Businesses who participated in the very first Incubator Zone at this year’s Durham Oktoberfest have secured new contracts and are following up dozens of promising leads. More than 20 companies from across County Durham exhibited as part of a Durham Business Opportunities Programme (DBOP) project, created to engage companies who had not been...

Durham County Council is joining forces with partners across the region to warn people of the harm caused by ‘tenancy fraud.’ The council has teamed up with other local authorities and housing providers for Regional Tenancy Fraud Awareness Week (RTFAW,) which aims to let people know about social housing fraud and the impact it has on public...

Newton Aycliffe 4 Bishop Auckland 2 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe beat Bishop Auckland 4-2 at Moore Lane Park in an entertaining game on Saturday, despite being down to ten men for half an hour. Bishops started brightly and McAloon put a good chance over the bar on nine minutes. A minute later they went ahead through a disputed...

Police in County Durham are urging people to hand over any unwanted guns and ammunition as part of a national firearms surrender. From Monday (November 13) until Sunday (November 26), residents of County Durham and Darlington can surrender any unwanted or unlawfully held guns and ammunition at police stations across the county. The surrender...

New data has revealed UK councils invest £16.1 billion of their workers’ pensions into companies that extract coal, oil and gas, fuelling dangerous climate change. While the United Nations meet in Bonn to discuss progress on Paris Agreement climate goals, the new data reveals that UK local government pensions are financially invested in the...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Stockton Town 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe narrowly lost at home to Stockton Town at Moore Lane Park on Tuesday night. Ex-players often score against their old clubs – and on this occasion, last season's captain Jamie Owens scored the only goal to give 15th-placed Stockton the three points. The play went...

Durham Constabulary has been graded as outstanding across all areas of efficiency for the third year running. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has today published the latest findings for police efficiency, which is part of the annual PEEL programme of inspections (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) and looks at...

Businesses across the region have today been told they can play a vital role in joining with Peel Airports to secure the long-term future of Durham Tees Valley Airport. Airport chairman Robert Hough briefed local companies and special guests, including Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson and Aycliffe Today, on the progress being made in delivering the...

Councillors will be asked to agree the timetable for the County Durham Plan process to resume when they meet next week. The process was paused in December 2016 due to expected changes in the calculation of housing numbers in a forthcoming Government white paper. Durham County Council has always been committed to bringing forward a plan as...

It was cup action this week for two of our TJFA League teams and only a few other teams played. The cup schedule saw that a few teams were free to enjoy a weekend of bonfires and fireworks. The Under 6’s continued their series of friendly games and this week enjoyed playing the Under 7’s who had no league or cup commitments. The Under...