By Donna Campbell The racing for members of ARC began last week on Wednesday night with the last of the Darlington Trail Series. This run took place at West Park, Darlington in which runners had to wear head or body torches. Six of our members took place in this race. First home for the club was Richard Holland in 20.02 (6th place...

Young entrepreneurs have been set the challenge of thinking global when developing their business ideas for a competition designed to inspire enterprise skills among schoolchildren. Future Business Magnates (FBM) – an annual competition run by Business Durham, the economic development organisation for County Durham – was launched at Newton...

Dark age councillors have lurched from one PR blunder to another after refusing to fly LGBT+ flags on the days of the Durham Pride March. Aycliffe Councillor Kathy Beetham proposed the council purchases two £50 LGBT+ to show support and inclusivity. It was proposed the flags be flown at Aycliffe Council’s two locations, annually, on the...

Durham County Council has signed the Dying to Work charter as part of the TUC’s campaign for greater employment security for terminally ill workers. The council pledged its commitment to staff health and wellbeing, as Council Leader, Cllr Simon Henig; Deputy Leader, Cllr Allan Napier; Cabinet member for social inclusion and HR, Cllr Jane...

A Newton Aycliffe construction firm is celebrating after completing more than a dozen contracts around the country in the last half-year. Raisco has worked on 14 projects in the last six months, totalling 1,800 tonnes of steel, which were fabricated at its premises on Aycliffe Business Park. The firm, founded by Gary Raistrick in 2007, has...

Newton Aycliffe 2, Bedlington Terriers 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe progressed to the quarter finals of the League Cup with a narrow win over Bedlington Terriers at Moore Lane Park. The Newtonians bounced back from a 1-0 defeat at home to league-leaders Consett on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over the Terriers on Tuesday...

Students from Woodham Academy recently took part in the ‘Bring it on!’ engineering event held at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, and what an inspiring event it proved to be! Year 9 students from Woodham Academy enjoyed this interactive experience, which showcased some of the leading regional and global engineering companies. The...

Leisure centres across County Durham are to stop the use of blue overshoes in a bid to reduce plastic waste. From the beginning of November, Durham County Council swimming pools will be removing blue overshoes used in changing areas. This will eliminate 2.4 tonnes of plastic from leisure centres each year. Nigel Dodds, strategic manager...

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 September-October issue, Pixel Media director Ian Proctor is in the Aycliffe Today chair… PICTURE: CHRIS BOOTH 1: What do you do? A: In a nutshell, we...