A leading manufacturing and engineering group has announced the success of a progressive investment project, which saw the installation of one of the country's largest solar photo-voltaic energy systems. Following an in-depth case study into sustainable power and energy efficiency measures across the group of companies, Shildon-based Bignall...

A support group which helps people affected by cancer including their relatives and carers is celebrating securing funding from Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP). Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group was set up by Allison White in 2014 and now has more than 20 members. The group meets every month at Newton Aycliffe Youth and...

MP Phil Wilson has welcomed the announcement of plans to invest £10m at the struggling Durham Tees Valley Airport. Airport owners the Peel Group says it’s pledging £5m to begin opening up the potential for attracting jobs and investment on land south of the runway. A further £5m has also been earmarked, subject to the satisfactory...

North East businesses have indicated their workforce is growing at fastest rate in 20 years. In its most recent Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) of members, the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) has found that the workforce score is higher now than at any point since this survey started in 1995. After surveying members from across the...

Councillors have given the green light for a solar farm to be built near Newton Aycliffe. The application, by Lightsource Renewable Energy, is to convert two fields off School Aycliffe Lane into a solar farm that would generate enough electricity to power 1,200 homes. In total the site would measure around 24 acres. Members of Darlington...

Brian Riley and the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) team are currently looking for two new board members from the public representative sector. This is an exciting opportunity for residents from Great Aycliffe and Middridge area who have a keen interest in the local community to join a dynamic and proactive Board, who have...

Buyer beware! That’s the stark warning being issued by the RSPCA, Durham Constabulary and Durham County Council as the agencies join forces to tackle the heartbreak caused by unlicensed and unscrupulous puppy traders. Sick and dying puppies, poor housing conditions and paperwork which is either non-existent or fake are amongst a raft of...

Children in the North East waiting to be adopted are to be found stable, loving homes more quickly, thanks to brand new online maps published today which will help would-be-adopters find the child to complete their forever family. So far in 2014-15, 270 children in the North East have been placed in the permanent home they desperately needed,...

Newton Aycliffe-based manufacturer Ebac has secured funding of £10.5m, including £5.5m of new facilities, from RBS Invoice Finance, RBS and Lombard. Ebac manufacture bottled water coolers and dehumidifiers and earlier this year announced plans to become the first UK-based appliance maker in 10 years to manufacture washing machines in the...

A Newton Aycliffe family say they're relieved to be home after their two-week Tunisian holiday was cut short following last Friday's terrorist attacks. Shaun and Loraine Saunders, and their 10-year-old daughter Kai, were staying at the Marhaba Salem hotel in Sousse, less than a mile away from the Marhaba Imperial, when 38 tourists were shot...