TransPennine Express (TPE) officially welcomed the first of its brand new Nova 1 trains following formal acceptance from the Office of Rail and Road. Built by Hitachi Rail and financed by Angel Trains, the bullet-style Nova 1 trains will mean more carriages and extra seats for customers and the on-board experience will be completely...

Decisions about policing, and how best to achieve maximum effectiveness and efficiency, are best taken at local level according to Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner Ron Hogg. Mr Hogg was speaking on the day that Sir Tom Winsor, HM Chief Inspector of Policing, Fire and Rescue Services released his annual State of Policing Report. The...

Streets and parks across County Durham will come alive when a feel-good music festival makes its joyous return. Durham BRASS is set to deliver another ten-day extravaganza of bold and brilliant brass music from around the world this month, with a Big Brass Bash event returning not Aycliffe’s Town Park this Sunday (July 14). One of the...

In every issue of our Aycliffe Today Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner to ask them 20 questions on a variety of subjects. In our latest issue, Business Durham managing director Brian Archer is in the Aycliffe Today chair… 1: What do you do? A: Lead the team that is making County...

A street has been named in tribute to the efforts of a courageous local boy who died from cancer. Kieran Maxwell died at the age of 18 following a seven-year battle against the rare illness, Ewings Sarcoma. A keen athlete and accomplished runner, Kieran carried the Olympic torch and completed a series of sporting challenges whilst battling...

Planning consent has been given for a new multi-million pound business park which could see the creation of more than 2,500 jobs in County Durham. As a first phase, Durham County Council is funding the construction of seven speculative units (comprising 155,000 sq ft) at Jade Business Park, next to the A19 and Dalton Park, which will create...

Councillors will hear a report on the improving state of County Durham’s roads at a meeting of Durham County Council’s Cabinet next week. The report gives the annual update on the council’s Transport Asset Management Plan (TAMP) and outlines the increased investment and reduction in the maintenance backlog for the county’s roads. The...

By Donna Campbell Wow. What a week this has been for ARC! It has been a very full racing calendar with members taking part in lots of different races. The racing began on Monday when Hannah Richardson took part in the Anita Nott 5k which takes place in Jesmond Dene Newcastle and is a women only run. Hannah completed this in 35.35. On...

Crafter’s Companion is supporting the talents of Spennymoor Town FC’s youngest footballers in a new sponsorship deal. The craft retailer, which is based in Newton Aycliffe, will support the Mini Dribblers for two years. The teams are made up of children aged two to seven and the sponsorship will pay for specialist equipment and contribute...

Jewellery made from Durham Cathedral stone, a kinetic phone charger, an armrest for breastfeeding mothers and a mobile science table for schools in less developed countries were just some of the innovative products young people taking part in a flagship entrepreneur competition came up with. Winners of this year’s Future Business Magnates...