By Adam Cayless All teams paid their respects this weekend with a minute’s silence to remember those who bravely gave their lives so we can have ours. Lest we forget U9’s Whites played Hebburn this morning and took a commanding lead in the first half but, Hebburn battled back and ended up grabbing a draw at the end. A great game the lads...

Roads policing officers will again be supporting a national operation aimed at taking uninsured drivers off the roads. Op Drive Insured, which is led by the Motors Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) and supported by the National Police Chief’s Council, takes place from Monday 15th November for one week. Officers from the Cleveland and Durham...

New teacher training courses being delivered by Teesside University are helping to ensure that vital skills crucial to the economic growth of the Tees Valley are retained within the region. The new Teesside University Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programmes have been designed and delivered in partnership with local schools and colleges to...

Whickham 1, Newton Aycliffe 0 By Bob Wood It was a frustrating night for Newton Aycliffe at the First Mortgage Glebe Sports Ground as Brian Atkinson fell to a narrow defeat in his first game in charge of the club. A scrappy affair was settled in the 11th minute when Declan Bisset’s whipped freekick evaded everyone in the penalty area,...

Councillors will next week hear about the progress that has been made to improve digital connectivity for communities across County Durham. In 2013, Durham County Council established its Digital Durham programme to help enhance digital connectivity across the county, including supporting the delivery of a superfast broadband scheme. On...

Newton Aycliffe-based tech firm Excelpoint has announced a restructure across its operations designed to enable further growth. The new structure supports plans to establish Excelpoint as the leading no-code software supplier in the UK, with an added focus on building on its current global reach. CEO Ian Brown will lead the ambitious growth...

Ground-breaking research led by staff at Teesside University could lead to new approaches in treating aggressive childhood cancers more effectively. Academics based at the University’s National Horizons Centre have been studying the genetics of aggressive lymphoma and have discovered a link between a specific gene and the survival rate of...

Newton Aycliffe FC has confirmed the appointment of Brian Atkinson as the club’s new manager. Brian returns to the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium 10 years after departing the club where he formed part of Allan Oliver’s coaching team. Brian spent five years at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium and played a huge role in the clubs rise from the...

By Paul Dalton We start this week’s round up with a whizz around the parkruns on Saturday morning. Thirty-three members took on the weekly 5K run, with the club represented at the Hackworth, Hamsterley Forest, Jubilee, Sedgefield, Silksworth and the Town Moor events. Mel Rowland had a great run at Sedgefield parkrun, bagging herself a...

A series of draft masterplans to enhance the vibrancy of County Durham communities will be discussed by councillors next week. Durham County Council has accelerated masterplans currently being developed for Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee, Stanley, and Crook, Willington and Tow Law, as part of its Towns and Villages programme. Together with a new...