There will be no changes to bin collections in County Durham over the two May Bank Holidays. Residents are advised to put their refuse and recycling bins out for collection by 7am on their normal collection day during the weeks beginning Monday May 7 and Monday May 28. Residents who have signed up for garden waste collections should also put...

Woodham Academy students got on their bikes explore the great outdoors at Hamsterley Forest. The school offers mountain biking to its students as part of its extensive range of sporting and extra-curricular activities. Launched last year, the weekly after-school trips have resumed with the return of lighter evenings. Deputy head teacher...

Details of the teams set to take part in this year’s Tour Series have been announced ahead of the competition returning to Durham later this month. Eight men’s teams will ride at every round, including defending champions JLT Condor who emerged as overall victors in last year’s competition, hosted by Durham County Council in partnership...

A programme which helps young people into employment is celebrating after reaching a significant milestone. DurhamWorks, a partnership project led by Durham County Council and part funded by the European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative, has now supported more than 4,000 people between the ages of 16 to 24 to become ‘work...

Aycliffe cricket round-up... Saturday 28th April – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Stokesley 2nd XI – weather was cool and cloudy. Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first. Stokesley 2nd XI 123 all out after 43.2 overs Jack Slatcher 3 for 25 and Michael Howe 4 for 34 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 124 for 2 after 25.5...

Two volunteers are sprinting ahead to a career in fitness after securing employment in County Durham leisure centres. Karen Lamb was studying towards a gym instructor qualification when she started volunteering at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre, shadowing the fitness instructors and assisting customer inductions as well as general day-to-day...

Newton Aycliffe 1, Consett 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe guaranteed Northern League division 1 football for next season with a fine home win against a strong Consett side. Aycliffe were the better side in the first half. Consett came into the game in the second half, but didn't trouble Aycliffe keeper Jack McLaren. Aycliffe...

Woodham Academy students are raising funds for a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to dance at Disneyland. Georgia Thelwell and Sydney Etherington together with former student Lisa Robinson have been chosen to perform live on the main stage at Disneyland Paris in August. The trio are organising a variety of events, including selling...

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has opened a state-of-the-art facility on Aycliffe Business Park to help companies exploit opportunities using the Internet of Things. The printable electronics centre is expected to support a number of developments, including self-monitoring packaging capable of tracking sensitive medicines in the...

Newton Aycliffe 1, Whitley Bay 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe’s Northern League side could secure their top-flight status this weekend after beating Whitley Bay 1-0 at Moore Lane Park on Thursday night. The Newtonians are now 11 points clear of the relegation zone after this crucial victory, sitting 16th in the table and four...