Sarah Slaven has been appointed as the permanent managing director of Business Durham, Durham County Council’s business support service, following a recruitment process. Sarah – an Aycliffe Business Park Community board member – previously held the post of operations director at Business Durham before taking on the position of interim MD...

Know a foster carer with an inspiring story who has done some amazing work caring for children? Durham County Council is looking for nominations for foster carers to be recognised at an awards ceremony. Next month, the local authority will be hosting its Foster Care Star Awards, which recognises the outstanding achievements of foster carers...

A community crisis project in Newton Aycliffe has received cash support to fund a new community garden. Junction 7 – a crisis intervention programme for the residents of the West ward area of the town – has received £8,354 in funding from Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP). The money will be used to start renovations to...

News that a programme providing tailored support to vulnerable families has been extended for three years has been welcomed by Durham County Council. As part of the government’s £200m extension of the National Supporting Families Programme, the local authority and its partners will receive almost £2.2m to build on the success of the...

An organisation which champions local food, drink and arts and crafts producers is giving dozens of micro-brands a route to market, as it prepares to mark its second birthday. Discovering Durham – which is run by passionate entrepreneurs Liza Johnson of The Tea Enthusiasts, Dawn Wilson of The Glass Raven and Matty Booth, who founded the...

Newton Aycliffe 1, Guisborough Town 0 By Bob Wood Newton Aycliffe FC returned to winning ways on Saturday with a victory over Guisborough Town, maintaining their sixth place in Ebac Northern League Division One. A first half goal from Marc Costello (pictured above), who overtakes Aaron Brown in the club’s all-time goalscorer chart, was...

Plans to submit new bids for multi-million pound government Levelling Up funding and investment in regeneration aimed at improving the lives of residents in County Durham will be discussed by councillors this week. Durham County Council’s cabinet will hear how investment could be earmarked for feasibility studies for Levelling Up bids to...

Details of the £200m airport business park set to be established on the southside of Teesside International Airport – and which will create thousands of skilled, well-paid jobs – have been unveiled today. Plans for such a development had been proposed for years but following the deal to take the airport in to public ownership by Tees...

An image of Her Majesty The Queen is being projected onto the headquarters of the North East’s largest council to mark the beginning of the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations this year. The projection, which was launched last night, will be in place at County Hall in Durham City until Sunday, February 6, which will be the 70th...

Durham Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen received the go-ahead from the County's Police and Crime Panel on her financial plans to boost policing in County Durham and Darlington. The commissioner presented her proposals to boost local policing which will see 1,365 officers by March 2023 (an increase of 90 on the previous year) – made up...