Council staff have worked tirelessly through the night to keep County Durham moving during the prolonged rains. The heavy and continued downpours during the night brought with them challenging conditions and led to flooding incidents in several parts of the county. Both Durham County Council frontline staff and customer services have worked,...

Crafter’s Companion founder and Dragon’s Den star Sara Davies with some useful tips on keeping a happy workforce… Your workforce is one of the single biggest assets to your business, so keeping employees happy and productive is a must if you want to drive success. It’s a two-way street for an employer – for your staff, a healthy...

Students from Greenfield Community College have been selected to become published authors. The students were offered the opportunity to enter a mini-saga writing competition, ran by Young Writers, and after submitting a range of creative and innovative were selected to be published in a short story anthology called Mission Contamination. An...

County Durham’s prestigious Environment Awards are looking for entrants as they mark their 30th year. Groups and individuals are being encouraged to sign up for the 30th celebratory County Durham Environment Awards, with entries open until Friday, July 19. Organised by Durham County Council on behalf of the County Durham Environment...

Training providers Optimum Skills are supporting a neighbouring joinery firm to recruit young staff and support its growth. Optimum are providing top new talent to Kensington Specialist Joinery after recruiting an apprentice joiner and business admin assistant. And a third apprentice is already in the pipeline as Kensington look to build on...

By Donna Campbell The racing calendar was certainly full this week for the runners of ARC with members racing from as early as the Monday evening. Monday evening’s race was part of the NEMAA Track Season and saw Alan Wilks compete in the 1500m. Alan Wilks was first place in his age category with a time of six minutes exactly. On...

Families can once again find out more about the work of our real-life superheroes at a free family fun day at the end of this month. The ‘PCVC Celebration of Local Superheroes’ event is back for 2019 will showcase and raise awareness of all the good work that is happening in our local communities, thanking those who go above and beyond to...

A local fundraiser has edged closer to raising a total of £40,000 following the efforts of friends and family which saw over £1,600 raised at a coffee morning. Paul McGeary, 37, was twice struck with Leukaemia in recent years, and though his condition is currently in remission, he remains under ongoing after-care of James Cook hospital in...

Newton Aycliffe’s cricket fixtures were washed out by rain at the weekend, as the above picture of Aycliffe Sports Club’s waterlogged pitch shows. Aycliffe’s first team are due to travel to Barnard Castle in the NYSD Division Two on Saturday, while our second team entertain Sedgefield’s second XI on Saturday (1.30pm).  

Schoolchildren in County Durham are learning the dangers of jumping into rivers this summer, through the return of a water safety campaign. Assemblies are being delivered on cold water shock for a fourth year, as part of the Safe Durham Partnership’s Dying to be Cool campaign. The campaign, led by Durham County Council, seeks to raise...