January 19th, 202201229By Paul Blythe
A round up of this week’s football from Newton Aycliffe Junior Section.
Development – Had a wonderful turnout with eighteen children attending a great training session provided by Jack. There were also considerable numbers at Under 7’s training with twenty children attending. The trainer of the week was Reggie...
January 19th, 202201194World-class playground designers have started work on an enchanting new children’s adventure play area inside a mysterious forest in Raby Castle’s grounds.
The project is part of a wider development, known as The Rising, that promises to attract new visitors to the area and create outstanding recreation for the local...
January 19th, 20220988A revamp project is set to shine new light onto historic Durham Cathedral.
A team has been working carefully to develop a new lighting scheme that will be more efficient and reduce carbon emissions by employing the latest LED technology.
Durham County Council is embarking on the specialist programme to replace the site’s current...
January 18th, 20220862Greenfield Arts are due to host their annual Open Art Exhibition ‘Our Place’ in March.
The exhibition allows for artists working in a range of mediums to participate, including areas such as painting, drawing, writing, photography and textiles or performance arts.
This year, Greenfield Arts are celebrating a sense of place,...
January 18th, 202201117Charitable council staff have donated toys and equipment to help young people receiving care at a Durham City hospital.
Kind-hearted members of Durham County Council’s DurhamWorks team collected gifts and essential equipment for the Tree Tops ward and Children’s A&E department of University North Durham Hospital.
The...
January 17th, 202201590Thornaby 0, Newton Aycliffe 2
By Bob Wood
Despite almost a month's layoff Newton Aycliffe showed no sign of rustiness as they took three points at second-placed Thornaby on Saturday.
Goals from Andrei Ardelean and Ben Reay sealed Aycliffe's third win of the season over the Teesside team.
Aycliffe started the game strongly...
January 17th, 20220993Residents across County Durham can have their say on the future of local library services.
Durham County Council held the last review of the county’s library service in 2012.
In recent years society has experienced massive digital and technological advancements and as a result, services have needed to be revitalised to reflect...
January 17th, 202201055In every issue of our Aycliffe Business magazine, we take a break and sit down with a different employee or business owner/leader to ask them 20 questions about a variety of subjects.
In our latest edition, Aycliffe-based Digital Edge creative director Graham Marsh answers our 20 questions over a cuppa…
1: What do you do?
A: I...
January 14th, 202201644Newton Aycliffe’s Tory MP has ended his silence over the Boris Johnson party-gate affair after finally making a public statement.
Conservative MP Paul Howell apologised for the delay in making a statement after receiving a number of complaints from members of the public, amid the Number 10 ‘bring your own booze’ debacle this...
January 13th, 202201366By Paul Blythe
Under 12’s – entered the MFC Christmas tournament during the break. In a competitive tournament, Aycliffe ended up eventual winners. Playing six games overall and winning four of these, including a 2-0 win in the final v Coulby Newham. Goals on the day scored by James (4), Keaton (2) & Callum. Well done to the...