A student who never took a single day off during her five years at Woodham Academy has been rewarded for her amazing achievement. Lucy Ratcliffe recently left Woodham Academy with 13 GCSEs, including 10 at A*, A or equivalent. In recognition of her impeccable attendance, Lucy was presented with an award and certificate at the Emirates...

Aycliffe Business Park-based Thrive Marketing has launched its new service offering, including HubSpot retainers, inbound marketing processes and Thriveability Plan with a new responsive website. The agency has unveiled its new products as part of a website overhaul that sees the introduction of a number of new services. Director Johnny...

Newton Aycliffe Juniors were back in league action action this week across all the age group teams. All teams have committed to ensure each player thanks the referee after every game so the club can all show their respect for the match officials. It was the Under 7's first league game and they played at home against Billingham United...

The Pioneering Care Partnership’s green-fingered gardeners were thrilled to receive a donation of £700 from Newton Aycliffe’s famous Honest John. PCP chief executive Carol Gaskarth said: “Local donations and support has been overwhelming and we cannot thank John enough for this very generous contribution. “Our dedicated volunteers...

A popular networking event which has connected hundreds of businesses in County Durham has celebrated its second birthday. Durham 2sday was created by Business Durham, the economic development company for County Durham. It has attracted more than 1,000 businesses to Esquire’s Coffee Shop in Durham City on the second Tuesday of every month...

‘Let’s cut deaths’ – that’s the message from police as they join a European-wide bid to reduce casualties on the road today. Durham Constabulary have made a road safety pledge on ‘European Day Without A Road Death’. The campaign, coined Project Edward, has been launched by the European Traffic Police network after fatalities on...

Business owners are being called upon to tell the police about their experiences of cybercrime, thanks to a new survey available across the region. Over 50% of crime is conducted online. To help combat this, the North East’s three Police and Crime Commissioners are working very closely with the Institute of Directors and the Federation of...

A group of businesses have clubbed together to support a club’s coast to coast charity bike-ride after one of its riders received heart surgery. Following his operation to fix an erratic heart rate Councillor Peter Brookes, from Durham County Council, helped organise the fundraiser and enlisted the support of a group of businesses in order to...

Marketing professional Grace Porter has joined Resolution Media and Publishing as the firm’s new business development executive. The 28-year-old Newtonian, who runs her own marketing company, has joined the Middlesbrough-based publishers to aid the firm’s business development. Porter, from Newton Aycliffe, is tasked with developing new...

Staff at Greenfield Community College say they’re thrilled with the initial progress made by returning students and the way that they have encouraged and assisted the new intake of Year 7 students to make the transition a happy and welcoming experience, laying excellent foundations for the years ahead. Executive Headteacher David Priestley is...