Ronnie Kipling sadly passed away after a battle with cancer in August this year. Ronnie lived in the Newton Aycliffe most of his life with his wife Mary and had three children; Sharon, Julie and Paula and four grandchildren Amy, Liam, Sean and Thomas. Ronnie loved nothing more than supporting Liam and Thomas who played for Newton Aycliffe...

Only men need apply for the position of Father Christmas in a town's traditional Christmas Eve event after councillors agreed to 'politely decline' a woman's request to step into his boots. Great Aycliffe Town Council rejected a sub-committee recommendation to allow a female volunteer, who wanted to be Santa rather than a navigator for this...

The Pioneering Care Partnership continued its 20th birthday celebrations by acknowledging its longest serving volunteers, employees and tenant. Each received a gift in recognition for their ‘time served’ and were invited to join PCP Trustee and Chair, Barry Knevitt and Carol Gaskarth, Chief Executive to a delicious afternoon tea. See...

The focus of the past week's racing was on Saturday 24th November 2018 for the last race in the Club’s Championship. This meant that very few members took part in parkruns. That said Craig Robinson secured a PB at Shildon Parkrun in 30.01. Turning to the race on Saturday this was race that is hugely popular with Aycliffe Running Club...

The annual tradition of fundraising for Children in Need fund returned to Woodham Academy earlier this month. The academy has been raising money for the charity for over 10 years; this year the event was organised by Miss Ellesha Gray, teacher of English. The whole school actively participated in the event, in terms of sponsored silences,...

Newton Aycliffe-based global craft retailer Crafter’s Companion has announced plans to move its US headquarters to a larger space in Corona, California following a huge growth in sales from $12m to an estimated $22m over the past two years. The new office and warehouse, which will be 31,000 sq. ft, has been primarily driven by increased...

Newtonian Lewis Wing was named the Carabao Cup Player of the Round for round four. And it completed a double award for the 23-year-old, who also scooped the Goal of the Round gong after his stunner against Crystal Palace. Wing collected 54% of the vote on Twitter, enough to see off De Bruyne, Son and Burton Albion's Scott Fraser. “I’m...

A new row has broken out over the Santa Tours – with bumbling councillors embarrassing Newton Aycliffe again. Just weeks after councillors tried to scrap the 40-year tradition of the Santa Tours around town – a decision which the local authority later regretted due to public outcry and bad PR – they’ve followed it up with another...

A network to support County Durham food and drink producers is being launched. Durham Food and Drink Network is the fifth key strand of the Durham Business Opportunities Programme (DBOP), which is part of Business Durham. The network will enable small producers and County Durham SMEs who are keen to get their products to market, to tap into...

The wet weather didn’t stop the Aycliffe Juniors footballing action over the weekend when there were many games to enjoy. The Under 6’s took part in a joint training session with Crook. These players have just started playing over the last year and really enjoyed the opportunity to face local opponents. The Under 7’s White played...