Woodham Sports Academy is delighted to announce that its presentation evening will take place next month. The evening at Hardwick Hall in Sedgefield, on Monday 7th July, will start at 7pm and will finish around about 9pm. Keynote speaker is George Courtney, a retired headteacher and professional referee who has officiated in some of the...

By Martin Walker Work today officially started on a £40,000 Multi Use Games Area at Horndale Park in the town. Determined members of the Horndale Residents Association (HRA) have relentlessly campaigned and fundraised over the last two years to finance the facility, known as a MUGA. Great Aycliffe Town Council has provided the land...

Police have released CCTV images of three people suspected of stealing fuel from vehicles on Aycliffe Business Park at the weekend. Two men and a woman were pictured on CCTV entering Permoid Industries on Horndale Avenue at about 9.50pm on Sunday (22nd June) before taking the diesel from two wagons. CCTV footage from the scene shows a...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe police officers are appealing for information after fuel was stolen from vehicles on Aycliffe Business Park. Two men and a woman are pictured on CCTV images stealing the diesel from two wagons at Permoid Industries on Horndale Avenue at about 9.50pm on Sunday (22nd June). CCTV footage from the scene...

By Martin Walker Firms on Aycliffe Business Park can discover ways of winning business from Durham County Council at a special event this week. The Aycliffe Business Park Community is hosting the best practice event at South West Durham Training (SWDT) from 8am until about 10am on Friday (27th June). Adam Smith from Durham County’s...

The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) has been recognised for “outstanding contributions to improving the UK’s health and wellbeing” at a national awards event in London. PCP was one of only 20 organisations, out of 420, shortlisted for a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Kings Fund Impact Award. The GSK IMPACT Awards, run in partnership with...

Business Durham, the economic development company for County Durham, hosted a workshop to outline opportunities for businesses to break into the expanding rail sector. It comes on the back of Hitachi’s £82 million train factory investment in Newton Aycliffe which is bringing 730 jobs to the region. The event, held at Ramside Hall in...

Budding sports writers from Newton Aycliffe visited Durham Cricket Club as part of a school partnership. Year 10 students from Woodham Academy were able to hone their journalistic skills while covering the Durham Jets T20 game against Leicester Foxes last Friday. The school enjoys a good working relationship with Durham County Cricket...

A Teesside-based ports firm which has locations across the UK has expanded to Aycliffe Business Park. PD Ports has opened a project and commercial office in Newton Aycliffe to complement its Teessport head office. The company, which offers end-to-end supply chain solutions, operates at many key UK ports and logistics centres –...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe’s first team maintained their promotion hopes with a hard-fought win at bottom side Thornaby at the weekend. Aycliffe, who are in their first season in the NYSD League second division after winning promotion from the third tier last summer, beat Thornaby’s second team by 31 runs on...