March 21st, 201602060Adults with a disability in County Durham have gone the extra mile – literally – for Sport Relief.
Twenty-five people who use Durham County Council’s Care and Support Pathways service took on a one mile course at Spennymoor Leisure Centre on Friday for the charity event, which brings together the worlds of sport and...
March 21st, 201602148Newton Aycliffe 3, Bedlington Terriers 2
By Bob Wood
Newton Aycliffe returned to winning ways in an exciting game against Bedlington Terriers on Saturday.
The win was timely as fifth-placed Aycliffe prepare for their Durham Challenge Cup final against second division side Whickham on Good Friday.
Aycliffe's midweek games...
March 20th, 201602064Essential work is being carried out to trees in Newton Aycliffe.
Durham County Council is carrying out felling and pruning of trees which have been found to be dead, diseased or dangerous.
The work is based on the recommendations of an independent health and safety survey commissioned by the council after a small number of trees...
March 20th, 201602258Aycliffe Juniors continued their footballing season with another series of games for our younger teams...
The Under 7’s (pictured) were superb when playing against Stockton based Primrose Hill. They battled hard for every ball and showed great work rate. They conceded an early goal but then scored five of their own in a 5-1 win....
March 20th, 201605983Newtonian footballer Simon Ramsden has dramatically switched allegiances just hours before derby day kick-off.
The former Sunderland supporting Gateshead defender has dumped his beloved club in favour of the mighty Toon Army as the two huge rivals prepare to contest arguably the biggest North-East derby since the play-off semi-finals...
March 18th, 201602773The former boss of Newton Aycliffe manufacturing firm Ebac insists she only wanted ‘time out’ after leaving her post last year.
In her first interview since stepping down as managing director of the firm launched by her father, John Elliott, Petty says she simply wanted to spend more time with her family after 30 years with the...
March 18th, 201603512Thieves have struck again with five more burglaries this week – just days after police reported of six other incidents within the space of a week.
Aycliffe Today reported earlier this week how police were warning residents to be vigilant after a spate of burglaries in the town.
Now officers have reported five more incidents which...
March 18th, 201602346A Newton Aycliffe plastic injection moulding company is preparing to welcome its first apprentice back to work after six months at college.
Simon Hocking was working as a production shift operator at Newton Aycliffe based Formula Plastics when he applied for an advanced apprenticeship with the company in 2015.
He was successful at...
March 18th, 201601793Newton Aycliffe’s Northern League club are looking to bounce back from three straight defeats when they entertain Bedlington Terriers at home on Saturday.
The Newtonians suffered back-to-back set-backs against Newcastle Benfield, Ashington and Washington in the last week as a fixture bottleneck takes its toll.
But Peter Dixon’s...
March 18th, 201602923Sir Richard Branson has unveiled the first of Virgin’s new fleet of trains which will be built in Newton Aycliffe.
The 65 new inter-city trains – called Azuma, the Japanese translation for east – will cut journey times on the East Coast Main Line by up to 22 minutes.
The state-of-the-art carriages, which will initially reach...
