Students at Greenfield Community College have been given an exciting opportunity as Tim Peake’s Spacecraft arrives in the region. Twenty-eight Year 9 students, along with two members of staff, were invited to a celebration morning for the arrival of the Soyuz descent module TMA-19M at the Locomotion Museum in Shildon, where they were able to...

The County Durham Better Health at Work Award team (BHAWA) team delivered a Health and Wellbeing Seminar to businesses based on Aycliffe Business Park. The seminar formed part of a series of events increase awareness of Mental Health in the workplace. Aycliffe Business Park Community (ABPC) are keen to support businesses on the park reap the...

Reported crimes in County Durham and Darlington are on the increase, according to the latest performance report from Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner, Ron Hogg. The report indicates that whilst levels of anti-social behaviour reduced by 12% over the twelve months to September 2017, reported crime rose by 35%. At the same time,...

A children’s clothing store has become the 150th venture in the last five years to benefit from a scheme set up to support small businesses in County Durham. Since 2012, Durham County Council has awarded almost £1m to independent businesses and retailers through its Targeted Business Improvement scheme, helping create 34 new enterprises and...

Police will clamp down on drink and drug driving this Christmas. In the five years between 2012 and 2016, a total of 1,650 people have been injured in collisions that involved a suspected drink-driver in the North East. Thirty eight of those were killed. Chief Inspector Graham Milne of Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, said:...

Aycliffe Sports Club 11, Spennymoor Ash Tree 1 By Paul Eales Newton Aycliffe Sports Club continued with their impressive home form making it seven wins from seven and scoring 52 goals in the process. This was the second time that the Sports Club scored 11 goals in one game and have now set their sights on a promotion push. This...

Residents wishing to sign up to next year’s garden waste collection scheme can do so from the end of this week. From Friday, December 1, residents will be able to sign up online or call customer services to receive garden waste collections when the scheme restarts next spring. Letters containing a unique reference number will also be sent...

Aycliffe Juniors exploits on the football pitch continued over another exciting weekend of action. There has also been some great team fundraising this week with the Under 7’s packing bags at Aycliffe Tesco and making £650. The Under 6’s and 10’s have both undertaken sponsored walks to raise funds for their teams. The Under 8’s...

Newton Aycliffe’s leading gym is making sure their members are accessing the latest fitness equipment after investing £75,000 in new state-of-the-art facilities. OneGym director and fitness fanatic Paul Pearson, one half of the Pearson duo who opened their fourth gym on Teesside earlier this year, have created a purpose-built second studio...

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen’s plan to buy back Durham Tees Valley Airport into public ownership has been branded “fanciful” in a Westminster debate. And the MP whose constituency the airport lies in, Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson, who represents Newton Aycliffe, told a parliamentary meeting: “I am sick of the airport being used as a...