June 30th, 201602563Pioneering Care Partnership’s (PCP) Buddies Befriending Service is offering residents of Great Aycliffe and Middridge (over 50 years) the chance to go along to one of the following day trips.
Places must be booked in advance and the following dates are available:
Archers Ice-cream Farm, 28th July 10-2pm
South Shields Park &...
June 30th, 201603391Hardwick Hall Hotel was filled with excited students and immensely proud parents on Tuesday evening as everyone awaited the results of the Woodham Sports Academy Presentation Evening.
The annual awards night is always well attended and this year was no different.
Joined by Durham County Cricketer Keaton Jennings, the crowd were...
June 29th, 201603556Great Aycliffe Village Hall Association is celebrating the completion of refurbishment works and taking ownership of the ever popular Village Hall.
The £20,000 makeover has been made possible through Durham County Council’s Community Buildings Asset Transfer Programme, with 30% of cost being funded through the Great Aycliffe and...
June 29th, 201602349Newton Aycliffe businesses are being offered a digital ‘tune-up’ by the world’s experts.
Business Durham has teamed up with the experts at Google to bring the Digital Garage Pop-Up to help firms get the most out of online marketing.
The free event is a perfect opportunity for SME's wanting to ensure that they are making the...
June 29th, 201604305Past and present residents of Newton Aycliffe are invited to make history at a unique event marking 70 years of new towns in the UK.
The Recommission for New Towns is a public conference aimed at uncovering untold stories about life in new towns across the country.
Organiser Jonny Matfin, 34 (pictured above), said: “A lot has...
June 28th, 201602462A stairlift manufacturer, which exports across the globe, is targeting new markets selling direct to consumers in the UK.
Newton Aycliffe manufacturer MediTek Stairlifts, which also has a site in North Carolina in the US, exports more than 3,000 of its lifts per year across Europe, Australia and America.
But now the company, which...
June 28th, 201601966Durham County Council is calling on the government to honour its commitment to funding any new burdens imposed on local authorities.
The call is being made specifically in advance of planned changes to how deaths are certified, which are predicated to put additional budget pressures on the council.
The Ministry of Justice is...
June 28th, 201601974Durham County Council’s cabinet has approved the allocation of an extra £500,000 to help over 25-year-olds from across the county improve their job prospects.
The funding will come from the Welfare Assistance Scheme and will be transferred to the council’s Employment and Employability Initiatives scheme.
The funding will help...
June 28th, 201602380Durham County Council has teamed up with a national retailer to urge people to recycle more.
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s is backing the national Good to Know campaign run locally by the council, which aims to encourage people who already recycle to do a little bit more.
Sainsbury's Arnison Centre Durham store has already been...
June 27th, 2016011074A man who asked youths to be quiet has been left with serious injuries after an assault in Newton Aycliffe.
Officers were called to Dalton Way in the town just before 11.30pm on Saturday (25th June) after receiving reports of an injured man lying in the street.
It is believed that the victim, a 44-year-old local man, had left his...
