Students at Woodham Academy have been celebrating their selection for the Bishop Auckland Schools Football Association District teams. The association is one of the biggest in the country and therefore the field is much more competitive than for most. Woodham Academy has a strong tradition of students leaving to become professional...

Dozens of businesses have already signed up to the last Aycliffe networking event of 2021 – but there’s still time to register. The next Aycliffe Business Park Community News and Networking event will take place on Friday, November 19 (from 8.15am), at The Xcel Centre. More than 50 delegates have already signed up for the event, which...

Giving back to communities in County Durham and Darlington, a successful grant scheme is set to repeat its work of wonders. County Durham NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and health and wellbeing charity Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP), are relaunching the Happiness Hubs 2021 grants programme to offer community groups and organisations...

A strategy which will maximise the provision of playing pitch facilities in County Durham is to be discussed next week. Durham County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to adopt a countywide Playing Pitch Strategy (PPS) to ensure playing pitch facilities meet the needs of existing and future residents. Supporting the County Durham Plan, it...

Landmarks across County Durham are being lit up in red to commemorate Remembrance Day. Durham County Council is once again lighting up six landmarks across the county as a stunning visual reminder of the poppies which bloomed on First World War battlefields. From Wednesday (10 November), until Sunday (14 November), Durham Town Hall, County...

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, Jacksons Law Firm managing partner Tony Wentworth answers our 20 questions over a cuppa… 1: What do you do? A: I’m a solicitor...

By Adam Cayless The weekly round-up of action from Newton Aycliffe FC’s Junior Section… U9s Whites played crook on Saturday & were dominant first half and no idea how we didn’t find the back of the goal. 2nd half was a little slower, and despite goals from Harry C and William B it wasn’t to be our day. MOTM William, a fantastic...

Inspirational women whose bravery, intellect and compassion have made a positive difference in their communities and overseas have been recognised. Over the last few months, Durham County Council has installed blue plaques commemorating individuals and groups in towns and villages across County Durham. The latest to be honoured were put...

A unique programme to develop the next generation of bioscientists has been launched with Tees Valley college students introduced to a career in the life sciences. The first cohort of the Life Sciences Manufacturing Academy saw students from Darlington College spending a week at Teesside University’s National Horizons Centre, hearing from...

Newton Aycliffe Football Club has confirmed that head coach Colin Stromsoy has parted ways with the club by mutual consent. The agreement was reached following discussions between both parties that a change in approach was best after the defeat to West Allotment Celtic at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium on Saturday. Stromsoy joined the club...