Non-urgent police queries can now be submitted online 24 hours a day thanks to the expansion of Durham Constabulary’s 101 Live Chat facility. From today, the force’s 101 Live Chat will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week; previously the service was only available daily from 9am to 6pm. The function allows members of the...

By Berni Borsberry With over half our teams having no scheduled game or having their match postponed, those that did play had a mixed bag of results Middlesbrough 0 v 1 U12 Girls Middlesbrough put Aycliffe under a lot of pressure throughout the game. However, the girls coped well, dealing with the pressure and kept on searching for...

Eight Year 10 BTEC Sport students from Woodham Academy were selected to assist with the running of a primary school indoor athletics event. The event was run by ‘Go Well’, who are organisers of school sports competitions and games. A number of local primary schools entered the indoor athletics event at Aycliffe Leisure Centre, ready...

By Paul Blythe Here’s a round-up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section… Under 7’s Juniors –Played against Washington NSG FC Cobras. The team stayed focused throughout the game and played some great football, with goals from Lincoln, Colton, Felix & Reign. MOTM went to Felix who had great all-round...

In every issue of our Aycliffe Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner/leader to ask them 20 questions about a variety of subjects. In our latest issue, we feature Penny Gordon. Penny and husband Paul own and run The Fish Tank on Aycliffe Business Park – winners of the Best Newcomer category...

Greenfield Arts are looking forward to their popular free festive craft opportunities. Attendees can join artist Dawn Belshaw for our seasonal activity and make a wreath to take away and decorate your home. Sessions will be held on Thursday, December 22, 1.30-3pm (Greenfield Arts) and Friday, December 23, 10.30am-12noon (Shildon Civic...

By Steven Dawson Two members took part in the 70th Brampton to Carlisle 10 Mile Race last week. John Surtees was first back for the club in a time of 59:04. Next back was Tracey Surtees finishing in a time of 1:09:25 On Saturday 26 September, an amazing 19 Members took part in the Ravenstone 10k road race. That included Gareth Kyle...

It’s ‘snow’ joke that Mr and Mrs Claus are coming to town! Local residents are invited to the Pioneering Care Centre’s Festive Fayre on Saturday, December 10, from 10am until 2pm. Get in the ‘be-yule-tiful’ Christmas spirit with Santa’s Grotto, a magician, a festive face painter and over 25 stalls selling festive goods for...

The North-East has been selected as the location for a major tourism project which aims to attract more investment, welcome more sporting, business and cultural events, support business growth, create new jobs, and boost domestic and international tourist numbers. Tourism boards, known as Destination Management Organisations (DMOs), help...

Innovation has generally been recognised as essential for value creation, both for individual companies and for the UK economy as a whole. The development of new ideas, processes and technologies and their flow across different sectors is a significant driver of economic growth and productivity. Recently, innovation has also been...