High-profile entrepreneur and former model Heather Mills has been revealed as the keynote speaker for this year’s EMCN event on Aycliffe Business Park. Visionary businesswoman Ms Mills has expanded her international award-winning plant based vegan company VBites by opening two sites in the North East, which increases the presance to a total...

By Donna Campbell This week the racing began on Monday with Alan Wilks making the journey to South Shields for their monthly mile. Alan completed this mile in 6 mins 33 seconds. On Wednesday night Richard Campbell travelled to Gateshead International stadium to take part in the final meeting of the North East Grand Prix where he ran in the...

Over 150 families attended this year’s Big Latch On event to celebrate and educate on all things breastfeeding. The Global Big Latch On was part of World Breastfeeding Week, Thursday to Wednesday August 1-7, with events taking place at registered locations around the world, as people gathered together to breastfeed and offer peer support to...

Shower screen manufacturer Roman has secured £2m funding from HSBC to potentially double the size of its production facilities on Aycliffe Business Park. Strong sales and international growth for the Aycliffe shower enclosure company means their current rented site lacks capacity to meet predicted demand in export markets. Roman currently...

A range of community groups and organisations are celebrating after being awarded community cash from the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership (GAMP). GAMP have an annual budget of £100,000 available, and invited applications for projects from community and voluntary or not-for-profit organisations. Project proposals had to be delivered...

Ticket barriers could be removed with new technology being developed and trialled by Aycliffe manufacturer Hitachi Rail. Prototype technology currently being tested could use sensors on trains to detect an app on passengers’ smartphones as they board. There would be no need to remove the phone from pockets or bags and no need for station...

A young mother has praised the police and the Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue Team (TWSMRT) for coming to her aid after a forest walk went wrong. Jess Tinsley, 24, had gone on a walk in Hamsterley Forest with her partner, Kieran Parkinson and friend Dan Curry, after work at about 7pm on Sunday night (August 11). The Newton...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Northallerton Town 2 By Dave Stickland Newton Aycliffe went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle, losing 2-0 at home to Northallerton Town. They started positively, and had Northallerton pinned in their own half for most of the first half hour. Dean Thexton put a header wide five minutes in, and Kevin Carr had a low...

Council workers were out in force dealing with the impact of heavy rain across County Durham. Torrential downpours overnight continued into the morning causing problems on the county’s roads during rush hour and minor flooding at some schools and leisure centres. Staff at Durham County Council have been doing everything they can to keep...

Lee Weldon’s weekly round-up from the wicket… Saturday 10th August – NYSD Division 2 Norton 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was windy and overcast. Norton won the toss and chose to bowl first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 167 for 9 after 50 overs Sam Telford 61, Michael Howe 32 and Chris Palmer 16 Norton 1st XI 105 all out...