By Martin Walker Two schools looking to strengthen their partnership by joining forces insist they're not merging. Plans have been unveiled to combine Greenfield Community College and Sunnydale College, in Shildon, to save money and provide a wider curriculum. Durham County Council is looking at disbanding the schools’ governing...

A new website is making it easier for parents and their young ones to find out what’s on in the region with just one click. Durham County Council’s Early Intervention Service are encouraging young people and their families to take part in positive activities and things to do together as a family and are making information more readily...

Women and girls from across Durham will come together to run the Race For Life as a group this weekend. Durham County Council’s Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) youth workers have been working with young people across the county to train for the annual fundraiser for Cancer Research. More than 80 runners, including staff and...

Dan Lewis is already loving his new role with Newton Aycliffe – and says the club are almost ready to announce their first big event of the new season. Lewis was appointed Aycliffe’s new general manager earlier this month, with his main role to oversee all of the club’s off-field affairs. And the former Durham University boss is...

Fans of Newton Aycliffe are once more uniting in support of their football team as they embark on a Sponsored Walk to watch their club tackle reigning Northern League Champions Spennymoor Town. The trip, measuring nine miles, mirrors that taken by 18 fans and staff members last November, which helped raise over £1,600 for the club to...

Woodham College launched a new Sports Academy in front of a packed main hall on Tuesday night. More than a hundred young people and their parents attended the launch of Woodham Sports Academy, which will offer high-quality coaching opportunities to elite athletes in a range of sports. These include football, dance, basketball, American...

By Martin Walker Two local criminals have been brought to justice after they were caught thieving. As revealed by Aycliffe Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards in his regular blog on Aycliffe Today, Kyle Mawson, 25, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court recently charged with shoplifting offences. He received a conditional discharge...

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) have established an agreement with the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) to support participation in life-long learning whilst building upon the Government’s national learning initiatives. The Learning Agreement was signed by Director of Community Protection, Stuart Errington and the...

Woodham Community Technology College held its annual Maths Challenge last week. Students from Woodham Community Technology College and Sunnydale School were challenged by pupils from Vane Road, Stephenson Way and Timothy Hackworth primary schools last Wednesday (4th July). The aim of the day is to offer the more able mathematicians in...

Brodie Millichap picks out this week’s TV highlights... Five Picks of the Week Faster, Higher, Stronger: Monday 7pm, BBC2 (pictured) With the London Olympics around the corner, the BBC brings us a new series which looks back at all the history and flavour of the Olympic Games. The first part of the series, which concludes on Thursday,...