Newton Aycliffe steel company Finley Structures is looking for two quantity surveyor roles. The family-run firm wants to recruit a quantity surveyor, and a senior quantity surveyor. Role/Responsibilities: - Negotiate subcontract and warranty agreements and flag up any particular risks to the project team. - Manage secondary subcontract...

Woodham Academy’s talented students will take to the stage again at their annual Summer Concert. This year’s event is named ‘A Night At The Movies’ and will feature performances influenced by music from films – ranging from cult classics to modern favourites. Students from all year groups will take part in the concert, which will...

A round-up of the weekend’s cricket action… Saturday 16th June – NYSD Division 2 Northallerton 1st XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was cloudy and cool. Northallerton won the toss and chose to bowl first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 133 all out after 44.3 overs Sam Telford 51, Adam Gittins 20 and Chris Palmer 16 Northallerton...

The developers who brought Hitachi Rail Europe to Newton Aycliffe are back with another exciting new large-scale development. Merchant Anglo, the company behind Merchant Park, home to Hitachi’s £82m factory which opened three years ago, is now planning to build three new units near to the rail manufacturing facility covering a total 25...

Adult learners across County Durham are receiving a good standard of education, a recent inspection has found. Durham County Council’s Adult Learning and Skills Service, which works with voluntary organisations, employers and public health to deliver training for people to change their lives for the better, was rated Good by Ofsted following...

Engineering training provider South West Durham Training is celebrating after winning an award for its apprenticeship scheme. SWDT was nominated by businesses on Aycliffe Business Park for the Apprenticeship and Training Award, sponsored by Gestamp, for implementing an apprenticeship scheme as an integral part of developing its...

Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club (sponsored by Vanila Design and Print) reached the final of the Brunton Cup after a comprehensive victory over Norton. Having beaten Wolviston, from the division above, in the quarter final, Aycliffe travelled to Norton in the semi-final as underdogs, as Norton were again from the division above. Having lost the...

Newton Aycliffe MP Phil Wilson has warned the car industry could face a “slow and inevitable extinction” if the UK leaves the single market. Mr Wilson was one of 74 Labour MPs who rebelled against party leader Jeremy Corbyn and voted to keep the UK in the single market this week. But despite being joined by three Conservative rebels who...

Woodham Academy has been officially rated as a good school, following a recent Ofsted inspection. Ofsted inspectors found that students at Woodham Academy make strong progress, are well behaved and well cared for, and are proud of their school and their achievements. The Ofsted report also highlights the strength of subject knowledge of...

Newton Aycliffe firm Aycliffe Fabrications, creators of the ‘Aycliffe Head’, has appointed Roman’s former marketing director. Loraine Henderson, who set up Faith Marketing in 2015, has been drafted in by the fabrication specialists to develop and implement the firm’s 2018 marketing strategy. Established in 1980, Aycliffe Fabrications...