Thrive Marketing’s Rachael Farley with some useful business advice... Personalising your browser with Google Chrome extensions is a great way to boost productivity. Whether you need to prioritise your workload in a visual way or remove any distractions, we’ve sifted through the best extensions so you don’t have to. It’s time to...

An exciting new approach which aims to maximise the value of every pound spent on health and social care and improve lives for residents in the county has been agreed. Described as ‘bold and ambitious’– the approval for a new approach to providing people with access to health and social care services aims to deliver better value for money...

Newcastle Benfield 1, Newton Aycliffe 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe came away from Newcastle Benfield wondering how they lost 1-0 on Monday night. They dominated much of the play, but had no luck and appeared to be robbed of a good goal right at the end. Benfield went into the game in fine form, but were insipid on the night, as...

Businesses in the region are being offered advice and support to put in place plans to help them ensure their long-term growth and success. County Durham Engineering and Manufacturing Network (CDEMN) has teamed up with a number of its affiliate members and partners to deliver an initial six-week succession planning programme of...

Over 100,000 illegal cigarettes and 100kg of hand rolling tobacco have been seized as part of a campaign between Durham County Council and Durham Constabulary. Acting on information received during the Keep It Out illicit tobacco campaign, trading standards teams raided premises in Newton Aycliffe, Shildon, Fencehouses and...

Primary school pupils enjoyed a day making friends and preparing for life at Woodham Academy, ahead of transferring to the high-performing Newton Aycliffe school. Year 6 students from several local primary schools attended Friendship Day at Woodham, as part of their preparations for joining in September. The students and their parents were...

Crafter’s Companion founder Sara Davies MBE with some useful hints and tips on how to win more local engagement... Engaging with your local community is both beneficial for your business and very rewarding. In this digital age, it’s so simple to connect nationwide – and even worldwide – making it all-too easy to forget the community...

Billingham Synthonia 1 Newton Aycliffe 4 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe travelled to bottom side Billingham Synthonia and came away with a comfortable victory. Thibault Charmey scored all four goals for the Newtonians. They should have scored more, but wasted several good chances. They went ahead on 15 minutes when Sean Tarling...

Communities and volunteers across County Durham and Darlington are being reminded to register for the eleventh annual Big Spring Clean litter-picking campaign. This year’s event runs until 15 April and local groups are encouraged to sign up to organise a litter pick in their village, town, or city in County Durham and Darlington. Organised...

The recent snowy and wet weather has led to some of the Aycliffe Juniors teams needing to play a lot of catch up games in the next few weeks. All they need now is a bit of a dry spell to get the grass pitches fit for action! The Under 7’s travelled to face a very strong Stranton FC. A bright start didn’t stop Stranton scoring first but...