October 21st, 201901702Billingham Town 0, Newton Aycliffe 1
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe travelled to Teesside and had to work really hard to beat a determined Billingham Town side 1-0.
Aycliffe started the match without leading goalscorer Dean Thexton due to injury, so Liam Jarvie and Johnson Ballan led the line.
Aycliffe weren't at their...
October 21st, 201901618A magic show packed full of potentially lifesaving messages has captivated hundreds of youngsters across County Durham.
Durham County Council commissioned Allan’s Road Safety Magic Show to deliver entertaining and interactive performances at ten primary schools across the county.
With the help of spellbinding tricks, plenty of...
October 18th, 201911635Spennymoor Town Band will represent the North East at the National Mineworkers Championship after raising £3,000 and receiving a last-minute donation from Newton Aycliffe firm Crafter’s Companion.
The brass band has been holding concerts and arranging fundraising events to reach their £3,500 target, which will cover the cost to...
October 18th, 201901626Newton Aycliffe 6, Redcar Athletic 1
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe won impressively at home against Redcar Athletic in the League Cup on Tuesday night.
The crowd at the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium were treated to seven goals as Aycliffe won 6-1 - off the back of their 4-0 league win over Penrith last weekend.
Redcar are...
October 17th, 201901939Woodham’s Sports Academy have had another highly successful launch to the year.
The interest and participation in our range of activities has been particularly high, following a newly introduced Year 7 Activities Fair.
The school has seen many new faces at all activities as well as dedicated older students.
All sports have...
October 17th, 201901533By Donna Campbell
This race report covers the first two weekends of October. The first, 6th October was a cross country race at Acklam, the first of the NSYD cross country league for this year. Our club had a great turnout for this race.
Some of our youths took part in this with three girls taking part in the under 11 race of 1.25...
October 16th, 201911461Organisations across County Durham and Darlington are making a big noise this week in a campaign to raise awareness of hate crime.
The Hate Hurts campaign is taking centre stage on social media during Hate Crime Awareness week, 12-19 October 2019.
Earlier this year the area’s Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner Ron Hogg...
October 16th, 201912618Greenfield Community College insists it has taken some positives from its latest Ofsted report, despite being told it needs improvements for a second time in just two years.
The school says the Ofsted report from a September visit highlighted a number of strengths within the school and identified a “small number” of key areas for...
October 16th, 2019202958MPs representing the two train manufacturing factories bidding to win a huge contract have joined forces to urge the chair of an independent review into Britain’s High Speed 2 (HS2) to consider the economic boost the deal would give their respective constituencies.
Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson and his Derby South counterpart, the...
October 15th, 201901665With the weather being a bit more forgiving this weekend there were several more of our junior teams in action compared to recent weeks.
Under 7 Blacks played away against Hartlepool Youth although the boys didn’t get the result they wanted, the effort they put into the game was not justified. The boys are improving each game and...
