A new £1.5m scheme is set to help hundreds of County Durham families to get out of the unemployment trap. It will give specialist and intensive support to the families who need it the most – helping those with a long history of worklessness to overcome the barriers they face in finding employment. The Families with Multiple Problems...

Brodie Millichap picks out this week’s TV highlights… Picks of the week Farewell Becky, Tuesday ITV1 7.30pm After six years of playing feisty Becky, Katherine Kelly is leaving the Street this week after she reveals Tracy to be the deceitful, vindictive bride-to-be that the viewers have come to see. This show celebrates Becky’s...

As Aycliffe Today launched itself to the world this morning, and makes its way onto the timeline, we pick out a few other choice happenings to have occurred on this wonderful day in history... Making history... In 1930, Bernard Matthews, the founder of Bernard Matthews Farms Limited, a company that is best-known for farming turkeys and...

Electrical Fire Safety Week (January 23-29) The Fire Kills campaign together with County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service are warning people not to let electrical failures set their world alight as part of Electrical Fire Safety Week this 23-29 January. Shocking statistics show that half of all accidental house fires in...

A possible new way of safeguarding leisure and cultural services for the future will be considered by Durham County Council’s Cabinet this week (Wednesday). In light of large scale reductions in Government grants the council must make savings of at least £145.8M over the next five years. As a result the authority is looking at new...

Billingham Town 0, Newton Aycliffe 5 By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe moved to within three points of the top of the Northern League first division, after a 5-0 thrashing of Billingham Town. With West Auckland, Whitley Bay and Dunston all busy with FA Vase commitments, the Newtonians took full advantage to move up to fifth, while...

By Glen Robertson Durham Wildcats were denied a famous victory over local rivals Newcastle Eagles by a late surge from the current BBL leaders, who ran out 101-94 winners on Saturday. In front of a near sell-out Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre, the Wildcats led their illustrious neighbours until six-minutes from the end of the contest,...

A North East pay-by-results telemarketing firm is celebrating its on-going success after doubling its workforce and increasing its services to keep up with an expanding client base. Touchstone Leads, based in Shildon, County Durham, has made an excellent start to 2012 by appointing three new business development team members to meet client...

The town’s Rotary Club invite anyone interested in applying to be a sponsored candidate for a trip to Brazil later this year. This is an opportunity for a professional person to widen their experience by joining the North East Rotary Group Study Cultural Exchange visit to Brazil departing for 4-6 weeks in May. Candidates must be aged...

Phil Wilson has given an exclusive one-to-one interview to Aycliffe Today to celebrate the website’s launch. The Sedgefield MP was delighted to hear about the town’s new website, and was keen to sit down and discuss a handful of local issues. The first part of Mr Wilson’s interview, which is just over seven minutes long, is now...