June 3rd, 20160319Members of Aycliffe Business Park can now take advantage of new funding available for micro and small business.
The Durham Coast and Lowlands LEADER programme offers grant funding for businesses looking to expand, enhance productivity and create jobs.
Grants of between £2,500 and £140,000 are available for a variety of outlays...
June 3rd, 201604297Members of a Newton Aycliffe gym have raised thousands of pounds for a charity which helped a young girl recover from an accident which permanently damaged her face.
It took 45 members of Aspire Fitness eight hours to walk 22 miles from Cholesford to Walltown Quarry – part of Hadrians Wall – to raise around £5,000 for Changing...
June 3rd, 201601574Mark Whitaker from Aycliffe firm Commercial Expert brings some useful financial advice...
Large corporate businesses have been using IRP for many years to help with planning.
But, more recently, banks started making this available at a lower borrowing level to smaller, less sophisticated borrowers.
Whilst this has caused some...
June 2nd, 201602307Aycliffe Club runners have participated in a 6.5 mile race and a regional track and field league, enjoying success.
Club runner Ian Wilks competed in the North East Masters track and field league at Monkton Stadium. He ran 85 seconds for the 400 meters, 3.03 for the 800 meters, 5.59 for 1500 meters and 12.44 for the 3000 meters. He...
June 1st, 201604809A Newton Aycliffe mum has been reunited permanently with her family, after a year-long hospital stay.
Nicola Maull, 44, was running a successful Prom dress shop when she was suddenly struck down with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMO) in June 2015.
The rare disease, which attacks the optic nerve and spinal cord affects...
June 1st, 201604733Tributes have been paid to a Newton Aycliffe man who died in a road accident at the weekend.
Wayne Seal, 46, was tragically killed in a collision on the B6282 Lands Road, Cockfield, South of Bishop Auckland, at 12.25am on Sunday morning.
His brother Garry said: “Wayne will be sadly missed by his family and many VW enthusiast...
May 31st, 201602278Aycliffe Juniors entered four teams in to a high profile tournament played in Bridlington over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The Under 8's played two tournaments one on Saturday then started again on Sunday. On the first day they had a record of playing three games, winning two, losing one and finishing second in the group. They...
May 31st, 201602607Sam Telford scored an impressive 117 on Bank Holiday Monday as Newton Aycliffe bounced back from defeat at Whitby on Saturday.
Here’s a round-up of the weekend’s cricket action...
Saturday 28th May – NYSD Division 2
Whitby 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was dry and cloudy. Whitby won the toss and Aycliffe were...
May 27th, 201602578With just over five weeks to go until the opening night of Kynren - An Epic Tale of England’, Woodham Academy students got the chance to visit the site to take a look behind the scenes at one of the biggest North East attractions.
The group of Year 10 students arrived at the venue in Bishop Auckland. This currently resembles a...
May 27th, 201602052Several major Newton Aycliffe employers, including Gestamp Tallent and Hitachi Rail Europe, have backed a campaign to remain in the European Union in an open letter of support.
Gestamp, which employs close to 1,400 people at its Aycliffe site, have joined Hitachi, which will employ 730 people when its £85m factory is fully...
