Hundreds of Armed Forces members and their families have flown out of Teesside International Airport bound for Cyprus for military deployment. More than 510 servicemen and women, based at Catterick, departed Teesside Airport – Newton Aycliffe’s nearest airport – in four flights chartered by the Army during November. The benefit of...

Durham University has launched a joint project exploring how flexible working practices can benefit businesses and communities in the North-East. Working with the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the University’s Good Work Agenda project aims to identify new ways of working after the impact of Covid-19 and highlight...

Durham County Council has set out how it will safely reopen venues and reinstate services affected by the national lockdown next week. The government confirmed this week that County Durham, along with other parts of the North-East, will be subject to Tier 3 restrictions when the national lockdown ends on Wednesday, December 2. This means...

A successful creative design studio based in Newton Aycliffe that doubles up as a distillery is not the most common collaboration. But it’s going down a treat in Redcar – and enquiries are now coming in from Australia too! Friends and colleagues, Arron Stoutt, Andy Mogg (from Redcar) and Steve Gill all grew up in the North-East and now...

Councillors have heard how attempted coronavirus frauds with a value of almost £800,000 have been prevented since the start of the pandemic. Durham County Council’s corporate fraud team has helped to prevent 58 attempted frauds since the start of the pandemic, with a value of around £785,000. The council’s audit committee has been...

Police are reminding members of the public who may be planning to buy vehicles such as motorcycles, mini motos, electric scooters and quad bikes as Christmas presents to check the laws before buying. These vehicles, including Go Ped’s and Segways, are classed as mechanically propelled vehicles and as such are subject to road traffic...

Teesside International has reached a major milestone after it was revealed low-cost operator Ryanair is set to begin flying from the airport – with tickets now on sale. Two services per week to both Alicante and Palma, Majorca from Teesside – Newton Aycliffe’s nearest airport – will start in just five months’ time, helping people...

Newton Aycliffe firm Excelpoint is celebrating a new partnership with global software specialist Altia-ABM. The new deal will see the Aycliffe Business Park-based business provide a software platform for future Altia-ABM customer solutions. It will also extend the technical capabilities of Altia-ABM and broaden the reach of Excelpoint into...

Hundreds of people from across County Durham attended virtual events this autumn to recognise the community response to the pandemic and help shape the future of their local area. Over the last two months, Durham County Council’s 14 Area Action Partnerships (AAP) staged Better for Everyone sessions to gather views on a wide range of issues...

After an overwhelming response, health and wellbeing charity Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) and County Durham NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are delighted to announce that over £49,000 has been awarded to establish ‘Happiness Hubs’ across County Durham and Darlington. Happiness Hubs aim to provide safe spaces for local people...