April 1st, 201604332A young Aycliffe Mum has been left paranoid and insecure after heartless thieves burgled her during the night while she and her one-year-old son were asleep.
But brave Chloe Tailford says she would like to meet the depraved crooks who crept into her home during darkness – and ask them why they stole her son’s Christmas money...
April 1st, 201605782Two young performers from Newton Aycliffe have been offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to attend a prestigious Hollywood dance school.
But the teenage sensations need to raise cash to help fund their dream summer trip.
Woodham Academy student Charlie Lough, 15, and 14-year-old Emily Halford, who goes to Greenfield College, have...
April 1st, 201602715UTC South Durham hosted a successful business breakfast at Hitachi Rail Europe’s new rail facility in Newton Aycliffe.
The £10m UTC – an engineering and advanced manufacturing Centre of Excellence backed by Hitachi Rail Europe, Gestamp Tallent and the University of Sunderland – will be the first in the North-East, and is on...
April 1st, 201602199Newton Aycliffe solicitors Hewitts has agreed to support the Butterwick Hospice’s Great North Run campaign this year.
The hospice, which has sites in Bishop Auckland and Stockton, visited businesses during a news and networking event on Aycliffe Business Park recently.
Butterwick has 320 places for this year’s September Great...
April 1st, 201601816Aycliffe Today’s business magazine is the only publication which is exclusively mailed direct to every firm on Aycliffe Business Park.
Companies now have a chance to market direct to the Aycliffe market in the May-June issue of Aycliffe Today Business, due out early May.
We only have a limited number of slots available as there...
April 1st, 2016011408Newton Aycliffe residents were on high alert this morning after a vast sinkhole covering the whole Northern area of the town was discovered.
Scientists have unearthed a huge, 20-foot deep underground cavern stretching two miles from the edge of the town centre to Rushyford.
Boffins believe the problem dates back to when water...
March 31st, 201602348Hitachi Rail Europe has won a deal to make 19 new high-speed trains which will improve connectivity from the North-East to the North-West and Scotland.
The new TransPennine Express (TPE) franchise, operated by FirstGroup, has been given the go-ahead by government to complete a new rolling stock contract with Hitachi to supply the...
March 30th, 201601822Star gazing is high on the agenda for students at Woodham Academy thanks to a new piece of scientific kit.
The school has acquired a state-of-the-art automated reflector telescope which will be used to allow GCSE Astronomy students to easily access fascinating sights of the solar system.
Woodham Academy was able to purchase the...
March 30th, 201601842Aycliffe runners attended the Mermaid 10K in Marske on Good Friday.
Almost 230 runners took part in the race, with five runners from Aycliffe Running Club, all recording impressive times, and two runners achieving personal bests.
They’re pictured (above, left-to-right): Ste Smith, Rob Young, Michelle Jane, Mark Wade, Rob...
March 30th, 201602261A multi-billion-pound plan to transform the future development of County Durham will start again, seven years after the process first began.
A new consultation exercise will be carried out by the local authority, which expects to submit a new report to Government by December 2017.
Durham County Council withdrew its previous plan...
