Words: Joanne Barrett Pictures: Chris Booth “Employers do not screen their employees for drugs or alcohol because they want to catch anybody out, they do it to ensure their employees are capable of doing their jobs safely.” A stark and simple statement from the MD of North-East firm Drug and Alcohol Testing Services. It might sound...

Durham County Council has welcomed a planning inspector’s latest response to its proposals to create thousands of jobs and new homes. The local authority welcomed the initial feedback it has received from the inspector who oversaw the public examination of the proposed County Durham Plan, which paves the way for its ambitious vision of...

By Donna Campbell This past weekend was another weekend with storms and high winds with again some cross-country events being cancelled for health and safety reasons. Despite the weather, On Saturday we still had three members achieving PB’s at parkruns. At Shildon Ian Stothard achieved a parkrun for that course of 33.23. Over at...

Health and Wellbeing Charity the Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) recently welcomed the Summerbell family who kindly donated £500 in memory of their family member, Andrea Bowes for the Hydrotherapy Pool Fundraiser. The family set about raising funds from their local community to donate to various organisations that helped to support Andrea...

More than 300 Tees business leaders attended one of the region’s biggest ever networking events as mayor Ben Houchen welcomed a new magazine promoting the region. Resolution Media and Publishing – the sister company to Aycliffe Today publishers Mantis Media – launched their new national publication, This Is Tees Valley, at Teesside...

By Joe Ramage Newton Aycliffe produced a stunning display in blustery conditions at The Wanted Stadium as they ran out 4-0 winners over neighbours West Auckland. Adam Burnicle scored his fifth goal in as many games before Liam Jarvie and Andre-Vasile Ardelean completed the rout as Aycliffe moved up to fifth in the table. The visitors, who...

Following the success of last summer’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, which raised the county’s profile as a destination for live sport, Visit County Durham are delivering a national marketing campaign in partnership with Durham Cricket, encouraging visitors to ‘Get bowled over by Durham’. The campaign will showcase cricket, and other...

Students from Greenfield Community College have engaged in an innovative maths-based event aimed at raising the number of students achieving A or A* grade GCSE mathematics qualifications as part of the Advanced Maths Support Programme. Mathsplosion, held at Durham Sixth Form Centre, is aimed at Year 9 and 10 students to help achieve excellence...

Seven County Durham entrepreneurs are on track for success after signing up to a six-month accelerator programme to help boost their businesses. Durham City Incubator (DCI), was set up in 2018 as a joint venture between Durham University, New College Durham and Business Durham, to support ambitious businesses based in the county who have been...

A Newton Aycliffe firm is hoping to expand after a agreeing a new partnership with a leading Durham-based training provider. AAA Caring Caretaker, based on the business park, has linked up with the Finchale Group, formally known as Finchale College, which has an established reputation in the training of veterans in the North-East. Both...