A Newton Aycliffe student who suffered life-changing disabilities after a stroke four years ago is flying to the Netherlands this week to support competitors at the Invictus Games. Simon Peacock has spoken of his delight after being selected from more than 350 international applicants to volunteer at the international sporting event at The...

A leading figure in the field of academic and industrial collaboration has been appointed to a newly-created role to drive forward Teesside University’s acclaimed Higher and Degree Apprenticeship (HDA) offer. Jo Burgess will join the university’s senior management team as director of apprenticeships, with a remit to develop apprenticeship...

There were grins to rival the Cheshire cats, as nine County Durham families were invited to a Mad Hatters Tea Party. The Macmillan Joining the Dots service was kindly gifted 40 tickets from The Angel Trust to the lavish event on Saturday 10th April, from 12 noon until 4pm, at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield. Through dedicated partnership...

West Allotment Celtic 1, Newton Aycliffe 1 By Andy McFarlane Newton Aycliffe drew their second game on Tyneside in the space of three days as a late Jake Petitjean goal secured a point against a West Allotment side who came into the game on the back of a seven-game unbeaten run. Aycliffe went into the game with a depleted squad as a...

In every issue of our Aycliffe Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner/leader to ask them 20 questions about a variety of subjects. In our latest edition, Ebac chairman John Elliott answers our 20 questions over a cuppa… 1: What do you do? A: I'm the executive chairman of Ebac, which...

Representatives from a committee that advises the government on climate change have visited County Durham. The chairman and chief executive of the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) found out how Durham County Council is working towards its net zero carbon target for the area. The committee is undertaking a tour of the UK to better...

A team of year 10 and 11 students from Woodham Academy have won a local football tournament. Competing in their first tournament for two years, due to Covid, they were competing in the tournament hosted by Darlington College and the Martin Gray Football Academy at Eastbourne Sports Complex. Woodham Academy played some scintillating football,...

By Paul Dalton We start this week’s round-up with the final race in the Darlington Trail Winter 5K Series, which took place on Wednesday, April 30. The race took place in the South Park in Darlington and followed the same route as the Darlington South Park parkrun. First home for the club and finishing in third place overall on the...

With major investments planned and ambitions to bring national attention to the area, County Durham has much to look forward to over the coming year. Despite navigating two years of the pandemic, Durham County Council has secured significant funding for investment and has set out plans reflecting the ambition of the region’s largest local...

By Paul Blythe A round up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section… Under 6 Juniors – Had two practice games against Herrington. Aycliffe battled hard in the first game against a good team, in the second game Aycliffe got a well-deserved draw with goals from coming from Lincoln, Reign, Colton and Felix. A great...