Workshops to help businesses find out how to provide products and services to Durham County Council are being held this month. The free, full-day sessions will take place on Tuesday May 23 and Tuesday May 30 at Durham Leadership Centre, Spennymoor. They are aimed at all potential and current suppliers and will cover information on the...

A charity fundraiser edged closer to another milestone as a coffee morning raised over £1000, with the cash being split between Bloodwise (formerly Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research) and the Neonatal Unit at Antrim Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. Paul McGeary, 35, from Newton Aycliffe, began raising cash and awareness having been diagnosed...

Around 4,000 runners participated in the Run Sunderland Festival earlier this month. Aycliffe Running Club were represented in the 10K and Half Marathon events. The routes started in Keel Square and took in the sights of Sunderland City Centre, the National Glass Centre, Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland Marina and Roker Park. The course had...

A Newton Aycliffe steel firm has been awarded a prestigious contract to help build a new £36m entertainment venue in Hull. Family-run Finley Structures has been handed a 960-tonne project to fabricate and erect the steel frame for Hull Venue, on behalf of main contractor Bam Construction. Hull Venue is a state-of-the-art, music and events...

Greenfield Community College’s PE department has been awarded the Association for Physical Education (afPE) Quality Mark for PE and School Sport. This prestigious award is a powerful way of celebrating the success of the department. The afPE Quality Mark recognises, through a thorough self-review and evaluation process, the strength and...

Companies on the North-East’s biggest business park can now access exciting new wireless technology which provides cost-effective super-fast internet access with speeds of up to 1,000 MB. North East IT firm Razorblue, which has a track record of more than a decade of solving problems, has invested heavily to provide the new service to benefit...

A Newton Aycliffe man bidding to relaunch the Great Aycliffe Show has revealed he is already in advanced talks with major events organisers to help him complete his ambitious attempt. Married father-of-three Russ Gibson wants to relaunch the once traditional annual event, which was dropped by Aycliffe Town Council in 2015 due to budget cuts and...

A leading figure in the region’s business community has announced he is to leave his post later this year. Simon Goon, managing director of Business Durham, is stepping down from his position at the economic development company to take up a job as chief operating office at Synoptica, an early-stage Artificial Intelligence company based in...

Woodham Academy has been awarded over half a million pounds in capital funding following a successful bid to the Education Funding Agency. The funding is available to help schools with refurbishment costs and will finance the final stage of roof replacement as well as necessary electrical improvements. Woodham has attracted significant...

Newton Aycliffe’s first team recorded a seven-wicket home win over Northallerton on Saturday. Here’s a round-up of the weekend’s cricket action... Saturday 13th May – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Northallerton 2nd XI – weather was dry and mild. Northallerton won the toss and chose to bat first. Northallerton 1st...