August 17th, 201703378An art gallery depicting life in and around Newton Aycliffe is due to go on show.
Greenfield Arts is inviting the public to the preview of its latest exhibition by Mike Connell on Wednesday September 6, 6pm to 8pm.
Mike, who describes his style as realistic but characterful, has based his exhibition on his own observation and...
August 17th, 201702987Darlington Mowden Park 31, Newton Aycliffe 10
Newton Aycliffe Rugby Club played its first preseason friendly, at the Northern Echo Arena.
The game was played as the final part of Mowden Park's 'Dawn'til dusk' full day of rugby which was organised to support Luke Bell, who is the son of Mowden 3rd XV Captain Mark (Tank)...
August 16th, 201702133Newton Aycliffe Sports Club will house a quiz evening next month as local fundraiser Paul McGeary edges closer to smashing the £30,000 barrier as he raises funds for blood cancer charity Bloodwise.
The 35-year-old Newtonian, who has twice battled Leukaemia in recent years, has spearheaded a campaign – dubbed #NotOneInch – which...
August 16th, 201702446Newton Aycliffe firm Ebac has shown its support to the local community by sponsoring the town’s football club in a record-breaking deal.
The washing machine manufacturer has sponsored Aycliffe’s new home shirts for the 2017-18 Northern League first division season in an agreement chairman Allan Oliver described as...
August 15th, 201701463There will be no changes to bin collections in County Durham over the August bank holiday.
Rubbish, recycling and garden waste will be picked up as normal, on the usual collection day, during the week commencing Monday, 28 August 2017.
Householders should put their bins out for collection by 7am on their normal collection...
August 15th, 201702880Lee Childs has left his role as chief executive of Newton Aycliffe-based South West Durham Training (SWDT) to take up a new challenge.
Childs, who completed his engineering apprenticeship with SWDT nearly 18 years ago, returned to the Aycliffe site as its boss in October 2015.
He has successfully introduced new bespoke training...
August 15th, 201701654By Paul Eales
Newton Aycliffe Sports Club FC opened the 2017-18 season with an 8-6 win over local rivals Shildon Three Tons in the Wear Valley Sunday League Division Two.
The Aycliffe side got off to a flyer with the first of Kyle Allen’s (pictured) six goals coming in the eighth minute with a cheeky lob from outside of the box...
August 14th, 201701633Newton Aycliffe-based Tekmar Energy has been awarded a large contract to protect array cables on the Binhai North H2 Offshore Windfarm project, in the Jiangsu province of China.
It comes after the successful supply and installation of its systems on the first project in Taiwan last year, the Formosa 1 demonstrator project.
The...
August 14th, 201701518Newton Aycliffe squandered a three-goal lead as they earned a point at home to Guisborough Town on Saturday.
The draw maintained Aycliffe’s unbeaten start to the 2017-18 season – but the Newtonians are yet to win a league game after drawing their first fixtures.
Aycliffe totally dominated the first half at Moore Lane Park on...
August 13th, 201701865Horndale Residents Association are holding a free Family Fun Day this week.
It’s being held at Greenfield Community College on Thursday (August 17) from 10.30am until 2.30pm.
Attractions will include a petting zoo, crazy critters, pony rides, police, fire brigade, bouncy castles, fayre ground, face painting, Aidensfield bus...