Parents across the county are being encouraged to help their children choose healthier snacks in a move to reduce sugar consumption and tackle obesity. Durham County Council is supporting Public Health England’s Change 4 Life campaign, which encourages parents to choose 100 calories snacks for their children and give them a maximum of two a...

An update on a major new development for Aycliffe Business Park will be revealed at a business event being held at Hitachi Rail Europe next week. Attendees will get an insight into the development of the multi-million pound Forrest Park development at Aycliffe Business Park Community’s first news and networking event of 2018. It’s due to...

Newton Aycliffe 17, Bishop Auckland 14 By Ben Carpenter Merritt Newton Aycliffe’s first XV hosted Bishop Auckland, a strong rival well established in Durham Northumberland 2 and a team who had already beaten Aycliffe earlier in the season. Despite missing several key players through unavailability and injury, Aycliffe were able to field a...

Cambridgeshire Police are growing increasingly concerned for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for almost a month. Denon Young was reporting missing on the afternoon of 10 December and there have been no sightings of her since. Denon is known to have links to the Peterborough, Lincolnshire, Durham and Northumberland areas. Detective...

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...