Hitachi Rail Europe has confirmed more than 150 temporary workers won’t have their contracts renewed in December. The train manufacturer, which opened its factory on Aycliffe Business Park three years ago, lost out on a contract to design and manufacture 94 Deep Tube trains to serve the London Underground’s Piccadilly line earlier this...

By Donna Campbell Whilst this past week has been quieter in terms of racing it was still a very successful week for the runners of the club. Two of our newer members achieved PB's at Sedgefield Parkrun on Saturday morning. David Stothard achieved his PB of 24.32 and Sandrine Hall achieved 29.28 with the support of the club members along...

Police are appealing for information to help trace wanted man Paul Baveridge. Paul, 29, from the Newton Aycliffe area, is wanted by Durham Police in connection with a large-scale conspiracy to supply Class A controlled drugs. He is described as a white male, 6’4” tall, and was last sighted around September 8. Police have reason to...

More than 500 people are expected to attend a growing music festival which is now in its third year. The ROF 59 activity centre on Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, will welcome a string of local bands to a specially-built stage and marquee area at their premises this weekend. Around 500 people gathered for the event’s first two...

Almost 400 dangerous weapons have been taken off the streets during a week-long knife amnesty. Knives, samurai swords, machetes, an axe, crossbows and even a mace were handed in at police stations across County Durham and Darlington during last week’s Operation Brassen amnesty. Collection bins were set up in 11 stations across Durham...

More than 300 people braved the high winds and torrential rain to attend Woodham Academy’s Open Evening last Thursday night. Head teacher Christine Forsyth addressed prospective pupils and their parents, giving a flavour of what Woodham Academy can offer in terms of academic success, care for the individual child and extra-curricular...

Gainford Cross Keys 4, Aycliffe Sports Club 2 By Paul Eales Newton Aycliffe Sports Club were defeated in their League Cup game away to Gainford Cross Keys at the weekend. Having played out a 4-4 draw earlier in the season both teams knew it was going to be a tough opening tie to the competition. The Sports Club opened the scoring on...

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...