attending various parkruns around our region with the following achieving PB's. At Sedgefield, Rob Young ran in 21.08 and Jan McLuckie in 36.58. Ian Baronowski then achieved a course PB at Darlington Parkrun in 26.07. Julie Nisbet achieved her course PB at...

Engineering and manufacturing expo Durham Oktoberfest is re-branding as EMCON to reflect 10 years of growth. Over 50 invited delegates from the North East’s business community were told the news at a breakfast launch at Ramside Hall Hotel this morning (Wednesday). The event, which launched in 2008 to give businesses from County Durham the...

More than 96% of children in County Durham will this September go to their first choice primary school – up 1.23% on last year. Of the 5,131 applications received, 4,927 have been given a place at their number one choice, with 128 their second choice and 26 their third. Cllr Olwyn Gunn, Durham County Council's Cabinet member for Children...