Thousands of jobs and new homes which would provide a boost to the County Durham economy are a step closer following the publication of an inspector’s findings. Durham County Council’s County Durham Plan envisages over 300 hectares of land being allocated for business and industry development and almost 25,000 homes being built. This would...

Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket… Saturday 19th September – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Darlington 2nd XI – weather was sunny and warm. Darlington won the toss and chose to bowl first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 234 for 9 after 50 oversAdam Randall 66, Luke Telford 46 and Adam Gittins 27 Darlington 2nd XI...

Police are urging people to be vigilant after fraudsters conned two elderly men out of five-figure sums of money. Officers received two separate reports from elderly residents in the Darlington and Neville’s Cross area in Durham, who had been contacted by conmen purporting to be detectives from the Met Police. During both calls, the men...

Logistics firm Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has secured a deal to store and distribute over half a million bottles of sanitiser gel per month which are being produced by nearby INEOS. INEOS launched a new global healthcare firm INEOS Hygienics in July, following the runaway success of its new hand sanitiser plants this summer. Its...

Leaders across the North East have written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock calling on him to amend new local Covid-19 restriction measures to allow families to continue their usual childcare arrangements. Seven local authorities came together to request stricter measures across the region in response to rapidly rising infection rates. In...

Two women have raised more than £1,000 for The Little Princess Trust after donating their long locks to the charity. Olivia McHale and Hillary Delve, who work at Crafter’s Companion in Newton Aycliffe, recently had seven inches and 14 inches respectively, cut off at The Salon in Coundon. Throughout the past few weeks, the pair have also...

Newton Aycliffe’s MP says the latest Covid restrictions for the area “had to be done” – but he has said there’s a chance areas like Aycliffe could appeal the decision. From today (Friday), residents are prohibited from mixing with others, and pubs/restaurants must close by 10pm, after Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there were...

By Paul Dalton In a quiet week, which would normally see the biggest running event on the North East race calendar, many members of Aycliffe Running Club still threw themselves into the spirit of things by running their own Half Marathon to participate in the virtual ‘Great North Run Reimagined’, with some also raising money for their...

Almost two million people in North-East – including those in Newton Aycliffe – will see more restrictions following a rise in coronavirus cases. The temporary measures include restrictions on households mixing and pubs closing earlier at night, starting from midnight on Thursday. The County Durham, Northumberland, Newcastle, Sunderland,...

Woodham Academy welcomed back the entire school community in the first week of September. For the second year in a row, the school was oversubscribed for new starters, with 220 new year 7 students enjoying a day to themselves on the Wednesday, providing a settling introduction to their new school. Normally, students would have received a...