December 11th, 201902564By Matty Bright
Although we are getting closer and closer to Christmas Day, the football remained a priority for our Junior sides that managed to get a match played in trying conditions.
Our Under 7’s played on Saturday morning in what was a frustrating game for the Aycliffe side. The lads’ confidence levels continue to grow...
December 11th, 201902049Twelve individuals from the county’s tourism industry have been recognised as ambassadors after successfully completing the ‘Welcome to Durham’ training programme, an initiative led by Visit County Durham.
The course was introduced by Visit County Durham in 2013 to provide businesses with the skills and resources to offer the...
December 10th, 201901662Paul McGeary’s tireless campaign to raise money and awareness for blood charity Bloodwise took a huge step towards breaking through the £40,000 mark with a recent hamper raffle organised by his mother, Mary Warke.
Paul was 33 when he was diagnosed with Leukaemia five years ago, and despite being in remission for 15 initial months,...
December 10th, 201903523The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Vince Cable, has said he “understands” why thousands of his party’s supporters will vote for Labour candidates like Sedgefield’s Phil Wilson on Thursday.
Sir Vince, who led his party to its best result in almost a decade earlier this year in the European elections, says...
December 10th, 201902357Tekmar Energy has continued its expansion into the Asia offshore wind market with a substantial award in Taiwan from repeat client Seaway 7.
The project is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2021, using 80 x 8MW Siemens Gamesa turbines.
Tekmar Energy will be supplying 150 of their patented Tekmar Cable Protection...
December 9th, 201902044North Shields 3 Newton Aycliffe 2
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe made the long trip to North Shields and lost 3-2 despite having had good chances to win the game.
Aycliffe started brightly playing into the wind. They took the lead on six minutes when Liam Jarvie sprung the offside trap and finished past Shields keeper...
December 9th, 201902264Aycliffe students have worked on a project to help mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Second World War concentration camps.
On January 27, 2020, Holocaust Memorial Day will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
In commemoration for this landmark anniversary, the Holocaust Memorial Trust have...
December 9th, 201901853Founder of £44m global brand, and youngest-ever TV Dragon, tells Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker that you can be astute in business and be nice to people at the same time…
Despite her astronomical rise to fame, Sara Davies’ feet remain firmly on the ground in her native County Durham.
Her emergence on BBC Two’s hit show...
December 6th, 201901226By Donna Campbell
The weekend just gone was a very quiet one for the club by way of Parkruns, and not because the icy weather had resulted in some being cancelled. It was due to the fact that this weekend was time for the Ravenstonedale 10k.
This has been a very popular race for the members of ARC over the last few years and this...
December 6th, 201901546Students from Greenfield Community College were amazed by future technology when they were given the opportunity to visit Nissan car plant in Sunderland.
Students from Year 9 and 10 BTEC Engineering visited the factory as part of their studies and were able to see first-hand the hi-tech approach and intricacies of production of the...
