Newton Aycliffe skipper Aaron Brown made his 250th appearance for the club in Saturday's win over Consett. Before kick-off chairman Allan Oliver presented Aaron with an engraved salver to mark the occasion. In his programme notes for the game Head Coach Col Stromsoy praised Aaron's dedication, hard work and leadership. As ever, members of...

Thanks to funding from the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP), the Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) has developed a new project, Town of Our Times, which aims to help Newton Aycliffe become a Dementia Friendly Community. A Dementia Friendly Community is a town where people living with Dementia are understood, respected and...

Crafter’s Companion is expanding its in-house TV team with the appointment of its first lead presenter. In what has become a huge area of expansion for the business and a vital part of its ecommerce strategy, Joe Remblance has joined Crafter’s Companion to host the schedule of shows on the its channel, Crafter’s TV. Joe’s role will...

Select students at Woodham Academy have been offered the opportunity to trial a new vocabulary initiative this term. Bedrock Learning is a vocabulary acquisition programme that explicitly teaches students vocabulary through the medium of technology. Students access ‘lessons’ remotely and apply the vocabulary they have learned to subjects...

Transport operator Nexus insists Hitachi’s recent job losses are not down to them losing out on the £362m Tyne and Wear contract. It was announced this week that the metro operator Nexus had awarded the lucrative project to Swiss firm Stadler. Another Hitachi blow as Tyne & Wear Metro contract goes to Swiss firm The latest blow...

More than £1.7m in funding has been secured to help meet housing needs in the North-East. Durham County Council has been successful in two applications to the government which will support the development of a local lettings agency, and pay for both emergency accommodation and the continuation of workers who will help those with a housing...

By Donna Campbell It was an unusually quiet week this week in terms of racing for ARC. We did have members taking part in local parkruns but there were no members taking part in official races. We had one member Carley Gibson achieve a PB at Hartlepool Parkrun, of 27.42. It therefore fell on the shoulders of the junior section to fly the...

Five high-profile business leaders will come together to answer questions during an event to celebrate the relaunch of Aycliffe Today’s business magazine. A new-look Aycliffe Today Business will be officially revealed during the free business event at the beautiful Redworth Hall hotel on Tuesday March 24 (9-11am). Breakfast and...

The British Isles Indoor Bowls U25 Men’s International Series will be hosted in Durham next month. Supported by Durham County Council and Visit County Durham, the tournament will take place at Stanley Indoor Bowls Centre from February 15-16, raising Durham's profile as a county recognised for hosting sporting events, but also encouraging...

Sedgefield MP Paul Howell says he’s trying to arrange for business secretary Andrea Leadsom to visit Hitachi to discuss ways of lobbying for changes in procurement procedures. The Conservative MP says he’s “absolutely devastated” that the Newton Aycliffe train manufacturer had lost out on the £362m contract to build new trains for the...