It’s being reported that Aycliffe giant Hitachi Rail is set to miss out on the £500m Tyne and Wear Metro deal – to a Spanish rival. It’s understood Nexus – the public body which owns and manages the Tyne and Wear Metro, to design, build and maintain the new fleet of trains – is set to overlook Hitachi with the contract, which would...

A Newton Aycliffe man who was on the run after being convicted of drug dealing has been arrested in Wales. Paul Baveridge was one of three men convicted of being part of a cocaine deal worth £58,000 last month. But he failed to turn up at Teesside Crown Court in August, and Durham Police issued a warrant for his arrest. Police confirmed...

Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket… Saturday 14th September – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Redcar 1st XI – weather was mild and sunny. Redcar won the toss and chose to bat first. Redcar 1st XI 80 all out after 32.2 overs Jack Slatcher 3 for 7, Patrick Howe 2 for 2 and James Layfield-Carroll 2 for...

The Pioneering Care Partnership in Newton Aycliffe is again taking part in this year’s hugely-popular fundraising coffee morning. The PCP will be part of the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support on Friday September 27, 10am-1pm. The Cobblers Hall centre will be filled with a range of freshly prepared...

Tekmar Energy has won a major new offshore wind farm deal in Taiwan. Offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul Group has selected Tekmar’s cable protection system (CPS) TekLink Mechanical Latch for the Changhua offshore wind farm. Changhua is the second wind farm to be installed in Taiwan located along the West Coast with construction...

Jarrow 2, Newton Aycliffe 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe were knocked out of the FA Vase away to second division Jarrow. Although not at their best in the windy conditions, Aycliffe had plenty of good chances to win the game, but went out of the competition with a 2-1 loss. Jarrow started brightly with their centre forward...

A week of action will take place in County Durham this month as a council continues to crackdown on empty homes. Durham County Council is taking part in National Empty Homes Week from Monday 23 to Sunday 29 September to raise awareness of the issue and to promote the work it is undertaking to bring vacant properties back into use. In County...

A Newton Aycliffe-based recruitment agency has opened an office in the Republic of Ireland to meet rising demand for its new training division. Fleet Recruitment, led by ambitious entrepreneur Neil O’Connor (pictured above), expects turnover to grow by 40% in the next year, with half of its growth expected to come from Ireland. The...

By Donna Campbell The focus of this week’s racing was the Great Run events in our area. First up was the Great Tees events in Stockton. These took place on Saturday with mini, junior 4k and 10k races. One of our juniors Sophie Fleming participated in the junior 4k race completing this in a time of 19.36. In the main 10k race we...

Woodham Academy says it achieved its best ever GCSE results this summer. The school’s new head teacher Andrew Bell, who succeeded Christine Forsyth this month, says he’s “extremely proud” of all students from the class of 2019 after the record results. He says the results place Woodham near the top of county performance...