Students from Greenfield Community Conference were given an opportunity to express themselves at their inaugural Student Voice Conference, co-ordinated by Greenfield Arts. The conference, ‘Make it Matter’, brought together students, staff, artists and invited guests to voice their ideas and have a say in their learning experience by...

Six entrepreneurial school children are celebrating after being crowned business champions in an enterprise challenge. Darcee Butler, Milly Thompson, Ellie Mikalauskas, Courtney Wayman, Katie Reynolds and Lexie Johnson, from Victoria Lane Academy in Coundon, turned an initial £10 investment into £414 throughout the course of five months and...

Lee Weldon with his weekly round-up from the wicket… Saturday 13th July – NYSD Division 4 Newton Aycliffe 2nd XI v Blackhall 2nd XI – weather was warm and overcast. Blackhall won the toss and chose to bat first. Blackhall 2nd XI 96 all out after 37.2 overs Patrick Howe 4 for 18, Adam Cayless 2 for 18 and James Brown 1 for...

The annual Summer Reading Challenge returns with a moon-bound mission, sure to keep kids hooked on books over the holidays. Durham County Council libraries will once again offer kids an exciting way to keep up with their reading over the break from school, with fun materials produced by The Reading Agency. This year offers a stellar theme,...

Members of the public have voted overwhelmingly for a Labour councillor to step down after an old storm around a foul-mouthed social media post flared up again. The day after the UK voted to exit the European Union in 2016, Aycliffe Labour councillor Kathy Beetham published a vile tirade against anyone who voted Leave – insisting they’re...

By Donna Campbell The County Durham Athletics Network held its summer festival at Shildon Track. Ten of our junior members participated in events such as long jump, howler throws and running events of varying distances. Our athletes all did extremely well with two of them bringing back individual awards. Hannah Brischuk was awarded 3rd...

Two Aycliffe care homes opened their doors to the community for the seventh annual Care Home Open Day. Care Home Open Day is a national event that gives local people the opportunity to learn more about the care services at the heart of their community. This year’s theme was ‘Celebrating Art in Care,’ with care home operators HC-One...

The North East’s largest authority is planning for a carbon neutral future. In February Durham County Council declared a Climate Change Emergency and with-it ambitious targets to reduce its own carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2030. It also promised to investigate what further actions will be needed to make County Durham carbon neutral...

Aycliffe Today’s sister company is launching a new annual publication to promote the Tees region to the rest of the UK and beyond – with advertising opportunities now available. Middlesbrough-based Resolution Media and Publishing – which is jointly owned by Newton Aycliffe-based Mantis Media director Martin Walker, editor of Aycliffe...

By Donna Campbell It was another full week of racing for ARC this week with many members taking part in mid-week races. First up was the Bridges of the Tyne 5 mile race which took place on Tuesday evening. This is an out and back course along the Tyne taking in the main bridges that cross over the Tyne (our runners pictured above). First...