Aycliffe Running Club had their annual day out to Ravenstonedale 10K on Saturday November 25. The weather was cold with frost and a sprinkling of snow making the ground very slippery in places on the undulating, but very scenic, route. The course was challenging with a total ascent of 157.87 ft and a maximum elevation of 962.6 ft. Despite...

Projects which help small businesses become more energy efficient came together to share best practice at a national event. The event, which was the first of its kind in the country, was held at Durham Castle and gave those who run such projects the chance to learn from each other’s experiences and share any difficulties encountered. It...

More than 60 firearms have been handed in to police in Durham as part of a national campaign. The two week firearms surrender, which ran from November 13 to November 26, gave people across the country the opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted or illegally held firearms and ammunition. In County Durham and Darlington, more than 60...

Sunderland RCA 0, Newton Aycliffe 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe travelled to Ryhope and gained a valuable point at seventh-placed Sunderland RCA. Both sets of supporters were mystified as to how the match ended goalless, as both sides missed many good chances, with RCA the biggest culprits. RCA had the ball in the net after only...

A programme to get town and village centres in County Durham spick and span has moved on to its latest destination. Durham County Council’s Operation Spruce Up is now at Newton Aycliffe following a stint at Langley Moor. Spruce Up sees teams from across different council service areas coming together for an intensive clean up in a new...

A company that is pivotal in seeing the elimination of food waste to landfill is making sure that young children get the chance to ‘eat up’ by funding a breakfast club. The new Greggs Foundation breakfast club is being run at St Andrew’s School in Bishop Auckland – sponsored by Warrens Group, which collects food waste from all over the...

A charity event has been organised to help celebrate the memory of a Newton Aycliffe grandmother, who sadly passed away after a short battle with cancer. Sheila Thompson was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in April this year with no possibility of cure, and passed away in October. Now her children – Peter Thompson and Lisa Hodgson, with...

Newton Aycliffe steel firm Finley Structures is helping to regenerate an important area in another major North-East city. After completing steelwork on the Riverwalk regeneration development in Durham city, the family-run business has fabricated and erected 550 tonnes of steel on the former Vaux site in Sunderland, for main contractor...

Green-fingered organisations in County Durham are being offered grants of up to £150 to help plant trees throughout the area. Durham County Council is offering the grants as part of National Tree Week, which aims to encourage tree planting and raise awareness of the importance of proper care and maintenance of trees. National Tree Week,...

More than two dozen people have been left out of pocket in the opening months of a new order on dog control. Durham County Council has issued 30 fixed penalty notices (FPN) in the first five months of its Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) which seeks to tackle issues caused by a minority of irresponsible dog owners. In the period between...