North-East entrepreneurs who started a unique lost and found website have scooped a competition worth £100,000 organised by an Aycliffe Business Park partnership. Lostbox was set up in February 2013 after founder Clare Owen, from Durham, found a priceless piece of jewellery during a Premier League football game. Clare has made several...

Durham County Council want to start charging for the collection of garden waste from next year. Kerbside collections for garden waste in County Durham will remain free this year, and then look set to continue from 2015 as an opt-in service with an annual fee of £20. Following a public consultation last autumn, the authority claims there...

By Martin Walker A 15-year-old boy has been charged with burglary after a spree of bike thefts in the area. Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards has revealed in his blog on Aycliffe Today how officers arrested a number of youngsters recently. Sgt Edwards says, despite the roll-out of 'Operation Spoke' and...

Award-winning business ALM Engineering Solutions is reaping the benefits of investing £160,000 in a new machine already, with new work in oil and gas sectors pouring through its doors. The company, based on Aycliffe Business Park, County Durham, has just completed two big contracts for two Aberdeen-based firms in the oil industry. ALM...

Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards returns after a short break with his blog… It's been a while since my last blog, I feel as if I should say something to do with time flying and all that. Anyhow here we are, sailing well into March… it only seems like yesterday that it was the dawn of 2014. You may have seen...

Honest John has donated £450 to Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club to purchase Core Skills cricket coaching equipment from the ECB Cricket Factory. The equipment will be used by the Cricket Club’s Junior Academy coaches to help develop the skills of players aged between 7 and 18 years. This is the second year that Honest John has raised...

Tomkins 2, Aycligffe Sports Club 3 By Paul Eales After last week’s win over The Royal British Legion, Newton Aycliffe Sports Club took to their travels to play fourth-placed Tomkins of Darlington, knowing a win would guarantee promotion to the 1st Division at their first attempt in this their very first season. A delayed kick off...

By Martin Walker A popular former Newton Aycliffe publican has smashed a target of raising £10,000 for a cancer charity in memory of his Mum. Richard Parker, from Easington, used to run the Lakeside bar at Woodham Golf Club and then the North Briton in Aycliffe Village, in the 2000s. Richard and his brother Nick want to boost...

Thinking of something creative and healthy to do with the kids, that doesn’t cost? Colour your Life are running a free four-week family cooking course at the Pioneering Care Centre starting on Tuesday (18th March), after school at 3.30-5.30pm. Classes are for adults and children to enjoy cooking and learn new skills together. If...

By Martin Walker Training providers from across the region teamed up to stage a North East Apprenticeship Forum on Aycliffe Business Park last week. Organised by national firm Hit Training, which has a regional branch on the park, the forum was hosted by South West Durham Training (SWDT) as part of National Apprenticeship Awareness...