(Sponsored article) Choosing a school for your child is one of the most important decisions you will make. Will your child make good progress academically? Will your child be well cared for? Are there exciting activities on offer? And, most importantly, will your child be happy here? ‘Achievement for All’ is Woodham Academy’s stated...

Talented PCP Volunteer Sheila Taylor gives something back to her sweet-toothed donators by baking cakes in return for sponsorship. Sheila first became involved with Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) when she attended a Colour your Life art course at the Pioneering Care Centre. She enjoyed having the opportunity to be creative whilst meeting...

Residents in Great Aycliffe & Middridge can find out how local issues are being tackled when the local Area Action Partnership (AAP) holds their next board meeting later this month. The GAMP Board will be meeting on Tuesday (September 27), between 6pm and 8pm, at Middridge Village Hall, and members of the public are invited to go along to...

The September-October 2016 issue of Aycliffe Today Business includes features with: South West Durham Training, Eldon Financial, OneGym, Finley Structures, Certax Durham, SCH Site Services, Oktoberfest 2016, Thrive Marketing, Endeavour Partnership, Stiller Warehousing and Distribution, Razorblue, Crafter's Companion, Business Durham, Whurk...

Councillors have agreed to increase the compensation offered to teaching assistants in a final effort to end their dispute over proposed contract changes. Durham County Council has for a year been in consultation over plans to bring staff into line with the majority of people in similar roles at other local authorities, while ensuring fairness...

A group of trailblazing teenagers are participating in a new scheme being piloted by Durham Constabulary. The youngsters, who age from 16 to 18, have all come through the force’s cadet scheme. And now they have been handed two-year apprenticeships as youth development officers. As part of the role they will work on projects to engage...

An ambitious team of accountants has taken on eight new members of staff after investing in its own premises and doubling turnover for a second year. The Durham franchise of national network Certax has been based at Parson’s Court on Aycliffe Business Park since August 2013. After impressive growth, directors Matthew McConnell (pictured...

Newton Aycliffe FC moved up to third in Ebac Northern League Division One thanks to two consecutive away wins. Peter Dixon’s side made it two in a row with victories at Guisborough Town last Wednesday and Dunston on Saturday. Only North and South Shields are now above them in the table as Aycliffe now prepare for five consecutive home...

Woodham Academy has welcomed over 100 Year 7 students through the gate as the new academic year begins. It was officially the start of secondary school for 174 eager students last Tuesday as they made their way to Woodham Academy to start the next step of their education. With polished shoes, crisp shirts and blazers the students were...

Hitachi Rail Europe has reached the major milestone of employing 1,000 people across the UK. The achievement coincides with the one year anniversary since Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe facility was opened by the then Prime Minister David Cameron, marking the return of train building to its UK birthplace in the north east of...