Dozens of young people have been given their first step on the career ladder after starting apprenticeships with the north east’s largest council. Durham County Council received over 1,000 applications for more than 70 apprenticeship opportunities, which vary from Intermediate (Level 2), Advanced (Level 3) and Higher (Level 4) to Degree...

Hebburn Town 2, Newton Aycliffe 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe travelled to league leaders Hebburn Town, and were unlucky to lose 2-1. Hebburn started well and centre forward Armstrong headed wide on three minutes. He then had two further chances, hitting a shot high and wide from a good position, and directing a header from a...

Woodham Academy is proud to be a licensed premise of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Currently, over 60 students from Y10 and Y11 have signed up to complete the Bronze Award, which focuses on the wider, holistic school environment whilst helping to secure educational outcomes. The Duke of Edinburgh Award includes the key components of...

Household Waste Recycling Centres in County Durham have now switched to winter opening times. From this week until the end of March, centres will be open during the following hours: Monday to Sunday – 9am to 3.30pm • Annfield Plain • Heighington Lane, Newton Aycliffe • Middleton-in-Teesdale • Potterhouse Lane, Pity Me •...

Darlington town centre’s skyline is changing once again as the steel for a new office takes shape. Newton Aycliffe construction specialists Finley Structures won a contract to fabricate and erect 330 tonnes of steel for Feethams House in the town. The five-storey office block development in the centre of Darlington will complement the...

A Newton Aycliffe school says staff morale and retention is high – despite claims there’s a “chronic” shortage of teachers in the classroom. A ‘revolutionary’ new national initiative has been launched to ease what’s been described as a chronic shortage of teachers in North-East schools. Schools are said to be facing a growing...

A campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the services and expert advice on offer in County Durham pharmacies. There are currently 126 pharmacies in the county that provide a large variety of services, ranging from advice on and the treatment of many minor ailments, to guidance about medicine and stop smoking and drug misuse...

PCP volunteer gardeners were celebrating this week having achieved the highest accolade at the recent Royal Horticultural Society and Northumbria in Bloom awards. Britain in Bloom assessors deemed the community garden to be ‘Outstanding’ and ‘A fabulous hidden gem!’ in the It’s Your Neighbourhood category. The Assessor stated:...

By Donna Campbell The first race of this week saw the start of the Cross Country season get underway. ARC compete in two cross country leagues and this race was in the Start Fitness Harrier League and took place at Wrekenton, Gateshead. In this series the ladies run approximate four miles and the men approximately six miles. Due to other...

Visitors to customer access points, libraries and leisure centres around County Durham can pick up free cycling rewards this autumn as an incentive to get on their bikes. Durham County Council is offering anyone who cycles to one of its libraries, customer access points or leisure centres which have cycle parking facilities a free bike seat...