An initiative to tackle stray horses in part of County Durham is rounding up a feast of rewards. The initiative has not only improved road safety and horse welfare, it has also led to the team responsible being nominated for two national awards. The operation was a joint Durham Constabulary and Durham County Council response to the horse...

A group of year nine students from Woodham Academy recently visited Nissan UK in Sunderland. The students visited the plant to investigate possible career paths in the Engineering and Manufacturing sector. While at the plant students got to meet a number of engineers working for the company and find out about their careers and job...

South Durham businesses can book their places for a networking breakfast to get top tips on better ways to drive to save fuel and increase efficiency. It is all part of being asked to do the Local Motion, a new green transport initiative delivered by Durham County Council. Companies will be giving top tips on how they can radically...

Tackling waste is top of the agenda as County Durham residents are reminded to think about the amount they produce from their households. It all comes with the annual European Waste Reduction Week (November 17–25), a week aimed at raising awareness of the need to prevent waste. Last year the UK was one of 32 countries taking part. In...

Businesses are getting the chance to boldly go where they may have never been before when a hugely successful space conference comes to County Durham again next year. Registering for Spacetech 2013 (Thursday March 21) at NETPark (North East Technology Park) is just one small step but could be a giant leap into breaking into the weird and...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe’s library will open less from the New Year as part of Durham Council’s huge cost-cutting measures. The authority must save around £190m – and reducing library opening hours will enable it to shave £1.457m a year. Aycliffe will only suffer a reduction of 12 hours over the course of a full week,...

Brodie Millichap picks out this week’s TV highlights… Five Picks Of The Week The All New Gadget Show: Monday 8pm, Channel 5. Jason Bradbury and Pollyanna Woodward travel to Israel where they take a dip in the Red Sea to test two underwater cameras. Elsewhere they visit an event for technology enthusiasts. Heston’s Fantastical...

Aycliffe NPT Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today… Hello again, It seems like a lifetime since my last blog - unfortunately, with the best will in the world, operational commitments often interrupt well-meant intentions. It's just as well I didn't end my last blog on a cliff-hanger... So, what's...

Colin McNeillie's gallery of action pictures from Newton Aycliffe's 5-1 win at home to Team Northumbria on Saturday are below. Aycliffe climbed out of the relegation zone with their second successive victory, following their 5-0 win at Norton last Wednesday - that's 10 goals in two games, only one conceded, Aycliffe's first back-to-back...

Tony Blair had to cancel a high-profile appearance in Newton Aycliffe on Friday night – but that didn’t stop a dinner to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Sedgefield Constituency. Almost 400 guests packed into the Xcel Centre’s impressive auditorium for the £75-a-head do, organised by Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson and his team. Mr...