Almost £8.5mn has been allocated to repair roads and prevent potholes forming in County Durham. Durham County Council has been awarded the money from the Department for Transport’s Pothole and Challenge Bid funds. The funding is in addition to the £30m already committed by the council for 2020-21 to help repair local highways in the...

A major drive to recruit new officers to one of the top-performing police forces in the country is set to begin at the end of the month. Applications to join Durham Constabulary as a police constable open on May 29, with potential new recruits having until 5pm on Friday, June 12 to submit their application. The force is looking for...

Newton Aycliffe’s football club is appealing to members of the public to help fund vital ground improvements after their season was cut short due to the coronavirus crisis. The Covid-19 outbreak brought Aycliffe’s Northern League campaign to an abrupt end in March, and with it seven home games which would have brought in critical...

Aycliffe MP answers some of the regular questions he's receiving in his inbox from members of the public around work-related Covid-19 issues... There has been some uncertainty about which businesses should or should not be open and I would like to give you some clarity on that. We have a simple series of questions that hopefully answers your...

Aycliffe students are continuing their literary studies with special ‘reading in lockdown’ sessions during the Covid-19 crisis. Every week Greenfield Community College is sharing an online reading document with all students, which includes reading links and ideas including items from short uplifting articles to more challenging...

Members of the public are being reminded to social distance and follow the latest government guidance when visiting County Durham’s parks, beaches and open spaces. In a TV broadcast on Sunday night followed by the publication of The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy, Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out how people can exercise as...

In every issue of our Aycliffe Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner to ask them 20 questions on a variety of subjects. In the latest issue, John Whitehehouse, from family-run Whitehouse Funeral Directors, answers our 20 questions over a cuppa... 1: What do you do? A: I am a Funeral...

North-East councils have written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for more financial support to cover their financial pressures and help them lead the coronavirus recovery. The letter, which has been sent by Cllr Simon Henig, on behalf the Association of North East Councils (ANEC), outlines some of the measures that would help ease...

Children from all over the world have been writing messages of love and support to one another during the coronavirus pandemic. Durham County Council’s international relations team has teamed up with schools across the county - and as far afield as France, Spain, Hungary and beyond – to create a virtual friendship tree. At a time when...

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in County Durham will reopen in the next two weeks in line with government guidance. Durham County Council has been working with its contractor, HW Martins, to look at the possibility of safely reopening its main sites and this week received new guidance from central government. The council has now...