October 6th, 201603286Armed youths were detained by police following an incident involving an air rifle outside Greenfield School on Wednesday morning.
Police confirmed the school was on “lockdown” for a couple of hours from just after 9am through to about midday.
The school was alerted to reports that three youths armed with an air rifle were...
October 5th, 201602208A financial planning firm is exceeding expectations after moving to Newton Aycliffe almost two years ago.
Eldon Financial Planning relocated from Bishop Auckland to new offices on Aycliffe Business Park towards the end of 2014.
Since then the firm has expanded its full-time team to nine with two new members of staff, five of whom...
October 5th, 201601853The Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary, Michael Barton QPM, will have his contract extended for a further three years.
Initially appointed to the role in February 2013, Mr Barton’s term of office was due to end in February 2018.
Ron Hogg, Durham’s Police Crime and Victims’ Commissioner, who appointed Mr Barton, has...
October 4th, 201601763Durham County Council is calling on the government to rethink its planned cutbacks to community pharmacy funding, in a bid to save what it deems to be a vital resource for the people of County Durham.
At a meeting of full council, there was cross-party support for the motion, which sought to put pressure on central government to...
October 4th, 201601842Some of the North East’s most influential business figures will debate the hot topics affecting the engineering and manufacturing sectors at this month’s Durham Oktoberfest, to be held in Newton Aycliffe.
For the first time, a panel debate and audience question and answer session has been added to the Oktoberfest line-up.
The...
October 4th, 201602090The Juniors marched on to another weekend of football action with lots of teams in both league and cup action.
The Under 7's continued their bright start to the season with a 6-3 win at Sunnydale against Darlington Youth in the TJFA Challenge Cup. They opened up a 3 goal lead before Darlington pulled two back. However the lads stick...
October 3rd, 201602000A volunteer group in Newton Aycliffe is hosting its first Ladies Night to raise funds for Marie Curie.
The Newton Aycliffe Fundraising Group will be holding the event at Aycliffe Sports Club in the town on Friday October 21, and local residents are invited to come along and take part enjoy the evening.
Entertainment will be...
October 3rd, 201602094Newton Aycliffe 3, Newcastle Benfield 2
Newton Aycliffe started in third place in the league on Saturday, and maintained that position with a narrow 3-2 victory against mid-table Newcastle Benfield.
Both sides played good football early on without creating any clear-cut chances.
Aycliffe were then awarded a penalty in the 18th...
October 3rd, 201602804People from Newton Aycliffe are potentially sitting on £12,464 but do not know if their stuff is truly valuable or utter tosh.
The majority of people have something stashed away at home they think will be worth money in the future.
But new research reveals most consumers in the North East would benefit from a visit to the Antiques...
September 30th, 201602865Tributes have been paid after a father died while playing rugby in Newton Aycliffe.
Terry Parsons (pictured above, centre) collapsed during Newton Aycliffe Newtonians' match against Houghton RFC’s second team last Saturday.
He was quickly treated on the field by a paramedic and the emergency services, but he was unable to be...
