A community group has stepped in to honour a donation that had been promised by the late “Honest” John Hilton. Newton Aycliffe’s Community Support Initiative (CSI Aycliffe) have kindly honoured a donation of £300 to Greenfield Arts, that had been initially suggested by renowned Aycliffe fundraiser John – affectionately known as Honest...

Durham County Council has employed 11 new neighbourhood wardens to help it keep enviro-crime and anti-social behaviour under control. The local authority has invested £500,000 in the recruitment of the wardens as part of its efforts to ensure previous reductions in activities like fly-tipping are built on. In February, the council agreed to...

By Gary Beacom Many of our teams were back in action last week. Here’s a round-up… U8’s blacks played another friendly game today against Middleton Rangers, the game started off a bit sluggish going down within the first 5 minutes, then they started to keep their formation passing nicely to see them being the better up to halftime....

The 46th issue of Aycliffe Business – the magazine for Aycliffe Business Park – features an interview with Excelpoint managing director Ian Brown, written by freelance writer and former Northern Echo editor Peter Barron. Freelance writers Colin Young and Joanne Barrett have also written features on local firms Greystone Legal and Business...

Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket... Saturday 5th September – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Bedale 1st XI – weather was overcast with a chilly wind. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bat first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 202 all out after 50 overs Adam Gittins 75, Adam Randall 40 and Chris Palmer...

Assaults on police officers and staff in County Durham and Darlington increased during the lockdown period, figures have revealed. Durham Constabulary recorded 228 assaults on officers and staff between March and July this year – an increase of 26% when compared with the same period last year, in which 168 assaults were recorded. A number...

September marks the fifth anniversary of Hitachi Rail officially opening its state-of-the-art train manufacturing factory in Newton Aycliffe. From the empty shell that was opened by then Prime Minister David Cameron, the team has built 192 trains over the last five years that are now in service. The trains produced include the UK’s new...

By Joe Rammage Newton Aycliffe were knocked out of the Emirates FA Cup last week after a disappointing night at the King George V Ground. Nathan Guru scored the only goal of the game eight minutes from time last Wednesday night as both sides missed penalties on an awful evening in North Yorkshire with wind and heavy rain persistent...

Police received a report of a robbery in Newton Aycliffe this week, during which a cash drawer was taken. The incident took place at Stevens Newsagents, Neville Parade, at around 8.10pm on Wednesday night. A man is believed to have entered the store and made demands to staff to open the cash register, before removing the cash drawer himself...

By Paul Dalton Opportunities to race were few and far between over the last week, as race organisers still get to grips with the new measures introduced to host events in a Covid secure manner. This resulted in no competitive activity from the members of Aycliffe Running Club. But club training sessions have restarted over the course of...