The Pioneering Care Partnership’s Better Health at Work Award (BHAWA) team and Wellbeing for Life delivered a Mental Health Conference to over 100 attendees from 37 different County Durham businesses at the Xcel Centre in Newton Aycliffe. The conference highlighted the benefits of raising awareness of Mental Health in the workplace and how...

Aycliffe’s first team suffered a heavy nine wicket defeat away at Northallerton firsts... Saturday 29th July – NYSD Division 2 Northallerton 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was overcast and breezy. Northallerton won the toss and chose to bowl first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 98 all out after 32.5 overs Joe Haines 24, Patrick...

A County Durham chef who has worked for TV culinary star Gordon Ramsay will realise a long-held ambition of running his own restaurant when he re-opens a once popular village pub next month. Paul Bussey has left his role as head chef of Acklam Hall in Middlesbrough to take on the King’s Arms in Great Stainton, on the outskirts of Newton...

Home Secretary Amber Rudd and the Minister for Policing and the Fire Service Nick Hurd visited Durham Constabulary this week. Ms Rudd and Mr Hurd travelled to the force's Aykley Heads headquarters where they were met by Chief Constable Mike Barton and Police, Crime and Victims' Commissioner Ron Hogg. The Home Secretary and Mr Hurd were shown...

Hitachi’s new intercity trains, due to enter passenger service this autumn, have passed tests to run their digital technology required by the Department for Transport. The UK-built fleet, known as the Class 800s, is among the first in the country to successfully test an advanced level of digital signalling. The technology is part of the...

Members of Aycliffe Running Club joined approximately 5000 other runners for the Simply Health Great North 10K earlier this month. The course starts near Gateshead International Stadium, heads down to Gateshead Quayside and passes Sage Gateshead, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Millennium Bridge and passes under the iconic Tyne...

Members from a PCP Colour your Life art group have organised their own exhibition of their work at Greenfield Art Gallery running throughout August. The exhibition, running from August 3-30, will showcase approximately 60 pieces of work produced by talented amateur artists, who all attend the Monday morning Colour your Life sessions at the...

Newton Aycliffe steel business Finley Structures has recruited a new contracts manager from a major national firm. Fred Searle (above, right) has joined the Finley management team after 29 years with Thirsk-based Severfield. Searle, from Harrogate, says the move was made easy because of his longstanding association with a number of key staff...

Woodham Academy held their annual Sports Academy Presentation Evening at Hardwick Hall. The students were entertained by guest speaker, Amanda Coulson – a British champion boxer and now a GB boxing coach. Over one third of Woodham Academy students are members of the Sports Academy this year. They take part in a wide variety of sports...

A canine crime-fighter has out up his paws after almost nine years of active service. Yellow Labrador Ben is one half of the Durham Police dog duo, Jet and Ben, who are known as the ‘say no to strangers’ dogs. They have worked with thousands of children across the force area, educating them on personal safety, ‘stranger danger’ and...