December 31st, 201503412A global craft supplies company’s application to convert the former Holiways garage has been recommended for approval.
Crafter’s Companion, based at Coundon, Bishop Auckland, has targeted the former car showroom to be its base for exciting £100m growth plans.
Durham County Council planners had identified other locations as...
December 31st, 201503251Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on October and November...
October
• Newton Aycliffe’s rugby team storm to victory against second-top and previously unbeaten South Shields Marine. Club captain and stalwart Warren Parsonage described the victory as Aycliffe’s finest hour.
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December 31st, 201503555Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on August and September...
August
• The chairman of ACORN Residents’ Association Ken Robson causes a stir with extreme views saying we should have tougher laws on criminals – including capital punishment for murderers and child molesters, public...
December 30th, 201507960Police are appealing for information after a serious assault in the town just before Christmas.
Officers say the incident happened at around 9.45pm on Wednesday 23rd December, in between the Cobblers Hall pub and Burn Lane, when a female and male were assaulted by three men.
Police are appealing for anyone who may have been in the...
December 30th, 201502320A Newton Aycliffe-based security and risk management consultancy has strengthened its international ties after partnering with a specialist African driving training facility.
Trident Manor has collaborated with OnCourse, an African-based training provider for defensive driving, to create a specialist programme aimed at managing...
December 29th, 201503195Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on June and July...
June
• Plans to build a new care home on the site of the former police station in Newton Aycliffe are submitted to Durham County Council, after Durham Constabulary sold the 1.1-acre site to Gateshead-based group Helen McArdle Care,...
December 29th, 201503444Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on April and May...
April
• Aycliffe Today reveal exciting plans to launch a brand new radio station, but ‘Airplays Flood’ turns out to be an April Fool prank.
• Former Prime Minister Tony Blair (below) visits Aycliffe Business Park to deliver...
December 28th, 201503475Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker continues his review of 2015, looking back on February and March...
February
• Business Minister in the House of Lords, Baroness Neville-Rolfe, visits Newton Aycliffe appliances manufacturer Ebac to learn how a Regional Growth Fund grant is supporting its new production line, which will deliver...
December 28th, 201502890Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker takes a look back on 2015 with a review of the year...
January
• Former Newton Aycliffe FC chairman Gary Farley announces his decision to leave Moore Lane Park after eight years with the club.
• Hitachi starts shipment of the first completed Prototype of the pre-series Class 800 train from...
