An MP who helped to bring train manufacturing back to the North-East says the biggest town in his constituency is finally “punching its weight”. Phil Wilson, the Labour MP for Sedgefield, successfully campaigned to bring Hitachi Rail Europe to Aycliffe Business Park in Newton Aycliffe. And as the Japanese firm celebrates the second...

Newton Aycliffe’s first team lost their penultimate game of the 2017 season at Barnard Castle last weekend... Saturday 2nd September – NYSD Division 2 Barnard Castle 2nd XI v Newton Aycliffe 1st XI – weather was sunny and mild. Aycliffee won the toss and chose to bowl first. Barnard Castle 2nd XI 214 for 8 after 50 overs James...

Expert advice on issues ranging from health and housing to employment opportunities and dealing with debt will be available at a series of free events. Aimed at people living in County Durham, the County Durham Advice Days will take place at a number of locations between Thursday September 7 and Friday October 20. The drop-ins, which will...

Engineering and manufacturing companies across County Durham are expanding and planning for long-term investment and job creation, according to leading business network for the area. The sectors, which employ thousands of people and contribute millions of pounds to the area’s economy, have undergone major growth in the last few...

By Dave Strickland Newton Aycliffe slipped to 14th in the Northern League first division table after a 2-0 defeat at home to Team Northumbria on Saturday. The Newtonians got off to a bad start against the Northumbria University students when they went behind after five minutes, when centre forward Ardelean got ahead of his marker and headed...

National chain Costa Coffee forms part of an application for a new development on the former Cubby site in Newton Aycliffe. Two years after Durham County Council (DCC) initially revealed plans for a drive-thru restaurant, a planning application has now been submitted to the authority for the vacant Greenwell Road site, from Sheet Anchor...

Newton Aycliffe-based business Durham Precision Engineering (DPE) expects turnover this year to top £3m after investing in new machinery. DPE, established in 1984, designs and manufactures precision engineered products for the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, nuclear, aerospace and other industries requiring bespoke and low volume precision...

There’s never been a better time to get fit and improve your health thanks to free seven-day passes for leisure centres across County Durham. Members of the public who are not already a member of a Durham County Council leisure centre are entitled to the free pass, which includes unlimited use of the fitness suite, selected exercise classes...

Isaac Boys and Caleb Wren from Aycliffe Running Club Junior section joined about 70 others for the Auckland Castle two-mile fun run at the end of August. The hilly route started at the Robinson Arch, past the Walled Garden, into the park and over to the obelisk where the runners turned and headed back to finish in the grounds of the...

Steel firm Finley Structures has completed a 1,100-tonne project which will help to rejuvenate Durham city. The Newton Aycliffe family-run business was awarded a contract from Sir Robert McAlpine to work on a retail and entertainment complex as part of the multi-million pound Durham Gates redevelopment. And the contract win has come as a...