The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) gave a warm welcome to Newton Aycliffe Tesco’s as the wonderful ‘Bags of Help’ scheme, which raised £2,000 for Options, a day service for adults with learning and physical disabilities. Options was PCP’s first project established over 20 years ago. The group now runs five days a week and provides...

Eight swimmers from Sedgefield 75 swimming club travelled to Billingham for their first competition of 2020 last weekend. They racked up 61 swims between them, taking on many bigger clubs including Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough, returning with 26 medals. Charlotte Lee took on three breaststroke events, getting a personal best over...

A permit scheme to reduce disruption caused by street works in County Durham could be introduced this spring if councillors give the proposal the green light. Durham County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to endorse the Durham Roads and Street Works Scheme when it meets at County Hall in Durham City next week. By introducing a permit...

Newton Aycliffe-based conveying and automated handling specialist, Advance Automated Systems, is set to expand its operation by establishing a satellite projects office in Leicestershire. The move coincides with the announcement of two new key appointments. Operating from a 18,000 sq ft manufacturing site, Advance provide a fully integrated...

Parents in County Durham are being reminded they are running out of time to apply for primary school places for their children. The deadline for applications for the next academic year, which starts in September 2020, is Wednesday 15 January 2020. In order for a child to be eligible to start school in September 2020, the child’s birthday...

By Matty Bright It’s a new year and that meant that for our Junior sides the football season resumes. After a refreshing break off, our teams were all looking for that all important 3 points. Our Aycliffe Juniors u7s travelled to play Swalewall. Both teams had a great first half and it made for an entertaining game with the scores even at...

Three new state-of-the-art leisure centres could be built under plans to invest almost £63m in leisure services across County Durham. The proposals will also see investment being made at Newton Aycliffe’s town centre leisure facility. Durham County Council is proposing to transform leisure provision across the county with plans to create...

Award-winning charity Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) welcomed members from Churches Together in Great Aycliffe to the Centre where they presented a cheque for £150 in support of the Hydrotherapy Pool fundraising campaign. Churches Together in Newton Aycliffe consists of representatives from the churches in the area who come together to do...

North-East police officers are again spending a night behind bars in a haunted prison to raise money for good causes. Officers from Durham and Cleveland forces are coming together to spend the night at Birmingham’s Steelhouse Lane Lock-up, a Victorian mini-prison that is steeped in history and home to paranormal activity. They are raising...

Whickham 3, Newton Aycliffe 4 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe climbed back up to sixth in the Northern League first division with a narrow 4-3 victory away to Whickham on Saturday. They should have won comfortably but missed a hatful of chances and conceded a late penalty to give their fans an anxious last five minutes. They were...