A husband-and-wife team have undergone a rebrand of their design agency following the birth of their first child. KINSHIP is the new name for Jonathan and Sarah Carlton’s family business, based on Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe. Sarah had been the creative force behind her previous business NEON Durham for the last three years,...

Hitachi Rail Europe has appointed a Sunderland firm s contract cleaners at its state-of-the-art factory. Maxim Facilities Management is the latest firm to be named as a contractor to the new £82m train-assembling facility on Aycliffe Business Park. The largest independent contract cleaning and facilities management firm in the region,...

Christmas officially arrived at Woodham Academy when the school opened the doors for its Christmas Fair. The hall was filled with gifts galore with stallholders providing crafts and trinkets, jewellery, homeware and festive treats. There was lots to do for the youngsters with free face painting, biscuit decorating, arts and crafts, table...

Newton Aycliffe firm Roman has introduced three new apprenticeships into different departments within the company. The shower designer and manufacturer has welcomed three new apprentices to add to the many they already have. Jack Mitchell, from Aycliffe, is in customer relations, Ciaran Kelly, also from Aycliffe, in joinery and Karl...

Newtonian and former Woodham Academy pupil, Kate Avery landed a top three position at the European Cross County Championships held in Hyeres, France this weekend. Athlete Kate held a strong position throughout the race before powering on in the final lap to achieve an emotional silver medal. Kate, who did not expect to be attending the...

Police have formally identify the man who died at a recycling depot on Saturday (December, 13). Forty-seven year-old Simon Hogg, from Darlington, was killed after becoming trapped in a machine at Wades Ltd in Newton Aycliffe. Emergency services were called to Wade's Quarry just after 12noon to reports of two men with serious injuries. Mr...

Newton Aycliffe firm Addo Printing has gone into administration with the loss of 28 jobs. As reported by Aycliffe Today 10 days ago, staff were laid off at the Aycliffe printers as managing director Keiran Bayley sought to find a “resolution”. But it’s been confirmed that insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor was called in on December...

A man has been killed and another seriously injured after an incident at Wade’s recycling centre near Newton Aycliffe. Durham Constabulary confirmed this afternoon that a Health and Safety Executive an investigation is ongoing in relation to the incident, which happened on Saturday morning. A statement said: “Unfortunately, as a result...

Hitachi Rail Europe’s newly-installed production team has started work on the first two train carriages at the Japanese firm’s new £82m factory in Newton Aycliffe. The first body shells arrived at the Rail Vehicle Manufacturing Facility on Aycliffe Business Park from Hitachi’s Kasado Works in Japan in October. “Knowledge transfer”...

Pupils at Greenfield College were involved in a Skype call to Mr Watling, a PE Specialist working at newly-built Ranches Primary School in Dubai. During their Time 4 Success programme, pupils have been working on an enquiry based learning project focused around the question ‘What’s the point in working?’ and have been specifically looking...