Organisations across County Durham and Darlington are making a big noise this week in a campaign to raise awareness of hate crime. The Hate Hurts campaign is taking centre stage on social media during Hate Crime Awareness week, 12-19 October 2019. Earlier this year the area’s Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner Ron Hogg brought...

Greenfield Community College insists it has taken some positives from its latest Ofsted report, despite being told it needs improvements for a second time in just two years. The school says the Ofsted report from a September visit highlighted a number of strengths within the school and identified a “small number” of key areas for continued...

MPs representing the two train manufacturing factories bidding to win a huge contract have joined forces to urge the chair of an independent review into Britain’s High Speed 2 (HS2) to consider the economic boost the deal would give their respective constituencies. Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson and his Derby South counterpart, the former Foreign...

With the weather being a bit more forgiving this weekend there were several more of our junior teams in action compared to recent weeks. Under 7 Blacks played away against Hartlepool Youth although the boys didn’t get the result they wanted, the effort they put into the game was not justified. The boys are improving each game and showing...

As well as the Pioneering Care Partnership’s chief executive being shortlisted for Charity Leader of the Year, PCP celebrations are continuing after finding out they’re also a finalist for the highly-coveted North East Charity of the Year. PCP were nominated by Livin for recognising that to make communities great places to live we must work...

The number of stray dogs found in County Durham continues to decrease as partnership working keeps man’s best friend safely off the streets. Durham County Council in the past three years has seen a significant reduction of 29 per cent in stray dogs being picked up in the county. On 1 June 2017, a Public Space Protection Order for dog...

Tekmar Group has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Pipeshield International from its founder Steven Howlett. It’s the third acquisition of the Newton Aycliffe-based group since its admission to AIM in June 2018 and is continuing the strategy to acquire offshore energy businesses. Tekmar says the deal further...

Newton Aycliffe 4, Penrith 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe climbed to up fourth place in the Northern League first division table after a 4-0 home win over Penrith at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium. They started brightly, and they went ahead with only five minutes gone when Dean Thexton headed in a corner. The play was even for the...

A major drive to recruit new officers to one of the top-performing police forces in the country has begun. Applications to join Durham Constabulary as a police constable has opened, with potential new recruits having until 5pm on Friday, October 25. to submit their application. For the first time, the force is offering Police Constable...

Heather Mills took to the stage to give the keynote address at this year’s EMCON event on Aycliffe Business Park. Ms Mills, whose vegan food empire is the biggest producer of vegan-based food in the world, took to the stage to share her entrepreneurial journey and the growth of her business. She spoke to an audience of over 100 people,...