A rogue trader who charged people hundreds and in some cases thousands of pounds for electrical goods repairs which failed has been left more than £3,000 worse off. Richard Andreas Allsopp accepted payments totalling more than £10,000 from nine households across the North East and when the repairs he had carried out did not work, promised to...

Staff from one of Newton Aycliffe’s biggest employers spent the day volunteering at a well-known wellbeing centre as part of a global day of action. Sixteen workers from 3M on Aycliffe Business Park spent seven hours at the Pioneering Care Partnership, at Cobblers Hall, as part of Global Volunteer Day. The green-fingered grafters spent the...

Builders’ merchants in the North-East have outperformed the rest of England with a major rise in sales, according to a report. Average daily sales across the region in the second quarter of 2018 were 21.7% higher compared to the first three months of the year. This represents significant levels of demand for building, repair and...

Newton Aycliffe MP Phil Wilson says the option to stay in the EU is now “very much on the agenda” after his party backed the idea of a People’s Vote. Labour’s Annual Conference in Liverpool has overwhelmingly adopted a motion that endorses the prospect of a People’s Vote, and which keeps the option of staying in the EU on the...

Newton Aycliffe 4, Penrith 1 By Bob Wood Newton Aycliffe achieved their first double of the season with a 4-1 win against Penrith on Saturday. Aycliffe took the points with a 3-1 win against the Cumbrians in the second game of the season and went one better when the sides met at Moore Lane. Aycliffe started brightly and...

North-East business IT solutions provider razorblue has further expanded its field engineering team, delivering managed IT services to organisations across the North and beyond, achieved using their own employees. razorblue’s growing reputation has led to a clutch of new client wins in 2018, with the company expanding its national field...

All 12 North East councils have today called on the Government to ensure funding is distributed fairly in the forthcoming spending review. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has been consulting on options for distributing elements of revenue support grant in 2019/20 and asking local authorities for their feedback. Cllr...

The Aycliffe Juniors football teams were back in league action over the weekend. Our teams continued their seasons with a variety of results. The Under 7 Juniors played an excellent Leven team. They came away defeated but enjoyed the match and put in a fine effort. The Under 8’s were away at Bishop St Mary’s and went ahead with a goal...

Almost £15,000 worth of legal bills have been handed out in court to people who failed to remove waste from their garden or yard. Newton Aycliffe magistrates heard on Wednesday that the 16 defendants were initially given community protection warnings by Durham County Council neighbourhood wardens and given seven days to clear the accumulation...

A local school came up with a novel way to promote reading over the summer. Students at Woodham Academy were invited to join a Reading Club, which granted them the opportunity to win a Kindle electronic reading book, books and book vouchers, if they agreed to keep a reading log over the six-week break. The school – whose reading efforts...