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...

In the July-August 2017 issue of Aycliffe Today Business… Why leading shower manufacturer Roman is firm supporters of the highly-acclaimed Future Business Magnates competition. Also featuring in this issue: South West Durham Training, Oktoberfest, Gregg Little Testing Centre, Thrive Marketing, Plastic Mouldings Northern, Hitachi Rail...

Impressive bowling figures by Jack Slatcher weren’t enough for Aycliffe as their winning runcame to an end at Darlington... Saturday 22nd July – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Darlington 2nd XI – weather was warm and sunny once the heavy rain showers had passed. Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first. Darlington 2nd...

Newton Aycliffe-based Crafter’s Companion has teamed up with Darlington’s Youth Offending Service (YOS) to offer a six-week training programme designed to improve the self-esteem, confidence and life skills of young people in the area. The programme, which will run throughout the school holidays, will give 12-16-year-olds involved with the...

A memorial to a Newton Aycliffe blogger who died the day before her dream wedding has been placed at a research centre where scientists are dedicated to finding a cure for brain tumours. Anna Swabey, 25, launched her blog Inside my Head after she found out she had a rare grade three malignant tumour. She died in September last year, the day...

Commercial Expert managing director Mike Coates with some useful financial advice... We can all remember the “good old days” of commercial banking, when every Bank had a branch manager in every branch and if a business owner needed funding he/she would simply “pop into” their local branch, and speak to their bank manager. The branch...

Greenfield Community College and Greenfield Tennis Club are delighted to announce the completion of extensive improvements to their tennis courts, returning them to an excellent standard. The improvements were made possible through local funding from GAMP via the Neighbourhood Budget allocations of County councillors, John Clare, Kate Hopper,...

Woodham Academy recently hosted their third Celebration Evening to congratulate and praise students for exceptional hard work and commitment to studies. Over 400 certificates and 50 trophies have been presented to students in Years 7, 8 and 9 to recognise a variety of achievements including outstanding progress, academic achievement and 100%...

A County Durham plastics which recently won work with Hitachi Rail in Newton Aycliffe firm is celebrating 15 years in business by achieving a record annual turnover. Plastic Mouldings Northern, founded by business partners Freddy Bourdais (above, right) and Mark Rigg with two staff in 2002, saw sales grow by more than 10% to £2.3m at the end...

A man was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a two-car smash on the outskirts of Newton Aycliffe. The incident happened at around 12.25pm on Tuesday, at Burtree Gate, near the A1, and involved a Volkswagen Bora and a Vauxhall Astra. The man, in his 20s, suffered injuries to his head, chest and pelvis and was placed in...