Smokers are being encouraged to declare V for Victory in the battle against cigarettes. The County Durham NHS Stop Smoking Service is offering people a helping hand to win the war on cigarettes as No Smoking Day approaches. Team members will be out and about around the county offering help and advice in the lead up to the annual event on...

Companies on Aycliffe Business Park will be able to find out more about funding at a free event on Friday. The Aycliffe Business Park Community’s latest best practice event will be held at South West Durham Training from 8am on Friday. Representatives of some of the local and regional funding bodies will be in attendance. The ABPC...

The unheralded heroes of sport in the region were honoured at this year’s North East Disability Sports Awards. The awards, which were held at The Durham Centre yesterday (Tuesday 25 February), aimed to recognise and celebrate the achievements of participants, coaches and clubs in 2013. Over 140 guests from the world of sport were in...

Businesses from across the North-East will have the chance to speak to industry experts about the importance of apprenticeships at a forum held in Newton Aycliffe next week. South West Durham Training’s (SWDT) CORE facility will host the North East Apprenticeship Forum on Wednesday 5th March. It will give local businesses the...

Newtonians can enrol on a first aid course being held in the town next month. The Emergency First Aid at Work is a one-day course, FAA Level 2 Award, and is being held on Thursday 20th March, 9am -5pm, at the Agnew Community Centre, Morrison Close, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham, DL5 4QZ. Anyone interested in booking can call Ron Mitchie on...

Businesses in the North-East are being invited to a free annual conference to help them develop their international opportunities. North-East England in a Global Europe (NEIGE) boasts an impressive line-up of speakers including European diplomats, key industrialists and senior representatives from the European Commission. The conference,...

Three North-East football heroes are set to star at a Newton Aycliffe event in March. Malcolm Macdonald, Richard Ord and Bernie Slaven - the new Three Legends - are coming to Aycliffe Working Men's Club for a Pie and Peas supper on Friday 28th March, with tickets priced just £15 each. The do is being jointly organised by the town's...

Report by Stephenson Way Year 6 pupil Liam On Thursday 13th February, there was an amazing basketball competition held by members of the Durham Wildcats basketball team. On that day, 7 competed to be number one. These 7 teams were from Thornhill, Walworth, Saint Joseph’s and who I will be reporting on the most, Stephenson Way Primary...

Police officers are investigating an attempted break-in at one of the town centre shops. Between 1.30pm on Saturday (22nd February) and 8.45am on Monday (24th), an unidentified person has approached the rear of Carver estate agents on Dalton Way and smashed four windows. The suspect then tried to unscrew the security bars from the window...

Police are hunting thugs who have vandalised two cars in Newton Aycliffe. Paint has been thrown over the vehicles in Osric Place (yellow estate) some time between 8-9pm on Saturday 8th February. Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101, quoting reference DHM-08022014-0400, or message them on Facebook.  ...