North East councils and housing providers are working together to help prevent tenancy fraud and the billions of pounds it costs taxpayers. The partners, from the North East Tenancy Fraud Forum, have organised a week-long campaign to raise awareness of the harm caused by tenancy fraud and how it can be reported. Tenancy Fraud Awareness Week...

Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for Transport for London to review their decision not to award a major contract to Newton Aycliffe train builder Hitachi. Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson has led calls for London mayor Sadiq Khan to review the decision to snub the joint bit by Hitachi and Bombardier. The £1.5 billion contract was...

People are being invited to take part in a consultation aimed at maintaining key green spaces in County Durham. Allotment tenants, waiting list applicants and residents are all urged to have their say, as Durham County Council reviews allotment provision. This includes looking at how the activities on them should be managed. Cllr Ossie...

Newton Aycliffe-based Tekmar Energy is celebrating another major wind energy deal. The firm has been elected by offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul Group to provide its patented Tekmar Cable Protection System (CPS), TekLink Mechanical Latch, for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm. The product will be produced within Tekmar’s...

Girlguiding Newton Aycliffe are celebrating £11,000 in funding after the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership‘s project callout. And on receiving the funding, units across Aycliffe have been busy planning activities for the coming months. There are currently 125 registered girls and 22 leaders across Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and...

A once thriving village pub has been brought back to life with an innovative letting development devised by a property entrepreneur. Investor and businessman Duncan Belton has returned to his roots after acquiring a three-year lease to let 10 self-contained apartments which were built in the former North Briton in Aycliffe Village. The...

The region’s largest local authority will have to manage significant financial pressures for the foreseeable future as a result of ongoing austerity. Members of Durham County Council’s cabinet will be told that continued government funding reductions, pressures on social care and other services coupled with uncertainty about future funding...

Do you know what should or shouldn’t be recycled from your household waste? Do you wonder what happens to your waste once it has been collected? If so, you can join the Horndale Community Association at its next meeting, when Rob McKay from Durham County Council’s waste management team will be the guest speaker. Rob will talk about...

Durham Constabulary are urging drivers not to leave their car unattended with the engine running as it defrosts during the current cold spell. Police warn that opportunist thieves will intentionally visit residential areas on cold frosty mornings to look out for cars which have been left with the engine running. Local intelligence officer,...

A number of Aycliffe business leaders have backed a plan to save Durham Tees Valley Airport. Newton Aycliffe’s nearest airport was effectively saved from going out of business when an ambitious buyout plan was given the go-ahead. At a crunch meeting of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, held in Middlesbrough on January 24 and attended by...