By Paul Eales Newton Aycliffe Sports Club won their third game in a row and are now five straight games unbeaten in the Wear Valley Sunday League Division Two. Playing away to Spennymoor Ash Tree, it was another poor start to the game when a long range effort was spilled by stand in goalkeeper Chris Kilburn to make it 1-0 to the hosts on...

The country’s top performing police force is recruiting new Special Constables. Applications to join Durham Constabulary as a Special Constable will open at 9.30am on Friday, September 14. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday, September 28. ‘Specials’ as they are known are volunteer police officers who commit a minimum of...

Two British-based global rail giants are opening up a new High Speed 2 bid centre in Birmingham to develop their plans to build an iconic train for the project. A team of up to 50 experts from both companies, including engineers, designers and environmental specialists, has been put together to work up the proposals. Based at Millennium...

The Aycliffe Juniors football teams welcomed in the new league season over the weekend. Everyone was excited to get things underway with a growing number of teams throughout the club and many new players ready to enjoy the action. The new season also marked our return home to play matches at Woodham Academy. There has been a great effort to...

Residents in County Durham are being invited to have their say on their local authority’s budget plans for next year. Durham County Council needs to make further forecasted savings of £35.3m over the next four years in addition to the £224m it will have achieved during the period 2011-12 to 2018-19. Frontline services will continue to be...

A growing publishing company says it plans to create future jobs, with a number of new publications in the pipeline. Middlesbrough-based Resolution Media and Publishing – sister company to Aycliffe Today Business publishers Mantis Media – already supports more than 30 local jobs all year round. Resolution is owned by former Middlesbrough...

Lee Weldon's final round-up of Aycliffe cricket action this summer... Saturday 8th September – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Middlesbrough 2nd XI – weather was cool and showery. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first. Middlesbrough 2nd XI 164 all out after 46 overs James Layfield-Carroll 3 for 31, Michael...

Successful work to improve the health and wellbeing of people in County Durham will be outlined to councillors this week. Durham County Council’s Cabinet will consider the latest annual report from the Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) when it meets on Wednesday (September 12). The report gives an overview of work the board has carried out...

Tedious online admin could be costing the UK economy £23 billion each month due to employees stuck doing necessary but time-consuming research, rather than devoting time to producing or creating more valuable work. Almost a fifth of the workforce dedicate over a quarter of the average working day to researching and collating information from...

Newton Aycliffe 0, West Auckland 7 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe suffered a heavy 7-0 defeat at home to local rivals West Auckland on Saturday. The visitors played fluent football throughout the match and made their attacking intentions clear early on. Aycliffe ‘keeper James Winter had to make a fantastic double save from...