Newton Aycliffe-based Ebac is launching two innovative new programmes to boost apprenticeships in County Durham. The company, which produces watercoolers, dehumidifiers and air coolers, is taking on apprentices in a programme which will provide a wider education on how businesses work. It is also working with fellow Aycliffe company...

Two Newton Aycliffe residents have scooped top prizes as part of a green competition. Five lucky County Durham residents have picked up vouchers worth £50 for B&Q, after winning a free draw as part of a recycling campaign launched during Altogether Greener Week earlier this year. County Durham residents had been asked to take their...

EXCLUSIVE By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe have appointed club legend Dan Mellanby as their new player-coach. Boss Allan Oliver has called on the 34-year-old Newtonian to rescue Aycliffe’s troubled season, following Andy Toman’s short-lived spell at Moore Lane Park. Former Darlington player Toman said his goodbyes after...

By Martin Walker Firefighters from Newton Aycliffe attended a house blaze in Sedgefield which killed a man earlier on Tuesday. A joint investigation by County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service and Durham Constabulary is under way. At around 1.45am on Tuesday (9th October), emergency services were alerted to a fire in a...

A leading North East based specialist software provider is set to grow thanks to fresh investment in its company at NETPark’s incubator. Global Management Platform Ltd (GMP), a tenant of Durham County Council’s groundbreaking science and technology park near Sedgefield, recently secured investment from a venture capital company...

A cash reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of an armed gang who robbed a house near Newton Aycliffe. Four masked men broke into the home of a family-of-four in Redworth, near Aycliffe, on the evening of 24th September. The £5,000 reward has been put up by the householder’s family business in an effort to find...

By Martin Walker Newtonian Jason Steele today joined up with Stuart Pearce’s England Under-21 squad ahead of their play-off double header against Serbia. And the in-form Middlesbrough goalkeeper says there’s “no better feeling” than being involved with your national team. Steele put in another man-of-the-match performance for...

This week’s stage of the Apprenticeship Awareness Competition saw guest speakers from the National Apprenticeship Service and South West Durham Training Ltd visit Woodham Academy. The aim of the session was for students to find out about apprenticeship types, the typical day of an apprentice including the time spent with the company and...

Runners are invited to take on a 5k cross-country charity challenge next month. The Muddy Mo Fun Run, which is open to men and women, takes place at Hardwick Park, Sedgefield, on Saturday 10th November. The event is being held in aid of Movember, which aims to raise awareness of men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and...

Brodie Millichap picks out this week’s TV highlights… Five Picks Of The Week The Great British Bake Off: Tuesday 8pm, BBC2. The final four compete against each other as the amateur bakers attempt to make the final. The fab four are set the challenge of making a trio of classic patisserie confections, but drama strikes when two of...