Woodham Academy’s successful Sports Academy provides students with the opportunity to practise and improve in a variety of sports, expanding upon the provision of physical activity in students’ Core PE lessons. The afterschool sessions are free and run by experienced staff or external coaches, to offer students a fun and inclusive...

Local businesses will get to learn more about the latest multi-million pound development on Aycliffe Business Park at a conference next week. Aycliffe Business Park Community is hosting its next News and Networking meeting at The Work Place on Friday, March 18 (from 8.15am). Delegates at the event will hear from Adrian Goodall of Rokeby...

By Paul Blythe A round up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section... The recent heavy rain, ensure numerous postponements across the fixture list for Aycliffe’s teams. Under 10’s Juniors – Travelled away to Eaglescliffe Elementis in what proved to be a game of “two halves”. Aycliffe dominated the first half...

Officers from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit held a mobile phone campaign last week with 26 drivers being fined for putting others at risk by using their phones at the wheel. All offenders were men aged between 23 and 59 in a mix of cars and vans across the Cleveland and Durham force areas. Each will be reported for the...

A team of business students from Teesside University has won the Greggs Marketing Challenge, developing a successful campaign concept for the well-known bakery brand. The competition, which took place at Newcastle Business School, saw North East universities come together to tackle a real-world marketing challenge. Teesside University’s...

Durham County Council is looking to review its community engagement services to ensure support continues to be provided for residents. The local authority’s cabinet will next week be asked to note progress into a review of the authority’s community engagement services, including its 14 Area Action Partnerships. For the last 12 years AAPs...

Sedgefield Water Polo Club entered a men's team into the British Water Pool League Division 5 for the first time in the club’s history in the 2021-22 season. With players from as young as 16-years-old, they finished phase 1 of the league second in the table, which qualified them into the Championship Four play-offs which could win them...

Teesside University has been awarded the Putting the Customer First Standard accreditation in recognition of its excellent customer and business services for the seventh time in a row. Launched by Customer First UK, the national accreditation identifies organisations which go above and beyond to deliver outstanding services to customers. It...

County Durham residents who use British Sign Language (BSL) can now access the support of an interpreter to contact their local council. Following a successful trial, Durham County Council is working in partnership with SignVideo to connect deaf or hard of hearing residents to an interpreter, who will provide live access to customer...

A North-East boxing legend visited a community veterans hub in Newton Aycliffe this week. During his illustrious nine-year career, six foot-four boxer Glenn McCrory, nicknamed ‘The Gentleman’, held the IBF Cruiserweight from 1989 to 1990 – claiming 30 wins from 39 fights. During his heyday, he faced Lennox Lewis in 1991, and was a...