A food festival that attracted more than 29,000 people in April will serve up even more tasty treats, celebrity chefs and culinary inspiration when it returns next year. Organiser Durham County Council has confirmed the 15th annual Bishop Auckland Food Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday April 18 and 19, 2020. Traders can now...

Are you part of a group that works in the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP) area? Do you have a project idea that requires funding? GAMP has three funding streams available for projects within the Great Aycliffe and Middridge village areas. There is £10,000 available for schemes which respond to local needs and...

A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the car he was driving collided with a tree. The one-vehicle collision happened on the A1(M) southbound at 4.50pm on Thursday, September 26, around a mile after the Burtree Interchange, near Darlington. The 45-year-old driver was the sole occupant in the car – a Honda CR-V I-VTEC –...

The Horndale Community Association’s next meeting is at Greenfield Arts Centre next Wednesday (October 2) starting at 6pm, with refreshments at 5.45pm. The group will be joined by a representative from Home Group Supported Recovery Service. Home Group are based at the Blue Bell Hub and support people with physical and mental health...

It was confirmed this week that Police Crime and Victims Commissioner (PCVC) Ron Hogg has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The Durham and Darlington Police and Crime Panel convened an extraordinary meeting at the request of Ron Hogg, the Police Crime and Victims Commissioner (PCVC) last week. The panel considered Ron’s...

A fast-growing powder coatings company which counts some of the region’s biggest firms among its clients is planning for further expansion. GT Coatings, based on Aycliffe Business Park, has invested heavily in cutting-edge machinery to help improve efficiency and productivity, ensuring its position as a leader within the coatings...

By Donna Campbell It was another mid-week start for the members of ARC with the first race taking place on Wednesday. This was the sixth race in the Darlington Trail Series and this one was at Baydale Beck. We had a good turn out of runners with Richard Holland first home for ARC in 20.55. He was followed by Mark Bainbridge 21.14, Dave...

Students from Woodham Academy took part in the school’s first ever trip to Thailand this summer. Fourteen key stage 4 students were selected through an intensive interview process which was the culmination of the work students had done as part of various different academies within the school. Woodham’s Thailand Experience was set up in...

As part of County Durham’s electoral register update, canvassers will be visiting households that have not yet responded to the annual request for information. Earlier this year, Durham County Council sent letters to all homes in the county asking residents to confirm their voter information and inform the local authority of any...

Walking around the fantastic ROF 59 activity centre on Durham Way South, the personal attachments to its founder aren’t glaringly obvious. But scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find so many touching tributes John Finley has made to his proud family history. Both his mother and grandmother worked in the munitions factory on Aycliffe...