February 19th, 2018210895Sedgefield 40, Newton Aycliffe 19
By Ben Carpenter Merritt
Newton Aycliffe’s first XV travelled to local rivals and established Durham and Northumberland 2 team, Sedgefield.
Both teams have had a bad run of recent form, and both sides wanted the win. Aycliffe took to the field with a strong squad with only a few changes from...
February 19th, 201802346A celebrity academic visited Woodham Academy to help inspire the next generation of scientists.
Engineer and applied mathematician Dr Ian Johnston visited the school to give a presentation for Year 8 students and to take their questions.
Dr Johnston is the scientific expert and Richard Hammond’s aid on ‘Battle of the Geeks’...
February 16th, 201801809Companies are being urged to Make Their Mark by entering Aycliffe Business Park’s fourth annual awards competition.
Make Your Mark will single out the business park’s shining stars and recognise outstanding performances from the last year during a special event at the Xcel Centre, which is now being held on Thursday May 24.
The...
February 16th, 201833150A £6.8m grant for infrastructure improvements will enable 1,500 new homes to be built in Newton Aycliffe.
The cash has been awarded to Durham County Council through the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund.
It will be used to improve infrastructure in Newton Aycliffe, including roads and utilities, overcoming significant...
February 15th, 201811359Volunteers are to receive expert training to help them identify diseases that are attacking trees in the county as part of the Woodland Trust’s Observatree project.
Observatree is being run in partnership with the Durham Woodland Revival project, of which Durham County Council is a leading partner. Durham Woodland Revival has...
February 15th, 201801603Aycliffe-based companies can learn how to grow their businesses by signing up to a series of free workshops on Aycliffe Business Park.
This exclusive programme for Aycliffe businesses is being delivered by the Durham Business Opportunities Programme in partnership with Aycliffe Business Park Community.
The workshops will be...
February 14th, 201811464Aycliffe Running Club members participated in the North East Masters cross country championships at Darlington earlier this month.
Two club runners took home medals, with Alan Wilks taking the gold in his category and Michelle Zamir taking the bronze in hers.
The first race was for women 35 and over and men 65 and over. The course...
February 14th, 201821408Staff and councillors from Durham County Council have donated over 600 kilogrammes of food to Durham Food Bank.
Collected over the Christmas period, the foodbank donations provided 758 meals for those in need across County Durham and gave people practical support at a difficult time of year.
Cllr Jane Brown, Durham County...
February 14th, 201801778Newton Aycliffe-based Tekmar Energy has been named company of the year at Subsea UK's annual awards.
Tekmar, which has two bases on Aycliffe Business Park, is a market leader in the design, manufacture and supply of subsea cable, umbilical and flexible protection systems for the renewable energy and oil & gas industry.
The...
February 13th, 201821466Durham County Council has clinched a prestigious national ‘green’ award for the second year in a row – thanks to Operation Spruce Up.
The council has taken home the title of ‘campaign of the year’ at environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy’s Network Awards 2018 for Spruce Up, its programme to ‘clean up and ‘green up’...
