Passengers are a step closer to experiencing new trains as work steps up on Azuma. LNER’s Azuma fleet for the East Coast main line is being built at Hitachi’s facility in Newton Aycliffe. The factory is home to 730 permanent employees and has recently seen 50 apprentices graduate. This milestone for Newton Aycliffe follows Azuma...

Helping children to maintain a healthy weight and ensuring overweight youngsters and their families have the support they need are the focus of a countywide consultation. Durham County Council is seeking the public’s views on the factors that influence a child’s weight ahead of a joint review being carried out with partners in the...

Five hardworking and enthusiastic youngsters have earnt employment with a local community regeneration charity. Dylan Constantine, 17, Robbie Harris, 20, Brandon Thompson, 20, Harry Atkins, 18 and Ben Taylor, 19, who were formerly not in education, employment or training have all secured jobs with Groundwork North East as part of its County...

A round-up of the weekend’s cricket action… Saturday 4th August – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Rockliffe Park 1st XI – weather was warm and sunny. Newton Aycliffe won the toss and chose to bowl first. Rockliffe Park 1st XI 101 all out after 24.2 overs Jack Slatcher 7 for 63 and Michael Howe 3 for 37 Newton Aycliffe...

A Newton Aycliffe takeaway owner has been fined more than £1,000 for multiple food safety and hygiene breaches. Durham County Council inspectors found walls and surfaces covered in grease and grime, dirty cooking equipment and raw meat stored above cooked items when they visited Mancinis Takeaway in Woodham, Newton Aycliffe, last...

A software company working with some of the world’s leading energy suppliers has taken on a new business analyst after saving more than £37,000 through a research and development tax break. Quorum Development discovered the tax saving initiative at an innovation talk hosted by Business Durham, the economic development organisation for County...

Newton Aycliffe 0, Ryhope CW 2 By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe FC's season kicked off with a home defeat at the hands of Ryhope Colliery Welfare. The first half was a cagey affair with Aycliffe being slightly the better of the two sides. They had the ball in the net on 17 minutes, but centre forward Ian Ward was judged to have...

Newton Aycliffe boss Deano Browne is looking forward to the Northern League season opener this weekend as the Newtonians go into a new campaign with a raft of fresh faces. Browne has assembled a strong 22-man squad for the 2018-19 season, with several ins and outs at Moore Lane Park this summer creating a new look and feel to the...

Youngsters who help spread the message about road safety among their classmates have been celebrating their achievements. Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) from 13 primary schools around the County Durham attended a special annual end of term celebration event at County Hall, Durham. The children took part in poetry workshops and heard from...

By Donna Campbell It was another week of attendance at varied races for Aycliffe runners. These started on last Wednesday (July 25) with members taking part in the Darlington Trail Race series with the Rocket Trail at Middleton St George. Dez Fielden was first home for the club in 19.32 followed by Rob Nicholson in 25.04, Gemma Holland in...