Recognising that their website was out-of-date has proved pivotal for North-East-based CTA Mortgage Advice Centre. CTA Mortgage Advice Centre has offices in Darlington, Bishop Auckland and Newcastle and has been providing the North-East with mortgage and financial advice for over 20 years. The decision to redesign the website was made by...

Greenfield Arts are celebrating their 20th birthday and are excited to announce their new summer programme brimming with opportunities and possibilities. The summer activities include projects, specialist courses, exhibitions and activities for adults and young people that encourage and support creativity. Greenfield Arts welcomes artist in...

The ultimate clean-up in County Durham is now underway, as the Big Spring Clean launches. The annual event sees thousands of bags of litter cleared from local areas. This year’s litter pick will confront the amount of plastic thrown away as litter and ending up in the ocean. Colleagues, friends and school groups are all being encouraged to...

In every issue of our Aycliffe Today 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, Ramseys service manager Elliott Ramsey is in the Aycliffe Today chair… 1: What do you do? A: Service manager is my day to day job, I...

Penrith 1, Newton Aycliffe 4 By Joe Ramage Newton Aycliffe returned to winning ways on Saturday with a hard-fought win over Penrith at the Frenchfield Stadium. The visitors had to withstand some early pressure before securing an impressive 4-1 on the road to bounce back from the mid-week disappointment against Hebburn Town. Jake...

Newton Aycliffe-based Excelpoint has been shortlisted in the regional heat of the North-East Business Awards. The software firm has made it to the final three of the Small Business category in the Sunderland and Durham heat of the annual regional competition, from over 25 nominees. The Small Business Award category recognises small...

The tremors of a political earthquake were reverberating around Newton Aycliffe today after Lib Dem candidate Michael Stead romped to a local election victory. Stead walked to a landslide win in the Woodham ward by-election, polling nearly 80% of the 1,120 votes cast, to become the newest – and youngest – councillor on Great Aycliffe Town...

By Matty Bright Newton Aycliffe Juniors FC would like to begin their round up this week by conveying their deepest sympathies to the family of “Honest” John Hilton, who sadly passed away last week. John's fantastic work made a massive positive impact on our community and has helped our club by the way of sponsorship and kind donations...

A vegan cookery champion with a passion for endurance sports will showcase his favourite plant-based recipes at a County Durham food festival next month. Matt Pritchard rose to fame on MTV’s Dirty Sanchez, impressing and shocking audiences across the globe with his daredevil stunts. But these days he is on a different kind of mission to...

MP Paul Howell has led the tributes following the death of community stalwart John Hilton. “Honest John”, as he was affectionately known, died last Friday (February 28) after being taken to hospital. The charity champion had only recently announced his retirement from fundraising after raising an estimated £200,000 for local clubs and...