A popular community group is set for its inaugural meeting after changing its name. Horndale Community Association’s first meeting of 2019 is due to be held next Wednesday. It’s the group’s first meeting since rebranding as Horndale Community Association from its previous moniker Horndale Residents Association. But chairman Philip...

County Durham Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner Ron Hogg is consulting local people about an increase to the amount of Council Tax which goes to the police service, known as the precept, by 13.24%. This equates to an increase of £16 a year, or 31p a week, for a property in Council Tax Band A. Members of the public are being asked to...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker takes a look back at some of the stories making the headlines on aycliffetoday.co.uk during another eventful 12 months for Aycliffe Business Park. In the second of four parts, we take a look back at the months of April, May and June… APRIL • Family-run Beaumont Grounds Maintenance reveals the...

Students from Greenfield Community College have continued to contribute and make a difference to the local community by supporting an important local appeal. Mountain Hartside tutor group alongside their tutor Miss Foster have been running a food bank appeal for local charity Shildon Alive, who help local people with food hampers and cupboard...

Whitley Bay 2, Newton Aycliffe 2 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe travelled to Whitley Bay and came back with a point after a 2-2 draw on Saturday. The home side started the brighter of the two sides and went close in the first minute when Alan Harrison blocked a shot on the line. Aycliffe had another let off on the quarter hour when...

Newton Aycliffe-based international shower designer and manufacturer Roman is wishing a long-term employee a happy retirement. Geoff Ingram, Roman’s Northern contract manager, is retiring after 50 years in the industry. Geoff started work as an apprentice heating engineer at the age of 16 and has worked his way up since, spending his...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Shildon 1 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe lost to neighbours Shildon in front of a bumper Boxing Day crowd at Moore Lane Park. With 265 in attendance, the derby followed the same pattern as Aycliffe’s cup defeat against the Railwaymen a few days earlier, in that Shildon dominated the first half and Aycliffe the...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker takes a look back at some of the stories making the headlines on aycliffetoday.co.uk during another eventful 12 months for Aycliffe Business Park. In the first of four parts, we take a look back at the months of January, February and March… JANUARY • Children from Vane Road School in Aycliffe got a...

The remembrance of a day as momentous as the end of World War One cannot be confined to a single day. Woodham Academy students have embarked on a ‘year of remembrance’ where special projects and activities have been organised to mark the centenary year. It began with a Battlefield trip to Belgium and all Key Stage 3 students have written...

Newton Aycliffe steel firm Finley Structures has won praise from a main contractor as it continues to work on a high-profile North-East sports development. Construction firm Galliford Try awarded family-run Finley Structures a contract to fabricate and erect 640 tonnes of steel for Durham University’s expansion of its sports...