Mobile and home-based businesses in County Durham are being given longer to apply for financial support designed to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this year limited fixed funding was made available by the Government through the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) which could be used to fund a discretionary policy....

By Adam Cayless Prior to kick offs, all NAFC teams paid touching tributes to Jordan Banks with a minute’s applause, RIP little fella. U8s Black’s hosted a good Leven Junior side this morning. Another improved performance against an excellent team whose passing, and finishing proved too much for them. Not the result we wanted but the...

The Great Aycliffe & Middridge Partnership (GAMP) has three public representative vacancies on the partnership board. This is an exciting opportunity for local residents from the partnership area with a keen interest in the local community, to join a dynamic and proactive board who have successfully delivered a number of projects...

Newton Aycliffe-based tech firm Excelpoint has reported a significant increase in manufacturing-based businesses embracing its no-code technology to digitalise business-critical systems. It has reported that the sector is embracing digital transformation to replace inefficient systems and processes with automated solutions to drive business...

The Office of the Durham Police and Crime Commissioner has received an additional £421,488 from the Ministry of Justice to increase the number of independent sexual violence and domestic violence advisers in County Durham and Darlington. This will allow our current independent sexual violence and domestic violence adviser services such as...

Joy Allen has started her new role as Police and Crime Commissioner for County Durham and Darlington. She becomes the second PCC for the area, following the recent election held on Thursday, May 6. Ms Allen met staff from the Office of the Durham Police and Crime Commissioner as well as the chief constable and is eager to start working on...

Aycliffe-based leading shower designer and manufacturer Roman has welcomed its four newest apprentices into different departments within the company. Roman has recruited four new apprentices to add to the nine already working at Roman who are at different stages of an apprenticeship. The Aycliffe firm has had an ongoing student...

Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket… Saturday 15th May – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Saltburn 2nd XI (match sponsored by Unison) – weather was cloudy and chilly. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 230 all out after 44.1 oversAdam Randall 79, Michael Howe 68 and Joe...

Newton Aycliffe’s new town clerk says he’s honoured and privileged to have been given the top job at Aycliffe Council. After 14 years as finance manager at Great Aycliffe Town Council, Dan Austin has succeeded Andrew Bailey as the town clerk. The lifelong Newtonian says he wants to improve the local authority’s engagement with the...

A partnership between the National Horizons Centre and Discovery Park, the Life Sciences Opportunity Zone for ambitious companies, is promising to bring opportunities to both organisations. Under the partnership, the National Horizons Centre – a UK centre of excellence for the bioscience industries based in Darlington and run by Teesside...