February 6th, 201801532A thriving warehousing firm is stockholding thousands of items including upside down wine glasses as part of a new six-figure deal.
Stiller Warehousing and Distribution on Aycliffe Business Park is holding 800 pallets of goods – weighing an enormous 400 tonnes – for Scarborough-based import and distribution firm AddCore.
The...
February 5th, 201802492A Woodham Academy student has been selected to represent her country in a European tournament.
Poppy Stephenson will fly out to the Czech Republic following her call up to the England U17 girls water polo squad. The Year 10 student will take part in the EU Nations Tournament, which begins at the end of March.
Poppy has been playing...
February 5th, 201801701Newton Aycliffe 2, Shildon 1
By Dave Strickland
Newton Aycliffe played at Moore Lane for the first time since mid-November and gained a vital win and three points against local rivals Shildon.
The Newtonians were quick out of the traps and were two up early on. Firstly, Jordan Roberts received a pass from Ben Trotter and cut...
February 2nd, 201812316Newtonian Russ Gibson insists Aycliffe Council’s appraisal of his application to relaunch the Great Aycliffe Show was “riddled with inaccuracies”.
Aycliffe’s town clerk Andrew Bailey assassinated Mr Gibson’s proposal to bring back the once popular Aycliffe show he wanted to scrap four years ago, in favour of a miserably...
February 2nd, 201803170Business Durham’s new managing director Brian Archer is the feature interview in the 32nd issue of Aycliffe Today Business – the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park.
With Roman managing director David Osborne providing the guest foreword for this edition, there are also features with Commercial Expert, Finley Structures,...
February 1st, 201802068Aycliffe independent councillor Arun Chandran’s passionate plea to reconsider the decision to reject Russ Gibson’s Aycliffe Show application was narrowly defeated during Wednesday night’s council meeting.
Cllr Chandran asked his independent and Labour colleagues to at least reconsider the application – insisting they had...
February 1st, 201802791Great Aycliffe Town Council delivered a stinging appraisal of Russ Gibson’s attempt to revive the Aycliffe Show – saying it was his lack of experience which undermined it.
Town Clerk Andrew Bailey had already assassinated Mr Gibson’s application with a behind-closed-doors report – refusing the Newtonian access to the...
January 31st, 201801997A working mum has rekindled her passion for finance after 12 years working as a teaching assistant.
Tracey Barnes spent 18 years working for Barclays before she took up a school role to accommodate family life.
Now she has returned to her roots as business manager for Newton Aycliffe corporate finance firm Commercial...
January 31st, 201801674Seven members of Aycliffe Running Club took part in the annual 5k Wynyard Trail Race last weekend.
The race is part of the Stockton trail series which run during the summer and the winter.
On Saturday the organisers altered the route so that the race was run in reverse making the second mile a difficult uphill section.
First...
January 31st, 201803412A brand new volunteering scheme is being launched by Durham Constabulary.
The Force is recruiting Police Community Support Volunteers (PCSVs) to provide a new uniformed presence to patrol in communities and focus on local priorities.
This is a brand new role which will see successful volunteers support frontline policing in...
