By Paul Dalton After a quiet week last week, members returned to racing this week, participating in two high profile local events. On Wednesday, September 2, several members travelled to the seaside to take part in the Autumn Coast Road 3K Time Trial in Marske. The race was reduced from the usual 5K distance to allow for social distancing...

Aycliffe Business manager Sharon Hutchinson introduces the latest issue of the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park… We’re delighted to bring you the latest issue of Aycliffe Business – the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – as we all try to navigate our way through the current climate. Online meetings and networking events are...

Newtonian Michelle Young picked up a top award as a festival which promotes lifelong learning and celebrates individuals and organisations who have gone above and beyond in their learning. Durham County Council’s Adult Learning and Skills Service (ALSS) hosts an annual awards ceremony to recognise those who have used the service to make a...

Almost 15,000 illicit cigarettes have been seized as part of enforcement work to protect the residents of County Durham, councillors will hear. Durham County Council’s Cabinet will next week receive a report setting out enforcement activity undertaken by the authority’s trading standards officers in the financial year 2019/20 and of its...

A major development next door to Hitachi Rail which was close to being derailed is now back on track, with permission for a revised plan being submitted to councillors. Durham County Council agreed in October 2019 to rescue the Station Place development after agreeing to a 30-year head-lease on Merchant Anglo’s next phase of the Merchant Park...

By Bob Wood It's going to be a strange season. Less than a week into the new campaign, Newton Aycliffe have already had three games postponed. Two of them were for the very happy reason that Hebburn and Consett have made it through to the final of the 2019-20 FA Vase, with the final due to be played at Wembley on September 27, the day after...

A community group has stepped in to honour a donation that had been promised by the late “Honest” John Hilton. Newton Aycliffe’s Community Support Initiative (CSI Aycliffe) have kindly honoured a donation of £300 to Greenfield Arts, that had been initially suggested by renowned Aycliffe fundraiser John – affectionately known as Honest...

Durham County Council has employed 11 new neighbourhood wardens to help it keep enviro-crime and anti-social behaviour under control. The local authority has invested £500,000 in the recruitment of the wardens as part of its efforts to ensure previous reductions in activities like fly-tipping are built on. In February, the council agreed to...

By Gary Beacom Many of our teams were back in action last week. Here’s a round-up… U8’s blacks played another friendly game today against Middleton Rangers, the game started off a bit sluggish going down within the first 5 minutes, then they started to keep their formation passing nicely to see them being the better up to halftime....

The 46th issue of Aycliffe Business – the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – features an interview with Excelpoint managing director Ian Brown, written by freelance writer and former Northern Echo editor Peter Barron. Freelance writers Colin Young and Joanne Barrett have also written features on local firms Greystone Legal and Business...