March 4th, 201603015British national champion Paracyclist Craig McCann visited students at Greenfield recently.
The wheelchair fencer, who is hoping to make the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, worked with Mr Butterworth’s year 10 GCSE PE class.
McCann and Mr Butterworth’s team taught a pre-planned theory lesson on diet in sport.
“It proved to be a...
March 3rd, 201602916Police are hunting a man who duped an unsuspecting resident out of money by impersonating a window cleaner.
Officers say a young male, in his early 20s and of skinny build wearing a red hooded top, attended an address in Bruce Road, off Pease Way, at about 6pm on Tuesday (1st March).
The suspect claimed to be a window cleaner...
March 2nd, 201604902Newton Aycliffe town centre has confirmed that the final phase of its current redevelopment has re-started.
Bosses say the demolition of Churchill House is now taking place – several months behind schedule.
The town centre told Aycliffe Today in June last year that the third phase of the £10m redevelopment, which would retain...
March 2nd, 201601848Young people from Newton Aycliffe school Woodham Academy have been visiting car-maker Nissan as part of an engineering course.
The group of 14 Year 9 students spent a week at the Sunderland plant to discover the world of manufacturing and industry by attending the course delivered by Industrial Cadets, an initiative that aims to...
March 1st, 201602765South Shields 2, Newton Aycliffe 2
(after extra-time: Aycliffe win 3-1 on penalties)
Newton Aycliffe reached the final of the Durham Challenge Cup for the first time in their history with a dramatic penalty shoot-out win at South Shields on Tuesday night.
The Newtonians came from behind to lead the semi-final clash in front of 517...
March 1st, 201607179A huge jobs boost for Newton Aycliffe has taken another big step forward today.
Councillors have voted unanimously in favour of a proposal to install vital new infrastructure just off the A167 to support a major development on Aycliffe Business Park which will create more than 3,000 new jobs.
Durham County Council first revealed...
March 1st, 201602471South Shields 31, Newton Aycliffe 11
Newton Aycliffe’s incredible unbeaten league run came to an at South Shields on Saturday.
What was novel or intriguing about this game was the pitch, not many of the Aycliffe side had ever played a game of rugby on artificial grass the new 3G type pitch.
The players and coaches were looking...
March 1st, 201602090Residents in County Durham are set to benefit from a new scheme which will see free central heating systems fitted to a number of homes without, or with only partial, central heating.
Thanks to a £6.5m government grant, Durham County Council, as part of Warm Up North, a partnership with eight other North East local authorities and...
March 1st, 201603373Huntsman 1, West Auckland Club 0
By Craig Woodhead
Following their win against The Sports Club, Huntsman were back in action at the weekend at home to West Auckland Club who before the game topped the league above in the Darlington Charity Cup.
Manager Neil Dodds chose to make five changes to the line up as Jamie Herd, Ryan...
February 29th, 201602231Newton Aycliffe Juniors footballing weekend came round again with a series of game across the age groups...
Their development squad for 4-7 year olds enjoyed their first match on Friday with Thomas starring as man of the match in a great performance.
The Under 8’s won their game 4-3 against Spraire Lads in Darlington. They...
