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The branch in Newton Aycliffe Picture: GOOGLE BARCLAYS has responded after facing calls to reconsider the closure of a branch in County Durham later this year. The branch on Beveridge Way in Newton Aycliffe town centre is set to close its doors for the last time on June 23. Blaming a sustained fall in branch visits, Barclays has said that more than four fifths of its customers in Newton Aycliffe now use different ways to bank. Barclays has this week faced calls from residents, including Durham County Council s Councillor Carl Marshall, to urgently review its plans for closure. In his letter to Barclays Cllr Marshall, the cabinet portfolio holder for economic regeneration, said the closure comes as the area is seeing business and residental growth.
Leisure centre postcode lottery laid bare as three new sites approved MULTI-MILLION pound plans to replace ‘ageing and outdated’ leisure centres in Seaham, Chester-le-Street and Bishop Auckland have been given the green light. Expected costs for the scheme, which includes improvements to other sites across the county, have ballooned from £62.8 million to £78 million since they were first put forward last year (2020). But bosses have also promised there will be no disruption to existing users between construction starting and the new facilities opening. “In 2020 we approved the principles of an ambitious plan to transform our leisure centres, including three new centres to replace ageing and outdated facilities,” said Councillor Carl Marshall, cabinet member for economic regeneration at Durham County Council.