Newton Aycliffe motorists face a six-week nightmare when a busy road closes for works in the summer. A new large roundabout will be constructed at the junction of Middridge Road and Greenfield Way (by the old Bluebell Garage) to improve flow around the new Eldon Whins housing development. A large part of the road will be close for six weeks...

Newton Aycliffe 3, Guisborough 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe ended the 2018-19 season with a 3-1 win at home to Guisborough Town. The win meant that Aycliffe finished the season in 12th place in the Northern League Division One table Dunston were champions and Penrith finished bottom. Aycliffe got off to a great start when...

WORDS: ADAM STEEL PICTURES: TOM BANKS An Aycliffe Business Park-based firm which specialises in air compressors and blowers has supplied a “vital” air compression system to Evolution E-Types, a company in Darlington which specialises in the manufacture of an E-Type for the 21st century. A cold call to Evolution E-Types following a...

A cracking number of Easter eggs have been collected for County Durham families in need thanks to generous donations. In the lead up to Easter, Durham County Council sought to make sure that all families can join in the festive fun by calling for sweet treats. More than 500 Easter eggs have been donated by council staff and councillors at...

CPI has welcomed new resident clients to its state-of-the-art facility – just months after opening. The printable electronics centre, based on Aycliffe Business Park, has welcomed Silent Sensors, Datatecnics Corporation and HP1 as tenants, along with Wootzano and PST Sensors at its original site on NETPark, in Sedgefield, also County...

Woodham Academy has been awarded £370,000 in capital funding following a successful bid to the Department for Education. The funding is available to help schools with refurbishment costs and will finance necessary electrical improvements, providing improved lighting in classrooms and other areas. Woodham has attracted significant backing in...

An investigation into how authorised firearms police officers (AFOs) make decisions in high stress situations is being carried out by researchers from Aston University and University of Nottingham in partnership with Durham Constabulary and Cleveland Police. The investigation uses EEG equipment and high stress scenarios in Virtual Reality to...

Destination management organisation Visit County Durham has made two new appointments to its board. Carol Woods, owner of Durham Cottages and Stephen King, commercial director of Go North East, join the existing 10 directors whose role it is to oversee its strategic direction and corporate management. Both new directors bring a wealth of...

Residents in County Durham are reminded that there will be no change to bin collections over the Easter bank holiday. Bins should be placed at the kerbside by 7am as normal on your usual collection day during the weeks starting Monday, 15 and Monday, 22 April. To check your collection day, enter your postcode into the My Durham section at...

By Donna Campbell After a relatively quiet weekend last week, things picked up this week with runs spreading across the north of the Country to participate in races of all distances. Firstly on Wednesday April 3, Alan Wilks made the journey to South Shields for the monthly mile organised by Run Eat Sleep, South Shields. Alan finished this in...