A North-East council hosted an event with international partners to share information on how to improve ways to get more businesses to become carbon neutral. As part of Durham County Council’s objective for County Durham to become carbon neutral, staff are taking part in SME Power, to learn from other authorities across Europe who are working...

Students from Greenfield Community College have been extending their language studies. The school’s Year 9 ‘Language Detectives’ graduated from their recent journey into different modern languages in conjunction with Durham University. The students visiting were welcomed with a tapas lunch hosted by Chairman of Durham County Council,...

More than 60 extra police officers will be on the streets of County Durham and Darlington to protect the public and deter crime and anti-social behaviour. Durham Constabulary has introduced a new shift pattern which will bolster the number of frontline officers available to deal with incidents and deter crime into the late evening and...

A leading logistics firm which has seen sales grow to £20m in the last four years is the latest big name to back a local business awards event. Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has joined the growing list of high-profile names to back Aycliffe Business Park’s Make Your Mark awards, in association with Husqvarna. The glamorous awards...

Newton Aycliffe 2, Penrith 2 By Andy McFarlane As much as a scoreline showing four goals makes it look an eventful game, this one only tells half the story. Aycliffe kicked off at 3pm and Penrith kicked off before 3.01pm as the home side got off to the best possible start. Liam Jarvie got straight in behind the Penrith defence to latch...

The valuable contribution social work teams make to the lives of communities in County Durham is to be recognised as part of this year’s World Social Work Day. World Social Work Day takes place on Tuesday (March 15) and Durham County Council is highlighting the work carried out by social care teams. This will link up with the theme of this...

Husqvarna manufacturing director Caraline Robinson introduces the first 2022 issue of Aycliffe Business, the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park… You’ll read in this edition about the return of Aycliffe Business Park’s Make Your Mark awards. As headline sponsors, we at Husqvarna are delighted to be involved, for several reasons. As...

International investigators from County Durham schools enjoyed a taste of different cultures at two language-themed celebration events at Durham Town Hall and Durham University. Pupils from the Language Detective programme – including some from Aycliffe’s Greenfield School – took part in a graduation ceremony and enjoyed a tasty tapas...

By Paul Dalton Another quiet week started with 29 members attending a parkrun, with representatives participating at the Cotsford Fields, Darlington South Park, Hackworth, Hamsterley Forest, Sedgefield and York events. At Sedgefield parkrun, Richard MacFarlane (26:53) and Ian Stothard (32:25) both recorded personal bests (PBs) for the event,...

Durham Constabulary has teamed up with the County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) to train six CSIs as fire scene investigators in a bid to combat arson within the community. The CSIs collaborated on a training program with CDDFRS to qualify to the Skills for Justice Awards in Fire Investigators standard. The CSI team...