April 8th, 201602038Detection dogs are being recruited to help people understand the dangers posed by the trade in illegal tobacco in County Durham.
As part of the County Durham Tobacco Control Alliance, Durham County Council’s trading standards team has joined up with B.W.Y Canine to host a roadshow aiming to raise awareness of illegal tobacco being...
April 7th, 201603820A Newton Aycliffe man has appeared in court charged with a number of alleged burglary offences.
Lee Robinson was last week charged with seven crimes committed across Aycliffe and Shildon.
The 42-year-old, who’s originally from Aycliffe but was living in Leeholme, Bishop Auckland, at the time of his arrest, was remanded in...
April 7th, 201602046A new ‘Community Pod’ is available for groups and organisations to use to promote their services and activities to visitors at the Pioneering Care Centre.
The pod is ideally located next to the reception in the Mall of the Pioneering Care Centre and it is available to book, for free to organisations aiming to improve the health...
April 7th, 201602120Aycliffe Running Club athletes competed at Northumberland Half Marathon and Hartlepool Marina 5 on Sunday.
Runners enjoyed great success with many gaining new personal bests (PBs) and also being placed in their categories.
Pictured (above) before the Marina 5 is (left to right) Denise Evans, Heather Fenwick, Rob Nicholson, Angela...
April 6th, 201601917Little ACORNS, the junior section of the ACORN Residents Association, will be holding their fourth annual petting zoo from 10am-2pm on Friday (8th April) at Newton Aycliffe leisure centre.
Starting with a ribbon cutting opening by town Mayor Mary Dalton, children will be entertained by Animal Story and Crazy Creatures petting zoos,...
April 6th, 201602404Football legend Ron Atkinson will star at an event to fund a youth football team’s European trip.
Newton Aycliffe Youth Football Club is already more than half way through raising enough funds to pay for all 18 of their Under 13 Falcons players to go to Holland on a Development Tour later this year.
A Sportsman's Evening is being...
April 5th, 201603342It was back to league action for Aycliffe Juniors after an Easter break for most teams.
Over the bank holiday weekend teams from the Under 8’s and 10’s played in the Easter Tournaments hosted by the Alun Armstrong Centre at Shildon. Teams reached the knock out stages but no trophies this time round.
The Under 7’s played a...
April 5th, 201602379An up and coming local company based in Newton Aycliffe has collaborated with a long established North East renewables company in order to improve and create a sustainable future for their rapidly growing business.
BTS Fabrications located on Newton Aycliffe Industrial estate have been established for seven years.
They specialise...
April 4th, 201603111Newton Aycliffe 15, Richmond 17
Newton Aycliffe lost only their second league game of the season against Richmond, but maintained their top-of-the-table status in the Durham & Northumberland third division.
This week’s game was played on a Tuesday evening at Durham City under floodlights verses Richmond – a home fixture...
April 4th, 201602212Newton Aycliffe 5, Morpeth Town 0
Ebac Northern League Division One
By Bob Wood
Three goals in four minutes just before half time paved the way for a comfortable victory for Newton Aycliffe over Wembley-bound Morpeth Town on Saturday.
The win took Aycliffe to 54 points from 31 games in the Ebac Northern League Division One...
