Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket… Saturday 15th May – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Saltburn 2nd XI (match sponsored by Unison) – weather was cloudy and chilly. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 230 all out after 44.1 oversAdam Randall 79, Michael Howe 68 and Joe...

Newton Aycliffe’s new town clerk says he’s honoured and privileged to have been given the top job at Aycliffe Council. After 14 years as finance manager at Great Aycliffe Town Council, Dan Austin has succeeded Andrew Bailey as the town clerk. The lifelong Newtonian says he wants to improve the local authority’s engagement with the...

A partnership between the National Horizons Centre and Discovery Park, the Life Sciences Opportunity Zone for ambitious companies, is promising to bring opportunities to both organisations. Under the partnership, the National Horizons Centre – a UK centre of excellence for the bioscience industries based in Darlington and run by Teesside...

County Durham residents can return to their indoor fitness classes from Monday (May 17). Durham County Council is restarting its indoor fitness programme, in line with Step 3 of the government’s roadmap, following the reopening of its gyms and swimming pools last month. The new timetable, which includes the return of aqua classes,...

By Paul Dalton Just three members turned out for the club this week, though all in very different events, in what was another quiet week for racing. On Saturday, May 8, Jez Ladbury took on the Hardmoors Wainstones 13.1 Trail Race. The Hardmoors Race Series, which usually includes a marathon, half marathon and 10K option on each race...

Unique research carried out by Teesside University academics has highlighted that people’s attitudes to policing throughout the Covid-19 pandemic have been shaped by the need for positive social relations. In a special report published by PACE, the North East policy thinktank, Professor Marty Chamberlain, a Professor of Criminology at...

The board of Aycliffe Business Park Community (ABPC) is looking to appoint an individual or company on a consultancy basis to support the implementation of its ‘On the Map’ business engagement project. Aycliffe Business Park is the largest in the North-East, with an estimated 500 companies employing more than 10,000 people. ABPC was...

A new four-legged recruit has joined the Durham Constabulary family to help support officers and staff with their mental health. Police officers and staff face many pressures in their demanding roles and can sometimes find themselves struggling with their mental health. So this week, as part of the launch of the national Oscar Kilo...

The Aycliffe candidate who polled the most individual votes in last week’s county council elections insists now is a time to put class wars behind us and encourage partnership working at grass roots level. Conservative David Sutton-Lloyd (pictured above, right) won 1,269 votes in the Aycliffe North and Middridge ward of the Durham County...

By Adam Cayless U8’s whites took on Hebburn Town on Saturday in awful conditions and were outstanding in the first half. They did everything but find the back of the net, Josh and Oscar hitting the woodwork several times. Second half didn’t go their way, the highlight being Oscar nearly scoring a worldy from half way. MOTM went to William....