Phil Wilson MP was a welcome guest to PCP’s community garden in Newton Aycliffe last week when he visited with a kind donation of £100. Volunteer gardeners enjoyed showing Phil the fruits of their labour and talking about plans for next year. Phil, a keen gardener himself, was pleased to see how the gardening project has developed and was...

A programme which helps County Durham people into work has reached a major milestone, helping its 500th resident. Durham Advance, a £2.5m scheme run by Durham County Council for those out of work residents with a health condition or unemployed over 50s, has now provided support to 523 people. The programme seeks to help people overcome the...

Sara Davies MBE, founder and creative director of Crafter’s Companion, has been named the first Great British Entrepreneur of the Year for the North-East region at the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. The entrepreneur launched craft retailer, Crafter’s Companion, 14 years ago. In that time, Sara has grown the business to a team of...

The Pioneering Care Centre was filled with good spirits as Options members, friends and family, staff and volunteers gathered to celebrate the project’s 20th birthday. Options supports adults with learning and physical disabilities and over the past 20 years has grown; it now operates over 5 days a week providing 68 day places and an evening...

County Durham residents and businesses are being reminded to dispose of batteries, mobile phones, cleaning products and solvents safely. Durham County Council is urging people to recycle or dispose of batteries and household solvents correctly and not to put them in their rubbish or recycling wheeled bins. Batteries and solvents contain...

Rockliffe Hall has recruited a new corporate sales and events executive to focus on further enhancing relationships with local companies and securing new business. Angela Lowe, from Newton Aycliffe, joins the five red star resort’s sales and marketing team with almost 30 years of hospitality industry and sales experience. Her key roles at...

Newton Aycliffe 2, Northallerton 3 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe's winning run came to an end at home to Northallerton. They struggled to get their passing game going on the very heavy pitch, and went down 3-2. Aycliffe did start the better of the two teams. Connor Phelan broke free down the right hand side on five minutes and put...

Current Aycliffe MP Phil Wilson will fight the forthcoming general election for the Labour Party. Despite a plot by Aycliffe left-wing extremists to have him de-selected, the Labour Party abandoned any incomplete trigger ballots due to the snap election being called this week. It means the Sedgefield MP, who succeeded Tony Blair 12 years...

The creators of Aycliffe Today Business are branching out to launch a new quarterly publication for the Sunderland and Durham region, Wear Business – and space can be booked now from just £245. Resolution Media & Publishing, owned by Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker and his business partner Dave Allan, is joining forces with partners...

Newton Aycliffe 1, Northallerton 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe progressed to the knockout stage of the League Cup by beating Northallerton 1-0 at home in their final group stage game. Aycliffe needed to win and dominated the game throughout. They didn't have their shooting boots on though and missed several good chances to close...