A service which will find accommodation for people with a housing need in County Durham looks set to move a step closer this week. Durham County Council’s cabinet is receiving a report on the creation of a Local Lettings Agency, which will help residents who currently struggle to access housing. The council is using £252,538 it received...

Newton Aycliffe 2, Billingham Town 3 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe lost 3-2 to Billingham Town at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium on Saturday, slipping to seventh in the Northern League first division table. Centre forward and leading goalscorer Dean Thexton had moved to Shildon and so Adam Burnicle had been signed from West Auckland...

The founders of the new Fish Tank development on Aycliffe Business Park will be special guests at the first business meeting of 2020. Companies will gather for Aycliffe Business Park’s first news and networking meeting next week. The ABPC event will be held at Hitachi Rail’s factory on the business park from 8.15am on Friday, January...

Newton Aycliffe Junior FC would like to say a big thank you to all the parents, volunteers and supporters who kindly contributed to their Christmas food bank collection in December. Donations were beyond anything they could have anticipated and the organisers at the club were amazed and very appreciative of how much food and essential supplies...

Employees and elected members from Durham County Council gave families in need a helping hand this Christmas. Councillors and staff donated new, unwrapped toys and gifts for children and young people who might not otherwise have received a Christmas present, as part of the annual Salvation Army toy appeal. Toys and gifts were collected at...

Year 11 students at Greenfield Community College were receiving their Art and Design examination papers this week and will begin their final chapter at Greenfield as they work towards their assessment later this year. The year group have been busy preparing for the months ahead with the expertise and support of specialist staff to help students...

By Donna Reece Now that the festivities are over its back to the regular race reporting. Although I have had a break from reporting, the runners of ARC have not had a break from racing and they have continued racing, training and parkrunning over the holiday period. In terms of parkrunning this has meant as well as the usual Saturday...

Newton Aycliffe’s MP Paul Howell says Hitachi Rail has said its decision to scale-down its factory is not related to Brexit. And the new Conservative MP for Sedgefield insists Hitachi remains “completely committed” to Aycliffe Business Park. Around 250 jobs are expected to be cut at the Aycliffe facility after the company confirmed...

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has laid into Tyne and Wear Metro operators Nexus after Hitachi Rail announced plans to scale down its Newton Aycliffe factory. Around 250 jobs are expected to be cut at the Aycliffe Business Park facility after the company confirmed it had started a consultation period to “re-size” the factory. Hitachi Rail...

Hitachi Rail Europe has confirmed it has started a consultation to re-size its factory – with 250 jobs expected to be cut at the Aycliffe train-assembling facility. A statement from Hitachi said: “Earlier today, we informed staff about a 45 day consultation, which will examine the resizing of the factory workforce. “We are working with...