News the BBC is to make its biggest investment in the North-East in decades has been welcomed by the partnership spearheading County Durham’s Bid to be UK City of Culture 2025. The BBC has announced it will spend at least £25m over the next five years in the region to fund new television programmes, talent development and additional support...

Teesside University-led initiative, DigitalCity, has launched a fully funded Digital Essentials workshop series to support the growth of SMEs across the Tees Valley region. Determined to give local businesses the best chance of achieving success in the digital future, the DigitalCity team has joined forces with industry experts to deliver short...

Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP), has welcomed volunteering support from as far as Utah, USA, to their Community Garden in Newton Aycliffe. Trustee and lead community volunteer, David Cockburn, met two visiting missionaries at Junction 7 in Newton Aycliffe, and introduced them to the thriving Community Garden at the PCP. David said: “The...

Innovative software which allows officers to obtain CCTV footage and witness statements remotely has allowed a police force to make efficiency savings of more than £1m. Since its introduction in 2018, SentrySIS has saved Durham Constabulary the equivalent of one officer working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for 1,232 days in time savings...

A new report highlighting the positive impact of international students has shown that just one year’s intake is worth over £240m to the Tees Valley economy. The report, The costs and benefits of international higher education students to the UK economy, has been published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and Universities UK...

Durham County Council’s customer access points (CAPs), which closed at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, will reopen to visitors this month on an appointment-only basis. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, CAPs, which offer help and information about council services for people who are unable to use telephone or online services, have been...

North Shields 2, Newton Aycliffe 3 By Andy McFarlane Newton Aycliffe headed home from North Tyneside with all three points from a game where both sides had opportunities to have changed the outcome of the game. Colin Stromsoy’s side started brightly penning their unbeaten hosts in before they started getting a foothold in the game,...

Durham County Council has received national recognition for its response to the coronavirus pandemic. The local authority has been highly commended in two categories at the MJ Local Government Achievement Awards 2021. The awards celebrate the best in local public service and this year’s ceremony highlighted the work of councils across the...

An ambitious business leader is smashing the glass ceiling of the grounds maintenance industry after being appointed to lead a growing firm. Sophie Lineton has taken over the role of managing director of Newton Aycliffe-based Beaumont Landscapes. The family-run business has excelled during the pandemic, with sales increasing and staff...

Newton Aycliffe’s former town clerk has become only the fourth person to be made an Honorary Freeman of Newton Aycliffe. During a presentation after a council meeting at Great Aycliffe Town Council’s offices on Wednesday night, Andrew Bailey was officially handed the prestigious honour by the town’s mayor, Sandra Haigh. Mr Bailey...