After December saw only a handful of games played involving our teams, it was great that some of the Aycliffe Juniors returned to action on the first weekend of 2018. There was a variety of fixtures this week including a superb trip to Milan for one of the teams. The Under 12’s planned a trip to Italy to bring in the new year and a...

The Entrepreneurs’ Forum has announced it has appointed experienced Teesside business owner, mentor and investor James Robson MBE as its new chairman. Robson succeeds Nigel Mills CBE, who has held the position for six years and is a highly-active entrepreneur who has launched and invested in a number of growing businesses. Nigel will remain...

The hunt is on for the North East’s Best Bridesmaid with stag and hen experts Red7 leading the search. Did your Bridesmaid go above and beyond to make your big day the best it could be? Perhaps she created a perfect bridal survival kit or took charge of the wedding to ensure that bridezilla did not surface. Whatever the reason, if your...

Community groups and individuals are being encouraged to get involved in the 2018 Aycliffe Festival. The series of mini events is due to take place in July this year, and the town’s council is looking for local groups, businesses and voluntary organisations to create their own events as part of the festival’s calendar. “Grants are...

Police boss Ron Hogg has revealed he’s to increase the amount of Council Tax which goes to the police service, known as the precept, by 7.09%. The rise equates to an increase of £8 a year, or 15p a week for a property in Council Tax Band A, and members of the public are being asked to comment. Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner...

Teesside University Business School (TUBS) is launching a new MBA programme which aims to build the region’s entrepreneurial leadership skills. The course will be the flagship programme for the newly-launched business school and puts enterprise at its heart. The MBA has been inspired by Babson College in the United States, a global leader...

Budding writers are invited to explore their creative side at Newton Aycliffe library this month. North East writer Rachel Cochrane is heading to Durham County Council libraries to host ‘New Year, New You’ themed writing sessions to encourage and inspire creative minds. In the two-hour sessions Rachel will use diaries, archive materials...

Police Interceptors have helped raise more than £9,000 in memory of their colleague PC Gavin Smith. The money was raised at an afternoon tea event in aid of Butterwick Hospice which 350 fans attended on January 2. PC Gavin Smith who died of cancer in February 2017, had been with Durham Constabulary for 12 years and worked with the Roads...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker meets Dr John Suggate, the chairman and founder of injection moulding specialists and major success story Formula Plastics... It’s safe to say most of us take for granted what goes into making the everyday machines and devices we rely on to live and work. On Aycliffe Business Park, we’re surrounded by...

A £1.75 million investment programme continues to brighten up playtime for children across County Durham. Durham County Council’s play space refurbishment scheme has seen it provide funding to improve children’s play spaces countywide, with further financial support from local members’ Neighbourhood Budgets, Area Action Partnerships...