By Paul Blythe A round-up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section. Under 7’s Reds – Competed in the Flamingo Land tournament at Flamingo Land and put in some very spirited and wonderful team performances. Lots of memories made on the day and the boys loved every second of both the tournament and the park...

Twelve primarily public sector organisations in County Durham which spend nearly £1 billion between them are working together to maximise benefits to the local area from their expenditure, councillors will hear next week. Durham County Council’s cabinet is to receive a report setting out progress to date on the County Durham Pound project...

Councillors at Durham County Council will hear how bus services have been supported throughout the challenges of the last year. The local authority’s cabinet will hear an annual update on the transport activity carried out under delegation from the North-East Joint Transport Committee from 2021 to 2022. When it meets on Wednesday,...

Sunderland RCA 2, Newton Aycliffe 1 By Bob Wood Newton Aycliffe slipped to their second defeat in a week with a disappointing result at Sunderland RCA. The 2-1 loss saw Whitley Bay overtake them to take the lead of the Ebac Northern League. The Newtonians conceded a goal on 12 minutes when a fine long range strike from former player...

The Pioneering Care Centre (PCC) is appealing for Community Garden volunteers to support its glorious green space. Volunteers can benefit from gardening too! Being out in the fresh air coupled with physical exercise releases endorphins to the brain, which reduces stress and boosts your mental wellbeing. Volunteers will be able to see...

A North East-based web design firm is aiming to create more new jobs after seeing sales and headcount more than double in recent years. Webahead Internet, based in Darlington, have added four new members to their team in the last month, taking their staff numbers to 50 – up from 22 just four years ago. And sales have grown from £1m to...

Lee Weldon's weekly round-up from the wicket... Saturday 3rd September – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Rockliffe Park 1st XI – weather was cloudy with heavy rain. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 150 all out after 47.4 overs Adam Gittins 33, Joe Teasdale 21 and Chris Palmer 17...

A support service funded by County Durham and Darlington Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen to help victims of crime is delivering huge improvements to health and wellbeing, new figures show. Results from the first three months of this year show free and confidential support provided by the Victim Care and Advice Service (VCAS) is having a...

County Durham will be one of nine areas to benefit from a £20m scheme to improve electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. Durham County Council has been successful in its bid to be part of the government’s highly sought-after Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) pilot scheme, which will see the multi-million-pound funding shared between the winning...

People can learn traditional skills including hedge laying, dry stone walling and masonry as part of a series of free courses. The Heritage Construction Skills Training programme is funded by Historic England and run on behalf of Bishop Auckland Heritage Action Zone by New College Durham. It aims to get individuals living or working in Bishop...