By Martin Walker Aycliffe Today have spoken exclusively to Ebac managing director Pamela Petty about the firm’s successful bid to become the UK’s only manufacturer of washing machines. The family-run company, which employs 186 people at its Aycliffe Business Park premises, has been allocated £1m from the Regional Growth Fund to help...

Newton Aycliffe Youth Centre FC’s Under-13s girls continued their impressive start to the season as they entertained Brandon at the Oakleaf. The girls stormed into a 2-0 lead in the first 10 minutes with goals from Wood and Savage and third before half-time from Savage put the girls in complete control. The second half continued with...

Local residents are being invited to join in a series of award-winning guided walks throughout County Durham. Durham County Council’s voluntary countryside rangers were recognised at this year’s County Durham Environment Awards, winning the group volunteer award. Maria Murphy, countryside development officer with Durham County...

Preparation for this year’s Mathematics GCSE has reached fever pitch as Woodham’s Year 11 students seek to outdo their predecessors. Last year’s students achieved record results with successes at grades C and above, and A and A*, both being best-ever performances. Students are flocking to additional revision sessions in a...

By Martin Walker Hitachi admit they were able to get down to “real business” during last week’s Oktoberfest. The Xcel Centre, on Aycliffe Business Park, hosted the Durham Oktoberfest event, an engineering and manufacturing which brought hundreds of businesspeople to the town. Darren Cumner will be plant manager of Hitachi Rail...

By Ryan Gillham Durham Wildcats made a positive reaction after Friday night’s loss away to Sheffield Sharks in an exciting encounter against the Leicester Riders, but were on the end of a narrow defeat at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre. The game started brightly with both sides getting early points on the board but it was Leicester who...

The seven local authorities representing the North-East have met to discuss new working arrangements that could bring a more coordinated approach to promoting and protecting the region. At the latest in a series of meetings, leaders, chief officers and North Tyneside’s Elected Mayor, agreed that a more united approach could be of...

A local team of runners have raised in excess of £2300 for charity by participating in the Great North Run and the Bristol Half Marathon in September. The runners, from Newton Aycliffe-based shower manufacturer Roman, have raised the funds for a range of different charities including; Help for Heroes, NSPCC, Cancer Research UK, Marie...

Woodham Warriors American Football team from Woodham Academy flew out to Sicily to play at the Sigonella US Navy Base recently. This was the Warriors third game since September against American High School opposition. The Woodham students were able to take in the sights of Sicily before travelling to the US Navy base for their game...

Brodie Millichap picks out this week’s TV highlights… Five Picks Of The Week Rolf’s Animal Clinic: Tuesday 8pm, Channel 5.     First of a six-part series presented by Rolf Harris, who examines the work of the staff at the University of Liverpool’s School of Veterinary Science campus at Leahurst in Cheshire. The trainees learn...