The next phase of a development which is set to bring more than 3,000 jobs and an economic boost of nearly half a billion pounds begins this week. Durham County Council is to start the next phase of work to expand Aycliffe Business Park – already the largest site of its kind in the region – onto the 52-hectare Forrest Park site in Newton...

Three runners from Aycliffe Running Club participated in the Ray Harrison Memorial 10k road race at Billingham last weekend. Although the route was the same as in previous years it started and finished at a different venue, Billingham Rugby Club. Trish Kay (pictured above, right) was first home for the club in 49:27, placing her first in her...

Holiday activities have again been a great success at Greenfield Arts this summer with their ever-popular fun courses for young people. The holiday season also brought something new for adults with a range of creative workshops led by talented artists. The sessions on offer have included exciting new activities such as glass fusing and one...

Durham County Council has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award in recognition of its use of technology. The authority’s legal services department has been named as a finalist in the Excellence in Technology category of the 2017 Law Society Excellence Awards. Durham is the only council or public sector body to make the...

Albion Sports 2, Newton Aycliffe 1 By David Strickland Aycliffe went out of the FA Cup 2-1 in the preliminary round away to Bradford-based side Albion Sports. At Farsley Celtic’s ground in Leeds, Aycliffe played against a very strong wind in the first half, but as early as the first minute Craig Hutchinson had a shot saved in by home...

Speeding drivers are being targeted as part of a week-long campaign across Cleveland and Durham. The initiative, aimed at getting motorists to reduce their speed, will see officers from the Forces’ joint operations unit working in both marked and unmarked cars to target law-flouting motorists. The Europe-wide campaign, coordinated by the...

Aycliffe’s first team hosted Bedale 1st team and suffered the heartache of losing the game by the narrowest of margins, by just one wicket... Saturday 19th August – NYSD Division 2 Newton Aycliffe 1st XI v Bedale 1st XI – weather was sunny and mild. Bedale won the toss and chose to bowl first. Newton Aycliffe 1st XI 142 all out...

Virgin’s state-of-the-art Azuma train has visited Scotland for the first time as part of plans to transform Edinburgh-London rail journeys. The inaugural run north of the border was made as part of a testing programme by manufacturer Hitachi in preparation for roll out of the 65-strong fleet on the east coast route next year. The...

Seventeen members of Aycliffe Running Club completed the Darlington 10K course. Support around the route was fantastic with people shouting words of encouragement, offering drinks, fresh orange segments, jelly babies and even a hose pipe to cool down the runners. It was a great atmosphere. First to finish for Aycliffe was Martyn Knox 41:17,...

The former Fujitsu and Compound Photonics facility on Aycliffe Business Park has been sold again in an $80m deal – just three months after changing hands. Around 100 jobs were secured when Kaiam Corporation, a US maker of datacentre transceivers, acquired the manufacturing facilities of the Compound site in May. But it’s emerged the site...