A South Stanley family has become the face of fostering in County Durham after agreeing to help raise awareness of the urgent need for more foster carers in the county. Jan and Brian Peel are foster carers for Durham County Council alongside their son and daughter-in-law, Simon and Clair Peel, and soon their faces will be helping the council...

News of potential job losses at Hitachi’s Newton Aycliffe factory has been met with sadness by the local authority. Hitachi confirmed it was starting a 45-day consultation, which could result in up to 250 members of its 850-strong workforce being made redundant. Hitachi Rail Europe has confirmed ‘re-sizing’ of factory – 250 jobs to...

By Donna Campbell This week has been very quiet for the members of ARC. As always we had many members supporting the local parkruns, despite the windy conditions, but there were no PB’s to record this week. We also had plenty of members out training with several groups undertaking different distances and routes. The only race in...

More modern, vibrant and innovative leisure services are promised for County Durham as part of £63m plans approved by councillors on Wednesday. Members of Durham County Council’s cabinet have given the green light to proposals which have been developed to ensure the authority’s leisure services meet the changing needs of residents and...

The board of Aycliffe Business Park Community (ABPC) is looking to appoint an individual or company on a consultancy basis to support the implementation of its ‘On the Map’ business engagement project. Spread across 400 hectares, Aycliffe Business Park is the largest in the North-East, home to more than 500 companies employing around 10,000...

Students from Greenfield Community College took to the stage and wowed an enthusiastic audience as they proved once again that they really have got talent. GGT is a brilliant opportunity for students and staff to entertain each other with their skills and talents and a time for the whole school to be part of a fun experience at the end of a...

The number of offenders who reoffend within a 12-month period is currently at its lowest level in Durham and Darlington for the past decade, according to new statistics. The figure has almost closed the gap between the force area and the national average. The quarterly performance report looks at how Durham Constabulary and other...

A Scandinavian delegation has visited County Durham to learn about pioneering energy efficiency techniques. A team from Sweden has visited sites owned and managed by Durham County Council to see first-hand the innovative software it employs to reduce energy use, and is now promising to roll out some of what it learnt back home. The local...

By Matty Bright It has been a cold and windy weekend for the most part however for the teams that still had matches to play it was an early start and a chance to get another three points on the board for our Aycliffe Junior sides. Our Under 8’s travelled to Washington to face Easington. The team sharply conceded and went 1-0 down however a...

Cobblers Hall Sainsbury’s Local have proudly supported the Pioneering Care Partnership’s Options project throughout 2019. Fundraising activities ranged from supporting events, hosting till collections and even a charity head shave. Staff from Sainsbury’s have provided marvellous support getting involved in events such as attending the...