January 30th, 201901399By Donna Campbell
This week's report isn't so much of a race report rather a club report.
There was unusually no racing this weekend but there were two PB's achieved at Shildon Parkrun. Well done to Richard Holland for PB of 20.22 and John Richardson in 25.18. A further PB was obtained by Carly Gibson at Chester le Street in...
January 30th, 201901338With the amount of plastic produced worldwide each year expected to rise to 400 million tonnes by 2020, councillors are to review work underway to tackle use of unnecessary single use plastics.
Durham County Council’s cabinet will hear about the significant work the council and its partners have already done to reduce waste from...
January 30th, 201901471Newton Aycliffe-based Commercial Expert has kicked off the new year in style by completing one of its biggest deals to date.
The growing commercial finance firm – headed up by managing director Mike Coates, pictured above – has finalised a £1.6m bridging loan for a London-based property company.
A quick bridge was required to...
January 29th, 201901899Councillors will be asked to back plans for a major cycling event with the potential to boost County Durham’s economy by millions of pounds next week.
Durham County Council has been invited to co-host a mass-participation closed-road cycling event this September.
If approved, Vélo North would coincide with the 2019 Year of...
January 29th, 201901484The football season continued for the Aycliffe Juniors teams with plenty of teams in action and some great results.
The development players enjoyed a friendly with the Under 6’s playing against the newer Under 7 players to give them some match experience. This was enjoyed by all with some great skills on show.
The Under 7’s...
January 29th, 2019147023A doting dad is taking on the iconic London Marathon to raise funds for Newcastle-based charity, The Tiny Lives Trust.
Martin Butterworth will be tackling the notorious 26.2-mile race on Sunday 28th April 2019, to raise funds for Tiny Lives, after his daughter Esther Rose was born three months prematurely.
The North Yorkshire born...
January 29th, 201903093A small mixed-use retail development and a trade park will form the first phase of a major new development on Aycliffe Business Park, it has been revealed.
The owners of the Forrest Park site – a 55-hectare development which is hoped will create 3,200 new jobs – are due to submit their application to Durham County Council (DCC) at...
January 28th, 201901532People in County Durham are being invited to help shape the future of their area by taking part in three major consultations.
Durham County Council will be asking people for their views on the latest stage of the County Durham Plan as well as two new strategies looking at housing and homelessness.
The consultations began on Friday...
January 28th, 201901410A family ticket for a drawing workshop with a famous illustrator is the fantastic prize on offer in a children’s art competition.
The competition, which is running across all County Durham libraries, asks children to draw a character inspired by illustrator Nick Sharratt.
Nick, who is best known for illustrating Dame Jacqueline...
January 27th, 201901407West Auckland 0, Newton Aycliffe 1
By Bob Wood
Aycliffe's new manager Colin Stromsoy saw his side take its first win in seven league outings at West Auckland on Saturday.
Skipper Dan Mitton returned from injury to put in a man-of-the-match performance in the centre of defence while Josh Home-Jackson scored the only goal of the...
