January 21st, 20220940The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) in Newton Aycliffe is proud to welcome the addition of a wheelchair accessible woodland garden.
PCP Lead Community Garden Volunteer, David Cockburn, is bringing a vision to life with the helping hands of missionaries from as far as Arizona.
Work is currently underway to transform PCP’s...
January 21st, 202201179A local entrepreneur will form part of what will be a slightly different Q&A format when businesses gather for an event on Aycliffe Business Park next month.
Aycliffe Business Park Community’s next news and networking event in February will feature a Q&A session with Craig Jones, CEO of Rare Rockets.
Rare Rockets, based...
January 20th, 202201099By Paul Dalton
The cold weather conditions led to the cancellation of the parkruns in Darlington South Park and Hackworth Park last Saturday – but the club was still represented by 15 members across the Durham, Hamsterley Forest, Sedgefield, Stewart and York events.
Carley Cooper and Ian Stothard both celebrated parkrun...
January 20th, 202201187The Durham Police and Crime Panel is looking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic individual to become an independent co-opted member.
The purpose of the panel is to assist the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Durham and Darlington by providing independent challenge as a critical friend.
The panel is made up of seven...
January 19th, 202201200By Paul Blythe
A round up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section.
Development – Had a wonderful turnout with eighteen children attending a great training session provided by Jack. There were also considerable numbers at Under 7’s training with twenty children attending. The trainer of the week was Reggie...
January 19th, 202201163World-class playground designers have started work on an enchanting new children’s adventure play area inside a mysterious forest in Raby Castle’s grounds.
The project is part of a wider development, known as The Rising, that promises to attract new visitors to the area and create outstanding recreation for the local...
January 19th, 20220952A revamp project is set to shine new light onto historic Durham Cathedral.
A team has been working carefully to develop a new lighting scheme that will be more efficient and reduce carbon emissions by employing the latest LED technology.
Durham County Council is embarking on the specialist programme to replace the site’s current...
January 18th, 20220835Greenfield Arts are due to host their annual Open Art Exhibition ‘Our Place’ in March.
The exhibition allows for artists working in a range of mediums to participate, including areas such as painting, drawing, writing, photography and textiles or performance arts.
This year, Greenfield Arts are celebrating a sense of place,...
January 18th, 202201081Charitable council staff have donated toys and equipment to help young people receiving care at a Durham City hospital.
Kind-hearted members of Durham County Council’s DurhamWorks team collected gifts and essential equipment for the Tree Tops ward and Children’s A&E department of University North Durham Hospital.
The...
January 17th, 202201555Thornaby 0, Newton Aycliffe 2
By Bob Wood
Despite almost a month's layoff Newton Aycliffe showed no sign of rustiness as they took three points at second-placed Thornaby on Saturday.
Goals from Andrei Ardelean and Ben Reay sealed Aycliffe's third win of the season over the Teesside team.
Aycliffe started the game strongly...