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...

Companies on Aycliffe Business Park are being urged to get involved in a survey which will help to form a new programme of workshops designed to help businesses grow. Business Durham – the economic development organisation working on behalf of Durham County Council – is supporting Aycliffe Business Park Community’s plans to create a...

Newton Aycliffe gained a well-earned draw away to sixth-placed West Auckland. The Newtonians stretched their unbeaten league run to four games after coming from behind twice in this derby just before Christmas. Aycliffe almost scored in the first minute when a Kurt Matthews header was cleared off the line. After that, the first half play...

A climbing facility in Newton Aycliffe has been given a major lift with a £350,000 investment. ROF 59 activity centre on Aycliffe Business Park has spent the cash to re-launch its climbing area with five exciting new elements. Bosses at ROF 59, which is owned by local businessman John Finley, have used renowned Lancashire-based firm...

Doctors at a Newton Aycliffe practice are rolling out a new service for businesses to access quick and cost-effective occupational health advice which could save them time and money. A report earlier this year showed that workplace absence is currently costing the UK economy £18 billion in lost productivity – part of an increasing trend that...