Staff and elected members at Durham County Council will celebrate civilian and uniformed personnel on a national day to honour the armed forces community. The local authority is flying the official armed forces flag at County Hall to mark Armed Forces Day on Saturday, June 24 and Reserves Day on Wednesday, June 21. The Armed Forces Day flag...

Lee Weldon's weekly round-up from the wicket... Saturday 17th June – NYSD Division 2 Barnard Castle 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was warm and cloudy. Barnard Castle won the toss and chose to bat first. Barnard Castle 2nd XI 323 for 7 after 50 overs Terence Smit 2 for 40, Luke Telford 2 for 79 and Matty Greaves 1 for...

Four County Durham residents including a prolific fundraiser from Newton Aycliffe have been recognised for outstanding service to their communities. Newtonian Brian Nichol received Durham County Council’s Chairman’s Medal – the highest honour that the council award to individuals and organisations for outstanding voluntary contributions...

As part of Woodham Academy’s Leadership Academy, students from year 10 have recently completed the expedition section of the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. This involved working collectively as a team to navigate their way round the Barnard Castle countryside whilst being completely self-sufficient for the weekend. To prepare for the...

By Steven Dawson It has been another busy week for Aycliffe Running Club with members taking part in some iconic races this week. This started with two members taking part in the monthly mile at South Shields on Wednesday, June 7. Melanie Rowland (8:20) and Ian Stothard (9:45) both setting new personal bests for the event. Friday,...

Residents will be able to have their say on a new housing strategy for County Durham. Durham County Council’s cabinet will hear the initial Principle and Priorities for the council’s new Housing Strategy for 2024 this week, which will update and replace the strategy agreed in 2019. The Principle and Priorities paper outlines draft...

Newton Aycliffe-based Excelpoint has revealed it is sponsoring the highly anticipated TechNExt No-Code Arcade, which is expected to bring 3,000 delegates to the region. The event will take place on June 21 and 22 at Northumbria University in Newcastle. In addition to the event sponsorship, Excelpoint CEO Ian Brown will share his expertise...

Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen has welcomed a new national report which warns the current police funding system is not “fit for purpose”. In his annual State of Policing report, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, Andy Cooke, said the present system for allocating police funding was ‘well...

Lee Weldon's weekly round-up from the wicket... Saturday 10th June – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Darlington 2nd XI – weather was hot and sunny. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first. Darlington 2nd XI 285 for 5 declared after 47 overs Matty Greaves 2 for 39, Sam Telford 1 for 22 and James...

County Durham’s roads are set to benefit from a funding boost of over £2.5m. Durham County Council has been awarded £2.64m by the Department for Transport for the repair and prevention of potholes across the county. The money will help strengthen the council’s rolling programme of resurfacing and sealing road surfaces. This is in...