North Shields RFC 32, Newton Aycliffe First XV 33 By Ben Carpenter Merritt Newton Aycliffe’s first XV travelled to North Shields RFC on the back of two losses, first a solid beating at the hands of Bishop Auckland, and most recently and more closely, by a strong Hartlepool side. Aycliffe have suffered from a spate of bad injuries, which...

A charity fundraiser twice struck by Leukaemia has smashed his target of raising £30,000 – and has now set his sights on a new milestone. Paul McGeary has relentlessly spearheaded the charitable push for Bloodwise over the past three years, since his initial diagnosis of Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia back in November 2014. Since then,...

There was lots of cup action for the Newton Aycliffe Juniors teams who play in the TJFA league this week. The League Cup continued for the Under 12's whilst other teams began their Challenge Cup campaigns. The Under 7's had their first taste of cup action but were forced to give up home advantage to Heighington as their allocated pitch at...

A Newton Aycliffe-based property management company, which specialises in giving ex-servicemen and women a new start on ‘civvy street’, is set to launch a recruitment drive after landing an important new contract. Caring Caretaker, part of the AAA Property (North-East) group based on Aycliffe Business Park, has gone from...

Woodham Academy has invested more than £100,000 on new modern and accessible changing facilities. The revamped facilities have been designed to maximise space and help boost participation in PE lessons, as well in the extensive extra-curricular activities offered by Woodham’s Sports Academy. Headteacher Christine Forsyth said: “This...

Morpeth Town 2, Newton Aycliffe 1 Newton Aycliffe were narrowly beaten by league-leaders Morpeth Town at the weekend. Hosts Morpeth made a bright start and took the lead on eight minutes with a goal from Mark Davison, who took advantage of a poor pass and smashed a low drive into the far corner of James Winter's net. Aycliffe stayed in...

Newton Aycliffe-based Crafter’s Companion is celebrating a record launch at its third retail store in Worcestershire. The new Evesham store marks a £270,000 investment for the firm, creating 27 new jobs, and follows the company’s Aycliffe Business Park and Chesterfield outlets. Its opening brought in crowds of more than 3,000 people in...

A terrorism training exercise has been run by emergency services in County Durham. The exercise was held at the production site of Kynren in Bishop Auckland on Friday – designed to test the skills and processes of police, other emergency services and the local authority. Durham Constabulary is keen to stress the exercise was not in...

An interactive and informative seminar for Aycliffe businesses will be held at the Xcel Centre on Friday October 13 (between 8.15-10.30am). The free event is organised by PCP’s Better Health at Work Award team with the support of Business Durham and the Aycliffe Business Park Community. It aims to provide companies and their employees with...

Residents, local businesses and community groups are being encouraged to take part in a community conversation about regeneration after an Aycliffe estate was handed a near £300,000 boost. Social landlord Livin has secured a Regeneration Fund grant of £284,394 from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to look at ways to...