A doting dad is taking on the iconic London Marathon to raise funds for Newcastle-based charity, The Tiny Lives Trust. Martin Butterworth will be tackling the notorious 26.2-mile race on Sunday 28th April 2019, to raise funds for Tiny Lives, after his daughter Esther Rose was born three months prematurely. The North Yorkshire born dad –...

A small mixed-use retail development and a trade park will form the first phase of a major new development on Aycliffe Business Park, it has been revealed. The owners of the Forrest Park site – a 55-hectare development which is hoped will create 3,200 new jobs – are due to submit their application to Durham County Council (DCC) at the end...

People in County Durham are being invited to help shape the future of their area by taking part in three major consultations. Durham County Council will be asking people for their views on the latest stage of the County Durham Plan as well as two new strategies looking at housing and homelessness. The consultations began on Friday (January...

A family ticket for a drawing workshop with a famous illustrator is the fantastic prize on offer in a children’s art competition. The competition, which is running across all County Durham libraries, asks children to draw a character inspired by illustrator Nick Sharratt. Nick, who is best known for illustrating Dame Jacqueline Wilson’s...

West Auckland 0, Newton Aycliffe 1 By Bob Wood Aycliffe's new manager Colin Stromsoy saw his side take its first win in seven league outings at West Auckland on Saturday. Skipper Dan Mitton returned from injury to put in a man-of-the-match performance in the centre of defence while Josh Home-Jackson scored the only goal of the...

A Newton Aycliffe councillor ranted “you’re a no nothing biffoon” during a series of late-night drunken rants on Facebook. Independent councillor Ken Robson threw a barrage of semi-illiterate insults during the bizarre altercation with Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker late on Friday night. Cllr Robson told Walker he was...

Former Six Nations Rugby squad captain Tamara Taylor has given her backing to the Pioneering Care Partnership’s hydrotherapy pool campaign. She will be helping to spread the word about the positive impact hydrotherapy treatment has on people and why the pool is such an important resource for the whole community. Tamara visited the centre...

Newton Aycliffe’s nearest airport was effectively saved from going out of business when an ambitious buyout plan was given the go-ahead on Thursday. At a meeting of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, held in Middlesbrough, five council leaders from Tees local authorities backed mayor Ben Houchen’s £40m rescue package for Durham Tees...

Students from Greenfield Community College raised the roof as they competed in the popular annual ‘Greenfield’s Got Talent’ competition. The audience of staff and students were amazed at the talent on show and there was no shortage of participants who were keen to take the stage. There were lots of laughs and appreciation with a range...

A host of businesses gathered for Aycliffe Business Park Community’s first meeting of the year. See more pictures from the meeting below More than 70 people attended the first news and networking meeting of 2019, which was held at Hitachi Rail’s factory on the business park. Guests heard from Andy Palmer, Durham County Council’s...