A report by the North of England’s leading universities and top Tees Valley officials has highlighted how the chemical and process sector across the Northern Powerhouse could grow by more than £20 billion over the next 20 years. The Northern Powerhouse Chemicals and Processing Sector Science and Innovation Audit is one of a selection of...

Brave Newtonian Millie Robson had her wish granted to meet British girl group Little Mix at an exclusive event in London, thanks to Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity. Rays of Sunshine ambassadors, Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson took time out of their busy schedule to meet a group of 12 children with...

After the heavy rain washed out the majority of the fixtures last weekend it was back to action for the Aycliffe Juniors football teams this week. The Under 6’s played a series of mini games at Bishop St Mary’s Kings. They won one, drew one and lost two with Will scoring five goals during the games. The Under 7’s White lost out in...

Aycliffe Business Park residents Mobile Rocket are delighted to have been shortlisted for not one but two North East Business Awards. The business has been shortlisted in the categories of innovation and digital technology, recognising their innovative approach to developing new products and services within the mobile apps market, at the...

HC-One’s St Clare’s Court care home in Newton Aycliffe has been voted by residents and relatives as one of the top 20 recommended care homes in the North East in the carehome.co.uk awards 2019 for the fourth year in a row. Carehome.co.uk is the UK’s leading care home comparison website, and this recognition for St Clare’s Court is based...

Sunderland RCA 1, Newton Aycliffe 0 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe travelled to Ryhope and went down 1-0 to in-form Sunderland RCA, conceding yet another late goal. They matched RCA in all areas except scoring. Aycliffe kicked down the slope in the first half and started well. Ethan Wood got a shot at goal after three minutes which...

Newton Aycliffe steel firm Finley Structures has invested more than £500,000 in a new state-of-the-art cutting machine to increase capacity and improve efficiencies. The family-run business, which has been buoyed with a string of major contract wins recently, has also invested in a new 7,500 sq ft. manufacturing space to accommodate the...

Students at Woodham Academy had lots of fun on World Book Day celebrating authors, illustrators, books and of course – reading! The English department at Woodham dressed up as their favorite book characters once again – and much to the delight of the students. This year, Year 7 were invited to dress up too. The quality and effort that...

A rail firm planning a rival low-fare service between the North East, London and Edinburgh has ordered trains that will be made in the region. FirstGroup has agreed a £100m deal with Hitachi Rail for five new AT300 electric trains that will be built in part at Hitachi’s plant on Aycliffe Business Park. The service – which will run five...

A man who killed another man after punching him outside a pub has been jailed for eight years. Iain Lee, pictured above, suffered critical head injuries after he was punched to the ground in the early hours of September 8 last year. The 31-year-old had been socialising with a friend at The Roundhouse pub in Newton Aycliffe when he was...