The Conservative parliamentary candidate for Sedgefield in Thursday’s general election says he will fight for local authority funding – despite seeing crippling cuts under a Tory government. Alarming figures, revealed by the independent campaign group Stop School Cuts, show how Aycliffe schools will be even more worse off in 2020 under Tory...

By Matty Bright Although we are getting closer and closer to Christmas Day, the football remained a priority for our Junior sides that managed to get a match played in trying conditions. Our Under 7’s played on Saturday morning in what was a frustrating game for the Aycliffe side. The lads’ confidence levels continue to grow and their...

Twelve individuals from the county’s tourism industry have been recognised as ambassadors after successfully completing the ‘Welcome to Durham’ training programme, an initiative led by Visit County Durham. The course was introduced by Visit County Durham in 2013 to provide businesses with the skills and resources to offer the highest...

Paul McGeary’s tireless campaign to raise money and awareness for blood charity Bloodwise took a huge step towards breaking through the £40,000 mark with a recent hamper raffle organised by his mother, Mary Warke. Paul was 33 when he was diagnosed with Leukaemia five years ago, and despite being in remission for 15 initial months, he sadly...

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Vince Cable, has said he “understands” why thousands of his party’s supporters will vote for Labour candidates like Sedgefield’s Phil Wilson on Thursday. Sir Vince, who led his party to its best result in almost a decade earlier this year in the European elections, says “holding your...

Tekmar Energy has continued its expansion into the Asia offshore wind market with a substantial award in Taiwan from repeat client Seaway 7. The project is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2021, using 80 x 8MW Siemens Gamesa turbines. Tekmar Energy will be supplying 150 of their patented Tekmar Cable Protection Systems (CPS)...

North Shields 3 Newton Aycliffe 2 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe made the long trip to North Shields and lost 3-2 despite having had good chances to win the game. Aycliffe started brightly playing into the wind. They took the lead on six minutes when Liam Jarvie sprung the offside trap and finished past Shields keeper...

Aycliffe students have worked on a project to help mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Second World War concentration camps. On January 27, 2020, Holocaust Memorial Day will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. In commemoration for this landmark anniversary, the Holocaust Memorial Trust have organised...

Founder of £44m global brand, and youngest-ever TV Dragon, tells Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker that you can be astute in business and be nice to people at the same time… Despite her astronomical rise to fame, Sara Davies’ feet remain firmly on the ground in her native County Durham. Her emergence on BBC Two’s hit show Dragons’...

By Donna Campbell The weekend just gone was a very quiet one for the club by way of Parkruns, and not because the icy weather had resulted in some being cancelled. It was due to the fact that this weekend was time for the Ravenstonedale 10k. This has been a very popular race for the members of ARC over the last few years and this year was no...