Councillors will hear how engagement with young people has influenced the way the council delivers its services when they meet today. Durham County Council, along with its partners, believes that involving children and young people in decision making is key to ensuring that the best possible services are provided with the resources...

Residents in Great Aycliffe & Middridge can find out how local issues are being tackled when the local area action partnership holds their next board meeting next week. The Great Aycliffe & Middridge Partnership board will be meeting on Tuesday July 16, between 6-8pm at Aycliffe Village Hall, and members of the public are invited to go...

Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket… Saturday 6th July – NYSD Division 2 Marton 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was warm and sunny. Marton won the toss and chose to bowl first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 219 all out after 49.1 overs Adam Randall 74, Sam Telford 53 and Chris Palmer 52 Marton 2nd XI 195 all out...

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...